A bond that must never be broken (3), By Femi Fani-Kayode
The fact is that without the support of Nigeria, Cuba, Libya, the Soviet Union, the Nordic countries (particularly Sweden), the African “Frontline States” of Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique and later Zimbabwe, and the nations and people of Africa generally, the defeat of white minority rule and Apartheid in South Africa would not have been achieved in 1990!
Ours is a great and proud nation of strong, enterprising and resilient people, whose Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed, condemned the Western powers and their support for white minority rule in South Africa and formally declared Nigeria as a member of the famous “front line states” in the fight against Apartheid!
Ours is a nation that is prepared to stand up for the oppressed and sacrifice for others, and there was a time, during your struggle and when General Olusegun Obasanjo was in power, that Nigeria nationalised British Petroleum and threw out Barclays Bank because of the support that the United Kingdom and Barclays insisted on giving the white minority government of South Africa, and as a result of our total commitment to black majority rule in your nation.
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