Arimah NNamdi wrote on New Nation Africa Time line: We always travel many miles seeking for the truth while the Truth is always with us. There is no ONE Nigeria and There will never be!!!!!!. Peace devoid of transparency, of justice, of equity, of mutual respect is, at best, peace of the grave yard. I disagree that the Federal Government said there is no-go area. We have passed the stage where we can say we cannot discuss Nigeria in all its ramifications; we even discuss God and how He created the world, it is in Genesis. Why are we afraid of discussing ourselves? Why are we scared of discussing where we are coming from, where we are and where we want to go to? Who said we cannot discuss the problems of Nigeria? We have never agreed to live together as a nation. There was a time when the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, once described Nigeria as a piece of historical mistake. Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the late sage, once described Nigeria as a piece of geographical expression. We were coupled together by the British. Even the name Nigeria was given to us by Flora Shore, the daughter of a British General. That lady was later married to Captain Lord Lugard, the man who, in 1914, forcibly amalgamated the Northern Protectorate, the Southern Protectorate and the Lagos colony to found an amorphous contraption called the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We were never united. Before 1914, we had different nationalities in Nigeria, we had the Benin Empire and it was then that the British killed Oba Ovonranwen. So we never negotiated to stay together and that is why till tomorrow, Nigerians believe more in their ethnic groupings. And you cannot blame anybody because, before the 1914 amalgamation, we were already recognized ethnic nationalities in this country, and how can you now give 90 slots to ethnic nationalities out of 380 while Mr President alone is having over 90 delegates, 25 per cent each? Nigeria’s unity is negotiable. Rhetorics The so-called indissolubility and indivisibility are mere rhetorics that cannot stand the test of time. Nigeria’s unity is negotiable, because failure to negotiate it is to postpone the evil day. India and Pakistan were once one country, but where are they today. Already in Nigeria you have some separatist movements, Boko Haram has already planted flags in some communities in the North. MASSOB is craving for Biafra. OPC wants Oduduwa Republic. Arewa wants Northern hegemonic domination. The Middle Belt feels they are different people. Now, how do you say that these people who want to leave cannot negotiate the unity of Nigeria? What about Ethiopia and Eritrea, Indian and Pakistan, South and North Sudan, Soviet Union, and so on, one country before? The truth is that not to negotiate the unity of Nigeria has underpinned and undermined Nigeria’s development. While we don’t have confident in one another, while we are suspicious of one another, while we believe more in our ethnic nationalities, not to negotiate our unity is to continue to postpone the evil day, I will truthfully tell you that I AM A BIAFRAN and a Nigeria By Force!!!!!!. In Biafra i stand till eternity. God will help Us.
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 06:14:29 +0000
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