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A group of Igbo organisations in the Diaspora and at home comprising Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), Global Igbo Alliance (GIA), World Igbo Congress (WIC), and Igbo caucus of the Lower Niger Congress (LNC) have called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to organise a referendum for the Igbo people to determine their future in Nigeria.

In a joint statement signed by ADF president, Prof. Uzodinma Nwala; GIA president, Dr. Christian Duru; WIC chairman, Prof. Anthony Ejiofor; and the Secretary-General, LNC, Tony Nnadi and made available to the Daily Sun, the Igbo organisations want their demand of a referendum to be implemented by the end of December this year.
According to the group, a time comes when the people shall arise to take their destiny in their hands, adding that the new age consciousness sweeping across Alaigbo presently is a pointer that Ndigbo have had enough of the despair in Nigeria and may wish to opt out of the union.

“We strongly and unequivocally affirm that Igbo people have a right to self-determination as clearly enshrined in Article 1 (2) of the United Nations Charter (1945), as well as in Article 3, 4 and 5 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (2007). The right to self-determination is also enshrined in article 20 of the African Charter on Human & People’s Rights, which Nigeria ratified and domesticated as a law of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004 (Ratification & Enforcement Act) Cap 9 article 20 (1), which provides that ‘all peoples shall have right to existence. They shall have the unquestionable and inalienable right to self-determination. They shall freely determine their political status and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy they have freely chosen.’

“It is the inalienable right of Ndigbo to freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development; a position that confirms that the right of the Igbo to self-determination is sacrosanct and cannot be denied or taken away.

“The call for outright independence or restructuring along the line of regional autonomy has been intense in Alaigbo in the last 12 months. With no clear evidence of where the majority stands on the issue, the Global Igbo Alliance (GIA) undertook an online opinion poll to obtain some level of statistical evidence on the subject,” the group said, adding that their latest position was informed by the result of the poll.

www.sunnewsonline.com/groups-demand-referendum-on-igbo-future/

Bye bye

SS would leave as soon as the SE leaves. Without the Igbos Nigeria would become a giant Sokoto empire with Islam at its core.
God forbid.

It will be the greatest honour of my life to witness the day me, my fellow Igbos and all Igbo speaking communities in Nigeria become independent of Nigeria as a separate country.

Wether this happens with or without the other ethnic groups in the South of Nigeria does not matter as long as Igbos are out of Nigeria

Self determination is a legal right

dukie25:
SS would leave as soon as the SE leaves. Without the Igbos Nigeria would become a giant Sokoto empire with Islam at its core.
God forbid.

Why God forbid? Is that not your wish ?

Don’t worry, Saraki, Kwankwaso, Tambuwal and Atiku you all are campaigning for will definitely accedes to your wish when your party PDP wins

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its their right nothing strange about it...iam from the middle belt but a very strong admirer of a typical Igbo mans courage.. if they want to separate from Nigeria,they have a good reason its obvious Nigeria is not and will never work .
other regions especially the north with a very myopic mentality that is attached to their religious beliefs is holding the whole country back..and the Igbo's know how far they would have gone if they do not have such distractions.
...how can a country develop with majority of its leaders occupying sensitive positions are with a religious beliefs that civilization and development is a sin?..let this country split ,so that everyone can run their government according to their beliefs simple....

Nigeria can't work with the present structure.

Unleash the potentials of the federating units by giving them more autonomy and Nigeria will blossom.