Separatist movements of Nigeria

rdf:langString Separatist movements of Nigeria

rdf:langString Separatist movements of Nigeria want to achieve state secession, which is the withdrawal of one or more states from the multinational Federal Republic of Nigeria. Separatist movements include: * The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its arm wing the Eastern Security Network who support the independence of the Republic of Biafra by mostly Igbo people from the eastern part of the country. They are allied with the Anglophone Cameroonian independence movement. * The Oduduwa Republic, a Yoruba secessionist movement, * The Arewa Republic, in the North of the country, * The , supported by the Niger Delta Liberation Front and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, leading to the 2016 Niger Delta conflict. As of 2021, according to the US Council on Foreign Relations, only a minority of the Igbo and the Yoruba support separatism.