Ikpeazu Urges Reconciliation

Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has stressed the need for the country to embark on reconciliation, reassurances and confidence building among all citizens as a way forward for the nation following the #EndSARS protests that rocked almost all the states in the country.

The governor stated this in Umuahia, the state capital on return from a visit to his Lagos State counterpart, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Lagos.

The Abia State governor in an interview said it was necessary to embark on these exercises “to further emphasise on those things that bind and unite us as a people.”

Ikpeazu, who commiserated with families that lost loved ones and property during the protests, said he was elated by the opportunity he had to also personally convey his sympathy to the Lagos State governor over the attack on the residence of his mother and on the palace of the Oba of Lagos during the EndSARS protests.

He said “we should aim to learn so much from the supreme sacrifice made by  Lt Col Adekunle Fajuyi, then military governor of the former Western region, who defended his friend, Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi even with his life”.