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You Goofed Saying Biafra Is Dead, Buried, IPoB Replies Obasanjo

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1 year ago

April 19, 2023

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Wednesday, replied to former president Olusegun Obasanjo, over his alleged comment that Biafra is dead and buried, saying he goofed and Biafra is still a life.

IPoB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary Emma Powerful, entitled ‘Chief Obasanjo knows that Biafra is much alive and will be restored soon,’ alleged that Chief Obasanjo, as a special guest at Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s one-year celebration in office at Awka, erroneously claimed that Biafra is dead and buried, saying that the former president of Nigeria goofed on that statement.

IPoB’s statement read, “The global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, under the command and leadership of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wish to remind the former president of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, that Biafra is not dead and was never buried. but much alive and eventually the Sun shall rise to never set again.”

“Chief Obasanjo, as a special guest at Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s one-year celebration in office at the event in Awka, Anambra State, erroneously said he believed that Biafra died and was buried on 13th January 1970 while making a speech at that occasion.

“How can Chief Obasanjo believe that an entire nation will die and be buried? Did he forget the warning of the then surrendering officer, General Philip Effiong, when he warned Nigeria to treat the descendants of Biafra well, or they will rise up to continue the demand for a separate country?

“Can Chief Obasanjo be sincere to himself that his government and subsequent ones treated Biafrans as equals in this country? We want to ask Chief Obasanjo, has there been any ethnic group in Nigeria that has been subjugated, maltreated, deprived, discriminated, profiled, hated, militarized, and their youths murdered by the Nigerian State like Biafrans?

“Thank God that he, Obasanjo, publicly acknowledged that there is an “Igbophobia” in Nigeria. The hatred against Ndigbo in Nigeria is visible even to the blind.

“We would not have responded to Chief Obasanjo’s comment but we want him to bear in mind that Biafra is coming and very soon. We wish that God Almighty will keep him, Gowan, and other Biafra genocides alive to witness and celebrate Biafrans whose mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and ancestors they butchered in cold blood because of ethnic profiling and hatred from 1967-1970.

“The hatred we are witnessing today from other Nigerians if the country does not conduct the Biafra referendum in peace will soon cause it to implode in a more devastating way. This time, every part of Nigeria will feel the heat. It shall no longer be the Biafra civil war, but every part of Nigeria will receive its own share of a blood bath.

“We want Chief Obasanjo and other interested groups to know that our demand for Biafra exit from Nigeria is not born out of hate for anyone but because we want to survive as a race. We have tried our best to belong and contribute to building Nigeria, which was founded on fraud and sustained with injustice and shared hatred against Biafrans, all to no avail. Our quest for the Biafra referendum and independence is a quest for survival.

“Chief Obasanjo, who wondered why there is “igbophobia” in Nigeria, was the same president who oversaw an evil policy to close all Seaports in Biafra territory in his show of hatred. He ensured that Lagos became the only operational seaport in Nigeria, thereby putting Biafran territory an economic disadvantage over his Yoruba territory.

“Umu Igbo should Obasanjo be able to stand in ala Igbo and speak such words to us? Has Chief Obasanjo called the Nigerian government to obey their court order and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whom the Courts have discharged and acquitted?

“We, therefore, urge him not to patronize us with his hypocrisy. Biafra is our legal and human right and we must get it.

“We want Chief Obasanjo to know that Biafra is not dead and definitely not buried. No amount of propaganda and blackmail against the IPoB movement will make us change our resolve to restore Biafra. We either restore Biafra or we die restoring Biafra. That is why we say Biafra, Biafra or Biafra, nothing more nothing less.”

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Edo To Sanction Property Owners Over Nonpayment Of Land Use Charge, Gives Ultimatum

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1 hour ago

April 25, 2024

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The Edo State Government has urged residents and property owners in the state on prompt payment of the land use charges associated with properties under their ownership/occupation to avoid enforcement of actions stipulated by the state Land Use Charge Law 2023, as amended.

The Managing Director of the Edo Geographic Information Service (EdoGIS), Mrs. Osaro Grace Aihie, in a notice made available to journalists in Benin City, said the enforcement action include seizure of the property, imposition of penalties and interests and institution of legal actions to recover the debt, among others.

She said the notice was in accordance with the provisions of Section 30 of the Land Use Charge Law of 2023.

