NEWS: FULANI HERDSMEN WRECKS HAVOC IN AWGU COMMUNITY, AS SUSPECTED PSEUDO SOLDIERS ARRESTS 76 NATIVES OVER PROTEST

Edited And Published By Nwosu C.S

...#SaveOurSoul--- Monarch Cries Out.

There was palpable fear and tension which enveloped residents of Ugwuneshi Autonomous community in Agwu Local Government Area of Enugu State, following the illegal arrest of 76 villagers in the community by "men in military uniform" over their protest against the rampaging Fulani Cattle Herders.
Awgu is a border community with Lokpanta in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State where a cattle market is located.

Decrying the horrible situation, the traditional ruler of Awgu community, His Royal Highness Igwe Godwin Nwobi, stated that the incident took place on Thursday last week, saying that the Fulani Herdsmen who settled in the community without their permission had been using their cattle to destroy their crops and farmlands with impunity.
He stated that following the continued destruction of their crops which serve as their only means of livelihood, the youths in the community out of anger and provocation, decided to protest the impunity and execrable activities of the Herdsmen.

According to the Monarch, the villagers after the protest received an information that two women who went to their farm had been abducted by the herdsmen apparently in retaliation.
"When we got such information, the youths and men were gathering in our village square to discuss the matter and plan for a rescue mission when suddenly they were surrounded by men in military uniform who arrested 76 of them and carried them away in trucks", he said.
He appealed for the intervention of Enugu State Government to secure the release of the arrested villagers whom he said had remained in prison custody in Umuahia.

Related article:Enugu community decries arrest of 76 villagers after feud with Fulani 

The monarch wondered why his subjects would be crammed into detention for simply protesting the destruction of their crops and farmlands while those responsible for the destruction are allowed to operate freely. "it is wrong for our people who fled the North because of Boko Haram to be treated as slaves in their own land. We don't want to be destroyed by herdsmen like they did in Agatu, Benue State. Government should please come to our rescue. We appeal to our Governor and other Southeast Governors to save Igboland from the herdsmen invasion before it is too late", he agonized.

But in a contradictory twist, the Public Relations Officer(PRO) of the 14 Brigade Ohafia, Major Sydney Mbaneme when contacted, said the "men in military uniform" were not soldiers. He said they might be fake soldiers and civilians who camouflaged themselves, adding that "if at all they are soldiers, they were not our soldiers".
The Army spokesperson further explained that if the said soldiers were real soldiers, the attention of the command would have been drawn to it, adding that "when such arrest is made, the first thing is to carry out preliminary investigation and inform their various units".

When also contacted, the zonal Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) in charge of Zone 9, DSP Emma Jiakponna, said he was not aware of the incident.
But a source in Abia State Judiciary confirmed that the arrested villagers are currently been detained at Afara prison in Umuahia. The source said the men were grouped into three and arraigned in the court but were refused bail.
However, the source failed to disclose details of the charges preferred against them nor confirm whether it was the police, soldiers or 'fake soldiers' that brought them to court.

Meanwhile, Governor Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has said he could not help the situation, tasking journalists to help expose the injustices in the country.
The Governor who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Uwakwe Abugu told our source on a phone conversation that "it does not require the attention of the state government before something is done". He simply referred our source to the Army PRO for further inquiries.

Meanwhile, the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has strongly condemned the arrest and continued detention of the villagers, describing it as "an insult to the Igbo nation".
The Coordinator of the seven State Chairmen of the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Mazi Alex Okemmiri, said it was wrong for security agents to bundle unarmed local farmers into prison for merely protesting the destruction of their crops by Fulani cattle rearers. He called for the immediate release of the villagers, warning that if no urgent measures were taken to resolve the menace of Fulani herdsmen which has assumed a worrisome dimension since the coming into power of President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerians might be in for "something worse than Boko Haram.

Written By Ucheagu Chukwuemeka Chimerue.
Reporting Live From Enugu, For Biafra Writers.

Biafra: 'You Are The Obvious Disgrace To Ndigbo' - IPOB Replies Mallam Okorocha

The Indigenous Peoples of Bi­afra (IPOB), has told Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo State that “he is the one that is a big disgrace to Ndigbo”.

IPOB was reacting to a state­ment credited to Okorocha’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam On­wuemedo in which he described IPOB as
“a disgrace to Ndigbo” for allegedly attempting to disrupt Okorocha’s speech presentation at the Chatham House, London on Wednesday.

Onwuemeodo, had also told IPOB that it would be “unrea­sonable” for the pro-Biafra group “to think Okorocha can be one of them”.

According to him, the inva­sion of the venue by IPOB to dis­rupt the Governor’s speech has discredited the group’s true claim of agitating for a true Igbo na­tion, maintaining that his refus­al to support their agitation has caused the attack on him.

But in a swift reaction, IPOB lambasted Okorocha for what it called his anti-Biafra activities and utterances, warning him to “guard his utterances about Bia­fra to avoid regrets”.

IPOB also told Okorocha to stop parading himself as Igbo leader, saying that he lacks the capacity, confidence, and the antecedents to speak for Ndigbo “when Imo State under his watch has become a laughing stock”.

IPOB Media and Publicity Officer who spoke on phone with The AUTHORITY on Saturday, said “ “Okorocha is a total disgrace to Ndigbo home and abroad”, adding that he deceived the people of Imo by pretending to be a voice for the masses only to gain power and manifest his true colour.

Powerful said that the treat­ment meted to Okorocha in Lon­don was a warning to other Gov­ernors in the south east states who are sabotaging the efforts to actu­alise Biafran independence.

