Garba Shehu, rogue Biafra franchise & futility of obfuscation & subterfuge

As the LNC Team battled the Principalities and Powers on Capitol Hill and elsewhere in Washington DC between June and July 2019 during the International Religious Freedom Ministerial Roundtables of 2019, Dismantling the many False Narratives (including Farmers/Herders Clashes) by which the Caliphate Proprietors of Nigeria camouflaged the Ethno-Religious Killings as well as the Ethnic Cleansing Onslaught against the Indigenous Nationalities of Nigeria, especially in the Middle Belt and the Southern Territories of Nigeria, the Chief-Merchant of the Rogue Global “Biafra” Franchise was busy denigrating and ridiculing the painstaking efforts of the LNC that engaged the Policy Beltways of Washington on the Subject of Gross Infractions on Religious Freedom in Nigeria involving massive killings and dislocations of Christians by Jihadists and Fulani Ethnic Supremacists which seemed to have official backing.

As the False Narratives of Nigeria were being Dismantled and the Clear Picture of the Ethnic Cleansing Onslaught of the Fulani against the Indigenous Nationalities of Nigeria began to emerge, Abuja dispatched Nigeria’s Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, to Washington on the dubious mission of coming to lie to Washington that the Reports about Killing of Christians in Nigeria were grossly exaggerated and that there was no Agenda against Nigerian Christians.

Knowing what it already knew, Washington rejected the denial of the Abuja’s emissary, and expressed surprise that a ChrIstian, Pastor and Professor of Law whose Yoruba Kith and Kin were also being Murdered and Tormented by the Invading Heavily-Armed Fulani Militia, would actually Board the Plane on such an errand for a Government that was being widely cited as being in open collusion with the Invaders. Osinbajo was described as a Shameless Liar by one of the Key Figures in Washington who was directly involved in the probe of the Degenerating Nigerian Situation.

The persuasion of Washington on the true situation in Nigeria is reflected by it’s Decisive Policy Actions on Nigeria following the June/July 2019 IRF Ministerial Roundtables, especially the December 2019 Placement of Nigeria on the US Special Watch-List for Gross Infractions, as well as the August/September 2019 US-Inspired Visitation and Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Nigeria which Probed Widespread Extra-Judicial Killings In Nigeria and returned the Damning Verdict that Nigeria’s Constitutional Arrangements was like a Pressure-Cooker for Injustice and that the Nigerian situation now poses a grave danger to the Global Community unless addressed immediately.

From the Amber-Zone US Special Watch Listing of Nigeria, the subsequent degeneration of Nigeria into the Status of Country-of-Particular-Concern (CPC) Red-Zone US Categorization and the June 2, 2020 Signing by President Donald Trump, of the Executive Order on Advancing International Religious Freedom, are Clear indications that the US is already acting on the Truth it already found out about the Nigerian Situation.

It was therefore a matter of global self-ridicule for Mr Garba Shehu and his Principals in Abuja, to issue the widely circulated Statement on behalf of the Presidency of Nigeria in which the Federal Government Nigeria was spinning the totally unintelligent False tale to the International Community about how some ‘Jewish’ “Biafra” Franchise elements were Lobbying the US to see Nigeria in bad light regarding the killing of Christians.

Perhaps Garba Shehu was hoping that Crediting the Allegation of the Killing of Christians in Nigeria to the notorious Falsehood and Propaganda Machinery of the “Biafra” Franchise Merchant will automatically convince the International Community, (especially the United States), that the Allegations of Killings of Christians in Nigeria are Lies. Too late for that spin. The Truth of what is going on in Nigeria is already well-known to the US Government and the UN and Response Policy Actions have already been Initiated by the US and the UN.

Garba Shehu and his Principals will do well to find out the meaning and implications of Nigeria being listed as a Country-Of-Particular-Concern on a Matter that the President of the United States described as a National Security Imperative for the US and as a Priority on the US Foreign Policy in the June 2, 2020 Executive Order anchored on the Frank R Wolf International Religious Freedom Act.

Trump’s Executive Order on advancing international religious freedom puts the Fulani invasion machinery in Nigeria on a head-on collision with the national security machinery of the United States – LNC June 5, 2020

Hopes are high that the end may be in sight for the Ethno-Religious Killings and Fulani Invasion going on in Nigeria.

This is as President Donald Trump on June 2, 2020 signed an Executive Order on the Advancement of International Religious Freedom.

