John Chidịebube Ọkpara

On this day, May 31, 2026, BBC published a documentary video featuring a few survivors of the Nigeria-Biafra civil war recounting their experiences. Among the three men are a Biafran soldier and two Nigerian soldiers. It remains true that the Nigerian government's insistence on going to war against Biafra for declaring its sovereignty was an evil that protected the British interests on the natural minerals (mainly the newly discovered oil in Igbo land) under the delusion of national unity, even if that meant THE EXTERMINATION OF THE IGBO PEOPLE, just to maintain a State that neither then nor now meets the definition of a nation but a country. No one, with an understanding of the deep cultural and ideological differences across the 250 ethncities would have conceived of almagamation – a forced marriage, as proper and feasible for the people. Considering its composition, to fix the problem of Nigeria, we must honestly, and with moral courage consider regional governance, or a peaceful separation of the country. The attached video is a short clip from the an hour+ BBC documentary found on the attached link below. The documentary was produced by Meji Alabi who is famous for his edgy videos, and in this video wanted to explore more of Nigeria's traumatic past beyond his grandfather's war stories.