BIAFRA NEWS : Asari Dokubo Slams Akintoye, Others For Supporting IPOB

 

Former Niger Delta militant leader Asari Dokubo has slammed Professor Banji Akintoye and other Yoruba elders supporting the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The former fighter said the leader of the proscribed group, Nnamdi Kanu and his supporters should learn from Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho.

Speaking on Wednesday during a live broadcast on Facebook, Dokubo said Sunday Igboho has never ordered the killing of anyone in the South West, wondering why the Yoruba leaders are supporting the violence in the South East.

He also berated the Yoruba elders for saying that “IPOB is the best thing to have ever happened in the South East and Nnamdi Kanu is the saviour of the Igbos”.

He said: “You come out and kill our people, and people are supporting you, and you are happy. Stupid idiots in Yorubaland are urging you to kill our people. Sunday Igboho never commanded anybody to be killed. Look at how the Yorubas are fooling you: those elderly buffoons and fools. Mischief-makers fooling you to destroy Igboland.

“Why are they not disturbing Lagos because of Sunday Igboho (who is being detained)? They are saying ‘IPOB is the best thing’, ‘Nnamdi Kanu is the saviour’, who then is Sunday Igboho?

“Those stupid idiots demented Yoruba leaders. God (will) punish them and throw them into the pit of hell. They are urging you, fooling people to destroy our land. They are not destroying Lagos, Osogbo, and Ibadan, but they are telling you to destroy Igboland.”

BIAFRA NEWS : Nigerians React As Imam Of Peace Supports Biafra

 

Nigerians React As Imam Of Peace Supports Biafra

Biafra will be free.

— Imam of Peace 🕊 (@Imamofpeace) February 9, 2022

The images coming out of #Biafra are horrific. I can’t even share them. Humans are being butchered, literally. Please do some research and start raising awareness.

— Imam of Peace 🕊 (@Imamofpeace) February 9, 2022

A Muslim influencer and reformist Imam, Mohammad Tawhidi, popularly known as Imam of Peace, has supported the actualisation of Biafra Republic.

 In a series of tweets via his verified Twitter handle, Tawhidi recalled the killing of Igbos during the civil war, adding that the images of victims of the Nigerian military are horrific.

 

The controversial cleric stated that Biafra must be free, disclosing that he stands with Biafra against the oppression of the Nigerian Government.

WE STAND WITH BIAFRA AGAINST TERRORISM. ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

— Imam of Peace 🕊 (@Imamofpeace) February 9, 2022

However, some Nigerians who are supporters of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have commended the Muslim cleric for lending his voice to the actualisation of Biafra.

The Biafran supporters took to Twitter to campaign for Biafra, making Biafra top Nigerian Twitter trends on Thursday.

While others slammed Imam Tawhidi for openly campaigning for Biafra, asking him not to get involved in Nigera’s internal affairs.

See some of the reactions below:

@BiafranYouths wrote: “Mohammad Tawhidi, thanks bro! I need more sincere World advocates like you to help give a voice to my people of #Biafra. They’re attempting to do us like 1967 again. Please any tweet on Biafra will be helpful.”

@EverIyke1 wrote: “Biafran freedom is a sacrosanct and nothing in this world can stop her from achieving.”

@FabianChimaobi wrote: “Self-determination is the right of all free people. The Indigenous people of Biafra have the right to self-determination and are only asking for a United Nations supervised Referendum to decide it’s people’s destiny. #FreeBiafra.”

@GodIsAngryWith1 wrote: “We are been killed every day and no one is talking about it, #Biafrans lives matters.“

Naija News reports that the Muslim cleric on Wednesday took to Twitter to openly campaign for the creation of Biafra in the South East region of the country.

BIAFRA NEWS : Troops neutralise four IPOB/ESN militants in Anambra

 

Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised four gunmen of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) at Ihiala town in Anambra State.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja.

Nwachukwu disclosed that troops received a distress call that the gunmen were out enforcing the illegally imposed sit-at-home order and were firing sporadically in and around a filling station in Ihiala town.

He said a fire-fight ensued between the dissidents and the gallant troops leading to the killing of their leader, one Ejike, and three others.

 Nwachukwu revealed that, items recovered from the gunmen during the encounter included: one motorcycle, two pump action double-barrel guns, 12 live cartridges and substances suspected to be cannabis, amongst others.

He, however, noted that one of the combat vehicles conveying troops was involved in an accident during the operation following a technical fault.

“One gallant officer and a soldier paid the supreme price in the accident, while two sustained injuries. The injured are currently responding to treatment at a military hospital.

“While we pray for the repose of the souls of deceased personnel, the general public is enjoined to continue to support the military and other security agencies through the provision of timely and accurate information,’’ Nwachukwu said.

