Insecurity surge: Biafra declaration in December remains sacrosanct- BRGIE assures

The Biafra Republic Government In-Exile has assured that the declaration of Biafra Libration is sacrosanct on 2nd December 2024 amid increasing insecurity in Nigeria.

The Prime Minister of BRGIE, Simon Ekpa disclosed this in a statement via his X handle on Sunday.

According to him, the surge insecurity in allover Nigeria makes it mandatory for Biafra Liberation on 2nd December,  2024.

He noted that the subjugation and slavery of Biafrans will be a thing of the past on December.

He added that BRIGIE mulls submission of Biafra Independent request to the Africa Union.

“In the recent times, we have witnessed the rise in insecurity allover Nigeria, and as a Government in Exile, we are determined to liberate our people from subjugation and slavery.

“We as a Government are assuring Biafrans that the Biafra declaration in 2nd December, 2024 remains sacrosanct.

“The Biafra government will soon submit its application at the AU”, he wrote.

The development comes amid the constistent tours across the world to get the by-in of Biafrans.

Recalls that BRGIE fixed December 2nd 2024 for the declaration of Biafra Libration.

Insecurity Surge: Biafra Declaration In December Remains Sacrosanct- BRGIE Assur

He urged Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

A member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency of Abia State, Hon. Obi Aguocha, has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu not to be blinded by hatred like his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari.

He urged Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

SaharaReporters reported on Sunday that Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel for Kanu had raised the alarm over secret recordings of his meetings and conversations with his client by the officials of the Department of State Services (DSS).

Ejimakor stated, “There is no way Nnamdi Kanu can get a fair trial under the current conditions of his detention which encourage the profound interference with his access to counsels and adequate facilities to conduct his defence. There is not going to be any fair trial in that kind of scenario. Impossible!”

SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday, April 3, that the family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, had written an open letter to the South-East governors over the ‘unlawful and unjust detention’ of the separatist leader.

The letter written by one of Kanu’s brothers reads, “I am writing this letter with utmost urgency and deep concern regarding the unlawful and unjust detention of my brother Mazi Nnamdi Kanu."

The family had earlier revealed that the health condition of Kanu was fast deteriorating.

SaharaReporters had reported that since June 2021 when the former administration of Buhari seized Kanu in Kenya and renditioned him to Nigeria, the separatist leader had remained in the detention facility of Nigeria’s secret police, DSS.

But speaking while featuring on ABN TV, Aguocha described Kanu as a political prisoner, urging Tinubu to release him immediately.

He accused Buhari of having a personal hatred and vendetta against Igbo and urged Tinubu not to toe the path of his predecessor.

He said that despite several court orders directing that Kanu should be released, then-President Buhari denied the IPOB leader bail.

Aguocha, however, expressed optimism that Kanu’s situation would end up being resolved politically.

“All the crimes and criminality, banditry and kidnapping that are happening in the South East is because of the detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

“A lot of people are using his name to commit all these crimes and criminality. The peace in South East or the peace in Nigeria cannot go anywhere without the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” Aguocha said.

Aguocha who represents Kanu in the House of Representatives said in no distant time, his constituent will walk out of detention a free man.

He insisted that Kanu had not committed any crime that would warrant his incarceration.

Release Nnamdi Kanu, Don’t Be Like Buhari Who Had Hatred Against Igbo People

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed against the decision of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, dismissing his objection to his trial continuation.

Kanu, in a notice of appeal dated and filed March 28, through his team of lawyers led by Aloy Ejimakor, prayed the Court of Appeal, Abuja to allow the appeal and set aside the trial court’s decision.

The IPOB leader had filed a preliminary objection seeking an order for some conditions to be met by the Federal Government before his trial at FHC could proceed. He had alleged that the Department of State Service (DSS) personnel often seized documents of his lawyers during visitation, stopped his lawyers from taking notes, eavesdropped on his consultation with his lawyers on matters pertaining to his defence, among others. He alleged that he had not been given adequate time and facilities to defend himself in accordance with Section 36(6)(b) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

But Justice Binta Nyako of a FHC had, in a ruling on March 19, declined to grant the objection of the detained IPOB leader. The judge, who ordered accelerated hearing of the trial, also dismissed his application for bail. However, Kanu, in the notice of appeal, listed the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the sole respondent.

He argued that the trial court erred in law when the court assumed jurisdiction to proceed with the hearing of the criminal trial against him when he was glaringly denied the constitutional right to fair trial. He alleged that he was denied adequate facilities to prepare for the defence of the criminal allegations against him and his right to counsel of his own choice, thereby occasioning a grave miscarriage of justice.

“The denial of the appellant (Kanu) of the opportunity to interact and brief his counsel on what line of defences the appellant tends to agitate in the trial court and rely on was adequately brought to the attention of the trial court by motion. The trial court failed and neglected to make necessary orders that would protect the appellant’s aforesaid rights, but rather held that the court cannot dictate how the respondent carries out its work,” he said. He said the trial court had the power to order the respondent to cease and desist from interfering with his constitutional right. Besides, Kanu said the lower court had the power to order an alternative custodial arrangement or non-custodial arrangement for him, where it is impossible for the respondent to comply or where the respondent persists in the act.

He said: “Denial of the appellant’s right to adequate facilities to prepare defence as enshrined in Section 36 (6) (b) of the 1999 Constitution is a jurisdictional issues in the absence of which the trial court cannot assume or proceed with the jurisdiction over the case, unless and until such facilities are accorded to the appellant.”

Kanu argued that though he had prayed the court to stop the DSS alleged unconstitutional acts of forcibly seizing and photocopying confidential legal documents brought to him by his lawyers meant for his defence of the charges against him, the court declined to grant the plea. He said the trial judge erred in law when the court ordered accelerated hearing, despite the consistently refusal of the respondent to afford him the right to adequate facility to prepare for his defence of the charges levelled against him and his right to counsel.

He said the order for accelerated hearing of the case, in face of the constitutional breaches of fair hearing/trial rights of the appellant, was a credence to the respondent to proceed on the unconstitutional denial of the appellant his right to adequate facilities to prepare for his defence and his right to counsel of his choice.

“In the present case, where Sections 36 (6) (b) and (c) of the Constitution are violated by the respondent against the appellant, the trial court lacks the jurisdiction to hear and or proceed with the hearing of the case,” he added.

The IPOB leader, therefore, prayed the appellate court to allow the appeal, vacate the ruling of the lower court for the trial court to decline jurisdiction to proceed with the hearing of the case, unless and until he is granted his right to fair hearing under Section 36(6)(6)(b) and (c) of the constitution. Alternatively, he urged the Appeal Court for the trial court to order an alternative custodial or non-custodial arrangement free of interference with his said constitutional right to fair hearing. He equally sought an order setting aside the order for accelerated hearing of the case in the circumstances of the case where he is not allowed facilities to prepare for the defence of the charges against him and denied his right to counsel.

Kanu sought a stay of proceedings pending when the respondent afforded him the constitutional safeguards of being afforded adequate facilities to prepare for his defence and his unfettered right to counsel.

Nnamdi Kanu Heads To Appeal Court, DSS Preventing Him From Getting Fair Trial

The Enuani: Who Are They?

By Emeka Esogbue

The Enuani people are one of the Anioma subgroups located on the West Niger Bank, Delta State, South-South of Nigeria. The dialect of the people, which is basically Igbo, is indigenously referred to as Enuani. Thus, the people as well as their metamorphic version of language are known as “Enuani.” Interestingly, the Igala language is also spoken by the Ebu people.

