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Saturday 2 April 2016

Biafra, Buhari and The Easter Day Rising (Part 2) - Femi Fani-Kayode

Thankfully under President Goodluck Jonathan the Igbo managed to do better than at any other time in our history. As a matter of fact this was so much the case that Nigerians from other parts of the country, particularly the Yoruba and the Hausa-Fulani, often sulked about it and openly complained.
Jonathan had a soft spot for the Igbo and I have little doubt that that partiality was borne out of his innate sensitivity to their historical trials and tribulations. It may have been sub-conscious but I have no doubt that it was there.
Unlike others he viewed the Igbo as equals and regarded them as human beings: he treated them with respect and decorum and he gave them their due. Consequently it was under Jonathan that Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika the first Igbo Chief of Army Staff since the civil war was appointed.
 
It was also under Jonathan that Senator Pius Anyim, the first Igbo Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria since independence was appointed.
 
Sadly when President  Muhammadu Buhari was elected into office all that changed and eastern stars stopped shining. Under him the persecution, marginalization, humiliation, detention, state-sponsored executions and assassinations and sectarian and ethnic-motivated murder of the Igbo has reached pre-civil war proportions.
 
To add to that the Igbo have been treated with more disdain and contempt by the Buhari administration than any other government in our entire history. Permit me to share juat one example of that here.
 
A few days ago hordes of AK-47-wielding Fulani herdsmen and militants attacked some farms in Enugu state. Fearing that the Agatu treatment may be meted out to them and in order to protect their lives, their families, their property, their livestock and their crops from the murderous vandals and marauders the Igbo farmers organised themselves and fought back gallantly.
 
Consequently there were casualties on both sides. Instead of the police to come in to apprehend the Fulani aggressors and raiders, seize their weapons and bring them to justice they arrested 76 Igbo farmers. Up until today those farmers are in police custody and their families have had no access to them.
 
As far as I am aware not one Fulani militant or herdsman was questioned over this incident let alone disarmed, caitioned or arrested. As unbelievable as it may appear this patterm of behaviour by the security agencies has been the norm throughout the Middle Belt and the south since President Buhari has come to power.
 
They have displayed great reluctance to protect the indigenous people and farmers of those two regions from the pillaging, killing and raping that the Fulani herdsmen always subject them to.
 
It is also instructive to note that the political leaders of the igbo nation appear to have been so intimidated by this trend of events that none of them has spoken out against the abduction of the Enugu farmers or condemned the barbarous action of the Fulani herdsmen that raided their farms.
 
As a matter of fact the only two politicians in the entire country that have publicly expressed concern about the safety, whereabouts and plight of the 76 Igbo farmers are both from the south west and they are Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state and yours truly. Fayose did so in an advert in the newspapers a few days ago and I did so in my column last week titled "Of Tyrants, Martyrs and Heroes (Part 2)".
 
Everyone else, including the Igbo Governors. Senators, Ministers, elders and leaders of their socio-political groups has maintained a curious, submissive and stoic silence on this matter. I guess that is a sign of the times that we are living in and I cannot blame them. Given the circumstances and the obvious constraints of their political leaders and elders why would the younger generation of the Igbo not agitate and fight for the establisment of Biafra?
 
This is especially so given the fact that it is self- evident that under the leadership of President Buhari igbos, and indeed other southerners, are not just being subjected to violence in the north but they are also being attacked by northerners down in their own states in the south.
 
Southern leaders are expected to live with this, accept it as the norm and most importantly they are not expected to defend themselves, defend their people or complain about the atrocities that they are being subjected to in their own land.
 
This hardly kindles hope for the future of our nation and it certainly does not engender confidence in our country or enhance national unity. It is clear that the contempt with which our government views the people of the south and particularly the igbo is obvious and glaring.
 
President Buhari himself, during one of his interviews with Al Jazeera and during the course of an earlier interview with Nigeria's NTA, displayed that contempt very eloquently when, in answer to a question about Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB's prolonged detention and the increasingly aggressive agitation for Biafra, he asked rather brusquely "what exactly do the Igbo want?"
 
