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The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by chizgold80: 6:58am On May 06, 2017
Three decades ago, January 31, 1985, to be exact, in faraway South Africa, something happened. The State President of the then apartheid South Africa, Pieta Willem Botha, speaking in parliament, offered the then imprisoned Nelson Mandela his freedom on condition that he ‘unconditionally reject violence as a political weapon’. This would not be the first time Botha would make this offer to Mandela; in fact, it would be the sixth of such offer. There had been earlier ones that required that Mandela accept exile in the Transkei as a condition for freedom.

What was unique about this sixth offer, however, was that it was the first time that Mandela took his time to pen a thorough response to Botha’s shenanigans. His daughter Zinzi Mandela read her father’s reply to this offer before a mass gathering in Jabulani Stadium, Soweto, on February 10, 1985. Below is the full text of Mandela’s response as read by Zinzi:
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I am a member of the African National Congress. I have always been a member of the African National Congress and I will remain a member of the African National Congress until the day I die. Oliver Tambo is much more than a brother to me. He is my greatest friend and comrade for nearly fifty years. If there is any one amongst you who cherishes my freedom, Oliver Tambo cherishes it more, and I know that he would give his life to see me free. There is no difference between his views and mine.

I am surprised at the conditions that the government wants to impose on me. I am not a violent man. My colleagues and I wrote in 1952 to Daniel François Malan asking for a round table conference to find a solution to the problems of our country, but that was ignored. When Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom was in power, we made the same offer. Again it was ignored. When Hendrik Verwoerd was in power we asked for a national convention for all the people in South Africa to decide on their future. This, too, was in vain.

It was only then, when all other forms of resistance were no longer open to us, that we turned to armed struggle. Let Botha show that he is different to Malan, Strijdom and Verwoerd. Let him renounce violence. Let him say that he will dismantle apartheid. Let him unban the people’s organization, the African National Congress. Let him free all who have been imprisoned, banished or exiled for their opposition to apartheid. Let him guarantee free political activity so that people may decide who will govern them.

I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I went to prison. Too many have suffered for the love of freedom. I owe it to their widows, to their orphans, to their mothers and to their fathers who have grieved and wept for them. Not only I have suffered during these long, lonely, wasted years. I am not less life-loving than you are. But I cannot sell my birthright, nor am I prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free. I am in prison as the representative of the people and of your organization, the African National Congress, which was banned.

What freedom am I being offered while the organization of the people remains banned? What freedom am I being offered when I may be arrested on a pass offence? What freedom am I being offered to live my life as a family with my dear wife who remains in banishment in Brandfort? What freedom am I being offered when I must ask for permission to live in an urban area? What freedom am I being offered when I need a stamp in my pass to seek work? What freedom am I being offered when my very South African citizenship is not respected?

Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Herman Toivo ja Toivo, when freed, never gave any undertaking, nor was he called upon to do so. I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. I will return.
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I want the spirit of that Mandela letter to guide you for the rest of this piece, as it provides a comparative hermeneutic framework for this long essay. I had on several occasions called for Nnamdi Kanu’s unconditional release, seeing as his arrest and detention was bad politics for which the Buhari government was paying a huge logistic, strategic, and PR price. The latest of those calls was on January 11, 2017 when I penned my reaction to Nnia Nwodo’s election as the president of Ohaneze. In that piece, I maintained that top on Nwodo’s priorities should be Nnamdi Kanu’s unconditional release from detention.

Well, Nnamdi Kanu was finally granted bail on April 27, 2017 on the strange, stupid, and silly conditions that he must produce three sureties, including a “highly respected and recognized Jewish leader”, a “highly placed person of Igbo extraction such as a Senator”, as well as “a highly respected person who is resident and owns landed property in Abuja”. The sureties were to deposit N100million each in bond, and Kanu was expressly barred from attending any rally or granting any form of interview. Kanu was ordered to surrender his Nigerian and British international passports. Also, Kanu was required to sign an undertaking to make himself available for trial at all times. However, Kanu’s co-defendants, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, who gave their loyalty to Kanu, even to the point of going to jail with him, were denied bail by the court, which has fixed July 11 and 12 for the commencement of their criminal trial. At this point you may want to reread Mandela’s letter above.

