There will be no movement In Biafra land May 30 – IPOB Declares!
Monday, 17 April 2017
There will be no movement in Biafra land May 30 – IPOB Declares!
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sunday insisted that there was no going back on the May 30, sit-at-home order for the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the Independent State of Biafra.
IPOB stated that all Biafrans, no matter the states they were located, must honour and remember the heroes and heroines of the 1967 to 1970 Nigeria-Biafra war.
In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, the group said while there would be no human and vehicular movement in Biafra land, Biafrans in Diaspora would take to the streets of their respective countries of residents around in peaceful procession.
“We, members of IPOB and our leadership worldwide would like to restate once again to the people of Biafra that all the states in Biafran land, must shut down on May 30, 2017 in honour and remembrance of heroes and heroines who laid down their lives during the genocidal war against the people of Biafra between 1967 and 1970.
“The people of Otukpo, Idoma and Igede in Benue State, Igala in Kogi State, Igbanke in Edo State, Calaber, Yanegua, Warri, Uyo, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Abuja etc, will shut down on that day for the 50th anniversary of the declaration by Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his second in command, late Major General Philip Effiong of the Independent State of Biafra on May 30, 1967.
“Also, those who paid ultimate sacrifice in the battle field and protests in our land that this present generation might live will be honoured and remembered, including those massacred in Asaba in 1968.
“They will be honoured with a two-minute silence at 12 noon.
“We expect every man, woman, child and businesses to observe this great annual event by staying at home and never involve in any business activity on that day.
“There will be no movement in Biafra land both human and vehicular while Biafrans in diaspora will take to the streets of their respective countries of residents around the globe.
“That will be the least we can do to show them and God Almighty ‘Chukwu Okike Abiama’ that this generation of IPOB and those to come will remain indebted to them that gave their lives to stop the elimination of Biafrans from the face of the earth.”
The statement further said special prayers would be offered in Okikirka Grammar School in Ijawland, the home town of late Chief Frank Opigo “who, by the divine inspiration advised the supreme leader and Commander in Chief of the Biafran Armed Forces, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and members of Eastern Consultative Assembly that our God given name is Biafra.
“Holy men and women will pray at the ancient and spiritual sites of Arochukwu and Enugu on that day,” he revealed
In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, the group said while there would be no human and vehicular movement in Biafra land, Biafrans in Diaspora would take to the streets of their respective countries of residents around in peaceful procession.
“We, members of IPOB and our leadership worldwide would like to restate once again to the people of Biafra that all the states in Biafran land, must shut down on May 30, 2017 in honour and remembrance of heroes and heroines who laid down their lives during the genocidal war against the people of Biafra between 1967 and 1970.
“The people of Otukpo, Idoma and Igede in Benue State, Igala in Kogi State, Igbanke in Edo State, Calaber, Yanegua, Warri, Uyo, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Abuja etc, will shut down on that day for the 50th anniversary of the declaration by Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his second in command, late Major General Philip Effiong of the Independent State of Biafra on May 30, 1967.
“Also, those who paid ultimate sacrifice in the battle field and protests in our land that this present generation might live will be honoured and remembered, including those massacred in Asaba in 1968.
“They will be honoured with a two-minute silence at 12 noon.
“We expect every man, woman, child and businesses to observe this great annual event by staying at home and never involve in any business activity on that day.
“There will be no movement in Biafra land both human and vehicular while Biafrans in diaspora will take to the streets of their respective countries of residents around the globe.
“That will be the least we can do to show them and God Almighty ‘Chukwu Okike Abiama’ that this generation of IPOB and those to come will remain indebted to them that gave their lives to stop the elimination of Biafrans from the face of the earth.”
The statement further said special prayers would be offered in Okikirka Grammar School in Ijawland, the home town of late Chief Frank Opigo “who, by the divine inspiration advised the supreme leader and Commander in Chief of the Biafran Armed Forces, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and members of Eastern Consultative Assembly that our God given name is Biafra.
“Holy men and women will pray at the ancient and spiritual sites of Arochukwu and Enugu on that day,” he revealed
TENSION IN ABA, AS MAD MAN PREACHES ABOUT BIAFRA.
