Some Northern elders from Kano have dragged the leadership of the National Assembly and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami to a Federal High court asking the plaintiffs to make arrangements for the exit of Biafra agitators of the Southeast before concluding ongoing amendment to Nigeria’s constitution.
The request for a court order to compel the hastening of South East exit from Nigeria formed one of the three prayers sought in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/538/2021 instituted by Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’I, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam.
In their suit, they averred in a supporting affidavit that their action was informed by the need to stem the tide of violence and destruction allegedly occasioned by the agitation for secession, championed by the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) — a now-proscribed group founded in 2012.
The plaintiffs claimed that they do not want a repeat of the 1967 to 1970 civil war in Nigeria that cost the nation many innocent lives and properties worth billions of naira.
Listed as defendants in the suit are Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lawan, Gbajabiamila, and the National Assembly.
The plaintiffs prayed the court for the following reliefs:
*A declaration that, by the combined effect of the provisions of Section 4 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), and Articles 1, 2, and 20(1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act 2004, the 4th defendant (the National Assembly) is empowered to set in motion a framework for a referendum to allow the South-eastern region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to decide on their bid for self-determination.
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