Leave our people out of herdsmen killing in Ebonyi – Benue Govt tells Umahi

 

April 30, 2021 | The Biafra Times

The Benue State Government has asked its Ebonyi State counterpart to hold the Fulani herdsmen responsible for attacks in the state particularly the recent killings in Umwuagodo-Akpu community of Ohaukwu Local Government Area.

DAILY POST reports that Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State had accused the Agila Community in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State of launching attacks on Ebonyi community which led to the killing of unspecified number of residents recently.

Reacting, the Deputy Government of Benue State and Chairman Benue Boundary Committee, Engr Benson Abounu in a statement on Friday urged Umahi to leave Benue out of attacks in the Ebonyi Communities.

Engr Abounu, who expressed disappointment over Governor Umahi’s allegation, urged him to conduct a proper investigation on the incident and retract his claim.

According to him, residents of the attacked community had identified the assailants as Fulani herdsmen yet Umahi insisted that the people of Agila were involved in the attack.

The statement reads: “While we sympathize with the victims and families of those affected in the gruesome attack, it is important to state that there is no evidence linking the Agila people of Benue State with the offence.

“We are surprised at the attempt by the Ebonyi State Governor to change the narrative and find scapegoats for an action everyone, including the survivors themselves said was carried out by Fulani herdsmen.

“When the attack first occurred, even without any form of verification, and against the avalanche of evidence that it was carried out by Fulani herdsmen, Governor Umahi had hurriedly accused Agila people of responsibility.

“Today, two weeks after, in order to validate his earlier assertion, Governor Umahi is laying blame on the Agila people even as he has accepted that the attack was actually carried out by Fulani herdsmen. He now says that the herdsmen were hired by Benue people. Even a gullible public will find this difficult to swallow.

“It will be recalled that victims of the aitack had categorically identified herdsmen as the attackers. In spite of this, the Governor still went ahead to accuse the Agila people who convincingly absolved themselves of the atrocity.

“Given the foregoing, we are now compelled to ask of Governor Umahi the following questions:

“How did he come about the statement that the Agila people hired the Fulani herdsmen killers?

“Where is the evidence supporting the claim that Agila hired the herdsmen attackers?

“Did any Fulani herdsman tell Governor Umahi that the Agila people hired his kinsmen?

“Has Governor Umahi bothered to interact with the Agila side to ascertain the truth or otherwise of the claim?

“Let me state here that when news of the attack broke and the Governor cast aspersion on the Benue side, I, as Benue Deputy Governor and Boundary Committee Chairman, engaged my Ebonyi counterpart and we both investigated the unfortunate incident. Our findings did not support the claim that Agila people either directly attacked or masterminded the attack on Umuogodo-Akpu of Ebonyi State.

“I believe that it is now pertinent to request the Governor of Ebonyi State to make available all evidence, if any, of Agila’s involvement in the said attack. Otherwise we in Benue will have no choice but to conclude that the Governor’s unfounded claim amounts to inciting his people against Agila people and by extension Benue State. Moreso as the Governor in his press briefing after the State Security meeting, presented a cheque of N40m to Umuogodo-Akpu people to settle the victims AND to enable them form a “Vigilante”!!

“This, in our view, is dangerous coming from the Governor of a State. We will therefore demand that Governor Umahi takes a second look at the whole saga in order to properly address the unfortunate event”.

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#END_SARS: Dave Umahi's Evil plan exposed

 

 October 25, 2020 |The Biafra Times

The governor of Ebonyi State; Gov. Dave Umahi, has recruited thugs from all the communities in  Ebonyi state to attack, kill and stop #END_SARS protesters in Ebonyi state.

He has been sharing money to them since two days ago and fortifying them with local charms against protester, because the daughter of late president Buhari was in his home Uburu, the very day #END_SARS protesters matched to his community.

From a reliable source it was confirmed that Dave Umahi’s  son is preparing to get married to the daughter of late president Buhari.

 Gov. Dave Umahi directed some politicians including the Ezzi LGA chairman Paul Nwauhah  to recruit thugs for him, and one of the thugs  by name is Chidiebere  Nwovu  (Aka. Yara ) a hungry and stack illiterate who can barely write his name.

Our intelligence unit have confirmed that the thugs are paid 3000 Naira daily and a contract fee of 70,000 Naira  to make sure they #END_SARS protesters are stopped . He has also armed them with AK47 rifles.

We are putting the world on notice about this barbaric action Gov. Dave Umahi is about to unleash on peaceful #END_SARS protesters in Ebonyi state. If any Protester is killed in Ebony state, Gov. Dave Umahi should be held responsible.

Attached here is the picture of one of the hungry thugs recruited by Dave Umahi. 

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IPOB spit fire over Dave Umahi and his newly created Bakassi boys in Ebonyi State

November 27, 2019 || The Biafra Times

We the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wish to warn Ebonyi State Government and all those unfortunate and foolish enough to be recruited into their Janjaweed Bakassi boys to fight IPOB, that henceforth they will be treated as agents of RUGA and enemy of the people of Biafra. We view them as one and the same with those enemies of Biafra hell-bent on bringing Fulani RUGA settlements to our land.

The report by TBRV is correct therefore the media frenzy by Ebonyi State Government to deflect attention away from their formation of this local treacherous Bakassi outfit is nothing but a face saving exercise.

IPOB Intelligence units on the ground continue to report the treacherous activities of this very outfit formed to provide grassroot logistical support and local intel to hoardes of invading Fulani terror herdsmen in Ebonyi State raping our mothers and destroying our villages. Those that doubt our opposition to RUGA should ask Willie Obiano of Anambra State what became of his Miyetti Allah friends he gave land in Anam to. We IPOB chased them away from Anam and all over Anambra State and our ongoing opetations in Ebonyi is designed to do exactly the same.

