- Written by Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba -
It is the Igbo’s turn to be magnanimous in victory. In a sense the Nigerian/Biafran war has finally ended in 2012 with the Eastern Region or Biafra victorious. It is the responsibility of the victorious party to show magnanimity. Those of us who fought in the war especially those of us who sang the war song:
Onweghi mgbe ike Gowon ga akari ike Chukwu
Onweghi mgbe ike Gowon ga akari ike Ojukwu
Translation:
At no point would Gowon’s power be superior to God’s
At no point would Gowon’s power be superior to Ojukwu’s
We can claim, seeing that Gowon is sulking in a corner, as Gen. Ojukwu was receiving a hero’s burial, with representatives from around the world present, that history’s verdict is being rendered: that Ojukwu was right and that Gowon and Ejoor and Obasanjo and Ambassador Rotimi et al, were wrong on the war. That Ojukwu’s power has finally overwhelmed Gowon’s power as we predicted.
Gowon probably is thinking that he would never muster such outpouring of emotions when it comes to his turn to close the books. He will most certainly receive full military burial but it is not likely that his body would be carried to the 12 states he created or to the 31 states (36 – 5) that he ruled during the secession. Mr. Obasanjo probably has the same thoughts in his mind. Mr. Ejoor already knows that his body would not tour the old Midwest.
They must be asking what happened.
What happened was that they won the war but lost the peace.
Ironically they lost the peace because they failed to listen to the one man who they claimed to have loved and who they looked up to, Mr. Obafemi Awolowo. Go back and reread his speech at a Lagos Church where he outlined his plan to win the peace. If that plan, to rebuild the defeated Biafra had been implemented even half fully, the Igbo would have been beholden to Gowon and his Supreme Military Council. The Igbo would have forgotten the exiled Ojukwu and even if he came back there would have been no place for him to inject himself in Igbo life. When Ojukwu came back some of us nicknamed him Ogbaso 1 (Fast runner #1). But as the deprivation of the Igbo progressed, the crafty man was able, once more, to weave his way into the Igbo lives and that is where we are today.
The above statements are not intended to make the Igbo celebrate their eventual triumph with impunity for they face the same dangers that Gowon faced. They ought to announce with the same fanfare “that there is no victor and no vanquished” as Mr. Gowon did. But they will have to proceed to demonstrate that they mean it.
This can be done in many small and big ways.
By rededicating themselves to one Nigeria ideals as did the founding fathers led by Messrs Azikiwe, Mbonu Ojike, Michael Okpara, K. O. Mbadiwe, Akanu Ibiam, Louse Mbanefo, Osita Osadebe, Nwafor Orizu, B. C. Okwu, Mbazuluike Amechi, and other Igbo elders now gone and all those few still living.
The Igbo should desist from poking their fingers in the eyes of other Nigerians by over praising Ojukwu as I have seen in these past weeks. They ought to praise him; they ought to mourn his passing but as the Holy Book says “everything in moderation.”
The Igbo will need to claim what is rightly due them but in such a manner that it will not amount to the same thing as the twenty pound policy that bankrupted the Igbo. They must show understanding.
The Igbo should promptly reopen the closed markets and their business places, welcoming their customers with smiles and thanking them for their support.
They should publicly thank such men as Mr. Wole Soyinka who had suffered as much or even more than many an Igbo. Their support made this victory possible.
They must show understanding for Mr. Gowon, Mr. Ejoor, Mr. Obasanjo and those who could not bring themselves to Mr. Ojukwu’s party. The Igbo must ask themselves that famous Igbo question: “obulu onye?” (what if the shoe were on the other foot”), etc.
The Igbo will not be the only people who ought to manage the events of the past few months carefully. I have seen some of my colleagues in the Internet who have made it their day job to taunt the Igbo and Ojukwu. It seems to me that the Igbo bravado that I have seen recently is in direct response to those taunts.
Nigeria has been at the cliff for a long time and any small thing can push her down. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that we do not push her over.
It will not take much.
Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba wrote in from Boston, USA
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I read virtually all the comments,real realy stimulating, I recall vividly my memories about the civil war especially about most of the biafran soldiers,I saw, they were very crude looking,unattractive in the uniforms, infact to my young eyes.they very bush looking and long after the war,when we see any ungainly person,we liken him to those crude. Looking biafran soldiers of the civil war.
