Why Biafrans are hated in Nigeria in response to Femi Fani Kayode video of his meeting with Muhammadu Buhari —By C. K. Ekeke

By C. K. Ekeke

It is really sad that the West—Barack Obama, David Cameron, Germany, France and off-course Nigerians mostly the North and SW led by Tinubu - elected a man whose past and antecedents are well known. 

Moreover, most Nigerians know Buhari very well.  His ethnic prejudice and primordial policies during his military regime in 1983/84 crippled the economy and the country.  This is an ex-military dictator whose unguarded comments, unwise actions, lack of communication skills and leadership etiquette are nothing to write about. So far, his two-year presidency has been a complete disaster.

It’s really a shame of a nation that formulates policies designed to strangulate a potential region of the country, a region that has the capacity and wherewithal to develop the entire country.  

And so, why are Ndigbo hated in Nigeria?  I have written on this topic few times in the past including my piece titled: Why does Biafra want separation from Nigeria! Seven reasons (Part 1 &2), published by several Nigerian online newspapers.

In the video that Femi Fani-Kayode released recently, President Muhammadu Buhari stated the primary reason why the Hausa/Fulani hate Igbos so much in Nigeria.  I have read a number of articles, few books and seen videos on the so-called “Igbo coup” of January 15, 1966, which off-course has been debunked by a number of writers and eye-witnesses.  I’m not going to dwell on the awful history of Nigeria’s military period, but luckily we now know why Ndigbo are deeply hated in Nigeria.

Having known this, what are we going to do to redeem our history and reclaim our future in Nigeria?

Like the Jews, whom Igbos claim affinity with, they were hated by their neighbors – the Palestine, Arabs, Europeans, etc. and persecuted worldwide.  Throughout the history, we read how the Jews were persecuted, sent in bondage because of whose they are and who they claimed to be, in addition to their disobedience and not following the commandments of God.  Because of those reasons and others, the Jews always found themselves in bondage or enslaved...

We can count few nations in the world that like the Jews.  But they have always overcome their travails.  Each time, they cried out to God and a prophet will be sent by God to deliver them. 

By divine intervention and providence, in 1948, the Jews finally settled in a tiny Land in Middle East, the size of Abia/Imo State combined.  Today, the Jews literally control the globe with their ingenuity, innovation, and creativity. The tiny country of Israel, which has no natural resources, is among the richest nations and the third most industrialized nation on the planet after USA and Japan.  Its minimum wage is higher than that of the U.S...  Their scientists, innovators, writers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, professors, etc. scatter the globe and lead some of the prominent institutions in the world. 

The Jews have learned to love and care for one another again, which was destroyed as a result of their travails and history of persecution, bondage and enslavement.  Today, a Jew cannot look away while another Jew is struggling or suffering.  They have re-established their “beloved community” – no fierce competition among themselves, no greed, no jealousy, no backbiting, none of that, but they work together to transcend adversity and achieve common success in all that they do and touch. 

That’s what Ndigbo need to learn to do if they are ever going to conquer the adversity and pathological hatred against them in Nigeria.  It is going to take the secret of the Jewish people and God’s divine intervention for Igbos to survive in Nigeria.

Igbos are fiercely hated by Hausa-Fulani and Yoruba tribes of Nigeria. And that’s one of the major reasons Nigeria cannot advance beyond what it is today—essentially a failed State, a corrupt, lawless and violent nation. 

Despite her enormous human capital and abundant natural resources—a nation with so much promise of prosperity and greatness, today is a failed State because of ethnic hatred, tribalism, and injustice against Igbos. The Nigerian State sponsors ethnic and religious massacre using Boko haram and Fulani herdsmen as well as military and political motivated killings. 

The barbaric, murderous state of Nigeria is one the main reasons several groups are agitating for self-determination, which is an international law.  Some groups seek restructuring, which the north views as division of the country.  Even though, the agitation for the restoration of the sovereign State of Biafra by IPOB is widely felt in Nigeria and globally today, Niger Delta, OPC, Middle Belt, etc. and other variant groups are calling for restructuring or disintegration of the country. 

Most ethnic groups in Nigeria want freedom and self-determination from the corrupt and failing State of Nigeria, which has been badly managed by a clandestine elitist group for their selfish and self-serving purposes.  Moreover, the deep seeded ethnic hatred, severe suffering and marginalization and numerous injustices against Ndigbo by the Hausa-Fulani Caliphate and Yoruba co-conspirators since the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914 cannot be healed overnight. 

Some of us who have spent time studying the mechanics—politics of hatred and policies of stagnation of the former eastern region know quite well that Ndigbo have no future in Nigeria.  And those who still believe in one-Nigeria are either deluded or protecting the little crumbs they are receiving from their Fulani masters.  We are deceiving ourselves in Nigeria.  Instead of continuous waste of lives and destruction of destinies, the best thing is for peaceful division of the country if the north cannot agree to true fiscal federalism and regional autonomy.

