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I do not have the medical qualifications that will allow me to comment on the mental state of the supreme leader of the proscribed indigenous peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, arrested again.
But the image he cut out with handcuffs suggested a confused man who looked utterly overwhelmed.
The depressed and pathetic figure parading in handcuffs is a far cry from the fiery activist who in videos has launched blood-curdling threats against all perceived enemies of his cause.
Honestly, I don’t know why people preach, train, or join organizations that they are not prepared to face the consequences for, or even pay the ultimate price for if demanded.
Was the depressed and miserable Kanu we saw in captivity the same who urged his followers to go to war?
Why was he ready to send men to their deaths when the prospect of prison or death seems to intimidate him so much?
The Yoruba people have a saying: Ti owo omode o ba ti ko eku ida, ki nbere iku ti o pa Baba re / If a child’s hands have not firmly grasped the handle of the sword, it will not not inquire into her father’s death.
Note this: “A state is a political regime under a system of governance with a monopoly on force. There is no clear definition of a state. A widely used definition by German sociologist Max Weber is that a “state” is a regime which maintains a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence, although other definitions are not uncommon. Wikipedia
This means that a state, any state, will tolerate any antics you decide to engage in until you decide to challenge its monopoly on the use of force, at which point all bets are off.
It also means that any intelligent and rational person does not decide to challenge the state militarily unless and until they are sufficiently prepared and ready.
Other than pure boast and throwing empty bombardments behind computer screens, what were / are Kanu’s strategies to challenge the fossil at Aso Rock?
What are his plans to materialize the realization of the birth of his beloved Biafra?
The arrest and humiliation of Nnamdi Kanu should be a great lesson for all revolutionaries.
ẹ Inhale
Fẹmi Akọmọlafẹ is a writer and author
June 30, 2021
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