The Suspension Of Imam Shiekh Nuru Confirms That Nigeria Islamic Leaders Endorses Terrorism

  The Suspension Of Imam Shiekh Nuru Confirms That Nigeria Islamic Leaders Endorses Terrorism

About eight days after "terrorists(pet-named bandits)" senselessly attacked a train on Abuja-Kaduna route, the Nigeria President, Muhammad Buhari, and his Security Chiefs are yet to respond in either condemning the act or fishing out those that perpetrated it. The lives of the men and women lost to the terror attack do not seem to bother them or matter. The perpetrators of this evil still roam about freely. This has been the attitude of those leading Nigeria, especially the Buhari's regime, since inception.

The urgly terror act was heavily criticized by Sheikh Nuru Khalid, the Chief Imam of Apo Jumat mosque, Abuja. He made this criticism on Friday, 1st April 2022 during their Jumat preaching. Imam Nuru acknowledged the failure of everybody, especially religious leaders who could not teach the people that life is sacred, parents who could not teach their children that killing is bad, the governors, and other persons in government. He made a special emphasis on President Mohammadu Buhari, who had made a campaign promise during the 2015 presidential election campaign. Buhari promised in 2015 to end insurgency and terrorism in a short time, but has done little or nothing to that effect.

The Imam expressed his complete disappointment with the Buhari's regime, and states his readiness to bear whatever might be the outcome or consequences of his outspokenness.

And as usual with the Nigerian governing system, where victims and critics of wrongs are purnished, Sheikh Nuhu Khalid was suspended almost immediately after the preaching. 

The very disturbing fact about this situation is that nothing has been done to the terrorists themsselves, or Sheikh Gumi who is the chief mediator for the terrorists.

This shows that the Buhari led Fulani Nigeria government is in love and has been enabling the operations and acts of terrorism, rather than fighting it against all odds.

This further justifies the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu led Indigenous People Of Biafra(IPOB) in their quest for a separate State of Biafra.

Biafrans have respect for the sacredness of life and want to restore their sovereignty.

A peaceful referendum is most important at this point because, there is a need to separate a seemingly carnivorous animal kind of humans from sane ones. The two are not same, and should not exist together.

#FreeMaziNnamdiKanu

#FreeBiafra

Written by Onyemachi Gabriel

Edited by Cindy Etuk

For Family Writers Press International

Biafra: The Distinctively Clear Voice Of The People, Amidst A Seeming Political Propaganda

 Biafra: The Distinctively Clear Voice Of The People, Amidst A Seeming Political Propaganda 

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra(IPOB) represents the interests of over 90% of the indigenous Biafra populations, entrapped in the British contraption, Nigeria. This is a fact. And it is obvious to all anyone who is sincere enough to tell him/herself the real truth.

You cannot give what you do not have.

In this era, the Kanu led IPOB have proven to possess a similar capacity as our forefathers who rose above their fears, fought against the terrors of the western invaders and finally drowned themselves in the sea, instead of being enslaved. IPOB have today, shown same fearlessness, rejecting the terror of the British created state of Nigeria, and have fervently protested the unprovoked incarceration and detention of her leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Peace is the most beautiful price anyone can have and that is what Nigeria cannot give. While the intellectuals in Biafraland are busy talking about the cancellation of the sit-at-home protest being observed by Biafrans, which IPOB have cancelled because of political infiltration. They should remember that IPOB permits the people to decide to sit at home willingly on Mondays or go out to do their businesses. The IPOB leadership only condemns any effort geared towards enforcing whatever happens that day. That is a peaceful measure.

Anambra is a clear example of the people's willingness to protest the unlawful incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and militarization of BIAFRA by the terrorists infused Nigerian military. The recently elected Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo should desist from acting like a tool, instituted for the purpose of dissuading the collective will of the people. He should stop gearing more of his efforts towards trying to stop the voluntary Sit-at-home protest in Anambra, than he is doing towards finding the cause of the exercise.

The people of Anambra, and all Biafran in extension have shown via several fashions that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the only leader they will listen to his commands.

Efforts towards Kanu's unconditional release is what Soludo should more committedly concern himself with. This is something the voce of the people is clearly saying.

Nigeria and her handlers must also understand that without Justice, there cannot be peace. Biafrans on the other hand, are also not looking for an imaginary peace, but a total freedom. No country or community survives amidst propaganda, Nigeria has toed this ugly path in continued injustice, disobedience to the rule of law, brutal enforcement, militarized genocide and demonization of freedom of speech.

