The leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB and Director of Radio Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been languishing in detention since October 14, 2015 when the Directorate of State Services, DSS, arrested him. In spite of court orders for him to be released on bail, the Federal Government has stubbornly held on to him. He is being tried for treason: allegedly operating a pirate radio outfit that broadcast subversive messages and leading a group which is openly committed to the dismemberment of Nigeria, which is what the independence of Biafra will amount to.

What it simply means is that Kanu is a political detainee/prisoner. In many cases, such prisoners can hope for a reprieve from either prolonged, life or death sentence through political negotiations by his comrades, followers or sympathisers based on their willingness to shift grounds or the willingness of their opponents (the government) to shift grounds. For instance, Kurdish separatist leader, Abdullah Ocalan, was sentenced to death for a treasonable offence similar to that of Kanu, but when he renounced violence and opted for a political solution to the independence of the Kurds from Turkey, he was eventually granted reprieve.

On the other hand, anti-Apartheid leader, Dr Nelson Mandela remained unbending about his desire for the overthrow of the Apartheid regime, and had to spend 27 long years in jail. It took major shifts in international attitudes to the Apartheid regime and a willing reformer in the person of President FW De Klerk for conditions acceptable to Mandela to emerge for him to be released. He then joined a political process that eventually saw him becoming the President of South Africa on the platform of his party, the African National Congress, ANC. However, unlike Ocalan and Kanu, Mandela was not fighting for separation but majority rule.

The Buhari regime refused to entertain any notion of freedom for Kanu until the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA’s, massive bombing of our oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta held the country’s leadership by the balls. When the Presidency shifted grounds and became more amenable to a negotiated settlement to enable the country resume her full exploitation of the oil that she had depended on for over 40 years, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, re-entered the picture.

MEND, which had propelled the earlier version of the Niger Delta militancy that ended in the amnesty arrangement, saw an opportunity to wrest a deal that would accommodate the interests of the nation’s recently emerged unified political bloc, the South East and South-South. Thus, came the proposal for the release of political prisoners, including the Okah brothers apprehended for MEND’s acts of terror some years back, and of course, Kanu, if they would renounce their agitations for separatism.

Though the Federal Government has not yet openly admitted that such talks were ongoing, Kanu directly made it clear he was not game for any such deal. It was Biafra or nothing. Even his wife, Lolo Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, issued a statement saying: “Anybody thinking that my husband will renounce Biafra is certifiably insane”.

The truth is that Kanu has found himself in the situation that the late Bashorun Moshood Abiola did when he was detained by General Sani Abacha after the Epetedo Declaration on June 11, 1994: he is now trapped in jail. Abacha and his supporters would have been overjoyed to let Abiola go only if he would renounce the struggle for his annulled presidential mandate, but Abiola’s supporters, who were fighting – and some were dying – for him and the struggle, would have none of that.

Fancy what would have happened if Abiola had broken bounds, renounced his mandate and come back to open society? He would instantly have become a persona non-grata! The same National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, civil society groups and the Yoruba nationalist activists who were ready to lay down their lives for him would have turned viciously against him. His life and property (and possibly those of his loved ones) could have been in danger, for the precise reason that many had been killed and people’s property destroyed by the government forces for coming out to fight for him.

Kanu’s case is even more extreme in that the Army has killed hundreds of unarmed pro-Biafra protesters. They have been given heroes’ burials since the Biafra protests started in the middle of 2015. Many are also being tried for treason. With the kind of vehement emotion that these young men (and women) carry this Biafra thing, Kanu’s renunciation of the struggle would result in consequences better not imagined. He is far safer and better in jail, a hero and symbol of the struggle. He had better settle down for a long stay and hope that like in South Africa, the political atmosphere can suddenly change to accommodate a settlement terms that could safely propel him and his loyalists out of prison.

I don’t know how this can happen, but there is nothing permanent in politics – even the much-touted “indivisibility” of Nigeria. No political arrangement lasts forever, much less the Nigerian type which is guaranteed mainly by force, the power of oil and the indecisive character of those who complain the loudest.

One good thing going for Kanu and all the pro-Biafra groups is that they profess non-violence. But IPOB’s unbridled sabre-rattling over the airwaves is almost as effective in mobilising the angry youth against the Nigerian state – if not more so – as a call to arms.