When he was told that the Igbo felt marginalised by his government he went further on to ask "who is marginalizing who?"
 
Again before millions of viewers from all over the world President Buhari refused to watch the footage of the extra-judicial killing of some IPOB youths by his security forces when he was asked to do so during his infamous interview with Al Jazeera.
 
In that same interview he went on to dismiss the legitimate aspirations of and agitation by millions of young people from the eastern part of our country for the creation of Biafra in just one sentence.
 
He said that if they had any complaints they should agitate for more states in the east instead of yearning for their own country. 
 
One wonders how state creation can appease a generation of angry young Igbos who genuinely believe that their people are being systematically killed off and that they have been turned into slaves and second class citizens by Nigeria.
 
And this coming from a man who has refused to appoint one single Igbo into the Presidency and who believes that he has done them a favor by appointing five Igbo Ministers into his cabinet.
 
He forgets that the constitution of our country compels him to appoint at least one Minister per state and that whether he likes it or not he must appoint those five because the Igbos control five states in the Federation each of which must be represented in the cabinet.
 
It may not be fashionable to say it publicly but the truth is that the Igbo are virtually an endangered species under President Buhari's government.
 
They have been robbed of their dignity, their sense of self-worth, their self-esteem and their self-respect by our government and the Igbo youth particularly do not believe that they have much of a future left in Nigeria. That is why the agitation for Biafra has reached fever pitch among them.
 
Whatever anyone feels about Biafra the fact of the matter is as follows: as my friend and brother Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, the former Governor of Abia state, said a few days ago, "the igbo have not been fully integrated back into Nigeria 46 years after the civil war".
 
The truth is that Nigeria is not working for most of the ethnic nationalities and everyone knows it. And as long as those that hold power at the center today remain in power things will not get any better.
 
As a matter of fact as long as they are in power things will get worse. In Buhari's Nigeria if you are not from the core north and if you are not a Muslim you do not have much hope of getting to the top or achieving your full potentials.
 
That is "chanji" for you and that is Buhari's mission and vision. We said it during the Presidential campaign but regrettably few would listen. Now the same people that would not listen are regretting it bitterly and they are saying that we were right.
 
In Buhari's Nigeria it is one law for the oppressed and another for the ''Born to Rule" oppressor. Whether we wish to admit it or not that is the reality and everyone knows it.
 
There is also a well-orchestrated attempt to Islamise our country and suppress the practice of Christianity in some parts within our shores. Kaduna state is an example and what is going on there is nothing but a test run for the rest of the country. .
 
Yet the truth is that everything has its expiry date including religious bigotry, bondage and slavery. The oppressor often forgets that the future belongs to the oppressed.
 
The Irish experience and the beautiful people of Eire and the Emerald Isle have taught us that. Far away London in merry England was once their capital yet today it is their very own Dublin. If God can do it for them He can also do it for us. It is just a matter of time.
 
Some will disagree with the contents of this contribution whilst others will hate me for writing it. To such troubled souls I recommend the words of Albert Einstein. He said:
 
“Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly".
 
I need say no more.

117 comments:

  1. Dey voted gej out dat he was weak,pmb is d devil ...an not heard ntin about stoping fulani herdsmen..buhari will soon show his true sef,i pray my family wld b outta nigeria b4 den

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    1. Buhari is a devilish man. And will not succeed with all his evil plans.

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  2. Is dis man an ibo man?..politics

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    1. He is not Igbo but he stands by the truth.

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  3. These kept me thinking......... May God help us.

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    1. Buhari must go. And Mbaka we need an explanation from u. Why did u support this evil man?

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  4. These kept me thinking......... May God help us.

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  5. FFK your intellectual capacity never ceases to amaze me. I believe that eventually God will vindicate the Igbos. God bless you and Fayose for continually fighting for justice.