The people of Biafra have spoken and shown the Nigerian government and the world her determination to exit this unworkable amalgamated union called Nigeria built on ethnic bigotry and religious propaganda void of any unilateral value system.

#FreeMaziNnamdiKanu

#FreeBiafra

Written by Anioke Chukwunonso

Edited by Ogah C S Maduabuchi

For Family Writers Press International

Nigerian Military Continues Their Unprovoked Intimidation And Abduction Of Eastern Citizens

 The Military Continues Their Unprovoked Intimidation And Abduction Of Eastern Citizens

The operatives of the Nigeria Military in Enugu have stormed the homes of Mr Earnest Eze and Mr Ignatius Ifo in Nsude, Udi LGA, Enugu State.

This very ugly incident took place in what can best be likened to a "well planned kidnap operation".

It happened at about 3:00am in the early hours of Friday, 1st April, 2022.

According to the wife of Mr Earnest, the military men drove into their compound in five(5) Hilux buses, broke into their house and forcefully took away her husband, Mr Earnest in the presence of herself, Earnest's elder brother and Earnest's dead-frightened children, without saying a word or telling what the reason for such invasion.

After which, they drove off to the home of Mr Ignatius and took him away in a same cruel manner.

Till now(5 days later), the whereabouts of both Mr Earnest and Mr Ignatius is not known. Family members of the two have gone to make reports in the nearest police station, and to Enugu "82 division army barracks". But were not given any useful information regarding their own.

This is a kind notification to the public.

Let it be on record that the Nigeria military did not state the offences of these men. So, if they have committed any offence known to law, they should be provided and taken to court for necessary proceedings, instead of continuing to hold them in an unknown location.

Nothing must happen to either Mr Earnest Eze or Mr Ignatius Ifo.

Men and Women of goodwill should step in to prevail on the Enugu State command of the Nigeria military, and on the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to provide these innocent citizens.

This Clampdown on the Eastern Citizens mostly the Igbo people must stop. We must all rise to unanimously condemn it.

It is Earnest and Ignatius today, it might be anyone tomorrow.

#FreeEarnestEze

#FreeIgnatiusIfo

Family Writers Press International, Enugu Correspondent, reporting

Biafra Liberation: Why Kanu's Nonviolent Approach Remains The Most Fitting

 Biafra Liberation: Why Kanu's Nonviolent Approach Remains The Most Fitting

As a theologian, Martin Luther King Jr. regularly thought on his notion of nonviolence. In his debut book, "Stride Toward Freedom", and other following books and articles, he detailed his own "pilgrimage to nonviolence." Luther King Jr argued that "true pacifism," or "nonviolent resistance," is "a bold confrontation of evil via the force of love". King thought that "the Christian teaching of love, acting via the Gandhian method of nonviolence, was one of the most formidable weapons available to oppressed people in their quest for freedom" because he was both "morally and practically" devoted to nonviolence. 

As a freshman at Morehouse College, King Jr studied Henry David Thoreau's Essay on Civil Disobedience, which exposed him to the concept of nonviolence. King was "fascinated by the idea of refusing to collaborate with an evil system" after growing up in Atlanta and witnessing segregation and bigotry on a daily basis. 

Dr. Mordecai Johnson, the then president of Howard University, spoke to King in 1950 while he was a student at Crozer Theological Seminary. Dr. Johnson, who had recently returned from India, spoke about Mohandas K. Gandhi's life and beliefs. According to King, "Gandhi was the first to turn Christian love into a tremendous force for social transformation. I found the means for social revolution that I had been seeking, in Gandhi's emphasis on love and nonviolence".

Despite his academic commitment to nonviolence, King did not personally see the efficacy of nonviolent direct action, until the Montgomery bus boycott began in 1955. During the boycott, King put Gandhi's ideas into practice. Despite threats to his life, King eventually decided not to deploy armed bodyguards with the help of black pacifist Bayard Rustin and Glenn Smiley of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. But he rather reacted to the violent situations, like as the bombing of his home, with compassion. King learnt how nonviolence could become a way of life that could be applied to every situation through his actual experience in organizing peaceful protests. The notion of nonviolent resistance was described by King as the "guiding light of our movement. "Gandhi provided the means, while Christ provided the spirit and drive". King would say.

