![Biafra had previously existed as an Independent Republic declared by Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu for three years, 1967 through 1970. The federal government fought hard to preserve the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and did not like the idea of an independent state of Biafra [5]. The result of tensions between Biafra and the federal government resulted in the Nigerian civil war that went on for three years. There were an estimated one to 3.5 million deaths that were heavily civilian casualties caused by starvation and death on the side of Biafra[6]. In 1970, the Biafran forces surrendered through the armistice brokered by the defunct OAU [7]. From 1970 onwards, Nigeria remained a united nation.](https://neweranews.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IPOB-DEMONSTRATORS.jpg)
IPOB Set To Recruit New Officers In Preparation For A New Government
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is set to recruit new officers in preparation for a new government come 2020.
IPOB is a group that leads the calls for Biafran’s freedom from Nigeria. Its main aim is to create an independent state for the people of the old Eastern Region of Nigeria through a referendum. The group was founded in 2012 by Nnamdi Kanu, who has resurfaced the issue of independence of the Indigenous Biafran population from Nigeria.
They have issued calls for a peaceful settlement of their grievances through a referendum in the Nigerian states that were part of the old Eastern Region.
Supporters of Biafran independence are from the Igbo, Izon (Ijaw), Anang, Igbanke, Ishekiri, Urhobo, Igala, Idoma, and other ethnic groups within the map of a defunct Biafran state.
IPOB claims that Biafrans are marginalized by the government in Abuja through a lack of equitable resource distribution, poor investment, and an unfair heavily militarized presence in their region The IPOB rose to prominence after previous Biafran independence organizations got weakened.
The Nigerian government has been cracking down on IPOB members who peacefully protested due to Kanu’s arrest and incarceration despite various court rulings for his release.
Today, IPOB has metamorphosed from a group to a movement of the Indigenous Biafran population who are fed up with the Nigerian depleting state.
Biafrans all over the world have identified with the movement, thereby making IPOB be a face of the Biafra restoration movement.
Biafra had previously existed as the Independent Republic declared by Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu for three years, 1967 through 1970.
The federal government fought hard to preserve the Federal Republic of Nigeria and did not like the idea of an independent state of Biafra The result of tensions between Biafra and the federal government resulted in the Nigerian civil war that went on for three years.
There were an estimated one to 3.5 million deaths that were heavy civilian casualties caused by starvation and death on the side of Biafra In 1970, the Biafran forces surrendered through the armistice brokered by the defunct OAU.
From 1970 onwards, Nigeria remained a united nation.
