Biafran Family Writers Doing Marvellous Works
By Ekwenye Samuel, Paul Emerenini and Sunday Okafor,
For Family Writers Press.
On this week's edition of the FWFFA, we shall be discussing on the visit of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to the Biafra Fallen Heroes' Cenotaph Hill in Enugu immediately after his release.
CENOTAPH
This can be defined as a special structure or statue that is built to remind people of a dead person who is buried somewhere else; especially : a structure built to honor the people who were killed in a war.
Since the 17th century, the location of present-day Enugu has been inhabited by a section of the Igbo people; one of Enugu's neighbourhoods still retains the village's old name- Ogui.
In 1900, the Southern Nigeria Protectorate was established by the colonial administration of the British Empire. The discovery of coal by the colonialists led to the building of the Eastern Line railway to carry coal from the inland city to the port of Port Harcourt, a city created for this purpose, located 151 miles (243 km) south of what was called Enugwu Coal Camp. Enugwu was then renamed Enugu and developed as one of the few cities in West Africa created from European contact. By 1958 Enugu had over 8,000 coal miners. As of today, there are no significant coal mining activities left in the city.
Enugu became the capital of the then Eastern Region after Nigeria's independence in 1960; a succession of territorial adjustments in 1967, 1976 and 1991 led to Enugu becoming the capital of what is now Enugu State. On 30 May 1967, Enugu was declared the capital of the short-lived Republic of Biafra; for this, Enugu is known as the "capital of Igboland." After Enugu was captured by the Nigerian armed forces, the Biafran capital was moved to Umuahia.
CENOTAPH HILL was built in this glorious city by our survived warriors/fathers in remembering the Biafran heroes and heroines who lost their lives as a result of the pogroms, the holocaust of the civil war and the post-war killings.
NNAMDI KANU ON THE CENOTAPH
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra and the Director of Radio Biafra London was held for over 15 months for voicing out to the world the insubordination, marginalization, wilful killings, and persecutions being melted on his people by the Nigeria-British government for over many years.
As God may have it, Nnamdi Kanu was finally released from the death dungeon of Muhammadu Buhari who vowed never to release him, although under a stringent conditions which among them restricts him from speaking/addressing/ granting interviews, just to enable them to concoct all manner of lies from the pit of hell against him and prevent him from defending himself and addressing the public. Nnamdi Kanu upon his arrival in Biafraland went straight to the ancestral cenotaph in Enugu to reaffirm his promise of restoring the land of Biafra even if it will require his life.
SIGNIFICANCE
Nnamdi Kanu in his prayers debunked all the flying junk news and articles credited to him by the workers of iniquity of Nigeria's Islamic party known as APC. Nnamdi Kanu went to communicate to God and his people through prayers. It is also a means of letting Biafrans and the general public know that our fallen heroes and heroines have not in any way been forgotten and there is need for everyone of us to obey and observe the upcoming May 30th Biafra heroes day which has been mapped out as a Sit At Home day in honour of our gallant warriors who paid the utmost sacrifice.
For Family Writers Press.
On this week's edition of the FWFFA, we shall be discussing on the visit of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to the Biafra Fallen Heroes' Cenotaph Hill in Enugu immediately after his release.
CENOTAPH
This can be defined as a special structure or statue that is built to remind people of a dead person who is buried somewhere else; especially : a structure built to honor the people who were killed in a war.
Since the 17th century, the location of present-day Enugu has been inhabited by a section of the Igbo people; one of Enugu's neighbourhoods still retains the village's old name- Ogui.
In 1900, the Southern Nigeria Protectorate was established by the colonial administration of the British Empire. The discovery of coal by the colonialists led to the building of the Eastern Line railway to carry coal from the inland city to the port of Port Harcourt, a city created for this purpose, located 151 miles (243 km) south of what was called Enugwu Coal Camp. Enugwu was then renamed Enugu and developed as one of the few cities in West Africa created from European contact. By 1958 Enugu had over 8,000 coal miners. As of today, there are no significant coal mining activities left in the city.
Enugu became the capital of the then Eastern Region after Nigeria's independence in 1960; a succession of territorial adjustments in 1967, 1976 and 1991 led to Enugu becoming the capital of what is now Enugu State. On 30 May 1967, Enugu was declared the capital of the short-lived Republic of Biafra; for this, Enugu is known as the "capital of Igboland." After Enugu was captured by the Nigerian armed forces, the Biafran capital was moved to Umuahia.
CENOTAPH HILL was built in this glorious city by our survived warriors/fathers in remembering the Biafran heroes and heroines who lost their lives as a result of the pogroms, the holocaust of the civil war and the post-war killings.
NNAMDI KANU ON THE CENOTAPH
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra and the Director of Radio Biafra London was held for over 15 months for voicing out to the world the insubordination, marginalization, wilful killings, and persecutions being melted on his people by the Nigeria-British government for over many years.
As God may have it, Nnamdi Kanu was finally released from the death dungeon of Muhammadu Buhari who vowed never to release him, although under a stringent conditions which among them restricts him from speaking/addressing/ granting interviews, just to enable them to concoct all manner of lies from the pit of hell against him and prevent him from defending himself and addressing the public. Nnamdi Kanu upon his arrival in Biafraland went straight to the ancestral cenotaph in Enugu to reaffirm his promise of restoring the land of Biafra even if it will require his life.
SIGNIFICANCE
Nnamdi Kanu in his prayers debunked all the flying junk news and articles credited to him by the workers of iniquity of Nigeria's Islamic party known as APC. Nnamdi Kanu went to communicate to God and his people through prayers. It is also a means of letting Biafrans and the general public know that our fallen heroes and heroines have not in any way been forgotten and there is need for everyone of us to obey and observe the upcoming May 30th Biafra heroes day which has been mapped out as a Sit At Home day in honour of our gallant warriors who paid the utmost sacrifice.
EFFECTS ON HARD-CORE BIAFRANS.
The visiting and offering of prayers of assurance to the living and the dead signifies that Nnamdi Kanu has chosen death over Nigeria state thereby, has no intention of backing out of this struggle nor exchanging it with anything other than Biafra restoration. In that effect, he has indirectly informed millions of his followers never to retreat or contemplate of surrendering, because the land of Biafra is undeniably going to be restored under our watch.
The visiting and offering of prayers of assurance to the living and the dead signifies that Nnamdi Kanu has chosen death over Nigeria state thereby, has no intention of backing out of this struggle nor exchanging it with anything other than Biafra restoration. In that effect, he has indirectly informed millions of his followers never to retreat or contemplate of surrendering, because the land of Biafra is undeniably going to be restored under our watch.
Biafrans and lovers of freedom who are into this struggle and wish to hear from our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu should always focus on his body language. It is only the wise one that will understand and agree with me that even the shoes Nnamdi Kanu wears talks.
Family Writers crew are gifted to understand and know when our leader's shoes, bangle, cloths, or even his glasses are passing a message across to Biafrans.
Biafrans must beware of the evil tactics of the Nigeria government to frustrate Biafra restoration; we must continue until Biafra is fully restored.
With this, we end this week's edition of FWFFA. Till next week for another package, goodbye.
Edited by Paul Ihechi Alagba,
For Family Writers.
Family Writers crew are gifted to understand and know when our leader's shoes, bangle, cloths, or even his glasses are passing a message across to Biafrans.
Biafrans must beware of the evil tactics of the Nigeria government to frustrate Biafra restoration; we must continue until Biafra is fully restored.
With this, we end this week's edition of FWFFA. Till next week for another package, goodbye.
Edited by Paul Ihechi Alagba,
For Family Writers.
Biafra: Why We Want Biafra And Not Restructuring Of Nigeria
May 20, 2017
Notable people keep questioning the Indigenous People of Biafra, what the essence of Biafra is and why we want her and not restructuring. I have tried severally to convince them that it is not a matter of wanting but having to restore the original right of ownership given naturally to us by Chukwu Okike Abiama.
Before the advent of the British, the Northern and Southern protectorate existed independently until Britain amalgamated these separate entities that is more or less "oil and water", a very bad combination that can never blend together. The evil empire out of greed and urge to serve their economic interest, not minding the negative impact of their actions went ahead to concoct what is today known as Nigeria.
Before the advent of the British, the Northern and Southern protectorate existed independently until Britain amalgamated these separate entities that is more or less "oil and water", a very bad combination that can never blend together. The evil empire out of greed and urge to serve their economic interest, not minding the negative impact of their actions went ahead to concoct what is today known as Nigeria.
