BIAFRANS NEWS : German Government deports Nigerians 48 hours after Ekweremadu attack

Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, was on Saturday disgraced by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Nuremberg, Germany.

According to reports, the migrants have already left Frankfurt Airport at 8 a.m., and were expected to land in Nigeria’s Murtala Mohammed International Airport between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.      The German government has deported a new batch of Nigerian migrants less than 48 hours after the attack on former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) NAN reports.    The number of migrants deported was not ascertained as at the time of this report, it was however, gathered that they were picked randomly from different accommodation centres.

It would be recalled Last month two batches of Nigerians were sent back home from the European country.

“The flight will be from Frankfurt on Monday. For those who have been given the information, the plane will take off by 8 a.m. and arrive in Nigeria between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

“Those who will be deported will be picked randomly from their different accommodation centres from 3 a.m. till 5 a.m. in different regions and conveyed to a central place and finally to Frankfurt Airport,” the Co-ordination Activist for Network Refugees 4Refugees, a political platform for refugees and migrant self-organisation based in Stuttgart, Germany, Rex Osa, told The Nation.

Osa added, “When their asylum application is already expired, they are obligated to leave the country.

“For those who don’t leave voluntarily, they will be given a what is I can translate in English to mean toleration status. This status is not a resident title; it is to show that the person is still there because the deportation is hindered because of one reason or the other.

“These people are picked up early in the morning without expecting the police.

“Some would be picked up from work also. When the police arrive in their rooms, they would be allowed to pack things not more than say 64 kilos. The police will be standing to make sure the person does not escape.”

The activist urged the federal government to come to the aid of the victims as many of them are coming with a myriad of challenges.

“Among these people are many sick people. Nigeria should be expecting a lot of people who have psychological problems, and people with spinal cord problems leading to paralysis.”

BIAFRANS NEWS : Asari Dokubo attacks Nnamdi Kanu over Ekweremadu

Dokubo said this while lambasting Kanu over the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, by some IPOB members in Germany, over the weekend

.         Asari Dokubo, former Niger Delta militant leader has described Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as an “ingrate and Frankenstein Monster”.       He lamented that Ekweremadu, who helped Kanu secure bail, would be attacked by IPOB members.

In a video he posted on his Facebook page, Asari said: “Fellow Biafrans, I saw this coming that a fellow Frankenstein Monster was being created. I saw the signal, saw the red flag and I warned that if something is not done about Nnamdi Kanu, he would consume the Igbo people.

“I took time after the latest attack on one of our finest and best lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, who I know very well was one of those who made this ingrate called Nnamdi Kanu to come out of prison. I’m privy to most of the discussion and I feel very sad that I was part of those meetings.      WATCH VIDOE Asari Dokubo attacks Nnamdi Kanu over Ekweremadu [VIDEO]

“Ekweremadu and Abaribe were the arrow heads that moved for the release of this ingrate called Nnamdi Kanu.

“That Ekweremadu will be attacked, disgraced and his clothes torn for what purpose and to achieve what is unexplainable.

“If this dangerous trend is stopped among Igbo Biafrans, where one man abrogate to himself the right to give life and pronounce death, then he will be in fire because others will fight him.

“Fulani herdsmen are killing people and I have not heard cowardly IPOB raising their hands to defend the South East, it’s only to sneak in the night and kill fellow Igbo Biafrans.      “Shame on all those supporting it, what contribution did Nnamdi Kanu’s father or mother gave to the Biafra liberation struggle, who is Nnamdi and his father. If he don’t rise up against this evil and send this miscreant out of our house, this is the time to send them out.”

BIAFRANS : Asari Dokubo ordered out of Bayelsa for hosting Biafra meeting

Asari Dokubo reportedly tried to host a Biafra meeting in Bayelsa state 

 The planned meeting was stopped by Ijaw youths who said such meetings should not take place in Ijawland      

The former militant was also asked not to come to the state again The intervention of police prevented a bloody clash in Bayelsa following attempt by Asari Dokubo to hold a Biafra meeting in the state. 

