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On September 20th, 2017, the government of Buhari approached a Abuja high court to get the separatist organisation, Indigenous people of Biafra(IPOB) declared a terrorist group and banned. The court granted the the government the order and IPOB was proscribed. However, IPOBS legal team, led by Barrister Ejiofor, appealed the ruling stating that IPOB is not an armed group, had not killed anybody and had no history of violent agitation. They also said that the evidence that the government used in proscribing IPOB were concocted and unverified. The legal team also wondered what justification there was in proscribing IPOB when far more deadly groups such as killer herdsmen were not proscribed.

Since then, countries like America and the EU have come out publicly to say that they dont believe IPOB is a terrorist group

In January 2018, the high court reaffirmed its judgement proscribing IPOB and the IPOB legal team headed to the appeal court. After several adjournments, the court has now postponed ruling on the matter to October 2019, to decide if IPOB is truly a terrorist group, or not.

Which way the zoo?

simplycarro:
Igbos created the poison story. According to all known sources Awolowo died in his bed at a very ripe age.

What I heard is that Awo vowed never to return to jail when he was released in 1967 of treason charges.

So when it looked like Awo was going to return to jail for treason again, he reached for otapiapia

Anambralstson:
Austin Avuru is from Abbi, in Ndokwa Delta State. SEPLAT co-founder is ABC Orjiakor, SEPLAT is leading IOC company is Nigeria, listed in London Stock market

ABC Orjiakor is actually a medical Doctor who went into the oil business and abandoned medicine. Now he is multi billionaire.

The power of money

SouthEastFacts:
I, personally will vote an Osinbanjo ticket provided an El Rufai is not on it and our sophisticated brothers stop spreading hate against Ndi Igbo.

It is Osinbanjo 2023.

Lol

Southern unity based on Osibanjo becoming president?

Yorubas are funny

It was a wonderful opportunity for the Mid-West Region to embrace freedom. Unfortunately. They chose the slavery of the North and and are still hoping for restructuring one day

The white man is going to want you to return Nigeria as it was as at October 1st 1960

Mille:
I have always wondered why real Nigeria history is not taught in school. Same way our textbooks and schools are telling us Usman Dan Fodio, the Terrorist was a great man.

watch this space. I'll modify later and give you my version of the events.

They dont teach the history of the civil because if they did, it would expose the fact that Ojukwu was fighting to defend his people. The narrative that the Northerners and their Yoruba friends have been spinning for years is that Ojukwu started a war and it led to the death and suffering of millions of his people. Then Ojukwu cowardly ran away in.the end to protect his own skin.


For years and years they kept repeating this lie to blame the civil on Ojukwu and exonerate themselves.

What they didn't know is that the age of internet was coming.

The war was caused by the over bearing ambition of the North to control Nigeria. It's just that Igbos decided not to take it lying down like all the rest in Southern Nigeria

In life, if someone tries to enslave you, you will have only two options, accept slavery or fight to be free

Kenmatt:
He is not officially coming to Enugu, he is just passing by, why would he be given such glorious welcome?

Ugwuanyi is a fool. Every time Osibanjo is coming to to Enugu, Ugwuanyi will embark on crowd renting spree as if a head of state is coming

Warship:
Efewestern did Ejoor sign the Aburi accord.?

Yes he did, along with Ojukwu, Gowon,Katsina and Adebayo. He signed the agreement as Military Governor of the Mid-West Region

Ejoor was a Northern slave. He was one of the 5 signatories of the Aburi agreement. But when that agreement was broken, he along with Adeyinka Adebayo accepted their slave status. Both men started saluting their junior, Yakubu Gowon. Only Ojukwu refused to be made a slave by the North

Nnamdi Kanu's wife, Uchechi Kanu, is addressing Biafran supporters in front of the National Gallery, London, in 2016

Her husband was in detention in Nigeria at the time.

She told the crowd to remain steadfast and united towards achieving Biafra. She reminded them that life has little worth without freedom

At the end of her speech, the Biafran activists lighted
up smoke flares in the colours of Biafra, in her honour.

