Yesterday, social media was overtaken by a viral video where the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) led by Nnamdi Kanu issued a strong threat to President Mohamed Buhari, never to step his foot in Ebony State or any part of South East.
Currently, the news reaching our news desk is that Buhari arrived safely in ebony via Enugu AirPort, and was received by some south eastern governors and loads of cheers by the public.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari arrived Ebonyi State onboard helicopter NAF 540.
The helicopter landed at the Army Barracks, Nkwagu in Abakaliki around 11:20am and the President was received by the Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, his deputy Eric Kelechi Igwe and the Minister for Science and Technology , Chief Ogbonnaya Onu.
President Buhari conferred with the title of Ochioha NdiIgbo 1 by South East traditional council of rulers led by Eze Eberechi Dick during his visit to Ebonyi State on 14th Nov 2017 Others include former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim former governor Sam Egwu among others He was received by jubilant crowd with different traditional dances
EMEKA EMEKESIRI, ESQ., FOUNDER AND VISION BEARER OF IPOB;TEAM LEADER, BIAFRA PROJECT PHASE 2.
With pains in my heart borne out of sincere love for the Biafrans whose lives are being wasted in the pursuit of the Biafran Independence, I wish to give my last warning to the followers of Nnamdi Kanu on their campaign of “No Election” in Anambra State and the rest of Biafraland. It is no secret that Nnamdi Kanu and I do not agree on the best strategies of achieving the Biafran Independence. Yes, it is true that he came from MASSOB and joined us and became one of us before he was ostracised in 2014 by the
Supreme Council of Elders of Indigenous People of Biafra for various offences.
In my previous writings I had revealed how I created and formed the body known as INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA under Section 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 and filed the case between Biafra and Nigeria in Suit No FHC/OW/CS/102/2012 later reconstituted as Suit No FHC/OW/CS/192/2013 in the Federal High Court Owerri. You can read more about Indigenous People of Biafra in my book published in 2012 titled “Biafra or Nigerian Presidency- What the Ibos Want” which you can find on the internet on Amazon. I give this warning in my capacity as a Minister of God, Bishop of Christ The Rock Community, with the pure motive of seeking to save the lives of the youths under Nnamdi Kanu who have entered into a covenant of death sealed with oath and activated by the Prince of the Power of the Air by which they are enticed to chant their mantra of “Biafra or Death”. The Prince I have referred to is an Archspirit described in Ephesians 2:2 of the Holy Bible. I do not speak this out of hatred. I do not claim perfection in knowledge, wisdom and understanding but the little knowledge I have is what I want to share with others. I do not blame anybody or bear grudges at all. The scriptures are clear that all things work together for good to them that love God who are the called according to his purpose, Rom. 8:28. One thing is clear to me: Nnamdi Kanu disclosed the spirit at work in him and identified himself to his followers and to the whole world as can be heard from the two videos on the YouTube, namely:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KU5h72D__U, and the second video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtoqcSk7ulA.
Therefore, it is my opinion that we should respect his identity and allow him to work as he is led by the spirit in him, knowing that whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap.I will start this warning by quoting the scriptural warning in Proverbs 29: 1 where God says, “He who is often reproved but continues to harden his heart shall suddenly be destroyed without remedy”. I want to talk about the campaign of “No Election” in Anambra State by his followers.
Some of his followers and admirers have often accused me of being jealous of him whenever I make any statement against his opinions and methodology but I forgive them because they were not there from the
beginning to understand that Nnamdi was actually the person who became jealous of me and did what he did. I cannot be jealous of a man who is not the vision-bearer of what I created. I am only giving this warning because of my love for the Biafrans whose lives are being wasted under him because they operate with zeal and emotions without knowledge, without wisdom and without understanding. After the “No Election” campaign, what next? Certainly, somebody shall win the election even if there is low turnout of voters. If there is complete breakdown of law and order, the Federal Government will declare a State of Emergency and appoint a Military Administrator from Abuja to govern Anambra State.
The story of Nnamdi Kanu and Emeka Emekesiri is likened to the story of the hawk and the weaver bird. The two birds were pregnant and desired to build homes in preparation for the children they would give birth to. The weaver bird is highly skilled in building a solid house which looks like the foot of a man from the ankle up to the knee. The nest is so strong and fortified that the kids are protected inside it during rainstorms and windstorms. The hawk was fascinated with the skills and craftsmanship of the weaver bird. She came to learn from the weaver bird.
