IPOB : He wrote “One of the most wicked and despicable lies that @MBuhari has ever told is that the Nigerian Army was restrained when fighting the Biafrans during the civil war. “This is a lie from the pit of hell and it is insulting and deeply offensive. We must learn from our history and never repeat its mistakes. “Was the Asaba massacre in which thousands of young boys and old men were slaughtered an act of restraint? Or was the killing of 2 million innocent Biafran civilians and the starving to death of 1 million Biafran children an act of restraint? “For God sake where is our humanity? Must we lie even about our history and try to revise it? No wonder they banned the teaching of history in our schools. DON'T MISS: Download DailyPost Android app and earn unlimited free Airtime “Too much to hide! The truth is that if not for the fact that the same group of people have called the shots in our country since 1966 every single commander of the Nig. Army during the civil war, including @MBuhari, would have been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Int. Court of Justice at the Hague by now for the atrocities they commited against the Igbo race and the Biafrans during the civil war.I don’t need to be an Igbo to admit that.”

He spoke in Abuja after he was decorated as the Grand Patron of the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) by the society’s National President, Bolaji Anani at the Presidential Villa. PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday hailed former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon for restraining the Federal forces from going all out against Biafra forces during the civil war.  Buhari said: “Earlier in my profession, during the civil war, I know how much sacrifice members of the Nigerian Red Cross and their international counterparts did both in the real front of operations and at the rear, on both sides. I think it is a lot of sacrifices because anything can happen to you in the operational areas.
“The risks they faced were real and I admire their courage and commitment to helping people who were in distress and were virtually in millions. Those photographs of people from the Biafra enclave spoke a lot. “I remember with nostalgia the performance of the Commander-in-Chief, General Gowon. Every commander was given a copy of the Commander-in-Chief’s instructions that we were not fighting enemies but that we were fighting our brothers. And thus, people were constrained to show a lot of restraint. “The international observer teams were allowed to go as far as possible within and outside the front and I think this was generous and very considerate of Gen. Gowon. He is a highly committed Nigerian.” On the investiture, Buhari said: “I appreciate this honour bestowed on me.” The President thanked the society for its supports in the Northeast and the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. He assured the society that the Federal Government would look at its challenges, including assisting the organisation to secure permanent office accommodation in Abuja.
He expressed appreciation to the Nigerian Red Cross Society for its philanthropic support to Nigeria and its people during the civil war, other emergency situations. “I have taken note of your logistics, especially your request for office here. “I assure you that the government will do its best when you decide to build such facilities in terms of securing an area here within the Federal Capital Territory and we hope you will not do the Nigerian ways of doing things. “To use the words of famous Nigerian Minister ‘I hope you will not build an elephantine headquarters’, which is going to be functional because we have seen your activities throughout the country. “I have taken note of your logistics especially your office here since we returned to Abuja from Lagos. I assure you that the government will do its best when you decide to build such facilities in terms of securing an area,” he said. Anani said the society, which was registered as an independent national society in 1961, had over 800,000 trained volunteers based in communities across the 774 local government areas of the federation. He said the society’s interventions included responses to cases of disasters, disease outbreaks, displacements and providing succor and psycho-social support to victims of dehumanisation.