Biafran Heroes Day 30th May 2018
An Introduction Speech By
Mazi Nnamdi Obodoechi
National Coordinator Of IPOB In Greece (A.k.a Ojukwu Igbo Nile )
Good day Ladies and Gentlemen!
Great and powerful people of Biafra , men and women of truth, knowledge and understanding, people of great courage and wisdom. I welcome you all to this great occasion in the name of Chukwu Okike Abiama.
Today we are here in order to remember and honour our heroes and heroines who had lost their lives fighting for the course of our nation Biafra from 1967 till date. Biafra as a nation can be traced back to Israel that is to say that Biafra is as old as man; Biafra is not just as old as man only it is also a spirit. That is to inform you that Biafra has come to stay, and no matter the wicked and treacherous manipulations of the British and the Nigerian government shall always fail we all remember that from 1945 till date Biafrans are be heavily massacred all over the zoo and by their evil force of arms .
The amalgamation of people with different cultures, ethnicities, languages and different religions by lord Luggard is nothing but a fraud. The original plan of Chukwu Okike Abiama for Biafrans were to live differently as his own people just like people of Israel , but Luggard artificially created the Nigeria
The Nigerian government with the help of British is still killing our people. As we gather today to honor our falling heroes and heroines who fought for us so that we shall live, therefore we are to rise and inform the world in many areas the British is supporting the down fall of Africans. In the year 1835, 2nd of February Lord Macaulay when addressing the British Parliament said and I quote " I have traveled across the length and breadth of Africa and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief such wealth I have seen in this country, such moral values, people of high moral calibers, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break. the very back bone of the Nation which is her spiritual and cultural heritage and therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture for if the Africans thinks that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own; they will lose their self esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation"
This is how they devise their Christianity to brainwash Africans, knowing that we were once spiritually and culturally superior to them. No wonder in the book called bible they gave us: they talked of slave and master warning the slaves, to obey their mastery in order to inherit the kingdom of God Biafra sovereignty.
As we all Know that most of our Igbo political leaders have failed colossally in their leadership, they also lost their identity and had failed to protect the interest of their people because of the peanut they receive as bribe. How can we stay in a country like Nigeria Nigeria
In finality, do we perceive the wind of Biafra ? This is a wind of change, justice, fairness, liberation and freedom. So or therefore if it blows on you in the morning, afternoon and evening and you still ignore it then that means you are not a human being by refusing and rejecting the work of Chukwu Okike Abiama, and for those of us that have accepted it, it blows into us an irresistible change that will give us a lot of genuine reason to join and support the moving train for the restoration of Yahweh's own given nation, that we all will be proud to call our own.
Yahweh bless Biafra and Biafrans , friends of Biafra and lover's of freedom Yahweh bless IPOB leaders worldwide Yahweh bless Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and protect him wherever the Nigeria army kept him, Yahweh bless Uche Mefor and other IPOB hierarchies Yahweh bless radio Biafra #supportbiafrafredom #supportbiafrareferendum #whereaboutNnamdiKanu Biafra ga adi ruo mgbe ebighi ebi Iseee!!! Iseee!!! Iseee!!!
Nnamdi Obodoechi (Ojukwu IgboNile),
Able Coordinator of IPOB In Greece
IPOB IN GREECE
IPOB SIT-AT-HOME ORDER APPLIES ALL OVER BIAFRALAND AND BEYOND: IGNORE THE FAKE NEWS BEING PEDDLED BY SAHARA REPORTERS We IPOB note with dismay the criminal and deliberate misrepresentation by the Yoruba online media site Sahara Reporters regarding our May, 30th heroes remembrance day. It is deplorable that Sahara Reporters chose to falsify and twist our 30th of May sit-at-home press statement to give another meaning to that which was intended.
The proprietor of this internet news platform is supposedly running for the office of the president of Nigeria
IPOB sit-at-home directive is application all over Biafraland and beyond not just the South East. For Sahara Reporters to falsely report that our sit-at-home is confined to the South East alone means they have predetermined agenda to mislead and divide Biafra for their own selfish interest. Sowore is one of those that thinks Nigeria
Let us not forget that we have Igbos in Benue State Nigeria Lagos State
Between now and then, there will be a lot of misinformation from corrupt Fulani caliphate friendly one Nigeria Biafra an Igbo affair only. Our leader Gen. Philip Effiong was the head of state of Biafra and a Biafran hero, so how can Sowore and his Sahara Reporters expect Akwa Ibom State Delta State
Chief Frank Opigo the father of Biafra is an Ijaw man from Baylesa State , is Sahara Reporters implying Baylesa State Nigeria
Biafra Heroes Remembrance Day:
IPOB issues Sit-at-Home order and
Total Lock-down of Biafraland on
the 30th May 2018
Published by The Biafra Times
IPOB PRESS RELEASE | May 4, 2018
The leadership and family members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) consider it imperative to use this opportunity to announce the sit at home order throughout Biafraland and Nigeria in remembrance of our fallen heroes and heroines whose sacrifice made it possible for this generation to be alive today. We shall also remember all victims of Fulani herdsmen attacks, Boko Haram violence and those that died at the hands of Nigerian security agencies over the years that nobody remembers.
We are calling on all the people of Southern Kaduna, Middle Belt especially Benue, Adamawa, Kogi, those affected by herdsmen terrorism in Ondo and other states in Yorubaland to join the great family of IPOB in observing a day of solemn prayer and sit at home to remember those that lost their lives unlawfully at the hands of Fulani terrorist herdsmen and security agencies.
This year's remembrance will be special because it will present a unique moment of shared pains and misery for all the families that lost their loved ones to war, hunger, disease and terrorism. We remember those that sacrificed their lives to defend the defenseless and those that lost their lives because there was no one to defend them.
IPOB PRESS RELEASE | May 4, 2018
The leadership and family members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) consider it imperative to use this opportunity to announce the sit at home order throughout Biafraland and Nigeria in remembrance of our fallen heroes and heroines whose sacrifice made it possible for this generation to be alive today. We shall also remember all victims of Fulani herdsmen attacks, Boko Haram violence and those that died at the hands of Nigerian security agencies over the years that nobody remembers.
We are calling on all the people of Southern Kaduna, Middle Belt especially Benue, Adamawa, Kogi, those affected by herdsmen terrorism in Ondo and other states in Yorubaland to join the great family of IPOB in observing a day of solemn prayer and sit at home to remember those that lost their lives unlawfully at the hands of Fulani terrorist herdsmen and security agencies.
This year's remembrance will be special because it will present a unique moment of shared pains and misery for all the families that lost their loved ones to war, hunger, disease and terrorism. We remember those that sacrificed their lives to defend the defenseless and those that lost their lives because there was no one to defend them.
There will be no human, vehicular or animal movement across Biafraland on the 30th May 2018. Biafraland will be in total lockdown. Middle Belt and Yorubaland brethren are advised to join this historic sit at home to honour the memory of all that died unjustly in Nigeria
Churches, mosques, synagogues and temples are encouraged to open their places of worship on the midnight of the 29th of May for special midnight prayers in remembrance of all that died as a result of violence. Special vigil will be held at the homes of select Biafran heroes.
