The Directorate of State of the Indigenous
People of Biafra under the leadership of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has deemed it
expedient to draw the attention of all Newspaper Editor in Nigeria and the
world at large of a deliberate trend to misrepresent facts as it concerns the
activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Directorate therefore
considers it very imperative to address this letter to Editors of all Media
Houses in Nigeria to set the records straight.
Let me begin with the agitation by the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for Self-determination. Please take note
that Self-Determination is an inalienable right of all Indigenous People and
that includes the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the leadership of
Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The United Nations chatter not only guaranteed
Indigenous People the right to Self-determination but also an immutable right
to determine their cultural, economic and political system. We derive therefore
the authority for our agitation on universally recognized and binding legal
instruments such as United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous
peoples to Self-Determination and Articles V, VI, VII and XII of the African
Charter on Human & Peoples Rights (ratified and domesticated by Nigeria in
1983. From the foregoing it is very apparent that Self-determination does not
in any manner or form equate to a declaration of war on the Nigerian state but
simply a legitimate and universally recognized and guaranteed right at the
disposal of all Indigenous people to pursue.
Secondly the demand by the Indigenous People of
Biafra for Referendum rather than being vilified for adopting a non violent
avenue in our pursuit of Self-determination right should be commended for
choosing a universally recognized and accepted methodology of dispute
resolution.
Finally the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
under the leadership of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has never clashed with the
Nigerian security apparatus in all our activities be it prayer gathering in
school fields or spreading the message of Biafra on the streets of Biafraland.
It is essential therefore to once again remind Nigerian News Editors that IPOB
is a non violent movement of the Biafran people. The constant use of the word
clash each time innocent unarmed Biafrans are killed is unacceptable to us.
Just yesterday the 16th of August 2017 unarmed IPOB family members
were attacked by a combined force of Nigerian army and Police in Ekwuluobia
Anambra state without provocation as they have been doing
since 2015 resulting in the death of at least one person and many
injured. In reporting this incident the word ‘clash’ was again used. This is misleading and an affront to the ethics of journalism. It is our considered
view that Editors have the responsibility and the duty to report accurately
what transpired each time innocent civilian lives are wasted by trigger happy
security agencies. The Directorate of state of the Indigenous People of Biafra
states categorically and unequivocally that there was no clash between the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Nigerian security agencies in Ekwuluobia
yesterday. In fact there has never been any clash between IPOB and the security
agencies not even with our bare hands because we are a non violent peaceful
movement and do not bear arms.
This penchant bordering on mischief to always
present the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as confrontational and thereby
giving the impression that they often clash with security agencies each time
innocent and unarmed Biafrans gather peacefully in the exercise of their
fundamental right to freedom of association and of assembly strengthens the
hands of the security agencies to continue in their impunity. It
seems to us that Newspaper editors in Nigeria have made a deliberate and
conscious decision to abet the human rights violations and crimes against
humanity being constantly perpetrated by the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police and
the Nigerian secret police (SSS) against the non violent movement of the
Indigenous People of Biafra peacefully exercising their right to
self-determination.
We use this medium to draw your attention and
that of the International community that the style of news reportage by
Nigerian print and electronic media as well as the quality of journalism in
Nigeria is geared towards aiding and abetting extra judicial killings of
unarmed innocent civilians in Nigeria. The world must hold Nigerian news
Editors responsible for this aberration and regard them as accessory to human
rights violations and crimes against humanity being committed against the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Signed
Mazi Chika Edoziem
Head Directorate of state
Indigenous People of Biafra
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