From DAVID ONWUCHEKWA, Nnewi
A legal battle for the actualization of Biafra Republic kicks off on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at the Owerri Federal High Court in Imo State. The plaintiff, Bilie Human Rights Initiative,dropped the hint in a statement made available to Sunday Sun by its spokesperson,Comrade Arinzechukwu Awogu. In the statement signed by the group’s Secretary General,
Elder Eddy Anyanwu, the body said that by the legal action, it had made good its threat to take the Nigerian government to court over Biafra’s quest for independence and other unresolved issues from the Nigeria-Biafra war. These, it said, included the use of starvation as legitimate instrument of warfare, the bombing of civilian targets, the 20 per account holder policy, the abandoned property saga and the indigenization policy enacted and implemented before the recovery of the war weary people of Biafra. The statement reads in part “On behalf of the indigenous people of Biafra, Bilie Human Rights Initiative has filed the Suit No. FHC/OW/CS/102/2012 in the Federal High Court of Nigeria in the Owerri Judicial Division against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation seeking to enforce the rights of indigenous people of Biafra to self-determination and independence.
“The said suit brought by way of originating summons requires the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation to appear in court to answer some questions. The matter comes up on October 30, 2012. “For the first time since the Nigeria-Biafra war ended 42 years ago, Biafra adherents, determined to forge a new nation still in the name and title of Republic of Biafra with its land, littoral and continental shelves, have dragged Nigeria as represented by President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney General of the Federation to Owerri Federal High Court over the inalienable rights of the descendants of the ancestors of Biafraland who are the remnants that were not consumed by the 1967-1970 genocidal war in which about three million Biafrans were killed, to self-determination and thus are praying the court to pronounce the territory as it was during the pre 1967 years and sovereign in the light of relevant charters on human and peoples rights, realities of the incompatibility of those who make-up the geo-space called Nigeria among others.”
Comrade Awogu said Bilie Human Rights Initiative had commenced what would eventually lead to a peaceful and coordinated political and economic freedom for the people of Biafra. “We are using legal method in our approach. We are in court to seek legal clarity on our right to self-determination vis-a-vis our inalienable rights to decide our political future under Biafra geo-space. I consider that, with this legal action, we in Bilie Human Rights Initiative have decided to fast-track our legal effort to compel the Nigerian government to among other things cease arresting anybody answering to or wearing Biafran emblem, insignia or any material that reflects their belief in Biafra.
This is to make it possible for law in Nigeria to give clarity on this very important issue and to prevent the Nigerian state from using intimidation and unlawful acts to suppress the agitation for Biafra. “We need to put this thing in law, to test the validity of the claims by Nigeria. We will be asking the Nigerian government in court to tell the world if the word “Biafra” is a crime,” the statement further said.
People outside Nigeria are preparing for the world court and other world bodies, where we can engage Nigeria properly. All options are on the table including urban warfare! You aint seen nothing yet! Boko haram will be like sunday picknic when we start our insurgency warfare. This group can continue their little case in the Nigerian courts but we don’t believe in the Nigerian courts. We have bigger and better plans outside Nigeria first. The definition of war is politics through other means. Well, we plan to play our own politics using multi-methods.Nothing will be off the table!
Too much mouth. You guys just dey shout like fools. What did you expect in war, that the enemy will be sending oporoko and isiewu to you? Better lets not bring up the past. All these useless Nigerians in Diaspora who know they are safe and want to cause problem for those at home. Or Biafrans no kill Federal troops during the war? On ye ara people!
I am not sure if you are a true Yoruba person or not but through your name, I will judge you as one. Keep being ignorant of the reality. Time will tell.
AWO COMMITED SUICIDE, GOWON WILL SOON FOLLOW SUIT.
Awo is a tribal tin-god and gowon is a war criminal.
I hope for your own sake, u r better prepared than Ojukwu was. This was how his hubris started
My IGBO brothers, please how do I join this Bilie group ?
First Let us love one another ndi igbo ibem is time to collect what is our’s God bless all igbo people amen
Thanks for that comment.
I b’liv Igbo/Ibo have alot, I mean the whole world in general and making a global impact rather than these short-sitedness of self-state. In a global situation we see today that path is a failure right from its beginning.
How to join BILIE. GO TO http://WWW.BILIE.ORG
There you will see where to register for bilie membership, is simple
How can I join the group called “Billie Human Rights Actvivists”?
To join Bilie Human Rights Initiative visit http://www.radiobiafralondon.com and complete the online application form.
This is good move.Biafras the time has come , let all join hands together and support this peaceful movement .O land of rising sun , When Shea I see you .
yes, the case of genocide is coming up. Enough of all these injustice(s). God pls answer our prayers. Glory be to God.
The land of hope,d land of rising sun,we all cherish you. Thank God our brothers are begining to think abt u, No amount of intimidation wil stop Biafra, unless the whole earth wil b wipe out by God.
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A right step in d right direction.
Thank God de long awaited dream is hear.
Biafra must have it’s way that is the only choice!
WORLD PRESS RELEASE
For the first time since after the Nigeria-Biafra War
BIAFRA DRAGS NIGERIA TO COURT!
Tuesday, 30th October, 2012 will herald the commencement of a well grounded legal process cum battle for the actualization of the independence of Biafra Republic through legal means at Owerri Federal High Court, Imo state.
The Case for Self-determination and Independence of Biafra: Suit No. FHC/OW/CS/102/2012
On behalf of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Bilie Human Rights Initiative has filed the Suit No. FHC/OW/CS/102/2012 in the Federal High Court of Nigeria in the Owerri Judicial Division against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation seeking to enforce the rights of indigenous people of Biafra to self-determination and independence. The said suit brought by way of originating summons requires the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation to appear in court to answer some questions. The matter comes up on 30th of October, 2012.
For the first time since after the Nigeria-Biafra war ended 42 years ago, Biafra adherents, determined to forge a new nation still in the name and title of Republic of Biafra with its land, littoral and continental shelves, have dragged Nigeria as represented by President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney General of the Federation to Owerri Federal High Court over the inalienable right of the descendants of the ancestors of Biafraland who are the remnants that were not consumed by the 1967-1970 genocidal war in which about three million Biafrans were killed, to self-determination and thus are praying the court to pronounce the territory as it was pre 1967 independent and sovereign in the light of relevant charters on Human and peoples rights, realities of the incompatibility of those who make-up the geo-space called Nigeria among others.
In a press release made available by the spokesperson of the litigating entity, BILIE Human Rights Initiative, Comrade Arinzechukwu Awogu, which was signed by the group’s Secretary General, Elder Eddy Anyanwu, the litigating entity, BILIE Human Rights Initiative, has by this legal action made good its threat to take the Nigerian government to court over Biafra’s quest for independence and other unresolved hang-over from the Nigeria-Biafra war, which included the use of starvation as “legitimate instrument of warfare,” the bombing of civilian targets, the 20 Pounds per account holder policy, the abandoned property saga, the hasty indigenization policy enacted and implemented before the recovery of war affected people of Biafra, among other vexed issues.
Comrade Arinzechukwu Awogu believes that Bilie Human Rights Initiative has commenced what would eventually lead to a peaceful and coordinated political and economic freedom for the people of Biafra. “We are using legal method in our approach. We are in court to seek legal clarity on our right to self-determination vis-a-vis our inalienable right to decide our political future under Biafra geo-space. I consider that, with this legal action, we in BILIE Human Rights Initiative have decided to fast track our legal effort to compel the Nigerian government to among other things cease arresting anybody answering to or wearing Biafran emblem, insigner or any material that reflect their believe in Biafra. This is to make it possible for law in Nigeria to give clarity on this very important issue and to prevent the Nigerian state from using intimidation and unlawful acts to suppress the agitation for Biafra.
“We need to put this thing in law, to test the validity of the claims by Nigeria. We will be asking the Nigerian government in court to tell the world if the word “Biafra” is a crime.”
The suit also sought to know whether the Defendants (Nigeria and Nigerians) were right to seize and confiscate the assets, properties, money, and all treasures belonging to the Claimants (Biafrans) by promulgating the Abandoned Properties Act of 28th September 1979 while the 1963 Constitution was in force, being more than nine years after the war and after the declaration of “One Nigeria” while regarding the Claimants (Biafrans) as Nigerian citizens but depriving them of their properties, money and assets; and if the answer is in the negative, whether the Defendants (Nigeria and Nigerians) are still justified to withhold the said money, properties and assets belonging to the Claimants (Biafrans).