The Nation reports that the incident happened on Saturday, August 17, when Dokubo who is the founder of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force gathered people in a hotel in Yenagoa to hold a Biafra meeting. 

It was reported that Kennedy Olorogun who is the chairman of the Ijaw Youths Council, central zone, mobilised his executives to stop the meeting. He ordered the former militant out of the state and condemned the hosting of such meeting in Ijawland. 

BIAFRANS NEWS : Ekwremadu’s Attack Is A Polite Warning To Igbo Leaders Supporting Fulani -Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has asked political leaders representing the Igbos to take the attack of Ike Ekwremadu in Germany as a polite warning.     Ekweremadu, who confirmed the attack, said he was to give a keynote address along with the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nnia Nwodo, but was attacked by some people l, who identified themselves as Biafra.      Ekwremadu, former Deputy Senate President, was beaten by some angry Igbos, who accused him of selling the rights and entitlement of people from the region to the Fulanis, according to a report by BIAFRA NEWS MEN    Ekweremadu, who confirmed the attack, said he was to give a keynote address along with the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nnia Nwodo, but was attacked by some people l, who identified themselves as Biafra.

Commenting on the attack, Kanu, who tweeted via his personal Twitter handle @MaziNnamdiKanu on Sunday, described the act as “courageous”, adding that other Igbo leaders should see the attack as a warning.

He said, “The courageous act by IPOB at Nürnberg, Germany, is a polite warning to those engaged in selling our collective interest to Fulani caliphate. 

"Nwodo, Igbo govs are warned."

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu@MaziNnamdiKanu

The courageous act by IPOB at Nürnberg Germany is a polite warning to those engaged in selling our collective interest to Fulani caliphate. Nwodo, Igbo govs are warned.

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Date: Aug 18, 2019

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BIAFRANS NEWS : Ekweremadu MASSOB condemns IPOB’s action, apologizes to Senator

MASSOB, in a statement on Sunday by Comrade Edeson Samuel its National Director of Information, said it condemns in its totality “the assault, physical attack and disrespectful actions of some Igbos against Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Germany which we later confirmed as members of IPOB in Germany through the affirmation of IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful.”        The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has condemned the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Germany by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Ekweremadu was attacked in Germany where he had gone to deliver a speech at an annual Igbo festival.      Edeson said it was disheartening that some groups had turned the non-violent struggle for the actualization of Biafra state into an abusive and systematic gestapo against the supposed citizens of Biafra.

He added that “The physical attack on Ike Ekweremadu by IPOB is not commendable. Igbo culture abhors disrespect on elders and persons in authoritative positions.

“If Ike Ekweremadu is sabotaging or has sabotaged Biafra struggle as alleged by IPOB, what meaningful and acceptable steps has IPOB taken to draw the attention of Ike Ekweremadu to the alleged degradation?

“MASSOB as a leading figure of current Biafra agitation advises other pro Biafra groups, including IPOB that Igbo political leaders are not the major obstacle to our chances of achieving independence from Nigeria state, the major hurdles militating against the freedom of Biafra people from Nigeria is non cohesion and brotherhood among the leaders of leading pro Biafra groups.

“The tendency of superiority complex on ideology and the spirit of lordship over others are the detrimental tendencies grossly affecting the freedom of Biafrans.

“Ike Ekweremadu and other perceived and alleged enemies of Biafra are not our major obstacle against Biafra. IPOB can never actualize Biafra alone, neither MASSOB, LNC, BNC, BIM and others operating individually can achieve Biafra alone.

“Biafra will be more achievable when a strong coalition of MASSOB, IPOB, Lower Niger Congress, BNC, BIM and others from Niger Delta regions are established under a collegiate leadership.

“The tendency of grooming authoritarian leadership under any guise in Igbo land and Biafra in general will never be tolerated because the republican nature of Igbo man does not allow such authoritative and empirical rulership.”

