Read his statements below:

POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THE CALL FOR BIAFRA By FFK

I am not a Biafran and neither am I igbo. I do however believe that it is the inalienable right of any human being or ethnic nationality to aspire to be free and to be able to determine their own destiny.

The right of self-determination is enshrined in international law and it is guaranteed by every moral stricture known to man. It is a right that has been exercised successfully over and over again in world history and it has led to the creation of new nations which were carved out of older ones.

The denial of that right and the suppression and persecution of those who attempt to exercise it leads to nothing but defiance, dissent and resistance and, if not properly managed, it eventually spills over into war and carnage.
This has been the primary cause of most of history’s most brutal civil wars, including the American, Russian, French, English, Indian, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Nigerian, Angolan, Congolese, Zimbabwean, Yugoslavian, Ukrainian, Nicaraguan, Cuban, Irish, Syrian, Libyan, Indonesian, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, Iraqi, Italian ones and countless others.

I do not believe in violent change and neither do I believe in war, revolution, terror or the use of arms in the pursuance of even the most noble causes.

I do however believe in the power of ideas and the right of any man, woman or people to yearn to be free from bondage and to peacefully and freely express that yearning.

It is in this context that I situate my belief in and support for those that view the Nigerian Federation as an oppressive entity which has effectively enslaved its people in an attempt to create what is essentially an artificial and unworkable state.

Those that believe in Nigeria have every right to continue to do so and to voice their resolve to keep Nigeria one. What they do not have the right to do is to refuse to offer the same degree of freedom of expression to those that do not believe in a united Nigeria and who instead believe in the peaceful dissolution of our nation to speak their minds and voice their views.

What is good for the goose is surely good for the gander. You cannot grant one side of the divide freedom of expression whilst you deny it to the other.
This is all the more so because freedom of expression is the lifeblood of any democracy. It must be accorded in equal measure to those that believe in Nigeria and to those that do not.

It is in this light that we must consider the plight of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra and the man that has been described by the Igbo World Assembly as ”Buhari’s first political prisoner”.

We may not like his style, we may not like his radio station, we may not share his views or approve of his methods but one thing that we cannot take from Mr. Kanu is his right to hold such views and to express them in a peaceful and lawful manner no matter how distasteful those views may be to some.

To deny him this most basic human right is not only an act of intellectual terrorism but it is also the most grave and barbaric manifestation of what is essentially an evolving police state where different or contrary views cannot be accommodated by those in power.

When Mr. Alex Salmon and his Scottish Nationalist Party began the agitation for the dissolution of the United Kingdom and for the establishment of Scottish independence many years ago they were not charged to court, locked up indefinitely or murdered by the British authorities but instead they were eventually given the opportunity to participate in a referendum and test their ideas.

The same thing happened in the Catalan region of Spain where the agitation for the establishment of a new nation is compelling and very popular. Sadly President Buhari who, like most in his generation, are still stuck in the mindset of a civil war general, has refused to learn from this.

Igbos are Political Prisoners in Nigeria and Its Time to Let Biafrans Go : They are Eligible as a Country – Femi Fani Kayode

The biggest mistake and miscalculation of his administration so far is not the ruthless implementation of its patently and monstrously unapologetic northern agenda but rather its absurd resolve to lock up Mr. Kanu indefinitely and to effectively throw the key away simply because he dared to call for the establishment of Biafra.

As far as I am aware Mr. Kanu has not used or advocated the use of violence whilst expressing himself and neither have any of his supporters. One therefore wonders what has panicked the Federal Government to such a point that they not only have to lock him up but that they also have to violate the law of the land by not allowing him to see his lawyer and by not presenting him before a court of law and charging him within the constitutionally-prescribed three days.

State-sponsored violence and intimidation, the violation of human rights, illegal incarceration, the murder of innocents and the vicious suppression of legitimate ideas leads to nothing but hardened hearts, greater defiance and the spread of anger and dissent.

