27/11/2025
PRESS STATEMENT BY CHIEF MALCOLM OMIRHOBO
Before Nigeria collapses into the kind of prolonged, bloody conflicts we are witnessing in Israel–Palestine, Congo, and Sudan, the Federal Government must act with wisdom, urgency, and courage.
Nigeria is drifting. The centre can no longer hold. Insecurity, ethnic distrust, violent extremism, mass killings, economic hopelessness, state-sponsored injustice, and deep constitutional fractures have pushed the country to the brink.
If we continue pretending that “all is well,” we may soon find ourselves in a full-scale catastrophe that no election or propaganda can prevent.
My Call to Bola Ahmed Tinubu is Simple:
Choose a Referendum, Not Another Election.
A referendum is the only peaceful, democratic, and civilised way to resolve Nigeria’s foundational crisis. It is the globally accepted mechanism for nations experiencing internal contradictions so deep that ordinary elections cannot cure them.
Let the Nigerian people decide their future:
Whether to remain together
Whether to restructure
Whether to return to regional autonomy
Or whether to peacefully disintegrate, so that we do not disintegrate in pieces through uncontrollable violence
This is not treason. This is democracy.
This is not war-mongering. This is conflict prevention.
This is not hatred for Nigeria. This is love for human life and respect for self-determination.
Nigeria should be allowed to determine its own destiny through ballots, not bullets.
A referendum now is far better than a civil war later.
I therefore call on Tinubu, the National Assembly, ECOWAS, AU, UN, civil society, traditional rulers, and all responsible stakeholders to begin the process of a national referendum immediately.
Nigeria must be allowed to disintegrate in peace not in pieces.
Chief Malcolm Omirhobo
Human Rights Lawyer & Public Interest Litigator