He was clearly making a broader point about the lack of empathy in Nigeria. He thinks Nigeria lacks empathy because it does not know its history i.e. Biafran War
Are you really gonna make me break it down?
"The absence of genuine reconciliation over the years is a major reason why it is difficult to rally Nigerians against Boko Haram."
This is the crux of his argument, the rest is subsidiary. Biafra is by far the most prominent event that elicits such rhetoric (He is Igbo,go figure) and he goes on to confirm his intent by hanging his denouement on it.
We are talking about humans, not pets
If you don't know that people in a society can be dominated, robbed and lorded over by an elite then you know neither history nor reality.
I do know a vast many Nigerians are Christian, support Israel and love GEJ.
The population reflects the politics. Stop trying to absolve the citizens
This... this could be the dumbest thing anybody has ever said about Nigerian politics. I mean put aside the fact that more than half the population lives in poverty. Put aside the 60% literacy rates and the alienation from the political process: Such is the makeup of Nigeria's population that it can never be reflected by government. Christian, Israel supporting GEJ lovers probably make up a third of the population so what are you talking about? what point are you trying to make?