We can produce biological weapon conveniently. A
toothless Goat will grow teeth to bite when pushed against the wall ‘’an old
woman’s adage said’’ The Indigenous People of Biafra has been a sacrificial
lamb since the creation of fictitious country called Nigeria by Lord Lugard in
1914. The creation of Nigeria was welcomed by the Eastern part of Nigeria with
an open mind while it was initially rejected by the Northern caliphate. This
immiscible solution was later described by Chief Obafemi Awolowo as oil and
water that cannot mix together. The indigenous people were not consulted for
this purpose.
Biafrans welcomed the amalgamation wholeheartedly; this
was illustrated by the mass movement of people from this region to other
regions to establish and help to develop other regions. The Igbo Biafrans are the
real Nigerians. There is no place in Nigeria that you cannot find an Igbo man.
There is an adage people used to say that “any town you got to and there is no
Igbo Biafrans, just pack and leave that town because there is evil in that land”.
Because of the itinerant nature of an Igbo man, he settles where ever he finds
conducive to do his business. An Igbo Biafrans are endowed with buying and
selling acumen. This is why they have a wider spread in and out of the country
called Nigeria more than any other tribe perhaps in the whole world.
Sadly enough, the country we called our own refused to
accommodate us. We are people rejected but our resources are not. We became
endangered species in a country we wholeheartedly accepted and laboured so much
to build. This is evidently clear by the inhuman treatment been meted out on
the Igbo Biafrans in all parts of the North and South of Nigeria. Our traders
are displaced at will, our goods are ceased, importation are made so difficult
for us, we pay through our nose to get our goods to our warehouses, often times
frivolous allegations are levelled against us to make us abandon our goods.
When these goods land in the ports far away from us we pay heavily to the port
authorities, high Custom duties, high freight charges and other extortions
encountered in Nigerian Ports. To convey our goods to the market is not easy;
Police check points are not checking anything but centres of extortion. The
Nigerian armies who are made to man our territorial integrity are been used to
extort money and intimidate innocent civilians of Biafran extraction.
We have become
enemy to the same people trained to protect us with our own tax money. At every
religious upheaval in other far away countries, the Biafrans are the target.
When there is demonstration in other countries against Islam, in Nigeria the
Biafrans are at the receiving end. They are slaughtered like animals in their
numbers, no arrest is made, and no commission of inquiry set up, no one is sent
to court or official statement condemning such killings. We are not safe in
churches in the north; we are not safe in the market in the north. Anywhere in
the North is a risk or danger zone to stay for any Biafran. Those who try to
stay are living in fear all the days of their stay in that abominable region of
Nigeria. But in our region, old south east, the Hausa/Fulani’s and the Yoruba’s
are at home, goes about their businesses without harassment or any hindrance.
They bring their cows here, intimidate us, kill us and destroy our farm lands
and yet go scot free. We have maintained peaceful disposition right from the
creation of Nigeria. But our peace is gradually evaporating, we believe in
human dignity, the divine injunction, the golden rule delivered to us by Chukwu
Okike Abiama embodied in the doctrine of ‘leave and let leave’ will soon be
thrown into the air. We shall not fold our hands and watch our race been
systematically eliminated, hence the old woman’s adage will soon apply.
The Indigenous People of Biafra who has shown maturity,
tolerance, peaceful approach to the struggle, observed all international
standard approach for peaceful protest. This should not be taken for a ride.
IPOB Led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Peaceful disposition is not an act of cowardice
but in keeping to the order and strategy of the struggle.
The injustices, subjugation, high taxation placed on our
imported goods, and man’s inhumanity to man was similar to the experiences of
our women in 1929 that resulted to the Aba women’s rebellion. (Supposed to be
called Rebellion not Riot) This choice of ‘Riot’ instead of ‘Rebellion’ was to
spite Biafrans, to make it look like we are troublesome people. The colonial
masters ruled by proxies. The high chiefs who were imposed on us became lords,
impose high taxes unnecessarily, arbitrary arrest, intimidation, subjugation
and imprisonment became the order of the day. Women of Biafra land from six
ethnic groups (Ibibio, Adoni, Ogoni, Bonny, Opobo and Igbo) gathered in Owerri
and Calabar and rebelled. They failed to tell us why it is called “ABA WOMEN
REBELLION” when in actual sense it took place at Owerri and Calabar. Total
number of women killed in that rebellion is about fifty (50) thus marking the
first mass murder of Biafrans in our own land instigated by the evil British.