Although they are known as “Anioma” Today, together with Ika and Ndokwa/Ukwuani, all of who collectively occupy the Delta North District in Delta State, the people had known and identified themselves as “Enuani” long before the arrival of the European missionaries and the evolution of the Anioma name coinage or etymology given social impetus by Chief Denis Osadebay.

The word “Enu-Anu” exists as two words that denote “High” and “Low.” It is derived from the topographical nature of the people. Hence, the Enuani are people who inhabit the highland compared to their surrounding neighbours. The topography of the people greatly contrasts the Ukwuani (Ukwu- Ani) area, derived from the lowland nature of the area. In this sense, while the Ukwuani are lowlanders, the Enuani are highlanders by geography.

By combination, what is called Aniocha and Oshimili today are components of Enuani. It was the fate of the people that the British colonialists for administrative convenience would continuously move some of the communities in cycle to Aniocha and Oshimili and often returning them. For instance, the people of Ibusa were once known as Aniocha and situated under Ogwashi-Uku before becoming the Oshimili that they are today. There is also a strange or uneven reflection in the present-day local government geographical arrangement of some of the Enuani communities.

Ibusa lies about 6 miles close to Asaba but it shares abnormal local government arrangements with Akwukwu-Igbo. Illah is naturally situated 25 kilometers north of Asaba and has the community as a neighbour but Asaba and Illah are never found in the same local government. Instead, it is the distant Ibusa and Illah that share the local government.

Loosely speaking, and by sentiment, the Onicha Ado (Onitsha), Ogbaru, Ndoni, Obosi, and a few others are considered Enuani settlements by origin. While the River Niger appears to naturally separate Onicha Ado from the rest of the Anioma in Delta State, the community is a close member of the Enuani family by origin as well as migration.

The Enuani challenge started after they lost the Ekumeku battle to the British and Dr. Joseph Egwu, an Anioma historical researcher, captured it accordingly. He wrote in Anioma Essence Magazine: “Anioma Region was divided into four and joined to other groups who were then given political precedence over Anioma. Asaba Division was joined to the Benin Province and Aboh Division (Ndi Olu) was joined with Urhobo, Ijaw, and Itsekiri to make up the Delta Province. Onitsha, Oguta, and environs were joined to the Eastern Provinces. This made political unity nearly impossible. This was the genesis of our woes.”

The Enuani fate of balkanization suffered by Ndoni is more pronounced and recent. After Nigerian independence in 1960, Ndoni fell under the Western Region like the rest of the Anioma settlements. When the Midwest was created in 1963, Ndoni was still part of the Aboh Division. In 1967, the Gowon administration carved out Rivers State as one of the 12 states created by him to block the Biafran secession. Sadly, the Boundary Adjustment and Local Government Reforms, by omission or commission, relocated Anioma’s Ndoni to Rivers State where it remains to date probably due to the politics of oil.

Indeed, the British brought a lasting punishment on the Anioma people because the people never recovered from the punitive balkanization measures meted out to them. The indigenous governments that took over from the imperialists, continued the creation of states along the lines of the disparity set by the British. Much as the people of Onitsha tried, they were never considered part of the proposed Anioma State. Worse still, the proposed Anioma State was never created despite being the oldest agitation in the country being older than the independent Nigerian state, rich, homogenous, and meeting other criteria for state creation in the country.

Today, the Enuani territory seems much apart from their lost territories. While cultures and dialects remain the same, they are scattered in various states.

Although they are often separately called “Aniocha” and “Oshimili,” the people are cohesively known as ENUANI, the same way the Ukwuani are Ukwuani and Ika is Ika. Conscious of this ‘abnormality’ in the name which rather rests on local government, some of the people have started to make the move to return themselves to the adoption of Enuani rather than the divisive singularity of Aniocha and Oshimili. The young men and women of Enuani appear to have found greater love and pride in the identity of the usage of the name, “Enuani.”

The origin of the people of Enuani shows that they have a heterogenous beginning as they migrated from different Nigerian ethnic groups. In other words, the various Enuani communities have a varied history of origin and migration and are not all of the same ethnic stock as often attributed to them. From variegated and diverse ancestries, existential consciousness naturally dawned on them. So, collectively, they became the Enuani.

The Ibusa, Isheagu, and Ewulu are examples of Igbo communities in Anioma. The Ebu, Oko Ogbele, Oko Amakom Oko Anala claim Igala while Ozanogo among others is a Benin settlement. Still, there are the Yoruba settlements of Ugbodu, Ukwunzu (once known as Eko Efun), Ogodor, and others. They migrated from the Ile-Ife axis to settle where they are found today.

The original settlers of the Ogwashi-Uku are the Ikelike (Benin) while the original settlers of Issele-Uku are the Nri (Igbo). Asaba is connected to the Igala in Kogi State by origin and Illah is a settlement with Igbo, Igala, and Benin migrants. The three Nigerian ethnic descent formed the Illah settlement natively called “Alaah.” According to the information posted on Wikipedia, Igbo descendants in Illah prominently includes Umuagwu and Ogbe-Orji. The Igala descendants are Ukpologwu and Ogbe-Olu while the Benin descendants are Ukwemege.

The Igbo are of Nri ethnic stock. The Igala foundation in Illah was led by Ogwu, an Igala Crown Prince who was not allowed to succeed his father as the Attah of Igala. Angered by the ugly situation, he went on exile, West of the Niger, and arriving at Omorka, he founded Ukpologwu in Illah. The Benin population in Illah was according to the oral tradition of the settlement, led by Edaiken, the Prince of Benin throne.

Edem, Utei, Nwabukwu, and Agwu sent appeals to Edaiken to help them conquer their enemies from across the River Niger, in their eastern boundary, who constantly terrorized them. Once he achieved the feat, he was given land to settle in Illah.

Asaba is one of the Enuani settlements with a well-preserved history of origin, giving details of the root of Nnebisi, one of the founders of the settlement. Diaba from Agbakoba Village of Nteje in Anambra State was impregnated by Onojobo, a Prince and trader from Igala from Kogi State. Diaba and Onojobo’s child became known as Nnebisi. Nnebisi the founder of Asaba is therefore an Igala descent with an Igbo mother. Once Nnebisi realized that he was facing maltreatment, he returned to the present Asaba site, carrying a pot of charm that dropped at today’s site of Cable Point.

Nnebisi christened all his children’s Igala names to retain his roots. His children bore Ujom, Onne, Umune, Ojife, and Iyagba. Some of his grandsons also bore Ugbomanta, Ajaji, and Onaji. These names are preserved in Asaba quarters and clans and still exist in that name today.

There was Ezeanyawu, a descendant of Ezechime, the migrant from Benin. His place in the foundation of Ahaba (Asaba) is also retained in the history of the settlement.

After a thorough study, based on oral traditions, collected and documented from the area over time, supplemented by archival sources and local histories written by the people of the area, E. N. Mordi & P. O. Opone, in their paper titled “Origins and Migrations of the Enuani People South Central Nigeria Reconsidered” concluded that the given the various strands of primary, secondary and tertiary movements which settled the Enuani area, wholesale attribution of their origin to one source or area is at variance with the reality on ground and with the evidence.

From their findings, “the evidence and reality on the ground point to mixed origins from Igboland east of the Niger, from already established settlements within or neighbouring Enuani area, from Benin, Igala and Yorubaland.”

Accordingly, “there is also evidence of population movements from the area to people in other areas, including Benin and Igboland east of the Niger.”

