Nigeria government and APC bringing prison inmates to Anambra to vote for APC candidate on Saturday election - IPOB

 

November 4, 2021

IPOB PRESS STATEMENT

The global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU has through intelligence, gathered that the Nigeria Government and the All Progressive Congress, APC have gone to several correctional centers in the South East and lifted inmates and Fulani youths living in other South East States to Anambra State with the intension to use them and thumb print in favour of the APC candidate in the forthcoming November 6 governoship election in Anambra State. 

We observed that those inmates lifted from different correction centres will be eliminated after they have voted for them and we are raising alarm to the United Nations human rights, US government,  British government, Israeli government, German government, Canada government, Russia government, Amnesty International, civil society groups in the world and all relevant and Reputable Human Rights Organisations to monitor APC party and the government of Nigeria what they are doing in Biafra land especially in Imo and Anambra States. 

We want to raise this alarm to put Ndi Anambra in particular, Ndigbo and the world in general of the wicked plot by the APC led federal government of Nigeria to rob the people of Anambra of their right to choose a leader of their choice. They want to impose another puppet in Anambra State as they did in Imo State.

The APC party has changed election norms in the history of Nigeria. We want politicians in Anambra State to be wary of what APC and its candidate are doing to them so they can resist them. 

Imo State Supreme Court Administrator, Hope Uzodinma and APC cannot deny any knowledge of why the INEC officer in charge of Anambra State was murdered by their agents of darkness. The innocent man was sent to early grave because he rejected their offer of presenting their fake adhoc members for the election.

Not done yet, they deviced another means of cheating other political parties  in the state by moving to all prison yards  and picking prisoners to vote for them because they are aware that nobody will vote for them and this is why we advise our people to consider their safety first. They rather stay safe in their homes if they are not sure of their safety in exercising their franchise. Otherwise Nigeria security operatives will kill them and as usual, blame the atrocity on IPOB.

To further authentic our information, the brand of vehicles they are using to pack these inmates are 608 and several hilux jeeps. 

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

WE HAVE NO HAND IN THE ATTACK OF GOV. WILLIE OBIANO - IPOB

October 14, 2021

IPOB PRESS STATEMENT

We the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great and indefatigable leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU, strongly condemn the spate of senseless attacks on innocent people in South East by politically-recruited hoodlums masquerading as unknown gunmen. 

It is quite unfortunate that some unpatriotic and unscrupulous elements who are intimidating their fellow politicians because of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State will resort to bloodletting for power. More annoying is the fact that after their atrocities, some brainwashed fellows will be pointing accusing fingers at IPOB.

We condemn the attack on Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra State yesterday. Contrary to allegations by our enemies, IPOB has no hand in the said attack. It is now becoming more obvious that those Gov. Obiano accused of masterminding the killings in his state are angry with him for exposing them. The South East governors that Obiano said he would not sit at table with to discuss insecurity in his state should be made to explain all they know about the senseless killings in Anambra State.

We pity those who are chasing after shadow, pointing accusing fingers at IPOB. Such fellows are ignorant of what politicians are capable of doing because of power. Igbo politicians were not like this before but desperation for power and determination by Fulani cabal to replicate what happened in Imo State in Anambra State are the reason for this madness. Their ultimate goal is to demonize IPOB.

Our people must shine their eyes because fulani have planted their terrorists in our territory to eliminate high profile Biafrans.  Those self acclaimed Igbo Elite, Ohaneze leaders, traditional rulers and religious leaders must look inward to fish out these FULANI-sponsored agents of death. They should stop linking IPOB with these killings because IPOB did not come to kill but to save, restore and rebuild.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB

Survivors of Awkuzu SARS said squad sold body parts of executed victims –Nwanguma, RULAAC Exec Dir

 

October 25, 2020 | The Biafra Times

Okechukwu Nwanguma is the Executive Director, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, an organisation that promotes justice for victims of human rights violation and has handled several cases of human rights violation by the Nigeria Police. He tells ALEXANDER OKERE how the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the security agency became an organised ‘criminal entity’

How would you assess the government’s reactions to #EndSARS protests, especially with the replacement of Special Anti-Robbery Squad with the Special Weapons and Tactics unit?

I am happy that after many years of apparent docility and passivity, Nigerian youths eventually experienced a reawakening, found their voices, picked up the gauntlet and rose to the occasion. I never thought that this day of renewed consciousness would come in my generation. The youth have for many years, been the main targets and victims of police brutality and they rose courageously, in their numbers, to demand an end to police brutality, beginning with the demand for the disbandment of the notorious SARS, a tactical intervention force that was created to fight crime but ended up committing crime and enjoying impunity.

The protests were widespread, resounding and sustained. It achieved substantial success. The youth were clear in their demands and the government made reasonable concessions. However, public cynicism and distrust of government arising from many years of deceit, lies and betrayal, made the protesters doubt government’s sincerity and seriousness to make good its many promises. Hence, the protesters persisted, insisting on seeing concrete actions before they would back down. But when it became clear that sponsored hoodlums had infiltrated, hijacked and derailed the good cause, it was time to tactically retreat, re-assess and continue to engage through other legitimate means. I foresaw and warned of the need to avoid the casualties that the rogue government, using the highly politicised military, was predictably determined to cause among defenceless people whose only crime was peacefully demanding good governance.

Do you consider the redeployment of personnel of the defunct SARS to other units an action that shows the will to address the real problems?

The IGP has said that no member of the defunct SARS will be part of the new outfit that has been created to replace SARS. That is a good first step. The next step would be to do an audit of personnel of the disbanded SARS, identify those with cases of murder and abuse to answer and be investigated and prosecuted. Their victims are also entitled to redress, including apologies and monetary compensations. The personnel also need to go through a psychological evaluation to isolate those with mental health problems. They can’t be reintegrated or redeployed into other units because they will not only continue with their crimes in their new places of postings but also negatively influence other less brutal and corrupt officers. The Nigeria Police needs purging and those who are untrainable and irredeemable must be shown the way out.

What are the problems created by the defunct SARS that require urgent actions from the authorities?

The SARS operatives, just like those of other tactical units, were laws unto themselves because they were answerable only to the IGP. They held senior officers, including state commissioners of police in contempt and were beyond their control. They acted as they liked without supervision and accountability for crimes and abuse.

This was the background against which the IGP, as one of his earlier reform measures, decentralised the command and control of SARS and made state command CPs and zonal assistant inspectors general answerable for any excesses by operatives within their operational jurisdictions. Prior to this, SARS operatives could move from one state to another state to abduct people, take them around, detain, torture and extort huge sums of money in ransom from them. People were taken to their banks or forced to use ATM or POS and their accounts emptied. We are not talking about exhibit money or property. We are talking about rogue operatives robbing people of their hard-earned money and properties. SARS became an organised criminal entity.

