₦airaland Forum

QueenOfNepal:
Which of your useless state governor this Igala man.
You are busy begging Yorubas to accommodate you in their Oodua land because you ve lost your identity

PFRB:
There could be a number of pockets of such incidents. These happen in real life and more in crisis and wars. They could arise out of zealotry, settling of personal scores, or shear hatred. However, there is no concerted effort by the Biafran army or the Biafran govt to carry out such acts.

War is the fall of man. Both sides carried atrocities on the minorities. The minorities in the Mid West were never anti Biafra until their land was invaded.

In fact minorities in that area looked forward to hearing the well polished Oxford trained Ojukwu`s voice on radio broadcast, however all this changed when, without any warning Biafran troops invaded their land and not only doing that, but setting up an oppressive government and killing anyone that they felt was against the succession.

Minorities in that region never intended to secede with Biafra, but clamoured for its own separate state in the community of the Nigerian nation.

Biafra on the other hand strategically invaded this region on the presumption that they will be welcomed with open hands. Biafran troops could have helped themselves better by being fair and kind to the host.

The reports of extortions, executions and rapes did not help matters, when the countering Federal army began pushing Biafrans back into the East, and while the retreating soldiers were shooting at anything that moves, any slight advantage given to minorities on killing Ibos were taken with welcomed pleasure of revenge.

On September 20 while General Mutala Muhammed troops were attacking the Biafran 12th Brigade stationed in Ore, the retreating troops began to loot the city and stole about £3 million from the Central Bank in Benin. Benjamin Adekunle`s landing in Warri forced many Biafra soldiers to abandon their uniforms and weapons before integrating into the local communities. cat.fr.eu.criteo.com

Over 6 thousand Biafran soldiers had crossed the River Niger Bridge into Asaba. At about 3 a.m on August 9 1967 Biafran soldiers led by Banjo entered Asaba. On reaching Agbor, they split up into 3.

18th battalion under Major Humphrey Chukwuka moved in to the oil rich Niger Delta, 13th battalion under Col Mike Inveso towards Auchi and 12th battalion Lt Col Festus Akagha towards Benin city. Benin was captured with little opposition. However the 13th battalion while capturing the towns of Okene and Iloshi started shooting at civilians indiscriminately. Hundreds died.

According to Nwanne W Okafors book titled: 'Victimization During the Nigerian Civil War: A focus on the Asaba Massacre,' during the war military operations were executed by the federal troops to weaken the Biafra soldiers with the main aim to getting them to surrender. In retaliation, the Biafra soldiers, in resisting federal troops fought back by attacking towns that were under the protection on the federal troops. The mass killings of non Igbo speaking people were evident. Raping and extortion, seizure of properties and other forms of inhuman punishment was rampant.
cat.fr.eu.criteo.com

PenSniper:
Thanks aplenty.
We've been a while on NL together. Are you also ex-nitel/mtel ?

PenSniper:
Please can anyone enlighten us on how to obtain letter of administration for families of deceased staff ? Thanks.

Dhugal:
The Nigerian constitution has clauses on referendum,but only as concern state (Section and local government creation, for now.Do try and get a copy.
Also, get The Creation of States And Boundary Adjustment (Procedure) Act,made pursuant to Section 8.All speak to referendum as a tool to settle issues.
Tis only a matter of constitutional amendment,to include regional and independence referendum,if we all agree.
Btw, before their agitation,the Scots had no special laws for referendum in their books.Britain was being ruled from Westminster,before power was devolved to the various constituent units

potent5:
My friend, what's with you and evasiveness? You just keep yapping about maps and Bakassi location in Cameroun. If you've read that judgment you would know that so many issues came up before the court for determination beside this your maps and Bakassi location. One of such issues was the argument by Nigeria using Nigerian domestic arrangement as a basis to escape its international obligations....

Abacha's case is another case where attempt to use the absence of an item in the Nigerian constitution as a basis to deny the inalienable rights of every human being. Go and read it and be better informed.

