NIGERIAN ARMY MURDERS DETAINED BIAFRAN HOSTAGES

As centuries pass by, the western world would imagine we have become civilized; but the truth is that civility is an inexisting phenomenon in Nigeria, a country ravaged by savagery and barbarism. The saddest part is that our eagerness to protect humanity keep on diminishing as the world turns blind eye to the precarious situation being faced by Biafrans in this unholy matrimony with Nigeria.
 Where is it written that those in power can play God and take life without reason, trial or explanation?

The young men in the picture above were illegally arrested by the Nigerian army on their way from Owerri to Aba where they attended meeting. They were astonishingly dehumanized, and eventually killed on that fateful day. These killers in uniform went further to pour toxic chemical on the corpses so as to erase every trace of their horrible act.
Prior to their killing, these young Biafrans had their hands tied behind their back with Biafran flag, and few weeks after their arrest, several bodies with their hands tied in same position were discovered by a passer by.
This is a confirmation of the information that we have been receiving, that Nigerian army and other security agencies are secretly killing our people every blessed day.

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This is to put the world on notice that both the young and old Indigenous People of Biafra, are being illegally arrested, dehumanized and killed on a daily basis. This may sound ficticious to some gullible minds but the fact and evidence is there for the world to see. The video of the Aba Massacre of the 19th Of February is a clear proof of Buhari's tyranny against Biafrans, using the Nigerian Army and other security apparatus as his executive assassins. Has anybody wondered why Muhammadu Buhari refused to watch his foot soldier's escapade involving the gruesome murder of Biafrans on Aljazeera Television?
His countenance and gesture is a clear testament that his mind is made up to continue killing Biafrans.

Our people are still being arrested in Abia, Rivers, Cross-Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Anambara, Enugu, Bayelsa, Delta, Ebonyi and Imo State and all over Nigeria for peacefully protesting the illegal detention of our leader Nnamdi Kanu and exhibiting our right to self-determination as stipulated by the UN, an agreement in which Nigeria happen to be a signatory to. Even while you read this article, Biafrans are being kidnapped, maimed and secret killing continues unabated, perpetrated by Hausa-Fulani killer squad of Muhammadu Buhari in form of Nigerian police, DSS and the army.

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Once again, let it be on record that in our possession lies the undisputable evidence (Video recording), that a joint task force of the Nigerian police and army, surrounded some indigenous people of Biafra while they were praying to high heavens, calling upon the God they serve to grant our leader victory in court, as well as restore our inheritance which is the Sovereign state of Boafra. While they were busy praying, the trigger-happy assassins in uniform opened fire on them, shooting many dead and leaving many injured.

Some were bundled away half dead, including women. It will shock you to know that over 70 percent of Biafrans seen in the video are still at large, but we know their lives have been terminated just like the 22 bodies found burning as reported by Amnesty International. The others are languishing in prison and calling for justice to be done in their case. It is now evident that the systematic delay of their release by tyrant Muhammadu Buhari, is for them to be secretly eliminated one after the other.

We the indigenous people of Biafra are putting the world on notice of this barbaric and unabated inhumane activities meted out on Biafrans by the Nigerian government with impunity. It is high time the world understand that Biafrans won't let go of Biafra, just as much as Nigeria don't want to let go of Biafra. It is incumbent that they beckon on the modern Hitler of our time, in the person of Muhammadu Buhari, to free all Biafrans held hostage in Nigeria, including the chief prisoner of conscience (POC) Nnamdi Kanu. There is no need postponing the evil days ahead, for it is upon us already and we are ready for whatever the outcome will be. It is still Biafra or Death just incase you are unaware!

Written By Chijindu Benjamin Ukah
Edited And Published By Nwosu C.S
By Biafra Writers

BIAFRANS, COME BACK HOME NOW OR PERISH IN THE NORTH

BIAFRA:
BIAFRANS, COME BACK HOME NOW OR PERISH IN THE NORTH

    SABON GARI MARKET BURNING AS BIAFRANS LOOK ON                                                        HELPLESSLY
It is quite unfortunate and very disturbing, that the world powers feel numb and dumb over the atrocities committed against Biafrans in the contraption called Nigeria. 
It could be recalled that an audio tape which went viral on the internet between Kunle and one Alhaji from the North, stated it clear that the agenda of the APC-led government is to sweep out Biafrans businesses in both the north and the west. This they have started to carry out from the demolition of Oshodi market at Lagos in January 2016 , a market chiefly dominated by Biafrans without even issuing a notice to them. This is not the first time they are setting fire on Biafrans dominated markets, and yet they are clamoring for one Nigeria. 

It could be recalled that early this year 2016, they burnt down Sabon Gari market in Kano where billions of Naira worth of goods belonging to Biafrans were razed down. Now again, on 26 March 2016, they went back to complete what they started by burning down everything that was left of the market while chanting "Allahu Akbar" praising their god Allah saying more of Biafrans shops, churches will be burnt until Biafrans residing in kano left, northern youth, issuing threats to Biafrans in Sabon Gari . A northerner named Nural Lawal, went further saying "may god bless whoever set the market on fire, adding, let Biafrans leave Kano and go back to Biafra land. Yet they tell us this is 'one Nigeria'. This is just the beginning of the woes that will befall Biafrans for as long as they keep staying in the North". 

Isn't that obvious Biafrans are not welcomed in this 'one Nigeria'? Biafrans are often slaughtered at any slightest provocation including destroying their properties. Biafrans are been deported from Lagos, western Nigerians, to Biafra land, while the constitution of Nigeria stipulates that people are free to live and do business in any part of the country they pleased. How can you deport a citizen of the same country to his home state? 

Buhari vowed to kill Biafrans and he is using Nigerian soldiers to reduce us in number. what else can the aggrieved and marginalized Biafrans do rather than calling for her independence which is what we are agitating? Yet Buhari is still killing Biafrans and the world is watching with keen interest without separating the wolf's from the sheep's. 

Buhari found it easy to acknowledged and support the secession of Palestinians and West Sahara. Why is it cumbersome for him to acknowledge Biafra self-determination bid? Why is Buhari killing Biafra self-determination agitators? Why did he (Buhari) conspire with eastern governors to kill Nnamdi Kanu in prison whom he detained unjustly since October 2015 for his ideology?

It's only in Nigeria that, self-determination agitators are being killed and arrested. It's only in Nigeria that a president will disobey numerous court rulings even when the defendant is not found guilty, and is acquitted and discharged. It's only in Nigeria that a corrupt president is claiming to be fighting corruption. It's only in Nigeria that soldiers are killing civilians they meant to protect. It's only in Nigeria that an oil producing state, which actually came from Biafra land, are always suffering from fuel scarcity. ONLY IN NIGERIA!

It's only in Nigeria that teachers and doctors are being owed salaries for months. It's only in Nigeria that graduates are driving taxi cabs and commuter bike riders whilst illiterates such as Buhari are been made the head of state. It's only in Nigeria where citizens pay for public utilities they never used, such as electricity bills . ONLY IN NIGERIA!