Inviting Nigerian Army, Bakassi Boys and a miriad of local Fulani informants on the ground in parts of Ebonyi will not deter instead it will embolden IPOB resistance to this blatant Fulanisation of the land of Biafra. When we said no inch of Biafraland will be conceded to the terrorist Miyetti Allah group (Fulani herdsmen) we meant every word of it. Any person foolish enough to join Ebonyi State Government's effort to bring RUGA to the sacred land of Biafra through this illegal Bakassi Boys will pay dearly for it.

We are not asking Eastern governors to stop their age long servitude to the caliphate and betrayal of their people, which is the only they can remain politically relevant, but what we are saying to them is there won't be any RUGA in Biafraland. They should ask those Alimajiri terrorists they sent on previous occassions to invade Ebonyi what became of them.

We want to let the world know this secret formation of Bakasi Boys in Ebonyi State was solely designed to confront and attack any individual suspected to be supporter or family member of IPOB because of our refusal to allow Fulani Ruga settlement in Biafraland particularly in Ebonyi State. Gov. Dave Umahi and his Fulani masters in Aso Rock have perfected their arrangement to eliminate more of our people because of our total rejection of the establishment of this land grabbing Fulani Life Stock Initiatives Program in the state.

Numerous and meaningless press statements including the denial of being involved in the formation of this secret group against IPOB has no meaning because it is in the public domain and the facts are verifiable. The protection of our Biafran citizens in Ebonyi State and Biafraland in general in the face of this relentless Fulani onslaught is our  priority, therefore IPOB cannot be wished away by the caliphate supporting Ebonyi State government. Nothing will save Dave Umahi and his co-conspirators, the South East governors and Ohaneze Ndigbo leadership led by Nnia Nwodo at the apoointed time if they continue to form and encourage these criminal gangs to exist and attack anybody or secretly sabotage IPOB efforts to liberate Biafrans from this mess called Nigeria.

It is imperative we openly let the general public be aware that Dave Umahi commissioned this group called (Bakassi Boys) in Ebonyi state to kill and attack anybody who openly deemed it necessary to support IPOB family members in the strong efforts to stop Dave Umahi and Fulani community from establishing Ruga settlement in the state.

The series of arrangements and decisions by Dave Umahi and co, especially the South East governors and Ohaneze Ndigbo, cannot stop or change our resolve towards Ruga settlement on any Biafran territory. We are on the lookout for this group with their usual military escort and when we do, we shall treat them as the Fulani terror herdsmen supporting scoundrels they are. There will be no pity or mercy.  Ebonyi State is a solid IPOB territory and anybody seeking to convince himself otherwise must be under the influence of hard drugs.

It is on record that IPOB is not fighting for anything else other than the preservation of the territorial integrity of Biafraland and we shall continue to do until Biafra is fully restored and beyond.

We are waiting to hear from this newly created Bakassi nonsense in Ebonyi State to make any move against IPOB, only then will they know that IPOB is the people and the people is IPOB. Anybody foolish enough to sign up to Fulani sponsored security outfit in Biafraland like Bakassi Boys have effectively signed their death warrant. No amount of charms, reasaurance from a native doctor or amulets will save any of them. We are waiting for them.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

Biafra: Coded military operation in Biafraland aimed to aid fulani terror herdsmen to acquire and consolidate forcibly taken farmlands

IPOB PRESS RELEASE

October 12, 2019 | The Biafra Times

We the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wish to advice the Fulani dominated military hierarchy in Nigeria led by Tukur Buratai that constant harassment and killing of innocent civilians in the East will not make up for their failure to deal with insurgency and terrorism ravaging the North where they come from. Any reasonable society would have noticed by now that these meaningless military exercises designed to torment civil society is a tactical diversion to cover up the failures of the Nigeria Army in tackling Fulani terrorism. The plan is to give the world the misleading impression that insecurity is affecting every part of Nigeria and Biafraland when that is not the case.

Announcing countless and meaningless military operations within the borders of Nigeria is indicative that this army headed by Buratai are cowards and instruments of suppression and intimidation. Civilised democratic countries set up their armies to fight external enemies and protect their borders but in Africa as with all developmentally backward parts of the world, national armies are being used to oppress the civilian population of which Nigeria is a prime example.

Buratai's cowardly and incompetent army of occupation should be reminded that all they have succeeded in doing is turning the Nigerian military into a laughing stock because announcing exotically named military operation after military operation within a civilian space is making it appear more like a television drama series than a serious initiative. They should stop fooling themselves and reveal the motive behind these countless invasions of Biafraland which is to aid Fulani terror herdsmen to acquire and consolidate farmlands forcibly taken from non-Fulani communities in the south. The world must know that we are seriously engaging these band of terrorists in Ebonyi State where they continue to enjoy the protection and help from their fellow Fulani terrorists in uniform in their quest to Islamise Ebonyi State and wider Biafra with the help of the state governor Dave Umahi.

Not long ago, earlier this year, Operation Python Dance 3 was launched by this same bumbling and roundly incompetent Buratai, which ended up accomplishing nothing in terms of their stated aim of eradicating IPOB using military force. All they succeeded in achieving is raping of young women, extortion and mindless thuggery against defenceless citizens. It has now been firmly established that the Nigeria government and her security forces especially the murderous Fulani soldiers in Nigerian Army uniform cleverly designed these never-ending episodes of military action against innocent civilians to ensure they continue the elimination of Biafran youths with the blessing of South East governors and Ohaneze Ndigbo. This is the intention behind this ongoing Operation Python Dance 4 and Operation Crocodile Smile in Biafraland.

In 2017 this same Nigerian Army with active connivance of South East governors and Ohaneze Ndigbo used Operation Python Dance 2 as cover to attempt the assassination of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and elimination of hundreds of Biafrans of which 28 gallant men fell at Isiama-Afaraukwu Umuahia in Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's compound during the invasion.