BIAFRA NEWS : Imam Tawhidi campaigns for Biafra

 

Imam Tawhidi a.k.a Imam of Peace has set Twitter on fire with his open campaign for the actualisation of Biafra Republic.

In several tweets in the past 48 hours, the Imam drew attention to the killings within Nigeria’s South east and boldly stated that Biafra must be free.

The statements have sent Biafran agitators into a frenzy, making Biafra top Nigerian Twitter trends on Thursday.

To Biafrans, Imam of Peace is now an ally and was celebrated in many responses.

Here are the tweets of the Imam on Biafra and why Biafra was trending on Thursday:

The images coming out of #Biafra are horrific. I can’t even share them. Humans are being butchered, literally. Please do some research and start raising awareness.

 Imam of Peace 🕊 (@Imamofpeace) February 9, 2022

WE STAND WITH BIAFRA AGAINST TERRORISM. ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

— Imam of Peace 🕊 (@Imamofpeace) February 9, 2022

Free #Biafra.

 Imam of Peace 🕊 (@Imamofpeace) February 8, 2022

We need to talk about #Biafra.

— Imam of Peace 🕊 (@Imamofpeace) February 8, 2022

  Imam of Peace 🕊 (@Imamofpeace) February 9, 2022

I made 5 tweets about Biafra and Boomhari is upside down trying to discredit me with his henchmen. Guess what: we will continue.

Freedom.

— Imam of Peace 🕊 (@Imamofpeace) February 10, 2022

 

“Mohammad Tawhidi, thanks bro!
I need more sincere World advocates like you to help give a voice to my people of #Biafra. They’re attempting to do us like 1967 again. Please any tweet on Biafra will be helpful.”

From:@KalAfrorock to @Imamofpeace pic.twitter.com/k3DyBJt8w2

— Biafran Youths🌤🦅 (@BiafranYouths) February 9, 2022

Imam Tawhidi, originally from Iran, is an Australian Muslim Scholar, Thinker, Educator, Speaker, and one of the main leading voices in the global movement of Islamic reform who has dedicated his life to ideologically tackling the spread of Islamic Extremism.

 

 

BIAFRA NEWS : Cow ban in Southeast from April irreversible – IPOB

 

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday said there was no going back on the decision to ban movement, sale and consumption of Fulani cows throughout the Southeast with effect from April 2022.

The group said the decision followed the desire to preserve the people of the region from being wiped out by herdsmen.

In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB claimed that over N3billion was spent on cow meat annually, insisting that such wastages must stop.

It reiterated its call on those dealing with Fulani cows in the zone to better look for alternatives immediately, warning that it would not spare any herdsmen cows after the April deadline.

The statement reads in part: “We wish to reiterate that our earlier decision to ban the movement and consumption of Fulani cows in Biafra land, from April 2022, is sacrosanct.

“We also wish to correct the misinformation and misconceptions surrounding our position on the issue which our enemies are peddling to blackmail us.

“In the first place, the decision was taken as a last resort after many years of patience over the unprovoked genocidal attacks by Fulani herdsmen on our communities, and the failure of the double-faced Nigeria security agencies to rein in the rampaging Fulani mass murderers.

“We have waited enough and can no longer tolerate the docility and criminal silence of the Federal Government in protecting our communities against these agents of death.

“Since their cows have been the reason the jihadists are slaughtering our people, destroying our farms, raping our women and kidnapping our men for ransom, we have decided to stop consuming these cursed Fulani cows which have now become a source of sorrow and death.

“It’s better we are alive and eat no Fulani cows than desire to eat them and be killed.

“The world should note that before arriving at this IRREVERSIBLE decision, we have made several appeals to the federal government and the security agencies to stop the Fulani from their atrocities in our land but they looked the other way, leaving our hapless communities at the mercy of these messengers of death.

“Our patience has been over stretched beyond its elasticity point. We can no longer afford to fold our arms and be waiting for the last man in Biafra land to be killed by jihadists masquerading as herdsmen.

“Our people waste huge sums of money up to N3bn every year on cow meat and we won’t allow that to continue and encouraging those who have the money to start breeding our local cows (Efi Igbo) and other farming, IPOB will support them to boasts the farming and animal husbandry business.

“Our decision to ban the movement, sale and consumption of Fulani cows throughout Biafra land with effect from April of this year is not borne out of hate but we are safeguarding our land and our people from the evil agenda of Fulanis. Our decision is born out of the natural desire to preserve our race from being wiped out by the herdsmen.

“If you are a Biafran dealing on Fulani cows in Biafraland, its better you look for an alternative now because we won’t spear any inch regarding herdsmen cows after April this year, don’t say we don’t warn you. A word is enough for the wise.”

