ijaw citizen:

LOLZ.....I LAUGH IN IBANI IJAW DIALECT
BUT THERe AIN'T AN IGWE OF BONNY BUT AN "AMAYANABO"
Igbos never founded Bonny, you can keep telling those lies to those who care to believe you.

Maxymilliano: Elder statesman and one of the founding fathers of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Abu King Shuluwa in this interview spoke on nagging national issues and gave reasons why the government should negotiate with the Islamic Boko Haram group, why Nigeria could break up after 2014 even as he expressed opposition to any bid by President Jonathan to sustain his presidency beyond 2015. Excerpts:

ON Boko Haram’s choice of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) to lead the dialogue.

Anybody’s name could have been mentioned. The people (Boko Haram) are the ones who said this is the person we want. And if they said this is the man we want, perhaps, they discovered that of all the people in Nigeria, he is in-between; he is not for them, he is not for the Federal Government. Any part of the country can break away from 2014 So, they are probably looking for a neutral person.

This part, I totally do not understand. How is Gen Buhari neutral, is he from Chad now? This is clearly an unjust attempt at justifying Buhari. . .

Maxymilliano: Another issue is that a lot of people believe that Boko Haram is the making of the PDP which I belong. There is no way Obasanjo and Modu Sheriff will not have a hand in what is called Boko Haram insurgency today. It was an organization that was formed to make sure that Ali Modu Sheriff became agovernor against the PDP candidate. Eventually, either they may have been hijacked by another organization or they metamorphosed into what is today called Boko Haram.

Maxymilliano: What do you think the sectarian agitations by such groups like Bakassi, MASSOB portend for the unity of the country?

I am not a prophet but I have talked about the amalgamation which brought this country to being in 1914. And I said that by 2014, if we are not careful, Nigeria will not be the same. And from the statements coming from the South-South particularly the Niger-Delta region, one can deduce that this country will no longer be the same again as from 2014. For instance, there was a time that Chief Edwin Clark said Jonathan will be President but not the President of Nigeria. Sadly, people don’t understand some of these statements. There is a clause in the amalgamation of 1914 which says that after 100 years of existence, any part may decide to go. Therefore, because of the oil that we have in the South-South, the Niger-Delta people believe that they can go on their own. And all the arrangements they are making is to make sure that by 2014 they will write a memorandum to the United Nations saying they want to become a nation separate from what is today known as Nigeria and they will draw a map, they will compose their national anthem. It’s just like what happened in Sudan. And that is the reason they insisted on Jonathan being the President this time because if you allow a northerner to be president, it will not be as easy to break away as when Jonathan is President.

Maxymilliano: But do you think the North can sustain itself if the South pulls out?

We can. Before we discovered oil what were we doing? We will now go back to agriculture. We will lock up ourselves. We can discover oil in the North also. If you can discover oil in Niger Republic or even Chad, why can’t we discover oil in the North? Mind you, there is now oil in Kogi State which Anambra and Enugu are now fighting to take. Who says we cannot discover oil on River Benue? It is a matter of exploring and discovering. If you can discover oil in the far desert why can’t we discover oil here? Even if we don’t discover oil, tell me, there are a lot of countries that don’t have oil and yet they exist. Who ever knew that there would be oil in Ghana?

Maxymilliano: Oil from Niger Republic?

Niger Republic can sell oil to us while we sell food to them. Today, if you go to Katsina State, the fuel they are using comes from Niger. They don’t care about what is happening here any longer because Niger must sell its fuel.

Maxymilliano: And if that happens, we will now either say Niger-Delta should go which also gives Biafra the opportunity to take over. Remember it was the North that prevented Biafra from existing then.

The Niger-Delta alone cannot stand the force of Biafra. They can’t but if they think they can, that country will be destroyed because I know that America will back them up and there will be fighting for a long time and we will be watching them fighting. So, it then means that in the South, you are going to have more than five nations. Everybody that has oil will not want the other person to be part of it.

Maxymilliano: So, how will the Middle-Belt in the North fare given that the Core North almost always takes everything?

I believe in one thing, that whoever is competent should be allowed to run. Unfortunately when a minority is occupying a seat, he looks for the majority for support. He doesn’t look for the minority and that is what President Jonathan is doing now.
When Jonathan comes to the North, he doesn’t give a better job to the minorities of the North. You people were just supporting him for nothing. I did not support Jonathan and I will never support him.

Maxymilliano: But he is planning to go for second term….

