Being an activist, clergy and member of influential Igbo
groups in Nigeria, both the mass movements, professional, intellectual. Including
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and a frontline defender of Igbo interests for over a decade
now, I have a good idea of what the Igbo want. Also as a gospel missionary who traverses
many parts of northern Nigeria in the past, made friends among both religions, interacted
with the locals, I have an advanced idea of the mindset of the elite
northerner, the common man in the north and the almajiris and I know that many
information being spewed to the public, from the days of Boko Haram till date about northerners are half truth and more
lies, and I blame the northern elites hawkish disposition for such festering
lies.
In the early days of Boko Hraram criminality, I was among
those who liaised with many northern and military elements to expose the high
level of politics and financial corruption that turned Boko Haram into a
monstrous organization with politicians and military chiefs smiling to the
banks. I remember advocating for a Boko Haram
Republic in part of northern Nigeria if the Borno Elders will not rise up to
the occasion and do something to curb the menace. Happily, vigilante and
village hunters rose up to save the north from collapse. They sacrificially assisted
the newly motivated military (whose allowances are no more stolen from the top)
to stamp out the Jihadists. I have discovered
that every tribe has both the good and the bad, including Igbos, Yorubas and Hausas.
Therefore the idea of race superiority is not acceptable.
