British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Arkwrigh: What makes you think that the right to self-determination would be wrong for the people of Biafra?
We have decided to forward this mail to enable us appraise His
Excellency's speech on the 6th of April, 2017, in respect of His Excellency's
unbridled utterances regarding Biafra's freedom and independence. His
Excellency's speech summarily vetoes "One Nigeria" and the
"indivisibility of Nigeria", as it noted that Nigeria cannot break up
under Britain's watch.
Along the line, we would like His Excellency to provide answers to
the following questions- questions we would have loved to ask- if we were at
the Lokoja gathering: What makes you think that Scotland have right to a
referendum? Is it on the basis of colour? Why do you think that Brexit is good
for the British people? What makes you think that the right to
self-determination would be wrong for the people of Biafra? Why do you
think that you are in a better position to know what is good for the people of
Biafra when you are naturally positioned thousands of miles away from us?
You also have to appreciate that your posture in this matter does
not only deserve condemnation from the point of view of Biafra's quest for
freedom, but bad for mankind. You should be in a better position to appreciate
the fact that today's world order can no longer condone 1885 order where 'might
is right', when you scrambled over Africa without our consent and did violence
to the traditional sovereignty of the Biafran nation.
His Excellency's speech lacked intellectual depth and
professionalism as it only targeted at strengthening the Common Wealth where
Britain will be king. His Excellency's interest is more of strengthening
British atavism towards us because your colonozing us had lost its formal shape
and must take a new one. His Excellency deserve to be recalled on the basis of
this undemocratic speech. You are acting inconsistently against your own cause
of defending democracy as part of your own foreign policy, except for economic
selfish interest.
The major problem with the contraption called 'Niger-area' is the
hypocrisy of Britain. How many times have you condemned the rampaging of
action-riffle-welding Fulani herdsmen maiming and killing inside Biafraland? Is
that how animal husbandry is organised in Britain? How many violent Moslem
religious riots, following the introduction of Sharia law, in the same polity supposedly
governed by English common law, have happened in Britain, even in continental
Europe? How many times have you condemned the incessant killings of members of
the Indigenous People of Biafra, even after Amnesty International had presented
to the world forensic evidence buttressing the fact? His Excellency's speech
was only targeted at promoting imperialism and dictatorship in Africa. You do
not need to be reminded that this is inhuman and must be resisted to any level,
and at any cost. What you call Nigeria was built on a very poor foundation;
because your exploitation of resources towered above considerations for the
peoples of your ex-colonies.
Your ancestors were such poor architects of nationhood and that
explains why many of British colonies have either disintegrated or are under
intense strain.
Take notice that the generation of Biafrans you are dealing with
is ready to take on any challenges on the way of her independence. You can do
your best against our interest based on your national interest. But you cannot
define the national interest of the Biafran nation.
We must also remind His Excellency that the quest for Biafra's
freedom is not about oil and gas. It is about securing orderly polity that will
guarantee our common good and great political future for generations to come.
We are not pursuing it the same way Britain secured the future of her own
people through international diplomatic fraud and criminality in the guise of
colonizing us. We stand to prove our point.
Kind Regards,
Okoro.
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Excellent!
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