Preempt the
intention of this write-up as a warm romance with the agitators of Republic of
Biafra or a bid to earn Yorubas a place in the good books of Eastern Nigeria,
at your own risk. Also, it is morally corrupt to see this as a write up to
promote disunity. However, my focus would be on the creation of Oduduwa
Republic. That’s where I will belong.
FYI, the
original intention of General Murtala and his fellow coup plotters was to
engineer the secession of the Northern region from Nigeria, because the North
never believed in the prospect of the ‘proposition’ and because Igbos and
Yorubas already dominated the polity and Federal Civil Service due to their
early acceptability of western education ahead of the North, but Gen. Murtala
and his fellow coup plotters were subsequently dissuaded of their plans by
several advisors who had interests in the Nigerian polity. Today, following
their reorientation, times have changed.
Agitation for
secession is not peculiar to Eastern Nigeria. At a time, South-west Nigeria
also tested the waters but could not hold their ground and was not ready to pay
the ultimate price for freedom from the chains of slavery. Well, the then
frontier movement was comprised of men of honor, but unfortunately, they were
dissuaded and the center could no longer hold. Sad, the sunset of that
agitation came too soon. Today, they are in various national political party
and have abandoned their dream for Oduduwa Republic.
Today, as
Yorubas, we seem to have lived a considerable part of our life in the
contraption called Nigeria, scared, frightened of things that could happen,
might happen and might not happen, if we decide to agitate for the creation of
Oduduwa Republic. One day, we will realize that our fear to break out of the
failed 1914 amalgamation is the worst of it, that’s the real enemy. We must not
wait until we get too close to the Sun, because our dreams of creating Oduduwa
Republic may just melt away.
We, the Yorubas
don’t want to fight because of the love we have for our own people, YET BY
JINGO, if we choose to, we have got the ships and jets, we have got brave men
and women, we have got the spirit and soul, we have got the technology and
other required resources. We cannot remain in a marriage meant to promote
corruption, human slavery and mismanagement of resources. The worst was the
system of government given to us – robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Give Yorubas
Oduduwa Republic, Give Igbos Republic Of Biafra, Give Hausas Arewa Republic; to
remain in Nigeria is not by force.
Now or never,
particularly, under this center serving system of government, we must come to
an agreement that our togetherness is to the detriments of the masses but to
the gross advantage of the Nigerian corrupt ruling class. They have converted
the country to their patrimony, and leave the citizens to wallow in quantum
poverty. Inarguably, Nigerian politicians are very corrupt and selfish, they
have been unable to maintain law and order and guarantee the safety of lives
and property.
Give us Oduduwa
Republic.
In Limitation,
I see the infinite.
ThinkABOUTiT
MA Sulaiman
Kazeem
03/06/2017
