The Administrator of the Customary Government of Indigenous People of Biafra has approved the appointment of Ekweanua Chukwudi as the Principal Secretary to the Office of the Administrator .
This appointment is for a probationary period of 6 months subject to further confirmation by the Supreme Council of Elders. Mr Chukwudi Ekweanua is expected to use his wide experience in Administration and Management to manage the secretarial functions of the Office of the Administrator.
On behalf of the Customary Govt of IPOB, we congratulate Mr Ekweanua on his new appointment.
The Administrator of the Customary Government of the Indigenous People of Biafra has approved the appointment of Chief Mrs Ify Ezenwa as the Deputy Director for Political Affairs to the CG-IPOB .
This appointment is for a probationary period of 6 months subject to further confirmation by the Supreme Council of Elders. Chief Mrs Ify Ezenwa is expected to liaise with the Public on behalf of the Customary Government in all political matters.
On behalf of the Customary Govt of IPOB, we congratulate Mrs Ezenwa on her new appointment.
Today is public holiday in ANAMBRA State to encourage those at 18 years of age and above to go for voters registration.The Customary Govt of IPOB is hereby instructing all Biafrans who have not registered to go for registration today or tomorrow. It should be noted that we are still part of Nigeria and the power of voting is what Biafrans need now to retire all those working against our common interest.
Meanwhile,Biafrans across the States in Nigeria are all advised to key into this project.You can visit your nearest LGA for Voters Registration.Please inform others around you.
Ndubuisi Anaenugwuu Director- Directorate of Information,CG-IPOB
Politics from my personal point of view, is a social re-engineering process of human mind, understanding and belief towards a required goal.
Political democracy does not begin and end at choosing our Government. It equally includes making bare to the people all the facts about governance to enable them decide what is best for them and their government.
It primarily includes debates, because it is during debates that most known and unknown facts are presented and laid bare on the table for public analysis. Without political debate, masses are left in the dark, that when asked to choose in an election or referendum, may make the worst choice.
Referendum is an act of choosing from a presented options. In a referendum, the masses are required to make a choice, and without sound knowledge of issues, events and positions, may choose a route that may not be to their over all interest. Therefore in considering the issue on the table: Biafra Referendum, to be known as Biafraexit or Biexit or Biaexit, there must be a serious campaign by the protagonists and antagonists. Both groups must hit the road to convince Biafran electorates on the right things to do .
During one of my evangelical mission across Biafra land, a man accosted me with the challenge that a referendum for Biafra will fail if care is not taken. I told him that we would not allow that to happen. So how do we ensure that Biafraexit won’t fail? It is by convincing doubting Thomases that Biafra offer Biafrans the best option to life.
How do we do that if not through debates, conferences, town hall meetings etc etc. As we are evangelizing for Biafra, we know that many of our people who have their wealths located in the Northern and Western Nigeria have been foot-dragging about the safety of their wealth after Biafraexit. How then can we positively engage them or their leaders to be assured of the safety of their properties? How can we re-direct our people on all they ought to do to help Biafra emerge without violence? How can we inform our people that Biafra is possible one way or another without politically debating it? Or do we want another war that comes with propaganda?
Restoring Biafra through peaceful referendum is a political process. Nigerian government occupation of Biafra land has in its wake left an indelible mark on the Psyche of our people. The effect is so much that right now the biggest verbal opposition we encounter during our evangelical mission for Biafra, is Biafrans. I have never encountered a Northerner or Westerner against Biafra as much as I encounter Biafrans. Though at the end of each encounter/debate the person eventually always goes home better informed.
Therefore , there is need to officially embark on serious debate to ensure that our people are better educated/informed about Biafra. It is like during an elections, contestants are recently being invited to debates, to publicly inform the voters of the level of their preparedness to lead their people. Those avoiding such debates have proven to be empty and bad leaders. Biafrans are not in that category.
Politically speaking, we are aware that the Sharia Government has a wide range of power to operate right now in the ‘Northern States of Nigeria’ because the various state Houses of Assembly in the North have passed a law elevating Sharia law to state law. In Biafra, non of our State Houses of Assembly has passed the elevation of our Customary Law bill sent to them for passage for 2 years running. This is because Biafran activists are not in those Houses as elected members.
