ABUJA – An Anambra based business man, Dr. Richard Ndubuaku, has dragged the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The plaintiff, in his suit marked FHC/ABJ/ CS/756/2017, applied for an order of injunction restraining Kanu and the IPOB from disrupting the governorship and House of Assembly elections billed to hold in Anambra State on November 18.

Ndubuaku told the court that he is a businessman in Awka with property in Onisha and other parts of Anambra State. He said there was urgent need for the court to restrain Kanu, IPOB, their agents and members from making utterances or taking actions capable of jeopardising the conduct of election in the state. According to the plaintiff, unless they are stopped, Kanu and his IPOB followers could carry out their threat to disrupt the planned poll. Ndubuaku maintained that allowing the defendants to proceed with their threat could result in irreparable damages to him and other innocent citizen of Anambra State.

In an affidavit he deposed to support the suit, the plaintiff told the court that Kanu and other IPOB members have repeatedly made utterances and threats to stop any form of election in Anambra State and Igbo land. “The defendants (1st and 2nd) are capable of carrying out their threat, and if this happens, many lives will be lost. And properties destroyed, which will include that of the plaintiff. “If the defendants are not restrained, it may lead to confrontation. With other law abiding citizens, who insist on electing their governor and a clash with the defendants will occasion bloodbath as there would be total breakdown of law and order,”

Ndubuaku averred. Besides, he prayed the court for an order restraining Kanu and IPOB from further harassing or intimidating eligible voters in Anambra State or mobilising their members to scuttle the planned election. Equally cited as defendants in the suit were the Inspector General of Police, the Commandant General Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

Meanwhile, when the matter came up for hearing on Tuesday, Justice Babatunde Quadri who is sitting as the vacation Judge, declined to issue ex-parte order as he was prayed to do by the plaintiff. Rather, Justice Quadri directed counsel to the plaintiff, Mr. Smart Iheazor to go and put all the defendants on notice by serving them with copies of all the relevant court process.

Source: Vanguard

Our attention has been drawn to a release credited to Mr Ben Obide, where he has denied membership of the Movement of Biafrans in Nigeria (MOBIN).

The Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN) has concluded plans to train 45 members of Oodua People Congress (OPC), Arewa Youths and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on ethnic harmony and how to entrench peace and unity in Nigeria.

This was disclosed by the Chairman, the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN),Mr. Allen Onyema who said that the trainers who specialise in conflict resolution would come from the United States of America (USA) to organize the training and after the training in Nigeria the beneficiaries would also be taken overseas for further training at FEHN’s expense.

He said that the objective of the training is to make the beneficiaries to eschew all those things that create division among ethnic nationalities and to see and help to build Nigeria as one, united entity and also help to galvanise their members to unite and campaign for one united Nigeria.
Onyema said that the Foundation was at the forefront in promoting peace and unity in Nigeria during the Niger Delta militancy, which contributed immensely in quenching the crisis in that part of the country.

Said Onyema, “we are training 45 youths from OPC, Arewa and IPOB. This is our effort to ensure that Nigeria remains one united country because we are better off living together and if any part of this country splits, it can never rise to any level compared to if all Nigerians are living together because this country is a great country, which we must work hard to sustain.”

“I think what most people are against is perceived injustice or imbalance but the most beautiful thing is that most people want one, big Nigeria than a fragmented Nigeria,” Onyema added.

Onyema said he hopes to see the end of the present crisis and said FEHN would do everything possible to end the various ethnic and tribal crisis and agitation in the country.

“If I tell myself there is no tension, it will be a lie. But we all must be positive about it. One thing I want to say to my fellow Nigerians is that conflict is part of life. Conflict can become a catalyst for positive change; it depends on the kind of approach or response you give to issues of conflict. If you give the right approach to issues of conflict it becomes a catalyst for positive change. However, if you give the wrong response to issues of conflict it becomes an avenue for catastrophe. So we should make the present conflict as catalyst for positive change,” Onyema said,
The FEHN Chairman, who is also the Chairman of Air Peace, said that the training of these youths would be part of his contribution to the quest for unity and ethnic harmony in Nigeria.

