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January 3 2026 | The Biafra Times 

By: Mazi Chika Edoziem 

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Sometime in 2023, during one of my broadcasts, i asked Biafrans to ensure that they do not entrust all their money in the care of Banks in Nigeria. From the time when I made that appeal to our people to the present, the Nigerian currency the Naira has depreciated in value to less than 50% of its value then. Now, here is the troubling part; Tinubu’s ambition is to replicate Obafemi Awolowo’s policy of £20 pounds but in a more sophisticated fashion. Somebody should please find the audio conversation between the present Nigerian Vice President Shettima and Kunle a Yoruba politician made some years back. 

The Tax reform that Tinubu and France have signed is targeted at the wealth of Biafran people. When the reform fully take root, it will leave trials of pain, sorrow and blood on its part and the victims will be Biafrans of all works of life. Your funds in your Nigerian accounts will be confiscated with trumped up reasons like the trumped up charges against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and you will be left with nothing. What can you do? 

If you cannot keep your money outside the shores of Nigeria, then ensure that only a small fraction of your money is left at the hands of Nigerian Banks because they will be the conduit through which your years of toil and suffering will be stolen. Convert the funds that are not with the banks into major foreign currencies and store them somewhere safe in Biafraland. Our responsibility is to pass the message from the ancients to our people as they direct us. What you do with the message is simply your prerogative.

To Governor's of Biafra extraction 

Today, I am minded to address those amongst our people who enjoy being called our leaders but lack the overstanding of what leadership entails and demands. The other day, one political appointee from Biafraland in the person of David Umahi said from the comfort of his home in Abuja or from the studio of a typical corrupt Nigerian news outlet that there is no more need for Biafra because according to him, his appointor has appointed people like him to serve the Nigerian establishment and invariably serve themselves. The question one should ask David Umahi is, at what time, and date did he become the spokesperson of IPOB or any other movement agitating for the freedom of our land and people? To David Umahi’s mind, the appointment of a person of Biafran extraction to a political office has become synonymous with the struggle for our freedom and the restoration of the dignity and honour of the Biafran people which the Nigeria establishment with the British government bastardised and almost destroyed.

David Umahi and his likes are neither Biafran movement leaders nor are they particularly Igbo leaders in the real sense because the Igbo know their leaders. Him and his likes have never done anything to merit the epithet “IGBO LEADERS.” These are men who have neither honour nor integrity, men who conspired against the demand of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for the infrastructural development of Biafraland. They, all the governors from David Umahi’s time to the present who are from the Igbo Nation of Biafraland are among those that emboldened the Nigerian government to ban a peaceful freedom movement, the IPOB while hobnobbing with known terror groups such as Miyetti Allah, Fulani Herdsmen and Fulani foot soldiers in the Nigerian armed forces. They are the ones that brought in OPERATION PYTHON DANCE not once, not twice and not thrice to cut short the lives of our youths in cold blood and in peace time. 

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If David Umahi and all the governors of the Nation of Biafraland believe that they are indeed Igbo leaders and not just political jobbers, I throw a challenge today being the 1st day of January 2026 to them. I challenge them with all the apparatus of governance and government at their disposal, to call out Biafrans to convince the world that they are truly Igbo leaders and afterwards IPOB will also call out Biafrans but with the understanding that there must be a level playing ground for their rally and for the IPOB rally so that the world will know actually who is in charge of Biafraland and particularly in charge in Igbo land.

The journey of total emancipation initiated by our forefathers, the journey of our liberation and freedom has been a very challenging one. The path a complex and tortuous one which at times seemed intractable and insurmountable. The year 2025 saw the Indigenous People of Biafra Movement making great strides in so many areas and ways notwithstanding the enormous resources expended and the campaign of calumny mounted against IPOB by the Nigerian government, its armed forces, agencies and parastatals and proxies both internally and externally.

Publisher: Cj Benjamin 

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January 3 2026 | The Biafra Times 

By Mazi Chika Edoziem 

1st January National Broadcast. Page 1

Today the 1st day of January 2026 being Orie day, I greet you great Biafrans, Friends and all lovers of freedom in the name of CHUKWUOKIKEABIAMA and in the name of all the pantheons that protect, guide and watch over the land of Biafra and the Biafran people. I say good morning, good afternoon and good evening to you depending on your time zone.

