IPOB draws battle-line with Buhari •Berates Ramaphosa administration over attacks on members during anti-Buhari protest in South Africa
By Pamela Eboh, Awka on 04/10/2019
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described as barbaric and disgraceful the attack by South African police against peaceful IPOB protesters.
IPOB said that the action signified proof that state sanctioned politics of savagery has taken firm hold in the administration of the country’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa.
A statement on Thursday by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, said: “A thoroughly ugly and distasteful development that pales white apartheid regime into insignificance in terms of its brutality and incredulity.
“We hereby place it on record that President Muhammadu Buhari on whose account Cyril Ramaphosa ordered his police to open fire on peaceful Biafran protesters will never know peace, neither will Abba Kyari’s cabal in Aso Rock that have reduced Nigeria to an archetypal impoverished, backward 19th century Fulani emirate.
“Let them know that Buhari will be disgraced, hounded and exposed in every country he sets foot upon even if it happens to be in totalitarian glorified Banana republics in Africa.
The crass display of primitive police brutality and anti-democratic antecedents of the South African police is confirmation, if any is needed, that black Africa is hopeless and doomed.”
IPOB further said that its leader will in a night broadcast on Radio Biafra at give an in-depth examination and analysis of the unfolding events in South Africa and the conspiracy of silence designed to protect the identity of Jubril Al-Sudani at all cost in return for subsidised crude oil from Biafraland.
Pretoria: Protesters demand Nigerian President Buhari “takes a DNA test” [video]
As police clashed with protesters outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria, Nigerian President Buhari faced a raft of strange accusations on Thursday.
by Tom Head
2019-10-03 15:58
in Offbeat
Granted, things get a little crazy with politics in South Africa. But it seems our Nigerian brothers and sisters are taking things one step further. As President Buhari came to give a speech in Pretoria following last month’s xenophobic riots, he was met with an altogether different kind of confrontation at the Union Buildings.
Protesters had gathered outside of the iconic landmark to make their voices heard. But those within earshot might have had to do a double-take when they clocked what the demonstrations were about. The group were demanding that Buhari addresses them immediately – and, while he’s at it, volunteer for a DNA test.
Why Nigerians want Buhari to take a DNA test
No, this isn’t a very continental episode of Jerry Springer. And it’s nothing to do with baby-mama drama. That would all be too simple. Instead, the protesters who rocked up outside the Union Buildings firmly believe that Muhammadu Buhari is either a clone, or has been replaced by a man called Jubril from Sudan.
The government have been openly accused of being complicit in a conspiracy by Biafran activist Nwannekaenyi “Nnamdi” Kenny Okwu Kanu. Kanu is a leading member of the Indigenous People of Biafra, a separatist group that seeks political autonomy for the Igbo speaking people of Southern Nigeria.
Watch protesters label the Nigerian President an “imposter”:
The IPOB were on top form again this Thursday:
Police use full force against protesters outside the Union Buildings
However, with conspiracy theories aside, things did get seriously heated during Buhari’s address. The civil disruptors were dispered by stun grenades and rubber bullets. It has been reported that one of the Biafrans – a Nigerian national – was wounded in the leg and he’s currently receiving medical treament.
Buhari in South Africa
Buhari said in his speech that he stood in solidarity with Ramaphosa in ensuring that xenophobic violence does not break out again. Buhari called on the South African government to learn from Nigeria, in how they dealt with the perpetrators nabbed for instigating the violence against South African businesses.
The Nigerian President will hold a ‘town hall’ meeting with Nigerian expats on Friday, where he will get an opportunity to hear about the traumas that his people have suffered since the xenophobic violence broke out.
What is a Biafran?
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a state in West Africa which existed from 30 May 1967 to January 1970; it was made up of the states in the Southern Region of Nigeria. People from this region identify with the old nation. The original declaration of independence from Nigeria resulted in civil war between Biafra and Nigeria.
A knife-wielding man has killed four staff at central police headquarters in Paris, French media report.
The attacker, who has not been named but is also said to be a member of staff, was later shot dead by police.
There has been no official statement so far. The area in the île de la Cité - in the centre of Paris - has been sealed off.
The attack comes a day after police went on strike across France over increasing violence towards officers.
It happened at about 13:00 local time (11:00 GMT; 12:00 BST) in the courtyard of the building.
