“If the Igbos say they are going through rebellion, God forbid, for whatever reasons, certainly, Nigerians will fight them, and if that happened they will lose their advantages in southern Nigeria.
“Go everywhere; you will see Igbos doing their business without anybody harassing them.
“So if they go Yoruba will take over. Even if it is Alaba market the Yorubas will gain control, for it’s a plus for them.
“But if this agitation is coming this time when Igbos, including their intellectuals, are all over Nigeria, it shows they were not born.
“Even if they are not in true position of all this things, people like me happened to know a whole lot.
“In fact, I was among 18 people arrested and later, 15 convicted after three of us were set free.
So I know the history and feel I should tell the younger generations to know.
Igbos are new colonialists; there goods are everywhere in the country; if they go, their place will be down.
If they come back to sell with their goods, they will be competing with India and China, as Yoruba will take over them.
Simple example is European Union.
“With all the capital they control, they still talk about living together in unity using motto: ‘Together We Are Strong, Divide We fall,’ Yakassai noted.