There was a heavy tension in aba today as a mad man was seen preaching about Biafra.
The incident happens at cemetery market aba, close to amaogbonna road, inside main park Cemetery, it all started like a joke, when people were seriously doing buying and selling, unknown mad man, started to preach about Biafra to people, with a heavy voice, saying “ (cha.. cha.. cha. Chaaa… NNAMDIKANU EMMANUEL….. Biafra have com…. Biafra have come….. Biafra have come…)” people were in disbelieve as of what they were seen and hearing.
When people started to ask him some questions, he answered them with a good reason, saying… it just a matter of time, in the spirit world, Biafra have come.
Someone ask… when is Nnamdikanu going to be released? He smiled and shout “CHA CHA CHA NNAMDIKANU EMMANUEL. NNAMDIKANU have been released already, they next court will tell.
Behind the drama… people started talking that it is IPOB NEW WAY OF PROTEST.
Behind the drama… people started talking that it is IPOB NEW WAY OF PROTEST.
Meanwhile… the mad man was busy shouting CHA CHA CHAAA... NNAMDIKANU EMMANUEL
This man u see here said I join the biafran to fight for their survive because it has become obvious that killing them has become a Nigeria business. We must remember him comes May 30 by sitting as Homes
30th may a day like no other days..... It comes once a year...Motor....IN GOD WE BIAFANS TRUST
The Month of May seems too long abeg, I had to cut my Facebook sabbatical short especially in the light of recent events. Abeg no vex, I'm back.
30th MAY: IPOB SIT-AT-HOME ORDER - WHY?
30th of May 2017, IPOB plans to demand all South Easterners to stay home. Why? Is it a public holiday? Perhaps its the commemoration of the Biafra War of 1967-1970? Noteworthy is the fact that 30th May 1967 has significance with the declaration of the Republic of Biafra by Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu. The war officially started a month later (July 1967) and lasted 2 years with ample losses on both sides.
No where in the 5 South Eastern States has 30th May been declared as Public Day of Remembrance of the gruesome war that shook Southern Nigeria to its foundations. Not even Ojukwu's birthday is commemorated by the entire Igbo nation and the many groups claiming to represent it - Ohaneze, MASSOB or most recently IPOB. Maybe we aren't good in marking historic dates. Or perhaps we prefer to forget.
72 years after the Second World War, Israel, Germany, Poland, England and the whole of Europe wont forget the happening that defined them. They mark it judiciously and set up remembrances and Institutions that promote peace and seek justice for the victims. From the war, Israel and other nations greatly persecuted during Hitlers pogrom have risen from the ashes and today they reign as world powers. In my homeland, 47 years after the needless Civil War, my race - The Igbo Race has risen from the debacle that would have wipe us out and like Israel and others, we hold the Economic Trump Card to Nigeria.
Sadly, no remembrance or Institution has been set up to fight the injustices of the war as other nations who went through the same wars have done punishing perpetuators and getting compensated. Maybe that ended with Justice Oputa's Truth and Reconciliation Panel. But really, 30th May has no significance to the Igbos only until IPOB declared a sit home order recently.
Not one Government or Socio Cultural Body has marked 30th May as a Day of anything. Call it a Day of Soberness or the Day of the Celebration of Victory. Nothing. As a matter of fact, we have no common Igbo day. None. No heroes day, no Cultural Day, Language Day, Peoples Day. Nada.
Now IPOB, an organisation with no clear ideology or belief asks the people who are globally known to hold the Economy to sit home and we all agree? Why? To protest what? To prove what? Power? Impact? What? When our brothers and sisters were killed in Nimbo, Enugu asides the online screams and insults to the Enugu Governor for his emotional response and the rally cry to kill Fulani herdsmen, no socio-political or cultural group went there to assess the situation, provide solace, medical aid or whatever kind of support to the victims. Not IPOB, Ohaneze or MASSOB. The concept of My Brother's Keeper doesn't apply here.
