The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared when the sovereign state of Biafra is finally actualized, it will reject application to be a member of the Organisation of Islamic Countries, (OIC), and other relevant Islamic bodies but it will welcome the Shiite movement.
The group made this statement on Saturday via its spokespersons Emma Nmezu and Dr Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya, adding that the Biafra constitution would not make provisions for Sharia.
“The Constitution of Biafra shall be a collective effort of Biafran citizens. Every Biafran will participate in the formulation and ratification of the constitution. No single individual will arrogate the powers to himself/herself to write the nation’s constitution,” the statement reads.
“This was the case in Nigeria where General Abdulsalami Abubakar singlehandedly wrote the constitution and falsely stated in the introduction that We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…Do hereby make, enact and give to ourselves the following Constitution
“Nothing can be farther from the truth because the people of Nigeria never came together to discuss, enact and give themselves the constitution. Technically, a constitution is made by the citizens of a nation and not the people; because the people may or may not be the citizens of that nation.
“The blessed nation of Biafra shall never be a member of any Islamic body. Biafra shall maintain its secularity both in principles and in practice unlike the British-created country called Nigeria that professes secularity in principle but a ranking member of OIC in practice.
“Also, citizens will not be forced to practice a particular religion. There will be freedom of worship for adherents of all faiths without molestation. If the persecuted Shiite sect members wish to relocate to Biafraland, we would gladly accommodate them along with other tormented Christians in the North (Arewa land), the statement added.
