Biafra day- May 3Oth: A holy day of obligation to be observed like the Jewish Passover for all generations of Ndi Igbo till end of time

During the early days of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s broadcast with Radio Biafra, I once visited a family, and a small boy just walked up to me and said:

“uncle, my friends were discussing about Biafra today at school, what is Biafra and who is Nnamdi Kanu?”. It was a question with mixed feelings for me.

In the first place, I felt bad that after almost 50 years then that the Nigeria government continued the Biafra war despite the ‘no victor, no vanquished ‘.

In this new strategy of qualitative genocide, history was removed in the curriculum to make sure that the younger generation especially in Biafra land will not get to know of their ancestral history and the holocaust (genocide) Nigeria government commited against the Igbos.

I felt so sad that a country can deny its future leaders such important history they needed, to be able to build the future and avoid the mistakes that led to that genocide.

I felt so bad at that level of hatred , marginalization, and injustice, which has been elevated to a statecraft by the government.

On the other hand, I was also happy with the eagerness in that small child to know what has been denied of him by a very corrupt, biased, criminal, and tribal bigotry system.

I saw it as an obligation before God and mankind to suspend all other my activities to bring that light to the soul of the little child denied of him by the sons of darkness.

In International Relations and Diplomatic Studies of which yours truly holds a Masters Degree with utmost humility, there is what we call ‘qualitative and quantitative genocide ‘.

Though the quantitative genocide is now under the carpet even though we also witness much of extra judicial killings and killings by killer herdsmen in some parts of Enugwu, Imo, Ebonyi and also in Abia especially around that Lokpanta axis and Isuikwuato/Uturu, what can we say of the present qualitative genocide of ndi Igbo by the Nigeria government?

Igbos thought that they have seen it all in the immediate past Nigeria government led by one of the greatest hater of Igbos who even called them ‘a dot in a circle’- Muhammadu Buhari, not knowing that the worst is yet to come in this present administration led by a fellow southener- Ahmed Tinubu.

The lopsided appointments, lack of federal presence, collapse and abandonment of federal roads in the south east, same applies to federal health and education institutions in the zone.

Worst still, the militarization of the south east states and the dehumanization Igbos undergo today in the hands of security agents on our roads are also part of the government orchestrated qualitative genocide against the Igbos.

There is no federal establishment or ministry where Igbos do not suffer one form of marginalization or the other..most often they are denied promotions and deserved appointments due to the fact that they are Igbo.

Are we going to talk of the boundary adjustments after the civil war, the abandoned property policy, the stealing of our fathers’ monies in the banks by same government giving them only 2pounds from their huge deposits.

The architects of these evils go to church and mosques to pray on daily basis.

On this holy day we remember those who died so that we as a people can live, for without them I don’t think I will be alive today to write. Jesus the Christ said:

“No greater love than this, that a man lays down his life for his friends ” . The highest show of love which Williams Shakespeare displayed in the novel ‘Romeo and Julliet’.

Today people commit heinous crimes other parts of the country and go free but in Igboland a very small crime that may even be civil in nature can lead to destruction of other people’s livelihood and lives by security agents.

We have repented terrorists today because of the region they come from while their activities could have led to the obilteration of a whole community from the face of the earth if it happened in Igboland..

One may rightly ask: What is holding Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from been released by the Nigeria government? Could he be still there by now if he had come from the North or South West?

Today for us as Igbos is a day of reflection, a day to be sober , a day to ask ourselves vital questions and deliberate on issues that affect us as a people now and our future.

It is also a day to remind the Nigeria government of all their atrocities against the Igbo nation calling on them to have a change of heart if we can build a society, a unified country where peace and justice shall reign as in our national anthem.

The greatest problem is that Nigeria government hates the truth…but only the truth shall set Nigeria free..

On this holy of the holiest day in Igboland we call to mind the negative effects of criminal black legs within our people that the Nigeria government are using to achieve both qualitative and quantitative genocide against the Igbo nation.

We saw few days back what JAMB did to our people and some of our representatives in National Assembly are busy putting on ‘ashebi’ clothes on Tinubu 2027.

Others vowed that their states will return to APC come 2027 , while others are launching their Renewed Hopelessness in Igboland as a structure for Tinubu to get votes come 2027.

It will be interesting to let president Tinubu and his APC to know that these people are not truly Igbo and cannot speak for our people.

They are only after their belle…and Chukwu Okike shall reward them one day for using the blood of their people to feed their belle.

It will be nice for President Tinubu to know also that these men made APC an abomination in Igboland and that APC cannot get 1% of total votes cast in the whole of south east, unless the criminal technical glitches of Manhood Yakubu.

Today June 12, is a national holiday because one man MKO Abiola died in the process of trying to get a better government and a better life for his people.

Kudos to the yoruba governors and elites that championed the course..but our governors in the south east where are they? Our so called professors, captains of industries building mansions in Lagos and Abuja, our bishops, cardinals, daddy GOs and mummy in their lords, our legislators both state and national, traditional leaders etc.

Why are we silent over 5m people who died for the Igbo nation to continue exist. If not their resistance the Igbo tribe could have been wiped away from the face of the earth.

Today renews the call for the United Nations, international human rights organizations and the world in general to review the Nigeria holocaust against the Igbos for adequate compensation.

Anything short of this means that the whole world were united in that progron.

The world should rise up not only against the genocide of the past but more still the present day qualitative and quantitative genocide against the Igbos by Nigeria.

Today we pray Chukwu Okike Abiama puru ime ihe n’ile to grant eternal rest to the souls of Biafra heroes .

We also pray that Almighty will grant them any of their heart desires in the land of the dead even if that heart desire has connections with what they want in Igboland.

We respect them today . I know they may not be happy with some efulefus and sabbouters among our people. May they reward those people according to their wickedness.

Today we should also celebrate present Igbo notable leaders that have made a difference and gave a voice to their people. Posterity will always remember the likes of Mmagha Ndi Igbo , Distinguished Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the likes of late Profs Nwabueze and Ezeife etc.

We call on the present governors of alaigbo to also make a difference despite the problems Igbos face in the Nigeria society. Kudos to Governors Alex Otti and Peter Mbah for massive infrastructural developments noticed in their states within 2 years in office. We need our governors to speak out.

If what JAMB did to our children in the south east recently happened in other zones in the country, by now it could have been something different. ‘Igbo ji aka ha egbu onwe ha’. Where is Ohaneze Ndi Igbo.

To the people of Nigeria: It’s becoming obvious that Nigeria is not matured enough for self rule. Events since independence had shown that Nigeria people do not have that capacity to rule themselves hence it’s better to go now and beg the ‘whiteman’ to re-colonize us.

It looks shameful, but it will make Nigerians to have life. Alternatively, Nigeria can be re-structured where 6 or seven quasi countries can come out of Nigeria for better governance that will improve the lives of the people.

Two questions: WHO ARE NIGERIANS? , HOW DO WE EXIST AS NIGERIANS?..if these questions cannot yield any good answer…then ‘To your tents oh Israel ‘.

By Eze Oliver Onuoha (a hawker of ‘okpa’ at Osisioma Flyover in Aba)

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