From inception, Biafran people had faced series of fights for
liberation. From repelling of slave traders to suicides of Atlantic Ocean. From
rebellion in the new world, to Akassa war. From 1929 Aba women riot to 1945
coal miners fight. From the
Biafra/Nigeria wars, Ogoni 12 fights, Niger Delta disturbances to the present
fight led by Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB. Battles
for freedom is not new to us as a people, but the distortion mechanism of our
enemies are always new to our people. Knowing your enemy while fighting is good,
but knowing his antics is the best. This
I think we have done greatly “knowing our enemies”, but not really grounded
understanding their antics and how to deflate and destabilize them.
The days of Nnamdi Kanu on the microphone was great days of unambiguous
dissection of the enemies’ antics at the bewilderment of many. I urged all
Biafran journalists to engage in depth interpretation of the enemies moves to
our people for understanding. We have curious people who are entrusting on
Biafra journalists to interpret daily events for them. These millions of men and women having
rejected anything called Nigeria, including her media should be made to enjoy
in depth interpretation of events of the day. It on this notion that I am
making this long write ups tight engagements.
HOW DEEP COULD EMOTIONS GET US BIAFRA?
I chose to start with the rhetorical questions based on responses and
questions most people sent to my inbox.
Nations can be gain on emotions but can never be established on
sentiments (though I doubt this assertion). What we are fighting today is not
in any way going to come through sympathy or emotional roll-out. It is a battle that must be confronted with
consciousness of hitting your enemies, them hitting you until compromise is
achieved. It is not battle for the
fainted or mentally unstable fellows. I
keep on seeing every day, why Nnamdi warned earlier “only 100 men will gain
Biafra for us”. No wonder God always slash numbers from multitudes to few when
battles are involved. Hope you remembered Moses, Joshua and very few others?
What of Gideon and his armies? They were
streamed down from many soldiers to few. Few men and women with resoluteness
are far better than multitudes of animals ruled by emotions. No wonder Israel with few resolute citizens
is far greater than Nigeria of 200 million animals. We are restoring Biafra
with few resolute men and women! It
doesn’t matter what your opinion says.
For opinion is free and fact is sacred according to E. H Carr.
IPOB is not an emotional club, neither is she originally drafted to
configure for it. The original picture
is Nnamdi Kanu whose pedigree is devoid of fear, cowardice or emotion. He sets
a goal and pursues it irrespective of distractions and decoys of the
enemies. He influences events and not
events influencing him! That is how we
got where we are today. Focus and
resoluteness! It is this his enviable qualities that led the zoo to come for
his assassination September last year which is leading to his long
incarceration now by the Nigerian state. We are trained by him to change events
not events changing us. In one of his broadcasts
which I listen everyone morning on my gadget, he said, “they must talk of us,
go and write it somewhere”. That he achieved without a bullet!
THE BIAFRA REFERENDUM
Someone woke me up this morning asking of Biafra Referendum date. I made him understand that that lays on the
desk of DOS which I am not part of. But
if there is anything worth appreciating, it is the fact that those guys in DOS
are not resting to present to us a justifiable referendum. I understand too well that they are made up
sound minds who understand domestic and international dynamics. Nigeria knows
of the referendum and we must understand that our upcoming referendum doesn’t
in anyway means Nigeria will be put to halt.
No, even though Biafra is emerging tomorrow, you don’t expect Nigeria to
stop functioning. All governmental
affairs will keep moving on while Biafra keeps emerging. Expecting government businesses to stop for
Biafra referendum is out of context. It
isn’t done in anywhere in the world!
What is most important now is to take the referendum message to every part
of Biafraland. When your awareness on
referendum is high, it builds the right course for us. Plan and talk of your
referendum as the zoo plan for their own election. That Britain had her
elections doesn’t stopped Scottish referendum, Spanish election plan never
stopped Catalonia referendum, what of Kurdistan, what of south Sudanese
referendum. Get working for your referendum
and forget whether election in the zoo or not.
Written by:
Chika Austine
For: Imo State Media
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