That has been hampering our attempt to gather Biafrans together for international recognition. It is necessary to inform us that the UN and other nations abroad are waiting for Biafrans to approach them through our de facto Government. Though , that is already taking place indeed, but needs more fine-tuning.
Therefore, the need to take over our political space cannot be overemphasized. The taking over must be achieved through organized mass political awareness and raising of new Biafran political class to those positions. Political democratization and empowerment of Biafran populace towards taking control of the Biafran political space is therefore a welcome development.
Biafrans are orators. Are we therefore afraid of debate? No! I think those against political debates missed the mark. Let them rethink. By debating Biafra, we bring back some of our people who are either sitting on the fence or are deep into the ‘enemy’s territory’. Therefore Biafrans should pease support MOBIN(Movement Of Biafrans In Nigeria) to radically open the Biafra political debate room. Let all of us march forward to literarily bring down the walls of Jericho as we moor down the information barrier our opponents are using to cage our people against Biafra.
Forward ever, backwards never! Biafra alive!
Sign: Aniebue Anthony.
The Administrator, Customary Government of IPOB CG-IPOB
The Administrator of the Customary Government of Indigenous People of Biafra has approved the appointment of APOSTLE NDUCHEM MBAZURIKE as the Deputy Director for Religious Affairs .
This appointment is for a probationary period of 6 months subject to further confirmation by the Supreme Council of Elders.Apostle Mbazurike is expected to use his pious religious background to direct the spiritual lives of the Indigenous People of Biafra still living in Nigeria.
He is to work closely with the Administrator to ensure that we practice what we preach and can be contacted via 08120784128
On behalf of the Customary Govt of IPOB ,we congratulate Apostle Mbazurike on his new appointment.
Ndubuisi Anaenugwu Director – Directorate of Information,CG-IPOB
All is not well within the camp of the South-East Senate Caucus, as strong indications have emerged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), maybe plotting to move against its key members, over their roles in the release of the the leader of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.
It was gathered that some key members of the caucus, met at the private residence of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Abuja on Tuesday night, where they extensively discussed the alleged looming political persecution.
At the Tuesday meeting, IPOB leader, Mr. Kanu, was in attendance. Also in attendance were Ekweremadu, Senators Enyinnaya Abaribe, Theodore Orji, Andy Uba, Hope Uzodinma, Gilbert Nnaji, Sam Egwu and Sonni Ugbuoji.
It was learnt that prior to the release of Kanu, the caucus met at Ekweremadu’s residence, where the lawmakers reportedly made huge donations towards release of Kanu. The lawmakers, in one of the meetings, also named Senator Abaribe to serve as one of the the sureties to Kanu.
However, it was also learnt that the Presidency is unhappy, over the roles played by the Senators.
Worried that he may be the first casualty, Ekweremadu, raised the alarm on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, of plans by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to invade his country home in Enugu and other apartments, under the guise of searching for looted funds.
Ekweremadu who read a letter, reportedly written to him by an unnamed Nigerian, informing him of EFCC’s plans, said the anti-graft agency is also planning to ‘plant’ ammunition in his apartment during the raid.
He said the move is to force him out of office and give the impression that he is a corrupt politician, unfit to hold any public office.
He said plans have also been perfected by the EFCC to use groups to protest in major cities across the country, calling for his resignation and prosecution.
Reading the letter, Ekweremadu said: “Distinguished Senator, there is a grand plan from the cabals in the presidency, using the EFCC as an anti-graft agency to indict and remove you from office. These cabals in the presidency have mandated the EFCC chairman to carry out this evil operation within two weeks.
“On the 6th of May Saturday, 2017. That is between Saturday night and Sunday morning, the EFCC alongside with local and international media both print and TV will raid an apartment under the guise of whistle blowing policy of the Federal Government.
“They will come with a search warrant already obtained from a Magistrate Court to search an apartment allegedly to be one of your guest houses in Enugu, the state capital or any available apartment in your senatorial district that will serve this evil purpose.
“EFCC is claiming to have received a tip off from a whistle blower in your state alerting the agency of a large huge amount of money of different currencies in the said apartment belonging to you, senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They will say that the money is a proceed which is likely to be illegally obtained and acquired, which constitute abuse of office and corruption.”
Reading the letter further, Ekweremadu noted: “A huge amount of money with different currencies, such as British pound sterling, US dollars, Indian rupee, South Africa rand, and Malaysian Ringgit will be ‘discovered’.
