THE RESTORATION OF BIAFRA NATION

  Meanwhile, the Biafran National Guard had vowed to hoist the Biafran Military Flag of Authority by May 30, 2021. The Biafran National Guard, one of the groups agitating for the independence of Southeast Nigeria, has declared war on the Nigerian government as it announced October 30, 2021, as the independence day of the region.  In videos obtained by SaharaReporters, some armed men who identified themselves as members of the Biafran National Guard were seen saying they were ready for war   In one of the videos, a man could be heard saying, "The liberation of Biafra has just begun. Today is Day 2 of our glorious week. You can see Biafran National Guards are already on the ground and they are on the move to go and rescue the prisoners of conscience - Mrs Onyekachi Orji and the rest of them. "This is Biafran National Guards, as you can see them, they are all on alert. You can see they are ready for war, war for the liberation of Biafra has just begun." The ca...

   Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on the United Nations (UN) not to turn a blind eye to the alleged inhuman treatment of South-Easterners by the Nigerian security agencies. The group made the call in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful on Sunday. Powerful also frowned at the shooting of one Mazi Udubuan Sage Chubueze by the security agencies. The statement reads “the attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been drawn to the fallacious statement from the military and  police that they arrested a top commander of ESN in Ekwulobial Aguata Local Government Area Anambra State. https://tribuneonlineng.com/lagos-government-reacts-to-viral-video-of-school-assembly-in-flooded-ground/   “We declare without equivocation that there is no iota of truth in the said fallacious statement. Mazi Udubuan Sage Chubueze is only a member of IPOB. He is not one of the ESN ...

   One week to the governorship election in Anambra State, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has threatened voters with death if they vote. They also vowed to disrupt the election. The members of  https://saviournicodemus.blogspot.com/2021/10/vote-and-die-ipob-threatens-anambra.html   the group marched around some streets in Onitsha, Anambra State on Friday, vowing a lockdown on the day of the election, which is scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Members of the group can be heard threatening voters in videos of the march circulating online.  They said, ““If you vote you will die. Don’t go out, stay in your house. If you vote on November 18, you will die. We are not running around for the zoo. “There will be no election. We will not participate, we will not vote. Nothing concerns us with any election. We are formidable. “We are in Onitsha to tell the Federal Government to produce Kanu. They should release all the Biafrans in Niger...

  Gunmen, yesterday, attacked a campaign rally in Anambra State. Many persons were injured, following a gun battle between security operatives and the gunmen that lasted for over two hours. The incident, it was gathered, occurred at Odoata Primary School in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Council of the state, where the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) supporters went for a campaign rally. According to a source, Governor Willie Obiano was among those whose vehicles were trapped in the melee. When contacted, Anambra Police Spokesman, Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the incident. He said there were no casualties on the part of the police while security operatives recovered one AK-47 rifle, 30 rounds of ammunition, two magazines and four vehicles. He said: “The operatives of Anambra State Command successfully repelled an attack at Odoata Central School, beside St. Martins Church in Ihiala. “Exhibits recovered included one AK-47 rifle, two magazines with 30 rounds of ammunition, one ...

  The governorship election in Anambra State is slated for Nov 6. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had announced that the election would not hold! As a bargaining chip, they have vowed that unless their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, under the incarceration of the Federal Government, is released  unconditionally from custody on or before November 4, they would put the entire southeast on a lock down for a week, starting from November 5, that is, a day before the election! Particularly, they have warned the people of Anambra State, that for the safety of their lives, they should remain indoors for the duration of the sit-at-home order! Knowing the efficacy of IPOB in enforcing their sit-at-home order in the past, mostly by threat of violence, this one shouldn’t be ignored! I heard the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, in a press conference, say the election in Anambra State will go on as  planned! He hinged his confide...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday distanced itself from the Biafra National Guard, BNG. IPOB said it had nothing to do with any group involved in criminality. In a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB noted that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu does not encourage criminality. Powerful disclosed that anybody caught in the act of criminality would be dealt with. According to Powerful: “We the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wish to alert IPOB families worldwide and the international community that we do not know of a group called Biafra National Guard (BNG) and should not be linked in a shape or form with this group whose activities do not correspond with IPOB’S fundamental objectives. “We have observed the unpatriotic and nefarious activities of this group and we hereby unequivocally dissociate ourselves from the group and its activities. This group has no link whatsoever with IPOB and doesn’t work for IPOB. IPOB ...