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  6. I use to disagree with Kayode..but with the activities of these herdmen I think he is so right. The country has always been very unfair to Southerner. The northerners move about with daga and the police is always silent about it but if a Southerner should dare, he will be place behind bars...I am fed up with Nigeria

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  7. aside fayose..this is another westerner bold and courageous enough to say the truth even when the truth looks out of fashion in this administration..

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    1. Another westerner or southerner? You sound tribalistic.

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  8. Thank you sir,thank you very much,history surely will and must mention you as a great voice that said it the way it is not minding being vilified,castigated or abused,thank you once more you indeed true inlaw(ogor bu chi onye) a true ogor a true brother inlaw,this shows the level you appreciate our daughter and your son(Lotanna)may his name be true in his amen..

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    1. Will stupid juliet iwuno born by malam read the article?

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  9. Nna u need say no more.
    -D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

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  10. Sport on sir...

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  11. Very few Igbo sons have the guts to clearly and boldly treat such a topic,thank you inlaw,you have done justice to the topic,all those lily livered Igbo sons who are winning and dinning with the oppressors,you better watch out cos time will come when every Nwa afo Igbo must take a stand..

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  12. FYI no one reads article written either by FFK or Abati these days bcos they are not germane anymore to our socio-political landscape. I don talk my own o

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    1. If u don't, then don't generalize because I do- I find them insightful and intellectual even though I don't like politics

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  13. Abeg go and take several back seats and stop the instigation. Onye ofe mmanu! Linda take note!

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    1. You are an idiot...

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    2. You are very stupid juliet. I guess ur silly ass didnt even read what he wrote before comment. Ewu. Agnes

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    3. U are a big fool Juliet.. U are very daft and make no sense . U beggar.. I'm sure u are not even eligible to vote...U deserve to be in a zoo. Animal..nkapia.. Ewu gambia... Nne gi nwuo kwa... Bastard...

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    4. Juliet u have to go back so ur mother will teach u small history n pls read more news not posting silly comments on LIB,if u don't know what to write,read n pass PLS

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    5. Jalat, Thunder fire u there

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  14. I in all level of sincerity you have said it all. Ur are and will always remain a great man, all Igbo leaders shame on all of u. This man has to come from another tribe to speak for u and the people ur leading, putting on native wear and red cap does not qualify you to become a noble igbo man, Igbo leaders speak up even if u do it foolishly.

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  15. Wow! FFK! You always hit the nail on the head! Thank you for this piece, needed to read this...

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  16. I wonder when Fani Kayode has suddenly turned to be the mouth piece of the igbos. If he knew about all these why did he not suggest so when he was at the corridor of power.Remember that igbos cannot forget in a haste all the hate comments he has made against the same igbos he is now claiming to love more. Also let he point out clearly what Jonathan did for igbos that stands as an iroko. I can only remember the 419 Niger bridge he promised in his ist term that the site was never cleared. Please Fani Kayode igbos don't need your attention seeking defense.Your hate speeches in the past can't be forgotten overnight.

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    1. The Igbo's has forgiven FFK long time ago... So shut up

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    2. Plesae jacky remind us what his hate speeches were and for what Good luck did for the igbos i will advice you read the article again and this time dont just read, try to understand

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  17. I feel he's trying to encourage the igbos to fight for the establishment of Biafra

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  18. I wonder when Fani Kayode has suddenly turned to be the mouth piece of the igbos. If he knew about all these why did he not suggest so when he was at the corridor of power.Remember that igbos cannot forget in a haste all the hate comments he has made against the same igbos he is now claiming to love more. Also let he point out clearly what Jonathan did for igbos that stands as an iroko. I can only remember the 419 Niger bridge he promised in his ist term that the site was never cleared. Please Fani Kayode igbos don't need your attention seeking defense.Your hate speeches in the past can't be forgotten overnight.