This Executive Order in which President Trump described International Religious Freedom as a National Security Imperative and a Foreign Policy Priority for the United States, sets Timelines for when Definitive Steps would have to be initiated for requisite Actions by various Departments of the United States Government in :

(i) Countries of Particular Concern;
(ii) Countries on the US Special Watch-List;
(iii) Countries in which there are Entities of Particular Concern;
(iv) Countries that have engaged in, or tolerated Violations of Religious Freedom.

It is noteworthy that Nigeria features prominently in the four Specified Categories of the Countries targeted by this Executive Order being that:

(i) Nigeria got on the US Special Watch List for Gross Infractions on Religious Freedom in December 2019 and was subsequently moved into the Category of Country of Special Concern.
(ii) Nigeria is cited as hosting two of the top four most deadly Global Terror Organizations namely Boko Haram and Fulani Herdsmen as well as ISWAP which emerged as the West African Franchise of ISIS since 2014;
(iii) The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Armed Security Forces of Nigeria had been repeatedly cited for not only tolerating Religious Violence but for actively colluding with the Perpetrators of Killings and other Associated Violence.

It would be recalled that the August/September 2019 Visitation and Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Nigeria regarding widespread Extra-Judicial Killings in Nigeria, reached the Damning Verdict that Nigeria’s Constitutional Arrangements were like a Pressure-Cooker for Injustice which now pose a grave danger to the global Community unless addressed expeditiously.

The continuing onslaught of the Murderous Fulani Invaders in the Middle-Belt Territories of Nigeria as well as the Massive influx of suspicious-looking Fulani migrants from the Far North into Southern Nigerian during the Countrywide Covid-19 Lockdown Imposed and enforced by the Federal Government of Nigeria are clear pointers to the aforementioned Federal Government/Security Forces collusion with the Perpetrators of Violence.

With this Executive Order coming just ahead the impending Constitutional Force Majeure, the LNC and it’s MNN Alliance Partners consider the signing of the Order as a Major Breakthrough in the Matrix of Strategies already deployed by the Alliance to Contain and Permanently Halt the Violent Invasion of the Homelands of Indigenous Nationalities of Nigeria, especially in the Southern and Middle-Belt Territories of Nigeria by the Murderous Fulani Invaders, while the Caliphate -Controlled “Federal Government of Nigeria” and it’s Armed Security Services looked the other way.

It would be recalled that sequel the January 17, 2019 Emergency Press Conferences on Nigeria at the National Press Club in Washington DC, the LNC led Presentations on the Nigerian Situation at the International Religious Freedom Ministerial Roundtables between June and July of 2019 in the US Congress on Capitol Hill, where it Dismantled the False Narrative of Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes and also made a Case for the Appointment of a US Special Envoy to Nigeria for the purpose of Leading and Coordinating US Response to the fast degenerating Terror-Driven Security situation in Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad Basin. Current US Focus and Policy Actions on Nigeria are largely informed by these Presentations made in the Policy Beltways of Washington.

One of the Presentations dissected the Complex Security Problems of Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin and also advanced a Comprehensive Solution Proposition under the title : “UNGOVERNED SPACES AS BREEDING GROUNDS FOR GLOBAL TERROR”.

Another was titled: “SHIFTING FALSE NARRATIVES TO CONCEAL FULANI INVASION, JIHAD AND LAND GRAB”.

For this Watershed Milestone, the LNC wishes to express its Profound Gratitude to Mr Frank Gaffney and his Team from the US Center for Security Policy, particularly Ms Dede Laugesen and Steve Enada for their tenacity, invaluable guidance and facilitation.

The LNC also extends its gratitude to the indefatigable Veteran Congressman Frank Wolf for the immeasurable support he lent to the LNC in the push towards Concrete US Actions on the International Religious Freedom Act, (most deservedly named the Frank R Wolf International Religious Freedom Act), for the years of his Labour of Love for Potential Beneficiaries of US-Sanctioned Religious Freedom around the Globe including we who are currently trapped in the Distressed Federation of Nigeria.

As we closely monitor developments in the Cameroons and as we eagerly await the Appointment of a US Special Envoy for Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin, the LNC and it’s MNN Alliance Partners are confident that this Executive Order has set the Stage for the Resolution of the Complex Nigerian Situation

Tony Nnadi
Secretary-General,
Lower Niger Congress