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When the Shiites were killed by the Chief of Army Staff, the Governor of Kaduna State, El Rufai set up a panel to investigate it so that justice will be done. Now, young citizens of Abia and Igboland are being murdered in cold blood by the Nigerian Armed forces, with the guns bought with our money and having been clothed with our money, fed with our money. I am getting irate and weeping now! More than 10 were confirmed dead and many injured under the hands of this blood thirsty men who had no business with interfering with the prayer session of these young men. Governorship is not a pepper-soup joint position. Governor Ikpeazu cannot be silent when those under his watch are being secretely and publicly murdered by the agents of State. He must set up a panel to investigate the killing of young men who gathered to pray for the release of Nnamdi kanu. This is the minimum that he can do as a Governor who has the primary responsibility to protect lives and property in Abia State. But does he have the balls of men? Time will tell!

diasporaman:
Briefcases has changed hands.

Can you prove it?

Waiting for miss ngene to come flex muscle.



Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

PhockPhockMan:
Without telling us, we know.
APC is the greatest scam of the century.
Of course have nothing, so they'll certainly give nothing..



Lalasticlala, obinoscopy.

APC tire me no be small.

malele:
Nawah ooo. I just pray this people don't turn violent.

I pray too.


Lalasticlala, obinoscopy.

BiafranPrince:
Lalasticlala, wake up. Work dey.

Check out some of the pictures here


https://www.nairaland.com/2924072/biafra-6-ipob-members-shot

PentiumPro:
From what you have listed above, it's a no brainier that Kanu is jail bound.

Will jailing Kanu translate to jailing biafra dream?

Mynd44:
"Conspires with any person, either within or without Nigeria, to levy war against the state with the intent to cause such levying of war. "

Raising arms to attack the government is completely defined here. Saying he intends to put "a million AK 47s in the hands of a million men" fits into here too.

Interesting

Let's see na.

JUST FOR THE RECORDS, IN CASE HON. JUSTICE JOHN TSOHO WANTS TO TWIST THE LAW:

Treasonable offences

According to chapter 6 of Nigeria's Criminal Code Act, a person is charged with treason offences if:
Levies war against the state, in order to intimidate or overawe the president or the governor of a state.
Conspires with any person, either within or without Nigeria, to levy war against the state with the intent to cause such levying of war.
Instigates any foreigner to invade Nigeria with an Armed Force.
Becomes an accessory after the fact to treason; or
knowing that any person intends to commit treason, does not give information thereof with all reasonable despatch to the President or the Governor of the State or a peace officer, or use other reasonable endeavours to prevent the commission of the offence.
Unlawful Societies
According to chapter 9 of Nigeria's Criminal Code Act, a society is unlawful if formed for:
Levying war or encouraging or assisting any person to levy war on the Government or the inhabitants of any part of Nigeria; or
killing or injuring or encouraging the killing or injuring of any person; or
destroying or injuring or encouraging the destruction or injuring of any property; or
subverting or promoting the subversion of the Government or of its officials; or
committing or inciting to acts of violence or intimidation; or (f) interfering with, or resisting, or encouraging interference with or resistance to the administration of the law; or
disturbing or encouraging the disturbance of peace and order in any part of Nigeria; or
if declared by an order of the President to be a society dangerous to the good government of Nigeria or of any part thereof.
PUNISHMENT IF FOUND GUILTY:
According to Section 41 of the criminal code, a person found guilty of treasonable offences can be sentenced to life imprisonment. If the defendant is acquitted, they cannot be tried for treason related to the same facts.
Section 63 says that a person who manages or assists in the management of an unlawful society is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
According to section 47 of the Customs and Excise Management Act, a person who imports or causes to be imported concealed goods or goods found "not to correspond with the entry delivered thereof" can be sentenced to five years in prison without the option of paying a fine.

asha80:
ifeanyi simply meant Biafra of 1967 was about the then eastern region..present day anioma land then was in the Midwestern region..ojukwu declared the then eastern region Biafra with the consent of the eastern regional house of assembly..no way could he do that with the midwest that is the present day Edo and delta states since he was not the regional leader of midwest then..those anioma guys you mentioned joined Biafra out of their own volution

Good to know.

oluwalfa:
Why una dey waste una time on the utterances of a zoo governor?
zoo governor trying to please his masters by denying his brothers
Biafra is only limited to my compound, now go and die or call a referendum
Zoo people

Meaning?

The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) reports that eleven Biafrans have lost their lives in a bloody crackdown on protesters in southeastern Nigeria since Sunday. The human rights organization now demands the establishment of an investigative commission to clarify the extent and the backgrounds of the violence. “The security forces must be held accountable for the excessive use of force in the crackdown. This is the only way to prevent a further escalation,” said Ulrich Delius, the STP’s Africa-expert, in Göttingen on Wednesday. The human rights organization sharply criticized the behavior of the security forces, who are denying the fact that several Biafrans got killed during the protests – despite contrary reports from doctors and eyewitnesses. Since December 2, 2015, a total number of 26 Biafrans lost their lives in the demonstrations against the illegal detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the former Director of Radio Biafra.