It also sought the Court’s pronouncement on whether the Defendants (Nigeria and Nigerians) were justified to violate the International Humanitarian Law and the Laws of War known as the Geneva Convention 1949 (to which the Defendants acceded and ratified on 20th June 1961) by bombing the Biafran civilians, killing the Biafran civilians and using starvation to kill the children, women and the elderly of the civilian population of the indigenous people of Biafra in the war of 1967 1970 in order to win the war, as was partly reveled by Prof. Chinua Achebe in his latest book “There Was A Country.”
The suit is also asking the court whether the Defendants (Nigeria and Nigerians) by registering Nigeria as a member of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) in 1986 and licensing an Islamic Sharia Bank in Nigeria under the 1999 Constitution contrary to Section 10 of the Constitution of Nigeria have violated the Constitution and turned Nigeria into an Islamic country; and if the answer is in the affirmative, whether the Claimants (Biafrans) have the right to dissociate themselves from the Defendants (Nigeria and Nigerians) and refuse to answer the citizens of an Islamic country in the exercise of their right to freedom of worship, freedom of association and self-determination as a people
The press release reads thus:
1. Introduction:
BILIE HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE is a human rights organization and the only legal entity in Nigeria registered with the United Nations as an Indigenous Peoples Organization (IPO) and also as Incorporated Trustees by the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for the purpose of protecting, defending and advocating for the rights of indigenous people of Biafra and all other indigenous peoples and nationalities within Nigeria whose rights and freedoms are violated by the Nigerian Government contrary to the United Nations Charter on Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. The word “Bilie” means “Stand Up” or “Arise” in Igbo Language. We are calling on all Igbo speaking people in Nigeria to stand up for their rights. Bilie is a human rights group advocating for the rights of the descendants of the ancestors of Biafraland who are the remnants that were not consumed by the 1967-1970 genocidal war in which about three million Biafrans were killed. Bilie Human Rights Initiative is a national liberation movement for the purposes of international law with power to represent all indigenous people of Biafra in legal actions against any person or any Government whether in the Nigerian Courts or in the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Gentlemen of the Press, we are here today to let the world know what is happening in Nigeria. The safety of the lives and properties of indigenous people of Biafra living in Nigeria are no longer guaranteed. The Biafrans were forced to surrender their sovereignty and become Nigerian citizens on the promise that their lives and properties would be protected by the Government of Nigeria. Now, it has become clear that the Government of Nigeria is impotent and incompetent to protect the indigenous people of Biafra who were not consumed by the war. In fact, the Nigeria Police and Army Officers have continued to harass, intimidate, arrest, detain and kill the Biafran human rights activists who are agitating for the self-determination and independence of Biafra by peaceful means but spare the militant activists from other tribes agitating for their own tribes. There is a clear policy of discrimination, marginalization, oppression and racism against the remnants of the indigenous people of Biafra living in Nigeria which has caused some of them to deny their identity in order to receive favours from the Federal Government of Nigeria. The situation has compelled Bilie Human Rights Initiative to file multiple suits against the Federal Government of Nigeria and its agents on behalf of the indigenous people of Biafra to protect their human and peoples’ rights. At the moment, the two suits we have filed are as follows:
(a) Case for the Self-determination and Independence of Biafra
(b) Case for the Eastern Pilot Newspaper against the violation of our freedom of expression
The Case for Self-determination and Independence of Biafra: Suit No. FHC/OW/CS/102/2012
On behalf of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Bilie Human Rights Initiative has filed the Suit No. FHC/OW/CS/102/2012 in the Federal High Court of Nigeria in the Owerri Judicial Division against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation seeking to enforce the rights of indigenous people of Biafra to self-determination and independence. The said suit brought by way of originating summons requires the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation to appear in court to answer some questions:
LET the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation within thirty days after service of this summons on them, inclusive of the day of such service, cause an appearance to be entered for them to this summons which is issued upon the application of BILIE HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE representing INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA who are indigenes of the South East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, parts of the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria and parts of the Middle Belt zone of Nigeria seeking to enforce their right to self-determination pursuant to Articles 19 – 25 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap 10 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990, and to redress all wrongs occasioned on them by the Defendants in consequence whereof the Claimants pray for the determination of the following questions: 3
1. Whether the Indigenous People of Biafra who are the remnants that were not consumed in the Nigerian-Biafran war of 1967 1970 have the right of self-determination pursuant to Articles 19 25 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap 10, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
2. Whether the Claimants who identify themselves as Biafrans by indigenous identity are committing any offence by doing so contrary to any provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 or contrary to any provisions of the Criminal Code and whether it is a crime under any national or international law to mention the name of BIAFRA or for the remnants of the Indigenous People of Biafra who were not consumed by the war to maintain their indigenous identity as Biafrans with their native emblems and symbols as they do now even though they are Nigerians by citizenship and nationality laws; and if the answer is in the negative, whether the Defendants are justified to arrest, detain, shoot and or kill the children of the Claimants for identifying themselves as Biafrans by indigenous identity contrary to the rights of indigenous peoples as guaranteed by Articles 19 25 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap 10, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
3. Whether by the interpretation of Section 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 it is a crime for the Claimants and or the people of other ethnic nationalities held together in Nigeria against their will to exercise their right to self-determination by seeking for independence under the law as guaranteed by Articles 19 25 Cap 10 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 and the United Nations Resolution 61/295 of 2007 known as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
4. Whether it is lawful under the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 and under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Cap 10 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 for the Defendants to hold the ethnic nationalities in Nigeria together by force against their will who now constitute the six geopolitical regions namely: South East, South South, South West, North Central, North East and North West, in a forced marriage akin to slavery contrary to their human and peoples’ rights of self-determination as there is no provision in the Nigerian law or international law that makes it a crime for a people to seek for freedom by the rule of law.
5. Whether the amalgamation of the peoples of the south and north by the British Government to form one country called Nigeria was with the consent and agreement of the indigenous peoples of the lands; and if the answer is in the negative, whether the Order-in-Council 1910 1913 made by the British Government to create Nigeria in
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1914 was null and void ab initio for lacking legitimacy as it could not form the basis of the Nigerian Constitution thereby rendering the amalgamation invalid.
6. Whether by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1963 which took effect on 1st October 1963 and remained in force until the midnight of 30th September 1979 the Defendants were right to seize and confiscate the assets, properties, money, and all treasures belonging to the Claimants by promulgating the Abandoned Properties Act of 28th September 1979 while the 1963 Constitution was in force, being more than nine years after the war and after the declaration of “One Nigeria” while regarding the Claimants as Nigerian citizens but depriving them of their properties, money and assets; and if the answer is in the negative, whether the Defendants are still justified to withhold the said money, properties and assets belonging to the Claimants.
7. Whether the Defendants were justified to violate the International Humanitarian Law and the Laws of War known as the Geneva Convention 1949 (to which the Defendants acceded and ratified on 20th June 1961) by bombing the Biafran civilians, killing the Biafran civilians and using starvation to kill the children, women and the elderly of the civilian population of the indigenous people of Biafra in the war of 1967 1970 in order to win the war.
8. Whether the Defendants by registering Nigeria as a member of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) in 1986 and licensing an Islamic Sharia Bank in Nigeria under the 1999 Constitution contrary to Section 10 of the Constitution of Nigeria have violated the Constitution and turned Nigeria into an Islamic country; and if the answer is in the affirmative, whether the Claimants have the right to dissociate themselves from the Defendants and refuse to answer the citizens of an Islamic country in the exercise of their right to freedom of worship, freedom of association and self-determination as a people.
AND LET THE DEFENDANTS TAKE NOTICE that the Claimants who are called Biafrans by indigenous identity and Nigerians by nationality have commenced the legal processes leading to their referendum for self-determination and shall at the hearing of this summons pray the Honourable Court for:
(a) An Order declaring that the Claimants have the right to self-determination pursuant to Articles 19 25, Cap 10, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990, and are therefore free to exercise their right to self-determination for independence or any other political status of their choice.
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(b) An Order declaring that the ethnic nationalities that make up Nigeria are not held as slaves under Section 2(1) of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 and therefore have the right of self-determination to decide their political status by the rule of law.
(c) An Order declaring that the Defendants are liable to pay to the Claimants by way of compensation or reparation the present value of all the money, properties and assets of the Claimants seized by the Defendants as a result of the Nigerian-Biafran war of 1967 1970 since the properties were not seized in wartime but nine years after the war based on the post-war discriminatory policies and laws made by the Defendants to suppress the Claimants from generation to generation.
