Discharge Your Duty Now Or Eastern Security Network Will Storm Southern Benue — IPOB Tells Ortom

The unabated complicity of the Nigerian military and the Fulani killer cattle herders in their siege against Igbo communities in Southern part of Benue State, has reached it's crescendo and can no longer be tolerated. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has in it's Press Release dated Friday 5th March 2021, and duly signed by it's Media /Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, vowed that the operatives of Eastern Security Network (ESN), will swiftly respond should the Executive Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, fails to give protection to Benue indigenous land owners. The released press statement may have been put together due to the recent unwarranted arrest of one of the Chiefs of Atolaga community amongst others, in Ado local government area. The arrest was allegedly connected to the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), within the locality. Reports have it that Fulani herdsmen have ceaselessly been terrorizing the indigenous inhabitants and when the people arose to throw up a challenge, the Nigerian security agencies effortlessly take to arresting innocent, law abiding community and youth leaders of the area.

It is therefore important to bring to the notice of Governor Samuel Ortom that the entirety of Southern Benue would boil should the operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), eventually arrive the State. Needless stating the fact that there exists high concentration of Igbo communities in Ado, Ogbadibo, Okpokwu and Oju local government areas of the state, known as "Umuezeokeoha People". Investigations into the plight of these people in the hands of Benue State Government, reveal that they have suffered decades of blatant neglect on security related policies, infrastructural development and economic protection. Few years past, a native of Umuezeokeoha visited Benue State University, Makurdi, to seek admission into the institution. The registrar told him verbatim that he should journey to Ebonyi State for such because Benue indigenes do not bear such Igbo names as his.

Although, Umuezeokeoha community residing South of Benue, could have suffered high degrees of economic and infrastructural security neglect well before the arrival of Eastern Security Network but presently, same security neglect would no longer be tolerated by Biafrans. As a result of the menace of the Fulani killer herdsmen and the complicit intimidation drive of the Nigerian armed forces within the area, operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), will soon arrive those Igbo communities for sanitization. If Governor Samuel Ortom does not however wish to experience what Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State experienced a couple of weeks ago, he then should immediately stem this imminent tide of rising insecurity and police victimization policy against the inhabiting indigenous land owners.

Ambushment of Eastern Security Operatives by the Nigerian Armed Forces while on just missions like what will soon be  witnessed in Southern Benue, will only result in intentional suicidal outcome using Orlu experience in Imo State as a case study. Governor Samuel Ortom has before him, two glaring choices pertaining this matter as pointedly presented by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). One is to courageously and immediately step into the plight of these aforementioned Igbo communities with the sole policy intent of averting the arrival of Eastern Security Network (ESN) and rightly doing the needful or dig himself into complicity and docility regarding this same plight of the people. He will most assuredly witness the monstrous arrival and activities of the operatives of Eastern Security Network (ESN) in his State.

Written by Mazi Onyebuchi Eze

Edited by Peter Oshagwu

For Family Writers Press International

The Story Of Unknown Gunmen And Their Attacks On The Nigeria Police

 The Story Of Unknown Gunmen And Their Attacks On The Nigeria Police

It has become re-ocurring news on how unknown gunmen attack policemen in their stations and on traffic checkpoints. It all started since last year 2020 after the #ENDSARS protest which the Nigerian youths took to the streets to register their displeasure on the reckless killings, harassments and intimidations of the Nigerian Police.

But the Nigerian government led by President Muhammadu Buhari in it's usual way of doing things, recklessly mishandled the whole situation by sending unprofessional Nigeria soilders to go and shoot live bullets on peaceful protesters who were just waving Nigeria flags and singing the National Anthem. Since then the story of unknown gunmen has become  regular trending news.

It is so bad that many police officers do not wear their uniforms again. Most of the police stations are being burnt down, with the officers themselves, put on the run. But if we should look at it very well, it is ideal to say that these people are known gunmen whom the Nigerian politicians know too well. Is it not the politicians that buy guns to unemployed youths during elections and promise them heaven on earth? After the elections, these men will be left to perish on the streets. The politicians are the ones training and sponsoring all these unknown gunmen. 

These men are the tools the politicians use to rig elections and intimidate their opponents to submission and after elections, the guns are left in the hands of these touts, which they use to terrorize the poor populace. Quite disturbing about this trend is that these politicians surround themselves with soilders that make it impossible for the so-called unknown gunmen to get at them. But as it is said, "when two elephants fight, it is the grasses that suffer the consequences" Now the policemen are suffering it.

