THE former President General of Ohanaeze, Dr. Dozie Ikedife has joined forces with other Biafra separatists and send a warning to the British Government that no one on earth can stop the emergence of the Republic of Biafra.
He stated this while reacting to the statement credited to the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright last week who disclosed the position of the British government on the continued existentece of Nigeria as one, indivisible entity.
Dr Ikedife said British anti-Biafra stance is purely to protect its economic economic interest which informed their interest and desire not to see Nigeria breaks up but this he said is morally bound to fail.
According to him, ''Britain will of course like to see Nigeria remain together so that the areas they are exploiting either by buying or selling will remain like that, undisturbed. They are speaking from the point of view of their own economic interest, and not with any altruistic point of view. One should not be deterred by such expressions; the Ambassador has the right to express his personal opinion.''
Reacting to the statement of the British Ambassador on Biafra agitation and killings that fuelled the Biafra-Nigeria civil war, he reminded Nigerians that 'those were the days and that things have in deed changed. Such a statement or position is not a surprise because when people from the Southeast were being killed in some parts of Nigeria, and were virtually pushed out of Nigeria, and when they declared Republic of Biafra, as their own and home, the British government helped to suppress that by supporting Nigeria along with one or two European countries.''
.Speaking further, he descended on the UK which itself has demonstrated in so many ways by accepting changes with particular reference to referendum it conducted for Scotland exit from Britain.
He said, ''Granting that the United Kingdom is reputed to be a conservative country, they have on their own demonstrated acceptance of changes.
For example, they allowed Scotland to do a referendum on whether they will continue to stay in the United Kingdom or not, even more significantly, they were standing by and encouraging the break up of former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR); they were standing by to see the break up of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Sudan. These countries went their various ways.
They were standing by when the sub continent of India gave birth to Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Even more recently, they decided to pull out of European Union.
When such a statement comes from somebody representing Her Majesty in Government, one wonders whether he was speaking for himself, expressing his personal opinion or expressing the opinion of Her Majesty in Government.
United Kingdom is also a member of United Nations Organisation, which has enacted and emphasised the rights of ethnic nationalities for self-determination; now this man speaking probably represents 18th Century view, and not the 21st Century view, where Scotland is also preparing another referendum to pull out of Great Britain and remain with European Union.
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