The General Overseer of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission(TREM), Bishop Mike Okonkwo has criticized president Muhammadu Buhari for his use of military force in the South-East over the activities of the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous people of Biafra(IPOB) group.

PoliticsNGR learned that Okonkwo also attacked the president over the recent construction of a railway to his hometown in Daura, asking 'What was the Economic benefit?'. Speaking to Vanguard, He said;

"We should not use violence to resolve our differences. Agitations like the one we have in the South-East will come but the solution is not moving armoured tanks there.

Like I said, these are not the days you use force or instruments of government to intimidate people because there are those who are willing to die. We should go to the negotiation table to resolve naughty issues. Take for instance recent appointments in the NNPC, why will people not agitate? This is one of the issues that make people agitate. You can’t give 10 slots to the North, three to the South-West, two to the South-South and nothing to the East and you want them to sleep. And you want Nnamdi Kalu not to talk again.

At times, I ask myself: who are the people giving advice to government? Why are they giving such advice? I just heard of a rail project being built from Kano to Daura. What is the economic benefit of that project? We can understand the one from Kaduna to Abuja…because people who live in Kaduna can commute to Abuja daily to work.

But in this case, show me the economic benefit of spending such billions to develop a rail from Kano to Daura? The states that generate these funds, we don’t have roads that connect them, how much more airport. The Asaba airport was built by the state government, not the Federal Government. The states that generate the funds do not have airports, no roads and you want them not to agitate? What’s really wrong? Is somebody playing games with people’s minds? Such things are not acceptable."

http://politicsngr.com/2017/09/24/bishop-okonkwo-blasts-buhari-use-military-force-south-east/

Na

Na now the day dey break for where him dey?

FP straight ahead

Its only devil himself and his minions that wud support such an unwarranted action by those terrorists parading themselves as Nigerian Army...

OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS F FROM THE WEST WILL SOON CALL FOR HIS HEAD

Very genuine points.

Bubu's led government is the worst administration in the history of Nigeria.

Let us put these issues to rest.
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emmalexabl:
Its only devil himself and his minions that wud support such an unwarranted action by those terrorists parading themselves as Nigerian Army...

ruggedized1:
Very genuine points.

Bubu is the worst administration in the history of Nigeria.

LETS WAIT FOR OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS TO ACTIVATE THEIR CHRISTIAN MONIKERS FIRST.

MICHAEL004 MARKFEMI VICTORDANLADI WHERE UNA DEY

yes oh

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Why is it so easy to slam the FG by the same people who would have called NK to order when he was playing with fire. First it was Saraki and now Bishop Okonkwo. I expect him to cover his face in shame for not being pro active.

Pastors should avoid dabbling into issues like train passing through Daura.

I agree with him on the militarily invasion of the east.

All the presidents at the just concluded UN Assembly has gone to their various countries but Buhari has ran to London to waste tax payers money........... Buhari is mad.

Use your brain

Everyone has an inherent ability to make rational decisions which include thoughts,words and actions.

So why crucify others when their views differs from ours?

Telli person

Hmmn

Karma is always dealing wit d north. Karma has somehow always dealt wit Buhari even wen as d most powerful nigerian. I hope he changes his tribalistic posture before he leaves d position.

He should realise he z a father to all n not all children will love u but dats y he should act d fatherly role cos he might endear most of his children to himself.

History should not remember buhari as failed leader, its is his hands though.

As an igbo, i don't have a problem with the military quenching the ipob group.
My only grouse is the FG labeling the Igbos terrorists while turning a blind eye to the Herdsmen

what is the fat headed fool okonkwo saying, his head is flat and i am not baffled

Nepotism is the bane of buharis legacy ,a die hard tribal bigot who planned to force sharia down the throats of Nigeria .

making matters worst they killed unharmed people in their operations with Nnamdi kanus whereabout unknown thereby breeding another round of massive agitations amongst the people even when it was clear that neither guns nor bullet could quench the agitations .

What many people don't know is that when you come to the east ipob is Igbo and Igbo is ipob ,if you call ipob terrorist you are automatically saying that Igbo's are terrorist.

i reserve my comment.......

Buhari,.... I hate u die

One day I will become the president of this country, The north should know now, nothing, I said nothing will fall into their side except rain....

lastly, instead of North getting something, I would rather divided this zoo, we call Nigeria. am tired, am Yoruba and never will I be a slave to cow rearer

The man made some solid points but as usual, the government is suffering from ear problems.

As for this Bishop Okonkwo, he should shut up. When Kanu threatened to kill Pastor Kumuyi if Kumuyi came for a crusade in Aba, where was this Bishop then? When Kanu threatened to bring Buhari's head to Aba, where was the hypocritical Bishop? He's in Lagos fleecing his members for money to buy jet.

The Biafran issue is a valid one but it's been spearheaded by political nonentities and hypocritical fellows like Uwazuruike and Kanu.

I believe the Ipob issue should have been tackled with superior ideological arguments. I met an ipob guy in the salon yesterday talking nonsense. After discussing with him for 5 minutes, he agreed with me that he was fighting a good cause in a foolish way.

Government presence in this country is presently lopsided. Can you imagine that a state like Kaduna that has Nigerian Military School, Nigeria Defence Academy, Nigerian Army Depot, Ahmadu Bello University, National Teachers Institute, Federal Polytechnic Kaduna, etc, is regarded as an Educationally Less Developed State?

There's a lot of injustice which time wouldn't heal but it'll only fester. We all have a date with the truth.