Police brutality is a problem that has persisted for long in the Nigerian police system and many Nigerians accuse the leadership of the police of alleged complicity. Do you share that opinion?

Nigeria at independence inherited the institutional culture of the colonial police, the culture of violence and repression. Its philosophy is regime protection rather than service and protection for the people. This culture was reinforced by military rule and has persisted under the current dispensation. Inadequate funding of the police and poor welfare conditions of the personnel are also contributory to abuse and corruption. When officers have to require money from complainants or accused persons to investigate cases, it creates room for corruption and violence.

When junior officers are required to make returns to senior officers to retain their ‘lucrative’ beats, corruption becomes institutional. It will be difficult to achieve change at the lower level when there is also corruption at the top.

The new Police Act provides a new legal framework to reposition the police. It provides a funding framework to ensure that police budgeting is bottom-top and reflects the actual budgetary needs of the NPF at all levels.

There have been concerns raised about Awkuzu SARS in Anambra State. Can you share your experience with the centre?

Awkuzu SARS was the most notorious of all the SARS bases across the country. It was notable for the cruelty and mindlessness of its operatives in the abuse of arrest and detention procedures, and in the use of torture and extrajudicial killings as means of ‘investigation’. They were notable for framing and parading people for crimes they had no evidence that they committed. They extorted huge sums of money from their victims and family members of their victims. They also killed for politicians and were available for hire to settle scores. The majority of the victims who were lucky to come out alive or their relatives alleged that Awkuzu SARS harvested and sold the body parts of some people they executed. This needs to be properly investigated to ascertain its veracity or otherwise. One notorious man ran a human ‘abbatoir’ at Awkuzu SARS where lives were willfully terminated. He denied detainees access to anybody and disregarded court orders. His activities, including his connection with politicians and notable businessmen in Anambra State should be investigated.

Justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings by the police has been a difficult task for affected families. Who should be blamed for this; the police or the Nigerian judicial system?

Amnesty International, in one of its old reports, described the Nigerian criminal justice system as a conveyor belt of injustice. This is true. From poor police investigation due lack of funds, proper training and facilities, to inefficiency and delay by the prosecutors, to congestion, delay and, sometimes, corruption in the judiciary leading to delay of and, sometimes, denial of justice, to  congestion of correctional centres, the entire criminal justice system is a curse on the citizens, especially the poor. In few cases where the courts have determined cases of extrajudicial killing and ordered the police to pay compensations to victims, the police disobey most of such orders and the courts are often helpless. The attorneys general are also complicit in many cases by failure to effectively ensure that court orders are obeyed by executive agencies or that justice is dispensed fairly and speedily in their jurisdictions.

For how long has the defunct Awkuzu SARS had its reputation as an abattoir?

It was as far back as 2005 or 2006, when I went to Anambra State to do research on the patterns and prevalence of police abuse in my advocacy for police reforms that I came about specific cases. It has maintained that notoriety (Awkuzu SARS) and that particular commander spent several years in that same unit. What you would find is that in most places, officers like that are usually kept for so long because they work not just for law enforcement but also for people in government and businessmen. There is one area we need to further investigate: Every single person I have interviewed who passed through Awkuzu SARS spoke about the sale of human parts. I know that this is something difficult to prove, even though they all say it. And they described a particular man called Doctor, who always came in a white robe any time somebody was shot at the back of the torture chamber. What he came to do, they did not know. So, that gave them the impression that the man was coming to harvest human parts but that needs to be investigated.

What specific methods of torture were employed at the centre?

The most prominent was tying the two hands and legs of the victims behind their backs and hanging them from a ceiling fan with their victims’ chests protruding. They would leave them for hours, flog them, administer electric shock and use fire, hot objects and machetes on them. Sometimes, they (SARS officers) would also insert broomsticks into their genitals, for males; and for females, they would use bottles. Sometimes, also, when they wanted to execute, without shooting them, they would use a trampoline to cover their face so that they would suffocate. So, these were the usual methods that we heard from the people we interviewed.

Did some of the female victims say they were raped?

I have come across many female victims of torture who, in the course of narrating their ordeal, would not normally tell you that they were raped. But when you probe further, they tell you in confidence and tell you not to include it in the report. So, sexual violence is prevalent. The only problem is that there is a culture of silence that makes victims not want to talk about it.

Why do you think nothing has been done about the activities of policemen at the defunct Awkuzu SARS?

The man (former head of Awkuzu SARS) has serious connections with power businessmen in Anambra State. A former IGP told me that, following our numerous petitions against the notorious former head of Awkuzu SARS, he wanted to remove him from that place, but that he (IGP) received calls from a governor, a prominent traditional ruler in the state, and a prominent transporter, who was a regular visitor to Awkuzu SARS as of that time. With the connections with these powerful people, it was difficult for any IGP to take steps. The IGP also had difficulties in removing a former head of SARS in Lagos but had to create a new office for him and move him to Abuja.

Do you know if any of the officers of Awkuzu SARS has been prosecuted for the crimes committed?

Not a single one has been prosecuted.

Who do you think should be blamed for the lack of accountability in the defunct SARS and the police in general?

Let me tell you the truth. The responsibility is at two levels. One thing I know is that the commissioners of police in state commands usually don’t have control over SARS. The person that has control over SARS is the IGP, but he hardly does anything because the units make a lot of money and make returns to retain those posts. So, at one level, it is because some of the IGPs benefit from the money they get from SARS units. On the other hand, it is because of political interference. The truth is that the President is the operational head of the police, not the IGP. Nigeria is the only country in the whole world where we have that kind of arrangement, where a political leader that ought to be in charge of policies, is in charge of both policies and operations. So, that is one of the reforms that must happen if the Nigeria Police must be insulated from political control and inefficiency, and be made professional.

Some of the accounts reported about the defunct SARS are wicked and horrific. Why do you think people meant to protect unarmed citizens lost their conscience and became evil?

It is because of the impunity in the system. They killed once and nothing happened, so they would do it again. When there is a culture of violence and brutality, nothing happens. That is why an officer in SARS would use his powers to settle personal scores. If you have a person who committed no crime, they could arrest the person and label that person a kidnapper or an armed robber. They would demand money and if the person failed to bring it, they could kill the person.

Some states have set up judicial panels of inquiries to look into the issues raised by the protesters, with regard to the excesses of the police. Do you think these will give justice to the victims?

This is a rare opportunity for justice for the numerous victims of police brutality. In the past, many decisions of judicial panels of inquiry have been ignored. The ‘Apo six’ is a handy example. But we need to explore this opportunity and engage it to ensure that it works for the people and achieves the justice they deserve and desire.