University Fees skyrockets, Health Systems fail, PMS in the East higher than other places, Domestic Violence, Gender Disparity in Education in the East, infrastructure, Crime etc doesn't draw IPOB's attention and of course it won't. No public debate, symposium, lecture ever! 30th of May should be marked at the Civil War Museum to show our kids the proof of the war and our Ingenuity. No. We rather stay home.
Never has IPOB shown concern for its followers in any humanitarian form, neither have they deployed strategies to assist in anything. No new school buildings, hospitals, scholarships, loans, grants, at least to prove they care. Now they ask people who have not seen any benefit from them to sit at home?
Why?
HERE COMES ANOTHER GREAT BIAFRAN HERO.
FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW HIM ,HIS NAME IS TIMOTHY ONWUATUEGWU. A TRUE BORN BIAFRAN MAN WHO ABANDON EVERY THING HE HAS TO FIGHT FOR BIAFRAN FREEDOM.
HE IS THE BRAIN BEHIND OJUKWU SPECIAL BRIGADE WHICH DEALT A FATAL BLOW ON ENEMIES IN MANY PLACES.
HE HAS EVERY CHANCE TO GO IN THE PART OF SABOUTAGING JUST AS BANJO AND IFEAJUNA BUT AS A TRUE BIAFRAN MAN HE BELIEVED THAT GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN SILVER AND GOLD ,AND THAT IS WHY HE IS BEEN REMEMBERED TODAY AS ONE OF BIAFRAN WAR LEGEND.
IT REACH A CERTAIN TIME DURING THE BIAFRAN WAR WHEN HE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST WANTED BIAFRAN SOLDIER BY NIGERIA FORCES.
TO WRITE EVERY THING ABOUT TIMOTHY ONWUATUEGWU IS LIKE TO USE LEG FROM BIAFRA LAND TO GHANA.
HE ESCORTED OJUKWU TO URI AIRPORT WHERE HE REFUSES TO BOARD WITH OJUKWU INSTEAD HE SWORE TO FIGHT UNTIL LAST DROP.
HE WILL BE REMEMBERED EVERY TIME BECAUSE HE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN BIAFRA WAR.
TODAY SOME ONE LIKE NNAMDI KANU HAVE DECIDED TO EMULATE THAT SELFLESS LIFE OF ONWUATUEGWU.
My Fellow Biafrans I Almost Wept When My Junior Sis That Is Teaching In A Primary School Was Telling Me What Her Children That She Is Teaching Told Her Today IN School. It Really Touched Me, She Said That The Little Children Told Her that there Will Be No School Come 30th May That She Should Go And Tell there Headmistress That 30th May Is Biafra Day And That They Wont Come To School Because they Dont Want Blood In there Hands It Was So Passionate #BIAFRAISHERE
Biafra Day celebration, IPOB insists on sit at home order despite police warning
Biafra Day celebration, IPOB insists on sit at home order. The IPOB has insisted that the people of the region will comply with sit at home order sensitization campaign despite the police warning. The group implore all the South East states to obey the order to fully celebrate the 50 years of declaration of Biafra.
You will recall that the Enugu State Police Command has warned the Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against forcing people of the South East to stay indoors on May 30, day slated to celebrate Biafra Day.
A statement issued yesterday by Amaraizu reads: “The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, wishes to inform members of the public, particularly the good people of the state, that its attention has been drawn to an alleged sit-at-home order being circulated by groups of persons masquerading under the aegis of Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, among others.
But the IPOB has vowed to ignore the warning and advice the people to obey the sit at home order.
On 12 July, 1968 jets of the Nigerian Federal
Government bombed the Aba General Hospital, killing Biafran civilians. Fighter
jets fighting for the Nigerian Federal Government, many of them Egyptian,
targeted civilian areas during the Nigeria-Biafra war, avoiding direct fighting
with the Biafran Army. Photo: Romano Cagnoni.