“MASSOB also condemns the directives to attack the governors of southeast; consciously attacking a governor will never give us Biafra but will continue sending our youths to untimely deaths because every attack on a governor will attract the trigger happy Hausa Fulani security agents in Igbo land to open fire on our defenceless youths. Tomorrow, they will say governors ordered the killings of IPOB members.

“MASSOB also apologizes to Chief Ike Ekweremadu for the physical assault on his person. We admonish Senator Ike Ekweremadu to absolve the assault as a family affair between a father and his children. Hausa Fulanis and other enemies of Ndigbo are happy but we must shame them when they see you in a cordial relationship with your people.

“MASSOB calls and extends a hand of fellowship to IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, BIM led by Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, BNC led Alhaji Dokubo Asari and other pro Biafra groups to rally together in the true spirit of Biafra and defend Biafra land from the Fulani invaders and marauders.

“The era of propaganda and talking on radio / newspaper has gone, people’s opinions on social media will never give us Biafra. Let’s unite and confront our common enemy. Though our governors and other leaders are not assisting the Biafra struggle, we can engage them traditionally, not insulting them,” Edeson further stated.

BIAFRANS NEWS : POLITICSSoutheast PDP Chairman condemns attack on Ekweremadu

Umahi made this known in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST at the weekend in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State.     The National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East zone, Chief Austin Umahi, has condemned the attack on Senator Ike Ekweremadu by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Nurnberg Germany.      He frowned at the action of the group against Ekweremadu whom he said has been on the forefront of the struggle against the marginalization of Ndi-Igbo in the Nigerian Federation.

The zonal Chairman said he was surprised that some individuals could hide under the name of the proscribed IPOB to attack Ekweremadu after all his efforts as the leader of Southeast Senate caucus in the 8th Senate to secure the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the self acclaimed leader of the group, from detention.

He said for Senator Ekweremadu to have travelled to far away Nurnberg in Germany to attend the second annual festival and covention organized by Ndi-Igbo resident there, was a demonstration of his undying love for Ndi-Igbo which he has been exhibiting over the years.

Umahi urged Ekweremadu not to be discouraged by the attack; but see it as one of the many sacrifices he has to pay in pursuit for justice and better treatment for Ndi-Igbo both within and outside the country.

He also called for the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators of the dastardly act to serve as a deterrent to others.

“I advised any individual or group that has any genuine reason to agitate, to do so, through the Southeast Governors Forum, the Ohanaeze Ndi-igbo and through other legitimate means within the Nigerian federation; rather than resorting to self help” he stated.

BIAFRANS NEWS : Ekweremadu Ex-minister, Chidoka makes demand from ex-Deputy Senate President’s attackers

Chidoka demanded apology from the lawmaker’s attackers.

The ex-Minister was reacting to a video clip posted on social media, where the senator was attacked by some persons, a situation, which resulted in his hurried evacuation from the venue of the event.     Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka has condemned Saturday’s attack in Nurnberg, Germany on Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the immediate past Deputy Senate President of Nigeria.     Ekweremadu was in Germany to speak at the Second Annual Cultural Festival and Convention of Ndi-Igbo living in that country.

The former Aviation minister has now demanded an unreserved apology from organisers of the event and the perpetrators of the attack on the senator.

Chidoka, who spoke through his media aide, Mr Ikechukwu Okafor on Sunday, said Ekweremadu had received a heroic welcome by the organisers and everything went smoothly until some men stormed the venue.

“The melee brought an abrupt end to the event, while the senator was seen in a video that went viral attempting to leave the venue amid attacks by the men.

“‪I demand an apology by perpetrators of this unwarranted attack on Sen. Ike Ekweremadu; I condemn it.

“Ekweremadu never supported Operation Python Dance, neither did he participate in the plan for the operation in the Southeast (zone of the country).

“Ekweremadu did not participate in the plan for operation python dance. Rather, he opposed it.

“Ekweremadu led several delegations to President (Muhammadu Buhari) on the release of Mr Nnamdi Kanu, and spoke out at critical times in support of the Igbo cause.

“He does not deserve this (kind of) treatment,” Chidoka said.