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    1. Godbless u...ffk is a dog who goes the direction of where bones ar...dis is d same ffk who insult and criticise Gej until he was given an appointment d same way u insulted d igbos only a fool will take ffk nd fayose serious

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    2. EKPA u better wake up
      Speak 4 ur self

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  19. FFK, you just made it clear here, some Igbo's are fools shouting one Nigeria, we are not one at all, Police will see a Fulani man with AK 47 and nothing will happen, but you as an Igbo man, hunting Gun will send you to Prison.

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  20. Yes, the truth they said is always bitter.

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  21. I love femi fani kayode with all my heart.
    Lib baddoo.

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  22. God bless FFK...
    Buhari's days are numbered

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  23. God bless FFK...
    Buhari's days are numbered

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  24. Nice piece, nothing more could be said

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  25. And thats the truth,he said it all

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  26. We the south south people will always stand by the igbos no matter what. Tnx ffk.

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    1. Tah...which south south
      God 4bid...u must high on some cheap oshogbo weed

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  27. Yea....Dear... May God Bless You.... And I beliv He Will.... Thanks a lot

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  28. God bless you sir, I hope this is read in house of assembly,senate, fEC meetings for greater understanding of the current situation and future traits it's going to result,i understand better now. This write up is not bias....

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  29. Bless you sir, we are strongly behind you. you're a rare gem of a civilized Nigeria to come.

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  30. Too lazy to read


    ...merited happiness

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  31. Rightly said, my brother!

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  32. Thank you. You have spoken well and said the truth. We all know he is tribalistic but only a few would admit it and the rest deny it because of sentiment and emotions.

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  33. Buhari is a disgrace to human being.

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  34. WeLl said. Bravo!!!! So who will bell the cat?

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  35. Tell them Sir.
    Come what may... Biafra must be

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  36. Thank you for saying the truth. That's just what we want. Buhari must get what's coming to him by God. He thinks he's god. Kashimawo

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  37. While I am not an ardent reader of femi fani kayode i think this article is just an attempt at inciting the igbos. I am a Yoruba man and just wonder how femi has become igbo according to is 4th to the last paragragh....all this talk about murder reaching the pre civil war level is an amazing twisting of the truth. Femi has to be careful what he wishes for all in the name of politics because I can see that in his write up.....

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  38. The truth is never relative!! As long as this continues, Buhari will one day wake up from his Tyranny and realize how clueless leader he has been.

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  39. The truth is never relative!! As long as this continues, Buhari will one day wake up from his Tyranny and realize how clueless a leader he has been.

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  40. The truth is never relative!! As long as this continues, Buhari will one day wake up from his Tyranny and realize how clueless a leader he has been.

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  41. That the world may know that TYRANNY is on the throne in Nigeria.

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  42. You people always say things with so much lies and that is why you see that even your followers are kind of tired of this lies you guys say on social media that I will only and I will not give you any reason of saying this because I know that you are brainless so I see no reason to make you see that you are blend because you can't see

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  43. MAY OUR GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SIR KAYODE,WE HAVE WALKING DEADS AND THIEFS, COWARDS,MORAL LEPERS,AND THE LIKES OF ROCHAS OKOROABOKI AS LEADERS WHO CAN SELL THERE POEPLE FOR A PLATE OF PEPER SOUP AS LEADERS,POEPLE WHO ARE SO COWARDLY THEY HAVE GROWN TAILS BETWEEN THERE LEGS,LEADERS WHO ARE SO AFRAID OF DEATH THAT THEY HAVE DIED ALREADY EVEN BEFORE DEATH,THANK OUR GOD FOR GREAT SONS OF ODUDUWA LIKE KAYODE AND EBULLIENT GORVERNOR PER EXELENCE FAYOSE,GOD BLESS BOTH OF YOU,SURELY THIS JIHADIST,TYRANICAL,BLOOD THIRSTY BUHARI AND HIS APOLOGISTS WILL GATHER AGAINST YOU AND FAYOSE,BUT BECAUSE THERE GATHERING IS NOT OF THE LORD THEY WILL SURELY SCATTER,THANKS MR KAYODE FOR BEEN THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS,THANKS FOR REALISING THAT INJUSTICE ANY WHERE IS A TREATH TO JUSTICE EVERY WHERE,THANKS GREAT LION OF ODUDUWA,THANKS FAJUYI OF OUR TIME,DONT MIND HATERS THEY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND YOU BECAUSE YOU BELONG TO SOUND JUDGEMENT BUT THEY ARE RETARDED MIOPICS,THE FEW SANE ONES AMONG US REALY THANK GOD FOR YOU,REMAIN BLESSED MR KAYODE.