True to Mordi and Opone’s historical conclusion in their research work, the Enuani communities do not share the same ethnic origin and never laid claim to it in their legends. What has happened is that over time, having stayed together, the Enuani people built syncretic cultures that unified them, making them appear unique. This homogeneity of cultures became evident in their customs, beliefs, mode of interaction, naming ceremonies (ipaputa nwa), funeral ceremonies, and other rituals. The people went ahead to evolve the civilizations of Omuship, Multiple Eze system, and Akwa-Ocha cultural fabric, all unique to them. There are also delicacies such as Ujuju, ose–ani, uno-uku, and others, unique to them.

Asaba and Illah became ancestrally tied by their Igala populations the same way, Akwukwu-Igbo, and Ogwashi-Uku are ancestrally tied by Nri kinship. During the Ilo Ine Festival of Illah, it was customary for the Asagba of Asaba to be invited and on one occasion, the Late Col Joe ‘Hannibal’ Achuzia was among the delegates of attendees. Ajiji is well retained in the history and legend of Asaba and Illah. Ibusa and Ogwashi-Uku, on the one hand, are joined by Nri migratory factor. Ibusa and Issele-Uku, on the other hand, are linked by the Ogboli factor.

Asaba at a point shared closeness with Okpanam with whom she also shares the Igala population. Over time, Asaba, Ibusa, and Okpanam became more sisterly and culturally united, moving from political to economic and also social rebirth of life as they have remained today. Asaba, Ibusa, and Okpanam would evolve a similar political system of administration in Asagbaship, Obuzoship, and Ugoaniship respectively. Ibusa followed Asaba and Okpanam followed Ibusa.

In these three communities, the ‘ike elili ukwu’ ritual was also required for Omuship, elevating the occupier of the female traditional institution above her folks.

Ibusa is an Igbo community but her culture and dialect are today Enuani and there seems no difference among the three communities other than the names that the communities bear. In fact, Asaba, Ibusa, Okpanam, and Akwukwu-Igbo communities speak the same dialectic Enuani with unnoticeable tonal and homophonous differences.

Today, the people despite scattered origins, see themselves as Enuani, having sealed their sociocultural fate together.

The Enuani: Who Are They?

Chief Olabode George, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said those accusing late Obafemi Awolowo of working against the interest of the south-east during the Nigerian civil war are saying rubbish.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with worldviewafrica, George said rather than castigate the late premier of the western region, Igbos should be grateful to him and other leaders who made sacrifices to ensure that Nigeria still remains a united nation today.

George who said everything is acceptable in war, added that Awolowo as Finance Minister and deputy to the then Head of State, Yakubu Gowon made a proposal that the country’s currency be changed. He said the proposal was adopted and this contributed to the swift end of the civil war which had killed millions of Nigerians .

“That Awolowo betrayed Igbos and made them lose the war? That is absolute rubbish. Baba (Awolowo) was deputy to Gowon and not only that, he was controlling the economy. He then decided to change the Nigerian currency at that time. Everything is acceptable in war”. 
"What happened during the war was that the Biafra agitators had their Central Bank in the south-east and they have kept currencies there. Awolowo believed that if the currency is changed, all the monies they have stacked up will be worthless”.

George, a former military governor of Ondo state said Awolowo’s policy was that Nigeria’s continued unity must be discussed and that if the south-east are allowed to secede, the people of the south-west will also follow them".

“Awolowo’s position was that we must sit down and talk. That was the policy he adopted during the war. He did not do anything to negate the chances of our brothers in the South-East. In fact, he said if the Igbos are allowed to exit the Nigeria union, the Yorubas will follow suit. That was his belief”.

“When they declared Biafra, they took control of all the South-South, especially Rivers and other places where we get crude oil. Awolowo then advised Gowon that if you want to have a full control of the economy, change the currency. He made the proposal to the Council and it was adopted”.

“When that was done, all the currencies in the Central Bank in the south-east became useless and that also contributed to the end of the war. So, why should some people blame him for that?”

“We should thank God for the lives of those leaders at that time, especially Papa Awolowo. It is an example of the love he had for Nigeria. He doesn’t want Nigeria to break-up and he doesn’t want our brothers in the south-east to leave. He believed so much in Nigeria’s unity”.

Awolowo Never Betrayed Igbos During Nigeria’s Civil War – Bode George

> The legal team of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that they may boycott court proceedings due to perceived injustices against their client.

They stated that they would not participate in the proceedings if the IPOB leader’s right to a fair trial was not respected by the Department of State Services.

The IPOB leader, who faces treason and terrorism charges, has been in the DSS’ custody since 2021.

He had applied to be granted bail based on health grounds and to enable him to prepare for trial, but his application was rejected by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Nyako instead promised an accelerated hearing of the matter.

Kanu’s trial is expected to commence on April 17, 2024.

But his legal team, led by Alloy Ejimakor, has been addressing journalists on the difficulty they have been facing preparing the IPOB leader for trial. On April 9, 2024, during a press conference in Abuja, Ejimakor accused the DSS of denying them access to their client. He also accused the service of constantly seizing every legal document they took to the DSS facility to prepare Kanu for trial.

At another press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Ejimakor said they would pull out of the trial should the DSS continue to frustrate their efforts to prepare Kanu for his trial. Ejimakor claimed that the actions of the DSS were denying the IPOB leader his right to a fair trial.

He said the legal team would not be a part of such a process should it continue.

Ejimakor said, “This legal team is not going to be part of the travesty of justice. If Nnamdi Kanu is not going to get a fair trial, this legal team is not going to be part of murdering justice in a Nigerian court. It doesn’t mean we are going to abandon Kanu but we will, as a group, abandon the process. we will refuse to be participants in a process that is geared to and preprogrammed for injustice on the head of Kanu.

“Let that be clear. It doesn’t sound like we are going to boycott Kanu but you can say we are boycotting the judiciary and what we are boycotting is manifest injustice.”

Efforts to get the DSS’ spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, proved abortive, as his phone line indicated ‘busy’ on repeated attempts.

He had also yet to respond to a message requesting his reaction to the allegations levelled against the DSS as of the time of filling this report.

Kanu’s Lawyers Allege Access Denial, Threaten To Boycott Trial

Self determination is an internationally recognised human right and law. It was with it that Nigeria gained independence from Britain, and God willing, any ethnic group, or groups, will use it to gain independence from Nigeria 

I never hide the fact I want my own ethnic group, the Igbos, to gain independence from Nigeria, wether as Biafra or any other name. I also support any Yoruba element who seeks independence of the Yoruba ethnic group, such as Yoruba Nation

However, I must warn Yoruba Nation agitators about what is to come. Some people said that IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was leading a violent group, they invaded his house and killed people. They did the same to Sunday Igboho. Was Igboho leading a violent group? The way the federal government reacts to popular movement is to clamp down on it and criminalise it, no matter how peaceful it may be.

For years, the authorities shot and killed peaceful Biafran protesters so as to stop the movement. When that did not work, they declared IPOB a terrorist organisation at a time IPOB was neither armed nor touched anyone. The international community rejected that. What they have since done is to falsely blame IPOB for any violent crime in the East. Any gun found anywhere belongs to IPOB, any criminal caught anywhere in the East automatically becomes an IPOB member, any dwelling found in the bush becomes an ESN camp. Regularly, they indiscriminately arrest people, parade them with old broken guns and a Biafran flag, and claim they are terrorists. All sorts of propaganda and pictures to make IPOB look bad

They will use this same tactics against Yoruba Nation agitators. I urge Yoruba Nation agitators to thread with caution, remain peaceful and law-abiding, so that when they come with their false narratives and propaganda, it can be easily bursted.