According to her, “In accordance with the provisions of Section 30 of the Land Use Charge Law of 2023, this notice serves to inform you that there are outstanding land use charges associated with properties under your ownership/occupation. It is imperative that these charges are settled promptly to avoid further enforcement actions as stipulated by the Edo State Land Use Charge Law 2023 as amended.”

Aihie explained that enforcement action will include but may not be limited to the following steps, “Seizure which involves the closure of the property until payment is made in full; imposition of Penalties and Interest as penalties and interest will continue to accrue on the outstanding amount until full payment is made, and legal action”, adding that “If the outstanding amount is not settled within 30 days upon receipt of this notice, legal action will be taken to recover the debt.”

She further stated, “We would like to avoid taking such drastic measures and urge you to settle the outstanding land use charge as soon as possible to avoid any further escalation of the situation.”

“Please contact us immediately at our office to discuss payment options or to seek clarification on the outstanding amount. Failure to respond to this notice and settle the outstanding land use charge will result in legal action being taken against you,” the EdoGIS MD charged.

She also warned, “Please do not pay cash to anybody; ensure you pay your money to a dedicated account specified on your LUC demand notice, and please do not deal with middle men.”

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JUST IN: Senator Ayogu Eze Is Dead

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2 hours ago

April 25, 2024

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A former Senator who represented Enugu North Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Ayogu Eze is dead.

A reliable source told Vanguard that Eze who was in the National Assembly between 2007 and 2015 died on Thursday in an Abuja hospital at the age of 66 after suffering from a protracted illness.

For the 8 years he spent in the Senate, Eze served as Committee Chairman on Information and Media during the first four years and after his reelection to the senate in 2011, was appointed chairman committee on works.

Eze also served as a member of committees on Police Affairs, National Planning, Marine Transport and Federal Character & Inter-Government Affairs and also member of the Constitution Drafting and Amendment Committee that made some novel changes to Nigeria’s 1999 constitution.

A youth leader from his community, Umuiyda autonomous community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, Ikechukwu Eze who confirmed it, said he can’t talk now because they are in shock over the sad news.

He said the death of Senator Eze was a big loss to the zone and Nigeria in general.

“We heard the sad news. We are mourning him now. His death is a loss to us, the state and Nigeria,” he said.

Sen. Eze, born 23 November 1958, was elected Senator for the Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State, Nigeria, taking office on June 5, 2007.

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Edo: FRSC Threatens Sanction On Truck Drivers Loading Goods, Passengers Together

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April 25, 2024

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The Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has threatened to clamp down on truck drivers who carry loads and passengers together.

The Edo State FRSC Sector Commander, Paul Okpe, disclosed this during a sensitizion of the National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW), Aduwawa Truck Drivers chapter, on the need to stop the carrying goods and passengers together.

Okpe, while warning the truck drivers to desist from the act, said the sensitization was to engage the leadership of the truck drivers union on how to drive on the highway, imbibe safety culture, and stop using truck to carrying load and passengers.

“We are going to go round other locations of the union in the state to also sensitise them. It is not a good practice and when an accident happens, most of the passengers always die, and we want to reduce accidents on the road,” he said.

He added: “We are happy that the drivers are keying into the exercise, assured us of their support. They have also given us good advice especially stopping the loading of passengers and goods from the north.”

According to him, after sensitisation, the corp will commence enforcement on erring drivers.

He noted: “With the assurance they gave us we are sure that the menace would be eradicated.

“We are using public enlightenment and enforcement to curb this menace.This campaign, launched by the Corp Marshal, Alhaji Dauda Biu is ongoing across the country” he said .

He, however, called on the drivers to imbibe road safety culture and refrain from carrying animals and passengers, saying it is not a good practice

On his party, the Chairman, NURTW Heavy Truck Drivers, Aduwawa branch, Alhaji Badamasi Muhammed, commended the FRSC for the sensitization and assured them of total support.

“This issue has been worrying us, but we are not a government that can stop it, but now thayt government is interested, it is going to stop. And they should stop it from the north where they are loading goods and passengers.

“So, we will join the FRSC and talk to our driver to ensure that loading of goods and people together is not good and should be stopped. Last time, about 50 people died when a truck conveying cows and human beings had an accident,” he said.