Women Arise for Change Initiatives, an NGO, on Saturday advised Nigerian women not to allow themselves to be silenced by anti-democratic elements in the society. Joe Okei-Odumakin, President of the group, said in Lagos that women had the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. The activist spoke against the background of the unconditional release…
IPOB PRESS RELEASE The attempt by Nnia Nwodo to endear himself to the wider public through his latest hypocritical press statement has failed woefully. If the aim is to milk the goodwill of our people still basking in the euphoria of the release of our mothers who were illegally abducted, shamefully detained and humiliated by…
IPOB Press Statement Any impartial observer unfortunate enough to visit Imo State today will be forgiven for thinking that Hitler’s Third Reich has been resurrected in the peace-loving central region of Biafraland. The gestapo style rounds up of innocent mothers during a peaceful protest, their unlawful detention by the government, ongoing torture and…
The attention of Igbo Ekunie Initiative, a coalition of professionals in Nigeria and the Diaspora has been drawn to the cowardly, primitive and illegal arrest of hundreds of Igbo women in Owerri Imo state by the Nigerian Police and security forces. These innocent and unarmed women were within their rights under the Nigerian constitution, engaging…
Fellow Biafrans and Well Wishers; Please use the following prompts to alert foreign powers about Biafra’s predicament: “Hello, my name is (——–); I’m calling to appeal to the President and Congress of the United States of America, or the United Nations, or the EU, 1. We urge you to persuade Imo state…
On the 17th of August 2018 history was made in Owerri, the Imo state capital as Indigenous Biafra women in their hundreds marched through the streets of Owerri on a peaceful protest to drive home their demand for the whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu whose whereabouts…
The tears and agony of our women in Prison custody in Owerri Province of Biafra is an indication that our Political elites are all sell-out and a conquered slave in the hands of the northern caliphates. It is very saddened to see elderly women about the age of 60 and above are been molested,…
My name is Aloy Ejimakor; and I want to put it on record that: The nearly 150 Igbo women arrested and detained in Owerri since August 17, 2018 broke no laws of Nigeria. In sum, they were merely expressing their rights guaranteed under Nigeria Law. That right is the Right to Self Determination…
Family members and IPOB activists who visited IPOB detained Women remanded in Owerri Prisons, were banned and forced to go back with items brought for the Women. Husbands to The Pregnant Mother’s, Grand Children to Aged Mothers and Hypertensive Mother’s, were denied access to the Women. Armoured Tanks was also mounted at the entrance…
It’s so sad and unfortunate that in this 21st century, women are still treated in such déplorable manner. On the17th of August 2018, about 2,000 Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) women embarked in a peaceful protest march demanding from Nigeria government and her security agents, the whereabouts of their son, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and…