Biafra Heroes Day Prayer/
Programme
SIXTH POST READER:
By the Light of divine countenance we shall then pass without fear in the face of our adversaries through the valley of the shadow, and at last shall receive the reward of true virtue, of truth and honesty and acquire the possession of Biafra land and of an immortal inheritance. For death cannot keep us from the face of CHI-UKWU ABIAMA(GOD), Whose strong grip will free us from Nigeria bondage and lift us out of shadows into the Light that cannot die.
In the numberless towns and villages in nigeria and the rest of africa and elsewhere in europe and asia where we have lived in too many of them we have endured cruel suffering died in the hands of our fellow human beings just because of who we are we remember:
SEVENTH POST READER: Generations of victims and martyrs; still their blood cries out from the earth: What can we say? What can we do? How do we bear the unbearable, or accept what life hasfor our people? We know that all that was born must die, but how do we compare the slow passage of time with the callous slaughter and the starvation of the millions of innocent cut off before their time. They lived with faith and hope .Not all but most. And surely most died with faith in God Chukwu Abiama, in life, in the goodness that even flames cannot destroy May we find a way to increase the strength of that faith, that trust, that sure sense that life and soul endure beyond this body's death.
Call out those killed in Asaba on May 30th, 2016 which include:
1) Ichoku Ndu
2) Ebere Obidike
3) Nwabueze Uzonna
4) Okey Roland
5) Chukwudi Ifenna
6) Isaac Uzochukwu
7) Eberima Aguh
8) Henry Gideon
9) Efion Apani
10) Abuchi Obi
11) Ozoemena Chukwuma
12) Lotenna Ifeajuna
13) Ifebuchi Okenwa
14) Wisdom Omota
15) Ejike Abunchukwu
16) Ozobu Ogbonna
17) Emeka Madueke
18) Paschal Gideon
19) Afam Onyeburu
20) Izu Onwubiewe
21) Okey Agubata
22) Celestine Nnamdi
23) Obieke Lotenna
24) Nwabueze Oti
25) Chijioke Ozoro
26) Nwadike Chibuzo
27) Azuka Ifeake
28) Chioma Nkemjika
29) Obiora Okonkwo
Call out those killed at Nkpor/Onitsha area on May 30th, 2016 which include:
1) Obi Nkemakonam
2) Ubani Nwenneakonam
3) Nwuzo Friday
4) Ilo Friday
5) Olisama Chukwuemeka
6) Awah Sopuruchi
7) Okoye Chinedu
8) Ezeilo Chuka
9) Onyeduna Ifesinachi
10) Nnamani Sunday
11) Chinonso Amadi
12) Tagbo Chibuzo
13) Anyanwu Chika
14) Egbe Johnson
15) Osukwe Ijeoma
16) Nkechukwu Ikechukwu
17) Kenneth Eni
18) Orjichukwu Chigozie
19) Solomon Izundu
20) Ebili Edward
21) Gabriel Onyedikachi
22) Ilo Ozoemena
23) Nwauju Charles
24) Onuoha Chidozie
25) Onyemaechi Nwaezeoma
26) Innocent Obodoekwe
27) Ifeanyi Azubuike
28) Adigwe Chukwudi
29) Ogochukwu Mbam
30) Obiosa Chukwueme
31) Ugochukwu Samuel
32) Onuoha Chigozie
33) Maduka Egwela
34) John Onuchukwu
35) Maduabuchi Onwukanjo
36) Izuchukwu Nwaogba
37) Nnamdi Okonkwo
38) Ibekwe Okechukwu
39) Felix Odianwu
40) Okafor Moses Madukasi
41) Egwu Joseph.
Biafra Anthem: Land of the
Rising Sun
Land of rising sun, we love and cherish,
Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;
We must defend our lives or we shall perish,
We shall protect our hearts from all our foes;
But if the price is death for all we hold dear,
Then let us die without a shred of fear.
Land of rising sun, we love and cherish,
Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;
We must defend our lives or we shall perish,
We shall protect our hearts from all our foes;
But if the price is death for all we hold dear,
Then let us die without a shred of fear.
Hail to Biafra, consecrated
nation,
O fatherland, this be our solemn pledge:
Defending thee shall be a dedication,
Spilling our blood we’ll count a privilege;
The waving standard which emboldens the free
Shall always be our flag of liberty.