He is wasting his time. By the time Jonathan goes for second term, some of us will become like old trailers without brakes and we will be descending a slope.

So, anything on the road we will be crushed. 2015 is the last time I will be in active politics. So, does it mean that I will lose out again? No way. I am not prepared to lose out.

www.vanguardngr.com-2012/11/2015-jonathan-is-wasting-his-time-shuluwa/

dafman10:

My broda God bless you. How i wish Achi4u dey tink like dis cos we are all patners in progress. On Niger Deltan or Biafran Nation i stand. Which ever comes first. So help me/us God

ijaw citizen:

Oga!
Why are you being particular about the Ijaws?

ijaw citizen: QUOTE%The name biafra was proffered by an ijaw man by name
frank opugo in d eastern house of chiefs, also the term
niger delta or south south is just a term without substance.%

The fact that an Ijaw man coined the name Biafra doesn't mean he is representing the interest of the Ijaw nation. Besides, who was Frank Opugo in the Ijaw nation?


QUOTE%Many ijaws are of mixed igbo heritage, so
how can u seperate d 2%

The same old joke that never stops being funny
MY ANALOGY- if I as an Ijaw man marry an igbo lady, does that mean that my children are of mixed "Ijaw and igbo heritage"? I guess the educated ones in here would agree with me that they're still 100% Ijaws.

So you igbos that need Ijaws so badly to avoid a LANDLOCKED BIAFRA should learn to deal with this!

ijaw citizen:

LOLZ.....I LAUGH IN IBANI IJAW DIALECT
BUT THERe AIN'T AN IGWE OF BONNY BUT AN "AMAYANABO"
Igbos never founded Bonny, you can keep telling those lies to those who care to believe you.

[size=18pt]The core SS will not be part of the new Biafra. Maybe Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Ikwere parts of PH and Igbo parts of Delta, and thats it![/size]

BankoleNco: I quote myself.

BankoleNco: The core SS will
not be part of the
new Biafra. Maybe
Cross River, Akwa
Ibom, Ikwere parts
of PH and Igbo
parts of Delta, and
thats it!

BankoleNco: The SS are a great people and will do well on their own. . . . There is really no sense in forcing any form or union. They believe they can stay on their own? Then let them ! I don't get why some Igbos can't get this into their head. You can force a horse to the stream, but can't force it to drink of it.

BankoleNco: I am Igbo btw.

Eze Promoe: Without been biased, the man was 95% correct.

Eze Promoe:
It would make more sense if you used the word 'Ijaws', calling south south would look somehow coming to think of it, Igbos are also in the south.

achi4u: Dear dafman10 inasmuchas I won't drag issue(s) with anybody in this forum,I employ you to scroll back a little bit and read what Victor said.
He was too mean to bring division among SE/SS people who are one.You and I seems to be saying the same thing,we need each other to move forward,,,,when next you want to denigrate anybody please endeviour to leave his people out of it,those things you said were what they feed you here on this forum.Is never your fault.
thank you too.

afam4eva: I never knew there was any provision in the constitution that allows any part of the country to secede after one hundred years.

victorD3: LMAO!! The north wants to grow tomato to fuel their private jets. Who told that foool that Niger Delta is going with Biafra. Sorry Biafra and Niger Delta will be going separate ways but would unite to chase you inside your caves when the time is ripe

Sealeddeal: i have never seen an Igbo man claiming lands that does not belong to him.

afam4eva:
I love the Ijaws but being in the same country with them will mean trouble. Even within the ND their trouble making skills are legendary. There's no phrase i hate most like "Resource Control". At times i wonder if these words were formed by Nigerians.

kingoflag:

Umm, actually thats what he said. After you chase them into their caves then both of you will definitely have a caged-ring-fight-to-the-death. Thats all he said. Read it again.

aurenflani: Actually it is the North that is going to sound the drum of breakig away. They have made too much discovery of the enormous wealth beneath their soils, and so have decided everyone should go their own way. How many of you even know that most of the oil fields in Niger and Chad have heavy northerner's investments running them?
The north have realised that they do not have to rely on the ports in the south for anything as even now it is cheaper to import through other countries like Benin and Togo. Two west African countries. The north does not depend on the south for anything whatsoever and will not need the oil from the Niger Delta.

But one interesting thing about the Oil in Nigeria is that the North is a very strong partner in the investment to exploring the oil right from the beginning just like the east. The right of the north to continue making money from the Niger Delta oil cannot be compromised even if challenge, just as the east too can claim their own part of the oil money. Shell would testify this as the records are their.

