I have finally
agreed with the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi
Kanu that Nigeria is not one but an evil forest created to subjugate, suppress,
kill, marginalize the ethnic nationality etc. Nigeria is not worth dying for
because is a crime against humanity. I don’t really know how to describe the
entity called Nigeria. Is quite unfortunate that at this stage, Nigeria cannot
conduct a free and fair election. In this 21st century, citizens are been
slaughtered for exercising their civic right. What a disgrace to humanity.
I was opportune
to move around to about 6 polling units in Rivers state on the 23rd February
2019, to get first-hand information on the exercise. And base on my observation
and findings, the numbers of voters that came out that very was very poor and
INEC officials came very late. The vote started very late because of the late
arrival of the officers in charge. Many citizens who came out to exercise their
civic rights were frustrated and numbers of them went back home. I do believe
the FG planned this from beginning just to rig the fraudulent election.
The military
presence at the different polling units were alarming, both the shooting and
snatching of the ballots boxes was nothing to write home about. Many incidents
took place in Rivers State and below article from Annkio Briggs summaries it
all. Invasion of Abonnema: The Untold Story Of The February 23 2019
Presidential Election Violence In Abonnema. Abonnema is my home town and my
community, Rivers State is my State. The narrative of the violence and the
killings of the indigenes of Abonnema that took place at the headquarters of
Akuku Toru Local Government Area is different from the narrative been pushed
out by the media since Saturday the 23 February 2019. Indigenes of Abonnema woke on Saturday the
23rd February like many other Nigerians ready to perform their civic,
constitutional and democratic duties, which was to get accredited, vote for the
candidate of their choice.
Shockingly what
played out was very different, instead indigenes of Abonnema were confronted
with an invasion of thugs, mercenaries who are clearly not indigenes of
Abonnema. According to information l received in confidence and cover the
invading thugs operated under was from the military and Abonnema indigenes loyal
to the Federal Government for political positions and appoints. For the first time in 20 years of this
democracy l changed my voting location to Port Harcourt. I was at my polling
unit when l started getting calls from my siblings who went home on the 22
February to vote and from other members of my family asking me to call home.
I received a
video on my phone of the shootings and killings of my people. After several frantic calls with the sound of
gunshots in the background. What was unleashed and transpired was exactly what
happened in Okirika, where military and police hijacked election materials and
absconded with same. The youths and people of Abonnema have constitutional,
human and democratic rights to vote for a candidate of their choice, the plan
to deny the people and disenfranchise them their right to vote lead to the
siege of the town and the murders of innocent indigenes of Abonnema. Mayhem was
unleashed on the community by the imported political thugs. From the
information coming out of Abonnema elections through my contacts with INEC was
unable to distribute electoral materials, dead bodies were lying in the streets
In Abonnema. By dusks the town was under lock down, no one could go in or come
out.
In the morning
of the 24 February 2019 the military sent in more personnel over 300 men, when
they arrived some indigenes were in church, they were ordered to stop their
worship and go home. The military proceeded to go house by house breaking down
doors, shooting, beating up young men arresting them, maltreating, torturing
innocent young men, humiliating and terrorizing the community of majorly old
men and women and children. Ransacking and destroying homes and properties. As
at the time of writing this piece in the afternoon of Sunday 24 February
Abonnema was still in lockdown.
The information
l have received says over 70 males ages from 14 to 30years have been arrested
and taken out of Abonnema by the invading and occupying Nigeria army. The
Nigeria Army has a record of invading, terrorizing, torturing, destroying
burning down communities and killing indigenes of communities, especially Ijaw
communities Odi and Gbaramatu comes to mind at the least provocation.
Abonnema people
wishes to remind the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Nigeria Army that we
are equal citizens of Nigeria we have constitutional and human rights
guaranteed by international protocols, the killings, intimidation, and-
disenfranchisement of the people runs contrary to basic AU, UN, and other
International conventions, and that we have a right to demand international
sanctions like the US Magnitsky Act. Rule of Law Accountability Act 2012.