Of course, the weaver bird was willing to teach the hawk and advised her to watch and learn patiently. The weaver bird took the first four straws and laid the foundation of the nest while the hawk watched; then she took woodrushes and made the bed of the nest while the hawk watched; took another straw and started spinning and weaving. Before she could take another straw to start making the beams and columns and reinforcements to curve the nest from ankle and raise it to the knee, the hawk shouted with excitement: “Oh, this is wonderful. I have learn it”, and with this exclamation the hawk flew away shouting on air “hawk” “hawk” to start building her own house for the children she would give birth to. She was not patient to learn the whole process.
Unfortunately, she could build up to the level she had learnt from the weaver bird. She did not know how to make the beams, columns and reinforcements to curve the nest like the boot. She was frustrated by elemental forces and stopped the nest at the base of the ankle. This is why the hawk’s nest is open and her children are exposed to windstorms and rainstorms which destroy them without mercy. Our elders taught us to pass important messages by proverbs and idioms which only the wise can understand and appreciate. I will not say too much here. The “No Election” campaign portends some danger to the followers of Nnamdi Kanu. They have the fundamental human right to boycott the elections but have no right to stop the Government from conducting the elections or to stop other people from voting in the elections.
I have heard that they want to sit at home on 18 November 2017 to eat “ofe nsala”. This is commendable. I wish them good enjoyment of ofe nsala, with tombo, isi-ewu and nkwobi. If they stay in their houses to eat and enjoy themselves, there will be no problems but if they come out to the streets to stop other people from going to vote in the election, it may be dangerous and suicidal. The Biafra Restoration Project is in three phases. The Phase 1 is awareness creation. This Phase has been completed by Nnamdi Kanu and Ralph Uwazuruike from 1999 to date. They have advertised Biafra to the whole world. We give them credit for that.
This is a relay race or team work. We have now gone into the Phase 2 of the Biafran Project to build the Biafran Political, Diplomatic and Economic Institutions that will midwife the restoration of the Biafran sovereignty in Phase 3.
The Phase 3 is still in the future. We believe that God will raise men and women in the future to accomplish Phase 3 for our outright independence. Now, we are in the Phase 2 Project to achieve Biafran Freedom within Nigeria as a self-governing region with its own Parliament just like Scotland within Britain. We want to control our political space. We want to put Biafran activists in power to pass the Biafran Bills into law in our Houses of Assembly in all the States of Biafraland. We are not interested in the Abuja politics for now. The National Assembly is skewed against us as we have no majority in the Senate or House of Reps to pass any National Bill.
At the moment, we can only control our own Biafran region and pass the appropriate bills into law as State Laws. We have no intention to break or destroy Nigeria but to be free from Nigeria. Biafra must be free. It is either freedom within or freedom without. The Phase 2 Project is freedom within Nigeria. Everything has a process. The Biafrans who believe in the legal
Methodology of self-determination have decided to participate in the Nigerian politics.
MOBIN is our political movement. The Customary Government is our De Facto Government. We have our Media organizations. We have set up the political and governmental structures under Customary Law pursuant to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999. I therefore call upon Nnamdi Kanu to advise his followers not to confront the Nigerian Security Agents or interfere with the conduct of the Anambra State election. If the Nigerian Army and Security Agents could kill and massacre them when they did nothing wrong worthy of death, how much more will the Army kill them if they wilfully confront the Government to stop the Election in Anambra State?
It is not Biafra or Death but Biafra and Life, for it is written in the scriptures to them that believe, that we shall not die but live to declare the works of
Barely two weeks to the commencement of his one year National Youth Service Scheme, a graduate of the Yaba College of Technology, Oluwamuyiwa Oluwagbemileke, aka Spartacus, has ended his life.
The 27-year-old graduate of electrical engineering reportedly took a poison on Wednesday after he was blamed for damaging a car in a sachet water factory in Ojodu Berger, Lagos, where he worked.
Bvi channel 1 learnt that he had hit the vehicle on another one on the factory premises while trying to help the owner re-park it.
The Osogbo, Osun State indigene, was said to have become desperate to raise N50,000 to repair the damaged car.
In a suicide note he posted on Facebook, a few hours before the incident, he hinted that he was depressed.
He wrote, “When a man’s life is unstable, worried, downcast and destabilised, things he does right before will become wrong no matter the best he puts in. He loses focus and strength; he becomes unhappy and angry at everything even if he tries to wear a smiling face.