In all these avalanches of problems in Nigeria, are they not enough reasons for Biafrans to secede? Nigeria must dismember and from its ashes arise the original owners of the land among whom are Biafrans. 
Biafrans are not wanted in Nigeria, we need our own nation which is Biafra. Give us a referendum now for no amount of killing or intimidation can stop the agitation for the sovereignty of Biafra.

By Anyikwa Kelechi Cynthia 
Edited  Ikechukwu Nwaorisa
By  BIAFRA WRITER

TREASONABLE FELONY… WHO IS GUILTY?

BIAFRA:
TREASONABLE FELONY… WHO IS GUILTY?

                                       BUHARI AND KANU WHO COMMITTED TREASON
In a lay man’s term, ‘’treason’’ means crime of wanting to overthrow a legitimately constituted government through VIOLENT, UNCONSTITUTIONAL means.

An individual is said to be ‘’Treasonable’’ when he has the character of a traitor and such a person is a ‘’felon’’ when he has been proven guilty of such a crime.

Owing to this, Section 37 (1b) of the Criminal Code Act states that
‘’Any person conspiring with any person either within or without Nigeria, to levy war against the State with the intent to cause such leving of war as would be treasonable if committed by a citizen of Nigeria, is guilty of treason and is liable to punishment of death’’.

More to this, Section 41 (d) of the Criminal Code Act also States that
‘’Any person who forms an intention to instigate any foreigner to make any armed invasion of Nigeria or any of the territories thereof and manifests such intention by an over act is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life’’.
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Mallam Buhari, the zoo-british-muslim activist, has grossly violated the above laws
(a) From the genocide and several other war crimes committed against the Biafarns 1967-1970.
(b) To successfully staging Nigeria’s 5th coup on 31st December 1983 which sacked the Shehu Shagari’s administration and led to the death of Brigader Ibrahim Bako.
(c) Then, the several treasonable utterances especially before and after being defeated in the 2011 presidential election.
(d) Since his 2015 fraudulent electoral victory, he has derived pleasure in detaining innocent citizens  (once perceived as a threat to his selfish political ambitions) without trail against the advice of several Human Rights Organisations.
(e) He went further to approve of the killings of peaceful protesters at Onitsha, Igwe Ocha, Bayelsa and the wicked Aba massacare to say the least.
With the above 5 charges, the same man has turned around to charge Prince Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra and the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) internationally recognized by the United Nations, of ‘’Treasonable Felony’’. The zoo court, though as incompetent as they may by be, could not still find a way to prove him guilty of such an offense since October 14 2015, he was kidnapped by the zoo DSS.

READ THIS: BUHARI OVERTHREW THE GOVERNMENT OF SHEHU SHAGARI, BECAME HEAD OF STATE

What is very obvious here, is that the zoo, though a signatory to the United Nations  that gave the Right to Self Determination, has failed to wake up to such responsibilities.

Prince Nnamdi Kanu has not in any way been violent in his approach to the restoration of Biafra. He also has been following the guidelines of Self Determination as stipulated by the United Nations Charter. 

In any country where Law and Order is upheld, ask yourself, who has committed ‘’Treasonable felony’’… Muhammadu Buhari or Nnamdi Kanu?

Written  By Chinedu Ewulu
Edited  By  Ikechukwu Nwaorisa
For BIAFRA WRITERS

EXPOSED: BUHARI COMMITTED TREASONABLE FELONY DEC. 31st 1983, NOT NNAMDI KANU

BIAFRA:

EXPOSED: BUHARI COMMITTED TREASONABLE FELONY DEC. 31st 1983, NOT NNAMDI KANU

                                     Major General Muhammadu Buhari
The president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari and his errand boys, the DSS, accused the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Director of Radio Biafra and Biafra TV Nnamdi Kanu of treasonable felony when in the actually it's Muhammadu Buhari who committed treason

In July 1966, Lieutenant Muhammadu Buhari was one of the participants in a coup, led by Lt-Col Murtala Muhammed, that overthrew and assassinated Nigeria's first military Head of State General Aguiyi Ironsi.

Nine years later, in 1975, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammadu Buhari was among a group of officers (led by Colonels Ibrahim Taiwo, Joseph Garba, Abdulahi Mohammed, Anthony Ochefu, Lieutenant Colonels Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Ibrahim Babangida and Alfred Aduloju) who overthrew the Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon. Col. Buhari was appointed a military governor of the North Eastern State after the successful execution of the coup.

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Yet again, Major-General Buhari led the military coup of December 31st, 1983 that overthrew the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari. At the time of the coup plot, Buhari was the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Third Armored Division of Jos. With the successful execution of the coup by General Buhari, Tunde Idiagbon was appointed Chief of General Staff (the de facto No. 2 in the administration). The coup ended Nigeria's short-lived Second Republic, a period of multi-party democracy started in 1979. According to The New York Times, the officers who took power argued that "a flawed democracy was worse than no democracy at all". Buhari justified the military's seizure of power by castigating the civilian government as hopelessly corrupt and promptly suspended Nigeria’s 1979 Constitution.

Muhammadu Buhari denied his role in the December 1983 coup; however, the example of Major Bamidele betrays Buhari's complicity in the December 1983 coup. Nigerian military historians Max Siollun and Nowa Omoigui note that when Major Bamidele got wind of the coup to oust Shagari, Bamidele reported the issue up the chain of command to his GOC 3rd Armored Division (Major General Buhari) who was allegedly in on the plot. To prevent Bamidele from leaking the plot, Buhari ordered the arrest and detention of Bamidele for two weeks. Bamidele was not released until the successful execution of the coup. 

Learning from this unfortunate experience, Bamidele did not report any rumours of the so-called Vatsa coup (between 1985 and 1986) and was executed for it. Bamidele's words to the Special Military Tribunal that tried and convicted him are:

"I heard of the 1983 coup planning, told my GOC General Buhari who detained me for two weeks in Lagos. Instead of a pat on the back, I received a stab. How then do you expect me to report this one? This trial marks the eclipse of my brilliant and unblemished career of 19 years. I fought in the civil war with the ability it pleased God to give me. It is unfortunate that I'm being convicted for something which I have had to stop on two occasions. This is not self-adulation but a sincere summary of the qualities inherent in me. It is an irony of fate that the president of the tribunal who in 1964 felt that I was good enough to take training in the UK is now saddled with the duty of showing me the exit from the force and the world." 

If a military officer who heard of a coup plot and failed to report it could be tried and executed, can any sane person tell me why the military officer who actually executed a coup should be walking free today as a President of same nation which government he once toppled?

It is clear to the world now that Muhammadu Buhari is a treasonable felon. It is also worth noting, that Muhammadu Buhari has not been tried for these crimes, rather, this tyrant has been allowed to go scot-free. This man should be in jail not in the seat of the presidency. He has nothing good to offer as a president. With Muhammadu Buhari as the president of Nigeria, Nigeria, as a country and, in fact, the likes of Obama of America and David Cameron of Britain have lent their support to the predicted demise of the great edifice of evil, Nigeria.

DOES TALKING ON A RADIO AMOUNT TO TREASON?