President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Interior Minister Christophe Castaner have all gone to the site.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo confirmed on Twitter that "several people" had been killed in the attack, which took place near major tourist sites including the Notre-Dame cathedral.
Another person was also reportedly wounded.
According to French media, the attacker was a 45-year-old man who had worked in an administrative capacity for the Paris police force for 20 years.
They said he had been working in the police force's intelligence division.
French broadcaster BFMTV reports that he stabbed two people inside two offices, one person on a stairway and the fourth person inside the building's courtyard - where the knifeman was shot dead.
"Police were running around in panic," an eyewitness who was inside the courtyard at the time of the attack told Le Parisien newspaper.
"I was surprised to hear shooting because this is not a place where you hear that kind of thing. I first thought it was a suicide because there are a lot of those at the moment," he added.
naptu2: The Dantata/Dangote family have always been involved in charity work. However these deeds often go unnoticed, because of the family's principles of maintaining privacy and lack of flamboyance.
Al-Hassan Dantata was passionate about education. He backed the establishment of a western style school in the Dala area for hausa (I.e non-fulani) traders' children in the 1930s and established the Dantata english and arabic school in 1944.
Mariya Dangote (Aliko Dangote's mother) donated a hospital, which she built at Rijiya Lemu, to the Kano State Government in 2003.
Aliko Dangote has made the following charitable contributions:
2.5 billion naira to the national fund for flood victims in 2012. 430 million naira to Kogi flood victims. 100 million naira to Sokoto flood victims. $2 million to Pakistan's flood victims. 120 million naira to fight famine in Niger. 600 million naira to women empowerment and free school feeding schemes in Kano State. 500 student capacity hall at Kano State University. 10 million naira annual scholarship for Benue students. $2 million to African Young Leaders fellowship in conjunction with the Forum For Young Global Leaders. $1 million towards education and women empowerment in Tanzania. 1 billion naira to states suffering from the Boko Haram insurgency. 1,000 bed hospital in Kano. And many more
He established the Dangote Foundation which is the philanthropic arm of the dangote Group where yearly he spends millions for worthy causes such as contributions to educational and healthcare institutions, sinking of boreholes and giving of scholarships.
The Dangote Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have jointly pledged to donate huge sums of money towards the eradication of polio in Kano State.
Have you ever met someone new and immediately felt like you could talk to them for hours?
That happened the first time I met Aliko Dangote. A couple years ago, he and I ended up going to the same event in New York. A mutual friend suggested that I meet him because he knew we were both super interested in global health. So we made sure to sit next to each other at dinner.
As soon as we shook hands, it was clear we had a ton in common. We both started successful businesses in the late 1970s. For our second act in life, we both chose to start foundations aimed at improving health and education. (Today, the Dangote Foundation is the largest such organization in sub-Saharan Africa.)
More importantly, we both love to geek out over things that make some people’s eyes glaze over, like cement, fertilizer, and iodized salt. Check out this video of Aliko’s recent visit to our foundation’s office in Seattle for proof:
That first meeting sparked the beginning of a fruitful friendship. In 2016, our foundations announced a joint, five-year $100 million commitment to reducing malnutrition in Nigeria.
Malnutrition is the greatest health inequity in the world. It’s responsible for nearly half of all under 5 deaths in Nigeria (and around the world). Even if you survive to adulthood, your chances of dying are much higher, and your quality of life is greatly reduced.
One of the ways our foundations are working together to fight malnutrition is through food fortification. Kids often become malnourished when they don’t get enough micronutrients—vitamins and minerals—to digest their food properly. One way to correct this is by adding micronutrients to the food that families—especially those from low-income households—are purchasing every day.
When you go to a grocery store in the U.S., a lot of food already has this fortification. Think iodized salt, or milk that comes with extra vitamin D and calcium. By introducing additional micronutrients to the food people are already eating, you can improve health without changing any habits. Our foundations are now working together to find other staple foods and condiments that could be used to deliver more micronutrients to more people in Nigeria, like fortified bouillon cubes. (I talked with Aliko about this at our Goalkeepers event in New York a couple days ago. You can watch a video of our conversation here.)
Improving health in Nigeria is critical to making progress in sub-Saharan Africa. The country is home to nearly a quarter of all people living in sub-Saharan Africa, and that population is only going to grow in the future. By solving problems in Nigeria, you can have a huge impact on all of Africa.
