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…
Read MoreBiafra: 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…
Read MoreBiafra: Anyone who says Igbo nation will not be achieved will die – Nnamdi Kanu warns – Daily Post Nigeria
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on Tuesday warned that anyone who insists that Biafra will not be achieved will die. Kanu issued the warning while addressing a crowd of IPOB members at the palace of His Royal Majesty, Eze I.O Kanu in Isiama Afara Ukwu, Umuahia, Abia State. The IPOB leader reiterated his resolve towards the struggle for the actualisation of Biafra Republic. The IPOB leader also declared that there will be no more election in the South-East region starting with Anambra State until…
Read MoreBiafra: Turkish diplomat visits Nnamdi Kanu [PHOTOS] – Daily Post Nigeria
The President of the International Nations Commercial Association in Turkey, Abdulkadir Erkahraman has visited the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in his home town in Isiama Afara, Umuahia, Anambra State. Kanu, while receiving Erkahraman said the Turkish citizen’s visit was in line with IPOB’s plan to solidify the actualization of Biafra. The IPOB leader said the agitation of the freedom of Biafra has become so loud that the international community cannot fail to recognize the efforts by the group. Kanu said, “There will come a time when…
Read MoreBiafra: Senator Shehu Sani reacts to order asking Igbos to vacate North – Daily Post Nigeria
Lawmaker representing Kaduna Central, Senator Sani Shehu, has reacted to threat issued by a Northern group that Igbos should vacate the North, saying no ethnic group has the right to eject another ethnic group in the country. Recall that the spokesperson of a Northern Coalition group, Coalition of Northern Youths, CNY, Abdulaziz Suleiman, had ordered Igbos to vacate the region in three months. Speaking yesterday, Suleiman had said the entire Northern Nigeria was done with coexisting with the Igbos and was asking that “all Igbos currently residing in any part…
Read MoreBiafra: We are not afraid of war – South East youths reply Arewa forum – Daily Post Nigeria
The founder of Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, Evang. Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko has described the eviction order by the Coalition of Northern Youths, CNY, asking the Igbos to vacate the North as “childish,” stressing that people of the South East are not afraid of war. Ugochukwu noted that rather than issue such threat, the group should write to the National Assembly and other world body to “urgently” conduct referendum so as to secure the future of the country. In a statement, he said, “The statement from a hitherto unknown northern group is…
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