As the debate on national question continues, a coalition of Igbo professionals in Nigeria and the Diaspora under the aegis of Igbo Ekunie Initiative, has called on the Federal Government to organise a referendum to determine the continuity of the country as a united entity.
In a letter addressed to the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, which was also a reaction to the previous letter written by the Arewa youth to the acting president, the Igbo group urged the presidency to, as a matter of urgency, pass a motion that will allow all sections of the nation campaign for, and hold a referendum to freely determine if they want to remain in Nigeria or not.

In the letter, president of the group, Tochukwu Ezeoke, noted that the motion would serve as a final, peaceful and civilized settlement of the ever-increasing contradictions and bloodletting that has long plagued the nation.

While the tone of the letter commended the Acting President for his statesmanship approach to resolving long-standing issues in the nation, the group disagreed with Osinbajo’s position that Nigeria is an indivisible, indissoluble entity saying, “History has revealed that no nation is indivisible or indissoluble.”

The group goes ahead to fault the threat issued by the Arewa youth, saying, “Nigeria remain subject to international laws particularly the United Nation’s Charter, which recognized the inalienable rights of all groups and indigenous groups to self-determination.”

The letter reads: “While we appreciate the belated recognition of this fundamental rights by the North, we are amused that Arewa youths only just discovered the existence of this right.

“The right to self-determination is a fundamental; integral to the UN since it was founded in 1945. In recognition of this fact, we hope Arewa youths will now have the humility to apologise for the illegal war waged against Biafra, which was abinitio, a repudiation of international laws on self-determination they now acknowledge.”

Igbo Ekunie Initiative also said it hopes the north would apologize for all the incarcerated and murdered members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ‘whose only crime was the peaceful expression or non-violent demonstrations for their right to self-determination as recognised by the UN and African Union (AU) charters.”

According to the Igbo group, “The quit notice issued by Arewa youths demonstrates the ignorance and consequent failure to realize that residency rights like property rights as governed by international law transcend citizenship.

“Thus Nigerians live in Ghana, America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere even without being citizens. Likewise, British citizens living in other parts of the EU have not left because of ‘Brexit’. “The ongoing developments in the country have once again shown why Nigeria remains the dreg of humanity and a failed state where basic indices of civilization and rule of law are absent.”

http://guardian.ng/politics/igbo-professionals-call-for-national-referendum/

gud1

I have to watch dis script till d end

our people are now waking up

Plan to make Osinbajo president will fail - A coalition of Arewa Youths said

"Having given power to the Yoruba on a platter of gold in 1999 as a way of compensating them for the June 12 saga, it is quite worrisome and unfortunate that they have lived up to their legendary reputation of backstabbing and betrayal by supporting the divisive calls for restructuring or dismemberment of the nation against the will and desire of the north," the statement said. "We gave the late Chief MKO Abiola the mandate in 1993 but shortly after that, as it is with the Yoruba as a culture, they immediately started circling around Abiola plotting on how to emasculate the north and strip us of every access we had to the politics and economy of this nation. “They had also raised a secret army of their elites to carry out these sinister plans against the north if Abiola eventually became president. It was this army that was unleashed on the nation in the guise of NADECO during the June 12 impasse.

May we remind the Yoruba that without the willingness and magnanimity of the north, there was no way Abiola could have purportedly won that election, and that all the Yoruba have now as assets in the south west, especially Lagos, were given to them by our leaders out of our own usual magnanimity. However, time and time again, the Yoruba have always turned their back on us whenever their support is needed.

https://www.naij.com/1112180-plan-osinbajo-president-fail-arewa-youths-yoruba-leaders.html

A.boki no go school.

just time will tell

All is good that ends well

Am not a seer
But I see the birth of a new country
Where the sun rises

They will be a COUNTRY

I love this news!
The abokis in their bid to hurt the Igbo's promoted their exit even faster. Indeed "all turns out for the good of those that love God". Who ever thought what was planned for the downfall of the Igbo's would promote them?
The world has heard the cry of the Igbo's their voice has reached the high heavens! Their call for a separate nation has forced everyone to think deep about this expired Union and all can see that it was and would never work!
Let the FG conduct a referendum and let everyone decide their faith! Enough is enough

...only if we have done the right thing in the past like justice, equal rights, equal distribution of our resources, abolition of quota system, etc this issue couldn't have gotten to this level.

The very moment the igbo professionals,elites,business moguls,students community 'buy into' the referendum call then that's the END of Nigeria.

Nigeria is not SUDAN.
They should just have a rethink and channel their strength into their businesses. They don't even look like people that need Independence.
A people that can do the Undo for money and so on. I weep for Emekas and Okafors.
Freedom no be beans.
People wey dem go betray diaself once dem see small change for hand...
Because Baba no dey around, Kanu dey form Jagaban. Watch and see how they will divide in the coming days, weeks and months.
Rubbish and futile struggle.

xcolanto:
I love this news!
The abokis in their bid to hurt the Igbo's promoted their exit even faster. Indeed "all turns out for the good of those that love God". Who ever thought that what was planned for the downfall of the Igbo's would promote them?
The world has heard the cry of the Igbo's their voice has reached the high heavens! Their call for a separate nation has forced everyone to think deep about this expired Union and all can see that it was and would never work!
Let the FG conduct a referendum and let everyone decide their faith! Enough is enough

Nice spirituality, am sure its penetrating the high heavens in the Speed Of Llight!

But what about the Igbo elders and governor opting for a one Nigeria, I heard they went to El Rufai...

Ok

"pass a motion that will allow all sections of the nation campaign for, and hold a referendum to freely determine if they want to remain in Nigeria or not."

- What kind of motion?

My ewedu brodas would soon flood this thread now
Forgetting they still have badoo to answer to

TroubleMaker47:
My ewedu brodas would soon flood this thread now

Y'all potor clowns better just "jejely" enjoy your thread before we pee on it. The thread has nothing to do with Yorubas and I wouldn't even have posted anything If you didn't mention Yoruba

Yorubas would be minding their business before you dummies call us out. And y'all expect us to watch

We don't give a fook about your agitations bar some idiotic trolls here . Let it be known

Better

hucienda:
“... The right to self-determination is a fundamental; integral to the UN since it was founded in 1945. In recognition of this fact, we hope Arewa youths will now have the humility to [b]apologise for the illegal war waged against Biafra, [/b]which was abinitio, a repudiation of international laws on self-determination they now acknowledge ...”

Injustice cannot last forever. Something historic is coming.

Kudos to the Igbo professionals.

What do they mean by 'illegal war?' Have these Igbo professionals apologised for the killing of those civilian leaders who hailed from other ethnic groups, in the 1966 coup?

mbok tag all those Miscreants Igbos... the heading here na "IGBO" no Ibibio, no Aks, no South South.
all Ipobians miscreants can copy them...

To all the Ipobic Attaché miscreants that keep making irritating noise trying to force their decision on others... Mbok mention wen U guys hv seen us wanting referundum,

WHAT WE ALL WANT IS RESTRUCTURING.

c

Let us conduct our own referendum here on Nairaland.

If you want REFERENDUM HIT LIKE Those Against HIT SHARE

Thus Nigerians live in Ghana, America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere even without being citizens. Likewise, British citizens living in other parts of the EU have not left because of ‘Brexit’. “The ongoing developments in the country have once again shown why Nigeria remains the dreg of humanity and a failed state where basic indices of civilization and rule of law are absent.”

Rule of law is indeed absent in this fake contraption called Nigeria. They don't even know what human rights are. Zoo!

..The Igbo guy in the pix is handsome ...back to the matter,i am glad to see more Igbos waking up from their slumber everyday.