  The Nigerian Army has reacted to claims that the Force and the Department of State Services created the Biafra National Guard and the unknown gunmen in the South-East. The Army described the claims as a hoax employed by the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Eastern Security Network to diminish the public support Exercise Golden Dawn is getting in the South-East. Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘Conspiracy Pretext Employed By IPOB/ESN, A Hoax,’ issued on Saturday. The statement read, “The Nigerian Army(NA) is not unmindful of the antics of individuals or groups whose stock in trade is to peddle falsehood and disinformation to remain relevant in South-East Nigeria. One of such scheming, currently in the media domain is the mischievous submission by Kalu Odinakachi, who alleged that the DMI and DSS created and funded BNG, UGM to Enforce-Sit- at Home in a bid to discredit IPOB/ESN. It must be abund...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared that it has no links with the Biafra National Guard. This was contained in a statement by the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, which said that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, does not condone criminal acts, a philosophy the group adopts. The statement read in part, “We the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra ably led by our prophet and indefatigable leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wish to alert IPOB families worldwide and the international community that we do not know of a group called Biafra National Guard and should not be linked in a shape or form with this group whose activities do not correspond with IPOB’S fundamental objectives. “We have observed the unpatriotic and nefarious activities of this group and we hereby unequivocally dissociate ourselves from the group and its activities. “This group has no link whatsoever with IPOB and does not work for IPOB. IPOB has nothing to do with any group associated wi...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has disassociated itself and nefarious activities of group known as the Biafra National Guard(BNG). Condemning the activities of the group in a statement on Saturday, media and publicity secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful pointed out that their actions does not conform with the fundamental objectives of his own group. He reiterated that IPOB is still a peaceful movement unlike the BNG. He said “We have observed the unpatriotic and nefarious activities of this group and we hereby unequivocally dissociate ourself from the group and its activities. “This group has no link whatsoever with IPOB and doesn’t work for IPOB. IPOB has nothing to do with any group associated with criminality. Our mandate is peaceful restoration of Biafra, anything other than this will have nothing to do with us. “Our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu does not encourage criminality or any action injurious to the people of Biafra. We don’t encourage extortion or force...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of plotting to use security operatives to impose a candidate willing to establish Ruga in Anambra State. Naija News reports that the outlawed group had declared a sit-at-home in the Southeast of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is not released from the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS. Many has interpreted the sit-at-home order as a call to boycott the Anambra state governorship election scheduled to hold on the 6th of November, 2021.   But IPOB in a statement on Thursday through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, has distanced the group from the upcoming election. According to the proscribed group, its sit-at-home order has nothing to do with the Anambra State governorship election. The pro-Biafra group said it is focused on the unconditional release of its leader and not the polls. A statement he signed and issued reads: “ The global movement and fami...

  Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, and Senate Minority leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, were allegedly disgraced by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Onitsha. Naija News learned that that the two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other ranking members of the party were reportedly chased and harassed during a campaign in the area on Wednesday. It was learned that the PDP campaign train was at the Ogbo Ogwu market in Onitsha South to solicit support and votes for its candidate in the November 6 Anambra governorship election, Valentine Ozigbo, when the incident happened. As Obi and Abaribe began to campaign for votes, IPOB members started singing the praises of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is being detained and tried by the Federal Government for alleged terrorism. Following the protest by the traders and some IPOB members, the PDP chieftains quickly left the market premises and were escorted by secur...

  Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has revealed how the current Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe once tried convincing him to support the agitation for Biafra. According to Sani, rather than get convinced and converted, he explained to his friend on the possibility of getting arrested and prosecuted for openly supporting the agitation for the sovereign state of Biafra which is been championed by Nnamdi Kanu and his Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group. The former Kaduna lawmaker said he lectured Abaribe on the conditions of the Nigerian prison having had first-hand experiences during his time in the Kiri Kiri, Port Harcourt, and Aba Prisons in the 90s.  Sani shared the discussions between the two lawmakers on the Biafra ideology in a Facebook post on Wednesday where he wrote: “My good friend Senator Abaribe was trying to convert my citizenship to Biafra while I used to give him lectures on how to live in prison when they come for him, using my...

  Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has appealed to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to suspend its planned sit-at-home order . IPOB had announced that it will lock down the south-east if Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, is not released from detention by November 4. Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesperson, said the lockdown will be enforced between November 5 and 10. The governorship election in Anambra state is billed to take place on November 6 Commenting on the development in a statement issued on Wednesday, Chiedozie Ogbonnia, Ohanaeze spokesperson, said the lockdown may disrupt the election and cause “untold hardship” for the people in the south-east. “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide pleads with the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB) to reconsider the 7 days’ sit-at-home order in the south-east of Nigeria from November 5 to November 11. This is to enable the governorship election for Anambra State scheduled for November 6 to hold,” the statement ...

  Tasks Umahi on political solution for Kanu’s freedom Disrupting poll’ll cause Igbo huge set back Lock down’ll hurt Mrs Aguiyi Ironsi’s Nov 5 burial By Clifford Ndujihe Disturbed by the negative implications of the seven-day sit-at-home directive of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for the Anambra governorship election, the state, the South-East zone, and Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has begged the separatist group to reconsider the stand. Last week, the IPOB vowed to observe a seven-day lock down in the South-East as from November 5 in support of its detained Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, unless he is released by the Federal Government on or before November 4. Noting that Anambra is the economic live wire of the South-East, Ohanaeze Ndigbo said any harm to the state will “create untold disastrous chain reactions and catastrophe for the Igbo.” In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, Ohanaeze  urged the Chairman, South-East ...

  The Head of Information and Communication, Uche Okafor-Mefor, disclosed this in a statement urging the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) not to deny the people of the state from voting.   The de facto customary government of Biafra led by Mujahid Asari Dokubo says the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State will hold as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Head of Information and Communication, Uche Okafor-Mefor, disclosed this in a statement urging the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) not to deny the people of the state from voting.  IPOB had declared a one week sit-at-home protest across the South-East states starting from November 5, the eve of Anambra governorship election. The group said the protest was aimed at prevailing on the Nigerian government to release Nnamdi Kanu. It vowed that the protest would go on as planned if Kanu was not released before November 4. Kanu is facing trial on a seven-cou...

   Calls on Nigeria govt to immediately Withdraw forces from Igboland …Describes as criminal violent enforcement of sit-at-home By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The De Factor Customary Government of Biafra, on Tuesday, said November 6, 2021 Governorship election of Anambra State, must hold as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Head of Information and Communication, Uche Okafor-Mefor, disclosed this in a statement obtained by Vanguard in Owerri. They said those instigating violence to stop the election was engaging in a counter-productive mission that would deny the people of the State from voting and protecting their votes for their preferred choice as governor of Anambra State. Also, the De facto Biafra Customary Government said it was against the use of violence to force the people of the Southeast Zone to obey the sit-at-home order adding that such action was criminal. Just as they demanded the federal government should immediately wit...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra has said the rendition of its Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in Nigeria will not weaken its cause, but would rather destabilise the country. This is IPOB said by ‘kidnapping’ and ‘renditioning’ Kanu, the country committed an international crime, adding, “The world doesn’t need any further proof that IPOB is a peaceful movement.” The secessionist group stated this in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, a copy of which was made available to The PUNCH , on Tuesday. The group was reacting to a statement credited to the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rted), Shehu Garba, on Sunday night, that the arrest and trial of Kanu, would lead to the end of the IPOB. But the group in the statement, said, “The attention of the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra ably led by our great leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been drawn to the ranting and laughable statement from G...

  Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, has warned against the harsh effects of the planned one week sit-at-home directive by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the southeast region. In a statement by its Secretary General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and sent to on Tuesday, against the backdrops of the planned exercise by the pro-Biafra group, Ohanaeze, maintained that the planned one week sit-at-home declared by the group was gradually having severe and destructive impacts on the genuine quest of the people to enhance and harness the economic potentials of the southeast for her development.  gathered that the pro-Biafra group had insisted to shut down the entire Igboland as parts of demands, for unconditional release of its detained leader, Onyendu Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently facing treasonable felony charges before Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako-led Federal High Court in Abuja. Continuing, the Engr Chidi Ibe-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, r...

  Nigerian Singer, Speed Darlington, has given his reasons why he doesn’t want the Igbo to attain seccession. The controversial media personality made this known while speaking about the agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Naija News understands that the detention of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by the federal government of Nigeria, has led to a lingering agitation and rising insecurity in the southeast region of the country. The singer who recently condemned the continuous sit-at-home order by the IPOB group, opined that the directive had an adverse effect on people of the SouthEast who are forced to close their shops any day the directive is issued. However, his views led to a backlash Sharing reasons for his views during an exchange with an Instagram user who took to his page to warn him against speaking ill against the movement and Nnamdi Kanu, Speed Darlington said the diversity of Nigeria is what makes us interesting and that he doesn’t want a count...

  Supports IPOB's sit-at-home - Says Anambra election must hold The De Facto Customary Government of Biafra led by Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo has urged the Federal Government to suspend all military operations in the South East and all Igbo  territories and as well withdraw soldiers from the zones. In a statement by the Head of Information and Communication of the group, Uche Mefor, and made available to Daily Sun , it also condemned extrajudicial killings in the zone. He also declared that his group condemned the wanton destruction of lives and properties in the zones ‘by states and non-state actors, irrespective of their motives.’ He advised various agitators that engaging in dialogue and going through a democratic process is the best way of solving their problems. ‘That the proponents of this self-annihilating strategy must be reminded that in reality, the best way to be in control of political power is by engaging and by going through the democratic process its...

  Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has sent words to Biafra supporters worldwide. Kanu commended his loyalists and Igbos supporting the exit of the South-East from Nigeria for staying focused. A member of his legal team, Aloy Ejimakor, conveyed the message on Tuesday. “I just concluded a visitation with #Onyendu”, the lawyer tweeted after visiting the Department of State Services (DSS). “He salutes all Umuchineke for remaining focused on the mission of the moment. “He’s happy with the ‘Urgppeals’ issued by the UN against Nigeria & Kenya & salutes @MaziKanuntaKanu & Bindmans for their efforts in this regard”, Ejimakor added. Kanu’s message came as the United Nations (UN) raised concerns about his detention and treatment. A document by the Special Rapporteur asked Nigeria to provide proof to show it has been complying with international laws. It said since his movement to Nigeria from Kenya, Kanu was on many occasions denied ...

  First, I want to identify myself, to give an indication of where my position is coming from. I am of Igbo ethnic group. I experienced the Civil War first-hand. The first shot of the war in present-day South East was fired in Alo-Uno, a border village in Nsukka; part of present-day Enugu State. I was there at the time. Some hours before that, the first batch of Federal troops had entered the then Eastern Region in Gakem, a border village in present-day Cross River State. I was a senior primary school pupil of Alo-Uno Primary School, when the war started. I remember what the experience was like, including our evacuation to Enugu town; and further, to my village in Anambra State. From then, till the end of the war, in my post-war secondary-school years and after, I had developed a keen interest in the study of wars, starting from the Civil War. I later joined the Nigerian Army as an officer-cadet. During my service years, I retained a consummate interest in mi...