Aliko Dangote understands this, and that’s why he’s committed to making progress in his home country. Melinda and I are lucky to have him as a partner (and friend!) in improving health.
farady: Many thanks OP for this piece. It has help sharpen my understanding of the behind the scene for the 1985 celebration when IBB arrived in a naval uniform. I see that you did not say if the celebration held in 1984, by which time Buhari was in power with Idiagbon a Brigadier as chief of staff supreme headquarters (the vice), IBB a maj.gen the chief of army staff and i think Mutala Nyako the naval chief. Note that Idiagbon as chief of staff supreme Hqs was a defacto number 2 with powers over the service chiefs a tradition that was in existence from previous military govts.
However, IBB changed all that when he appointed Ukiwe (a one star general) as chief of general staff as his vice but with no powers over the service chiefs. I guess he was afraid if his vice have such vast powers, he could be toppled.
In 1984 the order of precedence was thus:
Major General Muhamadu Buhari - Head of state
Major General Tunde Idiagbon - Chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters.
Major General Domkat Bali - Minister of defence
Major General Ibrahim Babangida - Chief of army staff
Rear Admiral Augustus Aikhomu - Chief of naval staff
Air Vice Marshal Ibrahim Alfa - Chief of air staff
Mr Etim Inyang - Inspector general of police.
The parade was held in 1984. (Idiagbon was promoted to the rank of major general in 1984).
princeade86: will they listen? no. the OP must have drunk when he or she posted this news. what is the meaning of "buhari minister" his is not Nigeria minister again? some bloggers not professional at all.
Amazing! So you don't know what a quote is?? You don't know that's a quote from a newspaper??
Stop harassing young Nigerians in possession of laptops, ICT gadgets – Buhari’s minister tells security operatives
Shehu Usman
Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, has frowned at widespread harassment of Nigerians with personal computers, tablets and other ICT gadgets in public places by security operatives.
The Minister made his feelings known in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Spokesman, Mrs Uwa Suleiman.
Part of the statement read, “the attention of the Federal Ministry of Communications (FMC), has been drawn to reports of widespread harassment of young Nigerians with personal computers, tablets or phablets in public places.
“These reports indicate that young persons are generally regarded as fraudsters by officers of security agencies if found with such devices in their possession and subsequently subjected to varied forms of harassment and in some cases outright extortion.
“The Ministry notes with dismay, this unfortunate turn of events as we celebrate the growing and bubbling technology eco-system in Nigeria that enables young persons to learn various skills ranging from software engineering to varied forms of entrepreneurship by simply accessing online tools and content on these devices.
“We are aware that several other persons have engaged in nefarious activities utilising computers and similar devices, we must however be careful not to paint all young Nigerians with a similar brush.’
However, Dr. Pantami, commended the efforts of some law enforcement agencies, particularly the approach of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in intelligence gathering and subsequent apprehension of these unscrupulous elements who use computing systems to commit cybercrimes.
He noted that, many young Nigerians have contributed significantly to the impressive growth of the Nigerian economy and have created employment for youth in Nigeria.
“The digital economy in Nigeria has continued to soar thereby giving impetus to the growth of ICT as a major segment of the economy.
“It would therefore be counterproductive to stifle this sector of the economy by labelling every young Nigerian with a computing device as a fraudster.
“It is in this light that the Federal Ministry of Communications frowns at the current profiling and harassment of young Nigerians and therefore admonishes security agencies to be circumspect in these situations.
“We understand the need for proactivity to protect the society, however this must be done credibly while recognising the fundamental human rights of every citizen of Nigeria. If these situation goes unchecked, it will dampen the vigorous attempt at diversifying the economy and rather push more young energies underground with catastrophic consequences”, he frowned.
The minister stressed that his Ministry is committed to working closely with parastatals under her supervision, particularly the National Information Technology Development Agencies (NITDA) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
“We will also work with relevant security agencies, Hubs and all groups promoting digital capacity building in Nigeria to ensure that such incidents are completely eliminated and that all hands are on deck to promote the growth of a healthy eco-system supportive of young Nigerians and creating opportunities to harness their energies.
“The Federal Ministry of Communications will keep working assiduously to foster the growth of a knowledge-based economy and facilitate ICT as a key tool in the transformation of Nigeria in the areas of job creation, economic growth and transparency in governance”, he assured.