“What Okorocha saw in Lon­don is a warning to his colleagues who are working against Biafra interest. Similar treatments await them until they stop cooperating with our oppressors.

“Wherever they travel, IPOB will visit them in that country un­til they begin to condemn the kill­ing of their brothers by the Fed­eral Government and the security agencies.

“What happened to Okorocha will be a child’s play. We want to prove to them that we are high­ly committed towards the restoration of Biafra”, he said.

He further said that there is no going back on the agitation for Biafra despite the efforts of “some highly placed selfish politicians” in connivance with their feder­al collaborators to frustrate the struggle.

He, however, restated that the group is totally committed to its non- violent stance in the strug­gle for independence.

BIAFRA: An Open Letter to My Brethren in the South-South – Donald Ekpo

Even the supposed football legend, Sunday Okechukwu Oliseh, is busy telling us he is not Igbo as if it is a curse to be Igbo. One wonders if the name “Okechukwu” is of Hausa or Yoruba origin. When you speak Igbo as a language and yet claim you are not Igbo, is that not the saddest thing that can happen to any people of identical culture? Even Major Kaduna Nzeogwu that led the first coup that was said to be an Igbo coup is from Okpanam village in today’s Delta State. Could he have come out to say today, like Sunday Oliseh said, that he was not Igbo? If the Abakaliki or Nsukka indigene who has a more distant dialect of Igbo is Igbo, how come the Anioma or Okrika indigene, whose dialect is easily understood, is not Igbo? How did a people of the same culture get so separated this far?

Mazi Donald Ekpo

The word “South-South”, even though it may sound absurd, is a name we have come to accept as a people. We can’t say exactly how we came about to be identified with the name neither can we say exactly when we were given the name, but we just know it is our name. While growing up back in the days, geography taught us about “the North”, “the South”, “The East” and “The West”. For proper definition of locations, we were also told about “The North-West, North-East, South-West and South-East” I can’t remember anything like the “North-North”, “South-South”, “East-East” or West-West , but here I am today, writing a letter to my South-South brethren. That is what happens to a people who are not in control of their cultural development or their political and economic future. That is what happens to a people who are just there for their numbers; that is what happens to people who are just kept for their services; that is what happens to people who are just custodians of wealth for a supposedly superior people and finally, that is what happens to people who are seen as slaves. Any name is suitable for them, they can only get whatever is given to them even if it is originally theirs. If in doubt, please remind me the meaning of KUNTA KINTE

I write this letter, not because it is frustrating to see how we allowed a defrauded propaganda to position our people as the pawns in the political chess game called Nigeria, but rather, I write this letter in an effort to request that we free ourselves from these propaganda that have lingered for too long. If our grandfathers and fathers did not ask questions, is there any divine law that says we cannot ask? We know we all belonged to the old Eastern Region of Nigeria before the Northern protectorate took back their power after the gruesome murder of General Aguiyi Ironsi. Just for the records, let me do us a bit of history here. Major General Ironsi, as Head of State, was cornered and arrested somewhere in Western Nigeria on July 29th of 1966, his hands and feet were tied together, then tied to a Land Rover jeep with a little space in between and driven on a tarred road, face down for several kilometers. The then highest ranking Northern officer, an acting (unconfirmed) lieutenant-colonel, was chosen to be the next Head of State ahead of serving brigadiers, colonels and lieutenant-colonels of Southern Nigeria, followed by the dreadful killings of officers and soldiers of Eastern Nigeria, including our so-called South South soldiers and officers . The genocide that followed is what is recorded as the Nigerian Civil War of 1967–1970. As if that was not enough, the Eastern Region was broken apart with the sudden creation of the then Southeastern state (today’s Cross River and Akwa Ibom), Rivers State (today’s Rivers State and Bayelsa) and East-Central State (today’s South-East geopolitical zone). It was during that war that propaganda were designed, created and generated to separate us from the old Eastern Region and to make the average Igbo man our potential enemy in an effort to reduce their own presumed enemies. In as much as it is a bitter history, I still find it necessary to provide you with this preamble.

I write this letter to remind us that our region, known as the South-South today was a creation of the North for the sake of creating the disunity we face today. And more so, it was not just for the disunity for them to win the war, but to also take away our resources, our manpower and our economic future. In 2014, when President Jonathan, a son of the so called South-South, decided to re-contest the 2015 elections, Sheik Junaid Mohammed, in an engagement on behalf the Northern protectorate, reminded us that the so-called South-South was a creation of the North for effective management of the Northern interest in Eastern Nigeria. How bad could this be? Can we imagine that? So, while we are busy reminding ourselves that we are a different people or that the Igbos are wicked and are trying to kill us, the North is joyously taking over and owning 85% of our oil wells while the West takes the leftovers. And what do we get? Noise! Even the supposed football legend, Sunday Okechukwu Oliseh, is busy telling us he is not Igbo as if it is a curse to be Igbo. One wonders if the name “Okechukwu” is of Hausa or Yoruba origin. When you speak Igbo as a language and yet claim you are not Igbo, is that not the saddest thing that can happen to any people of identical culture? Even Major Kaduna Nzeogwu that led the first coup that was said to be an Igbo coup is from Okpanam village in today’s Delta State. Could he have come out to say today, like Sunday Oliseh said, that he was not Igbo? If the Abakaliki or Nsukka indigene who has a more distant dialect of Igbo is Igbo, how come the Anioma or Okrika indigene, whose dialect is easily understood, is not Igbo? How did a people of the same culture get so separated this far?

