Count us out of secession, say South South aborigines

The Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River (BRAC) Coastal Aborigines say they are not in support of the agitation for secession.

They also said they were not part of activities of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra.

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National Coordinator, BRAC Coastal Aborigines, Doris McDaniels, stated these at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday.

She said: “The BRAC Coastal Aborigines of the South-south comprised the minority ethnicity (ies) of the erstwhile Eastern Region of Nigeria collectively as the authentic dwellers of the coastal region of the eastern coastal part of Nigeria sharing coastal bother-lines with Bight of Biafra, now renamed Bight of Bonny.

“Let me state categorically that while BRAC does not intend to be seceded from the South-south region, member states have not been achieving much under the umbrella of the Niger Delta region.

“There’s no collective agenda to rely on, to map out present and future development of our people and the coastal region.”