Onyeka Onwenu vows to get rid of her Yoruba identity if Biafra is restored
Popular Igbo actress, human right activist and politician, Onyeka Onwenu, has on Tuesday, vowed to reject her Yoruba marriage status and return back to the East if Nigeria breaks up.
Onwenu who revealed this during a virtual pre-book launch briefing said her decision would be due to her commitment to contribute to the development of the south-east, which she said, had been marginalized for long.
The 68-year-old movie star is married to a Yoruba Muslim, Onwenu warned the Easterners to return their worldwide spread investments back to their land.
In her words, “If that happens (referring to Nigeria breaking up), I will go back to the southeast because I want to go back home. And even if we don’t split, I want to do so much in the southeast.
“So, I am not afraid…nothing spoil, nothing lost, we’re still going to love each other.
“We have neglected the south-east and I am telling every Igbo person that whatever they are doing outside the region, they should go home and invest.
“It doesn’t take away whatever you are doing in Lagos or Abuja or wherever else…you are free to live where you like and trade but remember back home. We have been marginalized for a very long time, we are in need of development.
“We are going to develop other people’s places because that is what we do. But we must not forget that our investments are needed at home.”
Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News
