Etcetera talks about the state of Biafra, the recent shut down of Radio Biafra and how he thinks the Igbos have been marginalized in Nigeria. He also talked about the growth of Nigeria.

I have been receiving a lot of mails and phone calls in recent weeks requesting that I lend my voice in support of the ongoing campaign for the sovereign state of Biafra and to also speak up against the recent shut down of Radio Biafra by National Broadcasting Commission. I have decided to make my opinion known to those who have been bombarding me with requests to support the Biafran movement.


Yes, I believe that the Igbo have been marginalised in Nigeria right from 1970 till date. I also believe that as a people, the Igbo have every right to speak out and seek redress. I believe that no tribe or ethnic group in Nigeria deserves to be marginalised or shut out by certain quarters of government because of an incident of the past. Just like every Igbo man, I believe that Biafra was a good dream born out of a necessity at that time. It was a good dream which went horribly wrong and became a nightmare for us, the Igbo people and the whole of Nigeria from 1967 to 1970, from which I believe we have woken up.


It will be foolhardy to dream the same dream in the same way and manner without thoroughly accounting for why and how it turned into a nightmare, and factoring in the changes that have taken place in Nigeria since the 1960s.


The thought that the actualisation of the sovereign state of Biafra is in itself the solution to all the problems of Ndigbo is to display an understandable naivety about human nature and today’s politics. What we need as a people is a new vision that will encompass the lessons of the past, the changes that have taken place since the end of the civil war, the reality of present day Nigeria and demand for a system founded on justice, liberty and equality under the rule of law for Ndigbo and non Igbo as well.

I believe this new vision is attainable. They say charity begins at home and in this regard, I believe it is time for every honest and sincere Igbo man or woman, to channel his or her energy towards actualising good leadership and government in Igboland by joining the political process. It is time for every one of us to unite against corruption in our land.

It is time for Ndigbo to come together to reverse this ubiquitous trend of bad leadership ravishing Igboland and put in place a system that would enable the best of us to emerge as leaders. Great nations are ruled by their best minds and not by a band of common thieves without respect for individual liberty and democracy that do nothing but devise ingenious ways to looting the treasury and serve the vilest and most primitive of human instincts.

Without this political and cultural change embedded in the concept of our future, Igboland will remain underdeveloped, and that in itself, will constitute a gargantuan problem for us in the future. Making this necessary change in igboland will ensure that if and ever or when Nigeria collapses as a result of our collective idiocy, irresponsibility, ignorance and corruption, and the jumbo pay of politicians, Ndigbo will be better placed to build a new nation based on justice, equality, rule of law, tolerance, development and honesty. War has never been the solution to any problem.

I didn’t witness the civil war but from what I saw in my recent visit to Maiduguri, Adamawa and Plateau state, I have become a disciple of dialogue as a means to resolve issues. If Biafra will become a reality, it shouldn’t be through the barrel of a gun. It is wrong to seek divorce by putting a gun to your spouse’s head. We should realise that a divorce from Nigeria is also possible if the Nigeria state comes to its natural end because of years of ethnic and religious prejudices, injustices, and vision-less irresponsible, corrupt leadership that failed to lay the foundation of a viable state and make the necessary social investment for its survival.

This might be the natural course of events if Nigeria continues to sleep walk into disaster and neglect honest nation building. We shouldn’t continue to pursue the Biafra dream in the way and manner some people and groups are doing at the moment without regard to the present reality. It can only undermine the whole essence of the struggle. As an Igbo man, there is nothing I want for Igbo that I do not want for other ethnic groups. There is nothing

I wish for my fellow Christians that I do not wish for Muslims. We are all humans after all. We are all brothers and sisters divided by language, skin colours and religion. I believe that enlightenment is recognition of this basic facts, and that underneath our skins, flows blood of the same colour and minds that can think alike and able to overcome the prejudices which our difference try to impose on our judgment. There is nothing that can justify the killing of a fellow man. I can only lend my voice to a vision that doesn’t entail the destruction of lives and property.

I am sorry to say that the continuous clamour for the recognition of Biafra by America may not yield much because of the selfish nature of America’s foreign policy. If there is nothing in it for America, America won’t get involved. We are a great and industrious people.

For a start, won’t it be better to seek economic independence and have Nigeria and the rest of the world depend on us for something? Today, Africa has gone from car assemblage to total manufacturing.

I am proud that I am alive to witness this history, that a Nigerian made car can actually be better that the Toyotas and Hondas of this world, and it is all due to the ingenuity of an Igbo man. Ndigbo, this can be a place to start. Igbo kwenu!!


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Nigeria kwenu

Another trash from the mind of a troubled man.keep giving yourself and your people hope you hear? Na there una go old finish. Biafra ko viagra ni

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We don't hear.

BRIGHTTAZ:
We don't hear.