Forget about what you heard or read in the papers and stop being clever by half. It won't do you any good. It only magnifies your ignorance the more, in spite of your attempts to appear learned or smart.

| Nigeria, Cameroon and the Bakassi Territorial Dispute Settlement:The Triumph of Bilateralism |International Affairs and Global Strategy www.iiste.org. ISSN 2224-574X (Paper) ISSN 2224-8951 (Online) Vol.38, 2015

After a little over eight years of examining the matter, the ICJ delivered judgment on October 10, 2002, deciding that the very important issue of sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula rested with Cameroon, and not Nigeria. The Court hinged her decision on the same old colonial agreements and settlements between Britain and Germany (Lacey and Banerjee 2002). Consequently, the Court directed Nigeria to withdraw all administrative, police and military personnel unconditionally from Cameroonian territory including the Bakassi Peninsula. It equally requested Cameroon to do likewise along the land boundary from Lake Chad to the Bakassi Peninsula on areas which pursuant to the judgment were under the sovereignty of Nigeria (Baye 2010). Furthermore, the Court settled the land boundaries between the two countries from Lake Chad in the North to Bakassi in the South. file:///C:/Users/Mama/Downloads/26967-29654-1-PB.pdf

kolaaderin:
I was once in your situation. when my 2008 Volkswagen passat got flooded 4 years ago it cost me over 500k to fix to perfection to which I was initially billed close to a million also here in lekki. I drop that my big boy at home and enter iyana itire myself to buy engine and gear complete to save over 400k and even with that it was soo painful I wish I could rewind time to avoid the incident all in all.

Sorry bro, its a crosstour, I will advice you import mechanics from ladipo, all those lekki mechanics are out to make futune out of ur misfutune.u could fix that car with 600k, with a good grade tokunbo engine.

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Saintwudi:
Questra just completed their leadership training event in London this June 24-25th 2017, and in Hongkong , a week before, France; 2 weeks before.

They are in Italy at the moment

They will be in Nigeria this coming 15th-16th of July..

I made my decision without any promises or guarantee given to me by anyone...but I'm proud of d risk I'm taking.
I advice u take position b4 it booms....it is slowly spreading in Nigeria....
Let's build the future.
U can drop ur email or watsapp number so I can reach you

1StopRudeness:
A self acclaimed demon!!!....not bad!!not bad at all!!!

so what do u have to show in ur demonic resumé??

Mind you....
if uve not broken the heart of at least 18 babes,
have ur named stained with at least 5abortions,
At least 15 slay queens must be cursing u every morning as they wake up....please go and drop that title....u are not yet a Yoruba demon...

Go and pick up the demonic application form....

PFRB:
There could be a number of pockets of such incidents. These happen in real life and more in crisis and wars. They could arise out of zealotry, settling of personal scores, or shear hatred. However, there is no concerted effort by the Biafran army or the Biafran govt to carry out such acts.

War is the fall of man. Both sides carried atrocities on the minorities. The minorities in the Mid West were never anti Biafra until their land was invaded.

In fact minorities in that area looked forward to hearing the well polished Oxford trained Ojukwu`s voice on radio broadcast, however all this changed when, without any warning Biafran troops invaded their land and not only doing that, but setting up an oppressive government and killing anyone that they felt was against the succession.

Minorities in that region never intended to secede with Biafra, but clamoured for its own separate state in the community of the Nigerian nation.

Biafra on the other hand strategically invaded this region on the presumption that they will be welcomed with open hands. Biafran troops could have helped themselves better by being fair and kind to the host.

The reports of extortions, executions and rapes did not help matters, when the countering Federal army began pushing Biafrans back into the East, and while the retreating soldiers were shooting at anything that moves, any slight advantage given to minorities on killing Ibos were taken with welcomed pleasure of revenge.

On September 20 while General Mutala Muhammed troops were attacking the Biafran 12th Brigade stationed in Ore, the retreating troops began to loot the city and stole about £3 million from the Central Bank in Benin. Benjamin Adekunle`s landing in Warri forced many Biafra soldiers to abandon their uniforms and weapons before integrating into the local communities. cat.fr.eu.criteo.com

Over 6 thousand Biafran soldiers had crossed the River Niger Bridge into Asaba. At about 3 a.m on August 9 1967 Biafran soldiers led by Banjo entered Asaba. On reaching Agbor, they split up into 3.

18th battalion under Major Humphrey Chukwuka moved in to the oil rich Niger Delta, 13th battalion under Col Mike Inveso towards Auchi and 12th battalion Lt Col Festus Akagha towards Benin city. Benin was captured with little opposition. However the 13th battalion while capturing the towns of Okene and Iloshi started shooting at civilians indiscriminately. Hundreds died.

