Made in Aba, weaned in Biafra, re-integrated in Funtua, tutored in Kaduna, tortured in Ife, initiated in Makurdi and enlightened in Abuja: this is the compressed profile of the most Nigerian person I know. While I'll keep his identity under wraps until the end, I will draw my inspiration from our over five decades of interminable intercourse. I initially considered
-- the brick bat that followed the 'deportation' of Igbo elements from Lagos to Onitsha a welcome generator of comic relief until the duo of Orji Uzor Kalu and Femi Fani-Kayode jumped into the fray. Suddenly, an Igbo/Yoruba ethnic war became a distinct possibility: a war that will be as destructive as it is unnecessary.
Let me state without equivocation that the war of words has little to do with deportation. When people are aggrieved and tensed up, they can balance on trifles to ventilate. Unfortunately, Igbo and Yoruba are equal victims in the maintenance of our crooked federation. A minimum level of synergy between these great peoples will always be sine qua non to Nigeria's progress. Here is my thesis.Read More
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