Nigeria, July 23 -- Ann-Kio Briggs, an activist and member of The Patriots, has renewed calls for a new Nigerian constitution, describing the 1999 Constitution as fundamentally flawed and imposed on the people by military rulers.

Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Tuesday, the 72-year-old environmentalist said the current constitution marginalises key segments of the population and cannot sustain a just and equitable society.

"The constitution is anti-women, anti-youth, and anti-Niger Delta," she said. "It was handed down by military rulers, and despite repeated amendments and patches, it remains fundamentally flawed."

Ms Briggs linked the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State-marked by a rift between sus...