Africa: I Tried to Get Nkomo and Mugabe to Kill Each Other, Says Obasanjo
29 March 2018
New Zimbabwe (London)
By Staff Reporter
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo tried to get Zimbabwe's nationalist leaders Robert Mugabe and the late Joshua Nkomo into a gun fight during the liberation struggle.
Obasanjo revealed this during a panel discussion with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Cote d'Ivoire early this week. The two were attending the just ended African CEOs Forum in Abidjan.
Obasanjo said Mugabe and Nkomo had abused military arsenal supplied to their guerrilla movements to "kill each other".
"At some stage, Nkomo and Mugabe began using the guns we were supplying them to kill each other.
"I tried to bring them to Nigeria for talks but they avoided each other and came at different times. However they were to later meet and I had them sitting beside me. I had two pistols loaded so I said to them, 'I will give you each a gun so you can fight. The one who dies we will bury him here while the one who wins will go and fight the struggle," said Obasanjo.
He added, "They were surprised and argued it was too drastic a way to resolve their differences. I must say it seemed to have worked because just after that they went and formed the Patriotic Front and won independence for Zimbabwe".
Mnangagwa, in his opening remarks, told the African CEOs Forum that he knew Obasanjo during the liberation struggle.
"President Obasanjo supported our struggle. I accompanied President Mugabe to Nigeria. I was a young man then I don't know if he remembers but he asked me about a red book I was holding on Mao Tse Tung's thoughts," said Mnangagwa.
Obasanjo, in response, then narrated his hair raising solution to the power struggles between Zanu and Zapu's military wings Zanla and Zipra during the bush war against racist Rhodesia.
"I don't know if the President (Mnangagwa) is aware of this story that is part of the decolonisation of Zimbabwe. We supported the struggle not based on any ideological standpoint but on the conviction that blacks are equal to any people anywhere in the world," the former military leader said.
"For me as a leader then, it did not matter who I was if a black man anywhere in the world was regarded a second class citizen because of the colour of his skin. It diminished me as a human being".
Obasanjo took power through a coup in 1979 but was later to hand over to a civilian government. He returned to power in the late 80s as a civilian President of Nigeria.
The leaders of six African frontline states headed home...
LAGOS, Nigeria -- The leaders of six African frontline states headed home today after issuing a joint communique demanding South Africa's immediate withdrawal from Angola.
The summit also urged the Organization of African Unity to give Angola military aid to repel the invaders from the south and castigated the American administration for supporting South Africa on the South West Africa-Namibia independence issue.
'We unequivocally condemn the series of aggressive acts launched against Angola and other frontline states,' the communique said.
The summit was hosted by Nigeria. It was attended by the presidents of Zambia, Tanzania, Botswana, Angola and Mozambique and the prime minister of Zimbabwe. Sam Nujoma, the leader of the South West African Peoples Organization guerrillas fighting for the independence of Namibia also attended.
World Conference for Action Against Apartheid held in Lagos, Nigeria, August 22-26, 1977
1) World Conference for Action Against Apartheid Opens in Lagos Secretary-General Kurt WALDHEIM arriving at Lagos Airport. At right is Brigadier Joseph N. GARBA, Commissioner for External Affairs of Nigeria. 22/Aug/1977.
2) Seated at the table are Sam NUJOMA (left), President of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), and Theo-Ben GURIBAB, Representative of SWAPO in New York. 22/Aug/1977
3) Joshua NKOMO, co-leader of the Patriotic Front of Zimbabwe, addressing the Conference. 22/Aug/1977
4) Leslie O. HARRIMAN (Nigeria), Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid; Olof PALME, Vice-President of the Socialist International, and former Prime Minister of Sweden; Brigadier Shehu YAR'ADUA, Nigerian Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Lagos; President Kenneth D. KAUNDA of Zambia; Secretary-General Kurt WALDHEIM; Lieut. Gen. Olusegun OBASANJO, Head of State of Nigeria; H. Shirley AMERASINGHE (Sri Lanka), President of the UN General Assembly; and Brigadier Joseph N. GARBA, Commissioner for External Affairs
It is a year since South African legend, Neslon Mandela died, so we take a look at his first visit to Nigeria after he was released from prison in 1990.