For students of history, the event of April 27, 2017 – the day Justice Binta Nyako granted Kanu bail on those outrageous conditions, reminds one of January 31, 1985 – the day Botha offered Nelson Mandela his freedom on the relatively ‘simple’ condition that he “unconditionally reject violence as a political weapon”. It is a comparison that I have chosen to make, not because I want to compare Kanu to Mandela, but just to show why that comparison cannot be made, not now, not ever.

Notice that by the date that Botha offered to release Mandela on that simple condition, Nelson Mandela had already spent about 22 years in prison. Compare that to April 27, 2017 when Justice Nyako granted Nnamdi Kanu bail on those strange, stupid, and silly conditions. As at that date, Kanu had been detained for one year and a half. Now, if you had just been dropped from Mars, and had never heard or read of Nelson Mandela or Nnamdi Kanu, who of the two do you think would have greater incentive to embrace the conditional offer of freedom extended to him? Mandela, right? But you are wrong. Mandela turned his own offer down, and his reason for that decision is amply contained in the letter above. On the other hand, however, Nnamdi Kanu’s bail, as strange and ridiculously onerous as its conditions were, was perfected, almost promptly. Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe (Chairman of Senate’s South East Caucus), Immanuel Shalom (a Jewish priest), and one Toochukwu Uchendu (an accountant and Abuja resident), came forward as sureties for Kanu, presumably dropping N100million each in bond. With that, Nnamdi Kanu, the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) became a freeman.

On a personal level, I am happy for Nnamdi Kanu. Freedom is sweet! But I have some questions for him:

1. What was all that about?
2. Did you and do you understand that some causes are bigger than your personal pain and comfort?
3. Did you not foresee prison, even death, as a possible consequence of your rebellion? How could you not?
4. Okay, you are free; now what?

Truth is that for those who believe in the IPOB cause, Nnamdi Kanu, by the terms of his release, which he accepted, has effectively abandoned the IPOB cause. And in doing that, he has shown himself to be a very bad leader and an unworthy general. But for Nnamdi Kanu, the trio of Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, and David Nwawuisi would not have been in prison today. In loyalty and solidarity to Kanu, their master and their general, these worthy troops marched into prison. Nnamdi Kanu is not a worthy general. No worthy general leaves his troops behind. What about the scores, if not hundreds, of young Igbo men and women who followed Nnamdi Kanu’s rebellious crusade into their untimely graves?

Does Nnamdi Kanu even understand the symbolism, significance, and consequence of having Senator Abaribe, Rabbi Shalom, and Tochukwu Uchendu stand surety for his bail? Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe is part of the compromised Igbo power elite that has forged common cause with the national power structure that has marginalized and systematically dehumanized the Igbo, the very centerpiece of what is supposed to be Kanu’s IPOB cause. If IPOB is a grassroots movement, which it should be, Nnamdi Kanu should not have accepted politicians, the same ones who have mortgaged and pawned away the destiny of the Igbo, to be his sureties. By accepting his bail conditions and allowing the likes of Abaribe to surety his bond, Kanu has given himself away as an emasculated man, and has effectively become their bitch, and they his pimps. And if there is one thing we know about politicians generally, and Nigerian politicians, in particular, it is that they will instrumentally exact him to his last blood drop. After all, he now owes his freedom to them.

Already, Kanu is palling with politicians of different political hues and intentions. He was picked up upon release from Kuje prison in a Mercedes SUV by one of the governorship aspirants in Anambra state. The optic was opportunistically deliberate. Kanu has also been sighted and photographed palling with members of the Nigerian political power structure, the same structure that has imposed an endemic, systemic, and systematic existential and structural burden on the Igbo. And it is just getting started. They will exploit his little popularity to political ends until Kanu’s self-oriented bail calculations become a subject of common knowledge.

