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Biafra: Address made by 

the leader of IPOB Mazi Kanu at World Igbo

Congress in America 2015 ^Featured

 Current Affairs

 10 September 2015

Address by Radio Biafra Director & IPOB Leader at WIC 2015 Convention

With great humility and submission to the will of the Most High Chukwu Okike Abhiama puru ime ihe nile, I stand before you today here in Los Angeles California, in the presence of the children of light, the custodians of our traditions in faraway lands, the bringers of hope and savior of the Black race the World Igbo Congress. I acknowledge the presence of each and every one of you, especially the members of the high table, distinguished ladies and gentlemen here gathered and those listening around the world. I say “ndewo nu umu Chineke” to all of you.

It is my guess that the question on the lips of every delegate here today is perhaps ‘what is Nnamdi Kanu doing here at the congress of all Igbos worldwide talking about the global effort to restore Biafra’?. My answer as always is a very simple one, ‘izu ka nma na nne ji’. There will be no Biafra without the support of World Igbo Congress in particular and the Igbos in the USA in general.

Every right-thinking human being knows that the slogan “One Nigeria” is a ruse. Nigeria was not a united country and will NEVER be a united country even in the foreseeable future. To refresh our memories, Nigeria is a country made up of three distinct nations with mutually exclusive and diametrically opposed and irreconcilable value systems. Among these nations, BIAFRA is the only one with a distinct and internationally accepted Republican value system predicated upon the twin philosophy of (1) “Egbe bere ugo bere” the principle of natural justice, fairness, equity and equality before the spiritual and temporal laws and (2) “Eziokwu bu ndu” which is the weaving of the irreducibly of truth into the day to day discourse of life, in essence a life of nobility predicated on honesty.

 Futhermore and ingrained in the DNA of every Biafran, is the axiomatic expression that “Chi bu Eze” or God is King. Regrettably, the British colonial masters forcefully merged BIAFRA with the other two nations of AREWA and ODUDUWA to form what is known today as Nigeria. Implicit in our value system and its incompatibility with those from other merged nations lies the need for the immediate extrication and restoration of the nation of Biafra from the country called Nigeria to represent as it was ordained a pinnacle of hope for the black race the world over. That Nigeria is perpetually in the doldrums politically, economically, and socially is of no surprise to any discerning mind and keen followers of the miserable history of Nigeria. After all, is it not why today we found ourselves in far flung lands like the USA and many more countries around the world? The frustrating part of this history is the fact that Biafrans have been at the receiving end of the sorry state of affairs in Nigeria even though they possess the manpower and resources to sustain themselves and flourish as an independent nation.

Biafrans are known for their industrious and enterprising lifestyle propelled by sheer hard work and the “can do” spirit. Biafrans don’t run away from history, rather they make history. Biafrans are adventurous and are not afraid to venture into the unknown. But the same cannot be said of other merged nations in the country called Nigeria. Biafrans have been held down and their development arrested by virtue of merging them with other nations to form Nigeria.

One of the questions going through the minds of many could be; but who are actually the Biafrans or put in another way; what is the footprint of Biafraland? Biafraland consists of the states in the present South East and South-South with the exception of Edo state but including Igbanke in Edo state. Biafraland also include Igala in Kogi state and Idoma land in Benue state. In all these areas we have the traditional four-market days and their women tie two-piece wrappers and have names and words that are interchangeable irrespective of the state.

For over 100 years Biafrans have endured the unholy marriage called amalgamation and creation of Nigeria by the British colonial masters. Biafrans at home and in the diaspora can no longer endure the subjugation of Biafra under Nigeria. As in most revolutions and emancipation struggles, patriotic citizens in diaspora are always in the lead for collective objective of achieving nationhood.

A very good example is the case of the State of Israel in which the Jews in America funded and supported the independence of the nation of Israel. We share a common ancestry with our Jewish brothers and should follow similar strategy in achieving the nation of Biafra. In this regard, WIC is expected to play a critical role in the quest for the restoration of the nation of BIAFRA.

As some of you may have known, there is an ongoing effort to galvanize Biafrans globally to work together to achieve the collective objective of restoration of the nation of Biafra. This effort is spearheaded by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) with Radio Biafra London (RBL) as the media arm. The operational headquarters of IPOB is in Vitoria-Spain, outside of Nigeria for obvious reasons. IPOB is registered and recognized by various countries all over the world. Coincidentally, the USA headquarters of IPOB is here in Los Angeles—California. But what has IPOB/RBL achieved, you may ask? Through the works of IPOB/RBL within the past three years, we have achieved the following:

Radio Biafra is today the only African institution in the history of the world to be ranked No.1 in an independent survey against other (media) organizations from around the world. That Radio Biafra is today more popular than BBC Radio is clear testimony to what we can accomplish as a race when we put our minds to it.

Designation of Boko Haram as F.T.O. (Foreign Terrorist Organization) by the Department of States of the USA. We have the proof to make this claim.

IPOB gained recognition as national liberation movement in over 88 countries where we are registered and carry out our meetings and rallies unhindered.

Initiated and continued annual 30th of May Biafra Heroes Remembrance Day. The 2015 edition at Aba recorded over 3 million attendees without a single adverse incident recorded. Forced the Nigerian Government to halt the continuous aerial bombardment of Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom under the guise of fighting kidnappers’ havens. We alerted the world that Nigeria used the banned NAPALM bombs on Biafrans for three consecutive days of June 17th—19th.

We have raised the consciousness of our people on the Rights and the legality of their quest for their nation of Biafra based on the UNDRIP which Nigeria is a signatory to.

Debunked and dismantled all the lies and innuendoes dished out by Yoruba and Northern media concerning Biafrans, which in some cases are geared towards dividing the various sections/areas of Biafraland.

We have formed an effective opposition to the tyrannical rule of the current president of Nigeria and checkmated him in trying to take Biafrans for a ride

 Nigerian Police now know that you can no longer kill a Biafran and get away with it. Through the activities of IPOB in Igweocha (Port Harcourt) the officer responsible for the shooting of an unarmed bus driver has been dismissed from the Nigerian Police pending trial. You will agree with me that this has never happened before.

Through our work/efforts, we got Microsoft to recognize the word Biafra.

We have brought Biafra restoration into global discourse such that media juggernauts such as CNN, BBC, VOA, RFI, etc., who hitherto stayed away from discussing Biafra are now forced to talk about Biafra.

We are also registered with the ECOSOC department of United Nations as INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA, where we made it clear that no organization is representing us but we are Biafrans and representing ourselves.

In my humble submission, I do strongly believe that WIC can get involved and help achieve more. The Igbo speaking Biafrans are known for their resourcefulness and resoluteness when they make up their minds to embark on a mission. The Igbos from all I know about them, do collectively abhor evil, they love hard work, helped one another, and tenaciously believed that “nwanne di na mba.”

I am using this opportunity to call upon each member of WIC to join hands with other Biafrans and members of IPOB to work towards the restoration of our dear nation of Biafra. You can help in diverse ways such as funding, diplomatic connections, lobbying your congressmen and people of significant clout and influence, and sundry activities geared toward the singular goal of achieving sovereignty for the nation of Biafra. Your loved ones in Biafraland look up to you because we have it in our saying that “Onuru ube nwanne agbala oso.”

BIAFRA restoration is here, all you have to do is put in your efforts and BIAFRA will come. Like many other well-meaning Biafrans of Igbo extraction around the world, I look forward to the day when World Igbo Congress will be held in any of our towns and villages in Biafraland.

May Chukwu Okike Abhiama bless all of you and bless the nation of BIAFRA

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

*Address by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), at the

Plenary Session of World Igbo Congress (WIC) in Los Angeles--California, on September

5th, 2015.

BREAKING NEWS!!! Ministerial List: Buhari submits 40 names to DSS, DMI & NIA for screening; see list

Daily Post – Security agencies have since commenced the screening of about 40 names of Nigerians being considered for ministerial appointment by president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari.

The security agencies carrying out the checks are the Department of State Services, the Directorate of Military Intelligence and the National Intelligence Agency.

The names include Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former Osun State governor and ousted PDP National Secretary; Chief Bode Mustapha, former PDP National Auditor; an All Progressives Congress stalwart from Ogun State; and Engineer Segun Oni, former Ekiti State governor and APC Deputy National Chairman (South West).

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BY Mr. chibuike
MR.IG, on whose authorities do you do all these things? The law that made you the police officer and gave you power to act is the same law that also gave the people the right to freedom of movement, freedom of speech, freedom to self determination and freedom to association. The law prohibits you from infringing on peoples' rights but you are now violating the law and hiding under the cover of the police to harass, intimidate, arrest, terrorize, dehumanize, torture, detain and suffer a law abiding citizen without justification. You must know that freedom is a human right and you ought to protect and not to violate their rights.

BIAFRANS KILLED ON 30.08. 2015, SECURITY ALERT! BIAFRANS ARE DISAPPEARING ON DAILY BASES!!

This is to inform all Biafrans all over Eastern Nigeria to be careful over your movements from now onwards and make sure that you call one another on daily basis. This is very crucial as information reaching us now is that Biafrans are disappearing since after the 30th August 2015 attacks on Biafrans by the Nigeria Government.

Note that Biafrans elders have truly consolidated their backing and support on this struggle and they are keenly observing the recent developments of an all out war by the Nigerian government against Biafrans. Their condemnation of the killings in Cross River state, Rivers state, Aba, Onitsha has echoed a great solidarity and created atmosphere of any unprecedented reaction. They are with us!

This message is very important to all Biafrans leaving in Nigeria.

RIP ALL BIAFRAN FALLEN HEROES

God bless us!

God bless Biafra future generations!!
Long life Republic of Biafra!!!
The truth shall prevail... .NO GOING BACK. 

This jihadist, you are suffering congenital xenophobia. Each time your god dreams up one of his backward looking policies you jump the gun and jump on Jonathan with vile hate, This topic is about Buhari capriciously abolishing Nigerian missions in many Christian countries and you have turned it into Jonathan bashing. Is Jonathan going to prevent your god from accomplishing his islamization of Nigeria? Leave the man alone and face reality. When this exercise is over Nigerian missions in Islamic nations will be boosted while those in many Christian counties will be abolished, Jonathan cannot prevail. Why not respect yourself for once, you are one of the haters giving the North a bad name. Remember nobody is interested in your gibberish 2 yr old, diaper, urine in bed, and mental disorders. Keep such drivels to yourself. You hear?

How can a Muslim advocating the spread of sharia in all the states of Nigeria not boost foreign missions in Islamic countries? How can a Muslim who said that killing Islamic terrorists is committing genocide on Muslims not boost foreign missions in Islamic countries How can a Muslim who advocates amnesty for Islamic terrorists not boost foreign missions in Islamic countries? You are not going to distract or deceive people again with your taqiyya. Base your response on the matter at hand not daipers, urine in bed, mommy this mommy that. We know your cunning. Remember if you want to respond forget your usual arcane drivels.

I keep wondering whether Jonathan obtained his doctorate in Criminology or Zoology. One thing is clear, he led a zoo of criminals to the greatest heights of national desecration of Nigeria.

Even with the money they get, Nigeria foreign missions are citadel of corruption. Those people called finance attaches have a way of siphoning money into thier private purse. i know a finance attache who bought ten cars during Abacha government. For example, I remember an invoice which says money has been given to Nigeria Community which was never given but pocketed by the acting high commissioner. Then issuing of visas in foreign currency, the embassies spend the money. Most of the money allocated for one thing or the other is being diverted to another thing. Most embassies have no tender committee,but contract given to bribers who does every repairs, purchases etc.Most Nigerians never visits the embassies because they would never received any assistance. 

When auditors visit the foreign mission the officials there asked them what they want to take back home and lopsided auditing is done. Funny enough most of the diplomats and attaches behaves as if they are all THE ambassador when they are suppose to assist the ambassador to fulfil his/her mission.For the men running around with women in the foreign field is their forte. 

The Nigeria government pays a lot of money is US dollars as tuition fees for at least 4 children of the officials. I remember a young diplomats who quickly got married and borrowed a child to bring to foreign mission. Many of them without children will quickly go and borrow children and bring them to foreign mission to collect government money running to thousands of dollars for four years. So many things wrong with the foreign missions. Many of them should be closed down because they are not serving any useful purpose. The officials should be sent to other ministries.
I have noticed something in the president. When he became president he was having a raging insurgency. Massive looting in the 10ns of billions of dollars. Entire buearacy compromised. Billion looted from the treasury and the national oil company. In a country that manufactures oil and gas....no refineries to refine the oil. Power outages because of no fuel that of a country that pumps oil. Ironically Nigeria is the president of OPEC.

What would u do coming into this mess where thousands are murdered and enslaved. Girls as young as 9 raped?

What would u do in a mess like this? Wave a magic wand to make it go away?

In a way you shot yourself in the heels here. We can organise our embassies like those countries and so reduce the numbers. Canada is not in G7 by the way. Online visa application is not rocket science. It's actually among the commonest techs available.

Again, Nigerian embassies protect no Nigerian. Ask those in China for an instance. How can embassies protect citizens when they can't even issue passport renewals to her citizens in record time.  As I am writing this, I did my passport renewal data collection in NY embassy since May 8 and I am yet to get it. I know more than 200 Nigerians in similar situations.

Let them reduce the number of embassies and use the budget to better the ones that are important. We can combine countries. Like one embassy for all the Caribbeans with Visa Application centers in ligament countries. What do we need an embassy in Jamaica for? That's just an instance.

Information Good evening all Biafra, I want u to help to past all information to all the Biafra in the zoo called Nigeria that the President of the zoo called Nigeria, President Muhammadu  Buhari the terrorist and rapist have join hands together with MTN and NCC fight against Biafra the information is why they are now blocking people network number for u to come and restitria it and when u come the will ask u every detail about u and take u a photo garpitar and your finger prints so whenever u call Raidio Biafra the will trace your  number and come to arrest you, they are doing this to frustrate and intermediate us we Biafra so that is information number 2 President Burhari gave out a 35 Hilus Jeep to the Government of Bokinafaso to use it to build friend ship with them his busy going round to our labouring country to build friendship to prevent Biafra not to operate through their country this is the information thank you and God bless IPOB family member.    

Buhari maintains ONLY one bank account with UNION BANK but took a fast loan from FIRST BANK. Describe that kind of banking practice (20 marks)

2) Thursday, October 16, 2014, the All Progressives Congress (APC) startled decent Nigerians when its national chairman, Mr. John Odigie-Oyegun, announced that the party put the cost of its expression of interest and nomination forms at the cost of N27.5 million in order “to separate the men from the boys.” Explain who the Men and Boys in APC are and do you think that the man who borrowed to buy his form is among the men? (20 marks)

3) N27 million is a big sum, thankfully I have "personal relationship" with the manager of my bank in Kaduna and early this morning, I put an early call (and) I told him that very soon the forms are coming, so, whether I am on red, or green or even black please honour it. Describe the kind of PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP Buhari have with his account officer that made him bypass the CBN lending rules to issue a fast loan to Buhari without collateral (30 marks)

4) Has Buhari REPAID the loan he took to purchase his form and if yes, why weren't Nigerians informed like he did when he took the loan? (10 marks)

5) Do you think the bank manager breached the bank lending regulations and needs to be questioned by EFCC? (10 marks)
6) Who is fooling Who? (10 marks) 

IPOB BIAFRA OR DEATH YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE

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The terrorist and chief of Boko Haram the pedophile Muhammadu Buhari did you think that 1967/1970 is 2015 we have defeated Nigeria in media war. Buhari you ordered the police to arrest every keke and bus driver listening to radio Biafra gospel. You spend 19 million just to block to jam radio Biafra but you didn't succeed my assurance to you Buhari is that you can't stop us maka na obago what is written is written ihe edere edego ya. Very soon you will die the zoo u are ruling today you shall rule them no more. In Biafra we stand all hail Biafra land of the rising sun.