  Says some wicked politicians working against Kanu’s release By Steve Oko – Aba The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that resolution of the growing agitation for Biafra can only come through negotiations and not by the use of force against agitators. Prince Emmanuel Kanu who spoke in a media interview urged the federal government to release the IPOB leader and engage him in dialogue, arguing that the issues he raised are germane.  His words:” Nnamdi Kanu is only asking for three things – justice, equity and fairness. You can’t achieve peace with guns and bullets. It’s impossible!  ” Dialogue is the only way out. We are Biafrans. You can’t take that away from us. Nnamdi Kanu is the face of agitation because the issues he is raising are genuine.   ” People are no longer happy. The only person they can listen to is Nnamdi Kanu. If they are telling you to release him so that they can stop w...

  Lawyers from the Igbo speaking region of Nigeria have applied to the federal high court in Abuja to be joined as defendants in a suit by a group of northern elders’ praying for the exit of the southeast region from Nigeria. The lawyers say the application is based on the agitations of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB) and Nnamdi Kanu. The legal practitioners led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Chief Chuks Muoma, Ukpai Ukairo, Ebere Uzoatu and Hon Obi Emuka are asking for an order of the court to allow them join in the suit as representatives of the people of the southeastern region. In their application for joinder filed by Victor Onweremadu on Monday in Abuja and obtained by our correspondent, the applicants claimed that the case of the northern elders seeking the exit of south-east from Nigeria has the capability to shape the life of generations of Igbo people. The motion on notice for the joinder request was brought pursuant to order 9 ...

  Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has said Nigerians do not believe in secession. Babangida said Nigerians believe the country should stay united because they love peace. The former Head of State spoke on Arise TV when he was asked about his take on the agitation for Biafra and Yoruba nation. He noted that Nigerians are against secession because they prefer their peace of mind. According to Babangida: “It is always good to agitate but because there is this belief that this country should be one. “When they make the noise, they find that it won’t get supported because Nigerians generally don’t believe in anything that would disturb their peace of mind. They won’t do it. “If you look back, if you take a place like Baga, in the north-east, the Igbo man, Yoruba man travelled up to Baga for trading, he lived very comfortably, he lived very well with the people around there.” Lately, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,...

  The Presidency has disclosed that the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, would lead to the end of the pro-Biafra group. President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, disclosed that IPOB does not enjoy much support in the Southeast. Shehu pointed out that Kanu and IPOB do not enjoy the support of Southeast governors and lawmakers. He made the remark in response to the criticism against Buhari by a London-based news magazine, The Economist. In a statement he posted on his Facebook page, Shehu also disclosed that the Federal Government was making further efforts to get IPOB rightfully designated as a terrorist organization. The statement reads partly: “In the South-East, IPOB – which the Economist rightly describes as “delusional” – the arrest and present trial of the terrorist leader of the group is the beginning of its demise. “The President’s administration is redoubling efforts to have IPOB rightfully designated as a te...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has given the Federal Government a November 4th deadline to unconditionally, release its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu or risk a week-long lockdown in the entire South-East region of the country. This is even as the separatist group accused the Federal Government of insincerity in the manner it was handling the prosecution of Kanu. The ultimatum was contained in a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful following the adjournment of Kanu’s trial to November 10. Kanu was arraigned on Thursday on a seven-count amended charge preferred against him by the Federal Government before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. His arraignment paralysed economic activities in major cities of the South-East as people observed the sit-at-home directive of the IPOB. Meanwhile, Kanu pleaded not guilty to all the amended charge. In his objection, the embattled IPOB leader argued that there was no proof of ...