Nnamdi Kanu

The European Union is not accepting the rhetoric of the Nigeria security agency that tagged the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) a terrorist organization. 

The Nigerian Armed Forces last Sunday visited the home of the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and while they could not get him, they bounced on his followers who at the time were unfortunate to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. They were not only beaten by the Nigerian Army, but in its show of force and send fear to other agitators, the Nigeria Army punished the Biafra soldiers to bath in muddy water.

The operation to clamp down on Nnamdi Kanuand his men was called the operation Operation Python Dance II .

After the pictures and video of the operation went online, the President of the EU Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Junker rebuked the Nigeria security personnel on the operation,and called it unprofessional in the handling of the issue, and the operation tramples on the right of the people of a democratic state.

Mr. Jean-Claude Junker said;

It is the people’s right to agitate and make a request from their government; self-determination is a right enshrined in the United Nation Charter. The people of Biafra have every right to request for a referendum, they have been in this struggle for a while now they have never killed or shot a bullet instead they are the victims of attacks and murder.

“The entire EU hereby condemns the brutal attack on IPOB members and leadership under the pretentious disguise of a military exercise (Operation Python Dance). The Nigerian military is warned to adopt democratic tenets in handling citizens.

The EU will not sit and watch things go undemocratic in the largest economy of the West African region.

Junker said that what IPOB want is a referendum, and what they wanted is no different from what the British wanted from Europe(BREXIT) and no different from what the Catalonians wanted in Spain. He then said he would raise the issue among other EU members. The Nigerian government must handle the issue with maturity and make it democratic.

Kanu before Junker's comment had petitioned the EU, The Presidents of United States of America, Russia, Israel, United Kingdom and France, accusing the Army of intimidation, torture, arrest, abduction and killing of the civilian populace in the Southeast.

The letter contained a pictures and videos of what the military had been doing in the Southeast , and ask that the head of nations help to ask the Nigerian government to withdraw its group from the region.

The Department of state services (DSS) arrested the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu on October 14th, 2015 and have given a detailed account of how Kanu was arrested in the room 303 of Golden Tulip Essential Lagos Airport Hotel.

The DSS said its men had a good intelligence from a reliable source that Kanu was in the country, and had decided to pay him a visit, but when the DSS men got to his hotel, they were told that Kanu had not lodged in the hotel, even after seeing a photo of the man.

The DSS also said it found arms and ammunition at one of Kanu's associates,Benjamin Madubugwu, house at the Ubulusiuzor, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State home. Another associate of Kanu is one David Nwawuisi, both are working for a Nigeria telecommunication industry, MTN as field maintenance.

Kanu was arrested by the team of DSS led by Temisan John on October 14th at the Golden Tulip Essential Lagos Airport Hotel with a company of another woman at 42/44, Murtala Mohammed International Aiprot Road, Ikeja, Lagos.

On arrival at the hotel, the staff denied having Kanu there or having any knowledge of him, even when showed his photograph. The guest manifest, for about five days, was also printed and the name was not found on any.

However, relying on accurate intelligence, the team decided to conduct a physical search on all the rooms and Kanu was arrested in Room 303 while hibernating with a young girl, Maryam Ibezimakor, with all his broadcasting and communication gadgets set for use.

It was then discovered that Kanu checked in under the name Nwanekaenyi Ezebuiro. He was subsequently arrested and taken to the command headquarters.

Another DSS operative, Mohammed Ahmed, who led a team to Madubugwu house recovered two pump-action guns loaded with ammunition, one Emerald pump-action gun with serial number: TS870-113-0046 and one Delta Magnum pump-action gun with serial number 501.”

Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi were supposed to be arraigned in court on December 23rd, but the trial was postponed when Kanu said told Justice Ahmed Mohammed that he doubt he could give a fair judgement at his trial, which prompted the judge to withdraw from the case.

As the Igbo community continues to chant on the street for a new Biafra republic, we have decided to share with Nigerians and Igbos a video interviewwith the leader and the man who started the talk about the Biafra republic,  Chukwuemeka Ojukwu.

 Chukwuemeka Ojukwu led the war that lasted for two and a half years (1967–1970)  before he fled the country to Ivory Coast and went on exile. The war led to the death of more than one million people due to starvation and gunfire.

The war was caused due to a coup in January 1966 that led to killings of Northern leaders, including  Nigeria's Prime Minister, Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa and 30 others, but the coup was quickly tagged a "Igbo coup" because the Igbo president, Nnamdi Azikwe, the President, of Igbo extraction, and the premier of the southeastern part of the country were not killed.

The Hausas retaliated in July 1966, the Northern army staged a counter coup, retaliating the coup by the Igbo officers, killing the head of state at that time, Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi. This two coups will forever cause an ethnic tension between the Igbos and the Hausas, and both have always been like day and night in Nigeria.

Emergence Of New Biafra

Just like the minions, Igbo people have found new hero again, after Ojukwu's death, and the a new hero is Nnamdi Kanu, tagged the "Redeemer of Biafra", who has warmed his way into the heart of Igbos, both home and abroad, and they are all looking to restore the legacy of their past leader,  Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, and in the process have tagged Nigeria a zoo, and people living there are probably animals. 

                   New Biafra warlord and hero, Nnamdi Kanu

The country's president, Muhammadu Buhari has also been tagged, a Paedophile among many other names.

What Will Ojukwu Do?

The leader of the defunct Biafra, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu during on his interview after he was pardoned and asked to return from exile, gave a short interview, and this is the excerpt from the video.

Ojukwu who said that he led the first BIafra war proudly said that he and others should have learned during the first Biafra war,  and he doesn't think Nigeria will need a second war, and it will be a mistake for anyone to propose another Biafra war.

Why Now? Why Another Secession

The new secession can be easily said is due to the new leader of the Nigerian government, President Muhammadu Buhari. The ethnic tension between the Igbos and the Hausas still lingers in their memory of the both parties.

These are people that never saw what happened during the Biafra war, and are ready to go for a new war, if it means the Igbo having a new country.

The Igbos would have preferred someone like President Jonathan to continue ruling the country, and it was no surprise to see that Goodluck Jonathan cleared all Igbo states during the presidential election in Nigeria, because Igbos detest the Hausa tribe on the seat of power.

What Will Happen Next?

Nobody can give an accurate answer to this. The chanting continues, and the new Igbo hero keeps talking to them via radio and social media, and telling them to push on. 

Doynews will give updates as story on Biafra land unfolds.