At a time when Nigerian army is being roundly defeated on all fronts by Boko Haram, culminating in some soldiers fleeing from battle and recourse to Saudi spirituality as a means of combating their self made insurgency, Fulani caliphate have instead chosen to display the bravery of their army against unarmed innocent civilians in Biafraland.

It important that Biafrans know that this recent Operation Python Dance 4 in Biafraland is the brainchild of the Fulani caliphate and their slaves in Igboland  Dave Umahi, Nnia Nwodo with the usual brigade of Efulefus that will stop at nothing to ensure that Biafraland is reduced to another vassal colony of the caliphate like Illorin the same way Ukpabi Asika did before them. These quislings know their days are numbered and as with every traitor in history, they must face their fate at the right time. We will never forgive nor pardon them.

In the north, their governors are busy proudly and openly negotiating with known killers, bandits and terrorists but in Biafraland Dave Umahi, Willie Obiano, Okezie Ikpeazu and Nnia Nwodo are busy colluding with northern military officers to kill their own people.

There is no insecurity in Biafraland save for those introduced by land grabbing Fulani terror herdsmen, aided and abated by South East governors. 

We know Nigerian military have no shame and will continue to flex their muscle against unarmed peaceful civilians while running away from engaging Boko Haram in battle in the north. Boko Haram are rampaging and killing lives in the north. There are overcrowded IDP camps and abandoned villages in the Arewa core north but the senseless Nigerian army are in Biafraland extorting money from motorists and committing all manner of unspeakable atrocities.

We IPOB are not relenting in our exposure of the inadequacies and unconscionable actions of this Buratai led Nigerian army until the world is firmly aware of what obtains in Nigeria. Exposing and making sure the whole world knows about the evil plans of Nigerian government and her security agencies against the people of Biafra is our responsibilty and that we shall continue to do.

There is peace in Biafraland except for where Fulani terror herdsmen are wreaking havoc in Ebonyi State. It is therefore unacceptable that Nigerian army should be running around in armoured vehicles and tormenting innocent civilians when they should be combating insecurity in core Arewa North. What exists in Nigeria is a Fulani Islamic army of occupation not a national army by any stretch of the imagination. It is, therefore, the duty of the masses to resist them as we IPOB are doing.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

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Biafra: Fulani dominated Nigeria security apparatus in Biafra land, a tool of intimidation in furtherance of their jihadi agenda

Nigerian Army on patrol - Getty images

October 7, 2019 | The Biafra Times

IPOB PRESS RELEASE

The unprovoked and totally unnecessary attacks, killings and burning of houses in Aba by Fulani dominated Nigerian Army and Police has taken another gruesome dimension since the emphatic rejection of Fulani Ruga settlements, National Life Stock Programs (NLSP) and Waterways Bill in National Assembly by Biafrans. Fulani terrorists in the Nigerian Army and Police uniforms deployed across Biafraland have once again unleashed their anger and frustrations on Biafrans in Aba, Abia State by arresting innocent citizens. This they disguised and sold to the gullible public as clampdown on kidnappers and armed robbers in the state.

While we maintain that those unfortunate victims seen on video being molested by Nigerian soldiers are not IPOB family members, we nonetheless demand for their unconditional release. If the reason for this blatantly stage-managed arrest and accompanying evocative and misleading press statement by the Fulani controlled Nigerian army is to dent the global image of IPOB then they have failed spectacularly.

We are on record as having said repeatedly that no amount of state-sponsored terrorist act against IPOB will make us contemplate being part of a decaying and purposeless one Nigeria. It doesn't matter what Fulani caliphate does, IPOB will never allow RUGA or any other Fulani land grabbing scheme to take hold in our land. No amount of collaboration between discredited politicians and their Fulani handlers will lead to the surrender of any inch of Biafraland to Miyetti Allah and their murderous gangs as Dave Umahi so wish. Those that Nigerian Army claim they arrested are not IPOB family members. The only people moving around in Biafraland with illegal weapons such as the AK47 Buratai's henchmen alluded to in their laughable press release are their fellow Fulani herdsmen.

Fulani terror cells in Nigerian Police and Army formations we are convinced will continue to brutally murder and arrest innocent Biafrans but their time will soon run out because the world is watching with very keen interest. We also wish to emphasise that these unnecessary arrests, torture, and killings of Biafrans will be reciprocated at the appropriate time.

It is very pathetic that the Nigerian Army would abandon their constitutional role of defending the borders and protecting life and properties of innocent citizens in Nigeria to descend into criminality in Biafraland because we have decided to seek our legitimate right to self-determination. There are confirmed reports that these cowards in uniform are busy running from Boko Haram in Borno State only to turn their riffles, machine guns and murderous intentions on innocent Biafrans.

On a daily basis, hungry-looking fully armed Nigeria soldiers and Police can be seen chasing and tormenting innocent civilians in every part of Biafraland. The saddest part is that these illegal arrests and killings in the land are non-existent in the north where Boko Haram and other Fulani bandits are busy kidnapping, abducting, raping and sacking villages at will. Fulani lawlessness continues to grow on a daily basis in Nigeria but their confused army is busy occupying peaceful Biafraland.

Over the years Fulani operatives in Nigeria security apparatus have perfected their tool of intimidation in furtherance of their Jihadi agenda in  Biafraland, all over the South and Middle Belt.

We continue to remind the American Ambassador to Nigeria, the British High Commissioner and other nations with diplomatic presence in Abuja and Lagos to convey these atrocities by Nigerian Army to their home countries because a day shall come when the people of Biafra shall rise up to resist this Fulani army of occupation. And when that time comes, let no one pretend they never knew or that they were not informed.


COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

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Top 7 Igbo Politicians on IPOB Blacklist and Why

August 20, 2019 | The Biafra Times

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON THE ACTIVE ROLE IKE EKWEREMADU, NNIA NWODO, DAVE UMAHI, OKEZIE IKPEAZU, ROCHAS OKOROCHA, WILLIE OBIANO & IFEANYI UGWUANYI PLAYED IN THE PLOT TO ASSASSINATE ME & KILL OUR DREAM OF FREEDOM THROUGH THEIR OPERATION PYTHON DANCE [Part 1]


These men mentioned above instigated, financed and defended a full-scale bloody military invasion of Biafraland they tagged Operation Python Dance that led to the torture and untimely death of over 600 Biafrans, 28 of which fell in my compound.

These men sanctioned the desecration of the home of an Igbo tradition ruler by Fulani soldiers and did not care if my father HRM Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and my mother, who were home with me during the unprovoked invasion, is killed or not. All these desperate Igbo politicians ever wanted was my death, the death of IPOB, the death of our dream of freedom for all.

In view of the Nuremberg encounter, it has become necessary for us to refresh our memories lest it succumbs to confusion and deliberate misinformation because most people, unlike we IPOB, are in the habit of excusing intolerable evil and wickedness but we not. Every perpetrator of evil, every purveyor of iniquity, every merchant of misery and every defender of injustice must and will be held to account. We will relent until justice is served.

*Full Resolution of South-East Governors On IPOB and Operation Python Dance


The Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, read the resolution with Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to his left and Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State to his right.

The South-East Governors Forum held a meeting at Government House in Enugu over the increased tension in the region after what they mischievously termed Sunday’s clash between soldiers and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra.

At the end of the meeting, which was also attended by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo John Nwodo, they arrived at 11 resolutions which include a ban on IPOB activities and an appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw soldiers from the region.

Below is the statement read by the Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State Dave Umahi at the end of that meeting:

In view of the prevailing situation in the South East and its attendant consequences, the South-East governors hereby resolve as follows:

1. All activities of IPOB are hereby proscribed. IPOB and all other aggrieved groups are to articulate their position on all national issues and submit to the committee of Governors of South East, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and National Assembly members from South-East zone through the Chairman of South-East Governors Forum.

2. All governors of South East are expected to ensure compliance in their respective states.

3. The South-East Governors Forum, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and National Assembly Members do hereby reinforce their commitment to one united and indivisible Nigeria.

4. We also reinforce our desire for the restructuring of Nigeria where all national issues will be discussed and amicably settled to achieve justice and fairness to every Nigerian.

5. We reiterate our earlier position that the November 18, 2017, Gubernatorial election in Anambra State must hold.

6. Accordingly, we appeal to our President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR to, please, withdraw the military in the South-East Zone while the police perform their traditional role of maintaining law and order within this period.

7. South-East governors have taken concrete steps to protect the lives and properties of non-indigenes in the South East and, of course, including the lives and properties of indigenes in the South-East as well.

8. We are in touch with the Northern Governors Forum and they have assured us of the safety of all our people living in the North and we have also planned for exchange of visits between the governors. This is to reinforce the confidence of Nigerians in this regard.

9. In keeping with our earlier position, we wish to assure Nigerians that full investigation is ongoing and all allegations of killings, maiming and other unlawful conduct in the South-East Zone within this period. The governors and the security agencies are in agreement that appropriate action will be taken against anyone culpable.

10. We advise all residents of the South East to go about their normal businesses as the government of each state is committed to protecting everybody.

11. Finally, we advise our people in the South East to, please, be law-abiding.

[End of statement]


I have added the video of the unprovoked military assault on my compound by the cowardly Nigerian Army whose sole purpose was to kill me -an unarmed man, my parents and those around me despite the fact we are a peaceful movement. Those with a conscience can now understand the root cause of our anger and why we won't stop until they all pay dearly for their sins.

SIGNED:

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY ON BEHALF OF MAZI NNAMDI KANU IPOB LEADER.

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Fulani Herdsmen raping Ebonyi women, desecrating our land – Gov Umahi laments

The Biafra Times | June 3, 2019

By Godwin Aliuna

The governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi has accused herdsmen, especially those domicile at Afikpo North, Onicha and Izzi local government Areas of the state of assaulting and harassing women sexually.

Umahi made this known while addressing stakeholders of the state during a peace talk between herders and farmers, at the Akanu-Ibiam International Conference Centre, Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State.

He lamented that the herders were defiling the land of Ebonyi by allegedly forcing the women into sex.

“There is a problem at Igboagu in Izzi LGA and Isu community in Onicha LGA. I want the chairman of the Miyeti Allah to know that we have a very strong traditional affinity to wives.

“Any Izzi woman, whether the man is from Izzi or outside Izzi and he have sex with the Izzi woman in this place, the land is desecrated and the woman as well is desecrated and cannot return to the husband’s house again and that is our culture.

“And the man that did it, is not allowed to stay in that land. It is the same thing in the entire Ebonyi state. So, where there is raping of women in their farms, is very dangerous.

“That land is cursed and cannot produce any crop again. And again, if that woman gives anything to the husband to eat, that man must die.

“I will like the chairman of the Miyeti Allah to help me to solve this problem of that Isu community where a woman was raped in her husband’s house. He must leave for the land to be cleansed. And the woman also must leave for the land to be cleansed.

“The land must be cleansed before both the herdsman and the woman be allowed to comeback to that place again. If both do not leave, people will start dying in their numbers.

“And of course, if the husband eats anything from the herder or the woman, the man will automatically die. That is the culture and the culture is something that is spiritual,” he stated.

SOURCE : Daily Post

IPOB cautions Nwodo, Umahi Over Effort to Undermine Sit-at-home Order

May 6, 2019

IPOB PRESS RELEASE | Published By The Biafra Times

It has been brought to our attention that the usual suspects are at it once again in their bid to undermine the collective will of all patriotic and genuine children of Biafra to honour those that died for us and 3.5 million victims of the second largest holocaust in modern history.

