BIAFRA NATION:IPOB warns Ohanaeze against summit, threatens to kill Nwodo, Governors

 
The group said it would ensure that such gathering summit was disrupted, whether the venue is flooded with security or not. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo against holding the proposed summit on restructuring in Enugu.
A press release signed by Emma powerful, publicity secretary of the IPOB, said that the summit would only hold if its members were all killed.
It further threatened that if such happened, Nwodo and all leaders of the southeast and the governors from the region who supported the summit would not be spared, including their families, no matter where they resided.
“Should the Nigerian army arrest or kill anyone on that day, Nnia Nwodo’s children and that of the governors and anybody else involved in the betrayal of IPOB and Biafrans in General will suffer the same fate regardless of where they are”, he said.
The group said it was not unaware of nocturnal meetings between Nwodo and a top military officer attached to 82 division, in the hope of holding the summit that would enslave Igbo for another 100 years.

IPOB said Ohanaeze was free to meet on any other agenda including referendum, but will not accept any meeting on restructuring.
Part of the press release made available to BIAFRA NATION  in Awka read, “We warn Chief John Nnia Nwodo of Ohanaeze Ndigbo not to dare hold the Fulani sponsored Igbo summit in Enugu. IPOB warns Nnia Nwodo and his collaborators in crime not to dare or face the consequences from the youth.
“We respect and recognise our elders including freedom of speech and assembly but not one designed to enslave us in the deadly Nigerian contraption for another 100 years.
“We are well aware of the nocturnal meetings between Nnia Nwodo and a certain Brigadier General affiliated to the GOC of 82 Division Enugu.

“If Ohaneze Ndigbo likes let them surround the venue with armored tanks and Fulani soldiers, this is certain, the summit will not hold unless Nnia Nwodo and his collaborators kill us all on that particular day.
“Nnia Nwodo and his collaborators are in the liberty to call summit to sensitize and educate our people for the upcoming referendum not restructuring to remain in Nigeria”.
The group said both Ohanaeze Ndigbo and South East governors forum had outlived their usefulness, and merely existed to entrench Fulani dominance and influence over Igboland and Biafra in general.
“Without exception, they are all Hausa Fulani errand boys and girls. We have taken the liberty of chronicling the sad history of Igbo people and wider Biafra in Nigeria.
“Majority of Igbos and Biafrans do not want Nigeria any more, if Nnia Nwodo and his collaborators in Biafraland are in any doubt, they should conduct a plebiscite towards the democratic demand for Biafra independence.”

BIAFRA:IPOB threatens bloodshed over Ohanaeze’s restructuring summit

 
Describing the summit as “Fulani-sponsored Igbo summit”, the Biafra agitators said such a move was unacceptable.The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday vowed to stop the Ohanaeze Ndigbo from holding its planned summit to discuss the restructuring of Nigeria.

In a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group accused the President-General of Ohanaeze, Nnia Nwodo, and some Igbo leaders of sabotaging the Igbo cause by hobnobbing with Fulani oligarchy.

The group maintained that the only summit that it would support was one that would educate the people on a referendum to decide on Biafra and “not on restructuring to remain in Nigeria.’’

The statement partly read, “We, the indigenous people of Biafra,  and its leadership worldwide, once again warn Chief Nwodo of Ohanaeze Ndigbo not to dare hold the Fulani-sponsored Igbo summit in Enugu.

“IPOB warns Nnia Nwodo and his collaborators not to dare IPOB or face the consequences from the youth. We are well aware of the nocturnal meetings between Nwodo and a certain Brigadier General affiliated to the GOC of 82 Division Enugu. The same people, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and South-East governors ran to and convinced to launch Operation Python Dance II are the same people Nwodo and his Ohanaeze Ndigbo are running to now for security.

“If Ohanaeze Ndigbo likes, let them surround the venue with armoured tanks and Fulani soldiers; one thing is certain, the summit will not hold unless Nwodo and his collaborators kill us all on that day.”

