Three Israeli filmmakers have been reportedly arrested in Nigeria while shooting a documentary titled: “We Were Never Lost,” which is about Jewish tribes on the African continent.

According to The Times of Israel Edouard David Benaym, Rudy Rochman and Andrew Leibman were picked up in Nigeria for .

The Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed to The Jerusalem Post the arrests saying :“We are not yet sure what they are accused of, but we are in touch with them and with their families and we are following up with the Nigerian authorities regarding this issue,”

Rudy Rochman, a graduate of Columbia University who founded the university’s Students Supporting Israel group, Andrew (Noam) Leibman and Edouard David Benny were shooting a documentary in Nigeria about obscure Jewish communities when they were arrested on July 9, their family said in a statement.

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According to a post on the Facebook page of We Were Never Lost, the filmmakers said that : We Were Never Lost is a project working to reconnect unknown, disconnected and re-emerging Jewish communities around the world. Our first season is set in Africa and we are currently filming our first episode on the Jews of Nigeria.

There are many Jews in Nigeria, Igbos included and we are here only to help the local practicing and observing Jewish communities, to provide them with resources, and to document their lives, experiences and aspirations.

They’re killings us  Nigeria government are killings us they’re inforcing Islam on us  why can’t you help us? How could we practice judiasim when we are still dead.

Well a prophecy by MNk when ever sefer Torah comes in igbo land BIAFRAN’S must be free 

one commenter with the name Biafra Biafra wrote.

Another commentator Sunny Zion wrote: ‘You guys are welcome to Anambra state Nigeria

We know that we’re Jewish, but there’s no way we can practice Judaism while we’re still in Nigeria

We need to be free from Fulanis and get to our promise land Biafra.’

Ikuku Okalakwu wrote: Thank you, We Were Never Lost. No doubt, it is confirmed that we are Jews but the fact is that we need to be alive first. We have faced genocide which took lives of millions of we Biafrans between 1967-1970, and even still being massacred by the Nigerian government. Hence all we need now is restoration of our beloved country #Biafra because that’s the only hope to our survival as a race and nation.

We really need freedom from the oppressive Nigerian government. Please help us in any way you can. 

Rudy Rochman also posted a phot of himself and a King Eze Chukwuemeka Eri  who he said had invited him

He worote: ‘Honored by Igbo King Eze Chukwuemeka Eri and invited to his palace. I presented him a gift from Israel, a shiviti inspired by We Were Never Lost and made by The Jerusalem Scribe.

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