I write this letter to speak to those of us regarded as minority tribes. How can we be minority when, in essence, we are known to be about 35 million of the said 180 million of the estimated population of Nigeria? How can we be a minority in our own lands if we were not treated as such or if we did not accept to be such? If those from the alliance which separated us from the West are said to be about 50 million in population and our brethren in the East are said to be about 40 million, how can we accept that we are a minority? Our compatriots from the alleged minorities of the North are said to be another 30 million. Who then is the minority? Having run through these figures, we know who the real minorities are. Be it as it appears, the truth is that our region was broken into two so as to weaken our original strength given that, at a combined population strength of 35 million plus 40 million people, our economic and entrepreneurial strength put together, would be something the ruling alliance will be worried about. So why should we ever think that it is logical to claim we are two different peoples when, in essence, we have always been one and the same people for over 1,000 years before the arrival of the white man? If what the white man did to us was not bad enough, is it not ridiculous that we allowed a certain minority made up of immigrants from fringes of the Sahara Desert to assume control of our economic and political future?

I write this letter to ask my brethren in the South-South these pertinent questions. Let us assume the very worst situation in this supposed fracas between us and our Igbo brothers. Why are we worried about the Igbos taking over our “natural resources”, (assuming they don’t have theirs); ARE WE PRESENTLY IN CONTROL OF OUR “NATURAL RESOURCES”? Does it make more sense that our natural resources are being controlled by some strange people from over 700 miles away? The same people that kill us at will at any single provocation of their religion? People who even kill us in our land? People who challenge us to the ownership of these our very own resources? People who show absolute disregard for who we are? People who think it is a privilege for us to be in any position of authority? And finally, people who do not, in any way, have the kind of entrepreneurial skills that we have? Why would we allow our imaginary quarrel or fights with our brothers next-door to translate into the decision of one of the women in King Solomon’s judgment who insisted that, since she couldn’t have the contested child, the other woman should not either?

So are we, in essence, saying it is better for none of us brethren to own our resources simply because we don’t trust our brothers, yet we do nothing about the strangers who have ripped us apart? Are we logically correct in believing this senseless fabricated quarrel? Even while we are senselessly worried about how the Igbos will colonize our people because that is what we were told and that is what some in the ruling alliance are still trying to tell us, can we sincerely tell ourselves that the Igbos are that evil? Evil enough to leave their own natural resources in Abia, Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states to come and take ownership of our own resources? How will they do that? How possible will it be for a people that barely kill by the sword to be compared to our present oppressors from up North? Do we honestly see that as a possibility? How and why did we allow these propaganda to go this far? Is this not what the hegemonic alliance has used to rule us through the divide-and-rule scheme? Sheik Jumiad Mohammed said it clearly that our separation was a creation of the North for the effective management of our regional resources while we keep fighting an imaginary enemy.

I write this letter to remind us that we and our Igbo brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers have cultural identities, we uphold life to be sacrosanct, we do not kill a man like a chicken, we worship the same God and we have identical looks and reasoning capabilities. Education is a respected virtue to both of us and entrepreneurship is a common love between us. We both respect constituted authorities. Even though we both have some cultural oddities in our midst, that cannot and should not be used to castigate an entire people. So how come the Igbo man suddenly became evil shortly before the war if the castigation was not a propaganda tool of that war? How did we accept that our Igbo brothers were evil while we were saints? How are we saints? Is there any evil that is the monopoly of the Igbos which we are totally clean of? That we don’t have a single man/woman who does same if positioned in the same situation? How did we allow a distant people determine how we live our lives together with our very own neighbors? If we think that we are different and as such, we are treated better than the Igbos, have we noticed that the fate of the Onitsha Port is the same fate that befell the Ports in Calabar and Port Harcourt? We from the East are all forced to use the Lagos wharves in order to pay taxes to those who control this port. How have we been treated differently by the ruling alliance if we were different from the Igbos? Are we not facing the same fate as our Eastern brethren? How do you think we will fare if we were the only ones to receive this maltreatment, given a circumstance where the Igbos are no more in this contraption called Nigeria?

I write this letter to our brethren to remind us that, without a unified stand by the entire region, the self-determination process will be a farce. We need each other in all difficulties. We are the Eastern Region; we are Biafrans; we are a common people; we are not different from each other. Starting from the Hills of Ogoja to the rocky soils of Ebonyi, down to the temperate region of Anambra to the enclaves of Ishekiri and Isoko, we all look alike. The Akwa Ibom man and the Abia State man are the same people simply divided by boundaries. The Calabar man and the Arochukwu man has identical ancestral masquerades. The Ikwerre man is just an Igbo man that was separated by the North to act as a different people. A British woman, camped somewhere in Kaduna, decided to add the “R” consonant to the “U” vowel to “totally break the identities of the Igbos in today’s Rivers state”.

The Ijaws, Kalabris, Oron and Efik are practically the same people positioned in different locations possibly during the settlements that happened centuries ago. We are all interrelated in the region and as such, must not be divided. We have been used for decades and disregarded at every opportunity; our rights are perceived as privileges, if not favors. We do not have control over our future as clearly stated by the late Alhaji Amadu Bello when he instructed his people not to allow us have control of our future, and that our ancestral lands should instead be seen as a conquered territory. Are we a conquered people by some strange fortune hunters who believe they are born to rule, conquer and kill? These are people who do not hold as sacrosanct what we revere as one. How can we continue in this union which was designed to enslave us? How can we allow the lies told by these strangers to pitch us against our very own selves?