Secondly; showing how unprofessional the Nigeria Police is, officers do not reason or have human feelings for their fellow beings. Just because of the little peanut they gain from these unpatriotic politicians, they become enemies to themselves. These politicians will send them to go and kill, harass and intimidate people; they will sheepishly go and start shooting live bullets at innocent civilians. These things that are happening are enough evidences that Nigerians are fed up with the brutality of Nigeria police, gone are the days when policemen were friends. Today, the Nigerian Police has become the worst enemy of the people. It is now clear that guns, intimidation or harassment do not give peace but instead, are evidences that the people can no longer be cowed to accept what they do not want. The Nigerian government ruled by the Fulani jawjaweed should swallow its pride and do the needful before it becomes too late.

Written by Obulose Chidiebere

Edited by Elemeghideonye Nnamdi Stephen

For Family Writers Press International

“Had We Not Come,Some Of You Would Be Answering Yusuf"---Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

 “Had We Not Come,Some Of You Would Be Answering Yusuf"---Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

“Had We Not Come, Some Of You Would Be Answering Yusuf And Your Buildings Turned Into Mosques By Now.”--Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. 

The is a recent statement made by the leader of Indigenous people of Biafra(IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu over his usual radio broadcast on radio Biafra. Sincerely speaking, anyone who is absolved of self bias and prejudice will consciously agree to the stark reality of the present degenerated and comatose state of Nigeria and how the whole of south-east would have been a victim of the islamization agenda of the Fulanis.

The proliferation of extreme Islamic terrorism in Nigeria is growing at alarming rate, Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), Islamic State West Africa (ISWA), Islamic State Greater Sahara (ISGS), Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al Murabitoun, Ansar Dine, Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen and bandits have a common denominator in Islamic extremism--Islamization. In areas conquered by these terrorists in different names, they quickly move to establish sharia laws. Taking the Northern part of Nigeria for an example, the victims are not very large indigenous communities. They are minorities in larger Fulani controlled states and communities. Their voices are muted by the larger silence of the perpetrators and accomplices who actively or tacitly support the mayhem. 

The ugliest part of all is that the central government glaringly appears accomplice to all these terror groups. With the steep decline of security in the country, the consistent breakdown of law and order, the audacious activities of arm-wielding militias, likes of Boko-haram, Fulani herdsmen, bandits, ISWAP etc and the corroborative silence or inaction of the Nigeria government with the arm forces, genuinely concerned citizen will not be wrong to conclude that these sets of leaders from a region of the country (North) are harbouring acrid resentment and sinister motives against the South.

Because these same Nigeria forces that are silent to the Fulani mayhem are daily engaging in criminal activities of abductions in the south-east. These are alarm that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the leader of Indigenous people of Biafra  and IPOB have disturbingly raised since years back. Thankfully, while some chose to ignore or observe a little longer, many in the south-east heeded his warning, IPOB organized and present resistance to these murderous elements.

This is obviously why we are yet to have refugees from the Eastern part of Nigeria like the residents in the north and some part of South West. The Killer Herdsmen terrorist activities in Biafraland have reduced to sleeper inactive cells, they live in fear of Eastern Security Network (ESN), a combatant security outfit launched by Nnamdi Kanu the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra to trace and flush out any form terrorism in South East. 

It is on this note therefore that we must all, irrespective of tribe and political affiliations, acknowledge the position of Mazi Nnay Kanu and IPOB in courageously exposing and countering the many atrocities and ills of the terror Fulani against the south-east. 

Written by Okere David C

Edited by  Emmanuel Iwuchukwu

For Family Writers Press International.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu The Chosen Leader: Background, References And Biblical View Points

 Mazi Nnamdi Kanu The Chosen Leader: Background, References And Biblical View Points 

Carefully brooding through the historical lane of events bordering on the Biafra people as a race before, during and after the birth of the now leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would be a sufficient reason to easily admit that truly, he(Kanu) is the chosen one to lead Biafrans to freedom. 

The IPOB Leader was born barely two months into the brutal Nigeria-Biafra genocidal war of 1967-1970. So, since the time of his birth, he has lived to witness how unfortunately painful life in this British establishment(Nigeria) has been for Biafrans. Notice that this cruelty of the Nigerian state against Biafrans was as well what led to the aforementioned genocide. 

Nnamdi Kanu has unarguably experienced the worst of Nigeria far more than many individuals actually know. Growing up in Biafra and schooling under the Nigerian educational system until his university level also hugely contributed to his embracing call to fight for a deserving livelihood for Biafrans. 

This is the part he aggressively took and it led to his unjust arrest and imprisonment. 