BBC News in 1 hr ago Bomb blast hits Nigeria refugee camp
At least three people have died when a bomb exploded at a camp in north-eastern Nigeria for people who have fled their homes because of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency.
Emergency services told the AFP news agency that the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device.
It occurred at the Malkohi camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Yola in Adamawa state.
Yola has been seen as a relative safe place for those fleeing the violence.
Africa Live: News updates
The BBC's Chris Ewokor in Abuja says this is the first attack on a camp for IDPs in the north-east.
The explosion happened in a warehouse, emergency services say.
There are reportedly more than 1,000 children in the camp.
Two million people have been forced from their homes since the militants launched their insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria in 2009.
According to Amnesty International, at least 17,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
Although the militants have been forced out most of the territory they had seized, they are still active and there has been an upsurge in suicide attacks since President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May.
Boko Haram at a glance
Founded in 2002, initially focused on opposing Western-style education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language
Launched military operations in 2009
Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria, abducted hundreds, including at least 200 schoolgirls
Joined Islamic State, now calls itself "West African province"
Seized large area in north-east, where it declared caliphate
Regional force has retaken most territory this year
Teaching Boko Haram militants to play football
Who are Boko Haram?

http://www.msn.com/…/bomb-blast-hits-nigeria-ref…/ar-AAebCZv 

Rivers Guber Election: APC Subpoenaed INEC official says he only heard of electoral fraud, violence
*He told the tribunal that he did not personally witness fraud
*admitted that he was subpoenaed personally, not as the official INEC representative
Mr Charles Okoye the Election and Party Monitoring Department of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) in Rivers State on Friday who was subpoenaed personally by the Rivers State APC told the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal that he did not witness illegal voting and violence during the governorship election.
The Rivers State APC through the Tribunal issued a subpoena directly to Mr Charles Okoye who appeared on Friday in his personal capacity and not as an official of INEC.
The INEC staff who was appeared as a principal witness for the Rivers State APC told the Tribunal that he monitored the elections in eight local government areas in company of three national commissioners from INEC headquarters.
Asked under cross examination if he witnessed personally the violence he claimed whilst he was led in evidence by the APC counsel, Okoye said he only heard of the said violence.
He also noted that he did not see anyone thumb printing in favour of the PDP, neither did he see political thugs snatching and carting away electoral materials.
Asked if he was Testifying because INEC was subpoenaed, Mr Okoye said that he was subpoenaed as a person.
He told the tribunal under cross examination that he wrote a personal report after monitoring the governorship election, but stated that he bypassed INEC Rivers State to submit his report to INEC headquarters.
The Rivers State APC INEC subpoenaed staff could not explain why the Rivers State APC singled him out to help them prove their case. He, however, claimed that it was untrue that he was drafted to help the Rivers State APC.
He admitted that the official INEC report which was written by the three national commissioners who led the monitoring of the Rivers State Governorship Election was different from his personal report.
Mr Okoye also admitted that all the 23 Electoral Officers who conducted the governorship elections in their respective local government areas of assignment have officially recognised reports.

Yorubas Are The Problem With Nigeria – By Lamido Sanusi
In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.
The Yoruba elite and area-boy politics;
Igbo marginalisation and the responsible limits of retribution; and
The Yoruba Factor and “Area-boy” Politics.
My views on the Yoruba political leadership have been thoroughly articulated in some of my writings, prime among which was ” Afenifere: Syllabus of Errors” published by This Day (The Sunday Newspaper) on Sept 27, 1998. There was also an earlier publication in the weekly Trust entitled ” The Igbo, the Yoruba and History” (Aug. 21, 1998).
In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.
The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country. In 1966, it was the violence in the West which provided an avenue for the putsch of 15th January. After Chief Awolowo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the South-West which led to the Buhari intervention.
When Buhari jailed UPN governors like Ige and Onabanjo, the South-Western press castigated that good government and provided the right mood for IBB to take over power. As soon as IBB cleared UPN governors of charges against them in a politically motivated retrial, he became the darling of the South-West. When IBB annulled the primaries in which Adamu Ciroma and Shehu Yar Adua emerged as presidential candidates in the NRC and SDP, he was hailed by the South-West. When the same man annulled the June 12, 1993 elections in which Abiola was the front-runner, the South-West now became defenders of democracy.
When it seemed Sani Abacha was sympathetic to Abiola, the South-West supported his take-over. He was in fact invited by a prominent NADECO member to take over in a published letter shortly before the event. Even though Abiola had won the elections in the North, the North was blamed for its annulment. When Abdulsalam Abubakar started his transition, the Yoruba political leadership through NADECO presented a memorandum on a Government of National Unity that showed complete disrespect for the intelligence and liberties of other Nigerians.
Subsequently, they formed a tribal party which failed to meet minimum requirements for registration, but was registered all the same to avoid the violence that was bound to follow non-registration, given the area-boy mentality of South-West politicians. Having rejected an Obasanjo candidacy and challenged the election as a fraud in court, we now find a leading member of the AD in the government, a daughter of an Afenifere leader as Minister of State, and Awolowo´s daughter as Ambassador, all appointed by a man who won the election through fraud.
Meanwhile, nothing has been negotiated for the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self-succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation.
When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses.
For so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals.
Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists.
Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other “nationalities” that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances.
To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities. This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood.
I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation-building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys.
iii.The Igbo Factor and the Reasonable Limits of Retribution.
The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation. They led the first successful military coup which eliminated the Military and Political leaders of other regions while letting off Igbo leaders. Nwafor Orizu, then Senate President, in consultation with President Azikiwe, subverted the constitution and handed over power to Aguiyi-Ironsi. Subsequent developments, including attempts at humiliating other peoples, led to the counter-coup and later the civil war. The Igbos themselves must acknowledge that they have a large part of the blame for shattering the unity of this country.
Having said that, this nation must realise that Igbos have more than paid for their foolishness. They have been defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated, kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity.
The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set for the primaries, every gentleman´s agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate. Things went as far as getting the Federal Government to hurriedly gazette a pardon. Now, with this government, the marginalistion of the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb.
After the First World War, the victors treated Germany with the same contempt Nigeria is treating Igbos. Two decades later, there was a Second World War, far costlier than the first. Germany was again defeated, but this time, they won a more honourable peace. Our present political leaders have no sense of History. There is a new Igbo man, who was not born in 1966 and neither knows nor cares about Nzeogwu and Ojukwu. There are Igbo men on the street who were never Biafrans. They were born Nigerians, are Nigerians, but suffer because of actions of earlier generations. They will soon decide that it is better to fight their own war, and may be find an honourable peace, than to remain in this contemptible state in perpetuity.The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos. For one Sardauna, one Tafawa Balewa, one Akintola and one Okotie-Eboh, hundreds of thousands have died and suffered.
If this issue is not addressed immediately, no conference will solve Nigeria´s problems. By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
Being Excerpts from A Paper Presented At The “National Conference On The 1999 Constitution” Jointly Organised By The Network For Justice And The Vision Trust Foundation, At The Arewa House, Kaduna From 11th –12th September, 1999

Watch YOUR Mouth, Seriously! (Please Share)
(James 3:12 “Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”)
Be mindful of what you are saying. Be mindful of your thoughts and expressing your dislikes and your hurts and your pains. Am I saying that it’s not okay to express yourself? No I am not. What I am saying is don’t give the enemy fuel to light your world up! We constantly hear that life and death are in the power of our tongue. How many of you really believe this scripture? “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Proverbs 18:21. Whatever you are speaking out of your mouth you are going to eat what it produces! Please get this people of God! Instead of us declaring what God says, many of us are declaring what the enemy speaks into our ears. He has deceived many of us so long that we think that it is we who are speaking when in fact it is the voice of the enemy! Some of us know how to speak and declare the word of God in our lives as long as things are going the way we want them to, but as soon as adversity hits the word of God that was so readily upon our lips vanishes and is replaced by sorrow and complaining and sadness and oppressive words of defeat. Because adversity hit your life did that change who you are in and to Christ Jesus? (Think about that). What changed about who you are to the Lord? NOTHING! You are still “The Head and not The Tail” You are still “Above Only and Not ..

1. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria – north.
2.Senate President – north.
3. Speaker of the House of Representatives – north.
4. Chief Justice of the Federation – north.
5. President of the Court of Appeal – north.
6. Chief Justice of the Federal High Court – north.
7. Secretary to the Federal Government – north.
8. Chief of Staff to the President – north.
9. Chief of Army Staff – north.
10. Chief of Air Staff – north.
11. Comptroller General of Customs – north.
12. Director-General of State Security Services (SSS) – north.
13. National Security Advisor – north.
14. Director General NIMASA – north.
15. Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) – north.
16. Comptroller-General Immigration – north.
17. Accountant-General of the Federation – north.
18. Commander of Civil Defence Corps – north.
19. Chief Security Officer to the President – north.
20. ADC to the President – north.
21. Principal Secretary to the President – north.
22. Senior Special Assistant to the President on media – north.
23. Chairman of the EFCC – north.
24. Head of Service – north.
25. MD of Nigerian Ports Authority – north.
26.DG of Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) – north.
27. Chairman NDLEA – north.

CIVIL SERVANTS PROTEST REMINDS OF OKOROCHA'S MISMANAGEMENT & FRAUD 
The protest staged by Imo State civil servants, yesterday, went ahead to remind us of the failings of the state Governor Chief Rochas Okorocha. Imo Workers continue to gnash their teeth in hardship due to the financial recklessness and misappropriation of funds by the Governor. 
No good can be said about our local governments and their workers either. The fraudulent 25 billion Naira loan deal as revealed by Barr. Kissinger Ikeokwu in his petition to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), which the Governor secured from Zenith Bank PLC towards the end of last year has mortgaged the system. Let it be known that this loan was falsely secured on behalf of the 27 LGAs and the Governor diverted the money into a private account. The state governor has a big question to answer. He surely has something up his sleeves on this one. We call on President Mohammadu Buhari to look into the situation of Imo state. The President must prove to Imo people that his much talked about war against corruption is real. We expect the EFCC to investigate Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha and all those involved in the fraudulent and illegal loan deal and while the anti-graft agency come into the state, let no power frustrate them. Again, we expect the body to be incorruptible in handling this case so as to bring all the culprits to book and rescue Imo state. 
IMO IS IN DIRE NEED OF JUSTICE

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Appointments: Buhari Doesn’t Owe Igbos Anything – Junaid Mohammed Posted by: August 16, 2015

dr-junaid-mohammed-360x225The Convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has dismissed the statement credited to a former Governor of Anambra State in the short-lived third republic, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife that the Igbo have not been treated fairly in the governance of Nigeria.
The former governor had argued that President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, who hails from the Igbo-speaking part of Delta State, as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, was not enough to appease the South-East.
“It is not atonement for the many neglects and insults that have happened with the National Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency and other agencies. How would a President appoint people into key positions in Nigeria, yet none of them is Igbo? What kind of thing is that?
“On merit, we have the best people in Nigeria and that is not boasting. On motivation, it is the same thing. If Buhari wants to ignore federal character, we are not begging him for any appointment”, Ezeife was quoted as saying.
Reacting to the sentiments expressed by the elder statesman, Mohammed insisted that people of the Igbo nation have enjoyed favourable treatment.
He added it was wrong to reward the Igbo simply on the basis of the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted between 1967 and 1970.
Mohammed said, “If it is about Buhari making the appointments based on merit, I have no problems with it. I don’t believe Buhari or Nigeria owes any Igbo anything. I don’t care what Ezeife says; if they had seceded, there would have been no Nigeria today. As people who acted outside the interest of Nigeria as a country, to expect compensation is a very odd logic.
“If the Igbo don’t like it, they can attempt secession again. If they do, they must be prepared to live with the consequences. Nobody owes them anything and nobody is out to compensate them for anything”.
The Russia-trained medical doctor-turned-politician also condemned claims that Buhari’s appointment of northerners into key positions in government was done out of ethnic sentiment.
He said, “They (critics) should tell us which ethnic groups have been favoured by Buhari in the course of making his appointments in parastatals and agencies. Those who are making those allegations, particularly the Igbo, have not told us exactly which parastatals.
“For example, an Igbo man has just been appointed as the head of the NNPC, one of the most important government agencies in Nigeria. And over 50 per cent of those appointed before him were also Igbos. So, if people decide to be mischievous, there is nothing anybody can do about it. As far as I am concerned, those appointed have been good and credible persons”.
On reports that Buhari may head the petroleum ministry for the next 18 months, Mohammaed pointed out that there was no living Nigerian at that public level who knew as much about the ministry as Buhari.
He added that there is full justification for the president to be petroleum minister for as long as he desires.
He added, “Moreover, the consequences of what happens in the oil ministry are so dire. When one looks at the track record of the past minister, one can see what we have to deal with as a country as a result of her being made a minister.
“In fact, I encourage him to retain the defence ministry because we are in a state of war and he is a distinguished retired general who has headed every single division of the Nigerian Army during his service. If he decides to be the defence minister, I would be more than glad”

S-H-O-C-K-I-N-G!!!
No Igboman On Buhari's Entourage To USA. Zoo Nigerian Women Decries Near Omission Also.

Yusuf Buhari
Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, 
Adams Oshiomhole, 
Kashim Shettima, 
Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi, 
Godwin Emefiele, 
Rotimi Amaechi, 
Senator Hadi Sirika, 
Ambassador Paul Bulus Z,
Ambassador Ayodele Oke,
Alhaji. Aliyu Ismaila, 
Ambassador. A.A. Musa, 
Ambassador. G.B. Igali,
Aliyu Yahaya Gusau, 
Dr. Mahmud Mohammed 
Pastor Tunde Bakare, 
Ismaila Isa Funtua 
Mr. Femi Adesina 
Dr. Suhayb Sanusi Rafindadi.
Malam Garba Shehu, 
Mohammed Sarki, 
Kalu Abba-Snr, 
Ambassador Lawal A. Kazaure,
Air Commodore N. B. Bali
Nura Rimi, 
Bashir Abubakar, 
Lt. Col. M. Lawal Abubakar, 
Abdulkarim Dauda, 
Yau Abdullahi 
Sabiu Yusuf.
Yusuf Maiyaki, 
Adamu Sambo, 
Emmanuel Anrihi, 
Bayo Omoboriowo, 
Baba Ujah, 
Lawal Mato-Snr, 
Gbenga Folagbade 
Shehu Lawal Abubakar.

On the 128 Aides, Professionals, Business groups that will also be at In Washington, no Igboman is on the list also.

A very poor woman called a Christian radio Biafra station asking for help. 
A bad evil man Buhari & Obasanjo & all the evil Nigerian Politicians who was listening to this radio Biafra program decided to make something out of it. 
He got her address, called his secretary and ordered her to buy food and take to the woman with the following instruction.
"when the woman asks who sent the food, tell her that its from the devil.''
When she arrived, the woman was so happy and she started putting the food inside.
The Secretary asked her, ''don't you want to know who sent the food''?? 
The woman answered. ''NO , it doesn't matter, because
when GOD orders, even the devil obeys."
The secretary broke into tears.
* Now, READ this CAREFULLY*
You are a divine project, so shall God accomplish whatever that concerns you. That thing in your life that seems impossible, shall
be possible. God will take you to a greater height, God is opening your book of Remembrance, because you are next on line to be favoured in Jesus Christ name.