“Thoughts of death will come in the scene. He keeps asking the question, ‘why me?’ He becomes helpless and even if he’s among people, he still feels lonely. Life can be truly unfair.
“Advice: Never let your ugly situations weigh you down. When you notice things are not going well, check yourself before it makes you feel worried.”
About an hour before he took the poison, he wrote another note on his Facebookwall at 10.16pm, asking his family to look after his mother.
“Please, help me stand by my mother. She’s the reason why I have lived this far. Thank you. To my loved ones,” it read.
He was buried on Saturday at the Atan Cemetery in Yaba, Lagos.
His nickname, it was learnt, evolved from his determination to become a graduate, which made him to engage in one menial job or another to sponsor himself.
His elder sister, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone on Sunday, confirmed that he was reserved.
The woman, who did not want her name in print, said Oluwagbemileke had called her on the telephone on that day around 11am, saying he was in Osogbo and wanted to discuss an issue with her.
She said, “I was monitoring him on the telephone and asking when he would come.
“I was surprised when he told me that he was on his way back to Lagos. I asked him what he came to do in Osogbo and he said I should not worry. He promised to call me back when he got to Ibadan, Oyo State. When I didn’t see his call, I called him and he said he had boarded a bus en route to Lagos. I asked him what happened. He said he would call me when he got home. I called him several times, but he said he was not at home, not knowing that he was lying. After he didn’t pick my calls again, I went to bed.”
The sister said she called him about 15 times the following day, but he did not pick his calls.
She said she later learnt that he had visited Osogbo to tell their mother about the damaged car, adding that the mother promised to follow him to the factory on Thursday.
She explained that their mother was preparing food for him when he left home, noting that the hard copy of the suicide note was found in his apartment at the factory in Lagos.
The sister said, “I passed out when I was told he poisoned himself. His neighbours said they received a message from him, saying he wanted to poison himself, but they did not take him seriously. His girlfriend said he was gasping when she called him around 11pm. Our mother said he typed the suicide note on his phone in her presence but she did not know the content because she has no formal education.
“I was surprised Muyiwa (Oluwagbemileke) could not wait to be celebrated. He struggled all through, but he never waited to reap the fruits of his labour. He worked as a carrier to survive. Our father died a long time ago. He was going for NYSC on November 21. He was the only graduate in our family.
“When I went to the factory, I was told that a laptop had fallen from his hands and damaged three days before he damaged the car. They must have chided him, which is normal, although his boss denied it. He was collecting over N50,000 monthly at the factory and a gym there.
“While he was living with me, if he spoilt something and I scolded him, he would abscond from home for three days and sleep in schools. At times, I would know he was the one who damaged an item, but I would still ask him. Instead of him to talk, he would just walk away from home. I would beg people to talk to him before he would return home.”
A friend of the deceased, Morountayo Akinyetun, condemned his decision, saying it betrayed his courage and hard work.
“I refuse to believe all that everyone is saying. Haha! You that always advised people to struggle. Ha! After all your up and down; the struggle from The Polytechnic, Ibadan, down to YABATECH. Why Spartacus? What message do you want to pass across to people?
“Your life affected people positively and that was why we gave you the nickname Spartacus. You didn’t care what life gave; you were a strong and courageous man….May God forgive you because what you have done is a great sin,” Akinyetun wrote on Facebook.
Another friend, with the alias Dolly Pee Pee, wrote, “Nigga, people call you Spartacus right from ND days at#the Polytechnic, Ibadan, because you were strong and courageous. What kind of silly thought came over you to commit suicide? I’m disappointed in you. Your decision weakened my day and everybody that knows you. Why didn’t you try and ask other people what they were going through maybe you could still give thanks to God for life? I’m sad and disappointed. You were a fake Spartacus.”
Martins Chika blamed Oluwagbemileke’s friends for not acting promptly after reading his post.
He said, “No one commented on this post until they heard he had died. If he had reasonable friends who know him too well, on seeing this post, they should have got in touch or go meet him to know what’s up. I am sure he would have shared his problems somehow with a close one.
“But these days, we are more busy chasing ghosts on the Internet than being friends to our friends. RIP, brother.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the incident.(punch)
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The Anambra State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission was thrown into pandemonium on Monday following an alleged discovery of a substance suspected to be a bomb.
The scare is coming five days to the governorship election in the state scheduled for Saturday, November 18, 2017.
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra had threatened to hinder the poll, saying what the people needed was a referendum to determine if they wanted a sovereign state of Biafra and not a governorship election.
