MASSOB TELLS UN TO DIVIDE NIGERIA INTO SIX COUNTRIES

The Biafra Independence Movement (BIM) and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have called on the United Na­tions and other world leaders to divide Nige­ria into 6 geo-political zones to solve problems facing the nation.

pro-Biafra supporters shouting slogans in Aba, southeastern Nigeria, during a protest calling for the release of a key activist in November 18, 2015. By Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP/File)
According to a statement by Mazi Chris Mocha, its director of information, the pro-Biafra groups urged the international community to prevail on Nigerian Government to prepare the six geo-political zones in the country for self rule, adding that this is the only solution to the many problems facing the country.

The two groups appealed to world powers to consider the lives of people that are being killed on a daily basis in Nigeria arising from the insurgency in the North East and Fulani herds­men said to be allegedly affiliated to ISIS and Boko Haram.

“Abuja politicians have allowed their parochial interests and ambitions to becloud their sense of reasoning when our people are dying,” he lamented.

Mocha said the pro­posed nations inlcude South East, (Biafra), South South (Niger Del­ta), North East, North West, South West, (Oduduwa) and North- Central.

He stressed that no amount of preaching on nationalism can change Nigeria as it is today.

Mocha added: “When the zones are granted independence, the assets of the citizens of the different countries will be protected by the international laws, just as bilateral agreements will guide the future relationship of the new republics.”

The group, however, in­sisted that several mem­bers of BIM/MASSOB were killed last week dur­ing the Biafra anniversary at Nkpor and Onitsha.