By Nwafor Sunday

The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, Thursday, said that the wounds of the civil war have not been healed. Kukah disclosed this at a zoom meeting organized by Dele Momodu of the Ovation Magazine and Mazi Ezeoke.

Speaking on the theme: The Second never again conference: 51 years after Nigerian-Biafran Civil war, the outspoken Bishop, advised Nigerians to compile a history of the country, noting that knowing the history will calm/qualm the taste for violence.

Kukah who has been on the media for criticizing the current administration and proffering solutions to the problems of the country noted that Nigerians and of course their leaders are not happy with the current situation of the country.

He highlighted, poor economic policies, insecurity and poor education/health systems as issues bedeviling the country and advised the current administration to fix them.

“We are failing in almost all the sectors. We must stand up and fix them”. Speaking further, Kukah said that there is enough blame to go round, noting that everyone should be blamed for the current situation of the country. If we are saying NEVER AGAIN, we must identify some fundamental issues. We must have our history written down or acted as a movie. We must understand the role of religion in Nigeria. The issue of consequentiality should also be of great essence. There should be consequences for good and bad behavior.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/01/wounds-of-the-civil-war-have-not-been-healed-matthew-hassan-kukah/

Those who say the wound has been healed...

Can they mention one federal investment in the entire east?

Those who will mention uncompleted Enugu airport and tolled 2nd Niger bridge should be ashamed in advance.

I blame all these on the slavish leaders from the region, who don't know how to fight their rights.

It has been healed.
Nigeria didn't do any bad thing against the Biafrans.

There is no country in the world were someone will just rise and say he is taking is region/people out of the country the way ojukwu did, and it won't lead to war.

When Ironsi was the head of state of Nigeria, Isaac Adaka Boro decided his people are been marginalise in the Eastern region, so he declared the Niger Delta region as an independent country.

War was declared on Boro and his men by Maj. Gen. Ironsi. Col. Ojukwu should have learnt from Boro ordeal.

BabaOwen:
It has been healed

By you, abi?

Can it ever be healed? Nigerians don't learn from history.

Can this man shut up for some while. Not only you in this country.

Do you think any lesson has been learnt?

The lessons of the war have not been learnt as Nigeria is now the Poverty Capital of the World,we are plagued with monumental corruption, unemployment, environmental ravages, Illiteracy, diseases, decayed infrastructure, financial bankruptcy, unpayable external and domestic debts, and absolute misgovernance. We have now become the more intolerant of one another, and have been further pushed apart on account of religion and ethnicity.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/politics/article/nigeria-is-still-in-pains-50-years-after-civil-war-ikokwu/amp/

Truth is solemn! You can hide or deny it.

Fact remains the war never ended till date. It is like the cold war era. The war became a war of ideology.

Revenge on Igbos continued till date. Unfortunately Nigerians continue to harm themselves and damage their country thinking they are doing Igbos. The Igbos themselves have never forgotten the war. This is because the revenge of the war continue to stare at them on daily bases.

If not for the ingenuity of the Igbos, they wouldn't have come out strong after the war. I have told people who keep shouting Nnamdi KANU is a scammer, the only way your talk can sink into any average Igbo man is to clean the Biafran ideology from his brain. He doesn't bother who is a scammer for so long as the message of Biafra is preached. In the absence of Nnamdi KANU will arise millions other Kanus. You cannot tell someone to forget where his hope lies even as Nigeria has refused to work. Impossible.

CSTRR:

By you, abi?

Ojukwu declared the eastearn region as an independent country, Gowon declared war on Ojukwu and his men. This was the way Boro declared the Niger Delta as an independent country, and Ironsi also declared war on Boro and his men.

Ojukwu should have seced under Ironsi.

There're some history that don't need to be told.
How can you tell the story of the Asaba massacre, the land and sea blocked propelled by Obafemi Awolowo which lead to the starvation of millions of children to death without waking up old injuries. Abeg,lets bury the history.

BabaOwen:
Ojukwu declared the south east as an independent country, Gowon declared war on Ojukwu and his men. This was the way Boro declared the Niger Delta as an independent country, and Ironsi also declared war on Boro and his men.

Ojukwu should have seced under Ironsi.

Ojukwu deleared independence for the Eastern Region not the South East. Ojukwu was one of the officers who made the 1966 coup fail because he was against it. Go & read 'My Story' by Philip Effiong.

Tofax:

Ojukwu deleared independence for the Eastern Region not the South East.

I made a mistake, thank you!

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BabaOwen:
It has been healed.Nigeria didn't do any bad thing against the Biafrans.There is no country in the world were someone will just rise and say he is taking is region/people out of the country the way ojukwu did, and it won't lead to war.

[/s]People have the right to assert their self independence if they are not comfortable with a union. Even in families, not everyone agrees with decisions made by you or on your behalf.

The Northern & Western Nigeria wanted to secede from the Nigerian entity in July 1966 until Britain & America counselled them against it because they will benefit more from a fraudulent unified Nigeria.Now, 55years thereafter see where we are as a so called nation.

