The Ohanaeze Youth Council Worldwide has expressed sadness over the reported arrest of some female members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

the Ohanaeze Youth Council Worldwide has expressed sadness over the reported arrest of some female members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.  that the IPOB had in a press statement on Sunday said the women were arrested when they staged a peaceful protest to demand the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

The OYC in a communique issued after its meeting in Enugu demanded to know the whereabouts of the women. It equally called on the Nigerian Military authorities to be professional as it go along in its planned Operation Python Dance in Igbo land. The communique signed by Comrade Obinna Achuonye, its Deputy President-General, read:  We condemn vehemently the continuous harassment of women, especially IPOB women who were expressing their displeasure on the whereabouts of some of their arrested members. We still remember the Aba women riot of 1929 and call for the respect of all Igbo women anywhere they may reside to avoid a repeat of women riot.  Ohanaeze Youths will host the First Referendum National Summit on 28/29th September in Owerri and call on Ndigbo to wear black bangles to show their support for the event as from September 1st.   We urge the Military to restructure their Operation Python Dance, especially by being more friendly than hostile in their operations. While we don’t support illegality, especially from criminals, we want the Nigerian Army to have a human face in dealing with the Igbo in South-East, especially now there’s no civil disturbances or war in our geo-political zone.  We commend the leadership of all Nigeria Ethnic Nationalities Youth organizations led by Arewa Youth President Alh Yerima Shettima and OYC President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, as we welcome all 250 Ethnic Nationalities Youth organizations in South East, for the National confab by September 2018.

IPOB : Don’t come close to Enugu Government House’ – Police warn Zionists

BIAFRA NEWS MEN reports that self-acclaimed President of the group, Barr. Benjamin Onwuka had repeatedly boasted that there would be no going back on his group’s plan to relaunch Biafra at the Enugu Government House. He had called on all University students in the middle belt and Southern Nigeria to come out, Because all our future and destiny is tied in this Biafra quest, nobody should be afraid. Market traders come out, transporters come out, Ohanaeze Ndigbo come out, Avengers, IPOB, MASSOB, but don’t come with any weapon However, in a press statement issued Saturday night by the Enugu Police command, it said anyone found fomenting trouble under any guise would be dealt with. The statement signed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ebere Amaraizu read:  ONLINE MONEY MAKING The Enugu State command of the Nigeria Police Force wishes to inform members of the public that its attention has been drawn to the alleged planned disruption of peace and causing panic in Enugu metropolis and its environs on Monday 20/8/18 by a group acting under the aegis of Biafran Zionists Federation led by one Benjamin Onwuka.  To this end, the State Police Command warns in strong terms that the command working in partnership with other sister security agencies in the state and relevant stakeholders will not sit and fold its arms and watch any group of person and persons under any guise disrupt the existing peace in the state as well as cause panic. Hence parents and guardians, as well as other members of the public are advised to be law abiding and not to allow themselves, child and wards to be used, as anyone caught will be made to face the full weight of the law in line with the relevant specifications of the law. The command warns members of the public to be law abiding and go about their normal lawful businesses without fear of any molestation as the command operatives with other security agencies have worked out modalities aimed at checkmating this.  Members of the public are further advised to get in touch with the command and pass relevant information about security of their environment with the following distress call numbers and social media platforms- 08032003702,08075390883,0806671202 and 08098880172, as well as twitter page of @PoliceNG_Enugu and Facebook page of nigeriapoliceforceenugustatecommand

IPOB : Investigate Obama, Bush, leave Nigeria alone – Nigerians in Diaspora warn US lawyer over IPOB suit

