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Fellow Countrymen,

As you know, I was asked to be the officer administering the Government of this republic on the 10th of January, 1970. Since then, I know that some of you have been waiting to hear a statement from me. I have had extensive consultations with the leaders of the community, both military and civil, and I am now encouraged and hasten to make this statement to you by the mandate of the Armed Forces and the people of this country. I have assumed the leadership of the Government.

Throughout history, injured people have had to resort to arms in their self-defense where peaceful negotiations fail. We are no exception. We took up arms because of the sense of insecurity generated in our people by the events of 1966. We have fought in defense of that cause.

I take this opportunity to congratulate officers and men of our Armed Forces for their gallantry and bravery which had for them the admiration of the whole world. I thank the civil population for their steadfastness and courage in the face of overwhelming odds and starvation. I am convinced now that a stop must be put to the bloodshed which is going on as a result of war. I am also convinced that the suffering of our people must be brought to an immediate end. Our people are now disillusioned and those elements of the old Government regime who have made negotiations and reconciliation impossible have voluntarily removed themselves from our midst.

I have therefore instructed an orderly disengagement of troops. I am dispatching emissaries to make contact with Nigeria's field commanders in places like Onitsha, Owerri, Awka, Enugu and Calabar with a view to arranging armistice. I urge General Gowon, in the name of humanity, to order his troops to pause while an armistice is negotiated in order to avoid the mass suffering caused by the movement of population.



We have always believed that our differences with Nigeria should be settled by peaceful negotiations. A delegation of our people is therefore ready to meet representatives of Nigeria Federal Government anywhere to negotiate a peaceful settlement on the basis of OAU resolutions. The delegation will consist of the Chief Justice, Sir Louis Mbanefo as leader, Professor Eni Njoku, Mr. J. I. Emembolu, Chief A. E. Bassey and Mr. E. Aguma. The delegation will have full authority to negotiate on our behalf.

I have appointed a council to advise me on the Government of the country. It consists of the Chief Justice, Sir Louis Mbanefo, Brigadier P. C. Amadi (Army), Brigadier C. A. Nwawo (Army), Captain W. A. Anuku (Navy), Wing Commander J. I. Ezeilo (Air Force), Inspector-General of Police, Chief P. I. Okeke, Mr. J. I Emembolu (Attorney-General), Professor Eni Njoku, Dr. I. Eke, Chief A. E. Udofia, Chief Frank Opigo and Chief J. M. Echeruo. Any question of government in exile is repudiated by our people.

Civilian population are hereby advised to remain calm and cooperate with the the Armed Forces and the Police in the maintenance of law and order. They should remain in their homes and stop mass movements which have increased suffering and loss of lives.

On behalf of our people, I thank those foreign Governments and friends who have steadfastly given us support in our cause. We shall continue to count on their continued help and counsel. I also thank His Holiness the Pope, the Joint Church Aid and other relief organizations, for the help they have given for the relief of suffering and starvation. I appeal to all Governments to give urgent help for relief and to prevail on the Federal Military Government to order their troops to stop all military operations.

May God help us all.

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Originally posted by addy:
Our people are now disillusioned and those elements of the old Government regime who have made negotiations and reconciliation impossible have voluntarily removed themselves from our midst --Biafran Gen. Effiong

Read " Odumegwu Ojukwu " loud and clear!!.

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Those who watched "SCHINDLERS LIST" about the exploits of Oscar Schindler in the then Nazi Germany will recall the scene where the sadistic jail warden at the death camp had arrayed prisoners for interrogation over some petty offense punishable by his summary execution.

How when this sadist had pointed out a little pre teenage Jewish boy to name the culprit after having shot a couple of adult Jews, the boy with his wits about him and full of gusto yelled out: "That one! He did it!!! pointing to a dead victim, and sparing other victim Jews of unnecessary humiliation and harrassment at the hands of a propped up coward bully having his day in the sun.

Such was the Noble Effiongs statement which though like throwing a dog a bone, Addy has shamelessly felt free to extrapolate to suit his fancy.

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In March 2002, General Philip Effiong described Tiv warlord, Yakubu Gowon, as a traitor and ungrateful rebel who betrayed his Supreme Commander, General JTU Aguiyi Ironsi:

The two-day dissertation of the BiafraNigeria civil war by the National War College in Abuja ended Thursday with General Philip Effiong saying that General Yakubu Gowon betrayed the then Head of State, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi.

"Gowon made himself a rebel against the very person that brought him to limelight," said Effiong.

Effiong said that Ironsi's actions in government after the coup of January 1966 favoured especially Gowon but that Gowon turned round to bite the hand that fed him when he sacrificed ethical considerations on the altar of political expediency months later during the counter-coup of July. He noted that Ironsi was arrested and killed with Gowon's knowledge and consent.

The Nigerians never lived down General Effiong's role in the Biafran war.

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On behalf of our people, I thank those foreign Governments and friends who have steadfastly given us support in our cause. We shall continue to count on their continued help and counsel. I also thank His Holiness the Pope, the Joint Church Aid and other relief organizations, for the help they have given for the relief of suffering and starvation. I appeal to all Governments to give urgent help for relief and to prevail on the Federal Military Government to order their troops to stop all military operations.

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The Biafra Movement – A Report


“A Report to the People’s General – Maazi Obong Philip Effiong”



By Maazi Nnaemeka Mene Onumonu



“Instead of surrendering Biafra, Effiong surrendered what he called “this country”, and nowhere in the entire broadcast did Effiong name the country he was surrendering. The importance of that deliberate omission only became clear recently when the Biafran Liberation Movement (BLM) and other groups resumed the struggle for Biafran independence.”