Biafrans having being in slumber for too long, have been hit with great reawakening like a thunderbolt through Nnamdi Kanu’s eye opening enlightenment of her history. Therefore, we need Biafra because it is our identity and cannot be allowed to remain abducted for the continued exploitation and looting of her mineral resources by the British, Hausa-Fulanis and the Yorubas who are nothing but leeches and parasites.
while on the other hand, restructuring will continue to subject us to deprivation and limit our ability to take full control of our domain, resources and future. Biafra is our heritage and we have a right to dwell in her without oppression, invasion or extortion from strangers.
Biafra depicts our personality, cultural values and ways of life. She reveals our natural abilities, beliefs and common interests. How then can we not want to experience and enjoy the dividends God attributed to us as a people and settle for restructure which will still pave way for stealing of her wealth and destiny?
Who will be so foolish to remain in darkness when light abound from her foundation? Ignorantly, we have allowed ourselves to be cunningly abused and mistreated but now that enlightenment has come through, " it is better we search for the black goat in daylight."
The blood thirsty government is so archaic that it has spilled many innocent Biafran blood and still not satisfied. What makes you think that restructuring will stop the killing of Biafrans? Can anyone justify the essence of a union characterized with killing of unarmed masses by joint government military forces armed to the teeth in armoury?
The blood thirsty government is so archaic that it has spilled many innocent Biafran blood and still not satisfied. What makes you think that restructuring will stop the killing of Biafrans? Can anyone justify the essence of a union characterized with killing of unarmed masses by joint government military forces armed to the teeth in armoury?
Can anyone tell why terrorists and marauding murderers are granted amnesty with financial benefits? Is it justifiable for people of separate beliefs, cultures and traditions be enforced and enclaved into a contrasting contraption?
How beneficial is it for a particular region to claim ownership to rulership in a community of equals and of diverse nations? What is the essence of existing with hatred and greedy persons, whose sole aim is to loot your wealthy resources as booty and abandon you to penury?
Who can bear the pains of poverty amicably and with pride amid restructure? These and more are begging to be answered, and if no one can give a sincere answer to these questions, then the issue of restructure should be trashed into the bin.
Biafra is our heritage, it is our origin, it is our inheritance, it gives us our identity and therefore, we refuse to become a nonentity. As far as Nigeria is concerned, only her dismemberment into its original component parts will save Biafrans and her fellow occupants of the British estate called Nigeria.
By Victoria O.C. Agangan
Edited & Published By Nwosu C.S
For Biafra Writers
Biafra is our heritage, it is our origin, it is our inheritance, it gives us our identity and therefore, we refuse to become a nonentity. As far as Nigeria is concerned, only her dismemberment into its original component parts will save Biafrans and her fellow occupants of the British estate called Nigeria.
By Victoria O.C. Agangan
Edited & Published By Nwosu C.S
For Biafra Writers
My brother Nnamdi, we thank God for your freedom even as we note that the wrongs that led to your incarceration are yet to be removed, instead it’s even getting worse as your people’s tormentors are still remorseless and inexorable.
This memo therefore is another way of appreciating you for the huge sacrifice and to proffer some way forward to help you to possibly achieve your ultimate desire of having a Republic of Biafra out of Nigeria. First, I want you to have it noted in your mind that the race is not a 100-meter dash, but a long distance one that requires all the tacts and endurance to finish well.
As a political journalist of over three decades I have not come across you and so are many others because your name never rang any bell until late. Till last year you were probably only known in your small village of Isiama in Abia State.
Only during your incarceration did people realise that you are even a Prince, your father being the traditional ruler of your town. But today you are a household name not just in Biafra land and Nigeria but all over the media space even beyond Nigeria. For inadvertently sprouting yourself into this limelight credit goes to President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari who declared you enemy and kept you away. But the essence of this memo is to help ensure that you manage this fame well so that the gains therein are not shattered on missteps and slipups.
When you got the calling to start this Biafra project you may never have envisaged the scope but by now you should have realised that the Nnamdi Kanu that established Biafra Radio about two years ago is not the same as the one that came out of Kuje Prison few weeks ago.
Prison is not just a detention camp but a school, and a special church where many have after sojourn turned prayer warriors and end up becoming an authority in the holy book depending on which religion they belong. We hear that you embraced Judaism in Prison hence the decision of Justice Binta Nyako to include in your bail conditions a Judaism worshipper ostensibly thinking that it would be difficult to get.
Nobody goes to prison and remains the same there after especially freedom fighters like you. Either your spirit is broken and you chicken out of the struggle or you are strengthened and are fired up. From all indications, yours is the later and understandably so because history is a witness that nobody fights for justice and turns back without result, either you are celebrating victory like Nelson Mandela or you are becoming political martyrs.
Even Mandela knew that those who survive to become President are fired up by the blood of martyrs who died in the struggle. This memo is primarily to warn you about politicians. They are group of people you must approach with your thinking cap permanently on.
As a prince who grew up in Obi Eze (King’s Palace), you must have been privy to the story of why the use of long spoon is recommended while dinning with the devil, it’s because when he comes for your hand he would only have the spoon to grab, but I tell you that for politicians even long spoon would not suffice so the best is to avoid totally any lure of dinning with them if you can.
I have watched some dancing around you by politicians claiming to identify and agree with your struggle, nothing can be farther from the truth. What you are seeing is just jostling to leverage on your current fame and once they get through, off they disappear.
Initially when you started the IPOB struggle none of them gave you any chance. Even as Biafra is in engraved in the hearts of every Igbo, they did not feel you are the right and appropriate person to bring it to this level of national and international attention.
President Buhari’s apparent snub of Ndigbo in his administration helped to build an army of distraught and disgruntled Igbo leaders. If Buhari had been tactical enough to accommodate some of them, they would not have been talking about you.
Again don’t make the mistake of thinking that your current popularity can be translated into electoral votes. Ndigbo have unique political behaviour that is very complex. In the Second Republic, the ruling defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) wanting to leverage on the popularity of the Biafra main hero Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu whom the government pardoned and brought home from exile coerced him into contesting for Senate in the old Anambra State.
Everybody predicted landslide victory for Ojukwu and NPN but a medical doctor, a former Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Edwin Onwudiwe of the defunct Nigeria Peoples Party (NPP) roundly defeated him. Even with the defeat, Ojukwu’s popularity among Ndigbo remained but he could not translate it to electoral success. May be you have some lessons to pick here.
My advice to you is to try and have an intellectual arm of IPOB to up your struggle by drawing up an operating template. Biafra cannot be gotten without going through what the law says unless through a war which both Nigeria and Biafra cannot afford again.
Every step of IPOB struggle must keep in view what the law says and put pressure towards achieving that. If Federal Government is to surprise you and call for referendum on Biafra now, you would discover that you are not ready; you would be shocked to learn that most IPOB members have no voter’s card.
Some IPOB members are deceiving themselves that they would vote out politicians not supporting them but as voter’s card revalidation is currently on-going and even underaged people are being registered in some parts of the country, Ndigbo are indifferent pursuing their businesses. My thinking is that if you want to continue keeping your head on your shoulder on this Biafra project you are to avoid like a plague political parties.
Once you drag your group into partisan politics you lose the struggle.
Biafra dream is to be realised in Nigeria not in Biafra, the fight should be outside Biafra not within. Once you enter the fray of partisan politics you drag the fight back and that would be the end. If you call rally, concentrate on Biafra project, on the injustice against the people that makes the struggle inevitable.
If you enter into vote for Mr A or B or for C or D party, you would discover yourself enmeshed in partisan politics. You should position yourself in such a way that all the political parties should be identifying with you because of the risk of going against you.
If you drag yourself out in such a way that some Igbo politicians start seeing you as an obstacle to their ambition, they would want to hack you down; they would ensure that you lose your focus. Perhaps your best bet is to work closely with the Ndigbo umbrella organisation, the Ohanaeze particularly now that its leadership is displaying some purposefulness and appear courageously ready and willing to take Igbo to the next level.
Not a few believe that the Biafra dream if not now later but must be realised. Nigeria is not moving in the direction of a nation in hunt for unity and progress. That perhaps explains why it is ranked the 13th least stable country in the world on the Fragile States Index (FSI), released by the Washington DCbased think-tank, Fund for Peace. In Africa, Nigeria is in the group of Somali and Sudan.
Therefore, to properly harness the people’s strong emotions on this project, a purposeful leadership must be inaugurated. My brother as I conclude this memo, may I remind you that history is a witness that no one makes a sacrifice for a people and regrets it.
In some struggles sometimes the prize is not worth the costs but in this case every price is worth the cost. Know it as a fact that Biafra is at the heart of every reasonable Igbo person. The road to our victory therefore must be as important as victory itself. Wish you well and God bless.
