Meet the members of parliament (MPs) who have tabled a bill in the British parliament calling for the UK to recognise Biafra as an independent country.
An early day parliamentary motion was filed by MPs Tom Elliott and Danny Kinahan of the Ulster Unionist Party (UPP), ironically a party dedicated to preserving the territorial integrity of the UK.
The motion is that this “House recognises the calls for the independence of territories that constituted the Biafran republic.”
“The Biafran issue could be improved with the co-operation of the Nigerian government by offering a referendum; and urges the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to use its diplomatic strength to assist in the resolution of this matter.”
Elliott is a former British army officer who served during the conflict in Northern Ireland. He is a staunch opponent of Irish unification and gay rights and is a former leader of the UUP. He is married with two children.
Kinahan is a new member of parliament who was elected at the last election in May this year. Like Elliott, he is a former soldier and is married with four children.
Earlier, senior Labour MP Harriet Harman sent a letter to British foreign minister Phillip Hammond demanding to know why pro-Biafra activist Nmandi Kanu had been arrested in Nigeria as Harman represents the constituency where Kanu lives in the UK.
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