O fatherland, this be our solemn pledge:
Defending thee shall be a dedication,
Spilling our blood we’ll count a privilege;
The waving standard which emboldens the free
Shall always be our flag of liberty.
We shall emerge triumphant
from this ordeal,
And through the crucible unscathed we’ll pass;
When we are poised the wounds of battle to heal,
We shall remember those who died in mass;
Then shall our trumpets peal the glorious song
Of victory we scored o’er might and wrong.
And through the crucible unscathed we’ll pass;
When we are poised the wounds of battle to heal,
We shall remember those who died in mass;
Then shall our trumpets peal the glorious song
Of victory we scored o’er might and wrong.
Oh God, protect us from the
hidden pitfall,
Guide all our movements lest we go astray;
Give us the strength to heed the humanist call:
To give and not to count the cost’ each day;
Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness,
To make this clime a land of righteousness.
Guide all our movements lest we go astray;
Give us the strength to heed the humanist call:
To give and not to count the cost’ each day;
Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness,
To make this clime a land of righteousness.
BIAFRA REMEMBRANCE DAY PRAYER
Fellow Biafrans; we are gathered
here today ubosi Nkwo 30th May 2017 AD to pay befitting Biafra Memorial Service
and Journey of Remembrance to; not only honour our heroes but to ask OKIKE
(creation); CHUKWUABIAMA to grant their spirit eternal rest in HIS Kingdom. It
is our custom, through the ages, for Biafrans to pay their respect to fellow
departed Biafran. Our thoughts and prayers are with all families whose loved
ones; Father, Mother, Husband, Wife, Children, unborn children, nursing mothers
and many more were killed during the war and being killed, maimed, beheaded,
massacred on daily basis by Islamic Jihadist in Nigeria and also all Biafrans
who have died fighting for what they believe in. And at this moment, we invite
every family and friends to remain coordinated for the memorial service and
journey of remembrance. We remember our people who suffered and died so that we
could be free and secure may their memory be more than a distant shadow;
Major General Johnson Thomas
Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi
Col. T. C. Onwuatuegwu
Lt. Col. Nicholas Ejike
Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu
Capt. G. N. E. Ugoala
Major C. J. Anuforo
Major D. O. Okafor
2/Lt. A. D. Mbadiwe
Lt. A. D. C. Egbuna
Capt. A. L. Orok
Capt. A. O. Akpet
Major B. E. Nnamani
Major Christopher Emelifonwu
Col. T. C. Onwuatuegwu
Lt. Col. Nicholas Ejike
Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu
Capt. G. N. E. Ugoala
Major C. J. Anuforo
Major D. O. Okafor
2/Lt. A. D. Mbadiwe
Lt. A. D. C. Egbuna
Capt. A. L. Orok
Capt. A. O. Akpet
Major B. E. Nnamani
Major Christopher Emelifonwu
Using a lighted candle, raise
it up facing the east, we say:
“For their dreams left
unfulfilled and their lives taken too soon away from us and humanity we
remember;“
SECOND POST READER:
1. The Souls of the righteous are in the hand of GOD, and there shall be no more torment touching them. 2. In the sight of the unwise they seem to die, and their departure is taken for misery. 3. And their going from us to be utter destruction, but they are in peace. 4. For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is there hope full of immortality. 5. And having been a little chastened, they shall be greatly rewarded for GOD proved them, and found them worthy for HIMSELF.
We remember our brothers and sisters whose sacrifice kept the dream of Biafra based on truth, love and justice alive we remember;
1. The Souls of the righteous are in the hand of GOD, and there shall be no more torment touching them. 2. In the sight of the unwise they seem to die, and their departure is taken for misery. 3. And their going from us to be utter destruction, but they are in peace. 4. For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is there hope full of immortality. 5. And having been a little chastened, they shall be greatly rewarded for GOD proved them, and found them worthy for HIMSELF.