According to Nwanne W Okafors book titled: 'Victimization During the Nigerian Civil War: A focus on the Asaba Massacre,' during the war military operations were executed by the federal troops to weaken the Biafra soldiers with the main aim to getting them to surrender. In retaliation, the Biafra soldiers, in resisting federal troops fought back by attacking towns that were under the protection on the federal troops. The mass killings of non Igbo speaking people were evident. Raping and extortion, seizure of properties and other forms of inhuman punishment was rampant.
cat.fr.eu.criteo.com

menxer:
The Ibibio land is replete with the atrocities of the Biafran army.

I have come to know some water Wells that were used as mass grave, one that is easy to locate in the heart of Uyo is in Methodist Primary school, Oron Road.

As for minorities in the Biafran army, doesn't mean anything, were there no Yorubas fighting on the side of Biafra?

When the war broke out, Biafra had stationed some of its troops in the Cross River region including Ikun in Biase Local Government. Though the Ikun initially supported Biafra and had friendly relations with the soldiers, as time went on tensions emerged.

Some Ikun men were suspected of collaborating with Nigerian soldiers with no hard evidence. As a result murder, arrests, looting and rapes was meted on that community. William Norris of the London Times who visited Biafra reported an eye witness account of how Ibibio men were surrounded and beaten to death in Umuahia on April 2 1968. They were reportedly forced to march across an open space while the local people attacked them with sticks and clubs.

On another episode, Biafra soldiers took Ikun men to Ohafia for a meeting but never came back with them. An informant alleged that soldiers returned to the community and rounded up some men within their reach and shot them. A survivor who lost her four day old son and grandmother seemed to have suspected foul play from the Ohafia people with whom they share a common boundary.

This victimization continued until the Biafra headquarters issued a statement to stop the genocide. However by this time, the remaining people had escaped leaving behind only soldiers and Ohafia, also some Ikun with a mixed blood of half Ohafia.

B J Ikpeme a Senior Medical Officer in the then Eastern region revealed atrocities perpetuated by Biafra soldiers against the minorities in towns of present day Cross River and Akwa Ibom States.

Ikpeme's argument was that Ojukwu`s declaration of Biafra was done against the wishes of the majority of Calaber, Ogoja and Rivers provinces who for many years had agitated for a separate state and not a secession from Nigeria. They were never consulted and Ikpeme also argued that the Igbo leadership had concluded plans of either to force the five million non Igbo speaking Biafra minorities to accept Biafra or eliminate them out rightly. It was on this basis that soldiers were quickly sent to the minority areas to keep down the people, detain or kill anyone who raises an opposing voice against Biafra.

In Asang town alone about 400 people were carried away to unknown destinations and never came back. Attan Onoyon town suffered the same fate. Enyong was burnt down and many people killed by Biafra soldiers. Biafra soldiers shot many villagers in Ekpenyong, present day Akwa Ibom. On October 18 1967, about 169 civilians in detention were lined up by Biafra soldiers and shot...

There was a special operations group within the Biafra forces called Biafra Organisation of Freedom Fighter (BOFF). It was set up in Bende. The objective of the special operations was to suppress the enemy within.

On the disappearance of a Major Archibong, investigations revealed that members of the special operations decapitated their victims for ritual purposes. Head hunting in warfare was a cultural practice in some parts of Biafra known as old Bende.

The minorities in Rivers area seemed worse off. Apart from torture and other forms of human rights abuses, they were also evicted from their homes and Igbo names were allocated to streets. Some Kalabari young men were evicted and sent to Umuahia, Owerri, Abiriba and Ozuitem most likely to avoid infiltration of the enemies. Chief Samuel Mbakwe a Biafra Provincial Administrator of the Okigwe Province had noted the influx of refugees from Port Harcourt.

An Irish priest who served in Rivers State reported that the Igbo soldiers were suspicious of some Rivers people who sometimes led federal troops through their lines along hidden creeks. This attitude, according to the priest, created a mixture of panic, fear, and hatred among the Biafra troops towards some indigenous people of Rivers State. People who were maltreated were said to have been involved in this act of “sabotage” against Biafra.

