Former Aviation Minister, Femi
Fani-Kayode, says the Nigerian government may go after other groups, now that
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been proscribed.
Fani-Kayode wrote: “It is IPOB
today but tomorrow, it could be OPC, Ijaw Youth Council, Ohanaeze, Afenifere,
Middle Belt Forum, Arewa Youths, Arewa Consultative Forum, Northern Elders
Forum or indeed anyone else.
“I have never heard of a “terrorist”
organisation that has not killed or threatened to kill anyone and that has
totally rejected the idea of violence and an armed struggle.
“I have never heard of a
“terrorist” organisation whose only aspiration is to have a referendum to
determine whether or not their people should or should not remain in Nigeria.
“I have never heard of a
“terrorist” organisation whose only objective is the peaceful and lawful
exercise of the right of self-determination.
“I have never heard of a
“terrorist” organisation whose only crime is to take objection to the stripping
away of their historical and cultural identity and to speak out against the
willful marginalisation and mass murder of their people.
“I have never heard of a
“terrorist” organisation who believe in passive and non-violent resistance and
who consistently emphasise the importance of peaceful opposition.
“Saying that IPOB is a terrorist
organisation is like saying that Mother Theresa is the Marquis De Sade. It is
like saying that an angel from heaven is a demon from hell. It is like saying
that Little Red Riding Hood is the hungry and ravenous wolf.”
Fani-Kayode recently alleged that
President Muhammadu Buhari has an agenda to “wipe off” IPOB, its leader, Nnamdi
Kanu, and the “Igbo race”.
According to him, “Since when has
it been acceptable or the norm to unleash the dogs of war against a group of
innocent, unarmed and defenceless young people and their colourful leader
simply because they dared to ask for a referendum?
“The fact of the matter is that
whether anyone likes it or not, the attempt to break, subjugate, demonise,
belittle, vilify and wipe out the Igbo race through the auspices of
intimidation, disinformation, manipulation of the media, mass murder and ethnic
cleansing by the Buhari administration shall fail.
“The truth is that this whole
thing is not about IPOB but about the consistent expression of an irrational,
illogical and pathological hatred of the Igbos by the maximum ruler of the
Nigerian state.
“And if he gets away with it and
manages to achieve his sinister and nefarious objective he will come after the
Yoruba, the Ijaw, the Tiv and everyone else in a matter of time!
“That is why it is important to
refuse to be intimidated, to stand firm, to hold the line, to resist him with
every fiber of our being and to insist on the restructuring and the
renegotiation of Nigeria”, the former presidential spokesman added.
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ReplyDeleteOPC, Ijaw Youth Council, Ohanaeze, Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum, Arewa Youths, Arewa Consultative Forum, Northern Elders Forum etc. You all are watching the situation getting worst. It will soon get to your turn. Kin Ju Buhari just tested its first blastic missile on the IPOB,Next will be Niger-delta Youth Movement,Follow by OPC and others. I know Arewa will be the last
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