Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Wednesday claimed that the Federal Government offered him Biafra while he was in prison, Vanguard reports.
Kanu who spoke when leaders of Igbo Civil Society Coalition paid him a solidarity visit at his Umuahia home, said he rejected the offer because Rivers and Benue states were excluded.
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He also claimed he was offered an oil block and mansion in Dubai to stop his secessionist struggle.
According to him, he insisted on the actualization of Biafra.
“They gave me Biafra in prison with only the five Igbo states; I said no, I want Benue and Rivers.”
He added that “Biafra is coming, there is nothing to stop it”.
We want complete BIAFRA or nothing.
Is it not enough? Hahahahahahha!!!!
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If I were Igbo, which I am not, I wouldn’t argue secession. Long term, whichever way you dice it, it only makes for a weaker enclave. Of what use is that independence therefore? The real issue is that Nigeria is not working and the current arrangement is not sustainable. Therefore, status quo is not an option. It isn’t for the Igbos nor for the Yorubas; and it certainly shouldn’t be for any forward looking Hausa/Fulani person. The approach taken by the likes of Nnamdi Kanu has consequences that are far reaching…..so far reaching that it makes everyone a loser in the short term because the break up of Nigeria will be never be clinical and the outcome will never be two countries comprising New Nigeria and Biafra. I do not believe what some people assume to be core SE has the infrastructure or geographical position to sustain migration or commercial viability — a problem that will inevitably rear its head post declaration of Biafra Republic. How many Igbos have really, really examined the consequences or can comprehend it? Let’s be clear that once secession commences, Nigeria will be fractured irreparably and ethnic divisions will become more pronounced. In the circumstance, the majority of non indigenes, whether from Yoruba, Igbo or Fulani/Hausa extraction will need to find their level — euphemism for ‘go back to where you are from’. Can the combined SE really support the population of Igbos? Does it have the infrastructure to do so? Will it be able to sustain its own share of the national debt? Are well to do Igbos willing to abandon their businesses in all nooks and crannies of Nigeria for the sake of Biafra Declaration? My prediction is that it will end up being a pyrrhic victory and we should expect further divisions and tensions within the Igbo community in their own enclave. Even if the SE and SS manage to cobble a marriage together, it will only be a case of ‘problem transfer’ judging from the utterances of some people from the Delta region. The road to hell is often paved with good intentions. If those who should know play politics with this incendiary topic, anarchy is a definite outcome, and I dare say, the proponents of this movement will not be so happy when they fully understand what the ‘promised land’ looks like. If Igbos feel comfortable with people like Nnamdi Kanu playing the father figure and making utterances that demean other tribes in Nigeria, the bigotry, prejudice and hatred by narrow minded non-Igbos only gets more entrenched. Why allow someone like this to shape the memory of younger Nigerians? Igbos should think carefully about these matters because the phrase rolling stone gathers no moss applies to all ethnic tribes but one in Nigeria. I leave Igbos to analyse that phrase..the positive and not-so-positive sides.