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Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by EasternLion: 9:49am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Pro-Biafra supporters hold a poster of jailed activist Nnamdi Kanu during a protest in Aba, southeastern Nigeria, calling for his release on November 18, 2015 ©Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP) Thousands of protesters took to the streets in southeast Nigeria on Wednesday to demand the release of an activist who operated an illegal radio station calling for a separate state of Biafra. The demonstration in Aba was the latest by separatist groups on an issue that has again exposed deep and longstanding ethnic fault lines in Africa's most populous nation. A previous unilateral declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra in 1967 led to a brutal civil war that left more than one million dead in nearly three years of fighting. In Aba, the commercial hub of Abia state, some 2,000 people carried placards with slogans such as "Biafra or death" and waved the Biafran flag -- a golden rising sun on red, black and green. Others wore t-shirts and caps with the image of Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra and founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) pressure group. Some sang freedom songs and carried the outlawed Biafran pound currency. "Getting our leader out of detention is our immediate concern but ultimately we want to be free from Nigeria," IPOB's Abia coordinator, Ikechukwu Ugwuoha, told the crowds. "We are tired of this forced marriage imposed on us in 1914 by the British colonial authorities. We don't want anything to do with Nigeria again because we have not benefited from Nigeria." - Criminal conspiracy - Radio Biafra was taken off air in July this year after the government accused it of being a "seditious pirate radio station" which broadcast "unsavoury hate messages". Kanu was arrested last month and charged with criminal conspiracy, membership of an unlawful society and criminal intimidation. A judge in Abuja on Wednesday ordered Nigeria's secret police to produce him in court next Monday. Tension has been building since Kanu's detention, culminating in demonstrations in major southeastern cities and fears of a crackdown against protesters. In Port Harcourt last week, police fired shots in the air and teargas to disperse hundreds of pro-Biafra supporters. The Aba demonstration came after a planned blockade of the Niger Bridge on Tuesday was cancelled because of warnings from security personnel. The demonstration in Aba was the latest by separatist groups on an issue that has again exposed deep and longstanding ethnic fault lines in Africa's most populous nation ©Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP) The bridge crossing the River Niger which links the southeast with the rest of Nigeria was the de facto border during the civil war. Pro-Biafran sentiment has persisted among the dominant Igbo people in southeast Nigeria because of perceptions they have been punished for breaking away. But the man who led Biafra during the civil war, Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, warned against a second bid for secession in an interview before his death in 2012. Nigeria's military ruler at the time of the civil war, Yakubu Gowon, last month said he recognised people's right to protest but the concept of Biafra was "finished". "I don't think it (the increased pro-Biafran sentiment) is any threat," he told Nigeria's Channels television on October 23. "If there is anything of this sort, anywhere in any part of the country, just like the problem of Boko Haram, we, Nigeria, should deal with it in a mature way." - 'No going back' - On the streets, however, there was defiance. IPOB member Jude Chukwu Akiaba tore apart the green and white Nigerian tricolour, calling the country "dead and buried". "The Nigerian government has neglected the Igbos for long," the group's women's leader, Uzor Amaka, told AFP. "There are no social amenities like roads, electricity, hospitals and jobs in the east. "Our people are still being made to suffer for the civil war. So, it is better to call it quits with Nigeria and put our destiny in our hands." Osmond Lekwauwa said he was ready to die for the cause. "What's the point of belonging to a nation where you cannot have basic necessities like good roads, water, electricity and jobs?" he asked. "I left school (university) six years ago and have not been able to secure a paid employment. I have been doing menial jobs to survive. At 32, I cannot even raise a family. "I will rather die being a Biafran than to remain in Nigeria," he said, urging local political leaders to back their campaign. "There is no going back on the struggle," he added. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3323962/Thousands-protest-Nigeria-pro-Biafra-detainee-independence.html 41 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by ify2016: 9:50am On Nov 19, 2015 |
No be small thing o... protest everywhere... Me I don dey mind my biz o LOL... FTC on first day of joining Nairaland. I dedicate free shit to everyone wey wan shit for our toilet. just to increase the ministry. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by EasternLion: 9:54am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Come see oh, we going international! I can see alot of "Shildren hof ate" saying we are wasting our time. In Biafraland, we say in the Igbo-speaking part "Onye Kwe Chi Ya Ekwe", which when translated to English means "If you accept/agree, your god also accepts". We are not wasting our time, remember the line that says "Vox populi", right? Biafra on my mind 107 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Baboo13(m): 9:57am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Hmm this thing is gradually getting international audience. Instead of govt to take action and deal with it effectively, they are playing media gallery, and you're giving them audience. That's how boko haram started 9 Likes |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by AngryNigerian(m): 9:59am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Now, we have two parties in Nigeria...