It is time sincere and courageous citizens come together and  unite to liberate themselves and their land from this clandestine and corrupt elitist group that have held Nigeria in bondage for too long.  

All Sincere Nigerians must come together and do whatever is necessary to restructure the country or peacefully divide it — because there is no future and hope for us in today’s Nigeria. Life in Nigeria today is a hopeless one.  Apart from the thousands that have been massacred since Buhari came into office, one study recently estimated that 7.4 million Nigerians are mentally depressed due to economic recession and hardship. 

President Buhari and his northern cabals do not want restructuring. APC/Buhari said that 1300 page report of the 2014 National Conference organized by ex-president Gioodluck Jonathan should be consigned to the dustbin. Within months of coming into power, President Buhari relocated the army headquarters to his State, and appointed his nephew to be the chief of army staff.  His cousins, nephews and friends head most of the vital institutions in Nigeria today.  All the military institutions are headed by Fulani men who are absolutely loyal to Muhammadu Buhari even in his death bed.  Sadly, Islamic Nigeria has become our new colonial master with their network of political prostitutes from Biafra representing their self-interests as long as they are given crumbs that fall under the table. 

The north want status quo to continue. They want to continue to control the crude oil resources in Biafra land and revenue that accrues from it.  They want to continue to control their conquered territories, which sadly today includes several parts of Biafra land.  They want to stay on top of the oppressed people simply for their selfish, self-serving ideologies. However, history teaches us that such conquest and oppression do not always survive.  Babylon, Assyria, Rome, Greece, Britain, France, etc. all failed.

We need courageous, visionary and skillful Nigerians to work together to emancipate the country from this systemic marginalization, political oppression, and satanic subjugation against the indigenous populations.

If we do not wake-up from our slumber now to confront the on-going satanic plan and attack carefully orchestrated by the Northern Oligarchy and their British imperial masters to continue the marginalization and subjugation of ethnic populations, the entire Nigeria will be enslaved and Islamized one day. As a matter of fact, the Eastern region is the only remaining territory for Hausa/Fulani to conquer in Nigeria. And it is on-going now.  If it is not confronted, Nigeria will become Turkey or Egypt one day.  Why not?  Nigeria is the absolute desire of Saudi Arabia to become fully Islamized in Africa.

The strategy of conquest and enslavement of ingenious populations has always been the same used by colonial powers of the past – Babylon, Assyria, Rome, Greece, Britain, France, America, etc.  And that’s exactly what is going on in Nigeria today. I firmly believe the evil British government is behind the oppression of Igbo in Nigeria.  We need Godly wisdom and divine strength to overcome their satanic subjugation.

Moses, the great Jewish leader and prophet was called by God to deliver the children of Israel from the oppressive regime of Pharaoh and orchestrated policy to exterminate the Israelites from Egypt.    Moses was born during the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt (Exodus 2:2).  King Pharaoh launched an official policy of oppression against the Israelites because of their population growth, progress and wealth.  When the oppression failed to curb the population growth, he announced the new policy (death decree) – “Every boy that’s born to the Hebrew woman shall be thrown into the Nile (Exodus 1:22).  Moses was born just during that time. Even though Moses grew in up the Palace and received the best education the world can offer then, he was not a happy child.  He grew up to witness the oppression and maltreatment of his people.  Moses responded to the act of oppression against his people by killing an Egyptian and will later lead a movement with the help of Joshua, Aaron and divine guidance of God, he brought out the enslaved Israelites out of Egypt.

Jesus Christ was born in the middle of Roman conquest of his people and land.  As he grew up, he led a movement that rebelled against the social, moral, economic and political injustices against his people.  Jesus was murdered by the Romans with the help of his people – the Jewish religious bigots and hypocrites for the primary reason that he rebelled and agitated for freedom of his oppressed people. He remains the greatest moral, human and political activist of all time.

Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. – are just few examples of other human rights activists that agitated for social justice and freedom of their people.

Aren’t we tired of living in captivity, bondage, slavery and servitude in this modern times in our beloved country? Isn’t time that we demand to live as free people – to live in freedom, liberty, justice and pursuit of happiness for all? Isn’t time for all Nigerians to live in prosperity and pursue their God-given destiny?

By the way, one-Nigeria and unity cannot be achieved by force. Even God did not compel His creation to live in hateful unity and abused relationships. In fact, those were the very reasons divorce was permitted biblically.  God the Creator did not continue to share the heavens with Satan, who was the “Angel of Light “after he rebelled and committed idolatry.   God does not condone unity with uncircumcised people.  Jesus Christ did not ask us to love and live with our enemies.  He only told us to love our neighbor.  We were not commanded to live with a neighbor who hates and always ready to kill.  We don’t have to live with hateful and treacherous neighbors.

May God open our eyes, enlighten our minds and give us the strength to forge the unity and foster the love necessary to confront this satanic conspiracy in order to free our people and land from the coming enslavement and islamization of entire Nigeria.