BIAFRA: ARCHBISHOP MADU SAYS THE NDIGBO PEOPLE HAVEN’T BEEN THANKFUL TO GOD FOR 54 YEARS.

Babatunji wusu –

Ndigbo have been unthankful to God for fifty-four years since the end of the 1967–1970 Biafran War, according to Archbishop Amos Amankechinelo Madu, the pioneer archbishop of the Enugu Ecclesiastical Province of the Anglican Communion and the former bishop of the Oji River Anglican Diocese.

This was said by Madu in an interview with Solid 100.9fm, situated in Enugu.

He said that the Igbo people’s current state of self-imposed servitude is evidence that “God is still in charge of the world.”

Madu, citing the Nigerian Civil War as an example, urged reflection.

According to him, a few soldiers started the Nigerian Civil War, which “eventually narrowed to an Igbo coup.”

In his words, “There was a war that battered Ndigbo, and they cried out to God and the war ended. It ended because of the finger of God. Since the end of the war, Ndigbo have been in the spiritual wilderness, looking for identities in Nigeria. It has become the Igbo dilemma. Over the years, our spirits and conscience have been troubled over the situation of the Igbo race and Nigeria particularly.

“The Igbo, which few decades ago, epitomised worthy enterprises and shining light of the Nigerian nation, have now become noise-makers in our country. The previously enterprising Igbos have today virtually lost everything for which they were known, including shares in Nigerian resources, access to power, freedom of doing genuine business, capacity to participate in governance, right to build and live where they choose.”

Archbishop Madu, likening the act of not thanking God to ‘ingratitude’, added, “The Igbo people survived the war, started to progress, but they failed to thank God. That is what is missing. That is why many things remain unattainable. Christian all over the world celebrate thanksgiving every Christmas for the gift of Christ. The Jews celebrate their Passover. End of slave trade is still being celebrated.”