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Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by xrisdon(m): 8:32am On Nov 27, 2014
jumu:
what are they looking for in another mans town.

fvvl! read the post again
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by xrisdon(m): 8:36am On Nov 27, 2014
jumu:
they dont apreciate there land all igbos are osu

attention seeker! have u taken ur drug
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by xrisdon(m): 8:41am On Nov 27, 2014
holatin:
na Lagos all of them go run come at last
and dere family go dey nairaland dey yab Lagos, and Yoruba.
but no matter ow bad a suitation we may be in, it surely worst in. your hometown.
quote me and start ur tribalism stunt again

are you à lagosian
do you have any property there??
why are you so much interested in lagos?
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by xrisdon(m): 8:43am On Nov 27, 2014
Abagworo:


Because I know the allegiance is not there. You cannot force someone to be what he does not want.

exactly
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by holatin(m): 8:55am On Nov 27, 2014
xrisdon:

are you à lagosian
do you have any property there??
why are you so much interested in lagos?
Omo eko lemi
awori lemi
I Ve land, house both bought and inheritance
so next question

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Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by christopher123(m): 11:18am On Nov 27, 2014
When you write, use paragraph, your writing is clustered i must say but you made a good point, atleast copy well na

xrisdon:
OF IGBOS IN BENUEculled from the Nigerian Sun newspapers of April 12, 2014By Chris Oji.They are torn between two worlds. Being of the Igbostock, their soul is in the Southeast, but their bodies and homes are in Benue State, in the Northcentral. That is not all. In Benue, where they are quartered, more for political considerations than for cultural reaons, they lament their lack: no roads, no water, hardly any sign of modern life.They are Igbos of the Ezza, Izzi and Effium stock. Their kith and kin are in other parts of the Southeast, particularly Ebonyi State. They claim they are not fewer than one million scattered in four local governments of Benue State. And for close to 50 years since they were excised from their kinsmen, they have been living primitive lives.Their pathetic plight is that the authorities in Benue, from the state to the local governments, have not seen them as part of the state ostensibly because they speak Igbo. On the other hand, the Ebonyi Stategovernment where they should have rightly belonged is helpless as they are not under its area of administration and authority.The people allege that since their inclusion into Benue State they have not felt any government presence. None of their people were considered for employment in any of the two tiers of government. Indeed, in their lamentation, they are not in the scheme of things as far as government business is concerned in Benue.“We have been on our own. No roads, no water, no electricity, no employment.


We just wander about to help ourselves in our own way,” an octogenarian, Pa Nwankwo Aloh said, clutching a bucket in search of water.Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam is said to have acknowledged their existence and concerns, even promising to address them, but that was during his first term in office.Also, Mr Ogbu Igelega, spokesman of Ado Local Government Area, one of the councils where the Igbos are found in Benue, told our reporter on the telephone that one of the obstacles to the development of the Igbo-speaking areas of the stateis their difficult terrain. Igelega said this makes access difficult, adding that the few places which donot present such challenges get government attention.The spokesman cited the example of Etenyi which has 90 per cent Igbo population, saying the community “is being electrified at the cost of N17m”. He also said the Igbos occupy “important offices” in the council, adding that the assistant head of Revenue Development is Igbo, while the Senior Special Assistant on Inter-ethnic Relations isalso Igbo.The reporter met with the president, Benue Igbo Development Union, Nweke Cedrick Ifeanyi who narrated their ordeal. He said all they want is for the Benue State government to accept them since fate has lumped them together. He is of the view that if they can be given a sense of belonging, they would all wholeheartedly join in the effort to develop the state. Ifeanyi does not expressly condemn their inclusion in Benue State, be he said if the other ethnic groups do not want them in Benue, the Federal Governmentshould set up a machinery immediately to return them to their kith and kin in the Southeast, particularly Ebonyi State.He sent a save-or-soul message to the Senate president, David Mark and Governor Suswam to come and save them from “this ignoble plight”, adding: “We are neither here nor there.”In Nweke’s words: “The Igbos in Benue State particularly those in Ado, Oju, Obi and Okpoku LGAsof the state were in existence before the advent of Christian religion in Nigeria.The Igbo found in Benue are: Umuezeokoha, Umuezeoka, Oriuzor, Umuoghara, Amaekka and Amaezekwe all in Ezza communities, Izzi, Ezzamgbo and Effium, these are the people who would have been in present-day Ebonyi State but due for the fact that the Nigerian government then carved us into Benue in order to use our population to suppress our Eastern population. Apart from the Ezza-speaking clan, particularly the people of Umuezeokoha that has over 300 villages, if you are to calculate the number of Igbo-speaking villages, you find out that we are more than 600 villages because three of the biggest markets in our area areall in the Igbo-speaking part.The markets are as follows: Inikiri Ichari, Iddah, Iduokpe.”But in all these places, we have been facing a lot ofdeprivation of our fundamental human rights to the extent that we do not have any project attracted by the government, be it local, state or federal. In fact we have become the rejected part of the country because local government identification letters are not given to us any longer.“Before now we used to witness governmental attention in everything during and after colonial administration but since after the civil war we were dumped by the successive governments just because of our language difference.“We do not have any drinking water, our source of water here is a dam which Fulani herdsmen do carry their cow to drink at the same place with us because the water is not covered.“In the process of stopping them from coming to thewater with their cow, it later resulted in the loss of five lives.“We have no representative in local, state and federal levels. Mosquito nets that were given free of charge to roll back malaria have been sold to our people at the sum of N6,000 each. We have become slaves to our brothers because of language difference. No hospital, let alone health centre, we are seeing hell here in Benue State because of our language. I do not know whether it is a curse for someone to have fallen under a particular tribe like Ezza, Izzi, Ezzamgbo and Effium.“Our women are dying every day during labour.