Last Sunday, eight supporters of the organization “Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)” got killed in Aba (a city with 1.7 million inhabitants in the state of Abia) when, despite a demonstration ban, they publicly demanded Kanu to be released. There were also protests in the cities Asaba and Engu (both in Delta State). Here, 30 Biafrans were injured and 26 were arrested in the crackdowns.

On Monday, three protesters got killed in the city of Aba when soldiers opened fire on a demonstration. Once again, the police denied responsibility for any injuries or deaths, stating they only used teargas.
“The ruthless and disproportionate actions of the security forces are obviously stoking further tensions and violence in the south-east of the country,” warned Delius. Rather than trying to de-escalate, Nigeria’s security agencies rely on confrontation and on demonstrations of power. This leads to even more tensions, as the protesters are growing more and more resentful over the arbitrariness of the authorities, who are keeping Nnamdi Kanu locked up although a court had decided that he should be released. Originally, Kanu was supposed to be heard at the Supreme Court in Abuja on Sunday, but the trial was postponed to January 21 because the judge did not turn up.



https://www.gfbv.de/en/news/eleven-deaths-due-to-police-violence-in-biafra-7869/

The man played smart.

noblezone:
It is very real bro.
Nigeria is not prepared for what is coming.

To God Be the Glory.

babyfaceafrica:
Nigerian won't break!!!!

See painment.

This title is misleading. "DRAGGED"?

simplycarro:
As long as you keep referring to Nigeria as a Zoo and we Nigerians as monkeys and baboons, NammumuKanu will remain in kuje prison.

While we find a new home for Buhari.


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TheDEVlLHimseIf:
cone head bastards won't like this

where's TonyeBarcanista sef

Don't mind that confused fellow.

noblezone:
It is already there.

Are really sure that this case is real?

SamJed:
Even though i am not an IPOB member, all this zombies here are not seeing that NK won the case yesterday. When they heard prison, they were happy, not knowing that it is a better place to be...

Imagine people like Omenka and NgeneUkwenu celebrating yesterday.

SMH.

The Political Adviser to Delta State Governor, Hon. Ocho Ochonogor has commended members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for their peaceful protest against the continued detention of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Hon. Ochonogor who was addressing members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB who stormed Delta State capital Asaba, said that Delta State government has no such power to effect the release of their director.
The Governor’s aide noted that Nigeria needed peace, stressing that due process should always be applied to ensure that laws of the land is not infringed upon.
He urged them to always remain calm and use due process to press for their demand.
Members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, stormed Delta State capital Asaba even as they defied ban of public procession, staging peaceful procession as they demanded the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, the “Biafran Fame”.
The Biafran escorted by Police took off from Hausa market/Abraka motor park and marched through Osadebey way, Nnebisi and Anwai road to government House, Asaba causing heavy traffic hold up.
The Co-Ordinator of the group, Mr. Jona Chukwurah said that they were pressing for the immediate release of their leader Nnamdi Kanu.
According to him, we are protesting for the release of our director Nnamdi Kanu, that the ‘zoo” people are still holding despite the court pronouncement to the contrary. Let him be released. They should grant us freedom, we are not slaves.
The Co-Ordinator said they were tired of the country called Nigeria and want their own country Biafra.
He continued, “we are agitating for Biafria. You can see we are peaceful people and the whole world is watching that we are non-violent group”.
On why they were protesting in Asaba, he stated that Asaba was part of Biafran land stressing, that 24 states in Nigeria are inclusive in Biafran map.
He further called on Delta state government to prevail of President Buhari to effect immediate release of Nnadi Kanu whom he described as a freedom fighter.



http://nigerianpilot.com/okowas-aide-commends-members-of-ipob-over-peaceful-protest-in-delta/

Hmmmm

PhockPhockMan:
When you point out APC failures, all you get is insult.



Too bad.

That's the point.

Keystonn:
Yaribas be like '!!!

Hmmmm

Kodiliniye Obiagwu’s prevailing memory of the Biafran civil war – the bloodiest chapter in Nigeria’s history – is listening to the radio.

Why Nigerian protesters still march to Radio Biafra's explosive beatObiagwu, the south-eastern bureau chief of the Guardian Nigeria, said: “I remember that we listened to Radio Biafra often. I was only 10 but for my parents and other relatives, you could see what it meant to them. It gave you hope and lifted you. That’s not the feeling I get listening to it now.”

Nearly 50 years after a coup that sparked the quest for a breakaway Biafran state in the south-east of the country, an unprecedented wave of protest has erupted across the region once again, spurred on by the return of Radio Biafra and its increasingly incendiary broadcasts.

In October, clashes in Delta, Imo and the surrounding states intensified after the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the director of the illegal station, who is thought to have assumed control of broadcasting in the 1990s.


A supporter holds a photograph of Nnamdi Kanu, who was arrested in Lagos in October. Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters
Kanu, a dual British and Nigerian citizen, had been running the station from his home in Peckham in south London. On 14 October, he was arrested during a visit to Nigeria for encouraging members of the Igbo community to use violence in their protests.