Those that question unruly govt actions (PDPites)
Those that swallow them hook,line & sinker
(APCites)
...& then my pple go hungry,& suffer in the midst
of plenty; & you say we should be happy
#IAmANigerian
#IAmVeryAngry 3 Likes |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by EasternLion: 9:59am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Baboo13: Oga, do not compare us with Boko Haram, i take Chukwu Okike Abiama beg you. 125 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by brize(m): 10:01am On Nov 19, 2015 |
more will still write about us 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by ragiluhivo(m): 10:05am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Quote of the day What's the point of belonging to a nation where you cannot have basic necessities like good roads, water, electricity and jobs? 79 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Baboo13(m): 10:06am On Nov 19, 2015 |
EasternLion: Can't you understand a simple post? 1 Like |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by vkeydon(m): 10:08am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Buhari will soon start experiencing the 10 plagues of Egypt 77 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by EasternLion: 10:12am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Baboo13: I did, but it is very demeaning, to put IPOB (agitating for a worldwide recognized legitimate course) AND a group of ragtag madmen (murdering their people and bombing the whole place back to stone age). 103 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by EasternLion: 10:13am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Lalastic-lala, I see you peeping, this is worthy of FP, right? Edited: Done. 8 Likes |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by baddyoosha: 10:14am On Nov 19, 2015 |
WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTRY THE SENATE HOUSE HAS NOT GRANTED THE STATES BOTH THE NORTH WEST AND MIDDLE BELTS HAVE ASKED FOR which kind pikin be this kpomo him no chop na beef him wan chop GOD BLESS BIAFRA STATE AND NIGERIA 5 Likes |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by lasisi69(f): 10:14am On Nov 19, 2015 |
End time protest 8 Likes |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Nobody: 10:14am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Endtime |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by PLANETMARS(m): 10:14am On Nov 19, 2015 |
For una info una oga kunu abi kanu has been sent into d future he is now a peace loving nigerian. 7 Likes
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Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Nobody: 10:14am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Wasted generations Jobless wailers All they are good at is how to make fast and illegal money Are these the trolls that want to face the Nigerian army Lol! 15 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by frankwells(f): 10:14am On Nov 19, 2015 |
#WHAYSAY ENDTIME FOR BIAFRA |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Sijo01(f): 10:14am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Booohari, release their leader for them o. 31 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Nobody: 10:14am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Biafra my left ball Jobless fuckhěads 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Nobody: 10:15am On Nov 19, 2015 |
The world is too busy with other issues right now. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by jenyfah(f): 10:15am On Nov 19, 2015 |
End time Biafra people 3 Likes |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Billygee2u: 10:15am On Nov 19, 2015 |
EasternLion: 3 Likes |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Nobody: 10:15am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Wasted generations 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by frankwells(f): 10:15am On Nov 19, 2015 |
#WHAYSAY ENDTIME FOR NIGERIA 3 Likes |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by harrysterol(m): 10:15am On Nov 19, 2015 |
They better go and rest, their case is dead on arrival |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by estherdim: 10:16am On Nov 19, 2015 |
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Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Nobody: 10:16am On Nov 19, 2015 |
D poster under me has notin to say buh d one under him has ears all over d world |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Nobody: 10:16am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Them never see anything, all these ones are still subtle approaches. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Billygee2u: 10:16am On Nov 19, 2015 |
Biafra is now popular than Nigeria worldwide 34 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by naijapips02: 10:16am On Nov 19, 2015 |
That's dailymail's reporters' portal. . Not official dailymail. 8 Likes
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Re: Thousands Protest In Aba For Pro-biafra Detainee, Independence - Dailymail UK by Nobody: 10:16am On Nov 19, 2015 |
baddyoosha:Gaari |
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