Biafra: Buhari Rules out Referendum; Warns MASSOB, IPOB

President Muhammadu Buhari Weekend warned those behind the agitation for the division of Nigeria through the Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to steer clear, saying the corporate existence of Nigeria as a single entity is not a subject of debate and would not be compromised.

President Buhari gave the warning in Zaria at the investiture of the Obi of Onitsha, Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe, as the 7th Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria.
The President who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Prof Anthony Onwuka, said the menace
of insurgency and actions of some people agitating for dismemberment of the country would be surmounted.

His words: “The country is currently facing challenges of insurgency and other forms of insecurity that have become a threat to Nigerians to live in their country and be educated in their country.
“The security situation in the country entails that every Nigerian must discharge his responsibility in bringing about peaceful coexistence. The menace of insurgency and actions of some people agitating for dismemberment of this country will be surmounted.


“I therefore sound a note of serious warning that the corporate existence of Nigeria as a single entity is not a subject of debate and will not be compromised.
“This administration will put in place sustainable programme which will put our education system back on sound track.