When he was eventually released with draconian conditions with the intent to infringe on his fundamental human rights, it did not deter him because this is a general Nigerian experience which he was already familiar with.  

Ardent believers of the Holy Bible which is generally accepted in Biafraland as the word of God Almighty, often like to search deep into the Bible and seek God's opinion through prayers when matters needing emotional acceptance and connection arise. They do this before making their conclusion about their moves on any matter. 

At this point, these set of Biafrans did their usual to ascertain if they should accept Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as their leader. And they were not disappointed. 

Right from times, Biafrans are known to generally follow an autonomous system of governance; therefore making it difficult for them to accept any form of imposed leadership. This can be traced back to 1914, 1929 and the pre-colonial eras. It was noted that colonialists were firmly resisted. And an example of such resistances is the Aba women’s' riot. History has it that even at dagger point, Biafrans still rebelled against slavery and colonisation.  

This same resistance measures was also taken against Kanu's claims in the earlier days of his agitations, but finally proved him as the sent leader. Presently, he have full support of the bigger majority of Biafrans(youths and the elderly), who are willingly submitting to him and are ready to die obeying his commands.  

The masses trust Kanu unconditionally and the level of support and recognition he has from the South-East of Nigeria especially, is a testament that they have searched their souls and seen the connection, they have prayed to God and He confirmed Kanu to them as their leader and they have pushed and persecuted him(Kanu) to a standstill, but he remained unstoppable. 

From the facts above and more other notable ones i did not mention here, I found that Mazi Nnamdi kanu also fulfilled the biblical prophecy of Moses in  Deuteronomy 18:15 "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow tribesmen. You must listen to him. He(Kanu) is the only man that took after Chief Odumuegwu Ojukwu, the eternal leader of Biafra. 

Kanu is not just a leader, but a prophet too, whose proves of being a "God-sent" has made both Biafrans and all Africans listen to and follow. 

Remember that God doesn't come down from heaven to save people but he always raise a savior for them from their own people. And Biafrans have well understood and acknowledged this. 

In conclusion, the IPOB leader has continued to show his commitments to the well being of his people and Africans at large. One of the steps that proves so is his formation of the Eastern Security Network(ESN) to satisfy the people's need for a trustworthy, non racist and non-extortists security network. He formed ESN solely to protect the people from foreign intruders, domestic killers, kidnappers and arsonists. 

He(Kanu) makes contacts with the people through radio broadcasts and phone calls during broadcasts, he has their best interest and infact, his interests aligns with the people's. Contrasting this with giving a section of people 150 billion or building rail lines to foreign lands as applicable in Nigeria leaders system of leadership, anyone will agree that the difference is glaringly clear. 

Kanu's passion is quite evident and he is leading with zeal. He is fearless, seeks God first and acknowledges his superiority to us mortals. The crowds that attend his rallies all over the world confirm as said in proverbs 29:2 of the Holy Bible, that "the people rejoice when righteousness increase but when a wicked man rules, the people groan. 

#SupportMaziNnamdiKanu! 

#SupportESN!! 

Written by Mmaduabuchi Daniel Freeman 

Edited by Emmanuel Iwuchukwu 

For Family Writers Press International.

Nigeria: Protect Igbo Communities In Benue Or ESN Will Move In, IPOB Tells Governor Ortom

 Nigeria: Protect Igbo Communities In Benue Or ESN Will Move In, IPOB Tells Governor Ortom

The Indigenous People of Biafra has urged Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom to ensure the safety of the Igbo living in the state if he does not want the Eastern Security Network to move in.

In the press statement made available to Press on Friday, the IPOB alleged that the Igbo residents in the state are being terrorised by killer Fulani herdsmen disguising as military men.

According to the statement signed by IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, Igbo communities in the state are living in fear, thus asking Governor Ortom to respond to reinstating security in those areas.

The statement, however, further stated that the failure of Governor Ortom to protect the Igbo residents in the state would force the ESN to react in ensuring that.

“It has become very imperative that we the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ably led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, bring to the attention of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State how Fulani terrorists masquerading as herdsmen are terrorising Igbo communities in his state. The unprovoked genocidal attacks by these murderous bands have intensified in the last one week.

“The world has to be aware of this atrocity which has persisted obviously because the governor failed to rise to his responsibility of protecting the lives and property of these innocent Igbo communities in his state.

“Recently, the Fulani terrorist herdsmen disguised as soldiers and abducted so many people in some Igbo communities. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, must take responsibility for securing these communities or IPOB would move in our gallant Eastern Security Network, ESN, operatives to do the needful.

