The agitation for self determination by some groups in Nigeria has taken a new dimension as a Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to compel the
Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives to hasten the exit of the southeast before concluding on-going amendment to the country’s constitution.
The plaintiffs claimed that they do not want a repeat of the 1967 to 1970 civil war in Nigeria that cost the nation many innocent lives and properties worth billions of naira. *An order directing the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants to provide a framework that will pave the way for the self-determination of the South-eastern states so as to leave the geographical entity called Nigeria before any further step is taken to further amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Even before the emergence of the Indigenous People of Biafra , there was a group at the south-eastern part of Nigeria known as the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra under the leadership of one, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike. “The secession attempt by the people of the then Eastern Region under the leadership of the late Col. Ojukwu was directly responsible for the first Nigerian civil war between 1967 and 1970.
“The IPOB’s agitation for self-determination has turned violent against both the people of the south-east who are against their agitations and other Nigerians carrying out their lawful businesses within the south-eastern states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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