Letter To
Fellow Biafrans: I know some of my Igbo brothers and sisters are not happy with
me simply because I have not used My Brand as CharlyBoy to advocate for the
clamor of The Biafran state.
However,
like I always say, there is more than one way to achieve a purpose. Though I
may disagree with my Igbo brothers and sisters on the choice of rhetorics and
methodology, our objectives are to a large extent identical because we all want
to bring an end to the marginalisation of the common peoples, by the evil
cabals who are holding Nigeria to a ransom and getting away with their
obnoxious impunity and criminality.
Those who
truly know and have followed me know that I am not a Group soul and I have
always dared to follow the path least traveled in the continuous struggle to
add value to my environment.
It is indeed
laughable that despite being a native chicken, Nwa afo, son of Biafran soil
with a full-blown Igbotic blood, I have been persistently labeled a wannabe
Yoruba, Hausa, Tiv and an Ijaw man simply because I have consistently
maintained that I believe in the unity of Nigeria.
To start
with, I go like tell una sey you may not be totally wrong if you call me the
man from all tribes in Nigeria. This is because I believe in the oneness of all
Nigerian peoples. I believe that we have gotten to a point in our national
history where a Yoruba man cannot live in isolation of an Igbo man. Likewise,
an Ijaw man cannot live in isolation of a Hausa/Fulani man. All tribes in
Nigeria today have become a mat of interwoven fibers that cannot be segregated.
There have so far been intertribal marriages, intertribal business ownership,
and intertribal partnership; and countless other intertribal collaborations and
relationships in Nigeria.
For this
reason, my question to those agitating for secession would be that if each
tribe decide to secede from Nigeria today, what then would happen? Who would
lead the new nations?
Will the
people be happy? Will injustice be defeated in the new societies? Will
criminality end in leadership positions? Will there be happiness in the new
nations? Will the people finally have a country to call their own? – These are
important questions we must ask ourselves and provide answers to before we even
start to beat the drums of secession.
Having said
that, I must state that whereas I am a Biafran at heart, what should engage our
minds is not a sectional Biafra but a national Biafra. The fight for
nationalists who will drive the discourse and the engagement necessary in
answering the Nigeria National Questions must not be bogged down by petty
sentiments, tribal colorations, and religious propaganda. The failure of the
Igbo nation and all Nigerian tribes and peoples is the fault of influence
peddlers and directionless decision makers.
The crux of
the Biafran agitation is that my people are tired of a system that has
perpetually failed them. My Igbo kinsmen are tired of a system that enriches
the rich and impoverishes the poor. My people are tired of a system that
glorifies impunity and criminality. My people are tired of decades of
oppression and marginalization. However, the deeply rooted disgruntlement in
Biafra land is not peculiar to my Igbo brothers and sisters alone; all the
common peoples in the 500 tribes in Nigeria are victims of a failed system and
persistent oppression. And this is essentially where I disagree with my brother
Nnamdi Kanu that though Biafra is right, it should be a national cause and not
a sectional one.
Let me be
clear: The Brand CharlyBoy is not only a Global brand but also a national brand
that should not be reduced to a sectional brand.
The problem
in this nation is not the lack of a space where we all can coexist but the lack
of men of integrity and progressive nationalists. We lack the right kind of
leadership that will fight for the interest of the common people. And if at all
there would be an agitation, it should be geared towards sanitizing the
currently bastardized Nigerian system. Our agitation for Biafra should be about
having the right leaders in positions of power and not power drunken people
with an insatiable appetite to plunder and loot.
Therefore,
my people, I insist that the suffering of the People from the South East is
also the suffering of the people from the other geopolitical zones in Nigeria.
And the oppression of the Igbo people is also the oppression of all Nigerian
peoples. An injury to one is an injury to all. A Biafra state is not going to
change the players of the game, it will only exacerbate the sufferings of the
victims of the game.
In
conclusion, my people, let us dutifully work ourselves back into reckoning by
fighting for Fairness, Justice, and Equality for all Nigerians; Not Ibos Only;
Yorubas Only or Hausas Only but all Nigerians.
Areafada
CharlyBoy
President of
All Frustrated Nigerians.
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