There were allegations that the protests derailed and turned violent as witnessed in Lagos, Edo, Osun, Abuja and others. What do you think went wrong?

The protest lasted about 11 consecutive days and remained peaceful up to the last few days. There was no reason for people who remained peaceful all along and who, from the start, continued to express their commitment to remain peaceful, to suddenly resort to violence. Of course, we heard news and saw videos of hoodlums attacking peaceful protesters in many states. At some point, pro-government protesters also confronted the #EndSARS protesters. So, clearly, government sponsored hoodlums to infiltrate, hijack and derail the otherwise peaceful protests. And they did that to discredit the protesters and to provide the pretext to crack down on them. This is cowardly.

What is your reaction to the curfew imposed by some state governments?

The curfew would have been unnecessary if the hired agents of violence had not intervened and escalated the situation to violence just to provide the basis to impose a curfew and smoke the protesters out of the streets. I commend the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for making the difference and demonstrating leadership which every responsible and well-meaning governor and the President should take a cue from. Rather than blame the protesters, he deployed forces to go after the hoodlums and provide protection for the protesters.

What other ways can true reform be made in the police force?

The new Police Act provides the framework to drive police reform. All the stakeholders who have roles to play under the law must play their roles. We need to sanitise the recruitment process, ensure proper training and retraining, adequately fund and equip the police and improve welfare. Discipline and accountability for abuses are important.

What is your reaction to the killing of peaceful protesters at Lekki, Lagos, by military officers, in view of the issue of extrajudicial killings and disregard for human rights?

What I find completely unwarranted, unjustifiable and, therefore, unacceptable is firing live bullets at unarmed protesters. Military deployment was uncalled for. The IGP had earlier deployed anti-riot police officers who, expectedly, would have used minimum and proportionate force to disperse those who turned the peaceful protest into unnecessary violence. While violence is deplorable, the use of excessive and disproportionate force is a crime under international law that Nigerian subscribes to.

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said the incident at Lekki on Tuesday night was beyond his control. Do you think he should take responsibility for the loss of lives?

Some news reports and videos in circulation report that protesters were shot at by the military and casualties recorded. If the governor said ‘no life was lost,’ then this calls for an investigation. The governor remains the chief security officer of Lagos State and will take responsibility for the state of insecurity enveloping Lagos State. If the situation is beyond his control, he should resign.

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IPOB Leadership Orientation Seminar in Anambra North Senatorial District

February 25, 2020

By Arọ Obadịgboo | Biafra Writers

As the agitation for the restoration of the sovereign state of Biafra gains ground, the indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, keep building her leadership base and capacity. Her principal officers constantly receive orientation seminars and training on how best to carry out their tasks in their various areas of jurisdiction.

On Sunday, 23rd February 2020, the IPOB Family in Anambra North Senatorial District carried out Leadership Orientation Seminar for the principal Officers from unit level to Senatorial level. Over five hundred (500) principal Officers from the Senatorial District took part in the seminar. Specifically, the families in attendance include Anambra East, Anambra West, Ayamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, and Oyi Local Government Areas.

The Anambra State Coordinator and his team also graced the program. The Principal Officers in attendance were schooled on the following:

1. Chain of command/Command and Control structure
2. Obedience to the Leadership
3. Discipline
4. Carrying out tasks as when due
5. Importance of transparent and accountable leadership and lots more.

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The orientation seminar will be extended to all the Local Government Areas, zones and units. It will be carried out on a regular basis to further keep our principal Officers ready and prepared for the task ahead.

IPOB has penetrated almost every village and town in Biafra-land. Hence training of her principal Officers is paramount. IPOB is waxing strong because of the level of discipline in the system, and that discipline is being sustained with leadership orientation seminars and training.

The battle we fight is enormous. The leadership and followership alike are expected to be in high spirit, prepared and mentally equipped to execute the audacious task facing them. We are fully committed to this task. The restoration of the sovereign state of Biafra is a task that must be done for the sake of our fallen heroes and our unborn generation. As God lives, we are sure of victory.
All hail Biafra!

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Police Arrest Elders of Anambra Community Over Alleged Death of 4 Herdsmen, 108 Cows

February 11, 2020 | The Biafra Times

According to reports by Igbo Mandate Congress, the traditional ruler of the town, HRM Dr A.I. Ofuebe was almost arrested with the other elders at the scene of the meeting with Governor Obiano. Since then, the detained community leaders have been dumped at cells meant for hardened criminals at the CID cell in Awka, Anambra State

A week after their detention, the leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN, in the South East, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki alleged that youths of Ifite-Ogwari killed four herders and 108 cows between December 20 and January 27, 2020.

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“The community leaders of Ifite-Ogwari are being detained at the insistence of leaders of Miyetti Allah in the South East. They justified their two-week incarceration on the mantra that they are still investigating and looking for the killers of the herdsmen and the 108 cows.

“The Legal Adviser to the community, Barrister Michael Chukwuemeka, has been denied proper access to the detained elders and that the Deputy President General is in bad state of health.

“Top officials of Anambra State Govt told IMC that the Governor recently asked the Commissioner of Police to release the elders but the Police declined, insisting that only order from Abuja can effect their release.

“Igbo Mandate Congress leaders were told by the Ifite-Ogwari elders that they were living in peace with the Fulani’s till a murderous and rapist group entered their midst.

“These Murderous groups specialize in destroying people’s farms and brandishing dangerous weapons when challenged by the displaced farmers.

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“The murderous herders graduated to raping young girls in their farms to the point that young girls do not go to farms again.

“The Murderous herders descended on married women who refused to be chased away from farms and raped them repeatedly.

“The men, then started escorting their women to farms, and the herders graduated into raping married women in the presence of their husband.

“The elders and youth of Ifite-Ogwari made repeated efforts to get the attention of the state government to the tension, and they were repeatedly told to forgive their enemies for the sake of national unity.

“They claimed that at no point between December and January, did the youth mobilize against the Fulani, insisting that if such had happened, probably hundreds would have died.

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“That if anybody ever died, as claimed by Miyetti Allah, it could be as a result of a private clash between an infuriated farmer and a rapist herdsman, and the community was not involved in it.

“That the claims by Miyetti Allah leaders that they killed four herders are a subterfuge to attack the community.

“That whether Willie Obiano defends them or not, they will not allow rapists to invade their farmlands anymore, and will defend the community against any attack.

“That Governor Obiano is insisting that the community pays N38 million naira being compensation for alleged 108 cows and that the community elders have raised some million from communal taxation.

“Igbo Mandate Congress in its recommendation, advises the leaders of Miyetti Allah to expunge those murderers and rapists from their midst terrorizing communities around Ayamelum.