I don’t think that any government (even if headed by an Igbo) will look forward to releasing Kanu to go and continue from where he stopped.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has taken up a brave and difficult struggle. It is going to be a long one as well. Going forward may be difficult, but going back will be impossible, as Ghanaian playwright, Kofi Awoonor-Williams would say. But in politics, miracles do happen.


http://biafrasay.com/p/322390/nnamdi-kanu-s-unenviable-dilemma

Let's see how it goes

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kossyablaze:
With this ur link.... Fp go far

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this thing fit reach fp like this

i feel sorry for the director oo. Almost everyone has forgotten about him and moved on.

princey83:
i feel sorry for the director oo. Almost everyone has forgotten about him and moved on.

Are u sure u have forgotten about him ? He said u and ur nation will be destroyed and since he said that and thrown into prison,i know u have been destroyed somehow, at least ur purchasing power now can attest to that.

princey83:
i feel sorry for the director oo. Almost everyone has forgotten about him and moved on.

they've gone back to their hustle.
Morals: Never test the depth of a river with both feets.

Ok

Correction pls, it is Biafra or death.



Instead of this status quo to remain, it is better evetybody suffers and dies than have Afonjas and almajiris loot and corner our common wealth with wickedness not to even consider spreading development and progress.


Let the zoo burn or let's sit, discuss and reach an understand.

Oche211:

they've gone back to their hustle.
Morals: Never test the depth of a river with both feets.

Has he complained ? Why are u afonjas like this ?

Have u faired better than him and his family in ur freedom ? He told u the zoo will burn and swinsling economy is sending most of folks to their early grave, how much more when the zoo begins to burn.

]ALUTA CONTINUA! VICTORIA ASATA!!

Nwa chineke...keep carrying the cross. You are almost there!

The Biafrans are not serious. Let all of them pack to the south east then we will take them serious. The idea of Biafra is selfish now as it was in the 60s. It's about the Niger Delta oil. But the Niger Deltans would rather have their own country than become minorities in Igbo Biafra.
Kanu will continue to languish in jail for his stubbornness. Even if he is released he will be re-arrested if he continues his treason.

Everfrank:
[s]The Biafrans are not serious. Let all of them pack to the south east then we will take them serious. The idea of Biafra is selfish now as it was in the 60s. It's about the Niger Delta oil. But the Niger Deltans would rather have their own country than become minorities in Igbo Biafra.
Kanu will continue to languish in jail for his stubbornness. Even if he is released he will be re-arrested if he continues his treason.[/s]

Typical yoruba...you want Biaffrans to pack and leave their properties so that you will grab it for free? Something you didn't work for? Keep dreaming in half bedroom hot built by your great great grandfather. Biaffra will come, and Igbos will continue to own properties in Lagos whether you guys like it or not. International law allows people to own properties and conduct business all around the world within the confines of the laws of that country. Yorubas own properties and do business in America, Europe, Asia, e.t.c, without a problem, but you are wanting to deprive Biaafrans that right? Ahithophels and inability to reason...think out of emotions!

This chap called Kanu was out to waste millions of my Igbo brothers again jst like ojukwu did and went on exile at the middle of what he started vis-à-vis when was needed most for next course of action..
Millions of Igbos died but ojukwu never lost even a son.

Everfrank:
The Biafrans are not serious. Let all of them pack to the south east then we will take them serious. The idea of Biafra is selfish now as it was in the 60s. It's about the Niger Delta oil. But the Niger Deltans would rather have their own country than become minorities in Igbo Biafra.
Kanu will continue to languish in jail for his stubbornness. Even if he is released he will be re-arrested if he continues his treason.

Yorubas are not serious. I will only take them serious about 'one Nigeria' when they start moving back home from America, Britain, Europe etc.................

President99:
This chap called Kanu was out to waste millions of my Igbo brothers again jst like ojukwu did and went on exile at the middle of what he started vis-à-vis when was needed most for next course of action..
Millions of Igbos died but ojukwu never lost even a son.

But it will be your precious 'one Nigeria' that will do the "wasting" in both cases, right? Nigerians are the only people I know who kill each other in the millions to prove their love for each other.

I feel for him..

President99:
This chap called Kanu was out to waste millions of my Igbo brothers again jst like ojukwu did and went on exile at the middle of what he started vis-à-vis when was needed most for next course of action..
Millions of Igbos died but ojukwu never lost even a son.