BIAFRA NEWS : How Buhari govt confirmed involvement in Nnamdi Kanu’s ‘abduction’ in Kenya – IPOB

 

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government and its Kenyan counterpart have confirmed culpability in the rearrest of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
IPOB said the delay in clarification has confirmed the involvement of Nigerian and Kenyan governments in Kanu’s rearrest.

Kanu was rearrested in an African country believed to be Kenya in June 2021 and repatriated to Nigeria to continue his trial for terrorism.

However, IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said the Kenyan government allowed its airport to be used as an abduction ground.
Powerful also called on the Department of State Services, DSS, to explain its involvement in Kanu’s rearrest.

A statement by Powerful on Sunday reads partly: “The global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of our great leader and prophet, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to request world leaders, men and women of good conscience across the globe to ask the Nigeria and Kenya governments why they are yet to give any clarification on how our leader was abducted in Kenya and repatriated to Nigeria.

“Their inability to explain how our leader was abducted and repatriated to Nigeria has only confirmed their culpability in the whole saga no matter how clever they think they are in denying any involvement.
“It’s a known rule that airports across the world are safe places for all law-abiding citizens. But Kenya has allowed its international airport to serve as an abduction ground for the oppressive Nigerian Government that kidnapped our leader who traveled to Kenya with British passport.

“This is nothing but travesty of justice should our leader be put on trial without first clarifications on his unlawful kidnap and rendition. DSS should explain its role in our leader’s abduction and rendition. IPOB will not relent in fighting this injustice against innocent citizens.”

BIAFRA NEWS : Why FG can’t reveal how Nnamdi Kanu was extradited -Lawyer

 

Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has challenged the Nigerian government to reveal how the IPOB leader was arrested and extradited.

In a statement on Monday, Ejimakor described the extradition of Kanu as illegal and a “gross misconduct”.

The statement was titled, ‘Absence of lawful extradition is the reason why Nigeria cannot explain how it intercepted Nnamdi Kanu’.

Kanu, who is facing an 11-count charge of treason, treasonable felony, terrorism, and illegal possession of firearms, among others, allegedly jumped bail in 2017 and left the country, only to re-emerge in Israel and then in the United Kingdom.

The former London estate agent was rearrested in June 2021. He was initially arrested in late 2015 after calling for a separate state for Biafra, in South-East Nigeria.

He was re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja and ordered to be remanded in the custody of the DSS, while the case was adjourned.

Following the sudden appearance of Kanu in a Federal High Court in Abuja on June 29, 2021, the Attorney-General of Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, SAN, at a press conference, stated that Kanu was “intercepted through the collaborative efforts of Nigerian intelligence and Security Services”. 

Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has challenged the Nigerian government to reveal how the IPOB leader was arrested and extradited.

In a statement on Monday, Ejimakor described the extradition of Kanu as illegal and a “gross misconduct”.

The statement was titled, ‘Absence of lawful extradition is the reason why Nigeria cannot explain how it intercepted Nnamdi Kanu’.

Kanu, who is facing an 11-count charge of treason, treasonable felony, terrorism, and illegal possession of firearms, among others, allegedly jumped bail in 2017 and left the country, only to re-emerge in Israel and then in the United Kingdom.

The former London estate agent was rearrested in June 2021. He was initially arrested in late 2015 after calling for a separate state for Biafra, in South-East Nigeria.

He was re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja and ordered to be remanded in the custody of the DSS, while the case was adjourned.

Following the sudden appearance of Kanu in a Federal High Court in Abuja on June 29, 2021, the Attorney-General of Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, SAN, at a press conference, stated that Kanu was “intercepted through the collaborative efforts of Nigerian intelligence and Security Services”. 

“It is therefore instructive that, to date, the Nigerian government has neither – in court or public – contradicted Kanu’s accounts, nor offered any alternative account that may suggest that Kanu’s return to Nigeria was secured through some due process of law.

“On its part, the Kenyan Government has, in the public and in processes filed in court, vehemently denied that Kanu was subjected to any extradition (or even deportation) proceedings in Kenya; and Nigeria has deadpanned to Kenya’s self-righteous denials.

“To be sure, Nnamdi Kanu, a non-national of Kenya, was legally admitted to Kenya on 5th May, 2021 and then expelled or was transferred from Kenya to Nigeria on 27th June, 2021 without ‘a decision taken in accordance with the law’. Both Nigeria and Kenya are State Parties to the parent African Charter that grandfathered the similar law Nigeria later domesticated into its municipal laws.

“It is trite that a renditioned fugitive suspect cannot be subjected to trial. Thus, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu should be restitutioned or restored to the status quo, whether to Kenya or Britain, at his option. It is inherently contradictory to postulate that a renditioned suspect will get a fair trial from the jurisdiction that renditioned him.