…describes it as a total waste of time and energy
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has described the call by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and others for referendum as a ‘legal and political impossibility.’
The Presidential aide also noted that restructuring would not solve the myriad of problems confronting the nation.
In his words: “The demand for a referendum with regards to Biafra is a constitutional impossibility.
“It is a legal and political impossibility. There is no provision in the constitution of the country or any other law that provides for a part of the country to break away.
“It is a nonsensical demand. Biafra ended on the January 15, 1970. I think the agitators are just expressing their rights to freedom of expression.
He continued: “The international law does not take precedence over the Nigerian constitution. If you want to ratify any treaty or international convention, the National Assembly has to approve it.
“You cannot begin to use the international law to deal with municipal, local and national issues.
“Let them stop wasting their time. There is nothing like that. The agitators are just wasting their time and that is why I am saying that they are just expressing their right to the freedom of expression,” he told The Sun.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Kanu had recently warned that the governorship election in Anambra scheduled for November this year may not hold if the Federal Government fails to recognise the Republic of Biafra.
However, in a counter motive, the Apex Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo on Wednesday said Kanu should not generalise the demand for a Biafra nation as some Igbos still believe in a restructured Nigeria.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the group also cautioned Kanu not to arrogate himself as the supreme leader of Igbo land.