13/10/2026
THE TRUTH THE KANU FAMILY REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE WILL HAUNT THEM FOREVER:
THE SACRIFICES OF BIAFRAN FAMILIES MUST NEVER BE ERASED, AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! IPOB LEADERSHIP IS NOT NNAMDI KANU’S FAMILY INHERITANCE.
My children, siblings, relatives, and friends have not set their eyes on me for the past six (6) years.
For the past six years, I have been living in exile, leaving my six little children behind. My youngest child was only six years old when I disappeared into thin air. There was no father to take care of them, no financial support from anywhere to pay for their upkeep, schooling, or hospital bills. My parents are late, and my parents-in-law passed away even before I got married.
My children have been surviving by God's mercy alone. While I remain in exile, shouldering my responsibilities from a distance, my children have been left to struggle as though they were orphans. Yet, despite all I have endured, I have never gone about seeking public sympathy or demanding that people make my personal suffering the centre of attention.
I have lost almost everything I worked for, including my credentials, my children's certificates, and other important documents. I have lost people dear to me, properties, my father's property, and the properties of relatives. These are some of the devastating consequences I have suffered and continue to suffer because of the Biafra agitation. Yet, I have kept moving, carrying my pain as quietly as I can, as though nothing has happened.
But my story is not the only story of sacrifice, loss, and suffering.
Beyond my personal experiences, I have witnessed the devastating ordeals of other Biafrans and their families.
My present coordinator lost his three biological brothers to the cold hands of death through police bullets. All three men left behind wives and children. Their family house was razed by fire by the Nigerian Army. Unable to withstand the trauma and devastation, my coordinator's father eventually gave up the ghost. His mother also fell ill and died. Today, their family home lies abandoned and overgrown with bushes.
Who speaks for these families? Who remembers their children? Who feels their pain?
Ikechukwu Ugwuoha was murdered before his wife and children. His children will never again have the opportunity to see their father walk through the door, embrace them, or provide the parental care they deserve.
Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor was just a lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu but he suffered the attacks, losses and made sacrifices that not even Ekperima Sokoto Convict Kanu can make.
General Medusa from Ugili Mbano Imo State was among the 28 men reportedly murdered at Nnamdi Ekperima Kanu's family home in Afaraukwu Ibeku. He, too, left behind a wife and children whose lives were forever changed by his death.
Henry, a media personnel from Enugu, was murdered by the Nigerian Army. His youngest child was only four days old, while his other three children were between two and six years old when he was taken away from them.
Ariri from Ubuluisiuzo was murdered in front of his wife and children, right in front of his compound.
Kingsley, Mrs Glory Ifedi, and many others died in prison.
These were human beings with families, responsibilities, dreams, and people who loved them. They were people who paid the ultimate price while defending their motherland. Yet, beyond the headlines and the political arguments, how many people remember the suffering of the wives, husbands, children, parents, and relatives they left behind?
How many people ask how these families survive? How many people care about the children who have grown up without their fathers and mothers? How many people remember the widows struggling to raise children alone, the parents who died grieving for their children, and the families whose homes and livelihoods were destroyed?
Those taken away from Igweocha, Mkpo, Nkwele Ezunaka, and other places are still awaiting recovery from their different ordeals, while their families continue to live with uncertainty, grief, and unanswered questions.
These, too, are Biafran stories. These, too, are Biafran sacrifices. These, too, are Biafran families deserving of compassion, recognition, and support.
And in the midst of all these tragedies, the Kanu family cannot seem to allow the rest of us to breathe, grieve, and continue with our lives without making everything about themselves.
In my view, the convicted Nnamdi Ekperima Kanu has been at the centre of controversies over the handling of Biafran affairs and resources for the past 14 years, yet the demands for sympathy and attention appear never-ending.
There have also been serious allegations and concerns surrounding his family's involvement with IPOB's finances, including claims of interference with the organisation's treasury, the siphoning of IPOB funds, and the closure of its account. These are grave matters that deserve accountability and transparency, not silence or intimidation.
Beyond these concerns, IPOB reportedly paid Nnamdi Kanu a salary running into thousands of pounds before he was caught up by his evil in Kenya. The IPOB also took responsibility for his medical expenses, feeding, and other bills.
If the IPOB movement and her members have made such sacrifices for their ex-leader, why should the sacrifices of those same members and their families be treated as though they do not matter?
Why should the pain of other Biafrans be pushed aside while one family continues to demand sympathy, attention, and support?
Why should the resources and sacrifices of an entire movement be treated as though they exist solely for the benefit of one family?
The struggle for Biafra cannot become the private inheritance of any family.
What about the children who have been orphaned by this struggle?
What about the children whose fathers and mothers were killed?
What about the widows who have been left to carry the burden of raising children alone?
What about the families who have lost their homes, properties, livelihoods, and loved ones?
What about those who have been imprisoned, those who disappeared, and those whose whereabouts remain unknown?
What about the children who have grown up without knowing the warmth, protection, and affection of a parent because of the same agitation?
Are their lives less valuable because their fathers and mothers are not members of the Kanu family?
Is Kanu's family more deserving of compassion than the the families of other Biafrans who have paid the ultimate price?
Does the pain of one family outweigh the tears of thousands of other families?
Must every conversation about Biafra begin and end with the Kanu family, as though nobody else has sacrificed anything for this cause?
These are the questions that must be asked.
Let it be clearly understood that acknowledging the suffering of Nnamdi Kanu's family does not require us to ignore the suffering of other Biafran families. Compassion should never be selective, and justice should never be reserved for one household.
The children of every Biafran who has suffered or died in this struggle deserve to be remembered. Every widow deserves compassion. Every family that has lost a loved one deserves to have its pain acknowledged. Every person who has sacrificed their freedom, security, livelihood, or family life for this cause deserves to have that sacrifice recognised.
Biafra is bigger than one man. Biafra is bigger than one household. And the sacrifices of Biafrans must never be reduced to the personal interests of any family.
For six years, I have endured separation from my children. I have watched my life and possessions disappear. I have carried the burden of exile while my children struggle without me. I have witnessed the suffering of other families, the deaths of comrades, the destruction of homes, and the pain of innocent children.
I did not make these sacrifices so that one family could monopolise the sympathy, resources, and attention of the Biafran people.
I did not endure these hardships so that the suffering of other Biafrans could be forgotten.
I did not stand for Biafra so that the sacrifices of ordinary men and women could be overshadowed by the demands of a single household.
The Kanu family must stop treating the sacrifices of Biafrans as though they are a joke.
No family has a monopoly on suffering. No individual has a monopoly on the Biafran struggle. And no household should be allowed to appropriate the sacrifices, resources, and collective aspirations of an entire people for its exclusive benefit.
We have mourned our dead. We have endured separation from our children. We have lost our homes, our properties, our livelihoods, and our peace of mind. Some have lost their freedom, while others have lost their very lives.
Our suffering must not be erased. Our sacrifices must not be dismissed. And our children must not be forgotten.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
The Biafran struggle must be about the people, their collective aspirations, their dignity, their freedom, and their future, not the endless demands of one family nor the sympathy for a family that betrayed Biafrans.
Let the sacrifices of every Biafran count. Let every grieving family be remembered. Let every suffering child matter.
Biafra belongs to the Biafran people, not to one family.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
🖊️ Nwada Jovistar Chichi
