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Biafra activist, Isiani Ikenna Michael runs for dear life

PUBLISHED JUNE 6, 2014
BY EJIKE SAMSON

Its three years now since members of the Igbo secessionist group, Biafra Zionist Federation (BZM) failed in a reported attempt to take over Enugu Broadcasting Service Television House. Around 5:30 a.m. on June 5, 2014, youths of the group invaded the studio with a recorded Compact Disc which allegedly contained an announcement of the secession of the Biafran Nation. This was after the members of the movement were reported to have taken over the Enugu legislature earlier in March of that year.

They were said to have ordered the staff to allow them make a live broadcast. The broadcasters refused and alerted the police.

A police officer was sent to the location to contain the situation, but was shot and killed by members of the group who also lost one of their members who was killed by the police.

After arresting the members, Adamu Mohammed, the then Enugu State Commissioner of Police, told journalists the group had planned to set the station on fire and said they came with a Compact Disc to “make a live broadcast to Nigerians”.

Mohammed also claimed that a paper with written words by the group, stated they wanted the youths to “come out” and fight for their rights.

The police declared some of the members of the Benjamin Onwuka-led BZF wanted for their acts on that day.

One of the members of the BZF who are wanted by the police is Michael Ikenna Isiani. His father, Malachy Isiani, was a leading figure in the BZF and they both were at the radio house when police stormed the place to dislodge the group on that day. Ikenna and his Dad narrowly made an escape from the scene as a member of BZF group was being gunned down to death while a number of them were injured.

Ika News world gathered from a source that the ordeal did not end that day. “Following the ugly incident, policemen began a manhunt for the members of the BZF. Their leader as well as other members were arrested. Malachy Isiani was killed later that same day in mysterious circumstances by some military and police men who invaded his house.  Ikenna however, managed to evade the men as they were hell-bent on picking him up,” our source said.

Evading the police came with an added disastrous consequence for Ikenna. On that same day when some military and police  men stormed his Enugu residence where he was living with his family, including, his mother Mrs Grace Isiani and sister Glory Isiani, he mistakenly knocked down an old woman as he sped away from his gate on sighting gun-totting policemen who pointed their guns on him. The frail woman later died, leaving him facing a double trouble from the government and family members of the old woman.

Since that incident, the family of the woman has been making threats to kill Isiani and his family because they wouldn’t, for some reasons, believe her death was not premeditated.

Isiani has reportedly no were to be found, while his sister has also left Enugu for an unknown place.

“His fight was simply for the freedom of his people. He’s not a dangerous individual who would want to do anyone harm. Like others in BZF all he wanted was freedom for the Igbo people from the oppression that they are suffering in Nigeria. Now his family have paid a big prize for their struggle for Igbo freedom. He has lost his Dad and he is now were to be found.

The government see people like him as  threat, and the family of the dead woman are vowing a revenge,” our source said.

Ika News world sought to know why he didn’t give himself up and clear his name in court, because the movement "Biafra" don't always get proper trial added: “The state has already found them guilty and events over the years show they won’t get a fair trial.”

IFEANYI PIUS DECLARED MISSING AFTER THREATS TO KILL HIM

IFEANYI PIUS DECLARED MISSING AFTER THREATS TO KILL HIM
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 6, 2014
BY SIMON EGBULE

A 28 years old man, Ifeanyi Pius, an indigene of Abavo in Ika South Local Government Area has been declared missing after several threat to kill him by the Ogboni Fraternity for his refusal to take over from his late father, Pius Atuayo.

Ifeanyi Pius

  Briefing journalists, the elder sister to Ifeanyi Pius, Pius Abigail lamented the disappearance of her younger brother, saying, “My siblings and I are depressed and living in fear of what we do not know.  Since the demise of our late father, Pius in December 2013 things have fallen apart. The Ogboni Fraternity in Delta State which our late father led before his death has made matters worse by threatening to kill my younger brother, Ifeanyi for refusing to join them. Their attacks have continued to cause us pains; even as we lost our mother in the process”.