My name is Mazi Chukwukadibia Edoziem, I am from Iheoma in Orlu Province of Biafraland and by the power of CHUKWUABIAMA, and by the will of our Ancestors, I serve the Biafran people in the Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB global family) as the Head of the Directorate of State (the DOS).

THE PAST YEAR IN REVIEW.

On the 20th day of November 2025, with the predetermined, prewritten and the persecutory judgement of the Nigerian federal High Court delivered by Justice James Omotosho of the Abuja Federal High Court, Nigeria finally extinguished its last flicker of hope of the continued existence of the geographic entity and expression called Nigeria with Biafraland as part of that entity. 

The Nigerian state blinded by the hate it harbours against the Biafran people, and propelled by its desire to quench the fire of freedom burning in the hearts and souls of every Biafran represented by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, literally shot itself on the foot on this very day. As sad as the charade of a trial could be, as disappointing as the result of that farce of a trial was to millions of Biafrans, Nigeria unwittingly paved the way for the peaceful detachment of the Biafran Nation from the contraption called Nigeria. Nigeria finally provided the missing puzzle in our match to freedom by using Omotosho to send Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to jail. 

They have killed Biafrans in their millions, sent many of us into exile, deliberately and unconscionably destroyed and continue to destroy the properties and livelihoods of the Biafrans people situated in places such as Abuja, Lagos and the Northern Nigeria, and now they have played their last card by sending Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to jail. Does any person in his/her right senses believe that after convicting Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of trumped-up charges, that we Biafrans will ever agree to remain in the same country with the rest of the disparate nations that the British forced into a marriage of convenience that was established for their sole benefit? The answer to this question is of course a capital NO!!! As the persecutory trial and its judgement was unable to cower or intimidate Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, so is IPOB neither intimidated, nor will be compelled to relinquish our inalienable right to peaceful agitation for Self Determination. Our resolve for the freedom of our people is unwavering, our dedication to the restoration of our stolen Sovereignty is unshaking because in the words of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, notwithstanding the killing of Biafrans, the incarceration  of our people in different Nigerian prisons, the destruction of our properties and livelihood, in the end we shall be victorious and BIAFRA MUST COME.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu a Yoruba man, using a Yoruba, Attorney General, Yoruba Prosecutors and a Yoruba Judge erroneously believed that he can kill the aspirations of our people for freedom and liberty by sending Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to prison in Sokoto. 

Unfortunately for him and the Yoruba nation, Tinubu has only succeeded in creating enmity between the Yoruba nation and the Biafran nation that will last for centuries if he does not urgently put machineries in motion to make restitution for the unjust trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. When I say restitution, I do not simply mean the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, but most importantly the tag of a convict must be removed from his name. This is our minimum demand to avert this looming enmity that Tinubu is laying the foundation. Yoruba historians must take note of this day when they write their history. 

Now to the Caliphate, headed by Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar Mohammed, it is very imperative that I remind you that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is neither a Muslim nor a fulani and therefore not your subject and so does not come under the purview of your authority as Sultan of Sokoto. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a Biafran who is at best a guest in your domain. We expect that he will be given all diplomatic respect and protection that is due to a citizen of the great Nation of Biafra. The reason I am addressing you today in my broadcast is to put you the Sultan on notice that nothing whatsoever must happen to him while in your domain. If at any moment you feel that you can no longer guarantee his safety as your guest, please send him back to Biafraland in one piece and in good health. This message to the sultan must not be misconstrued as a threat, it is an advice because as Biafrans we are a people of honour who do not make threats but rather keep our promises.

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Distribution of food items is good, but also invest in Agriculture - IPOB to Igbo philanthropists

31st December 2025|The Biafra Times 


IPOB PRESS STATEMENT 

The worldwide family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the esteemed leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu praise Igbo philanthropists for their generosity and provision of food supplies to their community and those in need throughout Igboland during this and every Christmas. Ndigbo are recognized for their kindness. IPOB praises all the Igbos who shared food items with others during this Christmas season. IPOB encourages Igbo philanthropists and affluent Igbos to return to our tradition of teaching individuals how to fish rather than merely giving them fish.