Biafra: Nigerian security
operatives plan to main, kill
us on May 30 – MASSOB ON
MAY 19, 20179:25 A
By Vincent Ujumadu Awka- THE Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday raised an alarm, alleging that it had gathered intelligence reports that security operatives were planning to unleash mayhem on its members on May 30 if they embarked on the commemoration of the fallen Biafran heroes and the 50th anniversary of declaration of Republic of Biafra by the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. MASSOB leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu said in a statement in Awka that intelligence report by Biafra Intelligence Agency (BIA) showed that the highest command of Nigerian security agencies had given instruction to maim and kill members of the group for exercising their fundamental human rights, including our right to self-determination.
By Vincent Ujumadu Awka- THE Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday raised an alarm, alleging that it had gathered intelligence reports that security operatives were planning to unleash mayhem on its members on May 30 if they embarked on the commemoration of the fallen Biafran heroes and the 50th anniversary of declaration of Republic of Biafra by the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. MASSOB leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu said in a statement in Awka that intelligence report by Biafra Intelligence Agency (BIA) showed that the highest command of Nigerian security agencies had given instruction to maim and kill members of the group for exercising their fundamental human rights, including our right to self-determination.
“We are crying out now and calling on the international human rights organization and the international community to be aware of the plans by the Nigerian State and come to our rescue and possibly stop Nigeria from committing acts of genocide against the people of Biafra on May 30,” he said. He, however, urged members of the group not to be intimidated or discouraged by the antics of external and internal blackmailers and overzealous Nigerian security agents, as they prepare for the May 30 event, assuring that in the usual manner, the anniversary celebration would be peaceful and non violence. Madu also said that MASSOB was compiling list of victims who lost their lives through extra judicial killings by Nigerian security operatives for the purpose of forwarding same to the international community and human rights organizations before the May 30,
According to him, MASSOB had demanded full investigation and immediate prosecution by the International Criminal Court, ICC, to bring to book the culprits and perpetrators of what he called the genocidal torture and murder visited on the non violence Biafran activists to serve as a deterrent to such act in future. Madu said further:
“MASSOB, with an eloquent and overwhelming evidence, wishes to bring the attention of the Nigerian State, the international human rights organizations and international community to the fact that we have compiled and currently creating a database of the comprehensive list of the victims of this extra-judicial torture and killings by the Nigerian security agents, as well as the names of the security agents who perpetrated this criminal acts against the non violence Biafran agitators. “The list will include the top security officials/commanders who led them and who gave the directives for the murders of these non violence and armless Biafran agitators.
B/I / G/ U/ R/B OR (IPOB) 13 / 05 / 2017
BIAFRANS IN GREECE STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH
UNDILUTED AND TRUTHFUL LEADER OF IPOB,
MAZI NNAMDI KANU
Greetings from IPOB in Greece to all lovers of freedom arounf the World. Freedom is not cheap, it is expensive from whatever angle one may look at it. It is full of sacrifices and being prepared to make sacrifices is one of the prerequisites for engaging in a freedom struggle.
The World would bear witness to the sacrifices already given in the course of this movement; the quest for Biafra in Nigeria has in it’s own way taken the lives of over 20,000 Biafrans in the post war analysis, coupled with the pre-war estimate of over 6,000 lives and the actual war death toll of over 3.5 million Biafran lives.
The Nigeria Government and her allies; British, USSR, Egypt and the Arab league have taken from us in both pounds of flesh and of material, we were made destitute in our fatherland and the complicit silence of the United States of America shall also not be forgotten.
Biafrans in this evil establishment called Nigeria are still wallowing in abject disconnection from the rest of the World and in post taumatized state of mind from the effects of the war; yet the Government of Nigeria has shown no remorse for the carnage brought upon us. We know that one day our dreams will come through, for our outcry has reached the ears of Yahweh and He has seen reasons to liberate his children from the shackles of slavery.
Truly, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has proven to the entire planet earth, that he is a true leader, who loves his people with great passion. Many Nigerians thought that IPOB and her leadership would be like the ills of Ralph Uwazuruike who were treading on the blood of Biafrans, sacrificed on the evil alter of Nigeria. Not as they think of IPOB and her leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu! He is a man of resoluteness, upright of heart, integrity, wisdom and understanding, who has what it takes to liberate his people from the dungeon of death, Nigeria.
A man who knows what freedom is all about and has paid the most and ready to pay more for his people’s freedom. It is because of you and I, our born and unborn children, he was thrown into prison for a complete five hundred ans sixty-two days (562)l yet he stands firm; rejected every persuasive offer made by the Federal Government of Nigeria for the abandonment of the Biafra struggle.
At the beginning of the Biafran struggle, it got real tough.The people of negative mindset like Sanballat and his group started nailing Nnamdi Kanu on the cross. On October 14th, 2015, he was kidnapped in Lagos by the Nigeria DSS, the worse erupted out, where many are praying for him to die in Kuje Prsion, some South East Governors have vowed to eliminate his life, sabotaging the efforts of him and IPOB Families for Biafra restoration.
When they kidnapped Kanu in Tolis Hotel Ikeja Lagos, on 14th of october they decided to kill him secretly, then Uche Mefor-the Deputy Leader of IPOB mounted Radio Biafra, broadcastingtelling the whole world that the Nigerian Government kidnapped the Leader of IPOB, the Nigeria are denying, later all, they admitted that they got him arrested. Thanks to the Radio Biafra-the voice of the masses!
In many occasions, President of Nigeria and hie killer squads DSS, and Boko Haram he converted into Nigerian Army think deep down in them to poison and assassinate Kanu, but to all no avails, Our ChukwuOkikeahbiama vindicated the life of his son Nnamdị Kanu, for Yahweh told us in Psalms 105:14-15 “He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea he reproved kings for their sakes; saying, Touch not my annointed, and do my prophet no harm.’’ Kanu is a great Prophet indeed! In the total submission, resoluteness, and resilience, we the IPOB Family are moving forward with our beloved Leader of Mazi Nnamdị Kanụ. We stand boldly to declare that your arrest brings glory to our struggle, your arrest is the death warrant of Nigeria Federation and the death of our enemies. The death of all Biafran killed by the Nigeria Government will give us Biafra for their blood has a voice, crying to Yahweh Elohim.
Thanks be to ChuwkuokikeAhbiama for releasing our Leader.Thanks to every Biafran and Lovers of Freedom. Kadi Maya Omilah “Forward ever, Backward never.’’ Alll Hail Biafra!
Authored By Mazi Nnamdi Obbodoechi (Ojukwu IgboNile)
Biafra: Saluting The Courage of Biafra Women-An Open Appreciation To Our Mothers Over What Happened In Abiriba
May Nigeria government and its people never see peace again in the land until Nigeria dissolves into oblivion for commanding an uncircumcised blood sucking vampires to strip our mothers naked? We hereby drop the sword of war in Nigeria for sending evil men in uniform to come and behold the sacred naked bodies of our Biafra mothers. By the reason of this despicable evil act against our revered mothers, may the sit in Aso Rock be on fire in such a way that anyone who mounts it will go the mysterious way of the wicked tyrant.
Meanwhile, it is important to commend the resoluteness of our mothers who declared that there is no force on earth, in heaven above or beneath the earth-crust that will chase them out of Biafra Land which is our inheritance from our ancestors. We are happy that Biafra women repeated the resilience of Aba women riot of 1929 where Biafra women challenged the dreaded British voracious armed forces. We want to assure our mothers that we are solidly behind them as they continue in their lay down strategies for Biafra restoration. No force on earth should be able to shatter your dreams towards Biafra restoration. We want our mothers to know that history will remember the sacrifice which they have paid in this our journey to freedom. All your efforts, molestations and this enforced nakedness can never go in vain.
our advice to you people is to hold tenaciously to your continuous grassroots campaign, movements and mobilizations without the fear of the sons of petition in Nigeria Army. Biafrans are proud of you today because you people have shown that you are ready to die for your children.
In conclusion, no amount of verbal appreciation can equal the sacrifice which you people have continued to render. It is only posterity that can pay you people back on your efforts towards Biafra restoration. Biafra women have entered into the hall of fame in this journey of our freedom.
It is now or never for Biafra restoration we love you great women of Biafra.
By Mazi Onyebuchi Eze
For Family Writers
Today, the Nigerian Army once again has pushed Biafrans to the wall. The men of the Nigerian Armed Forces, commanded by President Muhammadu Buhari molested, beat, wounded and arrested many Biafran women who gathered for a conference at Abiriba, Abia State of Biafra land. This incident took place at the early hours of Friday 19th May, 2017 as the women who came from different parts of Biafra land gathered together for the conference. Abiriba is a town located near the popular Arochukwu and Ohafia in Biafra land.