Interview: EU border chief warns of migrant surge
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's border agency is boosting its operations in the Mediterranean Sea near Greece as increasing numbers of migrants try to enter the EU from Turkey, its chief said Thursday.

Migrants wait to disembark from the Iceland Coast Guard vessel Tyr, at the Messina harbor, Sicily, southern Italy. The always risky sea voyage of migrants running for their lives from conflict, human rights abuses or poverty is growing ever more dangerous. Nearly nine times more migrants have died so far this year compared to last year at this time during a Mediterranean crossing, for many the last leg of an unthinkably arduous journey to their European dream.

"We are worried about the situation in Greece and that's why we will upgrade our action there and our support to the Greek authorities," Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri told The Associated Press in an interview.

More than 10,000 people have been plucked from the central Mediterranean in recent weeks attempting to enter Europe from Libya on overcrowded, unseaworthy boats. The International Organization for Migration estimates that nearly 1,830 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean this year compared to 207 in the same period last year.

"There is a shift from the central Mediterranean to the eastern Mediterranean" as more migrants leave Turkey by sea and land, Leggeri said. "They are moving very quickly, so we have to be flexible." Earlier Thursday, police in northern Greece said 93 Syrian migrants were released from a locked cargo train carriage after being tricked by smugglers into traveling in the wrong direction.

The number of Syrians reaching Greece has surged in the past year as the civil war in their country continues into a fifth year. Many make the short hop from Turkey's southwest coast toward the island of Lesbos 9 kilometers (5 miles) away in inflatable rafts. From there, they often try to board ferries and move further north into Europe.

But others choose to travel by land through western Turkey and across the Greek and Bulgarian borders, where the Frontex presence is also being stepped up. Leggeri also said ships and planes promised for Frontex's Triton Operation to patrol waters off Italy had begun arriving, including British, French and Portuguese vessels. The border agency plans to significantly boost its presence on the Mediterranean from June to September, the high season for migrant crossings.

"We have already increased by 50 percent in terms of assets deployed and by June we will be able until September to triple the number of boats," he said. Triton has no mandate to carry out search-and-rescue work but has rescued thousands by putting its ships in places where they are required by international law to respond to emergency calls.

Triton currently has 10 patrol vessels, three offshore patrol ships, three aircraft and two helicopters at its disposal.

She is a graduate of accountancy from the University of Abuja, the Vice President of the National Association of Anambra Students and she sells akara in Abuja. She's done this business for 31 days, waiting for her national youth service and has decided selling akara is what she wants to do. She plans to continue during her service year and beyond. She's very cheerful and friendly. The first time I bought akara from her was a day after valentines day. She asked how my val was and I was taken aback because that's not a question the usual akara seller asks. I decided to talk with her today and find out why she does this business. I'm glad I did and I am inspired. Unemployment is relative after all.

Biafrans Once upon a time an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief. As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later the young man was proven innocent. After been released he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him.
In court the old man told the Judge : "They were just comments, didn't harm anyone."
The judge, before passing sentence on the case, told the old man : "Write all the things you said about him on a piece of paper. Cut them up and on the way home, throw the pieces of paper out. Tomorrow, come back to hear the sentence."
The next day, the judge told the old man : "Before receiving the sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday."
The old man said : "I can't do that ! The wind spread them and I won't know where to find them."
The judge then replied : "The same way, simple comments may destroy the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it."
MORAL
If you can't speak well of someone, rather don't say anything. Let's all be masters of our mouths, so that we won't be slaves of our words.
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Weep not, Ndigbo by Clement Udegbe
President Muhammadu Buhari
You are not so blind with patriotism, that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it-—- Malcom X

I AM one of those , who never wished that APC, with President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB, would lead this country. It was not because we supported the ways of the ruling PDP at that time, but because we had our fears, about that change slogan, some of which are now manifesting in PMB’s government.

Our fears included first, that as Christians, the killings and burning of churches will continue under PMB, but will be seriously suppressed from the public. Today, we hear less of the wickedness against Christians in the north. We do not understand why this is so, while Boko Haram has continued to kill in the North East. Over three months of APC government, Chibok Girls are yet to be recovered, for example, confirming our fear that the whole noise about Chibok Girls was to push GEJ, out of power. Politics apart, we are all parents, and those parents, who chose to use the Chibok Girls as propaganda instruments should be hiding their heads in shame, because politics should be fair, and honest, with some integrity.

Our second fear was that PMB has been portrayed as a hater of the Igbos, and that he would not only push the South East to the back bench in his policies as President, but would also initiate actions to Islamise that zone that voted massively for the PDP. In Imo State, which is presently APC, their Governor was generally regarded as having betrayed the Igbo man. Today, that fear has proved genuine, as Governor Okorocha, is the one calling for calm among Ndigbo, in the wake of the appointment by PMB of his Kitchen Cabinet members, to the complete exclusion of the the South East. Governor Okorocha, and his colleagues in politics without identity, would have seen by now that they backed the wrong horse as Ndigbo.

If out of 42 appointments of persons who would have close contact with PMB almost on daily basis, not one Igbo man qualified, in terms of merit and confidence by PMB, what else do they want the man to say? Is the message not clear ?

The best known method for Nigerian Leaders to kill any project is to subject it to what they call ‘a review’. The review of the second Niger bridge is to tell those who are honest to themselves that the project is dead under PMB, and no thanks to the Governor of Edo State, who may claim to be fighting corruption, but his attacks against that project has made him a manifest instrument in the hands of the enemies of Ndigbo. He may have his reasons for teaming up with Igbo haters, my only concern is for Ndigbo who have failed to read this hand writing on the wall.
Our third fear was that PMB would islamise the South East.The first shot from him was the transfer of Boko Haram suspects from Maiduguri to Ekwulobia in Anambra State.In spite of the furore that followed that decision, we are yet to confirm what government has done to relocate those men. The matter seems to have died down, with the usual ignominy with which they treat issues that concern Ndigbo generally. The recent alert issued by the DSS and the Army about presence of Boko Haram agents in Lagos and the South East, leaves it up to the people to decide what to do to keep terror out of their regions, no matter what politicians say.

Thirdly, we feared that PMB would kill the implementation of the Confab Report, simply because the South East among others has something to gain from it.

It ought to be obvious that the whole efforts to swing power back to the north were to prevent power from getting to Ndigbo, who rather than weep, should brace up boldly, work harder to put their houses in order, and ensure that come 2019, their earnest expectations shall not be cut off, not even by the common sense revolutionists in the South West.

Just like we say in Igbo land, the masquerade that blocks the road upon sighting me, will not shift grounds when he sees others too. Igbo haters will not change till their judgment by God comes upon them suddenly.

Today, all we get are denials of electoral promises, ranging from the election campaign promise that the Price of Petrol would be reduced to N40/Litre if elected, the second Niger bridge for the South East, the provision of thousands of jobs for our teeming un employed youth within the first 100 days, to the promise of being the President for all Nigerians if elected. We are faced with the grim reality of petroleum subsidy removal, Naira exchange rates slides to all time low, while we wait for our mechanic to assemble his tools and men from the north, to come and repair the sick vehicle we call Nigerian economy.

They will need 100 days to assemble tools, 100 days to remove the tyres, 200 days to remove and repair the engine, 200 days to sort out the gear box, 100 days for the electrical and fuel supply system, 100 days to panel beat the vehicle, 100 days to spray it with a new paint, then 100 days to find a suitable northerner to test drive the refurbished vehicle. Ndigbo, this brings us to a total of 1000 days, and that is two years and seven months, thus, the game will continue till 2019, with nothing in it for you, except noise, propaganda, fear, intimidation, denials and hardship.

This type of change cannot favour Ndigbo, who must ignore it, no matter what is done or said, to provoke them. Let the changers face the terrorists, and don’t give them the pleasure to spill Igbo blood in the name of Biafra again.

Even when their hirelings try to create social tension in your zone, just read between the lines and ignore them, because in this Nigeria, this phase shall pass away also, and Ndigbo shall prevail.

By the leader of "IPOB" worldwide the commander in chief of her forces, the great Man him self director Nnamdi Kanu to the brave Armies of Biafra :

To all men & women of goodwill, hard core Biafrans and all lovers of freedom throughout every habitation and dwelling place of mankind-my prayer for you all especially our volunteers is that this year 2015 will forever be remembered in the annals of history as one that heralded the long awaited Kingdom of Heaven on earth (Biafra) to the joy and eternal glory of millions. I wish you all dedicated truthful Biafrans a very momentous 2015 because much is expected of us and we must deliver. In the end we shall count our number and none will be lost for the Lord of Hosts is our guide. We embrace 2015 with all that it portends for our right to exist as a free people and pray that in the end his will may be done in our time. My wife, son and I would like to thank each and every one of you for your steadfastness and pray that the grace of almighty Chukwu Abhiama will forever abide with each and every one of you as we embrace our collective destiny in this 2015. Iseee!

B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G News!!!
Buhari Closes The Church In Aso Rock.

President Muhammadu Buhari have ordered the closure of the Aso Rock Chapel in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Although this is a worrying development, but Nigerians who know Buhari as an Islamist fundamentalist, saw this coming.
Muhammadu Buhari informed Nigerians that it is Allah's will that he will ensure that Islam is spread across the country. 
In fairness, closing a Church is the work of Allah and Buhari will work as directed.

Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan are both Christians and never attempted to close the Mosque in the Villa under as any disguise or excuse.

It should be noted that since the inauguration of President Buhari, over 1,100 people from the North Central have been slaughtered in their homes by rampaging Hausa Fulani Herdsmen, who are now armed with automatic rifles and weapon.

APC CHANGE The change has begun Christians let keep watching our backs for the Anti Christ has finally reach Nigeria.

Where is TINUBU and his YORUBA families that betrayed their own brother to put in Muslim . This is just the beginning . But in the name of our lord Jesus Christ for BUHARI to close the house of The Lord watch out he has closed his life The battle now is for CHRIST not man any more . BUHARI has reached the PEACK , what happened to Abacha must happened to him in the name of the most high God.

Yes he is an Islamist fundamentalist but he should ask well what kill Abacha and his brother Yaradua none of them thought that sudden death will hit them.. We can see all that from his body language since he assumed office but God will surely punish that boko hallam man they called Nigeria president..

It was the Yoruba pple that voted for buhari thay always support the northerners I just like the way things are going after buhari finishes his four years then u westerners wil know why Nigeria needed to divide..... as for me as igbo man u prefer casting my vote for a Yoruba man than to cast my vote for an hawusa man.

When the NPC the then Hausa/Fulani party won election during the first Republc, they NPC invited the Igbos party the NCNC to have a join Govt in the center, but due to their greed and hatred they (Biafrans) has against the Hausa/Fulanis, they decided to kill all the leaders of the NPC, the Army officers, Police officers, Snr Pra-Military officers and Civil Servants of Northern origin, we may call it a Christian agenda when Gen Murtala another Northern leader was killed, Gen Abacha killed, President Musa also killed. And all these leaders were only trying to make Nigeria great by he will soon turn every body to muslim. make we watch and see. where is tinubu ?yoruba is a vice president. hahahaha. vice president don't have mouth he can only seat at his office reading news paper for four years. apc change. biafra must go.

This was the change Nigerians clamoured for.Christains were the front runners who were deaf to cry of God from wilderness not to vote for Buhari but all cry,effort made by some christains were slautered in the slogan of CHANGE.Now,christains,Nigerians should bear whatever outcome from Buhari.The worst is yet to come in Nigeria.Time will tell.

The President have not condemned these mindless attacks by his Kinsmen or commiserate with the Middlebelt people for their loss of lives and properties.

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NIGERIANS WERE WARNED.. 

When I raised alarm over the possible infiltration of Boko Haram members into Imo State some small-minded people chose to turn a blind eye and tagged it my way of painting Owelle black. Even when an alarm was raised which prompted Owelle to deport some so-called Boko Haram suspects (it still marvels me how he was able to spot the Boko Haram members he deported if he isn't directly or indirectly one of them) but still some people who have refused to see the truth because of sheer sentiments made excuses for Owelle rather than use that brain God gave them to ask Owelle to tell us how he was able to identify who was a Boko Haram member and who was not, that he was able to round up a good number of them and deport (even though, he keeps importing more by the day into Imo).

Yesterday would have given us a taste of what Boko Haram have been doing to churches and worshippers in the North but for the grace of God who prevented one suspected Boko Haram agent from Taraba from burning down our identity as a Christian State - the Assumpta Cathedral. This agent of doom (probably imported by ORO) attempted to set fire on a 33,000 litre capacity petrol tanker that fell at the Assumpta Cathedral, an occurrence which if it had happened would have destroyed our monumental symbol of Christianity in Imo State as well as claimed the lives of worshippers. But for the timely intervention of people who overpowered the crippled Boko Haram agent (see picture), I wonder what we would have been reading about now on the internet and newspapers.

I raised alarm at the beginning of this administration when ORO played host to Islamic Women's Council and some people with small brains said it was a sign of One Nigeria even though I was seeing afar. Then ORO secretly tried to relocate the Central Mosque to stand before the Assumpta Cathedral and when I shouted, they denied it and aborted that plan, yet many of our people remained blinded. ORO started importing into Imo State abokis in their thousands and today they have forcefully taken over the Douglas/Mbaise Road junction, taken over wheelbarrow pushing from our people and are gradually taking over every form of manual labour from Imolites. Even Owelle's company Roche hires only abokis to work for them whereas we have able-bodied Imolites capable of doing the job yet our people do not see this Northern Boko Haramic infiltration of our lands sponsored and spearheaded by ORO. His move to the Boko Haram affiliated political party confirmed my suspicions that this man was not a Christian but an undercover Muslim trying to Islamize Ndi Imo which they see as the center of Christianity in Igboland which once captured, Nigerian Christianity will fall. This was probably why he paid those people from Ifakala and Afara who joined Islam and why there have been pressure on our traditional rulers to join Islam and get N10million amongst other things. Even most of the buildings ORO had been building were taking the shapes of mosques and only after protests did he change the design of that building opposite Rockview Hotel. Muru kwa nu anya.

Some time ago, some youths were shot by fulani people at Irete and what did ORO's government do? Nothing. In Ohaji-Egbema and many other places our people have been attacked and yet ORO's government is silent. The aboki has gradually become more powerful in Imo State than Nwa-afor as they now harass our girls at the Douglas/Mbaise junction. The other day I saw an aboki beating an Igbo woman along Wethedral and people walked pass knowing that our aboki governor will support the abokis over you if the case should get to him. Even today, 29th April, Trumpeta Newspaper front page carries another story on attacks on villages at Ohaji/Egbema by Fulani herds men yet ORO kept quiet and our people are terrorized.

This is not a call for us to hate the Muslims in our midst but a call for us to be careful. If you are not proud of your religion and stand up strong for it then I wonder why you are alive. Stand up and protect Christ, stand up for our future in Nigeria. Our silence and readiness to sell our birthrights for small change like those who took ORO's money to become Muslims, are some of the facts killing and destroying us. If you are ashamed to stand for Christ while you deceive yourself with One Nigeria then feel free to go and collect money from ORO and join Islam.

Ndi Imo open your eyes. Man of God have been shouting but we don't want to listen because of stupid sentiments and deceit by a man who thinks he has more sense than you. It is unfortunate that the eyes of many will open when it is too late and what is happening in the North starts happening here. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Ana eji ututu achu ewu oji. Ka Chineke mezie okwu. 

