By Tony  Edike

ENUGU—Concerned Igbo leaders of Thought, led by Professor Ben Nwabueze have thrown their support behind the call to subject the outcome of the proposed national conference to a referendum before it could form the new constitution of Nigeria.

The Igbo leaders said their position was hinged on the premise that many nations of the world that evolved new constitutions toed the referendum process before implementing their new constitutions.

Another reason canvassed by the Igbo group in favour of the referendum was that, it was only logical and a way of democratising the new constitution, adding that over 85 per cent of countries of the world adopted referendum in bringing into being their constitutions.

“So the position of Ndigbo is that the constitution must be approved through a new referendum,” said the secretary of the group, Prof. Elochukwu Amucheazi, who addressed newsmen shortly after their meeting in Enugu, weekend.