Which way Nigeria? I am pan-Nigeria and I love all the peoples God has blessed this nation with, BUT I am also open to other options that will release this beloved nation from the bondage of underdevelopment. The more we bicker on the past and things that divide us, the more undeveloped we shall remain. There can be no development where there are constant divisions. I am also sick and tired of fighting divisive propaganda. The Biafran war happened over 50 years ago. Ojukwu waged a war and lost. It was a war; it was not a game of chess. This war claimed the lives of Nigerians and Biafrans (at that time) on the war front almost in equal numbers, but the collateral loss of lives through starvation happened on the side of the Biafrans and the numbers of those dead by this means are huge indeed, so I can understand the pain of the Igbos.
It is human for those who lost the war to be angry. No one likes losing. Politicians kill each other to retain power, acrimony is the norm except for those who have the generosity of spirit to put the nation above their pride or self-interests like GEJ. Has Nigeria done enough to understand the pain of the Igbos? Have the Igbos done a soul searching to understand the pain of Nigerian war veterans who also suffered trauma from the war? Have citizens on both sides reflected on each side’s pain and points of view?
With the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu and his imminent trial for treason, will the Igbos rest the agitations for secession, or will there be a renewal of the ‘struggle’? The future will tell, but what i know is this, Nigeria cannot continue in limbo and these distractions must be brought to an end and it is with sadness in my heart that I have come to this realization that If the Igbos truly desire an independent nation, then the remaining federating states need to cooperate in talking about it and helping to actualize this rather than waging a war.
Where there is a will, there is a way. The Igbos may be landlocked, but surely it is not impossible to grant them a passage to the sea through two states in the South-South if those states cooperate. If the Igbos genuinely want to leave this union, I will grant them that right to pursue secession. What I will not grant them however is a right to wage another unnecessary war. This nation needs a reprieve from distractions. There is a Constitutional way to demand secession and any ethnic group that is of the bent should take the legal route. We cannot abdicate the legal for the illegal. Nnamdi Kanu is not the elected representative of the people. He is a dissident. The representatives of the people in the SE should engage with their people and get a mandate to discuss secession through the inclusion of referendum in the Constitutional reforms that are ongoing.
Many have said that a call for secession is a mere bargaining strategy on the part of the Igbos. I would not presume this. The Igbos I know are smart enough to come to the negotiating table and argue their desire for an independent nation. Subterfuge should not be the way to go. Nigeria needs a reprieve from all these shenanigans.
I rest my case
Nigeria Wins despite unholy conspiracies.
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