Umu Chineke!

slivertongue:
SAY NO TO NEXT LEVEL OF LIFELESNESS, INCOMPETENCE, DICTATORSHIP, INSECURITY, HARDSHIP, POVERTY, AND NEPOTISM.
PLEASE LETS JOIN HANDS AND VOTE OUT THIS BLAME-GAME GOVERNMENT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR DEAR COUNTRY NIGERIA

You better hope they restructure Nigeria, if not, there won't be any Nigeria to save

COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED TODAY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST 2019 AT AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF IGBO STAKEHOLDERS AT ENUGU

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide in collaboration with Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) convened an emergency meeting of Igbo Stakeholders today, February 21st 2019 at Enugu, the aim of which is to exhaustively review recent events in the Nigerian polity as they relate to Ndigbo in particular, especially in the aftermath of the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the country; And to express the solidarity and commitment of all Pan-Igbo groups and stakeholders to work together in view of the dire situation facing Nigeria in general and Ndigbo in particular. Despite the extreme shortness of the invitation worthy Igbo sons and daughters thronged the venue and agreed as follows:

All pan-Igbo organizations and stakeholders including IPoB and MASSOB commit to work together in the spirit of onye-aghana-nwanneya even in the face of existential threat confronting us as a people.

We view with utmost concern the explosive political situation in Nigeria as it appears the country is sliding downhill and this portends greater danger of collective immolation with catastrophic consequences for the country.

We urge all Ndigbo in their various places of abode in Nigeria and elsewhere to continue to live in orderly and peaceful co-existence with their neighbours in the manner we are well-known as a people but refuse to be intimidated by anybody.

We agree that the irreducible minimum for Ndigbo that will be acceptable for their continued participation in the Nigerian enterprise will be a renegotiated and restructured Nigeria based on EQUALITY, EQUITY and JUSTICE and for the component regions and individuals who will live under it authority. It must be one that ensures SELF-DETERMINATION for the various nationalities, regional autonomy and freedom of the component regions to manage and control their political environment and resources. and worship their God without let or hindrance, consequently our demand for the total restructuring of the Nigerian polity as encapsulated in the Ekwueme Square Awka Declaration by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and its ADF-facilitated Enugu affirmation endorsed by many Igbo groups, remain the best framework for a workable Nigerian state and we stand by those declarations at all times.

We note that only one political party, has so far committed to the Restructuring of Nigeria, based on the manifesto released by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that meets substantially the demands for a just society where ethnicities, regions and sections of society are allowed to relate as they wish, make progress at their own pace, without interference by the others.

Therefore Ndigbo, reiterate our unequivocal support and endorsement for the Atiku/Obi presidential ticket as already announced by the national leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Alaigbo Development Foundation, (ADF, and other Igbo interest groups like the Association of South-East Town Unions (ASETU), etc.

That we call on all Igbo registered voters both at home and outside the Igbo homeland to come out enmasse join all patriotic Nigerians of other ethnic nationalities and vote for the Atiku/Obi ticket. This election is our collective struggle for freedom and we must count it all joy to be part of history.

We note with great disappointment the inciting comments by certain persons in authority, which directly fuel security concerns about the safety of Ndigbo, both inside and outside Igbo land, both during and after the general elections. We also note the proliferating presence of able bodied young men of questionable intent, doing no serious business, who have flooded all nooks and crannies of our homeland.

We urge all town Unions in Igboland to be very vigilante to monitor and control the movement and activities of all persons in their domain and report all untoward activities to the appropriate quarters for analysis and action.

We urge Ndigbo in their places of abode in Nigeria and elsewhere, to continue to live peaceably and go about their civic duties in an orderly and exemplary manner, for which we are well known, but refuse to be intimidated by anybody.

We note with great apprehension, the massive mobilization and deployment of soldiers within all enclaves in Igboland; we also note that there is no constitutional provision for the deployment of soldiers for electioneering purposes and therefore advise that every effort must be made to ensure that these soldiers do not engage in the harassment of the public going about their lawful civic responsibilities.

