Book on Biafra set to launch today in Abuja

A book on Igbo ethnic group's agitation for self-determination is scheduled for launch today at the Yar'adua Centre in Abuja. Daily Trust reported.

Written by Mr Chudi Offodile, a legal practitioner from Enugu State and a member of the House of Reps (1999 - 2011), the 279-paged book details the struggles  for secession by the Igbo people,  one of Nigeria's dominant ethnic nationalities.

In his book, Offodile expressed his unflinching support for a new order, insisting that 50 years after the bloody war, the "pretensions" that Nigeria was one, and all was well, remained a misnomer.

"Nearly 50 years after the end of the Nigeria-Biafra War in 1970, Nigeria is still grappling with the Biafra dilemma," he said.

"No matter its pretensions, Nigeria will at some point have to reform its present pseudo-federal arrangement to create a more inclusive, equitable and proper federal structure.

"If not, the country will continue to face epileptic development thrusts, militancy in the Niger Delta and a ruinous intensifying clamour for self-determination by disadvantaged ethnic groups, especially the Igbo."

Ofodile argued that Nigeria remained in trouble because its handlers were yet to get things right. Daily Trust added.

He concluded that: "The way forward is to first craft an aggregate worldview, reflective of the opinions of all Nigerian ethnic groups,"

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