What Is South-South?: Veteran Actor Chidi Mokeme Calls It a Scam Used to Divide the People of the South East

• A tweet by veteran Nollywood actor Chidi Mokeme about the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria has got people talking as he calls it a scam
• Mokeme in his post shared, declared that the coinage south-south is the biggest scam ever in Nigeria's history
• The movie star said the south-south was created by the Nigerian state to create confusion and division among the people of the southeast region

Veteran Nollywood actor Chidi Mokeme stirred up a conversation on Twitter that got a lot of people talking after querying what exactly south-south means.

The former TV show host noted that the term south-south was nothing but a creation by the Nigerian state used to cause division and confusion amongst the people of the southeast.

Chidi Mokeme is an Igbo man from Anambra state who believes Nigeria was better to run as a country when it was practising the regional system of governance.

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In his tweet, he slammed the current federal system of government while noting that the coinage of the south-south region as a geopolitical zone on its own is a scam.

Read the actor's tweet below:

"This is one of the biggest SCAMS in Nigeria. And one day the question must be asked, and we must have the conversation - What is SOUTH SOUTH?"

"It is nothing but a construct of the Nigerian State to create confusion & division among the people of the Southeast region."

Legit. ng also captured some of the comments the tweet generated:

@Nwaguchijioke1:

"A divide and rule tactics nothing more!"

@Okezieokizam:

"What about north central sir?"

@erhasolomon:

"This selfish line of thought was what led Ironsi to change our regional system of government to unitary system but tell who's suffering it now?"

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@JossyOkor

"Honestly, SS was created to make Igbos a laughing stock... but we shall overcome someday."

Double tragedy for Chidi Mokeme as his sister passes away after an illness, his cousin killed by a hit-and-run driver

Legit.ng recalls reporting that the famous actor Chidi Mokeme and his family were thrown into mourning some months ago following the death of his immediate younger sister and his cousin.

The veteran star announced the tragic news on Instagram as he shared the photos of the two beautiful women he lost.

Chidi's sister Ebele would have been 48 the next month but passed away after battling an illness, while his cousin Nicole was killed by a hit-and-run driver who is still wanted.

Source: Legit.ng