“Igbo Mandate Congress deems Miyetti Allah actions in Anambra State as triggers for the disintegration of Nigeria. While IMC has been working in concert with Igbo elites and professionals to stem the secessionist tide in the South East since 2014, with great success, including severally calling some youth leaders to order, the Miyetti Allah counterparts are encouraging rapists and murderers in their midst.

“Igbo Mandate Congress advises Governor Obiano to stop taxing the Ifite Ogwari community, and pay from state coffers the N38 million naira the Miyetti Allah demanded for the allegedly killed 108 cows. Governor Obiano should also pay N18 million naira for the destroyed farmlands and N18 million naira for rehabilitation of families whose daughters and mothers have been senselessly raped since the state failed to protect the community after repeated alarms.

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“The Nigerian Police should order the release of the community elders detained and pay them compensation for illegal two weeks detention.

“The youth of Ifite Ogwari should suspend any planned reaction and allow a solution to be worked out within the next few days by concerned Igbo leaders.

“Igbo Mandate Congress is a major stakeholder in Anambra State and expects those concerned to act in the interest of peace.

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Oraifite Mayhem: Restrain and refrain from arresting Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Federal High Court ordered Nigerian security agencies

December 24, 2019

By Nwamgba Amah | Biafra Writers

Awka - Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who was declared wanted by the Anambra State Commissioner of Police John Abang on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, in connection with the alleged murder of two police officers in Oraifite, Ekwusigo LGA of the state has gotten a temporary respite as the Federal High Court in the State ordered the security agencies to restrain and refrain from arresting him in compliance with the order of the court.

The court also ordered the security agencies to maintain the status quo pending the hearing of the plaintiff motion on notice and also to put the plaintiff, all the defendants on notice before the hearing of the substantive suit which was adjourned till Friday, December 27, 2019.

Barrister Ejiofor's persecution was perceived as an indirect attack on his person due to his involvement with IPOB as the counsel to group and lawyer to its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

A group of lawyers under the auspices of Victims of Persecution has written to the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willy Obiano over the urgent need to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the gruesome and callous incident that took place at Oraifite, Ekwusigo LGA, Anambra state.

The copies of the petition which was made available to Biafra Writers and transcripted read thus;


Friday, 20th December 2019
His Excellency,
Chief Willy Obiano
Governor. Anambra State

Thro: The Anambra State  Liaison Office Abuja

 Dear Your Excellency

The Oraifite".... utter carnage"

URGENT NEED FOR YOUR OFFICE TO SET UP A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

We of the Victims of  Persecution deeply sympathize with your Excellency, the Government and People of Anambra State over the recent gruesome and callous incidence at Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Area of Anambra State.

Four bodies/persons have described it from their different gory perspectives:

1. The Oraifite Improvement 'union in a Public Statement described it as:  "...scene of utter carnage"
2. This is how the Nigerian Police put: "...set ablaze one Patrol vehicle and attacked them with rifles and machetes. And as a result two police officers... were killed... while others were inflicted with machete cuts"
3. I.C. Ejiofor, Esq. in his letter dated 9th December 2019 to your Excellency highlighted as follows: "... the police under Anambra State Police Command and other security agents brutally invaded and set ablaze my premises in Oraifite Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State and consequently killed six unarmed Civilians on the 2nd December 2019 
4.  Finally, one of the highly informed NGOs. International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of law at page 5 (Paras. 4 & 5) of its letter (REF: INTERSOC:OO1/12/19/OSGF/ABJ/NG) & dated Monday 16th December 2019 submitted:

 Para. 4
"Surprisingly at about 10.30am same morning, truck-loads of armed police personnel comprising of the operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), Ichi Unit and others had besieged the Lawyer's family compound and violently broke into same. As a result, verbal exchanges ensued between them and a handful of domestic staff and volunteers who were tidying up the compound and watching over the environment. They were all unarmed. The armed SARS operatives.. .opened fire after being told that the Lawyer was not at home and likely on his way to honor the invitation from the same Area Commander. Police bullets rained in all directions, forcing many including members of the neighborhood to run for safety.

Para. 5
Resisted by some of the volunteers through anti bullet charms, the armed police personnel became deadlier and resorted to grabbing and hitting them with metals and thick planks. In the end, four defenseless citizens were killed and others sustained various degrees of gunshot wounds. Eyewitnesses said two of the dead victims were rescued by their colleagues and hidden while the police made away with two others who were later set ablaze with a police van hundreds of meters away from Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor's family compound. Police also said they lost two officers (an ACP and an ASP) during the
attack.... .. "

All the four above (though each from entirely from different and divergent interrogations) portend sorrow for the despicable and avoidable loss of human life and property. Thomas Jefferson, former President of the United States of America once said

• "The care of human life and happiness. and not their destruction is the first and only objective of good government."

In fact, this is how Section 33 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria. 1999 (as amended) put it:

• "Every person has a right to life, and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life, save in execution of the sentence of a court..."

This is in addition to the Constitutional powers of the Anambra State House of Assembly under Section 4(7) of our Constitution:

•  ..to make laws for the peace. order and good government of the State or any part thereof with respect to the following matters..."

Emphasis ours.

(c) any other matter with respect to which it is empowered to make laws in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution)

In furtherance to the above constitutional power and duty "... to make laws for the peace. order and good government of the State or any part thereof..." the Anambra State House of Assembly has set the tempo for the equitable resolution of matters of this ugly nature by having creditably enacted the Anambra State Commission of Inquiry Law, CAP 31.

 Your Excellency. our Constitution via Section 5(2) mandates your office as follows:

Subject to the provisions of this Constitution,.. the executive powers of  a State

• (a) Shall be vested in the Governor of the State... and"
• (b) shall extend to the execution and maintenance of this Constitution, all laws made by the House of Assembly of the State and to all matters with respect to which the House of Assembly has for the time being power to make laws.)

Your Excellency (as the Chief Executive Of the Laws of Anambra State etc.), we recommend to you the immutable words Of Wilson Woodrow;

"There is no higher religion than human service. To  work for the common good is the greatest creed".

To this effect. we of the Victims Of Persecution request your Excellency to urgently set up a Commission of Inquiry over The Oraifite"... utter carnage". The real essence of humanity and government is to stand up for who can no longer stand up for themselves. No one should be unlawfully cut down like footpath grasses.

Yours Sincerely,

Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN
Rapporteur
Victims of Persecution

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Onitsha Inferno: We Commiserate with families that lost their loved ones - IPOB

OCTOBER 17, 2019 | THE BIAFRA TIMES

IPOB PRESS STATEMENT

With a profound sense of deep sorrow and sadness, we commiserate with all the families and communities that lost loved ones over the terror attack in Onitsha on the 16 October 2019. This is not the first time an articulated Dangote lorry or a tanker driven by a terrorist ladden with inflammable liquid has been involved in mass fatalities in Onitsha or other parts of Anambra State. The story is always the same, its either their trailer had brake failure or their tanker exploded, all resulting in massive loss of lives and destruction of individually owned businesses.

