The former Aviation Minister said this in a new post he shared on his Facebook wall. It reads
“On 29th July 2016, CNN reported that “the Nigerian government is
preparing troops for a crackdown in the Niger Delta if peace talks
fail”.This is sad and ominous. As United States Senator Ted Cruz once said
“the light of truth is stronger than the terror of darkness”.It follows that the biggest mistake that the Buhari administtation can
possibly make is to attempt to “crack down” on the Niger Delta and kill
innocent civilians.
If this ever happens, for whatever reason, it will set off a chain of
events that will lead to the end of Nigeria as we know it.
Nigeria will disintegrate before Buhari’s very eyes if any more innocent
blood is shed and if the towns, creeks and villages of the
oil-producing states are shelled and reduced to rubble.
The cause of the people of the Niger Delta, and indeed that of the Igbo
people of the eastern states, is just and their struggles and
aspirations are legitimate and reasonable.
Self-detetmination is a right. It is a concept and principle that is
universally accepted and that has the backing of international law.
You do not threaten and bomb those that seek to exercise that right: you
treat them with respect, decency and decorum and attempt to persuade
them to stay.
This is a point that is lost on President Buhari and those around him.
The Avengers are not Boko Haram: taking them on in the field of battle
would be a monumental error.
Credits: Linda Ikeji
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