First, it was the Ijaw Fighters inflicting damages to the economic infrastructure of Nigeria because their Ijaw person, Mr. Goodluck Jonathan was not made the president of Nigeria. The senseless agitation was welcomed by most leaders of the South-South and South-East states of Nigeria because it satiates their desires to undermine President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Then, the fellow called Nnamdi Kanu surfaced in Lagos.
Mr. Nwannekaenyi Kanu popularly known as Nnamdi Kanu, a political activist who claims to be the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was arrested in a Lagos hotel. Kanu had set up a broadcasting studio in the Lagos hotel where he was residing under the name of Nwannekaenyi Ezebuiro.
It is well known that Biafra was a famous social club in Nigeria with members from all works of life, but when Odumegwu Ojukwu adopted the name Biafra for his imaginary kingdom, Mr. Yakubu Gowon begged the group to drop the name. Kanu is agitating to revive Ojukwu’s imaginary kingdom.
Nigeria has had its share of terrorists, and Kanu is gradually amassing militant supporters and therefore constitute a clear and present danger to the peace and welfare of Nigeria. It is common knowledge that there are plenty of mentally unstable people in the world willing and able to inflict considerable damages to life and property, just for the fun of it.
The Central Issue is that the leaders of most of the states Nnamdi Kanu wishes to usurp into his Biafra have not come out to condemn Kanu’s deliberate attempts to undermine the integrity of Nigeria. It is obvious that the governors and General Assemblies of these states would preferentially allow Nnamdi Kanu and his followers to challenge President Buhari’s administration rather than cater to the harmony and prosperity of Nigeria.
It is unfortunate that in the face of the imminent danger posed by Mr. Nwannekaenyi Kanu and his co-conspirators, leaders of many of the South-East and South-South geopolitical zones in Nigeria have deliberately used the dangerous delusions of Kanu and his followers to tarnish and demoralize the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Prominent among these rogue-states are Abia State, Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Cross River State, Delta State, Ebonyi State, Enugu State, and Rivers State. A closer look at the states willing to cripple President Buhari’s government at the expense of the welfare of Nigeria shows that they are all PDP controlled states.
Much significance is not attached to the judicial outcome of Mr. Nwannekaenyi Kanu’s trial, because we all know of the whimsical rulings of the PDP-controlled Supreme Court of Nigeria. Nevertheless, the leaders of these vengeful states should please consider the wellbeing of our beloved country, Nigeria.
These South-East and South-South state leader’s conspiracy of silence and manipulations betrays the depth they are willing to dive in the efforts to undermine the presidency of Muhammadu Buhari even if such conspiracy harms Nigeria and their fellow Nigerians.
