One of the militant groups in the country, Niger Delta Avengers which has slashed Nigeria’s petroleum production with attacks on pipelines, is calling for a referendum on breaking up the Nigerian federation.
According a story Fox News monitored by our correspondent, The Niger Delta Avengers group posted a map on social media on Sunday suggesting that the country be split into five countries.
Analysts had predicted that the stunning result of the British referendum to leave the EU would encourage separatists in Nigeria. This is coming barely few days after Britain voted in support of exiting the European Union.
The Avengers posted:”President (Muhammadu) Buhari should call for a referendum to enable every Nigerian to vote if they want to stay as Nigerians or not, just like what David Cameron of Great Britain did.”
It would be recalled that Nigeria suffered a civil war from 1965 to 1970 that killed a million people as the southeastern Igbo people fought to create a separate state of Biafra. The move which was resisted then is already gathering momentum of late.
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