“We Want Referendum” – IPOB Rejects Creation Of New ‘Orlu State’ In South-East

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have rejected the proposed bill to create more states in the South-East.

On Thursday, June 6, the bill to create Orlu State from parts of Imo, Abia, and Anambra passed its first reading in the House of Representatives.

Reacting to the development, IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful stated that a referendum on leaving Nigeria is the only acceptable solution, not creating more states.

Powerful argued that adding new states will only cause confusion since the current states are already poorly managed.

According to him, creating more states would lead to increased confusion, hatred, and mismanagement.

The statement reads, “We don’t want more state in Igboland; creating more state in Igboland means creating more confusion and hatred among the Ndigbo.

“The already existing states have not been well managed by Nigeria and now they want to create more confusion.

“The cost of governance is increasing on a daily basis in Nigeria; certainly, the new state will not be well managed like others.

“Most of the existing states in the country are not viable and they want to add more confusion and problems.

“The creation of more states is not our problem. All we want is a total referendum to determine whether the Ndigbo would like to remain in Nigeria or not. The Ndigbo want total freedom and that is what we insist on.”

KanyiDaily recalls that IPOB had banned the singing of Nigeria’s national anthem in schools across the South-East.