Philip Efiong was a major-general in the Biafran army and second-in-command to Emeka Ojukwu the leader o the breakaway republic during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970. He died in 2003, but his posthumous account of Biafra, "The caged bird sang no more: My Biafra odyssey, 1966-70, published in 2016, is quite revealing about how the Biafran effort failed. It also provides useful lessons for the recent agitation for the "restoration" of Biafra.

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Another lesson is that they should stop insulting everyone including Osinbajo. Osinbajo is a part of a group called God Bless Nigeria which has been in existence even before he became Attorney General of Lagos. This group prays regularly for the unity of Nigeria. He by divine orchestration has found himself at the helm of affairs of this country. Do you think he would suddenly change. I have always supported Biafra or Nigeria restructured despite been Yoruba. I have been erroneously labelled IPOB for expressing my support for the Biafra cause, but honestly the way some Biafrans turn and twist issues can be highly exasperating. They heap all sorts of lies, insult and attack on Yoruba people, blaming them for their issues. Biafrans should learn to play politics more subtle. You can't keep insulting everyone dead or alive who shares a different opinion with yours and still expect them to support you when you raise a cause. It is alien to the human nature. No sane mind would extend hands of cooperation or support. I know many Yoruba living in Rivers, Bayelsa, Niger, Plateau, Kaduna but many don't want to live in the east because some Biafrans can be troublesome. If you want Osinbajo to support, he can but this level of insult will never allow any form of interest in your advocacy. No sane mind cooperates with people who insult them. This man has spoken very wisely, let us pick the one that works for other uses even if it is in business or other associations. The best way is to sponsor someone to the level of presidency and mount pressure for cessation or restructuring.