"Those who do not want them to go insist there shall be no voting, no listening to their demands and those demanding a vote should be outlawed and killed."(Oluwatoyin Adepoju).
Toyin,
I can see that you and Kanu exhibit the same level of emotion on this Biafra issue. That level of emotion is counter productive. Issues like Biafra sovereignty ought to be handled with level headedness, which is why I go with Professor Nwala's "Alaigbo Development Foundation" and its method.
I said somewhere that IPOB was not outlawed because of Biafra agitation, it was outlawed because of its method of agitation. I also want to say here that the army was not sent to Umuahia because of Biafra agitation, there was threat and challenge and of course a confrontation between forces loyal to Buhari and forces loyal to Kanu became imperative, the outcome, you and I already know.
On the matter of referendum, Toyin, do you sincerely think that in every normal society, as soon as one drops a proposal, it must be accepted by everyone? Do normal human societies work that way? What has happened to consensus building? Do you sincerely believe that if you want to leave a country, that the country you are leaving from should not have a say on some issues your leaving may throw up? Do you sincerely think that Kanu handled this matter the best way it should have been handled?
CAO.
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