An Addendum to My Igbo Brothers

I write to you to remind you that you can only fight a lie which was embedded into the hearts of my brethren by putting yourself in our shoes to know how best to respond. We cannot fight evil with evil. Like we know, they say two wrongs don’t make a right. It is your responsibility to subtly ask those accusing you some logical questions that may prick their hearts back to reality. We are all in this mess called Nigeria together. Our Son, Goodluck Jonathan, was treated the same way General Ironsi was treated; they were both rejected. They were both despised. Both of them wanted a united Nigeria that existed beyond tribes and religion. But what did we see? President Goodluck Jonathan was lucky to escape with his life, but General Ironsi was not that lucky. He was tied to a Land Rover jeep and driven on the rocky tarred roads between Abeokuta and Ibadan till he died and was shredded to pieces. Based on the Alhaji and Kunle’s phone conversation (https://goo.gl/8NhP7H) which I believe we all listened to, we know that it could as well have happened to President Jonathan if he was not wise enough to let go of their birth right.

But can we continue like this? Look at what they are doing to Nnamdi Kanu? These are the same people who organized 70 lawyers to represent the Boko Haram suspects who have raped, maimed and killed Nigerians. “Yet the one they choose to lead us”, says Nnamdi, “is too dangerous to be released because he has dual citizenship.”? Is this the kind of place to which we shall continue to belong when we are likely going to be having malicious morons of this magnitude leading us?

I write to you my brothers to remind you that the Gambaris know for certainty that, having broken a greater part of you into other states in the South-South, it may be difficult to successfully secede knowing what we know today. So it is inappropriate for you to remind my own brothers that with or without us, that you will succeed. We cannot allow the propaganda of these gambaris to keep us apart. We must reject it by all means and efforts. We stand a greater chance to succeed as one region. As the older one of the two broken parts of our region, it is your responsibility to expose the deception that was used to mislead my people. It is you who should tell my people that you do not have any intentions to colonize them. We have to collectively put this ruling alliance to shame by consciously keeping our relationship cordial in the region. My dear brethren, I write to request that you should regard it as a solemn duty to remind us that we are all one people because, in truth, WE ARE ONE.

Biafra would not succeed if we do not position ourselves for success. We cannot go to a Referendum with a divided house. We have to all agree that we cannot continue in this contraption called a unitary Nigeria that was not just built on lies and propaganda, but was also designed to fail while it enslaves our people. We have been battered, raped, disregarded, maimed and killed at will for the past 50 years. I am talking about the entire Eastern Region. While we are being raped and killed, we are busy seeing each other as our own enemies while the real enemies smile at our folly. We cannot continue like this. We should all take the opportunity presented to us by the 2007 United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to free our peoples, once and for all.

But will we succeed during the electoral process if we are not united? Is it not time we beat our swords into plowshares and see how we can take control of our political and economic future as well as restore our cultural togetherness? We cannot afford to go into a Referendum that could be sabotaged by the propaganda of the ruling alliance contrived by the North to keep all of us perpetually in bondage. It is our duty to educate ourselves, educate our relatives and educate our very own brethren in all nooks and crannies of Biafra

It is the best duty we can do for future generations of our region yet unborn . This contraception called Nigeria was never designed to succeed; not with the present fraud of a constitution; not with the present mentality that only a section of the country is meant to rule eternally and finally, not with the present odds stacked up against our folks who make it to the leadership position, be it in Nigeria’s central government or even in our very own region.

Finally brethren, I appeal to you all to join hands in actualizing our dream to build a new nation based on the principles of agreed morals, agreed terms and absolute regional autonomy with the aim to provoke developmental competition. 

“….for as long as the Old Eastern Region remains in disarray and not united, self-determination for the region will remain impossible….” – An anonymous retired Nigerian Army Chief.

Yours truly,

Mr. Donald Ekpo

Quintessential British-Nigerians: The Ibo Workers of Doom

As anticipated, the consortium of Ibo traitors: governors, chiefs, pastors of doom, Ohanaeze, and imposters who connive with the enemy, and speak from their pockets have spoken without shame. But they do not speak for Biafrans at all.

Excerpt

“Talking about workers of doom, there are certain stooges of supposedly Biafra extraction who participate in Nigeria Ponzi, not because they represent or speak for Biafrans; but because of their knack for sabotaging, and betraying the interest of Biafrans for a pot of porridge. Such traitorous charlatans and their minions are the so called elite of Ibo people.

When a sensitive conversation regarding Biafra arises, these imposters—induced by their degenerate mentors, whose only goal is destruction and plunder of Biafra—arrive first with their pockets lined with fantastic shekels of silver.  They speak from their pockets and for their employers. No sensible person would take these prostitutes claiming to speak for Biafra seriously …Any conversation without the genuine voice of the people is much ado about nothing.

The mark of a quintessential British-Nigerian is the inordinate propensity to connive, lie, murder, embezzle, distort, and corrupt; plus a total inability to reason much further than a terrestrial “baboon.” These perfidious silverbacks are the quintessential British-Nigerians.  Unfortunately, their minds have been scrambled with lies and corruption…

Anybody, groups, or organizations sympathetic in any way to the continuation of the satanic edifice of death, plunder, and corruption is a quintessential British-Nigerian whose god is the British [or a British scoundrel whose god is the devil]. Such primates ought not to be entertained anywhere except by their kind. Many of them have taken their treachery too seriously by forming shadow organizations to circumvent legitimate agitations of the beleaguered people of Biafra. For them, the plight of Biafra could be traded for naked profit. They say what Biafrans are not saying; and quickly compromise what Biafrans are not compromising.

Enemies of freedom, liberty, and light will, as all evil entities, plot desperately to highjack and distort the narrative. They have kidnapped the leader of IPOB Nnamdi Kanu, in a delusive scheme to destroy Radio Biafra so their bloodbaths may resume unexposed.