And what is it with Nnamdi Kanu’s Jewish personae? When, how, and why did Kanu convert to Judaism, adorning himself in kippah skullcap and shawl? Is Nnamdi Kanu that confused? Does Nnamdi Kanu understand that the Jews are occupiers, just like the Nigerian authorities whom Nnamdi Kanu and his IPOB crusaders have accused of occupying Biafra? Is Nnamdi Kanu too naïve to see that the Palestinians are the victims of Jewish occupation, just as the Igbo are in Nigeria? Yet, the Igbo champion has chosen to become a Jew? Whose idea was that ignoble contradiction?

Did Kanu and his aides even realize the countervailing significance of that Jewish stunt? What strategic goal is in play that will make a self-styled champion of a nationality that is ninety-nine percent stubbornly Christian embrace Judaism? Does Kanu even know that Jews and Judaism don’t believe in Jesus Christ as the messiah? How does Rabbi Nnamdi Kanu intend to square that circle for the people he wants to lead? Again, I ask: is Nnamdi Kanu in a state of identity crisis or is he engaged in a higher strategic gamble? Is it possible that by giving off Jewish vibes, Nnamdi Kanu was courting Israeli solidarity? Does Nnamdi Kanu want Israel to view Biafra as its client state, thus creating an obligation on Israel to assist in the liberation of Biafra? That would have been a noble strategic calculation except that the Jewish State of Israel is not in the business of liberation. Israel is in the business of occupation, exclusion, and bondage. Israel is on record as being willing to pay non-Jews to leave Israel. Or was Nnamdi Kanu’s rabbi paraphernalia intended to simply maximize his personal power among his followers? Rabbi in Judaism means teacher of Torah. It is a title that derives from the Hebrew word rabi, meaning “my master”, and the word master literally means “great one”. If that was the calculation, he failed. A good and great master does not abandon and leave his disciples behind.

Did Nnamdi Kanu walk right into a mousetrap? By bonding out, on the conditions he did, Nnamdi Kanu may have taken his Igbo nation deeper into bondage. Like the sons of Israel who rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the flight from Egypt, crying, “Would we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!”, is it time for the Igbo to cry out against a leader who has ostensibly abandoned them after exposing them to risks? Why did Nnamdi Kanu accept a release condition that required him not to hold any form of rallies or grant any form of interviews? Why did Nnamdi Kanu accept a bail condition that essentially required him to renounce the Biafra and IPOB cause after leading young Igbo men and women out into a treacherous national battlefield? Did Kanu need his freedom that badly? Did he even think this IPOB campaign through? Did he not see prolonged incarceration, even death, as a possible personal sacrifice for an existential cause?

How much was Nnamdi Kanu paid by the federal government to accept his ridiculous bail conditions, including the renunciation of the Biafra and IPOB cause? Does Nnamdi Kanu even realize that by his release on those terms, he has been permanently captured by the same federal establishment he claims to be fighting? That by his release on those ridiculous terms, the Igbo have lost a...


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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by ndy05: 7:29am On May 06, 2017
bla bla bla Nigeria is not South Africa.Nnamdi Kanu took the best decision by accepting the bail,because he who fight and run will live to fight another day.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by HisSexcellency(m): 7:33am On May 06, 2017
Wasted effort.
All you lots wanted was for him to rot in jail, he disappointed you all by accepting bail now everyone is running amok with mind games.
His mission is to actualise Biafra, leave him alone to go about it anyhow he wants after all his people are not complaining

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by anaton(m): 7:36am On May 06, 2017
I support Biafra and I agree with the OP.But unless Nnamdi Kanu has a master stroke to use the so call political class to achieve Biafra.I see him jettisoning and scuttling the cause.Well if Nnamdi Kanu disappoints.We still have the Lower Niger Congress championed by Barr Tony Nnaji.Viva Biafra.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by gbegemaster(m): 7:49am On May 06, 2017
Mschew. Boring post.