30th of May is an annual remembrance event initiated by IPOB worldwide to honour our fallen Biafran soldiers without whom this generation of Biafrans would not have existed. We owe our heroes of the class of 67-70 an incalculable debt of gratitude and shall honor them annually until the end of time. We shall never forget them!
In our usual tradition, all IPOB families in the diaspora must rally on the streets of their respective countries with written petitions ready to be submitted to the nearest United Nation offices and embassies of foreign missions in that country.
As our freedom draws near this year, our 30th of May sit-at-home and total lockdown of Biafraland will be remarkable. The whole world is looking up to IPOB, who through the grace of the Most High God will deliver Biafra and all other oppressed people's of Northern andWestern Nigeria from bondage into freedom.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.
THEBIAFRA TIMES 2018
Churches, mosques, synagogues and temples are encouraged to open their places of worship on the midnight of the 29th of May for special midnight prayers in remembrance of all that died as a result of violence. Special vigil will be held at the homes of select Biafran heroes.
30th of May is an annual remembrance event initiated by IPOB worldwide to honour our fallen Biafran soldiers without whom this generation of Biafrans would not have existed. We owe our heroes of the class of 67-70 an incalculable debt of gratitude and shall honor them annually until the end of time. We shall never forget them!
In our usual tradition, all IPOB families in the diaspora must rally on the streets of their respective countries with written petitions ready to be submitted to the nearest United Nation offices and embassies of foreign missions in that country.
As our freedom draws near this year, our 30th of May sit-at-home and total lockdown of Biafraland will be remarkable. The whole world is looking up to IPOB, who through the grace of the Most High God will deliver Biafra and all other oppressed people's of Northern and
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.
THE
PRESS RELEASE BY: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA (IPOB).
4TH MAY, 2018
The leadership and family members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) consider it imperative to use this opportunity to announce the sit at home order throughout Biafraland and Nigeria in remembrance of our fallen heroes and heroines whose sacrifice made it possible for this generation to be alive today. We shall also remember all victims of Fulani herdsmen attacks, Boko Haram violence and those that died at the hands of Nigerian security agencies over the years that nobody remembers.
We are calling on all the people of Southern Kaduna, Middle Belt especially Benue, Adamawa, Kogi, those affected by herdsmen terrorism in Ondo and other states in Yorubaland to join the great family of IPOB in observing a day of solemn prayer and sit at home to remember those that lost their lives unlawfully at the hands of Fulani terrorist herdsmen and security agencies.
This year's remembrance will be special because it will present a unique moment of shared pains and misery for all the families that lost their loved ones to war, hunger, disease and terrorism. We remember those that sacrificed their lives to defend the defenseless and those that lost their lives because there was no one to defend them.
There will be no human, vehicular or animal movement across Biafraland on the 30th May 2018. Biafraland will be in total lockdown. Middle Belt and Yorubaland brethren are advised to join this historic sit at home to honour the memory of all that died unjustly in Nigeria
Churches, mosques, synagogues and temples are encouraged to open their places of worship on the midnight of the 29th of May for special midnight prayers in remembrance of all that died as a result of violence. Special vigil will be held at the homes of select Biafran heroes.
30th of May is an annual remembrance event initiated by IPOB worldwide to honour our fallen Biafran soldiers without whom this generation of Biafrans would not have existed. We owe our heroes of the class of 67-70 an incalculable debt of gratitude and shall honor them annually until the end of time. We shall never forget them!
In our usual tradition, all IPOB families in the diaspora must rally on the streets of their respective countries with written petitions ready to be submitted to the nearest United Nation offices and embassies of foreign missions in that country.
As our freedom draws near this year, our 30th of May sit-at-home and total lockdown of Biafraland will be remarkable. The whole world is looking up to IPOB, who through the grace of the Most High God will deliver Biafra and all other oppressed people's of Northern and Western Nigeria from bondage into freedom.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.
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THE POWER OF PVC, LIMITED?
Written by MC Holyman
Paul Biya took over inCameroun
For 38 years, Togoles struggled with their PVC to remove President Gnassingbe Eyadema. The more they try, the more they fail. Until his death in 2005, Gnassingbe ruledTogo
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga.
He took over power inZaire
President Teodore Obiang Nguema Mbasongo ofMalabo
For 42 years 175 days, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondinba ruledGabon
What was I supposed to say concerning the famous Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe? If not for military revolution, even at 93 years he would have been in power still.
Over 40 years of rulership.
We could go on and on to cite examples but one thing remains outstanding in the case ofCameroun
Haven tried all they could with their PVC, the southern part ofCameroon
Led by President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe who was later arrested by the brutish Nigerian army, theRepublic of Ambazonia
No election, no schools, no office, no banks and no nothing! They declared a ghost town in the whole of their region and by the first quatre of 2018, UN led peacekeeping forces landed inCameroun Ambazonian Republic
What they could not achieve with 32 years of voting and PVCs, they have achieved with 6 months of boycott!
Its left for you to decide whether the power of PVC is limited or not.
When next you are confronted by the PVC/vote advocates, ask them why voting has failedAfrica since 1960?
Its civil disobedience and resistance that weakens despots and tyrants. Not votes and PVCs. Tyrants are even more afraid of boycott than they are of a revolution. They can crush revolutions, arrest the ringleaders, tag them treasonable felons are eliminate them but they have no antidote to a successful boycott.
Do you want to shake tables? Boycott is the fastest, cheapest, safest, painless and loudest route. You need your voice to be heard, boycott!
Think change, think boycott.
Don't be fooled or coerced into mistaking a tyrant for a democrat, or a Buhari for a Jonathan. Do not look at 2019 through the prism of 2015. Your votes did'nt count then and definitely will not count tomorrow. You didn’t vote out Jonathan and certainly cannot vote out Buhari.
Do not mistake countries where institutions are strong for this British political shithole.
Voting works where institutions are strong and independent of the central government, not in evil forests like nigger-area. What you do, every time you go out to vote, is to endorse your slavery and oil the chains that bind you.
While boycott will bring all stakeholders to the conference table, voting validates the charade of a (s)election.
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our own mind", Robert Nesta Rastaman Marley.
TGIF
Happy weekend pals.
Good morning
HOLYMAN.
#SupportBiafraFreedom
#SupportBiafrareferendum
Written by MC Holyman
Paul Biya took over in
For 38 years, Togoles struggled with their PVC to remove President Gnassingbe Eyadema. The more they try, the more they fail. Until his death in 2005, Gnassingbe ruled
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga.
He took over power in
President Teodore Obiang Nguema Mbasongo of
For 42 years 175 days, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondinba ruled
What was I supposed to say concerning the famous Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe? If not for military revolution, even at 93 years he would have been in power still.
Over 40 years of rulership.
We could go on and on to cite examples but one thing remains outstanding in the case of
Haven tried all they could with their PVC, the southern part of
Led by President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe who was later arrested by the brutish Nigerian army, the
No election, no schools, no office, no banks and no nothing! They declared a ghost town in the whole of their region and by the first quatre of 2018, UN led peacekeeping forces landed in
What they could not achieve with 32 years of voting and PVCs, they have achieved with 6 months of boycott!
