[Albany]

Emmanuel, i relished (almost) every bit of your article. It is true that Nzeogwu had to kill off the thieving leaders of his time, out of his love for Nigeria but you forgot to mention that there was a counter-coup on the 29th of July 1966.

I agree with you that Nigeria is ripe for a revolution but don't you think that the distrust that was palpable especially in the military then and eventually led to the counter-coup is still here with us ? In Nigeria today there is so much division along ethnic and religious lines amongst, unfortunately, even the so-called leaders of tomorrow that if a revolution were to be in the offing today, it would either leak out or there would be a counter-revolution later, since most of the victims would come from a particular ethnic/religious group in Nigeria. Wouldn't it be called an Igbo-revolution or something ?

I am afraid we are stuck in Nigeria. How i wish i was wrong !