Governors Willie Obiano (Anambra) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) as well as Army Chief Yusuf Buratai and the 13 others dragged before a U.S. District Court for alleged brutality against pro-Biafra activists are guilty as charged, according to the International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety).

In a statement issued on Sunday morning from its headquarters in Onitsha, Anambra State, the group detailed how it and other stakeholders closely cooperated with the American prosecutors who were recently in Nigeria to gather evidence against the 16 defendants. The statement was signed by Intersociety Board Chairman Emeka Umeagbalasi; Head, Civil Liberties & Rule of Law Programme, Barr Obianuju Igboeli; and Head, Int’l Justice and Human Rights Programme, Barr Ndidiamaka Bernard.

It was the concluding part of a statement the first part of which was released on September 1, tracing the genesis of the civil action suit which blamed the crackdown on “the 11th and 16th November 2015 announcement by the Nigerian Military of violent crackdowns on unarmed and defenseless pro Biafra campaigners in the South-south and the Southeast Nigeria.” Intersociety recalled that “the referenced declaration of military violence was immediately followed by another order made by then Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, who ordered his Zonal Commanders and State Commissioners of Police in the two zones to “use maximum force/shoot-at-sight” against unarmed and defenseless pro Biafra campaigners. The then IGP’s order which was made on 2nd December 2015; was enforced few hours after it was made.”

“US Suit Powered by Investigative Findings of Intersociety and Amnesty Int’l:

“It is further important to recall that Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law had on 3rd December 2015 launched full advocacy investigation into the 2nd December 2015 shooting and killing of unarmed and defenseless pro Biafra protesters at the Onitsha Niger Bridgehead and its immediate environs. Not less than 12 citizens were killed with scores of others injured. Our Organization also investigated the 17th December 2015 shooting and killing of jubilant pro Biafra activists by soldiers of the Onitsha Military Cantonment at Onitsha Niger Bridgehead leading to the death of not less than 13 citizens and injuring of  scores of others.

“On 14th and 15th February 2016, the Intersociety’s investigation team led by Emeka Umeagbalasi (a criminologist & graduate of security studies) traveled to Aba following the Aba National High School massacre of IPOB members who were singing and praying inside the School’s premises. More than 30 citizens were massacred by soldiers of the 144 Battalion, attached to the 14 Brigade of the Nigerian Army at Ohafia in Abia State as well as the police personnel of the Abia State Police Command and other members of the State Joint Security Taskforce mobilized and funded by Governor Victor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. Over 40 others got injured. The dead included 13 lifeless bodies confirmed by AI investigators to be members of the IPOB who possibly attended the same prayer rally of 9thFebruary 2016. They were discovered to have been dumped inside an Aba burrow pit on 12thFebruary 2016, located along Aba-Port Harcourt Road in Abia State.

“Some of the lifeless bodies had their hands tied behind their backs with their eyes covered or tied with pieces of Biafran flags; suggesting that they must have been brought to the burrow pit alive before they were shot dead. Other burrow pit dead IPOB members were left untied; meaning that they were killed and possibly brought to the burrow pit by their colleagues under the matching orders of the soldiers; leading to the killing of the former on the spot to erase traces. The corpses were later on 1st March 2016 set ablaze under gravely suspicious circumstances. Amnesty International research team specifically met the corpses burning during their returned visit to the burrow pit on the said 1st March 2016.

“Following the commencement of our investigation referred above, efforts were also made to contact Amnesty International. The internationally respected rights group responded almost immediately and launched its own investigation into the military and police massacre of pro Biafra campaigners in Nigeria. The highlight of AI’s maiden investigation under reference was by its visit to Aba on 18th February 2016. Efforts made at contacting the research team of US based Human Rights Watch in Nigeria to also launch its own investigation failed woefully. This we have severally suspected and still suspect to have borne out of ethnic bias; on account of the fact that the head of the HRW research team in Nigeria is from the Southwest.

“Intersociety’s investigations continued into the 29th and 30th May 2016 Biafra Heroes Day massacre in Nkpor, Onitsha and Asaba in which not less than 140 citizens were massacred (110 deaths in Nkpor/Onitsha and 30 in Asaba) and over 130 others injured by soldiers of the Onitsha Military Cantonment with reinforcements  from the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army. The massacre operations were mobilized or funded by Governor William Obiano led Government of Anambra State and coordinated by the top commanders of the Anambra State Police Command and the Onitsha Military Cantonment, etc; under the Anambra State Joint Security Taskforce.  

“Our investigations also covered the pro Trump Inauguration Rally shooting and killing in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 20th January 2017 organized by the IPOB led pro Biafra campaigners or movements; leading to the death of not less than 15 and injuring of over 70 others. Our investigation searchlight also did not overlook the military massacre of Shiite Muslims in Zaria, Kaduna State. As a discriminatory and human rights organization, we have remained frontally and firmly opposed  to killing of any member of the human family outside the law, human dignity and morality; irrespective of his or her religion/sect, tribe, ethnicity, race, gender, age, colour, class or socio-political affiliation. This position of ours is totally unyielding, unapologetic and uncompromising!

