21 JUNE 2017
TO THOSE WHO THREATEN TO JAIL BIAFRANS by
Femi Fani-Kayode
A man called Nnamdi Kanu and his movement
called the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) single-handedly brings the whole
of the south-east of our country to a standstill with his one day "stay at
home order" and someone in the Presidency says they don't consider him to
be a leader of thought? Clearly the Villa curse has set in.
Delusion is a terrible affliction and
treating those that have won the hearts and minds of millions of Igbo youth in
our country with contempt and disdain will prove to be a costly mistake for the
Buhari administration.
This is all the more so because those that
are expressing their desire and agitating for Biafra have broken no law. They
have not killed or threatened to kill anyone, they are not waging war on the
Nigerian state, they are not involved in any form of rebellion and they are not
undertaking an armed struggle.
They are simply exercising their
inalienable and undeniable constitutional right of free speech, freedom of
association and self-determination and they are doing so in a peaceful and
passive manner.
These rights are not only sacred but they
are also guaranteed and protected by international law and custom. Consequently
the threat, by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, to send those that exercise
those rights to jail is not only an exercise in futility but also provocative
and unacceptable.
The truth is that their grievances and
aspirations are legitimate and lawful and so are the grievances and aspirations
of all other self-determination groups in the country such as those in the
south-west that believe in the establishment of the Republic of Oduduwa.
I strongly advise the Acting President to
manage this matter very carefully and to stop trying to please or cow-tow to
the cabal that have encircled him.
Osinbajo ought to know that even if he
jails and kills every Biafran in the country others will rise up and carry on
the fight. He cannot successfully intimidate or threaten a growing movement and
philosophy with words and threats. Matters have gone far beyond that now.
He cannot keep Nigeria together with
violence or threats of violence. He can only keep her together by the constant
expression of love and the regular repetition of regrets for past actions and
injustices.
The operators of the Nigerian state cannot
strip a man bare, take everything away from him, including his dignity,
brutalize him morning, day and night and still expect him to keep quiet.
Whether anyone likes to admit it or not the
truth is that Biafra is a reality. It is a spirit that has captured the hearts
and minds of millions of young Igbo people: it burns in their souls and has
ignited their passions.
It is an idea and concept that has also
kindled the imagination and dreams of millions of southerners and Middle
Belters who have come to appreciate the fact that there is a credible
alternative to the nebulous and unjust status quo and the shattered dreams,
cruelty and bondage that the Nigerian state continuously throws up and offers.
Those in power today must live with this
new reality and pray hard that these young men and women have a change of
heart. Other than that they cannot stop Biafra and, when the time comes,
neither will they be in a position to stop Oduduwa.
Finally this point has to be made. It is a
mistake to equate the lawful and legitimate aspiration and agitation for Biafra
with the unlawful and illegitimate quit notice and threat given to the Igbo
people to leave the north by the Arewa youths.
The former is the peaceful exercise of ones
God-given and constitutionally-guaranteed freewill to determine ones own fate,
future and destiny whilst the latter is the unlawful and violent imposition of
the will of one people against another through the use of violence and threats.
The former is a righteous, wholesome and
noble quest whilst the latter is nothing but wickedness, tyranny and
witchcraft.
Simply put the brazen threat and quit
notice given to the Igbos in the north by the Arewa Youths is manifestly
unlawful, immoral, dangerous and irresponsible whilst the expression for the
establishment and creation of the sovereign State of Biafra is not only lawful
but also legitimate and desirable for those who believe in it.
The two cannot be compared and neither can
it be logically argued or inferred that one led to the other.
Permit me to conclude this contribution
with an aside.
I have the greatest respect for Pastor
Tunde Bakare and he knows how much I love him. However he is in grave error
when he compares Buhari to King David as has been reported.
David was an annointed servant of the
Living God and a member of the Kingdom of light.
Buhari is an anointed servant of the devil
and, like Pharaoh and Herod, he is a member of the Kingdom of Darkness.
Bakare is also wrong when he says that
Buhari is "on the path to recovery" and that he will return to lead
the nation. This is false.
Buhari has been rejected by the Lord and he
is suffering the judgement of God for his injustice and wickedness to others.
He is not on the road to recovery, I fear
that he is in a vegetative state if not already dead and he will not be coming
back to lead the nation. Sadly that is the position and the sooner we learn to
accept that fact the better it is for us all.
As
fawning and weak as Osinbajo is, as a Southerner and a believer, he needs our
support and encouragement and not subtle condemnations and discouraging words
from his fellow Pastors.
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Some pastors in the contraption called Nigeria have no meaning at all. They have been handed over to the devil, and they worship the Islamic jihadist devil brown envelope money carpeted under the evil partner in crime civil obedience of the British and the Barack Hussein Obama. These are the presumed pastor who live in dajavu fake world everyday. These are the fraudulent deceit false prophet pastors who cry lord! Lord! But shall not enter the Kingdom of God, but instead will end up in the devil's domain of Hell Fire where they shall burn and grind their teeth!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have said it all.The vice is wallowing in darkness with buhari and he will regret any ill action taken against Biafrans.We are in democracy.
ReplyDeleteThough a prolific and powerful writer, femi fani kyode daily proves to be a hired gun with his talents hired out to the highest bidder. Now let me be clear, this observation is gleaned from years of reading his write ups and articles. At one time he was a strong proponent for the PDP, then he became a voice against president Jonathan, until the last elections when millions of dollars later, he started extorting the virtues of the same government he had berated before. The election was lost and his part in the looting of our country's treasury became obvious. Remember the millions of dollars earmarked for the boko haram war that ended up in the coffers of the of Mr Fani Kayode for which he is still in trouble for. Now Buhari is the devil incarnate and femi is the prophet with magical words to bring him down. How low can you go to wish a fellow human being to be dead or a vegetative sates. A few years ago, this same man wrote a scathing article about the ibos and their claim to Lagos, Portraying them as ungratefully people who were taking advantage of the generousness of the Yoruba in trying to take over, He went ahead to compare the achievements of the Yoruba people in an attempt to make a point about the supremacy of Yoruba achievements over the igbo achievement. ( a position I personally do not subscribe to)
ReplyDeleteNow he is a champion for Biafra and the biafra movement. Truth is Femi Fani Kayode has no integrity and flip flops on many issues. He has lost credibility even with his own people. He does not represent the Yoruba people and his writings are heavily biased to favor whoever pulls his strings. I guess the piper has been paid once again, So Femi sing on till the next tune is paid for.