Youchastise Indigenous People of Biafra for exposing the truth and wanting to assert her inalienable God given rights. But you forget that you cannot rightfully take what you have no power to give. Life and freedom comes from the Creator God to the extent that you are even free to reject Him or kill another but not without consequence. 

But because the indigenous People of Biafra have atoned, and turned their face towards God, the case of Biafra is no longer in the jurisdiction of man. It is purely now the domain of God. Yet man must do whatever is necessary minute by minute to free Biafra, or face the consequence. But stand in the way and surely meet your doom.”

Point blank: The right to life [and freedom] cannot, and ought never to be ceded to any authority under the sun or {a few Ibo scoundrels. Don’t stand idly by as British-Nigeria police and army thugs shoot defenseless citizens. You have 100% right to kill anybody you reasonably believe is about to kill you. Stop letting these vagabond murderers think they can kill you and go free.

Excerpted from http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1279819

~By Ndubuisi Anukwuem~

we petition the obama administration to:

The Biafran people are requesting the support of the government and people of USA for the creation of nation of Biafra

Click to sign 

Biafra existed for thousands of years before being forced into Nigeria by the British government in 1914. Now, the people of Biafra want to leave Nigeria and to exist as their own sovereign nation. The Nigerian government in cahoots with Britain has killed over 5 million Biafrans in order to discourage them from pursuing UN-approved self-determination.

The world continue to keep silent as genocide is continually being visited upon Biafrans. We are therefore, using this petition to call upon the US Government and the good people of America to come to the aid of Biafrans by supporting their quest for the sovereignty of the nation of Biafra. Help us to achieve independence for the nation of Biafra. Support the people of Biafra.
Let the USA recognize Biafra as a sovereign nation.

Published Date: Feb 21, 2016

Issues: Civil Rights and Liberties, Foreign Policy, Human Rights

SHUT UP, IPOB DON'T NEED YOUR HYPOCRITICAL ADVICE

A Bifran who yearns of a homeland - Biafra

Over time people have come up to advise us on the path to follow in our Biafra restoration quest. These people have not been there in the thick of it, they do not understand the terrain nor do they know what have been done even before they began to hear of Biafra in the manner they do today. They do not know what we've been through, nor do they realize what we must go through, they do not know the thickness of the battle, nor do they understand the demands and the attending rigours. They just sit in the comfort of their bedroom and imagine for themselves road-maps they think workable. 

We have had people come out to tell us that instead of confronting the monster head-on, we should channel our effort into voting some individuals into lead-political positions within the Nigerian enclave and using those people to negotiate for our freedom. Beautiful idea within the confines of the minds that dream them up.

But then, how about APGA? Did you know the ideology behind the formation of APGA? The patriarch himself (Ojukwu) formed APGA with Chikwas Okorie and some other esteemed figures. Peter Obi was there, and so were other figures. The Nnamdi Kanu you see today was APGA Chairman in the whole of UK/Europe. The idea was simple ... Take Control Of South East and South South, get the people to speak with one voice, defend your borders and then re-declare Biafra. But what happened? Ask Peter Obi.

IPOB is a conglomerate of the best brains you can imagine. So before you can imagine an idea, we have not only imagined it, we have tried it and seen the products. Ask yourself why with all Nigeria's money and influence they have not been able to stop Radio Biafra, even with Nnamdi Kanu in jail.

Every hardcore IPOB family was handpicked by God. So when Nnamdi Kanu tells you we are learned, he is not bragging, we truly are. We do not theorize, we practicalize.

By Mazi Oforka

The African HITLER Buhari must pay for his sins

African dictator, HITLER Muhammadu Buhari, who is current Nigerian President, has killed again. This time around he killed nothing less than 20 peaceful Biafran protesters in Aba, the Abia State business hub. The killing was done on Tuesday February 19, when Biafrans converged at National High School, to pray before their mega protest to be held that day.

A worldwide mega protest was ordered by the leadership of the Biafra nation against the illegal abduction and detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. And as had become customary with the Biafrans in Aba, they started to pray before the protest. Just as they started praise-songs, a band of well-kitted Nigerian Policemen descended on the arena in 15 trucks. In less than no time, they were joined by Army personnel who came in five trucks.

The people ignored and continued with praise and solidarity songs. They knew they were engaged in a legitimate aspiration and did not need to fear the Police or Army. Part of their songs was: “My brother, don’t you worry; my sister, don’t you worry. If I happen to die in the battle-field, never mind, we shall meet again”.

Few minutes later, the Police and Army opened fire on them and kill many. In fact, about two days later when the people took count, up to 31 people were missing. Out of the 31 that were missing, 20 were later confirmed dead as their bodies were discovered. Scores were wounded; twenty were arrested and detained by the Police.

Last month, Monday, January 18, 2015, Buhari’s men murdered nothing less than five Biafrans, including a school girl of about seven years old. In fact, Buhari’s murders of Biafrans (apart from the atrocities he committed during Biafra/Nigeria 1967 – 1970 Biafra/Nigeria war) started in June, 2015, which was about 20 days after he was sworn in as Nigeria’s President. Sooner had he taken his oath of office, that he went gaggers, sending sent his goons to bomb villages in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States. His claim was that he was chasing smugglers.

But Biafrans knew the bombings had nothing to do with smugglers, but an indirect message to them – a show of force – that they should desist from Biafra agitation or face his wrath. Since then, Buhari and his goons have made the massacre of Biafrans a game.

