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WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by riverbond(m): 3:00pm On May 30, 2017 |
Like a phoenix bird, Biafra shall rise again, from the ashes of oppressors, from the crushes of British deformed annexation of Nigeria. Most of us were not there but was told, on 30th May, 1967, it was Biafra against the world. 50 years today we are still here, fearless before our oppressors, yet greater than they anticipated. To all the fallen heroes, families, Children starved to death, we remember, we shall not give up until the innocent bloods crying is appeased. We remember, Major General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Major Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, Joseph Achuzie, Augustine Ifeanyi Aniebo, Ogbugo Kalu, Chris Ugokwe, Lambert Ihenacho, Robert Akonobi, Colonel Godfrey Nebo, Conrad Dibia Nwawo and rest. We remember, Bruce Mayrock who set himself ablaze for the cause. We remember Israeli pilot Arnon Barak , who painstakingly landed C-97s on the makeshift runway “Airstrip Annabelle.” in Uli, turning Uli into the second busiest airport in Africa after Johannesburg. We remember these words from our adversary. “I want to see no Red Cross, no Caritas, no World Council of Churches, no Pope, no missionary, no UN delegation. I want to prevent even one Ibo from having even one piece to eat before their capitulation. We shoot at everything that moves and when our troops march into the centre of Ibo territory, we shoot at everything, even things that do not move” (Benjamin Adekunle, Commander, 3rd Marine Commander Division, Nigerian Army to French Radio Reporter). “All is fair in war, and starvation is one of the weapons of war. I don’t see why we should feed our enemies fat in order for them to fight harder”, (Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian Minister of Finance, July 28, 1969) We remember the truth embedded in the frame of time. “One word now describes the policy of the Nigerian military government towards secessionist Biafra: genocide. It is ugly and extreme but it is the only word which fits Nigeria’s decision to stop international Red Cross and other relief agencies from flying food to Biafra (Washington Post editorial, July 2, 1969). “650 refugee camps, contained about 700,000 haggard bundles of human flotsam waiting hopelessly for a meal, outside the camps, was the reminder of an estimated four and a half to five million displaced kwashiorkor scourge, a million and a half children, suffer(ed) from it during January; that put the forecast death toll for another 300,000 children. More than the pogroms of 1966, more than the war casualties, than the terror bombings, it was the experience of watching helplessly their children waste away and die that gave birth to, a deep and unrelenting loathing. It is a feeling that will one day reap bitter harvest unless” (Frederick Forsyth, British Writer, January 21st, 1969) #InBiafrawestand #thelandofrisingsun #BiafraDay Gozie-oramah Somadina. 2 Likes
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Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by nigeriankenyan: 3:02pm On May 30, 2017 |
Thank you for remembering cowards |
Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by Bibors(m): 3:27pm On May 30, 2017 |
We remember, it's written in the tablets of our hearts. Biafra or Death. Long live Biafra. Long live the Land of the rising Sun. 1 Like |
Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by Bibors(m): 3:28pm On May 30, 2017 |
nigeriankenyan: Obviously you are sick. 2 Likes |
Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by nigeriankenyan: 3:31pm On May 30, 2017 |
don't think we Yorubas will join you Bibors: |
Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by nigeriankenyan: 3:32pm On May 30, 2017 |
useless Igbos nigeriankenyan: |
Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by bencarson007(m): 3:33pm On May 30, 2017 |
May the souls of all the faithfuls departed during the Biafran war through the mercy of God rest in perfect peace. Amen. 3 Likes |
Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by adadike281(f): 3:52pm On May 30, 2017 |
rest in peace my heroes. rest in peace uncle hyginus and uncle clement. you did not die in vain, Biafra must be achieved |
Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by leofab(f): 4:15pm On May 30, 2017 |
That's afonja calling breve men coward |
Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by leofab(f): 4:18pm On May 30, 2017 |
That's afonja calling brave men coward.. Iranu |
Re: WE REMEMBER, Biafra Heroes Past… by riverbond(m): 8:25pm On May 30, 2017 |
nigeriankenyan:Yorubas my foot, lost nation. 1 Like |
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