SECOND Republic politician and Anambra
State Chairman of the defunct Nigeria
Peoples Party, NPP, Chief Guy Ikokwu, has
urged the Federal Government to release
without delay the leader of the Indigenous
Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu
because his continued incarceration is not
in the best interest of the country.
Ikokwu, a lawyer of over 50 years and a
chieftain of the defunct National
Democratic Coalition, NADECO, attributed
the raging clamour for Republic of Biafra to
the refusal of Nigeria’s leaders to
restructure the country, which he argued is
hindering the nation’s socio-economic
growth.
By Clifford Ndujihe
Nigeria, Igbo must not go for second civil
war
Asked his take on the raging agitation for
the Republic of Biafra, Ikokwu, who fought
the civil war on the side of Biafra, said:
‘ ’Generally speaking and in line with
what Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
Ojukwu, who was the first leader of Biafra
said, our people should not go for a second
civil war. It is in public domain. It is on
Youtube and video. Anybody can play it and
listen to what he said.
Ikokwu
Ikokwu
In saying that, he said history should be a
lesson not only for Nigeria but also for
Igbo people and that the grave
implications of a civil war are such that the
initiators do not normally know where it
would end and who and who would suffer.
In the first civil war, the majority of those
who suffered were the innocent people.
More than a million people died and they
were not the ones who started the war or
were fighting the war. He said a second
civil is not in the best interest of Nigeria,
that Nigeria should learn its own lesson
and understand that the Igbo always add
value to anywhere they go. To any
situation they are called upon, they add
value.
They never go anywhere to deteriorate the
existing situation. Not only that they are so
flexible that they can change their culture –
language and dressing that they and the
natives will almost look alike; that the main
thing Nigeria should do is to restructure
the country into fiscal federalism as our
founding fathers – Herbert Macauley,
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo,
Ahmadu Bello, Dennis Osadebey, MI Okpara
, etc, who agitated and got. They fought
for a federal structure and this is
embedded in our national anthem – in
diversity we stand, there is unity in
diversity.
Need for justice equity, fairplay
‘’That is where the Igbo stand. There
should be unity in diversity. We should use
the diverse abilities of each group. The
Yoruba have where they excel.
Six zonal structure
The Urhobo, Hausa, Fulani, Tiv, Nupe,
Kanuri, etc, each have where they excel.
Use all these diversifications to promote a
united front so that on the whole, the
whole nation will rise up and be better for
it. That is where we stand. There should be
justice, equity and fair-play.
Once these three things are given, you will
not find any more resentment or
demonstration by youths. At the moment,
majority of Nigerians believe in the six
zonal structure.
Leading Nigerians from all parts of the
country like Emeka Anyaoku, Wole Soyinka,
Kayode Fayemi, Bolaji Akinyemi, etc have
said a thousand times: Give these geo-
political zones federating powers so that
they can become the federating units. Each
federating unit can take care of certain
things in its area.
It can take care of its youths, hospitals,
infrastructure and even local councils. If a
federating unit wants one million local
governments, let it create them and pay
them from its own resources. It is these
federating units that will now engender
the issue of diversification, which
economic wise, the present Federal
Government has been told: with falling oil
prices, you don’t have enough federal
revenues again, the economy should be
diversified so that each unit will contribute
what it has in its area.
For instance, the South-East has oil palm,
the North can produce groundnut, cotton.
The South-South has rubber, oil palm. The
South-West has cocoa. If we diversify the
economy, Nigeria will be stronger and
richer.
You don’t have solid minerals in the East
but you have it in the North-East and
North-Central. It is only now that the
Federal Government is asking the Solid
Minerals Minister, Kayode Fayemi, to ensure
that the Federal Government regulates the
mineral deposits and how they are
exploited.
Exploiting of solid minerals
In the North, it is individuals that are
exploiting the solid minerals but in the
South, individuals are not allowed to pump
oils. All these are not only to the detriment
of the zone but also the whole the country.
Looting our national treasury more
treasonable than operating Radio Biafra
On the way IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu is going
about the Biafran agitation and the Federal
Government slamming of treasonable
charges against Kanu, he said: ‘’The
issue of Radio Biafra is not treasonable.
Radio Biafra is digital instrument registered
in United Kingdom or America.
It is not the first time. Professor Wole
Soyinka had Radio Kudirat, done abroad
and broadcasting to Nigeria. NADECO
endorsed such foreign radios by Nigerians.
It is a matter of freedom of information.
If Kanu is guilty of treason on account of
Radio Biafra then millions of Nigerians are
guilty of treason in the social media
because it is a digital matter now. You take
your smart phone and say whatever you
like – good, bad, rubbish, exemplary, etc.http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/biafra-fg-unnecessarily-making-nnamdi-kanu-legend-ikokwu/

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It is same IPOB tauts who support kanu who are telling Nigerians that looting is not a crime. The number one supporters and defender of corrupt persons in Nigeria are IPOB tauts.

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Go and ask Mazi Aguiyi Ironsi to restructure the country. He blessed us with the current structure.

Only the wise will understand how vital his statements are .

tuale4u:
It is same IPOB tauts who support kanu who are telling Nigerians that looting is not a crime. The number one supporters and defender of corrupt persons in Nigeria are IPOB tauts.

I agree with the headline and I agree with you.

It's just like saying which is worse, manslaughter or murder- both lead to the death of someone, but one is punished more harshly than the other.

Of course those who have looted have caused more deaths than Nnamdi Kanu's stupid words have so far- but again both looters and Kanu have blood on their hands.

It is sad though to see the reactions of literate youth from a particular part of the country who always try to rationalize evil as long as he/she is their perceived kinsman (Reverend King another recent example).

And to be honest this section of the country will have only themselves to blame for blindly following the divide and conquer script of the "elite" as because of their actions/inactions- the Looters will probably get a slap on the wrist while their Nwafor will feel the full wrath of the law for not belonging to the "elite".

In a perfect world, sorry normal world (go ask China), looters should face the firing squad and Kanu should face something lighter- but some more than others have agreed and contributed to the current reality where a man who steals a mobile phone is hanged while a corrupt Leader with blood on his hand is worshipped,shielded and celebrated.

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