Its left for you to decide whether the power of PVC is limited or not.
When next you are confronted by the PVC/vote advocates, ask them why voting has failed
Its civil disobedience and resistance that weakens despots and tyrants. Not votes and PVCs. Tyrants are even more afraid of boycott than they are of a revolution. They can crush revolutions, arrest the ringleaders, tag them treasonable felons are eliminate them but they have no antidote to a successful boycott.
Do you want to shake tables? Boycott is the fastest, cheapest, safest, painless and loudest route. You need your voice to be heard, boycott!
Think change, think boycott.
Don't be fooled or coerced into mistaking a tyrant for a democrat, or a Buhari for a Jonathan. Do not look at 2019 through the prism of 2015. Your votes did'nt count then and definitely will not count tomorrow. You didn’t vote out Jonathan and certainly cannot vote out Buhari.
Do not mistake countries where institutions are strong for this British political shithole.
Voting works where institutions are strong and independent of the central government, not in evil forests like nigger-area. What you do, every time you go out to vote, is to endorse your slavery and oil the chains that bind you.
While boycott will bring all stakeholders to the conference table, voting validates the charade of a (s)election.
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our own mind", Robert Nesta Rastaman Marley.
TGIF
Happy weekend pals.
Good morning
HOLYMAN.
#SupportBiafraFreedom
#SupportBiafrareferendum
ANOTHER HISTORICAL AND EVENTFUL MOMENT BECKONS
Written by Mazi Onyebuchi Eze
For Family Writers Press
Annually, 30th of May has been earmarked for Biafrans globally, to commemorate the sacrifices of their slain heros and heroines in their struggle for the unfettered restoration of the nation of
It is expected for all Biafrans no matter their places of abode, to avail themselves of this opportunity which this year's heroes and heroines remembrance day offers, to make their contributions. We must make it exceptionally historic and eventful. In Biafraland, there is unanimous agreement and acceptability that there will be a total lock down of activities as Biafrans Sit-At-Home to observe the remembrance day, as a mark of honor and respect for the slain. This was collaborated by the Press Release signed and published by the Media and Publicity Secretary of the IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful recently. He stated that nothing short of total lockdown of activities within the Biafran territory and other parts of
As Biafrans will be observing this Sit-At-Home come 30th of May 2018, opportunity to fully reflect on the sacrifices of our fathers for survival as a people will be presented, which will be a difficult program to undertake while at different marketplaces conducting our businesses. 30th of May, in Biafran history is what St. Patrick's day is to the people of the
The heroes and heroines remembrance day of 30th of May, with a Sit-At-Home order is a significant factor in the Biafra restoration effort. Many Biafrans may likely not get the full import of the world's assessment if this Biafra restoration is only Nnamdi Kanu's, as the Nigerian government has mischievously continued to disdain and ridicule the ongoing agitation. They would want to see if it is a collective yearning of the entire Biafran populace. As the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) worldwide, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is presently under the draconian captivity of the Nigerian army, let humanity take cognisance of the fact that Biafrans need the full restoration of their homeland with or without the physical presence of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The IPOB leadership is fully aware and without doubts that the Biafran people have already given their undivided compliance to this year's 30th May Heroes and Heroines Remembrance Day even before it was announced like in previous years.
May the Almighty God use the anticipated remarkable successes of this year's 2018 heroes and heroines remembrance day Sit-At-Home, as yet another auspicious moment to fast track theBiafra restoration project, Iseeeeeeeeee (Amen) !
Edited by Peter Oshagwu
For Family Writers Press
May the Almighty God use the anticipated remarkable successes of this year's 2018 heroes and heroines remembrance day Sit-At-Home, as yet another auspicious moment to fast track the
Edited by Peter Oshagwu
For Family Writers Press
IPOB: BIAFRA HEROES' DAY -
WHY WE MOURN
By Blessed Orji
For Family Writers
The Biafra Heroes' Day of Monday 30th May, 2016 at Onitsha
Prior to that fateful day, multitude of Biafrans converged at the venue for the memorial. At midnight, on the very eve of the D-day, soldiers from the 33 battalion Onitsha
As if that was not enough, the shooting continued again in the morning. Biafrans regrouped to match in honour of our fallen heroes. More truckloads of soldiers stormed the town, spraying live ammunitions everywhere, at the same time made away with the dead bodies of Biafran youths to a nearby barrack. Men and women were arrested and taken to unknown destinations including the residents of the town. Cans of acid were poured on would-have-been survivors who ended up dying as a result. This could be to cover up the identity of the victims. There were also those buried alive for the same purpose of identity cover up. It was a horrific and unforgettable experience.
The unwarranted kidnap, torture and incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on the 14th October, 2015 sparked peaceful protest worldwide. Biafrans gathered, praying for his unconditional release at Ngwa High School
In Asaba, Yenagoa, Enugu Biafra land flowed with the blood of innocent helpless Biafrans killed by the Nigerian soldiers at the command of Muhammadu Buhari on the 20th January, 2017. The people came out in a rally to celebrate with the United States
These are few of the many reasons why we mourn. It is understandable that our kiths and kin have been gruesomely massacred in Nigeria Nigeria Biafra . Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the arrow head of the Biafran struggle has eventually united our clans and people, emancipated our generation from mental slavery, exposed our historical background and laid bare all the atrocities melted out on us all these years. We struck our chests and without any equivocation chose freedom and self determination. The brilliant successes already recorded in our quest to restore Biafra , regain our lost identity, is resounding all over the universe.
These significant victories guaranteed IPOB as a legitimate group, people with same core value system. The independence and freedom of the Biafran people cannot be over emphasized. It is indelibly written in the conscience of humanity, sustained by the labour, sweat and blood of our gallant heroes and heroines. They proved fearless before our enemies, surrendered their lives and made tremendous sacrifices for us.
Hence, the struggle continues and every year we meditate on the remarkable sacrifices made by our fallen heroes. This year's hero's day is here again. Like last year, we will show in sober reflection that their blood shall never be shed in vain. We make reference to the genocide committed against our people between 1967-1970, in which over 3.6 million Biafran men, women and children were horrendously killed, mostly through starvation.
The joy of it is that IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu have sounded and awaken the spirit of Biafra that our forefathers nurtured through selfless sacrifices. So, on this occasion of BIAFRA HEROES' DAY, we mourn and cogitate on the sacrifices made by our fallen compatriots. All the Indigenous People of Biafra at home and diaspora need to be optimistic on the outcome of our struggle. The fight has just begun, it may seem uneasy but at the end we win. We have been urged by IPOB leadership to " Sit at Home "and reflect on the sacrifices made by our heroes and heroines in Biafra land; while our brothers and sisters from different parts of the country will come out enmass to tell the world why we mourn. For Biafrans worldwide, this is a very important event marked yearly. Again, this year we are here, to mourn our fallen heroes and heroines who fought that we may live and have peace .
Edited by: Ngozi Kalu
For Family Writers
Tanzania , Ivory Coast , Zambia and Haiti
WE REMEMBER
" I’m heading to Uzoakoli to do battle
" I’m heading to Uzoakoli to do battle
I’m heading to Uzoakoli, but My lover cries out, may the bullet not hit your head.
