Nigeria, March 11 -- Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has said the Igbo-speaking people of the South-east must play "strategic politics" to be at the centre of decision-making going forward.

Mr Mbah lamented that the region had never been as politically fragmented and disconnected from the centre as it had been in recent years.

The governor spoke when he received the leadership and members of the City Boy Movement at Government House, Enugu, on Tuesday.

The City Boy Movement is a group dedicated to President Bola Tinubu's re-election.

Mr Mbah recalled that the political forebears of Igbo people had always been "strategic" and were not known for sentimental and isolationist politics.

He said Igbo people could not afford to play on...