ABUJA- FORMER Director of Publicity, Peoples
Democratic Presidential Campaign Organisation,
PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode Monday
lampooned the Convener of the Coalition of
Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and
Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, describing
his comments that President Muhammadu Buhari
owes Igbos nothing as most most insensitive, cruel and Puerile.
Responding to comments credited to Junaid, Fani-
Kayode in a message to Vanguard noted that his
statements that If the igbo feel marginalised they
should attempt to break away again, was most
uncharitable and careless, warning that if there was
any attempt to butcher the Ibos or a repeat of what
happened in 1966, it would be resisted by not only
the Ibos, but by all Nigerians, with attempt to
secede, which according to him, would be
successful.
According to him, the like of Junaid must learn
from history, our mistakes, preach peace and
peaceful coexistence, rather that boast and beat
our chests for yet another round of war.
Fani- Kayode reacting to a statement titled, ” If the
igbo feel marginalised they should attempt to break
away again”- Dr. Junaid Mohammed, The Punch
Newspaper, 17th August 2015, said, “Given the
immense suffering that the igbo were subjected to
both before, during and after the civil war this is
one of most insensitive, cruel and puerile
comments that I have heard in recent times.
“I daresay that if Junaid Mohammed’s Nigeria ever
butchers over 100,000 innocent igbo civilians
again, as they did in the north in 1966 just before
the civil war, there will indeed be another attempt
to secede, but this time it will not only be
successful, but they will also take many others
with them. “Rather than boast and beat our chests, we must learn from our history and we must never repeat its mistakes.”
Dr. Junaid Mohammed, had in an interview in one
of the national dailies dismissed the sentiments shared by a former Governor of Anambra State that the Igbo have not been treated fairly in the
governance of Nigeria.
Junaid who noted that people of the Igbo nation
have enjoyed favourable treatment, said it was
wrong to reward the Igbo simply on the basis of
the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted between 1967
and 1970.
Mohammed had said, “If it is about Buhari making
the appointments based on merit, I have no
problems with it. I don’t believe Buhari or Nigeria
owes any Igbo anything. I don’t care what Ezeife
says; if they had seceded, there would have been
no Nigeria today. As people who acted outside the
interest of Nigeria as a country, to expect
compensation is a very odd logic.
“If the Igbo don’t like it, they can attempt secession again. If they do, they must be prepared to live with the consequences. Nobody owes them anything and nobody is out to compensate them for anything.”
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