Rather than anger, we feel pity for these collection of desperados who through their hatred for freedom and historical ignorance are canvassing that 12 hours of buying and selling is more important than honouring the brave men and women that fought they may live. It is the height of ingratitude, treachery, and exhibition of crass ignorance that those who claim to be educated in this day and age do not understand the significance nor appreciate the symbolism of honouring those unjustly killed. That Nnia Nwodo's Ohaneze and Dave Umahi have come out yet again to lead the effort to discredit and dishonour the spirit of 3.5 million victims of genocide is inexcusable to say the least.

To equate the momentous and solemn remembrance of 3.5 million victims of genocide with twelve hours of economic activity is an unpardonable crime both before God and man. These Fulani slaves in Igboland bore witness to the recent visit of Osinbajo the Nigerian vice president to Rwanda to remember the 150,000 victims of genocide. Why didn't Nnia Nwodo's treacherous Ohaneze and the Fulani herdsmen loving Dave Umahi issue a statement condemning Yemi Osinbajo for attending the memorial in Rwanda? What Nnia Nwodo and Dave Umahi is saying, in essence, is that 150,000 Rwandan genocide victims are more important than 3.5 million of their own people (Biafrans) slaughtered in similar circumstances between 1967 to 1970. Any leader worth his salt would canvass for Nigeria to understand the need to declare May 30th a national public holiday but not these traitors. All they care about is their little competition to see who among them will win their coveted Best Fulani Slave in the South East and South-South Award 2019.

Leaders who claim to be educated and whose education should have taught them the historic importance, symbolism, and essence of remembering victims of an unjust war are the ones trying their desperate best to discourage their people from observing a day of prayers and reflection.

READ ALSO: IPOB declares May 30 sit at home in remembrance of their fallen heroes and all victims of state-sponsored killings

Israel only a few days ago observed the annual Jewish holocaust memorial. This event has been running for over 70 years. Last year 2018 November 11, world leaders attended the Armistice Day commemoration in Paris to remember those that fell in the First World War. This remembrance has been running for over 100 years. Britain that created Nigeria observe the same annual 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th month at the Cenotaph in London every year without fail. Only those with a history of colluding with the enemy like Ohaneze and Igbo governors can come out against honoring the memory of their own people.

We know we live in an era of betrayal when mouthing nonsense against IPOB is considered a lucrative business because it attracts the attention of Aso Rock which often leads to financial reward. All inconsequential mushroom groups in the name of Biafra or Igbo hoping to attract favours from Aso Rock by issuing anti-May 30th sit at home statements will have themselves to blame in the future. Every year they come up with their usual nonsense against our sit at home order but in the end, they start making comments in the hope of sharing in the glory of 100% compliance.

These Nigeria by day and Biafra at night mushroom groups without presence or followership in Biafraland have failed in the past and will fail again because as usual, there will be total compliance with the sit-at-home order come May 30th because IPOB is the people and the people is IPOB.

Unscrupulous individuals, groups and politicians particularly some Igbo governors and Ohaneze Ndigbo can rant all they like on the pages of newspapers, we IPOB must remember our fallen heroes and heroines who paid the ultimate price that our generation to be alive today.

We are urging Biafrans, friends Biafra and lovers of freedom across the globe to heed this patriotic and candid call for Biafra freedom and ignore all traitors and caliphate slaves within.

We IPOB must remain undeterred irrespective of the renewed sponsored media attacks, false propaganda, arrest, and torture by the Nigerian Government and her security operatives, supported by David Umahi of Ebonyi, Willie Obiano of Anambra, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and Nnia Nwodo's Ohaneze Ndigbo. In the end, they will be held accountable for their actions because in the end IPOB always win.


COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

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Governor Umahi and his wild accusation against IPOB

By Dave O. Umahi | For Biafra Writers

January 10, 2019

Dave Umahi, the current governor of Ebonyi state, shocked Biafrans few days ago. This was as a result of a viral news report, where the governor claimed that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) – which is the umbrella body of Biafrans agitating for a free independent state – has plans to kidnap him and other governors of the Southeast region.

The governor who also doubles as the Chairman South East governors’ forum reportedly made the claim while calling on the Nigerian Army to be neutral, apolitical, and avoid every form of interference into the upcoming 2019 general elections in the country.

Meanwhile, the irony in the unfounded and baseless claim of the Fulani-enslaved governor is rather than what is alleged, the Biafrans have been and continued to be at the receiving end of kidnappings, enforced disappearances, and killings at the hands of the Nigerian Army, usually instigated by these so-called governors.

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The army first went to Abiriba in Abia State to abduct a known IPOB member, Justice Udeh, in what eyewitness accounts described as “commando style” operation. Udeh, we gathered, was a gentle and peaceful Biafran who was not just happy with the way Biafrans are being treated in Nigeria. Biafra Writers’ investigation further revealed that information leading to the abduction of Ude was from the State Deputy Governor, Ude Oko Chukwu. Up till the time of going to press, the whereabouts of Ude is still unknown. To make matters worse, as IPOB leaders had said, he had not been brought to court, which is an abridgement of his rights and the legal requirements according to the Nigerian law.

The abuction of Ude was followed (much in the same pattern) by that of Emma Chigbo from Abakpa Nike, in Enugu, Enugu State. To many Biafrans who spoke on the matter, it was more like pouring salt to injury for Umahi and his fellow Nigerian governors in Biafraland to organize illegal abduction of Biafrans and then turn around to accuse them of “planning to kidnap them.”

John Ukachi(not his real name), who is a Biafran leader within Enugu metropolis, told our correspondent that Umahi and his fellow governors were just looking for excuses to justify their wicked plans against Biafra agitators who have remained resolute and refused to either compromise or give up their cause. He explained that they(the governors) were frightened.