Well spoken indeed my brother.but my question always be,who will do more than,that ok ikemba,who will fit in the shoe he left behind.we can only answer this question if start telling ourselvs the truth,and not selling each other for the sake of money.once our leaders in abuja can no longer selfish,then Igbo,s will soon find their feet in Nigeria as strong,itelligent,brave tribe in Nigeria and the world, God bless Anigbo.
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Aduba is Sabo, watch out! His loyalty is deep with Ibo haters.
We must learn to appreciate sentiments,emotions,dreams and ideas,and place them accordingly .Thank GOD that those who insult the IGBO both from the inside and outside are in the minority.All well meaning Nigerians agree that the war against Hate,Injustice,Ignorance,Laziness,Bad Governance,etc is on.The new battle is robust and intellectual.Political Parties with great vision and mission together with fine Nigerians shall play critical roles to midwife a new NIGERIA.Again,do not divide the CHILD BUT WAIT FOR THE FULLNESS OF TIME.
Igbo people can never be satisfied and so it is fair to say that they will never be satisfy within the reasonable limit, I mean many Ibos even with south east as a republic. Anyone who’d been following their pasts into the present would appreciate why this people will not be able to live without not getting in trouble with others. Because of their peculiar nature an Ibo man cannot accommodate another Ibo man, or have serious problem accommodating one another before you even get to people that are not Ibos. Many Ibos seem to have problem with content and are extremely selfish minded. I have heard many pointing to the fact that most of the chaos that had overtime manifested into different form of violence in Nigeria, if traced is originated from among Ibo characters that spilled over to the rest Nigerians. The last thing you will get from average Ibo man is what the writer is demanding. They are who they are; blinded with selfness but overtly greedy.
David Tabom
You hate Igbo people. Why do people make believe in their head that Igbo people are trouble. People are mad that we are everywhere, at least in Nigeria. The constitution entitles any Igbo family to live anywhere they chose and like a cat we investigate with open mind. We hate corruption till northerner came with their ways. Igbo people do not believe that anybody is special and if anybody has to be special, it has to be “me” and why not “me” “munwa”. Is it a bad thing to think that way? And if you are better than an Igbo person, they fight in their spirit to be better and than you. How many Igbo man have been accused of stealing billions, then look around in the newspaper or in the news. Since Ikemba, Igbo people are beginning to be turned off by stolen public money, a high level of humanity.
To mr. Aduba, do you really take note of Igbo blood shed in nigeria from , 1945, 1953, 66 and the civil war 1967- 70, mr Aduba your apologetic ideology annoys every Igbo, sounding so cowardly, Are you truly an Igbo man? living in the USA, Do you really know what is happening at home? Mr Aduba , NOTE that as it is today, the majority of Ndigbo , home and abroad, do not want to countinue to be in nigeria, just like the Yorubas, and other ethnic groups that made up nigeria,Mr Aduba, do you want to invent a new nigeria different fron the current almost failed state, my dear do not cause yourself the wrath of Anigbo.You ,,MUST,, retrace your foot- prints.
(TOTILAYO),
No body is a host to anybody. The Igbos wanted to leave Nigeria but your people and Boko Haram said no. Now your people and the Boko Haram want Igbos to go home, that not gonna happen peacefully.
We will follow Gowan to sing this time,
“The task to keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done”. I go with that.
Awo sang the same,
All the Sultan sang the same
All the Obas sang the same.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE A GUEST, WE DO NOT FEEL LIKE GUESTS. Our family has been be living in Lagos for centuries, mine for one hundred and sixty years and counting. Some has disappeared into the culture. The Mall at Enugu is owned by a Yoruba man. It is obvious that Igbos do not have much of a land mass otherwise others are allowed to buy part of the crucible. This One Nigeria.
Objectivity is when you READ NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION.
THERE IS INTERNATIONAL LINK BETWEEN IGBOS AND THE MIDDLE BELT AND SO?
Please read Nigerian history. Too much of this conspiracy going on and around. Nigeria not gonna break.
GUYS, WE GONNA spot check ALL THESE CONSPIRATORS CUM SABOTEURS AND EXPOSE THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE.
Ikemba forever, Amen!
Idika,
Which family of yours have been living in LAGOS for more than 160 years. Name that family. We can then trace their Lagos root.
You see, one thing with us Igbos is that we do not like the truth. We are not as accomodating as the Yorubas. Yet we will even try to take Lagos from them. How would you like it if all the Yoruba traders claim Onitsha as theirs because they have been trading there for years?
