Music legend Onyeka Onwenu, has declared that she is not afraid to return to the East if Nigeria breaks up.
She said Igbos were diligent and landmark-achieving people, noting that they would be able to do well on their own.
Onwenu said this while talking about her memoir, ‘My Father’s Daughter’, billed for launch on October 1.
She said, “It doesn’t take away whatever you are doing in Lagos, Abuja, or Port Harcourt. You are free to live and do business wherever you are but remember back home, we are being marginalised for a long time. And our people have always done things for themselves.
“We built the Imo Airport. I was part of the process. It remains the only airport in the country that was built by the citizens and handed over to the Federal Government.
“My father went to school abroad, people in his home town collected money and supported him. That’s how we do things, we are communal people. So, I’m not afraid to go back home.
, “If that happens (referring to Nigeria breaking up), I will go back to the South-East because I want to go back home. And even if we don’t split, I want to do so much there.”
She, however, sought Nigeria’s continued oneness, noting,
“We are blessed with the richness of our culture and everyone should see themselves as one and not let divisions break the country.”