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  44. I'm deeply moved. That's nice..... Buhari will regret being a president someday

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  45. God bless ur generations for speaking d bitter truth. Wish all yorubas could b like dis man.

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  46. Thank you sir...

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  47. Nice writeup

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  48. This current govt has always been bias.I dnt need to read this article b4 I knw tht...but my worry is why shld these so called Fulani herdsmen always go scot free from all these atrocities they hv been committing in this country.

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  49. well on point femi.....everything in life has an expiring date.

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  50. well on point femi.....everything in life has an expiring date.

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  51. well on point femi.....everything in life has an expiring date.

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  52. How i wish the ibo's had listened,they shouldnt have casted a single vote for that man,and even the pdp chieftains did not deliver ,i cant just do but regrt wot a shame our country has turned,if you have no use for the ibos then let them go,as for ffk,i truly understand ur points,God is not sleeping and very soon power will change hands,buhari is a mortal not even a semi god.

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  53. Mysterious death is hanging around aso rock and will soon strict.

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  54. The seed buhari is sowing today he wil somuch regret,all these power tussle vanity upon vanity,remenber the case of the rich man and begger,saul,pharoah to name a few,ur own story is coming.

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  55. The seed buhari is sowing today he wil somuch regret,all these power tussle vanity upon vanity,remenber the case of the rich man and begger,saul,pharoah to name a few,ur own story is coming.

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  56. he who has ear,let him hear what the spirit is saying. igbos wake up from slumber.

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  57. Majority of our Igbo elders are not sincere. In fact the Clan is not united. Until we have a sincere and united Igbo I'm afraid nothing meaningful can be done. An Igbo man/woman will do everything in his/her power to pull down a fellow Igbo person or will not even help at all just so that he will be the only one reining, a Yoruba or Hausa person will not do that. Some of our elders even came out to say that we have not been marginalized, is that not madness?

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  58. Biafra is an ideology whose time has come. We will get it.

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  59. God will continue to bless you FFK, the future belong to the oppressed. Original comment from C. E. O.

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  60. Esther Dangana2 April 2016 at 10:35

    Hmmmmmmm, igbo leaders wake up from your slumber and fight for the release of your arrested brothers. I just like this man called FFK, always speaking the bitter truth. May God save Nigeria

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  61. Crying more than the bereaved! U coward won't just shutup and also do to the fulanis that had terrorized Ur region for years like we did to them! This man should know that the Igbos are not just the wisest tribe in this country, they are also the most successful, endurance filled, tactical, unthinkable aggressive elastic limit, matured,..... Set of people. We gave U our sister to pore whenever U wish to, despite your past gloomy large mouthedness doesn't mean U are intelligent enough to speak for us. Like the patient dog, like the Isrealites we know the right time to strike, and boom! Non of our adversaries survives the hit including terrible enemies pretending to be friends like Urself!! U don't have to push it we know all'U, just wait for it!!

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  62. truth talk my brother

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  63. God bless FFK,and Governor fayose for always standing for the truth,truth dey say is bitter,Buhari has deceived Nigerians with his Negative Change.

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  64. The Igbos rushed Biafra before but it won't take the same form again. Tact is supreme.

