Hello everyone!
If you're a fan of K-drama movies, especially historical ones, you'll agree with me on how deep and bloody the rebellion wars turn out to be. Each time I watch such a movie, I always frown at the initiators of those rebellious acts because they do not care about the number of lives that will be lost, slaughtered, and displaced. This same thing happened in Nigeria many years ago when the Biafra agitation was initiated.
According to what we learned in the early days of secondary school, it is said that a military officer, Odumegwu Ojukwu, who was heading the military force in the eastern region of Nigeria, decided to initiate the idea of another country breaking away from Nigeria, which would be composed mainly of the Igbo people—the Eastern part of Nigeria. Maybe the idea was good; maybe he had foreseen that a nation comprising the Eastern states breaking away from Nigeria would do well. However, when the idea was made public, the federal government of Nigeria kicked against it and tagged it a rebellious act. Ojukwu, leading a strong and large army, took it upon himself to implement the idea. The Nigerian government opposed the movement, and this resulted in a very intense and bloody war—a war that claimed the lives of fathers, children, mothers, and youths.
All this happened in the year 1967, and guess what? Even after Ojukwu died, some people inherited the fight, and till today, they are still fighting—once in a while, attempting to pull out the Eastern states of Nigeria to form the already proposed country named Biafra.
During my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program, I served in the Eastern part of Nigeria, and many times, we were threatened, which got us scared because of the Biafra agitation. During the general elections at that time, we were not allowed to appear in social gatherings or move around the state in our NYSC uniforms due to the high level of agitation and tension surrounding the Biafra movement in the state.
While a lot of people may support the movement, backing the idea of the Eastern part of Nigeria separating from the country due to Nigeria’s mismanagement, I wonder how comfortable these people are with the killings, slaughtering, and wars. Even when we preach peace, some still insist that "peace cannot be achieved without war." It is so disheartening.
Oh, lest I forget, the current leader of the Biafra movement has been in the custody of the judiciary, undergoing trial, and because of this, his supporters have been striking in every possible way to secure his release and still push for the separation of Nigeria. As a result, every Monday in the Eastern states, they observe what is called "Sit-at-Home," during which movement is restricted—no commercial activities, nothing happening that day. This is one of their strategies to continue fighting for Nigeria’s separation.
I am not a fan of war and troubles in a country. Let this idea go, and let peace reign. One Nigeria!
Thanks for reading.
I am a victims of serving in the east too, and I can testify to this. Those crazy movements from the Biafra speaks nothing close to peace.
I also agree with you. This idea of breaking out or in should just die a natural death.
My dad lost his youngest sibling in the civil war because they were running non stop in the forest and the young fellow could not keep up.
War is bad....in fact, it is terrible.
Exactly!
This thing has been in existence since the 60s, taken a lot of souls and it's still cooking.
God please help us!
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That was a bloody war, the Biafran citizens suffered and starved because Nigeia made sure to block their way of getting food to their region...Those who survived that war were lucky, it claimed a lot of life as you said.
Nigeria.... stubborn
Biafra.... stubborn
No one wants to agree even till today.😅
Sometimes, I have thought of "why can't the federal government allow the segregation and allow peace to reign for once", but the two parties are hard-headed 😅.
That kind of war should not come to play again in this era biko
I was also a witness of the biafra movement when I was serving at one of the eastern states
Yeah, we all felt it
Yes ooo
The problem with agitations like this is that it can easily go sideways and be exploited by people with bad intentions.
Yeah, you're very correct.
With the way things are looking, it seems there are many exploitations in this case
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