ANC Vice President, Nelson Mandela was released from prison on February 11th, 1990. He went on a thank you tour of countries that had supported the anti-apartheid struggle. This, of course, included Nigeria, which had provided funds, training and sanctuary to the ANC. Mr Mandela had stayed in Nigeria in 1962. He lived in the home of Chief Mbazulike Amaechi (The Boy Is Good) at the request of Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe (the Governor General of Nigeria and Chief Mbazulike's leader in the NCNC). Dr Mandela met with Mbazulike and Azikiwe in 1990, to thank them for their assistance.
Nigeria provided a lot of support to the southern African liberation movements in the 1960s up till the 1990s. I remember that Comrade George Nene ran an office of the African National Congress (ANC) and the South-West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) in Obalende (quite close to Dodan Barracks). He was always on the NTA Network News, appealing for support for the liberation movements. Nigerian workers (through the NLC) and students contributed money towards the success of SWAPO in the elections that led to Namibia’s independence in 1990.
I saw George Nene almost everyday, because his office was in Obalende, which was not far from South-West Ikoyi. He eventually became South Africa's ambassador to Nigeria when Nelson Mandela became president and then he became South Africa's ambassador to the United Nations.
General Olusegun Obasanjo nationalised British Petroleum and Barclay’s Bank’s assets in Nigeria in 1979. The official reason was that they traded with South Africa, despite Nigeria’s sanctions on the Apartheid Government, but the actual reason was that Britain was about to recognise the white minority backed government in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe. This made Britain to change its policy. Instead it re-established control of Zimbabwe and brought the parties to talks in the UK. This led to the Lancaster House agreement which eventually led to independence and black majority rule in Zimbabwe in 1980.
British Petroleum (BP) became African Petroleum (AP) and AP was bought by Femi Otedola in the 2000s and it became Forte Oil. Barclays Bank became Union Bank. (Nigeria had overtaken South Africa to become Britain's biggest trading partner in Africa by 1979 and Nigeria was also the second biggest supplier of crude oil to America).
Nigeria also gave Angola its MiG 17 fighter jets after it bought MiG 21 fighters from the Soviet Union.
There are a lot of things that Nigeria did. Below is a summary of those actions. It is not comprehensive (Nigeria took a lot of actions), but it gives you an idea of what happened.
Major General Joseph Nanven Garba Major General Joseph Garba was a military officer, an athlete and a diplomat. He was a skilled basketball player and he played for the Nigerian Army team and the Nigerian national basketball team up till 1970. One of his protégés, Colonel Sam Ahmedu, created the Dodan Warriors Basketball Club.
Joseph Garba became the acting commander of the Federal Guards (Brigade of Guards) at Dodan Barracks in 1966, when northern soldiers refused to accept an Igbo commander after the January 1966 coup (their former commander had been killed in the coup).
When he was alerted of the violence that led to the July coup, he safely locked all Igbo soldiers in the barracks and refused to allow northern troops to kill them. Dodan Barracks became one of the few army Barracks in Lagos in which Igbo troops were not killed. Garba received a commendation letter from Colonel Hilary Njoku when all the Igbo soldier at Dodan Barracks were successfully and safely returned to the East.
Joe Garba subsequently became the commander of the Brigade of Guards during General Gowon’s tenure as head of state. He was one of the two officers that selected the former residence of the minister of defence, on Ribadu Road in Ikoyi (near Dodan Barracks) as the new residence of the head of state.
Colonels Garba, Yar’Adua and Abdulahi Mohammed were unhappy when General Gowon announced that he would not hand over to a civilian government in 1976 and so they planned a coup to remove Gowon from office. Gowon and Garba were from the same state (Benue-Plateau State) and General Gowon trusted Garba, but it was Garba that announced Gowon’s overthrow on the radio.
Joe Garba, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and Abdulahi Mohammed had agreed that they would not rule and so they handed over the government to Murtala Muhammad, Olusegun Obasanjo and Theophilus Danjuma.
Garba was made the minister of external affairs (foreign minister), even though he did not initially want any position in the government.
He served as foreign minister from 1975 – 1978.and was briefly the president of the UN Security Council in 1978.
General Garba retired from the military in 1980 and he became Nigeria’s permanent representative at the United Nations in 1984. He was elected the president of the UN General Assembly in 1989 and 1990.
