THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REVOLUTION


I stand before you tonight not to launch the
Biafran Revolution, because it is already in
existence. It came into being two years ago when
we proclaimed to all the world that we had finally
extricated ourselves from the sea of mud that
was, and is, Nigeria. I stand before you to
proclaim formally the commitment of the Biafran
State to the Principles of the Revolution and to
enunciate those Principles.
Some people are frightened when they hear the
word Revolution. They say: Revolution? Heaven
help us! It is too dangerous. It means mobs
rushing around destroying property, killing people
and upsetting everything.
But these people do not understand the real
meaning of revolution. For us, a revolution is a
change - a quick change, a change for the better.
Every society is changing all the time. It is
changing for the better or for the worse; it is
either moving forward or moving backwards; it
cannot stand absolutely still. A revolution is a
forward movement. It is a rapid, forward
movement which improves a people’s standard of
living and their material circumstance and purifies
and raises their moral tone. It transforms for the
better those institutions which are still relevant,
and discards those which stand in the way of
progress.
# The Biafran Revolution believes in the sanctity
of human life and the dignity of the human
person. The Biafran sees the wilful and wanton
destruction of human life not only as a grave
crime but as an abominable sin. In our society
every human life is holy, every individual person
counts. No Biafran wants to be taken for granted
or ignored, neither does he ignore or take others
for granted. This explains why such degrading
practices as begging for alms were unknown in
Biafran society. Therefore, all forms of disabilities
and inequalities which reduce the dignity of the
individual or destroy his sense of person have no
place in the New Biafran Social Order. The Biafran
Revolution upholds the dignity of man.
# The Biafran Revolution stands firmly against
Genocide - against any attempt to destroy a
people, its security, its right to life, property and
progress. Any attempt to deprive a community of
its identity is abhorrent to the Biafran people.
Having ourselves suffered genocide, we are all the
more determined to take a clear stand now and
at all times against this crime.
# The new Biafran Social Order places a high
premium on Patriotism - Love and Devotion to
the Fatherland. Every true Biafran must love
Biafra; must have faith in Biafra and its people,
and must strive for its greater unity. He must find
his salvation here in Biafra. He must be prepared
to work for Biafra, to stand up for Biafra and, if
necessary, to die for Biafra. He must be prepared
to defend the sovereignty of Biafra wherever and
by whomsoever it is challenged. Biafran patriots
do all this already, and Biafra expects all her sons
and daughters of today and tomorrow, to
emulate their noble example. Diplomats who
treat insults to the Fatherland and the Leadership
of our struggle with levity are not patriotic. That
young man who sneaks about the village, avoiding
service in his country’s Armed Forces is
unpatriotic; that young, able-bodied school
teacher who prefers to distribute relief when he
should be fighting his country’s war, is not only
unpatriotic but is doing a woman’s work. Those
who help these loafers to dodge their civic duties
should henceforth re-examine themselves.
# All Biafrans are brothers and sisters bound
together by ties of geography, trade, inter-
marriage and culture and their common
misfortune in Nigeria and their present
experience of the armed struggle. Biafrans are
even more united by the desire to create a new
and better order of society which will satisfy their
needs and aspirations. Therefore, there is no
justification for anyone to introduce into the
Biafran Fatherland divisions based on ethnic
origin, sex or religion. To do so would be
unpatriotic.
# Every true Biafran must know and demand his
civic rights. Furthermore, he must recognize the
rights of other Biafrans and be prepared to
defend them when necessary. So often people
complain that they have been ill-treated by the
Police or some other public servant. But the truth
very often is that we allow ourselves to be bullied
because we are not man enough to demand and
stand up for our rights, and that fellow citizens
around do not assist us when we demand our
rights.
# In the New Biafran Social Order sovereignty and
power belong to the People. Those who exercise
power do so on behalf of the people. Those who
govern must not tyrannize over the people. They
carry a sacred trust of the people and must use
their authority strictly in accordance with the will
of the people. The true test of success in public
life is that the People - who are the real masters -
are contented and happy. The rulers must satisfy
the People at all times.
But it is no use saying that power belongs to the
People unless we are prepared to make it work in
practice. Even in the old political days, the
oppressors of the People were among those who
shouted loudest that power belonged to the
People. The Biafran Revolution will constantly and
honestly seek methods of making this concept a
fact rather than a pious fiction.
# Arising out of the Biafran’s belief that power
belongs to the People is the principle of public
accountability. Those who exercise power are
accountable to the people for the way they use
that power. The People retain the right to renew
or terminate their mandate. Every individual
servant of the People, whether in the Legislature,
the Civil Service, the Judiciary, the Police, the
Armed Forces, in business or in any other walks of
life, is accountable at all times for his work or the
work of those under his charge. Where, therefore,
a ministry of department runs inefficiently or
improperly, its head must accept personal
responsibility for such a situation and, depending
on the gravity of the failure, must resign or be
removed. And where he is proved to have
misused his position or trust to enrich himself,
the principle of public accountability requires that
he be punished severely and his ill-gotten gains
taken from him.

lol

I believe it still stands...
Ojukwu is a great man who sees the future in his visions...

kk

NOBLEDANDY:
I believe it still stands...
Ojukwu is a great man who sees the future in his visions...

Ojukwu is a loser

That is why we love Biafra

Dear Ojukwu, You were indeed a great man, but we are already a country, a ONE INDIVISIBLE NIGERIA...

Pep talk to the kamikaze army. Whoever penned this sure read his Mein Kampf. Post colonial african warlords/coupists and forked tongues.

Or was it giddy hubris making them overpromise and eventually underdeliver as leeching monsters? Having good intentions alone is the easy part, obviously.

Sadly, no optics comes with more crystal clarity than hindsight's 20/20 vision- better than Retina display

We certainly know better now

Sounds convincing and admirable. Nice one for Biafrans

SaiBuharii:


Ojukwu is a loser

clap for urself.

BIAFRA- THE WORD THAT MAKE NIGERIANS FEEL LIKE ANIMALS.

NOBLEDANDY:
I believe it still stands...
Ojukwu is a great man deluded coward who ran away when he was needed most in the battlefield sees the future in his visions...

Ojukwu......my brother from the east.

#1Nigeria

Too much biafra threads

Biafra is not an issue. It is as dead as it's founder and will remain so for eternity. People should look for work to do and stop deceiving themselves. Life is too short to be lying to oneself.

Op arrange ur work

The difference between this speech and an average Nigerian politicians speech is that, this speech is telling you what you should do to have a great Nation and be a great state man while a political speech gives ambigous and outrageous promises, which are mostly unrealizable.

Ojukwu's opinion about Biafra changed after the war. He believed in Nigeria till death. He even contested to be Nigeria's president in 2003. After losing the election, he visited Buhari in Daura to build an alliance in order to unseat the PDP from power. If Ojukwu is your alibi for your current Biafra agitation, you should have a rethink. Ojukwu stopped believing in Biafra over 40 years ago!

People re just being stupid for noting I don't want u I don't want to stay wit u is it a crime I think something is Special about this Biafra make people jiter upon hearing it why

People re just being stupid for noting I don't want u I don't want to stay wit u is it a crime I think something is Special about this Biafra make people jiter upon hearing it why

Positivist:
Ojukwu's opinion about Biafra changed after the war. He believed in Nigeria till death. He even contested to be Nigeria's president in 2003. After losing the election, he visited Buhari in Daura to build an alliance in order to unseat the PDP from power. If Ojukwu is your alibi for your current Biafra agitation, you should have a rethink. Ojukwu stopped believing in Biafra over 40 years ago!