Biafrans demonstrate creativity and find solutions to challenges. They are recognized for their diligence and self-sufficiency. Ndigbo value learning to fish rather than depending on being given fish. With the farming season starting in February/March, we urge affluent Igbos to invest significantly in agriculture. Alaigbo has cultivable lands. We can cultivate a wide variety of crops on a large scale, including the rice and beans that we provide every Christmas. Certain individuals may explore livestock agriculture. Ranches can be built, and some young people can be educated in livestock farming like cattle. Having substantial cattle ranches in 3 or 4 Eastern states will help prevent scarcity and insecurity caused by the terrorist actions of Fulani herdsmen. Ndigbo requires significant investments in the agricultural sector to achieve food sufficiency or at the very least meet 60% of our food requirements. The affluent Igbo individuals should significantly invest in agriculture to enable our community to transition from subsistence farming to mechanized farming. We possess the land, we possess the young populace, we possess the market, we possess the innovation, and we possess the ability to provide energy to sustain the farming industry.  

Ndigbo requires substantial investments in agriculture to achieve food sufficiency or at least fulfill 60% of our food requirements. The affluent Igbo individuals should significantly invest in agriculture to enable our community to transition from subsistence farming to mechanized farming. We possess the land, a young population, a market, creativity, and manufacturing firms such as Innoson Industries and others capable of designing and producing sophisticated agricultural machinery like tractors for mechanized farming. Everything that is necessary is the desire to enter this crucial field. We applaud those already involved in this field. Farms like Coschris in Anambra that are cultivating rice. This company and others can supply all the rice required for our consumption, export, and distribution throughout Christmas. In doing so, our money circulates throughout the economy.

Some individuals will use insecurity as a reason. While security is crucial in agriculture, it will not stop us when there is determination. 

Thankfully, the insecurity situation in the South East is the lowest relative to other regions in Nigeria. Even in the North, despite her significant insecurity, they continue to produce food that is adequate for export outside their area. If the unstable North can have mechanized farming (though backed by the Federal Government), then we can promote mechanized agriculture through the communal and volunteer efforts of Ndigbo.

We urge increased investment in the agriculture sector for our national security rather than relying on food imports from adversaries. Over the last year, IPOB made investments in Agriculture by working with various individual farmers. We also applaud the Biafrans who respond to the Agric Revolution initiative put forth by IPOB in 2025.

The call produced excellent outcomes. In 2025, there was an abundant harvest of various crops, such as tomatoes, carrots, onions, etc., that had previously been regarded as northern-exclusive crops. Consequently, the prices of food products did not increase significantly when compared to earlier years. In 2026, we urge our affluent Igbo individuals to participate in the Agriculture Revolution to achieve food sufficiency in Alaigbo. ESN will uphold the security situation to guarantee the safety of our farmers and farms.

IPOB calls on Igbo billionaires and philanthropists to create job opportunities through cottage industries for the youth. These cottage industries will create job opportunities while ensuring that the produce from farmers is processed. Cottage industries can purchase large quantities of agricultural products during the harvest, keep the storable ones, and process the rest for sale and export. Industries are needed that can purchase substantial quantities of agricultural goods and transform them into various finished products for domestic markets and export. Agribusiness is a highly profitable and expandable industry.