I’m heading to Uzoakoli, but My lover cries out, may the bullet not hit your head.
My lover begs me to flee!
But who will defend the land When I flee?
But who will defend the land When I flee?
My sweet heart begs me to Flee,
But who will do battle when the Hausas come?"
But who will do battle when the Hausas come?"
With the above song Biafran men marched into battle to defend their fatherland as Northern troops led by British tanks and Russian planes invaded their land to continue the Genocide that they started in the North in 1966.
Every Month of May, we Remember Over 45, 000 innocent people, men, women, children of old Eastern Nigeria , butchered in 1966 all over Northern Nigeria, just in 3 months in the first govt supported genocide in Africa.
Many were laid on rail tracks and crushed by train.
men buried alive, pregnant women had their bellies ripped open,Children clubbed to death, Innocent souls whose only crime was belonging to a different ethnic group and Faith,
men buried alive, pregnant women had their bellies ripped open,Children clubbed to death, Innocent souls whose only crime was belonging to a different ethnic group and Faith,
To the over 45,000 Innocent souls whose blood was used to irrigate the deserts of Northern Nigeria, although the conspiracy of silence continues by most Nigerians, even your so called christian bretherens,
although no monuments are erected for you,
although no atonement has been made for that unprecedented horror, their Blood continue to cry out against this nation, a nation that pretends it never happened - but we, your kins, forced to bury empty coffins, we your brothers-
WE REMEMBER
although no monuments are erected for you,
although no atonement has been made for that unprecedented horror, their Blood continue to cry out against this nation, a nation that pretends it never happened - but we, your kins, forced to bury empty coffins, we your brothers-
WE REMEMBER
The Thousands and thousands unaccounted for- in unmarked graves, from Kano to Maidugiri, to Jos to Markudi, to Zaria
Although Nigeria
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
To the he brave hearts who stood up to the British armoured cars with matchetes...
Two Boys who shared a riffle so when one fell the other will pick up his gun to defend his freedom.
To the men who went into battle with five rounds each and must only shoot when he was sure to kill. The men who laid down their lives so I may live
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
My three kinsmen who volunteered in Oguta and Ontisha sectors,brave men Who never returned-still on patrol
YOUR FAMILIES REMEMBER
YOUR FAMILIES REMEMBER
To Bruce Mayrock, an American student who set himself on fire, laid down his life to protest against the Genocide by Nigeria
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
Artur Alves Pereira and Count Von Rosen of the Biafran airforce who came to Biafra in protest against the state sponsored pogrom
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
To Wole Soyinka, who stood alone and insisted” the man died” who kept silent in the face of such a pogrom
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
All members of the Research And Production unit (RAP),
with no outside help YOU demonstrated that the black man can do wonders if only he looks inwards; Home made armoured cars, rockets, beer from cassava, engine oil from coconut, the Biafran Red Devil (Amoured vehicle), the Shore Batteries, the Ogbunigwes. Your ingenuity, your bravely, today-
WE REMEMBER
with no outside help YOU demonstrated that the black man can do wonders if only he looks inwards; Home made armoured cars, rockets, beer from cassava, engine oil from coconut, the Biafran Red Devil (Amoured vehicle), the Shore Batteries, the Ogbunigwes. Your ingenuity, your bravely, today-
WE REMEMBER
To our brave mothers , who cooked and sent to their sons in the trenches, knowing it could be their last meal-
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
The little boys who went “combing” many returned, many did not
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
The World Council of Churches, The Caritas, The Red Cross who saved millions of children with food aid, despite the blockade,
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
Millions of our Children who had no milk and died before their time
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
Ah! Corporal Nwafor, you took in the hail of bullets from the vandals yet continued your final run towards their armoured car with a grenade in your hand, until you successfully threw the grenade into the troublesome vehicle and disabled it before you let your bullet riddled body fall to the ground and your comrades captured the precious armoured car and renamed it “Copral Nwafor”
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
Col Patrick Achuzie-, General Alexander Madiebo, Gen. Philip Effiong, Col. Onwuatuegwu, Nkonko Ndem and all brave men who stood in the gap
WE REMEMBER
WE REMEMBER
Odumegwu Ojukwu switched from Ball rooms to Bunkers, leaving behind a tremendous wealth to give shelter to a people faced with death, you turned artisans into fighters and scientists, your mission, to build the first black nation with an indigenous technology.
Under the pressure of mortar shells and in less than three years, you demonstrated that the black man can hold his own, but the whites didn’t seem to be comfortable with an indigenous African technology, so UK and USSR suspended their enmity and empowered their Northern stooge to distract you. The Arab League threw its weight behind the North and the rest is history
General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu,Eze igbo gburugburu, oguejiofo..
WE REMEBER
WE REMEBER
May justice prevail, may peace reign, may we NEVER find a need to shed blood,May God open the eyes of this Nation to see that like the blood of Abel, the blood of the innocent Easterners shed needlessly in 1966 calls for atonement and until the Nation collectively owns up to it, it can never be free from this vicious circle.
My name is Kelechi Onuoha and I will sit at home on ..
#May30thBiafranHeroesDay
#May30thBiafranHeroesDay
Credit: Greg Ugbaja.
#BiafraFallenHeroes: A Eulogy To The Bravest Biafra Pilot And Squadron Commander, Artur Alves Pereira
Artur Alves Pereira is another lover of freedom and one of the squadron commanders during the Biafrar war, well known for his bravery in taking some calculated risks in order to help maintain and hold onto the seemingly only remaining Biafran air strip (Uli Airstrip) used in smuggling relief materials into the Biafra territory for the dying and hungry during the brutal war.
On this day, we remember thee, we shall never forget!
EULOGY
Artur, a living hero and a legend was known for his special love for the Biafrans due to their resoluteness and readiness to acquire new ideas and skills before and during the war which was one factor that motivated him. He took it upon himself to volunteer in helping Biafra to survive and probably win the war which was why he was hit thirteen times by anti-aircraft guns from the enemies during his selfless service forBiafra and for humanity as a Biafran flight commando during which he once sustained an injury.
Artur, a living hero and a legend was known for his special love for the Biafrans due to their resoluteness and readiness to acquire new ideas and skills before and during the war which was one factor that motivated him. He took it upon himself to volunteer in helping Biafra to survive and probably win the war which was why he was hit thirteen times by anti-aircraft guns from the enemies during his selfless service for
Here him: “I loved Biafrans from the beginning because they are avid for education and particularly for qualification in one of the technical professions. Because they are convinced that ‘no condition is permanent in this world’ an Igbo motto and they are adaptable to a degree and are prepared to learn new ways. Notably the Muslims are content to accept their poverty or backwardness as the will of Allah, But the Biafrans sees both as a challenge to his God-given talents.”
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This special skills and resoluteness of the Biafrans was one outstanding factor that motivated him the more to stand by the Biafran air force by taking up the most risky task of flying within some restricted danger zones despite the heavy hostilities from the enemies' machineries which was meant to enforce the blockade policy of air, land and sea by the Nigerian military government. Even when every other pilot are afraid to fly over the restricted non-flight zone, Artur always puts his life on the line to make sure that relieve materials must get to the Biafrans at all cost even if it might take his life.
