Posted on: 06:28 Sun, 14 Feb 2016



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.