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  65. May the Lord Almighty protect and strenghten you and Governor Ayo Fayose,as long as Nigeria is concern now, after my late odumegwu ojukwu, you and Governor Fayose remains my hero. You are men of valour,men of great integrity.Fealess lions,inshort it is well with you, your family and that of Governor Fayose.As a matter of facts, to me, I feel most of our igbo political leaders are stooges.They are their for their harlot wives and childern.You can see the number one sabotuer,Rochas Okorocha, we are from the same state.We the people of Oweeri zone brought him out to battle with Ohakim,the then former governor and gave him all the support to propelled him into power,but he turned instantly as a viper snake and start biting all Imo people,but for the fact,that most of them believe money,they all went to sleep and allow him to be doing all he is doing and going free. Same to Most people of Anambra States,at least without being told you and I knows that the Anambrians and the head of the igbos luike they claim,but the same tribe in igbo land have converted every igbo people to cowardice,due to their stupid investment into the lands of igbo enemies.They have invested so much to the north,to an extent,they are sponsoring Buhari to kick against the freedom of the igbos. They did this during the civil war and they are still doing it now,but the God of isrealite that we are will put this judas to book including their wealth and families.Buhari amd his Fulani people, you and I knows that these people are not Nigeerians,rather from Chad and niger,but they settled here through their great grand fathers.So doing anything against the southern Nigerians to bring us down is not a surprise. Even the aboki from Niger,that is Niger Republic.If you want to but a satchet of milk from him that worths N10, he will sell his N20 and he bought his wares from the same market where thye owners of the country bought theirs,compare that.Buhari,Sanusi emir, Al rufia-governor, we watch their role.Obasanjo too, we watch his role,supporting the fulani or northern people to the detriment of his people,but God is watching.I pray this short prayer,God anihilate every Ibo man that is up there watching what our enemies are doing all these to us,.Destroy the lives of the evil people from southern nigeria,that purported the exit of Goodluck from power bring in this evil president that hates the igbos IN JESUS NAME.AMEN!!!!PERRY MARTINS

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  66. May God bless you Femi. Its no wonder that Buhari who commitet genocide aginst my people in Owerri during the biafra war is continuing his orgy of violence against the Ibos. Until the actors of the Nigerian civil war dissappear from the surface of this earth Nigeria will never have peace because they have blood in their hands. The spirit of those childeren they starved to death will continue to hunt them.
    Those who voted for Buhari are myopic. They forgot how he ruled Nigeria as a military. Suddenlly he became a wolf in a sheep skin and people voted him into power.

    The only crime that we Ibos commited is that anthing we lay our hands on prosper. Our ingenuinty is unequalled, We didnt kill anyone, we didnt steal anyones property.
    Here in Europe people like Buhari cant even be a city chairman.

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  67. Fellow Igbo,rejoice and be glad in the LORD, obey his words,He is watching and waiting.Stop selling your right and gemeration because of personal agrandizements. Pray seizelessly for our dearest brothers that are incacerated because of our emancipation. Stop investing all your life earnings in the home of your enemies.It as a result of that,that you the wealthy ones will not get up and challange your right.Remember, when the people of kingdonm of darkness have enough blood in their spiritual blood banks that Lucifer becomes powerful,so the more you invest all your treasures in the lands of our emenies that you become weaker.Wake up from your sleep and slumber now,otherwise they will force us to sell the rights of our children both born and un born. God Bless you one more time FKK and Governor Fayose.

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  68. From Peery martins

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  69. God take this evil called president out of this seat and deliver us from this evil. Amen

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  70. THANK YOU FEMI BUT......

    With all due respect sir you are wrong on several fronts:
    First, Jonathan's Presidency was borne out of special circumstances that most uninformed Igbo latched unto in the misplaced hope that their Eldorado had finally come. The man craftily keyed into that narrative by hastily becoming 'Azikiwe' and loudly emphasizing the so called 'bond' between the Igbo and South Southerners. Ihejirika, Anyim Pius and whatever else he did along those lines was just him being a politician courting the bloc Igbo vote for a second term. The vast majority fell for it, snubbed the heck out of Buhari and the APC and the rest is history...

