The naming of the Second Niger Bridge naming after President Muhammadu Buhari has been condemned by the Indigenous People of Biafra as being unacceptable.
During the commissioning of the bridge in Onitsha, on Tuesday, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said, “After consultation with the South-East governors and other stakeholders, they decided to name the bridge Muhammadu Buhari Second Niger Bridge”.
The IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, responded to the news in a statement on Thursday, calling the South-East governors’ conduct “a betrayal” of the people of the region.
Powerful, therefore, asked the governors and politicians to reconsider their position on the name of the bridge.
The statement partly reads, “The bridge should be named after Dr Alex Ekweueme, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dr Sam Mbakwe, Prof. Chinua Achebe, Col. Achuzie, or many others that are well-deserving Igbo indigenes that anyone can suggest.
“Naming the Second Niger Bridge after Buhari must not be allowed. The bridge must be renamed to a meritorious Igbo name.”