Yoruba Nation Agitators Should Be Careful, They Will Criminalise You Like IPOB

*4 PRESIDENTS RULE NIGERIA AS WE SPEAK* 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
*SEE THEIR NAMES* .

1. *BOLA AHMED TINUBU* 

The President that people believe rule Nigeria of which Nigeria expired since 2014 according to the Amalgamation Documents as created by the Amalgamator of Nigeria himself.

2. *GENERAL DITARI EBI* 

Declared himself President of Ijaw Republic on February 23rd 2024.

3.*MODUPE ONITIRI ABIOLA* 

Declared herself President of Oduduwa Republic on April 10th 2024

4. *SIMON EKPA NJOKU* 

Declared himself Prime Minister of Biafra on April 6th 2023.

In conclusion, Nigeria has expired and need be seperated.
Yugoslavia shared into 7 Countries and it was Lagos size in population while Middle Belt in area size.

Nigeria Have 4 Presidents Ruling It Today!! See Their Names!!

When Tinubu appointed Wike as Minister for FCT, they were at the forefront kicking against it and said it should go to an Abuja indigene .

They never clamoured for such since 1999 until Wike was appointed minister.

They forgot that the FCT will never had happened without Niger Delta resources .

They even constituted themselves under an unconstitutional umbrella known as "Abuja residents" to challenge the outcome of the 2023 elections citing a foolish interpretation of the 25% clause.

The fools rallied around a fraud like how they did with that Msemona JAMB forgery to slander Wike.

Instead of seeking redress in court they began falsely accusing Wike of being Anti Ibo and vowed to resort to their village JuJu.

Are these people normal ?

The answer is a big No!

Their hatred for Wike stems from Wike's quick action to root out IPOB terrorists from Rivers who had been constituting serious security threat and nuisance in Rivers.

Their second reason for hating and dragging Wike to their dead JuJu stems from their belief that Wike rigged their useless last hope Obi from winning Rivers.

Bros Wike, nothing do you. All patriotic Nigerians are behind you solidly .

Their Hatred For Wike Did Not Start Today

The lawmaker representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, Abia State, Obinna Aguocha, has urged President Bola Tinubu to utilise his office to secure the release of detained Indigenous People of Biafra leader, Mr Nnamdi Kanu.

Kanu has been in detention since his extradition in June 2020, facing charges of alleged terrorism by the Federal Government. Despite a 2022 Court of Appeal order for his release on health grounds, the Federal Government appealed to the Supreme Court, directing Kanu to resume trial at the Federal High Court. He has remained in the detention facility of the Department of State Services.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, Aguocha, a member of the Labour Party, emphasized that there’s no justification for Kanu’s continued custody, especially when others like Godwin Emefiele, Omoyele Sowore, and Sunday Igboho are free.

Aguocha stressed the importance of Tinubu’s intervention, stating, “I hereby appeal to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, to use his esteemed office to ensure the unconditional and immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu as a gesture of goodwill towards the peaceful development of the South East and the well-being of Ndi Igbo.”

He pointed out the disparate treatment of Kanu compared to other accused citizens, questioning, “Is there one set rule for other Nigerians from different zones and another for Igbo’s within the South East zone?”

Aguocha concluded by advocating for Kanu’s unconditional release, echoing the sentiment that justice should be equal for all citizens.

Release Nnamdi Kanu Unconditionally, Rep Begs Tinubu

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, will on May 20 know his fate on the request for restoration of his revoked bail and the prayer to remove him from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to house arrest.

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, fixed the date on Wednesday after taking arguments from Kanu’s legal team led by Alloy Ejimakor and that of the Federal Government, represented by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN.

Kanu, who has been in detention since 2021, in a motion argued by Ejimakor requested the court to restore the bail granted him in 2017 by the same Judge.

He told the court that contrary to the claim of the Federal Government, he did not jump bail or breach any of the conditions of the bail but had to escape out of the country when the military allegedly invaded his house.

The detained IPOB leader also said that he would have been killed if he had not escaped the way he did and accused the Federal Government of misleading the court to get the bail revoked in his absence.

He also asked the court to set aside the arrest warrant issued against him by the court while he was out of the country.

In a separate motion, also argued by his legal team, Kanu demanded his removal from the custody of the DSS to a house arrest or in the alternative, to remand him in prison.

Besides, he asked that his lawyers must be allowed unhindered access to him to enable him prepare for his defense in the terrorism charges against him, adding that until those conditions are met by the Federal Government in line with Section 36 of the 1999 constitution, he would not submit himself for trial.

However, the Federal Government’s legal team, led by Awomolo vehemently opposed granting of all the requests made by Kanu.

Among others, the senior lawyer said that, in a criminal matter, no defendant has the right to dictate to court how his prosecution would be conducted.

Awomolo told the court that Kanu was once admitted to bail but breached the bail by escaping out of the country under false claims.

The Senior lawyer argued that the fresh request for bail by Kanu is a gross abuse of court process, having been rejected earlier by the same court, adding that the only option available to the defendant is to go to the court of Appeal to challenge the rejection since the High Court cannot overrule itself.

On the request for removal from DSS custody, Awomolo said that the only safe and secured environment for Kanu remains the DSS custody in the interest of the safety of his life.

He urged the court to dismiss the allegation of hindered access to lawyers by Kanu, adding that, in his application and the supporting affidavit, he, Kanu failed to name any DSS operative hindering lawyers from accessing him or eavesdropping during conversation with lawyers.

Speaking with journalists after the proceedings, a House of Representatives member, Hon Ikenga Ugochinyere, praised the legal team of Kanu for standing to get fair trial for their client adding that, under the present circumstances, there would be no opportunity for Kanu to get better deal when his hands and legs are tied in the custody of the DSS.

He appealed to President Bola Tinubu to end the trial logjam by ensuring an out of court settlement for general peace to reign in the country.

Court Decides Nnamdi Kanu’s Requests For Bail, House Arrest May 20

Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Sunday, explained why he believes the Biafra agitator can’t get a fair trial.

Ejimakor explained that Kanu can’t get a fair trial while he is detained by the Department of State Services, DSS.

He noted that a defendant can’t get a fair trial if there is no equality of arms between him and the prosecutor.

Aloy Ejimakor, Lead Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday explained why he believes the Biafra agitator can’t get a fair trial.

Ejimakor explained with Kanu can’t get a fair trial while he is detained by the Department of State Services, DSS.

He noted that a defendant can’t get fair trial if there is no equality of arms between him and the prosecutor.

Posting on X, Ejimakor wrote: “A defendant can never have a #FairTrial if there is no EQUALITY OF ARMS between him & the prosecutor. The truth is that this equality of arms will never happen whilst #MNK is detained at the DSS.”

Kanu has been in the custody of the DSS since 2021, when he was arrested in Kenya and forcefully brought back to Nigeria to continue his trial.

He was first arrested in 2015, in Lagos, shortly after he entered Nigeria on a visit and was later arraigned in 2016, alongside four others on offences bordering on treason.

However, the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, of the Abuja Federal High Court in 2017, admitted him to bail in the sum of N100 million and three sureties in like sum on health grounds to enable him to prepare adequately for his trial.

The bail was however revoked in 2019 and a warrant of arrest issued against him, for jumping bail in late 2019 and abandoning his trial.

