Don't let the prominent use (abuse?) of the pictures of Nnamdi Kanu fool you. The antipathy between the British colonial overlords and the stubborn Igbo race has outlived most of the major players in the fight for Nigerian paper independence. This is why modern day British diplomats and the business class like Paul Arkwright, who were not born when it all started, take a stark anti-Igbo stance that seems ingrained in their DNA.
If the current struggle for #Restructuring of the Nigerian polity is restricted to the demand for #TrueFederalism, the attitude of Whitehall would be exactly the same, as it has been over the past 50years of the London sponsored Gowonian legacy. That is why Ndigbo elite who loudly proclaim a lack of interest in the breakup of Nigeria are not getting any support whatsoever from the British establishment. THE UK WANTS NIGERIA TO REMAIND THE WAY IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF QUEEN AND EMPIRE. Many southern Nigerians feigning sophistication, with a British passport or visa to boot, get carried away with the deceptive reportage of BBC which refuses to provide the necessary gravitas for dealing with Nigeria's many dysfunctions.
Take the following report for example. Was it an editorial or a narrative of a young journalist sent on an all expenses paid safari to check out Biafra land or whatever name they call Igboland out of earshot. Could it have been for the silly purpose of providing an unnecessary update on disabled Biafran war veterans, a story that is of absolutely no interest to the members of Parliament or the young operators in London Financial Sector? He couldn't even include his/her name.
The BBC falsely claims to take no side in any revolution. Of course the current turmoil in Nigeria does not measure up to that billing. Or does it? Worse that there is an agitation emanating from Igboland of all places. Such insufferable upstarts!
I have never regarded the peoples of India as submissive. However I just wonder what would have happened if Brittannia had to cope with a colony the size of India populated by Ndigbo. I just wonder. The Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya would perhaps have appeared like a picnic in comparison. Oh, how the British loved and still love the north of Nigeria in contrast, in spite of the depressing human development indices in a place comparable only with post Siad Barre Somalia.
The unrelenting negative attitude of the government, institutions and media of the UK towards Ndigbo is simply payback. Nnamdi Kanu, the poster child and enfant terrible, and of course this current agitation for Biafra, have got nothing to do with it. The British perhaps hate Ndigbo more than the Hausa-Fulani. Yes, that's a strong allegation. I am old enough to make it.
'Nigeria treats us like slaves' - but is Biafra the answer? - BBC News - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40506251
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