₦airaland Forum

You asked for it, now you got it

All those tires you are burning are they burning in the North?

Is the curfew affecting the north?


The drop in economic activities how does it affect the north?



When person inherit mumu , he dey grow in mumurity

This one sweet weh weh

That's good news

EFCC keeps proving more and more they are resourceful and committed to bringing down corruption, however her defenders and followers who could have made this thread interesting with their stupidity,


I mean the Ip-Shit family are busy dying for Kanu's stupidity while others on another thread arguing about the constitutional correctness of operation phyton dance whereas the same constitution abhors and condemns secession so much that it doesn't exist in Nigerias constitution, poetic justice?

Because they are not stupid and as always you've been disappointed just like Trump didn't give you Biafra last 3 months

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah

. He sweet me die

Ugosample:
You are a BIG FOOL.

Instead of you guys to be sympathetic to the innocent people suffering because of this "operation" ; you are saying let the blood flow


Typical black monkey.

Sympathy my yansh who send una?

I really don't know why Buhari hasn't declared state of emergency


As I have argued repeatedly the aim of this movement is fraud and to loot

Imagine they've been robbing Ibos like them

Attempted to burgle a bank

Stopping vehicles and dispossesing passengers


Nothing has started and the story is already dog eat dog


So far the two police officers they've killed are Ibos

Now who is loosing?

http://punchng.com/kanu-backs-out-of-talks-with-seast-govs-policeman-killed/


Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, backed out of the planned talks between the secessionist group and the South-East Governors Forum.

The IPOB leader had met with the governors at the Enugu State Government House on August 30, and both parties agreed to hold further talks to seek an amicable resolution to the issues raised by the pro-Biafran group.

Another meeting was scheduled to hold between Kanu and the governors on Friday, September 15, but, in a statement he personally signed, which was made available to journalists, the IPOB leader said he would no longer continue with the talks.


He blamed the development on an alleged plot by soldiers to assassinate him while on his way to the meeting with the governors.

He also alleged that he was currently attending to his injured and bereaved followers, who had allegedly fallen victim to attacks by the military in the course of the ongoing Operation Python Dance 2, started by the Nigerian Army in the South-East.

Kanu, in the statement, hinted that the leaders of the IPOB intended to meet to vote on whether to drop their non-violent approach, and instead, use force to confront the Nigerian Army.

Parts of the statement read, “In view of the concerted effort by the oppressive Nigerian state to shatter the peace and tranquillity of the South-East and the rest of Biafraland through military intimidation, it has become necessary for me to clarify why, regrettably, I may not be able to attend Friday’s meeting with the South-East governors as earlier agreed, for three main reasons.

“We are currently busy attending to our dead and injured from this latest round of unprovoked military onslaught against innocent civilians in our own land. All the casualties so far were shot by men of the Nigerian Army deployed in my house and those stationed along motorways leading into Umuahia, my hometown.

“I have been reliably informed also that a detachment of this same soldiers, responsible for the murder of innocent unarmed IPOB family members, have now been stationed near Enugu to ambush and assassinate me on my way to the meeting with the governors on Friday.

“On that same Friday, the 15th of September, 2017, the leadership of IPOB, through the instrumentality of the Directorate of State, headquartered in Germany, will be meeting to vote on the viability or otherwise of continuing our struggle in this non-violent manner.

“There is urgent need to begin the process of defending ourselves in the face of relentless murderous attacks from the Nigerian state.”

Kanu explained that the prevailing situation in the South-East was not conducive to meaningful discussions with the governors.

“Accordingly, we will not engage in any meeting with anybody until the atmosphere is conducive and peaceful enough to allow for such,” he said.

In the same vein, he warned anti-Biafra Igbo, whom he described as “collaborators and agents of the oppressor”, to immediately go into self-imposed exile.



A [b]few hours before Kanu’s statement, however, the Rivers State Police Command alleged that one Sergeant Steven Daniel was killed by IPoB members.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Zaki, told newsmen in Port Harcourt that Daniel was shot dead by IPoB members during the crisis in the Oyigbo Local Government Area.

IPOB members and security operatives clashed in the area on Tuesday with the report that one person was killed.

Zaki pointed out that three arms and 68 rounds of live ammunition were taken away by the sergeant’s assailants, adding that 32 persons had been arrested by the police in connection with the clash in Oyigbo.

