Biafra Agitation: Nnamdi Kanu is Wasting His Time - Presidency

A Presidential aide, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has said the demand for a referendum on a separate state of Biafra is constitutionally impossible.

According to him, Biafra seized to  exist on the January 15, 1970 and the agitators are only wasting their time.

On the issue of restructuring, he noted that it would not solve the myriad of problems confronting the nation.

The senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has said the calls for referendum by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and others, was a waste of time as it was constitutionally impossible. Speaking with The Sun, Obono-Obla described Kanu’s demands as “a nonsensical demand” He added that restructuring would not solve the myriad of problems Nigeria is facing. 

He further said 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. 

According to him, the renewed agitation for disintegration in the country was because some people are still angry that President Muhammadu Buhari won the 2015 presidential election and their access to making big money has been blocked. He said these are the people who want to destabilize the country. 

“When Jonathan was in power, all the major positions were taken by the South East. Then, they were not talking and they were not asking for Biafra. 

Why did they have to wait until Buhari came to power before the agitation. It is the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) who are sponsoring these people,” he added. Obono-Obla noted that restructuring is not a new thing as it was the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress (APC). 

He stated that the party was trying to put the country together first before it would begin to look at restructuring. 

The presidential aide applauded the Buhari-led government saying it has done very well considering that the country was on the brink of collapse.