BIAFRA: CAN YOU SEE WHAT BRITISH MEDIA ARE DOING
This report (see link below) is from the very influential
left wing newspaper in London called The Guardian. I want those disposed to
intellectual discourse to study the style of reporting in this article very
carefully to understand that there is something fundamentally wrong with the
psyche of the British when it comes to the issue of Biafra.
Like BBC, Daily Mail and now Guardian that have so far
covered this news from the United Kingdom, none have come out to state
categorically, based on irrefutable video and photographic evidence presented
by Amnesty International, that 150 unarmed peaceful protesters were indeed
killed by Nigerian soldiers acting on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari.
There is this natural hatred for Biafra from some within the
British establishment which they cannot hide no matter how hard they try. Be it
their government of the day, media or business interests. Their apathetic
attitude towards the issue of Biafra remains the same.
Most students of African colonial history is of the opinion
that Britain's problem with Biafra stems from the fact that they want to
perpetuate the total control of oil, gas and other natural resources in
Biafraland through their Hausa Fulani allies who they cleverly enthroned as the
perennial rulers of Nigeria. The thinking being that the largely economically
docile Northern ruling class will not challenge the status quo of Britain being
at liberty to do very much as it likes as was the case during colonial times.
Britain ensured that power was transferred to the North upon
independence, which by all intent and purposes have continued till date.
Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan's administrations were mere caretaker regimes
than actual government if you consider the length of time the North has been in
power compared to the South
This ill informed position on Biafra is flawed because
Biafrans are arguably more British than any other race in Africa. From the
Anglicisation of their names, language and culture to shared value systems such
as tolerance, freedom of expression, Christianity and dare I say it, Western
education to name but a few. Therefore where this morbid irrational fear of
Biafra is coming from some of us do not know.
Is it not ironic that despite the role the British
Government played in the pogrom of 1966 by not prevailing upon the North to
stop the mass slaughter of Southerners who were mostly Biafrans, His Excellency
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu still adopted the pound as the name of Biafran
currency. If Biafrans nursed any animosity towards the British, beyond the
initial non ceding of oil wells to Shell BP as the then British Prime Minister
requested through representatives of the oil giant who visited Ojukwu at
Government House in Enugu, why then did Biafrans name their currency pound?
To those misguided and misinformed elements within the
British establishment, Biafra means the end of neo colonialism and their
control of the mind of black man. That is why so much has been invested to stop
the emergence of Biafra at all cost.
Also contained in this article by the UK Guardian newspaper
is a mortal fear of political union between South East and South South which
will naturally result in the independence of Biafra. Only those who are capable
of discernment would have observed this subtext in this publication. Only if so
called Niger Delta people can see this and retrace their steps.
Put simply, the British it appears do not want Biafra, that
is why they have not come out publicly to condemn the illegal detention of
Nnamdi Kanu who incidentally holds their citizenship. Same British Government
have in the past publicly called for the release of known terrorists they feel
their detention fell foul of due process of law. Guantanamo Bay comes to mind.
These Arabian terror suspects with only British residency not citizenship, were
recipients of open UK Government and media support. Why British Government have
decided not to accord the issue of the illegal detention of Nnamdi Kanu the same
level of attention it devoted to the release of Islamic terrorists is a
question only them and their media can answer.
Biafrans must take heart from the fact that all these
newspapers, TV and media houses were against Trump yet he won the US
presidential elections. What we as Biafrans must do, as some of us are already
doing is to dominate social media, a space they cannot control.
IPOB must not be afraid of her enemies, especially in this
all important media battle because our cause is ordained by God in heaven who
is always with us. This huge battle between light and darkness is being fought
on a terrain (cyber space) the British, Nigeria and the rest of the world Arab
Dollar media cannot control.
Our weapons are simply Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Email
and LinkedIn accounts. Our strategy very straightforward-to keep posting and
sharing accurate news about Biafra restoration efforts until all lies are
dismantled and era of freedom ushered in.
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