The Bible says that we should speak the truth a put the devil to shame. I know my people will cry wolf for my ideas. I can clearly say that I have spoken the truth.
Nneki
Section 41 and 43 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution stipulates clearly that every citizen of Nigeria has the right to move and associate freely. The same section also guarantee every Nigerian the right to be free from segregation on basis of his religion, tribe, or what have you. You are segregating against Ibos. Ibo are not the only non Yorubas living in Lagos and creating wealth. Ibo are exercising their right under the law. With democracy, Igbos and in fact any Nigerian can govern Lagos state as far as he/she pays tax. And not just in Lagos state but in any state of the federation, that is the law. Tribal war is over this is 21st century, this is not 19th century. The fact that Igbos are everywhere is a credit to them. As Ibos are in Lagos so are they in all cities of Africa and in Europe and everybody is every where. We heard that an Ibo is a member of British parliament, good for them. Stop this tribal jealousy. Why do you single them out that is how tribalist start tribal wars in Ruwanda and Angola, stop it.
This article is TRASH, apologist, girly, naive…
For me, no victory until Nigeria buckles, disappears from world map, bows out, disintegrates into the following: Unitary Islamic Republic of Arewa (per Boko Haram demands from before 1966), Unitary Oduduwa Republic, Unitary Biafran Republic for Igbos only (which already exists, but just needs to be recognized by the UN), Federal Republic of Central Nigeria, and Federal Republic of Southern Nigeria, which must guarantee Biafra access to th sea or Biafra will just annex them. Period. Mr. Aduba, your next trash, pls.
Better to be a constitutional Nigerian. . . One with the Head and One with the Heart. Politically, I think it is safer.
I can send or share you a link, perhaps you have not seen the civil war compilation. Nne,people called for genocide against our fathers! I owe it to Dim and his forces That i live in this era because they preserved my parents who were singles during the war. Had the genocidal campaign succeeded, you know what it means to us! But if you watch out we the Nigerian youths very well,mostly what some of the western youths are saying, you’ll see that the future demands that we take no chance at all. The ibos have never lost their magnanimity in defeat and in victory. Our efforts at nation building law credence to this claim. And i wonder if this is not seriously affecting our own nationhood? If you are not already on “ndiigbo admin” please join it on facebook. This era is for the Hardcore ibos like other peoples of other tribes are doing. . . and not for liberalizing everything. It does not affect our Nigerian nationality when we tightly bond up with one another from Igbo nation and for The Igbo nation too because no body knows tomorrow.
No Nne, having paid for the land, they should thank us for developing the land. Nigerians abroad own homes and no one talks about hostility or hospitality. no one should even be afraid if Nigeria is gonna break up. This is why The Igbo Nationo needs to continue playing international politics and linking up to the world at large. We also need a very potent international lobby-group for ibo life and property defence. Worldwide. Were there a well documented or identified yoruba-occupants or kings prior to that historical time? They had their own area likewise the Binis who equally have an ancient links to some ibo-speaking towns too. What is the meaning of Lagos if i may ask? And are you sure you aint generalizing too much knowing that most yorubas see some others whom we might be refering to as their people, as foreigners from elsewhere? The kingship/occupation therein is mere political. The entire lands can become theirs but Ada, you shouldn’t be the one to give it them. One love nne!
“Nigerians abroad own homes and no one talks about hostility or hospitality”.
Obi, speak the truth,when was the last time Yorubas attacked in Yorubaland?
When was the last time Hausa/Fulani attacked us: TODAY.
This is the difference between hostility and hospitality. If Nigerians are attacked abroad for being Nigerians, that is hostility.
Which land is yoruba if i may ask? The whole of Lagos? Lol, let the time and the Binis And even the Igbos shall educate you the more. but i like your heart. Mr writer- Aduba, tell south-Africans that Mandela actually had some short-comings by taking up arms against the goverment. . . . If you are a good heart indeed. Anyway, writing has become so easy just like the discussions at a bear parlour, so little wonder that anything can be written. Write more, lets us read. The ultimate Planner, Executioner and Writer of History is God. The gods are also partakers. You are only human and your thinking might just be nothing but mere thoughts. I believe that unles Nigeria appeased the innocent souls wasted, this country will continue to be divided. Don’t you think about this or are you an atheist? I love the word crafty, keep using it forever. All men were crafty just for their sectional gains. So Dim(CHUKWU ABIAMA bless his soul) is simply the last Man standing. we have always Appreciated Soyinka. Mr writer, kindly write about Some members of Boko Haram who are from neighbouring Countries but are in Nigeria today killing Nigerians. Please write something revealing and insightful next time. DIM HAD NO GEO-POLITICAL DENT!