It is not lost
to us as a people that most of the atrocities of killings in the 2019
presidential elections in Rivers State have been against the Riverine people of
Rivers State; this is a planned genocide against the People of Rivers State.
The Riverine people have a right like other indigenous peoples to stay alive
and choose the Leader of their choice and it does not have to be the ruling
party at the Federal level. I call on President Buhari to without delay
withdraw the Nigeria Army from Abonnema; Abonnema did not declare war on
Nigeria and is not at war with or against Nigeria she concludes.
We still have in
a situation where the Card reader were rejecting voters during verification,
refuses to read thumb print and gives error "verification error" some
citizens were allowed to vote manually which prompted to the already rigged
election.
Buhari hands
over hundreds of soldiers and SARs Personnel to Minister of Transportation
Afraid of
defeat, failed President Buhari has handed a reckless band of soldiers and SARs
Personnel to the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to steal
Electoral Materials across Rivers State. Drone shots obtained revealed
frightening presence of soldiers and SARs Personnel at Amaechi's mansion on
Ernest Ikoli in Old GRA Port Harcourt. They are numbering over 500 around the
mansion. Others have been deployed.
The soldiers
under the direct command of Amaechi. The soldiers and SARs Personnel had
several operational vehicles at their disposal parked at the mansion and its
environs. They were seen loading money in bags for operational movement
alongside APC leaders and thugs.
Governor Wike of
Rivers State formally informed the British High Commission of the criminal
activities between the Minister of Transportation and the security agencies at
the Minister's residence. Soldiers deployed from Amaechi's mansion have been
arresting PDP supporters since Thursday night. All ethnic groups in Rivers
State during different press conferences called on the International community
to prosecute Amaechi for unleashing violence on Rivers State.
They also urged
President Buhari to withdraw the soldiers and SARs Personnel attached to
Amaechi to unleash violence on Rivers State. The Ethnic groups blamed the
General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Jamil
Sarhem and SARs Commander, Akin Fakorede for being Amaechi's collaborators.
During the APC Presidential Campaign Rally in Port Harcourt, Amaechi sang Igbo
war songs and declared that APC would unleash violence on Rivers State.
President Buhari was seated at the venue and did nothing. His silence was
perceived as approval of the sinister plot
APC led
government were snatching human beings and not ballot boxes and Nigerian Army
cannot shoot them because the Army and SARS is the one doing the snatching for
them.
Members missing:
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Hon
Tobins
Ø
Mr
Boomni Edum
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Idiokwu
Okuru
Ø
Arunmo
Uzor
Ø
Ariye
Welcome
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Emmanuel
Owunari
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Idereghi
Ipalibo
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ThankGod
Alale
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Frank
Lekwa
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Dick
Igwe
They were taken
from Abua/Odual, Akuku Toru and Eleme LGAs and their whereabouts are still
unknown.
Around Trans
Amadi area Fulani boys were moving around shouting "vote for APC vote for
Buhari". I saw them in three different streets of Rivers State Media
correspondence narrates. INEC Ad-hoc staff in Okrika Local Government Area of
Ward 6, 7,8 and 9 were patiently waiting for INEC Material that was Carter away
by Nigeria Military thereby making people in those area not to be able to
exercise their Franchise. Also, the Present Situation at Abam Road at Okrika by
the Everest Event Centre was the APC hid the hijacked materials with the aid of
the security agencies. The Party Leaders were on ground monitoring the
situation.
Inclusion: There
were no election in Rivers State, what was recorded was violence and the media
houses in Nigeria couldn’t report what truly happened that very day. In Nigeria
rigging is guaranteed. Nigeria is been run by tyrant and selfish politicians.
The only solution is total dismemberment of this crime against humanity.
Nigeria is dead. All hail Biafra the children of the light.
Written by:
Mazi Dimkpa
Ikenna Ikenga Amadioha-Gbo
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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