Okonkwo Urges Tinubu: Clarify Military Coup Remarks, Apologize to Ndigbo

President Bola Tinubu has been urged by Nollywood icon Kenneth Okonkwo to apologize to the Ndigbo on behalf of the Federal Government for the atrocities committed against them.
It was reported that Okonkwo had stated unequivocally that it was incorrect and misleading to label the 1966 coup as an Igbo coup.
The former leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a message posted on his 𝕏 Twitter on Saturday, praised General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) for the disclosure in his book, “A Journey In Service.”
The IBB’s disclosure, Barrister Okonkwo said, also demonstrated that the July 1966 coup d’retaliation and the ensuing civil war against the Ndigbo were unnecessary.

Ndigbo should be respected and treated with failure, he said, as they continue to be agents of development.

“I have consistently stated in my interviews that the events of 1966 were a military takeover rather than an Igbo takeover. It was not necessary to carry out the July 1966 vengeance coup, the pogrom, and the ensuing civil war against the Ndigbo from 1966 to 1970. Since the Ndigbo are Nigeria’s development agents, they ought to be valued and treated as such going forward.

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“With the IBB’s revelation, the Federal Government under Tinubu should take advantage of the opportunity to formally apologize to the Ndigbo for all the atrocities committed against them during those dark days in Nigerian history and find appropriate reparations to make up for the needless and preventable harm done to them.” “It’s better late than never,” he commented.