(d) An Order directing the Defendants to comply with the provisions of Article 20 (3) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Cap 10 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 and consequently give all assistance to the Claimants in the exercise of their right to self-determination for a peaceful conduct of their referendum for independence or for any other political status of their choice.
(e) An Order granting judicial protection to the Claimants, their homes, their offices and their correspondences individually and collectively as they exercise their right to self-determination and an Injunction restraining the Defendants, their agents and privies, from interfering, arresting, molesting, intimidating, disturbing, hindering or harassing the Claimants or doing any act or omitting to do any act aimed at frustrating the Claimants’ exercise of their right to self-determination which they have commenced with a referendum.
(f) An Order compelling the Defendants to release from its prisons and detention centres all indigenous people of Biafra who are agitating as pro-Biafra Movements for Independence of Biafra by peaceful means and to drop all charges of treason or treasonable felonies made against them and to release all their properties seized by the Defendants.
(g) An Order affirming the Memorandum of Ohanaeze Ndigbo dated 28th June 2012 submitted to the National Assembly for the restructuring of Nigeria into six autonomous self-governing regions, namely: South East, South West, South South, North East, North West and North Central, as a manifestation of the Will of the People in the exercise of their right to self-determination and directing the Defendants to present an Executive Bill to the National Assembly for a law granting autonomy and self-governing status to the six geopolitical regions in Nigeria; OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, in the role of the Judiciary as the last hope of the common man, an Order directing the Defendants to present an Executive Bill to the National
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Assembly for a law dissolving Nigeria in peace along the compatible ethnic groups instead of allowing the country to break up in bloodshed.
(h) An Order declaring that the Defendants by registering Nigeria as a member of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) have turned Nigeria into an Islamic country contrary to Section 10 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 and therefore the Claimants being Christians have the right to dissociate themselves from the Defendants and refuse to be called the citizens of an Islamic country.
The facts of the case and exhibits relied on are contained in a 44-Paragraph Affidavit filed with the suit. Bilie Human Rights Initiative is by this legal action accelerating efforts to bring legal clarity to the issue of arbitrary arrests of indigenous people of Biafra. We believe that what Biafra lost after the war was its sovereignty and not its people since we were not annihilated by Nigeria as Rome annihilated Carthage. Though we lost three million souls, our God has increased our population estimated at about 50 million spread in all parts of the world. About 99% of the population of the indigenous people of Biafra are Christians holding tenaciously to their Christian faith, believing in freedom of worship, freedom of religion, freedom of association, freedom of conscience, freedom of thought and freedom of expression, and separating the State from Religion. We believe in democracy as the only system of government that guarantees our fundamental human rights. Unfortunately, the Moslems from the North who were merged with us in the country called Nigeria do not believe in democracy and do not separate their Religion from the State. They do not believe in freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, freedom of thought and freedom of expression. In a conflict between the law of the State and the law of Islam, the Moslems insist that the law of Islam must prevail while we insist that the law of the State must prevail. They regard democracy as a false religion as shown by the fliers and posters they are spreading in Britain, America, Nigeria and other countries of the world where democracy is practised. This shows fundamental irreconcilable differences in the ideologies of the two peoples. All the efforts of their ethnic militia called Boko Haram are aimed at Islamizing the whole country and forcing us to become Moslems! The Biafrans saw this Islamic virus ahead of time and sought to free themselves in 1967-1970 but the odds were too much against them since Great Britain and other developed countries of the west could not see what the Biafrans saw. In the Ahiara Declaration, General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu revealed that the Biafran Struggle was not only a political or military struggle but also a struggle for religious freedom. In his words, “The Biafran struggle is, on another plane, a resistance to the Arab-Muslim expansionism which has menaced and ravaged the African continent for twelve centuries. As early as the first quarter of the seventh century, the Arabs, a people from the Near-East, evolved Islam not just as a religion but as a cover for their insatiable territorial ambitions. By the tenth century they had overrun and occupied, among other places, Egypt and North Africa. Had they stopped there, we would not today be faced with the wicked and unholy collusion we are fighting against. On the contrary, they cast their hungry and envious eyes across the Sahara on to the land of the Negroes. Our Biafran ancestors remained immune from the Islamic contagion. From the middle years of the last century Christianity was established in our land. In this way we came to be a predominantly Christian people. We came to stand out as a non-Muslim island in a raging Islamic sea. Throughout the period of the ill-fated Nigerian experiment, the Muslims hoped to 7
infiltrate Biafra by peaceful means and quiet propaganda, but failed. Then the late Ahmadu Bello, the Sarduana of Sokoto tried, by political and economic blackmail and terrorism, to convert Biafrans settled in Northern Nigeria to Islam. His hope was that these Biafrans on dispersion would then carry Islam to Biafra, and by so doing give the religion political control of the area. The crises which agitated the so-called independent Nigeria from 1962 gave these aggressive proselytisers the chance to try converting us by force. It is now evident why the fanatic Arab-Muslim states like Algeria, Egypt and the Sudan have come out openly and massively to support and aid Nigeria in her present war of genocide against us. These states see militant Arabism as a powerful instrument for attaining power in the world. Biafra is one of the few African States untainted by Islam. Therefore, to militant Arabism, Biafra is a stumbling block to their plan for controlling the whole continent. This control is fast becoming manifest in the Organization of African Unity. On the question of the Middle East, the Sudanese crisis, in the war between Nigeria and Biafra, militant Arabism has succeeded in imposing its point of view through blackmail and bluster. It has threatened African leaders and governments with inciting their Muslim minorities to rebellion if the governments adopted an independent line on these questions. In this way an O.A.U that has not felt itself able to discuss the genocide in the Sudan and Biafra, an O.A.U. that has again and again advertised its ineptitude as a peace-maker, has rushed into open condemnation of Israel over the Middle East dispute. Indeed in recent times, by its performance, the O.A.U. might well be an Organization of Arab Unity.” (Ojukwu, Ahiara Declaration 1969, P. 12)
We lost our sovereignty in the war of arms and ammunitions because we could not fight with the World Powers of Great Britain, Russia, Egypt and all Arab countries that helped Nigeria to defeat us. We took the decision to surrender in order to save the remnants from annihilation knowing that it was better to fight and live to fight again. Now the fight is no longer with arms and ammunitions but with brainpower, legal wisdom and the power of the Almighty God. They defeated us in the battlefield of arms and ammunitions with the help of Britain and Russia but we shall defeat them in the legal battle of wits and intelligence with the help of our God, Chukwu Abhiama (The God of Abraham). From the time of the war up to this day, our battle song has remained the same:
“We are Biafrans, fighting for our freedom; In the name of Jesus, we shall conquer”.
Nigeria obtained only a military victory over us and could not conquer our spirits. Nigerians and their Governments treat us like a defeated people though mouthing “No Victor No Vanquished” in hypocrisy. Any person who identifies himself as an Ibo or Biafran receives persecution, hatred and rejection from Nigerians. Fair-minded Nigerians have acknowledged that the Government of Nigeria is designed to marginalize and persecute us. Alhaji Salisu Lamido Salisu, in his Conference Lecture at Arewa House in 1999, said concerning us as follows: “They have been defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated, kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity. The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set 8
for the primaries, every gentleman’s agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate… Now, with this government, the marginalization of the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb”.
Yes, indeed, Nigeria is sitting on a time-bomb. Fair-minded northerners and westerners have acknowledged that the Government of Nigeria has been quite unfair to us. The maltreatments and persecutions have caused some of our people to deny their native identity in order to survive in Nigeria. Some of our people in the South-South region have changed their names to sound foreign in order to escape the persecution while some towns and villages have been forcefully assimilated into neighbouring tribes. However, as it is written in the Bible in honour of Moses, though he had an opportunity in Egypt to be treated like a Prince in Pharaoh’s Palace, he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter but rather chose to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of Egypt. In the same way, we who have not denied our identity as Ibos and Biafrans have rather chosen to suffer affliction with the covenant people of God than to enjoy the pleasures and riches of Nigerian politics! Our spirits are still alive despite all the persecutions we suffer in Nigeria. This is why we are insisting on regaining our freedom because we still believe in our indigenous identity as Biafrans. As Christians, we believe that we have fulfilled the scriptures and prophecies concerning us: “We are troubled on every side yet not distressed; we are perplexed but not in despair; persecuted but not forsaken; cast down but not destroyed” (2 Cor. 4: 8). Yes, we were cast down but not destroyed; persecuted by our neighbours and by the Nigerian Government but not forsaken by our God. We believe that the dry bones shall rise again and the glory of our latter house shall be greater than that of the former. We want the Court to determine whether it is an offence for the remnants of the ancestors of Biafraland who were not consumed by the war to maintain their indigenous identity as a people and exercise their right to self-determination. We want the Court to determine whether it is an offence to mention the name of BIAFRA and believe in Biafra and preach Biafranism as a gospel of national liberation. We are fast-tracking legal efforts to compel the Nigerian Government to stop arresting anybody answering to or wearing Biafran emblem, insignia or any material that reflects their belief in Biafra. We believe that this a test case for the development of human rights law, not only for the benefit of the Nigerian legal system but also for the benefit of other countries of the world who are bound by the United Nations Charter on Human Rights.
