Written by Obinna Akukwe
Nnamdi
Azikiwe, Odumegwu Ojukwu and Aguiyi Ironsi gave us the ‘One Nigeria’, which
Igbos claim is suffocating them today, therefore, the misplaced aggression
towards Obafemi Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa, Ibrahim Babangida and
Muhammadu Buhari for their perceived woes should first be directed at their
kinsmen. It is therefore foolishness to pour invectives on Northern and Western
leaders when the Igbo leaders of the pre-independence days, fought tooth and
nail for the ‘Oneness’ of Nigeria.
This
is the third time in my career as a writer, columnist and investigative
journalist, that I will be using the term fools. The first time was in December
14th 2014 when some Igbo foolish politicians at that time were gloating over
Jonathan for a Niger Bridge to be built by Public-Private Partnerships. I wrote
a piece titled ‘Fraudulent Construction of Second Niger Bridge; Another 419 on
the Igbo Nation’, and followed it up with another tilted ‘Auctioning of 419
Second Niger Bridge and Jubilation of Igbo Fools’ where I stated that:
“Lots of Igbo fools, including many top politicians, traditional rulers and other misguided elements jubilated when President Goodluck Jonathan was dragged by Ex Gov Peter Obi to belatedly commission an auctioned 419 2nd Niger Bridge that will be tolled for 25 years. This president while seeking for Igbo votes in 2010 promised to deliver the bridge before the end of his tenure. Five years later and a year to the expiration of the same tenure, they concocted a PPP arrangement to make the Igbo pay for the bridge through the back door”