We remember our brothers and sisters whose sacrifice kept the dream of Biafra based on truth, love and justice alive we remember;
Capt. Chukwueke
Lt. E. C. N. Achebe
2/Lt. E. Ogbonnaye
Lt.Col. G. O. Okonweze
Lt. G. O. Mbabie
Capt. H. A. Iloputaife
Major I. E. Ekanem
Lt.Col. I. C. Okoro
Capt. I. U. Idika
Major J. I. Obienu
Major J. O. C. Ihedigbo
Lt. E. C. N. Achebe
2/Lt. E. Ogbonnaye
Lt.Col. G. O. Okonweze
Lt. G. O. Mbabie
Capt. H. A. Iloputaife
Major I. E. Ekanem
Lt.Col. I. C. Okoro
Capt. I. U. Idika
Major J. I. Obienu
Major J. O. C. Ihedigbo
Using a lighted candle, raise
it up facing the east, we say: “May their courage be our inspiration and
strength.“
THIRD POST READER: Fellow
Biafrans, we are called upon by the most solemn admonition to uncertainty of
human life and inevitable termination of all earthly pursuits; for we gather to
pay a last farewell to our heroes, the brave Men and Women who died that we may
live. These last offices and honor paid to our dead provide us an opportunity
to express our sense of loss and to offer a tribute to their memory, while they
enable us likewise to bear witness to our belief in the immortality of the
soul.
For Life cut short and vision unrealized; we remember:
Lt. J. D. Ovuezirie
Lt. J. U. Ugba
Capt. Jonathan Egere
Lt. K. Day Waribor
Capt. L. C. Dillibe
Major Obi
Major O. Isong
Capt. P. C. Okoye
2/Lt P. K. Onyeneho
2/Lt. P. D. Ekediyo
Lt. S. E. Onwukwe
Capt. S. E. Mmaduabum
Major T. E. Nzegwu
Lt. P. O. Ibik
Capt. R. Agbazue
Lt. P. O. Ibik
Capt. R. Agbazue
For Life cut short and vision unrealized; we remember:
Lt. J. D. Ovuezirie
Lt. J. U. Ugba
Capt. Jonathan Egere
Lt. K. Day Waribor
Capt. L. C. Dillibe
Major Obi
Major O. Isong
Capt. P. C. Okoye
2/Lt P. K. Onyeneho
2/Lt. P. D. Ekediyo
Lt. S. E. Onwukwe
Capt. S. E. Mmaduabum
Major T. E. Nzegwu
Lt. P. O. Ibik
Capt. R. Agbazue
Lt. P. O. Ibik
Capt. R. Agbazue
Using a lighted candle, raise
it up facing the east, we say: “May their courage be our inspiration and
strength.“
FOURT POST READER:
In particular they remind us that our lives are to be leaved in accordance with DIVINE providence and ready to lay it down for the course of Biafra and salvation of humanity, that we are diligently to work While it is yet day, so that when the call comes to lay down our tools, we may be found ready to enter into the Kingdom of CHI-UKWU ABIAMA (GOD) where in HIS Light we shall see Light. We remember the fallen of our Biafran Armed services; we remember the victims ofterror and tragedy. We remember the millions of defenseless women, men and childrenbombed in the markets strafed to their death in schools and hospitals by Soviet Migs and piloted by Egyptians;
In particular they remind us that our lives are to be leaved in accordance with DIVINE providence and ready to lay it down for the course of Biafra and salvation of humanity, that we are diligently to work While it is yet day, so that when the call comes to lay down our tools, we may be found ready to enter into the Kingdom of CHI-UKWU ABIAMA (GOD) where in HIS Light we shall see Light. We remember the fallen of our Biafran Armed services; we remember the victims ofterror and tragedy. We remember the millions of defenseless women, men and childrenbombed in the markets strafed to their death in schools and hospitals by Soviet Migs and piloted by Egyptians;
W.O. 1 Elijah Anosike
S/Sgt. Ewom Ejiogu
W.O. 11 Ndarake Uyah
S/Sgt. Davison Njoku
S/Sgt. Sylvanus Ezekwu
Sgt. Evan Jim Udoh
Cpl. Pius Dike
Cpl. Michael Akwudike
Cpl. Johnson Agwu
L/Cpl. Gabriel Okezie
S/Sgt. Ewom Ejiogu
W.O. 11 Ndarake Uyah
S/Sgt. Davison Njoku
S/Sgt. Sylvanus Ezekwu
Sgt. Evan Jim Udoh
Cpl. Pius Dike
Cpl. Michael Akwudike
Cpl. Johnson Agwu
L/Cpl. Gabriel Okezie
Using a lighted candle, raise
