₦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

Peeped into the thread.

Saw Kanu and Fani Kayode's name, both of them not worth my ONLINE INK.

Leaving.

Source.... www.thebreakingtimes.com/nnamdi-kanu-and-the-cry-for-biafra-by-femi-fani-kayode/...

Pls,viewers pls do help me and re-post it in a clear way.... I ddnt edit the post...

Basket mouth at it again.

i use to think less of that "Femi Fani- Kayode"
Buh as for now this is one of his wisest writeups

HungerBAD:
Peeped into the thread.

Saw Kanu and Fani Kayode's name, both of them not worth my ONLINE INK.

Leaving.

hahahhahaha, this reminds me of dull children who will tell u 'my dad said we should tell anyone asking of him that he's not ahome'.





Meanwhile, May God bless the land of the rising sun and by her light disperse the DARKNESS called Nigeria.