By Joe Igbokwe
You would have seen a video of what Yoruba leaders did to the home of a lady, Onitiri Abiola who read the declaration speech of the Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan Oyo state. Yoruba organized themselves , encouraged and supported the soldiers to invade the venue of the so called declaration and arrested all them and successfully seized their guns, ammunitions , military uniforms, weapons, Matchets, charms and destroyed Onitiri Abiola’s home etc.
No single very important Yoruba men and women rose to defend the bandits rather they told them that their horrible mission is not Yoruba agenda. Totally the Yoruba Nation rose to the occasion and rebuked them in no uncertain terms. Yoruba Nation left a monumental lessons for my tribe. How I wished that leaders in Igboland metted the same response to IPOB, UGM and ESN when they seized South East destroyed all the things we hold dear, killed our people in their thousands, destroyed and burnt their homes, killed police men and soldiers,stole our people to bones, gang-rapped our wives and daughters, snatched many our wives and daughters to become their wives, looted our markets and extorted money from our wealthy men and women that ran into billions. They committed unquantified atrocities in Igbo land.
Our SE Governors, Ministers, National Assembly Members, Traditional Rulers, Bishops, Professors , law makers, intelligentsia, professionals, business magnets in Igboland, our vibrant youths etc maintained grave silence or silence of the grave yards. We all kept quiet and gave tactical support to pure criminals who paraded themselves as our liberators and freedom fighters. For close to four years they made South East the Thomas Hobbes State of Nature where life is nasty , brutish and short. We became good for nothing elders, cowards, Lilly livered men and women who watched as children destroyed their once vibrant zone. Today Igboland lies in ruins.
My advice: please learn from the Yoruba Nation. They did not go to war when their prominent son, Chief MKO Abiola won the Presidential elections in 1993 and they Killed him, killed his wife and destroyed all his businesses. They appplied common sense, wisdom and tact . They did not want any further tragedy to befall their people , the did not want their pride, Lagos to be destroyed, they lost many of their people in the struggle for Abiola’s Mandate. They sacrificed a lot but God rewarded them abundantly. Obasanjo became president for 8 yrs. Prof Osibanjo became Vice President for 8 yrs and today we have President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the saddle and he will rule for 8 years. Wisdom is always profitable for any decent nation or tribe. Good morning Nigerians.
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