OPINION…To IPOB: Fasehun Taught Us It’s Folly To Bring War Home

Today in much of Nigeria’s South-East, no thanks to a rash of arsons and killings blamed on those now labelled as “unknown gunmen, (UGM)” the falcon can no longer hear the falconer and palpable anarchy bestrides the land. The raging cacophony broke out after the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led some youths into the forests of the South-East and honed them into a daredevil force by the name Eastern Security Network (ESN). Their initially proclaimed objective tantalised their kinsmen. ESN aimed to confront foreign Fulani herdsmen who roamed the…

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Presidency: Explain to Nigerians how Osinbajo, Amaechi, Ngige’ll raise N100m – Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer to Buhari

Mike Ozekhome, the Lead Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, of monetizing democracy. Ozekhome said Buhari must explain to Nigerians how he expects Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Rotimi Amaechi, Chris Ngige, and other Presidential aspirants to raise N100m to obtain their nomination forms. The human rights lawyer said APC was mocking the country’s democracy by pegging its Presidential nomination forms at N100m. During its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting on Wednesday, the ruling…

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Don’t be used as a tool against ESN – IPOB warns Cubana Chief Priest

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, warned Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, against allowing the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma to deceive him. IPOB said Cubana Chief Priest should not allow Uzodinma deceive him into attacking its members and the Eastern Security Network, ESN. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of the group, asked the businessman not to strike any deal with Uzodinma against IPOB and ESN. He issued the warning while accusing Uzodinma of giving smartphones to Imo youths to attack IPOB and ESN. A…

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BREAKING: Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial till Wednesday – Punch Newspapers

…orders DSS to allow him change cloth, do exercise A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned further proceedings in the case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, till Wednesday. The adjournment followed Kanu’s complaint that the Federal Government failed to promptly serve him the fresh 15 amended charges it brought before the court. Kanu, through his team of lawyers led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, further accused FG of denying him the necessary facility to defend the…

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By cancelling sit-at-home, IPOB has proved it’s not a terrorist group — Okupe

Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki Published 6 November 2021 A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the cancellation by the Indigenous People of Biafra, of its planned one-week sit-at-home in the South-East, had proved the group was not a terrorist organisation. According to the former Presidential Aide, the decision of IPOB to cancel the one-week sit-at-home was indicative of the fact that it believed in the principle of justice, equity and self-determination, for its people. Okupe stated this in a statement he…

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Anambra Guber: MASSOB counters IPOB, says election must hold

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State Of Biafra, MASSOB, has assured residents that the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State must hold. MASSOB also encouraged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to go ahead without distraction in conducting the governorship election, come weekend. The pro-Biafra group disclosed this in a statement by its Director of Information, Edeson Samuel, on Monday. This is coming a few days after the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the Southeast declared a seven-day sit-at-home protest in the South-East starting…

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Amid condemnation of NEF’s call, Biafra group tells southerners to quit north | Ripples Nigeria

Nigerians from South East and South-South residing in the Northern parts of the country, have been asked to leave the region and return home. The call was made by the Biafra Nations Youth League (BNYL) in a statement its chief press secretary, Comrade Kufre Obot, made available to newsmen on Thursday. The group was reacting to the recent call by Northern Elders Forum (NEF), and Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) asking Fulani people in the South to leave the region and return to the North. It also hinged its call…

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Biafra: No referendum, no more elections in Igbo land – Again, IPOB warns FG – Daily Post Nigeria

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has again reiterated its call for referendum, stressing that until the Nigerian government meets its demands, there will be no election in the South East starting from the upcoming Anambra State governorship election. IPOB said should its call for referendum is not met, it will use the November 2017 governorship election in Anambra State to set example for what is to come in the future. The group’s warning was contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful and sent to DAILY POST…

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