Former aide of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Rueben Abati, has spoken up about the recent ‘Biafrexit’ campaign launched by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
IPOB claims that ‘Biafrexit’ is a way of seeking referendum for their own independence just as the British government pulled out of the European Union with its own ‘Brexit’.
Rueben Abati said: “In the last few days, I have for example, seen a strange Nigerian invention called“Biafrexit”.
“This must be a joke, symbolically thrown up by those who must know that no Nigerian government will allow such a vote.
“The Brexit vote was not about disintegration, even if Scotland is now insisting on its independent right to be part of the EU; rather the vote was more about national and economic identity.
“Nigeria is still at the level of debates: we can hold as many conferences as we like, adjust the Constitution at mutually agreed terms, but a referendum that could lead to the dissolution of this country is not what we need, and it is certainly not the lesson from Brexit.”