THE MAN WHO SAW TOMORROW
Subtitle: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, His Prophecies, and the Unfinished History of a Great Nation
OVERTURE
“The Man Who Saw Tomorrow”
There is no Perfect Human, There is no Perfect Leader. But from Leaders that arose in Mankind’s history There are great lessons we must learn That helps us improve our path For the Good of Humanity.
Nigeria is Bleeding today. Who is to blame? The Man who saw Tomorrow Warned us they were coming. He told us that our lands and forests Would be confiscated by Terror and unsafe to live If we do not act on time To protect our people.
Benue — the food basket of the Nation Has now become large Desolate Lands Millions Displaced yearly Unable to return to farmlands The Cross and the Crescent bleed just the same Nowhere is safe to live.
Borno — the Home of Peace Has now become a war-torn zone. The People Entrusted To safeguard lives and property Through adequate laws (legislative) And adequate will power (executive) May have Turned deaf ears to the midnight cries Of innocent Victims Butchered and burnt without cause.
Are they playing Politics With the Blood of innocent Citizens ? Are they focusing on Other issues And paying lip service to The Basic Social Contract why Governance Exists: The Protection of Lives and Property. Condemnation of Attacks and “Medicine after Death” Is the only tactic Leaders have used on Citizens for Ages.
Call him a Pessimist if you may. Call him arrogant if you want. Call him Troublesome if you wish. That can never erase the Truth he raised. His Prophecies and His Warnings The Marginalization and Insecurity Of an Indigenous population.
With the burden in his heart He paid the price to set his people free. Like a Criminal he was bound in Chains For the Sake of Generations past and generations unborn Whose burden he carried in his heart He was Chained and held in the dungeon’s cold floor.
All attempts by the powers that be To bribe him and silence the cause Fell on deaf Ears. All attempts to create crime and levy it on him Were wisely decoded. His only crime was He asked his people to defend themselves Against the Terror he saw from afar.
Whiter than Snow, Courageous as a Lion. Trumped up charges were all they could find To nail him to a Cross they called Justice. For the sake of a Chosen Race He chose to pay the Great price. He became A Prisoner of Conscience
His only crime was his Voice. With the megaphone of his time With the Radio Signals beamed from a foreign land He broadcasted his voice from a quiet studio. The only weapon they found on him Was his voice of Truth And broadcast instruments. Meant for Free Speech
Like a Sheep before Slaughter He was led to Pilate’s Court. His Accusers from North, East, South and West. All pointing accusing fingers at Him He was Sentenced to Life in Prisonment Even though he never held a Gun The real Terrorists who held guns And soaked their hands in the blood of Innocent Were pampered by Pilate With only 5 to 20 years of Confinement And Reintegrated into the System To infest a Compromised Security While remaining loyal to their Terror Boss
How did One man’s Voice from another Country Make a whole region in Nigeria Stand Still?. Sit at home civic orders were enforced With only a voice from the Internet Space Heard by millions,
For an Indigenous race who had once faced a genocide Never again will it happen. Never will the blood of the Innocent Be sacrificed to please the Mighty. But for one man That made the whole world stand still during his trial.
History bears Witness to his Cause. He campaigned for a better Nigeria. He campaigned for equal and fair treatment of Citizens. But when his summons fell on deaf bureaucratic ears He narrowed his Focus to Protect and Free his People From the Toxic Union created by Lugard’s pen.
Freedom may not always mean a New Nation. The right to live in dignity as Citizens. The right to exist and fulfil one’s potentials. When this basic right is denied or quenched, When a people is treated as Second Class in their Land, Their Choice to live separately As an Indigenous people must be preserved and protected.