We the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) call these callous and wicked acts for what it is- a cowardly terrorist attack designed by those evil men determined to exterminate we Biafrans from the face of the earth and carried out by those that think they are serving a Jihadi cause that will bring about the Islamisation of Biafraland through terrorism. At a time when Fulani herdsmen sponsored by the caliphate are actively engaged in the forceful acquisition of our lands in Ebonyi, Enugu, Anambra, and Abia, aided by the Nigerian Army under the guise of Operation Python Dance 4, this massive loss of lives and businesses in Onitsha is most unwelcome.

The question we keep asking is, why are there no exploding tankers in crowded streets of Kano, Kaduna or Sokoto? Why must tankers driven by northerners always explode in the south or the brakes of their trailers always fail in Biafraland? It is time now for our people to wake up to this new reality of population reduction by those intent on the destruction of the Biafran race.

We Biafrans as a people are under immense siege from our enemies on multiple fronts. They are determined to conquer and subjugate us by all means but we IPOB shall continue to resist them regardless of human and material cost.

It is not a coincidence that at a time when Biafrans are being persecuted in India, South Africa, Togo, Congo, Indonesia, and Malaysia at the instigation of the Government of Nigeria, our land being forcibly given to Fulani terror herdsmen by weak South East governors; Ohaneze Ndigbo slavishly and treacherously going down on their knees to beg the caliphate to make Nnia Nwodo a lapdog president of the north, coupled with the closure of land borders in the south of Nigeria while those in the north remain open; using Operation Python Dance 4 to terrorise innocent civilians to submit to the will of the Fulani caliphate, are all well marshalled schemes designed to instil fear, strangulate Biafran businesses across West Africa, render Biafraland economically impotent and prepare Biafrans for total annihilation.

Every Biafran must wake up to this inevitable reality that our governors and Ohaneze have sold us and our children's future to their Fulani masters. What awaits us all is slavery and servitude unless we rise up to support Biafra restoration as puritanically championed by IPOB. The fire outbreak in Onitsha was designed and orchestrated by a few individuals who used a Fulani driver to perfect this most heinous terrorists attack on the peace-loving people of Biafra. Even in midst of this terrible attack the incompetence and carelessness of Governor Willie Obiano shone through. Anambra State government was unable to mobilise paid firefighters or summon a fire engine to help with efforts to put out the inferno, instead, Willie Obiano ordered the arrest of those that volunteered to stop the fire from spreading.

One thing is certain, there is no way they can succeed because IPOB is already withstanding and confronting them in all forms and on all fronts. 


COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

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Onitsha: Hundreds of shops, houses razed down in fuel fire mishap

OCTOBER 17, 2019 | THE BIAFRA TIMES

• Fleeing woman, baby slip, burnt to death

• Youths rally to save the elderly, women, children from being burnt

• Absence of firefighters, equipment worsens destruction

By Nwabueze Okonkwo and Chimaobi Nwaiwu

Many people were trapped and feared dead, yesterday, while scores of persons sustained injuries in Onitsha, Anambra State, as a petrol-laden tanker lost control, crashed into Toronto Hospital at Upper Iweka, along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway and burst into flames.

The incident, which occurred at about 12 noon, is the second tanker accident at the same spot, that had claimed over 50 lives this year.

The latest victim among others, who lost their lives, was a pregnant woman and her three-year-old baby strapped to her back.

According to an eyewitness, the woman had escaped, but went back to her shop to rescue her money.

The source stated that the flames, which followed the flow of fuel in the drainage, touched wooden bridge to her shop and as she stepped on it on getting out of the shop, the wood caved in and she fell into the drainage with the child on her back.

Efforts to rescue her proved abortive, as the flames leaping out of the fuel-filled drainage scared off sympathisers.

The fire from the explosion also consumed about 40 buildings, affected over 500 lock-up shops along the Iweka Road Street Market and spread to Ochanja and Menax markets.

The incident, which sparked confusion among residents and traders, reportedly occurred when the tanker laden with petrol lost control opposite Toronto Hospital Onitsha, while descending Zik Roundabout end of Onitsha- Enugu Expressway and veered off the service lane, with the fuel tanker pulling off the truck head and spilling its content, which caught fire.

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Damages

Property and goods worth millions of naira were destroyed at Ochanja Market, while a commercial bank was also touched as the fire passed through New Auto Spare Parts Market, down to Iweka Road and to Emodi Street by Zik’s Avenue, burning all the shops along the road.

Trading activities were halted at Upper Iweka, Ochanaja, Iweka Road to Ozomagala Street, as traders shut abruptly with the flames surging higher, as the fuel flowed down the streets.

But for the intervention of youths, who climbed up three and four-storey buildings, the casualties would have been much as trapped old men, women, and children in most of the buildings were rescued before the ravaging fire caught up with them.

‘No fire station’

A resident, who spoke with Vanguard, said the fire started around 10a.m. and for the two hours the buildings were on fire, there was no fire-fighter around.

The resident added that none of the markets in Onitsha had any functional fire service station, as people watched helplessly as their houses, shops, goods, and flats got burnt.

Another eyewitness, Jude Okezie, said for the resilience and courage of some youths, some elderly people including children trapped in over 10 buildings, ranging from two, three to four-storey buildings along Iweka Road towards Ochanja Market, would have burnt to death as smoke almost suffocated them before rescue came their way.

There was mild drama at the scene when the youths, chanting anti-government slogans, forced two sewage tankers taking faeces to dump sites to assist in putting out the fire, but with little success as the fire continued to blaze towards Ochanja Market.

As the youths were chanting anti-government songs, a fire service vehicle, said to have come from Asaba, appeared with water, but the angry youths, thinking it was from Anambra State, started throwing stones at it, destroying the windscreens, making the driver and two occupants return to their base.

The crowd became uncontrollable as efforts to put out the fire manually continued with collection of water with buckets from a borehole on the street with a pastor, who owns a filling station, supplying detergents and fire extinguisher for the youths to put out the fire moving through the gutter.

At press time, many youths were seen putting up spirited efforts to put out the fire, with many throwing sachets of pure water into the heart of the fire in a futile, but desperate attempt to stop the inferno.

Victims

Some of the victims at Ochanja Market, Agbo Romijus, Fabian Onah and Jude Nnamani whose goods were completely gutted by fire, told Vanguard that the fire incident took them unawares.