The activities of Nnamdi Kanu that has been interpreted as treason by Muhammadu Buhari are: Fighting for the freedom of the indigenous people of Biafra, uniting Biafrans all over the world, telling the world the truth about Nigeria and Biafra which has been hidden from the world by the British and Nigerian government for many years, using radio Biafra London as a medium. I must reiterate here that Nnamdi Kanu is a prisoner of conscience (POC) He is being illegally detained on the order of Muhammadu Buhari.

I will hereby call on the men and women of goodwill, governments of the world, US, UN, EU and the international communities to speak up for the release of Nnamdi Kanu and peaceful exit of Biafrans from Nigeria through a transparent referendum.

Written By Chijindu Benjamin Ukah

Editor:  Ikechukwu Nwaorisa

By  BIAFRA WRITERS

NIGERIA'S MISCONCEPTION ABOUT TREASON

BIAFRA:
NIGERIA'S MISCONCEPTION ABOUT TREASON

                                          IN NIGERIA EVERYTHING IS UPSIDE DOWN
In Africa everything is retarded, illiteracy and injustice abound but all is taken for granted. The challenges Africa is facing today on the face of this planet earth is nothing but the reflection of their ignorance and wickedness.
To be frank, these inferiorities of Africans and their abhorrence against humanity is the major cause it was possible for the Europeans to conquer almost all their ideologies and esteems. In contrast, the Europeans prefer using their knowledge and potentials in helping and making lives more meaningful to their fellow Whites but here in Africa, there exists an intra-competition, hatred and oppression against each other. The evil the Whites hate, is the evil Black people harbour, no doubt every good in Africa is reversed.

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Nigeria is the giant of Africa. When this statement is made the world misunderstands the context. What all these means is that of levels of Illiteracy, Injustice and Wickedness in Africa, Nigeria is the giant of them all. Expressing the terms Nigeria is the giant of illiteracy, the Europeans who brought English lexis to them defined the word "TREASON" as a crime of an attempt to or actually overthrowing one's country or supporting of another country to wage war against your own country. Based on the above definition, the president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari is guilty of the crime "treasonable felony" because he himself anchored the bloody overthrow of some past Head of States in Nigeria. Without any reasonable doubts, Buhari should be locked up to face the consequences of his actions but as everything in Nigeria is negatively reversed and upside down, he was picked to preside as a president of the same country.... the man who committed treason.  When will Nigerians wake up?

In terms of high rate of injustice, the United Nations Charter which is the law that guides human rights interpreted freedom of speech and expression as a privilege for self-determination. Self-determination is the freedom given to a people to make choices and to determine the form of government they want to have. In line with the above charter, Nnamdi Kanu the Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra and the Director of Radio Biafra boldly came out echoing the voice of his people on Radio Biafra London, which is their choice to attain freedom from Nigeria and to attain Biafra as their nation and homeland. 
But as Nigeria is the giant of Injustice in Africa,  Nigeria government perilously apprehended Nnamdi Kanu accusing him of committing treason instead of Muhammadu Buhari whose treasonable felony is proven. 

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The fact that Justice John Tsoho vacated his earlier judgement not to allow masked witnesses to testify against Nnamdi Kanu in his treason charge, is a clear indication that Nigeria is indeed the giant of all injustices because it is an abnormal judicial scenario for a judge to vacate his own ruling without an appeal by the prosecution. Was he drunk when he made the ruling earlier? That shows how much he was bribed to even overturn the own ruling.

If Africa really need to experience light and progress in the world, this is the time for every individual and leaders in Africa to call evil by its name and stand against Buhari, the Hitler of Africa, the mass murderer and join hand to condemn the injustices being meted to Nnamdi Kanu and the extra-judicial killings of Biafra agitators and call for Biafra referendum.

Written  By MyEminence Akaeze
Edited  By  Ikechukwu Nwaorisa
By  BIAFRA WRITERS

BUHARI: THE DEATH OF NNAMDI KANU WILL BE THE END OF NIGERIA

Nnamdi Kanu The Leader Of The Indigenous People Of Biafra

Five months on, the Nigerian government still have been unable to provide proofs to substantiate the concocted allegations, failure in providing legal requirements of witnesses to testify against Nnamdi Kanu. Making matter worst is the censorship of the Nigerian judiciary by inducing the presiding judge in the person of John Tsoho of the federal high court Maitama, Abuja in altering and misinterpreting laws to favour their inconsistencies, lies and deceits. As all these ill-conceived plans are improbable, they have resorted and conspired to finally silence i.e to summarily kill Nnamdi Kanu. Is this not a big shame to Nigeria?

It is pertinent to note that the outcome of any eventuality on Nnamdi Kanu's life or health will definitely be met with defiance as never witnessed before in Nigeria. May I remind Nigeria that Nnamdi Kanu himself told them that "...he will rather remain in detention than to subject himself to their erroneous trial which the outcome will never be respected".
The conspired plot to assassinate Nnamdi Kanu which took place on Saturday 26th March 2016 at Abuja in a secret organized by Muhammadu Buhari had Messrs: Lawal Musa Daura, Governor Willie Obiano, Governor Rochas Okorocha, Governor Victor Okezie Ikpeazu and Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in attendance concluded on a false flagged hijack attempt on the vehicle that will convey Nnamdi Kanu to court.

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 They concluded to contract some assassins that will camouflage as IPOB members and stage the false flagged hijack. In the process, the operatives of Department of State Services (DSS) will kill Nnamdi Kanu and then claim that he died in a crossfire during the purported hijack. The second option is to kill Nnamdi Kanu by poisoning his food. The same treatment that was meted on late M.K.O. Abiola.
But then again, the Nigerian government under the auspicious leadership of the ex coup plotter, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari must understand that the death of Nnamdi Kanu, either intentional or otherwise will be the end of the british creation called Nigeria.

History is gradually repeating itself again in Nigeria. It is thus high time the world understood that the Biafrans are not ready to take things for granted again. Prior to May 1967, Biafrans were pursued and hounded in all their habitats, streets, churces, workplaces and markets in Nigeria. These systematically orchestrated massacres of Biafrans led to a defensive genocidal war by Biafrans against a well-supported Nigerian military majorly backed and supported by the British government and her allies.

This genocidal war resulted in the destruction, displacement and death of more than five million (5million) innocent and defenseless children, women and men of Biafran extraction. The Red Cross and other relief agencies were prohibited from flying into Biafra to supply the much-needed supplies. All these that happened between 1967-1970 were a result of execution of all Biafrans in most cities in Nigeria. The same history is gradually ushering itself in again. There is a red alert on Nnamdi Kanu's life. It is therefore the reason why we the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is using this medium to reach out to the entirety of humanity to understand what is going on withing and with Biafraland and her people.

Also read:BUHARI, CONVICTED FOR TREASON AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

The inability of the Nigerian government in proving  him wrong in the court and the squeezed plot to assassinate Nnamdi Kanu who in all legitimacy anchors the call for the restoration of Biafra will definitely erupt to another war which no one will escape from. The Nigerian Government with these Eastern Governors will not take anything as an excuse this time around as the infuriation is getting high. Recently, governor Willie Obiano killed more that 25 peaceful protesters at Onitsha, Victor Okezie Ikpeazu massacred a great number of Biafrans while praying and fasting in Aba, Abia state and Rochas Okorocha killed many Biafran in Imo state as well. As all these killings are ongoing, the (IPOB) had remained law-abiding and peaceful till date but we will surely respond to any eventuality against Nnamdi Kanu.

