The lawmaker representing Delta North in the Nigerian Senate, Ned Nwoko, has maintained that the people of Anioma in Delta State are proudly Igbos and would become the 6th state of the South East.
Appearing on Channels Television’s Wednesday's edition of Politics Today, Nwoko pointed out that the South East has been marginalised, especially in that regard, being that the region only has 5 states. The lawmaker was confident that the Federal Government would certainly create another state, which according to him, would come out of Delta State either to give the South South a 7th or a 6th for the South East.
They're going to create the state to assuage the Igbo because they've been marginalised. 'South East is the only part of Nigeria that is marginalised. South East is the zone in Nigeria with just 5 states. Others have 6 states except for North West that has seven. 'You don’t call that being marginalised? And if you listen to the youths who are agitating in IPOB or ESN, what are clamoring for? 'They're talking about being marginalised.
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