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Opinion: Concerning Biafra And The Igbo Agitation For Secession / Re: Buratai, Biafra And The Guardians Of Empire Nigeria (part1) / Buratai, Biafra And The Guardians Of Empire Nigeria (2) By Fani-kayode (2) (3) (4)
Fani Kayode: Buratai, Biafra And Guardians Empire Nigeria Part 2 by emmanuel529(m): 1:22pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
The truth is that the unconscionable
oppressors that constitute the Nigerian ruling
elite and political class and those at the top
never see things clearly until the explosion
comes.
More often or not they are intoxicated by the
opium of power, they become deluded, they
lose touch with reality and they are blinded
by the awesome power that they wield.
And when there is a reaction to their tyranny,
arrogance and oppression and the call for
resistance and self-determination begins to
gather momentum, history proves that
instead of reaching out with compassion, love
and understanding, they treat their vassals
and victims with insensitivity, brutality,
savagery and contempt.
Yet despite all one thing is clear: regardless
of their relentless opppsition and repression,
when the time comes, when the song of
liberation beckons and when the freedom bell
tolls not even one million misguided and
bellicose Nigerian army commanders can
resist the restructuring or break up of our
country once it is clearly established that
that is what our people want.
The truth is simple and clear: you cannot
force people to remain together forever!
And if you really want them to stay together
you cannot treat them like animals. You
cannot break their hearts, wound their souls,
bind their spirits, shatter their dreams, abort
their vision and constantly make them shed
tears.
You cannot abuse, threaten, kill, maim,
incarcerate, intimidate, insult, rob, humiliate,
demean or cheat them but instead you must
show them love, compassion and kindness
and treat them well.
The Nigerian state has been callous,
insensitive, cruel, brutal, unjust and unfair to
most of its ethnic nationalities.
Throughout our beleagured history and over
the last 56 years of our existence as an
independent sovereign state, genocide, ethnic
cleansing, crimes against humanity and
indeed all manner of injustice have been
gladly adopted and employed by the state as
a lawful, legitimate and, I dare say,
acceptable means to keep our people in
check and hold them down.
Millions have been killed in the name of
“keeping Nigeria one” and many more have
suffered.
This is especially so in the case of the Igbo,
the Niger Deltans, the Middle Belters, the
northern Christians, the Shiite Muslims and,
to a lesser degree, the Yoruba.
As long as this remains the case, if the
country is not restructured and if equity,
justice and fair play is not properly and
adequately enthroned, eventually the roof will
cave in and Nigeria will crumble into a
number of pieces like a pack of cards.
And when that occures no man born of
woman will be able to stop it and neither will
an army of one billion hard-line and hard
core ultra- conservative dinosaurs who
erroneously believe that it is their God-given
right and duty to keep Nigeria together by
hook or by crook regardless of the heartfelt
desires and freely-expressed will of the
people.
It is a new dawn and today we are witnessing
the last kick of a dying Nigerian horse. Soon
we will be free and the tyranny, madnesss,
sadness, tears and shattered dreams that are
the hallmarks of Empire Nigeria will be gone
forever. God wills it and so it shall be.
Permit me to conclude this contribution by
offering a small explanation for my earlier
assertion that the Yoruba suffered in the
hands of Nigeria to a lesser degree than
others.
I do not wish to in any way offend anyone or
play down the pure hell that the Yoruba have
been through in Nigeria for the last 56 years.
There are indeed many instances and
examples of injustice, indignity, shame, pain,
suffering and wickedness that we the Yoruba
people have been subjected to by those that
believe that they own and will always control
Nigeria over the years.
However, as bad is it may have been, I
believe that there is a big difference between
what we have been through and what others
have seen.
We suffered immeasurably as well but we had
the strength and wherewithal to fight back
and survive it rather well. We also flourished
over the years compared to others because
we didn’t need the Federal Government or the
Nigerian state for anything in order to excel
and to survive.
They murdered our leader Chief MKO Abiola,
his wife, the beautiful Kudirat and many
others. They killed Chief SL Akintola in the
sanctity of his home and in front of his
family. They killed Brigadier Ademulegun and
his eight month pregnant wife. They killed
Colonel Francis Fajuyi because he opted to
stand by his leader and friend, the Head of
State, General Aguiyi-Ironsi. They jailed Chief
Obafemi Awolowo whose oldest son Segun
was killed in a car accident whilst he was in
jail. They jailed President Olusegun Obasanjo
and quite a few others. They detained and
tormented Senator Abraham Adesanya, Chief
Ayo Adebanjo and hundreds of others. They
drove Professor Wole Soyinka, Professor
Adebayo Williams and many others into exile.
They destroyed the lives and persecuted
many but they never slaughtered us in
millions as they did to the Igbo.
They never killed over 100,000 of our people
in three months with cudgels and cutlasses
as they did to the Igbo all over the north
during the pogroms of 1966.
They never killed over 300 of our army
officers as they did to the Igbo on the night
of the “northern officers revenge coup” ofJuly
29th 1966.
They never denied us our right to life and to
self-determination and slaughter over 2
million of our people during the civil war as
they did to the Igbo.
They never starved one million of our young
children to death or confiscated our
properties and left us with only twenty
pounds each after the civil war as they did to
the Igbo.