Concerns about Kanu’s treatment in detention have since been raised by his Peckham MP, Harriet Harman, while many others continue to march for his release.

Vincent Obetta, Kanu’s lawyer, has expressed concern about political interference in the case. Though the original charges were dropped in December, Kanu remains incarcerated and the state has since accused him of fresh terror charges.

In a televised interview on 2 January the president, Muhammadu Buhari, confirmed Kanu would not be released.

Lammy Ughebe, a journalist who attended Kanu’s court hearings in Abuja, said protesters had marched outside the court at each sitting. “If anything, the arrest has made the situation worse,” he said.

“The government see him as a vocal figure in the [Biafran independence] movement,” Ughebe said, “so there’s a feeling that he is being made an example of.”

Trusted source
The quest for an independent Biafra began in 1966, when Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna, of the Igbo ethnicity, led a coup d’état against the state government, which was dominated by northern Hausa leaders.

But the failed attempt to claim independence was used as a pretext by a northern military generals to seize power. Soon after, the region descended into civil war, Nigerian state forces imposing a devastating blockade on the self-declared Biafra state.


Millions of Nigerians starved to death during the three-year conflict – a memory that haunts the country to this day.

Radio Biafra was founded at the onset of this conflict, transmitting from equipment strapped to the top of a moving Jeep to avoid detection from state authorities.

The broadcasters would say ‘Biafrans, you cannot afford to sleep’. It was a romantic in a way
Kodiliniye Obiagwu
Obiagwu says that for his father, a Nigerian army soldier who defected to the Igbo rebel military in 1967, the broadcasts were an important source of inspiration.

“For [many] people the broadcasts on Radio Biafra were so important because they gave you a boost and kept you going,” Obiagwu said. “There were speeches by Ojukwu [ leader of the Biafran army]. The broadcasts always ended with encouragement to keep watch. They would say ‘Biafrans you cannot afford to sleep’. It was a romantic in a way,” he said.

The propagandist style gave it widespread appeal, said Ikeddy Isiguzo, a magazine editor living in Abia state. “It got people to get behind the war. Even if you were in primary school like I was, you felt you could participate..”

Isolated by the blockade, Radio Biafra was a trusted source of news for many Igbos who were sceptical of state and foreign broadcasts.


When the war ended, support for Radio Biafra waned and the station eventually stopped broadcasting. “It just fizzled out somehow. The civil war ended, there was hurt, there was ill feeling but essentially it was over,” said Ezekiel Izeze, a newspaper vendor in Enugu state.


Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a Nigerian politician whose uncle was involved in broadcasts during the war, said the station just lost relevance. “It was something we needed while the actualisation of Biafra seemed attainable. When that idea no longer was, those stations like Radio Biafra just became a painful reminder.”

At that time I remember that my father would not dare to trust other broadcasters
Ezekiel Izeze
Reincarnation
The failure of Nigeria’s successive governments to engage with this emotionally charged chapter of the country’s history laid the ground for the issue of Biafra’s independence to resurface.

The war and those who died in it are still not officially commemorated, giving room for conspiratorial voices, like Kanu’s, to thrive on the underlying suspicions that remain between the Igbo and Hausa populations.

In July, the station ran an audio clip of Buhari allegedly making anti-Igbo comments in an interview with the BBC Hausa service. No such interview exists, and the president’s office condemned the broadcast as propaganda.

A number of editorials in popular national newspapers have since denounced the station’s rhetoric, drawing comparisons with the RTLMC station, which promoted ethnic violence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.


A Biafra supporter prays during a rally in support of Nnamdi Kanu. Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters
In August, Nnamdi’s broadcasts encouraged Igbos to destroy ethnically Yoruba churches, describing them as enemies and “agents of the state”. He urged listeners to take up arms and fight for independence.

In response, Nigeria’s ministry of information vowed to shut down the station in July. After claiming to have successfully jammed the signals, the broadcasts were accessible again within hours. Now also available online and via an app, Radio Biafra’s reach has grown among pro-independence Igbo groups, who have become increasingly vocal and fervent spurred on by Kanu’s rhetoric.

Nigeria's history problem needs the light from Half of a Yellow Sun | Chibundu Onuzo
“Igbos on the whole are not really agitating for [an independent] Biafra, but do they still feel grievances? Yes they do,” Obiagwu said.

“There are small groups like The Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) that have become more and more extreme.

“Many of them were not even alive during the war but they’ve heard the stories from their parents and in a way that makes them more aggravated because their parents are largely not acting on that bitterness,” he added.

“We need a dialogue where we can confront many of the difficulties that stem from the war. Anyone who listens to Nnamdi will know he doesn’t represent the majority, but voices like his are there also because of this lack of dialogue.”



http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/15/nigerian-protesters-still-march-radio-biafra-beat?CMP=share_btn_fb

I see no reason for this thread. It's well known that Sun newspaper has Western and Eastern printing factories hence the slight difference on headlines but same news.