₦airaland Forum

Nnamdi Kanu And The Cry For
Biafra By Femi Fani- Kayode
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. 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 charg

otukpo:
Interesting story.

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inicyril:
Will that get to the pupils?


Or he busy compensating his old supporters in the persons of the owners of those schools & claiming to be promoting Education?

the money would be used to solve any infrastructural problems in the school...

Mancity26:
eeyyaa #funnynation comedian

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Written by S.A to Peter Obi on Media, VALENTINE OBIENYEM..(Oct 10,2015)

We enjoyed lively Bigard liturgy
As usual with him, since I met Mr. Peter Obi,
morning masses have remained an essential
part of his morning rituals.

After running around in Anambra State
yesterday, we drove to Enugu and passed
the night there.
This morning, we attended mass at the
Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, an old
Catholic formation house established in
1924, which has trained many lay people,
priests, bishops and cardinals. In line with
the unity of the Church, masses are the same
throughout the world, but there are many
distinguishing features of Bigard masses.

Besides the scintillating sermon of the
officiating priest, Rev. Dr. Anthony Eze, the
music probably reminded one about
Beethoven's symphony. After a long time, I
witnessed liturgical songs that obeyed the
musical concept of graduation of voices. The
alto, baritone, tenor and bass rivaled one
another in a manner pleasant to the ears. If I
were a Pythagorean or a Hindu, those that
believe that people reincarnate as lower or
higher beings depending on the lives they
lived in their previous lives, would have
believed that most of those young
seminarians were song birds in their
previous avatars.

After the mass, it was time for a quick
breakfast. This set me remembering my
smattering Latin , indeed it was " Iantaculum
(cena) parata est. The former Governor
insisted, and indeed, eat with the
seminarians.

From the refectory, we proceeded to the
Auditorium. The manners and morals of the
seminarians were prim and Puritan thus
reinforced my belief that the Seminary
remains the best institution for training the
young ones in discipline and the cultivation
of the intellect. Have you wondered why
those who had the opportunity of attending
the seminary remain perpetually thankful to
the institution for channeling their anachaic
impulse to order just as culverts, dykes and
dams channel the destructive ferocity of
flood to productivity.

The Bigard family is happy, very happy, with
him. As a philosopher, they even see in him
the fulfillment of Plato's assertion that the
world would become a better place if
philosophers become kings or Kings are
made to be philosophers.

This reminds me about philosophy and her
adherents. The Seminary is the authentic
citadel where philosophy is cultivated the
best way it should. It is painful that the
course is derided these days because, unlike
courses such as law and medicine, people
do not see it as an open sesame to wealth,
renown and comfort. The fact is that
philosophy remains what it has always
been: "Regina Sciantorium", Queen of all
sciences. Philosophy is like a soldier in the
trenches, fighting to conquer unconquered
territories. Each one she conquers, she
leaves for one of her numerous offsprings
and moves on. The last of these offsprings is
Psychology. This is the reason why most
older philosophers were cornucopia of
knowledge even in an era that knowledge
was mostly fragmentary.

This is a topic for
another day.
As we were on the way to the Auditorium, I
saw my old friend and an elder brother, Rev.
Fr. Dr. Blaise Emebo. Engaging him, I told him
that each time I saw or remembered him, I
remember the philosopher, Blaise Paschal
and his doctrine of wager, were he advised
that if there is the equiprobability of the
existence of heaven and hell, that it is better
to wager for heaven and live a righteous life,
because, if at the end it exists, we shall enjoy
Augustine's beatific vision in the City of God
( Civitas Dei) losing nothing or else we
perish due to unbelief. I also love his
description of man as a chimera...

In their welcome address by the
seminarians, after recognizing what they
called Obi's magical transformation of
Anambra State hinged on the Millennium
Development Goals(MDGs), they expectedly
called for more support.

Expectedly too, they
gave him Seminarians most precious gift:
spiritual bouquet.
Obi spoke at length to the Seminarians
drawing from his personal experience. His
speech was characterized by intermittent
clapping. He used practical experience to
illustrate good governance devoted to the
care of the people. He talked about his
savings culture in Anambra State under him
that ensured that by the time he left office,
he had 75 Billion Naira left in cash and
investment.

The lecture is still on, by and by we shall
report more and better.

