THE RESTORATION OF BIAFRA NATION

The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has attacked former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, for boasting that he can bring back Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to Nigeria. Senator Kalu had yesterday pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari government to  allow him convince Kanu to stop his Biafra  agitation. National Leader of BNYL, Princewill Chimezie Richard, in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST on Wednesday, said that some Igbo politicians are opportunists using the name of Biafra to seek relevance in Nigeria politics. “What Orji Kalu is saying is rhetoric, as an Igbo man he knows deep down his heart that Biafra is a spirit, kill any of us the struggle continues,” he said “Arrest and any of us, the struggle continues. Whoever that he may manage to convince to end the agitation, the struggle continues. “Biafra project is not funded by politicians but freewill donations by Biafrans abroad.” He said that the BNYL will come up with a s...

  IPOB said its members would join its Yoruba counterparts agitating for Oduduwa Republic, in public protests, to mark the day. Proscribed secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has declared October 1, 2020, as sit-at-home across the Southeast. The group said the decision followed credible intelligence alleging terrorist groups’ plan to “slaughter” people of the region who intend to celebrate Independence Day. PREMIUM TIMES could not independently verify the authenticity of the group’s claim. In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB said its members would join its Yoruba counterparts agitating for Oduduwa Republic, in public protests, to mark the day. The pro-Biafran group stressed that a complete and total lockdown of ‘Biafraland’ and other terror ravaged areas of the Middle Belt come October 2020 was sacrosanct, irreversible and non-negotiable. It enjoined all Biafrans and every conscious Nigerian to boycott every government organi...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday called on Nigerians from the Southeast to observe a sit-at-home on October 1, 2020. IPOB said the sit-at-home order was aimed at expressing displeasure over the bad governance being experienced in Nigeria. In a statement issued by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group called for total lockdown on October 1. According to Powerful: “We, the global movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to announce to all Biafrans, friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom all over the world that Biafrans across the globe shall observe a sit-at-home in Biafraland and where permissible in the diaspora, join our Yoruba brethren agitating for Oduduwa Republic, in public protests to mark the October 1, 2020. We, therefore, enjoin all Biafrans and every conscious Nigerian, especially those ethnic nationalities reeling from the triple double blow of state sponsored terrorism, bad governance...

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has spoken on Sunday’s clash with Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members in Enugu State. Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer, narrated the incident in a statement Sunday night. He said a patrol team was attacked in the Emene area by IPOB members. The spokesman noted that the DSS lost two personnel. DSS condoled with their families and prayed for the repose of the departed souls. The agency announced that all measures have been put in place to ensure that their killers and everyone involved in the act are apprehended and brought to justice. “Consequently, a full-scale investigation will be carried out with regard to the incident.”

  The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has attacked former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, for boasting that he can bring back Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to Nigeria. Senator Kalu had yesterday pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari government to allow him convince Kanu to stop his Biafra agitation. National Leader of BNYL, Princewill Chimezie Richard, in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST on Wednesday, said that some Igbo politicians are opportunists using the name of Biafra to seek relevance in Nigeria politics. “What Orji Kalu is saying is rhetoric, as an Igbo man he knows deep down his heart that Biafra is a spirit, kill any of us the struggle continues,” he said “Arrest and any of us, the struggle continues. Whoever that he may manage to convince to end the agitation, the struggle continues. “Biafra project is not funded by politicians but freewill donations by Biafrans abroad.” He said that the BNYL will come up wit...

  Magnus Eze, Enugu and Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has vowed not to relent in its struggle for the actualisation and restoration of the Independent State of Biafra. The organisation was founded on September 13, 1999. Leader of MASSOB, Uchenna Madu, who said the group was using its 21st anniversary to reflect on the plight of  Biafrans  vowed that members would “never retreat nor surrender” in their quest for an independent Biafran state. He described the last 21 years as a long walk to freedom  for self-determination  from the “oppressive Nigerian government.” “We have been persecuted, arrested, killed, imprisoned and traumatised by aggressive agents of federal government of Nigeria, we shall never retreat nor surrender.  MASSOB will continue to remember and honour our fallen heroes who willingly laid down their precious lives for the love of Biafra. Our members are still languishing i...