A pressure group of women under the umbrella of the Amalgamation of Northern Women Associations has hit the streets in Abuja, demanding for independence for Biafran agitators in Nigeria.

The women group who sad that they do not want war, accused Igbo ethnic group of declaring the south Eastern Nigeria a war zone, following the killings and attacks on security personnel and other national assets.

Hadiza Adamu, Coordinator of the group during a protest in Abuja, on Saturday, said: “Nigerian History has shown that women carry the heavy burden of war and acts of insurrections and terrorism.

“We have gone through it from 1967 to 1971, our men died and left us with the children to cater for out of nothing, other men that survived simply moved on but we never moved on.

“The aftermath of the war and the sufferings left lifetime scars in our hearts and on our bodies. It is for this reason that we (have) come together today and say we don’t want another war, another insurrection.

“We , therefore, unanimously call on President Muhammadu Buhari as the leader and father of the country; and the leadership of the National Assembly, President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawal; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; to immediately call for a referendum in the country.

“Let people choose to live in peace in Nigeria or leave, any other group or nationality that wants to secede to exercise their rights of self-determination like the South-East has been agitated for decades to be allowed to leave Nigeria peacefully, without resorting to a second civil war.

“Today the Igbo nation has turned the entire South-East to almost a war zone, northerners irrespective of their tribes are no longer safe, states’ infrastructures are no longer safe, service personnel from police to army are not safe, INEC offices and other symbols of democracy in the country are being destroyed on daily basis, our husbands that go to do business in South-East no longer return home safe, our political leaders who travel to the South-East on national assignments are assassinated in broad daylight”, she said.

Last Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari earned promoters of insurrection in certain parts of Country when he received briefs from the national Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Yakubu in Aso Villa about the 42 cases of attacks on INEC offices that had been attacked by hoodlums since the last General Election.

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