Nigerians at independence were not made to be together at all cost. They did not wage war to be a union so why should their disengagement cause the roars of war in order to force them to remain united at their displeasure?
Those who want to have Oduduwa State/Yoruba nation should be allowed to go peacefully. I think Tola Adeniyi has allayed the fears of doomsayers against disintegration.
Toyin, for how long shall we continue with the mentality of "tomorrow go better" or omo mi ko pasi, omo mi ko feli, omo mi ko kuro loju kan? as Baba Sala used to say. This mentality has impeded our development and it is time to stop it. We should go our separate ways.
Segun Ogungbemi.
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On Jun 24, 2021, at 12:36 PM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:
Better put-seperation of SE.Not all Igbo people want out of Nigeria.Referendum should be for a new nation carved out of the SE which anyone, Igbo or non-Igbo, may join, without having to leave where they live at present, like one can live somewhere else without being a national there.Igbos who don't want to be part of Biafra would simply indicate so in this nation wide referendum.Every non-Igbo who wants to be part of Biafra would also indicate.Those who wish to leave outside the SE but as migrants elsewhere in Nigeria may do so.Whatever method is used, I expect Biafra to emerge.Many Nigerians are fed up with Nigeria.If the SS has a referendum, they will also go, as most likely we all know.The whole neither dead nor alive excuse for nationhood that is Nigerian nationhood is something many Nigerians are tired of.Toyin--On Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 08:14 OLAYINKA AGBETUYI <yagbetuyi@hotmail.com> wrote:--
Omoba.
The main thrust of this piece by Akogun Tola Adeniyi is: the Igbo want to separate from Nigeria which he leapfrogged to the conclusion : let Nigeria separate peacefully.
1. The premise can only be confirmed by a referendum of Igbo nationals.
2. Even if confirmed that does not translate into: Let the rest of the country separate into their constituent parts. The rest will simply have to bid their Igbo brethren and sisters a tearful and nostalgic goodbye. The Igbo cant insist if we go, the rest of you must go too!
If the rest see how the Igbo are thriving in their separate nation, may be that would convince them to leave the union at a later date.
As sage and poet WS puts it (supported by the recent stance of another celebrated poet Niyi Osundare),the rest of the Nigerian nationalities have the right to declare :
' I may not go with youcompanions of thebroken buoy.'
This is why I support the Senate Speaker's position that the referendum for Igbo separatism is the most urgent task facing the nation before constitutional amendment: the Constitution can only be meant for those who agree to be bound by it as willing nationals. If after the current amendment the Igbo decide to leave then the futile amendment will need to be redone for those remaining as Nigerians.
No force can stop the Igbo nation from leaving the Nigerian union ultimately if they are determined to do so by peaceful means.
If the national referendum question is ' let the Nigerian nationalities go their separate ways, Yes or No?, it will frustrate and defeat the purported Igbo yearnings because most communities in the North will put a clear ' No.'
OAA
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