Concerning our people who have denied their ancestral identity as Biafrans and Ibos in order to survive in Nigeria, we do not hold the denial against them as we see it as a self-preservation technique which is often caused by fear and lack of boldness. We remember the biblical example of the Apostle Peter who denied his Lord and Master Jesus Christ when his life was in danger. But as Peter repented and wept for denying his identity as a disciple of Christ, we advise our brethren who have denied their Igbo and Biafran identity to repent and return to their ancestral roots because our God, Chukwu Abhiama, has come to deliver us.
Gentlemen of the Press, we cannot comment on the merits of the case now since it is before the court but we enjoin you to follow the proceedings and give it a wide publicity in the interest of the public for the advancement of human rights law. The case file has been sent to the Chief 9
Judge who will assign it to a court for hearing. The hearing date will be communicated to the Press in due course.
The Case for Eastern Pilot Newspaper against the violation of our freedom of expression:
Suit No. FHC/ABJ/574/2012
Bilie Human Rights Initiative is registered under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with the following aims and objectives:
(a) To promote human rights advocacy and protection of indigenous peoples rights;
(b) To organize public lectures and seminars on human rights and advocate for justice, fairness and the rule of law;
(c) To uphold, promote, preach and teach obedience to the rule of law and compliance with the provisions of the United Nations Charter on Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights;
(d) To promote good leadership, people-oriented governance and public accountability through lectures and seminars;
(e) To grant legal aids and defend all oppressed people whose fundamental freedoms and human rights are violated;
(f) To facilitate economic development, technological development and poverty eradication through research works and the promotion of qualitative education and impartation of vocational skills to the unemployed.
(g) To promote peace, security, domestic stability, respect for human rights, sustainable development, people-oriented policies, and an overall commitment to the improvement of the society and peaceful co-existence of all peoples through Seminars and Workshops.
Pursuant to the aims and objectives for which Bilie Human Rights Initiative was registered, we acquired a media outfit known as Eastern Pilot to disseminate information and educate the public on their human rights. But the Nigeria Policemen of the SSS (State Security Services) have constantly seized and confiscated our Eastern Pilot Newspapers and have continued to harass and intimidate the vendors. Their aim is to silence and muzzle us for reporting the atrocities being committed on our people by Boko Haram. Most importantly, they do not want us to educate the remnants of the indigenous people of Biafra on their right to existence as a people who were not consumed by the war. 10
The cycle of intimidation, harassments and random arrest of people who are exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression, freedom of thought and freedom of conscience as happened in the military era has once again stared us in the face, illuminating the sordid existence of tyranny and barbarism in the conduct and operations of the leaders of the Nigerian State. We maintain that if they find anything offensive or libelous in our publications, they have the right to bring action in court against us. But instead of taking us to court, they descend to an uncivilized method of governance by seizing our publications from vendors in the streets! The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees our rights to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and freedom to impart our ideas to others. In fact, Section 39(1)(2) of the Constitution puts it clearly as follows: “(1) Every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, every person shall be entitled to own, establish and operate any medium for the dissemination of information, ideas and opinions”. It beats our imagination that the State Security Services (SSS) who should be neck-deep in tackling and unmasking the faces behind Boko-Haram and confronting the criminals engaged in the cases of kidnapping, oil theft, social, religious and political disorders are busy swooping, raiding and ransacking newspaper stands in search of Eastern Pilot Newspapers whose only “crime” is that it is educating the masses and advocating for the rights of the indigenous peoples, making constructive criticisms where necessary on government policies in order to help in eradicating Nigeria’s chronic under-development, terrorism, sectarian killings, violence, crimes against humanity, corruption, grinding poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and stupefying hopelessness. The uncivilized actions of the Nigeria Police in repressing peoples’ opinions and fundamental human rights are an embarrassment to the country called Nigeria in the eyes of the international community.
The Nigeria Police of the State Security Services (SSS) on Thursday, 26th July 2012 swooped on newspaper agents and vendors in Awka, Anambra State, and arrested nine of them for selling and distributing copies of Eastern Pilot newspapers and compelled them to sign an obnoxious undertaking not to sell or distribute Eastern Pilot newspapers again. We assert that the said undertaking signed by the vendors is null and void ab initio because it was obtained under duress. Surprisingly, before this incident, the publisher of Eastern Pilot, Comrade Arinze Awogu, received series of telephone calls by some people claiming to be members of Boko Haram, threatening his life and demanding that he should stop reporting the activities of Boko Haram in the Eastern Pilot. Comrade Awogu disclosed that the GSM line which the callers who threatened his life used was 08178728792.
On Wednesday, 5th September, barely a month after the attack in Awka, the State Security Services (SSS) operatives numbering about seven, swung into an inglorious action again, seizing, parking and stuffing thousands of copies of Eastern Pilot Newspapers of Vol. 10 No. 167 Edition into their vehicle. This took place at Wuse Market Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory, in the full glare of members of the public who, irked by the absurdity and bizarre actions of the SSS operatives, resisted their attempt to arrest one of the newspaper vendors selling Eastern Pilot newspapers. The resistance of members of the public made the Police to refrain from arresting the 11
vendor. It gladdens our heart to observe that some members of the public are beginning to assert their fundamental human rights in the face of the Nigeria Police.
Bilie Human Rights Initiative sees the actions of the Nigeria Police in seizing and confiscating the Eastern Pilot Newspapers as a violation of the human rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and therefore has filed the Suit No. FHC/ABJ/574/2012 in the Federal High Court Abuja against the Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation. We have today instituted this legal action against the State Security Services and the Attorney-General of the Federation in order to end the crazy and perverse cycle of intimidation of law-abiding citizens and harassment of innocent people who are freely expressing their views and carrying out their legitimate trade of selling Newspapers to make a living. By this legal action we wish to place it on record that any attempt to intimidate, harass, muzzle or undermine free speech and freedom of expression in Nigeria will be resisted both locally in Nigeria and internationally by all human rights activists in the world. If this violation of human rights continues, Bilie Human Rights Initiative, being a civil society organization under the United Nations, shall make an Official Report to the United Nations regarding the human rights abuses in Nigeria.
We are in Court to ask Nigerian Government and its agents why they are arresting people who are selling Newspapers carrying stories on Biafra. We are asking the Court to decide whether the word “Biafra” is a crime. We are asking whether it is an offence for a people to seek for independence by the rule of law. We are asking whether the remnants of the indigenous people of Biafra who were not consumed by the war have no right to uphold their native identity as Biafrans even though they are still Nigerians by nationality until they gain independence. This is a fundamental question that must be answered by a competent court of law and not left to law enforcement agents to interpret as they deem fit.
Thank you, Gentlemen of the Press, for your patience and rapt attention to this briefing.
Signed:
Elder Eddy Anyanwu
(Secretary General)
For: Bilie Human Rights Initiative
E-mail:imagemaker4bilie@yahoo.co.uk,
+2348098665851
the picture reminds me how i looked as13 year old in a refugee camp under Federal control , late 1969. Nigerian civil war was brutal and failed to comply with Geneva convention. Starvation,bombing of market places , killing of captured soldiers, cutting into two halves from the middle young boys suspected to be spies. raping was ordinary game. Britain and Russia (USSR) armed heartless Egyptian/Arab bombers and Federal troops whose only training was to go and kill Igbos . A case of killing a fly running for its dear life with a sledge hammer.Three world powers and all the tribes in Nigeria including Ikwerre united in that genocide. It is now 42 years and the trauma together with subsequent military regime shut Igbos out in nigerian system.This is the time for Human right org. to push for justice, it is the time for those with war memoirs to bring them out. The great Biafran, Col. Effiong continued promising to release his war memoir but died with out doing so.