“For weeks now, the people have been terrorised by hooded Fulani military men on an evil mission. These communities are living in fear and some have already run away from their homes.”

IPOB clared that it would not tolerate the situation any longer. 

“We can never allow Fulani terrorists to decimate any Biafran community. We will no longer tolerate any unprovoked attack against our people irrespective of where they reside. Governor Ortom must act now or ESN will rise to the occasion! ESN will launch a serious operation to chase the killer Fulani out of Benue if Governor Samuel Ortom cannot protect Igbo Biafrans living in Benue.

“The Benue government must as a matter of urgency ensures that the Chief of Ataloga and others abducted are released, and no harm befalls them, otherwise, ESN will unleash its venom in the state against the Fulani.

“Based on our findings, the worst hit of Fulani herdsmen attack is Ataloga community where men in military uniform kidnapped three innocent locals. The victims include the Chief of the community, Mazi Boniface; IPOB Coordinator, and the youth leader of the Ndigwe community. Others include Chief Simon Nweke from Ndiighe in Ado LGA; and Patrick Nweke, Youth President of Ndiighe in Ado LGA," the statement said. 

Also, the group enumerated some communities affected in the state, adding that some of the Igbo villages belonging to Ebonyi State were erroneously incorporated into Benue State.

“Other Igbo villages under siege now in Izi, Oju LGA of Benue State are Edele village, Ogbala Izi village, Onyenu village, Obokata village, Ekpuphu village and Idele Izi village.

“Others are Ndi Nwankwo village, Osidi village, Usebe village, Eka village, Ikari village, Ameka village, Edear village, and others. 

“In Inikiri Izi in Ado LGA, the besieged villages include IniKiri village, Okputu village, Amaeka village, Ojiegbe village, Odun village, Echeri village, One village, and Odoke village.

"Others are Ameulla village, Obusirike village, Eri village, Epkekere village, Ndigbaraoso village, Odi village, Opkoricho village, and others.           

“These are villages in Ebonyi State mistakenly carved into Benue State, and Governor Samuel Ortom must secure and protect them. We need an explanation of why he failed to protect these helpless folks from Fulani terrorists' attack.

“Intelligence report at our disposal indicates that Fulani terrorists camped and operate from that axis, enter Ebonyi State, Enugu State, and Cross River State where they launch an attack on our people and move back. But now IPOB and ESN are prepared, and won't allow them any breeding the ground in our ancestral land!”

Nigeria: Food Security And The Economic Implications Of Herdsmen's Reckless Destruction Of Farmlands

 Nigeria: Food Security And The Economic Implications Of Herdsmen's Reckless Destruction Of Farmlands

Presently threatening the future survival of Biafrans amongst the tribes of Southern Nigeria, is the very unfortunate economic implications attached. This inherent development hinges on the mindless and unabated destruction of farmlands by the marauding Fulani Islamic killer herders across Biafraland. The criminal endorsement of this orchestrated menace by the Nigerian Islamic government, is to say the least, the height of well plotted economic sabotage by a government that is hypocritically crying wolf about economic woes. 

If therefore, there could be anything like food security in the country in the coming years, the Nigerian government must as a matter of expediency, outrightly place ban on open grazing or the indigenous inhabitants particularly Biafrans, will be forced to eventually to take decisive actions. This will be premised on the fact that the Biafran race must have to be saved from the looming danger of hunger in the land which artificially is being driven by the Fulani herdsmen and their brethren in charge of the Nigerian government.

In view of the foregoing, it therefore becomes necessary to bring to the notice of the international community, about the subsisting economic strangulation that has been on in Biafraland since 1970 when the genocidal war levied against Biafrans by the Nigerian government subsided. Biafrans  then took to agriculture and peasant farming as the only optional avenue of survival. It is not gainsaying the fact that ninety percent (90%) of indigenous economy in Biafraland is essentially derived from endearing agricultural products. Other sectors of the economy such as industrialization, infrastructure and Information and Communication Technology (ICT), are lying in the hands of alien political office holders which are imposed on the Biafran people. These are opportunists who are completely careless about the general economic well-being of the Biafran citizens.