It vowed to go after Nwodo’s children, those of the South-East governors and other organisers of the summit should anything untoward happen to IPOB members who would come out en masse to disrupt the summit.

Asked to speak on IPOB’s threat, Nwodo said, “As a father, I would not want to enter into any crossfire with my children (IPOB members).

“They can say what they like. I’m not interested. These people are my children; I don’t want to enter into any crossfire with them. I’m their father, I can’t be replying to anything they say. I think the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze has replied them. I’m not interested.”

BIAFRA NATION:I am not afraid of Saraki or Buhari – Dino Melaye explodes, declares APC Dead

 
The embattled senator was recently declared wanted by the Kogi state police command over an alleged sponsorship of an armed militia group.

Melaye who is currently not on good terms with the Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello is also facing a battle with the Independent national electoral commission over the re-initiation of his recall process.
that while speaking on BBC Hausa recently, Melaye revealed that there was a lot of crisis within the ruling APC party;  Kogi west Senator, Dino Melaye has openly stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is heading towards failure in 2019 if the internal crisis rocking the party is not resolved as soon as possible. 

“There are many crises in APC, let the truth be told. Everybody is sabotaging one another. Something should be done, otherwise, the funeral trumpet may be blown on APC.

“I have to say the truth. There are problems in this party. Look at how senator Misau was taken to court, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki was also taken to court, then you said we should not tell the truth?

I am not afraid to tell the truth on anybody, whether on Buhari, Saraki, or even my father. I have to speak against injustice. APC and PDP patronise the same market,” he said.

BIAFRA:Family warns against Biafra comments, activities at burial

 
BIAFRA NATION  The family of civil war veteran, Col. Joseph Achuzia has banned any form of pro Biafra ativity or comments at the burial ceremony.
The date is expected to be confirmed soon.
They warned that security agencies and others have been informed that the family does not want placards, uniforms, flags and others at the event.
Achuzia, 90, passed away in February at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba.
Chairman of the Burial Committee, Ogbueshi Ejiofor Onyia, told Independent in Asaba, that all they want is a peaceful burial.
According to him, those to attend must abide by the rules.
“The whole world will have to honour him as he will be buried sitting down as a High Chief, traditional title holder and that there will not be lying in state except the Day of Tribute in Enugu.
“We are guarded that people may take laws into their hands. We have briefed the Commissioner of Police, the Governor of the state of our procedures and the way we want them.
“They have assured us that they will use different means to secure the burial from being hijacked by anybody or group.
“We are aware of the plans of the groups and others and as such we are well guided. We shall make sure the burial is crisis free”, he said.

BIAFRA NATION:FG replies PDP, releases list of looters(FULL DETAILS)

 

The Federal Government has replied the People democratic party, PDP by releasing a list of treasury looters when the party was in power.
Below is the full statement made available to PoliticsNGR by Joseph Mutah, an aide to the minister of Information, Lai Mohammed;
“The PDP has challenged us to name the looters under their watch
They said they did not loot the treasury, Well, I am sure they know that the treasury was looted dry under their watch.
Yet they decided to grandstand. This shows the hollowness of their apology to Nigerians.
Let’s just give them a teaser with this list:

1. PDP CHAIRMAN UCHE SECONDUS
On the 19th of Feb 2015, he took N200 million only from the office of then NSA

2. Then PDP FInancial Secretary
 On the 24th of Oct 2014, he took N600 million only from the office of then NSA

3.  Then National Publicity Secretary Olisah Metuh
 On trial for collecting N1.4b from the office of then NSA

4.  Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of DAAR Communications
On trial for taking N2.1 billion from the office of then NSA

5. Former SSA to President Jonathan, Dudafa Waripamo-Owei
 On trial over N830 million kept in accounts of four different companies

