BIAFRA CHOICE WRITERS WEEKLY BULLETIN: Biafrans pledge their allegiance to Nnamdi Kanu, promising to do more for the Biafra struggle.

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By Kelechi Okorie and Ada Obi

For Biafra Choice Writers

Another round of Biafra Choice Writers weekly bulletin is here once again, highlighting news events of the past week, both from the traditional and online media.

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Biafrans overshot my expectation of them – Kanu

Reports went viral during the past week of Nnamdi Kanu’s words, where he declared that he would never disappoint Biafrans. Kanu, who is leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Director of Radio Biafra and Biafra Television, said that Biafrans overshot his expectation of them, insisting that he never knew they would be as resolute as they turned out to be.

The Biafra leader made this known when IPOB family writers paid him a courtesy visit at the Kuje Krison in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. He had expressed his confidence on Biafrans’ resoluteness in achieving freedom for themselves and unborn generations, in spite of being shot to death on various occasions by evil Nigerian police and military.

He charged them not to relent, but to keep the fire burning with enthusiasm, and that “Biafra must come at our watch! fight on! Fight on until total freedom is achieved” he urged them.

Biafra Choice Writers’ inquest across Biafraland, and how Biafrans have received the message, showed a people determined beyond description to continue the struggle. They said they were determined to fight on, and as such would do more to achieve Biafra; and gladden the heart of their leader.

•        Former Gambian head of state calls for Kanu’s release

Former President of Gambia Yahaya Jammeh has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu. According to Jammeh, who spoke in a short video, said since he did the right thing by handing over power to the next Gambian President that the next important thing to happen in the sub-region should be the release of Nnamdi Kanu and to let Biafrans go. He said that anything short of that would see Buhari wallow in exile like other wicked African rulers before him.

 go anything shot of this will only ends him in exile like other Africa leaders.

•        EU responds to Biafra agitation, sends letter to Nigeria

 European Union (EU) President, Fedrica Mogherini, in a new letter from the union to Nigeria, said individuals should be allowed to protest and express themselves freely. Part of her words read: “I fully share your concern on the violence that has erupted in relation to the Biafra movement, individuals should be allowed to protest and express themselves freely as long as they exercise this right in a peaceful manner. Their prosecution, if founded on facts, should be carried out in full compliance with rule of law, their human rights and judicial due process”.

•        There won’t be an election in Nigeria in 2019 – Fani Kayode

Former Nigerian minister of Aviation has informed Nigerians not to pin their hopes on any election taking place in Nigeria in 2019.

•        Amnesty: Many Biafra protesters still in detention

One of the news reports that made a hit both nationally and internationally was the news from Amnesty International (AI) on the detention of Biafrans. The number one human right group in the world had reported and accused Nigeria security and military on the continuing illegal detention of Biafran protesters; and the killing of over 150 of them by the Nigeria Army.

•        Politicians lie about IPOB’s support for Nigerian political process

It hit many Biafrans like thunder when the news broke that Biafra agitators as represented by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB); Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB); Lower Niger Congress (LNC); and a host of other existent and none existent groups had adopted the United Progressive Party (UPP) to run for Nigerian elections.

UPP is party of Chekwas Okorie the founder of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) who eventually sold out the party to Olusegun Obasanjo before he was booted out by other Biafran sellouts like Victor Umeh. Okorie wanted to use the lie of agitating for Biafra to hoodwink the people into participating in Nigerian elections. But IPOB, MASSOB and LNC has already distanced themselves from the nonsense.

• Resign or be disgraced! – Northern APC Youths tell Ekweremadu

Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has been given an ultimatum by Northern APC youths to resign from his position within one month or be disgraced out of office. According to the so-called Northern youths, the Deputy Senate President for lashing out against the Muhammadu Buhari led Nigerian government, which has supervised the descent of Nigerian currency (the Naira) to the position of the worst currency in Africa. The so-called Northern youths claimed it was an anti Buhari comment for which he must pay.

During the presidential campaigns, Buhari has reportedly boasted that he would make the value of US dollar equal to Nigeria’s Naira when he takes over power.

•        Nigeria officially becomes world’s most corrupt country

A United States of America (USA) news agency has confirmed that Nigeria had long been recognized as the world’s most corrupt country among US government officials. It declared that Nigeria has already, and for long, been known to have maintained permanent lead position in World Corruption Index. Recall, former British Prime Minister David Cameron was cuts in a camera calling Nigeria a fantastically corrupt country.

•        Presidency makes shocking revelation on Buhari

Nigerian government has announced that Nigerian president, who had all along been said to be speaking to people on phone, could not talk. This has gotten many Nigerians confused.

Pressure mounted to know Buhari’s health status has thrown presidency into confusion as they beef up security beefed, to restrict media men from nosing around and getting wind of the real position of things with the President.

•        Corrupt Buhari exposed!

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, who have been deceiving Nigerians that he was fighting corruption, has been exposed as a monumentally corrupt individual. This was as a result of new information that he bribed a judge involved in one of his cases to gain favourable judgment. The bribe money was N500, 000.

Many people now see reasons as to why he refused to open the Halliburton scandal and the PTF missing millions in which his name were conspicuously mentioned. He was indicted on the PTF missing fund under his watch as Chairman, bribing Judge to spare him from certificate forgery scandal he was involved in.