Biafra: Fani-Kayode lists other groups FG may proscribe after IPOB
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, says the Nigerian
government may go after other groups, now that Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) has been proscribed.
This is contained in an article he released on Wednesday.
Fani-Kayode wrote: “It is IPOB today but tomorrow, it could be OPC,
Ijaw Youth Council, Ohanaeze, Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum, Arewa
Youths, Arewa Consultative Forum, Northern Elders Forum or indeed anyone
else.
“I have never heard of a “terrorist” organisation that has not killed
or threatened to kill anyone and that has totally rejected the idea of
violence and an armed struggle.
“I have never heard of a “terrorist” organisation whose only
aspiration is to have a referendum to determine whether or not their
people should or should not remain in Nigeria.
“I have never heard of a “terrorist” organisation whose only
objective is the peaceful and lawful exercise of the right of
self-determination.
“I have never heard of a “terrorist” organisation whose only crime is
to take objection to the stripping away of their historical and
cultural identity and to speak out against the willful marginalisation
and mass murder of their people.
“I have never heard of a “terrorist” organisation who believe in
passive and non-violent resistance and who consistently emphasise the
importance of peaceful opposition.
“Saying that IPOB is a terrorist organisation is like saying that
Mother Theresa is the Marquis De Sade. It is like saying that an angel
from heaven is a demon from hell. It is like saying that Little Red
Riding Hood is the hungry and ravenous wolf.”
Fani-Kayode recently alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has an
agenda to “wipe off” IPOB, its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and the “Igbo race”.
According to him, “Since when has it been acceptable or the norm to
unleash the dogs of war against a group of innocent, unarmed and
defenceless young people and their colourful leader simply because they
dared to ask for a referendum?
“The fact of the matter is that whether anyone likes it or not, the
attempt to break, subjugate, demonise, belittle, vilify and wipe out the
Igbo race through the auspices of intimidation, disinformation,
manipulation of the media, mass murder and ethnic cleansing by the
Buhari administration shall fail.
“The truth is that this whole thing is not about IPOB but about the
consistent expression of an irrational, illogical and pathological
hatred of the Igbos by the maximum ruler of the Nigerian state.
“And if he gets away with it and manages to achieve his sinister and
nefarious objective he will come after the Yoruba, the Ijaw, the Tiv and
everyone else in a matter of time!
“That is why it is important to refuse to be intimidated, to stand
firm, to hold the line, to resist him with every fibre of our being and
to insist on the restructuring and the renegotiation of Nigeria”, the
former presidential spokesman added.
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