It was gathered on Monday that the suspected explosive was planted near the state INEC gate.
When our correspondent visited the INEC secretariat, bomb disposal experts and other policemen were seen in and out of the place.
It was gathered that before the arrival of the experts, there had been disruption to work as members of staff of the commission in the state, as well as visitors, fled for dear lives.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, however, denied knowledge of the bomb scare.
“I don’t think I know what you are talking about,” the REC said.
But some INEC workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident to our correspondent.
They said the substance was first sighted in the early hours of Monday.
“All of us ran away when somebody said it was a bomb. We were all scared to stay in our offices until the bomb experts came and defused the device.
“Let this election be conducted once and for all so that that we can rest. This is scary,” one of them said.
Speaking on the telephone, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Nkeiruka Nwode, said she was not aware of the development.
Asked why there was a large number of bomb disposal experts at the INEC Secretariat, Nwode said it was part of preparations for the Saturday governorship election.
Meanwhile, three suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra group have been arrested by troops of the Nigerian Army in Aba, Abia State, for allegedly sharing leaflets with the inscription, ‘No election in Anambra.’
Our correspondent learnt that the suspects – Chidiebere Nwaona, 35; Nwagbougwu Okeke, 55, and John Nwaogazi, 50 – were apprehended on Sunday at Alaoji Flyover in Aba by troops of 144 Battalion, 82 Division, who were on a patrol in the area.
It was gathered that the suspects and the leaflets had been handed over to the Abia State command of the Department of State Services.
It was reported that suspected IPOB members on Friday marched around some streets in Onitsha, Anambra State, vowing a lockdown during the Anambra governorship election.
The IPOB members had threatened voters with death if they cast their votes, adding that they would disrupt the election.
In videos of the march which went viral on the social media, they had said, “If you vote, you will die. Don’t go out, stay in your house. If you vote on November 18, you will die. There will be no election. We will not participate.”
But the army said on Monday that the three suspected IPOB members were apprehended for allegedly sharing of leaflets and flyers discouraging the residents from the Saturday election.
The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, and spokesman for 82 Division, Col. Sagir Musa, confirmed the arrest.
He said, “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects are aged 35, 55 and 50. The suspects, leaflets and flyers have been handed over to the Abia State Command of the DSS.”
The army also said a cleric, Michael Onyeka, the pastor of Victorious Peoples Assembly, Aba parish, who was kidnapped last Friday, had been rescued by troops.
“Following the kidnap of Onyeka, on Friday, a tip-off was received from a good Samaritan indicating the possible location where he was held. A patrol team of 144 Battalion of 14 Brigade combed the bushes of Ngboko general area on Sunday and Onyeka was successfully rescued.
“No arrest was made as the culprits ran away before the arrival of the troops. Efforts are being made to apprehend them.”
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stay away from the South East.
The president will be in Ebonyi, today, on a tour of three South East states. The group specifically gave the warning ahead of the president’s scheduled visit to Ebonyi, today, and Anambra State, tomorrow.
IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, said in a statement that “we (IPOB members) will die with him should he set his foot on the sacred land of Biafra.
“November 14, 2017 will be recorded in history as a bloody day, should Buhari attempt to land on Biafran soil. He is coming to mock us and to urinate on the graves of our 91 brethren his Operation Python Dance II killed in Abia State. He is coming to show us that power belongs to the North and to tell us we are forever slaves.”
Meanwhile, soldiers attached to the 144 Battalion, Asa, Abia State, have arrested three IPOB members in Aba.
The suspects, Okeke, 55, Nwaoha, 35 and Nwaogazi, 50, were reportedly arrested by soldiers on patrol in Aba on Sunday around Alaoji/Fly Over axis of the city.
Daily Sun gathered that the IPOB members were allegedly caught distributing flyers and posters with the caption, “No election in Anambra State.”
A source at the battalion said the suspects, with their flyers were handed over to the Department of State Security for investigation and possible prosecution.
The source, who declined to be named, said “the 14 Brigade would continue to work in synergy with the Police and other sister agencies to flush out criminality and anti social activities within the state.”
In a related development, Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has disclosed that the people of the state are “fully prepared” to receive the president.
He told State House Correspondents, last week, at the Presidential Villa, in Abuja, that president Buhari would commission some projects carried out by his administration during the visit, including roads and flyovers.
