Two pro-Biafra groups, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Biafra Independence Movement (BIM) have called on the United Nations (UN) to urgently conduct referendum for Biafra independence.
Chief Canice Anujuru and Chief Okechukwu Nwogu, leader of MASSOB in Owerri zone and member MASSOB Elders’ Council respectively made the call yesterday while briefing journalists in Owerri to mark the 17th anniversary of formation of MASSOB in Owerri.
Anujuru maintained that conducting referendum for the independence of Biafra was long overdue, adding that the suffering currently faced by Nigerians was because the government of Nigeria had refused to support the freedom of Biafra people.
According to Anujuru, “UN gave MASSOB observer status since the year 2000 and since then, MASSOB has been prosecuting its campaign for the independence of Biafra in a non-violent manner.”