Written By Amalahueze Akaeze.
Edited By Obioma Ebere
Published By Nwosu C.S
By Biafra Writers

MOHAMMADU BUHARI AND NNAMDI KANU WHO COMMITTED TREASON?

BIAFRA:
MOHAMMADU BUHARI AND NNAMDI KANU WHO COMMITTED TREASON?

The word Treason the world over has only one meaning. Not two, not three, just one meaning. According to section 37(1) of the criminal code Act,"treason" occurs when someone actually wages a war, or conspires with any person to wage war against the country "in order to intimidate or overawe the President or the Governor of a state" When one wages war to overtake a government, he has committed treason.

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Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra and the Director of Radio Biafra London was arrested in Lagos, October 2015 and was charged with treason after he won the two previous charges preferred against him. It is highly disheartening that the Federal Government of Nigeria could only discover that Nnamdi Kanu committed Treason after he was discharged and acquitted of two previous charges. Could it be that the Federal government DSS forgot what constitutes Treason as at the time of charging him to court or that the law on treason was inexistent as at the time Kanu was being prosecuted for “belonging to an unlawful society” and later of “Terrorism”, the two charges for which he was discharged and acquitted?

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In line with what constitutes Treasonable Felony, we want to compare and contrast General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. On December 31st, 1983, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) overthrew the democratically elected government of Shehu Shagari in a bloodless coup de tat and removed the elected President of the Federal republic of Nigeria and took over that government. Muhammadu Buhari took his men on arm attacked a sitting government and sacked the democratically elected government, arrested the President and his Vice. This act amounts to treason or Treasonable Felony.
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But until date Muhammadu Buhari has not been charged with treason nor has he been given any form of pardon for this heinous crime against the Nigerian State. Nnamdi Kanu, joined by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, through Radio Biafra London has been calling for the Self-Determination of the people of the South-Eastern states, the (so called) South-south states, Niger Delta and parts of Idoma and Igala of the lower Benue for the nation of Biafra. Nnamdi Kanu never sought to take over Nigeria’s government by overthrowing the elected president. He sought for the independence of his people through a laid down international law of the United Nations.  At no time did he make moves to topple Nigeria Government.  It is, therefore, unbelievable that this Treasonable Felon General Muhammadu Buhari  (retd) is presently prosecuting Mr. Nnamdi Kanu for Treason which he never committed. That is why we call on the international community to check between Muhammadu Buhari and Nnamdi Kanu who is a Treasonable Felon.

RELATED: WHO HAS COMMITTED TREASON BETWEEN NNAMDI KANU AND MUHAMMADU BUHARI?

Muhammadu Buhari should not have qualified to run for the presidency of any country, not because academically he is a write-off, but the fact that he is a criminal that should be in jail. But NO, rather he is now sitting and charging an innocent man for treason, which he Buhari committed.
We, the Indigenous People of  Biafra are therefore highly disappointed that the whole world and the United Nations are all mute blind and deaf of this anomaly until the madman in Aso Rock sends an innocent man to jail for the crime he is innocent of. If anyone is to be prosecuted for treason, that person should be Muhammadu Buhari

Written by  Ikechukwu  Nwaorisa
For BIAFRA WRITERS

FRUSTRATION OF BIAFRANS IS THE IRONY OF ONE NIGERIA

They praised their god as the goods burnt. Fellow Biafrans, haba!
When will you learn? Allah Akbar rang so loudly drowning the cries of helpless traders who stood hopelessly watching their livelihoods burn into ashes. This is the sad story of Sabongari market, in Kano state, Nigeria. The video has gone viral on social media and now is action time for the plotters.

After the electioneering periods last year, I argued with a woman who boldly announced that they were going to chase away Biafrans from Lagos state for not voting APC. She highlighted plans to destroy Ladipo and many other markets where Biafrans do their trades and they will be converted to parks and schools. She said of Biafrans that ''we were comfortable in their land yet had refused to vote for them.''
Does it require a soothsayer or a prophet to explain that this is a well-orchestrated plan that is being systematically carried out?

Sincerely, since January 2016, Biafrans have been hit harder than envisaged nor imagined. Biafrans businesses in Oshodi was pulled down by the order of Ambode the governor. This order ushers in an avenue for Lagos hoodlums to having a field day at looting commodities and goods worth billions of Naira. None of the business owners were allowed to take the least of their commodities out of their various shops as their shops were sealed without forewarning and the usual phrase was ''order from above.''

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Biafrans, when will you learn? What stops you from going and developing your businesses in Biafra land? When will you stop taking your wares and wealth to your enemies at the same time developing their lands? We have all it takes to establish a nation so why suffer constant humiliations from other people? Recently, Ladipo market came under siege as many Biafrans cried their hearts out. Their arrival on that fateful morning to the market was the worst morning they will never forget as they met empty spaces on a once filled motor parts shops. Ambode was at it again! They have vowed to cripple our commercial status and take over our businesses and gradually, systematically and sporadically they are making progress.

Hey Biafrans, learn your lesson. Go home and build your lands!
You can reside anywhere you want but secure your wealth and children's future. "Adighi eji akpata etufu aba ogaranya." "Wealth does not come through wastage. "They shouted at the top of their voices: "Allah Akbar!" "May Allah be praised!" This vicious show of hatred summarizes all the events unfolding and reaffirms the ''Alhaji and Kunle affiliation.'' Frankly, it is high time we put differences aside and reason together. God created us and put us in different locations with diverse attributes, qualities and resources. He even made boundaries and commanded that landmarks must not be removed.

A piece from me to most of you in these categories; for those who claim to belong to lands far away from their places of birth or origin and refuse to belong to their clan which is a stone throw, you need to rethink. Those who deny their mother tongue for the sake of monetary favours and political positions need thorough brain overhaul.
For those who are lost in other lands with no intentions of coming back to their homeland, their brainwashed senses need redeeming revival.

Conclusively, now is the time to return and build the land from where the sun rises; Biafra. We are the recipient of the sun's radiance before others, which is a pointer to how blessed we are as a people.The wise men were from the east and as a nation are we very thrifty. Need I explain further that the Biafrans survived and surpassed expectations of failure with mere post civil-war 20 pounds from the murderous Nigerian government regardless of how much a Biafran had in his/her bank account before the war? We have excelled and overcame all sorts of trials and the last one will be the restoration of our dear homeland; Biafra. Time to leave and restore Biafra is now. With the exodus from these foreign lands, you will make them stop the chants; ''Allah Akbar!''