To justify the saying which states that ‘necessity is the mother of invention’, the Biafran engineers and scientists devised a means to conceal the Uli air strip with palm trees, palm fronds and leaf branches in order to hide the only surviving airstrip from the sight of the enemy jet bombers, which is the only hope and route through which food and medicine could get into Biafra hinterland. Usually, the Uli airstrip is normally dormant during the day but becomes a beehive of activities during the night and it takes the bravest of the pilots to successfully land his plane on the tarmac which was poorly lighted for few seconds before the lights goes off almost immediately to avoid detection by the enemy’s attack bombers. And one of those bravest pilots is Artur Alves Pereira who usually takes his plan named ‘Gray Ghost’ to only 100 feet above the Uli airstrip before landing on the dark tarmac as against the precautionary 1500 feet at least in order to avoid being hit by anti-aircraft guns from the enemy jet bombers.
The brave Alves Pereira has this to say: “It was in a Super Constellation, our famous "Grey Ghost that I first landed in the tarmac of Uli airfield. It was dark as coal and during the final approach when our people turn the lights on for 30 seconds, the runway looked very narrow. Till that night the only Igbos I knew were from the Biafra Embassy in Lisbon
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Dear Artur Alves Pereira, for all these risks taken, for putting your life on the line to save many Biafrans from dying, we shall always remember, we Biafrans will never forget.
Artur’s Biography And Responsibilities During The War
Artur Alves Pereira was born on February, 26, 1942 inAngola Portugal and in Angola Luanda and Sao Tome with aid for the Airlift to Biafra . After a few flights one engine broke down and they had to cancel the operation due to lack of funds to buy a new one. In 1967, Biafran Government bought 12 T6-Texans what became a long and frustrating acquisition but in April 1969 were in Tires, near Lisbon ready to be checked but was a little late to enhance Biafra chances of operating a squadron of ground attack aircraft.
Artur Alves Pereira was born on February, 26, 1942 in
The first operational sortie by Biafra T6, s under Artur Alves Pereira command was Ughelli, the primary source of power that served Benin Port Harcourt Port Harcourt Port Harcourt
According to Alves Pereira, this raid destroyed two of the resident Mig-17 as well as one Illyushin Il-28 which was passing through at the time. Four days after Port Harcourt African Crescent
With the Federal Troops near Uga, he took-off with Larry Obiechi, one of his pilots to Libreville
By Princewill Akubumma | For Biafra Writers
The Biafra Times
Edited By Chukwuemeka Chimerue
The ultimate remembrance of our gallant and brave heroes and heroines who fought fearlessly and tirelessly in defence for our freedom. Not minding the great war in the face of great obstacles with the fury and rage of the other Nation upon them.
They passed through fire and storm but their spirit and heart was not broken. The love and the greatness was still intact and secure. Despite all this atrocities and wickedness meted upon them; they still triumph and flourish in various human endeavors. They are the most gifted and talented species on earth, around the world they are the best.
Despite they were not armed to the teeth and the Economic blockage; they were able to conquered and destroyed the enemies tanks and military artillery and their territories with OGBUNIGWE proving that they are the children of Chukwuokikiabiama.
They were humiliated, raped, starved, despise and disregarded by the world even their crying, suffering were overlooked by millions of people and their fundamental human right denied.
Despite all this outrageous act meted upon them. They still take the bull by the horn. We must always remember and celebrate them and their heroic deeds. And must never be forgotten.
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HE NEVER WANTED THE WAR, HE HAD EVER WANTEDNIGERIA
But when the pushing turns to shoving courtesy of Yakubu Gowon, he was left with no other choice than to stand for his people.
COPIED!
By Dim Ikemba Odumegwu Ojukwu
JOURNEY TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE!
The coup of January 15, 1966 caught me by surprise. The first thing that hit me was-here am I in the northernmost part ofNigeria
The first thing was to try to get some sense fromLagos Nigeria
The federal government later handed over power to the army to stabilize the situation. I found this extremely confusing. Nobody knew where any other person in the Army was.
After Ironsi’s first broadcast, I immediately spoke, I was the most senior officer inNorthern Nigeria , to the North. Somebody else spoke to the West. Ejoor spoke to the East. The announcements had a snowball effect. They helped in restoring confidence and a sense of direction in the army. The country also became clear about the change.
After that announcement I got on to Nzeogwu [one of the leaders of the coup], then inKaduna
This is how I got involved in the government. Nzeogwu found it difficult to except my advice, though he realized it was already a fait accompli. I continued to talk..... I wanted him to fall in line, and quite suddenly he said to me, “If you say so I agree”. I told Ironsi that Nzeogwu had agreed. Later, I was ordered toLagos and appointed [military governor] for the East, Fajuyi for the West, Ejoor for the Midwest , and Hasan Katsina for the North.
Ironsi tried very hard to unify the country. Personally, I think he went too fast. Or rather, he delayed too long, and when he started he went to fast without explaining.
If the unification of the country had been done within the first week of the coup, perhaps the popular impact and the enthusiasm [generated by the January 15 coup] would have carried it through. Subsequent events, however, clearly indicated that the violent reaction of Northern Nigeria could have been only a delayed action on that the North could never have allowed any form of unity which sought to broaden the Northerners national outlook and turn them into Nigerians. When Ironsi moved, he was quite willing to give a blank degree unifying everything. I resisted that quite a bit.
Assets of the then Eastern region was seized. I maintained that we should get the constitutional proposals first agreed before the assets will put into the common pool. The North did not agree with me.
I got myself more and more involved in the politics of the change – more involved because I think really I was perhaps better equipped than most of the military leaders to handle political issues owing to my background, education, and training in administration before joining the Army. So I really got quite involved. The Supreme Military Council tried a number of things to inspire confidence and strengthen the unity of the country, but actually there was much to do, and before the whole place could be stabilized the North struck on May 29, 1966.
I still harbored hopes for unity, but I told Ironsi then that this was the last sacrifice the people of formerEastern Nigeria could be expected to make.
In spite of this pogram, I still thought that the army had a chance to keepNigeria Northern Nigeria was prepared to go. If I knew, perhaps my suggestion would have been different. The council decided on the method of inquiry. But as soon as it was announced, the Northern emirs met and told us that the instructions from Lagos
My whole attitude then was to establish once and for all that there was a government. For this reason, we insisted and set August 2, 1966, for the beginning of the inquiry. In doing this, the council [the Supreme Military Council] wanted also to demonstrate that it was going to be fair- a British judge would be the chairman and there would be commissioners fromNorthern Nigeria . On July 29, 1966, they [the Northerners] struck again. This time they killed Ironsi.
After that, I knew that the end had come. The murder of 3,000 people, by any stretch of imagination, was terrible. 30,000 was the third massacre [September 29, 1966, pogrom], but there was nothing in the past to match the cruelty and sadism of the last massacre.
After the July 29, 1966, mutiny, I tried to getLagos Lagos Lagos
Tell them that you are the next most senior officer, you do not know where the Supreme Commander is, but you are trying to control the situation”. After a long time, he said “OK, I will do it”. When the statement was made over the air, it was a most supine statement. He said something like this: “Perhaps you do not know me, my name is Femi Ogundipe.
