The Secret Plan Of Nigeria
Security Agents Has
Revealed By IPOB
Bombing of Nwodo’s house: ‘Police, DSS,
Ohanaeze want to give IPOB bad name to hang it’
Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
Following the arrest of two suspects for allegedly involved in the bombing of the house of the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Friday, said that the Nigerian Police, Department of State Services (DSS) and Ohanaeze leadership had not rested in trying to give its group bad name in order to hang it.
The group said that those behind the latest scheme to impugn the unimpeachable integrity of IPOB were the same people that had, for four years, tried unsuccessfully to label IPOB a terrorist group.
Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, in a statement, said the IPOB remained a phenomenon, the largest freedom fighting movement on earth.
He also noted that any day the group picks up arms, the world would know about it.
IPOB statement read, “We will never dirty our hands with bombs because we have more effective and proven methods of reducing our opponents to nothing without physically harming them”.
“We find it ironic that at a time when murder and mayhem perpetrated by Fulani terrorists is the order of the day across the land, law enforcement agencies in Nigeria disproportionately staffed and led by core northern Fulani officers, will brazenly seek to divert public attention away from their genocidal ethnic cleansing in the Middle Belt and point same towards IPOB.”
“Only those blessed with irredeemable ignorance and natural stupidity will give this purported arrest of IPOB family members, in connection with an alleged bomb explosion at Nwodo’s house, a second thought.
“Nigerian Police is well known for their uncivilised and crude approach to investigations and will charge a goat with a crime if it will help the local DPO, Commissioner of Police or governor, advance his public relations or as in this case help tarnish the squeaky clean image of IPOB.
“Nigerian courts are littered with cases of IPOB family members charged with terrorism, treason, treasonable felony, murder, attempted murder, arson and more outlandish charges not catered for in the Nigerian criminal code but at the end of every legal process, the same police and DSS will end up running away from their law courts.
“Despite the litany of much publicised arrests with thousands illegally detained in police and prison custody across Nigeria, till date, no single IPOB family member, we repeat- no single IPOB has ever been convicted of any crime and none will.
“By DNA we IPOB are God-fearing, law-abiding citizens under a sacred oath not to commit any crime against person or state because Biafra is the kingdom of heaven on earth.
“We are used to these laughable periodic stunt charges and phony arrests anytime the government is in public relations mess and seeking to divert public attention away from their crimes.
“How bizarre that peaceful IPOB family members are being arrested when Fulani terror herdsmen have government license to slaughter innocent populations at will.
“Why won’t all these seemingly efficient Fulani police commissioners in the East apply their investigative skills in apprehending and charging Fulani terrorist herdsmen butchering entire communities rather than buying themselves with peaceful IPOB.
“Only those with mental health issues will be taken in by this latest gimmick from the Fulani-controlled Enugu State Police Command.
“With our referendum round the corner, we expect many more arrests and outlandish charges as a way of attempting to weaken our unbreakable resolve. But as always the Nigerian State will fail as they have always failed in the past.
“Nigerian Police are in the unprofessional and crude habit of making periodic prejudicial public statements against IPOB in the hope of incriminating innocent people. This is not the first time and definitely won’t be the last.
“The two men arrested will be defended to the hilt even if they are not IPOB family members because to abandon them at the mercy of a brutal police force will only encourage more arrests of innocent people.
“During their trial, which we demand should commence immediately, the world will once again witness the accusers of IPOB be put to shame.
“IPOB is the saviour of the down-trodden but yet the most persecuted mass movement anywhere in the world.
“Frivolous charges designed to titillate the senses of the ignorant, the bigoted North and their slaves in Governors Lodges in the East and Ohaneze Ndigbo compromised leadership, won’t hold any water in court.
“We have always defeated the Nigerian government in their own law courts and this case won’t prove to be an exception.
“As usual, IPOB will clear her name in a court of law while shame will remain the portion of the Ohanaeze.
“Fulani terrorists with their cattle are the people involved in acts of terror not IPOB. This APC government has been accused of aiding and abetting terrorism by Gen. T.Y. Danjuma and the Amnesty International.
“That is where the police should focus their investigations. Ohaneze Ndigbo and Igbo governors should stop using Fulani-controlled Nigerian Police, Army and DSS to fight their battles for them.
“They should meet IPOB at a referendum because these silly stunts by the police, SSS and army will never deter us,” Powerful’s statement stated.