Written By Victoria. O. C. Agangan
Edited By Obioma Ebere
Published By Nwosu C.S
By Biafra Writers

HAUSA-FULANI CHANTS ALLAHU AKBAR WHILE SETTING ABLAZE BIAFRANS SHOPS IN SABON GARI

BIAFRA:
HAUSA-FULANI CHANTS ALLAHU AKBAR WHILE SETTING ABLAZE BIAFRANS SHOPS IN SABON GARI
WATCH THIS VIDEO:CHANTING OF ALLAHU AKBR AS FIRE RAZED SABON GARI MARKET
In all parts of the world, it is known that over 60% of Biafrans are successful businessmen and women. When it comes to generosity and hospitality, Biafrans are benevolent and generous to a fault.  Not only that they are good in business, they are equally good in the production of the major goods and services which they trade on. In Agriculture, Education and skills acquisition, Biafrans are exceptionally wonderful. Biafrans are always adored and welcomed in all parts of the world because of these attractive and hereditary talents but NOT in Nigeria. It is disappointing that instead of appreciating the versatility of Biafrans which God has endowed them with, Nigerians choose to be hostile and oppressive towards them. Because of the dexterities of Biafrans, other tribes are practically unleashing acts of terror, greed and hatred on them. People may be wondering why Biafrans say they are marginalized, but a closer look at events happening to them in the Nigeria state says it all.

Biafrans watch helplessly as their goods go in flames


Since Muhammadu Buhari was rigged into power these acts of hatreds have intensified. His first action was to stop Biafrans from importing goods and services required for their various trades and cottage industries. Not relenting, Buhari have also conspired with the Governors of the north and west to destroy and demolish the big markets and shops chiefly control by Biafrans in the guise of development.  For instance; the demolition of Ladipo Spare parts Market in Mushin Lagos and the demolition of Oshodi market is a living testimony to this. The Burning of Balogun Market in Lagos Island as well as the razing of Tejuoso Market at Yaba Lagos lend credence to the fact that Biafrans are hated and marginalized, because, 90% of all these Markets being torched or demolished are predominantly occupied by the Biafrans.

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Just yesterday, 27th March, 2016, the almajiri boys in Kano were sent to set ablaze the big Sabon Gari Market in Kano where Biafrans are known to trade. The chanting of  ALLAHU AKBAR by the Hausa Fulani men as the Market is being razed down is a clear message that the burning of the market was all intentional and planned to destroy all Biafran interest across the Nigeria state. But as these ill fates are befalling Biafrans, what is the government doing? Nigeria government never paid any attention to the plights of these marketers who lost millions of dollars in these horrendous incidents and all their capitals forfeited.

READ THIS TOO: Fire Guts 4,000 Shops in Sabon Gari Market
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Biafrans what is the way forward? It is clear to all now that Biafrans are no longer wanted in this contraption called Nigeria. By now it should be clear to everyone that Nigeria is no longer a home for Biafrans. Oh! Biafrans are we going to continue in one Nigeria and loose our lives? Have you all, forgotten the phone call interaction between Mr Sulaiman of the North and Mr Adekunle of the West?
There's an Igbo Proverb that says "ijiji na-enweghị onye ndụmọdụ na e soro Ozu laa n'ili". [the fly that has no adviser goes to the grave with the corpse] It is already late for us to retire to our home Biafra land, because we have lost all. But its better late than to be late.

Written  By MyEminence Akaeze
Edited  By  Ikechukwu Nwaorisa
By  BIAFRA WRITERS

SABONGARI MARKET FIRE OUT BREAK: AN EYE OPENER FOR BIAFRANS IN THE NORTH.

BIAFRANS SALVAGING WHAT IS LEFT OF THEIR GOODS

Sabongari is an Hausa language which means “strangers area”. The sabongari market in Kano State is a market where Biafrans do their buying and selling, despite all warnings to relocate back to Biafra land where they are sure of security of their lives and properties. For three days now, this very market has been on fire, and from every indication the fire outbreak is not accidental.

 Sabongari was intentionally set ablazed by the Hausa-Fulani people, in fulfilment of their promise to cripple our people's businesses as exposed in an audio recording  between one Hausa politician simply identified as Alhaji, that got leaked to the public.
 The 20:38-minute audio recording, appeared to have been made by a member of one of the political parties or an eavesdropper. The Northern politician, revealed the sinister plot of the Northern politicians to attack the business interests of the people from the South East and South South region of the country.

Investigations led to the source of the audio, who does not wish to be named. It was authenticated that the recording was a real telephone conversation that happened just after the inauguration of the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, 2015.
Alhaji took time to reveal the plot of the Northern elites to frustrate people from the South East and South South of Nigeria and revealed that there is a Satanic alliance with some elements of the South West to also join in frustrating the South Easterners and denying them their rights under the constitution to live anywhere they wish and do business anywhere in Nigeria.

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Biafrans in sabongari market reported that as the market was going up in flames, the Hausa/Fulani people where shouting Allahu Akbar, which means “Allah is great”.  They were praising their God for successfully burning down the market where Biafrans were earning their living. Is this is not barbaric?.

In Lagos State, Yaba market, Ladipo market, Oshodi market were demolished without prior notice to the traders. Ikosi area of Ketu market was burnt down as well. In Abuja, Gwagwalada market was demolished, and now Sabongari market has been razed down too. These are markets where Biafrans do their trading. But like the name of the market implies, they are considered strangers and not welcome to do business.

Do not be surprised if you hear or read a news of another market fire outbreak in the northern Nigeria, or demolition in Lagos State, because these people are determined to render Biafrans useless. It is imperative that Biafrans in the north know that this is a final warning as they may not only take away their businesses alone, but also their precious lives.
It is time to go back to Biafra land and establish your businesses at home where you are safe.

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When a person is not welcomed in a place, he or she does not need to be told to vacate such location and go back home. If Biafrans in the northern Nigeria fail to heed to this call to go back home, i'm aftaid many of them may not make it out of the Mohammedan emirate of the North alive. It has been established that their next plan is to carry out a jihad on all Biafrans and non-Muslims. Our leader Nnamdi Kanu sang it like a song but most people called him a joker and 'hate' preacher, but like a prophet, it is all happening before the eyes of all.

It is obvious that Biafrans are not wanted in Nigeria. From time immemorial, Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba oligarchy has exhibited the height of hatred towards Biafrans in so many ways. The only thing these religious bigots and scavengers are concerned about is our oil. This is the irony of one Nigeria, our lives worth nothing to them. All they seek is to wipe us out from the surface of the earth and take over our rich land. These gullible creatures known as the Hausa/Fulani and their Yoruba co-conspirators are good at burning down our markets, churches, properties, killing us at will in their states, and still killing us in Biafra land with impunity using their islamic soldiers in form of the Nigerian army and the Fulani herdsmen.

This barbaric act constantly displayed by the so called "One Nigerianist" has gone beyond escalation, while the Nigerian government prefer sit on the fence. We are expectant that the EU, UN, US, men and women of goodwill who has value for human life and the international community will support and call for Biafra referendum so as to dampen the already tensed society. We are patient now, but it is also imperative that they know that our patience will soon elapse. We have the right to live and exist as a people, and nobody should think of subjugating us any further because we are Biafrans, we never say die!

Written By Chijindu Benjamin Ukah
Edited And Published By Nwosu C.S
By Biafra Writers

UK Group Blasts Buhari- Now we know the Struggle For Biafra, Buhari is Clueless & Incompetent

President Muhammadu Buhari’s election victory in the opinion and expectation of majority of Nigerians and African was seen as an opportunity for a total transformation of Africa’s sleeping giant, but the events in the last 10 months have shown otherwise. According to a study by Nigerian Governance Watch, a United Kingdom (UK) based Nigerian Professionals group, revealed that President Buhari is beret of idea to manage, have no focus, unstable and extremely incompetent in every sphere to shape the affairs of any Nigeria.