“Everybody must not be a political leader to contribute to the development of the country. Recently I wrote to the state security service and I told them to please give me permission to engage the Arewa Youths and IPOB. That I believe from my position of expertise in conflict management, that I could handle these people. I know that we can make them come together and embrace peace and that I what we are working on now, which I know we will realize to strengthen the unity of Nigeria,” he added.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has been approached to stop leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOP) from disrupting the governorship and House of Assembly election in Anambra State scheduled for November 18.
Hearing in the suit filed by Dr. Richard Ndubuaku is ongoing before Justice Babatunde Quadri.
His lawyer, Smart Iyiazor has moved a motion exparte for an interim order against the defendants.
Details later

Source: Daily Sun

Nnamdi Kanu, Director of Radio Biafra, in a recent interview said that he will be in Abuja on the 17th of October saying: ‘I am taking IPOB to Abuja on the 17th of next month for my court case.

In the interview Kanu spoke on what is delaying Biafra saying ‘What is delaying Biafra is that the people (Igbo) have not turned away totally from worshipping idols.

I will be going to Arochuwku to build a temple there and we’ll worship God how it used to be. There was a time God loved us, we used to obey Him by going to Arochukwu to offer Him sacrifice.

We started suffering as soon as Arochukwu failed, because the people dabbled into idolatry The Igbo should turn away from idolatry and face God and Him alone, that’s the message he said I should give my people.’

He also said that the person ruling Nigeria currently was hired a look-alike to stand in for the presidentis Muhammadu Buhari. “The man you are looking at on the television is not Buhari, he is from Sudan.

After extensive plastic surgery they brought him back. The person was taught Buhari’s mannerisms and he came back deceiving all of you. I can stand and prove who I am but Buhari cannot do the same thing.

He cannot deceive Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB,” On his re-arrest Kanu said: ‘President Muhammadu Buhari was the one who broke the laws, he disobeyed the direct court order to release me unconditionally, not once, but twice.

Honourable Shuaibu of Wuse Magistrate Court granted me bail, Buhari did not release me. Hon Justice Ademola granted me unconditional bail, Buhari and his cousin, Lawal Daura refused to honour that court order.

They are the ones who should be detained for flagrant disobedience to court orders. I want the northern Arewa irredentists to call for the arrest of Buhari and Daura for flouting court order after court order, asking for my release.

Before now, Nnamdi Kanu is Igbo, he is a Biafran and can be arrested and nothing will happen but that would not be anymore, it would no longer happen. The worst mistake Buhari ever made was to arrest me.

I will break the zoo into pieces. I am taking IPOB to Abuja on the 17th of next month for my court case. There will be 2 million people in Abuja. We take the battle to our enemies. You are under oath and by virtue of that oath you are under direct order from me, any day you hear I have been arrested, to burn down Nigeria to the ground.” He also said: There is a superior force fighting for the Igbo in heaven, Chukuokike Abiama, the Almighty God in heaven is fighting. ‘This is His battle, it is not Nnamdi Kanu or IPOB’s battle.

God is fighting His battle for us. Have you ever heard of earthquake in Nigeria? It happened in 2016 in the North when I was arrested; have you heard of locusts swarming everywhere and damaging crops before? Comparing Buhari and Jonathan Kanu said: ‘Now, it is clearly demonstrated beyond every reasonable doubt that when former President Goodluck was in office, I went hard after him.

It was said that I was being sponsored by APC. APC came in, I went after Buhari, but Jonathan was very sensible not minding where we have disagreement, he was very sensible, he ignored me. You create room for people with diverse views and opinions and ideas. It’s better they are talking than fighting, that’s why you have parliament, people don’t know that.

Kanu further said that if he was looking for money, he would have settled with the Buhari government. ‘What am I doing with money? If I were looking for money, I would have settled with the Buhari government. I don’t need money, the only thing I need is Biafra… People give me stuff, the cars I use, people gave them to me. I don’t buy anything, so, what do I need money for? I don’t need to buy anything, the furniture in my house, people built them for me. I am serving my people everyday and today we have honour and prestige because of IPOB. Biafra is coming and that we must remain very strong and resolute. The only thing He requires of us is to worship Him, that’s all He wants us to do and not to worship idol and Biafra will come and the world will see and will testify it.

Source: Vamguard

•We’re well-defended, says NAF  

•Defence HQ, Army keep mum

By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi and Molly Kilete, Abuja

Days after the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, renewed an ultimatum to his men to either capture or kill Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, after a 40-day ultimatum failed, the insurgents have

issued fresh threats to attack the Nigerian military.