I rest my case.

afam4eva: I never knew there was any provision in the constitution that allows any part of the country to secede after one hundred years.

malele: Look at his pic, old fool, God pls let this country divide after 2014

ndu_chucks:

No provision whatsoever, be it contained in the amalgamation of 1914 document, or any other, supersedes the constitution of this great country of Nigeria. The constitution deems it treason to attempt to secede, besides, the great Nigerian Army, Airforce, and Godogodos will be ready to met out appropriate treatments to "enterprising" treasonous criminals.

afam4eva: I never knew there was any provision in the constitution that allows any part of the country to secede after one hundred years.

seanet01: Not in the constitution, in the amalgamation agreement i think

BankoleNco: I quote myself.



The SS are a great people and will do well on their own. . . . There is really no sense in forcing any form or union. They believe they can stay on their own? Then let them ! I don't get why some Igbos can't get this into their head. You can force a horse to the stream, but can't force it to drink of it.

I am Igbo btw.

Eze Promoe:
Even more reasons why Ijaws can't get a nation of their own without traces of Igbo

IGBO SELF INFLICTED LIE!

You know that the Ijaws and the Igbos have shared a lot of things in common both in past and in present times.

THE ONLY THING IJAWS & IGBOS HAVE IN COMMON IS SLAVE TRADE, WHERE IGBOS WERE SOLD TO IJAW MERCHANTS FOR SOME BOTTLE OF OGOGORO

There was even a time when Igbo languages were taught in Ijaw schools,

THAT NEVER HAPPENED, NOT EVEN IN THE OLD DEFUNCT EASTERN REGION WHERE YOU GUYS BEHAVED LIKE OVERLORDS & TREATED US LIKE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS

there are some similarities in both languages

IS THIS GUY HIGH ON SOMETHING,??

and coming to think of that, who told you that Bonny, Opobo and maybe Okirikas will like to be in a country dominated by Ijaws?

LET ME RE-PHRASE THIS DUMB QUESTION- WHO TOLD YOU THAT NGWA, MBAISE, EBONYI, ENUGU AND MAYBE IKWERRE PEOPLE WILL LIKE TO JOIN A COUNTRY DOMINATED BY IGBOS. YOU MENTIONED IJAW GROUPS (ACTUALLY CLANS) LIKE SEPERATE ETHNIC GROUPS-TYPICAL IGBO TACTICS TO DECEIVE NON-NIGER DELTANS

They see any talk concerning Ijaw nation as a Bayelsa affair.

ANOTHER LIE!
Take for example the current oil well problems between Rivers and Bayelsa state, it has created this impression in the Kalabaris that Ijaws are a greedy fellow wanting to grab unjustly what belongs to them not to talk of when they find themselves in a country dominated by this same sets of people.

HERE WE GO AGAIN, I'M SURE PEOPLE WHO READ THE PAPERS VERY WELL HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT ENSUED BTW BOTH STATES WAS A AGE-LONG TERRITORIAL DISPUTE BTW THE NEMBE- IJAWS & KALABARI -IJAWS WHICH PREDATED THE CREATION OF BOTH STATES.

Do you think Okirikas would like to lose the right in revenues and allocations in Port Harcourt just to find themselves where they will be dominated or will Ijaws also include PH in their map? NEVER. The word 'Niger Delta Republic' is just a mere misconception by demented fellows like Ankio Briggs and Edwin Clark.
ANN KIO BRIGGS IS A KALABARI IJAW LADY & OKRIKAS ARE IJAWS Too
NOW WHO IS DEMENTED?
THE TRUTH IS YOU ARE NOT WELL ENLIGHTENED

Revolva: One thing I hate on nairaland is tribalism -

Revolva: See if nigeria divide am sure north won't suffer a bit its the south south that will because they won't manage the oil resources well within themselves

He is wasting his time. By the time Jonathan goes for second term, some of us will become like old trailers without brakes and we will be descending a slope.

So, anything on the road we will be crushed. 2015 is the last time I will be in active politics. So, does it mean that I will lose out again? No way. I am not prepared to lose out.

ndu_chucks:

No provision whatsoever, be it contained in the amalgamation of 1914 document, or any other, supersedes the constitution of this great country of Nigeria. The constitution deems it treason to attempt to secede, besides, the great Nigerian Army, Airforce, and Godogodos will be ready to met out appropriate treatments to "enterprising" treasonous criminals.