“There are quite a lot of projects that we have executed within these past two and half years. We have three numbers of twin flyovers that are built across the African Trans Sahara Road running from Enugu to Cameroon, passing through Ebonyi State…
“We have completed two and the third one is 80 per cent done, Mr President will commission the two. We also have a mall, what we call Ebonyi Mall, modelled after the famous Dubai Mall. And, we intend for the president to lay a foundation stone of that mall, which we will like Mr President to commission in the next 12 months.”
It has also emerged that Umahi has barred all forms of rallies and display of party logo by political parties in the state as the president visits today.
The governor warned political parties from coming to the stadium with any party logo.
“Nobody should come to the stadium with any party logo. We don’t want to embarrass the president. If we invite the president for a state visit and PDP rolls out their logo, it is an embarrassment to Mr. President.
“So, it is a presidential visit, no party is coming to the stadium with a logo or party slogan. It is just a simple, pesidential visit. If they don’t understand, they should find out what presidential visit is and what it entails,” he said.
The officer urged members of the public to inform the army and other security agencies of the activities of criminals and hoodlums in their locality, stressing that they would make crime unprofitable in the state.
Below is a letter sent to the US Congress by the Converner-South East Elders Forum-Dr Dozie Ikedife:
We are members of South East (Nigeria) Elders Forum- a Nigerian registered non-governmental organization (NGO). This is an open, non-political, non-religious not for profit organisation. We are all members of Igbo Ethnic Nationality and elders as the name implies made up of traditional rulers, religious leaders, academicians, technocrats and leaders of thought in many fields of human endeavour. We are concerned about the Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria, Africa and the rest of the world.
We have suffered recurrent genocidal crimes committed against us by Nigerians, especially those of Northern Nigeria, dating back to 1945. This climaxed in the pogrom of 1966/67. By the general agreement of the people of Eastern Nigeria, we decided to distance ourselves from the rest of Nigeria, based on many waves of unjustified killings. We therefore, elected to be known as people of independent State of Biafra in 1967.Immediately after this, Nigeria with her allies, declared war on this young state of Biafra. Unprepared, unexpected, we were forced to defend ourselves for 30 months before we were overwhelmed by complete blockade, starvation, heavy indiscriminate bombing of churches, markets and other public places. We were forced to surrender to Nigeria`s allied forces on January 12th, 1970, to save the rest of the Igbo population from complete eradication.
Despite window dressing declaration of “No Victor, No Vanquished” and ostensible policy of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Reintegration, economic strangulation and systematic exclusion of Igbo people in Eastern Nigeria (Biafra) followed since then. Unprovoked, unjustifiable sporadic killings of our people continue to date. Few instances are listed below to illustrate;
In Jos (Northern Nigeria) 1945, there was massacre of Igbos.
In Kano( Northern Nigeria), a genocide against Igbos in 1953
1966 pogrom of over 60,000 Eastern Nigerian civilians were killed in the North
May 29, 1967- over 200,000 soldiers and civilians were killed in Western and Northern Nigeria.
1967-70 – 3,000,000 killed during the bloody civil war.
In September, 1967, the Asaba Massacre (refer Blood on the Niger) since the war ended.
Another Kano riot took place in 1980, in which many Igbos were killed and property worth billions of Naira destroyed
In Maiduguri, 1982, a series of Igbos were also killed
Jimeta, 1984
Gombe, 1985
Zaria, 1987
Kaduna and Kafanchan, 1991
Bauchi and Kastina, 1991
Kano, 1991
Zangon-Kataf 1992
Funtua, 1993
Kano, 1994
Beheading of Gideon Akaluka in December of 1996 in a police station in Kano
Kaduna ,2000
Kaduna, 2001
Maidugiri, 2001
Jos- maiden crisis took place September ,2001
Kaduna ,2002
Jos-November, 2008
Post – April, 2011 Presidential Elections, 10 youth – corps men and women, as well as, numerous citizens were murdered because a Christian from the South region was elected president .
Jos – Christmas day, 2011
In Abuja, 6 traders from Southern Nigeria also described as Apo 6, were brutally killed for no just reason.
Madalla – christmas day ,2011
Mubi – January 6, 2012
In January, 2013, the bodies of several MASSOB members were found floating in Ezu River in Anambra state
Many slaughtering of Igbos orchestrated by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram
Even in the homelands of the Igbo people, we have the following;
Nimbo Massacre, 2016
Awgu Massacre, 2016
Abia Massacre, 2016
In 2016, 74 year old Mrs. Bridget Agbahume, a market woman, was beheaded due to alleged blasphemy. There were no legal actions taken against the perpetrators
Ndubuisi Uzoma, a young Igbo university graduate, was beheaded in his farm near the Abuja airport by fulani herdsmen.