From May 29, 2015, when he was sworn in as President and up till today, nothing less than 1000 Biafrans have been killed (or disappeared) by Buhari and his goons. For instance, on August 31, 2015, after a successful meeting of IPOB Biafrans at Onitsha, Anambra State, the people decided to evangelize the city, to convince the people on the good news of Biafra. But a combined team of Buhari’s Police and Navy ambushed them, shot and killed five people; injuring many.

Four months later, on December 2, 2015, at the same Onitsha, Anambra State, a young undergraduate lady, Nkiruka Anthonia Ikeanyionwu, from Adazi Nnukwu in Anambra State, was killed among other people by Buhari’s men. Several others were also injured. The young lady of about 19 years old was a student of Federal College of Education, Umunze.

At Igweocha (Port Harcourt) five people, who were also on the same protest for the release of Kanu, as well as for the Independence of Biafra, were murdered as Police and Army opened fire on them. This particular killing took place on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Apart from those killed during protests, there were also others abducted from their homes in the dead of night and secretly killed by the Police, Army or Navy, who bury them secretly in mass graves or dump them in rivers like Niger.

Meanwhile, this devil’s reincarnate, Buhari, is the same man that some characters, who call themselves African leaders, were trying to shield from prosecution by threatening to exit from International Criminal Court (ICC), where Biafrans had dragged him to. They claimed the ICC was an instrument of European intimidation and humiliation of Africans, and as such they must opt out.

This is in spite of the fact that Buhari’s atrocities against Biafrans, since he was rigged into power as Nigerian President, are in the public domain. This is also in spite of the fact that Buhari atrocious part in the Biafra mass murder and genocide of 1966 – 70 were not hidden.

Aside being at the centre of the 66 pogrom against Biafrans, Buhari was with Murtala Mohammed, the butcher that robbed the Central Bank in Benin (in the now Edo State) during the war. He was with Murtala Mohammed when the Asaba massacre of hundreds of innocent Biafrans took place. As a result of his antecedents, it was no surprise to a lot of people when, before the 2015 election, he boasted: “Igbos hated me because of my involvement in Biafra war (Igbos are Biafrans). If I have another opportunity, I will kill them to keep Nigeria one”.

Buhari believed the opportunity had come when Biafrans, through Nnamdi Kanu’s agitation, upped the tempo of their activities to restore Biafra. But Buhari did not find it funny that Biafrans were protesting his illegal arrest and detention of the Biafran leader, Nnamdi Kanu, neither did he consider the fact that Biafrans were acting within the law. His instant response was to release his killer squads to massacre the people.

Painfully for Biafrans, it is this atrocious Buhari that some so-called African leaders were trying to shield from prosecution as Biafrans dragged him to the ICC. It did not matter to them that Buhari was killing their fellow Africans, who had broken no law in their self-determination activities. After all, that is the full essence of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Charter of the United Nations Organisation (UNO), enacted in 2006.

The questions then could be: Would those so-called African leaders say that they did not know that it was this same demand that Scottish people made and nobody abducted their leaders or killed their people. Was it not this same demand that motivated the British government to organize a referendum for the Scots, to determine if their demand for exit from Britain had majority backing? Was it not this same demand that the Quebec people in Canada have been taking for granted, becausse Canadian government always organizing referendum for them in recognition of their legitimate right to demand for independence from Canada.

Today, many countries of the world have been granted independence from already existing countries, why then should the aspiration of Biafrans be different? To make the matter most annoying, Biafrans did not at any point in history neither agreed to form a country with any people nor to name it Nigeria. Nigeria was a colonial decision that has spelled doom for millions of African lives.

It was based on this that Biafrans approached the International Criminal Court (ICC), to step in on the matter. But the jokers, who call themselves African leaders, kicking against it by trying to blackmail the world with its threat to exit the court. Buhari must have bribed all of them with oil money; Nigeria is such a corrupt entity that it can hardly achieve anything meaningful without bribery.  

It is therefore a huge shame that those so-called African leaders who take the stance they were taking. We recognize that there are some decent people among African leaders. But one message to those promoting this evil agenda is that Buhari must be tried for his atrocities against Biafrans. You cannot threaten to exit from a body you willingly appended your signature to (without compulsion); but want to deny Biafrans exit from a contraption they had no part in its formation. African leaders or no African leaders, Buhari must pay for his sins.

ByTim Tochukwu

I Am Proud Of Nnamdi Kanu, He Is Just Like Me - HRH Eze Israel Okwu Kanu

HRM Eze Israel Okwu Kanu, the traditional ruler of Isiama Afara, a community in Umuahia, Abia State, speaks with IHUOMA CHIEDOZIE about his son, Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled Director of Radio Biafra

Who is Nnamdi Kanu?

Nnamdi Kanu is my son. While growing up, he was a very bright boy, very intelligent and brilliant and he was very serious with his studies. He was quite serious-minded for his age, which obviously informed his decision to leave the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he was studying as an undergraduate, for Europe, in order to finish his studies, following delays occasioned by incessant strikes by the university’s academic and non-academic staff.

Before he left for Europe, he complained to me about the constant strikes. He was worried that, sometimes, the school would be shut for more than three months due to one strike or the other, and he wondered when he would have time to learn, not to talk of graduating. At that point, he told me that he wanted to travel abroad to continue his studies. I was worried; I asked him, ‘Who will you stay with? Do you know anybody there?’ He said I should not worry, that there was somebody from our town there in Europe, who would help him. Incidentally, the said person knew me and was willing to help Nnamdi because of the relationship we had. He (the man who helped Nnamdi in Europe) said as long as the boy was my son, he would be glad to be of help. He said he would help Nnamdi unconditionally, because, according to him, there was something I did for him in the past which he would never forget.

