All over the world every reasonable government and seat of power usually have behind-the-scene think-tanks and witty advisers whose counsel guides the general security of the nation, and not necessary the braggadocio of her security agents.
In Nigeria, it seems the nomadic herdsmen were appointed as one.
The type of reasoning that emanates from Nigeria's seat of power stinks to high heavens. Whomever have not told General Buhari that the intended re-arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will spell doom for the country is doing a great disservice to the Lion King. If the Head is mentally challenged to decipher, must the advisers be mentally challenged too? Or are they all being propelled by the jihadist spirit?
I even heard the 'Suegbe' Chief of Air Staff, Sadiq Abubakar, leaving his duty of safe guarding the national airspace to joining his Nigerian Army counterpart to threaten 'hate speech' writers on a cyber space. Does he think airspace and cyberspace means the same thing?
Well, on Buhari, you arrested an individual the first time, it escalated his movement globally and drew more sympathisers for him within the polity yet you are not alarmed. You are planning to re-arrest him for the second time, all because you feel you have the power and bullets to shed more innocent blood. It's okay!
It was the late Ola Rotimi, who in his 1971 classic novel 'The Gods Are Not To Blame,' proved that whomever or whatever the gods destined for destruction will have all his activities unwittingly slide towards the fulfilment of the tragic fate.
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| The Ekwulobia, Anambra, protest. August 2017 |
An Igbo proverb also warned that "a dog destined to be lost does not hear the hunters whistle." I'm not talking about Mr. Chinakwe's dog named Buhari here, I'm talking about the false contraption called Nigeria. I believe with every indices on ground that the Nigerian State was destined for collapse and, just like the subject in Rotimi's book, every move made by her to escape the destined collapse is invariably leading her towards the edge of destruction.
Historically, the current State of Israel was once divided into two kingdoms in 931 BC: the northern kingdom (Israel) with its capital in Samaria and the southern kingdom (Judah) with its capital in Jerusalem. How did it happen?
For the religious, the historical account of the holy books revealed that when King Rehoboam of Israel succeeded his father, Solomon, and ascended the throne, ten out of the twelve tribes of Israel led by Jeroboam met with the King and pleaded with him to reduce the burden their father Solomon heaped on them and that by doing so they will be loyal to his government.
But just like Buhari, King Rehoboam rejected the wise counsels of the elders given to him, and rather sought and adopted the counsel of his friends who urged him to remain adamant. The king went ahead and stubbornly told Israel that he will increase their suffering; while doing this, I believe the king may have also warned them that the Kingdom of Israel was "not negotiable".
He might have even threatened them with arrests on their 'secessionist agitations' and 'hate speeches' not knowing that God had already destined, during the time of Solomon, that the kingdom of Israel will be divided into two with only one tribe - Judah - left for Rehoboam, for the sake of David.
Now:
"When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:
'What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, O Israel! Look after your own house, O David!' " (1 King 12:16).
That's how the country disintegrated, and it remained like that for almost two millennia before the recent amalgamation of Israel in 1948. Now substitute the king in the above passage with Buhari, David with Nigeria, and Israel with Biafra, and you will get the whole picture.
Why did I bring this historical account here? It seems Buhari's second missionary's journey to Nigeria's seat of power is to fulfil the divinely ordained destiny of Nigeria's disintegration. Every move he has made so far geared towards the destruction of this fraudulent entity called Nigeria - from his 97% and 5% dichotomy, appointments of Hausa/Fulani into all the security agencies, retirement of senior military officers from former Eastern region, arrests of Nnamdi Kanu, killing of innocent protesters, indifference in herdsmen killings, hunger and poverty in the land, to the current threat to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu.
The mindless Arewa youths who are insisting on the re-arrest of Kanu have never done anything to facilitate the arrest of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. For them, Shekau who is killing their brethren daily is not a threat to national security; it is Kanu who is exercising his right of free movement and association as enshrined in the dubiously drafted military constitution, is a threat.
The Nigerian government should thread with caution and remember that what happened to some North African countries between December 2010 and November 2011 is still obtainable in the western part too. The wave of revolutions that swept across Egypt, Tunisia and, regrettably, Libya, is still blowing around. I know of many men who are ready to sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom. Arresting Kanu will not stop the agitation rather it will exacerbate it. The people behind this movement are cerebral, with or without the presence of their leader they can achieve their freedom. Remember, "Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks."
If you have rolled your tanks on the premise to unleash mayhem on the citizens, on the arrest of Kanu, just bear in mind that no military forces can suppress a determined revolution. Depending on the move of this government, I intend to write on WHY WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE TAHRIR OPTION, which is a step-to-step guide on the impending revolution.
An Igbo adage advised, "I mara asu isuo n'ikwe, i maghi asu, isuo n' ala." Meaning that if you know how to pound with a pestle, you pound in the mortar; if not, you pound on the floor. The Buhari led federal government should be tactful enough to learn how to pound in the mortar to avoid breaking the weak foundational floor of the Nigerian State.
Chike Nnamani, a writer and public affairs analyst, writes from Abuja, Nigeria.
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