It is asserted that no fewer than six thousand Rivers people were sent to different refugee camps in Igboland. http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/articles-opinions/the-unknown-victims-ethnic-minorities-1967-1970/

ocelot2006:
Yeah, about that....most of us from the old Cross Rivers may not need to read the articles. Our parents are well aware of Biafran atrocities against. It's no wonder able bodied Efik, Ibibio, Annang men and women signed up with the Nigerian Army 3rd Marine Commando Div (3MCDO) and played a major role in liberating their region from the claws of these Biafran parasites.

ocelot2006:
THANK YOU!! "Biafra offering 50%". Imagine the insult.

potent5:
Thank you for calling in aid the provisions of the UN Charter especially article 46. But it would seem that you failed to see the essence of that caveat, as you put it. I don't want to believe that you would want the UN to recognize a right, affirm it and still go around to affirm principles that would defeat the same rights. And you don't expect the charter to be seen to encourage dismemberment of states in a manner that could cause chaos, especially in view of the concept of uti posidetis juris which discourages division of boundaries established after independence of a state from colonial rule.
However, for you to understand why the so called caveat was made you can draw analogy from matrimonial causes:

The matrimonial causes act and rules including the marriage act cannot be said to encourage divorce, can they? But they recognize the rights of a spouse to exit a marriage regardless of the 3 years period or the grounds that marriage has broken down irretrievably.
The charter merely says it does not want to be seen to be encouraging upheavals or acts aimed at dismemberment of states, it does not say it abhors it or does not recognize dismemberment of states as a result of self determination. Recognizing and affirming the right to self determination on the one hand and encouraging on the other hand are entirely different matters. Try and understand the niceties and nuances in interpretation of legal instruments.

Self determination as a right of indigenous people is not litigable as such talking about going to court to enforce rights to it or referendum is missing the point.

I referred you to the Abacha case and Cameroun case for you to understand the place of domestic legislative instruments (the constitution inclusive) and positive international law especially jus cogens. If you read those cases and appreciate arguments put forward by parties, especially by the Nigerian government, and the reasoning of the court, you will better appreciate the point I am making. It's not necessarily about what Gowon did or didn't, colonial maps and all that.

PrecisionFx:
Unity begging at it's peak.

jaychubi:
Lol stop crying u r Biafrans u are too young to understand ask ppl dt r in their 70s in ur area.

attackgat:
How is it that a Professor of Law does not know anything about self determination?

How is it that he does not know that Nigeria is signatory to to the UN and African charter of self determination?

He is rather telling Kanu to go to war

Funny thing is that it is charlatants like these that some people look up to

Article 46 - | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
1. Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, people, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act contrary to the Charter of the United Nations or construed as authorizing or encouraging any action which would dismember or impair, totally or in part, the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent States. http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf

CzarChris:
Apology accepted my brother, it pains me when I come online and see all these rubbish about biafra this biafra that, ask them about a road map on how the east will survive after secession they will remain dumb, but to keep things in perspective, the igbos are not after the oil in the niger delta, but keeping the ports out of our reach come biafra is tantamount to suicide, but they just won't listen. The whole country is crying about marginalisation not just Igbo land the only state not marginalised in Nigeria is Abuja (if you can call it a state). I worked in the creeks for years and when I see children and women come to beg for water at the offshore/swamp locations my heart bleeds, because I know how many barrels of crude lifted from there daily, I know of a location where just one well lifts over 30k barrels a day just one well o, in a location that controls over 8wells and most of the workers there come to work from Lagos.
My point is simple, there is too much power in the centre, reduce that power drastically and you will see Nigeria grow and its full potentials realised.

potent5:
You sound like a lawyer, my friend, though one bereft of sound knowledge of international law in contradiction to domestic legal instruments. Make further findings so you can know the reach of basic human rights and discover if domestic legislative deficit can be a ground to rob it its due expression.

The case of Abacha v. Fawehimi; Nigeria v. Cameroun will give you some insight. Happy reading.

Article 46 - | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
1. Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, people, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act contrary to the Charter of the United Nations or construed as authorizing or encouraging any action which would dismember or impair, totally or in part, the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent States. http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf

jaychubi:
Biafra had existed for close to 3 years in the late 60s so everything is defined already and not new.

