Two pro-Biafra groups have appealed to the United
Nations and other world leaders to divide Nigeria into six geo-political zones
to solve the current crisis. Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of
Biafra (MASSOB) stated that giving the six geo-political zones in Nigeria self
rule would be the only answer to the many problems in the country.
MASSOB alongside with Biafra Independence
Movement (BIM) called on the UN and other super powers to regard the lives of
people that are killed on a daily basis in Nigeria arising from the insurgency
in the north east and Fulani herdsmen said to be reportedly affiliated to ISIS
and Boko Haram.
Chris
Mocha, the spokesman, said the proposed nations comprise South East, (Biafra),
South South (Niger Delta), North East, North West, South West, (Oduduwa) and
North- Central.
He
underlined that no amount of preaching on nationalism can change Nigeria as it
is today.
Mocha added that when the proposed zones are
given independence, assets of the citizens of the different countries will be
protected by international laws, just as mutual agreements will guide the
future relationship of the new republics.
Meanwhile,
the group insisted that several of their supporters were killed last week during
the Biafra anniversary at Nkpor and Onitsha. It said: “While all the members
of BIM/ MASSOB in Anambra central senatorial district including Nkpor town in
Idemili North Local Government Area celebrated at Ifite Dunu, our counterparts
in Anambra North including Onitsha converged at the zonal secretariat, project
site at Nteje in Oyi council area of Anambra state.”
The Biafra remembrance day celebration in honour
of the Biafra fallen heroes who died during the Biafra/ Nigeria civil war of
1967 to 1970 and those who died during a peaceful protest and evangelism in
Anambra, Aba Abia, Rivers and Delta states, turned bloody on May 30 in Onitsha,
as the military, police, members of Indigenous People of Biafra clashed,
killing over 30 people and injuring several others.
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