IPOB PRESS RELEASE;
June 29, 2018
It has been brought to the attention of the worldwide family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that Nigerian Police, in collaboration with the murderous DSS, Aso Rock cabal, with active connivance of some Efulefus in Ohaneze Ndigbo are hell-bent on using the law enforcement instruments of state to give IPOB a bad name. But as always they have failed. Those behind this latest scheme to impugn the unimpeachable integrity of IPOB are the same people that have for four years tried unsuccessfully to label IPOB a terrorist group.
We find it ironic that at a time when murder and mayhem perpetrated by Fulani terrorists is the order of the day across the land, law enforcement agencies in Nigeria, disproportionately staffed and led by core northern Fulani officers, will brazenly seek to divert public attention away from their genocidal ethnic cleansing in the Middle Belt and point same towards IPOB. Only those blessed with irredeemable ignorance and natural stupidity will give this purported arrest of IPOB family members, in connection with an alleged bomb explosion at Nwodo's house, a second thought. Nigerian Police is well known for their uncivilised and crude approach to investigations and will charge a goat with a crime if it will help the local DPO, Commissioner Of Police or governor advance his public relations or as in this case help tarnish the squeaky clean image of IPOB.
Nigerian courts are littered with cases of IPOB family members charged with terrorism, treason, treasonable felony, murder, attempted murder, arson and more outlandish charges not catered for in the Nigerian criminal code but at the end of every legal process, the same police and DSS will end up running away from their law courts. Despite the litany of much publicised arrests, with thousands illegally detained in police and prison custody across Nigeria, till date no single IPOB family member, we repeat- no single IPOB has ever been convicted of any crime and none will. By DNA we IPOB are God fearing, law abiding citizens under a sacred oath not to commit any crime against person or state because Biafra is the kingdom of heaven on earth.
We are used to these laughable periodic stunt charges and phoney arrests anytime the government is in public relations mess and seeking to divert public attention away from their crimes. How bizarre that peaceful IPOB family members are being arrested when Fulani terror herdsmen have government license to slaughter innocent populations at will. Why won't all these seemingly efficient Fulani police commissioners in the east apply their investigative skills in apprehending and charging Fulani terrorist herdsmen butchering entire communities rather than buying themselves with peaceful IPOB.
Only those with with mental health issues will be taken in by this latest gimmick from the Fulani controlled Enugu State police command. With our referendum round the corner, we expect many more arrests and outlandish charges as a way of attempting to weaken our unbreakable resolve. But as always the Nigerian State will fail as they have always failed in the past.
Only those with with mental health issues will be taken in by this latest gimmick from the Fulani controlled Enugu State police command. With our referendum round the corner, we expect many more arrests and outlandish charges as a way of attempting to weaken our unbreakable resolve. But as always the Nigerian State will fail as they have always failed in the past.
IPOB is a phenomenon, the largest freedom fighting movement on earth bar none. Any day we pick up arms the world will know about it. We will never dirty our hands with bombs because we have more effective and proven methods of reducing our opponents to nothing without physically harming them.
Nigerian Police are in the unprofessional and crude habit of making periodic prejudicial public statements against IPOB in the hope of incriminating innocent people. This is not the first time and definitely won't be the last. The two men arrested will be defended to the hilt even if they are not IPOB family members because to abandon them at the mercy of a brutal police force will only encourage more arrests of innocent people. During their trial, which we demand should commence immediately, the world will once again witness the accusers of IPOB be put to shame.
IPOB is the saviour of the downtrodden but yet the most persecuted mass movement anywhere in the world. Frivolous charges designed to titillate the senses of the ignorant, the bigoted north and their slaves in governors lodges in the east and Ohaneze Ndigbo compromised leadership, won't hold any water in court. We have always defeated the Nigerian government in their own law courts and this case won't prove to be an exception. As usual, IPOB will clear her name in a court of law while shame will remain the portion of the Efulefus.
Fulani terrorists with their cattle are the people involved in acts of terror not IPOB. This APC government has been accused of aiding and abetting terrorism by Gen. TY Danjuma and Amnesty International. That is where the police should focus their investigations. Ohaneze Ndigbo and Igbo governors should stop using Fulani controlled Nigerian Police, army and SSS to fight their battles for them. They should meet IPOB at a referendum because these silly stunts by the police, SSS and army will never deter us.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.
DISMANTLING THE LIES OF THE NIGERIAN
POLICE AND NNIA NWODO (OHANEZE).
The Media Puppet "BBC News Igbo" released this video after working with the Nigerian Police and Nnia Nwodo, in a bid to tarnish the Image of IPOB. This cheap propaganda, gimmicks and false claims are dead on arrival.
