Simon Ekpa Insists On Referendum For Biafra

Leading the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, Mazi Simon Ekpa, has charged the Nigerian government with a long history of marginalization, inequality, and injustice against the Igbo people.

The actualization of the Biafra referendum, he claimed, could not be undone.

The information was revealed on Friday during a two-day extraordinary convention for the Biafra referendum in Helsinki, Finland, by Ekpa, a lawyer based in Finland and the Prime Minister of BRGIE.

The Biafra agitation, he added, has degraded into self-preservation as a result of the marginalization of Igbos in Nigeria.

Speaking at the ‘Biafra Helsinki Declaration’ convention on October 20–21, 2023, Ekpa said that the Nigerian government has not yet addressed the underlying causes of the Biafra agitation.

The Nigerian government, he claimed, was still treating the people of Biafra unfairly and with injustice.

The concept of “one Nigeria,” according to Ekpa, cannot last without equity and fairness.

As a result, Ekpa reported that Igbos had established BRGIE and Biafra De Facto Government (BDFG) to help the Southeast Asian nation and its people while Nigeria was in occupation.
The independence and liberty of Biafra should be permitted, he continued.

The current turmoil in Nigeria seems to be the subject of an international conspiracy to keep it quiet.

“Biafrans have once more been fighting for freedom for more than ten years. Terrorism for one’s own survival has replaced the original protest against marginalization.

Anger for self-preservation has replaced the original Biafra movement, which resurfaced more than ten years ago in opposition to marginalization and exclusion from government with relation to resource sharing and infrastructure development.

As for the underlying reasons for the unrest in the first place, they have not yet offered any compromises.

Worldwide, people have the right to voice their dissatisfaction with their governments, and the majority of rational nations react by engaging in conversation. That’s not the case in Nigeria, though.

No nation can be one without inclusiveness, equity, and justice, notwithstanding the discourse of “one Nigeria.”The opposite outcome was achieved by continuing the terror on Biafra rather than having a conversation and working persistently to resolve complaints.

“It is impossible to identify as a Nige­ria and deny certain regions of the nation the advantages of being a part of the same nation.”