Alsoour children are dying for lack of polio immunisation programme and other medical treatment needed to be given to a child at a tender age.“Our roads are not passable. We have contributed so much not only to the development of Benue Statebut Nigeria at large. At least a place with over one million people in population has no primary school. We are therefore as a matter of urgency calling on federal government, our Southeastern brothers and any other corporate bodies to rush to our aid before water will come to our neck.It is obvious that if we are speaking the same language with them we wouldn’t have found ourselves in this forbidden and undeserved situation like this one we are now.An area with over 50 polling units, but we are benefiting nothing even on every of our market days they do come and sell their ticket (tax). We have been regarded as slaves in the country of our birth and our fore-fathers, we are also calling on our able president of the senate David mark to come to our help because after God we also contributed in making him what he is today and even Gabriel Suswan.

We can never regret why we are Igbos or deny beingIgbo people before we are recognized in the country of our fore-fath
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by christopher123(m): 11:20am On Nov 27, 2014
We will come for our brothers in Benue, they should keep the flags flying, we have not forgotten them we are incorporating them in scheme of things, they should learn to dominate them there...hold the forth we are on our way


Udo diri unu
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by emmysoftyou: 12:05pm On Nov 27, 2014
pazienza:


Yes, 2face is from Okpokwu LGA of Benue state,but he isn't from the Izaa/Ezzi speaking communities in Okpokwu LGA, he is an Idoma, and the Idomas remain the majority in Okpokwu LGA.


The problem with the Igbos indigenous to Benue state,is that they are spread over different LGAs in the the state, and they are all minorities to the Idomas,in all those LGAs. Their case would have been better,had it been they were given an LGA of their own,free from the Idomas.
now i understand perfectly...
Tanx
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by kuuljay(m): 2:48pm On Nov 27, 2014
idupaul:
How can there be over one million Igbos in Benue state when the state population is slightly above 3 million?
. 3million in the state? What do you think is the population of tivs alone


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Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by IdomaLikita: 3:24pm On Nov 27, 2014
This is so Paradoxical.. The Igbos are Minorities in the Hands of People who themselves are minorities to Igbos!
Either way, I think development should be evenly spread!
But the Igbos themselves can see what Suswam has done to Benue State as a whole!

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Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Olaolufred(m): 3:31pm On Nov 27, 2014
xrisdon:

yes, they should pray and also work towards it for it to be effective

THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING IGBO NEEDS TO PRAY AND WORK TOWARDS IS HOW THEIR SON - EBELLE AZIKIWE GETS TO ASO ROCK.

