Authored by Ifeanyi Chijioke For (TBP)
24TH August 2017
24TH August 2017
Ojukwu is no more here
to defend the lies against him or facilitate truth; the worst scenario is
taking advantage of the dead. Buhari can do anything or say anything to change
the position of Biafrans; even though it needs cloned Ojukwu to address them. The
only option we have on the table is to use the standard of the late war lord to
ascertain what he really discussed with Buhari. This is a man that relentlessly
fought to give his people the best; even to the point of taking up arms and
forfeiting his glamorous military career.
However, after the
war; Ojukwu continued a political sojourn to make sure his people were not
relegated to mere slaves; knowing that the major objective of the war was not
reached, he needed post war actions like reintegration. He cannot go back to
the battlefield and neither can he continue to agitate; the only option was to
continue to meet relevant figures in Nigeria to fashion or make life bearable
for his people. Visits took him round Nigeria; to some, he made the move
because his absence may encourage actions against his people. His mission was
to prepare for his demise; make the land fertile and make bridges for his
people. Buhari was not the only head of state Ojukwu met since after the war.
Coming back from
London and delivering his first speech in a purported recorded broadcast;
Buhari made it clear that Ojukwu visited him in Daura and agreed with him that
Nigeria will be united. This claim has received knocks from the people of
Biafra who are virtually tired of Nigeria. For the first time; I want to agree
with Buhari that Ojukwu visited him in 2003 and they really discussed but he
may have only picked what he wanted out of the numerous discussions he held
with Ojukwu
Many people doubted
Buhari’s claim; one facebook user had urged me to believe that Buhari saw
Ojukwu during his stay in London; he noted that Buhari’s ill health took a
dangerous dimension to the extent that he died and resurrected. When he died;
he met Ojukwu and they discussed but that he lied against Ojukwu. “Ojukwu told
him that it is about time Nigeria stopped sucking the blood of his people”
Another was of the
belief that he lied against Ojukwu over whatsoever they discussed; he claimed
that whatsoever Buhari said now cannot be trusted because since Biafra
agitation began and Ojukwu was alive; he could not say a word. He posited that
had Ojukwu said such thing; Muhammadu Buhari would have made it open in 2004
and not when Ojukwu had gone and cannot defend whatsoever he claimed.
This issue has forced
Buhari to release video of his meeting with Ojukwu and a screenshot of the news
in print; Buhari can rest because he has provided enough evidence. There was
never a time I would doubt Buhari’s meeting with Ojukwu, what I would doubt was
the claim of what they discussed. As a gentleman; I expect proper understanding
of my position. Buhari cannot rightly wait until Ojukwu died before saying he
said that Nigeria must be united. Nigeria has been shaking since 1999 till
date; if Buhari did not say this when Ojukwu was alive, he should as well keep
it and discuss it with Ojukwu just very soon. We are all certain that Buhari
will join Ojukwu in no distant time; he has accomplished everything and his
life will be celebrated after his imminent demise.
Ojukwu’s precedent
speaks louder than anything Buhari could claim; this is a man that was well
positioned in the military but forfeited his position for the sake of the
safety and well-being of his people. He took up arms and went to the extreme in
order to defend his people; he fought and invested all his wealth to save his
people being massacred in the North and every part of Nigeria. He never
regretted any of his actions hence they were solely to the benefit of the
people of Biafra. This summed up the love Ojukwu has for his people; we need no
prophet to tell us that Ojukwu would always fight for his people wherever he
goes. The meeting with Buhari was not an exception; it is yet to fight for the
well-being of his people.
Ojukwu had a meeting
with Buhari but in his absence; Buhari only tried to take advantage of what
they discussed. Buhari can go on and on and tell the world how his meeting with
Ojukwu ended with the agreement to keep Nigeria united but may not be able to
go on and on and tell the world everything Ojukwu came to discuss with him.
Ojukwu may have said
Nigeria will remain one upon some conditions which Buhari admitted but
virtually failed to live up to it till this day. Ojukwu could not have okayed
united Nigeria with giving his people 5% attention and 95% to the North. Ojukwu
could not have okayed united Nigeria with sacking his people and making North
service chiefs- a blatant nepotism. Ojukwu could not have okayed one Nigeria
with killing of his people on daily basis for peaceful protest. Ojukwu could
not have okayed one Nigeria with no infrastructure seen in Eastern region. He
could not admitted one Nigeria with environmental pollution of Delta state, imo
state and others in Biafra land as a result of oil exploration. He could not
have accepted one Nigeria with thetotal negligence of the territory he fought
for.
As a matter of fact;
Ojukwu would rather lead the war for the restoration of Biafra had he been
alive to witness the sufferings of his people and this level of marginalization
currently meted on them. Biafra restoration would have taken armed dimension
had Ojukwu been alive to see how Biafrans are murdered on daily basis. Ojukwu
would have confronted the soldiers who declared operation python dance and
destroyed Biafrans at Nkpor. Ojukwu is a soldier that won’t even endure as much
as Nnamdi Kanu has endured.
Buhari can go on and
on to tell the world the agreement he had with Ojukwu because he is no longer
alive to affirm or oppose it but the precedents of His Excellency Dim
Chukwuemeka Ojukwu entirely opposed what Buhari claimed. Yes Ojukwu agreed to a
united Nigeria only if his people remained relevant and their rights respected.
He agreed on a united Nigeria if infrastructures and the money gotten from
their land are used to help their existence. He agreed to one Nigeria if his
people were not marginalized and given sense of belonging in the Nigerian
federation.
Buhari can be rest
assured that there is no alternative to Biafra, Biafra will be restored n peace
or pieces!
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