𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀 ,𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀, 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗴𝗯𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟴.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀 ,𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀, 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗴𝗯𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟴.

Federal troops, killed, or stood by while mobs killed, more than 5000 Ibos in Warri, Benin,Sapele, Agbor, “New York Times, 10th January, 1968.

“It’s (mass starvation) is a legitimate aspect of war, ” Anthony Enahoro, Nigerian Commissioner for Information at a press conference in (New York, July 1968)
“Starvation is a legitimate weapon of war, and we have every intention of using it against the rebels, “Mr Alison Ayida, Head of Nigerian Delegation, Niamey Peace Talks, Republic of Niger, July 1968) “

The Igbos must be considerably reduced in number” (Lagos Policeman quoted in New York Review, 21 December, 1967)
”One word now describes the policy of the Nigerian military government towards secessionist Biafra: genocide. It is ugly and extreme but it is the only word which fits Nigeria’s decision to stop the International Committee of the red Cross, and other relief agencies, from flying food to Biafra” Washington Post (editorial) July 2, 1969).

”In some areas outside the East, Igbos were killed by local people with at least the acquiescence of the federal forces, 1000 Igbo civilians perished in Benin in this way”- (Max Edward – Reporter on the ground-New York Review, 21 December 1967).

𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣, 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 500 𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙢𝙖 𝙞𝙜𝙗𝙤 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚-𝙩𝙤-𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙨” (𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙩, 27 𝙎𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧, 1967).

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙜𝙗𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 700 𝙄𝙜𝙗𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣/𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝”
(𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧, 21 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮, 1968)

“Federal troops, killed, or stood by while mobs killed, more than 5000 Ibos in Wari, Sapele, Agbor” (New York Times, 10th January, 1968).

“There has been genocide on the occasion of the 1966 massacres, the region between the towns of Benin and Asaba where only widows and orphans remain, federal troops having, for unknown reasons, massacred all the men” – (Paris Le Monde, 5th April, 1968).

“In Calabar, federal forces shot at least 1000 and perhaps 2000 Igbos, most of them civilians” (New York Times, 18th January, 1968).

“Bestialities and indignities of all kinds were visited on Biafrans in 1966. In Ikeja Barracks (Western Nigeria) Biafrans were forcibly fed on a mixture of human urine and faeces. In Northern Nigeria numerous Biafran house-wives and nursing mothers were violated before their husbands and children. Young girls were abducted from their homes, working places and schools and forced into intimate intercourse with sick, demented and leprous men” (Mr. Eric Spiff (German War correspondence Eyewitness, 1967).

“There has been genocide, for example on the occasion of the 1966 massacres , Two areas have suffered badly [from the fighting]. Firstly the region between the towns of Benin and Asaba where only widows and orphans remain, Federal troops having for unknown reasons massacred all the men.
According to eyewitnesses of that massacre the Nigerian commander ordered the execution of every Ibo male over the age of ten years” (Monsignor Georges, sent down on a fact-finding mission by His holiness the Pope reporting his finding in Vatican Rome, Le Monde, French Evening newspaper, April 5, 1968).

”650 refugee camps, contained about 700,000 haggard bundles of human flotsam waiting hopelessly for a meal, outside the camps, was the reminder of an estimated four and a half to five million displaced persons, the Kwashiokor scourge, a million and half children, suffer(ed) from it during January; that put the forecast death toll at another 300,000 children, More than the pogroms of 1966, more than the war casualties, more than the terror bombings, it was the experience of watching helplessly their children waste away and die that gave birth to, a deep and unrelenting loathing. It is a feeling that will one day reap a bitter harvest unless, ” (Frederick Forsyth, British writer January 21st 1969) “,

I saw several hundred of Zombie-like creatures – men, women and children, lying, sitting or squatting in the midst of others who were dead. The living ones were completely reduced to skeletons and could not talk. I was seeing for the first time, kwashiorkor, Frankly, I took fright, I believe that any foreign troops from anywhere in the world occupying Ikot Ekpene or any other town in Biafra would have shown much more sympathy, “(Gen. Alex Madiebo, Ikot Ekpene, July 1968)

“One word now describes the policy of the Nigerian military government towards Biafra:- genocide. It is ugly and extreme but it is the only word which fits Nigeria’s decision to stop the International Committee of the red Cross, and other relief agencies, from flying food to Biafra”. The Nazis had ressurrected just here as Nigerian forces, Washington Post (editorial) July 2, 1969

“The loss of life from starvation continues at more than 10,000 persons per day – over 1,000,000 lives in recent months. Without emergency measures now, the number will climb to 25,000 per day within a month – and some 2,000,000 deaths by the end of the year. The new year will only bring greater disaster to a people caught in the passion of fratricidal war, we can’t allow this to continue or those responsible to go free” Senator Kennedy appeals to Americans – Sunday, November 17, 1968 “,

I want to see no Red Cross, no Caritas, no World Council of Churches, no Pope, no missionary and no UN delegation. I want to prevent even one Ibo from having even one piece to eat before their capitulation. We shoot at everything that moves and when our troops march into the centre of Ibo territory, we shoot at everything even at things that do not move,” (Benjamin Adekunle, Commander, 3rd Marine Commando Division, Nigerian Army to French radio reporter).

The war aim and (final) solution properly speaking of the entire problem, is to discriminate against the Igbos and in their own interest. Such discrimination would include above all the detachment of those oil-rich territories in the Eastern Region, in addition, the Igbos’ freedom of movement would be restricted, to prevent their renewed penetration into other parts, leaving any access to the sea to the Igbos, is quite out of the question, “(Federal Nigerian Minister speaking to E. C. Schwarzenback, Swiss Review of Africa, February 1968).

“Let us go and crush them. We will pillage their property, violation their womenfolk, kill off their menfolk and leave them uselessly weeping. We will complete the pogrom of 1966” (The theme song of Radio Kaduna, government-controlled, 1967-1970).

“Unfortunately this [Gowon’s] enlightenment at the top level does not penetrate very deep: a Lagos police officer was quoted last month as saying that the Igbos must be considerably reduced in number” Dr Conor cruise O’Bien , 21 December 1967 New York Review.

“Myself and The same UNICEF representatives went on to convey something of what lay behind this intransigence: “Among the large majority hailing from that tribe who are most vocal in inciting the complete extermination of the Igbos, I often heard remarks that all Nigeria’s ills will be cured once the Igbos has been extaminated from the human map , ” Dr Conor Cruise O’Bien (21 December, 1967, New York Review). – Onyema Uche.(Washington, Distric of Columbia), USA.

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