The other method that the British and Nigerian governments have been using to control Biafrans' (Igbos) admittance into the Nigerian Arm...
The other method that the British and Nigerian governments have been using to control Biafrans' (Igbos) admittance into the Nigerian Army is Systemic Stratified Suppression. This means compelling highly academically qualified candidates and applicants, including those who may possess a PhD, to apply with only their School Certificate, that is, Ordinary Level results. With this restrictive and stratified application, it will be impossible to climb beyond certain levels, as there is already a visible ceiling beyond which such a victim cannot go.
This is why many Igbos who have served in the Nigerian Army for over twenty years have not gone beyond the rank of Corporal or Sergeant, notwithstanding the fact that their contemporaries must have attained the ranks of Major General or above. It will not surprise anyone, therefore, to see many of them (Igbos) deployed to confront Boko Haram and other terrorists, the engagement of which many of them do not return alive.
This segregation and discriminatory policy implementation strategy had been ongoing for decades, and it appeared as though Biafrans were oblivious to it. However, as can be seen from recent developments, Biafrans, being so tactical, circumspect, and introspective, have taken a firm stand, and their stance has led to recent developments in the Nigerian Army.
What is the recent development in question?
The development under consideration is the case of Igbos (Biafrans) refusing to join the Nigerian Army.
As reports continue to surface about the integration of former terrorists into the Nigerian Army, concerns grow over the treatment of Igbo soldiers. Many fear they are being positioned as cannon fodder, forced into perilous combat situations while serving as unwitting test subjects in a dangerous game of military strategy.
Systemic stagnation in promotions, deliberate exposure to assassination attempts by so-called 'Unknown Gunmen,' and the broader agenda of eliminating Biafran youths through military enlistment have fueled deep distrust. With mounting evidence of British and Nigerian government desperation to weaken Biafra's future, Igbo youths have made a resolute decision: they refuse to be placed in harm's way under the guise of serving in the Nigerian Army.
Remember that the focus of this discourse is whether the refusal to join or, rather, the rejection of the Nigerian Army by Igbo (Biafran) youths has crumbled the Nigerian Army. At this point, a look at a few fallouts of this definitive and decisive resolution by Igbo youths about joining the suicide squad called the Nigerian Army will not be out of place.
First, the Nigerian establishment, particularly the leadership of the Nigerian Army, which had previously placed various roadblocks in the way of Igbos desiring to join the Army, is now organizing seminars and workshops, sensitizing, highlighting, appealing to, and pleading for the Igbos to join the Army. They claim that with the Igbo states' refusal to join the Army, the Army is highly underpopulated. (This is a euphemism for the frightful depletion of the Nigerian Army).
Again, with the refusal of Igbos to join the Terrorists Group called the Nigerian Army, the possibility of the continuity of the existence of the establishment is very low, as the rate of exit from the Army is as frightening as it is ominous.
What other explicit confirmation does anybody need to ascertain that this development has crumbled the Terrorists Organization called the Nigerian Army? If the relentless massacre of Nigerian Army personnel by terrorists, the daily destruction of military establishments and host communities by bandits, and the unchecked violence of so-called 'Unknown Gunmen'—combined with the recently announced forcible conscription into the Army—do not signal the collapse of the Nigerian military, then one must seriously question their awareness of reality.
(Concluded)
Written by
Mmadụ Awụchukwu
Edited by
Obiageli Mboma
For Lagos State Media Tea
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