Yerima Condemns Anti-Biafrans, This Is What He Said About Agitators

Following the renewed agitation by pro-Biafra protesters across the South east and South south parts of the country, Ahmed Sani Yerima, former governor of Zamfara State, has said that the Biafra agitators were on a legitimate struggle for self determination.

Yerima who is now a Senator, told journalists that the federal government and security agencies must allow the Biafra agitators exercise their fundamental human rights as guaranteed by the constitution, Today.ng reports.

He cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigeria Armed Forces against the use of force on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Survival of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), stating that the groups were on a legitimate struggle for self-determination and should be allowed to exercise their rights.

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The former governor urged President Buhari and the Nigeria Armed Forces to be more matured and accommodating in handling the renewed agitation by the groups to revive the defunct Republic of Biafra.

According to him, there should be no compulsion in a democracy and IPOB must not be compelled to belong to Nigeria.

Yarima, who was speaking in Abuja said it was wrong for people to classify the agitators who have been campaigning for the revival of the defunct Republic of Biafra as secessionist because they have legitimate rights under the Nigerian Constitution to express their views on any issue.

He said that rather than use force to subdue the agitators, the Federal Government could hold a referendum in the region to ascertain if it is the wish of the majority of the people to pull out of Nigeria and form a new country.

The Nigerian army recently warned the pro- Biafra agitators to desist from holding rallies in different towns and cities as the military had powers under the constitution to suppress any act insurrection or civil disobedience.

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In recent weeks, there have been a series of public demonstrations across the Southeast and Southsouth geo- political zone. 

Meanwhile, Professor Ben Nwabueze a constitutional lawyer and chairman of The Patriots has blamed bad leadership in the country for the new wave of protest for Biafra, stating that the solution to the problem does not lie in secession. The legal luminary also added that sending the protesters to prison is either the solution.

He hinged the cause for the new protest to what he termed as injustice melted out to the people of the southeast of the country f by the administration of President Muhamamdu Buhari for the renewed agitation for Biafra.

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