Dont be suprise dat buhari will be the last president of the ZOOLOGICAL REPUBLIC CALLED NIGERIA the freedom of BIAFRA is light of your life no future in the zoo called nigeria. Up biafrans all over de world can any body here tell me about this pic did your father tell you what happen in 1967 to 1970.

When I was young, i thought dad hated us his children, he used to speak in a commanding Voice that always scared us. He could give us hard rules to follow, such as not touching on the Radio, no opening the Cupboard in his room, no going to our neighbors and whoever broke any of his rules, we would be punished heavily. Whenever we did something bad, our Mum used to tell us that when our dad comes back, she will report us to him and he will "Kill" us and whenever he could come, when told, he could beat us.
At the age below 7, i felt i hated him. When we started growing old, he removed some of the restrictions; he started allowing us to do things which we were not allowed to. At the Age of 15 i started realizing his love, whenever i could be going back to school, he could give me School fees, then add me Pocket Money for me to use at school. He could smile to me as i went back to school and could warmly welcome me with a delicious Meal at the end of the term! Now am 21 but he even calls me asking when i will go to visit to them. And whenever i visit them, i feel like crying when am leaving them.
MORAL OF THE STORY
The instructions and rules he gave us were meant to keep us safe. Fathers play a very important role in providing us with all that we need e.g. Food, shelter, clothing, education and all the care we have is because of fathers' love. If your Dad is a very Important Person in this world, then click LIKE and write “GOD BLESS YOU DAD”

No school, no hospital, no light, we are jobless, we are not alive, can i kill myself? I dont love the zoo called Nigeria, we want to go. History is about to repeat its self but now in a grand style we are wiser now soon the zoo Nigeria we see us  

 

REMINDS OF OKOROCHA'S 
During election Campaign...

BUGHARIA OKECHUKWU GBUGHAMMADUDUM GOSLOW
IKEMBA III OF IGBO APC...
Hiyahuhuhuhahaha...!

APC Will Rule For The Next 24 Years' - Okorocha

The governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) would not only remain strong but would be in power in the state for the next 24 years.

The governor announced this on Thursday, August 13, during the meeting with leaders and officials of the APC, in the state, Vanguard reports.

He also vowed to make sure the party becomes very strong in the whole of South East.

Speaking on the issue of political appointments, Okorocha assured the people that he would appoint commissioners soon.

According to him, local government election will be conducted as soon as the court cases involving the councils are over and until then, his government would continue to make do with transition committees in running the councils.

READ ALSO: Why US Shunned Jonathan’s Govt In The Fight Against Boko Haram – Okorocha Speaks Up

Okorocha said: “The Community Government Council [CGC] is to be re-structured to make it functional and more effective. We are also going to review the performances of the party in the booths at all levels during the last elections.

“A committee will also be set up to look into the cases or reports of party members or leaders who erred in one way or the other especially during the elections. The party will look into the case of erring members.”

The governor promised to pay all outstanding salaries, adding that the next four years of his administration would be worthy of celebration in the state.

Buhari Has Nothing To Offer, He Should Retire - El-Rufai
The attention of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has been drawn to statements from Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida purporting to be responses to the advice he gave both men to retire.....

Since Babangida labelled whole generations of Nigerian youth as being unfit for leadership, age has become an issue in the coming elections. While it is true that neither youth nor age supplies wisdom on their own, it makes sense to ask those who have been recurring decimals in our country's sorry history to leave the stage. That is all El-Rufai asked of these men who seem to think that their failure to do their best for Nigeria when they had the chance qualifies them for a return to office. Our people surely deserve better.

El-Rufai is amazed that General Buhari cannot debate this matter without scurrying to the gutter, making claims that are baseless and unsupported by any facts. Mallam El-Rufai's tenure as FCT minister was a period of stellar performance in remaking our federal capital. Despite the difficult decisions that had to be taken to restore Abuja, Mallam El-Rufai continues to receive deserved praise and recognition for his achievements in restoring the Abuja master plan, introducing Nigeria's first computerised land registry and helping thousands of Nigerians achieve their dreams of home ownership in the federal capital. Buhari is perhaps one of a tiny few blinded by their prejudice from recognising the quality of El Rufai's service.

That same prejudice accounts for the baseless claims of corruption Buhari levels against El Rufai. The fact is that Mallam El-Rufai served Nigeria with integrity and has never been convicted of any corrupt act. He is boldly contesting the false charges which the Yar'Adua government filed against him in court. It is strange that a Buhari who protests when unproven claims of N2.5 billion (about US $3billion in those days!) missing oil funds are levelled against him can gleefully elevate similar claims into facts when it concerns another. How would Buhari feel if the corruption allegations made against him by Group Captain Usman Jibrin, then a board member of PTF, are today reported as if they were proven facts? So much for "corrupt background" and "shoddy performance".

Mallam El-Rufai wishes to remind General Buhari that he has remained perpetually unelectable because his record as military head of state, and afterwards, is a warning that many Nigerians have wisely heeded. His insensitivity to Nigeria's diversity and his parochial focus are already well-known. In 1984, Buhari allowed 53 suitcases belonging to his ADC's father to enter Nigeria unchecked at a time the country was exchanging old currency for new. Against all canons of legal decency, he used retroactive laws to execute three young men for drug-peddling after they were convicted by a military tribunal and not regular courts of law. Buhari was so high handed that he gave himself and his officials immunity even from truthful reporting. That obnoxious Decree 4, against which truth was no defence, was used to jail journalists and attempt to cow the media as a whole. That tyrannical legislation shows the essence of his intolerance. These are facts of recent history.

The story of counter-trade and import licensing, the cornerstone of Buhari's stone-age economic strategy and those whose interests it served, is a tale for another day.

Mallam El-Rufai respects both Generals Buhari and Babangida as elder statesmen. He believes their age, experience and guidance may contribute to the success of any future government. El-Rufai however believes that it is time for a new generation of leaders with new thinking and wholesome democratic attitude to move our nation forward. The vicious response by the Buhari camp to a simple statement that their almost-70 principal should retire is proof enough that a Buhari, the new Democrat, tolerant of views different from his own, is yet to evolve. And that is sad, for his fledgling party and its leadership. Buhari and his cohorts may wish to reflect that it will take more than attacks on personalities to become electable. Having seen his version of discipline, Nigerians are not likely to cherish an encore. But they will welcome an engagement with the issues and problems of everyday life that have hobbled the peoples of this land.

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WE BLAME GOV OBIANO & BUHARIA FOR THE KILLING OF I.P.O.B VICTIMS IN ANAMBRA HIS LIES AND DEVIL’S TO BIAFRAN PEOPLE THEY MUST BE A PAY BACK SOON

Here is the dictator pedophile and terrorist Buhari is a Boko Haram who only like a small kids of 9 to 12 years a ,a man that believe in killing Biafrans a man that rape small kids . The pharaoh of our time rape. The end of the zoo Nigeria is at hand. Nigeria will root in hell because of genocide Nigeria committed against Biafrans. the Boko Haram Member pedophile President Muhammadu Buhari Sentenced To Life Imprisonment for not Appointments, for Yorubas in office

Biafra did not surrender – Achuzia Col. Joe Achuzia was one of the major figures that held Biafra together while the Nigerian Civil war lasted. He commanded almost all the major sectors in the Biafran Army and also ensured that discipline was enforced throughout the duration of the war. Before the war ended, he was in charge of operations in the whole enclave called Biafra. This position made it possible for him to begin the necessary overtures to end the war. While Ojukwu was away, he took over control of the forces and then made the appropriate contacts to bring the war to an end. In this interview with Edozie Udeze, he debunks some of the claims made by Gen. Alabi Isama and Gen. Alani Akinrinade in their recent interviews.

Gen. Alabi Isama in his latest book on the war alleged that Mid-western officers were alienated. Is it really true that as the Commander-in-Chief of the Biafran Armed Forces, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, did not trust some of the Midwestern Igbo officers while the war lasted?

It is not true. Why I say it is not true is that for Biafra to have lasted so long, it was as a result of the efforts of the Mid-western officers. This was because Biafra was really being hard pushed until the mid-west operation began.

And the Midwest officers that were supposed to go across, Alabi-Isama was one of them. Even then my own journey into the mid west when Banjo crossed into Mid west, Alabi too was one of those that I contacted. But somewhere along the line, after our meeting, after we gave him some instructions to follow across, Alabi defected. And he didn’t come back. So, for him to say that Ojukwu didn’t like some Mid west officers couldn’t be true. This was so because it was the Mid-west officers, all the way to the lower ranks, that really held Murtala from crossing over the bridge thereby entering Biafra.

This was when Murtala started his so-called operation to cross the Niger. It was mid western officers who fought and sustained the momentum. These were the 52 and 57 brigades that are also manned by the Mid west officers. It is unfortunate that many people from hindsight now after over 40 years of the war are writing books on the war. This is an after-thought after having read over other people’s works on the war, reading newspaper comments and other people’s statements and interviewing people. Now, they have got themselves in the position as being authority on the war.

I wouldn’t take Alabi’s document as a serious one. The only aspect of his statement that really deserves comment and which shows his inability to appreciate the war situation and reporting it as it were, was his reporting what did not happen in his presence. He talked about the end of the war, mentioning the participants. He is not in the position to say what he said about the end of the war. He wasn’t there.

The first person who was there was General Alani Akinrinade. Also Tomoye. Then Tomoye was not a substantive colonel. The command that reached Orlu was Tomoye’s command. And it was Tomoye’s officer that my men and in a night operation and captured them that made it possible for me to take the step I took by declaring that everybody should lay down their arms. Then I said we could be announcing it until I was able to bring Akinrinade into my headquarters. The narrative by Alabi shows ignorance of what happened that day. That’s what I can say about that. The only person that many a time I look at and say let sleeping dogs lie is General Akinrinade. This was because of his behaviour from the moment we met was officer-like.

And he conducted himself in a way that endeared him to me that up till date, we are still friends. Alabi, however, was right in one thing that the war had already ended before General Obasanjo came into the picture. And he came on the scene after I allowed General Akinrinade to make a call to him. And he told him that if he didn’t come, he might stand to lose his officers who were under my control then. When Akinrinade came, he came with only a few soldiers. We met at Orlu, I didn’t go to Owerri to look for any of them.

Now, we told Tomoye to phone him because Tomoye stood to lose all his officers and in Brigade they ventured into our territory near Orlu.

We assured Tomoye that we had already started to take steps to bring the war to an end. His officers that were collected were already deposited near my office in Igbo-ukwu. As a result, it wasn’t proper for me to claim that I went to Owerri looking for who to surrender to. Surrender who or what to who? After all, it was in my house while discussing with Akinrinade that we decided that in that instance we were bringing the war to an end. There was indeed no winner, no vanquished. The war had deteriorated into a state of stalemate, whereby we were trading one bullet for another.

By this time our men were crisis-crossing the war front because both the Nigerian soldiers and our soldiers were tired of the whole thing; the whole episode.

Could you please elaborate more on the last days of the war?

Let me also elaborate more on the events of the last days…

I read in the internet Akinrinade’s rejoinder. So I asked for it to be printed out. Akinrinade is the last person I expected to sanction what Alabi-Isama wrote or said about the end of the war. Isama wasn’t there. Akinrinade was there. Tomoye was there. The rest were just junior officers. Those collected that night of 11th were junior officers and they were in charge of a battalion which made it possible for us to move. It was almost a disaster. We could have capitalised on it but we were on the quest to bring the war to an end. Hence, we detained them at the DMI office in Igbo-ukwu, got them to send a message to their commander, Tomoye. Tomoye replied that he would contact Owerri. The officer at Owerri tactical headquarters, Col. Oni who replied that Obasanjo said he would send his chief-of-staff, Akinrinade, to come and negotiate with us.

That was how Akinrinade came to the scene. And we asked when would this be? He said that myself and himself should meet at Orlu. Hence, I left, heading to Orlu with my own escort, while he was coming with his own escort. We met at Orlu, greeted one another and I asked that he follows me to Igbo-ukwu. If it was a war situation and they had the advantage they would have arrested me and held me hostage. But we were already holding their men hostage. That was how we came to my home and I am glad that Alabi confirmed that because Akinrinade told him.

So, I had to do what I did because I was in full control of the situation. There was no way Akinrinade could have reached me in a hostile manner. I was the one who would have shown hostility but my mission was to bring the war to an end.

I would have handed over to Bisala. Bisala’s men were at Awka, which as you know, is closer to my headquarters. When we concluded no winner, no vanquished affair with Obasanjo, treachery came into it. While we were all celebrating at Owerri, Obasanjo came to me and said whether he could talk to General Effiong and I said yes. Anything? He said no, just to discuss for old time sake. And I said okay, you can go ahead with him.

So, they went out to discuss. It was Col. Anwuna who called my attention and said why did you allow Effiong and Obasanjo to meet alone and I said well, they are old friends. He said no, you better intervene. Obasanjo said ah, I am not eating your officer; we were just talking about old times. But the damage had already been done. On our way back to Uga, because that was where we took off from, it was then that Effiong told me and the rest of the people that he had promised Obasanjo that we would be going to Lagos to see Gowon. I said no, you don’t play a record we didn’t participate in crafting. He said it was necessary that we senior officers go with him; that they would provide the flight so that we and Gowon could see, that he had the final say for them. I said okay if we must go, all of you must go and put on your uniforms. Then he turned around and told me he also promised him we should go in mufty. So, I said in that case, I will not go. That was why I wasn’t in the entourage that went to Lagos. He said that it was important that I should go; that he even mentioned the names of the officers to go. I said, I will not go, I will not leave my troops undefended.

Col. Ogunewe, he was of the same stature with me, said please colonel you have done so much. Give me your French suit, we are of the same size.

So, he went in my place and that was why he was part of the team. I escorted them all the way to Owerri with reinforced company of soldiers. When we got to Owerri, Obasanjo and his men, with Col. Oni took over. They left from Port Harcourt. Instead, as they left from Port Harcourt, I continued with my company of soldiers all the way to Port Harcourt. Akinrinade will attest to this.

When we got to Port Harcourt, I reported to Col. Oluleye who was the war commander. We booked in at the Presidential Hotel with my men surrounding me. It was in the morning, they had gone to Lagos, finished and Obasanjo brought them back and I was quite sure Obasanjo was monitoring what was happening and had been told by Akinrinade that I was in Port Harcourt with my troops. So, he arrived early hours in the morning with Effiong and the rest and they left for Owerri. Then he sent Akinrinade to call me. He came to the hotel and told me that Obasanjo was back and wanted to see me.

I went with my troops to Owerri and we met and greeted. So, he said to me, was there any need for me to come with my troops?. And I said no. it was necessary for me because it was the cream of my men that you collected. Then we saluted and they escorted me across the Imo River at Owerri Nta. From there, I proceeded back to my home. Now, is that the position of a defeated army? If they want us to tell the truth about what happened, we’ll tell the truth. But for a group of people trying to make it look as if Biafra looked like a lily-livered army or a rag-tag army, no. No rag-tag army at all could hold a well-equipped army like Nigerian army to ransom for three years.

The only thing, I repeat, is that the ground strategy adopted by Biafra made it possible for Nigeria to remain till today.

In the face of all this, how did you warm your way into Ojukwu’s heart to become his favourite among other officers from the Mid-west?

