Some observers have taken exception to this move by Barr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN. Is their objection realistic? I believe that such a stance is based on limited or warped understanding.
Barrister Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has paid his dues in vibrant activism, in lost opportunities and in blood. If I know him, I cannot imagine him decending to OBFUSCATE the ongoing case for Biafran/Ndigbo self-determination. This has nothing to do with the level of his own passion for the project.
Enemies of Ndigbo are always quick to point out, "See, they are not even united on this issue." My honest stock response has always been that to do otherwise would be un-Igbo. Ndigbo, unlike others, do not possess the herd instinct. They will disagree, analyze, debate, etc. That's Ndigbo for you. I will not even go to that matter of "Igbo enwe eze." Others have dealt with it adequately.
If the writer has followed the brief analysis by US constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein, it would have occurred to him that a case file, such as has been prepared by Agbakoba, could turn out to be one extra nail in the coffin of Nigeria’s continued claim to sovereignty over Biafraland.
Uche onye adiya njo! However we should learn to bow, not sheepishly though, to superior knowledge. His youth apart, Barr Agbakoba is up there in the pantheon of the legal profession with the likes of Prof Ben Nwabueze. A proud old boy of the College of the Immaculate Conception, CIC, Enugu, he just cannot begin, so late in the day, to conceive of what would not be in the overall interest of Ndigbo. That does not however make him infallible.
Semper fidelis!
No comments:
Post a Comment