Distributing rice and food products is admirable, especially, during Christmas, emergencies, and times of crisis. This can only offer a short-term respite. Equipping people with skills, resources (like seeds, tools, tractors, and land ownership), and knowledge (including sustainable farming and business skills) promotes enduring self-reliance, dignity, and strong communities, moving from dependency to true food security and economic progress.We should shift our emphasis from providing free fish to teaching individuals how to fish for themselves. We must enable our rural farmers to transition to mechanized agriculture. With the farming season approaching, it is essential for our people to consciously invest in this crucial sector (Agriculture) for our survival and national security.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL SPOKESPERSON/MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA 

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Sowore Calls Out Soludo, Abaribe, and Obi: Time to March to Aso Rock for Kanu’s Release

  Sowore Calls Out Soludo, Abaribe, and Obi: Time to March to Aso Rock for Kanu’s Release

On October 7, 2025, Omoyele Sowore, a prominent Nigerian activist and founder of the #RevolutionNow movement, issued a clarion call for action, challenging Southeast leaders and citizens to join a peaceful march to Aso Rock Villa in Abuja to demand the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a fiery social media post, Sowore specifically called out Anambra Governor Charles Soludo, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Abia Governor Alex Otti, and former presidential candidate Peter Obi, urging them to move beyond rhetoric and join a collective push for justice. As Kanu’s detention drags into its fifth year, Sowore’s challenge has sparked renewed debate about Nigeria’s handling of self-determination voices and the Southeast’s political will.

Sowore’s challenge, posted on X under the hashtag #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, was both a rallying cry and a direct indictment of what he called “empty noise” from leaders who claim to support Kanu’s release. “I will set aside my differences with some politicians for one cause,” Sowore wrote. “I challenge every politician or person of good conscience from the Southeast who says they want @NnamdiKanu released to stop the rhetoric. Time for action is NOW. Let’s march to Aso Rock Villa.”

The post explicitly named Soludo, Abaribe, Otti, and Obi, alongside traditional rulers, priests, and everyday Nigerians, to join a “peaceful, legal, and visible” march to demand an end to Kanu’s “persecution.” Sowore, who promised to lead the protest, framed it as a unified stand against what he and Kanu’s supporters see as selective justice by the Nigerian government.

Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB’s leader, was abducted in Kenya in June 2021 and rendition to Nigeria without legal extradition proceedings. A 2022 Court of Appeal ruling ordered his release, citing an unlawful arrest, but the federal government’s appeal led to the Supreme Court overturning the decision in December 2023. As of October 8, 2025, Kanu remains in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), with his trial stalled by adjournments, the latest in April 2025. His prolonged detention has fueled unrest in the Southeast, including attacks by “unknown gunmen,” and drawn criticism from groups like Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who argue his release is key to regional stability.

Sowore’s call is rooted in his long history of confronting Nigeria’s political establishment. A former publisher of Sahara Reporters and two-time presidential candidate for the African Action Congress, Sowore has faced his own arrests, including in 2021 while attending Kanu’s trial. He revealed in 2023 that he participated in secret talks to secure Kanu’s release, which were derailed by political interests in Imo State fearing electoral fallout. Sowore’s #FearlessInOctober protests, launched on October 7, 2025, also demanded freedom for Kanu and other detainees from the #EndBadGovernance and #EndSARS movements, aligning his latest challenge with a broader fight against state repression.

Sowore’s challenge has resonated with Kanu’s supporters. Senator Abaribe, a vocal advocate for Kanu, reiterated his demand for release in October 2025 but has not confirmed participation in the proposed march at the time of filling this report. 

Soludo, Otti, and Obi have remained silent on the challenge, focusing instead on state governance or national economic critiques. Critics, including some Northern voices, have labeled the call divisive, with former presidential aide Bashir Ahmad calling Kanu’s advocates “enemies.” Sowore countered, describing Kanu as a “hostage” denied due process. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has since joined the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow campaign, staging protests in solidarity.

Sowore’s challenge highlights Nigeria’s ethnic and political fault lines. While Yoruba and Northern leaders have secured leniency for agitators like Sunday Igboho and Bello Bodejo, Kanu’s detention underscores accusations of selective justice against the Igbo. IPOB has warned that continued inaction could deepen regional alienation. If the march materializes, it could pressure President Bola Tinubu’s administration, especially with 2027 elections looming. However, Sowore’s own history,arrested during #RevolutionNow protests suggests the government may respond with force, risking further escalation.

As Kanu’s trial lingers, Sowore’s call tests the courage of Southeast leaders and the resilience of Nigeria’s civic space. Will Soludo, Abaribe, Otti, and Obi join the march to Aso Rock, or will the cry for Kanu’s freedom remain, as Sowore put it, “empty noise”? For now, the nation watches, and the hashtag #FreeNnamdiKanuNow continues to trend. 

