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Nigeria Is Not Meant To Exist, A Collateral Damage And British Royal Niger Corporation -Burna Boy
“We were not even supposed to be Nigerians in the first place. We are the Royal Niger company. So, we are basically a company for the British to take resources and go for Britain.”
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu MFR, a Nigerian singer, songwriter, record producer and celebrity who is popularly known with the stage name as Burna Boy, has described Nigeria as A Royal Niger Corporation of the British.
During a recent interview with Tidal, the artist described Nigeria as a Royal Niger corporation for the British, which was never meant to exist as a country.
In a trending video on social media and internet, Burna Boy underlined that Nigerians have been suffering for decades as a result of poor government and other external influences.
Sharing his thoughts about how Nigeria was created, the celebrity noted that the country was never meant to exist and because of how it was created, Nigerians are collateral damage.
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His insightful perspective highlighted how Nigerians were never meant to be Nigerians. He pointed out that Nigerians were originally the Royal Niger Corporation/Company, and Nigeria as a nation was formed out of a business deal.
The complexities of Nigeria’s history, identity and the boundaries Nigerians live within were drawn for profit, not for the Nigerian people to thrive, succeed or reach their full potential as a people.
In his words: “We were not even supposed to be Nigerians in the first place. We are the Royal Niger company. So, we are basically a company for the British to take resources and go for Britain.
“Then somewhere along the line, the company decided to buy the whole place and amalgamate it.
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“So at the end of the day, the people that sell the place and the people that buy the place to them are the winners. While the rest of the people are collateral damage,” he stated.
Recall that the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has repeatedly explained the need for Biafra to exit Nigeria after over a century of the January 14 1914 amalgamation.
For this and other associated cause, the then President Muhamadu Buhari led-federal arrested him upon his arrival in Lagos from Britain.
Kanu was incarcerated in Kuje maximum prison for 18 months and was later released on stringent bail conditions.
The IPOB leader was preparing for his upcoming court date before the Nigerian army illegally invaded his family home at Isi Ama Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia, Abịa State, in search of Kanu, leading to the death of not less than 28 people.
This invasion was declared illegal and unconstitutional by three federal courts of competent jurisdiction including the supreme court of Nigeria.
Kanu was forced to flee for his life amidst the military invasion of his home, and was reported missing for almost one year, before his appearance at the wailing wall at Jerusalem.
He was subsequently abducted by Nigeria’s Secret Security Services (SSS/DSS) in collaboration with the Kenyan Government under Former President Uhuru Kanyetta at Jumor Kanyetta International Airport Nairobi, Kenya and was forcibly brought back to Nigeria in a private jet around 27 June, 2021.
Until date, Kanu has remained incarcerated at the DSS headquarters Abuja for three years and still counting, in flagrant violations his fundamental human rights, flouting of several court orders and judgements in his favour, including the United Nations’ order to release his immediately and pay him adequate compensations for the violations of his fundamental human rights.