Part of his words read: “The fact is that these governors and their fellow Nigerian politicians operating in Biafraland are afraid that the truth will come to the knowledge of the world that Biafrans truly want out of Nigeria.

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“You know we are campaigning for the boycott of the elections, and by the way IPOB has saturated the land with our massive and convincing campaigns, they are outraged and frightened. That is why they are inviting the Nigerian Army of occupation to come and massacre our people to submission so that our campaigns will stop.

“Can you believe it, that people who call themselves our brothers have beckoned on foreigners to come to our land to abduct their people, kill them, and then concoct lies to cover their tracks? But that’s what is happening.”

Ukachi called on world leaders and people of conscience all over the world to consider the Umahi accusation from the backdrop of an IPOB that has never been violent all these years and has refused to denounce the struggle for an independent Biafra state.

He added that one fact the world should not ignore is that IPOB has neither killed anybody nor destroyed anything – either belonging to government or individuals – since it burst into world’s consciousness.

However, looking at the issue from a different perspective, IPOB lawyer, Uche Ejiofor said what was happening was early manifestation of a grand design to rig the Nigerian election and divert attention from their inability or unwillingness to confront Boko Haram by the government. He said there was no justification for deploying the military in peaceful Biafra, while the police are sent to confront Boko Haram that has been ravaging the North.

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Edited By Chukwuemeka Chimerue
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IPOB blast David Umahi and other Igbo governors, over deceitful and perverse statement

IPOB Press Statement|The Biafra Times 

January 7, 2019

The leadership and family members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) condemn in its entirety, the frivolous, unsubstantiated and perverse statement from David Umahi of Ebonyi State against a movement like IPOB. It appears anytime a quisling wants to renew his slave status with his northern masters he or she singles out IPOB for verbal assault. We consider the  statement credited to Umahi as symptomatic of the shameful and complicit role  these Igbo governors have continued to play in the death of unarmed Biafrans.

Their stock in trade is treachery and betrayal but unfortunately for them we IPOB will match them every step of the way until their conniving treacherous scheme is brought to an end.

Isn’t it sad that Dave Umahi and his fellow quislings never foresaw Fulani herdsmen invasion of our land but are quick to invite the army to occupy our land and kill us Biafrans as usual. Why have they till date never called for the army to attack a violent Fulani group attacking every community in Biafraland but they are always in the habit of wanting the death of we IPOB. Dave Umahi and his cohorts should pray very hard that no Biafran life is lost during this their latest phase of Operation Python Dance of Shame 3 against innocent  Biafrans.


Fulani slaves parading themselves as Igbo governors have perfected plan to use soldiers deployed to the south east to abduct, arrest and preferably kill top IPOB leaders in Biafraland or anybody suspected to be IPOB member because of IPOB's resolve to boycott next month’s presidential elections.

People must ask Umahi and co including Abuja politicians how many governors and politicians in other regions of Nigeria hosted this invading army with glee the way Dave Umahi and co did a few days ago in Abakaliki? Was it not announced that this latest round of Operation Python Dance was nationwide. How come it’s only Igbo governors that is welcoming them with open arms? This question must be asked by every intelligent person. If nothing is done to checkmate the rabid treachery of Igbo governors, we shall continue to suffer the consequences for the next 70 years.

Boko Haram is ravaging the north where this same brave army has been humiliated countless times but Igbo governors slavishly  invited them into our land to fight IPOB instead. Years of betrayal and the sacrilegious act committed by Igbo governors and Ohaneze against their people through Operation Python Dance is what will kill them not IPOB. Their Fulani masters cannot save them. This crop of Igbo governors will be recorded in history as the worst of the very worst.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

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Why we won't allow Ohanaeze to hold any summit on restructuring in Biafraland - IPOB

Published by The Biafra Times | April 8, 2018

The Media and Publicity Secretary of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Emma Powerful, in this interview with TONY OKAFOR, explains why his group is against the Ohanaeze summit on restructuring and other issues

[Full unedited version]

Question: Why is your group kicking against the Ohanaeze summit on restructuring?

Answer: Ohaneze Ndigbo have outlived their usefulness. An organisation that claims to represent the interest of the people but are actively engaged in undermining the collective aspiration of the same people they claim to be working for should not exist. Ohaneze Ndigbo is organisation that have soiled it's hands in the blood of the innocent. Nnia Nwodo, Gov. Dave Umahi and Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu are the brains behind Operation Python Dance II. Is it conceivable that Pa Ayo Adebanjo or the respected Afenifere leadership will take the pains of traveling to Abuja to beg the Fulani rulers of Nigeria to use the Nigerian military to invade Yoruba land to kill Yoruba sons and daughters agitating for their freedom? Despite the well documented violent tendencies of OPC, no Yoruba representative ever called for their cold-blooded execution by the military. Arewa Consultative Forum never condemned a full-blown terror outfit like  Boko Haram; they are actively working with MACBAN (Fulani herdsmen) who are the fourth most deadliest terrorist organisation in the world. Have you heard of any word of condemnation of the activities of Fulani herdsmen from any of the northern leaders till date? But Nnia Nwodo and Dave Umahi traveled to Abuja no less than three times to plead with the arch enemies of Biafra to launch a deadly military operation to wipe out IPOB leadership in cold blood. Nnia Nwodo and South East governors cannot initiate the assassination of our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and countless other unarmed agitators and hope to benefit from their evil deeds by conducting public meetings as if nothing happened. To allow Ohaneze Ndigbo to keep operating as normal, given their treachery and murderous mindset would mean condoning the worst form of abomination in our society. They are in effect accessory to murder after the fact. They are responsible for the death of hundreds of victims of Operation Python Dance including our leader and if anybody thinks we will easily forget what role Nnia Nwodo and Dave Umahi played in this matter they are clearly mistaken.