Which land is yoruba if i may ask? The whole of Lagos? Lol, let the time and the Binis And even the Igbos shall educate you the more. but i like your heart.
Obi,
Would you like it if the Yorubas tell you that Ndigbo land does not belong to Ndigbo? I hear my Igbo people saying this all the time:”Lagos is no man’s land”.
There is an ancient historical and territorial link between the Binis and Yorubas. We Igbos cannot claim ownership of Lagos. We may have purchased houses and lands in Lagos but we are not children of the soil.
Thanks to their hospitality, the Yorubas do not bother us. We cannot insult our hosts.
Nneka,
You cannot be a guest in your fatherland. A city built by colonial government and taken over by Nigerian government.
Igbo land belong to Nigeria it is in the constitution. Hausa, Yoruba, minority, everywhere in Nigeria is owned by federation of Nigerian constitution. I may not like it but yes Nigeria belong to Nigerian government did not matter what u like. That is why Lagos is built by Nigeria Government. At the same time Nigerian government is a human being or beings. The world is open, with behavior and character, you can live anywhere even in the city of red necks.
Idika,
My question to you is: would you be saying the same thing if Enugu, Owerri, Aba, Onitsha, or Orlu, were the federal capital?
Remeber that before the colonial pirates came, there were people living in Lagos. History dictates that these people are Yorubas, some Bini,some Agonyin (people you find in present day Dahomey, Ghana,etc.).
Your analogy is devoid of intellectual honesty. You sound like the intellectually dishonest Western historians who are attributing the civilization of ancient Egypt to Europeans. This is one BIG LIE.
Neki
YOU ARE NOT LIVING IN 21st CENTURY YOU ARE A TRIBAL MONGER. YOU ARE LIVING in A TRIBAL and PRIMITIVE NIGERIAN OLD. HAVE HEARD OF THE WORD LAGOSIAN? IT IS FREE OF TRIBALISM. RUN out of Lagos and run to your home town if you have any or run out of America/London to you fathers home land with your interllectual honesty. Ofe nmanu like you taking Igbo name. COME AND SINGLE OUT IGBOS YOU SOUTH WESTERN BOKO HARAM.
This Aduba man again. It’s clear that some people are incurably sick. Some Igbos claim that they will never again read anything this Aduba touches. How would the Igbos have forgotten Ojukwu and forgiven Gowon if Gowon had developed Igbo land after the war? Are Igbos so stupid and ignorant? Would Igbos have then forgotten all those millions of people that were killed just because their killers would come and spray asfalt on Igbo fields and raise up blocks of school buildings in Igbo land? This Aduba has different values. No wonder he speaks of One Nigeria. You people shouldn’t be surprised to learn that Aduba’s parents sabotaged the war efforts.
Igbo should mourn Ojukwu with as much energy as they have. Anybody who is uncomfortable with it should go and swim in a turbulent lake. Even you, Aduba.