6.  Former President Jonathan’s Cousin Robert Azibaola
 On Thursday, a Federal High Court ruled that he has a case to answer for collecting $40 million from
the office of then NSA.
This list is just a tip of the iceberg, and the PDP is aware of this.
We did not make these cases up. Many of these cases are in court and the records are available.
Some of the people on this list are seeking to plea bargain, and that is a fact.
We insist that Nigeria was looted blind under the watch of the PDP, and that the starting point in tendering an apology is for them to return the loot.
It’s like a robber admitting to stealing your car and apologizing, but then saying he will keep the car anyway. It doesn’t work that way.
The PDP is a hypocrite. And that reminds me of what English writer William Hazlitt said: ”The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.”
We will not stop talking about the massive looting by the PDP. They brought Nigeria to this sorry pass. We are now looking around for loans to build infrastructure, and they ask us not to but we will talk about it”

Yoruba Council Of Elders To Buhari Sack All Service Chiefs Immediately

 
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The council hinged their reason on the service chiefs’ alleged inability to effectively curtail killings in different parts of the country.
According to them, the recurrent massacre in Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states have lent credence to the accusation by a former Minister of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma, that the military was colluding with killer herdsmen to embark on ethnic cleansing.
The YCE stated this in a communique issued after their Expanded National Executive meeting held in Ado Ekiti on Thursday in honour of its late President, Chief Idowu Sofola (SAN), who died last Friday. The Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack all the service chiefs.
The communique was signed by the YCE Secretary-General, Dr. Kunle Olajide and the chairman of the Ekiti Council of Elders, Prof. J. O. Oluwasanmi.
It partly read, “The Yoruba Council of Elders calls on Mr. President to relieve the present security chiefs, some of whom are already overdue for retirement of their position and immediately reconfigure the security architecture of the country to reflect the federal character clause in our constitution.
“Most Nigerians have lost confidence in the security chiefs especially the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, whom the President has publicly acknowledged as disobeying his instructions.
“The President must shed and toga of Baba go-slow and act promptly on this matter to once again inspire the confidence of Nigerians in his administration.  A military which publicly claimed to be neutral where the law of the land is being violated and innocent citizens are mindlessly murdered by armed herdsmen is definitely partisan and can no longer be trusted to protect all Nigerians.”                

 FROM LEFT: CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF, AIR-MARSHAL SADIQUE ABUBARKAR; CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, GEN. ABAYOMI GABRIEL OLONISAKIN; VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO; PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI; CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LT-GEN. TUKUR BURATAI AND CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, VICE-ADMIRAL IBOK ETE EKWE IBAS, AT THE DECORATION OF SERVICE CHIEFS AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA ON

Nigerian govt commences secret trial of Nnamdi Kanu’s co-defendants

 
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The Justice Binta Nyako-led court had in 2017 granted Kanu bail but ordered that the four other IPOB members be remanded in Kuje prison.
The secret trial of four members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, resumed at the Federal High Court, Abuja with the Nigerian Government calling its first witness, on Thursday.
Bright Chimezie, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, are facing charges alongside the elusive IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
However, the Nigerian Government had on March 20, 2018 re-arraigned the four IPOB members on an amended three-count charge.
Speaking during Thursday’s trial, the witness, simply identified as Mr AB, gave his testimony behind a barricade, where only the judge, the defendants and the counsel could see him as he was shielded from the public.
Led in evidence by Shuaibu Labaran, counsel to the Department of State Security Services, (DSS), AB told the Justice Nyako led court that he met Chimezie in 2016 when he was brought to DSS office for interrogation.
According to AB, “My boss asked me to interview him and in the process, he told me why and where he was arrested. He also told me that he is a member of IPOB and that he joined while in Port Harcourt.
“He also said that he took a delivery imported by the group containing a container from Lagos to Ihiala, Anambra, to the compound of Benjamin Madubugwu, the second defendant.
“It was also revealed that Chimezie, in 2016 was in-charge of the welfare of the members of the group and he collected money from some of the group’s sponsors based abroad for the members.”
AB, while being cross-examined by counsel to Chimezie, Chukwudi Igwe said he was not part of the officers who arrested the defendant but was only asked to interview him.

After listening to his testimony, Justice Nyako adjourned the matter until May 21 for continuation of trial.