BIAFRA IS THE ONLY ANSWER TO IGBO PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA. SO, LET US SUPPORT BILIE HUMAN RIGHT INITIATIVE AND OTHER PRO-BIAFRA GROUPS. NIGERIA IS ALREADY DEAD AND WILL SOON BE NO MORE. PLS, TO REGISTER FOR BILI E HUMAN RIGHT INITIATIVE, GO TO http://WWW.RADIOBIAFRALONDON.COM, THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL SEE BILIE FORM DISPLAYED FOR FREE REGISTERATION. PLS, REGISTERATION IS FREE. YOU CAN LISTEN TO RADIO BIAFRA LONDON EVERY THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS AT 8 PM 11830KH OR 11.830MZ AT 25 METER BAND. MAY GOD BLESS BIAFRA AND THOSE THAT LOVE BIAFRA.
Just look at the picture to what the devil AWOLOWO OBAFEMI has committed in that parts of the world. He should be taken to ICJ posthumously, devil incarnate. Yes go to world court we re really tired to be with this coursed enclave called Nigeria. They re drawing us backward progressively. The odds are against them because Nigeria nation has never wone any legal battle in the world court, Cameroun equally defeated them recently and collected parts of their oil riched land. Yes Biafra must have the simpatty of the world jurist.
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DO YOU KNOW THAT GOWON SAID HE HAS NO REGRET ON THE 2 MILLIONS IGBO’S HE KILLED, I CRIED I SWEAR TO GOD IF GOWON HEAD IS ALL I GOT ON THIS EARTH LET IT BE, WE ARE NOT SILENT WE ARE WORKING STRONG AND WHEN THIS HAPPENED I SWEAR I WILL THROW ATOMIC BALLISTIC MISSILE TO AVENGE THE DEAD OF 2 MILLION IGBOS, THE NORTH AND WEST WITH MIDDLE BELT WILL BE SOW DUST WATCH IT SOON
A very good initiative in the right direction, evidences are all over the place to prove to the Nigerian govt and the international community that its high time ”Biafra’s independence is realized, going by the same insecurities of the Biafrians in the hands of their fellow Northern unit since before and after the war, one will easily believe that marriage is not by force, Biafra’s indespence shall be granted through the rule of law as has been established at the Federal High Court Owerri.. 42 yrs is enough for Nigerian state and the international community to grant this long awaited soverignity to Biafria..;
I WILL NEVER FORGIVE NIGERIAN,S I WILL NEVER EVER FORGIVE THEM, LET IF BE THE LAST TIME I DO ON EARTH, THE NORTH AND WESTERN MIDDLE BELT WILL SOON SEE IT, WE SAY WE ARE ONE NIGERIA HOW? HOW ARE WE ONE? ARE WE ONE WHEN IGBO’S ARE BUTCHERED SLAUGHTERED AND MASSACRED IN THE NORTHERN PART, LETS FIGHT THIS ONES AND FOR ALL, STAND ON YE IGBO’S ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,
Nemesis from the past. Nigeria, its time to make things right
Dem never see any thing, The best thing is to give independence to BIAFRA as soon as possible delaying it will be dangerous to nigeria. boko haram na small thing
FREEDOM IS TAKEN NOT GIVEN. NO BODY WILL GIVE YOU BIAFRA UNLESS YOU TAKE IT BY FORCE.
GREAT BIAFRA! THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN.
Umu Igbo ibemu biko ka anyi jiri nwayoo. I say this because i have realized that the hidden agenda of the other ethnic groups in Nigeria is to exterminate the Igbo race. Pls even God and humanity knows that the independence of Biafra is the answer to Igbo problem in Nigeria. But again i also want us to know that we Igbos are also our own greatest enemies. This I believe judging by what what those that represent in governmental positions are doing to thier fellow Igbo men.
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Yes this is a move in the right direction. I have long been waiting for when we biafrans we get our act’s togather and make this devil incarnate’s to pay for all the gonocides carried out on defenseless biafrans durring the 3years of the brutal war forced on us by gowon. And the starvation idea, suggested by greatest igbo hater himself,(AWOLOWO). INDI IGBO explore every means available to us to see that this people are brought to book. Durring the war starvation was justified by awolowo as a legitimate weapon of war, gowon brought in EgyptIan, Libyan, and Russian bomber jets to bomb and kill defenseless biafran citizens. Farm land were bombarded, just to contribute to the starvation going on in biafra. Schools were bombed, refugee camps were bombed, women were raped and forcefully married by the nigerian soldiers. All this are a violation of our rights as humans.
Have you all forgotten that the Ndigbo at home is warming up for presidency come 2015?
So, when you bomb South West, North and Middle belt, who are you going to rule over? Those still clamouring for war are resident abroad but Ndigbo at home are seriously planning to occupy Aso rock through democratic means. Sort out grevancies in a democratic way and not through means that will affect the investment of all, including Ndigbo in Lagos, Abuja and Ibadan etc. That is my advice to all the aggrieved.
We care less about nonsense Aso Rock and investments in a cursed country called Nigeria. Biafra is the only solution, land of hope, land of the rising sun. Let recruitment centres be opened so that the Nigerian question will be permanently settled.
@joshua,those warming up for the 2015 presidency is the SABOUTORES we have in our land,but God will fish them out soon
OOOH MY BIAFRA YOU HOME OF RISSING SON YOU SHALL RISE AGAIN, I SWEAR NO MATTER WHAT THE ENEMY DOES, WE SHALL RISE AGAIN, WE FOUGHT WITH NOTHING BEFORE BUT NOW, OOOH HELL WILL GET LOSE AT NORTH AND WEST WHOEVER SAY BIAFRA WILL NOT STAND WILL SINK,,,,WHAT I PLANNED TO DO AT NORTH AND WEST, THE JAPAN HEROSHIMA WILL BE MORE BETTER TO COMPARE TO THE NORTH, LET IT BE ONCE AND FOR ALL, I DONT CARE, WE ARE NOT ONE,
I CRIED WHEN I SEE THIS PICTURES, NO MERCY FOR NIGERIA, ON ATOMIC MISSILE NIGERIA LET BIAFRA GO, LET BIAFRAN’S GO, OR FACE IT FOR SECOND TIME NOW IT WILL BE HORROR TO THE WEST AND NORTH,
i never believed in biaffra,thhough i knew what d war cost us igbos.united nigeria free from corrupt. an internal strife,is stil my ideal.lets emulate india or china.
wake up! you maga.
Pls let it be real. Bec if it is, bifra is hear to stay. Pls let it be backed outside the country too. This what we ve been wating for. By then bifra will crush nigeria, in any slite provocation
My father’s sister lost all her intelligent 5(five) sons to this brutal and wicked people to the genocide on innocent civillians and died afterwards painfully…To avenge their death is a good porrage served for atonement…
May the God of Israel answer our prayers this time.
WITH THIS MOVE, WE WILL ACHEIVE IT, THROUGH LAW. BEC THE LAW SAID AFTER WAR,IN SOME YEAR WE ARE FREE TO ASK FOR OUR FREEDOM IF WE STILE WANT IT. BUT THE DEPERATION OF IGBO IN NIGERIA IS MUCH
THROUGH LAW WE ARE THEIR. BEC THE LAW SAID AFTER WAR,IN SOME YEAR WE ARE FREE TO ASK FOR OUR FREEDOM IF WE STILE WANT IT. BUT THE DEPERATION OF IGBO IN NIGERIA IS MUCH (GOD PLS LET IT WORK)
ohhhhhh my biafra,the land of my farthers.soon and very very soon,i will be so happy and proud to cary along my biafran passport,god pls help us,
nigeria pls let these criminals go, dey hav poluted our land. my people frm south south igbos ar theives dont let dem deceive u people, bcos of ur oil dey want biafra, once u allow dem to penatrate, dey wil take over ur oil dat is all be warned.
You could have use ur name for us to know where ur from,because bur a fool,200% fool,I hope you know what happend to SARO_WIWA after he helped to Nigerians kill the Biafrans,and today were is he,it as the same Nigeria that Killed him,all those that helped the Nigerians agianst the Biafrans will die.
Even d devlish and stupid soldier David mark forcefully took away my Uncle’s wife and made her pregnant, she had a son 4 him who is a basketballer in UK. justice must prevail in due course.
FUCK NIGERIA ,I PERSONALY ,VOW TO BOMB THE NORTH, IT WILL ONLY TAKE ME 24 HOURS TO GET THE JOB DONE WITH MY FRIENDS, OVER HERE,WHEN THE TIME COME I WILL RETURN BACK TO NIGERIA,I HAVE BEEN IN THE UNITED STATE FOR PAST 20 YEARS,I REALLY THANKS THE ONE THAT REMIND US ABOUT THIS FUCKIN HAIL ,
THAT IS WHEN U WILL SEE THE REAL ISREAL OF IGBO WHEN WE HAVE OUR BIAFRA
Please ndi igbo try to visit http://www.radiobiafralondon.com every day our freedom is there and please try to join BILIE HUMAN RIGHT INITIATIVE with bilie biafra freedom is real.
