I have been seriously struggling hard to curtail myself over
the recent agitation for Biafra state by our brothers from the Eastern part of
the country.
Lately, some people floated a radio station called “Biafra
radio” located in Aba & London where various lies and hate messages are
being broadcasted to the innocent people. Some even went to the point of
producing Biafra I.D, Int. Passport, Number plate to mention but a few.
My question is; why the sudden re-echoing of Biafra state
after Jonathan’s administration? I could remember vividly that some top Igbo
leaders (Political & cultural) come out to strongly condemn Henry Okah for
his agitation for Biafra state during Jonathan’s administration saying “Nigeria
is one & we are part of it”. Biafra campaign has taken a new dimension but
I have not seen an Igbo leader coming out to condemn it in the recent time.
Should I just assume that “the call for Biafra state only get pronounced when
the Igbos are no longer popular in the game”.
This action can be termed as INSURGENCE which is capable of
generating civil unrest where several souls of innocent people could be wasted.
I am tired of people’s lives been wasted on daily basis. Something has to be
done now before the matter degenerate into something messy. Remember, Boko
Haram started from a harmless agitation but today several innocent souls have
been wasted. To an average Igboman on the street, you would hear “we want
Biafra no matter what it takes” but they have forgotten in a hurry what
happened in 1967 (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970 -2 years, 6 months, 1 week and
2 days). Perhaps most of them have not been born by then. Before you open your
mouth to say ”we are prepared for anything to get Biafra” just look for an
elderly person in your neighborhood who went through the thick and thin of
Nigeria Civil War for a proper ordeal and re-appraise yourself if you are truly
ready for another episode of it.
The fact that ex-president Jonathan loss an election or the current
president is not from the South is not enough to pitch your tent against
Nigeria as a nation. Even GEJ has overcome the trauma from the loss of
election, how come we refuse to allow the wound heal. Whether we like it or
not, Buhari is the president of Nigeria and he would be there till he either
complete his tenure or he is voted out (if he doesn’t meet our expectations).
All that the new administration need from all Nigerians is coorporation and not
ethnic based criticism. The recent protest in Onitsha over the relocation of
some Boko Haram suspects to a Federal Prison in Anambra state is not called
for. Do you know that we have several Boko Haram suspects in Prisons in
Lagos& Ogun state (classified info)? Ever since their relocation from the North in
2013, have you heard any issue about it? Definitely NO! The federal government
owns the prisons, they can decide to put any suspect they so desire in it at
their own prerogative. The protest in Onitsha is a perceived way of antagonizing
any decision or policies of the current administration. Please pardon some of
my words if I sound so harsh.
I am not saying that you should not negotiate for your disintegration;
all I am saying is that; the negotiations need to be done in such a manner that
would not bring about blood bath. I know one thing for sure that, if Nigeria gets
better today, hardly would anyone be talking about Biafra again.
We need to move away from ethnic or tribal politics if we
want the best for ourselves and our unborn children. Nigeria belongs to all of
us, let us see, take and accept Nigeria as the option we have. I admonish
everyone (Yoruba, Hausa & Igbo) to come together for the unity and progress
of Nigeria.
Nigeria Koni Baje ooooo
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