Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has listed 9 Nigerian
states that will form the Republic of Biafra if
referendum is granted to him.
Nnamdi Kanu, who made this statement during an interview on Channels TV, claimed that it is too late for him to stop the agitation for Biafra.
The states mentioned by Kanu are:
1) Rivers state
2) Bayelsa state
3) Delta state
4) Anambra state
5) Imo state
6) Enugu state
7) Ebonyi state
8) Cross Rivers state
9) Akwa Ibom state
After listing the states, Kanu said: "Basically South East and South South without Edo state. This also includes Igede Idoma."
Kanu however said he is not agitating for a
violent breakup and when he says 'Biafra or
death', he does not mean war merely talking
about his dedication to the course as long as
he is alive.
He said: "Truth is a far more potent and deadlier weapon than bullets. No war. When I say Biafra or death, I mean I will keep pushing, either I am Alive or I die in the process. I wouldn't stop.
"Had sovereign National conference been
convened by the powers that be, where every
ethnic Nationality comes together to say what
type of country do we want? Sit down, discuss
and agree. I can begin to perhaps submit to
the opposition.
"It is way too late. They have killed so many
people. They have ruined too many lives. They
have wasted too many souls. How do we bring those people back."
According to the ELF board of trustees, led by
the chairman Richard Duke, the Efik people
are insulted by their inclusion into the map of
Biafra and they can champion their own
course if the need arises.
In a statement signed by hundreds of members of the group, they stated that the Efik people are not a part of Biafra and have never been.
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