President Muhammadu Buhari conferred with the title of Ochioha Ndigbo 1 throughout his go to to Ebonyi state (picture: State House)
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari carried out genocide on Igbos in the course of the 1966 Civil War.
This was in accordance with an assertion in response to Buhari’s comment that the Nigerian Army was too mushy on Biafrans in the course of the civil unrest.
However, IPOB within the assertion on Tuesday, described Buhari’s remark as ”filled with contradictions within the face of quantum proof on the contrary chronicled by unbiased observers of the warfare time atrocities dedicated by the Nigerian forces towards harmless Biafran civilians.”
As said by the pro-Biafra group, “President Muhammadu Buhari’s remark was not solely filled with false and unusual, however contradictory within the face of quantum proof on the contrary, chronicled by unbiased observers of the warfare time atrocities dedicated by the Nigerian armed forces towards harmless Biafran civilians.
As said by the pro-Biafra group, “to better understand the Nigerian Army atrocities during the war against Biafrans, one needs to trace back to 1945 and then 1953 when the Hausa-Fulani political leadership in Northern Nigeria planned and executed two premeditated pogroms on Biafran immigrant populations in Jos and Kano in an unpatriotic and envy-driven opposition to the leading role Biafrans played in the struggle for Nigeria’s independence from Britain.”
It also stated that “The perpetrators, who subsequently seized energy in 1966 on the blood of their fellow officers of Eastern extraction, continued their bloodletting that instantly led to the warfare. And when the warfare got here, Gowon deceptively labelled it a police motion, however what went on beneath was a genocide of epic proportions.
“There were extensive coverage of the genocide in the international media throughout its duration. As stated by accounts, Buhari committed grave genocidal atrocities of his own in the theatres where he participated or commanded, namely the battles for Nsukka, Abagana and Nkpor Junction, where he had held command positions. This is subject of an ongoing suit filed at the ICC by IPOB.”
IPOB additional stated that, “during the battles for these sectors, Buhari’s officers and men torched entire villages and massacred the civilians that could not be evacuated before the enemy arrived. These included children, the sick, infirm and elderly. At the conclusion of the massacres, the soldiers began their macabre dance of jubilation and Buhari was said to have told them that ‘Nnewi is next. Yes-‘next’ -as in the next massacre.”