Nnamdi Kanu
AT THE UNITED
NATIONS IN SWISS
WHAT IF NNAMDI KANU STAYED BACK
IN NIGERIA?
IN NIGERIA?
Have
you ever thought of what could have happened if operation Python dance did not
send Kanu away from Nigeria?
Could
there have been EU/UN victory?
Now,
hold your breath because what could have happened would have defied history and
humanity.
After
reading this you would thank your God for Operation Python Dance II.
There
is a powerful ancient bloodline running across the perimeters of Africa from
Which Kanu probably came, according to the prophecies of Nostradamus 'a
powerful prince will arise from the trigger of the gun' the trigger according
to him is Biafra and the gun is Africa. He made mention of a Prince meaning
that his reference was unmistaken. Kanu is a prince!
When he
(Nostradamus) says 'prince', he is talking about a legitimate ancestry of
royalty that streams from a recognised order of a most ancient traditional
hierarchy. The Igbo bloodline is one of the strongest and ancient hierarchies of
powerful authorities. This makes the Igbo man one of the most rebellious things
ever created by Elohim.
This
rebellion is the foremost mark of this bloodline, I can mention some powerful
men in history that has its traces. Go and Google the name Olauda Equano. One
of the foremost abolishionists in the history of black freedom in Europe.
History has it that he came from Ihiala. He did'nt just come from Ihiala, he
emerged from this strong bloodline of righteous rebels.
America
the Great! Was eminently built by the offsprings of this sacred ancestry. Many
of the slaves that were sold to America were Igbos. Martin Luther King was a
marked blood and that was the reason he was able to rebel against the White
supremacists.
One
thing is sure, not every blood is strong to carry out all these tasks. It is
not about your boldness, but you ancestry. Some of these bloods are let loose
every distressed generation to fight for the course of their blood because they
are often hated and envied.
NNAMDI
Kanu is the voice of the present generation of righteous rebels who have come
to bestow dignity to his suffering people as did Moses, as did Equano as did
Luther.
There
is an uncommon rage that thrives when these men appear before their people.
Their people find themselves in a happy rage. The happiness is for their leader
while the rage is for the enemy. This is what happens when Kanu stands before
Biafrans and whenever he speaks, he fumes with a righteous anger. If this rage
is not quelled, there is bound to be trouble, there would be an enormous
rebellion because the righteous rebel inspires the latent rebellion in the rest
amounting to a catastrophe. He feeds their anger and retaliation.
So,
what if Python Dance II didn't come?
The
south east boiled in happiness and rage after Kanu was released. The governors
lost control over their states, tension was ripe and no one was safe. Biafra
became a nightmare.
Kanu
had gone to Onitsha, to Aguleri, to Ekwulobia and to Ebonyi, wherever he
visited roads were blocked, traffic jam could hold for 5 hours, everything
seized, the whole state was shut down. This has never happened before. Before
then many thought the dream for Biafra was dead but once the trigger came, the
latent spirits were charged and castrophe was due.
Something
needed to be done, the powerless governors needed their power back and Nigerian
government was not yet ready for what was about to happen. The plan for
Operation Python dance was hatched. It was to be an open secret for the
intentions were obvious. Streams of armoured cars, war artillery, cannons,
fighter jets were deployed for the elimination program.
This
attack succeeded partially because it differed the catastrophe. It didn't
succeed because Kanu proved himself untouchable and not only that, the
catastrophe was only shifted not eliminated.
If
operation Python dance did not take Kanu away this is what the south could have
been?
* There
will only be one governor of the eastern region, comprising of southeast and
south south and that is Kanu. He is not officially elected though but his
jurisdiction will be far and wide.
*There
would be nothing like south south as a name for all of them will become
hardcore IPOB members.
*War as
a part of the catastrophe would have waged and BIafra may loose again because
we could have had no alliance, righteous anger was not enough.
*The
rich people who were sponsored by the government would have joined Nigeria as
did Zik.
*Nigerian
govt could have imposed a state of emergency in all the Biafran territories and
then deploy their soldiers to kill at sight. Many blood could have flown.
It was
necessary that Kanu left not because there would be no catastrophe, But because
when the catastrophe comes back, we can manage it better with allies and our
diplomatic regiment.
Kanu is
coming back with hell!!!
Nobody is safe!
World powers should listen to him and do what he is saying.
Our UN Diplomatic Mission,
a Landmark
Achievement
– Kanu at Geneva
September 20, 2019
By Nelson Ofokar Yagazie | Biafra Writers
By Nelson Ofokar Yagazie | Biafra Writers
Delivering his promise at the last diplomatic
onslaught at EU headquarters, Brussels, where he promised to take the fight for
Biafra self-determination to the United Nations, reaffirmed in the tweet, “Our
Next Stop is UN,” the Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu, said “There are those who are wondering can this thing be done.
And we are showing them today that this thing that has not happened since 1945
when they started killing our people in Jos, that here today on the 18th day of
September 2019, it has happened.” Kanu who made the statement while addressing
a conglomerate of Biafrans who met him as he stepped out from the United
Nations headquarters in Geneva where he and other top figures of IPOB
leadership had meeting with UN officials was visibly triumphant.
