Following the latest killings of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a former minister of aviation -Femi Fani-Kayode has urged president bury to reach out to the aggrieved protesting group -in order for peace to reign in the country. Below is what he wrote on his Facebook page.
Our government must stop the barbaric and consistent slaughter of IPOB members that we have been witnessing in the last few weeks and months. The more Biafrans we kill the stronger the cause for Biafra gets. The logic is simple and it ought to be obvious to every discerning mind: we cannot fight a war on two fronts.
We cannot fight Boko Haram in the north and at the same time fight Biafra in the south. This is the time for us to bury the hatchet and reach out to those passionate young igbos that feel marginalised and despised and that are obviously disgruntled. This is the time for us to stretch out a hand of friendship to them and to attempt to soothe their pain. The igbo are not our enemies: they are our compatriots.
Whether we like it or not we must treat them with the requisite respect and sensitivity that they deserve. The more we kill their unarmed youth simply for marching in the streets and insisting on their right of self-determination, the more we are courting a disaster and possibly a second civil war.
God forbid that it should ever come to that. God forbid that Nigerian should ever slaughter Nigerian again. God forbid that we should, once again, lose our peace on this country and witness the horrors and barbarity of yet another civil war.
