We have heard this argument before but now with increasing frequency in the heat of the current agitation by segments of Igbo society for a level playing field in their relationship with other Nigerians. Note however that not all ask for a better union believing that the time for that is long past. For them it is Biafra or death. It is in the midst of all this, which includes the #TrueFederalism Movement, that Ndigbo are being blackmailed and cowed into submission by a barely concealed campaign such as the heading above.
Igbo analyst have laboured to gently debunk that falsehood with discrete pieces of information. While Ndigbo and their other Nigerian co-travellers still disagree on many issues, it is strange that, regarding this particular matter, all the explanations proffered by Ndigbo intellectuals have been falling on deaf ears. #Liars have their minds made up before the lie and are hence impervious to the truth as in empirical data. This particular lie is essentially a distraction from more important matters up for debate. Our method must therefore change so as to put this irritant to rest.
#Is it not therefore about time that the governments of the South-East States published a comprehensive list of top Nigerians in the Military, Security Services, Banks, Multinationals, The Central Bank, Federal Parastatals and the Media who used their positions to CHEAPLY acquire choice land in all our state capitals over the past thirty years, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD THEM? Shame! ! #That these people, who may perhaps be in their thousands, and for those still living, are probably occupying the commanding heights of governance and Corporate Nigeria, have refused to weigh in on this dispute bordering on a well-honed campaign of disinformation targeted at Ndigbo, is very instructive. Their silence is not pregnant but overtly criminal. #Only the truth will constitute a good foundation for either #Restructuring, discussion of #TrueFederalism OR the negotiation for a new #Biafra. Those who are not on our side and on the side of the truth are definitely against us. We need to call them out. We need to shame them, hypocrites who shout unity and inclusiveness during the day BUT are true "nabobs of negativity" at night or when nobody is watching.
#Is it not therefore about time that the governments of the South-East States published a comprehensive list of top Nigerians in the Military, Security Services, Banks, Multinationals, The Central Bank, Federal Parastatals and the Media who used their positions to CHEAPLY acquire choice land in all our state capitals over the past thirty years, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD THEM? Shame! ! #That these people, who may perhaps be in their thousands, and for those still living, are probably occupying the commanding heights of governance and Corporate Nigeria, have refused to weigh in on this dispute bordering on a well-honed campaign of disinformation targeted at Ndigbo, is very instructive. Their silence is not pregnant but overtly criminal. #Only the truth will constitute a good foundation for either #Restructuring, discussion of #TrueFederalism OR the negotiation for a new #Biafra. Those who are not on our side and on the side of the truth are definitely against us. We need to call them out. We need to shame them, hypocrites who shout unity and inclusiveness during the day BUT are true "nabobs of negativity" at night or when nobody is watching.
This campaign should start now irrespective of whether or not we arrive at a properly restructured Nigeria in the short term. This information battle line is hereby drawn. It is going to be messy. However Ndigbo should take no prisoners in this bloodless encounter.
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