what does he expect? . He expects, . No, the crime carries the punishment along with it." - A character from SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. - Richard Sheridan
Every action or omission has consequences!
NNAMDI KANU has been all things to all people. Everybody have suddenly woken up from self-induced slumber and now presume to offer him advice. He has also had to bear escoriating ctiticism.
Nnamdi Kanu is entitled to as many mistakes and destructive mindsets that he wilfully allows himself. Nobody elected him, or identified with his cause. The elite was ever too busy with the daily bread and butter issues to properly oppose his message and methods while identifying with his grouse with the Nigerian polity - zoo he called it. Apart from calling Nnamdi names, there has been no alternative message on the table. .
From the comments above by people like Dr Ozodi Osuji, one gets the impression that some people instead of contributing to the debate are gleefully waiting for Kanu to self-destruct. That denotes a sadistic mindset. What does it profit a Nwafo-Igbo to want a movement for self-determination led by someone with whom he disagrees to flounder? I do not see such people valiantly pushing alternative viewpoints, by putting their money where their mouths are. Femi Fani-Kayode has very harsh words for those who, not having the stomach to fight for their freedom, strangely find the strength to disparage those who do. For such men, in the privacy of their own homes, their wives will not "hear one for them", as they SAFELY rave and rant about the inequities of the Nigerian abstraction.
At almost seventy, despite having never held a high government position, I cannot successfully distance myself from a most discredited generation. We have failed the restive youths and our grandchildren. The sooner we realize that "when come comes to come" our fat bank accounts, palatial residences, stocks in blue-chip firms and land holdings all over the globe, would count for very little. It is my age-mates and younger who are intellectually absent while ostensibly warming seats as Ministers, undistinguished Senators and dishonourable members of the House of Representatives. I expect to be tarred and feathered with all of them. Vicarious responsibility it is called. . I suspect that there is a strong element of jealousy involved here. Talk true! . We wilfully surrendered centrestage first to Ralph Uwazurike and now finally to Nnamdi Kanu. I cannot imagine that Kanu ever envisioned that the more brilliant, better spoken, better connected sons of Igboland would allow him to hold this mantle for so long. Now everyone who has access to social media is propounding what Nnamdi Kanu should or should not do. We have long missed the boat. Let's get that into our thick skulls.
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