The French Government has stated that there is no future for Biafra.
It said there is no support for those agitating for the secession of any part of Nigeria.
France Ambassador to Nigeria, Denys Gauer told the Guardian, that his home country would not in anyway work with any group agitating for the division of the nation.
He said France was working with Nigeria and supporting it as a country.
He said, “We are working with Nigeria and we are supporting it as the only country.
“This is absolutely clear and I don’t think there is any kind of future for Biafra. They are part of Nigeria and Nigeria has to remain as the only country.”
According to Gauer, France was working with the country in its fight against insurgency, adding that the fight against insurgency had brought Nigeria and France together, more than before.
“I can confirm to you that we are now very close allies to the Nigerian Armed Forces in the fight against Boko Haram.
“We have no restrictions on that, we can sell any kind of equipment to the Nigerian government without any restrictions”, he added.
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Good one. Howver, it is also important for France to tell PMB not to take actions that provoke divison of the country. His utterances that constituencies that gave him 97% vote can not be treated equally with those that gave him 5% vote is undemocratic. I expected other world leaders including France to condemn that decision and remind PMB that when an elected president takes is sworn in he serves all the constituencies equally irrespective of their party differences. But unfortunately no body condemned PMB on that.
ReplyDeleteHow often does the president of one country go to tell the presidents of other countries how to run their country? Those who keep running to other countries - no matter how advanced - to come and intervene in Nigeria's internal challenges are embarrassing Nigeria's sovereignty.
DeleteThe "Brexit" vote by UK was completely against the wishes of the Scottish people, and there is now a growing agitation in Scotland for secession. How many countries' leaders have gone to tell the British PM that they are hurting the unity of UK? Please grow up and stop calling other world leaders to come and solve your problems.
@anonymous 8:17p.m. I’m more matured than you think. By telling me that I should grow up shows me that you were not well brought up either by your parents or your school. So, you can not engage your mind in public debate but you can insult the intelligence of other people.
DeleteMy view and calls on other world leaders to intervene in our internal problem is not out of place. Where the world leaders failed to do so swiftly at the beginning in countries like Syria and Sudan the consequences on humanity today is enormous more than they had imagined. But the question is, are the same world leaders now trying to intervene there today? Yes, they are doing that by paying so much for it in trying to resolve issues of refugees, control arms, defeat isis, trying to find a way to stabilize polity etc. These are capital intensive projects. But in a situation where the world leaders acted swiftly, there is to some degree a measure of corrections without anybody paying for unhealthy policies. E.g President Donald Trump felt that some other world leaders do not agree with him on some of his policies so he calm down and amended his ways. If only France and other leaders had responded to PMB concerning that undemocratic utterances we probably would not have had issues of Biafra and or Niger delta avengers. Their actions really set us back. We all felt the impact. You cannot oppress people without thinking that there will be no consequences. It is not wise enough for France to say today that Biafra has no future when they have not advocated for fairness and equality in our nation. They can never tell how the tides will change in 20, 30 or 50 years from now. I’m not an Igbo, I’m not from southeast. I’m from Kogi, North Central Nigeria. I strongly desire one Nigeria because I can see her beauty if only it is restructured.
IT IS FRANCE THAT HAS NO FUTURE. ALL THESE EUROPEANS DOGS AND COLONIALISTS THAT MESSED AFRICA UP IN THE 1884/85 BERLIN CONFERENCE MUST ONE ONE REAP WHAT THEY SOWED IN AFRICA. GERMANY AND ITALY REAPED THEIRS BRITAIN WILL SEE ITS TURN WHEN SCOTLAND LEAVES. FRANCE TURN WILL COME SOON. THE CAN SMILE NOW BUT WILL CRY TO THEIR GRAVES AND DESTRUCTION AND HELL TIME WILL TELL. Jay 2, Abuja.
ReplyDeleteWhat an arrogant statement from French government. Who they think they are? Are they God? They are afraid because English speaking Southern Cameroon wants to separate from Cameroon. All the oil resources are located in South Cameroon including the rich oil Bakassi Island, which naturally are Biafran territory. They have the right to speak but they cannot mortgage the live of 70 million Biafrans. What an idle and coward talk.
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DeleteAnonymous, Are you for real?
DeleteActually Biafra had no future. No support from the elders. The youth are just making noise.
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