We can do without Britain –Ikedife

The British High Commission in Nigeria was told that Britain did not support agitation for Biafra, at the weekend, attracted the ire of the Deputy Chairman of Su­preme Council of Elders of the Indigenous Peo­ple of Biafra, Dr Dozie Ikedife, who said that Britain pretended not to know the plight of people being marginalised in Ni­geria.


Ikedife said Biafran agita­tors should ignore the com­ments, but urged that due pro­cess be followed in the pursuit of self-determination to actu­alize Biafra devoid of violence or anything done outside the law.
“Indigenous people of Bi­afra should ignore the said British comments. Whether they support us or not, we will achieve Biafra even if the whole world says no, there is no going back no matter the odds; so long as there is marginalization, so long there is inequity in infrastructural development, and so long we are relegated to second or third class citizens in this country, we will never stop the quest for Biafra until there is equity and justice,” Ikedife said.The British stand on this issue of self-determination for the indigenous people of Biafra could be an official statement, but I’m sure that the common man in the streets in Britain will have a different view. The allegations of Brit­ain being in favour of North­ern Nigeria are there,” Ikedife said.