Speaking further, the enigmatic leader of Biafra said, “I said we will come to the UN and we have come to the United Nations. Promise made, promise delivered. Remarkable.
Recall that in Brussels a week and few days ago, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, hinted on a possible visit to the UN to further the Biafra quest. While there was no genuine doubt to that, all having seen IPOB 's momentum as demonstrated with the EU visit, no one expected the UN episode so soon. The two day (17th and 18th September 2019) diplomatic meeting at the UN, therefore, took everyone by surprise.
Speaking further, the enigmatic leader of Biafra said, “I said we will come to the UN and we have come to the United Nations. Promise made, promise delivered. Remarkable.
Recall that in Brussels a week and few days ago, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, hinted on a possible visit to the UN to further the Biafra quest. While there was no genuine doubt to that, all having seen IPOB 's momentum as demonstrated with the EU visit, no one expected the UN episode so soon. The two day (17th and 18th September 2019) diplomatic meeting at the UN, therefore, took everyone by surprise.
There have been
arguments about IPOB's standing at the international scene, with critics
maintaining that the group lacks the finesse to launch any meaningful
diplomatic engagement capable of freeing Biafra. Not that the doubting lots are
not aware of IPOB’s diplomatic offensives, but doing the bidding of the Federal
Government of Nigeria who is bent on frustrating the Biafra freedom demand,
they vend their skepticism with a view to dwindling the masses rising hopes in
the coming of Biafra. Kanu’s United Nations visit, synergizing that of the EU,
thus buries all arguments.
Although the details of what was discussed in the meeting were not disclosed to the public, Kanu's body language convinces the press that the Biafran envoy is leaving Geneva with something tangible. Ears are now inclined to the group’s next move – presumably, Washington DC – especially as Kanu also hinted on that in Brussels.
Although the details of what was discussed in the meeting were not disclosed to the public, Kanu's body language convinces the press that the Biafran envoy is leaving Geneva with something tangible. Ears are now inclined to the group’s next move – presumably, Washington DC – especially as Kanu also hinted on that in Brussels.
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Biafra: Our Case
Will No Longer Be Ignored
– Nnamdi Kanu at UN
September 19, 2019
By Nelson Ofokar Yagazie | Biafra Writers
By Nelson Ofokar Yagazie | Biafra Writers
The enigma championing the current
restoration quest of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday the 18th day of
September 2019, scored yet another mark as he led a delegation of Biafrans to
an all-important meeting with United Nations officials at Geneva. Accompanied
by his deputy, Mazi Uche Okafor Mefor, Head of Directorate of State, Mazi Chika
Edoziem, Head of Finance, Lady Nnennaya Anya, and other top echelons of the
struggle, Kanu presented Biafra plight to the United Nations officials,
demanding support for a free state of Biafra.
Emerging from the meeting yesterday the 18th of September, Kanu met a congregation of Biafrans who, on seeing their leader, began to chant his eulogy. Addressing the jubilant crowd, Kanu said, “Every issue concerning our people is now before the various arms and agencies of the United Nations. Our case will no longer be ignored.”
“Every issue concerning our people” as mentioned by Kanu ranges from the incessant killing of Biafrans in their own land by terrorist Fulani herdsmen, extortion and killing of Biafran motorcyclists and commercial drivers by Nigerian army and police over refusal to give ₦50 bribery, killing of Biafrans in the Northern hemisphere by Islamic extremists, disfranchising Biafrans in the western part of the country as well as in the North, illegal take-over of Biafrans' property by Lagos State government, systematic oppression and economic emasculation of the Biafran, forceful Islamization of the country as currently constituted, illegal detention of unarmed agitators, flagrant contempt of court orders, and incessant abduction and extrajudicial killings of IPOB family members ... all of which form the basis of the agitation for the separate state of Biafra which, in earnest, was existing before the Lugardian amalgamation of 1914.
Exploiting the rights of indigenous people to self-determination as provided by the UN charter 2007, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in his charisma has conscientiously pursued freedom for the oppressed people of Biafra. Presenting the aforementioned matters to the UN with presumably offers for a better deal than the failed Nigerian State can strike, Kanu and crew seem to have wrecked the Nigerian boat. Certainly, he must have gotten reassuring promises to have told his followers that they will no longer be ignored.
Emerging from the meeting yesterday the 18th of September, Kanu met a congregation of Biafrans who, on seeing their leader, began to chant his eulogy. Addressing the jubilant crowd, Kanu said, “Every issue concerning our people is now before the various arms and agencies of the United Nations. Our case will no longer be ignored.”
“Every issue concerning our people” as mentioned by Kanu ranges from the incessant killing of Biafrans in their own land by terrorist Fulani herdsmen, extortion and killing of Biafran motorcyclists and commercial drivers by Nigerian army and police over refusal to give ₦50 bribery, killing of Biafrans in the Northern hemisphere by Islamic extremists, disfranchising Biafrans in the western part of the country as well as in the North, illegal take-over of Biafrans' property by Lagos State government, systematic oppression and economic emasculation of the Biafran, forceful Islamization of the country as currently constituted, illegal detention of unarmed agitators, flagrant contempt of court orders, and incessant abduction and extrajudicial killings of IPOB family members ... all of which form the basis of the agitation for the separate state of Biafra which, in earnest, was existing before the Lugardian amalgamation of 1914.
