He claims Maj. Isaac Adaka Boro coined the name at a meeting with then Col. Chukwuemeka Ojukwu around 1966.
Asari also said an a proof supporting his claim could be found in chapter six of his Boro’s autobiography titled: Twelve Day Revolution.
The ex militant said “Ignorance can be a terrible disease but it is curable if the sufferer is ready to humble himself to learn and accept the cure for his sickness. Biafra is a Kalabari Ijaw phrase Bia fulo meaning not properly cooked. “
Adding that “The Kalabari of Kula named the estuary of Santa Barbara Bia fulo because of the turbulence of the sea at the estuary. The Portuguese like they did to many other names, words and phrases which they could not pronounce properly named the area Biafra. Later the coastline from the estuary of River Nun to the coast of Gabon was named the Bight of Biafra.”
Asari also said “The doyen of our struggle Isaac Adaka Boro clearly affirmed that Ijaw is BIiafra in chapter six, page 57 of his autobiography ‘Twelve Day Revolution’. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, before the declaration of secession, convoked an Eastern Nigerian consultative Assembly to decide on the direction and way forward for the Eastern Region after the 1966/1967 pogrom against Easterners in the north.“The assembly debated on many names put forward by delegates and chose Biafra which was put forward by Frank Opigo an Ijaw.”
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