The South East Council of Traditional Rulers has appealed to the Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider the request for the creation of additional two states in the zone.
The Forum said this while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)in Abuja.
The Chairman of the Council, Igwe Samuel Asadu said the request was part of decision reached by the council at its last meeting.
Accordingto him, the request for additional two states is to address the imbalance in state creation, as the south east zone had only five states.
He said:” at a meeting, which was well attended by the traditional rulers in the zone, we agreed that we will accept any state creation from any part of the eastern states.
“We are united in this struggle. We have five states in south east, so we need to have two more states to be even.
“But whatever we get, we thank the president. We are at his mercy and God bless him for that.
“So when the state is given to us, we will endorse it. It does not matter where it comes from, it does not matter whose lawmaker sponsored the bill.
