Ebonyi PDP Publicity Scribe designs his wedding cake with Biafra insignias
From Chinedu Nwafor, Abakaliki
The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi State, Mr Nwoba Chika Nwoba on Saturday braved the odds by using a cake prepared with Biafra insignias for his wedding ceremony.
Nwoba’s wedding took place on Saturday at St. Joseph Anglican church, in his country home, Ekpelu community in Ikwo LGA of the State.
The reception also took place in the community primary school.
Nwoba and his wife, surprised their guests when they unveiled the cake at the wedding reception.
The cake was designed with black, red, green and yellow colors, widely known in Nigeria to represent the defunct Biafra Republic.
Also, the cake has the coat of arm, the flag of the defunct Biafra Republic and insignia of a rising sun.
Recall that Nigeria government banned everything that’s associated with biafra since the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which is one of the foremost Igbo groups agitating for a breakaway from Nigerian State.
Anyone found with an item bearing Biafra insignia is usually arrested by Nigeria security agents and prosecuted for terrorism.
In a telephone chat with Mr Nwoba, on Sunday, he said he did his wedding cake with Biafra insignias as a show of solidarity to Biafra agitation.
According to him, every Igbo man no matter your political affiliation ought to embrace the struggle for the creation of Biafra.
He, however, said he was not in support of violent Biafra agitation.
“I actually did it to passage a message, that no matter our political inclinations, we still have the interest of Igbo nation at heart. It is to show my love and my commitment to ensuring that the gospel for the creation of a country of Igbo extraction, comes to fruition.
“So, I’m a fan of Biafra agitation. That’s why I said, okay, in order to contribute to the Biafra struggle, I have to do my cake, giving it a Biafra colors. I’m not against Biafra agitation, but I’m against going about it violently. I did it just to show my concern,”he said.
On whether he has been invited by any security agency for promoting Biafra agitation, during his wedding, Nwoba said, nobody had invited him, noting that security agents were on ground during his wedding and they saw the cake.