Exploiting the rights of indigenous people to self-determination as provided by the UN charter 2007, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in his charisma has conscientiously pursued freedom for the oppressed people of Biafra. Presenting the aforementioned matters to the UN with presumably offers for a better deal than the failed Nigerian State can strike, Kanu and crew seem to have wrecked the Nigerian boat. Certainly, he must have gotten reassuring promises to have told his followers that they will no longer be ignored.
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Biafrans Commemorate the Victims of 9.11 attacks,
condemn all manner of terrorism,
including the ones being perpetrated by Fulani
herdsmen and Boko Haram
September 17, 2019
By Umeh, A. Chiemelie | Biafra Writers
By Umeh, A. Chiemelie | Biafra Writers
September 11th every year, the government and
the good people of the United States of America commemorate and pay tribute to
the victims of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, which killed over
2,996 people and injured over 6,000. The twin towers of the world trade center
and the Pentagon was completely devastated down to its very foundation.
The American national attitude of manifest destiny, hard work and technological innovation made her the most successful and prosperous nation on earth. The libertarian ideals of the founding founders which every generation of Americans uphold, has made their country a nation of different races, tongues, and colours. Immigrants troop in from every continent on earth with their ideals and skills in search of greener pastures. The door of America was opened to them so long as they abide by the American creed and swore allegiance to the constitution. Man worked, God blessed and the land of freedom with the emblem of the statue of liberty became the most powerful, prosperous and dominant nation on the face of the planet.
On this day, Tuesday morning - 11th September 2001, hijackers crashed the planes, American Airlines flight 11 and United Airlines flight 175, into the twin towers of world trade center (the symbol of American economic power) and the American Airlines 77 was crashed into the Pentagon - headquarters of the department of defense (symbol of the American military might). The aim is to cripple the western economy and military superiority and advance radical Islam with the intention to control the world system through the deployment of savagery and fear.
The American national attitude of manifest destiny, hard work and technological innovation made her the most successful and prosperous nation on earth. The libertarian ideals of the founding founders which every generation of Americans uphold, has made their country a nation of different races, tongues, and colours. Immigrants troop in from every continent on earth with their ideals and skills in search of greener pastures. The door of America was opened to them so long as they abide by the American creed and swore allegiance to the constitution. Man worked, God blessed and the land of freedom with the emblem of the statue of liberty became the most powerful, prosperous and dominant nation on the face of the planet.
On this day, Tuesday morning - 11th September 2001, hijackers crashed the planes, American Airlines flight 11 and United Airlines flight 175, into the twin towers of world trade center (the symbol of American economic power) and the American Airlines 77 was crashed into the Pentagon - headquarters of the department of defense (symbol of the American military might). The aim is to cripple the western economy and military superiority and advance radical Islam with the intention to control the world system through the deployment of savagery and fear.
The spread of radical Islam is the aim, the
indigenous population and America as the world power, is the prime target. We
Biafrans world over, condemn this act of terror and others committed by these
men from the underworld. The event of 9.11.2011 led to the declaration of war
on terror by the Bush administration. It is the most brutal terrorist attacks
against a nation in the history of man and the world has never remained the
same since that Tuesday morning.
Together, with the civilized world, we the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra worldwide, condemn all manner of terrorism in the world including the ones being perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram in Nigeria in systematic connivance with the Fulani-controlled government of Nigeria, especially in North-East, Middle belt and Southern Nigeria and most notably, the acts of terror being perpetrated in the most gruesome manner against IPOB, whom they have massacred since 2015 till date.
Destroying human life is against our values and way of life. We stand with the Americans on this day of National remembrance. We mourn with those who lost their loved ones and pray that God give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
Our heart goes out to the wounded, some of whom till this day, endure the discomfort of brutality of man against his fellow man. We understand their predicaments because we have been on that road before between 1966-1970 even till date. We stand with you on this day. We implore the Americans and the free world to take solace from the words of the psalmist, ‘’though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me’’... for as long as our redeemer liveth, and the world exists, good must continue to triumph over evil.
Together, with the civilized world, we the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra worldwide, condemn all manner of terrorism in the world including the ones being perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram in Nigeria in systematic connivance with the Fulani-controlled government of Nigeria, especially in North-East, Middle belt and Southern Nigeria and most notably, the acts of terror being perpetrated in the most gruesome manner against IPOB, whom they have massacred since 2015 till date.
Destroying human life is against our values and way of life. We stand with the Americans on this day of National remembrance. We mourn with those who lost their loved ones and pray that God give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
Our heart goes out to the wounded, some of whom till this day, endure the discomfort of brutality of man against his fellow man. We understand their predicaments because we have been on that road before between 1966-1970 even till date. We stand with you on this day. We implore the Americans and the free world to take solace from the words of the psalmist, ‘’though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me’’... for as long as our redeemer liveth, and the world exists, good must continue to triumph over evil.
