BREAKING: IPOB Goes For Biafra Referendum, International Community, Others To Come For Monitoring
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called for a sovereignty referendum on the way to liberating Biafra.
The group has also advised Biafrans at
home and in the Diaspora to be prepared for the forthcoming referendum
to decide whether to be an independent sovereign entity from Nigeria or
not.
IPOB said in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma
Powerful, that Biafrans have the right, under international law to
decide their fate through a referendum, the same way Britain exercised
its right to leave the European Union (EU) without the permission of the
European Parliament or European Council.
The group noted that Scotland had also exercised the right to self-determination and so had the Quebec region in Canada.
IPOB said organs of the region were the
people designated to call for a referendum for independence of Biafra,
not the government and added that the United Nations (UN) would monitor
the referendum processes and ensure compliance with the will expressed.
“IPOB leadership invites the
international community, men and women of goodwill to come and monitor
this peaceful referendum in Biafraland. IPOB family members worldwide
are working tirelessly to restore our long lost freedom and political
independence without bloodshed.
“We, Biafrans,
in pursuit of our
inalienable, irreducible and God-given right to restore our stolen
sovereignty, do hereby state that we do not require the permission of
government officials to grant us our natural freedom.
“With these reasons, the path to Biafra
independence must and will not pass through Abuja because it is a
process that will be considered by Biafrans only and no other people.
“In line with this, we have decided to
adopt the option of self-rule. For as long as Biafra remains a part of
Nigeria, we will remain forever slaves in our own land.
“More so, the right to
self-determination is always implemented through a referendum with the
participation of all residents in the land.
“This path has also been implemented
recently by South Sudan, Greenland, Kosovo, Albania, East Timor, Bosnia
Herzegovina, Montenegro among others. Scotland has also exercised this
right to self-determination and so has the Quebec region in Canada. If
these nations, populated by humans like Biafrans, can exercise this
right, so can we.
“In all these newly created countries,
their citizens voted in a referendum with international monitoring
bodies, which ensured the validity of the votes cast. The same
referendum can also be conducted in Biafraland and monitored by
international observers.”
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