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"I Pray Nigeria Never Happens to Me": Sommie Maduagwu’s Prophetic Cry and a Nation’s Unheeded Warning

 "I Pray Nigeria Never Happens to Me": Sommie Maduagwu’s Prophetic Cry and a Nation’s Unheeded Warning

In a single tweet, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, known to millions as Sommie, distilled the quiet dread of a nation: “I pray from the depth of my heart that Nigeria never happens to me or anyone I care about.” Posted months before her tragic death on September 29, 2025, those words have become a haunting epitaph for the 29-year-old ARISE News journalist, whose life was stolen in alleged brutal armed robbery at her Katampe home in Abuja. Sommie’s statement, raw and resonant, wasn’t just a personal fear, it was a piercing indictment of Nigeria’s systemic failures, a plea that reverberated across social and beyond, exposing the perils that stalk even the nation’s brightest stars.

Born on December 26, 1995, in Enugu, Sommie grew up steeped in Igbo resilience, the third of five children in a family where education and integrity were non-negotiable. Her law degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, was a foundation, but journalism was her calling. At ARISE News, she transformed evening bulletins into compelling narratives, her sharp intellect and warm delivery making her a household name. Off-screen, she was a mentor, a friend who organized newsroom jollof rice runs, and a covert ally to activists, slipping tips to those fighting for women’s rights in Nigeria’s volatile north. Colleagues dubbed her “The Beacon” for her ability to illuminate truths in a country often cloaked in corruption’s fog.

Sommie’s life was a bridge between worlds. A 2022 fellowship in London earned her dual citizenship, and she fell in love with the Thames’ calm and the freedom of rainy anonymity. Yet, Nigeria’s fire drew her back. In 2025, she settled in Katampe, Abuja, planning a November wedding to her fiancé, Chidi, and a 30th birthday bash filled with makossa and laughter. Her latest project an exposé on urban insecurity was set to challenge Nigeria’s complacency. But her tweet, that raw prayer, hinted at the fear she carried: that the nation she loved might betray her.

The Tweet That Foretold Tragedy 

“I pray Nigeria never happens to me.” To Nigerians, the phrase needs no translation. It’s the fear of a nation where systemic dysfunction, corrupt policing, fuel shortages, unchecked crime can snuff out lives without warning.  Sommie’s tweet, shared in a moment of vulnerability, captured a universal anxiety. On X, users echoed her sentiment: “Nigeria happening” is the robbery that leaves you penniless, the hospital without power, the police car without fuel. For Sommie, a journalist exposing urban crime, the fear was likely sharper, her work a beacon that could draw danger.

On September 29, 2025, her prayer went unanswered. In the early hours, three hooded robbers breached her Katampe home, machetes gleaming. Sommie’s call to emergency services was met with excuses: no patrol cars, no fuel. As the intruders stormed her bedroom, demanding valuables, she wielded her courage like a weapon. “Your faces will haunt broadcasts,” she reportedly said, defiant to the end. In the chaos, she fled to her third-floor balcony, only to fall or be pushed to the concrete below. Relatives, alerted by a desperate call to her friend Ada, rushed her to Garki Hospital in a private cab, but Nigeria’s delays had already claimed her. She was pronounced dead, her light extinguished at 29.

The tweet resurfaced hours after her death, retweeted thousands of times, each share a stab of grief and rage. X became a digital wake, with #JusticeForSommie and #EndInsecurityNow trending alongside her words. “She knew,” one user wrote. “She saw Nigeria’s shadows and still fought them.” Another posted, “Her prayer was ours, but Nigeria keeps happening.” ARISE News aired tributes, replaying Sommie’s final report on youth resilience, a cruel mirror to her own unbreakable spirit. The Information Minister vowed justice, but X users were skeptical, demanding systemic change: “Fuel the ambulances. Arm the police. Honor Sommie with action.”