Sometime ago following the publication of a cartoon in a Scandinavian Newspaper about a Muslim with head injuries, there was a wave of killings of Igbos in Nigeria
There are many other instances of unjustifiable killings of South Eastern people especially the Igbo people.
On May 30th, 2017, the Igbo people of Biafra land (Eastern Nigeria) decided to observe a “Sit at Home” (that is, no work, no business activities) to ruminate on their fate in Nigeria, as well as, remember their people who have been unjustifiably killed before, during and after the Biafra War. This innocuous “Sit at Home” order was widely obeyed by Igbo people all over Nigeria, to the surprise of the rest of Nigerians.
Following this, various Arewa(Northern Nigerian) youth groups unanimously issued a 3 month Quit Notice to all Igbo people residing or doing business in Northern Nigeria to leave all parts of Northern Nigeria before October 1st, 2017. Failure to do so will attract dire consequences including deaths and confiscation of their properties and businesses. The elders of Northern Nigeria instead of condemning this threat, confirmed it.
This is a very significant and ugly development. It is clear demonstration of deep seated wide spread disbelieve in one Nigeria of equal citizenship for all by people of Northern Nigeria both young and old. Arrival at this point is that parting of ways, peaceful separation of Biafra from Nigeria, is here now.
We fear the worst
This is in spite of the fact that the subsisting Nigerian constitution 1999 (as amended) allows Nigerians to live and own property in any part of Nigeria or outside it.
Incidentally, it is the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria who in practical terms demonstrate their belief in one Nigeria. They live and invest heavily in every part of Nigeria, in the West and in the North.
Conversely, there is little or no worthwhile investments in Igbo land by Hausa/Fulani of Northern Nigeria.
Igbo owned landed properties were once declared abandoned properties and confiscated in parts of “ONE Nigeria”. A threat of another major confiscation has now been announced in the North. The Igbos in other parts of Nigeria have been repeatedly hit physically and emotionally by other Nigerians for no just cause, but perhaps morbid hatred.
The Existence of both peaceful and violent agitations in various parts of the country is a clear indication of generalized discontent. The amalgamation of the country in 1914 has become a marriage in which partners are not happy and appear irreconcilable. The peaceful dissolution of the marriage (amalgamation) is the most prudent thing to do, rather than persist till these agitations spin out of control with destruction of properties and loss of life in thousands and millions again.
Since the Igbo people are so hated and badly treated by other Nigerians, the only fair thing to do is let them be separated from the rest of Nigeria.
We agree that living in a big country like Nigeria has some advantages. But if security of life and property is not assured in a big country, then it is far better to live in a smaller country and be alive.
If waves of unprovoked killings of our people (Igbo people) in Northern parts of Nigeria and even in our ancestral homes, pillaging and sacking of our villages and destruction of our farm crops by armed itinerant nomadic cattle herdsmen from the North, threat of sacking peaceful law abiding Igbo people living in Northern Nigeria, continued systematic exclusion of Igbo people and neglect of Federal Government infrastructures in South Eastern Nigeria is our lot in Nigeria today, then Sirs, we humbly submit that we are better off living in a separate smaller country called Biafra urgently and peacefully carved out of Nigeria. BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
We take consolation in and hang our hopes on the United Nations Act which allows for peaceful self determination to ethnic nationalities who so wish.
WE DO WISH.
We have noted the recent attempts by Scotland to pull out of the United Kingdom after centuries of the union. Great Britian voted to pull out of the European Union after several years` membership. We also recall the breakup of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the carving out of several independent countries out of Union of Socialist Soviet Russia(U.S.S.R.) and the recent creation of East Timor, etc. It is because of our wish to have a peaceful carving out of Biafra from Nigeria that the Elders of Indigenous people of Biafra, took the Federal Government of Nigeria to Nigeria High court sitting in Owerri Imo State for Declaration of the right of Indigenous people to self-determination. The case is still ongoing with suit number FHC/OW/CS/192/2013.
We are happy that the United States of America is a champion of Democracy and democratic principles hence this appeal to you to help us- BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. We hereby appeal to you and through you to the American Congress (Senate and House of Representatives), American Government and American people to save us, the Igbo people of South Eastern Nigeria numbering over 40 million people both at home and outside Igbo land from these series of senseless killings and threats to extermination. BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
We appeal to you to please urgently do the following and more:
Persuade the Government of Nigeria to ensure that the threat of sacking and dis-possessing of Igbo people of their investments in Northern Nigeria come October 1st,2017 is NOT carried out then or ever in future.
