IPOB’s presidential Election Boycott,”Matters Arrising”.

IPOB ELECTION BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN HAS RESTORED THE REPUTATION OF BIAFRANS

Worthy of mention here is the fact that Biafrans particularly residing in Biafraland whether wittingly showing sympathy to Nigerian politics or not, remain eternally indebted to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This globally recognised phenomenal, peaceful and highly enlightened indigenous mass movement, ably led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has holistically restored the lost prestige of the Biafran people. The vehement and untainted resolve of the worldwide family members of this global movement, towards outright boycott of Nigeria organized elections in the entire Biafran territory, has repositioned the people once again at the centre of attraction as the scheduled elections close in. Concerned parties are desperately scampering for relevance and support for votes from Biafrans, quite unprecedented in the history of Nigeria. The IPOB leadership that has remained dogged in it's intelligence and wisdom, deserves all the appreciation in it's insistence that the elections be uncompromisingly boycotted in Biafraland, come Saturday 16th February 2019. This is the date marked according to election timetable, for presidential votes.

Recall that in previous election years, Biafrans across Biafraland (Igbo, Ijaw, Efik, Urhobo, Annang, Ibibio, Itsekiri, Ogoni tribes, etcetera), have never been this valued few weeks prior to Nigeria elections, courtesy of the IPOB campaigns for total boycott of the elections. The so-called South-East and South-South regions (Biafraland), have suddenly become of beehives of election campaigns by politicians. Virtually all the political parties are pitched against one another in their desperation to woo back to themselves, the Biafran people into participating in the elections, which of course have been roundly rejected. Information available to the Family Writers Press  has it that all the predominant political parties now indulge in crowd rentage to shore up their respective rallies across cities and towns in Biafraland. The effect of the decision of Biafrans to shun the elections has started taking it's toll. The era of falling for the monetary inducements of these self-serving political merchants is virtually over in the land. In the light of the foregoing, it remains to be seen, if these political parties will equally resort to votes rentage on election days. Biafrans have unanimously taken their position through their blatant rejection of any kind of vote casting in Nigeria.

Rejection of political rallies in Enugu, Aba, Umuahia, Onitsha, Owerri, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Yenegoa, Asaba, Calabar, Abakiliki, amongst other cities and towns in Biafraland, are clear indications that the people have unequivocally, resolved to turn down all invitations relating to Nigeria organized elections. This is in obedience to the order of the IPOB leadership concerning the total boycott of the forthcoming elections. We are therefore looking forward to seeing all actions practically and completely translated in terms come the election days. The people of Biafra must as a responsibility, finalise what has been started albeit encouragingly, by staying indoors all over the land, come Saturday 16th February 2019 when the presidential election will be taking place and then in subsequent ones. Anyone contravening this clearly spelt out instruction, should be regarded as a saboteur and will be so treated. The entire global community is already watching to see how compliant Biafrans will be. A total lockdown of activities must be tenaciously observed across Biafraland. We have undoubtedly rejected all the election rallies but our eventual destination remains untainted election boycott. This will definitely create constitutional crises that will herald the much sought independence of Biafra. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) even globally, are warming up to really appreciate family members in Biafraland, for clinically turning down invitations to rallies/campaigns of political parties that are taking part in the elections. The outright boycott of these elections billed for February 16, will really consummate IPOB's next program of action.

The present towering reputation of the Biafran people occasioned by the total boycott of the elections stance of the IPOB, must be consolidated by our people, giving election observers the unanticipated shock of their lives, come Saturday 16th February 2019, when the presidential election will be conducted. The election observers, both local and international that will monitor proceedings, need be given such a treat for the world to fully comprehend the language of Biafrans in the Biafra restoration quest, via the elections.

Written by Mazi Onyebuchi Eze

Edited by Peter Oshagwu
For Family Writers Press
http://www.thebiafraherald.co/2019/01/ipob-election-boycott-campaign-has.html

Open Letter to Nnamdi Kanu (The Great)

Dear Mazi Nnamdi Kanu “The Great”

Let me first congratulate you and accord you the respect as the supreme leader of IPOB. To me, you are the greatest human being in my life time. After God, you are my role model the only person in this world that I give a 100% respect that is why I’m following you. Listen, you must understand this, I love Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin but I don’t regard them the way I do to you. Those who knows me, know that I don’t worship money and I don’t believe that any human being is superior than me or I’m superior than any person. How I wish you were able to read my article in 2015, which you can find here and entitled "My humble advice to Nnamdi Kanu: https://kas-links.blogspot.com/2015/10/my-humble-advice-to-nnamdi-kanu-leader.html " to know where I'm coming from. 

  I only respect people that have the interest of Biafra and the masses at heart, that is why I give you the highest respect. I tell you one story about my life before I continue for you to understand the type of person I am. When I was 7 years, one of my rich uncle came back from the USA with a white wife, they served him and his wife food on the dinning, I sat down to eat with them, he told me to wait until when they have finished eating then I will eat from the remaining as a little boy. To me, it was a sign of supremacy and that was the reason why I hate him till today and that was why we are fighting eat other till today, and we never get along since then. When my mother died, he tried to impose his authority over everybody and I was the only person that challenged him, I even threatened him and that was why he did not attend the burial or come back from the USA for the burial. Enough of myself so let’s continue.