You cannot be far off and know Nnamdi Kanu's intentions via cyberspace. You are not and will not be there when they discuss their issues.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by fizzy4luv(m): 7:50am On May 06, 2017
Honestly, Op did a nice write up and expressed my opinions freely . That man is just an attention seeker who just thought liberation struggle is a cheap fight and didn't envisage prison life as one of those sacrifices he had to make to keep the Biafra dream going.I wonder if this same Man who jumped at the slightest opportunity of bail can pay the supreme price if such arise for the Biafra dream to manifest. Pity those his comrades still in prison and those who threw their weight behind him to meet their death, they should know how to identify a leader when next they see one for those still alive. You just don't wake up and follow any body simply because he is shouting Biafra. Like Op clearly pointed out, what next for a caged liberation fighter? was shocked when he agree to those bail conditions. won't be surprised if he sneaks out of the country. he will only be following the laid down pathway of the originator of that idea called Biafra. To those people willing to hear and listen, NIGERIA IS FOR ALL AND SUNDRY, STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP PEACEFULLY AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE. THEIR IS SPACE, JUST BELIEVE AND WORK HARD, YOU WILL GET THERE. TO SUBMIT YOUR WILL TO A CAUSE THAT WILL MAKE YOUR GENERATION CURSE YOU YEARS AFTER WILL BE A WASTED LIFE.My own personal opinion .one love

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by ElsonMorali: 7:58am On May 06, 2017
Now, this is an absolutely brilliant write up.

Can we compare Nnamdi Kanu's actions with that of Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Can we see the similarities?

Ojukwu abandoned his people and fled. When he started the war, didn't he think that there was a possibility that he might die for what he believed in?

If the federal forces were indeed out to annihilate the Igbos, the people he left behind would all have died then.

Fast forward to today.

Nnamdi Kanu has abandoned his colleagues who were jailed with him.

Now that he is free, what about those who died for the cause. The youths who were shot during the protest?

This is proof that when push comes to shove, beating your chest online is not enough. Nnamdi Kanu will abandon his people. That's for sure.

But what do I know, right?

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by ElsonMorali: 8:01am On May 06, 2017
HisSexcellency:
Wasted effort.
All you lots wanted was for him to rot in jail, he disappointed you all by accepting bail now everyone is running amok with mind games.
His mission is to actualise Biafra, leave him alone to go about it anyhow he wants after all his people are not complaining

What happens to his colleagues who are still in jail?

What about those who died for him?

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by Scatterscatter(m): 8:11am On May 06, 2017
Nice one OP, your post makes big sense.

The truth is that FG isn't interested in jailing him forever but rather curbing his excesses forever. He has been taught a lesson and I'm sure he has learnt it the hard way.
The significance of having 2 senators stand for him shows that his fate nd freedom is tied to people that will under no circumstance deny Nigeria.

Biafra is dead and only lives in the mind of jobless and hopeless Ibo ppl.

OJUKWU ran away and left millions to die,
KANU sought his own freedom and left his brothers to rot in jail.

Are these the kinda people Biafrans worship and follow!

To the IPODS, your so called Savior Now dines nd wines with the politicians of the zoo and already receiving fat cheques, contracts even exquisite cars while you are here wasting you 10mb subscription on supporting someone that is only interested in his belly and pocket.

YOU GUYS SHOULD WAKE UP AND DOUBLE YOU HUSTLE!!!

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by NgeneUkwenu(f): 8:46am On May 06, 2017
lalasticlala Dominique!
Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by blaqoracle: 9:05am On May 06, 2017
ElsonMorali:
Now, this is an absolutely brilliant write up.

Can we compare Nnamdi Kanu's actions with that of Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Can we see the similarities?

Ojukwu abandoned his people and fled. When he started the war, didn't he think that there was a possibility that he might die for what he believed in?

If the federal forces were indeed out to annihilate the Igbos, the people he left behind would all have died then.

Fast forward to today.

Nnamdi Kanu has abandoned his colleagues who were jailed with him.

Now that he is free, what about those who died for the cause. The youths who were shot during the protest?

This is proof that when push comes to shove, beating your chest online is not enough. Nnamdi Kanu will abandon his people. That's for sure.