  They also threatened to attack towns and cities as well.

Besides, Boko Haram, in an undated but fresh video, declared they celebrated Sallah in Sambisa, right after the 40-day ultimatum lapsed.

In July, Buratai ordered his men to capture Shekau within 40 days. The deadline passed without Shekau’s capture. The army chief simply made the ultimatum open-ended.

In the new video, Shuaibu Moni, one of the Boko Haram commanders, who was swapped with 82 Chibok girls released in May, taunted the military and issued threats on behalf of the sect.

“We have observed the Eid-el-Kabir prayers peacefully, with our brothers, wives and children in Sambisa, under the leadership of Abu-Muhammad -Ibn-Mahammad Abubakar Shekau.

“We thank Almighty Allah for sparing our lives, to witness this very wonderful day and good state of health. We want to tell the infidels of the world, infidels in Nigeria…and Buratai, who gave 40-day ultimatum, to kill our leader Abubakar Shekau that here, we are celebrating Sallah in Sambisa.

“I also want them to know that killing Shekau is not the end of us. With or without Shekau, Boko Haram will remain. They should know we worship God and Shekau is only leading us on the path of service to the Lord.

“They should know that just as they are giving orders to their military to invade our camps; we are also waiting for Shekau’s orders to invade their barracks, towns and cities at any giving time.

“I have said it before and you have seen what I have done. I am not making empty noise; I guess you know who is talking you; this is ‘Moni.’ You have seen what we did in the university and the city of Maiduguri and other places.

“We mean everything we are saying, and you should wait we are coming after you. We will never dialogue with the government.”

Attempts to get the Defence Headquarters’ Director of Information, Major General John Enenche and spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sani Usman were not successful. Calls to Enenche’s mobile line and Usman’s as well as text messages, were neither returned nor replied.

But, spokesman of the Nigeria Air Force, Air Commodore Adetokunbo Adesanya dismissed Boko Haram’s new threats.

He said: “NAF bases are well defended; NAF personnel are well-trained, equipped, motivated and committed to the defence of NAF bases and other assigned critical points.”

Founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike, has alleged that heads of security agencies are using leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to destroy the struggle for Biafra.

Uwazuruike and Kanu are both Biafra proponents, but have been on war paths for sometime now.

About three months ago, Uwazuruike said he was disappointed that Radio Biafra, which he “handed over to Kanu was being used for purposes it was not created for.

The MASSOB founder, who spoke in the current edition of The Interview, further accused Kanu of waging war against the struggle for Biafra and regretted that his efforts to achieve a sovereign state of Biafra “through peaceful means,” were being ruined by Kanu.

Uwazuruike specifically accused Kanu of being used by “security services to destabilise the struggle for Biafra.”

The MASSOB leader further alleged that Kanu intended to ruin Biafra agitation, a plot he said will begin with the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State which the Kanu-led IPOB has advised its members to boycott.

“No election in Anambra state is aimed at favouring the All Progressives Congress (APC), to edge out Governor Willy Obiano, through destabilisation.

“That is the only thing and it is being arranged by the security agencies, using Kanu.

“I know the mansions that Nnamdi Kanu and people like him have abroad. Let Kanu keep disgracing himself as he’s doing now because I know he’s being funded and I know those funding him.

“Nnamdi is fighting against Biafra. The security agencies have seen him as somebody with a high value that they can use.

“They heard him shouting on radio and they approached him and he accepted to work with them,” Uwazuruike claimed.

He described Kanu’s arrest and bail conditions as “a set-up,” and wondered why Kanu, who was granted bail on health grounds “has not visited any hospital since his release from detention.”

The MASSOB leader also took a swipe at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, which he said lacked “the capacity to govern.”

He said the APC won the 2015 presidential election, “but didn’t plan” for governance. Uwazuruike added that Nigeria would have been better if former President Goodluck Jonathan had won the 2015 election, for a second term in office.

“If Jonathan had remained the president of Nigeria till today, the US dollar would not have exchanged for more than N50. Nigeria will still beg Jonathan to come back.”

Source: Daily Sun

A policeman has been killed while three others sustained injuries in a gun attack at Kolo police station in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

A local television quoted a witness as saying the attack was carried out by suspected oil thieves.

The incident came barely a week after four soldiers were killed in an ambush at Letugbene, a community in Southern Ijaw local government area of the state.

source : Sun