I am trying to do my best”, and that was the end! This only added to the confusion. Again I got on the phone to Brigadier Ogundipe, who said, “These people [Northern Nigerian soldiers] want to go [secede]; they say they cannot stop killing people unless we allow them to separate”. I advised that if that would stop the bloodshed, he should let them go. On another occasion after this I tried once again to contact him on the telephone-I waited for nearly half an hour without success-the man had fled.
Now what could I do? Luckily, both coups had not affected the then East. I thought of it, talked to Ejoor and even Katsina, but could not get any sense out of them. So I decided to phone Gowon. I rang him, but Mohammed [Colonel Mohammed] answered. He fetched Gowon, and as we were talking, it was quite clear a number of people [Northern Nigerian officers] were standing with them. Gowon could not answer any point unless he discussed it with the people standing around.
I got this conversation taped. He insisted he was going to announce that his boys would only be satisfied if he took over, and I told him that he could do so, but not the East. “ If you want, as Chief of Staff, and only as Chief of Staff inLagos
Gowon announced himself the Supreme Commander, and immediately I decided with the few people available that if we once got under him we would not be able to get anything and all our people would be massacred under the legal cover of the assumed legitimacy of his rebellion. But if we stayed out and negotiated we could save our people. So I spoke out immediately that I did not recognize him as the head of the government. Later, I sent a team toLagos
Ever since, I have made suggestions to bring about a solution. But each time a suggestion was made it was rejected and more bitterness was generated.
When we found ourselves atAburi , Ghana
If you keep to these agreements you will achieve peace; if you don’t, then whatever comes is your fault. You have seen the way, it is up to you.
As a gesture of peace, I made a short visit to theMidwest before coming back to the East. I must say this for Gowon: The first three days after our return to Nigeria
I suggested, “collect them, keep them, if I misbehave then publish it”.
He agreed. The next day the publication was announced all over the world. I rang him and he explained it as a leak. I spent the whole day discussing with him how to punish the director of the Ministry of Information. That night, tuning the various radio stations, I discovered that the book was formally launched by ambassadors inLondon , Washington , and Ghana
Then the various attempts to implement Aburi failed, the refusal to pay our money came, the economic blockade followed, and finally came the fragmentation of the country.
It was under these circumstances thatBiafra was born. When it was born I made a statement and said it was going to be hard time.
I thought possibly that Gowon would try after that to bring us together very quickly. Intelligence reports spoke about the massing of troops by Gowon on Biafra‘s borders. He declared war. There had been an opportunity to strike first, but I knew that no matter what our temporary advantage, eventually with the Nigerian resources they would be able to push us back. So it became very important to me that the world should know that I was not the aggressor. We fought well for six weeks; then we were at par. British help came toNigeria
Looking back at it, I do not think I had a choice. Each time I felt perhaps that I had a choice.
Could I, after the July 29 massacre, say to the people of the East “ I resign, I am going ?”
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Interview with Jim Wilde of Time magazine, Umuahia, August 16, 1968
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HE NEVER WANTED THE WAR, HE HAD EVER WANTED
But when the pushing turns to shoving courtesy of Yakubu Gowon, he was left with no other choice than to stand for his people.
COPIED!
By Dim Ikemba Odumegwu Ojukwu
JOURNEY TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE!
The coup of January 15, 1966 caught me by surprise. The first thing that hit me was-here am I in the northernmost part of
The first thing was to try to get some sense from
The federal government later handed over power to the army to stabilize the situation. I found this extremely confusing. Nobody knew where any other person in the Army was.
After Ironsi’s first broadcast, I immediately spoke, I was the most senior officer in
After that announcement I got on to Nzeogwu [one of the leaders of the coup], then in
This is how I got involved in the government. Nzeogwu found it difficult to except my advice, though he realized it was already a fait accompli. I continued to talk..... I wanted him to fall in line, and quite suddenly he said to me, “If you say so I agree”. I told Ironsi that Nzeogwu had agreed. Later, I was ordered to
Ironsi tried very hard to unify the country. Personally, I think he went too fast. Or rather, he delayed too long, and when he started he went to fast without explaining.
If the unification of the country had been done within the first week of the coup, perhaps the popular impact and the enthusiasm [generated by the January 15 coup] would have carried it through. Subsequent events, however, clearly indicated that the violent reaction of Northern Nigeria could have been only a delayed action on that the North could never have allowed any form of unity which sought to broaden the Northerners national outlook and turn them into Nigerians. When Ironsi moved, he was quite willing to give a blank degree unifying everything. I resisted that quite a bit.
Assets of the then Eastern region was seized. I maintained that we should get the constitutional proposals first agreed before the assets will put into the common pool. The North did not agree with me.
I got myself more and more involved in the politics of the change – more involved because I think really I was perhaps better equipped than most of the military leaders to handle political issues owing to my background, education, and training in administration before joining the Army. So I really got quite involved. The Supreme Military Council tried a number of things to inspire confidence and strengthen the unity of the country, but actually there was much to do, and before the whole place could be stabilized the North struck on May 29, 1966.
I still harbored hopes for unity, but I told Ironsi then that this was the last sacrifice the people of former
In spite of this pogram, I still thought that the army had a chance to keep
My whole attitude then was to establish once and for all that there was a government. For this reason, we insisted and set August 2, 1966, for the beginning of the inquiry. In doing this, the council [the Supreme Military Council] wanted also to demonstrate that it was going to be fair- a British judge would be the chairman and there would be commissioners from
After that, I knew that the end had come. The murder of 3,000 people, by any stretch of imagination, was terrible. 30,000 was the third massacre [September 29, 1966, pogrom], but there was nothing in the past to match the cruelty and sadism of the last massacre.
After the July 29, 1966, mutiny, I tried to get
Tell them that you are the next most senior officer, you do not know where the Supreme Commander is, but you are trying to control the situation”. After a long time, he said “OK, I will do it”. When the statement was made over the air, it was a most supine statement. He said something like this: “Perhaps you do not know me, my name is Femi Ogundipe.
I am trying to do my best”, and that was the end! This only added to the confusion. Again I got on the phone to Brigadier Ogundipe, who said, “These people [Northern Nigerian soldiers] want to go [secede]; they say they cannot stop killing people unless we allow them to separate”. I advised that if that would stop the bloodshed, he should let them go. On another occasion after this I tried once again to contact him on the telephone-I waited for nearly half an hour without success-the man had fled.
Now what could I do? Luckily, both coups had not affected the then East. I thought of it, talked to Ejoor and even Katsina, but could not get any sense out of them. So I decided to phone Gowon. I rang him, but Mohammed [Colonel Mohammed] answered. He fetched Gowon, and as we were talking, it was quite clear a number of people [Northern Nigerian officers] were standing with them. Gowon could not answer any point unless he discussed it with the people standing around.