I don’t know about being anybody’s favourite. All I know is that each time Ojukwu gave me order I obeyed it. That people consider me his favourite, well why should a commander-in-chief, have a favourite? All his officers were his favourites. For anybody to consider himself not to be a favourite of the commander-in-chief he must have been harbouring some disloyalty attitude in his mind towards the commander-in-chief.

But was Alabi-Isama fighting on the side of Biafra initially?

No! He was one of the Mid-west officers in Benin. He was in Benin at the beginning.

Now, let us look at another issue. Is it really correct to assert that while the federal troops had prisoners of war, Biafran soldiers were busy killing indiscriminately?

Let me ask you, when Nigeria claimed that they won the war, were there any exchange of prisoners of war? Because that would have been the situation. There wasn’t. By the time the matter got to Lagos to Gowon, the war had been over. It was more of war of attrition at a point and so as it was on the Federal side so it was on the Biafran side.

But why did you call for an end to the war when you did?

We did so because of the situation we found ourselves. Certain things were happening at the time which up till now we haven’t told our people. For instance, they said Ojukwu left because the war was closing in on him and the entire Biafra. That also is not true. We had several options then. One of the options was to break out of the Biafra enclave to cause confusion. But we had studiously maintained that we were not trying to create a civil war but we were still being attacked based on the perceived situation that brought about the pogrom.

Good enough, it was the pogrom that chased people out of the North. And when our people left the North, the pogrom continued and this made it impossible for our people to find relief in the West. There was no other alternative than to say, ‘to your tents oh Israel.’ So, our people left and came home. And even when organising the military defensive activity we still had it in mind that we couldn’t abandon a country we helped to build.

But we couldn’t in trying to maintain the status quo we helped to build allowed ourselves to be exterminated. No. Consequently, we retreated. By retreating, regrouping, we said we will not carry our military exploits beyond our shores. Otherwise, as it were, we had several options. Take a brigade and break into Nigeria and cause havoc. That would have made the war total, but instead under the counsel of our commander-in-chief and our elders, we maintained an operational balance.

It was for us to defend ourselves within our soil so that nobody could accuse us of either precipitating the war or as they try to accuse us that the coup was tailored against the North, an Igbo coup. If such a coup that had a universal acclaim could later change into an Igbo coup, what then would have happened if we had carried the war right into the North. The possibility was there and we didn’t do that.

But then when Igbo officers and men crossed into the West why were they not coordinated, allowing soldiers scatter into different directions?

No! No!! You see the war,… Every war produces certain actions and reactions. When it became clear after the second division of Nigerian army crossed over and attacked Biafra, we already heard that they were going to use the Mid-west whom we thought was the buffer zone between us and them. But the rampaging Nigerian army did not honour that. We were not prepared to allow them because once they did, it meant that they had three-quarters of the totality of the land in Nigeria. And that would have been very difficult for us.

We were also mindful of the fact that during the pogrom in the North, the majority of the soldiers as far as the North was concerned, Midwest was an Igbo land. It was in fact an afterthought when they tried to woo the Benins, the Urhobo’s and so on, forgetting that the Benins and Urhobos were some of those they killed during the pogrom.

So, ranging them against us by pacifying them as they did when they created Cross-River and Rivers States, it was not done to appease the North. No. it was done to range them against the Igbo people by telling them that they were sufficient to be on their own as states. And that they should not be an appendage of the Igbos. They even forgot that we could have done the same by moving into the North, bringing the Middlebelt against the Fulanis.

But we didn’t do that. So, that was what it was like.

Okay, were all these part of the blunders that prolonged the war?

Of course, yes. If we had played the game the way Nigeria played it, we would still be in the battle field today. But our people have a saying that the hen with so many chicks doesn’t know how to run in a battle situation.

At what point did the Biafran high command begin to consider some of the officers as saboteurs and what did it take one to be so considered?

In many war situations, the word sabotage is a constant and recurrent decimal. This is so because not all believe in the cause that brought about the war situation. People have different ideas and ideals. And some people, according to their belief, put themselves in the position where they were either the loyalists or considered anti-war efforts. This was what gave rise to the word saboteur. So it happens everywhere and it occurs everywhere.

You have nicknamed the Air Raid. How did this name come about?

Oh, no, no. I can’t continue to dwell on this.

But you’ve not told it to us before?

Okay, why I say so is that soldiers, especially in a conflict situation have the tendency for giving one name or the other to their officers, depending on the situation they find themselves. So, they did that when they wanted.

You didn’t start out as a commissioned officer, but rose to be a force to reckon with. How did it happen?

No, no. you see, people don’t seem to understand that soldiering is an art. Just like engineering or medicine, when a doctor is made to be so. You cannot just go into an operating room, pick up your instruments and begin to work, if you haven’t been trained. So also in a war situation. You cannot go into battle field and carry out all the norms necessary for an officer who had been trained over the years.

A civilian cannot plan war and execute war. It requires a trained military officer to confuse and configure the situation and operate. That is why many a time people say what they like and I don’t care. It doesn’t affect people like me; I am not interested. The situation occured within the purview of my duty and I operated just to show what I was trained for. After that I retired into a civilian life.

What really happened – did you actually kill Haliday, the owner of Silver Valley Hotel in the presence of his wife and daughter as alleged by General Alani Akinrinade?

That’s a lie. You see, when the war ended, Nigerian officers didn’t know what to do about me. First, they couldn’t reach me. Every effort made to kill me did not succeed. Haliday was a friend. My house, before the war started, was a stone’s throw from Chief Haliday’s house. If such a thing happened, why was it only at the end of the war that we started hearing that I was the one that killed him?

I commanded; I took over in Port Harcourt, when Port Harcourt was falling. And all that participated there will give testimony that I never picked a gun and shot him. I never picked my gun and shot at somebody. Why should I? I had soldiers who could do that. But instead, they tried to foist the death of Haliday on me. That exactly was what they’ve been saying; that I had been killing people indiscriminately while the war lasted. That also is not true. It took the way the war ended for most Biafrans to realise that it was really a lie that whenever I saw somebody I’d shoot. Shoot for what? For what purpose? And if that was the case, would I lay my life on the line to bring the war to an end? After all, the people who asked that the war be brought to an end are still alive. People like P.K. Nwokedi, a former justice of Enugu. Louis Mbanefo too. These were the people who came to my house and pleaded that I should try to stop the war.

Normally, I would have called for their arrest, because they were members of Biafran Exco. They were party to the last meeting we held with Ojukwu to ask Ojukwu to go to the conference that was to hold in Monrovia, Liberia. That conference was engineered by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.

It was this meeting that we arranged laboriously for where Ojukwu could stay so that there won’t be any sabotage against us. Hence, Felix Houphet- Boigny was one of those that recognised Biafran efforts. And the French were also partially assisting us.

So, from Liberia, it was planned to move Ojukwu to Gabon and then to Ivory Coast. But we hadn’t settled down in Ivory Coast in readiness for the meeting when members of the EXco came requesting that I should bring the war to an end.

How come then you were the man everybody wanted to see to end the war?

I was the person in charge of operations. I was also visible. Yes, I was.

Do you think because the Yoruba officers were the ones that saw to the end of the war, it has caused any friction between them and the Igbo people?

No, because a day after my declaration, I started the announcement from 9a.m. Every 15 minutes, my broadcast was on. Sir Louis Mbanefo crafted the statement that we gave Philip Effiong to read. After it was read, it became necessary because in my broadcast, we said we had sent emissaries to various Nigerian military formations to inform them that we had decided to end the war.

It is only people with authority who could do that. Any army on the run will not make such statement. So, we did it on a friendly basis. Today Akin is still my friend. We meet from time to time. He visits me here too. No, it has not caused any friction at all.

Why was it possible for the Owerri battle front to be inclusive as it were?

First and foremost, to take over Owerri was impossible. Owerri is the heartland of the Igbo nation. The heart land of our domain. Enugu is our foremost town which was prepared by the colonial masters as an administrative headquarters. Just as Lagos is to the West, even though Ibadan was the heartland of the Yoruba. So, also in the North, they have Kaduna State, which now they have Abuja, even though they have Sokoto, Maiduguiri and those other places.

Nigeria is centered on a tripod, whichever way you push it, all that come to the surface are the Hausa nation, the Yoruba nation and the Igbo nation. Each of these nations has minorities. Today, all that people talk about are the minorities within the East, within the Igbo nation because of economic interest. If oil has not been the main source of income for the totality of Nigerians, nobody would care how the Ijaws, how the Itsekiris, the Ibibios, Kalabairis, the Efiks and so on, are faring. This is so because they’ve been in existence before the arrival of the Europeans.

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1966 Nigerian coup d'état
The 1966 Nigerian coup d'état began on January 15, 1966 when rebel Southern Nigerian soldiers led by Kaduna Nzeogwuassassinated 11 senior Nigerian politicians and two soldiers as well as kidnapping three others. The coup plotters attacked the cities of Kaduna, Ibadan, and Lagos while also blockading the Niger and Benue River within a two day span of time before the coup plotters were subdued. A senior Army officer, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi then used the coup as a pretext to annex power ending First Nigerian Republic. It was the spark that erupted into the Nigerian Civil War.
Background
In August 1965 one Yoruba and four Igbo Majors were beginning to plot a coup d'état against incumbent Prime MinisterAbubakar Balewa. The coup was planned because the Majors were dissatisfied with the governments actions and that most Nigerian politicians were of Northern Nigerian origin.[citation needed]
The President of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe left the country in late 1965 first for Europe, then on a cruise to the Caribbean. Under the law, Senate President Nwafor Orizu became Acting President during his absence and had all the powers of the President.
Coup
In Kaduna
In the weeks leading up to the coup Maj. Kaduna Nzeogwu carried out reconnaissance on Ahmadu Bello's mansion in Kaduna. Nzeogwu often took his men on a night-time training exercise known as "Exercise Damisa" which was in actuality a practice run for a military coup. The commander of the 2nd Brigade, Brig. Samuel Ademulegun, became irritated with the night-time exercises and reprimanded Nzeogwu in a telephone call to keep exercises a safe distance from Bello's mansion. Although Ademulegun complained about the commotion he had no idea of the exercise's true purpose. Nzeogwu's control over his troops was so little that he had to conscript young soldiers from the Nigerian Military Training College at Kaduna. In the early hours on January 15, 1966 Nzeogwu decided to turn "Exercise Damisa" into a full blown military coup. Nzeogwu led his men to a bush adjacent to the mansion gates and informed them of their real mission. Nzeogwu then led his men, blowing open the mansion gates and conducted a search of the residence, hunting for Bello. After losing his temper at his initial failure to locate Bello. Bello gave himself up at his gates, where he was shot. Nzeogwu's co-conspirator, Maj.Timothy Onwuatuegwu, personally led a detachment of soldiers to Ademulegun's house. Onwuatuegwu made his way up to the Brigadier's room where he was laying beside his wife. Upon seeing Onwuatuegwu enter the room, Ademulegun shouted at him "Timothy, what the devil do you think your doing?". Onwuatuegwu told Ademulegun that he was under arrest. Ademulegun reached for a drawer beside his bed, and as he did so, Onwuatuegwu shot him dead in his bed, along with Ademulegun's wife who was laying beside him.
The head of the NMTC Col. Ralph Shodeinde was killed, however the manner of his death is unclear. His wife testified that he was shot by several soldiers that included Maj. Nzeogwu and Maj. Onwuatuegwu. Other accounts claim that a grenade was tossed at him. It is not clear if Nzeogwu was involved with Shodeinde's death since presumably he was pre-occupied at the time with killing Ahmadu Bello. Most accounts place responsibility for Shodeinde's murder with Onwuatuegwu. The same Onwuatuegwu, who shot both Shodeinde and Ademulegun along with his wife, kidnapped but did not harm the Governor of the Northern Region Kashim Ibrahim. When released Ibrahim vouched that he had been treated with the utmost respect by the men who kidnapped him.
The commander of the 2nd Reece squadron in Kaduna, Hassan Katsina, was not harmed during the coup. Shortly before the coup started, Katsina bumped into Nzeogwu. It is speculated that the conversation between the two men may have saved Katsina's life as Nzeogwu's familiarity with Katsina's family may have led him to exclude Katsina from the coup out of empathy. When the two men met again shortly after the coup, Nzeogwu asked him directly "Are you with us or against us?". Seeing that Nzeogwu was holding a gun, Katsina wisely replied "you know I am with you."
In Lagos
At around 2am Maj. Emmanuel Ifeajuna and some lieutenants from the 2nd Brigade HQ made their way to Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa's residence. They overpowered, but did not kill, the police officers standing guard there. Ifeajuna then kicked down the door of the Prime Minister's bedroom before leading him out at gunpoint.
Elsewhere in Lagos, Maj. Don Okafor attempted to arrest Brig. Zakariya Maimalari but he managed to escape by jumping over a wall behind his house. As he was escaping on foot, he came across the car of his Brigade Major, Emmanuel Ifeajuna. Maimalari recognized Ifeajuna and had no idea that he was part of the coup plot. Erroneously believing that Ifeajuna could be trusted, Maimalari waved down the car, and was promptly shot by Ifeajuna. The commanding officer of the Ibadan based 4th battalion, Lt. Col. Abogo Largema, was a guest at the Ikoyi hotel on the night of the coup. Ifeajuna arrived at the hotel and forced the desk clerk at gunpoint to inform Largema that he had a phone call. When Largema emerged from his room Ifeajuna and a subaltern emerged from their hiding place in a corridor and shot Largema dead.
The army's GOC Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was tipped off about the coup by a telephone call from Lt. Col. James Pam. Shortly after ending his telephone call with Ironsi, Pam was abducted from his house and shot dead by Maj. Chris Anuforo. The only Igbo to die in the coup, Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe, was shot by Anuforo because he was known to be close to Brig. Maimalari and had to be silenced in order to avoid him from raising the alarm.
Balewa, Col. Kur Mohammed, and Minister of Finance Festus Okotie-Eboh were initially kidnapped, but were later killed. Balewa's body was discovered at a roadside near Lagos after six days.
In Ibadan
In Ibadan the premier of the Western Region Chief Samuel Akintola had been forewarned that soldiers were coming to get him. Akintola heard rumors of a coup and traveled to Kaduna to warn the premier of the Northern Region, Ahmadu Bello. After failing to raise any urgency in Bello, Akintola returned to Ibadan and armed himself with a rifle. His deputy Chief Fani Kayode was first arrested by the coupists. After his arrest, Kayode's wife informed Akintola of what had happened. Shortly afterward a detachment of soldiers led by Capt. Emmanuel Nwobosi arrived at Akintola's residence. Upon sighting the soldiers, Akintola opened fire, wounding a few of them including Capt. Nwobosi. After fighting for his life and engaging the soldiers in a gunfight, Akintola was shot dead by Nwobosi's men.
Aftermath
Acting President Nwafor Orizu made a nationwide broadcast, after he had brief President Nnamdi Azikiwe on the phone the decision of the cabinet, announcing the cabinet's "voluntary" decision to transfer power to the armed forces. Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi then made his own broadcast, accepting the "invitation". On January 17, Major General Ironsi established the Supreme Military Council in Lagos and effectively suspended the constitution.[1]
All of the coup leaders, except for Maj. Ifeajuna who had fled to Ghana, were placed under arrest. Maj. Nzeogwu handed over control of the Northern Region to Ironsi's appointed designee, Maj. Hassan Katsina, before being escorted by Lt Col. Conrad Nwawo to Lagos where he surrendered to Maj Gen. Ironsi. General Ironsi used the coup as a pretext to suspend the Federal Government and bring an end to Nigeria's first republic.
In the months following the coup it was widely noted that four of the five army Majors who executed the coup were Igbo and that General Ironsi who took over power was also Igbo. It was feared that the Igbo had set out to take control of the country and in the North of Nigeria the fear of Igbo dominance became intense. This resulted in the massacres of Igbo which peaked on the 29 May, 29 July and 29 September 1966.
The Ironsi government's efforts to abolish the federal structure and the renaming the country the Republic of Nigeria on 24 May 1966 raised tensions and led to another coup by largely northern officers in July 1966, which established the leadership of Major General Yakubu Gowon.
Officers involved
The list below shows the officers involved on both sides of the coup as well as their ethnic backgrounds.
Conspirators
Maj. Kaduna Nzeogwu (Igbo)
Maj. Timothy Onwuatuegwu (Igbo)
Maj. Emmanuel Ifeajuna (Igbo)
Maj. Chris Anuforo (Igbo)
Maj. Don Okafor (Igbo)
Maj. Adewale Ademoyega (Yoruba)
Maj. Humphrey Chukwuka (Igbo)
Capt. Emmanuel Nwobosi (Igbo)
Capt. Ben Gbulie (Igbo)
Capt. Ogbu Oji (Igbo)
Government officials
Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa † (Bageri)
Premier Ahmadu Bello † (Fulani)
Premier Samuel Akintola † (Yoruba)
Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh † (Itsekiri)
Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (Igbo)
Brig. Samuel Ademulegun † (Yoruba)
Brig. Zakariya Maimalari † (Kanuri)
Col. Kur Mohammed † (Kanuri)
Col. Ralph Shodeinde † (Yoruba)
Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon (Ngas)
Lt. Col. Abogo Largema † (Kanuri)
Lt. Col. James Pam † (Berom)
Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe † (Igbo)
Lt. Col. Conrad Nwawo (Igbo)
Maj. Hassan Katsina (Fulani)
References

President Buhari must be told that his election was even a product of corruption with Yorubas made possible by his Yoruba corrupt associates that he is distancing himself from while enjoying the loot alone. What corruption can be more than that?

