#Biafrexit? MASSOB Calls for Referendum

#Biafrexit? MASSOB Calls for Referendum

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has once again called for a referendum in its bid to actualise the separation of the state of Biafra from Nigeria.

Amid heightened separatist pressures in the wake of President Muhammadu Buhar’s assumption of office, MASSOB, in a press statement Sunday issued by its leader Uchenna Madu, argued that a refer­endum remains the only solution to the various agitations for self determi­nation by different ethnic nationalities in the country.

The pro- Biafra group advised the APC-led Fed­eral Government to better brace up for referendum as recently done by the Brit­ish government following Brexit, instead of the fruitless clamp-down on agitators, Breaking Times writes.

The statement reads:

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has renewed its earlier call for referendum for Biafra separation from Nigeria.

MASSOB, in a press statement issued on Sun­day by its Leader, Uchenna Madu, argued that refer­endum remained the only solution to the various agitations for self determi­nation by different people groups in the country.

The pro- Biafra group advised the President Mu­hammadu Buhari-led Fed­eral Government to better brace up for referendum as recently done by the Brit­ish government instead of the unnecessary clamping down on agitators.

The statement reads in part: MASSOB insist that referendum is the only so­lution for these numerous gigantic political imbal­ances against the future of the people of Biafra; a referendum that will de­termine & uphold the sovereignty of the rights, choice & wishes of the in­digenous people that are clamouring for Biafra; a referendum that will also determine the stupidity or justification of over 16 years of Biafra struggle for actualisation & restora­tion.”

MASSOB blamed Brit­ain for cramming the dif­ferent ethnic nationalities in Nigeria into one coun­try without their consent just for British economic interest, arguing that Ni­geria has expired and due for disintegration.

 

 The separatist group also blamed Brit­ain for unilaterally cramming the dif­ferent ethnic nationalities in Nigeria into one coun­try strictly for economic interest, arguing that the original concept of Ni­geria has expired and due for disintegration.