₦airaland Forum

Even though I have my personal reservations with the Biafran ideology and movement which I wouldn’t want to delve into now, it doesn’t blind me to the fact that everyone and every single human being has a fundamental human prerogative to self-determination, actualization and progress within the confines of an unadulterated, non-oppressive, all encompassing laws of humanity and laws of the land they find themselves while been firmly rooted on a foundation of equity, justice and equality. These are the true factors that propel societies forward on the path of greatness.

The Ultimatum given by the Northern Youth Association in Kaduna recently is a direct, reckless, insensitive and flagrant declaration of war on a people (Igbos) who aren’t even completely united on the Biafran cause and a people (including the agitators calling for secession) who have largely been 100% peaceful to the best of my knowledge going about their businesses, dealings and struggles with other members and ethnicities of the Nigeria.. Such an ultimatum is not only TREASONABLE but a flimsy excuse to brutally and violently assault and repress the Easterners in the north once again like they have always done in the past through riots for no justifiable reasons - nothing less. I was born, raised and lived in the north (the shugabban kasa of the north, Kano state to be precise) for 20+ years and still emotionally connected to that region so that qualifies me to know exactly what I am talking about in addition to knowing precisely how the average mindset works over there..

Gospel truth be told, the Easterners have been the most wronged (as Wole Soyinka rightly pointed out and as history shows), most maltreated, most persecuted and most violated ethnic group in Nigeria, not to even mention the fact they have always been at the receiving end of all the senseless riots and killings in the north (Kano and Kaduna most especially) for decades. They literally lost everything in addition to millions of its people to an unnecessary brutal genocidal civil war and so they deserve every inch of human right to honour their dead or heroes in whatever way they deem appropriate even if it means sitting at home for a whole week or a day as they did on May 29th since the Nigerian confederation/government has failed to officially do so by setting a day to specially commemorate the dead which would have gone a long way in pacifying aggrieved and offended minds of the Igbo people but unfortunately, arrogance, pride, loathness and a false sense of political correctedness wouldn’t allow the Nigerian government do so..

In sane climes around the world, such a statement made by the Northern Youth Association would be a culpable offense taken very seriously with steps put in place to check-mate its occurrence. Unfortunately, in this jungle called Nigeria, the reverse is the case as a particular group of people are always given special executive privileges to commit and monopolize on violence with impunity. If such an ultimatum was issued by a group down south, east or west, the DSS and the security outfits would have been in full swing to brutally clamp down on them - a strong case of nepotism, inequality and injustice which has always been the bane and curse of this country since its inception by our colonial masters and one of the major issues surrounding the civil war still left unaddressed till this very day.

Irrespective of anyone’s ideologies and opinions regarding the way to go about our collective existence, sustenance and co-existence as a people and nation, I would always maintain my stance that what has so far got us neck-deep stuck in all these mess of national development we always find ourselves is solely as a result of BAD LEADERSHIP and a DEGRADED MINDSET and SPIRIT of Nigerians (poverty of the mind and spirit syndrome as my dad would say).. And until we find a way to relief ourselves of these two demons or diseases, it would always be the same pathetic situation for this nation – accept it or deject it. The leaders we have always had are a total reflection of the people we are.


That notwithstanding, I want to use the opportunity to call on everyone to VEHEMENTLY REBUKE and proactively CONDEMN the statement and proposed action for the eviction of all Easterners from the Northern region by the Northern/Arewa Youth Association who ignorantly claim and believe that all Easterners are part of the agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra.

I implore everyone to take a stand against the insolence and excesses of this group in any way and any form.

No one or group of persons in this country has the monopoly for continued violence or should be allowed in any capacity to engage in the violation of human rights and disrespect for the premium of human lives..

We all as Nigerians of diverse cultures and believes from the North, South, East, West and Middle Belt regions still share the common values of peace, tranquility and progress and irrespective of our obvious differences, we must always explore all avenues of positivity to enable us work together and hopefully get it right instead finding way of ways of tearing each other apart.

SAY NO TO THE DECLARATION OF WAR ON THE EASTERNERS BY THE NORTHERN YOUTH ASSOCIATION..
SAY NO TO VIOLENCE..
SAY NO TO NEPOTISM..
SAY YES TO RECONCILIATION..
SAY YES TO PEACE..
SAY YES TO PROGRESS..
SAY YES TO GOOD AND ACCOUNTABLE LEADERSHIP FOR ALL..
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH..

We are all anxiously waiting for the DSS to take appropriate action by making arrests for this treasonable act of declaration of war by the Northern Youth Association on a people that have never declared war on anyone irrespective of their ideologies pertaining to the issue of Biafra, but my mind is telling me we might be dissapointed yet again as usual.. But i hope not, for it would be yet another crown of shame on this nation..

Sipping my liquor

[quote author=BininKingdom post=57288658][/quote]whats your point bro tribal mark in this age is wrong and i would equate it with female genital mutilation.. Ewedu soup is food and can be food for all so long as it doesnt kill or have any short or long term negative health effects.. So, Kini point eee!!! Oh oh oh, i now get it, u think i am one of those sh@meless tribalists bashing each other on here.. Newsflash - U dead wrong bro and telling or saying what i firmly believe is the truth has nothing to do with any iota of sentiment attached to your place or my place of origin.. By the way i am a Deltan if u care to know. Shallom