The Director of Radio Biafra in the UK, Nnamdi Kanu says delegates at the ongoing National Conference should negotiate for a secession of Biafra or face the wrath of the Igbo people. He said inasmuch as he respects the freedom of people to converge and speak their minds, the right of the people of south-eastern Nigeria to form their own nation should also be respected.
Speaking in an interview with SaharaTV's Rudolf Okonkwo over the weekend, Nnamdi Kanu posited that the national conference is a waste of time since the same people who created the problems of Nigeria are the ones converging ostensibly to seek a solution. He slurred the delegates representing the Igbo people and threatened them not to return to Igboland if they fail to negotiate a secession from the Nigerian federation.
"If they fail to give us Biafra, Somalia will look like a paradise compared to what will happen to that zoo. It is a promise, it is a pledge and it is also a threat to them" he portended. "If they do not give us Biafra, there will be nothing living in that very zoo they call Nigeria; nothing will survive there, I can assure you" Mr. Kanu added.
He further alleged that the governors in Igboland are lackeys of 'Hausa-Fulani godfathers' appointed by them to do their bidding. He was particularly critical of Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha who he accused of singlehandedly islamizing the state. "Every Igbo governor you have has a Hausa-Fulani godfather", the broadcaster said.
Mr. Kanu also slammed the idea of a peaceful approach to gaining a Biafran independence saying peace never works in the fight for liberation. "I do not believe in peaceful actualization or whatever rubbish it is called. I have never seen where you become free by peaceful means" he suggested. He said statistics available to him indicates that over 98% of Igbos support a Biafran secession because every Igbo has freedom embedded in their DNA.
He complained that the structures for negotiating an independent Biafra does not exist thus leaving them no choice but to resort to the current approach they are embarking on. He therefore lent support for the attack on the Enugu State Government House recently, which was claimed by the Biafra Zionist Movement. "Anybody that can do anything to disrupt the present orthodoxy of governance by a group of very corrupt cabals is welcome" he said.
Biafra was the name given to the secessionist state in the south-eastern part of Nigeria from May 1967 to January 1970, when natives of the region led by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu opted to break away from the Nigerian federation. After two and a half years of a bitter war which claimed the lives of an estimated 1 million people however, Biafra was reintegrated into the Nigerian federation. The inhabitants of the region are loosely referred to as Igbos, Ibibio-Efiks, Ijaws, Ogojas etc. but anthropologists point to a complex inter-relationship of several other ethnicities all connected by common ancestry.
Speaking in an interview with SaharaTV's Rudolf Okonkwo over the weekend, Nnamdi Kanu posited that the national conference is a waste of time since the same people who created the problems of Nigeria are the ones converging ostensibly to seek a solution. He slurred the delegates representing the Igbo people and threatened them not to return to Igboland if they fail to negotiate a secession from the Nigerian federation.
"If they fail to give us Biafra, Somalia will look like a paradise compared to what will happen to that zoo. It is a promise, it is a pledge and it is also a threat to them" he portended. "If they do not give us Biafra, there will be nothing living in that very zoo they call Nigeria; nothing will survive there, I can assure you" Mr. Kanu added.
He further alleged that the governors in Igboland are lackeys of 'Hausa-Fulani godfathers' appointed by them to do their bidding. He was particularly critical of Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha who he accused of singlehandedly islamizing the state. "Every Igbo governor you have has a Hausa-Fulani godfather", the broadcaster said.
Mr. Kanu also slammed the idea of a peaceful approach to gaining a Biafran independence saying peace never works in the fight for liberation. "I do not believe in peaceful actualization or whatever rubbish it is called. I have never seen where you become free by peaceful means" he suggested. He said statistics available to him indicates that over 98% of Igbos support a Biafran secession because every Igbo has freedom embedded in their DNA.
He complained that the structures for negotiating an independent Biafra does not exist thus leaving them no choice but to resort to the current approach they are embarking on. He therefore lent support for the attack on the Enugu State Government House recently, which was claimed by the Biafra Zionist Movement. "Anybody that can do anything to disrupt the present orthodoxy of governance by a group of very corrupt cabals is welcome" he said.
Biafra was the name given to the secessionist state in the south-eastern part of Nigeria from May 1967 to January 1970, when natives of the region led by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu opted to break away from the Nigerian federation. After two and a half years of a bitter war which claimed the lives of an estimated 1 million people however, Biafra was reintegrated into the Nigerian federation. The inhabitants of the region are loosely referred to as Igbos, Ibibio-Efiks, Ijaws, Ogojas etc. but anthropologists point to a complex inter-relationship of several other ethnicities all connected by common ancestry.
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2 comments :
Please DON'T love Biafra from Diaspora! Come back home (here in Nigeria) where life is NOT as comfortable as in Biafra!
DESTROY your foreign papers!!! DON'T have any fall-back plans for your and your immediate family!
FIGHT FROM INSIDE!
Come and enjoy the state of the nation! The diseases, dirt, lack of social amenities: Drink water that is bottled, yet as IMPURE as the 'Pure' water sachets!
Drive past decomposing dead bodies on the streets or watch people hungry and hitherto very intelligent beautiful girls selling themselves for money.
WHEN you have lived in Nigeria for at least 6 months, then, please review that talk of Biafra!
My best friend is from the North (a muslim Hausa)...I have fond memories of growing up in the northern part of Nigeria.
In fact, I almost married a Muslim hausa-fulani man! I didnt, ONLY because his family insisted I convert to Islam.
Given, the Boko Harams (that we are yet to confirm IF THEY ARE REALLY NIGERIANS) are doing havocs now in the north.
Given, some idiotic Nigerians (A few out of the millions we have) are participating in the massacre!
BUT....are these Boko Haram fools actually doing worse than the leaders of the nation (Christians, Muslims, Igbos, Yorubas, Minority tribes etc) have done to pillage our rich country into this state of ruin??
Check our history.....people from all tribes have diverted billions of dollars that would have saved the lives of the poor into their pockets (HEARTLESSLY)! Not caring that a kid could die just because his poor parents were not able to afford his inhaler! Or a mother bleeding to death, just because the village dispensary could not infuse her with blood after she brought to life an innocent beautiful baby during labor??
Before we shout BIAFRA! Let us RETHINK!
The igbo man is known to sell his own brother for a dime! See how they kill each other over stupid village lands that would not be useful to their foreign-oriented kids! See how they build mansions in their villages to 'show off'. meanwhile they only visit those 'worthless investments' ONLY when they travel to the village for Christmas! otherwise, the lizards and ants sleep on their Italian-framed kingsize beds!
Before you shout BIAFRA! Please have an elder in your family tell you the gory tales of that war!
WHO IS RAISING BIAFRA NOW???? In the midst of Boko Haram terrorism??? Or is this another way Boko Haram want to use to destabilize the nation??? Of course, the very materialistic IGBO MAN would be blamed!
Please QUENCH Biafra! And No! I do NOT support Biafra! But I remain a PROUD IGBO WOMAN, an AdaEze, A Princess in IgboLand...FOR LIFE!
Ndi banyi Ndewo nuo!
If it's true you're a real igbo woman, you're very ignorant of what Biafra is all about. Biafra is not about Igbos alone. If there are bad eggs in igbo tribe as you said may is you and your family if you're an igbo woman as you claim, person like you is a sabotuer who jeopardize the collective effort of Biafrans for freedom.
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