Help ensure that Igbo people living and carrying on lawful and peaceful businesses in Northern Nigeria are not visited with another wave of killings, massive genocidal crimes or pogrom again.
Help to ensure that machinery is urgently put in motion that will lead to urgent but peaceful separation of Biafra from Nigeria without rancour, friction or bloodshed.
Discourage the existence or threat of any genocide or ethnic cleansing wherever it rears its ugly head as in the case in hand – by taking preventive actions. BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure.
Help us to ensure that we are not exterminated from the face of the earth by those who seem not to be happy with our existence.
Sirs, this is a distress call from an Ethnic Nationality group, the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria (Biafra land) numbering over 40 million people, who are being killed sporadically without provocation or justification and who are being threatened with further visitations of rampageous killings by their fellow Nigerians.
OFFERINGS of the common people who now can’t afford
to send their children to these schools today.
Where is the morals and responsibilities of the
churches as charity in Nigeria?
What is the difference between church and political leadership in Nigeria?
These schools were all built with the sweats of their church members who kept sowing seeds like:
-special offering seeds
-first fruit seed,
-redemption seed,
-thanksgiving seed,
-harvest seed,
-tithes,
-pastor’s seed,
-church building seed,
-evangelism seed,
-father’s day seed,
-mother’s day seed,
-children’ day seed,
-Pastor’s cake seed,
-olive oil seed….etc.
These schools are now elite
schools, only for the rich
politician children.
The gainers then use the profits to buy private planes & jets to fly up high in luxury, ride Exotic Cars and live in expensive Mansions, while their members, (who are mostly the least of Jesus people) sleep hungry.
The next Sunday, they will read Malachi 3:6-12 to these members again without making reference to Deuteronomy 14:22-29 about their own responsibility to these poor members in their churches.
Thank God for early missionaries who built schools and gave basic
education FREE or NEAR FREE to many of us including the CURRENT LEADERSHIP of these churches and universities.
The TRUTH is a bitter pill to swallow.
ASK THOSE WHO SAW THE REVIVAL OF 1930s,1970s
AND 1980s, THEY WILL TELL YOU WHY WE ARE CRYING OVER THIS
“FIRE LESS NESS” WE ARE SEEING IN OUR GENERATION OF BELIEVERS.
John Knox prayed: “Lord, Give me Scotland or I die”…
St Patrick, a rugged believer that Brought even dead animals and trees back to life prayed: “God, Give me souls or give me nothing else”….
Brethren during the Hebrides revival prayed:” Lord, If you will not use us, please, kill us”…
The brethren from England who brought the Fire from Azusa Street revival
gathered everyday under the terrible cold.
Their only prayer topic was: “Lord, give us men that will spread Your Fire in the streets of England”.
During the Indonesia Revival, those hungry hearts were seen praying day and night: “Lord, The harvest is ripe… If it pleases You, please use us”.
One prayer that was common during the days of
William Seymour was: “Lord, this is another day that hell must lose men and women. Please, we are here use us”.
Paul said:” Woe is me if
I preach not the gospel”
Rachel said to her husband, Jacob: “Give me children or I die”
But unfortunately, our churches are filled today
with people who are not ashamed of spiritual
barrenness.
We are asking “God give me money. God give me spouse.
God give me visa”.
Where do we see believers
again that will be praying and fasting, and when you listen to them, you will be hearing:” Lord, let Your Fire fall in my community and let their be revival”?
When Paul encountered Christ, he fell and rose. What He asked was:” Lord, what will You have me do”.
But today, when we fall under anointing, we stand to start expecting marriage proposals and visas and employment letters.
This generation of members in our churches have not had a genuine encounter with the Man of Calvary.
Magical entertainment is tge odd of the day and magicians have taken over the pulpits to entertain the adulterous and wicked generation who are looking only for SINGS AND WINDERS as evidences of the presence of the Almighty God!
Magicians are out there making MACHANDISES of the sheep and lions dressed in shepherds clothing are all over declaring “Salvation, Sanctification, Baptism by immansion, Baptism in Holy Ghost or Speaking in Tongues and Laying of the hands…” which are elementary gospel and Leave the weightier matter of Living.