The forced amalgamation of Nigeria was signed on our behalf by few people who did not take our opinions into consideration as indicated by the below report;

"........The British cobbled together Northern and Southern Nigeria in 1914. They did it to save administrative costs at the eve of World War I.Only SIX individuals actually signed the Amalgamation document.They are:

-Siyanbola Oladigbolu(Alaafin of Oyo),
-R.Henshaw(Obong of Calabar),
-Muhammadu Maiturare,(Sultan of Sokoto),
-Abubakar Garbai el-Kanemi(Shehu of Borno),
-Usuman bin Abdullahi(Emir of Kano),
-Sir Kitoyi Ajasa(lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of the Crown Colony of Lagos.The latter, Sir Kitoyi, was largely an agent of the British.....)"

“It is only a matter of time before the strange amalgam of a unitary federation becomes fully blown........"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/how-to-kill-skin-and-bury-a-country/amp/

The former USSR, Yugoslavia-Serbia, Sudan/South Sudan etc are some examples to tell you that unity is not by force.Today, Britain have left the EU.Hence you can't force people into a union they are not interested in because “Unity without verity, is no better than conspiracy.” according to John Trapp(An English philosopher).

"President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown his weight behind the people of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic(SADR), otherwise called Western Sahara, stating that NIGERIA WOULD ENSURE THE REALIZATION OF THEIR SELF-DETERMINATION AND INDEPENDENCE..(from Morocco)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/buhari-backs-western-sahara-on-self-determination-from-morocco/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Meanwhile, above is your demigod supporting another country to secede from the other but same & his clique are tell us that "Nigeria's unity is non-negotiable." See the hypocrisy?

The war is still on. It is being executed as a cold one.

Tofax:

Ojukwu deleared independence for the Eastern Region not the South East. Ojukwu was one of the officers who made the 1966 coup fail because he was against it. Go & read 'My Story' by Philip Effiong.

I'm not talking about a coup.

BabaOwen:
It has been healed.
Nigeria didn't do any bad thing against the Biafrans.

There is no country in the world were someone will just rise and say he is taking is region/people out of the country the way ojukwu did, and it won't lead to war.

When Ironsi was the head of state of Nigeria, Isaac Adaka Boro decided his people are been marginalise in the Eastern region, so he declared the Niger Delta region as an independent country.

War was declared on Boro and his men by Maj. Gen. Ironsi. Col. Ojukwu should have learnt from Boro ordeal.

It has been healed but tolling 2nd Niger bridge but never 3rd mainland bridge?

It as been healed with the SE never produced some top positions in the country?

It has been healed while other regions have functional airport but not the SE?

Your sense of justice is amazing. But you need to see a doctor for rationality checks.

SpecialAdviser:
Fact remains the war never ended till date. It is like the cold war era. The war became a war of ideology.

Revenge on Igbos continued till date. Unfortunately Nigerians continue to harm themselves and damage their country thinking they are doing Igbos. The Igbos themselves have never forgotten the war. This is because the revenge of the war continue to stare at them on daily bases.

If not for the ingenuity of the Igbos, they wouldn't have come out strong after the war. I have told people who keep shouting Nnamdi KANU is a scammer, the only way your talk can sink into any average Igbo man is to clean the Biafran ideology from his brain. He doesn't bother who is a scammer for so long as the message of Biafra is preached. In the absence of Nnamdi KANU will arise millions other Kanus. You cannot tell someone to forget where his hope lies even as Nigeria has refused to work. Impossible.

Well said. God bless you. If other Nigerians understand it this way the issue of Biafra could have been settled long ago.

Redcrafton:



It has been healed but tolling 2nd Niger bridge but never 3rd mainland bridge?

It as been healed with the SE never produced some top positions in the country?

It has been healed while other regions have functional airport but not the SE?

Your sense of justice is amazing. But you need to see a doctor for rationality checks.

There is an alternative to the 2nd Niger bridge.

Presidency won't be handed over to the south east. If Nigerians are really marginalising you guys, an Igbo man won't be the Vice to Shagari. Igbos like Moghalu won't have the chance to become the Nigerian president. Obi won't be allowed to be the Vice president of Atiku.

There is a functional airport that was built by GEJ in Enugu, you people even bragged that Lagos airport will soon collapse because most of the people using it are Igbos

Redcrafton:

By Nwafor Sunday The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, Thursday, said that the wounds of the civil war have not been healed. Kukah disclosed this at a zoom meeting organized by Dele Momodu of the Ovation Magazine and Mazi Ezeoke.

Speaking on the theme: The Second never again conference: 51 years after Nigerian-Biafran Civil war, the outspoken Bishop, advised Nigerians to compile a history of the country, noting that knowing the history will calm/qualm the taste for violence. Kukah who has been on the media for criticizing the current administration and proffering solutions to the problems of the country noted that Nigerians and of course their leaders are not happy with the current situation of the country.

He highlighted, poor economic policies, insecurity and poor education/health systems as issues bedeviling the country and advised the current administration to fix them. “We are failing in almost all the sectors. We must stand up and fix them”. Speaking further, Kukah said that there is enough blame to go round, noting that everyone should be blamed for the current situation of the country. If we are saying NEVER AGAIN, we must identify some fundamental issues. We must have our history written down or acted as a movie. We must understand the role of religion in Nigeria. The issue of consequentiality should also be of great essence. There should be consequences for good and bad behavior.”