VIDEO: Nnamdi Kanu Can’t Get Fair Trial While Detained By DSS – Lawyer Ejimakor

The Imo State Police Command successfully apprehended Chidebere Nwuzor, a suspected terrorist linked to the Indigenous People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN), as reported by the Command’s Spokesman, Henry Okoye. 

Hailing from Amauzu in the Aboh-Mbaise Local Government Area, the 38-year-old suspect had been a target of the Command for his alleged involvement in various terrorist activities within the state. 

Okoye emphasized that Nwuzor was captured at his criminal sanctuary in Umuogi after a confrontation with law enforcement officers, during which he was found in possession of dangerous weapons such as a pump-action gun, a berretta pistol, and other incriminating items.

The items recovered from the suspect included a pump-action gun with six live cartridges, a Barreta Pistol loaded with two rounds of live ammunition, and various other incriminating items. During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being part of a dangerous IPOB/ESN syndicate that enforced sit-at-home orders and caused chaos in the state, as stated by Okoye.

The suspect revealed that he was recruited into the group by Ebube Virus and Ishaka, who were eliminated by operatives in December 2023. Additionally, he admitted to driving the vehicle used in the attack that resulted in the death of DPO Ahaizu Mbaise, an Inspector of Police, in November 2023.

Okoye mentioned that the suspect was cooperating with the investigation, providing valuable information that could lead to the arrest of other suspects, and would face legal consequences once the investigation was completed. The police spokesman emphasized the command's commitment to eradicating violent crimes in the state and praised the operatives for their bravery in achieving this breakthrough.

The Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, assured the public that the Command would continue to pursue criminal elements relentlessly.

Police Capture Wanted IPOB Terrorist, Retrieve Weapons In Imo State

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Reno , I know you as a Zionist idiot who joined the Ethiopian messianic false church that claims to be outwardly Christian when you area Jew rat no different than kanusberg's disciples in IPOB .

How much is the JIDF paying you to push your Zionist agenda on NW?

Righteousness2 Is Reno Omokri And I Have This Message For Him

Nigeria's wealth is concentrated along the coastal and offshore areas of the SS.

The lack of infrastructure in these areas has not only hampered economic growth for the benefit of the locals but has fuelled criminality that is threatening the very golden goose .

I am not surprised by Obi's latest position concerning the coastal highway as it has been the position of the SE to undermine SS political and economic autonomy.

Since the days of the Afro-Marxist Zikists movement that saw SS as their colonial inheritance, to exploit to the maximum to post 1999 SE legislators always opposing any talk of restructuring and resource control. To even same Obi pledging to an audience of Northern politicians in the last election campaign to maintain the 1999 constitution and same Obi even openly making it a cornerstone of his failed campaign that the flawed Zikist inspired centrist 1999 constutition being "perfect ", one can not but see that the SE position has always aligned in total opposite of the SS.

I am not surprised by Obi's opposition to the coastal highway project as his dunce followers have all been the only idiots in total opposition to it.

I will not bother schooling these idiots of how such an infrastructure project is a major game changer to the fortunes of people of the SS in terms of peace ,security , job creation , tourism , and opening up of prime coastal real estates . 

Rather I will emphasize here that their opposition to this project stems from continuing to see the SS in total neglect out of pure envy, jealousy , hatred and their alignment with northern hawks to keep the parasitic Zikist system in check.

Good punish Obi and his IPOB Zikist followers .

Obi Exposes His Zikist Hatred For The SS.

Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency of Abia State, Hon. Obi Aguocha has advised President Bola Tinubu not to be held hostage like his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari but to release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.

Aguocha in a chat with ABN TV on Saturday described Kanu as a political prisoner, urging Tinubu to release him immediately.

The lawmaker accused Buhari of having a personal hatred and vendetta against the Igbos, urging Tinubu not to toe this path.

Despite several court orders for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, former President Buhari denied the IPOB leader bail.

He said while the court process is ongoing, he is hopeful that Nnamdi Kanu’s release will end up in a political resolution.

ABN TV recalls that Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja had recently denied bail to the leader of the proscribed IPOB.

The court, however, ordered an accelerated hearing of the case involving the embattled IPOB leader who is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony.

Tinubu Don't Be Like Buhari Who Had Personal Hatred Against Igbo, Nnamdi Kanu

While some self appointed spokespersons of the north are online spearheading a smear campaign against Peter Obi’s kind gestures in the north, the real northerners influencers are full of praises for Obi for bringing such intervention from his private purse.

When I say real northern influencers, I’m talking about opinion shapers. Men who sit on same table with men that matter in the north. Men who get invited by Television and Radio stations to share their views on socio-political issues.

First it was Shehu Sani who came to Obi’s defense. And now Mahdi Shehu.

For context purposes, Mahdi Shehu was one of Atiku’s foremost campaigners in the last general election. He went on TV to call Peter Obi so many imprintable names including accusing him of pursuing IPOB agenda.

That Mahdi Shehu is praising Obi while threatening the current crop of leaders from the north is a wonder to me.

But it can only mean one thing - the north is realigning.

So, while you sit on your keypad and criticize, the real men of the north are saying thank you to Peter Obi.

>  OBI'S BOREHOLE COMMISSIONING: NEITHER DEATH, TRAUMA NOR INJURY: In Sokoto, Bauchi, Niger and many other locations, several people died while struggling to collect Toxic, one off palliative. WHAT A SHAME. Others went home with various degrees of injuries & trauma with no palliative for succour. 

Obi's Borehole commissioning was seemless, organised, no fanfare, no ego massaging. Nothing. Just an out of pocked intervention. Northern policians who are not happy about obi's borehole project that saves lives and minimises disease incidences should hide their heads in shame. Their days are counted.

PROVERBS 11:25

"Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered"

I invite you to reflect on:

Matthew 10:42

" And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

Nlfpmod

Obi’s Borehole Commissiong: No Death, Trauma Nor Injury

Son of a prominent Eze Ndigbo in Rivers State and CEO of Sunrise Daily TV and Sunrise Youth Entrepreneur Initiative Ltd/Gte , Princewill Chimezie Richards has lambasted those pointing accusing fingers at Nollywood Actor, Tochukwu Okafor aka TC Virus over the death of Jnr Pope Odonwodo.

In a video released recently, Princewill responded to the claims of the boat driver who accused TC Okafor of blocking his view that led to the accident in Anam River of Anambra State. Princewill who is also the pioneer founder of the Biafra Nations League, BnL, a separatist movement in Bakassi Peninsula debunked the boat driver's claims adding that he is familiar with the water as a founder of a group in Nigeria - Cameroon border area of Bakassi.

Hear him out
Click on the link below

Jnr Pope:  Princewill Richards Knocks Those Accusing Nollywood Actor TC Okafor

Labour Party Has More Promise Than APC In 2023 Election, Says Daniel Bwala
Daniel Bwala
Daniel Bwala, former spokesman of the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, has described Peter Obi, Labour Party’s (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, as a political harlot.

According to him, like Judas Iscariot, Obi betrayed Odumegu Ojukwu, the late Biafra warlord, as well as Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He made the claim on his X handle while sharing a video of Obi vowing never to leave the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.

“Take a listen to @PeterObi in APGA vowing if he leaves APGA let his family die; this is before he embarked on his political olosho.

“He has since moved from APGA to PDP to LP and is now planning to move to SDP.

“He betrayed Odimegwu Ojukwu, he betrayed Atiku Abubakar and now planning to betray Pat Utomi and co.

