Nigerian Army |
By Tim Tochukwu
For Biafra Choice Writers
A great number of Biafrans are at the moment making
fun of Nigerian Army for the military exercise it is holding in Enugu, the Enugu
State capital. The Biafrans, who are making this comment, describe the Army as
bunch of cowards trying to deceive gullible people.
The Army leadership had, in a statement, declared: “The
Nigerian Army will from this weekend commence another training exercise
codenamed ‘Exercise Crocodile Smile’ in the 82 Division and part of two
Division areas of responsibility traversing South-south geo-political zone.”
But in a worldwide survey done by Biafra Choice
Writers, to gauge the feeling of Biafrans concerning the exercise, a great
number said that though they were sad about the exercise, they also considered
the Army as foolish for holding such an exercise in Enugu of all places.
In the thinking of many of them, it was inexplicable
that the Army would go to Enugu, a hilly city to hold an exercise in
preparation for war they would fight in the creeks. Madubuike Ezema (not his
real name), a leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Enugu State, said
the intention was simply to show military power to Igbo people in an attempt to
dissuade them from joining in on the looming war in the Niger Delta creeks.
“What else are they doing here if not to frighten
us?” he asked from a team of correspondents who visited him at his Enugu office,
around Chime Avenue. Continuing he said: “Along Nigerian coastline, from
Calabar, Warri, to Lagos; even up to Accra in Ghana, there are many places
where you can find creeks and seascapes that are like those found in Niger
Delta. Why are they here in Enugu if not to frighten us? Are there creeks in
Enugu?”
He told Choice Writers that the Nigerian Army was
wasting its time trying to frighten them, that if the need arises they would
join the Niger Delta to do the battle in their own way.
For other Biafrans like Johnson Ugwummadu, who
resides in Ghana, they said the reason why the Army was holding the exercise in
Enugu was simply fear. He argued that apart from trying to strike fear into the
Igbo, that the Army was equally fearful knowing that they could be attacked
anywhere if they held the exercise along Nigerian coastline. “My brother, apart
from trying to scare Igbo people, I am sure the Army is also afraid. I think
for them, the fear of Ijaw militant attack is the beginning of wisdom for
Nigerian Army. They know the Ijaws are masters of the sea in this part of the
world, and they believe that they could be attacked if they do the exercise
along Nigerian coastline. I think this a plausible explanation why they chose
Enugu for that exercise” he said.
Agreeing with those who think like Ezema, Ugwummadu
advised: “If they (the Nigerian Army) are afraid of Niger Delta Avengers attacking
them along Nigeria’s coastlines, they should beg Ghana, Benin Republic or even
Guinea to grant them access to their coastline instead of coming here to make a
fool of themselves” he declared.
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