OPINION: Why They Are Opposing Biafra

As written by Tony Osborg

Those who oppose Biafra do not oppose Biafra because they love the Igbos or Biafrans or Nigeria..

They oppose Biafra because they know the consequences of Biafra leaving Nigeria.

If Biafra leaves. The legal precedent is established. Niger Delta will leave. Oduduwa might leave. Middle belt wants to be free too.

This is the logic and thinking.

Nobody wants a legal precedent set in place for other ethnic nationalities to follow. If you allow Biafra go, you cannot stop Niger Delta from not leaving. Why would the Niger Delta want to continue sharing their resources with 36 states (Nigeria) when they can share it with just 11 states (Biafra) and have so much for themselves? Have you thought of that?

This is the major reason why Biafra is opposed. Biafra wants to open the door and once that door is opened, damn Nigeria. Nigeria will never be the same again.

The hatred in Nigeria is real. If we do not do something about it soon, the hatred will consume all of us. The other day at Ile Ife, we saw how Yorubas attacked and killed Hausa/Fulani people in their area simply because an Hausa/Fulani attacked a Yoruba woman. The Hausas/Fulanis have done similar thing to the Igbos in the past.

You cannot separate these actions from our politics.

The so called intellectuals might want to sound politically correct by not commenting on these issues. But yet it does not invalidate the fact that the hatred between the ethnic nationalities in Nigeria is real. And it all stems from our bad politics.
If we do not fix our politics soon and and begin to acknowledge the rights of the various ethnic nationalities of Nigeria, something big will happen soon.

May we not be overwhelmed when that something 'big' happens.

If you do not know what true federalism and restructuring means, why not just shut up and learn, rather than oppose what you do not fully understand.

We have given you enough time to prove that corruption is the problem, two years after, you cannot increase our megawatts with 'anti-corruption', yet you oppose other solutions and still insist corruption is our problem and nothing else. You don dey mad abi?

Obviously, Nigeria is not working. But let's continue to pretend.