“This Easter period we celebrate the decorated Judas Iscariot. Hear in this video an Obi-erodent making excuses for him, but they would not understand with anyone else,” he posted.

A Political Harlot, Judas Iscariot – Bwala Slams Obi For Betraying Ojukwu, Atiku

> RevenuesBoost:
📍Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and the governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, attended the first Durbar in the state in four years, on Wednesday. Alhaji Mustafa Aminu, the Galadima Adamawa, senior government officials, traditional title holders, district heads, among others also attended the event.

2. There was tension in Zamfara State, on Wednesday, when a worshiper was mistakenly killed by a security operative who was reportedly chasing hoodlums. The operative, who is said to be of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, was immediately attacked by irate youths.

3. Members of the Military Board of Inquiry constituted by the Defence Headquarters to investigate the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta, have commenced sitting. They convened yesterday at the Governor’s Office Annex in Warri South Local Government Area of the state.

4. The cut in diesel price by the Dangote Refinery will reduce inflation, President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said on Wednesday. He believes with the cost of diesel dropping to N1,200 from N1,650, the inflation rate will further drop.

5. Works Minister, Dave Umahi has said nobody can intimidate the Federal Government over the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar highway project. Umahi, who spoke on national television last night, stressed that the Federal Government owns the right of way of the nation’s coastal roads.

6. The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as the Amotekun Corps, on Wednesday, paraded no fewer than 45 suspected criminals in the state. The suspects, who were apprehended by the corps’ personnel across the 18 local government areas of the state, were presented at the headquarters of the corps in Akure, the state capital.

7. The legal team of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that they may boycott court proceedings due to perceived injustices against their client. They stated that they would not participate in the proceedings if the IPOB leader’s right to a fair trial was not respected by the Department of State Services.

8. The abducted Rivers State governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement in the 2023 general election, Sobomabo Jackrich, has regained his freedom. Jackrich who was whisked away by gunmen who invaded his residence in Usokun community, Degema Local Government Area of the state in the wee hours of Monday was freed on Wednesday.

9. Impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr Philip Shaibu, has said his removal by the Edo State House of Assembly would not stand the test of time, adding that the whole exercise was because of the September 21 governorship election in the state. Shaibu stated this when he received the acting Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Emperor Jaret Tenebe, in his Abuja residence.

10. An auto crash occurred, on Wednesday, on the Third Mainland bridge, Lagos, in which two passengers were flung into the lagoon. The 18-seater LT bus with the number plate, FKJ 872 YA, was heading toward Lagos Island when the tragedy struck, at the Adeniyi Adele end of the bridge✍️

Here Is Today’s Summary From Nigerian Newspapers: 11-04-2024

Chinasa Nworu

Today 13th April 2024 #ESN operatives have serious confrontation with the Fulani terrorist in Biafraland and ESN continue the manhunt against the marauding Fulani herdsmen in #Biafraland, these Fulani herdsmen are hell bent in destroying our farmland, killing and raping our women at will. They invaded a community in Biafraland where they have serious confrontation with #ESN opertaives , beside foreign Fulani herdsmen from Sahel region were among those confronting #ESN in our own land and May ChukwuAbiama have mercy on them . 

#ESN will never spare any Fulani herdsmen found in the bushes in Biafraland . 
They must vacate from our bushes so that our people can engage in the farming activities. We cannot condone their killings any longer in #Biafraland . 
Say no to Fulani herdsmen in Biafraland .

Biafra: Esn In Confrontation With Fulani Herdsmen And K!lled Many Of Their Cows

VANGUARD NEWS

The legal team of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, led by Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, has appealed the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

In the court document filed before the Appeal Court, Kanu’s Special Counsel, Ejimakor and other members of the legal team faulted the ruling of Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Federal High Court of March 19, 2024.

According to the notice of appeal filed by Ejimakor with charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, the legal team said the High Court Appeal Court that the lower court denied Kanu’s constitutional rights to a fair trial.

The document read, “TAKE NOTICE that the Appellant being dissatisfied with the Ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division coram: B.F.M Nyako, J. delivered on the 19th March, 2024 doth hereby appeal to the Court of Appeal Abuja upon the grounds set out in Paragraph 3 below and will at the hearing of the appeal seek reliefs as set out in Paragraph 4 hereof from the Court of Appeal.

“AND the Appellant further states that the names and addresses of persons directly affected by this Appeal are as stated in paragraph 5 below. 

The Learned trial Court erred in law when the Court assumed jurisdiction to proceed with the hearing of the criminal trial against the Appellant when the Appellant is glaringly denied the constitutional right to fair trial with particular reference to denial of adequate facilities to prepare for the defence of the criminal allegations against the Appellant and his right to counsel of his own choice, thereby occasioning a grave miscarriage of justice.”

The legal team specified the Particulars of the error, as:

“Fair hearing/trial bears the constitutional safeguards of ensuring that the Appellant is accorded the adequate facilities to prepare for the defence of the criminal allegations levelled against the Appellant.

“The denial of the Appellant the opportunity to interact and brief his counsel on what line of defences the Appellant tends to agitate in the trial court and rely on was adequately brought to the attention of the trial Court by Motion.

“The trial Court failed and neglected to make necessary orders that would protect the Appellant’s aforesaid rights but rather held that the Court cannot dictate how the Respondent carries out its work.

“The trial Court has the powers to order the Respondent (being the detaining authority) to cease and desist from interfering with Appellant’s constitutional/fair hearing right to adequate facilities to prepare defence and his right to counsel of his choice; and where it is impossible to do so or where the Respondent persists, the trial court has the power to order an alternative custodial arrangement or non-custodial arrangement for the Appellant.

“Denial of the Appellant’s right to adequate facilities to prepare defence as enshrined in Section 36 (6) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 is a jurisdictional issues in the absence of which the trial Court cannot assume or proceed with the jurisdiction over the case unless and until such facilities are accorded to the Appellant.”

The document read further, “The Learned Trial Judge erred in law when the Court held that “I cannot make orders directing a security agency on how to do their work. I can only direct that whatever is within the law must be allowed to the Defendant. Counsel cannot direct the court or give condition to the court on how to conduct its business. The Defendant is entitled to a counsel of his choice and should be given the facility to conduct interview with his counsel within the confines of the law” and in the process occasioned grave miscarriage of justice against the Appellant.”

It went further, “The Appellant by a Notice of Preliminary Objection filed on the 19/2/2024 prayed the trial Court to find and hold that trial in the case cannot proceed except:

“The Respondent stopped the unconstitutional acts of forcibly seizing and photocopying confidential legal documents brought to the Appellant by the Appellant’s lawyers meant for the Appellant’s defence of the charges against the Appellant;

“The Respondent stopped refusing and preventing the Appellant’s Counsel from taking notes of details of confidential discussions/consultation during visitations to the Appellant.

“Stopped eavesdropping on the Appellant’s confidential consultation/conversations with the Appellant’s counsel which discussion is aimed at preparing the Appellant for his defence.

“In support of the Application, the Appellant relied on Paragraphs 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the Affidavit in support and which was Exhibited and filed with the Motion Paper.

“In the Respondent’s counter affidavit of 23/2/2024, the Respondent tacitly admitted in Paragraphs 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 thereof that the Respondent denied counsel to the Appellant the right to take notes; denied them the rights to transmit messages and information to the Appellant; secretly took pictures of counsel and the Appellant’s interviews and recorded briefings between the Appellant’s lawyers and the Appellant, scanned documents meant for the Appellant from the Appellant’s team of lawyers and even refused to allow lawyers to the Appellant deliver letters to the Appellant.