We call on all Ndigbo, the International community and election observers to join us in monitoring the activities of these soldiers during this period to ensure that all their activities are strictly in accordance with the Law.

That no one should doubt the resolve of Ndigbo to hold every corporate and individual miscreant personally responsible for any unlawful conducts and pursue such with every resource at our disposal and for however long it will take us, at international levels.

That a Situation Room has been set up to collate all data and information, graphic and otherwise arising from any misconduct.

That a special committee of experts have also been set up to sort, analyze and categorize the information collated for actionable responses.

That we condemn, in its entirety, the manner in which the elections were postponed by INEC. This has had deleterious impact on our national economy.

That we call on the Federal Government to ensure the safety of Ndigbo especially those living in northern Nigeria and other parts of the country; and call to order any public officer that may, through words or actions, be promoting violence.

Finally, we commend the avowed interest of the international community in having credible elections in Nigeria. As Ndigbo, we invite their direct humanitarian intervention in whatever ways that the need may arise in Nigeria.

Signed: Chief Nnia Nwodo,
President-General,
Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Enugu
Thursday, February 21, 2019

baliyubla:
Man had to even wear their jalabiya just to fit in. The Hausa's can as well take the misfit to Katsina and make him Governor.

Nobody has ever seen Senator Ayigu Eze in such attire until today. What is it with these politicians? It is only as elections approach that you see them wearing the attire of other tribes and taking useless pictures

The way some Nigerians reason in this country is worrisome. I say this because If Nigerians don't learn to take serious issues serious, I fear. In February a friend of mine lost his 68 year old father to armed Herdsmen on their family farm in Logo, Benue state. Boko Haram is still prowling the North East. Few days ago, I watched a video on youtibe of armed Christian and Muslim gangs killing each other in His. Something similar happend a few days ago in Kaduna that left over 60 people dead. Armed gangs are reportedly holding away in the North West.

In January, over 20 people were killed in Omoku, Rivers state by Niger Delta militants

Many thousands of people have been lost to armed gangs in 2018

So why do Nigerians then feel threatend about Nnamdi Kanu and his IPOB organisation that have never been armed, never killed anybody and have never been deliberately violent, when they have many armed and violent groups in the country they are not even talkibg about?

Nnamdi Kanu made a speech in Israel 5 days ago were he stated that he has never been armed and the only arm he has is his 'microphone'. He ended the speech with 'Im coming back with hell'

Some Nigerians have since claimed that this is a threat against Nigeria. How can an unarmed man threaten Nigeria?

Special adviser to the President, Garba Shehu, made a press release where he assured Nigerians of their security against Kanu's outburst. Yet Garba Shehu has never released any statement to assure thousands of people who have been driven out of their homes, butchered and violated by armed thugs. But it is the words of unarmed Kanu that he feels compelled to send assurances is over the words a man who is only armed with a microphone

Also, the director of defence information,Brigadier Agim,
had a press conference a few days ago to talk about the various military operations in Nigeria. Rather the press to ask him probing questions about how these operations are keeping Nigeria safe, what they asked him about the 'threat of Kanu 'bringing hell'

Of all the armed organizations out there killing Nigerians, the press is more interested in Nnamdi Kanu who is only armed with a microphone and never killed anybody.

If Nigerians consider unarmed Nnamdi Kanu, or his mere words, to be a threat then it means that Nigeria is still very far from taking national security serious

Juliusmalema:
I disagree at bolded

What is the disagreement? Etche is as Igbo as anybody else.

A meeting of the Fulani kings of West Africa

kaybeebest:
Enugu State. My state. My home. Igboland. My fatherland.

It was Peter Obi who buried APC in Igboland when he claimed that Fashola deported Igbos. He went on air, sensationalized it. Good job. Igbo youths lapped on it. Jonathan and PDP were all smiles and Obi was hailed for a job well done. He quickly joined the party on leaving office as was planned out. APGA, the alleged Igbo party was dumped and left to crumble. Ojukwu had died.
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The new Igbo party was PDP. The plan was going well. Jonathan would win election and our brothers would continue chopping on our behalf. The Grand plan was for 2017. Oil blocks allocations would expire in 2017 and there would be fresh allocations.

