Recently in June 2015, the Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari ordered Federal Forces to bombard the creeks of Calabar (Biafra land) with Napalm Bomb used by the United States in Vietnam war, which was subsequently banned for its devastating effect of producing harsh chemical radioactive elements on contact with the human skin, which continuously burns the individual's skin till it is totally ripped of. This bombardment was in the guise of fighting militants, whereas the Calabar region is never known for sustaining militants. One can trace this to the comment of Mallam Nasir El Rufai the present (2015) Kaduna state Governor, who said that "those bombing Boko Haram terrorist will in one way or the other pay with there own life, it might not be now but later in future..." this is seen as the reason why Buhari led Federal Military Forces was ordered to bombard Calabar villages, as believed to be retaliation for the Fulani Boko Haram members bombed during the severe emergence of Boko Haram terrorism in the North Eastern part of Nigeria. Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking its name from the Bight of Biafra (the Atlantic bay to its south). The inhabitants were mostly the Igbo people who led the secession due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria. The creation of the new state that was pushing for recognition was among the causes of the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War.
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