Nigerian government this week made the greatest
mistake of the century by the arrest of the leader
of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and
director of the Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Nigeria made the mistake of equating Biafra to
Nnamdi Kanu. Muhammadu Buhari may have
been ill-advised that arresting and unlawfully
detaining Nnamdi Kanu will quench the fire of
Biafra raging across the world. How mistaken
they are.
How can one stop such a raging wave that has
ubiquitous structure across the world by arrest of
a single man?
Buhari and Nigeria inadvertently played into the
grand strategy of Biafrans. Biafrans have waited
for them to make this move. With the arrest of
Nnamdi Kanu, Nigeria has given Biafran a perfect
excuse to increase the agitation for their freedom.
They have given reasons for so may world
governments seeking to help Biafrans to wage
into the matter!
Similar to the unimaginable local and international
free publicity of Radio Biafra by the Nigerian
government when it unsuccessfully tried to shut
down the daily broadcast from the Biafran
freedom radio, the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu will
escalate the Biafran restoration cause to
unimaginable corners of the world.
Kanu has always spoken about the rascality,
irresponsibility and oppression of Nigerian
government. Infact the fulcrum of Kanu’s daily’s
broadcast from Radio Biafra lies on the
unquenching zeal of Nigerian government to
repress freedom of speech and respect of human
rights.
What else can demonstrate this to the
international community, who the Biafrans have
been wooing for a long time to turn to the aid of
Biafrans, than the arrest of Kanu. Imagine the
modern world where Alex Salmond can speak
about the independence of Scotland from Britain
without getting hounded not to talk of arrested.
Imagine the Spanish government arresting Artur
Mas for agitating for the independence of
Catalonia? This is exactly what the Nigerian
government has just done. The international
community will clearly understand such message.
No other example can clearly demonstrate the
plight of Biafrans under the Nigerian government
than the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB) for seeking the liberation
of his people.
It is very laughable that Buhari who has failed to
arrest the sponsors and leaders of Boko Haram
terrorists group killing and maiming innocent
people, preferred to go after Biafrans who are
peacefully seeking freedom from oppression and
injustice.
Instead of dampening the Biafran spirit, Kanu’s
arrest has intensified the passion and
resoluteness of Biafrans.
By the way it is way too late to arrest Nnamdi
Kanu in order to stop Biafra. Kanu has virtually
completed his work. He has laid the foundations
for the restoration of Biafra. He has raised the
conscience of Biafrans across the world. As it
stands today there are a thousand and one
Nnamdi Kanu who are able and willing to carry
on. Source Vanguard News.

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