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Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by puritygen: 8:20pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
By Emeka Mamah
ENUGU – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has
accused President Muhammadu Buhari of allegedly having
more interest in the welfare of his cattle in his country
home in Daura, Katsina State than Biafrans or other
Nigerians.
IPOB said that apart from overseas countries which Buhari
had visited for about 30 times since he became president
over a year ago and Daura or other northern states, he had
not stepped into any part of Igbo land or Biafra, adding
that he usually travelled to see his animals rather than his
fellow citizens.
This was contained in a statement issued by IPOB
Spokespersons, Mr Emma Nmezu and Clifford
Chukwuemeka Iroanya yesterday.
They spoke against the backdrop of the comments credited
to Buhari to the effect that south east youth corps
members serving in Daura should educate their people on
the need to ensure Nigerian unity when they get home
after completing their compulsory one year national
service.
“The first question is, why can’t Buhari come to Biafra land
to lecture Biafrans on unity rather than mouthing it every
time he visits his cow ranch in Daura or someplace in
Northern Nigeria?
“Is Northern Nigeria the only place that a president travels
to? Can anyone point to a single visit that Buhari has made
to Biafraland from May 29, 2015 till date?
“Buhari has more regards and affection for his cows than
the average Biafran because he finds time to visit animals
rather than those he claim to be his fellow citizens…
“Buhari has made 30 foreign trips as at the end of May
2016 as well as countless trips to the Northern part of
Nigeria including Boko Haram controlled regions but he
has not set his feet on Biafran soil since he was sworn in on
May 29, 2015.
“Buhari must understand that a nation develops organically
and is predicated on the commonality of shared value
systems. A nation is markedly different from a country
even our colonial masters know this.
“That is why Scotland which is a nation can seek
independence from Britain which is a country. The same
way that Biafra a nation is seeking her independence from
Nigeria. Buhari must know that Nigeria may claim to be a
country but definitely not a nation.
“Muhammadu Buhari should also understand that unity
cannot be force-fitted or enforced by one region on other
regions within a geographical expression. This is why David
Cameron, immediate past British Prime Minister, did not
deploy troops to Glasgow or Edinburgh with Rules of
Engagement, ROE, to kill innocent Scottish people in the
quest to preserve one Britain.
“If Britain our colonial masters and the creator of Nigeria
can allow the Scots to determine their fate, how much
more their product Nigeria refusing the nation of Biafra the
same right.
Therefore the assertion by Buhari that Biafrans must stay
together with the rest of Nigeria is not enforceable under
any known law on this planet earth.
“The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous People, UNDRIP, makes it clear that Biafrans
have the inalienable right to be on their own as a sovereign
nation. The right to self-determination is not synonymous
with war or violence.
“Buhari should therefore, not juxtapose self-determination
with war because the two are not interchangeable. The
least he can do is to use the instrument of referendum to
test the resolve of Biafrans in their quest for the
restoration of the nation of Biafra.
“We will also like to remind Buhari that the sovereignty of a
nation is not premised on size.
The excuse that Nigeria is big enough and therefore
Biafrans are bound by the sheer size of Nigeria to be part
of it, is not logical. The Soviet Union was big and a super
power but they broke up.
“Yugoslavia went their separate ways with the active
support of Britain. Those familiar with the history of British
politics will know that it was Paddy Ashdown, MP the leader
of the Liberal Democrat Party that sought and gained the
backing of the British government of the day to support the
independence of the Muslim enclave of Bosnia
Herzegovina from Yugoslavia.
“There are nations that are significantly smaller than Biafra
both in size and in population. For Buhari’s information,
Biafra has a population of over 70 million. The total area of
Biafra is over 29,400 square miles. Thus Biafra is almost as
big as Gambia and Sierra Leone put together, and is bigger
than Togo or Rwanda and Burundi combined, and is four
times the size of Israel.
“Additionally, we do not need Buhari to lecture us on the
resources in Biafraland because we are already aware of
them. For us in Biafra, we cherish and give the greatest
priority to human resource unlike Buhari’s Nigeria which
operates a rentier economy with heavy dependence on
Biafran oil and gas resources. Buhari should understand
that one of the requirements of a soldier is endurance
trekking.
Therefore, that he may have trekked from one location to
the other should not be used to scare Biafrans from
exerting their rights to self-determination. After all General
Ratko Mladic walked all the way from Serbia to Croatia and
Bosnia Herzegovina to commit war crimes in the name of
preserving Yugoslav unity yet in the end he lost. Buhari
intentionally refused to inform the graduates that during
his trekking experience from Degem to Biafra’s boundary
with Ambazonia (Southern Cameroon), he committed
genocide along the way and this includes the two million
Biafrans he killed at Owerri in 1968.
“Because Buhari was a junior officer in the Nigerian Army,
it is understandable that he was not privy to the motive
behind the war of genocide on Biafra which had the
backing of our colonial masters.