The man in the video clearly said he's not a member of IPOB and that IPOB doesn't pay money, so why should he join them. But it's obvious he's been tortured to confess under duress that they are members of IPOB. Anyone with half a brain could see this guy has been incredibly tortured and that the so-called president of Ohaneze, Nnia Nwodo has decided to keep fighting IPOB with lies, treacherous acts and propaganda through the help of the Nigerian armed forces and his pay masters the Fulani caliphates.
IPOB statement read, “We will never dirty our hands with bombs because we have more effective and proven methods of reducing our opponents to nothing without physically harming them”.
“We find it ironic that at a time when murder and mayhem perpetrated by Fulani terrorists is the order of the day across the land, law enforcement agencies in Nigeria disproportionately staffed and led by core northern Fulani officers, will brazenly seek to divert public attention away from their genocidal ethnic cleansing in the Middle Belt and point same towards IPOB.”
“Only those blessed with irredeemable ignorance and natural stupidity will give this purported arrest of IPOB family members, in connection with an alleged bomb explosion at Nwodo’s house, a second thought.
“Nigerian Police is well known for their uncivilised and crude approach to investigations and will charge a goat with a crime if it will help the local DPO, Commissioner of Police or governor, advance his public relations or as in this case help tarnish the squeaky clean image of IPOB.
“Nigerian courts are littered with cases of IPOB family members charged with terrorism, treason, treasonable felony, murder, attempted murder, arson and more outlandish charges not catered for in the Nigerian criminal code but at the end of every legal process, the same police and DSS will end up running away from their law courts.
“Despite the litany of much publicised arrests with thousands illegally detained in police and prison custody across Nigeria, till date, no single IPOB family member, we repeat- no single IPOB has ever been convicted of any crime and none will.
“By DNA we IPOB are God-fearing, law-abiding citizens under a sacred oath not to commit any crime against person or state because Biafra is the kingdom of heaven on earth.
“We are used to these laughable periodic stunt charges and phony arrests anytime the government is in public relations mess and seeking to divert public attention away from their crimes.
“How bizarre that peaceful IPOB family members are being arrested when Fulani terror herdsmen have government license to slaughter innocent populations at will.
“Why won’t all these seemingly efficient Fulani police commissioners in the East apply their investigative skills in apprehending and charging Fulani terrorist herdsmen butchering entire communities rather than buying themselves with peaceful IPOB.
“Only those with mental health issues will be taken in by this latest gimmick from the Fulani-controlled Enugu State Police Command.
“With our referendum round the corner, we expect many more arrests and outlandish charges as a way of attempting to weaken our unbreakable resolve. But as always the Nigerian State will fail as they have always failed in the past.
President of Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), Prof Uzodinma Nwala has said that it is in the interest of Ndigbo to have Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) de-proscribed and declassified as a terrorist organisation.
According to him, Ndigbo will be able to integrate IPOB and other pro-Biafra organisations as instruments of development and freedom, adding that the Yoruba nation has been able to do this successfully with the OPC.
In an interview with VINCENT KALU, Prof. Nwala expressed regrets that the federation is driven by a particular ideological mould, which treats aberrations as normal in the conduct of the affairs of the society.
Nigeria is on edge; it has turned to killing field; kidnapping and other violent crimes everywhere. Why?
The Nigerian Federation is driven by a particular ideological mould, which treats these aberrations as normal in the conduct of the affairs of the society.
How do we come out of these problems?
We must alter the power configuration in the Nigerian Federation. First, we must return power to the original nationalities that were brought together by the British outside their consent. Second, we must ensure that the decision as to whether Nigeria remains a political entity is made according to the principle of self-determination, without any compulsion.
How can IPOB be de-proscribed?
Ndigbo should apply all possible political pressures to get IPOB de-proscribed. The state governments in the Igbo-speaking areas should take action and demand the de-proscription of IPOB; the Federal legislators from Alaigbo should lobby their colleagues to get the National Assembly to pass a resolution de-proscribing IPOB (we are aware that they have publicly condemned the de-proscription of IPOB); the
churches, the women and youth should demand for IPOB de-proscription. ADF has already made this call and has further challenged the Operation Python Dance in court as an illegal invasion of Alaigbo.
churches, the women and youth should demand for IPOB de-proscription. ADF has already made this call and has further challenged the Operation Python Dance in court as an illegal invasion of Alaigbo.
Igbo have been clamouring to produce the president in 2023. What direction should the Igbo follow in 2019?
The issue of the Presidency of Nigeria, should be part of the total package of the process of laying a new foundation for the future of Nigeria. The Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), based on proven general view of Ndigbo, our people are no longer interested in the continuation of a political union in which they are treated like conquered people, daily slaughtered as animals, without political rights and with the foundation of their economic life virtually destroyed, in which there is no equality and justice in the system.
