One of the recurrent themes in the Igbo-vs-everyone threads that I see here in Nairaland is the point of Igbos living outside the SE in mass numbers and showing off/being unfriendly to their hosts.

Another often-commented position in this is that the SE is the most inhabitable region in all of Nigeria, thus the impression of Igbos running away and leaving their homelands in a backward state.

Reading all of these assertions would think that:

1. There is no abundance of non-Igbos living in the south-east, living and working in peace, with everyone minding their business.

2. The vast majority of Nigerian regions outside the south-east are far from being remote, rural, and underdeveloped.

3. There are no other Nigerian groups known for their migratory culture.

4. That the SE really is the worst and most inhabitable region in Nigeria.

I also don't get why Igbos are being shouted down and accused of being unsavory guests. I hardly see evidence of this when Igbos are compared to other Nigerian groups. No, I seriously don't.

What I find interesting here is that expatriates do MUCH MUCH worse than what Igbos are being accused of (in terms of being ungrateful "immigrants" ). As much as this is true (and I can prove it) they are left relatively unscathed in the political heat. What's the deal?

I also find it funny that I am speaking of Igbos as if they are foreigners or something. I thought the whole idea of the events during 1967-1970 was to emphasize greatly that Igbos were Nigerians through and through?

Callotti: If your name is 'nnena'. . . I don't suppose you can objectively comment on anything relating to "Igbo". . .
Just sayin'. . . .Halitosis is least perceived from the malodorous source!
I hope you understand?
No offence!

*sighs. . . .another "Igbo" thread*


Now to the "Beaf". . . .

nnenna.1:


Not anymore than a non-Igbo (such as yourself) can comment on anything related to Igbo, I guess.

But I understand - you don't have to comment on this yet-another-Igbo thread if you don't want to.

Callotti:

Yes.



Yes.




After reading. . . people are still entitled to their opinions. . . just like you are.
Agreement or disagreements can arise.




Hell no! Who wanno live in such places?



False. But one would think that with all their 'high-sense' and 'otimkpu-isms'. . . .the Igbo Chinese and Igbo Jews would own the world bank!



Name one.



FACT! Travel and see. THE VERY WORST!




If you can't see. . . then you need 'glasses'!



You lack focus. . . not to mention objectivity. If you want a 'sympathy party'. . . just say so!



Only one question after careful deliberation. . . .
WHAT IS YOUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT?

CyberG:

^^^^ iboz be wary before you run your mouth emptily and proudly because this lady will surely take you to the cleaners with her sharp incisive points. I hope any ibo bigot who wants to debate her will not resort to insults and name calling when he or she comes up short and outclassed!

CyberG:

^^^^ iboz be wary before you run your mouth emptily and proudly because this lady will surely take you to the cleaners with her sharp incisive points. I hope any ibo bigot who wants to debate her will not resort to insults and name calling when he or she comes up short and outclassed!

cjrane: Many millions of yorrobbers live in Onitsha,Asaba,Aba,Enugu and Port Harcourt. Infact they are so in hospitable to their hosts that their trade mark road rage style of driving and abuses on other co-road users is well known in these cities.

Truckpusher: Going by your topic ;They have expansionist tendency and a hidden agenda to infiltrate all other smaller neighboring tribes and make them igbos by force,this agenda was fully noticed during the civil war, if you doubt me ask the Ikwerres and the Ogba people of Rivers State their ordeal ever since their forefathers came into contact with the igbos during the slave trade era,they are one people that knows the igbos like the back of their hand.

dayokanu: Because Igbos are not even destroying everywhere they go

They bring all manner of crime never known before to their host. Kidnapping, armed robbery, drug trafficking, filthiness, and even Cannibalism

Everyone wants Igbos to go back to the caves they came from

nnenna.1:


Wouldn't it have been prudent for Nigerians to allow them secede when the opportunity was most ripe? I mean the best chance was served on a silver platter at one point - what with Igbos all but virtually disappearing from most regions outside the SE. Why didn't they take advantage of this opportunity?

dayokanu: Nobody would stop Igbos from leaving as long as they dont take whats not their along

And incase you dont know Igbos are the scum of the earth the worst specie of human

nnenna.1:


Assuming this, why didn't this occur when Igbo-land was effectivly rendered land-locked during the war all the way to how Nigeria saw fit? At that point, they had nothing that was not theirs, per what you mean (I think).

Why were they forced back into the union at that, only to be told that they are not wanted, or that they are scum, as you put it?

Makes very little sense.

Truckpusher: You see! i told you guys he just mentioned Port Harcourt,Does Port Harcourt belong to the Igbos? Igbos are land grabbers.

nnenna.1:


Most Igbos don't regard Port Harcourt as an Igbo town and you know it.

In any case, you'd be interest to find that many of those cosigning your quoted post here will in the same breath call Port Harcourt people inyamiris and refer to places such as Aluu as Igbo towns. Don't believe me? A simple search in Nairaland will do.

Malcolm-X:
Another Igbo whining thread looking for empathy. I've never seen anything like this till I joined nairaland.

Igbos are now big spending "expatriates" in Nigeria, and they deserve utmost hospitality wherever they go to "invest" their "billions of dollars" despite being utterly disrespectful to their hosts, no?

These people are weird!

lagcity: Nobody cares about Igbo living anywhere. But some nairaland igbos make false claims of being the lifeblood of Yoruba n Hausa cities. In return, igbos are told to go and give life to their own cities first before becoming "lifeblood" to foreign cities. This issue wouldn't come up without the false claims made by some delusional igbos.

nnenna.1:
One of the recurrent themes in the Igbo-vs-everyone threads that I see here in Nairaland is the point of Igbos living outside the SE in mass numbers and showing off/being unfriendly to their hosts. Another often-commented position in this is that the SE is the most uninhabitable region in all of Nigeria, thus the impression of Igbos running away and leaving their homelands in a backward state.

Reading all of these assertions one would think that:

1. There is no abundance of non-Igbos living in the south-east, living and working in peace, with everyone minding their business.
2. The vast majority of Nigerian regions outside the south-east are far from being remote, rural, and underdeveloped.
3. There are no other Nigerian groups known for their migratory culture.
4. That the SE really is the worst and most uninhabitable region in Nigeria.

I also don't get why Igbos are being shouted down and accused of being unsavory guests. I hardly see evidence of this when Igbos are compared to other Nigerian groups. No, I seriously don't.

What I find interesting here is that expatriates do MUCH MUCH worse than what Igbos are being accused of (in terms of being ungrateful "immigrants" ). As much as this is true (and I can prove it) they are left relatively unscathed in the political heat. What's the deal?

I also find it funny that I am speaking of Igbos as if they are foreigners or something. I thought the whole idea of the events during 1967-1970 was to emphasize greatly that Igbos were Nigerians through and through?

nnenna.1:

Ha! You didn't even get my point at all since you answered in the way that you did.

You are the second person who has implied that expatriates deserve the utmost hospitality even when they treat their hosts like rubbish (and they actually do treat Nigerians like animals). It's ok - the first person making this point was worse. He implied that they deserve to be worshiped despite all odds.

Keep it coming guys!

lagcity: Nobody cares about Igbo living anywhere. But some nairaland igbos make false claims of being the lifeblood of Yoruba n Hausa cities. In return, igbos are told to go and give life to their own cities first before becoming "lifeblood" to foreign cities. This issue wouldn't come up without the false claims made by some delusional igbos.