“Documents alleging to be yours, such as 2015 campaign memo and logistic, a list of names of chairmen of local wards of party men and women that benefited from your empowerment programme and other cooked up documents bearing your signature.
“A single photo portrait of yours will be placed in the sitting room. Ammunition such as AK 47, two pump action gun with unused gun bullet will be found.
“You will be invited by the anti-graft agency for questioning and interrogation to shed more light on the said apartment which will lead to your arrest and detention, pending the outcome of the investigation.
“While you are still in detention, sponsored nongovernmental organiaations will be protesting round the nation and in cities like Lagos, Enugu, Anambra, Abuja, etc. Sponsored youth in your senatorial district will come to Abuja protesting in the National Assembly gate with petitions submitted to the Senate President and one to the Clark to the National Assembly recalling you.
“While protest is ongoing according to their evil plan, the EFCC after detaining you for at least three weeks, you will be charge to court since section 308 immunity clause does not apply to your office.
“The cabals in the presidency are planning to indict you and to kill your political ambition so that you can no longer stand for any future elections. They also want to show to the international community and Nigerian people that you are a corrupt politician.
“I sympathised with you and God will continue to use people like us to destabilize their evil plan against you. I wish you all the best in your political journey.”
Sources in the Deputy Senate President’s office, told Daily Sun that the move against their principal, may not also be unconnected to Ekweremadu’s recent calls on the Federal Government to raise the national minimum wage from N18,000 to N50,000.
The Legacies of Biafra Conference held at SOAS of the University of London 21 – 22 April 2017 has been described as very successful. Please find attached the Lecture delivered by Barrister Emeka Emekesiri at the event. The Conference has thrown up certain matters which the Biafrans have been advised to attend to in their quest for self-determination. At the moment, two ideological differences have emerged, namely:
1. The first ideological strategy is the pursuit of self-determination by due process of law consisting of legal, political and diplomatic methods. By this methodology, the core Biafran activists are advised to take over the political power in the whole of Biafraland and put Biafran activists in the Government Houses and Houses of Assembly. With their millions of activists they can use their vote to put any of the Biafran activists in power. They can then pass the Biafran Bills into Law in their Houses of Assembly and create the Biafran Government by Law at regional level first. This is the first stage of the Struggle for Independence. The second stage is for the Biafrans then to decide by a Referendum whether they will pull out entirely from Nigeria and gain total independence or continue to govern themselves as Biafrans within Nigeria. At the first and second stages of the strategy, there will be some diplomatic meetings and negotiations with the Nigerian authorities and the powerful countries in the International Community for the final pull-out. This strategy is advocated by Barrister Emeka Emekesiri, the Solicitor for Indigenous People of Biafra and the vision bearer of the legal methodology of self-determination which he commenced with the case between Biafra and Nigeria in the Federal High Court Owerri. To lay a proper foundation for this strategy, the vision bearer and those who believe in this method have activated the political structure called MOBIN (Movement of Biafrans in Nigeria) in alliance with the United Progressive Party (UPP) which they have adopted as the Biafran National Party just as the Scottish activists have the SNP in the British politics advocating for the Independence of Scotland. The challenge the Biafrans have now is to install hardcore Biafran activists in power who can use the State Power to their advantage and speed up the Biafran project.
2. The second ideological strategy is the boycotting of the elections in Biafraland and abstaining from all involvements with the Nigerian politics and law. The proponents of this methodology believe that the Nigerian Constitution is fraudulent and therefore every election under the fraudulent Constitution is a continuation of enslavement in Nigeria. They do not believe in obtaining self-governance as Biafrans within Nigeria first before pulling out from Nigeria entirely. Those who believe in this method said that if the Biafrans boycott the elections, abstain from the Nigerian politics and resist the fraudulent Constitution, Biafra would come. They have not explained how Biafra would come but they sincerely believe that Biafra would come by divine intervention if we boycott the elections.
Two figures have emerged with these ideological differences. The first figure advocating legal, political and diplomatic strategies is Barrister Emeka Emekesiri while the second figure advocating the boycotting of politics, elections and legal method is Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Barr Emekesiri has explained that there are three ways of getting independence for a nation, namely: (a) Military method, that is, war and violence; (b) Political method, that is, engaging in politics and passing the Bill of Referendum or Bill of Independence into law and creating the new nation by law; (c) Judicial method, that is, by using the powers of the Court (national or international court) to declare the peoples right to self-determination and carving out their territory by Court Order. It was by the Order of the International Court of Justice that Bakassi was carved out from Nigeria and given over to Cameroon.