This is why ADF has proposed for the Nigerian Federation to be turned into a Federal Union of Autonomous Regions in which Alaigbo is recognised as an autonomous region, enjoying the fundamental right of self-determination, with full control of their domestic affairs, their security, their land and its resources, and contributing to the maintenance of a Federal Union with powers ceded to it by the various autonomous regions that make up the Federal Union. Anything less than this, Ndigbo shall regard it as enslavement against their will and shall continue to fight for their freedom and total liberation, which we have no doubt shall come in the nick of time. Our God has not created us to be slaves to other people.
President Buhari recently said that Nigerian soldiers during the war were soft on Biafra, even in the face of bombing of markets, IDPs and othe atrocities committed against the Igbo. What is your reaction to this?
I am aware that some Igbo leaders and organisations have reacted to this show of arrogance and mindless insult by President Buhari on Ndigbo based on the loss of a war that could justifiably be defined as the Third World War. Yes, the Nigeria-Biafra war was a world war involving a coalition of major powers against Biafra. Indeed, that defeat was made possible by several world powers against Ndigbo. The soldiers who fought on the Nigerian side were aware of this fact.
What Buhari is actually saying is that Ndigbo were lucky that they were not completely wiped out by the Nigerian troops and their allies. One would ask, Odi Ofele. I do not think it is the mark of a self-confident soldier to revel on a victory won for his side by a foreign army.
I had on another occasion responded to a claim that appears similar to Buhari’s statement; this one by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a frontline commander during the war. According to him, they (the Federal military leaders) conducted the war without any hate or vengeance because it was a quarrel between brothers.
To that statement, I asked a few pertinent questions, which I now pose to General Buhari, namely: How did the world come to describe the conduct of the war as pogrom? Secondly, what about bombing of refugee camps, market places, churches, etc? Thirdly, when you allowed massacre of unarmed soldiers and leaders even when they had declared their return to Nigeria, what did you expect? I mean when you murdered Prof. Kalu Ezera or when you killed unarmed Col Onwuatuegwu in cold blood, what did you expect? Fourthly, when you killed and also buried alive thousands of innocent civilians in Asaba, was that a circus show? Fifthly, let us not get into the punitive measures meted to Ndigbo immediately after that war and until this day.
What is your fear for the country?
I answer this by quoting from the recent memorandum of the Alaigbo Development
Foundation (ADF) on the future of Alaigbo and the future of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, popularly addressed by many as the Green Book: Today in Nigeria. The monstrous forces of hegemony are on rampage in fulfilment of the founders behest. The chickens have come home to roost, things have fallen apart and the artificial centre can no longer hold.
Foundation (ADF) on the future of Alaigbo and the future of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, popularly addressed by many as the Green Book: Today in Nigeria. The monstrous forces of hegemony are on rampage in fulfilment of the founders behest. The chickens have come home to roost, things have fallen apart and the artificial centre can no longer hold.
The forces of ethnic and religious cleansing have been let loose-blood is flowing in the land! All the victims of this hegemony are now astir, and the songs of freedom are now raging all over the artificial federation!
The only way out is for the autonomy of the various nations trapped in the Nigerian Federation to be restored.
Once this is done, they shall be free to decide if they want to live together and in what form of a union they wish to live together as free people, but not as conquered people or as annexed territories.
You talked about what to do to de-proscribe IPOB, why do you want it de-proscribed?
When I address certain sensitive issues, such as the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), MASSOB or any other pro-determination organisations, I try not to project my personal views. I endeavour as much as possible to state the position of the Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), a civil society organisation to which I belong along with several eminent statesmen in Alaigbo. As their chief spokesperson, I owe them the duty not to mix my personal views with the views of the ADF.
The issue of IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu was first raised at the ADF Elders Consultative Forum held in Enugu on March 29, 2016. We chose that organ of ADF because it includes mainly the distinguished elders in ADF – Archbishops, bishops, chairmen of Sate Council of Traditional Rulers and other notable traditional rulers, ex-governors, ex- ministers, past president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, retired generals and high level military officers, ex- and serving vice chancellors, distinguished professors, top level academicians, top level business leaders, respected women leaders, media chiefs, youth leaders, etc. we felt that such a sensitive issue, required the guidance of such Igbo leaders.
At that meeting, we extensively discussed the on-going global agitations for Biafra under the aegis particularly of the IPOB at the time.