As I am writing this report, hundreds of Biafran women are missing including a female journalist of Family Writers of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ogochukwu Nnanna who went to cover the event for Family Writers Press. There is serious tension in the land at the moment. We are afraid that the Nigerian government through its army must have killed many of the women and taken their lifeless bodies away as they usually do when a situation like this arises. The Nigerian Army has once again attacked, humiliated and massacred our women for gathering peacefully for a conference at Abiriba. They went as far as stripping them naked. We want the whole world to know that the Nigerian government is pushing Biafrans to the wall. If the IPOB central command orders Biafran youths to fight back , Nigeria will be consumed because it will be "fire for fire, bone for bone, teeth for teeth and iron for iron".
It is important for the world to ask the Nigerian government what has the threat to security got to do with IPOB women conference which attracted the attention of the Armed Forces to quell? It is also pertinent to ask the Nigerian government and its army, if it were the Arewa women gathering , would they have ever tried to go near the place no matter what the women may be doing there?
We are however assuring Biafran women that we, the Biafran youths are solidly behind our mothers as they intensify their grassroots campaign towards Biafra restoration no matter what the Nigerian government does to them. I want our women to know that this development has geared towards testing their commitment towards Biafra restoration objective. What our women should bear in mind is that we are few days away from actualizing Biafra.
By Ebere Okolie
The ones you've voted what came out of it? We are in 21th century yet you don't have palatable water. Our infrastructure is as primitive as that of 19th century when compared with whites. There is no good hospitals for the populace but these ruthless and self-centered politicians will loot/exploit the whole money and travel abroad to treat themselves why we die of malaria that stopped existing in the western world in 19th century. There are no jobs any longer because all tangible industries in Biafra has gone rust.
Hey Come on...some guys (Biafrans) think they are wise but I must tell them that they are the cause that Biafrans are still killed, marginalised and backward till today despite our immense talent and education.
Because there are no jobs/industries these politicians use our youths as thugs/mercenaries to earn political relevance, sit or positions, while some (youths) die in the process. These After all these inhuman and despicable things politicians have done to us you still go voting. Are you not mad? They want their selves alive/healthy but they don't want you and me. But you are still credulous to believe that voting will liberate Biafrans. That is complete hallucinations/dementia!
We have tried Nigeria's voting/politics for past 50 years but still nothing to write home about. After studies some Biafrans go to north to look for job and won't be given despite being adept in the field. Some Biafrans has been slaughtered by hausafulanis in that north for no just reason. What type of hell is this so called country #Nigeria!?
Now, I suggest we try boycott which the selfless and brave leader mazi #Nnamdikanu Stand on/urge. Let us boycott Nigeria elections Biafrans as this brings us nearer to Biafra and also sends a conspicuous remark/message to the world that indeed we are resilient/determined to restored Biafra ..We are talking about permanent/everlasting advancement, civilisation and all sorts of goodies, which you can never get in this forceful, inhumane & deceitful amalgamation/concoction Nigeria... An hausafulani average Muslim will never stop killing a Biafran man because they see us as infidels. Hausafulanis 60% are beyond civilisation and they don't respect human rights/life (E.g the hausafulani security operatives shooting at innocent children and mothers during protests/rallies).
Biafra is our last hope.. Miss it now and stay slaves to the illiterate #hausafulanis for ever, while the facinorous Igbo politicians you voted will fly out with their families either to London, US to live large/enjoy our money.
Biafrans embrace #Nnamdikanu , embrace #Biafra. Nnamdi kanu is tested and trusted and he's never jeopardise the cause to restore Biafra. Let's support him and restore back our original/father's identity "Biafra".. A nation where life will be treated precious like (#mmadu). A nation where all politicians will treat themselves in the same hospital I treate myself and my children, that nation was before the concoction of Nigeria, that nation to be restored is Biafra. I love Nnamdi kanu, I love my father land Biafra. Father Ojukwu and other fallen heroes & heroines will be proud and rest In perfect peace when Biafra is finally restored. Our heroes & heroines fight must not be in vain. #Totalboycott #Biafrexit #sitathome #referendum.
Emmanuel Sixtus Okechukwu
Prof. Soludo Bares It All: Buhari’s Lack of Education and No Ideas Crippled Nigeria Today {Must Read}
May 22, 2017
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that the poor economic ideas implemented by the present administration, is the reason Nigeria fell into recession.
He lamented that fixing the nation’s economy is not as difficult as the administration’s policy makers would want Nigerians to believe.
Soludo made the observation while presenting a paper at the 2017 International Conference of the Department of Business Administration, of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.
The theme of the conference was “Managing a recessed economy; options for Nigeria.”
According to the renowned Economist, Nigeria began to witness economic downturn barely a year after President Muhammadu Buhari took over power, because the country’s policy makers were unable to rise to the challenge.
The recession, Soludo noted was avoidable had proactive steps been taken by the government in its early days.
“Poor ideas transcended over superior ideas, and we went into recession which was slightly avoidable. That is why academics must be alive to their responsibility of nudging us to reality; the reason I commend you for this international conference.
“Success and failure are all in the mind and only those who persist get to their destination.
“The recession Nigeria went into was largely avoidable and for things to change for the better, Nigeria cannot afford intellectual isolation because there is a need for exchange of ideas among intellectuals from various fields to put things right.
He continued, that “The Nigerian economy was growing because of the power of ideas of the people in charge. Instead of sustaining the growth, we drove the economy into this recession.
“For example, between 2010 and 2014, oil price was above $100 per barrel but we were unable to accumulate foreign reserve. When I took over as the CBN Governor, foreign reserve was about $10bn and we kept growing it on an annual basis as a deliberate policy such that it was over $45bn by the time I left.
“In 2010, I warned that if oil price went down to below $40 per barrel, most states would not be able to meet their obligations and that was exactly what happened. So, the problem was that we were not saving and we were even borrowing to implement recurrent expenditures.
“We were borrowing for consumption and for capital projects with the result that all the money we spent was borrowed at a time.
“When the oil price slumped, some people in government even felt that it was not going to last and continued their spending spree. Some also felt that the exchange rate could be fixed and some of us warned that doing so would result to high inflation.
“And when the problem manifested, a fire-fighting approach was adopted by the CBN which decided to give bailout to states. Because of these responses, the economy witnessed a shock and we thought we could reinvent economic theory and principle as a unique Nigerian approach.”
Soludo also subtly put in a word for resource control by the states, which he said should be allowed to take control of the mineral deposits in their states, and in turn pay taxes to the federal government.
The former CBN boss condemned a situation in which all tiers of government gather in Abuja to share allocations.
“We do not have to be running to Abuja for everything and that was why I was surprised when some people canvassed that local governments should be going to Abuja to take their allocations directly,” he noted.
He was however optimistic that the economic recovery plan recently launched by the Buhari administration would lead to recovery, especially as the elections are close at hand, and there would be pressure on government to perform.
By Amandikwa Chukwugoziem
(Abia Writer)
Edited by Livingrich Ezeikpe
There is an adage that the truth always shines like a moon and cannot be hidden.
A BBC news presenter by name Stephanie Hegarty reported how mazi Nnamdi Kanu founded the IPOB movement.
First, the indigenous people of Biafra is a nation fighting for the restoration of Biafra to her originality. Again IPOB is not a constituent of Igbo people alone rather she is a constituent of eleven (11) tribes: Efik, Ibibio, Idoma, Igbo, Igala, Igbanke, Ijaws, Itshekris, Kalabari, Okirika, etc that make up the nation of Biafra.
It is also noteworthy that IPOB is duly registered and certified in many countries of the world where she is found like USA, Russia, Spain, Germany to mention but a few. How can one call Biafra illegal movement?
Femi Fani Kayode wrote
Nigeria
Obasanjo Allegedly Calls For Nnamdi Kanu’s Assassination…IPOB Explodes
B/ I / G / U / R / B OR (IPOB)
HAITI GOV
23 Folegandrou Street, Off Aharnon Rd,
Athens, Greece.
The Government of Haiti, Care of Haiti Consolate
In Athens, Greece.
Sir
CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE / GOVERNMENT OF HAITI
With deep sense of sorrow, we the entire members of Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) in Greece are hereby sharing with your feelings of the calamity that befell on you on 3rd-4th October 2016. We wish to express our condelences to the affected families and the entire Haiti Nation.