The principle is simple and clear: the more you fan the flame of tyranny and repression the more the passion and fire for liberty spreads.
It follows that the biggest favor that President Buhari’s security agencies could have done for the Biafran cause was to lock up Mr. Kanu and thereby transform him from being a little-known secessionist into the living symbol of the Biafran struggle, a respected freedom fighter, a champion of the Igbo people and an internationally-acclaimed political prisoner.

It is no wonder that leading politicians from all over the world, including the former Home Secretary and former Leader of the Labor Party in the United Kingdom, Mrs. Harriet Harman, have called for his release. President Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel have done the same.

Their call was the right and proper thing to do and I add my voice to that call. I have never met or spoken to Mr. Kanu but I am moved by his passion and courage.

I am also persuaded by the logic and force of his public assertions. He has made a compelling case for the establishment of Biafra and millions of young Igbos from all over the world have bought into it.
It is left for those that do not agree with him to make a better case and to stem the Biafran tide. That is the monumental challenge that those that do not agree with Mr. Kanu’s views or his methods have.

I have not always been on the same page with our Igbo brothers yet despite that one thing is clear: only the callous would deny the fact that they have suffered immeasurably in the Nigerian Federation over the last 50 years.

Only the uninformed would deny the fact that they have been butchered, murdered, persecuted, broken, humiliated, insulted, cheated and treated with contempt and disdain more than any other ethnic group in the country since July 1966.

What the Nigerian state is confronted with in the new generation of igbos who refuse to be cowed is a time-bomb. Unlike their fathers they cannot be appeased or intimidated.

They are not fearful of the prospect of a second civil war. They are not prepared to settle for crumbs and neither do they fear death, conflict, defeat, incarceration, butchery or persecution.

They are imbued with a spirit that cannot be suppressed and the more they cry ”Biafra” the more the spirits of the millions that were slaughtered on the Biafran side during the civil war are invoked.

The more they cry ”Biafra” the more the souls of the hundreds of thousands of their people that were butchered during the barbaric pogroms in the north in the mid-60’s are remembered. The worst thing that the Nigerian authorities can do is to treat them with levity or contempt.
They are angry, they are fed up, they refuse to be enslaved, they want a brighter future and they have come to realise that they have nothing to lose.

The most inappropriate thing that President Buhari can do is to continue to underestimate the power of their resolve or the clarity of their intent. The worst thing that they can do is to begin to jail them, to shed their blood and to take their lives.

The more you lock up the Biafrans, the more they will rise up. The more you mock them, the more they will shout. The more you kill them, the more their anger will be kindled.

The more you deny them, the more they will wax stronger. The more you treat them with disdain, the more they will defy you. You cannot resist an idea whose time has come.

This is a fact that we must all accept and it is with this in mind that I urge President Buhari and the Federal Government to not only release Mr. Nnamdi Kanu but also to tread with the utmost restraint and caution when dealing with those that are agitating for Biafra.

Igbos are Political Prisoners in Nigeria and Its Time to Let Biafrans Go : They are Eligible as a Country – Femi Fani Kayode

Hmm.. Nice write up

Hypocrisy is when Buhari supports the independence of Palestinians but arrests Nnamdi Kanu for clamouring for Biafra

No be this one say him disvirgined Bianca Ojukwu?

Ok

Fani Again

kai

This guy sha

Biafra without the Niger Delta is sure.
With the Niger Delta is impossible
FFK u are a nobody in Nigeria politics. See how ironic this thing works. The main Biafran bloods Amaechi, Oby ezekwesili, soludo, Pius anyim, orji uzor kalu, Genevieve Dem no come out.

Mad man jaga.....always looking for attention...... .....same guy who finished the iboes is now their main spokes person......the involvement of this man in the struggle for Biafra is actually enough reason to make you pause.....

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You should have done that in the previous dispensation.
No country allows the enemies of state to go free if that is thr case CIA, KGB, MOSSAD, MI5, MI6 etc would not be existing

unu ga ekwetachakwa, it will only take time

Which way Nigeria, I want to know

No one is replying FFK for his recent rants from the presidency or APC thereby denying him the publicity he's looking for. FFK the new igbo spokesman .

I-diot why did'nt u say it during pdp regime.

