SPEECH TO WORLD LEADERS ON MAY 30 – BIAFRAN REMEMBRANCE DAY
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen. I stand before you today not just as a voice from the Igbo nation, but as a custodian of memory, justice, and hope. Today, the 30th of May, marks a day of solemn remembrance. A sacred day on which we honour the over three million Biafran men, women, and children who perished in the genocidal war between 1967 and 1970. They died not merely in battle, but through calculated starvation, mass killings, and the deliberate orchestration of humanitarian blockades. A war crime the world witnessed, and tragically, allowed. Today is not just about history. It is about the present. It is about a people, the Igbo who, more than half a century after that genocide, continue to face systematic marginalization, state-sponsored discrimination, and the silent erasure of their humanity within Nigeria. We are compelled to speak, because silence is complicity. We draw your attention to the unprovoked destruction of Igbo-owned businesse...