I am yet to recover from the shock, the seven years old child killed, was she a protester or was she even a Biafran agitator? I have remained silent; I lost the muse to write on this barbaric act, it was a reflection of what happened in 1967, where over one million of Biafran children were massacred, I counted this murder as one million and one. I contacted Aba to have a chat with the mother of the child, I was told she is in pains and can't talk and I felt her pains.
Looking at this Biafran child lying in the pool of her innocent blood, with her school bag and uniform, I realized that Emeagwali was once like her, Okonjo Iweala and many other great men and women was once like her, but look at a little poor innocent child in her pool of blood. We were all once like her, she is determined to go to school, struggling everyday to be the best pupil, laughing and playing in this her wide world, she knows no evil and neither should evil know her. She was meant to be protected by all, strangers and familiar', enemies and friends, families and wider people of the world, we owe her protection and love because she is a child that knows not the world. The hatred by Buhari and Nigerians to Biafrans run without boundaries, they want us exterminated and this is definition of hatred and that is also why Biafra must be restored, to secure our lives and enjoy freedom and human rights.
The silence over the gruesome murder and tender genocide going on in Biafra land is worrisome, does evil entice and replenish the heart and lives of people? The senators in Nigeria have paid deaf ears; none of them have raised the debate on their floor while UK parliament has already done that and doing their jobs. Why are we positioning Biafra like a condemned entity and Biafrans as prey, must we and our offsprings be forced down to the grave, must we be subjected to unending terror and left to mourn day in and out. Has the world lost her good people, the conscience of man, was it killed by time, what exactly is happening to the world?
Are we no longer human beings? are we no longer protected by human right? are we no longer part of the universal laws guide, are Biafrans threat to human existence? have we committed any crime against the world?. Nigeria and her armed forces must be called to order, the civilized world must help end the barbarism being meted on Biafrans. The killing, incarceration and kidnapping of Biafrans must be addressed through dialogue and referendum. Before the world allow history repeat itself, let solution be proffered for a better world where children can be safe.
By Ifeanyi chijioke
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