THE BIAFRA HEROS AND HEROINES DAY

THE BIAFRA HEROS AND HEROINES DAY

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Today 30th May 2023 Biafrans all over the world are remembering their fallen Heros, those who had paid the ultimate price for their nation.

The Nigeria-Biafra War which took place between May 1967 to January 1970 was a clear genocide carried out by the British Empire and Nigeria state against the indigenous people of Biafra in order to wipe them out of existence and take over possession of their God-given land because of its natural resources. But the brave men and women fought with every blood in them to save their race from extinction.

Sadly, the genocide has continued to date, though not as in openly declared official war but through a systematic cold war and well-planned unwritten economic policies. However, the present generation has taken it upon themselves to ensure that the dream of their fallen heroes comes through. 

As they commemorate this year's Biafra Heros Day, we briefly extract from a declassified document, on the British government's involvement in the 1967 to 70 genocide against the People of Biafra.

It reads;

"Covert military supplies, via Yemen

In November 1968, a group of parliamentarians in the Committee for Peace in Nigeria met Harold Wilson. They urged him to halt arms sales and press for a ceasefire, estimating that there could be two million deaths from starvation and disease by the end of the year.

Wilson rebuffed this plea and two days later agreed to supply Nigeria with aircraft for the first time in a covert deal, the files show.

The Nigerians had long pressed Britain to supply jet aircraft, specifically to attack the runways used by Biafran forces for military purposes, which were also used to deliver humanitarian aid. Wilson said that Britain could not supply these directly but there were such aircraft in South Yemen and Sudan previously exported by Britain.

The Nigerians, he said, should procure the aircraft from them which “would not directly involve the British government”.