Those from
outside Igboland that say that they do not want Biafra have missed the point.
It is for the people of the east to make that call and to make that decision
and not
for you.
What you
believe is good for the Igbo or what you prefer for them is neither here nor
there. Ultimately it is only THEIR choice and THEIR decision, which can only be
made and established in a free and fair UN-sponsored and conducted referendum,
that matters.
And in that
referendum every single Igbo person, whether they be a traditional ruler, a
chief, a wealthy business man, a pauper, a prince, a governor, a legislator, an
elder-statesman, a student, a trader, a hairdresser, a bus-driver, a houseboy,
a lawyer, a dancer, a singer, a landlord, a tenant, a judge, a clerk, a
fisherman, a farmer, a taxi-driver, a secretary, a banker, a writer, a mortuary
attendant, a love-vendor, a prostitute or a jobless man or woman only has one
vote.
It is either
“yes” or “no”. No single vote is more important than the other and each vote
carries the same weight.
The
arrogance of those that beat their chests and believe that they know how that
vote or referendum will ultimately go is second only to the short-sighted fools
in the British media and political class who never believed that the United
Kingdom would vote for BREXIT and opt to leave Europe.
It is also
similar to the willful blindness and self-inflicted delusions of the Obama and
Clinton-controlled liberal-left of American politics who swore and honestly
believed that Donald Trump would and could NEVER win the presidential election
of 2016. They forgot the “God factor” in all matters touching and concerning
the destiny of nations and men and what a shocker they got!
Those in
igboland that say they are the true leaders of the Igbo and that their people
do not want to leave Nigeria and establish their own country may get the
biggest surprise of their lives when the time comes.
And not one
of them can defeat Nnamdi Kanu in a free and fair election ANYWHERE in Igboland
today. If they doubt that perhaps they should try putting it to the test.
The great
black American freedom fighter Malcom X said “the price of freedom is death”.
The 3 million Igbos that died in the civil war paid that price.
The hundreds
of thousands of Igbos that were slaughtered in pogroms in the north in the
mid-60’s, during the civil war, in the ’70’s, in the 80’s, in the ’90’s, in the
2000’s and indeed right up until today paid that price.
The
thousands of young and courageous IPOB men and women who were massacred by
security forces in the streets of the east and in the sanctity of their homes
over the last two years have paid that price.
The hundreds
of Igbos that have been killed by state-protected Fulani militias and herdsmen
in their villages and on their farms in the last two years have paid that
price.
Then came
the threat of genocide and carnage from the Arewa Youth when the Igbo were told
that they must leave the north by Oct. 1st 2017 or suffer another whirlwind of
slaughter and pogroms.
Those that
will be killed in the north after that date and once that deadline has expired
will also have paid that price.
Given all
this I have one question to ask: if the Lord, in His infinite wisdom and mercy,
can raise a deliverer like the great Sir William Wallace to liberate Scotland
from the English in 1297 why would He NOT raise a Nnamdi Kanu to deliver the
Igbo people after they have been subjected to genocide, mass murder, wickedness
and injustice at the brutal hands of the Nigerian state for the last 57 years?
If the Lord
can raise an Oliver Cromwell to deliver the people of England from the tyranny
of the Crown in 1642 why would He not raise a Nnamdi Kanu for the Igbo in 2017?
If the Lord
can raise a George Washington to fight for American independence from the
subjugation of the British Crown in 1775 why would He not raise a Nnamdi Kanu
for the Igbo in 2017?
If the Lord
could raise a Maximillien Robespierre and Marat for the French people against
the Bourbon royal family in 1789 and a Vladimer Lenin and Trotsky for the
Russian people against the Romanov royal dynasty in 1917 why would he not raise
a Nnamdi Kanu for the Igbo in 2017?
If the Lord
could raise an Emeka Odumegwu- Ojukwu to deliver the Igbo people from total
elimination, annihilation and extermination in 1967 why would he not raise a
Nnamdi Kanu to deliver them from tyranny, mass murder and threats of genocide
in 2017?
And the
comparisons with Ojukwu are interesting. Both come from a royal and noble
lineage and bloodline. Both went to some of the best schools and universities
in the United Kingdom.
Ojukwu was
at Oxford whilst Kanu was at the Metropolitan University (after finishing his
first degree at Nsuka). Both were well educated and enlightened enough to
recognise the chains of tyranny and both had the mettle and the courage to
cultivate a firm resolve to stand against it.
One did so
in the field of battle when his people were subjected to genocide, denied the
right of self-determination and attacked whilst the other did so through
aggressive political activism and without firing a shot. Both are endearing,
charming, handsome, charismatic, articulate and profound.
Finally,
like all human beings, both are fallible and made one or two mistakes and
errors in their careers by what they said about others from time to time. This
is to be expected because they are both human.
Yet it is
not what they say about others that matters but what they represent. And what
they both represent, which is essentially the protection of the weak from the
tyranny and barbarity if the strong, is not only wholesome and righteous but
also noble, honorable and worthy of emulation.
Few can
dispute that the suffering of the Igbo over the last 57 years has been
horrendous, disproportionate and barbarous. By any civilised standard it has
been totally and completely unacceptable.
Oceans of
Igbo blood, including that of infants and babies, have been shed and spilt over
those years and that sacred blood not only cries to God in heaven for vengeance
but also continues to plague, foul and soil the very foundation of the Nigerian
state.
.
Not only has
no remorse or regret been expressed or displayed for shedding that blood but
instead those that have continuosly done so for no just cause for the better
part of the last fifty seven years have been handsomely rewarded and
well-compensated for their great evil and sociopathic disposition instead of
being brought to justice.
When we go
out of our way as a people to care for the weakest, the most vulnerable, the
most villified, the most persecuted and even the most undeserving in our
society it says a lot about us. And when we kill them at will and treat them
like animals it means that we are no better than ravenous beasts.
The truth is
that nothing and no-one can stop Nnamdi Kanu because there is a divine element
to his meteoric rise.
God Himself
has raised, lifted and anointed him and in doing so He has planted a seed,
ignited a fuse and unleashed the spirit of Biafra in the mind, body, spirit and
soul of the Igbo nation.
Whatever
happens to Kanu today that spirit and that movement will not die but rather go
from strength to strength.
The man has
died in millions of Nigerians that have remained silent when faced with the
tyranny and injustice of today’s Nigeria. But not in Nnamdi Kanu. The man has
refused to die in him and still lives on.
He has
refused to bow to tyranny and he has refused to succumb to the blackmail and
intimidation of the state.
He is the
Lion of the east: I stand by him, I love him and I salute his courage. O that
we had more of his ilk in our shores. May God defend him and may the Ancient of
Days guide and protect Him.
(CONCLUDED)
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