The group comes short of blaming the President, but Nigerians who knew the antecedent of Muhammadu Buhari while in office in 1984 to 1985 and blindly went for a man who has not created anything, but only destroys the gains of his predecessors through his thoughtless policies and zero understanding of the workings in a public sector.

As a military leader, Buhari killed the Naira, killed the Economy, destroyed our relationship with the rest of the world, polarized the country on tribe and religion, impoverished Nigerians to the extent that Nigerians were queuing up for essential commodities like Milk, Rice and Bread.

On Buhari’s return in May 2015, he has within this short period, turned Africa’s biggest and fastest growing economy to a shrinking one. Crashing the GDP from about 7.0% to 2.4%, Inflation jumping to 11.6% from 9%, over 2 million Nigerians losing their jobs, FDI dropped by over 85%, Maternal and Infant mortality is at all time high as result of poverty, malnutrition and diseases.

In a dwindling revenue, Buhari did the unheard of, instead of reducing the budget, he increased the budget from N4.3trn to N6.07trn. He presented the most fraudulent, inflated and irredeemably padded budget.

The Nigerian Governance Watch stated that they were not surprised, as President Buhari they described as a “very serious” leader, in a recession period did not deem it fit to appoint a single Economist among the 36 names in his cabinet.

They frowned at the president’s inability to set up an economic Team after 10 months in office and only resorting to intuition, thumb rules and application of Adam and Eve economies in this 21st century.

On the political front, the condemned President’s deliberate interventions in the electoral process and his use of security agencies to intimidate the opposition and the assassination and killing of people of diverse opinion.

The UK based group, according to Hope For Nigeria is worried that President Buhari who benefited in one of the best organised elections in Africa just few months ago have been unable to successfully organise any election in the country.

His determination to ensure that his party members and cronies win all the elections has lead numerous killings, kidnapping and in most cases annulling results or declaring them inconclusive where his party is losing hopefully, like the case of Rivers state re-run election.

In conclusion, according to Hope For Nigeria, the group advised President Buhari to swallow his pride and recall some of the experts from previous governments that meticulously guided the Nigerian economy to be the largest in the continent.

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KANGAROO COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHT ABUSES IN NIGERIA

BIAFRA:

KANGAROO COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHT ABUSES IN NIGERIA

The Nigerian government is a complete disgrace to governance. It baffles me how Nigerian leadership deceive themselves in their thinking that the world is as foolish and stupid as they are in their actions and inactions which is open for all to see. Nigerian government in their corrupt imagination thinks that people will be deceived and fooled by their hypocritical actions to think that they are what they claim to be.

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How could a nation that disobeys a ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction come out to tell the world that they uphold the rule of law. Do they think that the world will only see what they want them to see or hear only what they want them to hear? The whole world over knows that Nigeria is a lawless country where court rulings are flouted with all recklessness. Where the president sits in a media chat and finds a suspect guilty without trial. A country where a judge will pass a ruling and come back to vacate the ruling without an appeal by the prosecution. A country whose president unilaterally registers the country in an international treaty of military coalition, in a democratic dispensation, without the approval of the National assembly, [Senate or House of Representatives]. A country who claim to practice freedom of the press and freedom of speech but goes about impounding and confiscating Newspapers carrying news about Biafra.

On the 30th of August, 2015, [the BLACK SUNDAY], a combined team of the Nigerian Army, Navy and Police opened fire on unarmed IPOB members evangelizing along Bridge Head Onitsha, killing about 3 and wounding over 30.

On the 2nd and 17th December, 2015 the Nigerian Army again, shot and killed over 25 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB who were rejoicing and jubilating over the news of the release of the detained Director of Radio Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Some who were wounded were rushed to the hospital, but the Nigerian army stormed the hospital where these Biafrans were being treated and whisked them away to an unknown destination and have never been seen or heard from till date.

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Yet again 9th of February, 2016, these breed of murderers called Nigeria Army, Navy and Police invaded the compound of National High School Aba where members of IPOB were praying for the detained leader of IPOB before embarking on a peaceful protest, and opened fire on the unarmed citizens, killing about 10 people including a woman on the spot and fatally injuring about 22 others.

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Then on Saturday, February 13, 2016, 13 dead bodies of suspected IPOB members were found at an isolated refuse dumping ground with their hands tied behind them with the Biafran flag and shot dead and a very dangerous chemicals poured on them making their bodies to bleach and shrink.

On the 19th day of January, 2013, floating bodies of about 30 men were discovered at Ezu River in Amansea community of Anambra State. What killed them? Who killed them and dumped them inside the Ezu river? A commission of inquiry into the death of these 30 men were never conducted or if conducted by a “Kangaroo” committee, the report was never made public till date. Autopsy report on the cause of such magnitude of deaths was never made public. Only in Nigeria.

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It will be recalled that months before the arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Director of Radio Biafra and Biafra TV, the Nigeria government mobilized her military to arrest and detain anybody seen listening to Radio Biafra or playing the radio station in his car. If you are seen with a Biafran Flag, you will be arrested. If you are seen wearing a Biafran T-shirt, you will be arrested and in most case disappear without trace. And this country claim she is practicing democracy. Can any country be more hypocritical?

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Saturday, 12 December 2015, the Nigeria armed Forces attacked and killed over 1000 Shiites Muslims in Kanu State Nigeria and detained its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim ZakZaky. He has neither been charged by the police or Army nor been released.

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Now, this government who has committed these innumerable amount of human rights violations, seeing that it has got a case to answer at the ICC in The Hague, quickly inaugurates an investigative panel of inquiry into the crimes SHE committed. And who are the members of this panel you might ask? Surprise surprise.... the same people who committed the crime. NIGERIA GOVERNMENT LED BY GENERAL MOHAMMADU BUHARI HAS SET UP A MILITARY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED BY THE MILITARY. Ridiculous isn't it?

And they are calling on members of the society who have any information regarding these atrocities to come up and give such information. Now can someone tell me how any Nigerian citizen can go to these Military men to testify against the army when mere mention of the word Biafra means death. When mere listening to Radio Biafra is a crime. What evidence do they want the masses to come up to give when Buhari refused to watch a video clip showing one of the atrocities committed by his men presented to him by an Aljazeera journalist. WHO IS FOOLING WHO? Is Nigeria government fooling the world or fooling herself?

The blood sucking demon imposed on Nigeria by David Cameron and Barak Obama

We don’t need the result of the inquiry to be released to know what it contains just as we have heard the verdict of Nnamdi Kanu's trial pronounced by Buhari even before Nnamdi Kanu went on trial. So The committee of inquiry is a Kangaroo committee whose report has been written and given to them before the inauguration.