“The action of the Respondent in the instant case is a flagrant violation of the Appellant’s right to counsel of his own choice as stipulated in Section 36 (6) (c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

“Having realized that the allegations made by the Appellant were admitted by the Respondent, the trial Court ought to restrain itself from proceeding with or attempting to hear the case without the Appellant being afforded the adequate facilities and choice of counsel to prepare his defence.

“An order for the Respondent to allow the Appellant freedom to consult with his lawyers in the preparation of the Appellant’s defence does not translate to directing the Respondent on how to do their work or the Appellant dictating to the Court how the case is to be conducted.

“The decision of the trial Court that the Defendant is entitled to a counsel of his choice and should be given the facility to conduct interview with his counsel within the confines of the law is ambiguous and a license to the Respondent to deny the Appellant the Constitutional rights to adequate facilities to prepare for his defence and right to counsel, given that the Respondent in their counter affidavit had alleged that what they do to the Appellant and his legal team are “within the confines of the law”.

“The Learned Trial Judge erred in law when the Court ordered for accelerated hearing of the case given the facts of the case showing that the Respondent had consistently refused to afford the Appellant the right to adequate facility to prepare for the defence of the charges levelled against the Appellant and his right to counsel, and thereby occasioned miscarriage of justice against the Appellant and in favour of the Respondent.”

The lawyers stated the particulars of error, as “The trial Court cannot order accelerated hearing of a criminal charge where it is brought to the attention of the Court that the Appellant is denied the adequate facilities to prepare his defence and his right to counsel.

“The order for accelerated hearing of the case in face of the constitutional breaches of fair hearing/trial rights of the Appellant is a credence to the Respondent to proceed on the unconstitutional denial of the Appellant his right to adequate facilities to prepare for his defence and his right to counsel of his choice.

“In the present case where Sections 36 (6) (b) and (c) of the Constitution are violated by the Respondent against the Appellant, the trial Court lacks the jurisdiction to hear and or proceed with the hearing of the case.”

In the document, Kanu’s legal team in reliefs sought from the Supreme Court of Nigeria, stated the following:

“To allow the appeal, set aside the decision/ruling, the subject of this appeal; and in particular: For the trial court to decline jurisdiction to proceed with the hearing of the case unless and until the Appellant is granted his right to fair hearing under Section 36(6)(6)(b) and (c) of the Constitution; or in the alternative for the trial court to order an alternative custodial or non-custodial arrangement free of interference with Appellant’s said constitutional right to fair hearing.

“Set aside the order for accelerated hearing of the case in the circumstances of the case where the Appellant is not allowed facilities to prepare for the defence of the charges against him and denied his right to counsel.

“Staying the proceedings pending when the Respondent affords the Appellant the constitutional safeguards of being afforded adequate facilities to prepare for his defence and his unfettered right to counsel.

“An Order of the Honorable Court of Appeal granting the Appellant such further relief or reliefs as this Honorable court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this Appeal.
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Nnamdi KANU Criticise Ruling,heads To Appeal Court

Wike: When A Boozing Bozo Becomes A Bare Bully 
By SKC Ogbonnia 
April 8, 2024 

Enough of Ezenwo Nyesom Wike! Only in Nigeria could such a character continue to occupy the media space!!

Before Bola Tinubu rewarded him as the Minister Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Wike was basically a bozo throughout his tenure as the governor of Rivers State. By the way, a bozo in a catholic sense is more or less a wazzock — someone who exhibits the typical behaviors of a buffoon, damfool, a slowpoke, a goon, a sociopath, a callous nuisance, a pathological liar; a barbaric inebriate or a habitual drunkard—in a simple term. 

In short, future historians will remain wonderstruck on how this nothingburger found himself as a state governor, let alone his current position as a minister of the nation’s capital. Yet, the current cream of the Nigerian media has continued to cuddle Mr. Wike with white handkerchief understandably for the entertainment value. 

Lest we forget, Wike’s dopey politics began to creep into the national scene when he was brandishing his Igbo roots and threatening to lead the South-South and South-East zones to secede from Nigeria. Yes! That was during his gubernatorial election in 2015. Hear the man then—in his own words: 

“I will lead a war against them (Nigeria) like Ojukwu. Am not joking, I know am on air, and I am warning them now. Any attempt to rob us the way they rob our brother (GEJ), the battle will start from Rivers State. We will remain opposition state like Lagos. In fact, we from the South-South and South-East will remain in PDP. We leave the South-West and North to run APC. That is how they tactically shared the country. And we will not allow them use our resources to develop their States…I want all South-South and South-East to remember this, that we’ve two Judas.” 

Let me beg your indulgence here. Please read the above quotation one more time! 

The fact of the matter is that Ezenwo Nyesom Wike was that hidden money bag who not only spoke the current Biafran crisis into existence but also nurtured its undertow. However, once he became the governor of Rivers State in 2015, Wike was deceived to believe that the presidency was within his reach--if only he could act as a nationalist. He embraced the idea and quickly became a whited sepulcher. He would hobnob with the Biafran vision in the dark, only to present a holier-than-thou image of one Nigeria in the open. Keenly aware that the Nigerian people are gullible, he orchestrated series of gestures to assuage Northern Nigeria, while at the same time distancing himself from the South-East and any Igbo heritage. 

His first audition towards the nationalistic image was to evoke the emotions of the Biafran war by using his power as governor to rename the Liberation Stadium, Port-Harcourt in honor of Yakubu Gowon. According to Wike, the gesture was for Gowon’s role in the creation of Rivers State over half a century ago, a war time scheme then designed to decimate Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the very man Wike swore to emulate in his “war against them (Nigeria).” 

His next ploy was the deployment of a pipeline of appeasement from Port Harcourt to Sokoto, the seat of the Caliphate, chanting “one Nigeria”, with oil largesse to boot. This is how Wike became the turbo engine of the 2019 presidential ambition of the then Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. 

To deepen the makeover, he visited the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III in 2017: Hear him (Mr. Wike) at the Sultan’s palace: “We cannot run away from this country. The unity of this country is very, very paramount. The unity of this country is non-negotiable…I am from the Niger Delta, Rivers State to be specific, so I cannot see us in a divided country. No way. We stand for the unity of this country.” 

Unfortunately, the North bought the bunkum from the boozing bozo. 

What followed was a string of visits by the Sultan to Rivers State, with commissioning of state projects as a decoy. Worried that the chicanery was becoming so obvious, and to equally pacify the Yoruba people that he had roundly castigated in 2015, Wike saw a moderating pawn in the influential Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. A perfect camouflage was the hasty hosting of the General Assembly of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria by Wike at Port-Harcourt in January 2018. This was the occasion where the then governor declared that “The Sultan and Ooni are my fathers”, ostensibly to curry favour from the North and the West, as the kings from his native East moped and gaped in utter amazement. 

But the apple, they say, does not fall far from its tree. It did not take long before Wike relapsed. He once again began to spew all manners of separatist innuendoes. At one point the bozo declared other religions, besides Christianity, as non grata in his state. He would go on to demolish a mosque in August 2019, which eventually fetched him a resounding rebuke from the Sultan. 

Though Ezenwo Nyesom Wike is a bozo, quite alright, but the man was still able to count 1, 2, 3…He recognized that his overbearing transgressions, most of which were targeted at Northern Nigeria at the time, including the demolition of the mosque, might have dug him in. The then governor needed an escape route. 