We all know the level of devastation which the ugly event has put you in.But as nature demands, we will continue to pray for you for speedy recovery, and for God’s intervention in the ordeal. As we all know that in human existence it’s fundamentally important to sympathize with people who are in agony, especially the Haitians being the Biafran brothers who joined hands to help Biafrans during the war of genocide which the Nigeria used to killed millions of Biafrans in 1967-70.
Therefore in relation to that, we are sending our unreserved condelence message to you and the Haiti Government as a gesture of solidarity.
Our Info: At your own convinient time please listen to Radio Biafra @ www.rblworld.tv; www.ipob.co; www.ipob.org, Visit also the Radio Biafra Page in FaceBook @ RADIO BIAFRA LONDON and visit our Page here in Greece in Facebook @ BIAFRANS IN GREECE UNDER RADIO BIAFRA.Mobile Phone: +30-698-693-0851 & +30-6986930851, watch us in youtube, just write: BIAFRANS IN GREECE.
Sign by
The National coordinator of Biafrans in Greece.
Comrade Nnamdị Obbodoechi.
Date: 5th of Nov. 2016
It is with heart full of gratitude and appreciation that we pour an endless encomium to our great mothers of repute in Biafra Land over the resilience they exhibited in Abiriba IPOB women conference where alien forces of terror called Nigeria Army assaulted, harassed, molested and eventually stripped them naked in front of onlookers. In as much as we are seriously embittered for setting our own eyes on the nakedness of our own mothers, which is the height of wickedness from Nigeria government and its janjaweed cum jihadist Army, we are saluting our mothers for standing against the alien forces of terror called Nigeria army even as they are under molestation.
In conclusion, no amount of verbal appreciation can equal the sacrifice which you people have continued to render. It is only posterity that can pay you people back on your efforts towards Biafra restoration. Biafra women have entered into the hall of fame in this journey of our freedom.
It is now or never for Biafra restoration we love you great women of Biafra.
IPOB WOMEN CONFERENCE DISRUPTION: CAN THE NIGERIAN ARMY GO NEAR THE AREWA WOMEN THIS WAY?
By Mazi Onyebuchi Eze
For Family Writers
Today, the Nigerian Army once again has pushed Biafrans to the wall. The men of the Nigerian Armed Forces, commanded by President Muhammadu Buhari molested, beat, wounded and arrested many Biafran women who gathered for a conference at Abiriba, Abia State of Biafra land. This incident took place at the early hours of Friday 19th May, 2017 as the women who came from different parts of Biafra land gathered together for the conference. Abiriba is a town located near the popular Arochukwu and Ohafia in Biafra land.
As I am writing this report, hundreds of Biafran women are missing including a female journalist of Family Writers of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ogochukwu Nnanna who went to cover the event for Family Writers Press. There is serious tension in the land at the moment. We are afraid that the Nigerian government through its army must have killed many of the women and taken their lifeless bodies away as they usually do when a situation like this arises. The Nigerian Army has once again attacked, humiliated and massacred our women for gathering peacefully for a conference at Abiriba. They went as far as stripping them naked. We want the whole world to know that the Nigerian government is pushing Biafrans to the wall. If the IPOB central command orders Biafran youths to fight back , Nigeria will be consumed because it will be "fire for fire, bone for bone, teeth for teeth and iron for iron". It is important for the world to ask the Nigerian government what has the threat to security got to do with IPOB women conference which attracted the attention of the Armed Forces to quell? It is also pertinent to ask the Nigerian government and its army, if it were the Arewa women gathering , would they have ever tried to go near the place no matter what the women may be doing there?We are however assuring Biafran women that we, the Biafran youths are solidly behind our mothers as they intensify their grassroots campaign towards Biafra restoration no matter what the Nigerian government does to them. I want our women to know that this development has geared towards testing their commitment towards Biafra restoration objective. What our women should bear in mind is that we are few days away from actualizing Biafra.
To the Nigerian Army, IPOB worldwide demand the immediate release of all the Biafran women missing as a result of the attacks and the arrests of hundreds of our women including Family Writers Press female correspondent who was among the women arrested. It is important to make the world know that in Biafra land, women especially wives and mothers are sacred beings before Chukwu Okike Abiama who is the God of Biafra. For uncircumcised aliens like Nigeria jihadist army to touch the sacred bodies of our women in the name of arrest is an abomination and unacceptable.
Now that they have desecrated our culture by assaulting our wives and mothers, it is an assault on every Biafran. The world should condemn impunity in Biafra land now or risk coming to West Africa to give relief materials to IDPs when Biafrans will no longer endure what is happening to them from the Nigerian government occupying their territory. As for our women who are still missing in their numbers, let all of them be released or the government should show us where the lifeless bodies of the hundreds of our women including Family Writers journalist are buried.
No Biafra restoration, no Peace!
Edited by Ngozi Kalu
For Family Writers
BIAFRA: THE MOLESTATION OF IPOB WOMEN IS FORBIDDEN IN OUR LANDNow that they have desecrated our culture by assaulting our wives and mothers, it is an assault on every Biafran. The world should condemn impunity in Biafra land now or risk coming to West Africa to give relief materials to IDPs when Biafrans will no longer endure what is happening to them from the Nigerian government occupying their territory. As for our women who are still missing in their numbers, let all of them be released or the government should show us where the lifeless bodies of the hundreds of our women including Family Writers journalist are buried.
No Biafra restoration, no Peace!
Edited by Ngozi Kalu
For Family Writers
By Ebere Okolie
For Family Writers
The unjust treatment being meted against Biafrans by the Nigerian government has now transcended to the women. The activities of the Nigerian military forces are such that need to be arrested before it causes an unprecedented uprising or the long awaited calamitous wind will blow no one any good. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have showed a high level of civility and have maintained that the agitation for Biafra will remain peaceful.
The news filtering from the IPOB Women Conference in Abiriba, Abia State Biafra land which started on Thursday 18th May, 2017 is quite unpleasant. According to the news, the Nigerian military forces at the early hours of today 19th May, swooped on these women, started molesting and harassing them without any kind of provocation. This is as a result of the continued disruption of IPOB activities by the Nigerian government in a bid to scuttle the massive agitation that is sweeping every corners of Nigeria. These women only assembled to share views on how to help in the restoration of Biafra. These IPOB women are also peaceful and have not constituted or fomented any trouble around the vicinity to warrant an attack on them by the Nigerian murderous security agents. The peaceful nature or look of Biafra agitation should not be taken for granted, hence the consequences will be severe.
However, it is a taboo in Biafra land for a woman who is seen as a precious gift and a treasure to be maltreated by any man let alone a military officer no matter what offence she might have committed. Biafran women are virtuous, extraordinary and. Therefore, this reported attack on IPOB women legally exercising their God-given human rights to peaceful assembly will not be taken likely. Nigerian military should henceforth desist from further molestation of the IPOB women peacefully having their conference.
Furthermore, the Aba Women riot of 1929 should send an unmistakable signal to those trigger happy military men in khaki. The gallant Biafran women from Aba in 1929, revolted against the injustices being metted on Biafrans and held the Nigerian government at ransom of which until today history and posterity have not forgotten them. What will befall Nigeria if these generation of Biafran women take a drastic decision to ouster the men in this struggle and engage the government with all their might will be fatal and unprecedented. It seems that the Nigerian government has forgotten that part of our history maybe as a result of the abolition of history not just in schools but in all facet of Nigerian States. The calamitous wind that will blow in Nigeria if this abuse of IPOB women continues will be one that has not been experienced in any part of the world.
Be it as it may, the tail of a lion whether alive, asleep or dead should not be touched because it will devour the "being" that touched it. This illustration simply depicts that Biafra or IPOB women should not be touched because they will devour any "being" that tempers them. I am making bold to say that it is a sacrilege for the Nigerian military forces to molest or arrest IPOB women who are peacefully exercising their rights to peaceful assembly. Enough Is Enough.
Edited by Kalu Nwokolo
Edited by Kalu Nwokolo
For Family Writers
Biafra: Ojukwu’s ADC, Chukwuemeka Ejiofor opens up on civil warBy Wale Odunsi on May 21, 2017
Chukwuemeka Ejiofor, Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Biafra founder, Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, has recalled incidents of the civil war.
At age 21, he voluntarily joined the Nigerian Army as an officer before defecting to the Biafran Army when the declaration was made in 1967.
In 1970, after the war, he developed psychological and emotional problems. His father died of stroke and by the time he came back from the north , he had lost everything. His mentor and relative, Staff Sergeant Sylvanus Ezekwu also died during the struggle.
In 2008, Ejiofor , now 71, was asked to return home by his people to be their traditional ruler in Oyofo in Ezeagu LGA, Enugu state.