This is simply rants of frustrations from confused beings whose sole aim is to maintain the status quo of blood-letting by murderous parasites camouflaging as agents of peace...

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36xtr93r:


This is simply rants of frustrations from confused beings whose sole aim is to maintain the status quo of blood-letting by murderous parasites camouflaging as agents of peace...

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Why are you people chasing a pipe dream? Biafra will never come Wether you like it or not. Nnamdi kanu is a psychopath whose intention is to cause war and flee. We will frustrate every move of the Igbo's to have biafra. I also trust the Hausa-Fulanis to use their political dominance to make sure the igbos remain in a United Nigeria

gartamanta:


But it will be your precious 'one Nigeria' that will do the "wasting" in both cases, right? Nigerians are the only people I know who kill each other in the millions to prove their love for each other.

justify my post pls!
Seccessionism is a crime anywhere guy but self determination is allowed through diplonatic approach and not asking for arms to fight a sovreign state.

36xtr93r:


This is simply rants of frustrations from confused beings whose sole aim is to maintain the status quo of blood-letting by murderous parasites camouflaging as agents of peace...

Guy do u really know what a frustion is? I do doubt that u know its true meaning. if u had known it u wouldnt have said I m a frustrated, xoz its symptoms r broadly written over u n ur dilector

buhari wouldn't have arrest KANU in the first place. secondly military shouldn't have gone after protestors.

we are not in military regime the use of brutal force don't work anymore in 21st century most especially when you spearhead a diverse nation like Nigeria.

Who kanu epp?

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wastedsperm:
Why are you people chasing a pipe dream? Biafra will never come Wether you like it or not. Nnamdi kanu is a psychopath whose intention is to cause war and flee. We will frustrate every move of the Igbo's to have biafra. I also trust the Hausa-Fulanis to use their political dominance to make sure the igbos remain in a United Nigeria

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I really feel your eternal grief as your only hope of survival is crumbling right before you.

It's only never-do-wells that spend their miserable lives poke-nosing on the affairs of another people instead of concentrating their negative energies towards emancipating themselves from mental slavery.

You definitely must be sick in your brain to dare think your silly rants of delusion can stop the raging IPOB tsunamic movement.

Bunch of integrity-challenged charlatans suffering from chronic cerebral amnesia!

President99:
Guy do u really know what a frustion is? I do doubt that u know its true meaning. if u had known it u wouldnt have said I m a frustrated, xoz its symptoms r broadly written over u n ur dilector

If you believed what you've just scribbled down you and your frustrated generation of hypocrites wouldn't be running amok on every available media page with anti-Biafr* slogans attempting in vain to quench the call for self-determination by Igbos while miserably earning a living on pay-per-post basis.

wastedsperm:
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Why are you people chasing a pipe dream? Biafra will never come Wether you like it or not. Nnamdi kanu is a psychopath whose intention is to cause war and flee. We will frustrate every move of the Igbo's to have biafra. I also trust the Hausa-Fulanis to use their political dominance to make sure the igbos remain in a United Nigeria

Insult him all u want it doesn't change thd fact that you are a Nigerian and we yorubas, Igbo and Hausa-Fulanis remain brothers just like Lord Luggard wished us in 1914. You people benefited the most from one Nigeria and no one will allow secession of u guys. Nnamdi kanu will die in jail to serve as a deterrent to future non-entities who might want to champion the fruitless biafran cause. Biafra is dead and buried since 1970. Live with it

This post has indirectly told kanu what'd happen if he denounces the struggle

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Clinton9000:


Typical yoruba...you want Biaffrans to pack and leave their properties so that you will grab it for free? Something you didn't work for? Keep dreaming in half bedroom hot built by your great great grandfather. Biaffra will come, and Igbos will continue to own properties in Lagos whether you guys like it or not. International law allows people to own properties and conduct business all around the world within the confines of the laws of that country. Yorubas own properties and do business in America, Europe, Asia, e.t.c, without a problem, but you are wanting to deprive Biaafrans that right? Ahithophels and inability to reason...think out of emotions!

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The truth is the east has nothing to survive as a country except the hope of niger Delta oil. We will never allow biafra because it will be another south Sudan. Igbos will remain Nigerians forever

I am beginning to think that nnamdi Kanu is really evil

_Fuck kanu!