Shortly before his abduction from Kenya, by the Nigerian government, MAZI NNAMDI KANU, made this thought-provoking broadcast in which he philosophised about the reasons he and his supporters became radicalized. I have taken time to listen to his critics and discovered most of them only jumped to conclusions without proper analysis of why agitation for BIAFRA became reignited, attractive and fanciful after the pogrom that wasted millions of lives and destroyed unimaginable properties in the 1960s and ’70s. The continuing marginalization of the Igbo, and deprivation accorded some of the most energetic and vibrant brains in Africa, and globally, rekindled the BIAFRA sentiment. Attempts by enemies of KANU, including his own kinsmen, to exterminate him will never solve the problem. The IGBO struggle goes beyond legalese. It requires serious political reconfiguration, and urgently too.
I will never support violence. But any sensible government will keep the geniuses of the South East very busy, with productive engagements, instead of this rabid hatred… #freennamdikanunow
