BIAFRA: THE REAL ELDERS AND THE UNITY PROJECT PRIOR TO REFERENDUM
By Russell Idatoru
Bluejack
11 August 2017
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| Elder Edwin Clark |
Pa Edwin Clark, what do you have to say about the razing down of
over 40 houses in Adamawa by Boko Haram? What did our Pa say when communities
in our region were attacked by herdsmen? He seems to be quiet over violent
events. Our Pa, I am forced to conclude, condones evil. I can see why he
pounced on the our peace-loving Nnamdi Kanu. AREWA, any comment for these
losses? How come Edwin Clark and AREWA are quiet? Does it mean that they are in
support of Boko Haram? They love Boko Haram and hate harmless Nnamdi Kanu.
Disgusting reality!
Ohaneze Ndigbo, why are you all quiet? Where are all the
so-called activists? Why has Nigeria become as quiet as a morgue in the face of
this massacre?
Brothers, friends, and comrades in the struggle, our leaders in
Igbo and "South-South" have FAILED US ALL! They are the reason we are
all suffering. I will rather speak the truth and die honourably than keep
quiet. There are two ways to die, and I, Russell Idatoru Bluejack, have chosen
to live and die honourably, because I know that he that is fondly remembered by
the living NEVER DIES. The only death we should be scared of is that which
carries with it memories of us. Some of us will never die. That is the hard
truth.
The people you all call ELDERS are the agents of our oppressors.
They are the ones that meet with handlers of Nigeria today and attack Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu tomorrow. Are you thinking? Who do you think these self-made elders
represent? What do you think is their interest? Their vision is centred around
the self. Their views are relative and non populist. Their mentality is
solipsistic (me, myself, and I). They do not see beyond the IMMEDIATE GAINS.
Who are these elders? The ones that push us to the warfront only
to go behind to swell their wallets? You mean you still call those who sit and
watch as our enemies deprive us of the gains from our own God-given resources
ELDERS? Are elderly ones not suppose to be protective? You call those who live
in posh houses, operate from schmancy and cozy offices, and fly round the world
like eagles elders? You mean elders that use the people? You mean elders that
wish we can remain servile all the days of our lives? God forbid! They are not
my elders!
Do you know our elder(s)? Do you know who we should respect and
honour? Henceforth, accord that person that is sentient enough to understand
you and feel your plight respect and honour. No one is your elder because of
his age. My younger ones, big boys and girls, know that I only see myself as
their elder when I can handle their problems. Elders ought to treat the people
like cubs and kittens. Look around you, spot that man or woman that is selfless
in every pursuit. That is the one you should respect. Yes, that person you can
always reach, the one whose shoulders are broad enough for you to lean on, is
your elder.
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| Oha n eze ndigbo |
The elder is that man/woman that knows that the people are
suffering and fashions out ways to end it. There are elders around you all.
Some of them are much younger than you are. What makes one another's elder is
not AGE but FUNCTION. Now, I urge the youths in South-East and South-South to
arise and queue behind the one that understands our shared political and
economic exclusion, disintegration, and prejudice. Let us drop those stupid
stories about the Civil War and be guided by what we know.
Ask yourselves, HOW WICKED HAS AN IGBO PERSON BEEN TO ME? HOW
WICKED HAS AN IJAW, IBIBIO, AGBANKE, URHOBO/ITSHEKIRI, EFIK, IKWERRE, OGONI,
ORASHI, IGALA ETC BEEN TO ME? I bet you, brothers and sisters, these people
have not done you any wrong. These people are not the ones usurping your
natural endowments. They are not the ones outnumbering you at the Red and Green
Chambers so that bills that seek to better your lot can be killed. Who do you
think killed the South-East Development Bill? Who do you think stopped the bill
seeking the relocation of multinational company headquarters to South-South?
Who are those that own our oil wells and use our able-bodied youths as slaves?
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| AREWA YOUTH FORUM |
Do you see that we are the victims? Our unity will provide the
needed solidarity to fix things. We are not the enemy. The enemy is the reason
we are divided. We must decide today to work together and shame the enemies.
Our enemies in the hood are those who work hard to keep us divided. Yes, those
old men and women in our collective lands that hate Director Nnamdi Kanu are
our real enemies. Let me end by saying that THERE ARE MORE ELDERLY VIRTUES IN
NNAMDI KANU THAN IN THE SO-CALLED ELDERS. The Igbo, Ijaw, Ibibio etc are not
entirely
different people. Truthful historians know that ancestry ties exist
among us all. We are one. Let us start acting it. Biafra will reinforce our
lost unity and solidarity. Let brotherly love bring us to the dialogue table.
Each confederate should come to the summit with its proposal. We can discuss
and come up with a GMOU. God bless Biafrans all over the world.
Thanks to all of you that come to my inbox to render assistance
and proffer solution. You are all great thinkers. Your ideas and suggestions
will always get to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Youths, this is our time. Let us all etch
our names in gold by leaving indelible footprints in the sand of time. May the
divine hourglass that holds our destiny as old Eastern Region never run out of
sand in Jesus's name. Amen!
Shalom.
Russell Idatoru Bluejack is a thinker, a revolutionary writer, a
university tutor, and a socio-economic and political analyst that writes, with
passion, from Port Harcourt
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