SOURCE: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=974440432620269&id=100001629634204&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.974440432620269%3Atl_objid.974440432620269%3Athid.100001629634204%3A306061129499414%3A2%3A0%3A1446361199%3A3380439593862512810&__tn__=%2As

The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr.
Peter Obi has shared 20 Million Naira to
schools across the country.
Obi who disclosed that support to schools
has become a passion for him, said that
having witnessed the impact the support he
gave to schools when he was the Governor
of Anambra State yielded in the
performances of Anambra schools, that he
was encouraged to continue the gesture as
part of his contributions to the growth and
development of Nigeria.

He said this last
week as he moved from one school to the
another donating 1 Million naira each to
them.

Some of the schools he visited are: Holy Child
Nursery and Primary School, Isiagu; Holy
Spirit Secondary School, Ebenebe; St.
Anthony Secondary School, Ikenga; Holy
Family Secondary School, Igboukwu; St
Anthony Nursery and Primary School,
Ekwulobia, Immaculate Conception
Secondary School, Umuchukwu; Michael
Tansi Secondary School, Akpu, Ekwu
Memorial Secondary School, Owerri-Ezukala,
among others.

Speaking at Madonna Nursery and Primary
School, Agulu, which he visited on Friday,
Obi encouraged the pupils of the school to
have their minds fixed on the fact that
education is about their future and should
not be joked with. He told them that with
education, they could compete with their
counterparts in any part of the world.

Obi disclosed that he has been engaging a
lot of international organisations to get
them assist Nigeria in the area of education.
“A few weeks ago, I meet with the leaders
of Build Africa in London over the same
matter”, Obi said.
Obi took the opportunity to call on wealthy
Nigerians to commit certain percentages of
their profits to support worthy causes as a
way of given back to the society that made
them what they are. He described as
particularly painful; a situation where
Nigerians spend tens of millions to celebrate
vanity when 1 or 2 million Naira donated to
schools would go a long way in making the
society a batter place.

Source: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=975409895856656&id=100001629634204&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.975409895856656%3Atl_objid.975409895856656%3Athid.100001629634204%3A306061129499414%3A2%3A0%3A1446361199%3A-2984138237079053866&__tn__=%2As

Mods should do the needful and move it to frontpage

sayemma:
Can we have a scan copy of the appeal
What they need to do is to take the appeal to the CCT if not...

they have submitted it.. See link:: elombah.com/index.php/news/985-breaking-appeal-court-stops-saraki-s-arrest#disqus_thread

issorite

Breaking News: Court of Appeal stops Saraki’s arrest

By Mayowa Okekale, Abuja on 21/09/2015

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja minutes
ago restrained the Code of Conduct Tribunal
from arresting Senate President, Dr.
Abubakar Bukola Saraki for failing to honour
its invitation.

Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Danladi
Umar, had on Friday directed Inspector
General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, to
ensure the arrest of Saraki and produce him
before the Tribunal today for failing to
appear in person before the tribunal to
answer questions in connection with
alleged breach of the Code of Conduct Act.

The Appeal Court, however, granted Saraki's
prayers seeking a stay of execution of the
tribunal's orders. The Senate President had
last week gone to the Federal High Court
Abuja to challenge the tribunal's summons
and both parties were ordered to appear
before the court this morning.

•Photo shows Saraki.

Source News Express
newsexpressngr.com/news/detail.php?news=15437&title=Breaking-News:-Court-of-Appeal-stops-Saraki%E2%80%99s-arrest

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ok oo

dat poster above me..y naa

Be sht ok .lol.

More evidence to show that PETER OBI LEFT 86bn for Gov Obiano...

I LEFT 86bn IN GOVT COFFERS-PETER OBI
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/04/left-86bn-govt-coffers-peter-obi/

REPLY TO OBINNA AGHADINUNO....

PETER OBI IS THE BEST GOVERNOR ANAMBRA STATE HAS EVER PRODUCE::::..

BELOW ARE THE DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THAT PETER OBI LEFT 86bn FOR WILLIE OBIANO

My State Anambra remain indebted to PETER OBI for this feat... In his quote in one of the National Dailies
''"I personally remain indebted to her(Okonjo Iweala)
because it was from her persistent
preaching on the need to save in the Sovereign National Wealth Fund that made
me incorporate savings in foreign currency -
that is why one third of the money we left on
leaving office was in foreign currency, $156
million(N25 billion at that time). With interest
now it would be about $170 million and
with the current rate it is almost N40
billion".

... A worthy ex-governor..

PETER OBI would be good for VICE PRESIDENT 2019