Biafra Referendum: Northern groups bemoan another case adjournment

A Federal High Court in Abuja adjourned the hearing yesterday until May 24, 2023, delaying the hearing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) lawsuit for more than two years in order to hold a referendum on the future of Biafra and other self-determination movements.

The court presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo, was unable to convene as scheduled, so the case was postponed.

The case is scheduled to be heard on May 24, 2023, according to CNG’s attorney, Barrister Sufiyanu Gambo Idris, who was briefing journalists at the time.

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Even though it was supposed to be for a rejoinder, he claimed that the court did not meet yesterday.

The judge provided an explanation for his absence, and they chose May 24, 2023, as the new date for the motion, he continued.

Remember that CNG filed a lawsuit before the Federal High Court in Abuja to prevent the national assembly from moving forward with the constitution review until the issue of Nigeria’s unity, specifically the Biafra agitation, was resolved through a referendum.

The senate president’s office, the house of representatives speaker’s office, and the federal attorney general’s office all received the court document with the markings FHC/ABJ/CS/538/2021.

Speaking about the development, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, spokesman for the coalition of northern groups, expressed the coalition’s confidence that the court, as the supreme temple of justice, would ultimately uphold the lawsuit and make history.

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Also speaking, Barrister Adesina Oke, counsel for the Ibom Peoples Movement, requested to join the lawsuit for Akwa Ibom citizens seeking self-determination and calling for an end to the Nigerian State’s political and economic colonization of Akwa Ibom.