La FP,La baff unclad

Why can't we all just learn to do the right thing and respect each other. If the govt has treated the south easterners well these issues wouldn't had been thought of. But now not only that the south easterners are not been treated well, the south-south and he southwest are feeling the heat as well. Take a look at the south south and you can't help but marvel at the level of decadence irrespective of the fact that it is the major revenue earner for the nation.

The FG has obviously made a mistake by arresting Kanu which has led and is leading to a state of anarchy in some parts of the country - now I expect the govt to enter damage control mode and stem this evil tide now gradually building.

Right here on nairaland people come and exhibit their senseless and silly tribalistic tendencies building unnecessary hatred on this forum. I think its time the mods ban every single tribal comment and user...

I propose that Femi Fani Kayode be offered honorary citizenship by the Biafran government when we become free.

Thank you sir!

jascon1:
Biafra without the Niger Delta is sure.
With the Niger Delta is impossible
FFK u are a nobody in Nigeria politics. See how ironic this thing works. The main Biafran bloods Amaechi, Oby ezekwesili, soludo, Pius anyim, orji uzor kalu, Genevieve Dem no come out.

hellooo excuse me, where are you from?

You can speak what ever dey your mind but i want Biafrans to be wary of that man called FFK because he is a yoruba and they are not loyal, i will never praise or trust you (FFK) for once in my life because your tribe knows how to make people feel secured and comfortable and backstab you... BIAFRANS THAT IS HIS VOICE & NOT OURS thanks to him for speaking at all.

brize:
hellooo excuse me, where are you from?

am mixed. Pure Nigerian with a stain of white blood. 15% white n 85% Nigerian. That's to show u how close we are. You wanna know more?

jascon1:
am mixed. Pure Nigerian with a stain of white blood. 15% white n 85% Nigerian. That's to show u how close we are. You wanna know more?

Oga where are you from that's my question

brize:
Oga where are you from that's my question

Am a panAfrican n I preach against distinguishing between same race and people. I can only tell u am proudly Nigerian, but I don't represent any tribe cos am affiliated to them two opposing tribes Igbo and Yoruba. It hurts to c the hate that exists between same people.
So, what u gotta say?

jascon1:
Am a panAfrican n I preach against distinguishing between same race and people. I can only tell u am proudly Nigerian, but I don't represent any tribe cos am affiliated to them two opposing tribes Igbo and Yoruba. It hurts to c the hate that exists between same people.
So, what u gotta say?

that is not hate, that's is nature, two or more opposing things can not and should not be kept so long together. Igbos, yoruba & hausa are three opposing things in terms of food, culture, attire and value system, and we have for over 100 years tried living together but it seems that the river and oil can never mix together just like the founding father lugard said but we continue to live in pretence and hoping for a better tomorrow, if for over 100 years we haven't learnt how to see each other as brothers then there is no hope for us anymore..... They say "A FOOL AT 40 IS A FOOL FOREVER" you know how many years Nigeria is........ That tells you all you need to know...... I know you are a yoruba sha

brize:
that is not hate, that's is nature, two or more opposing things can not and should not be kept so long together. Igbos, yoruba & hausa are three opposing things in terms of food, culture, attire and value system, and we have for over 100 years tried living together but it seems that the river and oil can never mix together just like the founding father lugard said but we continue to live in pretence and hoping for a better tomorrow, if for over 100 years we haven't learnt how to see each other as brothers then there is no hope for us anymore..... They say "A FOOL AT 40 IS A FOOL FOREVER" you know how many years Nigeria is........ That tells you all you need to know...... I know you are a yoruba sha

for me I believe Niger Delta is the glue. No one wants to go without the oil zone. Would u agree to leave without Niger Delta?

Yeye man

jascon1:
for me I believe Niger Delta is the glue. No one wants to go without the oil zone. Would u agree to leave without Niger Delta?

i wish to go even without my immediate family, it's their wish and i have my own wish and if both our wish corresponds.... Then we are good to go

brize:
i wish to go even without my immediate family, it's their wish and i have my own wish and if both our wish corresponds.... Then we are good to go

well unfortunately, u are not massob. Massob doent want to leave alone

jascon1:
well unfortunately, u are not massob. Massob doent want to leave alone

Point of order, it's called IPOB and not MASSOB.

