THE NIGERIAN MILITARY CANNOT WHITEWASH HISTORY — THEIR HANDS ARE TOO SOAKED IN BLOOD
Major General Michael Onoja’s recent claim that “security has improved” in the South-East because of intensified military operations and the imprisonment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not merely false. It is a cynical rewriting of history — and an insult to every life destroyed by state violence in Nigeria.
This narrative collapses under one simple truth:
THE NIGERIAN STATE CREATED THE CRISIS IT NOW PRETENDS TO BE FIGHTING.
Long before anyone uttered the word “separatist,” the Nigerian military had already turned peaceful, unarmed citizens into targets.
Let the record speak.
Nkpor massacre – peaceful mourners and demonstrators were gunned down.
National High School, Aba – unarmed young people were hunted and killed.
Trump Solidarity Rally, Igweocha (Port Harcourt) – another bloodbath.
The invasion of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s home – 28 people killed, a family shattered, parents traumatised into early graves.
Shiite killings in Zaria (2015) – hundreds massacred.
Odi and Zaki-Biam – entire communities collectively punished.
Lekki Toll Gate – unarmed protesters shot under the cover of darkness, while the world watched.
These are not rumours. They are documented atrocities.
For the Nigerian military to now declare itself a “stabilising force” is grotesque. The same institution that repeatedly opens fire on civilians cannot turn around and present itself as the guardian of peace.
THE MILITARY’S PROBLEM IS NOT SECURITY — IT IS TRUTH.
Rather than confront its own record, the Nigerian state reaches for the same tired scapegoat:
Blame IPOB. Blame Biafra. Blame Nnamdi Kanu.
This is propaganda — not security analysis.
It was not IPOB that organised the cult wars, political militias, and criminal networks unleashed across Igboland. Those were engineered and funded by politicians and security collaborators who found chaos politically profitable.
Even retired General T.Y. Danjuma — not an activist, not IPOB — openly accused elements of the Nigerian military of colluding with killers and turning their guns on innocent citizens. Is Michael Onoja more informed than Danjuma? Or simply more willing to lie?
“IMPROVED SECURITY”? TELL THAT TO THE GRAVES.
Security cannot be measured by silence created through fear, disappearances, arbitrary detentions, and military occupation. That is not peace — that is repression.
What the Nigerian military calls “gains” are in reality:
communities terrorised into silence,
courts manipulated to justify indefinite detention,
and endless attempts to break Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s spirit and force abandonment of the Biafra question.
That project will fail.
No amount of British-crafted spin, Abuja propaganda, or military chest-beating can erase the facts:
Biafrans were killed long before they demanded self-determination — and they were killed precisely because they demanded dignity.
THE WORLD IS NOT FOOLED.
The international community is increasingly aware that the Nigerian state frequently manufactures enemies to distract from corruption, insecurity, and elite failure.
Canada, among others, understands perfectly well where the violence truly originates — and it is not from peaceful people demanding justice.
OUR POSITION IS CLEAR.
We reject Onoja’s narrative as dishonest, reckless, and historically illiterate.
We insist on:
Unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whose detention violates both domestic and international law.
Independent investigations into massacres carried out by the Nigerian military across the federation.
An end to the deliberate criminalisation of peaceful political expression in the South-East.
Until Nigeria confronts its own crimes, no military press conference will restore legitimacy.
History is watching — and history does not forget.
Signed:
Onyedikachi Ifedi, Esq.
for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium
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