The group asked the firm to channel its energy to investigate former United States president, George Bush and Barack Obama and leave Nigeria alone. Pasca Ogwola, Coordinator, USA/Canada, NDMG said it was disheartening that some people were unhappy over the proscription of IPOB and its activities. MAKE MONEY AT HOME  The United States Chapter of the Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG) has reacted to the emerging report that Fein & DelValle PLLC, an American law firm is gathering evidence to charge President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for proscribing the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Ogwola said the lawyer was exploring how to make money out of the defunct Biafra republic. His statement reads in full: The United States Chapter of the Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG) has learnt with disappointment that some Nigerians are being misled by news that Fein & DelValle PLLC, an American law firm, is gathering evidence to charge President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for successfully containing the terrorist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB). The claims made by one of the lawyers for the firm, Bruce E. Fein, are ordinarily laughable but for the fact that they have all the makings of a scheme meant to con the unwary ones among our brothers of Igbo extraction out of their hard earned money while setting up our younger ones up for life threatening confrontations with law enforcement agencies. The lawyer is exploring how to make money out of the defunct Biafra republic and has no cares in world how this affect the local population who he has apparently dismissed as collateral damage in his quest to get rich. Fein apparently lied to the inconspicuous audience he addressed at Chicago State University, USA earlier this month by creating the impression that there is a case against the Nigerian government and military before the ICC. It was a classical American Lawyer trick to con money out of unsuspecting people and this was adequately exposed when he said  litigation moves slowly. Patience, unity, and FINANCIAL support are indispensable to success. Fein’s fund raising strategy is worryingly similar to the one adopted by the leader of the terrorist group, Nnamdi Kanu, who solicited for funds to buy weapons at the 2015 World Igbo Congress in the United States. In both instances, diasporas of Igbo extraction were targeted to part with their money for private causes packaged to appear like geo-ethnic interests. The Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG) condemns Bruce E. Fein and Fein & DelValle PLLC in very strong terms for this attempt to promote disaffection in Nigeria while scheming to defraud diaspora citizens. We advise anyone that has given money to Fein to immediately approach the United States Financial Fraud Enforcement Taskforce to report that they have been scammed.  We urge Bruce E. Fein to seek professional help to manage what ails him so that he can stop putting others at risk with his warped thinking. Where he insists he does not need professional intervention, we advise him to focus his efforts at helping victims that abound in the US where ethnic minorities and persons of colour are at risk of being killed by policemen for the least infractions conceivable.  Fein could also better use his time documenting and collecting evidence of the thousands of renditions, torture and extra-judicial executions authorized by the Obama administration, George Bush before him and even the Trump administration under the guise of going after international terrorists. These are the cases he can successfully take to the ICC and not Nigeria that had to battle the odds to contain the terrorist threats posed by IPoB. If at any point in time Fein decides to feed his fantasy about Nigeria, he is welcome to go after IPoB members, who murdered and buried people in shallow graves. They will make good candidates for his planned excursion to the ICC.  The Nigerian judiciary recognizes the risk posed by this group and appropriately designated IPOB as a terrorist organization, which would make the work of ICC easier as it will not be difficult to recognize that Fein and his co-traveller are out to waste the its time. We appeal that this commitment to protect citizens must be sustained especially at this time of the year when the military usually stage Operation Python Dance in the south-east of the country. This year’s edition should include in its objective the flushing out of any terrorists that might have infiltrated the space since the last exercise. 

Biafra Zionists leader, Onwuka, members re-arrested

The pro-Biafra agitators were nabbed alongside their self-acclaimed leader, Barr. Benjamin Onwuka. combined team of security operatives made up of the Department of State Services, DSS, and the Nigeria Police were said to have been involved in the operation.ONLINE MONEY MAKING  Several members of the Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, were early Monday morning reportedly arrested in Enugu. news men  learnt that they were arrested after another failed attempt to enter the Enugu Government House for the inauguration of Biafra. A source hinted that they had marched from the Presidential Road, through Rangers Avenue, but were stopped at the Bissala Road entry to the Government House by security operatives. Deputy Leader of the group, Mazi Ambrose Ugwu, who confirmed the arrest to journalists, said, our people were prevented from entering the Enugu Government House, after which they were arrested and taken away. I learnt they were arrested by men of the DSS and the police. Right now, I don’t know how many of them that were arrested; I also don’t know where they took them to, Ugwu said. BIAFRA NEWS MEN recalls that the Enugu State Police Command had on Sunday warned the Zionists not to get close the Enugu Government House as they would be made to face the law squarely. Onwuka had also on May 30 made a similar attempt, leading to his arrest and remand in prison. But 24 hours after his release, he announced August 20 as new date for his Biafra inauguration, claiming that the United States and Israel were behind him. Both the Police and the DSS are yet to issue official statements on the reported arrest. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu Police Command, SP Ebere Amaraizu, when contacted, said he should be given some time. However, BIAFRA NEWS MEN the reports that armoured personnel carriers and security operatives were still stationed within the roads leading to the Enugu Government House as of the time of filing this report.

IPOB : Police arrest women demanding whereabouts of IPOB leader

 

Hundreds of women suspected to be members of proscribed Independent People of Biafra on Friday protested in Owerri, the Imo State capital, demanding the whereabouts of the missing IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kalu.

