Nigeria won’t make progress without restructuring –Ekwueme, Adebanjo

Nigeria won’t make progress without restructuring –Ekwueme, Adebanjo

His incarceration in 1984 at Kirikiri prisons following the military coup which aborted the second republic gave him time to think about Nigeria. It was a blessing in disguise as he came out of prison with the idea of six geo-political zonal structures, which he canvassed in the 1994 constitutional conference. It later became a convention, and has taken care of minorities in the South and Northern parts of the country.

You MUST restructure Nigeria or . . .Ekwueme, Adebanjo warn Buhari

 You MUST restructure Nigeria or . . .Ekwueme, Adebanjo warn Buhari

The Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Yoruba leader, Ayo Adebanjo, former Minister of Information, Prof Jerry Gana and former Governors of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife and Peter Obi, yesterday emphasised on the need to restructure the Nigerian nation.

Anyaoku, Ekwueme, others not "our Commanders" and we never appointed them to speak for us - IPOB

We never appointed Anyaoku, Ekwueme, others to speak for us - IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Thursday described as unfortunate a media publication, which tagged former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme and a former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku as “IPOB commanders” and representatives.

FULL TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SOUTHERN NIGERIA PEOPLES ASSEMBLY (SNPA) ON THE UNHOLY CONSPIRACY BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) AND THE NORTHERN ELDERS FORUM (NEF) WITH INTENT TO INSTALL A NORTHERN PRESIDENT THOUGH RIGGING.

Cross section of some members of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Congress

Gentlemen of the Press,

On behalf of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly (SNPA) we have invited you to brief you on the subversive, subterranean and dishonourable conspiracy which we discovered to exist between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), with the sole desire of enthroning a President of Northern extraction at all cost in the February 14, 2015 presidential election.

Ekwueme, Clark, Okurounmu and others ask Jega to resign over ethnically-biased polling units

Ekwueme, Clark, Okurounmu and others ask Jega to resign over ethnically-biased polling units

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Atahiru Jega has been asked to resign for nursing ethnic agenda that would favour his native north in the planned Nigeria's 2015 general elections.

The leadership of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly (SNPA), led by former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme; a former Federal Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark; and Senator Femi Okurounmu, asked Prof. Jega, to resign from office with immediate effect.