“In all, Intersociety did not only carry out comprehensive investigations referred above, but also periodically released its findings for public views, analyses and necessary actions by the concerned State actors and non-State actors domiciled within and across local and international borders. The mother report of Intersociety was released on 12th March 2017 and titled: welcome to bleeding republic of Nigeria: a land flowing with blood and tears. As recently as 20th July 2017, Intersociety also released another technical or expertise report, titled: the untold story of Ezu River police SARS killings: Inside Anambra’s Theatre of Butchery where Police SARS send the Good, the Bad and the Ugly to Early Graves Outside the Law.

“Our investigations and their findings referred above are thorough, strong and impenetrable; leading to their wide readership and acceptance. We had also in the course of the release of our public statements on the massacre of innocent, unarmed and defenseless pro Biafra campaigners called on all people of good conscience especially the people of Igbo race resident in any part of the world to take up those responsible for the referenced massacre of the youths of the Igbo race and their South-south brothers and sisters and ensure that they pay severely for their heinous crimes so as to deter  other would-be murderers of the Igbo and South-south populations. We had demanded for civil and criminal justices to be visited against those perpetrators using available local, regional and international justice remedies.

“It is therefore the totality of these that culminated into the involvement of Mr. Bruce Fein and his partner-Mr. W. Bruce DelValle of FEIN & DELVALLE PLLC and filing on 30th May 2017 of the civil action suit (Doe, el al. v Buratai & 15 ors) at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over by Hon Judge Helen S. Huvelle (appointed by President William Clinton). The suit number is 17-cv-01033-ESH (USA: DC).  Mr. Bruce Fein had once served as the deputy attorney general of USA under the Ronald Reagan Administration; among his other track records and achievements. The filing of the suit was specifically at the instance of the Ekwenche and the Biafra Genocide Survivors’ groups in the United States.

“It was grandly on account of the above that Mr. Bruce Fein and his partner-Mr. W. Bruce DelValle paid a recent visit to Enugu-Nigeria (19th August to 24th August 2017); during which they held several meetings including meeting with legal guardians of the 9 slain pro Biafra activists and a survivor/torture victim. The legal guardians whose identities are judicially sealed on orders of the US Court are made of five females and five males. In the said suit, they are demanding, among other legitimate reliefs; over $200Million from the killers and torturers of their slain and tortured loved ones.

http://newsexpressngr.com/news/43372-Biafra-Suit-Update-Obiano-Ikpeazu-Buratai-others-guilty-as-charged-Intersociety-How-it-worked-with-US-lawyers-to-gather-evidence

Wike should have been joined in the suit

Ogene001:
Wike should have been joined in the suit

Wike is a coded IPOB member.

More evil? Anything like that?

One thing I love about this suit is that it is a sure win for IPoB. After this suite expect ICC to begin prosecution, and while at that; on Nov18 Anambra will be completely locked down. I don't see any way the zoo govt will survive what is to come.

All hail Biafra!

Tkester:
One thing I love about this suite is that it is a sure win for IPoB. After this suite expect ICC to begin prosecution, and while at that; on Nov 18 Anambra will be completely locked down. I don't see any way the zoo govt will survive what is to come.

All hail Biafra!

gbam...icc is their final destination..all those evil leaders wil be brought to justice...i remember wen peopl here in nl are urgein them to go and shoot and dump..but now justice wil be served..

bro point of correction:its suit not suite..

thanks

Kazim88:

Wike is a coded IPOB member.

Sure I suspect that. I hear say na him buy that venza for NK?

After judgment bring the us police and bailiffs to come and execute the judgment. A person unknown in law taking out a suit against a servant of a country.The suit is dead on arrival.

Kazim88:


Wike is a coded IPOB member.

Lol, anything is possible with this politicians, but he was the first to order shooting of protesters though

unohbethel:


gbam...icc is their final destination..all those evil leaders wil be brought to justice...i remember wen peopl here in nl are urgein them to go and shoot and dump..but now justice wil be served..

bro point of correction:its suit not suite..

thanks

Thanks my dear brother. I've corrected it.

GoldNiagara:
After judgment bring the us police and bailiffs to come and execute the judgment. A person unknown in law taking out a suit against a servant of a country.The suit is dead on arrival.

ê pain am. Kpele, ndo, sorry... It's not our fault! Yorobanza!

lalasticlala

GoldNiagara:
After judgment bring the us police and bailiffs to come and execute the judgment. A person unknown in law taking out a suit against a servant of a country.The suit is dead on arrival.

omo e pain u die abi....

rat poison is free in ogbomosho oooo

Justice will be served-red,red hot.God punish all them Babylon them.Jah-Rastafari kpokwa unu okuu.

Some one help me calculate how much is 200 million dollars in naira...
let me see if I would join IPOB... Because Nigeria is always guilty

djevino:

omo e pain u die abi....
rat poison is free in ogbomosho oooo

Lol! You are the one acting pained, I just stated the obvious.

Tkester:



ê pain am. Kpele, ndo, sorry... It's not our fault! Yorobanza!

I just stated obvious and you just keeled over, Nnwanna biko no kill yaa self.Truth hurts like hammer on the ball.