They equally demanded a referendum for an Independent state of Biafra by the Federal Government. 

The woman adorned in black attire with Biafra insignia such as flags and caps sang pro Biafra songs. They accused the Federal Government of  deliberately marginalising Biafran people

The protesters caused major gridlock in the state capital.

Marching through Okigwe-Bank and Warehouse roads, the women accused the Federal Government of knowing the whereabouts of the IPOB leader.

They displayed placards with various inscriptions such as, No referendum, no elections; We want to go. Pharaoh let Biafra children go Tell us where Nnamdi Kalu is whether dead or alive; Nigeria will have no peace until Biafra is allowed to go.

Trouble started at the Government House roundabout, Owerri, when policemen on sighting the demonstrators fired teargas canisters at them. The women defied the police action and continued with their march.

At Warehouse Junction, policemen in operational vehicles intercepted the women, fired another round of teargas canisters and arrested many of them.

While some of them fled to safety and started jeering at the policemen, the cops took the arrested protesters  to the state command headquarters.

An elderly woman, Mrs. Jane Obi, who was part of the protest, told our correspondent that policemen were bullying them for conducting themselves in an orderly manner.

d  not even police  brutality  would deter them from demanding a Biafra referendum and the whereabouts of Kalu.

In a telephone conversation with our correspondent, the state commissioner of police, Dasuki Galadanchi, confirmed the arrest of the women during the demonstration.

The CP said the protesters were arrested for unlawful assembly and disrupting the public peace, adding that they would be charged to court.

Biafra group scores Buhari low on suspended U.S. consular services

 

The President of the group, Mazi Benjamin Onwuka, told reporters in Enugu that the action was a testament to the  rejection  of the Buhari government and  acceptance of the movement.  Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) has said the suspension of Abuja services by the United States embassy was a vote of no confidence in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

It reinstated its commitment to take over Enugu State Government House on Monday, August 20, and declare Biafra’s independence.     MAKE MONEY ONLINE HERE
He said: Nigeria is beginning to feel the repercussion of what Buhari has done to the country. Yesterday (Wednesday), the U.S. announced the closure of its consulate without reason.
There is a reason for it and we are aware of it.
It is a red card for Buhari and freedom for Biafra.
The details are there. We know what is going on behind the scene. It is all over for Buhari and his Nigeria.
What we have been doing is now yielding results.
We have always said it that the U.S. is backing our Biafra struggle, supporting our stand that Biafra should be independent. Israel is also totally behind what we are doing.
That is why we are standing today to re-echo our stand that the mass killings of Biafrans will end on August 20.  
There will be no compromise on this particular issue.
There is no group or tribe that has been massacred like the Biafran people.
You can recall the detention and harassment of politicians from this part of the world.
That is why everybody must come out on August 20 in Enugu. Don’t be afraid. America is behind us.
There will be no shooting, harassment or intimidation. We are going with stick and carrot.
Onwuka urged Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to desist from interfering with the activities of the group, noting: He is our brother. We have no problem with him.
All we are saying is that he should allow us to do what we want to do on August 20 which is to cease Government House and announce Biafra.
There will be consequences if he tries to resist us.

IPOB : Imo women protest half naked over Nnamdi Kanu

Some of the women, mostly of middle age and from the Southeast states, were half nude, while others dressed in black and marched through the streets of Owerri. The police in Imo on Friday arrested some women protesting over the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for allegedly conducting an unlawful assembly. 
NAN reports that the demonstrators disrupted vehicular movement as they chanted war songs and displayed different placards with inscriptions asking the Federal Government to release Kanu.

The women claimed that the security agencies knew the whereabouts of Kanu who has been out of public view since he had an encounter with the military in Umuahia about one year ago.
They asked Govenor Rochas Okorocha to help them actualise their dream of getting Biafra.
The women later barricaded the popular Government House Roundabout and created a chaotic atmosphere around the area. BUY ONLINE HERE

One of their leaders, Mrs Ann Ibe, told NAN that they came out in full force to fight for the actualization their dream and were ready to die for the cause.
When a special team of police men sent by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Dasuki Galadanchi, arrived at the scene, the protesters broke into a dance.
Some of them pulled off their clothes and danced naked, while others lay on the ground and dared the police.
The police succeeded in arresting some of the protesters after in spite of their offering serious resistance.
Commenting on the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Andrew Enwerem, said the women were arrested for conducting an illegal assembly and holding an unlawful protest.