I don't see any need for the proliferation of groups in our quest for freedom. We must be able to identify the best body/umbrella and join forces with it for optimal result. Let me even put it this way: there is no need for diverse groups with their incongruous ideologies when the problem is the same. The real problems here are oppression, suppression, political and economic exclusion, impending religious jihad, and alienation. These problems affect us all. We must work as a team, if we are truly desirous of escaping the choking grips of our common enemy. Let me expatiate on the need for a united front infra.
Niger Delta Republic (NDR), Lower Niger Congress, MASSOB, BIM etc are various bodies found in the Eastern Region all of which want referendum and then independence. Now, if that is the case, it then means they are all being administered to by the indigenous people of the region called Biafra, which automatically makes them members of the IPOB. The proliferation of groups struggling for the same thing: freedom and coming from the same region does not augur well for us at all. We must collapse the walls separating us and begin to function as extensions of the IPOB.
The incidence of numerous bodies fighting the same cause recreates the disparity, in the Civil War, between Dr. Saro-Wiwa, Adaka Boro, Chief Harold Dappa-Biriye and Ojukwu. We all know how that disagreement caused us that war and ceded our region, politically and economically, to our enemies. We must stop aiding and abetting the devious intentions of our common enemies - the North and West. This is not the time to duplicate bodies all of which seek the same goal. We must take the trouble to identify the best body to function under, swallow our stupid pride, and join hands to escape. It appears that some of us are after personal gains; otherwise, I see no reason why we cannot work together.
This is not about what each person thinks and wants: it is about the need to work very hard and break free from the grips of our oppressors. Those of us that think getting our freedom using our own group will make us superior to others are living in a fool's paradise because leadership in the emerging nation will be based on merit. That one is an administrator or arrowhead of an agitation does not confer on him the right to become President. So, if that is the reason why our various groups have refused to join forces, then they are wasting their precious time.
LONIM, BIM, MASSOB, and NDR must see themselves as members of Biafra. These groups should become annexed to the IPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu has earned the number one spot. It does not mean that others are not leaders, too. We are all leaders in this struggle, but Kanu is the one to whom we shall point as the man in front. Biafra is the name everyone knows as far as serious agitation for freedom from Nigeria is concerned. The time to unite and shame the enemy is now. We can do it, if we truly desire to be free from this monster called Nigeria. We do not need coalition now. What we need is a united front, not a staccato of various groups with their discordant ideologies. No way! We are the indigenous people of Biafra. We are all IPOB. This self denial must stop. All we need is Biafra restoration. God bless you all. The administrators of LONIM, MASSOB, NDR, BIM etc are all Biafrans. Why the division?
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