THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT, THE BIGGEST PROMOTER OF THE AGITATION FOR THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF BIAFRA.
MY OPINION THOUGH BUT TAKE YOUR TIME TO READ THROUGH. IN the eight years of Obasanjo’s presidency, there was no headline-grabbing demand for Biafra. Ditto for the eight years of the Yar’Adua/ Jonathan presidency. However, within months of Buhari’s presidency, the Igbo demand for Biafra has become deafening. Without a doubt, the blame for this new impetus must be laid firmly at the doorstep of President Buhari. Moreover, rather than attenuate it, the president and the APC have exacerbated separatist tendencies in the country. This was part of the reason why people like me and many others did not support Buhari’s election as president of Nigeria. I have written severally that Nigeria must remain a united nation and that: “Nigeria cannot survive without the Igbo.” I remain persuaded by my position. But if Nigeria is indeed to remain united, there are certain things that must be said and done. The problem with the Buhari administration is that it seems totally impervious to these im...