“Those who fail to acknowledge history run the risk of repeating it frequently,” is a common saying.
From the absurdly fraudulent election to the Igbophobic euphoria that followed, we have all witnessed an unfortunate chain of events in 2023. Also, one of the critical deducible variables from the abovementioned, is the report of the Unified Countries relating the ethnic strains that emitted wildly previously, during and after the races. This UN report had recommended in the nutshell – – the redefinition of the Nigeria idea by Nigerians. We saw the UN peacekeeping equipment rolling deep into the Eastern region through Edo State weeks later, which is not surprising.
Albeit, the Nigerian Armed force hastily came to daunce the declining frenzies, arrogating that the types of gear were essentially on transist to the UN South Sudan order and had just made the stop in Nigeria for some kind of “True” leeway before it proceeded with its excursion. However, the claims of the Nigerian army are comparable to those of a man who is in desperate need of sexual intimacy and will promise anything, if not everything, to his female counterpart in order to salvage his desire, as all ideal minds are aware.
Generally speaking, The Mid-Western (present day Edo State and environs) has consistently filled in as an essential support zone in each aggression that has consistently ejected between the Eastern, Western and different locales of Nigeria.
Teacher Chinua Achebe, A man commonly known as the dad of African writing had reviewed in his book – – ‘There was a country’ an individual verifiable record of the slaughters and bloodlettings dispensed against individuals of Eastern Nigeria after the January 15,1966 upset. He noticed that in his flight mode, he had just felt a few confirmation and security as he moved toward the coastlines of the then mid Western Nigeria, most likely on the grounds that piece of individuals in this locale imparts memorable social likenesses to his own clear clan (Igbo), he added.
Given the ethnic biases and lack of neutrality that Nigerian security agencies have exhibited most recently in the past election, as well as the invisible and invincible umbrella known as The Eastern Security Network (ESN), established by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Supreme leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), back in 2020 with the goal of curbing the unabated rampage of deadly Fulani terror herdsmen, it may make logical sense to assume that the
According to a recent confirmed report, the vigilante group ESN, which is said to have begun with approximately 50,000 members, has grown exponentially in the space of two years into a 200,000-man security apparatus. These numbers are symbolic as well as significant. Additionally, these men could be repositioned for self-defense to prevent the pogroms of 1966 from occurring again.
Despite the possibility of a just outcome in regards to the rigged election, probably as a result of the interventions of a few interested foreign countries, tribal bigots who will feel as though their golden goose has been snatched away will undoubtedly mount a strong resistance. If you have reclaimed your mandate from Mr. Tinubu, a man who threatened to reveal the secret behind Buhari’s death if he was not handed over the mantle of leadership and he was rigged in as the president elect, do you really believe, as a Biafran, that the disenfranchisement, lynching, killings, and burning of properties that were displayed in Lagos and elsewhere during the elections will not only intensify after you may have reclaimed your Does your judgment truly indicate that the Nigerian armed forces, who watched as Political thugs committed all of the aforementioned atrocities while they stood by and watched, will swiftly submit their loyalty and command to Mr. Obi in a manner that is detente?
I recommend you have a reevaluate.
Because of this, all Nd Igbo and Biafrans must heed the IPOB’s call to retreat and return to the buffer zone with our businesses, lives, and property before the end of the world.
Furthermore, in particular, return and vigorously participate in the impending Nigerian registration which is planned for May fourth and fifth 2023, to empower IPOB make the assessment of the Biafra people, to keep away from rashness of calculated plans in standing up to the normal difficulties ahead.
The principle of hoping for the best and planning for the worst is the most important one in life, and IPOB have done exactly that with almost nothing and continue to strive for it.
Consequently, they merit the unified collaboration and support they can get from our kin both home and abroad to proceed with the protection of the aggregate interest of the Biafra race.
Dear Biafrans, heed their call and make use of IPOB, which is both the plan A and the plan B.
Enenienwite Ikechukwu was the author, and Ogah C. S. Maduabuchi was the editor for Family Writers Press International.