They rained curses on men of the state fire service for not making any attempt to visit the scene with their equipment, even as at 6p.m.

According to them, they were sitting in their shops not expecting any danger when suddenly the flame burst forth in front of the shops and quickly spread into their shop from the wares displayed outside.

One said: “We lost everything we have laboured for in life. We are finished and no hope to overcome this incident.”

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Jude Nnamani, who was weeping uncontrollably, said: “All my goods were gutted by the fire. We are passionately appealing to Governor Willie Obiano to kindly come to our rescue because we have families and dependents and now we have no other hope.”

There is fear that more human casualties may be recorded following the number of buildings affected and their proximity to each other along the Iweka Road, leading to Ochanja Market.

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Traditional rulers that endorsed Gov Obiano's Kill and Pay ₦500,000 Policy Exposed, see list

October 10, 2019 | The Biafra Times

It’s no longer news that the governor of Anambara state, Willie Obiano, rates the life of an average Igbo Man at ₦500,000. And rather than ban the activities of terrorist Fulani herdsmen who have been raping and killing our people, the governor chose to explore the business side of the coin, charging Miyetti Allah – the parent body of terrorist herdsmen – the sum of ₦500,000 for each person they kill. In the governor’s view, the life of an Igbo man is valued in cash, and come to that, is worth ₦500,000 only.
 
Saddened by this ugly development, our roving news crew took the pains to dig deeper into the matter and in doing so, came to the shocking realization that the governor actually acted in connivance with some traditional rulers in the state. Furthering investigations therefore, our journalists were able to dig up the names of the thoughtless traditional rulers who, although see the day-to-day grief of the villagers, have suppressed their conscience to support such morbid business of exchanging life for money. Below is the list:

NJIKOKA LGA

1. H.R.H Igwe Mbamalu Okeke of Abagana,                     
2. H.RH, Igwe Chijioke Nwankwo of Nawfia.           
3. H.R.H Igwe Mike Okeke Uche of Enuguagidi.                              
4. H.R.H Ralph Ekpe  Okpalanakana 3 of Enugwukwu Umunri.                
5. H.R.H Igwe Mark Ike Oriobu of Nimo.                  
6. H.R.H Igwe L.N Ezenwata Abba.               

DUNUKOFIA LGA

1. HRH Igwe Emeka Iluno o Ifitedunu.                  
2. Umunachi - Barr Ikechukwu Odino PG 08037064597.                     
3. Ukwulu - HRH Igwe Peter Uyanna Ezedike of Ukwulu.                              

IDEMILI NORTH         

1.  OBOSI - H.R.H Igwe Iweka Chukwudubem of Obosi                                      
2. Nkpor -  Onowu Emmanuel Udeze.                 
3. Ogidi -  HRH Igwe Ezeodi Onyido Ezechukwulumuagha 1.        
4. Umoji -  Odezuligbo Christopher Nnedu               
5. Oraukwu - HRH Igwe chinenyeze 2 Igwe DR Emeka Onuorah

ANAMBRA SOUTH SENATORIAL

1. Ifte Nanka igwe Godwin Eziro
2. Pg Benard Onyekwelu.
3. OKO - Igwe Laz Ekwueme Ezioko.
4. Igwe  micheal Okechukwu Ugwu Awgbu.
5. Igwe C.O. Okeke d 3,
6. Obinikpa Village Amokpara - Igwe Fedric Chidozie Okoli
7. Ndioha Village Ndiokpara Eze -  A. E. Emma.Orumb Nt.Nanka.

AGUATA L.G.A.

1. IGBOUKWU- Igwe Martin Ezeh LATE.   
2. ORAERI- Emmanuel Nriagu.   
3. ISUOFIA- Con. Nmuoghalu.   
4. UGA- Chidi Ezewugo.  
5. UMUONA- Humphrey .O.Ejesieme.   
6. IKENGA- Arfred Ezeobi.   
7. EKWULUOBIA- Emmanuel Onyeneke.   
8. EZINIFITE- Igwe Bob Orji   
9. AGULUEZECHUKWU- Igwe Eberendu.   
10. UMUCHU-   G.O. Ezechukwu.  
11. ACHANA- Chuma Okadigbo.   
12. NKPULOGWU- Moses Obidikwe.   
13. AKPO- Jonathan Oparaeze.   
14. AMAESI- Paul Egbuacho.

NNEWI NORTH L.G.A.

1. Igwe Kenneth Orizu the 3rd. Igwe Nnewi

NNEWI SOUTH L.G.A.

1. OSUMENYI - BRO CELESTIN OBIOGUATU (P.G) 
2. AKWAIHEDI - WISDOM ONEBUNNE(IGWE) 
3. AMICHI - OFORBUIKE (IGWE)
4. UKPOR - L.ONYIMADU (IGWE)
5. EKWURUMIRI - G.O UMEANADU (IGWE)
6. AZUIBGO - MBACHIRIOBI (IGWE)
7.  ULUBI - EZEOHAZURUME (IGWE)
8. EZINIFTE - ANAYO OBIKA (IGWE)
9. UTUH - ILOMUANYA (IGWE).

EKWUSIGO L.G.A.

1. IGWE DR. DANIEL UDOJI OF ORAIFITE  ANCIENT KINGDOM 08031338762
2. Ihembosi - Ajeh, Matthias Uzokwe, (Akonobi of Ihembosi) 07030819598.
3. Ichi - Igwe Lawrence Okonkwo (Ugo-dinaobi) 08038907588.
4. Ozubulu - Nnamdi Oluche, (Ezeugodinobi Okeife) 08035532943.

ORUMBA SOUTH L.G.A.

1.  lgwe Promise Eze (Abilikete of Umunze) 
2.  Igwe Thomas Ognumbiaka (Owerre Ezukala)
3.  Igwe Emmamuel Okoro (Ogbunka)
4.  Igwe Ozoemena (Umuomaku)
5.  Igwe Samuel Uche (Ezira)
6. Igwe M.N. Okoli (Akpu)
7. Igwe Benson Ofu (ihite)
8. Igwe Clifford Okeke (_nawfija)
9. PG Uchenna Madubuife (nawfija) 
10. Igwe F.O.Iheoku (Ogboji)
11. Igwe Bennard Emejuo (Eziagu)

IHIALA L.G.A.