He stated, “The same group, who have no justification for their action, also attacked a police van from Nonwa Police Training School en route from Port Harcourt International Airport, and burnt the van to ashes.

“The driver of the van, Inspector Emaikwu Ochochi, was badly injured and is currently on admission in a hospital. The attackers also carted away one AK47 riffle with 60 rounds of live ammunition and one Barretta pistol with eight rounds of live ammunition.

“At the end of their rampage, many vehicles were damaged and scores burnt.[/b]

“However, the command was awaken with yet another attack today (Wednesday), at about 12.10am, where some members of IPOB regrouped and launched a surprise attack on mobile policemen stationed at Oyigbo junction, killing a police sergeant identified as Steven Daniel, attached to Mopol 19, injuring two others and burning down their patrol vehicle.”

The state CP further alleged that one sterling SMG riffle, belonging to the deceased officer, was taken away by the attackers, adding that they (attackers) were repelled by the police with nine of them arrested.

He stated that the nine arrested members brought the number of suspects to 32.

Meanwhile, some security operatives took over the expressway in the Oyigbo area of the state on Wednesday.

It was gathered that social and economic activities had begun in the area barely 24 hours after the clash between the security agents and IPOB members.

There was heavy security presence in places close to the expressway, while policemen embarked on a stop-and-search.

People passing through a point before the Oyigbo Junction were asked to raise their hands while some, who were suspected to be part of Tuesday’s crisis, were arrested.

A resident of the area, who identified himself as Okenyi Johnson, said policemen were everywhere as early as 5am, adding that he could not get any commercial vehicle to his place of work because no vehicle was allowed to pick passengers.

“I had to trek to a distance before I could find a bus that conveyed me to Eleme and from Eleme to Etche. I am still in Etche as I speak because I am not sure I will get a vehicle that will take me to my house,” Johnson said.

Meanwhile, the three-day curfew, declared by the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, paralysed business activities in Aba and Umuahia on Wednesday.

A trader at Ariaria International Market, Aba, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone, said many shop owners did not open for business for the fear of the unknown.

It was gathered that the soldiers were stationed at the Osisioma junction and other strategic locations in the commercial city.

Biafra agitators berate Ojukwu’s son

Also, a pro-Biafran group, Biafra Zionists Federation, has expressed disappointment in Emeka Ojukwu Jr., the son of the late leader of the defunct Republic of Biafra, Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Leader of the BZF, Benjamin Onwuka, who recently named himself the ‘Interim President’ of Biafra while announcing the formation of a ‘Biafran government’, said this in Enugu.

The Biafra activists are unhappy with Ojukwu Jr. for saying his father indeed had a meeting with Buhari in 2003, during which they allegedly foreclosed Biafra.

Onwuka described Ojukwu’s son as a ‘saboteur’ for admitting that the said meeting took place.

He said, “It is very disappointing for Emeka Ojukwu Jr. to join Buhari in saying that his father dumped Biafra when he was alive.

“We have said it before that Buhari lied; we are saying it now that Emeka Ojukwu Jr. is a chronic liar and a saboteur.

“Why is he supporting Buhari who is sending troops to be killing his own people if not for selfish interest, for stomach infrastructure?

“Since he said he was aware of the meeting, we demand that he should provide the date, the venue, the transcript, the signatories to the agreement and the witnesses.

“We also demand to know why he waited till now to say so.”

Military occupation, plan for state of emergency – Uwazurike

Reacting to the military operation in Abia State, a former President of Aka Ikenga, the think tank of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, described the current occupation as a ploy by the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the state.

Uwazurike, in a series of text messages sent to The PUNCH on Wednesday, called on the government to withdraw soldiers already deployed in Abia State and other parts of the region.

Uwazurike stated, “The current show of force in Abia State is a ploy to declare a state of emergency in the state. It is a well-known fact that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra do not carry weapons and are only known for holding rallies and punching the air in a black power salute.

“If any of these two actions is a crime, then they should tell us whether the constitution of Nigeria should be obeyed.”

South-East elders decry militarisation of Igboland

Also, the South-East Elders Forum decried what it called the militarisation of the South-East geopolitical zone by the Federal Government.

It said the face-off between the members of the IPOB and the military had turned the zone to a war theatre.

The Convener of the forum, a former Ohanaeze Ndigbo national president, Dr. Dozie Ikedife, who stated this in Nnewi, Anambra State, condemned the spate of alleged deaths resulting from the operation.