But what do I know, right?
since the days of ojukwu, the land of biafra is infested with cowards.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by GrandGarcon: 9:45am On May 06, 2017
Jesus describes Nigerians very well, they are like children in the market place who were called by there friends to play, they turned down the offer, then their friends said to them come let us mourn, they still turned down the offer, John the Baptists came not eating and drinking, people said he had a demon, now the Son of man has come eating and drinking, they call him a drunkard and a glutton. The very same Kanu they were laughing at, calling him all sorts of name, some even called him the general of Kuje, now that he is out, they still won't let him be, Nnamdi Kanu is not Nelson Mandela, IPOB is not the ANC, ANC used violence, IPOB has never used any form of violence, therefore the comparison is of no use. When Nnamdi kanu visited Kayode, I don't see anything wrong with that, you people are the same people that said we have to be diplomatic, our politicians should work with us, and we should approach them, is it not what NK is doing? Make una go sleep abeg.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by DieBuhari: 9:49am On May 06, 2017
Yoruba Muslims sha.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by waledeji(m): 10:31am On May 06, 2017
DieBuhari:
Yoruba Muslims sha.
Anybody that them a bitter truth is a Yoruba Muslim cheesy grin cheesy

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by Igboesika: 10:41am On May 06, 2017
See how unity beggars above me are crying over Biafran issues. Threads upon threads, topics upon topics, comments upon comments all because of one man that can control millions of people even without given them a dime.

Indeed, Kanu is a HERO and will always be. WHAT A MAN!!

The Sun Shall Rise Again!!

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by Omofunaab2: 11:15am On May 06, 2017
When i saw those bail conditions, i said to myself this is not freedom.

What is freedom when you are not allowed to grant interviews

What is freedom when you can only be in the company of not more than ten people.

Kanu's freedom is not important more than the freedom of the millions of easterners that have been enslaved by the west, mid-west, north and middle belt in the zoo grin grin grin

He is greater than the cause he is fighting, he should be given total freedom to fight this cause diplomatically

The bail conditions looks like something written by politicians and Nnamdi kanu should be wary of these politicians seeking to take advantage of his popularity.

They are still the same people hindering his calls for a new country

God knows i can't wait for you guys to go

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by DLondonboiy: 11:25am On May 06, 2017
Nawa o...this long nonsense for only nnamdi kanu?

Shame no dey catch some people o...NNAMDI is wiser than all afonja (dead or alive) combined!

People dey this life o

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by DLondonboiy: 11:25am On May 06, 2017
Omofunaab2:
When i saw those bail conditions, i said to myself this is not freedom.

What is freedom when you are not allowed to grant interviews

What is freedom when you can only be in the company of not more than ten people.

The bail conditions looks like something written by politicians and Nnamdi kanu should be weary of these politicians seeking to take advantage of his popularity.

They are still the same people hindering his cause.

God knows i can't wait for you guys to go

K
Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by MasterChen: 11:25am On May 06, 2017
This guy has been released. At this point, they are clueless on how to move on from here so they keep spamming the forum with his bullchiiit to keep him relevant

Can we move the 4++k ON?

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by DLondonboiy: 11:27am On May 06, 2017
GrandGarcon:
Jesus describes Nigerians very well, they are like children in the market place who were called by there friends to play, they turned down the offer, then their friends said to them come let us mourn, they still turned down the offer, John the Baptists came not eating and drinking, people said he had a demon, now the Son of man has come eating and drinking, they call him a drunkard and a glutton. The very same Kanu they were laughing at, calling him all sorts of name, some even called him the general of Kuje, now that he is out, they still won't let him be, Nnamdi Kanu is not Nelson Mandela, IPOB is not the ANC, ANC used violence, IPOB has never used any form of violence, therefore the comparison is of no use. When Nnamdi kanu visited Kayode, I don't see anything wrong with that, you people are the same people that said we have to be diplomatic, our politicians should work with us, and we should approach them, is it not what NK is doing? Make una go sleep abeg.

Just ignore these children of darkness...Na shame dey catch them..