The history of massacre of the Igbos in the Northern
region of Nigeria began in Jos in 1945. This is before independence. Thirty-one
(31) years after the amalgamation of the Northern and the Southern
protectorate. In that same year, 1945 in
Kano over 200 Igbos were killed. In 1953 still in Jos crises over 150 were
killed. In the genocidal war Nigeria brought against Biafrans between 1966 –
1970 over seven (7) million Biafrans were massacred. In 1980 in Kano over 1000
Igbos were killed and in 1982 and 1983 in Maiduguri religious crises over 500
Igbos were sent to their early grave. The list is endless. In all these no one
was arrested and prosecuted. No commission of inquiry to investigate the remote
causes of the crises. Where such commission was constituted it ended with no
outcome. In most cases the commission’s report is swept under the carpet.
Most recently is the barbaric massacre of IPOB protesters
in Asaba, Igweocha, and Nkpo in Onitsha, Enugu, Aba and Umuahia by Hausa /
Fulani Boko Haram army and Police. The deep-seated hatred and the orgy to spilt
the blood of innocent, peaceful, armless Indigenous People of Biafra lately
assumed frightening dimension and we are putting the whole world on notice that
further intimidation and killing of IPOB family members will be met with stiff
resistance. The Indigenous People of Biafra have the right to organize rallies,
protest in a peaceful manner but each time they came out the Nigerian rag-tag
soldiers and police mound them down. Amnesty International report of the Ngwa
high school Aba massacre described the killing as gruesome and uncalled for. In
their report they said ‘’Bullet were raining everywhere’’ they also said that
between August 2015 to August 2016 over 250 IPOB members had been sent to their
early graves.
Most pathetic was the invasion of the home of Mazi Nnamdi
Kanu on the 14th of September 2017 in a full-scale military war. Armoured
tanks, Fighter jets and host of combatant ready soldiers. The invasion claimed
about 28 lives of the security men of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu even his dog (Jack) was
killed. They have provoked us enough to pick up arms.
The Hausa/ Fulani must understand that 1966 – 1970 war
was fought with nothing by Biafrans and they withstood Nigeria with her allies
for good 3 years. Biafrans are endowed with the knowledge in Science and
Technology which when applied now will end the zoo called Nigeria. We did it
before; we can do it better now. Before the zoo forgets, Dele Giwa was an
editor of Newswatch magazine. He was killed by a letter bomb. What many do not
know was that the letter bomb that killed Giwa was produced in Abagana in
Anambra state by a Professor of nuclear physics, an Igbo Biafran (Name
withheld) in one of the famous universities in the Eastern region of this
country called Biafra land. That same Professor is still living, strong and
agile.
Modern war is not only prosecuted by the use of Machine
guns (AK47, AK49 etc.), Artillery, Tanks, Mortars etc. These are Weapons of
Mass Destruction (WMD) in a small scale. There are more convenient with a
maximum impact weapon of mass destruction. These kinds of WMD have long range
effect. This means that when used, the effect or reaction continues long after
the war is ended. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are those weapons with the
capacity to inflict death and destruction in such a massive scale and so
indiscriminately that its very presence in the hands of hostile power can be
considered a grievous threat. The Biafrans, naturally endowed in the area of
Technology has all it takes to produce a weapon or weapons of mass destruction
within its environment. This is the advantage we have over this cemetery called
Nigeria. Nigeria relies on importation of her weapons while we can fabricate
ours locally. We must begin now to make preparation, galvanizing what we have
towards this direction. The WMD used by world powers are mainly in three
categories. I may not go into details on how to produce them for security
purpose. They are: -
- Chemical weapon
- Biological weapon
- Nuclear weapon
CHEMICAL WEAPON
These consist of liquids and gases that choke their
victims, poison their blood, blister their skin or disrupt their nervous system.
In World War 1 (1914 – 1918) and Iran – Iraq war (1980 – 1988) Chlorine gas (a
choking agent) and Mustard gas (a blistering agent) were combined and fired in
artillery shells against entrenched troops. Other chemical warfare is Nerve
Gas; it is colourless and odourless but very dangerous. It kills within a
minute. Lewisite gas; a blistering agent like mustard gas. Phosgene, Cyanogen
chloride, Hydrogen cyanide gas, White Phosphorus to mention but a few. They can
be ordered while some can be purchased in an open market because of their other
uses. Gas of WMD is sold under international regulation law. The liquid form
can easily be converted into gaseous form and bottled.