Igbos must not make d mistake of war dis time. cameroun did not fight war to reclaim bakassi,lets go to international court of justice for redress.remember dat there can b no loyal Biafran or igbo man lik late ojukwu,nigerian army still av d upper hand wen it comes to millitary actions.but Biafra can still get there tru world court on d basis of self detarmination.
If we go to war to achieve our Goal,If Russia,Britain and Egypt support the Nigerian government they way they did last time,I tell you China,USA is here and we will take care of this Camel Heads Called Nigerians,at the time of Biafran war,it was only the Biafrans fitghing the Nigerian,Britain and Russian and Egyptians,but this time around it will be diffrent
Joshua, you are right. If we keeping looking back to those days, we will neva move up. Every one in this country , even in the world all over, has a sad memory somehow and it must remain so in this world so long as the devil has not be judged and sentenced by God. So we must always play the positive part and enduring the sad memories until God finally restore the earth from devil.
when ever i heard about this war i feel like killing every nigeria
In the light of Christianity i see the prayer of gowon as the offering of Cain whose request is heading to hell.he broke aburi accord which he willingly entered into. he broke Geneva accord on war which Nigeria is a signatory.now gowon shows no repentance nor sign of restitution.one Nigeria is an illusion.some parts are already in Cameroon.
Biafra my Nation i shall live to see dat day. Biafra my Father Land?
When sudan killed the sourthen sudanese, it was glaring dat dey were nt compatible,referredum was held and d rest is history! am sorsy 4 d igbos agitating 4 an igbo presidency, who dash monkey banana? to come to dat, wat does an igbo president tend to achieve in dis volatile and fragiled nigeria? d boko haram and d niger delta militant wil make sure an igbo man does nt succeed,just d way d boko haram is frusting jonathan now. what have d niger delta people gained since their son took over? just dat some of my fellow honourable members are nt sincere on dis biafra project. dey only care 4 their pockets! they should know dat God has risen 2 fight d cause of biafra and anybody dat tends to stand against it wil die! usa had predicted dat to come to pass in 2015! jonathan divide dis country! long live biafra!
Oh God of vengeance, where is thunder and brimstone? Oh God of vengeance, may all who reduced young Biafrans and hapless citizens to this wretched looking creatures pay for it the way you deem best. No wonder things have refused to augur well for Nigeria since after the civil war. The blood of the innocent will continue to hunt Nigeria and all the perpetrators of this man’s inhumanity to man until atonement is made, unreserved apologies tendered, and restitution made. God dey.
Nke bu eziokwu . http://www.radiobiafralondononline.com
Denis Washington ( Njike ,ibokwaru), lets work together i think going to court , especial international will solve the problem ,even these aboki’s know that this country does not belong to them that’s why they are doing it like that, imagine sultan flown to Germany to treat with western material
Pls i will to join biafra activest
This’s treason!
Please the people warming up for war think before you act, remember that war is not as you think
I love biafra especially ojukwo but to divide nigeria which i concur, okopusem republic must come to stay. Nigeria is more than 20 countries with over 250 tribes.
wat is d problem of my igbo ppl. hw do u get d confidence of other tribes come 2015. hp somebody did not receive money to scuttle ur 2015 dream. wrong step at the right time.
If only to die for biafra is my achivement on earth I wil, be afuffiled man !God bless biafra
@ptshow nigerian president, is not d dream of average igbo man but dat of d few greedy politicians.Biafra remains d dream of d real Nwa afor igbo.
@De caprio,your 200% right,those that is sounding the drum of presidency for 2015 are the saboutores we have in our midst
IGBO PPLE PLS LET PEACE REGIN, GOD IS SAVING US FROM BOKO HARAM BOMBING. PLS DONT CREATE ANOTHER BOKO HARAM
Ok
lt’s a right step at d right direction but d truth remains dat l personaly dont belive in nigerian court but(ICJ) to sort us out 4 self determination.Niger Delta pple fill they are wise.now loot at how faustratin & desertd they look at since they took over & a portion of their land filled wit oil has been given to cameronians.may be lgbos wants go not b/c they hoped in d so call oil states but purely hoped on their businesses.pls appeal to d world court dat is d answer to dat problems.d picture is a tearsful one.
war war war we are ready for the war again the blood of my people will not go in van biafra weak up the time has come liberians boys
My Name is chidi i live Dubai
Biafra Republic must stand noting can stop it OOOH MY BIAFRA the HOME OF RISING SON YOU SHALL RISE AGAIN, we need our own republic or nig ll give us 2015 president if not nig ll hear it they have not sen boko haram soon all nig ll see the mean boko haram please How can I join the group called “Billie Human Rights Actvivists my email, don_c4life@yahoo.com thank you god is with us
Igbo wu otu and we need to follow current nigeria politians from other tribe with sense pl is very immportant our interest will go first.be for any other idiot.
Igbo kwenu!. I support u
We are Igbo’s(Biafrans) and must leave Nigeria to our promise land.
http://www.radiobiafralondon.com/
my brothers let unite,love one another,avoid self satifaction,jelousness ad betrayer mind,the way God lead isreal out of egypt so he lead biafra from nigeria.
The actualization of BIAFRA as an indipendent geo political territory had being my greatest wish. Is there any way i can sacrifice, please mail me. ekenephilip93@yahoo.com or 08139162933. I am ever ready to fight in the war for liberation of BIAFRA.
This is very interesting, I have never seen a series of myopic utterances in my life! Progressives busy themselves looking forward for progress (obviously, as the name implies), those who keep looking back might find themselves buried there. God bless this great country Nigeria!
Let the abuse start rolling in (which is expected from the level of comment I’ve seen).
Well done Radio Biafra & Bilie Human Rights Initiative headquartered in Owerri for this intelligent move. The truth must come out with this approach. Radio Biafra please continue doing what you are doing. Bilie Human Rights keep up the good work and for those that are foolishly clamouring for Igbo presidency go and ask of what became of Zik, Ironsi, Ekwueme, Okadigbo etc that wanted to rule Nigeria. They were either humiliated, chased from office, killed or died in the process. Without Biafra Igbo people are nothing, the same way Jews were nothing until the modern state of Isreal was created in 1948. Nigeria is a death trap for ignorant Igbo people.
Biafra is not negotiable
Feel sorry for Jonathan,
Boko Haram Islamization agenda is reawakening BIAFRA, OPC and Middle-Belters agendas,
The future for a united Nigeria is bleak,
Hello Biafrans, is time to act faster with any means, it can be tro court local and international, even WAR . Remember, he who risk nothing, hav nothing, does nothing and he is nothing. Ike mba nnenwi rest in peace, amen.
Freedom must come to all nation, we never be intimidated and neither shall we acquisce to any form of marginalization. Yet believing in the justice of course, the ultimate triumph of truth over falsehood outnumbered. Biafra would live not as a dream but as a crystallization of cherished hope of Biafrans who died in the pogrom of 1966. Freedom must come to Biafran since almight God is our strength.
Nice to hear that people of Biafra have sued Federal government to court. It is obvious that they must finally turn off the matter in Nigeria federal court in favor of Nigeria government. We all know that human right doesn`t exist in Nigeria. I will still suggest Biafran’s to sue federal government to International Criminal Court (ICC) Apply for referendum from International community, because referendum is the best peaceful way to share nations without waste of blood. As they have started the step again through justice, I pray it will end up in open justice. Allow Biafran`s to have their independent, so that Boko Haram will successfully place their sharia law in their country, If any Biafra citizen decide to live in Northern Nigeria, you will be there just as a Foreigner and respect their religion and laws, if you fail to respect the law and religion, you will either stone to death or abide any of their justice.
if you want to listing to radiobiafralondon.com GREAT BAIFRA HAS GONE FOREVR
The best is yet to come to biafra land”
Here, they are coming again. A clever way to revive the thoughtless bloody attempt to break-up Nigeria, but remember that a blind cripple that calls for any form of war either political or real warfare is usually consumed by it.
