• Declares war on armed herdsmen in Ebonyi

Following the sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the declaration of the Sovereign State of Biafra, South East Governors’ Forum Chairman, Dave Umahi, has said May 30 would be set aside as a day to remember millions of Igbo that lost their lives during the civil war.

Governor Umahi of Ebonyi State, who stated this during a television interview, yesterday, said there was the need to set aside a date to honour the Igbo who died during the three-year war, insisting there was nothing wrong with it. He said if a proposal to do so comes before the South East governors, they would give it consideration.

Explaining the reason May 30 should be set aside in Anambra, Abia, Enonyi, Enugu and Imo states as a day to remember the dead, he said if the country can recognise June 12 as Democracy Day to honour MKO Abiola, winner of the 1993 presidential election, there was nothing wrong in setting aside a day to remember five million Igbo, including children who were killed during the war.

“People are beginning to say that even beyond the issue of sitting at home, there is a need to set aside a date to honour our brothers and sisters who died during the civil war and there is nothing wrong with doing that. If it comes before the South East governors, we would give it consideration and put conditions and one of them would be that if anyone decides to do otherwise, you must allow the person to exercise his or her rights.

“Children, who didn’t know the reasons for declaring the war were killed and we are saying we should have a public holiday for people like that. We are saying if our leaders bring such proposition to us and speaking for myself, we would grant that day as a public holiday but there must be a proper request for this in one of our meetings. I believe it would even be deliberated upon in our next South East governors’ meeting.

“We have June 12 dedicated to MKO Abiola, we also have a date set aside for our fallen heroes, so, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a day set aside to mourn our dead but it depends on the motive because such a day is supposed to be a day of reflection.

“The South East leaders would be willing to set aside May 30 every year to honour our dead. The significance of that day, if set aside, is for each and every one of us to reflect and ask if we should have done things differently. Yes, we were being killed and we were being maltreated but maybe there would have been an alternative. What is done is done and the man who led us said there shouldn’t be a second war and that is where we are,” Umahi said.

On the issue of insecurity, he said since President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that anyone found with an unauthorised AK47 should be dealt with, going forward, any armed herdsman seen in Ebonyi will be ‘brought down’.

“The president has directed that anyone found with an unauthorised AK47 and is not a security agent, should be brought down and this is very important for the governors.

“So, if you are a herder, whether you are an Igbo or Fulani or Ijaw and you are armed with an AK47 and you are coming to my place, even if it is with a stick, I would use it to bring you down, that is the order of the President,” he said.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/south-east-govsll-approve-may-30-as-biafra-day-umahi/

booscy:
They're beginning to receive sense gradually

Nigeria government only understand one language..EXTREME VIOLENCE.

God bless BIAFRA

Gem gem! Good morning to them!

That would be nice.....

It is long overdue. If not for IPOB always bringing that to their memory, the Governors wouldn't have cared.

Idiotic Umahi has swallowed his pride and succumb to MNK directive.
This is a clear case of ‘’if you can’t beat them you join them”

This man na anywhere Belle face. Was he not the one threatening to revoke shops of those that will obey sit at home before doing a I turn.

Any way it's a good move let all the governors sign it same time so we can remember those that died during the war

Doraty1:
• Declares war on armed herdsmen in Ebonyi



https://www.sunnewsonline.com/south-east-govsll-approve-may-30-as-biafra-day-umahi/
Mynd44
Lalasticlala

Better!!

nzeobi:
This man na anywhere Belle face. Was he not the one threatening to revoke shops of those that will obey sit at home before doing a I turn.

Any way it's a good move let all the governors sign it same time so we can remember those that died during the war

He probably sat it out and thought about it like a normal human being and came to his senses. At first he was against it because someone in Abuja called him and gingered him not to allow such, probably describing it as a sacrilege.

You see, we human beings all have rights. If a kidnapper or armed robber is shot dead while committing the act, his body will be given to his family who reserve the right to mourn and bury him according to tradition.

Now Igbos want to mourn 3 million mostly children who died of starvation during the war, and someone somewhere is parambulating. It doesn't even make sense. That day should be a national mourning day. Do you know what is 3 million deaths?

Yorubas celebrates Abiola, but when igbos mourn theirs it becomes issue .
That's one of the reasons they want to leave.

Sense cropping into them.

Now to declare and classify the herders what they are TERRORIST.

This is just the perfect thing to do. So every may 30 is public holiday in remembrance of fallen heroes.

Pussies

Good Morning, Gov. Umahi and the South Eastern Glvernors

Amala and Ewedu mixed with Iragbiji weed smokers will soon start weeping and gnashing their brown teeth

Ipob haters won't like this.

