Britain was afraid of the popularity of the Igbo people in the newly created artificial country called Nigeria. The ingenuity of the Igbo man can’t allow Britain to keep lording it over Nigeria. So they plotted a dethroning of the Igbo man.

In the coup that happened, which I know will also get the support of the British government, they turned around to tag the coup as an Igbo coup, using BBC Hausa. Britain wants the Igbo people decimated and caged. The only way to do it was to get Hausa, Fulani and Yoruba to levy wăr against Igbo people.

Igbo people were the victims of the pogrom. They were kị́lled in millions in the North, and their bodies littered every corner and street of the North. Igbo people went back home. Tensions were high. There was an Aburi accord to dense this tension, but again Britain used BBC to tag the outcome as Gowon bowing to Ojukwu. Britain desperately needed that war and it happened.

Britain again used the BBC to tag Ị́gbo people rebels. This tag fooled the world and they stopped helping Biafrans. Britain even got Nnamdi Azikiwe to go on the media to call Biafrans rebels and Ojukwu, a tyrant. This action demoralised Biafrans.

Biafrans were starved of both food and medicine. Children were dying to the tune of hundreds of thousands a day. It was terrible. Britain sold arms to Nigeria and contracted Egypt, Russia and Niger to fight for Nigeria. There was a complete disregard for the rule of engagement as schools, hospitals, refugee centres, farmlands and markets were bombed by Egyptian bombers.

All these things were a result of a lie called the Igbo coup told by BBC and championed by Gowon.

Even to this day, Britain is still after the Igbo people. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is a British citizen, is still being held with the British government doing absolutely nothing.

We must understand that the British government sees the Igbo people as a stumbling block. They don’t want you in the corridors of power. They will keep supporting Fulani or Yoruba men to rule. That’s the only way Britain can keep the oil for themselves. They just don’t trust Ị́gbo people. This was why Peter Obi was rigged out in 2023 and this is also the reason he won’t make it come 2027.

The only way you can break the British government’s backbone is to completely reject Nigeria and support Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the quest for Biafra. You will see them trying to placate you with the presidency.

In 2023, they watched the media narrative and noticed that a lot of Obidients were bashing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and immediately, they understood that nothing would happen after rigging out Peter Obi.

Elochukwu Ohagi, Philosopher, Teacher and Activist, 2025.