A group, Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), has asked that the 2023 general elections be shelved until a referendum to define Nigeria’s future is held.
The group led by historian, Professor Banji Akintoye, said the process for a referendum should commence by suspending the 2023 election and putting Nigeria in a transition mode until regional referendums for self-determination are held.
Akintoye was represented by Don-Pedro Obaseki at the press conference.
He says: “This is a safe route to freedom for all constituents blocs that are fed up with the toxic Nigerian union.”
He said the immediate suspension of preparations towards the 2023 general election should be treated as a matter of urgency, adding that it is the “most urgently required first aid to Nigeria that is currently bleeding profusely from all sides.
“And for every single day, this emergency first aid is delayed, the risk of the catastrophic implosion of Nigeria is exponentially increased.”
At Tuesday’s press conference, NINAS described the 1999 Constitution as a destructive instrument used to renew the woes currently battling the country.
It appealed to political parties to save Nigerians from enslavement by refusing to submit candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission for the 2023 general elections.
The group further opined that after the proposed referendum, the people can now decide on the Constitution they want for themselves in their separate nations or within the Nigerian federation.
Similarly, it called on Nigerians in the diaspora to troop out in solidarity to participate in the “One Million March” planned to hold in front of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 14th to 24th in New York.