Question: What evidence do you have against some Igbo leaders that you accuse of sell -out?

Answer: Evidence abound as to the catalogue of treachery and betrayal by this group of political merchants masquerading as leaders and elite led by Nnia Nwodo's Ohaneze Ndigbo. South East governors in concert with Nnia Nwodo's Ohaneze Ndigbo proscribed IPOB for no reason other than greed, envy and jealousy. Do not forget that they proscribed IPOB before the army did which was later followed by the ruling of the Fulani judge Justice Kafarati. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) cited the proscription of IPOB by South East governors as the key reason why IPOB should be tagged a terrorist group. Go and check the court papers it is there.         What other crime could be worse than inviting your enemies to invade your land to kill your so-called children or those you claim to be leading. Nnia Nwodo, Dave Umahi, Okezie Ikpeazu, Willie Obiano, Rochas Okorocha and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi actively sought military intervention from the Fulani administration of Muhammadu Buhari to come and kill Nnamdi Kanu, his parents and IPOB agitators in Afaraukwu Ibeku Abia State on the 14th of October 2017 under the guise of Operation Python Dance II.

Other traitors such as Kalu Idika Kalu were busy boasting at a gathering in Lagos that Operation Python Dance was a welcome development. Before the invasion of the residence of our leader, three separate meetings were held in Lagos, Enugu and Abuja to obtain the agreement of supposes Igbo leaders that the death of Nnamdi Kanu during the invasion of the 14th of October 2017 would not elicit any public outcry or condemnation. Those privy to this conspiracy of silence are; Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, Ken Nnamani, Jim Nwobodo, Ebitu Ukiwe, Kalu Idika Kalu among others including some corrupt  traditional rulers.

The meeting of Igbo leaders at Nike Lake resort convened by Ohaneze Ndigbo to give Igbo public approval to the murder of hundreds of IPOB agitators by the Nigerian Army is an abominable act before God, before the spirit of our ancestors and before man. Some traditional rulers were given 500,000 each to purchase their silence on that fateful evening at Nike Lake resort. If not for the timely intervention of some senior clergymen who opposed what Ohaneze Ndigbo were doing, the motion to condemn IPOB, who were unarmed and being killed by the army,  would have carried.

Dave Umahi traveled to Benue State and boasted before MACBAN and Benue leaders that he single handedly crushed IPOB. Nnia Nwodo on his part not only made similar boasts but went as far as sponsoring a few inconsequential individuals to issue press statements to the effect that IPOB is now divided. The whole nonsense about a certain non-existent 'Okwudili' a factional leader of  mirage IPOB is the creation of Nnia Nwodo and DSS. They floated a rival station rbi (Radio Buhari International) to challenge Radio Biafra and perpetuate the myth that IPOB is divided in order to destroy our agitation for freedom.

During one of the meetings between our leader and South East governors at Enugu Government House, Dave Umahi and Nnia Nwodo invited DG DSS Lawal Daura to observe the proceedings. Nnia Nwodo cannot issue a public statement on behalf of Ohaneze Ndigbo without first emailing a draft copy to Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and former IG of Police Ibrahim Coomasie for approval. Nnia Nwodo is more interested in Abuja political appointments that saving the Igbo nation from impending danger of Fulani murderous domination. Everything Nwodo does is for the advancement of Fulani hegemonic interest in Igboland and Biafra in general.

Why is it that innocent IPOB agitators are still locked up in prison when Boko Haram terrorists are being released and Fulani herdsmen are quite literally being treated as untouchables and above the law? Why is Ohaneze Ndigbo not against Fulani herdsmen the same way it has come out against IPOB? The sins of Ohaneze Ndigbo is too numerous to outline here but we know that their time has come to an end under the leadership of Nnia Nwodo.

Question: You threatened to disrupt the summit and cause bloodshed. What if soldiers descend  on your group since it has been proscribed?

Answer: We shall protest and heckle which is also our democratic right. Our reference to bloodshed is specific. If the Nigerian Army were to open fire on protesters, then Nnia Nwodo, Dave Umahi, Okezie Ikpeazu and co will feel the wrath of the people. They can't expect to be killing other people's children that did them no wrong or harm and expect nothing to happen to their own.

Soldiers descending on us is nothing new, we are used to it but at the appropriate time they will all answer for their crime. It's not a question of if but when. No commanding officer responsible for the deaths of IPOB agitators will ever go scott-free. At the right time we shall hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice even if they run to Niger republic. This generation of Biafrans is unforgiving, that is one thing our enemies must know.

We recognise the right of people to peaceful assembly but Ohaneze Ndigbo never accorded IPOB the same right because if they did, they would not have asked the military to attack IPOB whose sole crime is to assemble, associate and exercise their right to free speech. There is nothing Nnia Nwodo and South East governors can point to and say this is what Nnamdi Kanu did to us or against the interest of Biafrans but for sheer envy and jealousy, they arranged for him to be killed by Fulani soldiers in Nigerian Army uniform.
Question: Why are you insisting that the Ohanaeze should support your referendum agenda?

Answer: Because referendum is the will of the people. No right thinking intelligent being will subscribe to the ludicrous notion of one Nigeria unless that person is a thief,  suffering from identity crisis or lacking in self confidence that only belonging to a wider Nigeria can hide. If Ohaneze Ndigbo is in doubt as to what our people truly desire, they should conduct a plebiscite. Why are they afraid of going to the people to ask them what they want? More intelligent people like Gov. Dickson and former governor of Delta State Ibori have stated clearly that referendum is the way to go. Ohaneze Ndigbo cannot decide for the people, IPOB too cannot decide for all the people of Biafra, that was why we opted to ask the people what they want. Power resides with the people not a few yes men placed in power by the Fulani caliphate on behalf whatever higher interest they are serving.