Importantly, the global community has to know that since the last twenty (20) years, the Fulani herdsmen have wantonly destroyed farmlands and farm produce in different locations across Biafraland worth billions of United States dollars. Both Local, State and Federal Governments have brazenly done nothing in this respect to sternly caution the notorious herdsmen against further damages. On a trip to Ebonyi State sometime ago on a fact finding mission, peasant farmers interviewed in Amanator and Mgbaleze Isu in Onicha Local Government Area, massively trooped out to bemoan their ugly experiences in the hands of these Fulanis that have settled in the bushes, forests and farmlands. Many of the aged women (mothers), bitterly complained about  how the Fulani cattle grazed on and destroyed vegetable gardens that were being cultivated via irrigation process. So many men complained about the criminal and wanton destruction of their yam and cassava produce by these marauding Fulani herders. Official complaints have already been lodged with the Local Government Agriculture Department and the State Ministry of Agriculture respectively. But up till date, nothing has been done to assuage the suffering of these peasant farmers whose only means of livelihood hinges on farming.

Critically evaluating these negative effects arising from the criminal and provocative activities of these Fulani herdsmen against the indigenous natives of the land with overhearing inimical consequences on the people's collective economy, it therefore becomes necessary to order these Islamists masquerading as herdsmen, to completely vacate the land. Their continued stay in the bushes, forests and farmlands, portends serious danger to the Biafran economy, besides threats to lives. Any conspiracy plotted against the success of agro-economy in the land is tantamount to economic genocide against the people. This is because of the inherent agricultural economic fortunes in the land. This agro-economy chain is what moves the farmers to the merchants, to the retailers and then finally to the end consumers. All these people in their respective categories, clearly depict how Biafrans benefit from the agro-economy drive.

The Fulani cattle herders' open graze methodology has unfortunately, affected this advantageous economic chain thus seriously extinguishing the final breathe of the Biafran economy that wholly rests on farming. This is purely the reason why the present generation of Biafrans have unanimously declared that these criminal Fulanis must vacate Biafraland so that farmers and merchants of different agricultural products can once again, heave a sigh of relief. Destruction of farmlands reduces harvest, inflates prices of harvested, marketable crops and additionally generates hunger. A stitch in time they say, saves nine!

Written by Mazi Onyebuchi Eze

Edited by Peter Oshagwu

For Family Writers Press International

Incompetence of Nigeria Police with the Prevalent Self Help Resort and Unknown Gunmen Attacks

 Incompetence of Nigeria Police with the Prevalent Self Help Resort and Unknown Gunmen Attacks                                                                       

                                  

It is unarguably true that Mohammed Abubakar Adamu is illegally occupying the position of the inspector general of Nigeria police, because his tenure was extended by President Muhammadu Buhari without regards to the rule of law.

And Nigeria being a failed state, have disregards for her own constitutions and is where mediocrity, nepotism, favoritism, etcetera rain profusely unchallenged by fulani oligarchs, called presidency. These and more have turned the Nigeria police to a failed force and monumentally withstood them from legally discharging their duties.

Calls by many groups for the government to follow her constitution have fallen on deaf ears. Rather, the government have allowed for further creation of cabals and parties among their failed police force, with the total lack of control by the incompetent and quota IGP. This have raised a real big margin between Nigeria police and the masses, leading to several army and police brutalities and massacres, including but not limited to

Zaria massacre 

Odi massacre 

Agatu massacre 

Uzo uwani massacre 

Nimbo massacre 

Obigbo massacre 

Lekki massacre 

Onitsha /Nkpor massacre 

Emene killings 

And most recently,

Orlu massacre. 

In all these massacres, The NPF have failed to prosecute or hold any one responsible. According to a renown non governmental group called Inter Society, the victims of these senseless massacres have increased to 2,503 and are mainly from a particular section of the country. Hence, it will not be wrong to call it a genocide.

Aggrieved family members of such victims have resorted to self help for protection and pushed that the Nigeria forces should account for the dead /missing loved ones.

And these family members of the injured victims have continually suffered incessant clampdowns from the Nigeria police as a result. 

Moreover, the Nigeria police force have been very reluctant and biased in addressing the issue of prosecuting the perpetrators of these massacres. And also added insult to injury by running to the media to label the victims "unknown gunmen" and blamed the prestigious leader of Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as the sponsor of the unknown group without probe or panel of enquiries to ascertain the grievances of those victims.

These have been the tactics of Nigeria government to exterminate the indigenous people of Biafra. The ethnical or tribal blame of 1967 military coup on innocent Biafrans is a remote example, while recently,  they played the same card by blaming IPOB for EndSars protest in Lagos and Rivers states, which resulted in Obigbo massacre by the military.

We urge International Community to coerce Nigeria government to prosecute those behind these massacres before  the victims resort to self defense and cross the Rubicon.

Written by Joshua T

Edited by Chibueze Daniel

For Family Writers Press International.