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the assault on his fundamental liberty. Equally, I
challenged the failure of the government to
follow the due process, as enshrined in the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
1999. What I have consistently said is this: Kanu
is too toxic to be the head of this legitimate
movement, considering the number of
intellectuals that have emanated from this
region.
With every tribe, or region, in Nigeria, there are
legitimate grievances against the elite, the
architect of this commotion. Not so long ago,
Professor Wole Soyinka was the intellectual
architect for the emancipation of the Yoruba
people (he counseled Tinubu, the grandmaster
of politics). Soyinka’s friend, Professor Chinua
Achebe, a brilliant mind, was the intellectual
architect for the emancipation of Igbo people.
Before Lamido Sanusi became the intellectual
powerhouse of our Northern brothers and
sisters, we had Dr. Bala Mohammed, a brilliant
mind.
These personalities fought (and the living among
them continue to fight) a good fight with the elite
or establishment. I have no qualms against my
Igbo brothers; their struggles mirror the
struggles of other similarly situated people.
Now, with the political realignment in Nigeria,
ushered in by the same elite, tribal politics has
exponentially increased, unsurprisingly. The
notion of victimhood, a sympathetic cry from
marginalized people, is now being illogically
invoked by all. Are we (the masses) not all
victims of the elite (the orchestrator of our
nemesis)?
By the way, when some elites have been
displaced from the high table, and they start
feeling left out, they do one thing: Fire up the
their emotional tribal brethren (you and I). Kanu
is not your only idiot (Femi Fani Kayode is our
own idiot, and some fringe elements in the
Arewa movement are equally some idiots that
some serious Northern intellectuals have to deal
with).
Don’t look at Kanu as an individual with this
unbelievable vision, for he is not: Follow the
money (look at his bail conditions; did your
moral support raise millions of naira to sustain
his lifestyle)? Some Nigerians play too much.
For some Igbo elites, Kanu is now their whipsaw,
which is to be constantly used to extract some
concessions from the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. Let’s be honest: Power changed hands.
When power changed hands (the election of
Buhari), some politicians lost power, which
ostracized them from the instrumentalities and
channels of the federal government. Kanu is now
a wedge between opposing elites (you and I
shouldn’t be used as pawns).
Every movement tilts to one political party or the
other (Martin Luther King was closer to the
Democratic establishment than the Republican
establishment, for the latter was hostile to his
agenda). While it may not be apparent to you
that Kanu is closer to the PDP’s establishment
than APC’s establishment, it is the reality. Is this
strange alliance strange in the politics of
Nigeria? No. Buhari and others made some
strange alliances to get to where they are today
(think big—leave your eyes wide open—and you
will begin to see the hypocrisy on both sides). I
cannot address all these contours, or nuances, in
one single post; you have to look at my past
articles; I have no sympathy for any Nigerian
politician (aren’t they all cowards)?
Our “stomach infrastructure” governor is a
friend of Kanu; FFK is defending Kanu; and you
can’t smell what they are cooking? Are you not
seeing 2019 in action? Is Kanu creating the
Republic of Biafra or is he resuscitating the
Republic of The People's Democratic Party? Do
you think a movement can succeed without
money (big money)? Who is funding Kanu? Have
you asked yourself? Or do you have a
“Gofundme” page for your man? Again, don’t act
like you are surprised (just act like you have
forgotten that Buhari and APC did the same).
Nigeria is a strange place where strange people
do strange things. Don’t be a stranger in your
land: Open your eyes and ears.
Don’t forget that, once upon a time, Ibadan
people had a political thug, who terrorized the
whole of southwest, and every politician, to get
elected, ate amala and gbegiri with him (wait,
they also brought isakole [money]). Baba
Adebibu didn’t need to be protected by Yoruba
politicians, for he was their protector. When a
thug dies, everything dies with him; however,
when an intellectual dies, his ideas live on:
Chinua Achebe lives on.
Kanu is a thug. What do we know about thugs?
They have irrational followers who served the
interests of their masters to their own detriment.
I know how much you hate intellectuals, but you
have to understand that no serious political
movement can succeed without serious
intellectuals, even a terrorist organization.
In 1959, when Fidel Castro, the Cuban
revolutionary and freedom fighter, was ready to
displace President Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado of
Cuba, even though he was well read, he relied
on the intellectual sagacity of Dr. Ernesto "Che"
Guevara, a military theorist. Even Osama Bin
Laden was trained by a scholar, Abdullah Yusuf
Azzam. And when Abdullah Yusuf Azzam died,
Osama trusted another intellectual, Dr. Ayman
al-Zawahiri, who later succeeded Osama Bin
Laden.
You cannot lead a serious secession by
propaganda or with Facebook as your primary
tool to disseminate your struggles: Look at
Palestine, a “country” that is consistently
battered by Israel, a colonial power, and tell me
whether Facebook can help to provoke an
international condemnation of such a dastardly
act, perpetrated by a sovereign government.
Or you can look at the Rohingya people in
Myanmar, who are constantly battered by the
government of Myanmar, led by a former Nobel
Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung was
once indefinitely imprisoned, just like Kanu: As
the democratic leader of Myanmar, he won’t
negotiate any “restructuring” that gives the
Rohingya people any political power, which
explains why her military has mercilessly
attacked these separatists. If Aung, thought to
be a messiah, can fail, Kanu will cave to his
masters’ demands.
It is shameful that people don’t want to educate
themselves, but they are quick to throw barrages
of insults to those who disagree with them: If we
cannot intellectually debate our conflicting ideas,
how are we going to resolve our problems? I
have asked my friends to show me any policy
paper that the intellectual wing of the Kanu’s
movement has released, and they said he
doesn’t have to write any policy paper; in fact,
one supporter said that Kanu doesn’t have to
read books on political insurrections. And you
want me to take you seriously, right? I don’t
think so. Some Nigerians play too much.
Personally, concerning Nigeria, I only see one
struggle: The struggle between the elite and the
masses.
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