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by KINGOFTHEEAST: 11:31am On May 06, 2017
fizzy4luv:
Honestly, Op did a nice write up and expressed my opinions freely . That man is just an attention seeker who just thought liberation struggle is a cheap fight and didn't envisage prison life as one of those sacrifices he had to make to keep the Biafra dream going.I wonder if this same Man who jumped at the slightest opportunity of bail can pay the supreme price if such arise for the Biafra dream to manifest. Pity those his comrades still in prison and those who threw their weight behind him to meet their death, they should know how to identify a leader when next they see one for those still alive. You just don't wake up and follow any body simply because he is shouting Biafra. Like Op clearly pointed out, what next for a caged liberation fighter? was shocked when he agree to those bail conditions. won't be surprised if he sneaks out of the country. he will only be following the laid down pathway of the originator of that idea called Biafra. To those people willing to hear and listen, NIGERIA IS FOR ALL AND SUNDRY, STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP PEACEFULLY AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE. THEIR IS SPACE, JUST BELIEVE AND WORK HARD, YOU WILL GET THERE. TO SUBMIT YOUR WILL TO A CAUSE THAT WILL MAKE YOUR GENERATION CURSE YOU YEARS AFTER WILL BE A WASTED LIFE.My own personal opinion .one love
I smell ewedu

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by RisingSun1: 12:04pm On May 06, 2017
I stopped after reading this --- " Is Nnamdi Kanu too naïve to
see that the Palestinians are the victims of Jewish
occupation"

Any one who thinks that the land belongs to Palestinians is a CERTIFIED D.UL.ARD and should not be listened to.

The Arabs who migrated from Jordan and Egypt,who now call themselves Palestinians are the real occupiers.

People started using the word 'Palestine' in the 50s when PLO was founded.The land is indigenous to the Jews.
Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by kingzizzy: 1:18pm On May 06, 2017
ElsonMorali:
Now, this is an absolutely brilliant write up.

Can we compare Nnamdi Kanu's actions with that of Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Can we see the similarities?

Ojukwu abandoned his people and fled. When he started the war, didn't he think that there was a possibility that he might die for what he believed in?

If the federal forces were indeed out to annihilate the Igbos, the people he left behind would all have died then.

Fast forward to today.

Nnamdi Kanu has abandoned his colleagues who were jailed with him.

Now that he is free, what about those who died for the cause. The youths who were shot during the protest?

This is proof that when push comes to shove, beating your chest online is not enough. Nnamdi Kanu will abandon his people. That's for sure.

But what do I know, right?

You and the author of the initial write up are speaking out of crass ignorance. If we all remember, Kanu's Lawyer said that Kanu initially rejected the bail. It took the pleading of several people including his 3 co accused before he changed his mind. His three co accused begged him to go because a dead Kanu in jail is of no use to anyone. Only living people fight for self determination. Kanu had to accept bail to attend to his health. This is why Ojukwu also had to go. Ojukwu fought for 3 years, in the end, there was no point staying back to be slaughtered. A dead Ojukwu would have been of use to anyone same as a dead Kanu. The important thing is that both men rose up and stood for their beliefs when all others decided to bow down to the Northern Gambari Lords.

As for Kanu practicing Judaism, what is wrong with that? Cant a man change his religion? Kanu does not have to be in the same religious sect as me before we all believe in self determination and Biafra. If Kanu likes, he can practice Bhuddism for all I care

The write up was nonsense from start to finish. Kanu is on the right track

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by ElsonMorali: 2:33pm On May 06, 2017
kingzizzy:


You and the author of the initial write up are speaking out of crass ignorance. If we all remember, Kanu's Lawyer said that Kanu initially rejected the bail. It took the pleading of several people including his 3 co accused before he changed his mind. His three co accused begged him to go because a dead Kanu in jail is of no use to anyone. Only living people fight for self determination. Kanu had to accept bail to attend to his health. This is why Ojukwu also had to go. Ojukwu fought for 3 years, in the end, there was no point staying back to be slaughtered. A dead Ojukwu would have been of use to anyone same as a dead Kanu. The important thing is that both men rose up and stood for their beliefs when all others decided to bow down to the Northern Gambari Lords.

