I Will Return Home if Nigeria Splits – Onyeka Onwenu

Veteran Nigerian singer, Onyeka Onwenu has revealed that she will return to South-East, her homeland if Nigeria breaks up.

She spoke during a virtual pre-book launch briefing on Tuesday ahead of the release of My Father’s Daughter; her memoir scheduled for Nigeria’s Independence Day Celebration.

The 68-year-old human right activist explained that she would return home because the South East has been marginalised for a long time and needs to be developed.

“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,” she said.

“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.”

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Using her marriage as a reference, the music legend who is married to a Yoruba Muslim; urged Nigerians to do away with tribalism and focus on upholding the country’s unity.

“We should stop insulting and denigrating each other. We are blessed with the richness of our culture,” Onyeka Onwenu said

“We are blessed with the richness of our culture and everyone should see themselves as one and not let divisions break the country.”