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/01/wounds-of-the-civil-war-have-not-been-healed-matthew-hassan-kukah/

my Bishop is not scared to say the truth not like Adeboye buhari and his mad dogs can't do pim. Catholic is not Pentecostal church if you pick a fight with Catholic Church your finished if buhari think My Bishop will keep quiet let him think again

BabaOwen:
There is an alternative to the 2nd Niger bridge.

Presidency won't be handed over to the south east. If Nigerians are really marginalising you guys, an Igbo man won't be the Vice to Shagari. Igbos like Moghalu won't have the chance to become the Nigerian president. Obi won't be allowed to be the Vice president of Atiku.

There is a functional airport that was built by GEJ in Enugu, you people even bragged that Lagos airport will soon collapse because most of the people using it are Igbos

Incomprehensible afonja man spewing rubbish..with no stability..

Why didn't Obasanjo build the airport at Enugu? Did GEJ build it with his money?

Injustice for one could mean injustice to all...

Very soon you will blame the ghosts of ipob for chasing your Oba away.

Continue living in denial.

Redcrafton:



It has been healed but tolling 2nd Niger bridge but never 3rd mainland bridge?

It as been healed with the SE never produced some top positions in the country?

It has been healed while other regions have functional airport but not the SE?

Your sense of justice is amazing. But you need to see a doctor for rationality checks.

You have the brains, exposure and experiences, cordinate yourselves and get whatever you want. Stop the whinning. In life you get what you deserve, subtly or forcefully. Copy the Jews.

Redcrafton:
Those who say the wound has been healed...

Can they mention one federal investment in the entire east?

Those who will mention uncompleted Enugu airport and tolled 2nd Niger bridge should be ashamed in advance.

I blame all these on the slavish leaders from the region, who don't know how to fight their rights.

What about the wounds of Niger Delta What about those killed by Biafran troop in Niger Delta

BabaOwen:
I'm not talking about a coup.

And what have the northern military clique of July 1966, July 1976, Dec.1983, Aug.1985 and Nov.1993 done bro? Anything different?

madmohamed:
my Bishop is not scared to sy the truth not like Adeboye

He is better than all the SE leaders accept few people like Ezeike, Abaribe and Bishop Chukwuma of Enugu, Molukwu Amaechi...

They need to know how to mobilize the youths to get what is their right legally...not trying to please people in Abuja for their selfish sustenance.

tutudesz:

What about the wounds of Niger Delta What about those killed by Biafran troop in Niger Delta

Show the pictures of those or share a link to those killed...or forever remain silence.

Please take your divide and rule somewhere else.

johnmartus:
Can this man shut up for some while. Not only you in this country.

coward Nigeria shut up

Exmilitant:
You have the brains, exposure and experienced cordinate yourselves and get whatever you want. Stop the whinning. In life you get what you deserve, subtly or forcefully. Copy the Jews.

The Jews has autonomy...The East is asking for autonomy so they can be like the Jews.

All the Igbos got today are mainly by self help while others are enjoying federal presence.

Again mention one functional airport in the East?

But you know very well the east is capable of building standard airport if it has autonomy.

They can't build a rail system if they are under this oppressive unity government.

Redcrafton:


Incomprehensible afonja man spewing rubbish..with no stability..

Why didn't Obasanjo build the airport at Enugu? Did GEJ build it with his money?

Injustice for one could mean injustice to all...

Very soon you will blame the ghosts of ipob for chasing your Oba away.

Continue living in denial.

Why didn't OBJ build the Lagos-ibadan expressway? Why is GMB not building the 4th mainland bridge?

You can't expect a government to start and complete all the projects all over Nigeria.

Redcrafton:


Show the pictures of those or share a link to those killed...or forever remain silence.

Please take your divide and rule somewhere else.

I should show you my 2 uncle's that were killed by Biafran troop in delta You see why nobody trust Igbos, you will never agree that Biafran troop killed innocent Niger Deltans but you want the world to believe Nigeria troops killed innocent Igbos.

BabaOwen:
Why didn't OBJ build the Lagos-ibadan expressway? You can't expect a government to do all this.

So for 50 years after the war...east has been struggling to get an airport while others got it.

How is that a healing process to you dumb fellow?

tutudesz:

I should show you my 2 uncle's that were killed by Biafran troop in delta You see why nobody trust Igbos, you will never agree that Biafran troop killed innocent Niger Deltans but you want the world to believe Nigeria troops killed innocent Igbos.

Where is the topic about killings?

Did they Igbos complain that 3 million children and women where killed by blockade?

You are too slow.

The question is that they region is still being treated as if the war was on.

You need to be able to comprehend a simple essay.

Redcrafton:


So for 50 years after the war...east has been struggling to get an airport while others got it.

How is that a healing process to you dumb fellow?

Can you tell me the name of the International airport located in the North Central states?

An airport has been built in Enugu, so all this Una tears nah just like babies tears. In 2023, Igbos won't be handed the presidency, you will fight it out with other tribes.