Mr B O. Aduba
IF THE IGBOS WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE WILL NEVER BE A MASSACRe. I WAS A KID WHEN MASSACRE WAS HAPPENING IN THE NORTH. AT ENUGU WHERE the youths “TUGS” WERE ABOUT TO AVENGE for what were seen on the Tv and in real life, I REMEMBER VIVIDLY when IKEMBA ASKED THE YOUTHS to remain calm and TO RISE ABOVE BARBARIAN NEIGHBORS THAT the BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT WILL not be allowed DESECRATE OUR LAND… AN ANSWER TO YOUR Obulu Onye , till today its difficult to avenge in Igbo land. All those patriots you called could never have condescended to massacre of one Nigeria they were building. Again, I disagree with you. Ojukwu made this call in 1966/7 and no massacre happened in the Eastern region. Only during 911 was white youths of America able to hear such a call from their leader and that was in 2001. Ojukwu is a child of destiny again, not “crafty man weave his way” unless “God’s crafty” you meant. If he is into money it could have been a talk of the country but that was not the case. Some people tried to label him an “opportunist” or in your own word “CRAFTY”. Mr A. Obafemi you were eluding to knew that he was not about to do much for the Igbos because he has no power. A promise of a man without power. If A, Obafemi was such a person in honesty and has the ear of Gowan, why was it that he did not insist on dialogues, the northern oligarchy would have listened, he was very aware of history. He did not believe that our fate will come out the way it is turning. We are not just mourning Ojukwu, you know in Igbo land the saying is when you are mourning another is when you are mourning self and we are too, celebrating his life. This is one time the Igbo community is letting loose all those emotions and agonies of the defeated, its pain and all. What is it to mourn in moderation, this is not just mourning, it is a worthy show of respect to an examplary leader at the very time Igbo existence was in question. All the names you called were the people that asked the young man to go to war, the word “crafty” is too suspicious a word, Mr B O Aduba, I disagree with your choice of word. The fact that Ojukwu was still alive at the time was a big boast to the Igbo psyche and for his people. Ogboso #1 was used against Zik and not for Ikemba. It was a political lingo used by the people who engineered Onye ube rulu ya la cha and today are missing out on the sign of the times. The Igbos are not out of the wood yet and what is magnanimous about the mourning or celebration. It was the Jews who were dancing in the face of suicide bomber so were our brothers in Kano, who choose to ignore real and present danger rather congregate and give honor to whom it is due the Igbo way. I salute those dignitaries and our brothers in Kano, that was strong. Igbos are individuals but during danger their God will send them a reliable character and that character was Ikemba and we thank God. Why mourn in moderation and what is moderation at least no body died during the mourning /celebration of his life. I hope that people will be celebrating his life during the Black history month in future.
Which Northern oligarchy was going to listen to Awo? Not the one I know.
Remember,the Black Americans do not include Black Africans in their Black History month celebration. This idea of yours is DOA (Dead on Arrival).
Nneka, Miss Anti Igbo but Miss Yoruba Apologist.
All the members of the Oligarchy are not as anti-Igbo as you, Nneka.
We know you are a single woman, suffering from some deprivations, jealous of speech made by a real woman with a great and good heart. It is “Black History” and not “Black American history”, month moron. Don’t you know that your Yorubas has as much say at the time because all Yoruba youth were asked to join the Nigerian army to increase their profile. Gowan listened to him when he proposed 20 pounds and abandoned property. No need to contest with you because it is already being celebrated in America. During the black history month we celebrate him in our hood Nneke, you cannot stop us with your anti-Igbo hate. Cannot even spell kwenu.
Oche,
You are a certified MORON. Your medulla oblongata is sealed. The problem with Igbos like you is that you are never objective. A deviation from the group-think mentality that is pervasive amongst us is an abomination.
We Africans call African History AFRICAN HISTORY. Only the Black Americans use that nomenclature.
For your information, I never took IGBO LANGUAGE IN School. I was not born in Nigeria but my genuine IGBO PARENTS raised me to look at issues objectively. Subjectivity will always hinder you reasoning faculty.
For your information, I am not as old as you are and I am not in any hurry to get married.
I used to dislike Yorubas like you. After visiting that country several times and observing and reading her history. I began to look at the nation with a different mindset. No I have never dated Yorubas, Just to shut you up.
Finally, what have you done for Ndigbo aside from being a negative and acrimonious BIAFRAN?
You should also remember that the Yorubas were not seceding. Our great leader Ojukwu had no place for Yorubas in BIAFRALAND. Hence, the Yorubas were still part of Nigeria. The truth remains that we Igbos would have done the same if we were in the same situation as the Yorubas. This line of reasoning is called objective reasoning.
Everlasting bitterness will not get Ndigbo anywhere. We need to build Ndigbo like the Yorubas are building their our land. Yes, I repeat, our people are prospering in Yorubaland without any trouble. I wonder whether we Igbos would have let the Yorubas proper that much in our lands without telling them to “go back to their fatherland”.
Oche,
You are a certified MORON. Your medulla oblongata is sealed. The problem with Igbos like you is that you are never objective. A deviation from the group-think mentality that is pervasive amongst us is an abomination.
We Africans call African History AFRICAN HISTORY. Only the Black Americans use that nomenclature.
For your information, I never took IGBO LANGUAGE IN School. I was not born in Nigeria but my genuine IGBO PARENTS raised me to look at issues objectively. Subjectivity will always hinder you reasoning faculty.
