BIAFRA: ACT OF TERRORISM IN BIAFRALAND AND PEOPLE'S REACTIONS
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The level of terrorism prevalent in Nigeria today is overwhelming. It is no longer news that the Nigerian state breeds terrorism.
According to the world terrorism index, two terror groups in Nigeria was ranked first and fourth world most deadly terror groups and they are Boko haram terrorist group and Fulani herdsmen terrorist group respectively.
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Unfortunately, in Biafraland today, the lives of millions of indeginous people of Biafra are left at the mercy of Fulani herdsmen masquerading as cow rearers in towns and villages.
For a long time now, the Fulani herders have been on rampage in the whole of Biafraland killing, raping and committing all sort of atrocious crimes against innocent people of Biafra.
Just recently a terror attack was unleashed on Biafrans in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra state. Since this incident, reactions have continued to trial showing concerns of millions of people all over the world.
These were reactions concerning that ugly incident which took place at St. Philips Catholic Church Ozubulu, Anambra state, Biafra land, on Sunday, 6th August, 2017 which left many worshippers dead and many with various degrees of life threatening injuries.
The Anambra state police commissioner as well as the state governor Chief Willie Obiano while reacting to the incident without proper investigation concluded that it was as a result of a dispute between two drug barons in the village who base in South Africa, but no name or further details were given as regard to that, as the evil perpetrators were not apprehended nor sighted anywhere despite the fact that they came into the scene with Hilux van dressed in Nigerian Army camouflage, according to an eye withness who survived the attack.
On the other hand, the Nigerian deputy senate president Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, few days after the incident released a statement to commiserate with the state government and the families that lost their beloved ones, and prayed Chukwu- Okike-Abiama to grant the deceased eternal rest and therefore, charged the security operatives to leave no stone unturned in bringing those behind the evil act to book so that they will face the law, because according to Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, it is inhuman and an act of terrorism which can not be allowed to continue in the land.
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However, many social media users especially Biafrans, were outrageous and have continued to display their grievances and bitterness as a result of the high level of terrorism that has bedevilled Biafraland through the activities of the Fulani militia with the Nigerian government aiding and abetting it with her conspiracy of silence.
As a result of grosss marginalization and unwarranted killing of Biafrans across the unfortunate contraption called Nigeria and in Biafraland, where Biafrans ought to have full right to life, association, the Indigenous People Of Biafra have decided to exercise their inalienable rights to determine their fate and to be able to exists as humans through self determination with referendum as a panacea.
Undoubtedly, the Hausa Fulanis' in Northern Nigeria are well known with such act of terrorism like invading church and killing worshippers, for example, on the Christmas eve in December 2016 in Southern Kaduna, a large number of Fulani herdsmen invaded a church and slaughtered hundreds of Christian worshippers exactly the same way the Ozubulu church massacre happened.
Most of those who reacted to the incident on social media were of the opinion that the killing was masterminded by Hausa Fulani cow rearers judging from the antecedents of their usual known jihad way and plot to islamise the entire Nigeria, while arguing that no sane Igbo or Biafran can commit such a sacrilegious act in the church where they hold as a "Holy place" irrespective of what may have transpired judging from the records of Igbo race.
Meanwhile, the supreme leader of Indigenous People Of Biafra, director of Radio Biafra and Biafra Television, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu while addressing the crowd who paid him courtesy visit in his hometown in Umuahia, voiced out with utmost dismay and Ogeh Friday Igiri, a Family Writers Press correspondent who reported from Umuahia quoted Nnamdi Kanu as saying, "Now they have killed our people in Anambra state again and the government is trying to hide the truth from the public by lying, this is the handiwork of Hausa Fulani alamajiri who wants to islamize you at all cost, now some will understand what we are saying, the only remedy to this looming doom is to join hands with IPOB and get Biafra restored.
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There must not be any election in Biafraland again, we must boycott election in Anambra state come November 18th, 2017, all we need is a date for referendum, we are not asking for war, but if they push us to war then we have the right to defend ourselves and we will do that".
This incident has generated lots of controversies and questions among the people, such as what does the business dispute between two drug barons got to do with church worshippers?
What are the names of those drug barons?
How did the governor and the police commisioner in Anambra state got to know about this few hours after the incident even without forensic investigation?
These were the questions many thinkers have been asking since the terror attack on Sunday, 6th August 2017 took place. Recall that such terror attack happened in Enugu Nimbo in Enugu state, Biafraland, where scores were killed and their houses with other valuable properties wantonly destroyed beyond recognition because according to reports, farmers in Nimbo had misunderstanding with Fulani herdsmen who with their cows invaded their (Nimbo farmers) farmlands and destroyed their farm products, hence problem ensued.
But until now, non of those Fulani herders that perpetrated the barbaric act has been apprehended or arrested and prosecuted. Unfortunately, the Nigerian government has swept the atrocious crime under the carpet and the case closed.
Source : Biafra herald
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