it up facing the east, we say: “May their courage be our inspiration and
strength.“
FIFTH POST READER:
While we sorrow for our loss, let us lift up our hearts in thanks giving for their sacrifice, fight well fought, life well spent, and work well done; And let us humbly pray that we may be given grace, strength and wisdom to enable us perform our duty in partway of Biafra quest and of life’s service. May the darkness of their loss not obscure the light of our peace. They were in love with the land of Biafra and were in love with life. For the agony, the tears, the mothers and the fathers, for the children who were and the children yet to be. We remember;
L/Cpl. David Ishikwuma
Pt. Fidelis Onyekwe
Pt. Mba Iroha
Sgt. Celestine Okafor
L/Cpl. William Olani
Pt. Innocent
L/Cpl. Josiah Onyejiaka
W.O. 1 Joseph Mba
L/Cpl. Mathew Njumike
S/Sgt. Joseph Ibekwe
While we sorrow for our loss, let us lift up our hearts in thanks giving for their sacrifice, fight well fought, life well spent, and work well done; And let us humbly pray that we may be given grace, strength and wisdom to enable us perform our duty in partway of Biafra quest and of life’s service. May the darkness of their loss not obscure the light of our peace. They were in love with the land of Biafra and were in love with life. For the agony, the tears, the mothers and the fathers, for the children who were and the children yet to be. We remember;
L/Cpl. David Ishikwuma
Pt. Fidelis Onyekwe
Pt. Mba Iroha
Sgt. Celestine Okafor
L/Cpl. William Olani
Pt. Innocent
L/Cpl. Josiah Onyejiaka
W.O. 1 Joseph Mba
L/Cpl. Mathew Njumike
S/Sgt. Joseph Ibekwe
Using a lighted candle, raise
it up facing the east, we say: “May their courage be our inspiration and
strength.“
SIXTH POST READER:
By the Light of divine countenance we shall then pass without fear in the face of our adversaries through the valley of the shadow, and at last shall receive the reward of true virtue, of truth and honesty and acquire the possession of Biafra land and of an immortal inheritance. For death cannot keep us from the face of CHI-UKWU ABIAMA(GOD), Whose strong grip will free us from Nigeria bondage and lift us out of shadows into the Light that cannot die.
In the numberless towns and villages in nigeria and the rest of africa and elsewhere in europe and asia where we have lived in too many of them we have endured cruel suffering died in the hands of our fellow human beings just because of who we are we remember:
S/Sgt. Afogboro
S/Sgt. Peter Bassey
Sgt. Robert Bassey
Sgt. Michael Uche
Sgt. Boniface Njemanze
Cpl. Timothy Isienyi
Cpl. Sunday Amaoli
Cpl. Anthony Amaoli
Cpl. Paul Udakwu
Cpl. Festus Nwaodika
S/Sgt. Peter Bassey
Sgt. Robert Bassey
Sgt. Michael Uche
Sgt. Boniface Njemanze
Cpl. Timothy Isienyi
Cpl. Sunday Amaoli
Cpl. Anthony Amaoli
Cpl. Paul Udakwu
Cpl. Festus Nwaodika
Using a lighted candle, raise
it up facing the east, we say: “Some we have forgotten. Others are sealed in our
memory a wound that does not heal. May their courage be our inspiration and
strength.“
SEVENTH POST READER: Generations of victims and martyrs; still their blood cries out from the earth: What can we say? What can we do? How do we bear the unbearable, or accept what life hasfor our people? We know that all that was born must die, but how do we compare the slow passage of time with the callous slaughter and the starvation of the millions of innocent cut off before their time. They lived with faith and hope .Not all but most. And surely most died with faith in God Chukwu Abiama, in life, in the goodness that even flames cannot destroy May we find a way to increase the strength of that faith, that trust, that sure sense that life and soul endure beyond this body's death.