THIS LAMENTATION OF JEREMIAH IS FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR BEHIND.
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Olaolufred(m): 3:32pm On Nov 27, 2014
IdomaLikita:
This is so Paradoxical.. The Igbos are Minorities in the Hands of People who themselves are minorities to Igbos!
Either way, I think development should be evenly spread!
But the Igbos themselves can see what Suswam has done to Benue State as a whole!

PIG D PIG IS WORKING
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by mensdept: 3:34pm On Nov 27, 2014
Why worry about Benue state, when you have for the last 12 years, rogues as Igbo governors of Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Rivers, etc?
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Olaolufred(m): 3:38pm On Nov 27, 2014
mensdept:
Why worry about Benue state, when you have for the last 12 years, rogues as Igbo governors of Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Rivers, etc?

WHEN HOME IS REALLY NOT HOME, YOU HAVE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE.

THAT IS WHY MOST PEOPLE WANTS TO BE OUT OF NIGERIA.

SAME REASON WHY MOST UMU-BUSINESS STAYS OUTSIDE THE ZION'S BORDERS.

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Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by IdomaLikita: 3:44pm On Nov 27, 2014
Olaolufred:


PIG D PIG IS WORKING

But Akpabio is PDP, Sule Lamido is PDP, Sullivan Chime etc! And they have performed! Suswam's wickedness defies logic
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Emyachris: 12:49am On May 09, 2015
Onye ahana Nwanne ya. I will do my best to help these our brothers out. Thank God our brother Ikwerre and Etche are living fine, they never complain nor seek us yet. But certainly betraying of ones father by changing a town named after him to one rubbish name on account of wickedness could meet a disaster at the end. There are ways that seem gud unto a man... igala in Anambra only complain of promotion of their language, most of them if not all speak and practice igbo culture. they have all they needed. SE people of honour, let's help our brothers.

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Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by highmood(m): 6:27am On May 09, 2015
Gboliwe:
Just like the Igbos in Anambra are "oppressing" the Igala/kogi part in the state, so these ones are also taking it out on the Igbo minority in the state.
This life sha.
those people in that end of Anambra are presently in Kogi state but belong to the southeast but the govt of Anambra can not help matters just like the ebonyi state govt. The problem was that the fed.govt never had direct interaction with people to know where they would love to belong before creating that state and many others. They simply did that out of political interests. Let's see now that the economy is getting tough if they will ask them to return back to their kinsmen.
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Macelliot(m): 7:54pm On Jun 04, 2015
Let my People go.... I forsee the greatness of thy Igbo Nation...
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Macelliot(m): 8:06pm On Jun 04, 2015
Emmy Sunny
Yes! I am one of the igbo in benue state, we settled in oju LGA but no right is given to us, they call us in their language (ugboga) meaning non-indigen and we're confused because no to advocate for us.
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Macelliot(m): 8:09pm On Jun 04, 2015
Ukoro Esomchi Jacob
Ado local govt is my
home town, am very
please that my brother are now rising with their golden pen to fight. The Igumale people never regard us as anytin. we vote 4 election n pay tax, but we re neglectd
unduely.
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by ikeyman00(m): 1:15am On Jun 22, 2015
@@@

at the end

Biafra is the solution to all our wahala
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Ponponkon: 6:38am On Jun 22, 2015
Hmm
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Gozzzy(m): 7:19am On Jun 22, 2015
Gboliwe:


Here you go buddy: www.nairaland.com/1934931/igala-language-anambra-state
you are a terrible foool!!!! How does this thread, compare to what Igbos are passing through in benue?
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Macelliot(m): 10:12am On Jun 22, 2015
pazienza:
On the case of the Igbo communities in Benue. Like some one once pointed out the first time this article hit NL front page, i am sure that if those communities were in Rivers state,and were oil rich, they wouldn't be fighting hard to reconnect to the rest of the Igbo nation in the SE,they would have formed a new ethnic group by now,and Bini migration histories would be made up to support it, while they label the rest of us in SE as land grabbers and parasites,should we dare to try to reconnect to them.

But now, they have nothing,and so,are not blinded by greed, they can clearly see how good and pleasant it would be, for Brothers( Ndiigbo) to dwell together( in the same region) in unity.


