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In my last article, I promised to espouse further on lessons learnt from the American Civil War of 1861, especially as they affect ongoing agitations for a Biafran Republic.

However, I rather wish to lend my voice to the growing criticisms of Nnamdi Kanu’s corruption-induced propaganda and his “bewitchment” of the very people he promised to liberate from the clogs of “marginalization” and “political exclusion”.

When Chioma Amaryllis, Nnamdi Kanu’s ex-girlfriend raised alarm over some unanswered questions about Kanu, she was slandered to pieces. She was called a prostitute, a spoiler, and described as living in the grudge of Kanu’s refusal to marry her. The odious curse rained on Chioma by avid supporters of Kanu is indeed worrisome. I can relate to the venom of such irate fellows because I also have continued to receive unprintable threats for daring to express a different opinion.

Nothwitstanding, I shall continue to push this narrative until other well-meaning sons and daughters of Ndigbo join hands to forcefully pull our people out of this LIE.
Joseph Goebbels was one of the hatchet men of Adolf Hitler during the Second World War. Goebbels, using his well oiled propaganda and deception machineries drove Germans to frenzy with Hitler’s unrealistic ambitions during the War. Goebbels practically made Germans believed a lie. Through his deceptive antics the Germans suddenly felt invincible. They called other races, especially Caucasian Whites, pigs. Their emotions ran wild, as they built their castles in the air. Goebbels was reported to have once said, “...when you tell a lie a 1000 times it becomes truth”. Truth in this context is not a function of reality but the falsehood a misguided audience has chosen to believe.

As one who has a fair understanding of propaganda and deception, Nnamdi Kanu remains one of the smartest cons around. He started this charade when he registered his media company, Media Management Consultancy, in the UK. In other to make inroads in Nigeria, he equally enrolled as an international member of MASSOB. He promised to give MASSOB comprehensive coverage of their secession agitations, especially on the global stage. Using the social media and other internet platforms, Kanu became louder than the movement he represented. He was able to reach a new array of people, while projecting the image of a more astute personality with wide range of “connections” in the United Kingdom and the US.

To consolidate on this gain, he convinced Mazi Ralph Uwazuirike that some of his partners in diplomatic circles in Britain and the US had expressed willingness to partner with MASSOB to set up a radio station. The excited MASSOB leader offered to sponsor the project. But unknown to him, Radio Biafra London (RBL) was registered as a subsidiary of Media Management Consultancy, UK; a company which KANU and wife, Uchechi, remain major shareholders till today.

To validate his claims, Kanu quickly acquired transmitters and receivers which he smuggled into the country. By using basic technology, he hosted these transmitters on telecommunication masts throughout the South-East and broadcast recorded messages to the people. Indeed, Kanu successfully changed the paradigm of the agitation. His voice suddenly became louder, as he fed the people’s emotions with hate and sentiments which only pointed to him as the deliverer of Ndigbo and the new leader of the Biafran movement. Consequently, Mazi Ralph Uwazuirike was edged out of the equation seamlessly, as Kanu’s personal ambition became the people’s dream.

Kanu who still holds a Nigerian passport advanced his campaign of delusion by creating this utopia of a new Biafra. He became guest to several fora he organized to gather promising young men and women across Europe and America. He called Nigeria a zoo and its citizens baboons. He stirred emotions everywhere he went; but ended each visit with a call for financial support. Special accounts were opened in America, Austria, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Online financial payment platforms were quickly set up, as Biafran hopefuls were made to part with their hard-earned money.

Using the social media and internet Kanu projected the entire world as having embraced and recognized Biafra. From Donald J. Trump, to Theresa May, to Benjamin Netanyahu and the United Nations, Kanu constantly dished out the lies of international endorsement.

Meanwhile, Kanu’s “breakthrough” actually came with his arrest and detention by the government. Oh! Kanu was adorned with the messianic status by his followers who turned churches, schools and even public buildings into prayer grounds. His political profile also soared to high heavens, as the Kuje prison became a pilgrimage site of some sought. The political expediency of the time all the more made Kanu the new bride of South-East politics, as political suitors from across divides and business moguls from all walks of life sought his hand in marriage of convenience. Indeed, the LIE has paid off.

I watched in awe as a former Minister of Aviation drove Kanu with reckless abandon out of the court premises in Abuja. The former Minister was all smiles and cheers, as he scored yet another “political point” ahead of his contest for the Anambra State gubernatorial election. Certainly, Kanu has become a political demagogue, who has achieved both political and financial fortunes in such a short time.

While Kanu is still consolidating his gains, with negotiations to “settle” him with a possible senatorial slot in 2019, young men and women who bought Kanu’s lie hook, line and sinker have continued to day-dream. This is not minding the fact their extortion by Kanu’s henchmen have continued unabated. These secessionist jobbers now coerce market men and women to pay all manner of levies. Using locally printed bulletins and other propaganda materials they sustain their lying business while searing the conscience of gullible followers.

Particularly, State and Zonal Coordinators of IPOB now use every fraudulent means to defraud the people, as they divert monies realised from levies to personal accounts; at least not after remitting the share of Nnamdi Kanu through proxies.

My dear brothers and sisters, it is good to dream. But when a LIE becomes our dream, then we are doomed. As long as we keep this “utopia” of Biafra before us, several Nnamdi Kanus would continue to take advantage of a pain we have collectively refused to let go. Nnamdi Kanu CAN NEVER AGAIN be poor. He has made it politically and off-course financially. By taking advantage of our collective fear he has risen to the top and set to abandon the very LIES he once fed the people with.

“Nwata kwuwa ọnụ ọ si na ya agwagbụe okenye na okwu” - meaning a child (Nnamdi Kanu) has uttered abomination, and he thinks he has outspoken all of us including the elders. But we must rise and let the voice of reason prevail against this merchandize.

Frank Eze
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