Firstly, it
is important that we elucidate briefly on what referendum is all about and the
need for referendum. The word 'Referendum' simply means a process by which an
entire electorate or the people of a particular nation are being called up to
the polls, to cast a vote on a particular raging political proposal. It often
requires an affirmative i.e. a YES or a NO over the ballot paper, to indicate
validity. It maybe, on a need for the adoption of a new law within a political
administration or a process of determining the willingness of a people of
particular region of same country, to exist as a separate and sovereign nation.
The urgency for the later often springs from series of nationalist campaigns
for a sovereign territory, often propelled by obvious injustices against the
agitating territory or consequent from neglect of organic boundaries and
observed breaches of bilateral agreements. A sustained indictment on the
existing nation of neglect abuses and marginalization often results to the clamour
for political sovereignty through referendum at the polls.
Instances of
referenda as legitimate international alternative for determining the decisions
of the people are visible across the World. It is a trending alternative across
continents of the political cosmos. The Scottish people, in 2014, took to the
polls and tested for the first time, the veracity of their nationalist
campaigns. The day was fixed and the affirmative polls held. The outcome of the
polls did not favour the nationalist campaigners, but that did not however stop
the resoluteness of the nationalists to keep calling for another shot at the
polls for a politically sovereign state of Scotland. In 2011, the people of
southern Sudan went to the polls to test the strength of their argument, to
have a separate sovereign state, from the mother Sudan. The day of the polls
till date remains a success story for the nationalists in that part of the
World, as the outcome of the referendum polls registered an irrefutable
affirmative in favour of the nationalists from southern Sudan. The British
government are also here as nation state, that have gone through same process
of referendum, to withdraw their membership of the European Union, an economic
Union of formally twenty-eight-member States across Europe.
Several
international charter, standards and laws have also duly served ' referendum',
the needed legitimacy, to exist as a civilizational global dictum, away from
the primitive standard of firstly resorting to chaos. Biafrans are sure not the
first set of people to adopt this all-winning and growing global tradition for
separatism via referendum. As long as humans walk the cosmos Earth, change and evolution
must continue to affect our every stratum of existence. Political evolution,
economic evolution and overall social reordering must continue. The phenomenon
of change must continue to transverse all aspects of humanity; both biological,
and otherwise. As nations adjust their various laws and traditions, in other to
move on with the growing World, Africa and Nigeria in particular must join the
pace and set the standard growing. No laws nor vested individual interests can
be better priorities to human lives. Whatever is achievable, to ensure maximum
security of lives, must form the basis for any government policies and actions.
The yearnings of the people remain the desire of their God.
A country
where certain of her populace are regarded as minorities is not one viable
enough for Biafrans to desire to exist in. No one can accept being referred to
as a foreigner in his father's house. The treatment of a segment of supposed
compatriots as a conquered people cannot spur any vestige of real exhibition of
allegiance and commitment to nations. A situation in a country where all the
people holding all the political and security offices are appointed from one tribe
(Fulani) is a call for deep worry. For instance the minister for interior (Ibrahim
Dambazau), chief of army staff (Gen.Turku Buratai), National Security Adviser,
(Major Gen.Babagana Monguno), Minister of defence (Brig. Gen. Sudan Ali), Chief
of air staff (Sadic Abubarka),
I.G.P(Ibrahim idris ), Commandant General of the Nigerian security and
civil defence corps (N.S.C.D.C, Abdulahi Muahammadu), D.S.S director general (Lawal
Musa), N.I.A director general (Rufai Abubarka), chairman E.F.C.C (Ibrahim
Magu), comptroller general of
Immigration service (Muhammed Babagedi), comptroller general, Nigeria
custom service (Hamedi Ibrahim), controller gen. Nigeria prison service(Jafaru
Ahmed), to mention but afew are all from one tribe (Fulani)!
These are
some of the highest political and security offices in a supposed multi-ethnic
country, that are unfortunately being occupied by certain tribe (Fulani), in
so-called one Nigeria. It is only fair for Biafrans to exit this murderous and
criminal entity called Nigeria in lieu of some of these underlying facts and
very conspicuous evidences that abound. The exit of Biafrans through the
instrumentality of a referendum is the height of poetic justice, considering
the amount of injustices and marginalization that have been visited upon peace
loving Biafrans over many decades and still counting. The spree of supervised
killings and carnages committed against Biafrans is enough for consolation in
Biafra referendum. Biafrans as humans bleed blood and therefore deserve every
right to exist as such.
It is the
right of Biafrans to have a referendum, considering all the international
charter that have laid credibility to same. The African charter on the rights
of humans, and the UN declaration on the rights of all Worlds indigenous
people, also serves as a suitable universal guarantee on such right. Referendum
for Biafra exists as a universal sacrosanctity and therefore calls on the
civilized World to rise up and live up to their expectations, in advancing the
cause of justice globally. The United Nations, The African Union, The European
Union, the United States, Russia, China, France and other members of the global
ruling elites must seize this opportunity of peace to state by actions that
peaceful process of secession is possible via 'Referendum'. Ignoring Biafrans
at this stage of our campaign for peaceful exit can only be understood to mean
that peaceful process of self-determination is a waste of time and globally
unacceptable.
#MAKE-HASTE
TO SAVE BIAFRANS-#Support-Biafra-ReferendumNow!
Written by:
Ani Chris
Editor: Alex
C. Okeke
For: Enugu
Media Team
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