Nnamdi has been released after meeting some of the most stringent
bail conditions ever devised. Ever since, he has gone on an extended
thank you visit to all those who made it possible for his release. But
the question on my mind now is what next? Has he abandoned the cause? Is
he reveling in his celebrity and forgetting his mission of carving out a
Biafra from our country? Have all the issues suddenly disappeared or am
I being too hasty, not waiting to really see what next he would be
coming up with?
You see, if you asked me, the moment he accepted to meet those
draconian bail conditions leaving behind his two partners, I suspected
that the dream was over, the mission has been unaccomplished and the
struggle must be abandoned. I guess the commitment was not strong enough
but do you blame him?I guess not.
The vision was not properly situated within the context of a
federating unit that had gone through a civil war, a social
rehabilitation not aided by a true political integration but a seeming
unexplainable desire to remain united despite the continuous acrimonious
relationships between the federating units. This particular freedom
fighter did not do his research properly. He did not contend with the
binding bond of avarice and selfish greed that continue to bind our
leaders. A bond far stronger than the need to preserve a distinct and
separate ethnic identity which would not guarantee continuous access to
the huge resources that come with a united Nigeria.
Failing to understand this, Kanu was only able to mobilize those who
had lost out in the grand scheme of things, the voiceless and those who
have nothing but the dark skins on their back. These cannot be relied
on, because what drives them is the unassailable need to feed their
families irrespective of where the food was coming from. Kanu did not
read the situation very well or if he did, did not devise a strategy to
marshall an all inclusive call for separation.
He did not contend with the leadership of his people. Both political
and natural. The elites who control resources, access and thought all
were not with him. They did not understand his mission and as such could
not give him the necessary backing required. Also they could not even
see a post Nigeria structure working and their place in it, so they just
mostly ignored him and rallied around to ‘beg’ the Federal Government
to release their errant boy to them. Did you see the way Senators and
former Ministers rallied round to get their boy the day he was released?
So are the issues that led to this stunted movement still with us?
Yes, more than ever before. The infrastructural decay, the
underdevelopment in the South East and the continuous ‘cheating’ of the
Igbo man continues unabated with the active support of the Igbo elites.
Just see recently the recruitment into the secret service, I almost wept
when I saw the number allocated to all the states of the South East. It
is like the Igbo man is like an orphaned child in a home with a new mum
who just gave birth.
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