The Coordinator, Legal Affairs for Igboho, Olasupo Ojo, has said that self-determination is a right and the Federal Government can’t proscribe it.
“I dare them to do it. Boko Haram is out there killing people and they didn’t proscribe them, they kept quiet. Let them do their worst. They can’t scare anybody.
“How many groups do they know? Do they know how many groups are agitating for Yoruba Nation all over the globe? It is too late, they can’t proscribe a right. Until they remove the right from the law, they can’t do that. They should read Article 20 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights,” he stated.
Article 20 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights read, “All peoples shall have the right to existence. They shall have the unquestionable and inalienable right to self-determination. They shall freely determine their political status and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy they have freely chosen.
“Colonised or oppressed peoples shall have the right to free themselves from the bonds of domination by resorting to any means recognised by the international community.
“All peoples shall have the right to the assistance of the State Parties to the present Charter in their liberation struggle against foreign domination, be it political, economic or cultural.”
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