In an interview with YNaija, he said “We were systematically massacred in 1966 . I was stationed in Lagos at that time and when it started, we had to escape at night to Enugu”.
“I feel sad. I was a victim of the Biafran war and you won’t believe it that after the war, for many years I suffered from what I call loss of memory. I lost my memory. I didn’t know all the things I had studied in college as the best student. It was very painful.
Chukwuemeka Ejiofor, Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Biafra founder, Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, has recalled incidents of the civil war.
At age 21, he voluntarily joined the Nigerian Army as an officer before defecting to the Biafran Army when the declaration was made in 1967.
In 1970, after the war, he developed psychological and emotional problems. His father died of stroke and by the time he came back from the north , he had lost everything. His mentor and relative, Staff Sergeant Sylvanus Ezekwu also died during the struggle.
In 2008, Ejiofor , now 71, was asked to return home by his people to be their traditional ruler in Oyofo in Ezeagu LGA, Enugu state.
In an interview with YNaija, he said “We were systematically massacred in 1966 . I was stationed in Lagos at that time and when it started, we had to escape at night to Enugu”.
“I feel sad. I was a victim of the Biafran war and you won’t believe it that after the war, for many years I suffered from what I call loss of memory. I lost my memory. I didn’t know all the things I had studied in college as the best student. It was very painful.
Hey Come on...some guys (Biafrans) think they are wise but I must tell them that they are the cause that Biafrans are still killed, marginalised and backward till today despite our immense talent and education.
Because there are no jobs/industries these politicians use our youths as thugs/mercenaries to earn political relevance, sit or positions, while some (youths) die in the process. These After all these inhuman and despicable things politicians have done to us you still go voting. Are you not mad? They want their selves alive/healthy but they don't want you and me. But you are still credulous to believe that voting will liberate Biafrans. That is complete hallucinations/dementia!
We have tried Nigeria's voting/politics for past 50 years but still nothing to write home about. After studies some Biafrans go to north to look for job and won't be given despite being adept in the field. Some Biafrans has been slaughtered by hausafulanis in that north for no just reason. What type of hell is this so called country #Nigeria!?
Now, I suggest we try boycott which the selfless and brave leader mazi #Nnamdikanu Stand on/urge. Let us boycott Nigeria elections Biafrans as this brings us nearer to Biafra and also sends a conspicuous remark/message to the world that indeed we are resilient/determined to restored Biafra ..We are talking about permanent/everlasting advancement, civilisation and all sorts of goodies, which you can never get in this forceful, inhumane & deceitful amalgamation/concoction Nigeria... An hausafulani average Muslim will never stop killing a Biafran man because they see us as infidels. Hausafulanis 60% are beyond civilisation and they don't respect human rights/life (E.g the hausafulani security operatives shooting at innocent children and mothers during protests/rallies).
Biafra is our last hope.. Miss it now and stay slaves to the illiterate #hausafulanis for ever, while the facinorous Igbo politicians you voted will fly out with their families either to London, US to live large/enjoy our money.
Biafrans embrace #Nnamdikanu , embrace #Biafra. Nnamdi kanu is tested and trusted and he's never jeopardise the cause to restore Biafra. Let's support him and restore back our original/father's identity "Biafra".. A nation where life will be treated precious like (#mmadu). A nation where all politicians will treat themselves in the same hospital I treate myself and my children, that nation was before the concoction of Nigeria, that nation to be restored is Biafra. I love Nnamdi kanu, I love my father land Biafra. Father Ojukwu and other fallen heroes & heroines will be proud and rest In perfect peace when Biafra is finally restored. Our heroes & heroines fight must not be in vain. #Totalboycott #Biafrexit #sitathome #referendum.
Emmanuel Sixtus Okechukwu
May 22, 2017
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that the poor economic ideas implemented by the present administration, is the reason Nigeria fell into recession.
He lamented that fixing the nation’s economy is not as difficult as the administration’s policy makers would want Nigerians to believe.
Soludo made the observation while presenting a paper at the 2017 International Conference of the Department of Business Administration, of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.
The theme of the conference was “Managing a recessed economy; options for Nigeria.”
According to the renowned Economist, Nigeria began to witness economic downturn barely a year after President Muhammadu Buhari took over power, because the country’s policy makers were unable to rise to the challenge.
The recession, Soludo noted was avoidable had proactive steps been taken by the government in its early days.
“Poor ideas transcended over superior ideas, and we went into recession which was slightly avoidable. That is why academics must be alive to their responsibility of nudging us to reality; the reason I commend you for this international conference.
“Success and failure are all in the mind and only those who persist get to their destination.
“The recession Nigeria went into was largely avoidable and for things to change for the better, Nigeria cannot afford intellectual isolation because there is a need for exchange of ideas among intellectuals from various fields to put things right.
He continued, that “The Nigerian economy was growing because of the power of ideas of the people in charge. Instead of sustaining the growth, we drove the economy into this recession.
“For example, between 2010 and 2014, oil price was above $100 per barrel but we were unable to accumulate foreign reserve. When I took over as the CBN Governor, foreign reserve was about $10bn and we kept growing it on an annual basis as a deliberate policy such that it was over $45bn by the time I left.
“In 2010, I warned that if oil price went down to below $40 per barrel, most states would not be able to meet their obligations and that was exactly what happened. So, the problem was that we were not saving and we were even borrowing to implement recurrent expenditures.
“We were borrowing for consumption and for capital projects with the result that all the money we spent was borrowed at a time.
“When the oil price slumped, some people in government even felt that it was not going to last and continued their spending spree. Some also felt that the exchange rate could be fixed and some of us warned that doing so would result to high inflation.
“And when the problem manifested, a fire-fighting approach was adopted by the CBN which decided to give bailout to states. Because of these responses, the economy witnessed a shock and we thought we could reinvent economic theory and principle as a unique Nigerian approach.”
Soludo also subtly put in a word for resource control by the states, which he said should be allowed to take control of the mineral deposits in their states, and in turn pay taxes to the federal government.
The former CBN boss condemned a situation in which all tiers of government gather in Abuja to share allocations.
“We do not have to be running to Abuja for everything and that was why I was surprised when some people canvassed that local governments should be going to Abuja to take their allocations directly,” he noted.
He was however optimistic that the economic recovery plan recently launched by the Buhari administration would lead to recovery, especially as the elections are close at hand, and there would be pressure on government to perform.
By Amandikwa Chukwugoziem
(Abia Writer)
Edited by Livingrich Ezeikpe
There is an adage that the truth always shines like a moon and cannot be hidden.
A BBC news presenter by name Stephanie Hegarty reported how mazi Nnamdi Kanu founded the IPOB movement.
First, the indigenous people of Biafra is a nation fighting for the restoration of Biafra to her originality. Again IPOB is not a constituent of Igbo people alone rather she is a constituent of eleven (11) tribes: Efik, Ibibio, Idoma, Igbo, Igala, Igbanke, Ijaws, Itshekris, Kalabari, Okirika, etc that make up the nation of Biafra.
It is also noteworthy that IPOB is duly registered and certified in many countries of the world where she is found like USA, Russia, Spain, Germany to mention but a few. How can one call Biafra illegal movement?
The indigenous peoples of Biafra (IPOB) are not secessionist/separatist. Biafra has been in existence 5000 years before the creation of nigeria by one man, named Luguard in 1914, so you cannot say Biafra is seceding from Nigeria rather we want to restore Biafra, a nation that once existed. IPOB and Biafra restoration is not about protesting, neither is it about war but for the restoration of Biafra to its original nationhood.
BBC also reported that Nnamdi Kanu, called on "Biafrans to take up arms against the Nigerian state". Can BBC and Stephanie give evidence where any IPOB was caught in any of their rallies both in Biafraland and diaspora with any form of arm? It is on record that the Nigeria murderous security agents kill Biafrans constantly. The killing in Aba, Abia state, Nkpor in Anambra state, Igweocha (portharcourt) in Rivers state and other places of rallies are just examples. The various videos available online and on demand are evidence and the people are there to testify.
when Nnamdi kanu said and I quote (I will destroy Nigeria with THE TRUTH), the Nigerian government and their British slave masters thought he will bring bombs to fight Nigeria. A man of his words, Nnamdi Kanu destroyed Nigeria with the weapon that never fails, TRUTH.
In order to contain and keep Nnamdi Kanu quite, the nigerian government kidnapped him, leveled bogus and spurious charges against him. According to his lawyer Barr.Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the charges against Nnamdi Kanu are "frivolous" they were concocted to ensure his detention. These are smoke-screen charges that will not see the light of the day".