In fact the North deserves Sardauna Day too, a day to remember the killing of Ahmadu Bello by the Igbos

You started a war that you stood no chance of winning.

Some mumu Igbos are even saying "Nigeria government starved 100,000 Igbos to death."

I just laughed in Ijesa

Just imagine, the Igbos wanted to fight the Northern led Nigerian government, they were really expecting the food they needed to sustain them during the war to come from the North, the North whose leaders they plotted a coup against and killed, Ojukwu didn't make provision for food for those he sent to battle field but instead, "They had to rely on the food supply from the North so as to win the war against the North."

Oh my, I'm short of words, that stupidity was inherited along with the hate

Karlovych:
Amala and Ewedu mixed with Iragbiji weed smokers will soon start weeping and gnashing their brown teeth

Typical of an Igbo, always afraid of counter opinion even before it is expressed, a form of insecurity, it is even likely that you live comfortably in Amala and Ewedu land with this comment of yours just like the rest of your brothers

Akaegwu:
Ipob haters won't like this.

Do you like it? You fit swear with your life that you stayed in-door throughout that day?

Tajbol4splend:



Typical of an Igbo, always afraid of counter opinion even before it is expressed, a form of insecurity, it is even likely that you live comfortably in Amala and Ewedu land with this comment of yours just like the rest of your brothers

How can I live in Eweduland? A region diluted with Tinubu's drugs and I'm not Igbo

Tajbol4splend:
In fact the North deserves Sardauna Day too, a day to remember the killing of Ahmadu Bello by the Igbos

You started a war that you stood no chance of winning.

Some mumu Igbos are even saying "Nigeria government starved 100,000 Igbos to death."

I just laughed in Ijesa

Just imagine, the Igbos wanted to fight the Northern led Nigerian government, they were really expecting the food they needed to sustain them during the war to come from the North, the North whose leaders they plotted a coup against and killed, Ojukwu didn't make provision for food for those he sent to battle field but instead, "They had to rely on the food supply from the North so as to win the war against the North."

Oh my, I'm short of words, that stupidity was inherited along with the hate

See how Warped your mentality is?

When has the act of military been termed act of a tribe?

Tajbol4splend:
In fact the North deserves Sardauna Day too, a day to remember the killing of Ahmadu Bello by the Igbos

You started a war that you stood no chance of winning.

Some mumu Igbos are even saying "Nigeria government starved 100,000 Igbos to death."

I just laughed in Ijesa

Just imagine, the Igbos wanted to fight the Northern led Nigerian government, they were really expecting the food they needed to sustain them during the war to come from the North, the North whose leaders they plotted a coup against and killed, Ojukwu didn't make provision for food for those he sent to battle field but instead, "They had to rely on the food supply from the North so as to win the war against the North."

Oh my, I'm short of words, that stupidity was inherited along with the hate

Another ignoramus on tribal and hate steroid.

Total Blockage doesn't mean embargo on food coming from Nigeria.

If Northern Nigeria stop bringing agricultural produce to Lagos State, They can always import from Benin Republic, Ghana etc, but with total blockage of the border, it becomes impossible.

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Lol ... IPOP are now teaching the
governors how to govern

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Abeg, approve or consider. pls help me with my reading comprehension.

>>If it comes before the South East governors, we would give it consideration and put conditions and one of them would be that if anyone decides to do otherwise, you must allow the person to exercise his or her rights.

And people say we should crucify our brother MNK. He is giving us what we have been yearning for for years and slowly we shall get there.

#ProudSparePartsBoy#
#BiafraBoy#

This is long overdue. Setting aside this day as a national public holiday will help in the following:

1. People, who were not born at that time, clamouring for war will have a rethink on going to war having seen real life consequences: on videos, lectures, or educative programmes etc. Also, seeing people we could have found as custodians of our heritage and knowledge bank killed needlessly on what could have been preventable.
2. Leaders should see reason why reconciliation, preventable actions, good governance and brotherliness are required ingredients for great nations and a leadership guiding principles.
4. Lastly, Biafran day should be celebrated same way we celebrate independence day with all the Pomps and pageantry that come with great historical moments. A day to embrace one another in remembrance of war and civilian heroes who lost/lay down their lives regardless of ethnic background.

Nnamdi Kanu is a blessing to Igboland

God willing The Igbo nation will gain the freedom they have long been yearning for.

Gal 5:1 "Freedom is what we have—Christ has set us free! Stand, then, as free people, and do not allow yourselves to become slaves again."