The Chinese. Indians, North and South Korean and other nations where there are no churches are making life better for their own while we enslave our people with deceits.
Six days to the Anambra governorship election, five leading candidates are slugging it out in the governorship debate organised by Channels Television.
Tony Nwoye of the All Progressives Congress (APC); incumbent governor, Mr Willie Obiano, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, and Mr Oseloka Obaze of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are presently telling the people why they should be elected.
Also participating in the debate are Mr Godwin Ezeemo of the Progressives People’s Alliance (PPA) and Mr Osita Chidoka of the United Progressive Party (UPP).
More than two million people are registered to vote in the election, which will take place on Saturday, November 18 and the candidates are pushing to win over votes by explaining their plans.
This is a government that is visionless; government must be purposeful, government must be adaptive. We need infrastructure that works – Oseloka Obaze.
I am the only fellow paying salaries and pensions, as well as working on roads – Willie Obiano.
My opponents do not know the size of Anambra’s economy. Today, we are exporting yams and vegetables to the UK – Willie Obiano .
Road construction will be my utmost priority if elected governor of Anambra State – Tony Nwoye .
Anambra is not on a sustainable path to growth, we should focus on leveraging the people – Osita Chidoka
Where are the roads he (Willie Obiano) constructed? This state is broken, we need to fix it – Obaze Oseloka .
This government has spent almost N600billion in the last four years; there is nothing commensurate to show – Obaze Oseloka .
My predecessor left N9billion cash. He issued cheques worth over N15billion before he left office. – Willie Obiano .
Tony Nwoye doesn’t have an executive capacity. He has never worked in his entire life – Willie Obiano.
I wish to make Anambra State an industrial hub through provision of power and water – Tony Nwoye, APC .
Funds meant for building an airport in Anambra should be used to develop the capital city – Osita Chidoka.
I will engage agitators positively. I will create jobs. I have it on record that I have employed more than 150 men and women – Tony Nwoye .
Funds meant for building an airport in Anambra should be used to develop the capital city – Osita Chidoka .
This is a government that is visionless; government must be purposeful, government must be adaptive. We need infrastructure that works – Oseloka Obaze .
•Warri monarch cautions against heightening tension
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, yesterday launched additional 20 new 400 horsepower gunboats, newly acquired by the Nigerian Navy to beef up the military combat weapons already deployed to the Niger Delta creeks shortly after the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) announced its withdrawal from the peace accord, and threatened to resume hostilities in the region.
The additional gunboats came less than one week after the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, announced deployment of troops and equipment to the creeks of the Niger Delta and the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Abubakar Bello Alhasan, launched ‘Octopus Grip Two, with another 11 gunboats in Delta creeks.
Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, who launched the boats at the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Warri, emphasized that the added fleet were necessary to enhance the Nigerian Armed Forces readiness to check increasing security threats in the country.
While performing the launching, Gen. Olonisakin, solicited the understanding and cooperation of the local indigenes with the armed forces in the task of protecting the nation’s critical assets, urging law abiding citizens not to entertain any fear as the operation was targeted at the criminal elements sabotaging the nation.
Explaining the reason why the Niger Delta environment had come under heavy military watch in recent years, Olonisakin condemned the new threat of violence by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), noting that violent agitation is unconstitutional and would not be allowed to go unchecked.
According to him, “Recent purported declaration of intent to resume hostilities by the Niger Delta Avengers rather casts an unfortunate gloom on the well being of the region and serves a sad commentary on the security environment. While the right to agitation is inalienable to any group, its association with violence is unconstitutional and will always be strictly prosecuted by the armed forces.”
Olonosakin commended the Navy for patronising indigenous companies to construct 16 of the gunboats, and noted that a South African company constructed the other four boats.
The CDS said the successful construction of the 16 boats was a clear testimony that with adequate encouragement, the underdeveloped technological capacity of indigenous companies could be harnessed for national development and improved security.
In a swift reaction to yesterday’s additional deployment, the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, expressed concern over the massive military hardware being deployed to the Delta creeks alone and called for caution in the latest approach being adopted by the federal government in handing the situation in the region.
Specifically, the monarch urged the federal government to exercise restraint in its military action so as not to heighten the growing tension among the indigenes of the coastal communities in Delta state who had started abandoning their homelands to take refuge in other places to avoid falling victims of any possible military reprisal.
He noted that presently the indigenes are living in absolute fear of an unsecured environment to their lives and property and warned against aggravating the apprehension among the people in order not to provoke anger and lawlessness in the creeks.
