THE RESTORATION OF BIAFRA NATION

Watch Out For Total Lock Down, Says IPOB tripleclicks  “We Will Declare Independence”  Agitators says Already, military fighter jets are flying the entire zone in apparent show of force against any person or group that might want to break down of law and order on that day.  Meanwhile 14 pro-Biafra groups, including the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), have asked indigenes of ‘Biafra’ to sit at home on May 30, as a sign of honour for fallen Biafran heroes that were killed in the struggle. Apprehension has enveloped the Southeast geopolitical zone over conflicting orders by various pro-Biafra agitators on how May 30, otherwise known as Biafra Day, would be celebrated. However, the Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) gave a counter order, asking the people to ignore the stay at home order and troop to Enugu Government House for the hoisting of flags and declaration of Biafran Independence.  The...

IPOB was apparently reacting to a press release by the Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr Umar Garba, in which he called on residents of Anambra state to disregard the sit-at-home order, stressing that IPOB was outlawed and has no powers to order the action.  The group, in a statement by its media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, observed that police commissioners in all the states that make up “Biafra” were mostly from the north and had no powers to determine how the Igbo celebrate their departed brothers. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned police chiefs in Igboland not to interfere with Wednesday’s proposed sit-at-home protest, saying that the authorities have no right to determine how the Igbo choose to honour their fallen hero. He said, “All Fulani police commissioners that litter Biafraland must desist from commenting about this solemn occasion. Some of them have offered comments that we deem insulting to the memory of the dead.  “We don’t have ...

The accused persons Okorie Chukwuemeka, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, Kanayo Frank and five others are facing two count charges of treasonable felony, intimidation of president of the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Rivers State Governor. Eight pro-Biafra agitators have been remanded in prison custody by a Chief Magistrate court in Port-Harcourt following their arraignment by the police. When the matter came up in court, Chief Magistrate, Andrew Jaja ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction to try the matter and referred the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice. The matter was later adjourned to June 21 for mention.Lawyer to the accused pro Biafra agitators, Nneka Anaeke told newsmen that her clients had the constitutional right to peacefully fight for their freedom.They are also being accused of allegedly levying war against the state along East-West Road on May 23 this year.

In a statement issued by an activist and social critic, Ikechukwu Nnaji, and signed by the Publicity Secretary of the IPOB, Emma Powerful, the group said it was the biggest shame on the Igbo race to be silent over the disappearance of Kanu.  The pro-Biafra agitators pointed out that it does not matter from which perspective one has judged the matter, as Kanu was a “bold, innocent chap who was tagged a terrorist, was arrested, refused bail against court injunctions, later released on disagreeable grounds, and finally kidnapped by the same government (perhaps killed like his dog and immediate followers).”The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Igbos, especially the elites, of abandoning its founder, Nnamdi Kanu, describing their action as a big shame. It added that the Nigerian government would never have spoken of restructuring if not for Kanu, adding that the Federal Government’s “efforts had been to crush Kanu from time.”  According to IPOB, the Igbo race has...

In a statement by MASSOB leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu, the group condemned what it called incessant, increasing pressure and attack on Chief Chukwuma and his company by the Federal Government using the EFCC.  The group claimed that the Federal Government wants to stifle the economic prowess of Ndigbo and impose an economic and industrial monopoly in the country. The statement added, “MASSOB view these consciously systemic and intimidating actions of security agents as a strategic grand plan to stifle the economic prowess of Ndigbo. We say no to economic and industrial monopoly in Nigeria.The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has provided reasons the popular Igbo motor manufacturer, Chief Innocent Chukwuma and his firm, Innoson Group of companies, are being continuously harassed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The pro-Biafra group said that the harassment was a confirmation of an agenda by the Federal Government to frus...

It declared that no amount of fighter jets deployed against the zone would stop the group from announcing Biafra  nation and occupying the Enugu State Government House, which it said, was the designated headquarters of Biafra on May 30. The Guardian learnt that air surveillance by the joint patrol of Army and Police had increased in the zone since Monday; fuelling fears of possible clashes in the event of security breaches.The Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) has said the Federal Government was trying to intimidate its members from carrying out their plans to declare Biafra Republic on May 30 by deploying fighter jets in the zone.BZF leader, Mazi Benjamin Onwuka, told journalists in Enugu that the group was prepared to face any kind of security apparatuses that may be deployed to frustrate the exercise. He called on Biafrans to assemble at the Enugu Government House on May 30, asking Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to steer clear of controversy “by vacating office before that date.” He...

The IPOB grouped issued the warning on the people “romancing with Arewa politicians. IPOB has warned Igbo politicians against the romancing with the Arewa politicians for the 2019 general elections, IPOB gave the warning yesterday that such moves will not be taken lightly with persons or group of person who becomes a friend to any Northerner’s politicians. The group said that those doing such things are not shameful and that their acts will not make their “oppressor love them, according to them “duplicitous character will never endear them to the oppressor.” The statement was released to journalists yesterday by Emma Powerful The detention and deaths of some members of BIM, were also condemned by IPOB during the meeting The blames were shifted to the governors of South East states and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo for the detention and killings of BIM members.They claimed that killings of Ohanaeze Ndigbo group were not new things hence the silence of Ohanaeze Ndigob and the gove...