Buhari Has Nothing To Offer, He Should Retire - El-Rufai
The attention of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has been drawn to statements from Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida purporting to be responses to the advice he gave both men to retire.....

Since Babangida labelled whole generations of Nigerian youth as being unfit for leadership, age has become an issue in the coming elections. While it is true that neither youth nor age supplies wisdom on their own, it makes sense to ask those who have been recurring decimals in our country's sorry history to leave the stage. That is all El-Rufai asked of these men who seem to think that their failure to do their best for Nigeria when they had the chance qualifies them for a return to office. Our people surely deserve better.

El-Rufai is amazed that General Buhari cannot debate this matter without scurrying to the gutter, making claims that are baseless and unsupported by any facts. Mallam El-Rufai's tenure as FCT minister was a period of stellar performance in remaking our federal capital. Despite the difficult decisions that had to be taken to restore Abuja, Mallam El-Rufai continues to receive deserved praise and recognition for his achievements in restoring the Abuja master plan, introducing Nigeria's first computerised land registry and helping thousands of Nigerians achieve their dreams of home ownership in the federal capital. Buhari is perhaps one of a tiny few blinded by their prejudice from recognising the quality of El Rufai's service.

That same prejudice accounts for the baseless claims of corruption Buhari levels against El Rufai. The fact is that Mallam El-Rufai served Nigeria with integrity and has never been convicted of any corrupt act. He is boldly contesting the false charges which the Yar'Adua government filed against him in court. It is strange that a Buhari who protests when unproven claims of N2.5 billion (about US $3billion in those days!) missing oil funds are levelled against him can gleefully elevate similar claims into facts when it concerns another. How would Buhari feel if the corruption allegations made against him by Group Captain Usman Jibrin, then a board member of PTF, are today reported as if they were proven facts? So much for "corrupt background" and "shoddy performance".

Mallam El-Rufai wishes to remind General Buhari that he has remained perpetually unelectable because his record as military head of state, and afterwards, is a warning that many Nigerians have wisely heeded. His insensitivity to Nigeria's diversity and his parochial focus are already well-known. In 1984, Buhari allowed 53 suitcases belonging to his ADC's father to enter Nigeria unchecked at a time the country was exchanging old currency for new. Against all canons of legal decency, he used retroactive laws to execute three young men for drug-peddling after they were convicted by a military tribunal and not regular courts of law. Buhari was so high handed that he gave himself and his officials immunity even from truthful reporting. That obnoxious Decree 4, against which truth was no defence, was used to jail journalists and attempt to cow the media as a whole. That tyrannical legislation shows the essence of his intolerance. These are facts of recent history.

The story of counter-trade and import licensing, the cornerstone of Buhari's stone-age economic strategy and those whose interests it served, is a tale for another day.

Mallam El-Rufai respects both Generals Buhari and Babangida as elder statesmen. He believes their age, experience and guidance may contribute to the success of any future government. El-Rufai however believes that it is time for a new generation of leaders with new thinking and wholesome democratic attitude to move our nation forward. The vicious response by the Buhari camp to a simple statement that their almost-70 principal should retire is proof enough that a Buhari, the new Democrat, tolerant of views different from his own, is yet to evolve. And that is sad, for his fledgling party and its leadership. Buhari and his cohorts may wish to reflect that it will take more than attacks on personalities to become electable. Having seen his version of discipline, Nigerians are not likely to cherish an encore. But they will welcome an engagement with the issues and problems of everyday life that have hobbled the peoples of this land.

BY Christopher Onwurah Ogechukwu Ajaai

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Buhari And His "Bridge Breaking" Appointments
Clement Ejiofor 
Editor’s note: We all know President Buhari as an avid corruption fighter and a “Robin Hood” of the ordinary Nigerians. However, the recent appointments seem to contradict this commonly shared view. Ayegba Israel Ebije, Naij.com guest author, wonders whether or not “it amounts to corruption if the appointments are skewed in the present geographical configuration of Nigeria”.

The recent appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari came at a time the majority of Nigerians expected a balance in the hitherto lopsided scale of predominantly Northern elites in the key positions. The North West was granted 13 appointments, which accounted for 43% of the total number of appointments. Six appointments, or 20% from the overall number, went to the North East. South South had five appointees, the North Central – three appointees, finally, the South East got nothing.

A “Northern president”

The angst is already simmering. President Buhari has given the skeptics asserting he is a religious bigot and ethnic champion a nice opportunity to record victory, as the people are beginning to call him a “Northern president”.

Some Nigerians may recall that while delivering a speech heralding the Ibrahim Babangida’s junta against Buhari, Joshua Dogonyaro stated that Buhari and the selected few ruled the then Supreme Military Council. It seems that we students of history are about to witness a deja vu of the Buhari’s military government. Apparently, the federal character has never helped in curbing corruption, but it has helped in managing the multiplicity issue.

Once again, some Nigerians may want to recall some lopsided appointments normally witnessed during the Olusegun Obasanjo’s, Umar Yar’Adua’s and Goodluck Jonathan’s administrations. The ongoing lopsidedness is way too much. The change Nigerians are seeking for is expected to correct the skewed nature of the previous appointments.

The battle is won, but the war is not over

In justice to the president, I must confess that he is doing his best to reposition the country and eliminate the negative religious/tribal sentiments established before he won the presidential election. It is, however, necessary for Buhari to apply caution if he wants to avoid political landmines set for him to come short of the general expectations. It is also important to note that the election has come and gone, the battle for change is won, but the war to keep Nigeria socially, politically and economically alive is evolving.

Those helping the respected president with the appointments must understand that once Buhari is allowed to fail in managing the looming angst, the possibility of losing his goodwill will become certain. Once Buhari displays himself as a feared president, an average Nigerian will lose hope for the better. The system will crash, and a sad relapse into the old systemic rot will occur.

A “service” fee

In this present appointment malaise, the political party Buhari is operating is another accident to happen. With a conglomeration of political interests from a merger of the Action Congress, the Congress for Progressive Change, the Labour Party and the new Peoples Democratic Party, the party leadership is already waiting for a return on their “investment” in the poll that brought president Buhari to power. It is therefore instructive for Buhari to avoid demarcation between him and his political party in terms of taking unilateral decisions, especially about the political appointments. Regardless of his zeal to kill corruption, he must first manage those with the antidotes against “corruption pills”.

It is indeed clear the All Progressive Congress may not hold strong as a ruling party on account of the intense heat the appointments and the self-centered actions of the elites are creating.

It must, however, be borne in mind that President Buhari is attempting to act stealthily to avoid influence of the corrupt party leaders. Regardless of his fears, he must consider balance in his appointments taking note of contributions even from those involved in years of corrupt practices – he must allow himself to be seen carrying all along.

Beware, Mr President!

Some are already “mortally wounded”, as President Buhari continues to dash their hopes every time appointments are made. The disaffection among the fragmented elites and the foundation of the party will be inevitable, once the money and power that brought them together are removed from the equation. A party formed by a marriage of necessity is very difficult to be managed even under the normal circumstances.

Yes, Buhari deserves to be commended for not carrying along the past governors identified as the treasury looters regardless of how they helped him during the poll. It is also very necessary to consider the entire nation once it comes to the appointments.

Some Nigerians, who have made up their minds to obey to whatever decision Buhari takes, may not agree with this analysis. However, one thing everyone should consider is that it amounts to corruption if the appointments are skewed in the present geographical configuration of Nigeria.

It is important to note that once goodwill starts to drain from Buhari’s fountain of trust, his ship of integrity will be heading towards the rocky waters. Just a hundred days has passed since President Buhari took the office. It is indeed too early for the noise, but not too early to amend.

Mr President, you are disappointing me, I Cry for Nigeria says Dele Momodu
Sir, let me say right away that the goodwill garnered during your campaigns and the jubilation that heralded your recent victory are fast fading and you need to, as a matter of urgency, convince the people of Nigeria that you’re now ready to hit the ground running.
Your Excellency, I write to you today with a heavy heart. The reason should be obvious. I was one of those latter day converts to Buharism, a political philosophy that believes in the reincarnation of former leaders in the days of tribulation. You were never the first man to resurrect from retirement and near political oblivion. General Olusegun Obasanjo bounced back from prison to Aso Rock Villa. In nearby Benin Republic, former military dictator and strongman, Mathieu Kerekou who had served as maximum ruler for about 17 incredible years, came back to defeat incumbent President , Nicephore Soglo in a 1990 election. He led his country for another ten years and almost got another five-year term but for the age barrier that disqualified him.

It is normal for Africans to run towards the wise elders of the village when trouble comes knocking. That is one of the major reasons Nigerians in their millions voted with their feet and thumbs to elect you President. Many of those who supported you did so for several other reasons and you must understand that they were mainly not members of your political party, APC. So, apart from your age, they backed you because they believed in your impeccable pedigree as an incorruptible and honourable man, a strict disciplinarian, a Scrooge who would not fritter away our meagre resources, a scourge of rogues and prodigal sons, a metamorphosed tyrant now a born-again democrat, and so on and so forth. Nigerians ardently placed their hopes in you and fervently prayed you won’t disappoint them. This is the principal reason I have decided to send you this desperate memo today before some despicable politicians tarnish your hard-earned reputation and truncate this beautiful chance again.
Sir, let me say right away that the goodwill garnered during your campaigns and the jubilation that heralded your recent victory are fast fading and you need to, as a matter of urgency, convince the people of Nigeria that you’re now ready to hit the ground running. They are not going to listen to excuses since you had 30 years after quitting the high office to onerously prepare for the job again. For them it is immaterial that you met an empty treasury or that you are mostly surrounded by selfish, corruptive influences and impostors. As I mentioned in my earlier epistles to you, Nigerians have become totally impatient and what they expect of you is tantamount to performing the miracle of turning water into wine or raising Lazarus from the dead. You cannot afford to waste any second before displaying the sterner stuff you’re reputed to be made of.
I had encouraged you not to be afraid of taking charge of the Party that brought you to power or tackling the politicians that claimed to have helped you in the process. I had imagined that you know the ways of our politicians by now and thought you knew how to handle them. I had told you matter-of-factly that you may have to step on some powerful toes in order to achieve anything tangible. The worst that may likely happen is for people to say and accuse you of dictatorial proclivity which won’t be new in your lexicon or to be threatened with impeachment and all-what-not. But trust me, no evil shall befall you for as long as you carry the people along in your crusade and do not pander to the whims and caprices of members of the privilegentsia.
There is no doubt that the present imbroglio in your Party is as a result of your lukewarm attitude to Party issues thinking you could merely concentrate on nation-building while others deal with political intrigues. However, it is not always as simple as that. As you can now see, you don’t seem to be on the same page with your Party. While you were busy agonising over the myriad of problems besetting Nigeria, many of your presumed disciples were busy fighting over positions and control of power the way babies squabble over lollipops. They have studiously forgotten the change mantra and the huge expectations that made the electorate to troop out in droves and cast their votes for you and the Party.
The moment you became the President-elect, you should have readied your manacles for all would-be trouble makers. You should have sent out a powerful message to those politicians who may wish to act above the law. But the moment you appeared ready to abdicate some of your leadership responsibilities to them, the obvious lacuna gave them the needed impetus to take charge and cut you adrift. Your political advisers, if any, should have prepared you for the offensive. There is no way you are going to fight and survive the battle ahead if the political class see you as a man they can easily bully. You cannot sit on the fence. Whilst your decision not to interfere in the affairs of another arm of Government, the legislature, is commendable and indeed your constitutional duty, you must make it clear to your Party that the same non-interference must apply to them.
Our people may have voted for your Party but they also voted for the individuals that the Party entrusted its mandate to including you. Just as there is a limit to how the Party can control you in the exercise of your executive functions and those you choose to assist you in the fulfilment of those functions, so also must you tell the Party chieftains that there is a limit as to how much the leadership structure and duties of the legislative arm can be controlled. If you are ambiguous about this, then you are inviting your Party leadership to write a letter to you categorically stating not only those you must appoint as your Ministers and Special Advisers but also those that you must not work with under any guise. I am sure you would not tolerate that. In the same vein you must not tolerate Party interference in the legislature. Change has come, please imbibe it!
In essence it is incumbent on you to deal with the issues arising from tensions created by party supremacy, parliamentary democracy and above all constitutionality. There is a delicate balance to be struck between these competing interests though constitutionality must eventually prevail. However, even constitutionality is subordinated to national interest, because that is the most important interest of all.
Your Party has a lot to learn from the tragedy which was invited upon itself by advertence of the former ruling Party, PDP. As a mark of respect to your status and office, your Party should have adopted your instinct and temperament immediately you conceded that the elections of principal officers at the National Assembly were “somewhat constitutional.” Even if internally aggrieved, like mortals may invariably be, your Party hierarchy should not have washed their dirty linen in public knowing the full implications of the backlash that might splash and smear your collective image. APC should have done what PDP failed to do when Governor Rotimi Amaechi won the Chairmanship of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum by instantly recognising the leadership of the National Assembly while seeking ways to ameliorate the unfortunate saga. No reasonable parent would voluntarily kill a recalcitrant child. There is always another opportunity for penitence and atonement.
I expected the crisis to escalate once the warring factions stuck arrogantly to their positions and neither was ready to bulge. Had APC accepted its fate with equanimity, I’m certain this peculiar mess would have been exterminated. Had Saraki and Dogara shown magnanimity in victory some of the truculent malice expressed by certain leaders may have also been mellowed.
Say what you will, the PDP had its fair dose of political migraine and rambunctiousness but it accepted certain realities and moved on. The ones they failed to accept led to their cataclysmic fall. The mutually destructive suspicion in APC should have been nipped in the bud for your sake. The burden you currently carry is heavier than an elephant and I don’t think you need or deserve this kind of nuisance distraction. The leadership of the National Assembly should also calm down by reaching out to their angry Party chieftains. There is nothing to gain in fighting a perennial war. Once upon a time, they were all friends and members of the same family. It is never too late to embrace peace and reunite. Now that we know what the bone of contention is, no one should be victimised for belonging to whatever factions that exist.
I have read endless arguments for and against the pugilists in APC and my candid advice is that you need to appoint your cabinet and aides now. The sooner you assemble and send forth your foot-soldiers the better for our polity to begin the healing process. Right now our nation appears to be rudderless and floundering and this should not be the case. What is left for you to do is to quickly bring all the gladiators together and see how you can apply some balm on frayed nerves. The Federal Government has humongous largesse to disburse so it should not be too difficult to appease the juggernauts. When that is sorted, you should draw your own plans and let your people know your roadmap. Your job would be much easier if you surround yourself with people who can look at you straight in the eye and say the truth no matter how bitter. Most of our leaders failed because they fell victims of sweet-talking scammers.
It is very essential that your Party sees and embrace you as their father and not the other way round. Whether you like it or not, and whether others in your Party want to accept it or not, you are the de facto national leader of your Party. You are the President and Commander in Chief of our country. Yes, you ARE the capo di tutti capi. You therefore cannot be subservient to any other person. You must immediately take upon this role and assume that mantle. Please feel free to lay down the law and if occasion demands, enforce our law. That is what leaders do. Ambivalence or hesitancy will simply not do! You have the next four years minus one month and time is ticking away dutifully.
Equally important is the fact that you are more of a social crusader than a politician and your Party ought to note this fact and understand that it can’t be business as usual. Your Party leveraged on your uncommon reputation to gain POWER. Sir, you can’t afford to evaporate such stupendous equity just like that. You have demonstrated enough tolerance but the time has come to repudiate our propensity for rascality.
The task ahead is so gargantuan and it would require all hands to be on deck. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I reiterate that the first priority, apart from national security, should be how to reduce the atrocious costs of running government in Nigeria. Until you achieve that sir, the Muhammed Alis of Nigeria will never stop their boxing tournaments in parliaments and elsewhere. The fight is for cash and not for any selfless services. Many won’t bother to contest if they think it is not lucrative. I don’t know how you plan to do this but it has to be done somehow and thankfully there are many methods that you can deploy. I’m glad you hope to retrieve some of the stolen billions. You need some serious cash, Sir. The challenges ahead would dissipate if you can raise the finances needed to tackle them.
I trust that God has deliberately raised you up at this time as a veritable example to mankind that being honest is not a crime and we have a lot to learn and cheer from your miraculous victory. May God help you to carry this cross successfully.
Mr President, you are disappointing me,I Cry for Nigeria says Dele Momodu