1. Ihiala - Igwe Thomas Obidiegwu, Oluoha the 17th. Okohia Ihiala Town 08111219929.
2. Okija Town - Igwe Emeka Okezie Okoye of Okija Town.
3. Uli Town - Igwe Demian Onyekaonwu from Amamputu Uli.
4. Mbosi Town - Igwe Dr. Oluoha Gregory Nwokeora, Umuezike Mbosi Town.
5. Lilu Town - Igwe Godson Onyedili (Igwe Ikenga).
6. Ubuluisiuzo Town - Igwe J.I. Ozulumba, Ezedum the 2nd, Ubahuogu Ubuluisiuzo.
7. Osumuoghu Town - P.G., Chika Muomaihe Ezeala Osumuoghu Town.
8. Isseke Town - Igwe Emmanuel Nnabuife the second, Edeke Isseke Town.
9. Amaoka Town - Igwe Obiriolemgbe in Amaoka.
10. Azia Town - P.G Kenneth Mmaduako, Azia Town.

AYAMELUM L.G.A.

1. UMUEJE - IGWE ELIAS NNELI (IGWE NTANCHARA)
2. OMASI - IGWE BENJAMINE OKEJI (EZEDIORA MMA 1)
3. IFITE OGWARI - IGWE ALPHONUS I. OFUEBE (IGWE OGIDIGA 1)
4. UMUMBO - IGWE SIMEON CHIDUBE (ABOO 1 OF UMUMBO) 
5. IGBAKWU - IGWE PROF. ONUORA (NWUNERI)
6. ANAKU - IGWE OBALIM OFORKANSI (IGWE UDO 1 OF ANAKU)
7. OMOR - IGWE KRISORAL ORANU CHIDUME (IGWE IGWULUBE I OF OMOR)

ANAMBRA EAST L.G.A.

1. IGBARIAM - Igwe Nkeli Nzekwe (Okalakwu Igbariam)
2. UMUERI - HRM Igwe Sir Ben Emeka (Oke-Ebo II)
3. UMU-OBA ANAM - Igwe Ekwealor (Oba Agu of Umu-oba)
4. NSUGBE - Igwe Victor Ntoka
5. ENUGWU AGULERI - Eze Augustine Chukwuemeka Ekwealor (Eze Aka ji Ovo Igbo, Iduu the 34th)
6. AGULERI - Dr Mike Idigo (Eze Udo Aguleri, Idigo the 4th)
7. EZIAGULU OTU AGULERI - Udorji Ikegbune (Oji Odor of Eziagulu Otu Aguleri)
8. MKPUNANDO AGULERI - Alex Anakpulu Edezunu (Eze Udo 1 of Mkpunando Aguleri)
9. ENUGWU OTU AGULERI - Emmanuel Nnacheta (Igwe Agagba IDUU 1 of Enugwu Otu Aguleri)

AWKA NORTH             

1. HRH Christopher Nnaegbuna 08037414966 & 08088789660 Igwe Ebenebe.                 
2. Ugbenu - Igwe L.O Egwuonwu Dibia of Ugbenu                                   
3. Amanuke -  Igwe Benedict Okafor

ANAOCHA LGA 

1. ICHIDA - HRH Igwe Charles Ezeudogu                
2. ADAZI- ENU - HRH Igwe Alphonus Okpalaecheku                       
3. NENI - HRH Igwe Damian Onwuamaeze.                       
4. ADAZI- ANI - HRH Igwe Robert Nwankwor.                            
5. OBELEDU - HRH Igwe A .C Oragwam        
6. AGULU - HRH Igwe Innocent Obodoakor.                            
7. ADAZI-NNUKWU - HRH Igwe Prof Augustine Obiekezie.                              
8. NRI - HRH Igwe  Obidiegwu Onyeso.                                  
9. AKWAEZE - HRH  Igwe Christopher Okpala.                                   
10. AGULUIZIIGBO - HRH Igwe A.N Ezeaniekwe

ONITSHA

1. His Majesty Nnaemeka Achebe (Obi of Onitsha) Traditional  Rulers in Anambra West LGA
2. HRM Nwoji Onyeaka (Traditional ruler of Ezi-Anam Kingdom)
3. HRM Okeke Nwaozoekwe (Traditional ruler of  Oroma-etiti Anam Kingdom)
4. HRM Obadile Okeke (Traditional  ruler of Umuenwelum-Anam Kingdom)
5. HRM Sylvester Nneolisa (Traditional ruler  of Ivite-Anam Kingdom)
6. HRM Onyeachonam Anidebe (Traditional  ruler of Iyiorah-Anam Kingdom)
7. HRM Ojaadi Akwaoba(Traditional ruler of  Ukwalla Kingdom)
8. HRM Ekwegbeli Ejumade ( Traditional  ruler of Owelle Kingdom)
9. HRM Udoji Okwute (Traditional  ruler of Innoma Kingdom)
10. HRM Egwuenu Sunday (Traditional  ruler of Alaa Kingdom)
11. HRM Edoziuno Nwabuwanne (Traditional  ruler of Nzam Kingdom)
12. HRM Chukwuka Oke-Ebo (Traditional ruler of Odekpe Kingdom)

ABATETE - HRH Igwe Emeka Efobi, Edeogu2 of Abatete

EZIOWELLE - HRH Igwe Okonkwo Edusi mike of Eziowelle

AWKA SOUTH 

1. Awka HRH Igwe Gibson Nwoso & Augustine Ndigwe ( seems there are contesting)    
2. Nibo - HRH Igwe MC Ngene.         
3. UMUAWULU -  HRH Igwe Juel Egwuonwu.                           
4. NBAUKWU - HRH Igwe Peter Nweke Anugwu.                               
5. ISIAGU_- HRH Augustine Nwankwo.                           
6. OKPUNO - HRH Igwe S.I Okafor.         
7. AMAWBIA - (HRH     Igwe Denis I Ezebilo.                                   
8. NISE - HRH Igwe Romanus Ilo

OYI L.G.A.

NTEJE - HRH Roland Odegbo IGWE NTEJE
UMUNYA - HRH Igwe Chris Chinedu Onyekwuluje Umunya


OGBARU L.G.A.

1. ODEKPE - HRH Emmanuel Chima Onyia, Okakwu 6th of Odekpe
2. AMAYI - HRH Igwe Emmanuel Nduka Mbanefo, Ede of Amiyi
3. OGBAKUBA - Igwe Paul Afubelu
4. AKILI OZUZO - HRH Igwe Ogugua Johnny
5. UMUNANKWO - HRH Igwe Fidelix Nsofor, Onye Ego 1 of Umunankwo
6. OSSOMALA - HRH Okakwu Victor Awogu C., Atamanya of Ossomala
7. OGWUANIOCHA - HRH Oliver Chike Nnaji, Amali Nwaeze.
8. OHITA - HRH DR. N. I. Esmai
9. MPUTU - HRH Igwe F. Odebe
10. UMUZU - HRH Igwe E. U. Okwudili
11. OKWU IKPELE - HRH Igwe V. B. C. Onyema 111
12. OKPUNO - HRH Igwe Engr. S. I. Okafor
13. ATANI - HRH Igwe Augustine Azuka Ngoddy

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Fulanization Agenda: Miyetti Allah Gains Ground, Penetrates Anambara State Government

October 3, 2019

By Nelson Ofokar Yagazie | Biafra Writers

Sir Ahmadu Bello’s dream of making Nigeria an estate of Othman Dan Fodio and using the southern part of the country as conquered territory seems to be coming to fruition as Myetti Allah, the parent body of terrorist Fulani herdsmen, has managed to intimidate the governor of Anambara state, Willie Obiano, into making it a part of Anambara state ruling class. The subservient governor broke the ugly news in an event believed to be a security accord between Myetti Allah and Anambara state government.