Even if Ebonyi is not oil rich,and wont have much to offer them,but being a part of Ebonyi,would give them a sense of belonging. Ohaneze and other Igbo pressure groups should look into their plight, in the spirit of " Onye aghana nwanne ya".
Ikwerrians comes to mind.
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by xrisdon(m): 10:58pm On Jul 08, 2015
Macelliot:
Let my People go....
I forsee the greatness of thy Igbo Nation...

you can say that again
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by AyakaDunukofia: 11:39pm On Jul 08, 2015
pazienza:
On the case of the Igbo communities in Benue. Like some one once pointed out the first time this article hit NL front page, i am sure that if those communities were in Rivers state,and were oil rich, they wouldn't be fighting hard to reconnect to the rest of the Igbo nation in the SE,they would have formed a new ethnic group by now,and Bini migration histories would be made up to support it, while they label the rest of us in SE as land grabbers and parasites,should we dare to try to reconnect to them.

But now, they have nothing,and so,are not blinded by greed, they can clearly see how good and pleasant it would be, for Brothers( Ndiigbo) to dwell together( in the same region) in unity.


Even if Ebonyi is not oil rich,and wont have much to offer them,but being a part of Ebonyi,would give them a sense of belonging. Ohaneze and other Igbo pressure groups should look into their plight, in the spirit of " Onye aghana nwanne ya".

Umuezeokoha is a divided clan like the Egbema clan of Rivers and Imo states. And theirs was instead as a result of Lord Lugard's desire to create a huge Northern Nigeria.
They've been under Northern Nigeria since 1914. The other contiguous half of Umuezeokoha clan was ceded to the old Eastern Nigeria and are currently in Ebonyi state. Some members of Ebonyi state house moved a motion in the year 2000 to bring them back into Ebonyi but didn't succeed. Some members argued that they were better off remaining there as "they've long acculturized with their non Igbo neighbors" Imagine!

It was under Sam Egwu's government. I really feel for them; such a significant population. We need to speak up against this brazen maltreatment, even Ohaneze Ndigbo should say something about it.
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by flofields(f): 12:19am On Jul 09, 2015
Benue State will not join biafra, so better decide whether you are Nigerians or biafrans?
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Nobody: 1:22am On Jul 09, 2015
The fraud is about to take a deadly turn. Buhari and APC, backed with the Biritish are about the pull the biggest scams ever......

Let us see some of the key events leading to where we are now:

1. Buhari visits UK, Niger and Chad to secretly negotiate the way forward for his foot soldiers, Boko Haram
2. Boko haram prisoners sent to Anambra, government initially denies but later admits.
3. Buhari releases 185 Boko Haram Members
4. Bomb blasts in Kano, Jos and Kaduna, etc
5. Oby visits Buhari for the fake BBOG campaign
6. UK Govt said they saw the girls but could not save them
7. In line with what the British Government says, Buhari Blames GEJ for not rescuing the chibok girls
8. Buhari planning to release more Boko Haram prisoners under the guise of exchange with the girls.
9. Buhari toys with Amnesty for Boko Haram
10. APC supports amnesty for their Islamic brothers, Boko Haram........
11. The Nigerian government claims to have captured the masterminds of the Bomb Blast- very laughable. This is a ploy to make the government appear competent
12.....There will be strong campaigns for amnesty for Boko Haram and swap of the so-called kidnapped girls....

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--Only APC fans support Amnesty for Boko Haram
--Only APC people believe in the Chibok Scam (of course they used it as a scam against GEJ)
--Only APC fans support the exchange of Boko Haram for the 'Ghost' Chibok Girls


-Where are pictures of the kidnapped girls?
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by mensdept: 1:52am On Jul 09, 2015
Although I see where the OP is going and the importance of showcasing Igbo of Benue, it really doesn't matter unless we are talking about Igbo/Eastern emancipation as a whole, because those Ngwa folks that allowed their vote to be snatched by PDP in the last election, there agony is more like double wahala
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Nobody: 2:51pm On Jun 12, 2016
What will happen to this people if eventually biafrans go , the are spread across four local government
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Nobody: 2:53pm On Jun 12, 2016
Igbo's in benue embarassed
Re: Agony Of Igbos In Benue by Igboid: 3:29pm On Jun 12, 2016
HKCOMPANY:
Igbo's in benue embarassed

Why are you surprised? Igbo is a great race. smiley Everywhere you go, we are.

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