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Will Nigeria’s Biafra follow Catalan separatists lead?

By DW
03 November 2017   |   12:08 pm
In southeastern Nigeria, the separatist IPOB wants a referendum like the unofficial one recently held in Catalonia. But those who remember the Biafran War of fifty years ago worry about rushing into a referendum that could lead to armed conflict.

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    Are you referring to a failed referendum where 40 percent voted, and the brain behind it, is currently on the run?
    But it is barbaric to kill people because of their political beliefs.

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    It will happen with time,if injustice and equality did not stop by restructuring..

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    As far as we’re in democracy we must know the majority minds of our people through referendum.
    Few politicians can’t dictate for us, they are talking as individuals.

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