It’s highly imperative for the former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon(rtd) to apologise to the people of the Southeast over his role in the Biafra Civil War, Nigeria’s major opposition party the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said<\/p>\n
The acting State Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Abia, Abraham Amah, said this in a statement, on Thursday. <\/p>\n
He said many people still bear the scars of the 30-month long fraternal war and are haunted by its memories. <\/p>\n
He stated that Gowon\u2019s name troubles a lot of people in the Southeast due to his involvement in the Civil War.<\/p>\n
Amah’s comments is coming on the heels of a statement that Gowon, alongside the state governor-elect, Alex Otti, would lead a prayer session in the state on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The prayer session is scheduled to be held at Master\u2019s Vessel Church in Umuahia area of state.<\/p>\n
The statement read: \u201cThe attention of the Abia PDP has been drawn to a news item in circulation on social media indicating that Nigeria\u2019s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, would on Sunday April 23 lead a prayer session in one Master\u2019s Vessel Church Umuahia, Abia State under the auspices of his pet project, Nigeria Prays, to herald a new Abia. Whatever \u2018a new Abia\u2019 means.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe name, Yakubu Gowon is unsettling to many people in the South-East given the ignoble roles he played during the Biafran Civil War for which he is yet to render any public apology.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amah said the choice of Gowon as special guest in a state that is the home town of slain General Aguiyi Ironsi was insensitive.<\/p>\n
The PDP noted that Abia state had produced a Catholic Bishop and other high-ranking clergymen.<\/p>\n
It stressed that Gowon had yet to publicly admit his mistakes in the Civil War.<\/p>\n
Amah stated: \u201cThe only way the prayer session would make meaning to the millions of Southeasterners, dead and alive, is for Gowon to use the opportunity of the prayer session and convert it to a moment of truth and apologise to the people for his role in the atrocious war that led to the untimely death of millions of our very resourceful people,\u201d he added<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s highly imperative for the former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon(rtd) to apologise to the people of the Southeast over his role in the Biafra Civil War, Nigeria’s major opposition party the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said The acting State Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Abia, Abraham Amah, said this in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":11626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[579,386,3238,112],"class_list":["post-263752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-abia","tag-civil-war","tag-gowon","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"\n