ENEMY WITHIN:
One of the most disturbing stumbling-blocks in any freedom fighting movement are the enemies among the people who seek freedom. These moles in sheepfold are sometimes not noticed at the beginning, or even at the middle of the struggle. They often show up or declare themselves when they think the enemies have upper hands in the struggle. These are the likes of Nze Tobe Osigwe, who is now ranting in the supposition that the life imprisonment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has ended the Biafran struggle.
This mentally and spiritually blind Nze Osigwe should know that every bit of his narrative against Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB/ESN depicts him as a fellow without the basic knowledge of the Igbo story in Nigeria. His unprintable misrepresentation of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and his false narrative on the Biafran struggle for freedom demonstrates him as a prodigal son, but could be forgiven whenever he comes to his senses and recounts his acts of prodigality against his own people.
Nze Osigwe, in defense of the so called "one Nigeria," which he cannot even tell whose interest it truly represents, foolishly portrayed his own in bad light. But, in Igbo Land, I think the "Nze" title is only conferred on people with proven integrity and wisdom, which Nze Osigwe is the opposite. If this Igbo born title holder was truly wise, he would have learnt one or two things from his contemporaries from other parts of the country.
Dear Nze Osigwe, Abba Kyari committed a serious punishable crime in Nigeria, have you ever heard any Northern title holder painting him black in public space? Sunday Igboho did the same or similar things Nnamdi Kanu is accused of, have you ever seen a Yoruba man condemning him before people of other parts of the country? Now tell me why you, Nze Osigwe should not be termed foolish! It may interest you to know that, Biafra is a done deal, courtesy of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's strategic IPOB/ESN movement.
Finally, for the benefit of doubt, below, is also the unwarranted blackmail of Nze Osigwe against Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB/ESN that provoked this reply. Please, read his full message;
"I am constrained to align with those who opine that Nnamdi Kanu took Ala Igbo twenty years backward.
Unfortunately, it appears many Ndi Igbo do not share this view. Rather, they see Nnamdi Kanu more like a hero, a saviour and a prophet to Ndi Igbo.
It is instructive to note that the Christian theology which many modern Ndi Igbo subscribe to submitted, a prophet has no honour in his homeland.
The reason for this rejection by the people towards their own prophet is clear. A prophet tells his people uncomfortable truth difficult to swallow. It is the stinging nature of this uncomfortable truth that the pushes the people to dislike and dishonour the prophet.
Please make no mistakes, the present well deserved incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu should not by any stretch of sensible imagination be translated as a prophet being dishonored. Rather, it is a popular criminal getting his due justice.
Again, I defer to the Christian Bible. In the Christian Bible, we saw how Jesus was hated not just by the Pharisees and Sadducees who were the religious cum political elites of his day.
Jesus was recorded to have been disliked by the ordinary everyday people whom he freely fed to the extent they demanded a criminal should be released while Jesus who was telling them their errors be hanged instead.
If I am permitted to use this Jewish historical scenario to apply to the present day Igbos, I will liken Nnamdi Kanu who is already in jail to the criminal the Jewish people pleaded to be released for them.
The job of criminal is to take up arms and the job of a prophet/teacher is to chastise with words. The tool of prophecy is simply words and the tool of criminality is arms.
It is on irrefutable record Mr. Nnamdi went soliciting for dangerous arms. This very act forecloses him as a teacher or prophet.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is imperative I now state in clear terms how Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, criminal and unprophetic venture took Igbos twenty years backward;
1. Since his agitation began there have been massive capital and industrial flight from Ala Igbo.
2. Many Igbo communities have been sacked with public buildings, schools, health centers, private building aggressively destroyed.
3. A lot of unnecessary bloodshed of innocent Igbo people who were labeled saboteurs have been shed.
4. A lot ordinary and not so ordinary Igbos are afraid to speak their true minds in respect to the activities of the Mr. Kanu led terrorist groups known as IPOB/ESN.
5. Many clowns have suddenly assumed liberators because Mr. Kanu directly or indirectly made instrument of coercion available to them.
6. There have been an unprecedented rise in criminal activities in Ala Igbo to the extent many Igbo areas are no go areas.
7. The activities of policemen who are legally tasked with the public maintenance of law and order have been greatly curtailed as they are easy victims of IPOB terrorism.
8. Igbos have been put in a state of neither here nor there. We are not really in Nigeria and we are not in our own independent nation. We are practically a beast of no nation!
9. An average Onye Igbo hurl and throw insult at the slightest of disagreement. We have lost our sense of politeness or decorum since Mr. Kanu appeared with his uncouth demagoguery.
For a character like Mr. Nnamdi Kanu who came to steal, to kill and to destroy, to command groundswell loyalty in Ala Igbo, shows how low we sunk.
I am inclined to believe it will take we the Igbos many years to realize we disgraced our race and ancestors by deifying an unhinged mind.
How we Ndi Igbo moved from Nnamdi Azikiwe to Nnamdi Kanu is one great historical evidence that we Ndi Igbo are in Uga Azi. A historical period were matured adults think, talk and behave like children.
I pray and honestly look forward to us coming out from this Uga Azi and move into Uga Anwu.
©Nze Tobe Osigwe
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