The Biafrans were told to boycott the elections in 2015 by the Radio Biafra broadcaster so that Biafra would come but Biafra did not come. The boycott made President Goodluck Jonathan to lose the election to General Mohammadu Buhari. We are now crying for allowing the Moslems to take over power with which they persecute us today. Also the Biafrans were told to boycott the census in 2006 by Ralph Uwazuruike and now we have become the minority region in the official records held by the world bodies for Nigeria.
All the Biafrans are free to choose the method they want to believe and follow. They don’t have to attack one another. Any person who is interested in identifying with this cause by the rule of law consisting of legal, political and diplomatic methods is advised to reply this email and confirm his or her acceptance. The person is advised to contact MOBIN Directors by email at mobinbiafra@protonmail.com; or mobin.freebiafra@gmail.com; or visit their website at www.mobin.ng
There is no need for the Biafrans to quarrel among themselves. We have decided to re-organize the movement and re-strategise for the final battle of wits. It is now the battle of the brains. Much noise has been made. Time of noise-making is over. The noise-making was good and has served its purpose in creating much awareness. We believe that we will beat the Nigerians in their own game just as we have beaten them in the Federal High Court Owerri where they have no good defence. The Solicitor has informed us that the case in Court has legalized the Biafran Struggle and purchased judicial immunity for all the Biafrans. While the case is pending in Court, the Biafrans have the right to govern themselves under Customary Law until they pass the Biafran Bill into law in any of the Houses of Assembly in Biafraland to create a statutory Government of Biafra at regional level.
The Customary Government of IPOB(CG-IPOB) wishes to register her appreciation on the historical sacrifice made by these three Biafrans viz Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe; Chief Priest, Immanuu-El Shalom and Mr Tochukwu Uchendu.These three gallant men stood up at a time when the fighting spirits of Biafrans were put to test. They staked everything they have to sign document(s) which many saw as death warrant.
The Customary Government of IPOB(CG-IPOB) is happy that Nnamdi Kanu has finally been released on bail .It is not uhuru yet but it is the beginning of good things to come.No doubt,Mazi Nnamdi Kanu along with others still in prison custody – Chidiebere Onwudiwe,Benjamin Madubugwu , David Nwawuisi and others in various detentions elsewhere have proven to the world that Biafra cannot be traded with gold nor silver,hence their courageous posture throughout the period in Kuje and court.
With the latest development, the bar has been raised, the expectation is high.Customary Government of IPOB (CG-IPOB) can confirm to Biafrans that there is nothing to be afraid of.All the high expectation(s) will be met and we shall march forward together to clinch our star prize –Biafra.Note that we might disagree to agree on adopted methodology.However,efforts are being made to bring all the Leaders of pro-Biafra groups to a round table to further the Biafra unity discussion(see the link for the last unity meeting held in Nnewi: Power Of Unity: Nnamdi Kanu Reconcile With IPOB Elders & Other Biafra Groups.
Power Of Unity: Nnamdi Kanu Reconcile With IPOB Elders & Other Biafra Groups.
The best description of this video is to simply say…. WATCH TILL THE END. There is light at the end of the tunnel says the popular quote. There seems to be…
The Customary Government of IPOB shall continue to partner with individuals,groups and organisation(s) who share in legal,diplomatic and political strategies to pursue self determination for the Biafran people.Our ultimate goal is to secure freedom for our dear people through internationally acceptable best practices and in line with both local and international laws.
The Supreme Council of Elders of the Indigenous People of Biafra (SCEIPOB), yesterday, joined other Biafra agitators to express its happiness over Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release from detention.
Deputy Chairman of the SCEIPOB, Dr Dozie Ikedife, described Kanu’s release as a healthy development, adding that he never knew stringent bail conditions would be easily met. He congratulated him and thanked those who rallied support to achieve his release. He said the celebration was all over Biafran land and beyond.
Ikedife made the statement in Nnewi yesterday, a day after he expressed optimism that the state of Biafra would become a reality in no distance time in Aba, during his presentation at a memorial lecture for Prince Longinus Orjiakor organized by Eastern Peoples’ Congress (EPC) of which Orjiakor was the leader.
