Showing posts with label Separatist movements in Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Separatist movements in Nigeria. Show all posts

Thursday 15 June 2017

Nigeria Sees a Surge in Separatist Sentiment

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is calling for unity in Nigeria amidst separatist calls and mounting ethnic tensions. Nigeria's government is calling for national unity after southerners were given an ultimatum to leave the country's north, triggering renewed calls for independence elsewhere.
Recall that the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum last week said Igbos living in the mainly Muslim north should go back to the largely Christian south by October 1.