He said, “I advise the civilian population to be calm, go about their business peacefully and lawfully. The army should ensure that their exercise inflict minimum interference in civilian traffic on the roads, lanes, byways and waterways. To the best of my knowledge, there is no war in the South-East geological zone.”

APC calls for caution, PDP seeks dialogue

Meanwhile, the two major political parties in the country, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, have called for caution in the South-East, saying Nigerians must shun war-mongers.

The APC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in Abuja on Wednesday, advised IPOB and other separatist groups against lawlessness.

The APC also expressed regrets over the incident at the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ secretariat in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, where some journalists were assaulted.

Abdullahi stated, “While the party insists that security agencies must adhere to globally stipulated rules of engagements and laws governing their operations, we must allow our security agencies to conduct their constitutional roles of securing lives and property without hindrance and provocation.

“We also call on citizens, social commentators, media influencers and other stakeholders to be careful and mindful of their utterances on the clashes.

“Stoking tensions by inciting utterances, hate speech and all other forms of awful propaganda will only push the country to the precipice.”

The APC said the devastation of the North- East by Boko Haram, the 1966 Nigerian Civil War and similar conflicts in other countries were effects of internal strife.

On its part, the PDP called for restraint in handling the ongoing conflict.

The party, in a statement in Abuja by its spokesman, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye, stated that now that tempers seemed to be rising, dialogue remained the only viable option to resolve the problems in the South-East.

It stated, “What the country needs at this time is an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity, without which no meaningful positive development in whatever sector can be attained, and the situation unfolding in the South-East, which is a very important component of the Nigerian family, is no doubt inimical to our collective quest to take Nigeria higher.

“It is, therefore, in our enlightened interest as a people and as a nation to rise up to this challenge intelligently without undue egotism, and with the best interest of the country at heart.”

Biafran agitation meant to topple Buhari —Northern groups

But the Coalition of Northern Groups said the agitation by IPOB was aimed at removing Buhari from office by any means.

The group, at a press conference in Kano, on Wednesday, said IPOB was bent on making the country “ungovernable” for Buhari.

It stated, “As cultured people with a long history of tolerance and respect for constituted authorities, we call on northerners to resist the temptation of carrying out reprisals and playing to the gallery,” said the spokesman for the CNG, Abdul-azeez Suleiman.

“The agitations and disturbances that have been ongoing ceaselessly since the coming to power of the Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo administration in 2015, are aimed at rendering the country practically ungovernable, and ushering in anarchy and instability, thereby occasioning a change of government by whatever means and tactics.”

Reps’ S’East caucus condemns operation

The South-East Caucus of the House of Representatives condemned what it called the show of force by the military in the zone.

The caucus, in a statement on Wednesday by its leader, Chukwuka Onyema, said the show of force violated the rights of the people.

The caucus stated, while the military as spelt out in the constitution had the right to discharge its constitutional duties, “there is no gainsaying that internal military operations can only be conducted without doing violence to the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental human rights of citizens.”

TheCabal:
I'm here for the bright lights
https://s6.postimg.org/dhg7tvldd/5272205_1834197545957288771763943815823372662040.jpg

Nice , but what's your take on the topic

I wonder why Ramsey Nouah isn't screaming Biafra?


Abi he nor Luke better thing?

Badadang


They develop crime and come and pollute Lagos

Yeye people

This is not recent

Na so una dey use fake news kill una self

Biafra now has patriot missiles and armored tanks , Avengers are peace making group abi? They want to negotiate peace for Nigeria


Same set of people will start screaming when army comes to look for weapons in their city


Mumu

Hmmmm my

He tire me o

He must be an engineer

How did he do it?

No fool

Nnamdi brought unrest to East while you cheered him on

And ffk said he's under arrest


Even the lawyer said Kanu was probably killed



If you still believe these people then being stupid is in your generation

For the girls the first thing to do is


Do not carry belle


If you want to be olosho be smart about it



For the guys don't join yahoo

If you do don't get caught

. As for ASUU


THUNDER from Thor axe fire una

fagbohun4j:
Hmmm....Thats what they call CFO or wire instruction.

Alaye ja mi si

lafflaff123:
What more do i need to say?

Amechi Colvis Amuegbunam

The Judge should not deport him, as we are having serious problems with his cousins in ABIA State now. And if sent back to Nigeria, he will take his frustrations out on innocent people, in the name of Biafra.