Boys were positioning themselves for the greatest cake. Dasuki released 500M to Jim for igbo elders. They did a perfect job. In churches Buhari was branded antichrist and antichristians whose ambitions were to islamize the east and persecute Christians. Prayer points were raised and brethren fasted against his emergence . Jonathan was sent by God and only his emergence would save the church. Brethren spoke in tongue and prophesied. Anyone who ever prophesied anything contrary to Jonathan winning was branded antichrist and anti Igbo.

Jonathan was igbo, our brother. Ndi Hausa hate us so much. Buhari wrote Ohaneze severally to pay them a visit. No one as much as acknowledged his letter not to talk of inviting him. What’s the point? Our son is running and he’s gonna win anyways. APC was outcast and taboo in the land.

At the election the elders dutifully allocated 500,000 votes to Jonathan, maybe at 1000naira per vote. And 15,000 votes to Buhari. This was igbo project remember. By 2017 igbo sons would own oil blocks on our behalf. All seemed to be going well. Except that men without ears didn’t think that God had the final say.

Suddenly, like the great titanic, everything went wrong! Our brother didn’t win after all! Wow. What next? They started shouting persecution. Ana emegbu ndi igbo. Can’t y’all see his appointment? I told you! We need Biafra! We never really wanted Nigeria. We only managed to take part in the election. We want Biafra! Our brothers in the niger delter will join us and we will get Biafra. Let’s just own all the oil blocks at once.

Again things didn’t go as expected. Wike first threw the first stone. He warned against any Biafra rubbish. One after the other, our so called brothers, denied us again. They ain’t part of any Biafra business. Wow. I thought we fought for this people? We gave Jonathan our all. We actually threw away igbo ambitions for these people? Wow. This is happening again. They did it in old Biafra. Now again. Na wao. What next? And buhari is arresting people up and down. Nwobodo has been named. Who next? Uche Ekwunife has been sacked at the court.

Na wao. Wahala de o. Uche, with the endorsement of Peter Obi, that same Peter has finally joined that same APC, the anti Igbo Islamic party. She has to go back to Senate. Tony Nwoye is set to join. But that’s not the main gist. Our father, Senator Jim Nwobo, first executive governor of old Anambra state, the godfather of enugu state, founding member and the biggest chieftain of PDP, a member of the yam eating Dasuki committee of eminent Nigerians, yesterday, in company of another former enugu Senator, walked into stakeholders meeting of the APC in Enugu and declared loyalty.
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He has joined the “Islamic” party. Finally. Who’s the fool here? Igbo youths! Y’all put your businesses on the line. You were ready to go to war in lagos. You risked your families and livelihood for these men.

They lied to you and you believed them. They now use you the way northern elders use their youths. They call you out at will and endanger your lives. They tell you it’s because of the igbo. Did they do our roads? Nope. Did they provide infrastructure? Did they create more jobs to employ our teeming qualified graduates? Did they improve our schools? They did nothing. They don’t have our interests at heart. It’s always all about their pockets. As old as elder Jim is, he still decamps up and down. Men without ears, men without shame. Yet we defend them. We protect them with our lives.

Why brothers, why. See the western youths calling out almighty Olu Falae. See the northern youths calling out the princely Dasuki. But we? No way! These men are eating on our behalf, we must attack anyone who calls their name. In fact, we shall adopt any other accused person as ours and defend him no matter how he insulted the igbo in the past. FFK is now our son.

Who done this to us? Are we cursed or are we the cause? I repeat, the real enemies of Igboland are our political leaders at present. Let us sack the enemies at home. We igbos are blessed with intellectuals, why do we let charlatans lead us? 2019 is around the corner. Now is the time to start.

My name is mcginger ibeneme, I just wanna bare my mind.

What is your point with all the gibberish you wrote? That an old expired politician in his 80's like Jim Nwobodo entered APC?