Six important concepts guided King's view of nonviolence. Firstly, it is possible to resist evil without resorting to violence. Secondly, nonviolence aims to gain the opponent's "friendship and understanding," rather than shame him. Thirdly, evil should be opposed rather than the people who conduct evil deeds. Fourthly, nonviolence advocates must be willing to endure without vengeance, as suffering can be redemptive in and of itself. Fifthly, nonviolent resistance avoids both "external or physical violence" and "internal or spiritual violence": "The nonviolent resister not only refuses to kill but also refuses to detest his opponent" Love in the sense of the Greek term "agape", which means "understanding" or "redeeming good will for all mankind," should motivate the resister. The sixth principle is that nonviolent resistance requires "strong faith in the future," based on the belief that "the cosmos is on the side of justice".

Years after the bus boycott, Dr. Martin Luther King became increasingly committed to nonviolence. An India trip in 1959 helped him connect more intimately with Gandhi's legacy. King began to advocate nonviolence not just in a national sphere, but internationally as well.

Following the rejection of nonviolence by Black Power activists such as Stokely Carmichael, King lamented that some African Americans had lost hope and reaffirmed his own commitment to nonviolence: "Sometimes in life, a person develops a conviction that is so valuable and meaningful that he will stand by it to the end. This is what nonviolence has taught me ".  "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that," he concluded in his 1967 book. 

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, arguing that violent revolution was impractical in the context of a multiracial society. Only love has the power to drive out hatred. The nonviolent way of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu led Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), in their quest to restore Biafra remains the best way to go. We can see how possible it is to be committed to nonviolent without resorting to violence.

IPOB as a nonviolent organization has dramatically shown that Biafra restoration can be achieved without firing a gun shot. But just as it is said that "in every twelve, Judas will still exist to cause havoc", same is happening in Biafra restoration quest. Some criminal minded person has always hid in the cover of IPOB to cause troubles. But the message of IPOB leader is always clear to every ear.

Severally, you may have heard Kanu say that Biafra will be restored without a shot of a bullet. Yet, you find people that claim to be his disciples, advocating for a Biafra through war. This is a confusion believed to be the master-mind of Biafra enemies. But sincere Biafrans must continue to walk by the code, "Nonviolence".

And in all, Let Love Lead.

#FreeMaziNnamdiKanu

#FreeBiafra

Written by Obulose Chidiebere.

Edited by Okechukwu Chuks.

For Family Writers Press International.

Biafra: The Heavy Handedness of Nigerian govt precipitated IPOB self defense in Eastern Region – Report

 Biafra: The Heavy Handedness of Nigerian govt precipitated IPOB self defense in Eastern Region – Report

The intensifying violence Self defense associated with the IPOB movement in Nigeria’s Eastern Region is fuelled by the excessive militarised response of the state security forces as well as collective feelings of marginalisation and misinformation, a new report has said.

The report – Multiple Nodes and Common causes: National Stocktake of Contemporary Insecurity and State Responses in Nigeria – was authored and released on Friday by the Centre for Democracy and Development in West Africa (CDD). The report states that Nigeria faces an epidemic of insecurity, including IPOB agitation for separation, banditry in the north, and the perennial farmer-herder conflicts.

 IPOB, with its Security Network, the Eastern Security Network {ESN} has intensified their struggle for liberation in a radical push to separate from Nigeria and create an independent state of Biafra, decades after an initial effort caused a devastating civil war (1967-1970) which Britain secretly supplied arms to Nigeria to supress the determined Biafran people.

In their more organised self defence approach since Nigeria government launched heavy military attack on them. Alleged attacks blamed on IPOB and ESN operatives have resulted in the killings of state security personnel and civilians. The attacks have targeted police stations, government properties, and other public facilities, including INEC offices and custodial centres. Although in many occasions, IPOB has completely denied involvement in these violence attacks, the IPOB movement blamed Nigerian government of sponsoring terror attacks to blackmail and tarnish the good reputation of IPOB before international community. 

The group have continued to enforce a sit-at-home every Monday to protest the continued incarceration of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial in Abuja. The weekly sit-at-home protests, with substantial compliance, mean schools are shut to avoid endangering pupils and suspension of socio-economic activities.

In its report, the CDD said military action by the government in 2016 worsened the IPOB crisis.

“Since the launch of a military operation known as “Operation Python Dance” in 2016, the region has witnessed an intensification of confrontations between IPOB and the Nigerian security forces – especially, the police, the Department of State Security (DSS), and the military,” CDD said, and then referenced a report by PREMIUM TIMES exposing massive extra-judicial killings by the Nigerian security between 2015 and 2016.

Among the factors contributing to the recent intensification of violent separatism in the region, CDD identified: “a violent defensive counter-response to the state’s militarised approach; a pronounced perception of contemporary marginalisation in Nigeria’s current federal political and security architecture; and the development and spread of false narratives legitimising armed mobilisation as a pathway to a regional secession.”

