Leader of the Biafran Independent Movement (BIM), Chief Ralph Uwaruzike, has said that Nigeria’s amalgamation has failed with 56 years of independence in Nigeria, saying it is practically impossible to keep Nigeria as one united entity again.

Speaking in Onitsha yesterday through the BIM’s Anambra North Zonal Director of Information, Charles Igbokwe, Uwaruzike noted that there has been more clamour for separation and division than before, while the volume of innocent blood, which has poured out on the ground in the country, has equally increased.

He, therefore, appealed to the international community to prevail on the Nigerian government to grant Biafra an independent state of its own, saying that the aim of the founding fathers has been defeated.
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According to him, the unity of Nigeria exists only on radio and televisions, just as he expressed regret that many families of different security agencies have become fatherless due to casualties recorded in the fight against insurgents.

He also appealed to political leaders and security agents to allow people live according to their desire instead of forced nationhood.“At northern side, there is Boko Haram and Shittee clamouring for an Islamic State, in the West, there is the Oodua People’s Congress seeking for Oduduwa Republic, and in the East, we have the BIM/ MASSOB and others seeking for freedom of Biafrans.“All these are pointers to the fact that the mind of everybody is not in the so-called One Nigeria.”

He called on the Federal Government and politicians to emulate the Western world in upholding the people’s rights for self-determination, referendum and secession for peace to reign.