There is a great need for change in strategy on the global
efforts against terrorism. Terrorism has become a worldwide phenomenon with a
vast network of groups with the sole agenda of advancing and planting radical
Islam in every corner of the world. The alliance against terror needs to be
strengthened and reinforced by empowering more friends and allies like the
Biafrans who share common values and anti-terror ideals. This can be done
through massive support for Biafra towards the attainment of statehood.
If a powerful country like the United States can be attacked, then it spells of the vulnerability that a besieged Biafra suffers. That is why there is need for a concerted effort towards the consolidation of allies, in order to win this global war on terrorism.
If the United States with all her military might and efficient exploits of the CIA can be attacked, then no elite member of the United Nations Security Council is safe. It is to the best interest of the five (5) permanent members of the U.N.S.C that Biafra emerges as an independent nation. We have a long history with the jihadists that dates back to the 19th century. We have faced their wild-donkey-like aggression and brutality from 1966-1970, therefore, possess the mental will and tenacity to deal a fatal blow to this global terror network and rid the world of this evil.
We recognize the fact that, the five permanent members of the U.N.S.C and the civilized world is making great efforts in dismantling the global terror network. Biafrans are ever ready and it will be a great privilege to stand side by side with your great military forces to end the scourge of terrorism in the world. For if we fail in taking responsibility in Nigeria, the world will not be able to contain the refugees that will be unleashed.
America is the conscience of the world. The responsibility of true leadership is making hard and difficult decisions. It is the duty and obligation of America to protect and defend her core values, principles and ideals of freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which these terrorists threaten.
If a powerful country like the United States can be attacked, then it spells of the vulnerability that a besieged Biafra suffers. That is why there is need for a concerted effort towards the consolidation of allies, in order to win this global war on terrorism.
If the United States with all her military might and efficient exploits of the CIA can be attacked, then no elite member of the United Nations Security Council is safe. It is to the best interest of the five (5) permanent members of the U.N.S.C that Biafra emerges as an independent nation. We have a long history with the jihadists that dates back to the 19th century. We have faced their wild-donkey-like aggression and brutality from 1966-1970, therefore, possess the mental will and tenacity to deal a fatal blow to this global terror network and rid the world of this evil.
We recognize the fact that, the five permanent members of the U.N.S.C and the civilized world is making great efforts in dismantling the global terror network. Biafrans are ever ready and it will be a great privilege to stand side by side with your great military forces to end the scourge of terrorism in the world. For if we fail in taking responsibility in Nigeria, the world will not be able to contain the refugees that will be unleashed.
America is the conscience of the world. The responsibility of true leadership is making hard and difficult decisions. It is the duty and obligation of America to protect and defend her core values, principles and ideals of freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which these terrorists threaten.
What is at stake is freedom in America,
Biafraland and the civilized world. For if Biafra is under the threat of the radical
Islam and annihilation by the Fulani terrorist militia, then America is not
safe. The United States must defend her territory, way of life and the free
world through the unalloyed support for the emergence of a free Biafra.
The United States needs to build a formidable alliance with Biafra just as with the state of Israel, because we share so many things in common and are faced by a common enemy for whom the total destruction of the United States and Israel and orchestrating a pogrom in Biafraland is their ultimate goal.
We Biafrans are the originators and a long upholder of the republican and democratic ideals which the United States founding fathers institutionalized and is enjoyed by the Americans. We are bound by a common creed and value system. Therefore, we must form a formidable, strong and indomitable alliance to protect and advance these ideals.
The emergence of the land of the rising sun (Biafra) will certainly change the narrative on the war against terror to a positive one and collectively stop any semblance of the event of 9/11 around the world.
We have to keep faith in the Almighty God that this carnage on U.S soil will never happen again. Bearing in mind the words of Billy Graham, ‘’but now, we have a choice, whether to implode and disintegrate emotionally as a nation or to become stronger.
The United States needs to build a formidable alliance with Biafra just as with the state of Israel, because we share so many things in common and are faced by a common enemy for whom the total destruction of the United States and Israel and orchestrating a pogrom in Biafraland is their ultimate goal.
We Biafrans are the originators and a long upholder of the republican and democratic ideals which the United States founding fathers institutionalized and is enjoyed by the Americans. We are bound by a common creed and value system. Therefore, we must form a formidable, strong and indomitable alliance to protect and advance these ideals.
The emergence of the land of the rising sun (Biafra) will certainly change the narrative on the war against terror to a positive one and collectively stop any semblance of the event of 9/11 around the world.
We have to keep faith in the Almighty God that this carnage on U.S soil will never happen again. Bearing in mind the words of Billy Graham, ‘’but now, we have a choice, whether to implode and disintegrate emotionally as a nation or to become stronger.
We must choose to become stronger for the
next generation, the indigenous people and the rest of humanity. Radical Islam
can never and will never defeat our great people and our great way of life.