“For many interlocutors in the region — both those identifying as formal members of IPOB and those who rejected the movement’s aims — the militarised response of the security forces to the initial emergence of separatism was frequently highlighted as a key driver of the group’s counter-mobilisation,” CDD said.

The organisation further said that “attempts to address the conflict arising from secessionist agitations – which remain the most significant node of conflict in the region with a bearing on national cohesion – need to account for the central role of the state as a perpetrator of violence and injustice in any resolution.”

The Nigerian government has not only proscribed IPOB but also officially labelled it a terrorist organisation, thus ruling out formal discussions with the group.

IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu is currently in detention where he is standing trial for treason and other charges.

There have been calls by political and traditional leaders from the Eastern Region for Mr Kanu’s release as part of efforts to calm the situation in the region. President Muhammadu Buhari has, however, rejected such calls, saying the trial of Mr Kanu should run its course.

On Saturday, traditional rulers from the Eastern Region restated their demand for Mr Kanu’s release. They said this was part of their agreement with IPOB leadership who in turn agreed to end the sit-at-homes on Mondays in the region.

Published by Premium Times 

Re-Edited by Family Writers Press International. 

Biafra Emaciation: History Of Household Intellectuals' Consistent Treachery And Conspiracy of Silence

 Biafra Emaciation: History Of Household Intellectuals' Consistent Treachery And Conspiracy of Silence

In the Catalonia referendum vote in 2017, the question that was on the ballot is: Do you want Catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a republic? The “Yes” side won in a landslide, with (90.18%) voting for independence and (7.83%) voting against. Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan leader at the time, rejected every offer of compromise from Madrid, and stood with his people’s demand. Although in exile now, his commitment and consistency, and of course the patriotic support of his successor has kept the demand for Catalan's independence alive.

The Catalan government is already autonomous, with far reaching control, in the exception of a few things. Still, their intellectuals are at the forefront of the demand for total and absolute independence. The new set of leadership has made it clear to Madrid that their loyalty lies with their people.

Compare that to a long list of Biafran intellectuals and politicians' treacherous behaviors. It is not the advances of the Biafran enemies that is painful, it is our elites' failure to repel them. The overwhelming weakness and double standardness of these learned folks is badly annoying and disgusting.

After the gruesome and brutal war of cultural and historical obliteration, levied by the United kingdom against Biafrans in 1967-70, these intellectuals without hesitation, and in total sabotage of the guerrilla warfare, grovelled to the enemy and negotiated for themselves and their acolytes, leaving the masses in limbo.

At first, they pretended to be fighting for the people, without disclosing their loyalty to the Fulani agreements they signs before assuming any political or appointed post. Do not worry yourself by thinking about it. You already know by the actions of  some of them like Orji Uzor Kalu who used his Sun Newspaper to exploit the emotions of the people and generates revenue for himself. This aside from embezzlement of public coffers. Yes he did nothing to rescue Aba!

It is hard to tell which is usually worse: their deceptive demand before or disgraceful leadership after entering into corridors of power. So, with total disregard to their infamous roles under military dictatorships, once Olusegun Obasanjo (the Western government’s spy) was smuggled to office in 1999, they moved to resource control and constitution amendment. Once they receive some form of settlement, they always move on to something else. Something that would spike the emotions of the people and make them appear representative. That is why you should just wait before you jump into the bandwagon of the people singing praises of Chukwuma Soludo, the newly elected Governor of Anambra. It is very appealing and tempting, we want him to succeed, but we know how this usually ends. 

If he was there as central bank governor without as little as removing the Arabic inscription in the currencies of Nigeria, a thing he publicly criticized, do you really think he can disobey Fulanis(their political masters)? In case you are confused, the Fulani made him CBN governor. The only way he can defeat them is for him to work with the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB). Something the Catalan leaders did effortlessly. But, only time shall tell if he can do that.

To tell you how inconsequential and debased these double agents are, once Mazi Nnamdi Kanu came along with his serious demand for a referendum, the sleeper cells became activated. They started demanding “restructuring.” They even threatened a sabotage of 2019 general elections without restructuring. Well, 2019 has come and gone but since Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was abducted by Nigerian government agents from Kenya, they have all gone mute. Their muteness is neither surprising nor shocking but rather speaks volumes.

With the myriad of problems intentionally placed upon indigenous people by United kingdom such as deplorable road networks, unending strike from every sectors(especially education), poor infrastructure, zero functional airports and seaports, etcetera, the least expected of them was demand for equity. Instead they jostle among themselves for the position of the most favored slave; a spiteful and shameful position in total support to the oppressors and disregard to the suffering of the oppressed.

