Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has been at the fore of the fight for the actualization of Biafra.
The pro-Biafrans say there is progress and believe that Biafra Republic will be actualized very soon.
However that may be, there are fears as regards what the leadership of a sovereign state of Biafra would look like.
From close observation and critical
reasoning, there are pointers that the leaders of Biafra when and if
actualized, will not be Nnamdi Kanu.
Below are four reasons why the Radio Biafra director might not be handed the position.
1. Greed for power
For now, it does seem that the Igbos are
united in their quest for actualizing Biafra, however, if the orders
are given and the secession is successful, it will baffle many as to the
chaos that will erupt regarding the leadership of the Biafra Republic.
The Igbos are power drunk and they see
themselves as equal and superior to their peers, hence, it will not just
be a case of giving it to the man who was jailed, for the movement,
especially because many others died in the process.
Bearing this in mind, everyone would
feel entitled to the position when the time is right, and in that time a
Kanu would have to fight for the position with others interested in the
race.
Politics is a game, anybody can win.
2. The main men are underground
There is no movement with great
magnitude that does not have the backing and support of some big-shots
in the government or in business. There are those who silently
monitoring and financing the Biafra movement in Nigeria, men who Kanu
alone and other key leaders, know.
These are the men who will rise after Biafra is actualized, they will
raise their sleeping heads to take that which “rightly belongs to
them”.
It will be easy for such men to be
crowned leaders of the Republic, while men like Kanu are honored as
freedom fighters for the movement.
Perhaps, men like Kanu will be given some great roles and financial benefits, but not the seat of power itself.
3. The MLK case
It is not all those who have the dream
or begin the fight for a course, that get to see the dream come to pass.
Martin Luther had a dream, and so did many black Americans of his day,
however, they did not get to see the dream come to pass in the person of
Barack Obama – who became the first black president of the United
States of America.
General Ojukwu also had the dream for
Biafra but is not alive this day and would never know of its
actualization if it happens. Hence, Kanu like these believers before
him, may not be around to see the dream coming to pass.
4. Biafra may come, but the time is not now
The Nigerian government as of today,
will do anything to ensure that the nation is not divided. It will take
so much to achieve a Biafra Republic, even if an Igbo man becomes the
president.
It is a very daunting task, because so
many signatures have to be appended for a referendum, and many more
rigorous processes afterwards.
One can be sure that if the processes
are weighed, then it would be a very long time before Biafra can be
achieved without bloodshed.
No one can tell when and how the Biafra
Republic will be achieved, but there is a chance that it well might not
be in the time of Nnamdi Kanu.
Soonest Nathaniel is a writer with Naij.com where this article was first published.
The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author. 
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