I got this conversation taped. He insisted he was going to announce that his boys would only be satisfied if he took over, and I told him that he could do so, but not the East. “ If you want, as Chief of Staff, and only as Chief of Staff in
Gowon announced himself the Supreme Commander, and immediately I decided with the few people available that if we once got under him we would not be able to get anything and all our people would be massacred under the legal cover of the assumed legitimacy of his rebellion. But if we stayed out and negotiated we could save our people. So I spoke out immediately that I did not recognize him as the head of the government. Later, I sent a team to
Ever since, I have made suggestions to bring about a solution. But each time a suggestion was made it was rejected and more bitterness was generated.
When we found ourselves at
If you keep to these agreements you will achieve peace; if you don’t, then whatever comes is your fault. You have seen the way, it is up to you.
As a gesture of peace, I made a short visit to the
I suggested, “collect them, keep them, if I misbehave then publish it”.
He agreed. The next day the publication was announced all over the world. I rang him and he explained it as a leak. I spent the whole day discussing with him how to punish the director of the Ministry of Information. That night, tuning the various radio stations, I discovered that the book was formally launched by ambassadors in
Then the various attempts to implement Aburi failed, the refusal to pay our money came, the economic blockade followed, and finally came the fragmentation of the country.
It was under these circumstances that
I thought possibly that Gowon would try after that to bring us together very quickly. Intelligence reports spoke about the massing of troops by Gowon on Biafra‘s borders. He declared war. There had been an opportunity to strike first, but I knew that no matter what our temporary advantage, eventually with the Nigerian resources they would be able to push us back. So it became very important to me that the world should know that I was not the aggressor. We fought well for six weeks; then we were at par. British help came to
Looking back at it, I do not think I had a choice. Each time I felt perhaps that I had a choice.
Could I, after the July 29 massacre, say to the people of the East “ I resign, I am going ?”
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Interview with Jim Wilde of Time magazine, Umuahia, August 16, 1968
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Biafra : IPOB's Sit-At-Home
And It's 90% Compliance,
The End Of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall
Apart”
Biafra : IPOB's Sit-At-Home And It's 90%
Compliance, The End Of
Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
By Eluwa Chidiebere Chinazu | For Biafra Writers
June 5, 2018
Remembrance always goes with a memory often too sad but sweet to remember. Sometimes, we choose who or what to remember, other times, what we remember chooses us.
Be it as it may, with the successive Sit-At-Home recorded victories by the Indigenous People of Biafra against the Nigerian government's tyrannical and oppressive disposition on 30th May (Biafra Heroes and Heroines Remembrance Day) of every year, a fine and worthy conclusion can be drawn from the results of the compliance. The acceptable and undeniable open truth facing all is that this remarkable day has become a very remarkable day for the Biafran people.
This day has become a special day to re-live a particular experience (Kwashiokor/starvation) or re-tell a certain story (genocide) which the world claims not to remember. It has become a day of deep reflection on a past that is always present in our lives. It is now a day of solid purpose. One of such days in the history of mankind — Biafra Heroes and Heroines Remembrance Day, that it is called.
On such a memorable day, Biafrans celebrate not only their fallen heroes and heroines of which millions of these innocent lives were massacred during the war, they also celebrate their struggle as a people, their dreams and aspirations of living up to the expectation of an independent nationhood. But in a more vocal way, it's a memorable day of great silence observed in the face of grave and crass injustice from the Nigerian government.
June 5, 2018
Remembrance always goes with a memory often too sad but sweet to remember. Sometimes, we choose who or what to remember, other times, what we remember chooses us.
Be it as it may, with the successive Sit-At-Home recorded victories by the Indigenous People of Biafra against the Nigerian government's tyrannical and oppressive disposition on 30th May (Biafra Heroes and Heroines Remembrance Day) of every year, a fine and worthy conclusion can be drawn from the results of the compliance. The acceptable and undeniable open truth facing all is that this remarkable day has become a very remarkable day for the Biafran people.
This day has become a special day to re-live a particular experience (Kwashiokor/starvation) or re-tell a certain story (genocide) which the world claims not to remember. It has become a day of deep reflection on a past that is always present in our lives. It is now a day of solid purpose. One of such days in the history of mankind — Biafra Heroes and Heroines Remembrance Day, that it is called.
On such a memorable day, Biafrans celebrate not only their fallen heroes and heroines of which millions of these innocent lives were massacred during the war, they also celebrate their struggle as a people, their dreams and aspirations of living up to the expectation of an independent nationhood. But in a more vocal way, it's a memorable day of great silence observed in the face of grave and crass injustice from the Nigerian government.
May 30 is a day humanity remained silent in the face of inhumanity. Just as 6 million Jews killed by Hitler are being remembered, Biafrans too on this day, remember over 3.5 million innocent Biafrans killed by the Nigeria Military Government headed by Yakubu Gowon.
This day and in this promising time of the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, there is an indisputable need for the people ofBiafra to re-discover their root history and head back towards it. Their victory in history has always been by 'unity'. To learn unity implies understanding themselves as a people (nation) and their purpose as a people. Throughout history, their strength is found in their 'unity' (unity of the south-south and south-east otherwise known as the old Eastern Region). Ask the Eze Nri(s), their ancestors.
There is a need for them to rediscover their identity. This is a task the late literary icon, Chinua Achebe took up personally in his literary enterprise, constantly re-telling his people's (Biafrans) story. History is foundational to identity. It connects us (the present) and the past (the ancestors). Hence it is paramount for the people ofBiafra to return to the root (their root).
This day and in this promising time of the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, there is an indisputable need for the people of
There is a need for them to rediscover their identity. This is a task the late literary icon, Chinua Achebe took up personally in his literary enterprise, constantly re-telling his people's (Biafrans) story. History is foundational to identity. It connects us (the present) and the past (the ancestors). Hence it is paramount for the people of
The Biafrans lived a peaceful and communal life until the cruel European colonialists entered their communities. In the beginning, their presence seemed a wonderful thing because they could serve some purposes. The truth is that their presence was positively felt to an extent but also, its presence is more painful and detrimental to their peaceful co-existence as a people. Their presence totally stripped the people of their identity, unity and peaceful co-existence. Achebe rightly put it that the gift(colonialists) had put a knife in the thing(unity) that holds his people together, the center can no longer hold and things(Biafrans) have fallen apart.
Because the ancestors of the Biafran people didn't filter civilisation the Europeans brought before consumption, their culture which was the binding force and their true identity was lost to the cold hands of Westernisation. The aim of this work is neither to castigate nor to apportion blame to anyone but to preserve the truth in history and to draw the attention of all Biafrans to return to their root.
Wills made by the dead are changed by the living. This new generation of Biafrans with their leader, through this successful 30th May 'Sit-At-Home' Heroes Day, have said rest in perfect peace to Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'. Unity has returned. Things no longer fall apart and this is the end of "Things Fall Apart".
The Biafra Times
Edited By Chukwuemeka Chimerue
Because the ancestors of the Biafran people didn't filter civilisation the Europeans brought before consumption, their culture which was the binding force and their true identity was lost to the cold hands of Westernisation. The aim of this work is neither to castigate nor to apportion blame to anyone but to preserve the truth in history and to draw the attention of all Biafrans to return to their root.
Wills made by the dead are changed by the living. This new generation of Biafrans with their leader, through this successful 30th May 'Sit-At-Home' Heroes Day, have said rest in perfect peace to Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'. Unity has returned. Things no longer fall apart and this is the end of "Things Fall Apart".