As for Kanu practicing Judaism, what is wrong with that? Cant a man change his religion? Kanu does not have to be in the same religious sect as me before we all believe in self determination and Biafra. If Kanu likes, he can practice Bhuddism for all I care

The write up was nonsense from start to finish. Kanu is on the right track

Exactly the same thing they said about Ojukwu.

They said they had to beg and plead with him to run away and abandon them so that he won't die.

I guess nobody pleaded with Mandela right?

It's so easy to fool you guys.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by irrefragable: 2:35pm On May 06, 2017
This post reeks of ewedu and the sh!t smelling slimy green thing called amala.

Kanu was never a Christian. He has Always been a judaist from day one. Get your facts right he didn't convert in detention.

I can see a lot of we-dont-care-about-biafra oblong-headed hypocritic cowards running amok on this thread already.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by amachuk(m): 2:37pm On May 06, 2017
yes, there are stringent conditions attached to kanu's bail, but there are no stringent strategies to achieving freedom, he must not do it the Mandela's way, this is NNAMDI kanu for Biafra struggle and not Mandela or south Africa. Times are different, KANU even before his arrest was a wanted man, but today he is free to move about and propagate his ideas, his arrest and the attendant awareness it created has broadened his reach, he can now meet the right people. Again if I may ask, is the OP so daft to know that obeying the so called stringent conditions is optional? there is nothing Nigeria can do than arrest him again thereby piling more pressure on the already fractured contraption. Nnamdi doesn't the crowd around him, its even dangerous, he only need their support, before his arrest, most people never had the opportunity to see him, still they gather in such intimidating numbers under his command. he had always promoted Judaism, he in fact criticised if not condemned Christianity still he commands the greatest loyalty amongst Biafrans. Finally he came under pressure from his colleagues in prison to embrace freedom, his time in prison has achieved its purpose, more disappointments are coming for the OP and his wicked collaborators who wishes KANU a life time in prison.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by BrutalJab: 3:06pm On May 06, 2017
Afonjas and their epistles

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by Nobody: 3:16pm On May 06, 2017
ndy05:
bla bla bla Nigeria is not South Africa.Nnamdi Kanu took the best decision by accepting the bail,because he who fight and run will live to fight another day.
He is nothing but a selfish coward more concerned with his personal comfort than in the cause he espouses. Young Igbo men bled to death on the streets for Biafra and this is how Kanu honours their memory. The zoo is not done with him yet

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by Themonster: 3:22pm On May 06, 2017
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kropotkin33:
He is nothing but a selfish coward more concerned with his personal comfort than in the cause he espouses. Young Igbo men bleed to death on the streets for Biafra and this is how Kanu honours their memory. The zoo is not done with him yet
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I discovered that this thing dey pain you well well

Well kiss the truth or do the awolowo grin

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by Themonster: 3:23pm On May 06, 2017
Nnamdi kanu is greater than awolowo and oduduwa itself
Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by GrandGarcon: 3:24pm On May 06, 2017
kropotkin33:
He is nothing but a selfish coward more concerned with his personal comfort than in the cause he espouses. Young Igbo men bleed to death on the streets for Biafra and this is how Kanu honours their memory. The zoo is not done with him yet
Afonja now care for Igbo people, we don't need your sympathy, it is only in the zoo that the president sends military men to stop a case of two fighting, let alone when there is a PEACEFUL protest, the police simply send some men to make sure the protesters remain peaceful and law abiding, in the zoo the military uses millitary grade weapons on ordinary and unarmed civilians, at the end nincompoops will blame the victims for carrying out the constitutional rights. A zoo where humans a locked up and savage beasts roam in the corridors of power.

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Re: The Demystification And Decanonization Of Nnamdi Kanu by GrandGarcon: 3:26pm On May 06, 2017
Themonster:
Nnamdi kanu is greater than awolowo and oduduwa itself
of course only an 1diot will doubt it

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