Here is the map

reality1010:
I. don't doubt his academic versatility.Anyone can go to UK or USA spend 9yrs and make PHD.He can gather books written by different author to draw up his conclusions in our setting. bc the western world is ahead of us But when u place him out of dat field he becomes blank.Imagine d Prof heading so many organization & when u compare those organizations with their contemporaries in Africa u will see his failure.Have u ever wonder why little boys whom he taught abroad still offer consultancy services to him&Nigeria govt.The truth is dat 98%of our professors cannot turn water into win.they r just academics and not inventors.

willibounce1:
Noo you wrong. They are not the igbos eating from national cake. They are igbos who have worked hard and are successful. They are igbos who are into reasonable businesses and understand that business thrives when you don't discriminate against anybody because every Nigerian will use your products or buy what you sell not minding your tribe. Majority of the miscreants running after Nnamdi kanu won't reject money or job offer from a yoruba or hausa man but will be quick to insult them and preach hate towards them.

the igbos following nnamdi kanu up and down are the jobless lots, the struggling palm wine tappers and village hunters, the touts in the market and the senseless ones who sell petty stuffs and hardly make any reasonable profit daily. Their poverty and laziness had turned their brain upside down and they think Biafra will change their condition. They are praying that the successful igbos go back to square one like them so that they can all become poor. Many of them are envious of their successful brothers who have made it in Nigeria. You people claim igbos are the most successful and own 90% of the properties in Nigeria. If that is so, why would any successful igbo who own part of the 90% choice properties in Nigeria support a Biafra that is borne out of senseless hatred of a jobless nnamdi kanu? How can kanu who doesn't have a job or any property to his name want to mislead successful igbos who have worked hard for what they have. Kanu wey still dey live for him papa house?

edoman2016:
Does your advice apply to table water as well? Cause a pack of table water is more expensive than bag of pure water.

potent5:
Because he misrepresented the usefulness of referendum. He claimed referendum is only necessary when a colony decides whether to stay colonized or be independent. But you and I know that Nigeria and other African countries did not have to do any referendum to gain independence.

Again events clearly show that the opposite of Oyebode's position is the case. Eg Scotland, Brexit, Catalonia, etc. These countries have resorted to referendum in recent times to decide whether to be break away or not.

edoman2016:
As a new table water producer, do you think granting credit to customers is good for a start to capture them? If it is good to grant credit, how many days maximum should I give the customers to pay me back for table waters I supply them?

The Origin and Development of Igala People

The actual origin of the Igala people is not quite known. Different people present many versions of legends of immigration There are claims, for instance, that the Igala people came from the Jukun (Kwarara/a), some says Benin, others Yoruba. Yet, others feel they migrated from Mecca (Southern Yemen) or Mali.

In the past, the reigning Atta, His Royal Majesty. Agabaidu (Dr.) Aliyu O. Obaje, had. for instance, explained: "the Igala came from Southern Yemen, passed through Ethiopia (where there is an ethnic group called the Gala) and through the (medieval times) Empire of Mali, to Jukun land; then finally, to our present location." In another instance, the Atta said that the Igala "came from the Arab country of Yemen and were in the present Nigeria at the same time as the founding fathers of the Yorubas, the Jukuns and the Beri-beris or Kanuri in Bornu.... He also maintains that the earlier migration into Igalaland was at "about the 12th century A.D.... led by Amina, a Zaria princess and warrior, who fought her way to Idah ... with Hausa and Nupe followers.

Certain traditions even hold that the Igala are of Fulani origin, simply because of the similarities in their physical features. It IS clear that Fulanis do not speak a Kwa language. And owing to the linguistic affinity, others affirm the Yoruba connections..... Armstrong sticks to this same view when he said: "the most definite historical statement that can be made about Igala is that they had a common origin with the Yoruba and that the separation took place long enough ago to allow for their fairly considerable linguistic differences. There is a whole corpus of oral traditions on the origin of the Igala people.

While this study did not engage in any detailed criticism of the diverse opinions on the Igala origins, it gave a thorough look at certain
inescapable facts, These intricate issues were pin-pointed in order to allow us take a solid stand.

The view that Princess Amina of Zaria led the very first migration into Igalaland in the12th century does not hold water. This is because Queen Amina was a 14th C figure and history has it that the Igala people were already settled in this area and were relating socio-culturally with the Igbos right from the ,7th and 9th century A.D. Moreover, the obvious absence of a legend relating to this princess and warrior in Igalaland, is a clear indication that it might not be true afterall that she actually reached Igala land. Stories on Igala-Benin war and Igala-Jukun war, for instance, are very popular. The near dead silence on an Amina war leaves room for great doubts. Niven argues against the presupposition that she died at 'Atagara' (that is ldah) when he said: "she died at Atagara, probably a place iii the Gongola valley then under Kwararafa, not Idah. which is now known as Atagara.'