“It may interest Buhari to know that in August 1967, the
British Commonwealth Minister George Thomas informed
the British Parliament that: The sole immediate British
interest in Nigeria is that the Nigerian economy should be
brought back to a condition in which our substantial trade
and investment in the country can be further developed,
and particularly so we can regain access to important oil
installations.
“It should now understand that oil is the main reason why
they got the support of Britain. It was because of the
control of oil in Biafraland that Britain in 1968 alone
supplied hundreds of armoured personnel carriers, APCs;
10,000 machine guns, 20 million rounds of ammunition,
3,000 bayonets, 10,000 rifles with grenade launchers,
15,000 pounds of explosives, 21,000 mortar bombs, 42,500
Howtizer rounds, 5,000 submachine guns and other
weapons of mass destruction deployed, in one year alone,
leading to the killing fields in Biafraland under the
supervision of Muhammadu Buhari and his co-travellers.
“Without this one-sided military support from the British to
Nigeria while at the same time denying Biafra access to
weapons, even Buhari himself knows that there is no way
in a billion years Nigeria could have defeated Biafra in a
war.
“Buhari must know that 1967 to 1970 is in the past and
similar conditions are no longer obtainable in today’s
world. Self-determination by an indigenous people is not
equivalent to declaration of war especially as is being
peacefully pursued by Biafrans.
“However, should Buhari tow the path of war then he must
know that Nigeria cannot win it. We are peaceful
campaigners for the self determination of the peoples of
Biafra. We have not come to war with anybody but if in the
end Buhari chooses war then we can assure him that it will
be the greatest mistake of the Caliphate. History is on the
side of Biafra because the youths of Niger Delta have
woken up to their responsibility in the organised resistance
of Biafrans of all persuasions to oppression from those
that think they cannot live without oil.
“He should stop living in the past and face the realities of
the 21st Century. War-mongering and regurgitation of the
stories of Biafra genocide will not shake the resolve and
determination of Biafrans on the restoration of their God-
given nation of Biafra. The earlier Buhari understands that
nothing on this earth can stop the restoration of the nation
of Biafra, the better for him and his blood-thirsty Hausa-
Fulani parasites and oligarchs.
We reiterate that the restoration of the nation of Biafra is
divine and beyond the whims and caprices of Muhammadu
Buhari and his co-travelers. Biafra or death!!!” |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by madridguy(m): 8:23pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
Too long. |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by Jafar1: 8:29pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
APC THE JOKER OR SHOULD I SAY THE THIEVES? 1 Like |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by lordizak(m): 8:37pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
The most important question is; does Biafra exist? if it does, does it have a geographical map? where then is Biafra land? And besides if an attempt is made on his life, he will only give a voice and one force man will echo "shoot at sight" the mortality rate of that outcome will be immense. he is wise to avoid that scenario. because when he come and go, ipob will start ranting .... and na our own people go suffer. 1 Like |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by adeusolu: 8:40pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
madridguy: FOR LOVERS OF FREEDOM IGBO OR YORUBA IT IS NOT NEARLY LONG ENOUGH.....beautifully truthful read.......BUT FOR THE HAUSA FULANI USURPERS IT IS A LONG BORING READ..... BE AWARE THAT the train has left the station. 2 Likes |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by Nobody: 8:48pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
Just watch and see how Afonjas will flood this thread with their hate speech. Also their brothers will never let this get to Font page, prove me wrong. 2 Likes |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by thesicilian: 8:49pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
We can't send our President to an imaginary place. |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by adeusolu: 9:01pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
lordizak: BIAFRA IS AN IDEA/ASPIRATION....U CAN NEVER KILL IT NO MATTER HOW BRUTAL U ARE..U CAN ONLY COUNTER WITH SUPERIOR IDEA...EVERY BODY THAT SUPPORTS FREEDOM OR RESTRUCTURING OF THIS BAD ARRANGEMENT CALLED NIGERIA SUPPORTS BIAFRA. IGBOS SS AND MANY OF US IN THE SW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C13CCQ9JMjs |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by Nobody: 9:07pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by Izonpikin: 9:20pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
He is for some persons and not for everybody.. |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by victorvezx(m): 9:54pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
Biafra does not exists, so u can't expect him to go to a imaginary place. During the elections he was in Imo state live where he campaigned in front of a crowd of thousands. He will come to the south like Yakubu Gowon came to Onitcha this year, and u people will do nothing except to rant. |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by meccuno: 11:15pm On Sep 17, 2016 |
victorvezx:you are always seen on threads that talk about igbo people and that's when your exhibit your hate given talent. Hope you don't die of HBP 1 Like |
Re: Why Can’t Buhari Come To Biafra Land And Lecture Biafrans On Unity ? – IPOB by lordizak(m): 10:44am On Sep 18, 2016 |
adeusolu: |
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