Reno Omokri, a popular political commentator, has denounced the use of force in demanding the release of individuals who are imprisoned.
According to news sources, numerous public personalities have requested President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in order to stop the disturbance in the South-East.
They said that the violence in the region will halt as soon as the Federal Government released Kanu.
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However, Omokri believes that the region should not harm itself in order to spite those in power.
He described it as ‘cutting your own nose’.
The former presidential adviser recalled to how the Yorubas acted while MKO Abiola was imprisoned and advised the area to follow in their footsteps.
Omokri wrote, “When Abiola was in jail, the Yorubas did not destroy their region to force Abacha to release MKO Abiola. Rather, they used diplomacy to turn Abacha into an international pariah until Abacha was forced to offer Abiola bail (which Abiola ultimately refused). Mohammed Abacha was in prison for three years. How was he released? Kano elders sought an audience with Obasanjo in 2002 and publicly prostrated to him.
“The next month, the court freed Mohammed. Asari Dokubo was in prison for treason for two years until Niger Delta elders used diplomacy to get President Yar’adua to release him in 2007. What militancy could not do, diplomacy did! I cannot imagine any truly intelligent person saying until you release our son, we will keep destroying our region. Who loses? Fight intelligently, not forcefully. You are cutting your nose and thinking you are spiting those in power? And nobody can even counsel you guys. It is either you know better than those who want to counsel you and start to lecture them, or you insult them. The Yorubas used diplomacy as leverage. Kano people used it. Niger Delta used it. You, too, use it. It will serve you better than this path of self-destruction.
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“No government can give in to force. The minute they do, they are finished, because others will smell weakness and engage in their own violence.”
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