Maazi Kingsley Nwankwo (BNW News)





The People’s General


When it was fashionable for Biafran leaders to deny Biafra,

You stood your ground.

When others Biafran leaders sold their souls and got in bed with Biafran/Igbo oppressors,

You stood with Oha at great cost to you.

You never wavered in your belief of the justness of the Biafran cause,

And when asked for Biafran surrender,

You surrendered a fictitious country called, “this country”.

You were unapologetic in your stand and belief in Biafra’s actualization.

You remained a Biafran till death.

Maazi Effiong – THE PEOPLE’S GENERAL, OHA claim you as their own.

Your feet might not have touched the Promised Land – “New Biafra”,

But your eyes, mind and soul have seen “New Biafra” and its potential to the Black race and the to the world.



Ndeewo, Great Leader, you will be missed!



Maazi Onumonu



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Maazi Effiong Ndeewo,



About seven years ago, the re-implementation of the Biafran Revolution Movement was set in motion, a dream that we now realize was very dear to your heart as events have continued to show. Please accept this as an update, even if post-mortem.

The fate of Igbo and all the minorities that are at present being marginalized in the british birthed abomination of a country called Nigeria are interwoven, hence if you will allow me, although this report will be directed to and is about Igbo, the other nations can see it also as a reflection of their yearning for true freedom and/or independence.



Peaceful Actualization of Biafra:



As you already know, Biafra and Ala Igbo in particular has been under occupation by the nigerian vandals since the so called end of the Biafra/nigeria war. In fact the occupation has been so brutal that Igbo is gradually being marginalized out of existence. A plan of gradual strangulation that was put in place by the genocidal victors of that war continue to lay waste Igbo land, talent, her children and and her vast human resources. The tradition and custom of Ndi Igbo has been turned upside down and abomination has now become the norm in Igbo land. Traitors continue to be put over Ndi Igbo by these animals who hate all things Igbo and are only interested in Islamizing Ala Igbo or converting Igbo to a slave nation if Islamization is not achievable.



After the genocidal war in which more than 3 million innocent Biafrans were either starved to death or out rightly massacred, a genocidal war in which but for the Grace of YAH, Igbo in Nne Ala Igbo (Igbo Land) would have wiped out, Igbo was in no mood to put up an armed resistance. Her leaders had joined the oppressors of Ndi Igbo and had become house-slaves of these Igbo slave masters.

Under these circumstances any call for Igbo to start an armed resistance was doomed to fail, for the oppressors of Ndi Igbo had cut out the heart of Igbo, they thought.



The challenge then was not only to get Ndi Igbo to stop identifying with their oppressors but Igbo had to be convinced that there was salvation for Igbo outside the british birthed abomination nigeria, a Herculean task if left to the human imagination. But we knew that to Yah, all things are possible, even salvation for Igbo!

"Yah - Thou", "Yahnwe - Thou that owns", "Yahnweuwa - Thou that owns the universe", "Ama Ama Amasi Amasi - The Unknowable One" ,..., "Chi na Eke - God continues to Create" had an answer. Yah put the solution into the minds of Yah's children - THE PEACEFUL ACTUALIZATION OF BIAFRA.



Next we felt that that since the population of Igbo in Chicago was in the thousands and since we were already based in Chicago, all we had to do was carry this message to the our brethren and all would be history. Were we mistaken, Yah had other plans. Not only did all our organizations in Chicago turn us down, we were even labeled mad, two brethren (A physicist and a sculptor) that had gone mad and were about to lead Igbo back to slaughter - We had to be stopped or discouraged by all means. Every organization were probably advised to avoid us.

If we were not able to get the ears of our brethren or work through their organizations, we would start an organization of two if we had to. Again Yah had other plans. He sent us an Igbo American (Maazi EzeNdubuisi - may Yah continue to bless you where ever you might be). An American that had traced his roots to the village that his fore-fathers came from in Igbo land, learnt the language, tradition and customs of Ndi Igbo, and was actively practicing the Omenala of Igbo even here in America. "If you will accept us as Igbo, we will be members of your organization", he said. You see he was part of an organization of more than fifty Igbo Americans. General, could you imagine our joy at the turn of these wonderful event, to go from practically an organization of two to in fact one of the the biggest Igbo organization in diaspora in an instant - Does Yah work in mysterious ways or what? In fact Maazi EzeNdubuisi played a major role in the drafting of the mission statement of Ekwe Nche, its uncompromising stance on Igbo/Biafra, a masterpiece if I might so say.

Yes, Maazi Effiong, since we could not use any of our existing organizations as a vehicle of this unique idea of salvation for Igbo, a new organization, comprising of Ndi Igbo worldwide - Ekwe Nche, was born. Yes, Igbo Americans have been in the fore-front of the struggle for the survival of Ndi Igbo and their way of life. To our Igbo American brethren we say Ndeewo, as you continue on your uncompromising stance to help salvage the way of life of Ndi Igbo in Nne Ala Igbo (Igbo Land) by standing by your family as the fight for the actualization of Biafra intensifies, and more importantly as we join you in your mission to bring the message to Igbo Americans about their roots, may Yah continue to guide us in this most important task for this mission will lead to the independent nation of Biafra based on Igbo culture, tradition and philosophy.



Medium:



Zik of Africa used the newspaper medium to carry the gospel of independence to Africa (nigeria). Not only did we not have that type of money, time was of the essence. The damage to Igbo was accelerating at such a rate that if nothing was done real soon the damage would be irrevocable. AS usual Yah came to the rescue. The World Wide Web was already in place and more importantly, the mother of of Igbo discussion groups - "Igbo--net" was in place. We now had a medium to carry our message and goal of peaceful actualization of Biafra to Oha, and all it would cost was getting on the computer.

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