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”