    Second, it is not out of cowardice that Igbo leaders have yet to nor is it bravery on the part of you and Fayose to have spoken concerning the so called Fulani herdsmen incidents in Enugu. The Police have made arrests and are investigating, hellooo?
    Certainly, the law cannot be seen to be working only when your good self is cleared of corruption charges by the courts sir, can it?
    As for Ayo Fayose, every discerning Nigerian knows he cannot have another tenure as Ekiti governor, having done so twice now, so his new found loud mouthedness and unfettered buffoonery masked as bravery can easily be put in perspective.

    Three, as an Igbo myself I beg to disagree with the assertion that the coming to power of Buhari has robbed me of dignity and self esteem. Far from it! A true Igbo man in any case gets into his real elements when put under pressure. His ingenuity, creativity and industry naturally just kick in... If Buhari by your estimation is pressuring the Igbo (and I don't think that to be the case sir!) then he may unwittingly be arming them for further greatness.

    Finally, it is a good thing that you are now playing very vocal opposition having badly misread the political climate before the last elections. In doing so however it is important that you act responsibly. No foul language, no disrespect to the person and office of the President, no incitement of one people against another and finally no need crying 'wolf' where evidently there is not even a rabbit in sight.

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  71. Shame to our igbo law makers who has been elected by the igbo people to represent us in the fedral house. Shame to our governors and all the igbo ministers who has chosen to chase rat while their house burn. Greater shame to the current governor of enugu state Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for allowing such a treatment to be metted upon his people under his nose. The police that arrested the 79 igbos did they take them to North or are the 79 igbos not there in a cell in a police station there in Enugu? Why cant the governor order fkr their release? Why cant he order for a man hunt of the Fulani's? #SHAME

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  72. Because this one is enjoying Igbo Yamaha, He's now an Igbo Civil rights advocate

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  73. Ffk has just said the truth. Buhari and igbo leaders should shove that in their pipes and smoke it! Chikena

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  74. @songsofSuSSan:
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    You are totally wrong. In this nation, there is NO tribe wherein people help each others as the Igbos do. Just a few examples:
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    If you are an Igbo and you land in ANY foreign country in this world, other Igbos that DO NOT KNOW YOU BEFORE will shelter, feed and help you to stand on your own. This happens ALL the time. That's why there are Igbos everywhere on Earth. Many just landed in those places knowing NOBODY. How do you think they survived and later made it ? The UNCONDITIONAL help of and from their fellow Igbos. This is RARE if non-existent with other tribes in Nigeria. I'm saying this from first hand knowledge.
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    90% of Igbo traders and business people TODAY (from the richest to the up-coming ones) were HELPED and made by other Igbo traders and business people. Let me reveal a secret to you: People say Igbo can make it GREAT starting with next to NOTHING. It's the truth, but do you know why? Because, they INITIALLY get GOODS from other Igbos without paying much or anything. All you need is a shop and other Igbos will SUPPLY you with goods at credit if you are Igbo. Often, if you are NEW somewhere, the other Igbos will help you procure a shop and they will supply you the goods at credit. This happens all around and even in far away Guanghzou's Kanaa and Tanqi markets dominated by the Igbos in China. In Nigeria and in Africa, NO MEMBERS OF ANY ETHNIC GROUP GIVE EACH OTHER GOODS WITHOUT DOWN-PAYMENT as the Igbos give to each other. Every year, this runs into billions of dollars worth of goods given with 0 or almost 0 down payment. Ask around.
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    People say Igbos don't help each other or that they pull each other down, but SYSTEMATICALLY every time an Igbo is appointed somewhere, people come later to say he or she filled the place with Igbos. How can you reconcile these 2 contradictory statements from subjective people like you?
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    In Igboland growing up, the overwhelming majority of university students back in the day had their ENTIRE EDUCATION PAID for and sponsored by the villagers EVEN the elderly. Young men and women were sent to the USA and Europe to further their education even when their parents couldn't afford 3 square meals a day for their entire families talkless of sending them to universities even in Nigeria. Palmwine tappers and other poor families with no other jobs had their kids in the USA studying in great universities. All of their expenses TILL graduations were paid by the villagers. Everybody chipped in during weekly or monthly meetings. No questions asked. Even the poor, the elderly, the widowed, the handicapped etc...
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    I could go on and on BUT what's the need. Some prefer believing falsehoods than the NAKED truth starring them in the face but that they chose to ignore.