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Biafra: Briefing for the European
Parliament (FULL TEXT)
The Biafra Times | September 10, 2019
BIAFRA BRIEFING FOR THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Nigeria in Crisis
There is a crisis in Nigeria. The Nigerian State has never been at peace with itself and recent events
amplify this pending emergency.
And, as has been the case since independence from Britain in 1960, Biafrans are the easy target of the
lack of a credible Nigerian state. Nigeria governs without the consent of all within its borders. Nigeria claims to be ruled by law, but in effect, there is a de facto lawlessness in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s epidemic of violence flowing from the North is well documented. In 2014 the Global Terrorism Index judged Fulani militants to be the fourth most deadly terror group in the world, behind Boko Haram, Isis, and the Taliban.
Lawlessness is always one step ahead of the Government. In response, the Government, when it is
convenient for it to do so, attempts to give a veneer of legality to the lawlessness. Recent proposed land reforms across Nigeria do just that. The Fulani herders from the North are increasingly encroaching on the settled farmers of the South/South East. This includes Biafra. As Amnesty International has reported, there were more than 2,000 deaths in 2018 linked to this land crisis. Instead of seeking to address the violence, the Government has sought to condone it and legitimise the land grab.
There is an underlying problem in the North
which has to do with climate change and encroaching
desertification due to overgrazing and deforestation. This has drawn Fulani herdsmen further south and led to violence against Biafran farmers seeking to defend their land and crops. The fertile farming lands of Biafra are very attractive to the Fulani.
To address this land crisis, the Government, the President of which is Fulani, sought to establish the
RUGA scheme (an acronym for Rural Grazing Area – or is it, as some suggest, a Fulani word?) whereby Fulani herders could officially move into areas and absorb land as part of a Government co-ordinated programme across Nigeria.
Is this an attempt to develop settled land practices for the Fulani, or, as is the experience of Biafrans, is the drive behind RUGA an attempt to Fulanise (or Islamise) Biafraland and force out Biafrans? Biafrans who stand up to the Fulani are killed. Because of the uproar across Nigeria, the RUGA settlement programme has been suspended, but the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) remains in place. This programme advocates ranching. How different is it from RUGA? For Biafrans the effect is the same. They are forced from their land and will be killed if they do not make way for the Fulani.
Nigeria: The Problem, Not the Solution
Nigeria has always been a fiction. The state we now know as Nigeria was created for British
administrative and colonial convenience in 1914. An audacious move by the British, but no surprises in Empire. Britain’s Nigeria drew together disparate people into one entity.
To oversimplify, to the North are the Muslims. Two ethnic groups dominate the North, the Hausa and
Fulani. The Fulani are now in the ascendency. One hundred years ago these were semi-nomadic,
pastoral people. Many Fulani continues to live as herders. The South is mainly Christian and in the South East there is also a vibrant Jewish tradition. The rural communities in the South/South East tend to be settled, farmers. The principal ethnic group in the South is the Yoruba.
desertification due to overgrazing and deforestation. This has drawn Fulani herdsmen further south and led to violence against Biafran farmers seeking to defend their land and crops. The fertile farming lands of Biafra are very attractive to the Fulani.
To address this land crisis, the Government, the President of which is Fulani, sought to establish the
RUGA scheme (an acronym for Rural Grazing Area – or is it, as some suggest, a Fulani word?) whereby Fulani herders could officially move into areas and absorb land as part of a Government co-ordinated programme across Nigeria.
Is this an attempt to develop settled land practices for the Fulani, or, as is the experience of Biafrans, is the drive behind RUGA an attempt to Fulanise (or Islamise) Biafraland and force out Biafrans? Biafrans who stand up to the Fulani are killed. Because of the uproar across Nigeria, the RUGA settlement programme has been suspended, but the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) remains in place. This programme advocates ranching. How different is it from RUGA? For Biafrans the effect is the same. They are forced from their land and will be killed if they do not make way for the Fulani.
Nigeria: The Problem, Not the Solution
Nigeria has always been a fiction. The state we now know as Nigeria was created for British
administrative and colonial convenience in 1914. An audacious move by the British, but no surprises in Empire. Britain’s Nigeria drew together disparate people into one entity.
To oversimplify, to the North are the Muslims. Two ethnic groups dominate the North, the Hausa and
Fulani. The Fulani are now in the ascendency. One hundred years ago these were semi-nomadic,
pastoral people. Many Fulani continues to live as herders. The South is mainly Christian and in the South East there is also a vibrant Jewish tradition. The rural communities in the South/South East tend to be settled, farmers. The principal ethnic group in the South is the Yoruba.
The South East is the region that makes up
Biafraland or Biafra. There is a coherence to Biafra. Its
western border is the River Niger and it incorporates most of the Niger delta. The eastern border is
Cameroon. To the west, across the Niger, are the Yoruba. In the north are the Muslim people. Despite
colonisation and being forcibly absorbed into Nigeria, Biafrans are defined by common values and a
shared sense of identity. Biafrans don’t all speak the same language. Many Biafrans are Igbo speakers. Other Biafrans speak Urhobo-Isoko, Ijaw-Epie-Ogbia, Ogoni, Efik, Annang, Eket-, Oron-Ibibio, Ogoja, Ejagham, Igala, Idoma, Ibani, and Igbanke among others.