NUCLEAR WEAPON
Nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its
destructive force from nuclear reaction either fission (Atomic bomb) or from a
combination of fission and fusion reactions (Thermonuclear bomb). Both bomb
types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amount of
matter. Nuclear weapons have been used twice in war, both times by United
States of America against Japan near the end of world war2. On August 6th 1945,
U.S. Army Air forces detonated a Uranium gun-type fission bomb nicknamed
‘’Little Boy’’ over the Japanese city of Hiroshima; three days later, on August
9, the U.S Army Air forces detonated a plutonium implosion-type fission bomb
nicknamed “Fat man” over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. These bombing caused
injuries that resulted in the death of approximately 200,000 civilians and
military personnel.
BIOLOGICAL WAEPONS
Biological weapons (BW) or Germ warfare is the use of
biological toxins or any of a number of diseases – producing agents such as
Bacteria, Viruses, Rickettsia, Fungi, Toxins, or other biological agents that
may be utilized as weapons against humans, animals or plants. The biological
agents thought to be the most likely weapon or bioterrorists include B.
Anthraces (anthrax), Francis Ella tularaemia (tularaemia), Yersinia pestis
(plague), Variola virus (smallpox), agents of viral haemorrhagic fevers and
botulism toxin, staphylococcal enterotoxin, ricin and mycotoxins. Etc.
How would biological agent, used with intent to harm a
civilian population, be delivered to its target?
1. The
agent must be weaponized or produced in sufficient quantity and in a form that
would be relatively stable and easily disseminated. The attack itself would be
either overt (announced) or covert. The prospect of a covert attack is most
disturbing because the event itself might be completely unnoticed. In the case
of covertly disseminated infectious agents, there might be no realization that
an attack had occurred until numerous victims fell ill and their common illness
had been diagnosed. The obvious and age-old method of contamination of food and
water supplies is considered a plausible modern route for dissemination of some
biological agents.
2. The
most efficient method of delivering biological agent is thought to be the air
born route, with agent dispersed in aerosols.
PREPARATION OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPON FROM THE BIOLOGICAL
AGENTS
Depending on the organism chosen, the preparation of the
agent for terrorist attack are the same. If a deadly strain Escherichia coli (E.
coli) such as Enteron haemolytic E. Coli (EHEC) is the organism of choice, it
must pass through three crucial stages; Isolation, Purification and
Duplication. The equipment used in this process is called PCR. (Polymerase
chain Reaction). The state of the organism to be used for the attack is
considered. If the attack is targeted at few individuals which sending letter
can do the job then the state of the agent must be lyophilized (made in
powdered form) and soak the letter into it. The letter is addressed to the
recipient and as soon as he or she received it and opened it, both the
receiver, the sender and anybody around the scene is infected and the journey
of death begins. I will explain a beat on the three stages mentioned above: -
Isolation... E. coli is a normal organism in every living
human and animal intestine. When the strain called EHEC infects man, it causes diarrhoea
with blood (Bacillary dysentery). Just a little quantity of the faeces (human
toilet) is inserted into the PCR machine; the machine with its EHEC Probe will
be able to pick the particular organism. The organism so picked is transferred
to the other compartment for purification. This process takes away any impurity
that may have coated the cell and expose the toxic surface. At the end of the
purification, another very important compartment is the duplication or
multiplication section. In this section even if it is one microbial agent was
purified it will be duplicated into millions and billions for maximum impact.
At this stage, the state of the agent of attack must be decided. Is it in
liquid form or in powdered form? Is it to be used as an explosive etc? Then the
packaging is done and sent out by the group for the Terrorist attack.
These things are easy to prepare giving the necessary
resources here in Biafra land. If the zoo (Nigeria) continues to annihilate us
we may have no option than to resort to WMD prepared locally. This is the
advantage we have above them. Then, Biafrans may have no choice but to apply
any of the above mentioned. Then, the word ‘’mercy’’ shall no longer exist in
the dictionary of our mind.
The struggle has entered a dangerous dimension and this
write up is a wakeup call for IPOB to get set to take our freedom by force.
Freedom is not given, freedom is taken. We have systematically followed the
internationally accepted norm for self-determination so if we take up arms now
the whole world would bear us witness that we have followed all internationally
laid down procedure for peaceful self-determination yet we are being killed at
will. Self-defence is enshrined in Nigeria constitution and is provided in the
UNO chatter. But we must be prepared for self-defence because the enemy will
never fold their hands and watch us go.
A stitch in time saves nine.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, WE HAVE DIED ENOUGH.
Written by:
Mazi Ben
For: Rivers State Media
Edited by:
Oby Mboma
For: Rivers State Media
Published by:
Chibuike John Nebeokike
For: Rivers State Media
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