Sooooo

Just lock him up. And after he finishes serving his sentence, we are begging you to still

Lock him up for even thinking about the crime the first time.

You are wickeder than wicked

Hanhan kilode??

Benjom:
I'm cool with this new arrangement.

Nearly broke my phone this ant wey dey waka so

MrBrownJay1:
MIGHTY ko, MY TEA ni!

here is a mighy croc

Wicked human being, this one in Nigerian city is enough to finish all LiePob

phrezzz:
Sometimes I feel nairaland mods purposely pushes topic that will generate tribal e fights and comments in other to get traffic...smh

Last week it was a yoruba boy, the thread got 7 pages of insults


When Dammy Krane was arrested ( even it was proven that he didn't commit the crime) the thread was 19 pages long you can find it yourself


When it's Igbo, Yoruba don't celebrate too much, we've outgrown that attitude

Sapiosexuality:
So killing the Yorubas in Ogun State is something that should be ignored and encouraged? Because they are the military we should be docile when they abuse human rights? What's your point exactly?

Please my finger hurts from typing, if you can't understand don't quote me I don't deal IQ less than 102 the point I made is even when there was mistake on part of the army during the clearing out of creeks in ogun state, Yoruba did not block any convoy or attack army because we are not stupid


That's my point

myright:
in the said video, he asked for weapon for SELF DEFENCE. Provide the video link here lets re-watch and analyse

If a renown armed robber goes to a dealer in USA to purchase weapons for self defence are you saying, he plans on defending himself from police?

Afam4eva:
I think you can do better than Maclatunji. I see premise judging by your response.

Now, can you tell us on which particular occassion that Nnamdi Kanu incited violence against Hausa/Fulani people.

Can you also tell us where you got the information that BSS was setup to fight them. Did IPOB release a press statement to that effect?

On the issue of flouting his bail conditions. I think you have to look at his arrest in the first place. Was it legal? Why was his bail refused by the government? What offence made them arrest him in the first place. Even after his was eventually bailed out, why not continue to follow the court route despite yur own shortcomings. Why deploy the military to his house.

Mind you, you and i know that Northern youths made inciting comments but no ones is talking about them and how to arrest them. Why?

Stop jumping around defending nonsense


Kanu threatened the sovereignty of Nigeria, that is treason, therefore his arrest was very legal and backed by ICC /UN


Why don't you search nnamdi Kanu on YouTube and listen to his speeches and podcasts? You'll find sever instances where he incited hate against tribes and religion


In recent times he told ipob to burn down Nigeria if he doesn't come back from court, what's that supposed to mean? Peace?


OH and didn't you used to be a moderator? Now I see why all my friends get banned , even myself for defending myself


Always playing the victim

Sapiosexuality:
Who are you guys and who said Trump or Israel will back Biafra? Are you that retarded? How is citing Netanyahu a testament a claim that Israel supports Biafra?

The problem with a lot of you is hypocrisy. On Facebook you guys are talking about the injustice been shown to Rohinga people but here you are against people advising against injustice.

Were soldiers right to have invaded civilian territory and killing some persons? If it didn't happen can we a honest investigation of the videos released? What exactly do you stand for?

Nigerian constitution allows Nigerian army to carry out training or operations in any part of the country as long as it's to protect Nigerias sovereignty

Nobody was killed Igbo touts looked for trouble by stoning the Convoy


Ogun state was invaded a few months back, some innocent Yoruba families were killed by air raids and nobody blocked or protested the army's presence

Anticabal:
Is that what you were taught in Law school? These illiterate zombies funny sha!

Looks unlike the school your ancestors established, one idiot led 3M of your relatives to death like chicken

On the other hand, the zombie school I came from hasn't seen anybody massacred in my region, don't you think you need to change schools?

Anticabal:
You presented the so-called video in court as 'Exhibit A1' and it was thrown out for lack of merit. You need to catch him with the guns first . Find another evidence bro.

It was thrown out?


OK


You expect a sovereign country to wait till terrorists import weapons to cause havoc? Have any idea how many people were visited / arrested by CIA, FBI for issuing death threats against US President?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_threats_against_Barack_Obama


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatening_the_President_of_the_United_States#Incidents

Why didn't they wait till the attempt on life of the president?

Nobody has the right to solicit for weapons within or outside the nation with the intend to wreck havoc