BBC as an international media organization must investigate and be objective in their reportage.
IPOB and Biafrans are set for only one goal THE TOTAL RESTORATION OF BIAFRA NATIONHOOD.
when Nnamdi kanu said and I quote (I will destroy Nigeria with THE TRUTH), the Nigerian government and their British slave masters thought he will bring bombs to fight Nigeria. A man of his words, Nnamdi Kanu destroyed Nigeria with the weapon that never fails, TRUTH.
In order to contain and keep Nnamdi Kanu quite, the nigerian government kidnapped him, leveled bogus and spurious charges against him. According to his lawyer Barr.Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the charges against Nnamdi Kanu are "frivolous" they were concocted to ensure his detention. These are smoke-screen charges that will not see the light of the day".
BBC as an international media organization must investigate and be objective in their reportage.
IPOB and Biafrans are set for only one goal THE TOTAL RESTORATION OF BIAFRA NATIONHOOD.
Published by Family Writers
Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), warned on Wednesday that the governorship election in Anambra may not hold if the Federal Government fails to recognise the Republic of Biafra.
He also said his members and other eligible voters in Anambra State would boycott the state gubernatorial election slated for November if the Federal Government fails to hold a referendum before the election.
Kanu, who spoke at his father’s palace in Afara Ukwu Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State, added that people of South East and other under the old Eastern Region would not participate in the 2019 general election if the government ignores the demand for a referendum.
He also faulted his exclusion from the ongoing stakeholders meeting in Aso Rock, saying he would not relent in his agitation for Biafra.
Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), warned on Wednesday that the governorship election in Anambra may not hold if the Federal Government fails to recognise the Republic of Biafra.
He also said his members and other eligible voters in Anambra State would boycott the state gubernatorial election slated for November if the Federal Government fails to hold a referendum before the election.
Kanu, who spoke at his father’s palace in Afara Ukwu Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State, added that people of South East and other under the old Eastern Region would not participate in the 2019 general election if the government ignores the demand for a referendum.
He also faulted his exclusion from the ongoing stakeholders meeting in Aso Rock, saying he would not relent in his agitation for Biafra.
The IPOB leader said: “Nigerian government should build as many prisons as possible to jail all Biafrans because there is no going back and we are ready to go there (prisons) unless the Federal Government gives us Biafra.
“We are starting with Anambra come November this year. There will be no governorship election in Anambra State. In 2019, the whole of Biafra land will not vote for any president. There will be no senator, there will be no House of Reps, there will be no House of Assembly and there will be no councillorship elections in Biafra land if they (Federal Government) fail to call for a referendum.”
He urged his members to remain steadfast and calm as Biafra remains their only hope.
“We are not like any other people. People like us don’t come twice. That’s why I know that with the last breath in this very body that Biafra will be restored. There’s nothing anybody can do about it. Tell them that’s what I said. Nobody on this earth can stop Biafra,” he added.
“We are starting with Anambra come November this year. There will be no governorship election in Anambra State. In 2019, the whole of Biafra land will not vote for any president. There will be no senator, there will be no House of Reps, there will be no House of Assembly and there will be no councillorship elections in Biafra land if they (Federal Government) fail to call for a referendum.”
He urged his members to remain steadfast and calm as Biafra remains their only hope.
“We are not like any other people. People like us don’t come twice. That’s why I know that with the last breath in this very body that Biafra will be restored. There’s nothing anybody can do about it. Tell them that’s what I said. Nobody on this earth can stop Biafra,” he added.
TO THOSE WHO THREATEN TO JAIL BIAFRANS
A man called Nnamdi Kanu and his movement called the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) single-handedly brings the whole of the south-east of our country to a standstill with his one day "stay at home order" and someone in the Presidency says they don't consider him to be a leader of thought? Clearly the Villa curse has set in.
Delusion is a terrible affliction and treating those that have won the hearts and minds of millions of Igbo youth in our country with contempt and disdain will prove to be a costly mistake for the Buhari administration.
This is all the more so because those that are expressing their desire and agitating for Biafra have broken no law. They have not killed or threatened to kill anyone, they are not waging war on the Nigerian state, they are not involved in any form of rebellion and they are not undertaking an armed struggle.
They are simply exercising their inalienable and undeniable constitutional right of free speech, freedom of association and self-determination and they are doing so in a peaceful and passive manner.
These rights are not only sacred but they are also guaranteed and protected by international law and custom. Consequently the threat, by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, to send those that exercise those rights to jail is not only an exercise in futility but also provocative and unacceptable.
The truth is that their grievances and aspirations are legitimate and lawful and so are the grievances and aspirations of all other self-determination groups in the country such as those in the south-west that believe in the establishment of the Republic of Oduduwa.
I strongly advise the Acting President to manage this matter very carefully and to stop trying to please or cow-tow to the cabal that have encircled him.
Osinbajo ought to know that even if he jails and kills every Biafran in the country others will rise up and carry on the fight. He cannot succesfully intimidate or threaten a growing movement and philosophy with words and threats. Matters have gone far beyond that now.
He cannot keep Nigeria together with violence or threats of violence. He can only keep her together by the constant expression of love and the regular repetition of regrets for past actions and injustices.
The operators of the Nigerian state cannot strip a man bare, take everything away from him, including his dignity, brutalise him morning, day and night and still expect him to keep quiet.
Whether anyone likes to admit it or not the truth is that Biafra is a reality. It is a spirit that has captured the hearts and minds of millions of young Igbo people: it burns in their souls and has ignited their passions.
It is an idea and concept that has also kindled the imagination and dreams of millions of southerners and Middle Belters who have come to appreciate the fact that there is a credible alternative to the nebulous and unjust status quo and the shattered dreams, cruelty and bondage that the Nigerian state continuosly throws up and offers.
Those in power today must live with this new reality and pray hard that these young men and women have a change of heart. Other than that they cannot stop Biafra and, when the time comes, neither will they be in a position to stop Oduduwa.
Finally this point has to be made. It is a mistake to equate the lawful and legitimate aspiration and agitation for Biafra with the unlawful and illegitimate quit notice and threat given to the Igbo people to leave the north by the Arewa youths.
The former is the peaceful exercise of ones God-given and constitutionally-guaranteed freewill to determine ones own fate, future and destiny whilst the latter is the unlawful and violent imposition of the will of one people against another through the use of violence and threats.
The former is a righteous, wholesome and noble quest whilst the latter is nothing but wickedness, tyranny and witchcraft.
Simply put the brazen threat and quit notice given to the Igbos in the north by the Arewa Youths is manifestly unlawful, immoral, dangerous and irresponsible whilst the expression for the establishment and creation of the sovereign State of Biafra is not only lawful but also legitimate and desirable for those who believe in it.
The two cannot be comapared and neither can it be logically argued or inferred that one led to the other.
Permit me to conclude this contribution with an aside.
I have the greatest respect for Pastor Tunde Bakare and he knows how much I love him. However he is in grave error when he compares Buhari to King David as has been reported.
David was an annointed servant of the Living God and a member of the Kingdom of light.
Buhari is an annointed servant of the devil and, like Pharaoh and Herod, he is a member of the Kingdom of Darkness.
Bakare is also wrong when he says that Buhari is "on the path to recovery" and that he will return to lead the nation. This is false.
Buhari has been rejected by the Lord and he is suffering the judgement of God for his injustice and wickedness to others.
He is not on the road to recovery, I fear that he is in a vegetative state if not already dead and he will not be coming back to lead the nation. Sadly that is the position and the sooner we learn to accept that fact the better it is for us all.
As fawning and weak as Osinbajo is, as a Southerner and a believer, he needs our support and encouragement and not subtle condemnations and discouraging words from his fellow Pastors.
I’ll Not Stop Until I Destroy Nigeria – Nnamdi Kanu Roars
Leader of secessionist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has once again reiterated that no governorship election will be held in Anambra state come November 18th, 2017.
Kanu also threatened not to stop his activities until he finally destroys Nigeria.
The Radio Biafra Director who spoke all through in Igbo language made this statement Thursday while addressing the Igbo youths who gathered at his residence in Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia, the capital of Abia state.
In his words: “We’ll never stop until Biafra is actualized. I will never stop until Nigeria is completely destroyed”.
“We are sent to restore Biafra and there is nothing anybody can do about it”.
How to permanently end Biafran agitation
A Yoruba friend asked me: Under what conditions would you support "One Nigeria" and let go of the Biafra agitation and let it die down and finally laid to rest for good?