The era of a few gathering together in a mosque somewhere in the North to draw up a constitution for the people has come and gone. Ordinary people will decide how they want to be governed and led not a few compromised individuals. Should Biafran people vote in a referendum that they want to remain in one Nigeria then we remain in Nigeria, but Nnia Nwodo and his Ohaneze Ndigbo or whoever for that matter, cannot decide for us. Other ethnic nationalities should adopt the same approach if they want to free themselves from the bondage that Nigeria has become. Rather than complaining about ethnic cleansing and army colluding with the military to wipe out non Hausa Fulani populations in the Middle Belt, people from affected areas should band together to demand their freedom from the domineering Fulani caliphate. Freedom for all ethnic nationalities that make up Nigeria is the only way forward.

Question: Don't you think that  restructuring can also address your agitations?

Answer: Restructuring is not a panacea for the ills bedeviling Nigeria. The only solution is outright dissolution. Restructuring is a product of a flawed intellectual argument devoid of common sense and rational thinking. You cannot fuse together divergent, competing and often irreconcilable value systems into one monolithic geo-political space. Even USA as diverse as it is, operates under an irreducible value system of equality, freedom and market economy. What obtains in Nebraska also obtains in Alaska. Saudi Arabia, which is the beacon of excellence for Fulani power brokers, is a homogenous country in terms of their value system. It doesn't matter who you are, once you are in Saudi Arabia you become subject to Islamic rule. When a US citizen visit Saudi Arabia, he or she knows not to drink alcohol in a public place. Likewise when a Saudi visits the US, he will also learn to live with scantily clad women drinking and smoking in public places without molestation by any religious police.

Now imagine forcing Saudi Arabia and USA to live in the same country as one nation. This is exactly what is happening in Nigeria today and why there can never be any meaningful human development. Hausa Fulani people are feudal and Islamic in outlook whereas Biafrans are liberal, democratic, republican and Judeo-Christian. How can these competing value systems ever merge to produce the lifeblood of sustainable nationhood. Some non-Biafrans are shouting one Nigeria and restructuring because they are afraid of losing oil revenue and bring left alone with the core north. Your one Nigeria and restructuring debate is borne out of economic desperation rather than cold logic. Should oil wells in Biafraland dry up today, Nigeria will divide within minutes along ethnic lines.

Those that have selfishly benefitted from the status quo should boldly come out to say they cannot survive without a share of the oil revenue hence the hypocritical clamour for one Nigeria. The only thing that unites Nigerians are crude oil and fear of the unknown after breakup, nothing more, nothing less. Restructuring will only result in the perpetuation of this false marriage. Let the people decide, that's all we are asking for.

Question: Is your threat to kill Ohanaeze leaders' children, a means to intimidate them or you are really serious about it?

Answer: If they kill our children we shall also kill their children so they know how it feels to bury a loved one. Had Nnia Nwodo, Dave Umahi, Okezie Ikpeazu and Willie Obiano lost their children before now at the hands of the Nigerian military, do you think they will readily invite the same army to kill other people's children? We have nothing to lose anymore. Should we fold our hands and allow them to keep killing our children, they would only  become more emboldened because they lack conscience.

We would like the media to focus more on the atrocities these men committed through their invitation of the Nigerian Army into Biafraland. We are not going to Ohaneze Ndigbo public meeting to kill anybody, we are going to make sure we let the world know who they are dealing with in Nnia Nwodo, Okezie Ikpeazu, Dave Umahi and Willie Obiano. All we are saying is that if our children are shot and killed again at any Ohaneze Ndigbo event, the children of Ohaneze Ndigbo leaders will suffer the same fate.

Question: What is your group doing to produce  Nnamdi Kanu in court so that Senator Abaribe and others won't lose their N300m bail bond?

Answer: It seems there is deliberate effort on some parts of the media to misrepresent the facts concerning the sureties and bail bond forfeiture process. Isn't it worrying that most people who claim to be educated feign ignorance of the fact when it comes to the issue of the disappearance of our leader. Have you forgotten Operation Python Dance II and the invasion of the home of our leader? Why won't the media do some investigative journalism to discover what the army was doing there. Every journalist worth his pen have seen the video footage shot live during the army invasion which the GOC 82 Division Enugu admitted to have also watched live on army video feed back to the headquarters during the invasion. As a journalist conducting this interview are you saying you did not see what happened between the 10th to 18th of September 2017 across Abia and Rivers State? It was ascertained that our leader was in his bedroom during the invasion, who, in the opinion of any tight thinking person, should produce Nnamdi Kanu? Those that carried out the invasion with the intention to kill or the 28 dead IPOB members slain at the scene?

We expect responsible journalists to do their work by asking the Nigerian Army, Nnia Nwodo, Dave Umahi and Okezie Ikpeazu what became of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The idea of asking IPOB to produce him is implying that IPOB family members dressed up in army uniform and stormed his residence killing 28 people in the process. Mind you it won't be beyond Lai Mohammed to spin such narrative.

Any keen observer of the proceedings at Binta Nyako's court will tell you that the nonsense being reported about the sureties going to jail or forfeiting their bond money is patently false. Justice Binta Nyako never made such pronouncements as reported in certain sections of the media. The fact of the matter remains that the sureties have never had an opportunity in court to present their case before now because the prosecution has been following the wrong legal process. Abaribe's lawyer corrected this anomaly during the last sitting which the court agreed with. The court compelled the AGF to follow the right process of service which they are now doing. How can a surety go to jail or forfeit his bond when a court hasn't ruled on it yet. This trial by media must stop and journalists owe it as a duty to their readers and public at large not to help this government sway public opinion by reporting what is inaccurate on the pages of newspapers.

At the end of this whole legal process the world will understand precisely what happened at Nnamdi Kanu’s home because Buratai and his men will be cross examined in a court of law under oath. One outcome is certain at the end of this case, the army will produce our leader.

The Biafra Times 2018