They never subjected us to ethnic and
religious cleansing or enslaved us and took
our history, culture, language, dignity and
faith away from us as they did to the Middle
Belters and to the northern Christians and
minorities.
They never burnt down our homes, desecrated
our burial grounds, blew up our places of
worship, wiped out our communities and
buried our dead in mass graves as they did
the Shiite Muslims.
They never took our mineral resources,
plundered our land, destroyed our
environment, polluted our rivers, stole our
money, humiliated our leaders, dehumanised
our men, raped our women, bombed our
towns and committed genocide against our
people as they did to the Niger Deltans.
Yes we the Yoruba suffered too: we lost
Ilorin, we suffered remote-controlled carnage
and fratricidal butchery in the politics of the
early ’60’s and the early ’80’s, we lost many
good men and women during the June 12th
struggle, we were relegated to the status of
second-class citizens over the years and so
much more but we managed to weather our
travails with dignity and even a shrug and a
smile.
We were big, strong, resilient and poweful
enough to take whatever evil that was meted
out to us and, more often than not, we
fought back and survived it with our heads
held up high.
In any case our collective oppressors were
always a little more careful with us when
compared to others because they were wary
of the very real danger of arousing the lion
within us and kindling a raging and
uncontrollable fire in the Yoruba nation that
could well have burnt down the entire
country.
Others ethnic nationalities were not so lucky:
they had their souls and the very essence of
their being sucked out of them. They suffered
beyond measure and some have been so
scarred and broken over the last 56 years
that they may never recover.
These groups must NEVER forget what
Nigeria has done to them and neither must
we.
The suffering of the Middle Belters, the Niger
Delta people and the Igbo particularly should
be the fuel for our collective quest for
liberation.
The suffering of my Yoruba people through
the ages, though less when compared to that
of the Niger Deltans, the Igbo and the Middle
Belters, acts as a source of strength for me
to stand up, to fight on and to fight back.
I chose my words carefully and I meant them.
The suffering was relative and those of us
that suffered less than others ought to be
able to acknowledge the trauma, pain and
wickedness that others were put through by
our internal colonial masters and their allies.
We acknowledge this not to mock them or
subject them to ridicule but to honor them
and to learn from their horrific experiences.
None of us must ever forget and all of us
must ask God for forgiveness for the role we
played in assisting and supporting the
butchers in the past.
Where we find blood on our hands we must
acknowledge that we did wrong and ensure
that it will never happen again.
The recollection of history is important. That
is why we must always set the record straight
and make all the fine points and distinctions.
We must never forget and, like the sons and
daughters of the proud Jewish State of Israel
said after the horrific genocide of the Nazi
holocaust, we must always say, “NEVER
AGAIN”.
May the Lord of Hosts forgive Nigeria for
what she has done to so many of her ethnic
nationalities and her own sons and
daughters.
May the Ancient of Days deliver us all from
the self-appointed guardians and enforcers of
Empire Nigeria and may He effect His
purpose and will in our nation. Shalom.
(CONCLUDED). Source: www.emmanuel17.com/2017/03/fani-kayode-buratai-biafra-and.html 4 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Fani Kayode: Buratai, Biafra And Guardians Empire Nigeria Part 2 by profhezekiah: 1:26pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
4000yrs to come |
Re: Fani Kayode: Buratai, Biafra And Guardians Empire Nigeria Part 2 by ThugCheetah(m): 2:39pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
profhezekiah:Yoruba Muslim unity beggar spotted 8 Likes |
Re: Fani Kayode: Buratai, Biafra And Guardians Empire Nigeria Part 2 by kingzizzy: 2:40pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
3 million of my fellow Igbos were slaughtered in the name of keeping a mere British colonial concoction called Nigeria as one Ok oooo "Agbacha oso, aguo mile" Every Igbo knows what I just said and what it really means. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Fani Kayode: Buratai, Biafra And Guardians Empire Nigeria Part 2 by Nobody: 4:09pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
Fani Kayode says it so well. To the oppressed Nigerians this is an essay of hope and encouragement. Tomorrow is there for us. Even if it takes 100 years the oppressed will be liberated. Thank you Femi Fani Kayode. 1 Like |
Re: Fani Kayode: Buratai, Biafra And Guardians Empire Nigeria Part 2 by Nobody: 5:29pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
The North is the only problem we have |
Re: Fani Kayode: Buratai, Biafra And Guardians Empire Nigeria Part 2 by Nobody: 6:48pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
u said it all...Nigeria is too big to b a nation,we are dividend by enthnic and religious line......I will only support Biafra if only dey can achieve der aim without killing a single soul... |
Re: Fani Kayode: Buratai, Biafra And Guardians Empire Nigeria Part 2 by DocHMD: 9:50am On Mar 12, 2017 |
I asked a highly educated yoruba man yesterday to name one yoruba man that represented the yoruba people when the present 'Abdusalami' constitution was being written. He was moping at me like a slowpoke. The answer is No yoruba or Igbo was involved in the draft of that 'Abdusalami' constitution. It is entirely a document for fulanis and by fulanis. A document that has 'Quoran' and 'Sharia' mentioned up to 50 times but nowhere is 'Christ' or 'Ifa' or Amadioha' mentioned. Why are we being deluded? 2 Likes |
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