@abidemi,can you tell me,is it the Bokoharam that is calling for war now,or the Biafrans,dod you hear that after there Sallah Celebration on 26th and 27th of October,that they Bombed a catholic church in Kano on 28th,so can you tell me who is asking for way,OPC man
.WITHOUT NIGERIA BIAFRAN MAN MUST MOVE .WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK AS A TEAM.LAGOS DEVELOPED WITH NIGERIAN MONEY FOR THE YORUBAS,ABUJA FOR THE HAUSAS NONE FOR THE IGBOS [BIAFRANS]
A wonderful step.I love this.Biafra must be by the Grace of God Almighty.What is the essence of been in an entity where the Igbos are not needed.Lets call a spade by its name.The Igbos re different entity.God knows it,the people of the world knows it,Nigerian people knows it and the BIAFRAN people knows it and that settles it.I want Zion group,Massob and Bilie to go to International court of Justice after the Federal High Court Owerri to table their case.With diplomacy and rule of law,God been on our side,we shall conquer.I look forward for a victorious Republic of BIAFRA.
All i have to say now, let all our loving citizens of Sun Rise Biafra back home to our beatiful Nation..i realy cry out for God to help this family..i am stil crying bcoz of this family i pitty them. i wish i am blessed i help this family to start something doing in our land Sun Rise Biafra..Pls mr president Goodluck Jonathern do some things to help this family out..God wil bless u.
John from USA
abidemi yoruba does not enjoy nigeria either or do u?
Fuck Nigeria
Kc you are a scammer and fraudster, you are also a common criminal. Stop all these act if not God will definitely punish you.
Please, my bothers and sisters on this forum never you try to open the link if not this common thief will steal your data and pass word for fraudulent purposes.
Nigeria is full of shootings like evil Boko haram and police killers that killings innocent people..when i read last month paper there is one Anambra man jus wedded after 5 days of his wedding police shot him to dead another i read a 14yrs old girl street saler in abuja police shot her to dead another i read 19 yrs old girl traveling with her parents police shot her to dead, i ask this, what a nonsence happent to Nigeria
I want the fucking head of gowon and all his supporters been u igbo who may be following one way and other to stop our actualization, long live Biafra, long live the land of the rising sun.
THE RISING SUN OF BIAFRA.
IN GOD OF ISRAEL WE STAND.
I LOVE BIAFRA.
I LOVE THE CITIZENS OF BIAFRA.
GOD IS WITH US.
NO NO WE DON NEED ONE NIGERIA ANYMORE MY PEOPLE OF IGBO IN NORTHERN STATES LETS GO TO OUR BLESSED LAND SUN RISE.
Biafra is possible bcos we are chosen by God from d origin, so, ride on my kinsmen, God will surely see us through one day. (I love BIAFRA)
Let’s not fold our hands and watch our welth vanish in vain.
BIAFRA FOR JESUS BIAFRA FOR ISRAEL BIAFAR FOR AMERICA IN JESUS WE STAND.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKING NIGERIA
Good people of Ndi Igbo for your information we are working seriously underground to destroy so called Nigeria. A word is enough to the wise.
At least the main issues of the war are coming out, first from the Prof Achebe now Massob. U are welcome.I pray that awo and gowon in particular and all agent of starvation and economic strangulation in general must be made to pay for their sins whether dead or alife
There was a country
Achebe’s book THERE WAS A COUNTRY has smoked out the Murderers and Anti-Christ Beasts from their holes.The Igbo Elites and MASSOB should go and study the holocaust against the Jews in Germany which caused the death of over 5 Million in 1940s and also the UDI (which is the unilateral declaration of independence of Israel in 1948)Then they should formally drag the genocide perpetrators to ICC including Gen. Danjuma/Gowon/OBJ/Muritala/Yaradua/Awolowo/Haruna/Katsina etc both dead or alive on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Incidentally, an Igbo Man is a top most Judge at ICC in Hague appointed directly from UN.Justice must be secured for over 3 million innocent babies/women/children/civilians murdered by these people using Nigeria military might.Almost all these murderers are equally the highest looters of Nigeria public treasury as all of them and their family members are now Billionaires.The ICC can jail them for life and confiscate all their properties/CASH and which will be used to compensate the families of bereaved victims.Again, Nigeria state should be dragged to ICC on charges of Genocide and ICC can fine Nigeria Federal Government a minimum of $800 Billion dollars which must be handed over to a UN Agency on instalments to be used to compensate the families of genocide victims.When this legal actions has been executed then the Igbos should seek a UN mandate for an independence referendum on Biafra.All the evidences on Genocide by Gowon and his partners are well documented by UN Agency and I believe the suspects will plead guilty to all charges.
Pls nigeria should knw dat we ibos have tried since d civil war ended we are yet 2 be recognize in the nigerian government with d condition of bad roads in d east has shown me dat we are nt regarded in the nigerian system of government so need 2 make some moves 2 help our sefs dat pa ajuluchukwu is dead does nt mean dat we should fold our hands and watch nigeria 2 press us down we belive in one nigeria bt can u imagine dat we are minority in nigeria wt only 5 states and oda geo political zone are enjoying dia 6 states and we are stil left with 5 states,no mater dat our father is no more chief dim chukwuemeka odimegwu is dead bt his spirit stil lives so we can nt fold our hands and die in d hand of nigerians we need justice 2 prevail in nigeria 2 help us bcos we southeasterners have suffered enough so we need our own country biafra
One of the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ says that a wise man must first evaluate the cost of a project before venturing into it. Likewise, those beating the drums of war must be careful less worst expirence engulfs the Igbos. The west or the north is not stoping the Igbos, but the Igbos themselves. Filing suit against the federal government will not change the status quo but mass withdrawal of Ndigbo from the north as a means to signal their readiness for self rule. Boko haram has not bombed outside the northern axises. So, if Ndigbo wants self rule, first, withdraw your busineses and transport backhome your movable facilities. But if you first start the fire, you people will be ready to return home empty handed. You can’t be in the north and west, dominating busineses and yet continue to make careless statements. Please, you people must learn from the method adopted by Mahatama Ghandi. ANY DAY, ANY TIME, THE IGBOS HAVE THEIR DESTINY IN THEIR HANDS AS THE NORTH CANNOT FORCE YOU TO REMAIN IN THEIR TERRITORY TO DO YOUR BUSINESS.. It remains unthinkable how over 70% of Igbo wealth will be outside while you people continue to sing war songs. A DIGHI EJI AKPATA-ATUFUE ABA OGARANYI,—– UKPALA OKPOKO GBURU, NTI SHIRI YA
Now the battle line is drawn, let nigeria be ready to be punished for their wicked acts of genocide, God is on our side and the biafran revolution is indestructible and eternal.
@Arole Omo Oodua, u ar d bigger fool wit ur wide mouth, so u mean people shld not say their mind bcus of u abi??? u think Nigerians in Diaspora ar sleeping or keeping quiet?? if u don’t hav any tin to say u bter fuckoff fron dis page……………
I Am really impress by the varous openion and comments from different tribes that make up Nigeria.There are creative,constructive comments by some people,Some were pouring abuses against each other,Some dont even have anything to offer but were busy abusing other people’s comments and people like that are no other tribes but Yorubas tribe whom i really know that their greatest fear is that wat will be their faith wen Igbos(Biafra)leave Nigeria and as a result they were using the war of Propaganda,Blackmail which thats only wat they know how to do the best against Igbos.Yoruba people especially Abidemi Lasisi,Baby,Patriot am sorry to disapoint you that Igbos of young generation,hot blood,vibrant spirit are not like the Igbos in Aso Rock,House of Assemblies Igbo,Igbo Politicians,some Elites Igbos,Ohaneze Ndigbo who have sold there birthright to Nigeria the way Esau sold his to Jecob.So we new generation Igbos(Igbo Youth),Get Age Igbos are not interested in Nigeria politics or even whether if Igbo man will become the President of Nigeria come 2015 but only wat is in the mind of new generation Igbos(Igbo Youth)is our Biafra Nation which all the tribes in Nigeria can testisfy.So if the Igbo politicians like let them keep dreaming for the Igbo President of Nigeria thats their own busy but we Igbo Youth with one voice dream for Biafra and it just a matter of time before the pregnancy of a woman expose.Now i want to use this oppurtunity to thank and acknowladge the effort the various Igbo organisations such as MASSOB,BZM,IYO,IYM,WIC,EKWENCHE,BILIE HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE,EASTERN PILOT NEWSPAPER,SUN NEWSPAPER etc and i want to use this medium to plead all the various organisations to work together so as to fast track and achieve the long overdue Indepence of Biafra fast without any hitches.Prof Chinua Achebe has giving us the lead on how to actualise the Biafra Independence at ICC and ICG at Geneva through his most worke and Memoir,There was a Country now it left for us Igbos and the various organisations that have the interest of our great Nation Biafra to utilise the great oppurtunity.I personally use this medium to appreciate and thank Bile Human Rights Initiative great men in the person of Comrade Arinzechukwu Awogu and Elder Eddy Anyanwu for their bold move.I also thank MASSOB Leader Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and BZM Leader Mr Ben Onwuka and host of others for thier effort and i want plead with them to take the Biafra struggle to UNN,ICJ,ICC,AU etc.Let we Igbo Youth be brave and unite to fight this fight since our elders we look upto have deserted us and have disapointed us but the day of reckoning shall come wen Biafra will be actualise and they will be like Bat that doesnt belong to Animal or Bird.I am Stine Chykee,the Author of She Gave Her Son To Ghost.Mobile:+2348038499183,+2348185774858,+2348063325326,e-mail:foreigman@yahoo.com
ojukwu is the cause of this problems, he betrayed Nigerian and his peoples by causing war and ran away, leaving his peoples in hunger,he is a selfish leader and all igbos that follow him are selfish. the youth of today should embrace peace and not allowed any person to use them for their unlawful interest,they have children but u dont have.Igbo peoples are urges to embraced peace like other tribes in nigeria and work for unity of Nigeria as yoruba,nupe,igala, ibibio,kanuri,kaje sango kataf calaba,ighira,fulani,housa,ghagi, etc..