This disregard is why one Peter Obi would be bold to declare his intent to preside over Nigeria while Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is being tortured in the Department of State Services, DSS dungeon. This he did despite the insecurity partly caused by police brutality and uncouth politicians, benefitting from crises and trying to set the stage for a lopsidedness.

It is not their willingness to run that is the problem, but the lopsidedness of the system. How can a Catalonia that is autonomous encounter problems, yet somehow, someone thinks that a Nigeria president of Igbo extraction will succeed, without redress to structural imbalance and rigged system? Not to talk of the absolute charade of the entire exercise. And this is the problem. It is the reason some one like Ike Ekweremadu and his colleagues and the entire Biafraland political actors would continue to draw salary at the expense of the people, without a fight. Would a political class that feels the pain of the people not fight or at least commit to a mass resignation?

The Catalan intellectuals path to redemption should be the part of Biafra intellectuals too. But their history of inconsistency and silence is so decayed.

#JusticeforBiafra

#FreeMaziNnamdiKanu

Written by Chibueze Daniel

Edited by Ogah C S Maduabuchi

For Family Writers Press International

Nigeria: This Brewing Plague Is Avoidable

  Nigeria: This Brewing Plague Is Avoidable

Senseless attacks and destruction of lives and properties has unarguably become a norm in the geographical location, called Nigeria. This has remained so since the forceful marriage of divergent cultural and religious ideologies by the British. Britain colonized Nigeria, and has been the sole benefactor of the forced union, to the detriment of the indigenous peoples who have continually shown disapproval in various ways.

A disgraceful pitch invasion and destruction of valuable items in Abuja on the 28th day of March is a product of irritation about everything concerning Nigeria. People are well fed up of the system that has no working face.

Just for space of a few days back, there have been series of terrorist attacks on innocent and defenseless citizens, while the President Buhari's led government appears helpless.

One of the most pathetic is the bomb blast attack by the Fulanii terrorists on a passenger train, along Abuja - Kaduna route. So many precious lives were lost to this incident, and so many were taking away to unknown destinations. Yet there is no government to help.

Injustice and clampdown on people's rights, especially the Biafran people have unabatedly continued.

Last year 2021, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra(IPOB) was kidnapped in Kenya by security agents of the Buhari government, brutally tortured and extraordinarily renditioned him to Nigeria. This man has been unjustly detained under unimaginable conditions in the facility of the department of state security(DSS).

It is actually important to note here that IPOB leadership have been intelligently wedging what could have since become the outcome of this terrible injustice on Kanu.

Kanu has very large followership and lovers who call on the universe daily for interventions on his behalf.

Most of these people are not even under the command of his freedom movement, IPOB. Among them are persons that a willing to get to any length in seeing Nigeria bow. So, continuing to detain him will eventually spell what we humans cannot clearly begin to imagine for the moment.

Recently, even people that are not from Kanu's tribe or religion are beginning to show great concerns about the man's ordeal in the hands of the Nigerian government and her corrupt security agencies. This is grave pointer.

In a tweet, Nasir Isa Usman had asked a compelling question: "ls Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the person attacking us here in kaduna, bombing Abuja-Kaduna railways, hijacking airport runways"? 

If the answer is capital No, then he should be released from @DSS terrorist dungeon.

Another tweet from Alhaji Shehu Galadima's handle reads;  "We keep on saying release that innocent man before it is too late for all of us in this country, to evade what took place in Egypt to repeat in Nigeria, i have seen the handwriting on the wall, Allah is not happy with Nigeria for holding his own. The anger of Allah is on people of Nigeria for holding Mazi Nnamdi Kanu".

 

Another also reads: "We keep on saying : release this innocent man(Nnamdi Kanu) before it's too late for all of us in this country. There are some unconfirmed information I hardly believe or I take it with a pinch of salt because should anything happen to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,that young man is like an atomic bomb o".

Unimaginable number of lives and hard earned properties of citizens have been lost as a result of the continued existence of this British contraption, Nigeria and the destruction it represents. Yet, it seems this is just the beginning.

The world should not continue pretending not to see the handwriting on the wall. Leaders and men of good conscience should act positively to rescue indigenous peoples trapped in the contraption called Nigeria to evade impending danger.

This brewing plague can actually be averted.

A referendum holds the key.

#GodBlessBiafra

#FreeMaziNnamdiKanu

Written by Onyemachi Gabriel

Edited by Cindy Etuk

For Family Writers Press International