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  75. GOD Bless you SIR. We're grateful. The spirit of Biafra is rekindled because of obvious injustices meted by the Nigerian nation via killings, marginalisation even in the military and Police recruitments, disrespect and hatred. How should one belong to a nation where he's given unequal privileges??? We'd better be on our own. To cowardly Igbo leaders, we're waiting for you in BIAFRA.I PRAY FOR GOD'S PROTECTION FOR SIR FANI KAYODE AND THE PEOPLE'S GOVERNOR AYO FAYOSE. Two of you are GOD sent.

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  76. Alrite, let's take a few minutes to look at a juicy business here
    https://amazing5.net/?ref=wizdee

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  77. thisdays he is making sense like him or not

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  78. FFK stop trying to buy the Igbos over. They are wiser than you think. Try harder. Ode!

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  79. FFK stop trying to buy the Igbos over. They are wiser than you think. Try harder. Ode!

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  80. Wailing wailers. Nexy please

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  81. This FFK is just playing politics

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  82. Pius Ayim Pius that used to take bribe of nothing less than N5m before he books appointment for people to see Jonathan. Thank God Buhari flushed all of them out. Corrupt idiots!

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  83. Pius Ayim Pius that used to take bribe of nothing less than N5m before he books appointment for people to see Jonathan. Thank God Buhari flushed all of them out. Corrupt idiots!

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  84. Well said Sir. Buahri is a disgrace to human being. God will vindicate the Igbos. "Linda's sister from another Mother"

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  85. I copied from CharlesChiemeka:Shame to our igbo law makers who has been elected by the igbo people to represent us in the fedral house. Shame to our governors and all the igbo ministers who has chosen to chase rat while their house burn. Greater shame to the current governor of enugu state Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for allowing such a treatment to be metted upon his people under his nose. The police that arrested the 76 igbos did they take them to North or are the 76 igbos not there in a cell in a police station there in Enugu? Why cant the governor order fkr their release? Why cant he order for a man hunt of the Fulani's? #SHAME

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  86. Ekpenyong Bassey2 April 2016 at 20:34

    Former Nigerian Agriculture minister under Jonathan, Akinwumi Adesina used to ask for EXTRA commission for EACH bag of fertilizer sold to poor Nigerian farmers. Nigerian farmers secretly suffered because of his greed. That's how he got stinkingly rich even as he was poor when he was appointed by GEJ. Jonathan was a good man and an efficient one too but his only weakness was that he was not hard with his ministers. But things are worse with this government despite the hype.

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  87. Ekpenyong Bassey2 April 2016 at 20:37

    Former Nigerian Agriculture minister under Jonathan, Akinwumi Adesina used to ask for EXTRA commission for EACH bag of fertilizer sold to poor Nigerian farmers. Nigerian farmers secretly suffered because of his greed. That's how he got stinkingly rich even as he was poor when he was appointed by GEJ. Jonathan was a good man and an efficient one too but his only weakness was that he was not hard with his ministers. But things are worse with this government despite the hype.

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  88. This Femi Fani-Kayode is a very daft talkative. No apologies.

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  89. Biafra will come when ohaneze and current crop of igbo leaders and elders pass on. They saw the war, and the horror still plays in them. They all of a sudden forgot what made them fought in the first place. Well the same is making us to fight, and we will fight until we achieve freedom. The essence of our kingdom is freedom

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