Opinion: The Scam In the Biafran Agitation Process, By Michael Owhoko
The Biafra people have a right to pursue their dreams, but this should be done within the context of their territorial boundaries without any intention or ambition of annexing other regions or any part thereof as part of their geographical area. It is this element that makes the current agitation for the sovereign state of Biafra a scam.
At the time, the present day Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa States were part of the former Eastern Region, while Delta and Edo States, known as the Midwest Region, were captured by the Biafra forces and declared as the Republic of Benin, even though, in their hearts, the region was part of Biafra, despite the prevailing plural identities.
This position is stripped of respect for minorities and a demonstration of might in the quest for territorial expansion. How do you conscript an unwilling people from another region to be part of your conceived independent state without prior discussions and agreement on the form, organisation and modality of administration? Even if this is an effect of hallucination, how then can you be trusted?
The name, Biafra, has its origin from the Bight of Biafra, now Gulf of Guinea, a Portuguese name representing the West Coast from where waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean. Biafra still conjures a false sense of one region based on the old four-regional structure. The word, Biafra, no longer has geographical and historical relevance to the present South-East geopolitical area, but the South-South geopolitical grouping.
Governance is easy if one has nothing to hide. The process becomes complex and difficult when there are hidden motives and cover ups by entrenched interests. Why are the drivers of the sovereign state of Biafra not making the Biafra map public and visible? We see the flag, but where is the map? Or is this a strategy to smuggle the Niger-Delta region into the Biafra dream through the backdoor?
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