You have to agree with the elders. Nigeria's last authentic
constitution is the 1963 constitution.
All the other ones ever since are
military decrees forced on the Nigerian people.
THE Rivers Elders and Leaders’ Council has stated that to ensure proper
restructuring, unity and peaceful co-existence, Nigeria must return to the 1963
Constitution. They also kicked against the inclusion of Rivers State by
agitators in the Southeast in the proposed Biafra Republic, declaring that it
would never happen, in view of Rivers people’s unpleasant experiences during
the civil war, between 1967 and 1970.
The Rivers elders and leaders, through their Chairman, and the pioneer
Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Chief Albert
Horsfall, stated this on Thursday in Port Harcourt, while briefing reporters at
the end of their meeting. He said: “Our position is 1963 Nigeria. In 1960, we
had Independence Constitution. In 1963, it was turned into law, as a Republican
Constitution. We want a return to that situation.
“Biafra has no place whatsoever in Rivers State. Rivers State belongs
to Rivers people. The first experience with the place called Biafra, being
Ojukwu’s Republic of Biafra, was such an agony for Rivers people, that they do
not wish any reference or return to Biafra anymore, ever again.”
Rivers elders and leaders also asked the state governor, Nyesom Wike,
to frontally tackle insecurity in the state, and ensure the safety of lives and
property. “We intend to send a letter to the Rivers State government, drawing
attention to the insecurity in the State) and the consequences thereof. “It is
in everybody’s interest that we have security in Rivers State. For the
government’s economic policy to work, there has to be security.”
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