A group, Midwest Movement, has threatened to declare secession if Nigeria is not restructured as to redress the current imbalance, alleged marginalization and others.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Convener, Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
According to the group, the 12 ethnic groups that will declare secession for Bendel Republic are drawn from Edo and Delta States namely Akoko-Edo, Esan, Bini, Etsako, Owan, Anionma, Ika, Ndokwa, Urhobo, Isoko, Ijaw and Itsekiri.
The statement reads in part: “If the federation of Nigeria fails to hold under the weight of government’s inability to play its constitutional role and because of the reckless actions of ethnic jingoists, the Midwest territorial area shall employ, embrace and adopt every available international instrument, conventions and protocols to take its destiny in its hands as a territory to be called Bendel Republic or any name or appellation our people so choose to adopt.”
He added that “the federation of Nigeria is in dire crisis due to injustice, marginalization and flagrant violation of the terms agreed upon by its founding fathers.”
Continuing the group demanded that “the government and representatives of the people in Parliament to consciously heed the voices of reason on the call for a re-federalisation of the country, using all available constitutional means, while factoring the interests and aspirations of all ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.
“That government and its officials refrain from and resist the temptation of casting all those calling for peaceful resolution of the current political impasse as mere appointment seekers.
“Government should, as a matter of urgency, broaden its consultation and engagement with stakeholders of all ethnic nationalities, with a view to working out modalities to ease the current avoidable tension in the country.”
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