To put Biafra in its Nigerian geo-political context, Biafraland is made up of the following Provinces:
Rivers Province, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Enugu, Bayelsa and Delta. Fulani herdsman have shown great interest in those provinces that form the central belt of Biafra, such as Enugu.
western border is the River Niger and it incorporates most of the Niger delta. The eastern border is
Cameroon. To the west, across the Niger, are the Yoruba. In the north are the Muslim people. Despite
colonisation and being forcibly absorbed into Nigeria, Biafrans are defined by common values and a
shared sense of identity. Biafrans don’t all speak the same language. Many Biafrans are Igbo speakers. Other Biafrans speak Urhobo-Isoko, Ijaw-Epie-Ogbia, Ogoni, Efik, Annang, Eket-, Oron-Ibibio, Ogoja, Ejagham, Igala, Idoma, Ibani, and Igbanke among others.
To put Biafra in its Nigerian geo-political context, Biafraland is made up of the following Provinces:
Rivers Province, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Enugu, Bayelsa and Delta. Fulani herdsman have shown great interest in those provinces that form the central belt of Biafra, such as Enugu.
The Biafran War (1967-1970)
With independence, the persecution of Biafrans started. One colonial master was replaced by another,
although, and without endorsing British rule, Biafrans fared better under the British than they have
under Nigerian dominance.
First, the Biafrans who had been transplanted to the North by the British were massacred. Those that
survived fled back to Biafra. The oppression and intimidation did not cease. In 1967, Biafra was left with no choice but to proclaim independence. Nigeria declared war.
Biafra didn’t stand a chance. The conflict turned the Cold War on its head. The Soviet Union and Britain actively supported Nigeria. “Biafra, Britain’s Shame” was how many described the UK position. French compassion was gratefully received but it could do little to protect the fledgling state. America’s neutrality in effect backed Nigeria. China was silent. The UN was hopeless. Biafra was doomed. Starved into submission, after three years the Biafrans surrendered. At least 2 million Biafrans perished.
The atrocities, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Biafra during the Biafran War remain unaccounted for. Was it an attempt at genocide? Biafrans were considered an existential threat to the state. The killings were indiscriminate. All Biafrans were targeted.
Biafra Subjugated
After the war, Biafrans slowly rebuilt their world. But, as far as Nigeria was concerned, they were not
and never had been Biafrans. They were Nigerians from the South East or Igbo-speaking Nigerians. The Biafran War was airbrushed out of the Nigerian consciousness. Biafrans could only whisper about their loss. Joining the global Biafran diaspora was one option for those who could get out. Others remained in Biafraland, their Biafran identity amongst themselves, undiminished.
Nigeria continues to prioritise crushing assertions of Biafran identity. Even peacefully commemorating the War risks arrest, detention, prohibited ill-treatment or being shot.
In recent years the Nigerian state authorities have conducted three orchestrated campaigns against
Biafrans. The three Operation Python Dance campaigns have been battles against Biafrans. The first
campaign was in 2016, the second in 2017 and the third is ongoing. They are designed to undermine
calls for Biafran self-determination. Operation Python Dance campaigns intimidate. Serious and systemic human rights violations are carried out by state forces with impunity.
A Voice for Biafrans: The Indigenous People of Biafra
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is the main organisation which represents all peoples who
consider themselves to be Biafran. IPOB has one principal purpose, IPOB calls for the recognition of the Biafran people’s right to self-determination. IPOB pursues the right to self-determination for Biafrans without the use of force. IPOB upholds human rights. IPOB rejects violence.
The Nigerian authorities target organisations calling for Biafran self-determination, most notably IPOB. Being found with IPOB symbols can result in an individual being disappeared. Arrest is inevitable. And now that IPOB has been proscribed, prison sentences are harsh.
The IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has been targeted, harassed and persecuted by the authorities. He has been unlawfully detained, subjected to prohibited ill-treatment and unfair trials. It is a miracle that he’s alive. Following an attack on his home, he was forced into involuntary exile. Many of those defending him were killed or disappeared. There is still a warrant out for his arrest.
Biafrans, supported by IPOB, respond cannily to these targeted attacks organising stay-at-home days
each 30th May, the day Biafra declared independence in 1967. No one in Biafraland goes to work that
day and the economy, along with everything else, grinds to a halt. As Nigeria denies the human rights of Biafrans, the Biafrans become more skilled in honing those rights. IPOB remains committed to non-violent campaigning.
A Right to Self-Determination for Biafra
International law is clear in relation to self-determination. Where there is a credible claim for self-
determination the only way to resolve the issue is by holding a referendum which complies with
international standards. IPOB is calling for a referendum. It is for that reason the Nigerian authorities
have sought to brand IPOB as a terrorist organisation. The EU, the UK and the US have all rejected the labeling of IPOB as a terrorist group. They know that IPOB seeks only to uphold human rights.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is the main organisation which represents all peoples who
consider themselves to be Biafran. IPOB has one principal purpose, IPOB calls for the recognition of the Biafran people’s right to self-determination. IPOB pursues the right to self-determination for Biafrans without the use of force. IPOB upholds human rights. IPOB rejects violence.
