The spiritual director of Biafran Movement, Evangelist Ndubuisi Igwekani
aka Agu Biafra (Lion of Biafra) explained in an interview he granted
that there is a divine connection in the Biafra agitation – Agu Biafra, a
former leader of youths mobilisation of MASSOB worldwide revealed that
God agreed to the realisation of the Biafran state.
The Lion of Biafra said it is because of God’s endorsement of Biafra,
that all the killings, intimidation, and incarceration have not stopped
the Biafra agitators.
Agu Biafra stressed that the coming of Biafra was ordained in the
spiritual realm and must come to fruition, even if the Nigerian
government likes it or not. He added that it was revealed to him and
some other men of God that very soon, the new Biafran republic would be
declared.
Daily sun gathered from him in Onitsha, Anambra state, Southeast
Nigeria, that he likewise called on Igbo leaders to advise President
Muhammadu Buhari, that the youths were ready to defend themselves.
The Biafran spiritual father said some of the challenges the movement is facing is because, “some enemies infiltrated into the Biafran youths to cause the mayhem.”
He started by speaking on the marking of the anniversary of Biafra day.
“For some time now I have been traveling around to meet with our
elders, talking to the people that matter in Igbo land to tell them that
it is high time they called the security agencies to order because we
believe that we have the right for freedom of association, freedom of
worship and freedom of assembly.
The anniversary is what our fathers have been doing over the years,
so these children who are on the streets under the umbrella of IPOB were
not on the street to harm anybody, they were trying to observe the day
Biafra was declared by the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
“There is no original Igbo man that doesn’t remember the day our
grand-fathers, our fathers, our mothers, our brothers and sisters were
slaughtered in the name of civil war without any stick or weapon, but
surprisingly we heard that out children were killed and slaughtered like
cows for no just cause, so I want to ask what provoked the police and
army to attack our youths on the streets.”
On the killings of Igbo youths by soldiers, he said:
“The Army should tell us or give picture of where they were attacked by the IPOB members before they opened fire on them.
What we are saying now is that we are calling on the elders to
assemble themselves and make their position known to the whole world.
We have not been carrying gun, our agitation has been peaceful and we
will continue to agitate for freedom and nobody can stop us even the
killings and harassment will not stop it, we have right to self
determination and right to say we don’t like to be in Nigeria anymore.
“The world should come to our aid because the government wants to
wipe out the entire Igbo people and these young boys may be pushed to
the wall to defend themselves.
If somebody woke up in the morning and carries gun to slaughter me
will I continue to be watching him to kill me, so I have to defend
myself.
I was born and brought up in the North and I ran to my place, I lost
all I had in the North and ran to my father land, if not by God’s grace I
would have been a dead man today, but thank God I’m alive and somebody
will still come to my land to slaughter my people. They should not push
us to the wall because we are going to defend ourselves.”
The Agu Biafra didn't fail to voice his mind on Kanu’s possible
release saying, “we are using this opportunity to appeal to our elders
to meet with the Federal Government to immediately release the leader of
Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafrans arrested
and detained by the government without any reason. No amount of arrest
and harassment will stop the struggle. The courts have granted Kanu
bail but the government refused to release him and has been looking for
excuses to detain him the more. They should not kill Kanu because he
never committed any offense.
“So, I don’t see any reason the Federal Government should send the
army to come and kill us because we are Biafrans. If that is a crime, I
am proud to be a Biafran and I’m ready to die as a Biafran. The name my
father gave me is Biafra Lion and I will continue to bear that name. If
Yoruba people said that they are Oduduwa and an Hausa man said they are
Arewa what stops me from saying that I am a Biafran.
“Our elders should wake up, they have been calling us to hold these
youths over the years and we have been holding them, for how long should
we continue to hold the youths? And they are being slaughtered like a
cow on a daily basis. I suspect that the people that are killing our
people are Boko Haram in Army uniform, if not how can a sensible person
open fire on armless youths?
What I expected the security agents to do was to be by the road side
to monitor the activities, it is only when it turned violent that they
will disperse the people and not even shooting them. The president is
ready is dialogue with the Boko Haram sect, but he did not deem it
necessary to invite the leaders of Biafran groups to a round table
dialogue.”
On the issue of the divergent views between MASSOB AND IPOB, as well
as new Biafran groups coming up, he said: “I advise them to remain
non-violent or unarmed and they should continue to maintain law and
order in whatever thing they do. But there is a limit to that when you
are being pushed to the wall, you would be forced to defend yourself.
We are not ready to destabilize any government because we are not
politicians, but warned politicians to steer clear from Biafran struggle
because it is a spiritual struggle. It is a struggle that has come to
stay. “We are using this opportunity to caution those that are claiming
to be leading one Biafra group or the order to obey the next instruction
we are going to give them very soon. Everybody is claiming to be
Biafran leader and it has been causing a lot of confusion in the family,
so that when when enemy infiltrates into our group we lose.
We are calling on every group that has interest in the Biafra
struggle to be in on umbrella which would be communicated to them very
soon. We warn the government that they should stop killing the future
leaders, the youths whom they used during the election and who they will
still be used during the forthcoming elections.”
Evangelist Ndubuisi Igwekani ended the interview by touching on the
calamity brought upon some areas in the Southeast by the marauding
Fulani herdsmen. He said: “We also reject the grazing of cattle in this
zone. They can do it in their land not in Biafraland. It is one man
business, not Federal Government’s establishment, so every Igbo man in
the North does his business without any disturbance.
Why should Hausa/Fulani come to our land to destroy our farm, kill
us, rape our women with AK 47 and nothing happens? Our women cannot go
to farm, we cannot farm any longer. We will not accept that any longer.
No job, when you mention your name as Igbo man you will be intimidated
and every of your rights are being denied by the so-called Nigerians.”
Comrade Uchenna Madu, a leader of MASSOB’s faction, gave reason for
supporting the Niger Delta Avengers, the group which has been destryoing
oil installations and petroleum pipelines and also causing mayhem in
the Niger Delta region.
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