The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has said the recommendation of state police by some elites as panacea for restoring peace in the country will not work.
The group however demanded the division of Nigeria into six different republics as a positive step to ending the tribal conflicts that lingered for long.
MASSOB argued that with the increasing rate of killings across the country, the consideration for state police as a recipe for peace and development was a waste of time and an avoidable rigmarole.
The National Director of Information for the movement, Sunday Okereafor said in an interview with The Punch that Nigeria’s situation was almost irredeemable, especially with the massacre experienced in some parts of the country.
Okereafor maintained that while Biafra was ready for secession, groups like Odua, Arewa and others should be also prepared to go their different ways.
He pointed out that rather than the continued unprovoked murder of innocent people in the country, the United Nations should intervene and support the division of Nigeria into six independent states.
He said, “We say no to state police; what we want is Biafra and the truth is that Nigeria should be divided into six states because the security situation in the country cannot be solved with state police.
“How can some people be talking about state police when some groups are talking about going their different ways? If you consider the recent killings in Zamfara, Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa and other areas, you will see that the solution is secession.’’
The MASSOB spokesman expressed surprise that some Nigerians had begun to talk about 2019 election when their people were being killed by Fulani herdsmen.
He cautioned governors in the South-East and South-South who might want to succumb to pressure to provide land for ranches or grazing fields for herdsmen, adding that such governors would face the consequences of their action.