The Nigerian authorities target organisations calling for Biafran self-determination, most notably IPOB. Being found with IPOB symbols can result in an individual being disappeared. Arrest is inevitable. And now that IPOB has been proscribed, prison sentences are harsh.
The IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has been targeted, harassed and persecuted by the authorities. He has been unlawfully detained, subjected to prohibited ill-treatment and unfair trials. It is a miracle that he’s alive. Following an attack on his home, he was forced into involuntary exile. Many of those defending him were killed or disappeared. There is still a warrant out for his arrest.
Biafrans, supported by IPOB, respond cannily to these targeted attacks organising stay-at-home days
each 30th May, the day Biafra declared independence in 1967. No one in Biafraland goes to work that
day and the economy, along with everything else, grinds to a halt. As Nigeria denies the human rights of Biafrans, the Biafrans become more skilled in honing those rights. IPOB remains committed to non-violent campaigning.
A Right to Self-Determination for Biafra
International law is clear in relation to self-determination. Where there is a credible claim for self-
determination the only way to resolve the issue is by holding a referendum which complies with
international standards. IPOB is calling for a referendum. It is for that reason the Nigerian authorities
have sought to brand IPOB as a terrorist organisation. The EU, the UK and the US have all rejected the labeling of IPOB as a terrorist group. They know that IPOB seeks only to uphold human rights.
Impunity for Northerners?
It is not only the direct attacks on Biafrans by the Nigerian state that perpetuate the intimidation and
torment of Biafrans. Nigeria’s policies of accommodating Northerners have a direct impact on Biafrans. No different to 1967, Northerners act with impunity in Biafraland.
The current land crisis in Biafra caused by Fulani herders is just one more chapter of brutality facing the Biafran people carried out with the tacit support of the Nigerian state. Despite the apparent suspension of RUGA, Northerners continue to threaten Southerners, including Biafrans. They will have no peace if Fulanis are not allowed to establish the RUGA scheme, the Fulani say.
This land crisis throws into sharp relief Nigeria’s crisis. The Government of Nigeria is, to all intents and purposes, giving land to Fulani herders from the North which belongs to Biafran farmers. These are the same Biafrans who legitimately claim their right to self-determination.
Biafran farmers live in fear. The farmers of Ebonyi and Enugu are particularly affected. This torment
must end. Biafra is entitled to resolve its own future and security.
Why Self-Determination Matters
IPOB has always called for creative solutions to recognise Biafrans’ right to self-determination. However, what is clear is that the existing model of the Nigerian constitution is fatally flawed. It continues to cause harm to all within the jurisdiction and it is unsustainable.
Nigeria may once have worked for the British as a colonial administration. It has never worked as an
independent state. To this extent, it is a failed state. Nigeria is an artificial vehicle which buttresses those with power, or aspirations for power. As there is no legitimacy to the state of Nigeria, there is no rule of law. Law is used as a tool of coercion by the authorities to crush opposition. Others, such as the Fulani herders, simply ignore the law and act with impunity.
Biafra: Africa’s Future
Biafran pleas for self-determination are ignored by the international community. Why are Biafran voices not heard? Resolving Biafra’s legitimate claim for self-determination will resolve Nigeria’s crisis. Biafra is a forgotten global crisis. IPOB believes that by resolving Biafra’s right to self-determination, Africa’s
peaceful future will be revealed. To that extent, Biafra is Africa’s future. The effects of Nigeria’s
permanent state of conflict resonates across the continent.
9 September 2019
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Further Information:
Please contact:
deputy@IPOB.org
research@IPOB.org
www.IPOB.org
It is not only the direct attacks on Biafrans by the Nigerian state that perpetuate the intimidation and
torment of Biafrans. Nigeria’s policies of accommodating Northerners have a direct impact on Biafrans. No different to 1967, Northerners act with impunity in Biafraland.
The current land crisis in Biafra caused by Fulani herders is just one more chapter of brutality facing the Biafran people carried out with the tacit support of the Nigerian state. Despite the apparent suspension of RUGA, Northerners continue to threaten Southerners, including Biafrans. They will have no peace if Fulanis are not allowed to establish the RUGA scheme, the Fulani say.
This land crisis throws into sharp relief Nigeria’s crisis. The Government of Nigeria is, to all intents and purposes, giving land to Fulani herders from the North which belongs to Biafran farmers. These are the same Biafrans who legitimately claim their right to self-determination.
Biafran farmers live in fear. The farmers of Ebonyi and Enugu are particularly affected. This torment
must end. Biafra is entitled to resolve its own future and security.
Why Self-Determination Matters
IPOB has always called for creative solutions to recognise Biafrans’ right to self-determination. However, what is clear is that the existing model of the Nigerian constitution is fatally flawed. It continues to cause harm to all within the jurisdiction and it is unsustainable.