At the end, a communiqué was issued followed later by a press statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of ADF, Col Justino Ezeoke (Retd). In the communiqué, ADF condemned the reaction of the Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari to the renewed agitation for Biafra as discriminatory when compared to the attitude of the government to Boko Haram armed separatist insurgency. ADF noted that the Federal Government was known to have sought and indeed negotiated with the Boko Haram insurgency, which has claimed and continued to claim thousands of lives of civilians and security forces and destroyed millions of private and state property.
However, in the case of non-violent pro-Biafra IPOB, MASSOB and other Biafra agitators in Alaigbo, which employ peaceful and non-violent methods of agitation, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is unwilling to negotiate or even to dialogue with them. ADF also had expressed grave disappointment over the discriminatory way the federal government
was handling the case of the detention of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the IPOB and his colleagues, despite calls for his release by local and foreign governments and organisations and despite the fact that several courts in Nigeria had ordered for his release from detention. We also
noted that in Nigeria, governments and leadership of various zones including political leaders, business men, intellectuals, traditional rulers, human rights groups, lawyers, pan-national organizations from within and outside the Southern parts of Nigeria have appealed to the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to
release Mr. Kanu, whom, everyone know as an unarmed, non-violent prisoner of conscience.
was handling the case of the detention of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the IPOB and his colleagues, despite calls for his release by local and foreign governments and organisations and despite the fact that several courts in Nigeria had ordered for his release from detention. We also
noted that in Nigeria, governments and leadership of various zones including political leaders, business men, intellectuals, traditional rulers, human rights groups, lawyers, pan-national organizations from within and outside the Southern parts of Nigeria have appealed to the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to
release Mr. Kanu, whom, everyone know as an unarmed, non-violent prisoner of conscience.
The unrelenting spread of national and global sympathy for the renewed agitation for Biafra is premised on the fact that the campaign of the Pro-Biafra agitators has been both non-violent and does not violate any known national or international laws, but rather is protected by the fundamental constitutional rights of freedom of
speech and political agitation, guaranteed even by the Nigerian Constitution.
speech and political agitation, guaranteed even by the Nigerian Constitution.
As I have stated earlier, ADF maintains that
IPOB and other Prof-Biafra organisations are
legitimate non-violent agitators for political
equality and freedom. ADF likens the Pro-Biafra agitators in Alaigbo as comparable to the OPC within the Yoruba nation, the Niger Delta militants within the Niger Delta region and the Boko Haram and the murderous movement in Arewa land called Fulani Herdsmen. All those are instruments for political struggle by the various
zones. But there is a big difference between those and the IPOB and its sister Pro-Biafra organisations in Alaigbo. That big difference lies in the non-violent character of the Pro-Biafra groups.
IPOB and other Prof-Biafra organisations are
legitimate non-violent agitators for political
equality and freedom. ADF likens the Pro-Biafra agitators in Alaigbo as comparable to the OPC within the Yoruba nation, the Niger Delta militants within the Niger Delta region and the Boko Haram and the murderous movement in Arewa land called Fulani Herdsmen. All those are instruments for political struggle by the various
zones. But there is a big difference between those and the IPOB and its sister Pro-Biafra organisations in Alaigbo. That big difference lies in the non-violent character of the Pro-Biafra groups.
It also lies in the fact that the Federal Government of Nigeria has negotiated with the others, but has arrogantly refused to listen to or negotiate with the Pro-Biafra agitators. Rather the Federal Government, under President Muhammadu Buhati has treated them with disdain and continues
to have them slaughtered like fowls with such mind-boggling self-abandon.
to have them slaughtered like fowls with such mind-boggling self-abandon.
De-platforming of IPOB, is it in the interest of the Igbo, or is it that Ndigbo wants it?
ADF believes that it is in the interest of
Ndigbo to have IPOB de-proscribed and declassified as a terrorist organisation. One, it is not terrorist organisation. Two, it is non-violent in its agitations. Three, Ndigbo needs IPOB and other self-determination organisations for their own political struggles for survival and relevance in
the scheme of things in the country.
Ndigbo to have IPOB de-proscribed and declassified as a terrorist organisation. One, it is not terrorist organisation. Two, it is non-violent in its agitations. Three, Ndigbo needs IPOB and other self-determination organisations for their own political struggles for survival and relevance in
the scheme of things in the country.
Employing the methods the Igbo society employs in the handling of the activism of their youth, Ndigbo will be able to integrate IPOB and other pro-Biafra organisations as instruments of development and freedom.
The Yoruba nation has been able to do this successfully with the OPC. Ndigbo can
do so with the youths in search of freedom and equality.
do so with the youths in search of freedom and equality.
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