By Nkem Onyekpe
There is an ongoing frenzy about state creation. It would seem that the 10th National Assembly is in a hurry to break the jinx on the inability of civilian-led government to create state, an exercise that the military had performed with fiat. That reality and the fact of prolonged military rule had stunted constitutionalism in the country. Nevertheless, in the present hive of activities on state creation, Anioma state has featured among states that may merit the gavel.
Therefore, I begin with the affirmation that Anioma land is west Niger Igboland. Therefore, Anioma people are Igbo or predominantly Igbo. In the last few years, the long-standing agitation for the creation of Anioma state has been resuscitated with increasing vigour after a period of suspended animation. The credit for the resuscitation goes largely to an Anioma son and politician, Senator Ned Nwoko.
