09/21/2017
Authored by Russell Bluejack
I used to cringe at the sound of the word,
"terrorism", for I had thought it was pejorative and demeaning. The
writers of all the editions of dictionaries at my disposal may not have had an
inkling of this new type of terrorism, a very harmless type that carries out
its activities in the open; the terrorism that neither maims nor ravages; that
neither reeves nor destroys; one that attends UNITED NATIONS SUMMIT to stage
protest. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the practitioners of harmless
terrorism known as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The harmlessness of this group can be gleaned
from its name. Terrorism, I mean the conventional, lexical type, is never
indigenous to any region or people. Terrorists are always against a people.
Conventional terrorism is always about fear, force, the guns and barrels, and
always pitted against the State. The IPOB, the unconventional prototype lacks
the entire indices required for terrorism classification, bearing in mind that
terrorism is never harmless. We can try as as much as we can to unconventional
IPOB's terrorism, but the fact remains that terrorism is never unconventional.
Therefore. What does this assertion say of the Executive and Judiciary arms of
Nigeria's Federal Government? It is wrong to deny an indigenous people that
which pertains to them as a right, but to go a step further unduly
criminalising peaceful agitators makes the whole thing a circus show.
Nigeria's executive and judicial arms have
become clowns in this circus show. The Nigerian Judiciary is the first the
world over to be involved in frivolities. The theory of separation of powers
does not hold in this case, as the Judiciary remains tethered to the apron
strings of the Executive. Now, I ask: what were the reasons behind the
terrorism call? Is the terrorism tag the prerogative of a sitting President? Is
it within the whims and caprices of Buhari's, who may be driven by malice, or
may not be knowledgeable enough, to label a group? Is it not the duty of the
judiciary to purvey the unbiased explanation of the meaning of terrorism,
especially in a case like this where it is being wrongly applied? A compromised
judiciary is a lost nationhood. This executive and judiciary jamboree gives
more credence to the IPOB agitation. Nigeria is too damaged to be repaired.
Now that the IPOB has been unjustly
blacklisted, more dissidents will be joining the fray. The world watched these
agitators occupy the various nations in Europe, Asia, North America, South
America, Africa, and Australia, hoisting their flag and singing songs of freedom.
How can they be peaceful agitators elsewhere in the world and terrorists in
Nigeria? I heard that the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, is not happy
that Britain is frustrating Nigeria's effort to shut down Radio Biafra, London.
Well, he shouldn't be because all Britain needs from them is a good reason. We
all know that Britain and Nigeria are allies, but that does not mean that
anything goes. Britain has come under serious attack for her ignominious role
in this Biafra struggle. Britain knows what terrorism means. I am not sure that
Lai Mohammed, the father of executive lies in Africa , knows the difference
between lawful agitation and terrorism.
Lastly, the Nigerian Judiciary took a plunge
when it allowed two courts of coordinate jurisdiction to dispense conflicting
judgments with respect to the same matter. Recall that a Federal High Court as
per Justice B. Murtala-Nyako had ruled that the IPOB was a lawful organization.
That order had not been set aside before another court of coordinate jurisdiction
(not a higher Court) came up with this unacceptable proscription. The Judiciary
is on the chessboard of the Executive in Nigeria. This is very shameful, to say
the least. The love of money has taken over the place of integrity in the legal
profession in Nigeria - the reason verdicts and rulings swing wither the
executive want(s). I am proudly an IPOB terrorist, if being a terrorist entails
lawfully and peacefully agitating for my right to be free from oppression and
subjugation. I will gladly be an IPOB terrorist as long as my group can
continue to attend UNITED NATIONS SUMMITS without being arrested.
What matters to us in IPOB is
what the world thinks, not what Nigeria thinks. We shall always remain unarmed
terrorists to an oppressive and suppression Nigeria. This terrorism label will
not stand. We are the children of light. We are whiter than white. We are the
Jews that will redeem Africa. All hail Biafra!
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