Her statement laid bare Nigeria’s fault lines. Insecurity plagues cities like Abuja, with 2025 seeing a spike in armed robberies, 1,247 reported cases in the capital alone, per police data shared on X. Emergency services falter under fuel scarcity and underfunding, a reality Sommie faced in her final moments. Her exposé, left unfinished on her ransacked laptop, aimed to name these failures. Her death, instead, became their starkest proof.

Sommie’s fear wasn’t weakness; it was clarity. She saw Nigeria’s potential and its peril, choosing to fight for the former despite the latter. Her fiancé, Chidi, clutched her engagement ring, vowing to carry her dreams. Ada’s eulogy cut deep: “Sommie prayed Nigeria wouldn’t happen to her, but she never stopped trying to fix it. We owe her that fight.” The Sommie Fellowship, launched by young journalists, will train women to wield truth as she did, ensuring her voice echoes.

Her tweet, once a prayer, is now a challenge. Petitions flood the National Assembly, demanding fuel reforms for emergency services and community patrols in Katampe. On X, #SommiesPrayer trends alongside calls for accountability. Her words have ignited a reckoning, a demand that Nigeria stop “happening” to its people. 

A Prayer Unfinished

Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu’s tweet was more than a fear it was a warning, a mirror held to a nation’s soul. Nigeria happened to her, but her legacy demands it happen no more. From the ashes of her loss, a movement stirs one where truth tellers are protected, where ambulances arrive, where no one prays to survive their homeland. Sommie’s light endures, not in the silence of her grave, but in the fire of those who carry her words forward. 

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Planned Slow-Neutralisation Of Nnamdi Kanu: Igbo Political Betrayal And The Struggle For Biafra Decolonisation

 Planned Slow-Neutralisation Of Nnamdi Kanu: Igbo Political Betrayal And The Struggle For Biafra Decolonisation

The decolonisation of Biafra from the lingering British delusion of holding the Biafran people perpetually in bondage is at the heart of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s struggle and suffering. Today, the IPOB leader is slowly dying in the dungeon of the Nigerian Department of State Services(DSS) for daring to lead his people towards freedom.

Unfortunately, many Igbo politicians have reduced themselves to sycophants and willing tools for the continued marginalisation and suppression of Biafra within the contraption called Nigeria. Surely, history has already recorded their betrayal, and generations of unborn Biafrans will never forget the roles they played in sabotaging this noble cause championed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Acts of Betrayal:

1. Operation Python Dance: Igbo politicians facilitated the military invasion of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s home in an attempt to silence him and crush the agitation for Biafra.

2. Proscription of IPOB: They were the masterminds behind the proscription of IPOB as a terrorist organisation while their nothern counterparts shield Fulani terrorists and bandits facilitate their government pardon. But IPOB members have been abducted, detained, and killed.

3. Extraordinary Rendition: These same politicians played a hand in the abduction of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya and his illegal transfer to Nigeria. They hoped to use false witnesses and kangaroo trials to jail him, but IPOB’s legitimacy and discipline frustrated their plans. Blindfolded and bound, Kanu was poisoned in custody, left to die slowly.

4. Infiltration Attempts: They recruited infiltrators to weaken IPOB. Yet, the movement’s strict code of conduct and disciplinary structure have consistently exposed and separated the chaff from the wheat.

The IPOB struggle for Biafra is a legitimate quest for political independence, self-governance, and the reassertion of indigenous culture, language, and identity; an aspiration that intensified after World War II and the wave of global decolonisation.

Despite persecution, IPOB has remained committed to non-violent resistance. The movement continues to build institutions, preserve cultural legacies, and educate Biafrans to decolonise themselves from the “One Nigeria” brainwashing mantra.

For over a century, Biafrans have suffered under the shackles of death, pain, and systemic exploitation. At the root of this lies the British neocolonial agenda, aimed at controlling Biafra’s abundant natural and mineral resources. This is why Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was kidnapped and remains incarcerated.

The Call For Freedom:

(a) Biafra deserves self-rule and political sovereignty.

(b) If the United Nations and the Soviet Union could support global decolonisation after World War II, then IPOB’s demand is just: a UN-supervised referendum for the people of Biafra to decide their future outside colonised Nigeria.