What you've just stated can only be a lie and another round of propaganda.

IPOB quest for nationhood doesn't include compelling anybody or group to belong to it.

Every group has got freedom of association and so your assertion can't hold any water.

Biafra VS Palestine:
THE IRONY OF BUHARI’S UN SPEECH

During the recently concluded UN General Assembly held in the US, the Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari was quoted to have made a serious case for the self-determination efforts of the peoples of Palestine and the Western Sahara(the Polisario
movement) fighting to be freed from Israel and Morroco respectively. Buhari, during the speech pleaded with the world leaders(though some people claimed he spoke to an empty hall), to listen to the Palestine and the Western Sahara and grant them independence.

That statement or request when placed side by side with what is happening in Nigeria concerning the issue of Biafra, is completely ironical and facism. It is absolutely self-defeatism for a President who is heading a country where thousands are being murdered,
with hundreds of thousands in detention for demanding to be allowed to exercise their rights to self-determination to stand in front of world leaders to campaign for other peoples’ freedom while he is preventing others from enjoying theirs. Whatever that
necessitated such appeal actually led credence to the need for Nigerians total support for the restoration of Biafra.

Arguments are rife that Buhari’s apparent support for the Palestine and Western Sahara was prompted as a face saving gesture to placate the muslim world over the position of the country’s former President, Jonathan Ebele Goodluck, who abstained during previous vote on Palestine state. They argued that GEJ’s anti-Palestine posture or non-committal disposition
angered most muslim world so much that they added their support to oust him from power. It then rested on Buhari, during that UN meeting to reassure them that Nigeria is still in total support for Palestine independence by making an open request for them. Whatever is the reason, it is to be noted that such
official position of President Buhari has rather presented Nigerian leadership as two-faced government.

while it kills her own freedom fighters, it supports other peoples’ agitation for the same freedom. Its therefore important to remind President Buhari that whosoever goes to equity must go with clean hands. Let him also know that charity begins at home. Let him be reminded that what is good for the geese is equally good for the gander. Remind him that if freedom is good for the Polisario and Palestine, he should first grant the Biafrans their own right to freedom. It is absolutely hypocritical for one to carry a log in ones eye while spotting a speck in other person’s eye. If he has started to seek peace in other peoples’ land, let him secure the same at home first, before venturing into foreign land.

Its equally important to let him understand that his position on this
issue is indirectly inviting violent, since it appears his support for the two group aforementioned could have been necessitated because they are violent groups. Is he therefore insinuating that
the Biafrans are not serious because blood has not started to flow? If after being a serious party in the orgy of blood that characterized the (first) Biafra war, he still expect Biafrans to resort to violence in order to attract Nigerian Government positive attention to the Biafran freedom struggle, then somebody might really be angling for a disaster.

When considering the level of human suffering going on currently in the Northeast Nigeria due to Boko Haram insurgence, it will be a very terrible human catastrophy to have another flood of refugees move from the Eastern flank. Let us remind him that
effect of high level of application of military technology that may
characterize any Biafran military showdown with Nigeria today can be horrendous and disasterous. Its therefore of good conscience to advise that the Government in Abuja should expedite action to start discussion with the Customary Government of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, in order to reach an agreement on how to peacefully seperate Biafra from Nigeria.

Our attraction to peaceful resolution sterns from the fact that no human agenda is worth any human life, except for the ‘draculas’ of this world. We stoop to conquer.

Mr Anthony Aniebue
Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra,
in Anambra State.

‪#‎BiafraOrDeath‬
‪#‎FreeNnamdiKanu‬

coolitempa:
Mad man jaga.....always looking for attention...... .....same guy who finished the iboes is now their main spokes person......the involvement of this man in the struggle for Biafra is actually enough reason to make you pause.....

i actually support what he said... Anything that would make these hateful flathe.ads go with their noise is ok by me.