United Nations What's the latest on efforts to end the Syria Crisis? UN Envoy Staffan de Mistura explains here in a new interview:

The only way to end the problem for real is to arrest the US and UK officials involved in manufacturing the 'conflict' in their effort to remove a democratic government from power to gain control of resources for western companies and charge them with crimes against humanity. The US and it's allies have to be aggressively neutralized by the rest of the world or peace can never happen. 

Chiukwu Okike Abiama the meaning for those who do not know and for those that call it idol name.
Chiukwu............................AlmightyGod 
Okike.................................creation 
Abiama or Abiamara.......come close you will know me.
Yahshua or Jesus meaning in igbo language...........................Chinazo

Even if he had approached Adam, would Satan then have been gay because of that? He did not come to Eva to sleep with here, but to lie to her that she can eat from the forbidden fruit in the Garden without having to fear to die!

Major Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, (1937–1967) was a Nigerian military officer and revolutionary born in the Northern Region’s capital of Kaduna to Igbo immigrant parents from the Mid-Western Region-Okpanam Town, near Asaba in the present dayDelta State.
Major Nzeogwu was an infantry and intelligence officer of the Nigerian Army. His Hausa colleagues in the Nigerian Army gave him the name “Kaduna” because of his love with the town. Nzeogwu was an ambitious young military officer and a Roman Catholic. He attended the military academy at Sandhurst in England, and was a rebellious military officer who eventually became the Chief Instructor at the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna. The forerunner of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps (NAIC) was the Field Security Section (FSS) of the Royal Nigerian Army, which was established on 1 November 1962 with Captain PG Harrington (BR) as General Staff Officer Grade Two (GSO2 Int). The FSS was essentially a security organization whose functions included vetting of Nigerian Army (NA) personnel, document security and counter intelligence. Major Nzeogwu was the first Nigerian Officer to hold that appointment from November 1962 to 1964 and the first to stage a bloody military coup. Nzeogwu could not have been responsible for sparing South Eastern politicians during the coup because he was in charge of the North while fellow coupists were in charge of the East.
1966 Coup In the early hours of January 15, 1966, Nzeogwu led a group of mostly northern officers on a supposedly military exercise and led them to attack the official residence of the premier of the north Sir. Ahmadu Bello in a bloody Coup that saw the murder of the Premiers of Northern and Western Nigeria. The Prime Minister, a federal minister, two regional premiers, and top Army officers from the Northern and Western regions of the nation were brutally murdered. The premier of the Eastern region (where most of the plotters came from), the Igbo President of federation and the Igbo Army Chief were the only notable individuals spared . The coup failed, and he was later arrested in Lagos on January 18, 1966. He was in the company of Lt. Col. Conrad Nwawo.

Nigerian Civil war and death On May 30, 1967, The nation of Biafra declared its independence from Nigeria, this was spurned by the incessant killing of Igbos in Northern Nigeria and refusal of then military head of state Gen Yakubu Gowon (Hausa) to mobilize security personnel to stop the killings. Nzeogwu was released from close observation, and asked to go into battle on the side of the Biafrans. A Biafra he never believed in as he was opposed to secession of the eastern region from the Nigeria federation. On July 29, 1967, Nzeogwu - who had been promoted to the rank of a Biafran Lt. Colonel - was trapped in an ambush near Nsukka while conducting a night reconnaissance operation against federal troops of the 21stbattalion under Captain Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi.
He was killed in action and his corpse was subsequently identified. After the defeat of Biafra and the end of the war, orders were given by the Head of the Nigerian government, Major General Yakubu Gowon, for him to be buried at the military cemetery in Kaduna with full military honours.

What do you expect from someone who couldn't pronounce correctly the name of his running mate, his political party, and his phone number? How do you expect him to remember the multitude of promises he made during campaign? Someone who called the mayor of Germany, the president of West Germany. Do we still have East n West Germany? In London, he told the world that his campaign promises were fraudulent. Which means, he is a product of fraud. His presidency is fraud. His political party is fraud. Buhari your anti-corruption should start with you, your presidency, n your party. How can you dissociate yourself from the promises n manifesto of the party, which platform u rose to presidency. You and  the party, which is supreme? Are you not a product of the party? Did you campaign as an independent candidate? Everything around PMB is associated with fraud. The affidavit of his credentials was a fraud. His result was a fraud. He was enlisted into the military by fraud. He rised to the position of general by fraud. As a petroleum minister, he was sacked as a result of fraud. As executive chairman of PTF, he was a fraud. He said Late Abacha wasn't corrupt, even in the face of recovered loots. As a former head of state, he was mashed in corruption n fraud. The issue of 52 suite cases is still a misery till date. And the fraud continues as a president. He has succeeded to establish the "THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN NIGERIA", by his appointments. He promised to produce the missing Chibok girls in 2 weeks if voted as president. If this is your only achievement in 100 days in office, u could have been congratulated. During the campaign, u and your wife went about deceiving women to support u. That u will give more position to ladies, as done the previous govt. As of today, 100% of your appointments are all male. Your wife has buried her head in shame. Fraud! Fraud!! Fraud!!! DECEIT! DECEIT!! DECEIT!!! LIES! LIES!! LIES!!! SAI BUHARI! SAI BUHARI!! SAI BUHARI!!! According to BUHARI speech in 2001... Go and browse it... Because that's exactly what is manifesting today.... And To all the Christians that vote for APC, for BUHARI to win, if your among you have a confession to make and a question to answer in presence of God.... Because, With one vote you gave to APC for this to happen, you has completely denied Christianity... 
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING .

#Nnamdi Kanu is working Chukwu Abiama bless you..!

YOU better read the word of God for yourself and ask Him to give you understanding. Many are looking to the ‘Preacher Man’ to tell them EVERYTHING they need to know. Many ‘Preacher Men’ will not speak on hell and will not speak on repentance, (turning away from sin, not practicing sin, YOU must bring your OWN body under subjection to the Word of God). They tell you about ‘grace’ and forget about “…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” See Philippians 2:12. They forget about “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15-16. They forget about “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1 And they forget about “I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.” Romans 6:19. Why should we do all this? 1 Peter 1:16 “Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” – Saith The Lord God Almighty! (CRYING ALOUD AND SPARING NOT)

THE RESTORATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA WITH RADIO BIAFRA OUR FREEDAM. MY FELLOW BIAFRAN'SBROTHER'S AND SISTER'S LET US SAY NO TO ONE NIGERIA JOIN RADIO BIAFRA.

As far as I am concerned the United States have nothing to offer other than, to give you a hat and in return take your head. This man called Obama has one year left in the office what can he do? Our people are not reasonable, they are not sensible to understand that their problem lies within themselves and not until they realise it there will be no solution. Presently that country is facing salary crisis, and this invitation cost Billions of dollars to be responded to, how can your citizens be hungry unable to earn for their living yet you spent a huge amount of money just to answer a call. This leaves me to the notion that the county Nigeria (Nigga-area) is the only country that is still under slavery, after it long ended. Obama visits other African country he never step in to Nigeria but instead ordered you old cowards to come as if you are servants, this house Nigga mentality of these old men setting the country backward will be treated soon.

By Mejeh Henry

The war cost the Igbos a great deal in terms of lives, money and infrastructure. It has been estimated that up to three million people may have died due to the conflict, most from hunger and disease caused by Nigerian forces. More than two million people died from the famine imposed deliberately through blockade throughout the war. Lack of medicine also contributed. Thousands of people starved to death every day as the war progressed. (The International Committee of the Red Cross in September 1968, estimated 8,000–10,000 deaths from starvation each day). The leader of a Nigerian peace conference delegation said in 1968 that "starvation is a legitimate weapon of war and we have every intention of using it against the rebels". This stance is generally considered to reflect the policy of the Nigerian government. The federal Nigerian army is accused of further atrocities including deliberate bombing of civilians, mass slaughter with machine guns, and rape.
Some scholars including Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe continue to argue that the Biafra war was genocide, for which no perpetrators have been held accountable. Critics of this position suggest that Igbo leaders had some responsibility, but acknowledge that starvation policies were pursued deliberately and that accountability has not been sought for the 1966 pogroms. Arguments that this war did not strictly constitute "genocide" focus on political aspects of the war which differ from prototypical genocide, such as the objective to keep Igbo land within the Nigerian Federation, and improved conditions for Igbos after the Federal Military Government achieved its political objectives. Despite the high death toll and widespread application of the label "genocide" while the war was taking place, the Nigeria–Biafra war is frequently omitted from lists of genocides. In 1969, Biafra made a formal complaint of genocide against Igbos to the International Committee on the Investigation of Crimes of Genocide, which concluded that British colonial administrators were complicit in the process of fomenting ethnic hatred and violence, dating back to the Kano riots of 1953. With special reference to the Asaba Massacre, Emma Okocha described the killings as "the first black-on-black genocide". Ekwe-Ekwe places significant blame on the British.
Reconstruction, helped by the oil money, was swift; however, the old ethnic and religious tensions remained a constant feature of Nigerian politics. Accusations were made of Nigerian government officials diverting resources meant for reconstruction in the former Biafra areas to their ethnic areas. Military government continued in power in Nigeria for many years, and people in the oil-producing areas claimed they were being denied a fair share of oil revenues. Laws were passed mandating that political parties could not be ethnically or tribally based; however, it has been hard to make this work in practice. The light has been rekindled…..the world will see the flame in no distant time. Tell it to the naysayers. https://www.facebook.com/mejeh.henry?fref=photo

One nigeria my foot wot have we gain wot have we actualize since we have been voting for long.

How "Yeshua" Became "Jesus"

The first letter in the name Yeshua ("Jesus") is the yod. Yod represents the "Y" sound in Hebrew. Many names in the Bible that begin with yod are mispronounced by English speakers because the yod in these names was transliterated in English Bibles with the letter "J" rather than "Y". This came about because in early English the letter "J" was pronounced the way we pronounce "Y" today. All proper names in the Old Testament were transliterated into English according to their Hebrew pronunciation, but when English pronunciation shifted to what we know today, these transliterations were not altered. Thus, such Hebrew place names as ye-ru-sha-LA-yim, ye-ri-HO, and yar-DEN have become known to us as Jerusalem, Jericho, and Jordan; and Hebrew personal names such as yo-NA, yi-SHAI, and ye-SHU-a have become known to us as Jonah, Jesse, and Jesus.

The yod is the smallest letter of the alphabet, which is why Yeshua used it in His famous saying in Matt 5:18: "Until heaven and earth pass away not one yod ("iota" in the Greek text) or one kots will pass from the Torah." For emphasis, Yeshua incorporated in this saying a well-known Hebrew expression: lo' yod ve-LO' ko-TSO shel yod, "not a yod and not a 'thorn' of a yod," i.e., not the most insignificant and unimportant thing. When Yeshua declared that heaven and earth might sooner disappear than the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet, or the smallest stroke of a letter, He was simply saying that the Torah ("Law" or "Teaching") of Moses would never cease to be.

The second sound in Yeshua's name is called tse-RE, and is pronounced almost like the letter "e" in the word "net". Just as the "Y" sound of the first letter is mispronounced in today's English, so too the first vowel sound in "Jesus". Before the Hebrew name "Yeshua" was transliterated into English, it was first transliterated into Greek. There was no difficulty in transliterating the tse-RE sound since the ancient Greek language had an equivalent letter which represented this sound. And there was no real difficulty in transcribing this same first vowel into English. The translators of the earliest versions of the English Bible transliterated the tse-RE in Yeshua with an "e". Unfortunately, later English speakers guessed wrongly that this "e" should be pronounced as in "me," and thus the first syllable of the English version of Yeshua came to be pronounced "Jee" instead of "Yeh". It is this pronunciation which produced such euphemistic profanities as "Gee" and "Geez".

Since Yeshua is spelled "Jeshua" and not "Jesus" in most English versions of the Old Testament (for example in Ezra 2:2 and 2 Chronicles 31:15), one easily gets the impression that the name is never mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures. Yet 'Yeshua' appears there twenty-nine times, and is the name of at least five different persons and one village in the southern part of Yehudah ("Judah").

In contrast to the early biblical period, there were relatively few different names in use among the Jewish population of the Land of Israel at the time of the Second Temple. The name Yeshua was one of the most common male names in that period, tied with Eleazer for fifth place behind Simon, Joseph, Judah, and John. Nearly one out of ten persons known from the period was named Yeshua.

The first sound of the second syllable of Yeshua is the "sh" sound. It is represented by the Hebrew letter shin. However Greek, like many other languages, has no "sh" sound. Instead, the closest approximation, the Greek sigma, was used when transcribing "Yeshua" as "Iesus". Translators of English versions of the New Testament transliterated the Greek transcription of a Hebrew name, instead of returning to the original Hebrew. This was doubly unfortunate, first because the "sh" sound exists in English, and second because in English the "s" sound can shift to the "z" sound, which is what happened in the case of the pronunciation of "Jesus".