The Biafra Times
Edited By Chukwuemeka Chimerue
[What Fulani agents Ohaneze Ndigbo or PANDEF can never say, Prof. Nwala have said it all]
June 6, 2018 Administrator
– By Prof. Uzodinma Nwala –
Let me quickly dismiss certain lingering pernicious fallacies that have dominated all discussion about the coup of January 15, 1966 and the Biafra War. First, there has been allusion to the January 15, 1966 coup as an Igbo coup that, according to them, was replied by the Northern coup of July 29 1966.
Let it be said loud and clear that that coup, namely January 15, 1966 coup, was not an Igbo coup. It was a coup led by certain Igbo and Yoruba Officers, involving the active participation of soldiers from the North. The aim, as has been stated again and again, by the leaders of the coup was to release Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who was in detention at the time and install him the Prime Minister of Nigeria.
That coup was foiled by Igbo military officers. Igbo political leaders and activists knew nothing about the coup.
Again the Incursion into the Mid-West by the Biafran troops was not a quest for territorial grabbing by the Igbos. Ojukwu sent troops under the Command of Col, Banjo in response to Chief Awolowo’s request for troops to help liberate Yoruba land from the occupation of soldiers from the North.
By the time Col Banjo got to Ore
General Yakubu Gowon knows the truth of all these things. And that is why the Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) had written him and asked him to tell Nigerians and the whole world the truth about the January 15, 1966 coup and the Biafra incursion into the Mid-West, and to stop all the lies against Ndigbo, which have been the basis of the burden they carry as a nation within the Nigerian Federation.
Secondly, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Head of State and a frontline commander on the Federal side during the war, said that they (the Federal military leaders) conducted the war without any hate or vengeance because it was a quarrel between brothers.
To this, one is constrained to ask a few pertinent questions: How did the world come to describe the conduct of the war as POGROM? What about the policy that hunger was a legitimate weapon of war and so was justified in its application against the Biafrans? What about bombing of refugee camps, market places, churches, etc?
Again, when Chief Obasanjo said that they, “the victorious side”, have been more magnanimous than the victors in the American civil war, where, according to him, those who lost the war never had a chance to be President of America until several decades if not a century later, I would ask him – WHAT ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA? WHAT ABOUT NELSON MANDELLA?
Such assertions rather than heal the wounds of the war, keep the wounds aglow, rather than reconcile, it runs pour raw pepper of unjustified arrogance on the wounded hearts of the Biafrans. How can you genuinely talk about reconciliation with that kind of mind-set. The truth is that for General Obasanjo, the Biafrans are defeated people. Period!
Indeed, before we can talk about reconciliation, we must accept that grave wrongs were done to the Biafrans, Before, During and Since the end of the war.
During the ‘fictional’ trial of Adolf Hitler after Germany
Interlocutor to Hitler: You were responsible for the Second World War?
Hitler: No! The Versailles Treaties was.
A similar question can be posed to the Biafra Self-determination Agitators in Nigeria today as to whether they are responsible for the renewed Agitation for Biafra .
I imagine that the Biafra Freedom Agitators, just like Adolf Hitler, would emphatically respond NO! They would rather blame the present upsurge for Self-determination and Biafra and all its fallouts on all those leaders on the “victorious side” who, rather than pursuing the path of genuine Reconciliation, pursued the path of punitive retributions against those who “lost” the war.
Unfortunately, as it was in the case of the defeated Germany that was neither pacified nor conciliated, nor was it permanently weakened, so do we find in the case of Biafra, that despite all the retributive measures against her people, Biafra and the Biafrans, have neither been pacified, nor conciliated, nor have they been permanently weakened.
Unlike the Treaty of Versailles that exerted bloody pound of flesh on the side that lost the First World War, the victorious side in the Second World War padded their retributive actions with the Marshall Plan.
And thus unlike the intended Carthagenian peace of the Versailles Treaty of 28 June 1919, the Marshall Plan brought a relatively permanent peace to Europe that withstood the shock waves of the cold war including the Cuban Missile crises.
In pursuing the lessons of the retributive post-war treatment of the Biafrans, I would ask the leaders on the victorious side –
When you took all their financial deposits in the banks and paid them only £20 (twenty pounds), what did you expect the result to be – pacification, conciliation or to have them permanently weakened?
When you allowed massacre of unarmed soldiers and leaders even when they had declared their return to Nigeria
When you killed and also buried alive thousands of innocent civilians in Asaba, was that a circus show?
I escaped being killed at the end of the war through the mysterious intervention of my college mate, Mr Nwogugbe from Asa in Abia State
The solders had sent for me and when I arrived at Nkwo Mbaise their base, Nwoguegbe instantly recognised me and shouted Nkume! I responded Nwoguegbe!
Despite being introduced to his commander, Captain Jibowu, the later took him to one corner, asking to be convinced why I should not be treated in accordance with the official instructions, namely to waste any such able-bodied young-man who may have been an actual or potential Biafra soldier.
I was lucky. Nwoguegbe saved me, but several of my mates from my community were not. Cornellius Oguikpe, Michael Osuagwu, Efriam Chukwunoyerem, Echewodo Onwunali, all were murdered at the end of the war by the Nigerian soldiers.
Yes, post-Biafra was not attended by any genuine efforts to seek reconciliation nor even to find out what led to the war. Rather, what we have witnessed is decades of vengeance, arrogance and conspiracy against Alaigbo and Ndigbo –
Yes these are on record –
Immediate post-war punitive massacre.
Dismissal of some officers on the losing side, reduction in rank of others.
Dismissal of civil servants.
Secret Execution of some officers (Col. Onwuatuegwu, Prof, Kalu Ezera)
Abandoned property seizure of Igbo property.
Punitive boundary adjustment.
Closure of the Eastern Sea Port
Deliberate policy of encirclement of Alaigbo, inciting Igbo outside Igbo heartland to reject their Igbo identity.
Deliberate policy of exclusion from the governance and power equation i Nigeria
Deliberate policy of destroying Igbo businesses.
Continued massacre, lynching of Igbos in many places in the North
Insensitivity to the plight of the IDPs of Igbo extraction who were initially the major targets of Boko Haram bombings and killings.
No serious effort at post-war reconstruction and reconciliation
Have we forgotten that Biafra was a collective guilt and that those who created the Nigerian Federation did so to satisfy their own agenda. They designed a local agenda for the same purpose?
Have we forgotten the cause of Biafra and the war? Have we ever come together to examine why Biafra ? Who was the aggressor in that war?
What about the several efforts to sit down and dispassionately examine the fate of the Federation and how to heal the wounds of the past. Several aborted historical opportunities for peace and stability, or a genuine democratic system include –
Aburi Accord.
Abiola’s election that would have set a precedent.
1994-5 Constitutional Conference and the 1995 Draft Constitution, the best Constitutional Draft in the history of Nigeria
Conferences organized by the Obasanjo regime.
President Jonathan’s 2014 Conference.
Current Ferocious opposition to restructuring.
The only road to Reconciliation is
not Restructuring but Renegotiation of the basis of the Nigerian Federation.
Prof. Uzodinma Nwala is President,
Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF)
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