The World should be aware that Silently killing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is part of the British-Nigerian plan. By eliminating him and leaving Biafra to the same sycophantic Igbo politicians, they hope to hand over a weakened, unstable state with fragile institutions and stunted growth. But they should be aware of the unimaginable consequences too. 

IPOB’s resilience has shown that Biafra is not built around one man alone; it is a people’s movement, a collective call for freedom, justice, and survival. So, there are more than a million more Nnamdi Kanu out there who will ensure that Nigeria suffers greatly for their atrocities. 

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The Biafran Quest Under Attack: Why IPOB Must Guard Her Unity

   The Biafran Quest Under Attack: Why IPOB Must Guard Her Unity

For the umpteenth time, the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) is a self determination movement of the people of Biafra. It is a movement seeking the restoration of the autonomy that the people of Biafra had for 3 years. There was a country called Biafra between 1967 — 1970. 

For context, Nigeria was a country made up of four autonomous regions — Western, Eastern, Mid-western and Northern regions. As the colonial emperor, Britain, interfered with the political process, a military coup that led to a pogrom occurred. The killing of people from the Eastern region was outrageous, warranting that as an aftermath of a violation of a peace accord in Aburi, Ghana by the Gowon led Nigerian government, a Republic of Biafra was declared as a last survival resort.

However, the strategic and geopolitical position of the nascent country as a deposit of trillions of cubic feet of oil and gas and other essential minerals immediately condemned her as an enemy of the economically interested world powers led by the United States of America, acting through a proxy —the United Kingdom. These conglomerate of hostile nations feared the ingenuity and infrastructural development such unhindered access to mammoth raw material, an already thriving Eastern Nigeria would produce. So they covertly and overtly waged a war of annihilation.

Over 50 years after the genocidal war has seemingly come to a ceasefire, the descendants of the survivors are asking for a referendum to decide their fate in Nigeria and bring the war to an agreeable end. The Indigenous People of Biafra represents the people making the demand.

IPOB was founded on a core value called nonviolence. Her leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, created an administrative department called the Directorate of State (DOS) to run the day to day activity of the organization through a Command and Control principle.

The members of IPOB are under oath to obey the leadership, regardless of whether or not they personally agree with the order. Doing otherwise would strategically undermine cohesion and breed disloyalty. It is commonsensical that an organization as IPOB is not for expression of personal feelings or pursuit of individual glory. It is a collective that seeks the overall good of a whole. It is based off an underlying understanding that a whole (community) is greater than a unit (one). The ultimate goal, however, is for the community to be united: to become one.

Recently, some persons either mischievously or ignorantly have been promoting a divisive, deceptive and misleading rhetoric. They appear clearly ambitious, even sponsored. From their body language, it is clear that they feel that somehow, because Mazi Nnamdi Kanu mentioned their names as good writers before his kidnapping ordeal, they love Mazi Nnamdi Kanu more than anyone else. They want IPOB to be another community meeting where everyone can shout and act without decorum. 

The cowardly argument they are making that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is under torture in solitary confinement in Nigerian DSS dungeon, is under imminent and present danger from an organization he leads and not from the criminal Nigerian government persecuting him is laughable but also indicative of whose narrative they are pushing. It is exactly what Nigerian mainstream media is promoting: disloyalty, disregard and distraction to IPOB’s Command and Control.

Instead of focusing energy to attacking the criminal Nigerian government, they are willingly serving as a tool of distraction. Sowing doubts in the minds of Biafrans and publicly defying the IPOB leadership —the DOS. The aim is to intentionally mislead the gullible public  and to help Nigerian government create a parallel DOS; a DOS that will follow a predetermined script. They intend to achieve this by creating an artificial crisis and a show-off gig by power grabbers. But, it is shameful as it is dead on arrival.

That said, it is imperative on all members of IPOB at all levels to jealously guard the unity of purpose that exist in the movement. This unity and passion which the enemies have fought vigorously to fracture but it survived at all times, must continually be protected, because the fight is not over. 

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