Nigeria may once have worked for the British as a colonial administration. It has never worked as an
independent state. To this extent, it is a failed state. Nigeria is an artificial vehicle which buttresses those with power, or aspirations for power. As there is no legitimacy to the state of Nigeria, there is no rule of law. Law is used as a tool of coercion by the authorities to crush opposition. Others, such as the Fulani herders, simply ignore the law and act with impunity.
Biafra: Africa’s Future
Biafran pleas for self-determination are ignored by the international community. Why are Biafran voices not heard? Resolving Biafra’s legitimate claim for self-determination will resolve Nigeria’s crisis. Biafra is a forgotten global crisis. IPOB believes that by resolving Biafra’s right to self-determination, Africa’s
peaceful future will be revealed. To that extent, Biafra is Africa’s future. The effects of Nigeria’s
permanent state of conflict resonates across the continent.
9 September 2019
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Further Information:
Please contact:
deputy@IPOB.org
research@IPOB.org
www.IPOB.org
Contact us: biafrawriters@ipob.org
Human Rights Abuses In Nigeria:
Indigenous People of Biafra Chronicle Injustices
In Letter to United Nations
Biafran Leaders Call on United
Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions
to Include Human Rights Abuses in Official Report on Nigeria
NEWS PROVIDED BY
The Indigenous People of Biafra
Mar 25, 2020, 15:15 ET
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2020
/PRNewswire/ -- The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) submitted materials
today chronicling human rights abuses perpetrated against Biafrans in Nigeria
to Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary
Executions at the United Nations. The information will be reviewed by Special
Rapporteur Callamard for possible inclusion in a report on Nigeria, which is
expected to be released later this year. Ms. Callamard visited Nigeria in 2019
to investigate reports of violence and injustice against innocent Nigerians.
The Indigenous People of Biafra
is an organization that represents the social, political, and economic
interests of Biafrans in Nigeria. The group aims to ensure that the human
rights violations occurring across Nigeria will be acknowledged and confronted,
perpetrators will be prosecuted, and religious minorities across Nigeria will
be protected by the international community. The letter was signed by IPOB
leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB United States National Coordinator Dr. Clement
Okoro, and 22 state coordinators from across the United States.
The submission to the UN
further documents 12 incidents in which Biafrans were subject to severe human
rights abuses, ranging from indiscriminate arrests to mass executions, carried
out by Nigerian military, police and security forces. Most notable amongst
these atrocities is the killing by Nigerian military forces of up to 150
Biafrans in May 2016. These innocent civilians were celebrating Biafran
Remembrance Day and commemorating the approximately two million Biafrans that
lost their lives during the Nigerian Civil War of the 1960's.
"The number of human
rights abuses being committed against minorities and those with dissenting
views in Nigeria, including members of the IPOB, over the past five years have
increased dramatically both in scale and heinousness," the letter states.
"These crimes, committed by state and non-state actors alike, are at best
ignored by the Buhari regime and at worst sanctioned by the administration.
Instances of mass murders and other horrific acts of violence are rarely
investigated, and perpetrators are not prosecuted. Even where violence has been
demonstrated to have been led by state security actors, no mechanism exists to
hold those responsible accountable."
The letter also calls Special
Rapporteur Callamard's attention to the massacre of Christians by Fulani
extremists – a group that the 2019 Global Terrorism Index estimates is deadlier
than Boko Haram. This growing problem was also highlighted in a recent op-ed by
Bernard-Henri Lévy, a French philosopher and author.
Speaking of his recent trip to
Nigeria, Lévy specifically noted the Nigerian military's refusal to confront
Fulani extremists, "Several times I note the proximity of a military base
that might have been expected to protect civilians. But the soldiers didn't
come; or, if they did, it was only after the battle; or they claimed not to
have received the texted SOS calls in time, or not to have had orders to
respond, or to have been delayed on an impassable road."
Lévy also warned about the
future in Nigeria, "Some professional disinformers will try to reduce the
violence here to one of the "interethnic wars" that inflame Africa.
They'll likely find, here and there, acts of reprisal against the Fula and
Hausa. But as my trip concludes, I have the terrible feeling of being carried
back to Rwanda in the 1990s, to Darfur and South Sudan in the 2000s. Will the
West let history repeat itself in Nigeria? Will we wait, as usual, until the disaster
is done before taking notice? Will we stand by as international Islamic
extremism opens a new front across this vast land, where the children of
Abraham have coexisted for so long?"
ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF
BIAFRA
The Indigenous People of Biafra
is an organization that represents the social, political, and economic
interests of Biafrans in Nigeria. The group aims to ensure that the human
rights violations occurring across Nigeria will be acknowledged and confronted,
perpetrators will be prosecuted, and religious minorities across Nigeria will
be protected by the international community. The letter was signed by IPOB
leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB United States National Coordinator Dr. Clement
Okoro, and 22 state coordinators from across the United States.
DISSEMINATED BY MERCURY PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, LLC, A REGISTERED FOREIGN AGENT, ON BEHALF OF NNAMDI KANU – LEADER OF
THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA. MORE INFORMATION IS ON FILE WITH THE DEPT. OF
JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, DC.
SOURCE The Indigenous People of
Biafra
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