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| Floyd protest March in Lagos |
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Since the ugly Minneapolis murder of black American George Flyod, Nigerians have trooped out en mass to stage a protest against the killing of their black skinned kin by Derek. In Victoria Island of Lagos, the protest has literally taken a life of it's own. Even when the late George's brother Terrence Floyd had called for calm and end of protest, Nigerians have taken to the streets with flyers demanding justice for their 'brother' who was killed by the white supremacist.
As bizarre and weird as that could appear, many people have described such action of Nigerians in the streets and in the media as a hypocrisy of people helmed in by dementia.
Now the question is: When will the world stage a protest march against the Igbo holocaust and near extermination of the Igbos between 1966 to 1970 by Nigerian government, without reparation; without regrets, without apology and with the acute suppression of the history and memory of such gargantuan evil?
When will Nigerian celebrities, politicians, elites, activists, crusaders and unionists heat up the Nigerian landscape, seeking for justice and equal distribution of the nation's resources and lifeblood? Like Dr. Bongo Adi noted, our elites have kept mute in the face of tyranny and oppression because they are enjoying the comfort of their homes. In them says Wole Soyinka, the man has died. May the man or woman not die in all of us.
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