THE MAN WHO SAW TOMORROW Subtitle: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, His Warnings, and the Unfinished History of a Nation OVERTURE “The Man Who Saw Tomorrow” (The full, unedited text of the Poem identifying the “Imperfect Messenger” who warned of the “Bleeding Nation.”) PROLOGUE: THE CRIME SCENE The Night International Law Died (Nairobi, June 2021) Section 1: The Interception: The ambush at Jomo Kenyatta Airport basement. [Analyzing the ambush at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport basement in Kenya. How the unmarked agents struck with military precision. The hooding, sedation, and kidnapping of a British-Nigerian citizen without an arrest warrant, extradition request, or identification—a violation of the Kenyan Constitution.] Section 2: The Gulfstream Silence: The violation of Kenyan airspace and the Silence of three nations. [Analyzing how he was shackled to the floor of a private Gulfstream jet. Investigating the flight path and the violation of international aviation protocols. Why was there a synchronized silence between the Intelligence agencies of Nigeria, Kenya, and the British High Commission?] Section 3: The Precedent is Set: When a State uses kidnapping as a tool of justice. [Analyzing the legal and moral fallout: When a State uses kidnapping (Extraordinary Rendition) as a tool for Justice, does it lose the moral authority to prosecute criminals? Examining how this singular act of lawlessness contaminated every legal process that followed, turning a prosecution into a persecution.] PART I: THE GENESIS (The Reformer) CHAPTER 1: THE PRINCE IN THE COLD (2004–2009) Section 1: The View from Peckham: Comparing UK systems to Nigerian decay. [Analyzing Kanu’s life in London as an immigrant. Investigating his admiration for the British Police, the NHS, and the rule of law. Examining the psychological contrast between a functioning society and the chaotic decay of the Nigeria he left behind.] Section 2: The “One Nigeria” Campaign: Archival proof of Reform, not Secession. [Investigating the early World Igbo Congress archives. Documenting Kanu’s initial demands for “Restructuring,” “True Federalism,” and “Resource Control.” Proving that he started as a reformer seeking equity within Nigeria, not a separatist seeking to break it.] Section 3: The Burden of the Eze’s Son: Generational trauma in the Palace. [Analyzing the oral history passed down in the Palace of Afaraukwu. The trauma of the Civil War (1967-1970), the “Abandoned Property” saga, and the burden of a Prince raised on the stories of 3 million dead.] CHAPTER 2: THE FAILURE OF THE ELITES (The Rejection) Section 1: The Letters to the Senate: Early attempts to engage lawmakers. [Forensic examination of the formal letters Kanu wrote to the Nigerian Senate and British MPs between 2010 and 2012. Analyzing the respectful tone used and the specific policy changes requested.] Section 2: The Deafness of the Status Quo: How ignoring a reformer breeds a radical. [Analyzing the arrogance of the Nigerian political elite. How they ignored a reformer because he lacked a “godfather” or a “war chest.” Examining the historical lesson: When you close the door to evolution, you open the door to revolution.] CHAPTER 3: APPRENTICESHIP IN REBELLION (The MASSOB Years) Section 1: Enlisting in the Old Guard: Joining Ralph Uwazuruike. [Investigating Kanu’s entry into MASSOB. His belief that Uwazuruike was the genuine vehicle for justice. His role in setting up the first Radio Biafra node in London under MASSOB’s banner.] Section 2: The Settlement Culture: The “Brown Envelope” betrayal. [Investigating the internal corruption. How Kanu discovered that leaders were taking financial “settlements” from Nigerian politicians to stifle the agitation. The realization that the struggle had been commodified.] Section 3: The Great Split: Rejecting the commercialization of the struggle. [Analyzing the confrontation that led to the split. Kanu’s refusal to compromise. The birth of the “Truth and Whiteness” doctrine that would later define IPOB.] CHAPTER 4: THE FREQUENCY OF FIRE (Radio Biafra) Section 1: The Basement Studio: Founding the station on a vow of poverty. [Analyzing the technical origins of the new Radio Biafra. The “No Money, Only Truth” operational model. How a cheap microphone and an internet connection became more powerful than the NTA.] Section 2: The Microphone as a Weapon: Why the abrasive style resonated. [Analyzing the psychology of his rhetoric. Why the “insults” resonated with the unemployed, marginalized youth of the South East. It was the scream of a people who felt silenced for 50 years.] Section 3: The State Notices: Futile attempts to jam the frequency. [Investigating the millions of dollars the Nigerian government spent on technology to jam Radio Biafra signals, and how the “Prophet” outsmarted them technically.] PART II: THE PROPHECIES (Did He Warn Us?)