General Garba died in 2002.
Joaquim Chissano
Joaquim Chissano became the president of Mozambique after President Samora Machel died in a plane crash in 1986. It was rumoured that the crash was caused by the apartheid government in South Africa, but this was never proven. Chissano served as president from 1986 till 2002.
Joshua Nkomo Joshua Nkomo was the founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP). Robert Mugabe joined him in the NDP. The party was banned by the white minority government of Ian Smith. Nkomo subsequently formed the Zimbabwean African People’s Union (ZAPU). There was a split in ZAPU and Robert Mugabe and others left to form the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). ZAPU and Zanu fought military campaigns against the white minority government and also against each other.
However, eventually, with great pressure from Nigeria, Zanu and Zapu eventually merged and Robert Mugabe became the first (widely recognised) prime minister of Zimbabwe and Joshua Nkomo became the home affairs minister. In 1987 Robert Mugabe became the president of Zimbabwe and Nkomo became the vice president. He served as vice president until 1999.
Abel Muzorewa
Bishop Abel Muzorewa opposed the agreement between Great Britain and Ian Smith that led to a white minority government in Zimbabwe. His party became the only recognised opposition party in Zimbabwe after Zanu and Zapu took up arms. Muzorewa became the prime minister of Zimbabwe after elections were held in 1978 in a deal that was reached with the white minority government. However, his government was never recognised by other countries. Nigeria nationalised British assets in 1978 when it seemed like Britain was going to recognise his government. This led to a change in Britain’s policy and the British Government re-established control of Zimbabwe and invited all parties in the crisis in Zimbabwe to the Lancaster House Conference which eventually led to the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980.
The Murtala/Obasanjo era is often viewed as the golden era of Nigeria’s foreign policy. This was the era that Nigeria stood up to the Western powers and fought hard to ensure an end to colonialism and apartheid in Africa.
Nigeria’s first and only Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, had declared that Africa was the centre point of Nigeria’s foreign policy and this was brought to life during this era.
Nigeria gave huge sums of money to liberation movements in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. It gave fighter jets to the MPLA in Angola, facilitated military training for ANC activists from South Africa and provided safe refuge to liberation fighters and activists from all the southern African countries.
Nigeria was made an honorary member of the Frontline States due to its activities that were geared to ensuring an end to white minority rule in southern Africa. The Frontline States group were a group of countries that shared borders with or were in close proximity to South Africa. These countries suffered from destabilisation campaigns and military incursions by the South African military. Nigeria did not share a border with South Africa, but it was an honorary member of the group and it hosted meetings of the group because of its financial, diplomatic and military support to the members of the group.
This thread is about one of those acts that Nigeria did to support the liberation movement.
Monday, July 5th 1976.
Footage of a press conference at which Brigadier Joseph Garba, Nigeria's Minister for External Affairs, presented a cheque to Senhor Joaquim Chissano, Mozambique's Foreign Minister as Nigeria's contribution towards financing the liberation struggle in Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe).
The press conference was held in Port Louis, Mauritius, where both men were attending a meeting of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).
Garba was very critical of the two rival factions of the African National Council (ANC) led respectively by Bishop Abel Muzorewa, leader of the external African National Council and Mr. Joshua Nkomo, leader of the internal ANC.
Garba:
"My dear colleagues, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique, ladies and gentlemen of the press, we in Nigeria believe that whatever we are able to do is only an assistance, a token of our commitment. The fighting must of necessity be done by the liberation movements themselves. This is the only way that true independence can be won. It is for this reason that the government of Nigeria has decided to make a quarter of a million dollars available to help the freedom fighters. In normal circumstances this cheque should have been delivered to an undisputed leader of the Zimbabwean movement and I am sure that would have been a pleasant duty. Unfortunately there is no such person, as the political leaders of the liberation movements are too busy bickering among themselves. We have therefore decided to hand the cheque over to the government of Mozambique and I have great pleasure in handing the cheque to my friend and colleague Mr. Chissano, who himself is a dedicated, tireless and dynamic crusader for freedom, independence and justice in Africa. Ladies and gentlemen I thank you very much."
Chissano:
"We are receiving these funds on behalf of the fighting people of Zimbabwe and Mozambique is not going to use this money for other things, but only for that purpose. So whether they are satisfied or not maybe this will be proved by the results."
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