Biafra political activist and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has praised the Yoruba One Voice (YOV) for their demand from the Nigerian government to allow a referendum, Afriupdate reports.
The body said this would afford Nigerians the opportunity to agree on laws and policies that should be continued or discarded.
YOV Secretary-General, Sina Okanlomo, spoke recently in South Africa after a rally on the state of Nigeria.
Okanlomo disclosed that letters had been sent to the United Nation (UN), European Union (EU), United States (US), African Union (AU) and embassies, on “peaceful decoupling of the Yoruba territory from Nigeria”.
![[FILES] IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu in court](https://www.afriupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nnamdi-Kanu-in-Court-120x86.jpg "IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu fails to regain freedom at Supreme Court 2")
The scribe declared that it was in the interest of the South-West region and indigenes in other states to exit “the current political format” due to age-long challenges.
“We are entitled to our rights. There is an urgent need for a referendum for us to know the basis for our existence. The rallies came as the best alternative because Yorubas in the Diaspora strongly owe our allegiance to Oodua Republic.
“The Yoruba are tired of this system. A country where the security situation is porous; where a governor was attacked severally even with an array of security operatives. A country where citizens cannot hold peaceful rallies.
“A country ravaged by nepotism, bigotry, unemployment, infrastructure deficit, killings, banditry, terrorism, and economic doom. A country where there is no fund in the national treasury and citizens subjected to poverty.”
Controversial founder of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Kanu, via his known Facebook page on Saturday gave kudos to YOV for the step they have taken.
According to him, “the only sensible option for different nations in Nigeria to preserve their races is a referendum”.
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IPOB Nnamdi Kanu is canvassing for the secession and sovereignty of Eastern Nigeria.
Its main aim is to restore an independent state of Biafra in the former Eastern Region of Nigeria through an independence referendum.
They are contesting what they feel is poor investment, inequitable resource distribution, ethnic marginalization, and heavy military presence in the Biafran region.
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