  As a leader, I want you to understand that you are leading millions of Biafra both literates and illiterates meaning you will do what we want that is the meaning of leadership because a leader does what his followers want. But a ruler does what he wants, and that is why Africa is not progressing. So chose today and make up your mind if you are the leader of the indigenous people Biafra or the ruler of the indigenous people of Biafra. The reason why Jesus Christ said I came to fulfill my fathers wish. Even during crucification, he said let his will be done, it was a sign that he is loyal or doing the wish of his father that sent him. The reason God sent Jesus to die for us and liberate us or set us free was because God has no jurisdiction on the earth, so he has to send Jesus Christ in human form to be able to have jurisdiction over earth or humans. Gods jurisdiction is within the spiritual world, he must come in human form to be able to do anything on earth, that was why he normally enters into human body to perform any miracle on heart. 

  You as the leader of IPOB and the people of Biafra, you have jurisdiction over IPOB and Biafra issues that is the fact and you are to do our wish as Jesus Christ did the will/wishes of his father. As a leader, it is time for you to ask IPOB and the people of Biafra what do they want this year? Do they want to activate selfdefense if the Nigeria government continue the killing or should we continue with this nonviolent approach and watch our people being killed everyday. There is something you have to understand in life, There is a different between broadcasting for something and requesting for something. 

 Have you officially written to the Nigeria government requesting for a date for a referendum? If not, please it is time to write an official letter to the Nigeria government requesting a date for a referendum and also don't forget to send a copy of that letter to all the embassy in the world because that will be an evidence to the world that you have toured a diplomatic line. Broadcasting and asking for a date for a referendum on the radio platform or on the social media is different from writing an official letter, which will be your evidence. 

 Secondly, on one of your broadcast, you said that we need an international back up if we should go to war with Nigeria because you do not want to make the same mistake that Ojukwu has made. Ok I do agree with you, but my question is have you approached any country for a military help or back up? If you have not done that, please kindly do so because there is no way a country will come to your help if you did not approach or ask them for help. How will someone help you If you did not tell them what you want. Forget their responses, ask first because the Bible says ask for you shall receive. How will you receive when you have not asked. 

 You are in Israel, ask them if they can help, if their response was not good, then forget about them and approach China, USA and Russia. If non of these countries are interested then forget them, we can channel our help from the black market. I have an advice that can help so If you need a private talk with me, tell Prague coordinator Mr Innocent, he knows how to get in touch with me, and he could also tell you the office I wanted to take him to in one occassion. That reminds me when I approached one company in Europe to produce a private label on my name, I met the owner of the company and he was sounding in the meeting as if he is doing me a favor and I told him look what we are doing here is business so there is the need to separate business cooperation with help. You are not helping me and I’m not helping you either. I told him the difference between help and business cooperation. Help in this situation means you are giving me a products on credit to go and sell and pay you back because I don’t have the money to import your products that is help. But if before you will supply me your products, I will first pay all the money, this is a business cooperation not help. 

 The reason why I’m writing all these down is because after this year, if we are going to continue this nonviolent approach and name calling while our people are being slaughtered like a fowls in a daily basis, which I see as a way of Biafra extermination, I’m afraid that I will renounce everything to do with IPOB and Biafra. I’m nobody and I have no power over IPOB decisions, I have accepted this fact. I also know that my opinion is not important and that it is not important if I leave or stay. I’m the type that do not care about what people says about me, I like to first please myself and my people. The imposter in Asu-Rock should tell you how Nigerians behaves and reasons. 

  You have achieved the most important thing in this Biafra struggle which is enlightenment and unification of all the Biafra people. It is time to move forward because people are running out of patients. In life, there is a stage where people will want to see results of an actions not the other ways. I’m the type that like to tell people on their faces what I want. I don’t fight someone because I believe that I will win or lose, I’m the type that fight someone because he or she has provoked me. Nigeria government has provoked us, by moving their military to Biafra land to kill us while running away from Boko-Haram and reintegrating repented Boko-Haram into the military and sent them down to Biafra land to kill us while proscribing IPOB a world recognised nonviolent groups as a terrorists groups, is like asking us what can we do. 

  The reason the North protect the interest of the Northerners was because their will be a consequence if they betrayed their people, that is why they never for one day say anything bad about the Fulani helmsmen or proscribe them as a terrorist groups. They always justified their killing with stealing or killing of their cows. Some goes to south-South and If not because of the consequences that will follow their action, Edwin Clark led PANDEF will not say we came here with Mende when they went to Abuja. 

 But Ohanze and co do what they like because there is no consequences on their action. Joe Igbokwe will say this, Nwaodo will say that, Igbo governors will proscribe IPOB as a terrorists groups but cannot proscribe Fulani Helmsmen that have been killing our people in own land as a terrorists group. It is time we all ask ourselves some simple questions, what has this peaceful agitation brought on the table, has it put to an end the killing of our people by the Nigerian government, has it pushed the government to restructure the country and devalues power to people or has it pushed the government to give us a date for a referendum or has it pushed the government to reconstruct all the abandoned government projects in the Biafra land, or has it pushed the government to listen to us or feel our pains or open all the sea port in our region and lift this systematic economic blockage on us, or has it pushed Ohanze and Igbo governors to change their ways towards us or has it pushed the UN and other world bodies to intervene and persuade Nigeria to conduct a referendum for us or are we only receiving titles and honour from the international communities as the biggest and nonviolent organisation in the world while our people are being killed in a daily basis? 

 If the answer is no, then it is time to change approach and try something new if we want to be taken serious or survive this extermination agenda of the Hausa/Fulani led government. When Moses was leading the children of Israel from Egypt to the promise land, at a stage, people became frustrated and turned away from him after spending long time without returning when he went to the mountain to get the 10 commandments. Please don’t allow us to get to that stage.

The views expressed on this article are solely the authors opinion and I take the responsibility of what I have said here and it might differ with your own views, which is understandable.

Written By,

P O, Iwuama, (Bc)