Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed shock and disbelief over the reported attack on school children in Anambra State, describing it as “un-Igbo, out of place and misguided aggression.”
Reacting to the ugly incident, during an interaction with journalists at the Lagos Airport on Tuesday, Obi said it was unbelievable that any Igbo man could contemplate attacking innocent school children writing their WAEC exams.
He said that education should ideally be treated as something “sacred’, because it is not just about the future of the children, but also the future of the society.
He pointed out that the poscribed IPOB had issued countless press releases suspending the Monday sit-at-home and therefore could not logically be responsible for the attack.
Obi, who was also a former governor of Anambra State, therefore called for proper investigations to unravel those behind the attack.
He noted: “Since IPOB has announced suspension of sit-at-home, it is reasonable to suspect that other forces might be hiding behind IPOB to draw back the South-East through such acts as well as the needless call for stay at home on Mondays, a critical day for business/official work, which is only hurting the economy of the South-East.”
The former governor expressed concerns about the adverse effects of the dastardly acts on the economy of the South-East region.
He rhetorically asked: “Would investors come to the zone under the present condition? Would established businesses not think of leaving the South-East under such a condition? Would traders from neighbouring countries that flock Aba and Onitsha on Mondays not seek and stick with alternatives? Would some industries not think of re-locating?”