As captured in a video clip made available to the press, the lily-livered governor made the revelation while delivering a speech in which he valued the life of an average Igbo man at ₦500, 000. “Myetti Allah is in the government of Anambara state,” the thoughtless governor announced.

Now part of the decision making body of Anambara state, Myetti Allah certainly will, working like the proverbial yeast of the Pharisees, influence a complete ‘RUGAlization’ and total takeover of the land. Whether or not Governor Obiano knows the implications of that singular decision remains to be ascertained. One thing is clear however: his lust for power overrode his sense of reason. Clearly, the fear of losing the governorship seat (which in the first place he got through manipulations authored by the caliphate) led him into caving in to Myetti Allah’s demands. Islam, it should be remembered, plans decades ahead.

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Recall that briefly after the independence, precisely on October 12, 1960, the then Premier of Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, (Sarduana of Sokoto), yearned for a Nigeria that will be an estate of the caliphate, enslaving the south while employing the services of Northerner minorities. Widely reported by the then foremost media outfit, Parrot Newspapers, Ahmadu Bello said, “The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather, Othman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We will use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the south as a conquered territory, and never allow them to rule over us and never allow them to have control over their future.”

Foreseeing the fate of Afonja and the people of Ilorin in the pathetic decision to bring into the fold the Caliphate’s frontliners, one need no telling that it’s only a matter of time and the Sarduana’s dreams will come to full realization. The masses are therefore in a rude-shock, with many expressing concerns over the mental health of the brash governor.

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Willie Obiano Plans To Sell Off Agulu Lake Hotel to Himself

October 2, 2019 | The Biafra Times

Odumodu Gbulagu writes on the governor’s perceived agenda to sell off the state-owned Agulu Lake Hotel to himself through a dubiously presented front.

When I reported the approval by Anambra state Executive council (EXCO) for Gov. Willie Obiano to sell Agulu Lake Hotel (to be sold to his front) and mass production of a magazine by Mr. Mark Okoye denying the huge bequeathal to Obiano – 75 billion Naira; some people doubted the credibility and authenticity of my message.

Right now, Agulu people are adequately informed. In fact, they had already held a meeting on what to do in order to avert this dangerous and dubious moves by the governor. Last Sunday, the Committee Agulu set up to look into the matter had their inaugural meeting.

In the last EXCO of 30th September, Chief Willie Obiano asked the member to be on the lookout, that he would deal “ruthlessly” with the opposition. We do not know exactly what he means by “ruthlessly”; could be killing, cudgeling, blinding, crippling, slapping, bastinadoing? Who knows.

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Gov. Obiano went on to say that the Government would triple its war against the opposition. He, however, said that now was the time to engage the likes of Chief Ben Obi (Mbuze Agulu, not Sen. Obi) and Chief Dan Ulasi. He mandated the Secretary to the State Government to go after assuring him that the Govt. would pay whatever he names to get him to appear on television and radio stations.

Another task was the charge to go after and buy up any perceived supporter of Mr. Peter Obi.

“Before I finish with him, we would have stripped him naked”, Obiano boasted.

We are watching!

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Grief in Anambara as Governor Obiano Equates the Life of an Average Igbo with 500,000 Naira

October 1, 2019

By Nelson Ofokar Yagazie | Biafra Writers

The blanket of hate and contempt for the Igbo thrown by the Nigerian state has been so strong that it has caught in its web even the Igbo for whom the disregard is designed. Of course, the one thing Nigeria agrees on is the hate and contempt for the Igbo, and this, having been watered for long, has taken roots in the national consciousness with far-reaching effects perceived in the gusto with which the country jettisons its own growth just to cripple the Igbo. Just in case one is still grappling with that factuality, consider how the government would dole out millions of dollars to foreign car companies rather than patronize indigenous one, Innoson Motors. Or how they prefer importing arms from ordinary Jordan to financing a military-industrial complex where Igbo smiths will upgrade Oka-made guns to machine guns, bazookas, and howitzers. Or how they prefer the importation of shoes and other leather wears to equipping Aba Shoe Village. Or how they would spend millions of dollars on Anti-Retroviral Drugs rather than finance Doctor Abalaka who has managed to develop a permanent cure for HIV.

Obviously, the biggest federal project in Nigeria is the hate and contempt for the Igbo. So important is this hate and contempt that more money is spent disparaging the Igbo than fixing the deteriorating educational sector. It’s more fashionable in Nigeria to talk down Aba-made items than cross-fertilize ideas on how such locally made products can be financed and upgraded to a world-class standard.

To strike home their contempt for the Igbo and make it all acceptable, the Yoruba crafted the rhetoric “the Igbo don’t love themselves.” This terse has caught the present day Igbo unawares and working like yeast, has eaten deep into the victims’ mind that they are often caught expressing self-disregard. This self-disregard was recently expressed by the governor of Anambara state, Chief Willie Obiano, in a gathering of Myetti Allah and a few Igbo personals believed to be a security meeting.

RELATED NEWS: Give Us ₦500,000 for Every Igbo Man You Kill – Gov Obiano Tells Myetti Allah

Addressing the people as captured in the video clip making rounds, the psychologically-beaten governor valued the life of an average Igbo man at ₦500, 000 … about $1,400. “If you destroy any farm, you pay. And if you kill their cow (now talking to the Igbos), you pay.”  Speaking further, Governor Obiano said to Myetti Allah, “If for any reason somebody dies, it’s a police matter but if our people ‘is’ killed, you will pay 500, 000 naira.”

It’s demeaning enough to equate the life of an Igbo with money, yet more demeaning is the value … mere ₦500,000. The contempt being spread by the Nigerian state with the judicious help of Yoruba media, no doubt, has caught the governor unguarded. The psychological impact, having eroded all traces of self-esteem, had him valuing his kinsmen, and himself come to that, at half a million naira.

Reactions trailing the circulating video, however, show disapproval, with many commentators of Igbo extraction not only expressing displeasure but wondering also if the governor spoke under the influence of alcohol.

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