Esiaba Irobi's self description in the 'about' section of his Facebook wall was "A Biafran in exile in Nigeria".
Biafra is first and foremost a mentality. It emerges in various ideological and strategic configurations. It can never die. All suppression but strengthens it. It is the vanguard of Nigerians' struggle for freedom from a parasitic political system.
The brutal silencing of Nnamdi Kanu, the most significant Igbo leader since Odumegwu Ojukwu and one of the most influential Nigerians in recent history, whose personal example of defiance in the face of a vicious government and his potent civil disobedience strategy that was set to liberate the SE from the toxic embrace of the forced Nigerian union and catalyze the self determination of other ethnicities and regions until it was savagely truncated, forced the nation into a serious discussion of restructuring the federation for perhaps the first time since Aburi, is simply the uneasy calm before the roiling storm doing press-ups in preparation to strike, as a Nigerian joke put its, below the surface of the temporary reprieve won by the oppressors with the cooperation of deluded Nigerians, whom the fascist government, having neutralized Nnamdi Kanu's physical presence and organizational visibility within Nigeria without being able to stem the creative reverberations of his timeless voice, ironically proceeded to punish Nigerians with savage terrorist attacks through their sponsorship of the militia supported by the Miyetti Allah cattle breeders association headed by right wing Fulani elite like the Nigerian national national ruler, causing people to painfully put 2 and 2 together, as events reveal whom their real enemies are, the vampires who wish to enslave and feed on others not the freedom fighter some of whose earlier utterances and strategy people found disturbing but whose later, more mature strategies are leading to liberation without initiating armed combat.
The brutal silencing of Nnamdi Kanu, the most significant Igbo leader since Odumegwu Ojukwu and one of the most influential Nigerians in recent history, whose personal example of defiance in the face of a vicious government and his potent civil disobedience strategy that was set to liberate the SE from the toxic embrace of the forced Nigerian union and catalyze the self determination of other ethnicities and regions until it was savagely truncated, forced the nation into a serious discussion of restructuring the federation for perhaps the first time since Aburi, is simply the uneasy calm before the roiling storm doing press-ups in preparation to strike, as a Nigerian joke put its, below the surface of the temporary reprieve won by the oppressors with the cooperation of deluded Nigerians, whom the fascist government, having neutralized Nnamdi Kanu's physical presence and organizational visibility within Nigeria without being able to stem the creative reverberations of his timeless voice, ironically proceeded to punish Nigerians with savage terrorist attacks through their sponsorship of the militia supported by the Miyetti Allah cattle breeders association headed by right wing Fulani elite like the Nigerian national national ruler, causing people to painfully put 2 and 2 together, as events reveal whom their real enemies are, the vampires who wish to enslave and feed on others not the freedom fighter some of whose earlier utterances and strategy people found disturbing but whose later, more mature strategies are leading to liberation without initiating armed combat.
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toyin
On 28 February 2018 at 20:49, 'O O' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
How does this kind of "resentful" exchange advance fruitful conversation?On another note, a Facebook debate argues that Achuzie was a civilian before the war.Can that be true? If so, how did he develop such a reputation as a skilled commander and uncompromising warrior?As for stories of people surviving through magnanimity, how many on both sides would have survived serious war crimes investigation?
It was a particularly savage war.toyin--On 28 February 2018 at 15:13, Ibukunolu A Babajide <ibk2005@gmail.com> wrote:Chidi Anthony Opara,You are now exposed. You are a phoney Nigerian. That is all we want to do, expose you as a Biafran and as for your delusions of grandeur over that which never was and will never be, please enjoy yourself.Two people can never benefit from a lie. If the person you lied to does not catch up with you, the liar knows he is lying! That beast survived ONLY through the magnanimity of Gowon. He rewrote history to suit his failing memory and jack up his deeply felt failure. You and others are free to slurp on his narrative.Cheers.IBKOn 28 February 2018 at 01:45, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:IBK,
I am pro Biafra, albeit not the Nnamdi Kanu and Ralph Uwazuruike variant, so, I do not need to "gradually show Biafra credential". It is already there and there is nothing you or any other persons can do about it.
I do not also need to remind you that if Joseph Achuzie had refused to collapse his battle fronts for Alani Akinrinade and Olusegun Obasanjo to pass and meet Philip Effiong, the "Biafra surrender" which your revisionist historians mouth today, would not have been possible.
Furthermore, if Joseph Achuzie had gone into guerrilla warfare, as he wanted to initially, before he was persuaded to lay down arms, there would not have been anything called Nigeria today, judging by the man's military prowess.
Your "no victor, no vanquished" and three "Rs" (reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction) were however, phoney.
CAO.
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