The body, last month, admitted the Yoruba and Biafra nations as its 45th and 46th members respectively, a development that has put the structure of Nigeria as a nation at high risk.
Leader of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), Professor Banji Akintoye, has warned that the break-up of Nigeria is imminent following the admission of the Yoruba and Igbo nations into the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO).
The admission of the two ethnic nationalities into the UNPO in April 2020 has reportedly heightened concerns over the risk on Nigeria breaking up.
UNPO, an international organisation established in 1991 and headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, assists ethnic nationalities that are repressed in the countries they are part of and helps them make a case for independence before the United Nations (UN).
The body, last month, admitted the Yoruba and Biafra nations as its 45th and 46th members respectively, a development that has put the structure of Nigeria as a nation at high risk.
Speaking on the implications of the two of the major ethnic nationalities in Nigeria joining UNPO, Prof. Akintoye in a chat with Sunday Tribune, warned that Nigeria may soon break up if the leaders failed to restructure the country properly to address concerns of all nations that make up the country.
The Yoruba nation can now hoist its own flag within Nigeria, having been offered international protection against its repression within the country, the YWC leader was quoted saying.
“Our admission into UNPO goes so far. For instance, we live in a country where our progress has been impeded continuously since 1962. We can now really resist, find an answer to that and not continue to be part of Nigeria’s retrogression and decline.
“And ultimately, when the time does come, our people…can say they want to hold a referendum to determine what they really want. Some countries that were members of the UNPO have achieved their independence and become members of the UN through the help of UNPO,” he said.
On his part, the founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, also told Sunday Tribune that it was just a matter of time before Biafra would gain sovereignty as an independent country and a member-state of the UN.
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