It is unimaginable that Nigeria will think that the world will be fooled her Kangaroo investigation on her crimes against humanity in Nigeria when the crime being investigated was committed by the same people investigating it. Who committed the crime against Humanity and human rights violations, THE MILITARY and who is investigating the human rights violations…THE MILITARY. Can the military indict itself? Here, the answer is NO. So we are not waiting for the result of the investigation because we already know it. Whatever is the result of the committee’s investigation will never save Buhari, the Inspector General of Police and the army from the ICC.

Written  By  Ikechukwu  Nwaorisa

FOR  BIAFRA WRITERS

Biafra: Amnesty International slams FG for killing Biafra protesters

 - Amnesty International has slammed the Nigerian security forces for killing pro-Biafra protesters.

 – The NGO has called on the government to avoid using violence against activists and to respect the rule of law.

 – The federal government responded that it does not consider pro-Biafrans to be a serious threat.

Nigerian security forces have used excessive force against pro-Biafran protesters in south-eastern Nigeria, Amnesty International has claimed.

Lucy Freeman, senior research adviser at Amnesty, told IBTimes UK the NGO has documented instances of excessive force used against protesters connected to the pro-Biafran movement.

Pro-Biafrans hold regular marches across south-eastern Nigeria calling for independence and the the release of her Nnamdi Kanu.

It is believed that during one of the latest demonstrations held in Aba state on 9 February, at least ten people were killed by the army and police, with footage purportedly showing security forces attacking pro-Biafrans being widely circulated on social media.

 “What is happening in south-eastern Nigeria is not a conflict situation and the law enforcement model that has been used is not appropriate,” Freeman said.

 “It is not appropriate to use lethal force on protesters, even in case of a violent protest. 

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“There are consistent reports of excessive use of force, deaths and injuries of people connected to the Biafran movement.” “The Nigerian government is obligated to carry out investigations that have to be independent, impartial and effective,” she said. “It is not enough to deny allegations and people need to be prosecuted and brought to justice.”

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Freeman confirmed that an Amnesty team is on the ground to investigate the allegations of violence during recent pro-Biafran protests. “It is a difficult context because you have so much cover-up by the military. In an ideal situation if someone dies by the use of force, there should be an autopsy, some records of the death, of arrests. 

What we have seen across the country is that these kind of basic documentation and investigations are not done.”

Speaking about recent court cases involving Nnamdi Kanu, the leading pro-Biafra activist who is currently on trial, Freeman condemned the Nigerian government for deliberately prolonging cases by using legal tricks.

“We have seen in several cases the practice of the DSS of arresting someone, holding them unlawfully, and when that person challenges their detention with bail, they are immediately charged with something else to prolong their detention. That’s unlawful detention,” Freeman said.

“There are a number of people who have been detained in connection to Boko Haram who had a similar thing happened. The question is: To what extent is the rule of law respected?

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However, spokesperson for the Nigerian security forces, Rabe Abubakar, told IBTimes UK that the Nigerian police and army do not kill demonstrators.

He added the security forces had to intervene as some pro-Biafrans were allegedly carrying weapons.

The Nigerian government has always maintained that Nigeria’s unity is a priority for the country, and although peaceful pro-Biafran protests are welcome, demanding the breakaway of the Biafran territories is against the constitution. The government also told IBTimes UK that it does not consider the separatist movement a threat to the current leadership, and described pro-Biafrans as an insignificant threat.


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Nigeria: How Nigerian Politicians Squandered N118.2 Trillion ($600 billion) Between 2005 & 2016

(Onitsha Nigeria, 2nd February 2016) The leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) wishes to inform statistically that the Nigerian political leaders holding forth at the Federal, States, Local Government and Federal Capital Territory have between January 2005 and December 2016; a period of 12 years, squandered a whopping sum of N118.2 trillion or $600billion. The squandered public funds are made up of generated and borrowed funds secured for the purpose of budgetary expenditures in all of the country’s public offices, between January 2005 and December 2016. The political leaders under reference include the Federal authorities, the authorities in charge of the country’s 36 States and 774 constitutionally recognized Local Government Areas (LGAs) as well as the authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja); numbering 17,500, made up of elected and appointed public office holders in the executive, legislative and judicial arms of government.

The political authorities under reference, have also between June 2007 and December 2016; a period of  ten years, incurred staggering public debts of over N10trillion or $50billion from local and international sources; comprising States and Federal Government’s local and foreign loans. Nigeria’s official or public total debts as at May 2007 stood at $23.5billion; comprising local debts of N1.8trillion ($20billion: 140.00/US$) and foreign debts of $3.5billion. This was after its $30billion foreign loans were liquidated in 2006 courtesy of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and leading international lending institutions.  But by the end of December 2016, Nigeria’s current total public debts must have risen to over N14.6trillion or $73billion. The Buhari’s federal Presidency alone has proposed a public borrowing of over $9billion or N1.84trillion in the 2016 budget proposal. Average of 20%-30% of 2016 budget proposal of each State in Nigeria is also expected to be funded from local or international borrowings.

When added, the country’s total official or public debts will be raised to as much as $80billion or N16trillion by the end of December 2016. The country’s current official public debts as at June 2015 were quoted by DMO as “N11.1trillion or $63.8billion”, using old official exchange rate of N155/US$. This is no longer fiscally realistic. Crookedness is also associated with government local borrowings in Nigeria; making it difficult for DMO to appropriately capture every kobo borrowed locally particularly by State Governments. As a matter of fact, totality of public borrowed funds in Nigeria both openly and illicitly borrowed; is strongly believed to be in the neighborhood of $80billion to $90billion or N18trillion or even more. Nigeria had also spent a whopping sum of N2.95trillion or $15billion in the past five years (2010-2014) in debts servicing. It is also feared in many informed quarters that Nigeria’s current public debts may most likely double at the end of President Buhari’s embattled administration by 2019, owing to alarming rates with which loans are being borrowed by his administration and subordinates of his administration particularly the State Governors.

On the other hand, by the end of December 2016, a total of N118.2trillion or $600billion borrowed and generated public funds in Nigeria since January 2005 would have been squandered by the named public office holders. These public office holders are majorly and dually controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The two major political parties are also “two fingers of a leprous hand” used by those 17,500 public office holders particularly the elected; through back and forth membership and political trading, to squander the princely public funds under reference.

This grounded finding of ours is built on similar facts laden finding made on 13th January 2013 by the Vanguard Newspaper, which corresponded with data available at the Federal Ministry of Finance. The report found that the referenced tiers of government and their agencies in Nigeria had between January 2005 and December 2013 budgeted, generated, borrowed and squandered a whopping sum of N80trillion ($400billion); out of which N56trillion ($280billion) was spent on recurrent expenditures, while paltry N24trillion ($120billion) was spent on capital expenditures. In our expanded and extensive investigation following the foregoing, we further found that another N38.2trillion or $190billion had been squandered between January 2014 and December 2016; a period of three years. Of this amount and by the end of December 2016, the Federal Government would have spent N16trillion or $80billion; South-south zone N5.6trillion or $28billion, Southwest N4trillion or $20billion, Northwest N3.1trillion or $15billion, 774 LGAs  N3trillion or $15billion, North-central N2.1trillion or $10billion, Northeast N2trillion or $10billion, Southeast N1.66trillion or $8.01billion and the FCT N625billion or $3.1billion which includes a 2016 projected budget of N180billion; totaling N38.2trillion or $190billion in three years.