When he got to Europe, the authorities there were impressed with him and took him up; they gave him admission, noting that he was very brilliant. It was determination that propelled him to move to Europe to complete his studies.

Do you have other children apart from Nnamdi?

I have three sons and two daughters but he (Nnamdi) is the first. The second son is in Germany while the third is in London. But I told him (third son) to come back home because my wife and I are the only ones here with their sisters. He (the third son) is the one we call ‘Fine boy.’

Did Nnamdi show any sign that he would grow up to lead the type of movement he is leading today?

I used to observe him with his peers, whenever they were arguing or debating one thing or the other, he would usually enlighten them, telling the others what was the real fact. He was very knowledgeable and sometimes his mates would wonder how he knew more than them. They would ask him, ‘How come you know all these? Where did you get the information?’ With time, I discovered he was talented, especially in current affairs and history. He was really versatile and had vast knowledge on most subjects. Beyond that, he was a well-behaved boy who always did what was expected of him.

As a child, was he troublesome, considering his activities with Indegenous People of Biafra and Radio Biafra?

No, he was not a troublemaker. In fact he went out of his way to avoid trouble. If anything would cause a quarrel between him and anybody, he would rather avoid such a matter. He was actually peace loving and gentle. Also, he was not a person of many words, he was reserved. But what I noticed about him, as he was growing up, was that he detested injustice. He did not like to see a fellow human being victimised. He would never be part of anything that involved the persecution, or victimisation of a fellow human being. He was very straight forward and honest to a fault. Nnamdi would never see the truth and keep quiet, he would speak out, not minding the consequences.

What do you think are the reasons behind his involvement in the struggle for the actualisation of Biafra?

He reads a lot of history, he knows so much about history and I think that is a major factor. Apart from that, he witnessed how Ralph Uwazuruike (former leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Biafra) was running MASSOB then. He went there (MASSOB) and found out that what Uwazuruike was doing was not right. He called Uwazuruike aside and asked him: ‘The money you are collecting (in the name of Biafra), can’t you give some of it to these poor ones among your members so that they can at least feed themselves and their families?’ Uwazuruike got angry and asked who gave him (Nnamdi) the right to make such comments. That led to problems between him and Uwazuruike.

When Nnamdi came home to get married, Uwazuruike stormed the venue of the traditional wedding with his people to disrupt the wedding. Uwazuruike and his group came in 10 buses to cause disturbances at the venue. I was at home waiting for them to bring the new bride to me, as Igbo tradition demands, when I got information that Uwazuruike brought his men to cause trouble there. It got to a point that the youths from my son’s wife’s community rallied together to confront Uwazuruike’s boys, captured about 20 of them and took them to the police. But Nnamdi was beaten up seriously and he sustained injuries. When he returned home, I took him to the hospital for treatment. After he recovered, he swore to go ahead with the struggle for Biafra, but without Uwazuruike. He said the struggle could be successfully undertaken in a different way, without it being used as a means for self-enrichment, as was done by Uwazuruike. That was how he got involved in the struggle for Biafra.

How did your son get involved with Uwazuruike in the first place?

Those days, people were hearing a lot about Uwazuruike and his activities with MASSOB, and Nnamdi went there once. I am speaking from what I heard. When Nnamdi went there (MASSOB) and found out what Uwazuruike was actually doing, Nnamdi challenged him and they began to have problems. They nearly killed Nnamdi at that time. Initially, Nnamdi opened a radio house in Enugu, but Uwazuruike and his group went there to destroy it. There were so many other cases. That was how it happened.

Are you saying that Nnamdi fell out with Uwazuruike because he was not happy with the way Uwazuruike was going about the pro-Biafra struggle?

The problem was that Uwazuruike was allegedly using the money he was getting in the name of the pro-Biafra struggle to enrich himself and develop his estate, but not helping his members and followers, most of whom were very poor. Nnamdi did not like that and spoke out but Uwazuruike felt he was challenging him and decided to fight him. But he (Uwazuruike) did not know that the more he fought Nnamdi and tried to destroy him, the more God lifted him (Nnamdi) up.

As a father, how did you feel when your son formed the IPOB and started broadcasting pro-Biafra messages on Radio Biafra?

I am in support of what he is doing. I am not afraid to say it. If anybody will come out to champion fairness and justice and fight for the common good, I will definitely support the person. He is not fighting for his selfish interests and he is being straight forward; he has kept his hands clean. I am happy to know that he is not using the struggle to enrich himself. He has not hurt anybody and I am asking God to help him.

How did you feel when you learnt that he had been arrested?

No father will be happy to hear that his child has been arrested. The first time he was arrested and taken to Abuja, I left my palace and went to the DSS office in Abuja. The next day, I was able to meet the person in charge and I explained my mission that ‘I learnt my son was arrested and being held.’ Eventually they brought him out of the cell and released him to me, because he did not do anything. It was Uwazuruike that set him up. But still, he was tortured before he was released.

Does it mean Nnamdi had been arrested in the past before his current incarceration?

Yes.

When was that?

I think it was in 2008 or thereabout.

What was he arrested for then?

His arrest was engineered. Nnamdi was enlightening the others involved in the pro-Biafra struggle and Uwazuruike was not happy about that. After that, he (Nnamdi) returned to London to continue the struggle from there.

Since he formed IPOB and started Radio Biafra, did he visit Nigeria before his latest arrest and detention?

He has been visiting Nigeria. He visits home and goes back.