The fourth sound one hears in the name Yeshua is the "u" sound, as in the word "true". Like the first three sounds, this also has come to be mispronounced but in this case it is not the fault of the translators. They transcribed this sound accurately, but English is not a phonetic language and "u" can be pronounced in more than one way. At some point the "u" in "Jesus" came to be pronounced as in "cut," and so we say "Jee-zuhs."

The "a" sound, as in the word "father," is the fifth sound in Jesus' name. It is followed by a guttural produced by contracting the lower throat muscles and retracting the tongue root- an unfamiliar task for English speakers. In an exception to the rule, the vowel sound "a" associated with the last letter "ayin" (the guttural) is pronounced before it, not after. While there is no equivalent in English or any other Indo-European language, it is somewhat similar to the last sound in the name of the composer, "Bach." In this position it is almost inaudible to the western ear. Some Israelis pronounce this last sound and some don't, depending on what part of the dispersion their families returned from. The Hebrew Language Academy, guardian of the purity of the language, has ruled that it should be sounded, and Israeli radio and television announcers are required to pronounce it correctly. There was no letter to represent them, and so these fifth and sixth sounds were dropped from the Greek transcription of "Yeshua," -the transcription from which the English "Jesus" is derived.

So where did the final "s" of "Jesus" come from? Masculine names in Greek ordinarily end with a consonant, usually with an "s" sound, and less frequently with an "n" or "r" sound. In the case of "Iesus," the Greeks added a sigma, the "s" sound, to close the word. The same is true for the names Nicodemus, Judas, Lazarus, and others.

English speakers make one further change from the original pronunciation of Jesus' name. English places the accent on "Je," rather than on "sus." For this reason, the "u" has shortened in its English pronunciation to "uh."

In the West, a child's name is often chosen for its pleasant sound, or because another family member had it. The Jews of the Second Temple period also named after relatives (Luke 1:59-63). However, almost all Jewish names have a literal meaning. Occasionally this is seen in English names too, such as Scott (a person from Scotland), Johnson (son of John), and Baker (bread maker). But with Hebrew names it is the rule, rather than the exception.

The name Yeshua means The LORD's Salvation, or Cry Out to the LORD for Help. It is the short version of Yahushua, literally "YHWH saves (or turns) us". In comparison, prior to being transliterated from the Hebrew Bible, the name Iesus did not exist in Greek. Through multiple translations and changes in pronunciation, a tradition of saying "Jesus" has obscured His name, "Yeshua." It has shifted His perceived message and identity from Hebrew to Greek. 

Daniel 6:4,10 “Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.” … “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.”)
When I opened my bible this more at Daniel Chapter 6 I had written at the top of the page in the color red “Let Nothing Keep You From, The Lord!” I had written those words a long time ago just over the top of verse 10. Then I heard the Lord speak into my spirit these words ‘The Integrity Within’. Then some other things began to flood within my thoughts. Of course everyone knows that at this time the Holy Spirit had not yet been given because Christ had not yet come. Daniel was one of the Hebrew children taken captive at the time of king Nebuchadnezzar. God the Father had given Daniel the gift of interpreting dreams. Daniel had been favored by kings and Daniel was one of the 3 presidents over Darius’s kingdom and he was made ‘first’ and to whom the princes gave account to and then there were those in high ranks that were jealous of the position .

A Prayer A Day 02/09/2015 - Pray, (Work). Pray, (Fight). Pray. (Please Share) (Nehemiah 4:14, 17 “And I looked, and rose up and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for the brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. … They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, everyone with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.”)
I won’t get too deep into the story here because that’s not what the Lord is telling me to share with you, what He is speaking to my heart is to tell you to not be afraid of the enemy, “remember who the LORD is”, He is Great and He is Awesome and you must fight in the name of Jesus for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your husbands, your wives, your family, your homes. Pray. Pray. Pray. Speak the word of LIFE into the lives of your love ones. If you are not reading the word of the Lord, begin today. If you say I read and don’t understand, pray for understanding, and get a translation that you can understand. Don’t allow the enemy to stop you from getting the word into your heart and into your mind. When you do this you will begin to pray the word of the Lord. God’s word is powerful, and when you pray the word of the Lord, when you speak the word of God out of your mouth, things begin to happen. You may not see it going on with your natural eyes but in the spirit things are being stirred up and beginning to work on your behalf dear ones. FAITH is the key! Keep .....

Glory be to Chikwu Okike Abiama who made Radio Biafra to stand! We stand on truth that is why enemies are planing evil angst us. But Chikwu Okike Abiama pass them all.

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IS BOKO HARAM ISLAMIST?
Between assumption, and critical thinking
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■ The latest argument was unleashed in the social media, with some Nigerians already convinced beyond doubts that Boko Haram has no religious connection because they also destroys Mosques. But the world’s deadliest Islamist group, ISIS – which Boko Haram pledged allegiance to, has in fact killed more Muslims than any other group. Does that exonerate them from being Islamist?
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■ As we know, Boko Haram’s official name is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad". Boko Haram, it may be recalled promotes a version of Islam which makes it "haram", or forbidden, for Muslims to take part in any political or social activity associated with Western society. Consequently, ISIS rebranded itself as the “Islamic State,” declaring the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate in Iraq and Syria, under its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as Caliph Ibrahim. So it has always been a spiritual call for Islamist groups to destroy Muslims in the secular society as a way to establish their demand for an all-inclusive Islamic government.
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■ The reason Nigeria still dwindles in a sectarian savagery which started as far back as the 60s is because it has hypocritically failed to appropriately address their major issues. Dancing around the truth with falseness painted in national colors does not constitute love for a country – for as long as this country keeps dressing Boko Haram in borrowed robes just to appease their Muslim populace, the bloody carnage will prevail in geometrical expansion. Boko Haram has been clear communicating their mission to destroy, and Nigeria’s new regime must combat them in that fashion. No country wins a war against terrorism with senseless negotiation proposals for amnesty or rehabilitation, and Nigeria must shelve that route.

MasterwebNews 6/9/15 - Address By Director of Radio Biafra At World Igbo Congress 2015 Convention

[ Masterweb Reports: Address by Radio Biafra Director & IPOB Leader at WIC 2015 Convention ] - With great humility and submission to the will of the Most High Chukwu Okike Abhiama puru ime ihe nile, I stand before you today here in Los Angeles California, in the presence of the children of light, thecustodians of our traditions in faraway lands, the bringers of hope and savior of the Black race the World Igbo Congress. I acknowledge the presence of each and every one of you,
especially the members of the high table, distinguished ladies and gentlemen here
gathered and those listening around the world. I say “ndewo nu umu Chineke” to all of you.

It is my guess that the question on the lips of every delegate here today is perhaps
‘what is Nnamdi Kanu doing here at the congress of all Igbos worldwide talking
about the global effort to restore Biafra’?. My answer as always is a very simple
one, ‘izu ka nma na nne ji’. There will be no Biafra without the support of World
Igbo Congress in particular and the Igbos in the USA in general.

Every right-thinking human being knows that the slogan “One Nigeria” is a ruse.
Nigeria was not a united country and will NEVER be a united country even in
the foreseeable future. To refresh our memories, Nigeria is a country made up of
three distinct nations with mutually exclusive and diametrically opposed and
irreconcilable value systems. Among these nations, BIAFRA is the only one with
a distinct and internationally accepted Republican value system predicated upon
the twin philosophy of (1) “Egbe bere ugo bere” the principle of natural justice,
fairness, equity and equality before the spiritual and temporal laws and (2)
“Eziokwu bu ndu” which is the weaving of the irreducibility of truth into the day
to day discourse of life, in essence a life of nobility predicated on honesty.

Futhermore and ingrained in the DNA of every Biafran, is the axiomatic
expression that “Chi bu Eze” or God is King. Regrettably, the British colonial
masters forcefully merged BIAFRA with the other two nations of AREWA and
ODUDUWA to form what is known today as Nigeria. Implicit in our value
system and its incompatibility with those from other merged nations lies the need
for the immediate extrication and restoration of the nation of Biafra from the
country called Nigeria to represent as it was ordained a pinnacle of hope for the
black race the world over. That Nigeria is perpetually in the doldrums politically,
economically, and socially is of no surprise to any discerning mind and keen
followers of the miserable history of Nigeria. After all, is it not why today we
found ourselves in far flung lands like the USA and many more countries around
the world? The frustrating part of this history is the fact that Biafrans have been
at the receiving end of the sorry state of affairs in Nigeria even though they
possess the manpower and resources to sustain themselves and flourish as an
independent nation.

Biafrans are known for their industrious and enterprising lifestyle propelled by
sheer hard work and the “can do” spirit. Biafrans don’t run away from history,
rather they make history. Biafrans are adventurous and are not afraid to venture
into the unknown. But the same cannot be said of other merged nations in the
country called Nigeria. Biafrans have been held down and their development
arrested by virtue of merging them with other nations to form Nigeria.

One of the questions going through the minds of many could be; but who are
actually the Biafrans or put in another way; what is the footprint of Biafraland?
Biafraland consists of the states in the present South East and South-South with
the exception of Edo state but including Igbanke in Edo state. Biafraland also
include Igala in Kogi state and Idoma land in Benue state. In all these areas we
have the traditional four-market days and their women tie two-piece wrappers
and have names and words that are interchangeable irrespective of the state.
For over 100 years Biafrans have endured the unholy marriage called
amalgamation and creation of Nigeria by the British colonial masters. Biafrans at
home and in the diaspora can no longer endure the subjugation of Biafra under
Nigeria. As in most revolutions and emancipation struggles, patriotic citizens in
diaspora are always in the lead for collective objective of achieving nationhood.

A very good example is the case of the State of Israel in which the Jews in
America funded and supported the independence of the nation of Israel. We share
a common ancestry with our Jewish brothers and should follow similar strategy
in achieving the nation of Biafra. In this regard, WIC is expected to play a critical
role in the quest for the restoration of the nation of BIAFRA.

As some of you may have known, there is an ongoing effort to galvanize
Biafrans globally to work together to achieve the collective objective of
restoration of the nation of Biafra. This effort is spearheaded by the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB) with Radio Biafra London (RBL) as the media arm. The
operational headquarters of IPOB is in Vitoria-Spain, outside of Nigeria for
obvious reasons. IPOB is registered and recognized by various countries all over
the world. Coincidentally, the USA headquarters of IPOB is here in Los
Angeles—California. But what has IPOB/RBL achieved, you may ask?
Through the works of IPOB/RBL within the past three years, we have achieved
the following:

- Radio Biafra is today the only African institution in the history of the world
to be ranked No.1 in an independent survey against other (media)
organizations from around the world. That Radio Biafra is today more
popular than BBC Radio is clear testimony to what we can accomplish as a
race when we put our minds to it.

- Designation of Boko Haram as F.T.O. (Foreign Terrorist Organization) by
the Department of States of the USA. We have the proof to make this
claim.

- IPOB gained recognition as national liberation movement in over 88
countries where we are registered and carry out our meetings and rallies
unhindered.
- Initiated and continued annual 30th of May Biafra Heroes Remembrance
Day. The 2015 edition at Aba recorded over 3 million attendees without a
single adverse incident recorded.

- Forced the Nigerian Government to halt the continuous aerial bombardment
of Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom under the guise of fighting kidnappers’
havens. We alerted the world that Nigeria used the banned NAPALM
bombs on Biafrans for three consecutive days of June 17th—19th.

- We have raised the consciousness of our people on the Rights and the
legality of their quest for their nation of Biafra based on the UNDRIP
which Nigeria is a signatory to.

- Debunked and dismantled all the lies and innuendoes dished out by Yoruba
and Northern media concerning Biafrans, which in some cases are geared
towards dividing the various sections/areas of Biafraland.

- We have formed an effective opposition to the tyrannical rule of the current
president of Nigeria and checkmated him in trying to take Biafrans for a
ride.

- Nigerian Police now know that you can no longer kill a Biafran and get
away with it. Through the activities of IPOB in Igweocha (Port Harcourt)
the officer responsible for the shooting of an unarmed bus driver has been
dismissed from the Nigerian Police pending trial. You will agree with me
that this has never happened before.

- Through our work/efforts, we got Microsoft to recognize the word Biafra.

- We have brought Biafra restoration into global discourse such that media
juggernauts such as CNN, BBC, VOA, RFI, etc., who hitherto stayed away
from discussing Biafra are now forced to talk about Biafra.

- We are also registered with the ECOSOC department of United Nations as
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA, where we made it clear that no
organization is representing us but we are Biafrans and representing
ourselves.

In my humble submission, I do strongly believe that WIC can get involved and
help achieve more. The Igbo speaking Biafrans are known for their
resourcefulness and resoluteness when they make up their minds to embark on a
mission. The Igbos from all I know about them, do collectively abhor evil, they
love hard work, helped one another, and tenaciously believed that “nwanne di na
mba.”


I am using this opportunity to call upon each member of WIC to join hands with
other Biafrans and members of IPOB to work towards the restoration of our dear
nation of Biafra. You can help in diverse ways such as funding, diplomatic
connections, lobbying your congressmen and people of significant clout and
influence, and sundry activities geared toward the singular goal of achieving
sovereignty for the nation of Biafra. Your loved ones in Biafraland look up to
you because we have it in our saying that “Onuru ube nwanne agbala oso.”
BIAFRA restoration is here, all you have to do is put in your efforts and
BIAFRA will come. Like many other well-meaning Biafrans of Igbo extraction
around the world, I look forward to the day when World Igbo Congress will be
held in any of our towns and villages in Biafraland.

May Chukwu Okike Abhiama bless all of you and bless the nation of BIAFRA

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

*Address by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), at the
Plenary Session of World Igbo Congress (WIC) in Los Angeles--California, on September
5th, 2015.
*Photo Caption - Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
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History is about to repeat it’s self but now in a grand style

 we are wiser now soon the zoo Nigeria we see us. 

BY Mr Azubuike Francis. REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA. Let the freedom fighters all over the World never give up and those that have not joined should join immediately for the interest of those that are missing daily in Biafra land by the Nigerian Government and Biafrans should not allowed themselves to be sold and betrayed by those that are witch hunting them from progressing like Ifeajuna of 1967-1970. Money is good but money is not all and a good name is better than Silver and Gold. AND BE YOUR BROTHERS KEEPER. God bless us! God bless Biafra future generations!! Long life Republic of Biafra!!! The truth shall prevail... .NO GOING BACK

BY Mr Azubuike Francis.

REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA.

Let the freedom fighters all over the World never give up and those that have not joined should join immediately for the interest of those that are missing daily in Biafra land by the Nigerian Government and Biafrans should not allowed themselves to be sold and betrayed by those that are witch hunting them from progressing like Ifeajuna of 1967-1970. Money is good but money is not all and a good name is better than Silver and Gold. AND BE YOUR BROTHERS KEEPER.

God bless us!
God bless Biafra future generations!!
Long life Republic of Biafra!!!

The truth shall prevail... .NO GOING BACK

REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA Biafrans all over the World don't be afraid

Wake up call for all Biafran nations, this is the time for all south-south and south eastern to get it right for this freedom actualization, we must go out of zoo called Nigeria, for we are not one, even religious and culture institutions, we are different from them and we cannot work together, liberation for Biafra is all we want.

God bless Biafra future generations!!
Long life Republic of Biafra!!!
     The truth shall prevail... .NO GOING BACK.

   

   

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