Speaking at the event, Ikedife advised pro-Biafra groups to close ranks and stop the infighting among them.
His words: “We abhor infighting, personal attacks in any shape or form, propagation of any statement or story that is not entirely true. Never lace up the reports or presentations”.
Describing the late Orjiakor as a man with whom they shared a hope and vision, Dr. Ikedife said they gathered to celebrate him for his heroism, and commitment to the dream of a liberated people.
“We must use this opportunity to try to forge synergy among those who share a common dream, common hope, common goal of self-determination for all ethnic nationalities as prescribed by United Nations Acts which is accepted by the African Union and Nigeria,” he said.
He urged pro Biafra groups to hold seminars on May 30, 2017 for their members to enlighten them on the tenets of good government, responsible citizenship and patriotism which he said Orjiakor lived and died for.
While reacting to Kanu’s release, Ikedife said that the case of the three other Biafran agitators held with Kanu should be heard and disposed of. He said he believed that Kanu’s release should be the first step to their (Kanu and others) total release.
In dealing with the charges against Kanu, holistically, Ikedife called for the charges to be withdrawn. He noted that his long incarceration had served enough warning to him and others. He was of the view that Kanu should only be told what he should not do that might disturb the peace of the community.
He should tread with caution and within the ambit of the law in the pursuit of Biafra or self-determination, adding that Kanu’s right should not be infringed upon.
He noted that Kanu’s release was going to increase the tempo for the struggle to actualize self-determination.
“His incarceration generated a lot of enthusiasm in the people to get Biafra. Five, six years ago, before you mentioned Biafra, you must look right, left, front and back to be sure that nobody was watching you or listening. But now, people get up openly and say they are Biafrans, displaying Biafran insignia, flags and any other material that represents Biafra,” Ikedife noted.
He said Kanu’s detention had drawn not only local but global attention to the struggle for Biafra. He called on all Biafrans to rally support for the actualization of self-determination in Biafra land.
In a related development, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) expressed its joy over the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Prison, yesterday.
Leader of MASSOB, Comrade Uchenna Mmadu, in a statement made available to Sunday Sun said: “We rejoice with millions of Biafrans all over the world. It is a step towards Biafra actualization and restoration.
It is a triumph of light over darkness. His release has opened a new dimension to Biafra struggle which must continue to be anchored on non violence, mutual understanding and unity of purpose.
“As Nnamdi Kanu regained freedom, MASSOB will continue with other progressive groups and individuals to press further for the release of other pro Biafra detainees across Nigeria prisons. MASSOB as the most prominent pro Biafra group that supports Mazi Nnamdi Kanu believes that there are credible Igbo senators and Jewish religious leaders who can stand for Nnamdi Kanu. Standing for Nnamdi Kanu means standing for Ndigbo because we still have credible senators as demonstrated by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who can never be intimidated or subjected to cowardice because of the conditions of the bail granted to Nnamdi Kanu, the statement read.
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has just been granted bail by an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Binta Nyako. One of the highlights of the bail conditions outlined by the court was that Kanu should produce three sureties one of whom must be a highly respected Jewish leader. Justice Nyako said she had to attach this condition since Kanu claims Judaism as his religion. The bail conditions also require that a senior Igbo in the rank of a senator will have to stand surety for Kanu. And when he leaves the confines of the prison walls where he is at the moment, Kanu must not grant interviews or hold rallies. He must also not be seen in the company of more than 10 persons.
Those who are interested in human rights issues are already up in arms against Nyako and her bail conditions. They have reminded her of the fact that the court is the least qualified institution to curtail or abridge the fundamental human rights of any individual. As a free citizen, Kanu cannot be prevented from associating with people. He has the freedom to speak freely. To seek to gag him as the court has pronounced is to make mockery of the fundamental reason for which Kanu is standing trial. They are reminding Nyako, in case she has forgotten, that Kanu is agitating partly because the Nigerian state has been indulging in secrecy over the Biafran affair. The government outlawed the teaching of any aspect of the Nigerian history that touches on Biafra. The idea was to shield the younger generation of Nigerians from the bitter experience of the war. But that ploy has since failed. Post-Biafra children have been told the story of the war by their parents. They have absorbed the story and they are asking why. They want the Nigerian state to release the ghost of Biafra from the cage and confront it. Seeking to bury it compulsively is one of the reasons Kanu is agitating. To clip his wings in that regard with the stringent bail conditions is, therefore, unacceptable. That is what human rights advocates, IPOB members and other interested parties and concerned Nigerians are saying. They want Kanu to be released unconditionally.