Mr. Wike believed, and understandably so, that that any nuanced opposition to Biafran activism or even mere anti-Igbo antics would earn instant forgiveness from the North. There and then Wike mounted a montage of propaganda, further peeling himself from his Igbo roots of the “South-East” that he had employed to not only threaten secession but also to win elections in Rivers State. 

Enter the #EndSARS protest of 2020, a nationwide outcry against police brutality in Nigeria. Wike quickly exploited the protest and started peddling the #EndSARS in Rivers State as a potential beginning of another round of Biafran war. The result was a chilling campaign of extrajudicial killings in Obigbo, a small native Igbo settlement in River State, with the governor claiming to be rooting out the IPOB, the very group the bozo helped to nurture. 

With his nationalistic image seemingly restored, Wike wasted no time in hauling the overflowing resources of Rivers State to restructure the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). His sole purpose was to grab the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. 

I must not bore readers by repeating how Wike’s presidential ambition crashed. Ditto to his shameless lies, including how a Southern man (himself) who vigorously sought and failed to secure the vice-presidential ticket of his party was suddenly claiming to be fighting for a Southern presidency. 

The truth is that Wike thought about life after his tenure as governor when his immunity would have expired. He thought about the eight years of an open-ended looting of Rivers State treasury. It was a no brainer that he could only support any presidential candidate that would best guarantee him blanket cover upon victory at the polls. This is where Wike’s choice of Bola Tinubu of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) mattered most. The then governor did his own bidding by masterminding the most blatant election rigging in his home state during the 2023 fraudulent presidential election in favor of Tinubu. 

Alhaji Tinubu did not disappoint. Once the president, he wasted no time to reward Wike by appointing him as the Minister of Federal Capital Territory. But such corrupt requital is typical in the Tinubu modus vivendi. 

As a governor, Wike was the type of a village clown that is prone to annoy but hardly taken seriously to warrant an early morning gong. Unfortunately, despite his elevation to the federal level, common sense dictates that the boozing bozo remains on something else—something definitively more dangerous than his self-confessed aged whiskeys. More appalling, he makes no attempt to shade the fact that he is truly on something else. Just look at that man and, of course, how he is getting very thin, feeble, and more unstable! 

The apparent problem here is that the boozing bozo has become a bare bully. 

Today, as a minister, he assumes a license to target political opponents by demolishing their properties in the Federal Capital, just as he continues to engage in binge drinking in a fruitless effort to shade the shame. Troubled that his behaviour is beginning to wear thin, and aware that Nigerians are gullible, he is once again attempting to seek support from the usual quarters by heightening his anti-Igbo antics. Even worse, he has set Rivers State on fire by attempting to control the state by proxy. He claims he wants to control the political structure of Rivers the way Tinubu used to claim control of Lagos. But his case is a Tinubu without the brain and without a base… 

SKC Ogbonnia, a former APC Presidential Aspirant, writes from Houston, Texas.

Wike: When A Boozing Bozo Becomes A Bare Bully  By SKC Ogbonnia

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Calls For Urgent Action On Nnamdi Kanu's Release; and a Restructured Nigeria Under Tinubu. 

In a significant declaration, Ohanaeze Ndigbo reiterates its position on the Biafra issue, emphasizing support for a restructured Nigeria under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, rather than advocating for the restoration of Biafra. It acknowledges that the fervor around Biafra among the Igbo community stems from the amplification of ethnic, tribal, and religious divisions, as well as the Fulanization agenda under the previous administration of President Muhamadu Buhari, which led to the emergence of IPOB/ESN under Nnamdi Kanu.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo holds Former President Buhari responsible for upholding Nnamdi Kanu's significance. Had Buhari addressed the atrocities committed by violent Fulani herdsmen in the South, individuals like Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu would not have risen to defend the vulnerable Southern farmers. Thus, Ohanaeze Ndigbo attributes Nnamdi Kanu's actions to Buhari's inaction.

Discussing the steps needed for Nnamdi Kanu's release from detention, it is highlighted that Kanu was apprehended by Buhari's government with the aid of international collaborators, as reportedly confirmed by former Buhari spokesperson Mr. Femi Adesina. While expressing gratitude for the efforts of notable Igbo political, religious, and traditional leaders to secure Kanu's freedom, Ohanaeze Ndigbo notes the lack of outreach to those who felt offended by Kanu's activities, particularly those associated with President Tinubu.

To facilitate Kanu's release, Ohanaeze Ndigbo announces plans for a peace delegation meeting involving key stakeholders such as the Oba of Lagos, Asari Dokubo, and the Sultan of Sokoto to advocate for forgiveness towards Kanu and work for his liberation. Additionally, Ohanaeze Ndigbo commits to ensuring that Kanu ceases negative broadcasts against Nigeria's unity and instead pivots towards promoting a restructured Nigeria, now that he has shown willingness to negotiate with the Federal Government.

Furthermore, Ohanaeze Ndigbo raises concerns about certain Igbo leaders resorting to blackmail to extend their tenures by falsely labeling elected representatives as Biafra agitators to manipulate the constitution, thereby denying Rivers State its right to produce the President General by 2025. It clarifies that no member of Ohanaeze Ndigbo aligns with Biafra separatist groups, urging Biafra agitators to embrace peaceful dialogue with Southeast Governors to address criminal activities in the region. 

Ohanaeze Ndigbo underscores the importance of relinquishing violent tactics and reverting to non-violent methods for self-determination, allowing security forces to deal with criminals exploiting the Biafra cause.

MAZI OKECHUKWU ISIGUZORO

OHANAEZE NDIGBO.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Calls For Urgent Action On Nnamdi Kanu's Release;  And A Restruc

IGBO SHOULD LEARN CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FROM THE YORUBA NATION.
By Joe Igbokwe
April 18,2024 

You would have seen a video of what Yoruba leaders did to the home of a lady, Onitiri Abiola who read the declaration speech of the Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan Oyo state. Yoruba organized themselves , encouraged and supported the soldiers to invade the venue of the so called declaration and arrested all them and successfully seized their guns, ammunitions , military uniforms, weapons, Matchets, charms and destroyed Onitiri Abiola’s home etc.

No single very important Yoruba men and women rose to defend the bandits rather they told them that their horrible mission is not Yoruba agenda. Totally the Yoruba Nation rose to the occasion and rebuked them in no uncertain terms. Yoruba Nation left a monumental lessons for my tribe. How I wished that leaders in Igboland metted the same response to IPOB, UGM and ESN when they seized South East destroyed all the things we hold dear, killed our people in their thousands, destroyed and burnt their homes, killed police men and soldiers,stole our people to bones, gang-rapped our wives and daughters, snatched many our wives and daughters to become their wives, looted our markets and extorted money from our wealthy men and women that ran into billions. They committed unquantified atrocities in Igbo land. 

My advice: please learn from the Yoruba Nation. They did not go to war when their prominent son, Chief MKO Abiola won the Presidential elections in 1993 and they Killed him, killed his wife and destroyed all his businesses. They appplied common sense, wisdom and tact . They did not want any further tragedy to befall their people , the did not want their pride, Lagos to be destroyed, they lost many of their people in the struggle for Abiola’s Mandate. They sacrificed a lot but God rewarded them abundantly. Obasanjo became president for 8 yrs. Prof Osibanjo became Vice President for 8 yrs and today we have President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the saddle and he will rule for 8 years. Wisdom is always profitable for any decent nation or tribe. Good evening Nigerians.

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