We remember;
Cpl. William Agbata
Cpl. Okorie Agwu
Cpl. Wilfred Azubuike
Cpl. Reginald Green
Cpl. Joseph Adaka
L/Cpl. Silas Uzomba
LCpl. Maurice Ibekwe
Pt. Joseph Ibe
Pt. Conelius Uwuoha
Pt. John Ekejuba
Cpl. William Agbata
Cpl. Okorie Agwu
Cpl. Wilfred Azubuike
Cpl. Reginald Green
Cpl. Joseph Adaka
L/Cpl. Silas Uzomba
LCpl. Maurice Ibekwe
Pt. Joseph Ibe
Pt. Conelius Uwuoha
Pt. John Ekejuba
Using a lighted candle, raise
it up facing the east, we say: “May their courage be our inspiration and
strength.“
Call out those killed in Asaba on May 30th, 2016 which include:
1) Ichoku Ndu
2) Ebere Obidike
3) Nwabueze Uzonna
4) Okey Roland
5) Chukwudi Ifenna
6) Isaac Uzochukwu
7) Eberima Aguh
8) Henry Gideon
9) Efion Apani
10) Abuchi Obi
11) Ozoemena Chukwuma
12) Lotenna Ifeajuna
13) Ifebuchi Okenwa
14) Wisdom Omota
15) Ejike Abunchukwu
16) Ozobu Ogbonna
17) Emeka Madueke
18) Paschal Gideon
19) Afam Onyeburu
20) Izu Onwubiewe
21) Okey Agubata
22) Celestine Nnamdi
23) Obieke Lotenna
24) Nwabueze Oti
25) Chijioke Ozoro
26) Nwadike Chibuzo
27) Azuka Ifeake
28) Chioma Nkemjika
29) Obiora Okonkwo
Call out those killed at Nkpor/Onitsha area on May 30th, 2016 which include:
1) Obi Nkemakonam
2) Ubani Nwenneakonam
3) Nwuzo Friday
4) Ilo Friday
5) Olisama Chukwuemeka
6) Awah Sopuruchi
7) Okoye Chinedu
8) Ezeilo Chuka
9) Onyeduna Ifesinachi
10) Nnamani Sunday
11) Chinonso Amadi
12) Tagbo Chibuzo
13) Anyanwu Chika
14) Egbe Johnson
15) Osukwe Ijeoma
16) Nkechukwu Ikechukwu
17) Kenneth Eni
18) Orjichukwu Chigozie
19) Solomon Izundu
20) Ebili Edward
21) Gabriel Onyedikachi
22) Ilo Ozoemena
23) Nwauju Charles
24) Onuoha Chidozie
25) Onyemaechi Nwaezeoma
26) Innocent Obodoekwe
27) Ifeanyi Azubuike
28) Adigwe Chukwudi
29) Ogochukwu Mbam
30) Obiosa Chukwueme
31) Ugochukwu Samuel
32) Onuoha Chigozie
33) Maduka Egwela
34) John Onuchukwu
35) Maduabuchi Onwukanjo
36) Izuchukwu Nwaogba
37) Nnamdi Okonkwo
38) Ibekwe Okechukwu
39) Felix Odianwu
40) Okafor Moses Madukasi
41) Egwu Joseph.
Almighty and Most Merciful
CHUKWUABIAMA, OKIKE (GOD); in WHOM we live and move and have our being, and
before WHOM all men must hereafter appear to render an account of the deeds
done in the body, we do most earnestly beseech THEE, to impress upon our minds
the solemnities and infamy of this day. May we ever remember that in the midst
of life we are in death, and so live and act our separate parts that we may
have no cause for sorrow or fear when the hour of departure is at hand. And on
this we commit our Being in pursuit of Biafra Nation that the Souls of those
who have died may find rest in YOUR PRESENCE.
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