Here was my response:
1. Close down Lagos ports and open up PH, Calabar, Onitsha and Warri ports.
1. Close down Lagos ports and open up PH, Calabar, Onitsha and Warri ports.
2. Cancel all direct and major connecting flights to Lagos and Abuja airports only local connecting flights will be allowed. While this is being done, open up Enugu, Calabar, Owerri, Asaba, Uyo and PH to international flights direct and major connecting flights.
3. Ask all international and diplomatic missions to move their embassies and consulates from Lagos, Kano and Abuja to Enugu, PH and Calabar.
4. All federal governments’ agencies in Lagos and Abuja shall be relocated to Enugu, PH and Calabar. CBN, NNPC, e.t.c shall and must relocate to PH, Calabar and Enugu.
5. All multinational companies in Lagos and Abuja, shall and must relocate their offices to PH, Calabar and Enugu.
6.All oil companies must relocate their head offices to PH, as the oil capital of Nigeria.
7. Let the northern children gain admission into federal schools with 300 score points while the South Eastern Children should gain admission with only 20 score points .
8. Let all federal road projects in the North/SW should be handled by one local companies and the one in the SE/SS should be handled by Julius Berger and foreign construction companies.
If these conditions can be fulfilled and implemented for 50years , we can try one Nigeria and let see if you the North and SW will like it for a month. Meaning that Yorubas and Hausas needing to get international visas shall travel to PH, Calabar or Enugu to do that. Same with flying or connecting flights, same with shipping and importing their goods, etc etc.
The Yoruba friend replied: You can’t be serious, this is wickedness and I said... Really? Don’t you think South South and South. Eastern part of Nigeria have been suffering and enduring this very same wickedness for over 50 yrs?
He was quiet for a few seconds and said: Wow, you are right but it never occurred to me.
I said, that’s the problem with One Nigeria, those who are benefiting from it, love it and would love to maintain the status quo. Let each region develop at her own pace, with Airport, Seaports, industries, major projects open to be developed in any part of Nigeria without government interference or strangulation due to tribalism and nepotism!
Let Nigeria be fair to ALL irrespective of tribe, religion, and place of birth. Let there be true federalism and resources control, with the elimination of quota system and federal character in Nigeria. Let's have equal respect for one another irrespective of where the person is coming from in Nigeria. That is what Biafra agitation is all about.
IPOB Press Release on Quit Notice !!!we sincerely thank the Arewa Elders Forum, Arewa Youths and Arewa Consultative Forum for seeing sense in what IPOB has been saying
“We the members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and it’s leadership worldwide wish to sincerely thank the Arewa Elders Forum(AEF), Arewa Youths and Arewa Consultative Forum for seeing sense in what IPOB has been saying about the need for a referendum to be conducted in Nigeria to decide the fate of the component ethnic nationalities criminally lumped together by the British in 1914.
“Biafrans in general also wish to thank these vocal Northerners for at least having the courtesy to issue advance warning this time before embarking on their routine massacre of Igbos and other Biafrans living in Northern Nigeria; unlike what their fathers did in 1966 when death, destruction and mayhem were unleashed upon unsuspecting innocent civilian populations from the South comprising of mostly Igbo men, women and children.
Igbo massacres in Northern Nigeria has occurred so many times that it has almost become some sort of an annual sporting activity for blood thirsty Northern youths. That is why we are particularly grateful to Arewa Youths and Elders for having the decency to give us prior notice before the slaughter commences.
“We promise to adhere to your warning to leave Northern Nigeria because a word is enough for the wise. Biafrans and other Southerner should start packing their properties to come down to the South. We also advice the Northern youths and their Elders to keep it on because all they have done is exercise their right to free speech which is not a crime under any law known to man. We are therefore against those calling for the arrest of these Arewa Youths and their Elders.
“It is abundantly evident from the genocidal statements coming from certain influential segments of Northern Nigeria that the British socio-political experimentation and economic fraud we know today as Nigeria
“Furthermore, the assumption that economic investments of Biafrans in the Northern part of the contraption called Nigeria is an impediment to Biafra restoration project is misguided and most definitely misplaced. This is cheap blackmail designed to trigger rancour among Biafra populations because the North have always assumed and wrongly too, that Igbos will place economic well being over and above their life. This assumption is based on a false premise and one we are determined to prove same as events unfold in the coming weeks and months.
“IPOB under the divine leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the instrument Chukwu Okike Abiama (God Almighty) is using to restore Biafra , therefore we are not afraid of our enemies, neither will any threat or violence from any quarter deter us. We remain peaceful in our noble quest to restore Biafra but we must caution that we always retain the right as a people to defend ourselves should the need arise.
By COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB
NNAMDI KANU AND IPOB WILL CRUSH OBASANJO IF
HE STANDS ON OUR WAY. By CHINASA NWORU
MEMBER IPOB DIRECTORATE OF STATE
By Chinasa Nworu
In fact, I can tell you that my father fought the war and I strongly believe am more smarter than my father because of the environment I found myself , I have traveled far and wide , I have heard the stories of the biafra war and I have seen the effects in my life and my environs . I now understood what our fathers fought for .
When you fought for nationhood revenge is always sweet and that we shall give to the killers of our people . Telling me that I was not born before the war is nothing but trying to scare me off not to fight for my survival. Nigeria should know that NNAMDI Kanu is a good man for this struggle , some people that follows him are hungry to revenge for the harassment and intimidation , killing and injustices melted out to our leader And our people . You can call us names but give us Biafra, I wonder how people like Obasanjo will be talking arrant nonsense that Nigeria should stop NNAMDI Kanu now or what happened in 1967 will repeat itself . Obasanjo what will happen? Is it war? Is it hunger ? or what ?
We have seen all and as long as the restoration of Biafra is concern we are ready for anything and you should be ready also . You killed our people during the war , you killed our people in Odi and zaki Ibam you handed our land over to Dangote ,all our land has been destroyed by your policies and you still come up in this 2017 to tell us what to do and calling Nigeria to raise against us . We welcome this development and we shall teach you that this generation of Biafrans are called to restore Biafra . Obasanjo you are part of the cabal that appointed all the governors in Biafra , ask yourself are they performing well, you imposed Orji Kalu in Abia state years back , till today Abians are still suffering for that appointment. You brought Jonathan Goodluck can you show us his report card after 6years as a president.
Just count all your boys you imposed in Biafra what have they done to better the lives of the people . I can count your numerous sins and atrocities . We call all Biafrans to raise up against Obasanjo at this moment we are struggling to restore our nation . Bear in mind you will die if you stand on the way of Biafrans . Ask Buhari how far ? Ask Okorocha , Obiano and others the score card so far . We shall crush you if you stand on our way. It is Biafra or Death
Obasanjo Allegedly Calls For Nnamdi Kanu’s Assassination…IPOB Explodes
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has alleged that former president Olusegun Obasanjo wants its leader Nnamdi Kanu assassinated.
The group quoting an online news website said the former president during a speech at the launch of the biography of Brigadier Maimalari called for Kanu’s assassination.
In a statement signed by its Head of Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, which was sent to ORIENTAL TIMES, IPOB called on the international community to take note of the development adding that the former president should be held account if anything happens to Kanu.
The statement read: “It has come to the attention of the Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that a news report which appeared on the daily post news online on 4th of July 2017 written by one Chijioke Jannah calls for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to be assassinated.
“According to the report the former president Olusegun Obasanjo while speaking on Tuesday at the International Community Centre, Abuja
“The International Community is put on notice that former president Olusegun Obasanjo is calling for the assassination of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu. This call epitomizes the sorry state of the intellectual aptitude of those that like to be addresses as leaders in Nigeria
“The Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) hereby unambiguously and categorically state that should anything untoward happen to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the former president Olusegun Obasanjo who has called for his assassination together with the Nigerian government should be held accountable.
The whole world is waiting for Biafra .
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South East is not landlocked. Please, let it be known from today that South East is not landlocked. It is only our economy that is locked. One quick way of unlocking the economy of South East is through marine business. Contrary to the impression that the South East is landlocked, the truth is that it has one of the potentially deepest seaports in the country at Osemoto/Oseokwa in Imo and Anambra States
A seaport was designated there in 1959, but the project was abandoned and the admiralty member erased for obvious political reasons. African Development Bank (ADB) feasibility report on this is unambiguous. Oseokwa (Ihiala LGA, Anambra State ) and Osemoto (Oguta LGA, Imo State Atlantic Ocean and a strategic hub for the oil industry and inland dry-docks to promote trade.
This potential seaport has the capacity of handling over 35 per cent of marine business in Nigeria
Excerpts of his lecture delivered at the First International Chinua Achebe Conference held at the University of Nigeria Nsukka , Enugu State
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