THE MAN WHO SAW TOMORROW
Subtitle: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, His Prophecies, and the Unfinished History of a Great Nation
OVERTURE
“The Man Who Saw Tomorrow”
There is no Perfect Human, There is no Perfect Leader. But from Leaders that arose in Mankind’s history There are great lessons we must learn That helps us improve our path For the Good of Humanity.
Nigeria is Bleeding today. Who is to blame? The Man who saw Tomorrow Warned us they were coming. He told us that our lands and forests Would be confiscated by Terror and unsafe to live If we do not act on time To protect our people.
Benue — the food basket of the Nation Has now become large Desolate Lands Millions Displaced yearly Unable to return to farmlands The Cross and the Crescent bleed just the same Nowhere is safe to live.
Borno — the Home of Peace Has now become a war-torn zone. The People Entrusted To safeguard lives and property Through adequate laws (legislative) And adequate will power (executive) May have Turned deaf ears to the midnight cries Of innocent Victims Butchered and burnt without cause.
Are they playing Politics With the Blood of innocent Citizens ? Are they focusing on Other issues And paying lip service to The Basic Social Contract why Governance Exists: The Protection of Lives and Property. Condemnation of Attacks and “Medicine after Death” Is the only tactic Leaders have used on Citizens for Ages.
Call him a Pessimist if you may. Call him arrogant if you want. Call him Troublesome if you wish. That can never erase the Truth he raised. His Prophecies and His Warnings The Marginalization and Insecurity Of an Indigenous population.
With the burden in his heart He paid the price to set his people free. Like a Criminal he was bound in Chains For the Sake of Generations past and generations unborn Whose burden he carried in his heart He was Chained and held in the dungeon’s cold floor.
All attempts by the powers that be To bribe him and silence the cause Fell on deaf Ears. All attempts to create crime and levy it on him Were wisely decoded. His only crime was He asked his people to defend themselves Against the Terror he saw from afar.
Whiter than Snow, Courageous as a Lion. Trumped up charges were all they could find To nail him to a Cross they called Justice. For the sake of a Chosen Race He chose to pay the Great price. He became A Prisoner of Conscience
His only crime was his Voice. With the megaphone of his time With the Radio Signals beamed from a foreign land He broadcasted his voice from a quiet studio. The only weapon they found on him Was his voice of Truth And broadcast instruments. Meant for Free Speech
Like a Sheep before Slaughter He was led to Pilate’s Court. His Accusers from North, East, South and West. All pointing accusing fingers at Him He was Sentenced to Life in Prisonment Even though he never held a Gun The real Terrorists who held guns And soaked their hands in the blood of Innocent Were pampered by Pilate With only 5 to 20 years of Confinement And Reintegrated into the System To infest a Compromised Security While remaining loyal to their Terror Boss
How did One man’s Voice from another Country Make a whole region in Nigeria Stand Still?. Sit at home civic orders were enforced With only a voice from the Internet Space Heard by millions,
For an Indigenous race who had once faced a genocide Never again will it happen. Never will the blood of the Innocent Be sacrificed to please the Mighty. But for one man That made the whole world stand still during his trial.
History bears Witness to his Cause. He campaigned for a better Nigeria. He campaigned for equal and fair treatment of Citizens. But when his summons fell on deaf bureaucratic ears He narrowed his Focus to Protect and Free his People From the Toxic Union created by Lugard’s pen.
Freedom may not always mean a New Nation. The right to live in dignity as Citizens. The right to exist and fulfil one’s potentials. When this basic right is denied or quenched, When a people is treated as Second Class in their Land, Their Choice to live separately As an Indigenous people must be preserved and protected.