Nnamdi Kanu: The missing Commander in Chief

The talk about creating a new country called the Sovereign State of Biafra has gradually faded away. Like the dark sky after a heavy rain fall; like a receding shadow. The voices that shouted in the market places, busy junctions, bus stops and public gatherings are now talking in whispers.

Those that had summoned the courage to mount the half of a yellow sun in their compounds have removed them at midnight. Things have return to normal. Buhari has won. Igbo are Nigerians and Nigerians are Igbos.

But, how come things are normal now? We had not expected it to be like this. We all saw the nature of the agitation: the cloud was dark. Some people, even the media have started raising the alarm that a second civil war might just happen. But it was close, wasn’t it?

Of course it wasn’t. Many other Nigerians believed that it wasn’t. Some politicians, governors and lawmakers said that another Civil War was out of sight. In fact, they said it was not going to happen. Even if it would happen, they said, it wasn’t going to be caused by a child. A Child, who is a child? Someone who was not around in 1967.

They said that Nmandi Kanu was a child. Over pampered child in that matter. Then, they said that when Baba returns from his long medical vacation he’ll take care of Kanu. With whichever means. They said Kanu was barking around because the owner of the house wasn’t around.

You needed to hear Nnamdi Kanu talk. You needed to see him challenge soldiers in Abakaleke, Aba, Port Hartcourt, Asaba, Owerri and other places he claimed was in Biafran territory.

Kanu was the king. He was addressed as Biafran President (though he turned down the title on some occasions). He publicity told his supporters that no one born of a woman can touch him.

He said if anyone touched him or tried to arrest him that Nigeria would break. In fact, he said that would bring the Sovereign State of Biafra faster than expected.

Nigerian watched him on a daily basis. But the lion was not around. Yes, Senator Shehu Sani said it. The lawmaker told Kanu that when the lions returns, all the animals will find their holes. Yes, Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari said so too. She said that the rats and other smaller animals were dancing around the jungle because the lion king was lying on a sick bed.

There were fears, prophesies and even dreams about the lion king not returning to the jungle any more.

However, it was not clear if the return of the President would calm the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, whose popularity had grown so fast that he had to order over 5 states to stay at home and they obeyed.

But one thing was clear, Buhari would do it anyway even if it takes disobeying the rule of law. It was just for the President to return from London and some had predicted, all the smaller animals started stampeding as they run.

Nnamdi Kanu, the Commander in Chief of the Biafran Armed Forces has remained missing since September 14, 2017 when the lion king roared around his Afara Ukwu home in Umuahia, Abia State.