Nnamdi Kanu is a huge asset to Southern Nigeria – Methodist Bishop

Methodist Bishop of Onitsha Diocese, Rt Rev. Biereonwu Onuagha has described detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as a huge asset to Ndigbo and the Southern Nigeria.

He said any Igbo person openly criticizing him now he is embattled, is a lost soul, bastard and naive, saying he has no apology for using such words.

In a press statement titled, “My take on Nnamdi Kanu, Nnamdi Kanu is not the problem of Nigeria”, the Prelate argued that the pro-Biafran warlord might have his youthful exuberance, but he represented 99.9 percent of the Ndigbo and the entity called Biafra.

He pledged to stand with Nnamdi Kanu as long as Northerners were still standing with Pantami, Gumi Miyetti Allah and others.

He said, “A handcuff in the hands of Mazi Kanu is a handcuff in the hands of all Igbo men. In a country dominated by ethno-religious identity politics; anyone throwing his own under the bus is making the biggest blunder one could commit.

“Nigeria is not working, and can never work until something drastic is done about its lopsided structure. What is happening in Nigeria is total injustice, calculated intimidation, sidelining and enslaving a group of people.

“Those that are benefiting from the systematic injustices will never allow the current system to be tampered with.”

He added, “In the last few days there has been mixed feeling in the nation of Nigeria. It is longer news that Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested. Many people have their opinion on this and they are entitled to them. I am equally entitled to mine.”

“Some people are rejoicing that Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested. Others are not happy because to them the chase after Nnamdi Kanu is misplaced priority. To me, any Igbo person openly criticizing Kanu now is a lost soul, bastard and naive. No apology.

“Those Igbos rejoicing like Joe Igbokwe in Lagos is only but being ignorant of the hand writing on the wall. Let me refer him to the Scripture if he reads his Bible.

“He is the catalyst providing oxygen to all the agitations in the South today, be it Biafra or Oduduwa. The question is, the injustice and oppression that Kanu is fighting, are they real or perceived, of course, even the blind can see them. You may not know the value of a mad man in your family until herds of other madmen invade your ancestral home.

” By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, and there we wept, when we remember Zion. There on the poplars we hung we hung our harps; for the wicked carried us away captivity, and required from us a song. How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? ” (Psalm 137: 1-4.)

Joe Ignokwe does not know or understand that a handcuff in the hand of the leaders of the indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is a handcuff in the hands of an Igbo man. If I may ask, why is Joe Igbokwe thanking God for the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu?

“If I take a look at the apartheid policy in South Africa, the legend of our time- Daddy Nelson Mandela, he spent 27 years in prison to to emancipate his people. He died in the struggle. Joe Igbokwe is only being selfish. How many of his investments are in Onitsha, Enugu, Awka, Abakaliki Umuahia, and Owerri? He is only making himself as a Tobias or Samballat.

“I listened to Senator Victor Umeh, talk about the ideology of Nnamdi Kanu, where he said Kanu may have spoken like a young man he is but is there truth in all he is saying. By the way, what is wrong that the Igbo’s want to be self governing? Can somebody tell me why Nigeria is insisting that Biafra should not go to be self governing. Is the Igbo man in the second agenda of this government.

“In a country dominated by ethno-religious identity politics, throwing your own under the bus is the biggest blunder anyone could commit. As long as the Northerners are still standing with Pantami, Gumi, Miyetti Allah, etcetera, I will stand with Nnamdi Kanu.

“Nnamdi Kanu may have his youthful exuberance, but he is representing 99.9% of the Igbos and the entity called Biafra. This is ko time to openly talk about his mistakes. Like every human being, he is not infallible. He has his Achilles’ heel and its attendant hubris. Even with his mistakes, Nnamdi Kanu is an asset to not only Ndigbo, but to Southern Nigeria as a whole, his courage has earned my respect.

“Nigeria is not working, and can never work until something drastic is done about its lopsided structure. What is happening in Nigeria is total injustice, calculated intimidation, sidelining and enslaving a group if people. Make no mistake, those that are benefiting from the systematic injustice will never allow the current system to be tampered with.”