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Nigerian Military’s Claim Of Ending Sit-At-Home Disputed By IPoB: The Truth Behind The Monday Protests
Nigerian Military’s Claim Of Ending Sit-At-Home Disputed By IPoB: The Truth Behind The Monday Protests....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
In response to the Nigerian Military’s assertion that they quelled the Monday sit-at-home directives in the southeast, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has criticized this claim as absurd. According to the pro-Biafra group, the cessation of the sit-at-home was instigated by their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who directed Simon Ekpa and his associates to discontinue the exercise.
IPoB, through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, issued a statement titled “Public Should Disregard Nigerian Military’s Assertion of Stopping Monday Sit-at-Home Order in South East.” They pointed out that during the duration of the Monday sit-at-home in the South East, neither the military nor the police were present to provide security, even though pleas for help from Igbo leaders had been continuous. It was only after Mazi Kanu’s intervention and his order to Ekpa and his group to cease the sit-at-home that it came to an end.
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The statement from IPoB reads, “We urge the general public to dismiss the claims made by the Nigerian military and other security agencies. The assertion that the Nigerian military halted the infamous sit-at-homes is preposterous and unfounded. While the sit-at-home was initially conceived by IPoB and was a potent strategy before being misappropriated and abused by agents of the Nigerian government, its termination resulted from proactive measures taken by IPoB and our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
IPoB also highlighted that it had disseminated information through flyers, posters, and banners indicating the conclusion of the sit-at-home. They emphasized that the sit-at-home was discontinued by IPoB after its successful initial implementation and the voluntary compliance of the people, well before government agents claimed involvement and misused it for illicit activities.
The statement further questioned the whereabouts of the Nigerian military and police when individuals in the South East were subjected to harassment, intimidation, and violence by hooligans enforcing the canceled Monday sit-at-home. The military and police were accused of remaining in their barracks on Mondays while the sit-at-home was enforced, only becoming involved after Mazi Kanu’s directive to halt it in Igbo land.
IPoB insisted that the Nigerian military’s claims of ending the sit-at-home were baseless, emphasizing that the decision to conclude the Monday sit-at-home rested with IPoB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. According to them, the military lacked the capacity to halt the Monday sit-at-home in Biafraland.
In summary, IPoB rejected the Nigerian military’s assertion that they put an end to the Monday sit-at-home in the South East, emphasizing that the decision to cease the exercise was made by IPoB and their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. They challenged the military’s credibility in this matter, stating that the military had not played a significant role in ending the sit-at-home.
Nigeria ended the 24th African Athletics Championships on a strong note as the women’s 4x400m relay team stormed to gold on the final day, helping the country finish with a total of 12 medals.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
The quartet of Esther Okon, Toheebat Jimoh, Jecinter Lawrence, and Patience Okon-George delivered a dominant performance to successfully defend their title, winning in 3:29.25 on Sunday and finishing comfortably ahead of Ethiopia and Kenya.
Nigeria controlled the race from the opening leg and crossed the finish line nearly 30 metres clear of their closest rivals, securing the country’s fourth gold medal of the competition.
Overall, Team Nigeria finished fourth on the medal table with four gold, five silver, and three bronze medals, behind Kenya, South Africa, and Ethiopia. Kenya topped the standings with 17 medals, including six gold, while South Africa also secured six gold medals, and Ethiopia claimed five.
Nigeria’s final-day silver medal came through Rosemary Chukwuma, who finished second in the women’s 200m with a time of 23.60s, behind Ivory Coast’s Maboundou Kone, who clocked 23.36s. Chukwuma ended the championships with three medals, having earlier won gold in the women’s 4x100m relay and silver in the 100m.
The country’s campaign was led by world record holder Tobi Amusan, who claimed gold in the women’s 100m hurdles with a time of 12.83s. The mixed 4x400m relay team of Ezekiel Asuquo, Toheebat Jimoh, Victor Sampson, and Patience Okon-George also secured gold in 3:16.44, while the women’s 4x100m relay team added another title in 42.94s.
Silver medals were won by Oyesade Olatoye in the hammer throw (69.60m), Divine Oladipo in the discus, and the men’s 4x100m relay team, which finished in 38.70s. Adaobi Tabugbo earned bronze in the women’s 100m hurdles with 13.26s, while Chidera Ezeakor also picked up bronze in the men’s 100m after running 10.31s, rounding off a strong outing for Nigeria.
Nigerian activist Omoyele Sowore has criticised singer Adekunle Gold over the legal case involving a young man identified as Adeboye Samuel.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
News reports that Adeboye was taken to court after making a social media post about the singer’s daughter.
Reacting to the development, Sowore referenced an old post by Adekunle Gold in which the singer had criticised former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He noted that the post, which circulated during the 2012 fuel subsidy protests, had gone unpunished as an expression of free speech. The post read: “Dear God, if you give us Dagrin back, we will give you Jonathan in return.”
Sowore wrote on X: “@AdekunleGold in 2012 openly criticising then-President @GoodluckJonathan. Back then, it was rightly called free speech, and if he had been arrested for those tweets, we would have been on the streets demanding his immediate release.
“How then does someone who benefited from freedom of expression turn around years later to use the police, courts, and the brutal cybercrime framework against ordinary Nigerians over online banter and social media exchanges?
“You cannot enjoy free speech when you are powerless, and criminalise it the moment you become influential. Freedom of expression must apply to everyone, celebrities, politicians, activists, and poor young Nigerians on social media alike.”
He further urged the Nigeria Police Force not to act as a “private army” for influential individuals, and called on the judiciary to avoid imposing excessive penalties on online speech cases that, according to him, should not be treated as criminal matters.
Rabiu Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on Nigerians to move beyond ethnic and religious divisions ahead of the 2027 general elections.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Kwankwaso made the appeal during an interview with Trust TV on Sunday, where he spoke on political alignments ahead of the polls.
The former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) said political success in Nigeria cannot be achieved by the North or Muslims alone without support from Christians and other regions.
“We must look beyond tribe and religion. We are Northerners and Muslims, and everybody knows that, but we can’t play politics without Christians, Southeast, South-South or South-west,” he said.
Kwankwaso also praised former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, describing him as a widely accepted politician across the country.
“If you look at it, Peter Obi is a very popular politician in the entire South and many parts of Northern Nigeria, and you cannot take that from him, the same with the Kwankwasiyya movement,” he said.
He further noted that supporters of the Kwankwasiyya movement are largely young Nigerians who are seeking better opportunities rather than ethnic or family-based loyalty.
“We are lucky that our supporters are mainly young men and women who are looking for a way out. They are not looking for their brothers or their sisters or somebody close,” he added.
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