- Col Joe Achuzie described the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu as double standard
- The Biafra warlord insists Igbos have a unique identity they wish to protect
- He accused Nigeria of forcing Igbo people to the wall
Col
Joe Achuzie has faulted the continued detention of Nnmdi Kanu, the
director of Radio Biafra while there is an indigenous Hausa BBC service
for the northerners.
In an interview with
Vanguard, the Biafra warlord said Kanu’s detention on the basis of
operating a radio station was weak as Biafra people were interested in
retaining their identity.
Igbos want to protect their identity - Achuzia
Achuzie said that contrary to popular perception,
Igbos were not interested in leaving Nigeria but wish for their identity
to be recognised.
He said: “The whole world
is now a global village. Part of the north had already established
themselves not only in our present day Nigeria but throughout the world
whereby they set up what they called Hausa BBC linguistic dissemination
of information. Everything is said in Hausa whereby people from our
area, from the Biafran area do not even understand what is being
disseminated .
Namdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra
“We feel that we are equally entitled to that.
But to tell us that the name Biafra be expunged from the lexicon of
Nigeria while it remains in the lexicon of the world, we will not agree
because that is denying us of our fundamental human right. We have a
right to answer whatever name we feel is indigenous to us . Nigeria is
not indigenous to us.
“Let Buhari say
that as far as he is concerned you can answer any name, not telling us
that those who don’t want to be in Nigeria should leave. If he can carve
out the land and tell us where to carry it to, then we will follow that
request but we are saying we have a lot of ties with our neighbours
occupying the territory called Nigeria. We want to maintain those ties
but we want to answer the name we want.
source;www.naij.com
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