For your information, I am not as old as you are and I am not in any hurry to get married.
I used to dislike Yorubas like you. After visiting that country several times and observing and reading her history. I began to look at the nation with a different mindset. No I have never dated Yorubas, Just to shut you up.
Finally, what have you done for Ndigbo aside from being a negative and acrimonious BIAFRAN?
You should also remember that the Yorubas were not seceding. Our great leader Ojukwu had no place for Yorubas in BIAFRALAND. Hence, the Yorubas were still part of Nigeria. The truth remains that we Igbos would have done the same if we were in the same situation as the Yorubas. This line of reasoning is called objective reasoning.
Everlasting bitterness will not get Ndigbo anywhere. We need to build Ndigbo like the Yorubas are building their oun land. Yes, I repeat, our people are prospering in Yorubaland without any trouble. I wonder whether we Igbos would have let the Yorubas proper that much in our lands without telling them to “go back to their fatherland”.
Thanks for good write-up. Let`s judge people by what they do not by what their parent or grand parent did. I am from almost the same area with Gowon, but i Hate him for what he did, for making the Igbos think all northerners are hausas, but that doesn`t mean the Igbos should hate me because i`m Gowon`s neighbor. This antagonism is taking us nowhere. the middle belters are not at war with the Igbos, infact in a village in northern Nigeria my people sheltered over hundred Igbos from the attack of Hausa muslims who wanted killing both Igbos and Northern Christians during post-election violence. so we all know who the enemy is.
N
Igbo people are never bitter people my dear and are not naive again either. Are you bitter? You are an Igbo person as you claimed, We know you are not, just trusting and moving on. We are open minded people. If you are not other Igbo people are.
We are not gonna be ignorant of history as you want us to be. No Nneka. You can go on that trail but is lonely, cold we bet you, you are on your own, not gonna drags us with you. Our verifications of your people did not match our trust.
We have one Nigeria that is the constitution. That is what we fought for so that anybody could live anywhere they so please. The SW fought in support of it the constitution,one Nigeria. You can live anywhere. Igbos, Yoruba, Hausa and the minorities ain’t going anywhere we are all gonna be one, one Nigeria. We do not hate anybody but we want to make it clear that some of us are not naive and do not forget the guide post. If you know Biafran history which you obviously do not but just want the people to forget the past and move on to where? Back to BH, no. You need a little history lesson b/4 u jump into this discussion. Surely college educated and believe that you do know it all. Do you want to claim superiority b/c u were not born in Nigeria, not to me. That you could not speak the elite language, so what, your fault, not mine. Please try to verify your history. You should learn that a naive Ikemba gave a Yoruba man by the name of Col. Banjo the Command of Western flank from Asaba to Ore. What did he do, he turned his sold his whole Biafran command, soldiers to Nigerian (federal) command and run back with stories to Enugu. An inherent saboteur. Was believed till he tried to stage a coup to eliminate Ikemba. Biafran death squad got him and his accomplice Major Ifeajuna and immediately executed them at Enugu. A little class for you and some of the new students, cross-check with Daddy. Do you want verbal war we give you verbal war. Do you want verbal fire we give you verbal fire either way you will lose, because you are on the wrong side of history. BANJO, AWO, ADEKUNLE, BABA AND MANY MORE WHO ARE STILL CALLING FOR MORE GENOCIDE IN RECENT PUBLICATIONS. You do not have to explain to me your tone, this big boy can take name calling with a smile, ’cause ain’t rough my hide. PEACE!
In Nigeria, politics of appeasement only recognizes the loudest agitators. If the ibos play the docile politics you are advocating, no body will appease us. Yorubas got the presidency thru appeasement . So also the Niger dletans. The ibos must continue to speak loud and clear about getting more than their share of the commonwealth.
Should we be apologetic for the truth coming out at last? Should we hide our joy for the Sampson’s hand that puled down the web of deception that is Nigeria, her former rulers and the ruling cabal? No, every man have but one destiny. Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu lived his to the fullest and like Sampson, when death came, he used his last strength to pull down all the web of deceit.
Like the biblical judges of Israel, God choose the timing of their birth, the time for the commencement of their mission and the timing of their exit.
What else can I say. Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, may our God forgive you all your sins and reward you for all your good deeds. Amen! The struggle continues until your people attain the freedom you gave your all for.
I like this. A good heart indeed!