Critic, Reno Omokri on Monday said the Igbo can only get
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) out of prison if their leaders
adopted diplomacy in doing so.
Omokri, in a tweet, said using force and destroying
properties in the Southeast in a bid to force government to release Kanu would
never work, as no government would succumb to that.
“When Abiola was in jail, the Yoruba did not destroy their
region to force Abacha to release MKO Abiola. Rather, they used diplomacy to
turn Abacha into an international pariah until Abacha was forced to offer
Abiola bail (which Abiola ultimately refused).
“Mohammed Abacha was in prison for three years. How was he
released? Kano elders sought an audience with Obasanjo in 2002 and publicly
prostrated to him.
“The next month, the court freed Mohammed. Asari Dokubo was
in prison for treason for two years until Niger Delta elders used diplomacy to
get President Yar’adua to release him in 2007.
“What militancy could
not do, diplomacy did! I cannot imagine any truly intelligent person saying
until you release our son, we will keep destroying our region. Who loses? Fight
intelligently, not forcefully,” Omokri said.
Omokri added: “You are cutting your nose and thinking you
are spiting those in power? And nobody can even counsel you guys. It is either
you know better than those who want to counsel you and start to lecture them,
or you insult them.
“The Yoruba used diplomacy as leverage. Kano people used it.
Niger Delta used it. You, too, use it. It will serve you better than this path
of self-destruction.
“No government can give in to force. The minute they do,
they are finished, because others will smell weakness and engage in their own
violence.”
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ReplyDeleteBut the truth have been aired , is left for them to accept it or to ignore it. Thank you OMOKRI a round of applause to you sir.
ReplyDeleteJudging the actions of the many by a tiny minority is the opposite of wise
ReplyDeleteI thought he would say rubbish. But what he said is the pure truth...
ReplyDeleteDiplomacy not militancy can solve the problem...
The same people caused the civil war in the 60s, that claimed millions of lives...