What do you think about his current travails, considering the fact that a court ordered his release at some point but he was not freed?

I have left everything in God’s hands, because nobody should be killed for saying the truth. He saw the truth and said it, is that why he should be killed? He has my backing, as long as he is saying the truth. If they took him to court and the court ordered that he should be released on bail and they refused to release him, is that really democracy? Why did they refuse to release him on bail? What do they want? The President should respect the laws of the land, because he is the one that should defend the laws. My son is just saying the truth — he has the right of freedom of speech; they should release him. Nobody should be killed for saying the truth.

Nnamdi was accused of running an illegal organisation, among other charges. What are your thoughts on the charges brought against him by the Federal Government?

I don’t know about the charges levelled against him, they were just formulated by the government to trap him.

Have you been to the prison or court to see him recently?

I have not been feeling well. I have been going to the hospital hence, I have not been able to go to see him. But my other children have been going to see him; two of them are in Abuja now because of him.

Do you receive messages from him? Do they give you reports about his condition?

When he was in the custody of the DSS, we had no access to him but now that he is in the prison yard, it is easier to reach him. My primary concern is his health, and as long as he is in good health, I am happy. He usually tells them to greet me, and inform me that he is in good health.

What do you think about the ongoing protests and rallies held by the IPOB and MASSOB to demand Nnamdi’s release?

My message for them is that Nnamdi Kanu was not fighting for his personal interests; he was fighting for the generality of the Biafrans. It should not be a crime when somebody comes out to say that he wants to stay on his own, to be on his own. It should not cause any quarrel. It is because of marginalisation against the Igbo that the people of the South-East and others are supporting him, telling him to carry on.

It seems that, among the Igbo, only the masses are really supporting the struggle for Biafra. The elite and those in public office have been silent. Are you comfortable with that, considering the fact that your son is at the forefront of this struggle?

I don’t have anything to say about that, except to point out that this world is a funny place. It is always the same, whether one is Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba. When people are in position where they are getting money, it will be difficult for them to see a bad thing and speak out. In such positions, people see bad things and claim all is good. Money and material things control people. That is all I can say. Some of them are afraid to speak out because of the positions they are occupying. They know the truth but are afraid of losing their positions.

So far, not many political office holders in the South-East, including governors, have come out publicly to call for Nnamdi’s release. Are you not worried about that?

It is left for them to do what they want. But all I do is pray to God Almighty everyday, because all power is in His hands. I follow the matter on the pages of newspapers and on the radio everyday.

Does it mean you monitor media reports concerning your son everyday?

I don’t go out, these newspapers are brought to me everyday and I follow what is happening. I notice that so many newspapers report the truth, but some twist the story to suit certain interests.

How do you feel when you read about your son on the pages of newspapers?

When I read some accounts between Nnamdi and the prosecution, I see it as when one is fighting with an enemy. They will do or say anything to put one down. What one can do is try one’s best to overcome. The day he refused to remove the handcuffs in court until his lawyer told him to mellow down, I got the information from the newspapers. My children who were in the court also told me about it.

Considering everything, are you proud of your son Nnamdi?

Why shouldn’t I be proud of him? The boy is bold, and he says the truth. He believes in truth and justice. He is just like me. Before I became the traditional ruler of this town, so many obstacles were put in my way by some people, even though the generality of the people wanted me to be their traditional ruler. A day to the coronation, some people struck out my name.

What was their grievance against you?

Some of the people that were with me turned against me, they vowed that I would not be the Eze. But the governor then, Orji Uzor Kalu, looked at the list and saw that my name was not there, thus, he asked about me and that was how I became the traditional ruler. As you see me here, I don’t think evil of any human being, even if you wrong me.

Has your son’s activities affected you in any way?

Nnamdi is not fighting for me, he is fighting for the common good of the Igbo, he is fighting for everybody.

How do your subjects feel about Nnamdi’s activities?

They follow his activities; everybody is talking about his incarceration. Like I said, he is not fighting for himself or for me, he is fighting for all of them and they appreciate his efforts.

Do you believe Igbos should have their own country?

I believe that the Igbo should be free today and tomorrow.

But there are people, even Igbos, who believe Igbos are better off in Nigeria. They argue that Biafra as a country might not be economically viable, considering the fact that the oil producing areas of the Niger Delta may not want to be part of it.

Anybody who feels that Biafra will not be economically viable is not knowledgeable. Do you know the amount of mineral resources in Biafra? There are so many mineral resources that can sustain Biafra. There are oil producing areas in Igboland but we know that the Niger Delta will follow Biafra, even some parts of Yorubaland.

Coming back to Nnamdi’s childhood, was he an extrovert?

Nnamdi was a quiet boy, very reserved, he was not an extrovert. He never talked back to me or challenged me any day. He thinks before he talks. He respects his elders.

But he was accused of insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and some Igbo leaders in his broadcasts on Radio Biafra.

I don’t know about that, I have not heard that. But the fact is there are things people will tell you and you will feel they have insulted you, while they are only giving you advice, or trying to correct you.

There were reports that Nnamdi’s wife gave birth to a baby while he was in detention. Is it true?

Yes, she gave birth to a baby almost two months ago.

Has Nnamdi seen the baby yet?

I don’t think so. I have not seen them. But I know it will hurt him so much.

What do you want at the end of the day?

I am pleading that the government should free him, he did not commit any crime. Maybe the Federal Government should come to this area and conduct a plebiscite, and know the feelings of the people.

Are you saying the Federal Government should conduct a plebiscite on the Biafra question?

It is left for them, I can’t advise the Federal Government but I plead with them to please free my son.

Source: Punch