Beyond the arguments raised so far against the bail conditions, what interests me in the matter is its separatist undertone. The bail conditions read like a separatist manuscript. Through them, Justice Nyako is extending the frontiers of sectionalism and sectarianism. Whereas she is expected to bring a broad and nationalist outlook to bear on the issue at stake, Nyako has unwittingly been drawn into the narrow confines ofseparatism, the very reason that is making the Federal Government to be ill at ease withKanu.
Kanu is a product of separatism. He professes Biafra. Justice Nyako has also told us that he professes Judaism. It was clearly on these grounds that Justice Nyako had to insist that Kanu’s sureties must include a senator of Igbo extraction and a respected Jewish leader. These conditions, in themselves, are narrow and discriminatory. They sound like another piece of separatism, this time being propagated by the court. By her pronouncement, the Judge is saying that the charges for which Kanu and others are standing trial are not normal. She is insisting on boxing Kanu into his own corner. This is very reductionist, to say the least. If Nyako saw the case before her as a normal human situation in which people can freely come up to propagate an agenda that they believe in, she would not have reduced the Kanu affair to the level where it is only an Igbo senator that can stand surety for him. Any other known Nigerian could also have qualified to play that role, including Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, who has openly identified with the cause that Kanu is fighting for.
If we move away from Justice Binta’s compulsive Igbo attachment to the Kanu bail condition, we will be confronted with even a bigger sectional interpretation of what Kanu stands for. According to Justice Nyako, Kanu claims to be a judaist. For that reason, he must also bring a judaist to come and stand surety for him. This is clearly strange and not in line with the way our courts have been operating. I do not know of any situation where people standing trial in court can only be suretied by people who are of the same faith with them. This is a new dimension to criminal justice administration in the country.
But then, when we dissect the issue properly, we cannot but conclude that Justice Nyako is being driven by the much talked about relationship between the Igbo of Nigeria and the Jews of Israel. Kanu himself may have taken to Judaism apparently to drive this point home. Judaism, an ancient, monotheistic Abrahamic religion, is practised by most Jews. As an Igbo who feels that there is substance in the Igbo-Jewish relationship, Kanu may have decided to identify with the religion of the Jews. To this extent, Kanu is an Igbo Jew. He is a member of the Igbo people of Nigeria, who practise a form of Judaism even though they are not taken as Jews by the mainstream Jewish community. Jewish Igbo believe that they are descendants of the lost tribe of Israel who settled in Nigeria.
But the bigger point here is that there is a link between the Biafran cause, which Kanu is fighting for and the experience of the Jews in the hands of their persecutors. The Holocaust readily comes to mind here. When we talk about the Holocaust, we are talking about the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler and its World War II collaborators. The Holocaust is the centrepiece of the Jewish history just as the Biafran War in which about three million Igbo lost their lives will remain the mosttelling moment of Igbo experiencein their relationship with other Nigerians. Kanu and his fellow agitators must be taking solace in the experience of the Jews. The inspiration to be derived from it is that if the Jews, who went through the horrors of the Holocaust can stand tall today in world affairs, the Igbo, who were subjected to state-sponsored genocidal gambitduringthe Biafran War, can, with determination, rise from the ashes of persecution and hold their own.
Beyond Kanu and his group, the Igbo-Jewish connection resonates with freshness and appeal. There are claims that the Igbo are the Jews of West Africa. In furtherance of this argument, certain Jewish characteristics, especially their migrant nature, are being attributed to the Igbo. We are told that Jewish scientists were in Nnewi, Anambra State, recently to conduct Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) tests on interested citizens to determine the claims about the Igbo-Jewish relationship.
But all of this are mere asides in the issue at stake. The bail granted Kanu, in spite of its stringency, may excite some people. However, after that, we must pause to see what government does with the court order. Will government, this time, respect the order of the court and release Kanu from detention? This is the next thing to watch out for, especially if we recall that this is the third time that he is being granted bail by the courts. Government did not abide by the previous court orders. What should we expect this time?