Abigail who lamented that the police has not been of good assistance, revealed that the Ogboni Fraternity has vowed to kill Ifeanyi and used his blood to appease their god for the matter to be brought to rest. Crying, “The Ogboni Fraternity has failed to understand that my late father chose his own way of life. Therefore, I see no reason why my younger brother should be compelled to join them. We are strong Christians. Belonging to any association should be base on one’s freewill as the constitution of our country, Nigeria guarantee freedom of association, religion and expression, what the Ogboni Fraternity is doing is a virulent attack on one of fundamental human rights.

 My younger brother before his disappearance has been attacked on several occasions by the members of Ogboni Fraternity but our God saves his life. Ifeanyi’s whereabouts is not known, even as the Ogboni 

Fraternity has continued in search of him. I keep wondering when we will have our peace”, she cried out in loud voice.

Outrange in school: two homosexuals discovered making love

Published: 4th March, 2015.
By Alex Banso

Outrange in school: two homosexuals discovered making love

Abel Conscience

If you are in Nigeria, it is not an easy life. The law society, often friends and family will discriminate you. It is illegal to commit any same sex act in Nigeria since 1901. If you are prosecuted of homosexuality and found guilty, then you can face up to 14 years in prison. It was a bill signed into law by the previous president Good Luck Jonathan despite serious external pressure from west for same sex marriage or anti-gay bill to be stopped.

In the north of Nigeria under sharia law anyone found guilty of committing homosexual sexual acts can be stone to death.

Abel Conscience in the Hospital receiving treatment

This incidence which took place on the 23^rd of March 2015, the assistant inspector general of police in charge of the zone, AIG Musa Daura who announced the arrest said the suspected homosexuals were arrested while acting on credible information.

He gave the names of the suspects as Orie Lucky &Abel Conscience according to him, he said two of the suspects were apprehended in the school, Ika Grammar School In Delta State, Ika North East of the Local Government.

The AIG claimed that the suspects have confessed to be homosexuals and have had sex with each other on several occasions able conscience was 17years while Lucky Orie was 19years according to the AIG. They were caught by their school teacher, both of them were roommates.

According to their school teacher who caught them in the act, he said they hardly come to school so he informed their parents who stay in the village. Their parents pleaded that the class teacher should find out while they don’t come to school. Their parents asked their school teacher to take them as his own younger brother, so because of that he visited them after some weeks that was the day he found them in that unholy act. So he reported them to us at the station, before the police came many people came to see what was happening, the principal the parents were also invited they were tortured seriously.

Orie Lucky in police Custody

At the station able Constance was under age so he was granted bail while Orie Lucky was locked up.

Since able was under age accordingly to the AIG we will hand him over to the community for further disciplinarian actions.

The unfortunate thing was the father of able conscience was the chief priest so he knows what follow next his son must be sacrifice to the Gods but able conscience was fortunate because a family friend told Ables mother about the community next move so he gave his son money to run to his uncles house in Kano, according to an eye witness who said that her name should not be mentioned.

Able was also caught in that act in France Road In Kano presently the Emire Of Kano the obi of Owa kingdom and the community are all looking for him, the uncle that call was not happy because of what able did.

According to one human rights activates at the scene who spoke to no strings, he said that the victims were beaten seriously by the mobs who claimed that they were homosexuals. He said they shown their no mercy at all. Even those that asked them to stop beating them was also mob that very day this is obviously not the 1^st time that these kinds of things are happening in the country where suspected IGBT persons are trapped and severely beaten. The AIG made it clear that anybody that will give them information that will lead to the arrest of able conscience will be rewarded the Emire Of Kano, the Obi of Owa Kingdom, in Delta State, the community and different vigilante groups are all seriously looking for able conscience anybody with any useful information about him should inform any of the above body.