English: Of course, that action was music to the ears of minority groups, particularly those in the Eastern Region, who had long demanded their own state .
Igbo: N'ezie, ihe ahụ emere dịka egwu na ntị ndị otu pere mpe, ọkachasị ndị nọ n'ọwụwa anyanwụ, ndị chọgoro steeti nke ha ogologo oge .