Our grounded findings were arrived at using the main public budgets of the Federal Government, the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory; while in the case of 774 constitutionally recognized Local Government Areas (LGAs), their statutory federation allocations was used. For instance, in the 2015 federal allocations to the LGAs in Nigeria, a total of N953billion or $4.5billion was so allocated. On the other hand, our grounded finding did not include supplementary budgets of some of the 36 States and the Federal Government (some) as well as the internally generated revenues of the 774 LGAs. That of the LGAs was informed by total castration of the independence and functionality of the LGAs system in Nigeria; worsened by the provisions of Sections 162 (6) (State Joint LGA account) and 7(1) (management of LGAs by State Government). Also, in the course of our findings, the official exchange of N199.00/US$ was applied or used. We also hold that if the “missing points” are added, the budgeted and squandered public funds in Nigeria in the past 12 years will be higher than the figure under discussion.

Further breakdown of the above findings statistically indicates that by the end of December 2016, the Federal Government would have budgeted, generated, borrowed and squandered a total of N48.1trillion or $240billion; having budgeted and squandered N1.8trillion in 2005, N1.9trillion in 2006, N2.3trillion in 2007, N3.58trillion in 2008, N3.76trillion in 2009, N4.6trillion in 2010, N4.48trillion in 2011, N4.7trillion in 2012, N4.98trillion in 2013, N4.92trillion in 2014, N4.5trillion and the Buhari’s supplementary budget of N575billion in 2015 in addition to his 2016 budget proposal of N6.07trillion; all totaling N48.1trillion or $240billion in 12 years or from 2005 to 2016.

The South-south or Oil Niger Delta Region emerged the second largest squanderer with a whopping sum of N17.1trillion or $85billion; comprising N11.5trillion budgeted and spent between January 2005 and December 2013, and N5.6trillion between January 2014 and December 2016. The constitutionally recognized 774 LGAs emerged third largest squanderer with N14.4trillion or $70billion allocation in 12 years; comprising N11.4trillion between January 2005 and December 2013, and N3trillion between January 2014 and December 2016.

Southwest zone was 4th largest squanderer and the country’s sub national largest debtor. It squandered a total of N11.3trillion or $56.5billion; comprising N7.3trillion between January 2005 and December 2013, and N4trillion between January 2014 and December 2016. Northwest zone was the fifth largest squanderer with N8.5trillion or $42.5billion; comprising N5.38trillion between January 2005 and December 2013, and N3.1trillion between January 2014 and December 2016; followed by North-central as sixth largest squanderer with N7.35trillion or $37.5billion; comprising N5.19trillion between January 2005 and December 2013, and N2.16trillion between January 2014 and December 2016. The Northeast zone was the seventh largest squanderer with N5.76trillion or $28.8billion; comprising N3.75trillion between January 2005 and December 2013, and N2trillion between January 2014 and December 2016.

This Southeast zone emerged 8th largest squanderer with N5.1trillion or $25billion; comprising N3.45trillion between January 2005 and December 2013, and N1.66 trillion between January 2014 and December 2016. The ninth largest squanderer was the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) with N1.96trillion or $9.5billion; comprising N1.33trillion between January 2005 and December 2013, and N625billion between January 2014 and December 2016; all totaling N118.2trillion or $600billion in the past 12 years or January 2005 to December 2016.

It is shockingly sad that Nigerians are groaning in abject poverty in their land of plenty, to the extent that a whopping sum of N118.2trillion or $600billion was budgeted and squandered in the past 12 years (2005-2016) with little or nothing to show for it. Nigeria is a country of squander-mania. It is also developmentally dead as 98% of its solid minerals and agricultural produce are acutely subsistent or non- industrialized. Creative wealth is also near-totally absent owing to promotion by Nigeria’s political office holders particularly President Muhammadu Buhari administration, of sectional mediocrity and primordialism; corporate and bureaucratic idleness and laziness. Nigerian politicians rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as well as serial borrowings to sustain their political offices and siphoning of public funds.

As a matter of fact, crude oil revenues account for 35% of the country’s Gross National Product (GDP); 75% of government revenues and 90% of its export earnings till date. The country has no traces of any foreign investment overseas and has become “a territorial non grata” for real foreign investors, owing to myriad of its man-made security threats and other unsafe conditions as well as the Buhari’s gross and unrepentant affront to rule of law, human rights and constitutionalism. The country’s foreign reserves have shrunk from $36billion in October 2014 to $28billion in January 2016. Oil price has also fallen from $144 per barrel in July 2014 to as low as $30.25 per barrel in January 2016; leading Nigeria to lose over $70billion in oil revenues yearly to plummeted oil prices and presidentially provoked oil militancy in the Niger Delta.

Nigeria is expected to earn a meager sum of about $33billion from crude oil in 2016, from $102billion in 2013/2014 at the rate of $110 per barrel into 2.3million barrels per day.  Also, out of the expected dwindling crude revenues of about $33billion for 2016,  oil companies and drillers of the country’s crude oil are expected to be paid about $15billion or about 49% as contractual royalties; leaving the country with about $18billion or N3.6trillion oil revenues for this 2016. The Federal Government of Nigeria is expected to take about N1.5trillion or $7.5billion (52.6%); leaving the rest to oil States, 36 States, FCT and LGAs, etc.

The grand import of this grounded findings of ours is to bring to bear and to the attention of all Nigerians and members of the international community the entrenched squander-mania culture of the country’s political office holders and their total neglect and abandonment of over 170million citizens of the country to continually wallow in abject mass poverty; with the most shocking being chronic allocation of less than 30% of the budgets and staggering public funds under reference to capital projects. Another shocking observation of ours was resort particularly by States and the Federal Government to reckless local and foreign borrowings for the purpose of funding recurrent expenditures, comprising of personnel and overheads expenditures. In the Buhari’s supplementary budget of N575billion of 2015, for instance, most, if not all of it was for recurrent expenditures and in his 2016 budget proposal of N6.07trillion or $30billion, N3.6trillion or $18billion was for non-debt recurrent expenditures; which include N1.83trillion or $9.1billion for personnel costs and N547.8billion or $2.75billion was for overheads costs. Only a paltry sum of N1.8trillion or $9billion (30%) was proposed for capital expenditures. This is totally unacceptable!

Nigerians and members of the international community are therefore called upon to  reasonably and sacrificially draw concrete comparisons between the expenditure of the staggering public funds under reference and level of socio-economic development  ( i.e. roads, aviation, railway, transport, health, education, energy, water, shelter, justice, security and human rights, jobs, industry, environment and technology, etc) of their areas in particular and the country in general and be able to stand up and ask their political office holders, numbering 17,500, to account for the squandered public funds of N118.2trillion or $600billion in the past 12 years. They should rise up in condemnation of reckless and serial public borrowings in Nigeria particularly the entrenchment by political office holders of despicable habits of “borrowing to squander and plunder”.

Signed:

Emeka Umeagbalasi, Board Chairman

International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law

Email: info@intersociety-ng.org, emekaumeagbalasi@yahoo.co.uk