This has been the theme of the institutionalized response to the strident agitation for Biafra by a segment of Igbo society. Nobody knows for sure who are in the majority, the pro-Biafrans, the committed opposition OR the opportunists sitting on the fence. One thing though is certain. The current holders of elective and appointive political office, influential though they are, are an insignificant minority. It is clearly irrelevant on which side they stake their bet. They will easily be swallowed by the masses.
There is this video which probably has been making the rounds in social media. It smells like a hatchet job straight out of a wartime Propaganda Directorate. I should know, having served as a lower rung operative 50years ago. Honestly I have never before encountered such propaganda and disinformation originating from unidentified arms of Lai Mohammed's outfit. I believe that many more scurrilous endeavours are in the pipeline. Surely a good number of anti-Biafra and anti-Kanu articles, Facebook posts and videos such as this one have sneaked into the public consciousness as further proof that Ndigbo cannot make it alone, need Nigeria more than Nigeria needs them and finally will be sorely missed by Nigeria!
Love Nwantiti indeed!
It is amazing that people who routinely hunt Ndigbo like wild animals will go to such lengths to convince them that they are more loved outside Igboland. If that is the case, then what exactly have Ndigbo been complaining, nay crying about? That Nigerians love them too much? That they are covered with hugs and kisses at every street corner?
A student from Hong Kong graduates from Caltech and returns to make his fortune in that crowded place under the shadow of big China. No one tries to dissuade him. He has the choice to pick up a job in Silicon Valley or SpaceX but doesn't. Why all the scaremongering aimed at Ndigbo?
The current propaganda cum charm offensive simply indicates that Nigeria is finally worried about Ndigbo and Biafra. I may be wrong and the whole charade could turn out to be mere posturing. Question: What would Nigeria (I don't mean Buhari who is no longer in contention) do if indeed Ndigbo let bygones be bygones and stupidly re-embrace the subsisting arrangement? Will the #Reintegration which has eluded them for 50years be suddenly achieved overnight? Excuse me!
To your tents o Israel.
To your tents o Israel.
Ndigbo may ultimately have better protection in Nigeria as foreigners under ECOWAS protocols with the UN looking over everyone's shoulders than this no-war-no-peace joke of governance. Considering the scars that Ndigbo carry on their bodies from it's association with its "brothers" just over the past 50years, is it not about time they moved on to another compound? That's growth, if nothing else.
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