The linking of the Igala with Yemen In Arabia is another highly speculative opinion. Thisstory was probably a device of the Muslims to Islamise Igala people. The people of Igala had long settled before the Galas entered Ethiopia. because tradition has it that it was only in the centuryA.D, that the Gala migration to Ethiopia took place. In addition, it is quite improbable that the Semite Galas would metamorphose into Negroes of the contemporary Igalaland overnight. Thesimilarity in name is thereby merely coincidental.

The Mali connection remains baseless too because the similarities between the words "Mela"(nine of them) of Igala-Mela (the nine Igala kingmakers) is in no way attributable to “9” as originating from Mali. To the Igala mind, "nine" simply symbolizes perfectness.

Likewise, the supposition that the Igalas came out of the Fulanis, carries no weight, since "no tradition in Igala supports it. History attests to the fact that the Fulanis were still in the region of Senegal by the time the Igala were already having a "centralized state system ... in the 12"century.

That the Igala have a traditional link with the Benin kingdom is indubitable. There abound theories for instance, that support a Benin origin of Igala kingship. However, there was already in existence indigenous Igala people with their kingship systems, before the arrival of the Benin kings. But it must be understood that at some stage of Igala history, the Benin people wielded some power of influence over them. The difference in their system of government alone is enough reason to prove that it is never true to say the entire Igala originated from Benin.

The tradition, which holds that the Igala has the same origin with the Yoruba seem to be a plausible one. Okwoli supports this view when he said: "When people speak the same language, or related languages, there is every reason to believe that they have common origin or have met somewhere.

The Jukun link with the Igala is another very strong tradition that immediately calls for serious attention. Stories about the Jukun origin of Igala kingship, for instance, cannot be waved aside. That there were certain Jukun immigrants who came among the Igalas at some stage of the development of the Igala kingdom is quite evident It is even a common knowledge that the present ruling dynasty is Jukun.

Ultimately, therefore, there is no single account of the origin of the Igala people, which is unassailable However, one may agree with Boston that the different tradition "probably correspond to different phases of history in which the Yoruba link may be the most ancient, followed by the Benin connection, and most recently. some form of Jukun suzerainty'. In order not to continue swimming in this shark-infested waters of legends and traditions, we concluded that the Igala kingdom originated from within their immediate vicinity, namely. West Africa. As a matter of fact, before the advent of the colonial masters, about seven very prominent black. kingdoms were noticeable in the forest belt, thus, Ashanti, Dahomey, Ife, Oyo, Bini, Igala and Jukun(Apa) kingdoms. http://www.igalaassociationusa.org/about-us/history-of-igala-kingdom/

Splashme:
So, Prof Akin Oyebode, a man who calls himself Professor of International law and jurisprudence does not know that the United Nations constitution contains a 'Self Determination Charter/Referendum' and that Nigeria is a signatory?

I shake my head for the quality of education in this country and the people parading themselves as professors

The man is a massive disgrace

joeyfire:
Such base motor park logic. So called Prof talking like a drunk and making absolutely no sense.

A law professor who doesnt know that the constitution can be amended to allow for a referendum, is that one a law professor?

rano1:
By Taiwo Adeniyi

Igala people under the auspices of Ufedo Foundation of Nigeria have said that the agitators of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) erred by including them in the map because they are not part of Biafra.

The foundation demanded an apology from IPOB because they felt insulted by their inclusion in the map.

The group was reacting to a statement credited to IPOB spokespersons, Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya that Biafra was not for Igbos alone.

IPOB had noted in the publication that in the present day Nigeria, the nation of Biafra consists of some Igbo speaking states and Igala in Kogi state.

One of Ufedo trustees, Dr. Labaran Abalaka said the group erred by including the Igala in Biafra, “We wish to dissociate ourselves from the inclusion of Igala people in the so-called map of Biafra.”

He said, “For the Biafran agitators to single-handedly carve a map of their envisaged republic and include the Igala kingdom amounts to fraud and grave insult to the Igala race."

Dr. Abalaka while addressing journalists yesterday said the foundation was aware that no meeting was held between the Igalas of Kogi state and the leadership of Biafra agitators with a view to discussing the inclusion of the Igala race in the Biafran agenda.

“We demand an open apology for the insult and immediate retraction of the wrongful inclusion,” he said.

Dr. Abalaka said the Igala people are satisfied in Nigeria and are not contemplating any secession.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/igala-kingdom-rejects-biafra-map-demands-apoloby/201955.html