NORTHERN GROUP SEEKS REFERENDUM FOR BIAFRA
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed November 1, to hear an application seeking an order of court directing the National Assembly to create a framework for a referendum in South- eastern Nigeria, so that Igbos can vote on secession from the country. Plaintiffs in the suit are Kano-based Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’i, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam while the first to fourth respondents are the Attorney General of the Federation, Senate President, Speaker, House of Representatives and the National Assembly. In their originating summons seen by our correspondent, the plaintiff, through their lawyer, S.G Idrees Esq, has asked the court to determine whether the constitution empowered NASS to call for a referendum. They alleged that Igbos were seeking secession through violence against the state. “WHETHER considering the violent agitation for self-determination by the people of the South- eastern States of the Federal Republic o