In a compelling interview on Arise TV FROM 5:45, prominent lawyer and public affairs analyst Chris Nwaokobia has offered a critical perspective on Nigeria’s post-independence leadership and their approach to historical reconciliation. He particularly addressed recent revelations from former military leader Ibrahim Babangida, while examining broader generational attitudes toward national history.
“Those who came immediately after Independence have this sense of ‘Anything can be forgiven, anything can be allowed,'” Nwaokobia observed, highlighting what he sees as a problematic approach to historical accountability among the immediate post-independence generation.
The legal analyst then drew attention to the impact of historical trauma on newer generations: “Maybe because we were conceived through the throes and pains of the wàr, maybe because our parents went through harrowing injustices and harrowing circumstances, we want to interrogate how we live.” He emphasized the importance of examining “the fundamental practice and parameters, if you like, for our nation.”
Nwaokobia particularly criticized Babangida’s recent literary contribution, questioning its relevance and timing: “You don’t wake up one day and come to present a book to Nigerians and, who did say that we did not know that the January 15, 1966 coup was not an Igbo coup? We all knew that.”
This intervention from a respected legal voice highlights the ongoing tension between different generational approaches to Nigeria’s historical narrative, particularly regarding the handling of significant political events and their impact on national unity.
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