WHO CARES?

Ndonu101:
IPOB are obviously not murderous enough to get government funding for ranching

Of course. If you are Boko Haram and you slaughter enough people and kidnapp enough school girls, you millions of Dollars in ransom payments and rehabilitated back into society if captured.

If you are a killer Herdsmen And you do a good job of killing enough people, you get billions in investments in ranches

If you are a Niger Delta Avenger and you blow up enough Oil installations, you get amnesty package worth billions

But if you are IPOB, unarmed and never killed anyone, they visit you with python dance and terrorist tag. They will then tell you that it is because you threatend to do what Herdsmen, Boko Haram and Niger Delta militants are already doing.

The lesson to be learnt here is that the only language the Nigerian government understands and respects is that of violence

NgeneUkwenu:
I am 100% sure, you are not from the East. The same APC that came second in the recent election in Anambra state? You must have buried your head in the sand of online gossips peddled by the ipob pigs.

You are rejoicing that APC came second? Is that how pathetic APC is? FYI, coming second does not win elections

Maduawuchukwu:
The only true identity of an Igbo man is his village identity followed by the general Igbo identity. There is nothing like Anambra,Imo or Abia identity. Goodnight folks.

Forget these idiots who say Anambra, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu Rivers, Delta are identities. All these names are just "zones of administration" created by the military.

Before the military struck in 1966 and the subsequent disection of the 4 Regions that made up Nigeria into states, there was nothing like "Anambra man" or "Imo state man".

So how can a military creation suddenly become a person's identity? I'm from Anambra but I'm above all things a proud Igbo man.

I truly hope that some day when Igbo land starts practicing a properly restructured system of government, all these states that divide the Igbo nation will be dissolved and only local Governments will remain

NgeneUkwenu:
I have no doubt that Buhari Win the following states in 2019.

1. Rivers State.

2. Ebonyi State

3. IMO State.

4. Cross River State.

5. Abia State.

50: 50 in the following states

Delta

Enugu

Akwa Ibom

Anambra.

More wailings for the idiotic pigs of Biafra.

Hmmmmmm. It is going to be a tough sell since APC is practically non existent in all those states except Imo. Even the Imo the Imo that APC controls, APC has all but dumped Okorocha.

Unless APC uses federal might, it will take an Earthquake for them to win in any these states you mentioned.

Senator Abaribe talks about his arrest in the video below.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Phs7LMbwo

MIPNIG:
Keep your negative energy far away from the public. Feed your cynicism to your own kids. Your attitude assured that a bad situation never changes. May your Nigeria remain the same. I will change my Nigeria experience and that of many others deserving of it.

In the 50 years since the War ended and people like you have been waiting for a 'better Nigeria, China has dragged 300 million people out of poverty into the middle classes, Malaysia has taken palmnut the got from Nigeria and become the biggest exporter of palm products in the world, Singapore has become an Asian Tiger, even common Ghana has become respected for its democracy. You are still waiting for a better Nigeria when everyone had left you behind and raced forward.

Instead of you to ask why, you are still waiting for a better Nigeria. Keep waiting.

MIPNIG:
A new Nigeria is my desire were equity and fairness is the order of the day.

Well if you haven't seen that Nigeria 50 years since the civil war, not even your children will see it in another 50 years

I think that Okrika-Ijaws have finally found our that they can beg for restructuring for one million years in Nigeria but nobody will care

On paper, Nigeria is a secular state, in reality, it an Islamic state

On paper, Nigeria is a nation, in reality, it is far from being a nation

DrGoodman:
"A United Nations supervised referendum will put the whole issue to rest. Let the people speak for themselves through the ballot box"

Ekelekwaa m unu ndi be anyi

I had a dream about a referendum last night and most of the people in my area voted to leave Nigeria, including me

fero007:
The Biafra that people want to kill themselves for is it 5 southeast state that will be landlocked, or they include southsouth cuz of crude oil. What's them think SS minorities will follow them

What did the original Biafra include when it was declared in 1967? Back then, there was no states and no SS.