Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu - No Election in South-East Without Biafra Referendum

23 June 2017

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that elections will be boycotted in the South-east states starting with the Anambra State gubernatorial election scheduled for November 18 if the federal government fails to hold referendum for the realisation of the state of Biafra.

"If the federal government does not agree with us on a date for referendum, there will be no elections in the South-east, we are starting with Anambra come November this year. There will be no governorship election in Anambra State," Kanu said while addressing a crowd of protesters in his father's compound in Abia State.

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