Igbos can not be intimidated easily.igbos re d wisest tribe in dis nation they visionised dat they hv nothing in common with hausa/fulani which made them 2 seperate 4rom those heartless humans dat resulted 2 war
with togetherness,we can take biafra republic to its apogee of actulization.we fight not with nigeria but with those objecting the sectioning mision of young biafrans.legal fight is of paramount importance here.i must exterminate any ibo(s) that will seal our mision vis-a-vis spy or linkage of cacus info to 9ja populace.ride on ndigbo.courtsy eduardo 2nd ojukwu of iboland.
I love this! Ya kpotuba!!!!!
whatever we igbos are doing pls let us put it in prayer because they said that prayer do move mountin .i pity south west ‘middle belt’ and our sisters which is south south ;for joining nigeris side to fight agains biafra.and since the war end hausa/fulani took over the gov,they dont even remeber them again by taking over all militry post and police,is only by propoganda that they let OBJ rule.yourbas and middle belt and south south .just dey follow them like mumu second class citizen
They have started beating war drum and when they are defeated they will turn around and say they are ants being killed with sledge hammer. If you start the war this time I bet no one will be left to talk of genocide because it will be total extermination. And to begin with, to show your seriousness about Biafra you can start by moving back to your country from every other parts you are in Nigeria. Bloody jokers!
God bless Biafra.
NDIGBO MUST STAND TOGETHER IN THIS FIGHT. OUR GOD, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB, THE GOD OF ISRAEL IS WITH US. BIAFRA IS LIVING AND MUST BE ACHIEVED. YOU SEE, THE FUTURE OF EVERY IGBO PERSON LIES WITH BIAFRA NOT NIGERIA. PLS, NDIGBO BELIEVE IN BIAFRA, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY. NDIGBO, I ASK YOU TO ALSO REJECT NIGERIA B/C NIGERIA IS DEATH. GOD BLESS BIAFRA AND BIAFRANS.
The injustice in Nigeria is becoming unbearable but i pray it shld not lead to another civil war,the best option is constructive critics on the part of those agitating for independence..No tribe or ppl are fools even in a family if a child is not properly treated he decides to separate himself from his family how much more an ethnic group.we all know the problem of this nation is the unholy marriage of the northern and southern protectorate by our colonial masters(British) with unclear defined goals of the different ethnic groups under a false nation called “Nigeria”.with false constitution and false federal system of govt.secondly our politicians are not helping matters bcos of there selfish ambtions ,tell me how will a country grow wen all its resources are channelled to foreign countries?we dont ve good roads,schools,hospitals and a concrete employment system for our graduates it is a painful experience.yet they keep on deceiving us that things ll be ok while they are stealing our wealth for them and their families.If the republic of Biafra will brings peace to those who are being marginalised,humilated,deprived,brutally killed less give peace a chance and allow them to go.”HOW CAN TWO WALK TOGETHER EXCEPT THEY AGREE”and if agreement cannot be reached let them go their separate way.
Long after the Nigeria-Biafran war, the Igbos are still marginalised. We live in Nigeria as total strangers. Why is it difficult for an Igbo man to be made a Nigerian President today? Why are the Hausas given priority in admissions into school of higher learning in Nigeria in the name of less educationally privileged? Should not every Nigeria child be given equal opportunity in education? Why is the offence of any Igbo so grievious and unpardonable like others, for example Chairman of Capital oil. What about Faruok, Otedola e.t.c? Biafra is course that must be pursued. At least it is due after 42years of agitation for self determination. All intimidations are not necessary. Up Biafra!
YES,THE APPONITED TIME IS FAST APPROACHING,WE BIFRANS MUST HAVE A COUNTRY OFOUR OWN BY ALLMEANS POSSIBLE ,(we are living in a newmilleniumand not inthe 60s,scotland will by the year 2014 once again an independent nation ,nothing is constant except change )
LONG LIVE THE NEW FEDERAL REPUBLIC OD BIAFRA ,AMEN.
It is sacrosanct that my country Biafra must be a reality in my lifetime.
No sacrifice in its realization is too much.
With God on our side, victory is assured.
BY THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE MUST BOW AND EVERY MOUTH MY TALK AND CONFESS THAT BIAFRAN MUST STAND.AMEN
BY THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE MUST BOW AND EVERY MOUTH MUST TALK AND CONFESS THAT BIAFRA MUST STAND.AMEN
God is with us.Biafra is a reality,let’s work with one mind.united we stand,divided we fall
I think the Igbos has really suffered a lot in this country, it is either they rule for 20 years, they seceded or they are provided so many opportunities. Honestly, i feel their pain especially the death of most igbos and the indiscriminate killing of most igbos in the north. Where will this lead us to?. I gbos we are so sorry
I think the Igbos has really suffered a lot in this country, it is either they rule for 20 years or they leave us or they are provided so many opportunities. Honestly, i feel their pain especially the death of most igbos and the indiscriminate killing of most igbos in the north. Where will this lead us to?. Igbos we are so sorry. you can call me or email me at: Libertygoldmoney@yahoo.com or 08082059795
God Bless the Igbos
We r marching on to posses our dear country(BIAFRA),no going back. Victory is ours!!!. Long Live Republic of Biafra.
You should fire on without looking behind. The Falling heroes will be happy in their Graves of this action.They should not die in vain.Having said that , is Igbo no longer interested in the Presidency ?
Ojukwu bu eze Biafra emelu ya na Aburi unu enweghi ike imeli Biafra. Yes the long awaited time has come,Chief Raph Uwazurike and all the leaders of Biafra agitators should unite and speak in one voice,I don’t buy the idea of instituting Biafra claim at Nigeria court,We should be directing our claims at ICJ.Hague.ICC.Geneva.United Nation and African Union.a day is coming we shall sing our Anthem again Long live the Federal Republic of Biafra.
Biafra is a great country,i lov my peaples biafra.
I just don’t understand why other ethnic groups are so against the idea of Biafran secession that everytime such is mention, they are up and arms. Another thing I have failed to understand is why Yorubas and Hausas prefer this colonial arrangement that I may call “Evilgamation” to being independent. This Evilgamation has been going on for 100 years now, and all that we can get from it are: death, Islamic extremism and supremacy, Corruption, joblessness, marginalization, tribalism, nepotism, sharia, hatred and all other bad stuff. The question is, why can’t we try another thing?
I always thank God that i am from igbo. The best group in the whole world. The time has come to own our identities. We are inventors. Those igbo people at aso rock, we are not waiting for you. We are already there.
I overheared people saying that WE BIAFRANS have goten surports from the international bodies,that’s good.But the question is this,at what cost are all these surports NDI IGBO ? OkWA OBUGHI ONYINYE EKWESU, WETA ISI BIA WERE ISI ? Or the type Nigeria got during the Biabra/Nigeria war by giving away part of their teritory? Is it a demonic surport or a good one? these are the questions needed to be looked into. And please Biafrans abroad who represents us should be very concious of the agreement they reach with the international bodies and whatever they should sign should be in accordance with the Biafran christian faith.If care not well taken,Biafra together with Biafrans will not be held responsible for the agreement.
oh biafra,my father land.it’s true our enemies then,could’nt let us achieve u our risingsun,land of milk and honey.bt ths time we shall reclaime u back frm our nigeria enemy,even d cage of captivity shall nt prevail over u all living biafrans and our fallen heroes,through our lord and savour Jesus christ Amem.
i love my country biafra…i will never die in nigeria