Biafra My Religion. Chukuwabiama My God.

Chukwu Abiama are you going to stay and watch them continue to kill us like this? Mbanu!

adorablepepple:
Another trash from the mind of a troubled man.keep giving yourself and your people hope you hear? Na there una go old finish. Biafra ko viagra ni

you have a lot to be worried about than Biafra. Go wash your smelly puccy first before you come to talk about Biafra.

The one question I keep asking which has yet to be answered is: why didn't Igbos vote enmass for Ojukwu when he stood for election? Was he not good enough for them even though he was the founder of the Bia*** movement??

They had a shot at redressing the situation yet didn't take it. Why are they now blaming everyone

How does this affect me and my tribe

I write better than this Etcetera guy, wannabe's everywhere.

alabiafra09:


you have a lot to be worried about than Biafra. Go wash your smelly puccy first before you come to talk about Biafra.

E pain you? I no know oooooooo e pepper am

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Etcetera should also know that there is no absolutely wrong way or an absolutely right way to go about it, if you really want biafra. No one is going to give you biafra on a plate.

Now do you want biafra or not.

Let me add, Without bokoharam it would have been very difficult to unseat the last president..

If bokoharam was a tool, it was an effective tool however an obscenely wrong tool...anyone who denies this is at liberty to do so.

omenka:
The one question I keep asking which has yet to be answered is: why didn't Igbos vote enmass for Ojukwu when he stood for election? Was he not good enough for them even though he was the founder of the Bia*** movement??

They had a shot at redressing the situation yet didn't take it. Why are they now blaming everyone

Igbos voted en mass for Ojukwu, however, PDP rigged him out

omenka:
The one question I keep asking which has yet to be answered is: why didn't Igbos vote enmass for Ojukwu when he stood for election? Was he not good enough for them even though he was the founder of the Bia*** movement??

They had a shot at redressing the situation yet didn't take it. Why are they now blaming everyone

To call you a brainless moofo is an insult to some reasonable ediots.

When did your vote started counting, Obasanjo rigged election to the extent that Peter Obi won Ngige in 2003 but it was given to Ngige.

Stop acting like your previous votes have been counting, Jonathan gave you the opportunity to believe in democratic process.

Animal monkey shadow

zendy:



Igbos voted en mass for Ojukwu, however, PDP rigged him out

Don't mind the uselless, stuupid and moronic dingbat, Peter Obi won Anambra State landslide but Ngige that didn't have any billboard or posters on the streets was made the governor.

Even Yaradua that was given 2007 presidential election admitted that his election was faulty, Nigerians are pure monkeys and Baboons

Another hallucination over "Jungle of Biafra" thread!!!!!!!

AnambraDota:



To call you a brainless moofo is an insult to some reasonable ediots.

When did your vote started counting, Obasanjo rigged election to the extent that Peter Obi won Ngige in 2003 but it was given to Ngige.

Stop acting like your previous votes have been counting, Jonathan gave you the opportunity to believe in democratic process.

Animal monkey shadow

Don't mind the tribal bigot

His hatred for Igbos will kill him one day

Smh
Who is to blame ?
When you are talking of marginalisation, those from whose regions the bacon is made ,should be the first to complain .
the SS first , then the SW.

adorablepepple:
Another trash from the mind of a troubled man.keep giving yourself and your people hope you hear? Na there una go old finish. Biafra ko viagra ni

Mumu did u read d article, he is clearly against Biafra.

Same old sh.1t we've been hearing. I believe Igbo should do this, I believe they should do that, yada, yada, yada, bla bla, bla. Please give us Break. The monkey doesn't even know that Radio Biafra is blasting away, globally.

Tune to 102.1fm if you are in Biafraland. Go to Radiobiafra.co or call 447831308376 to listen live.

Biafra is more than 5,000 years old, Nigeria is just 52 years.

The Director is currently reading out this letter on radio Biafra. The question came 'how did the Biafra word come to be?.
The Director took time to lecture etce tera on how an Ijaw man compelled Ojukwu at the Eastern house of chief to revert to the name Biafra which is a historic name that pre-existed before Nigeria.

The Diector is currently shredding the write up into pieces.

Someone should tell this etcetera guy to shut up already. Who even listens to this mofo? Point of correction, igbos are not being marginalised. They're simply reaping the seed of the hatred other tribes have about them as a result of their greed and quest for power. They've shown us that greed is in their DNA and so is bitterness. They don't respect other tribes. Even the biafra cause was bore out of greed.

hu go chop??

excusemyfrench:
Someone should tell this etcetera guy to shut up already. Who even listens to this mofo? Point of correction, igbos are not being marginalised. They're simply reaping the seed of the hatred other tribes have about them as a result of their greed and quest for power. They've shown us that greed is in their DNA and so is bitterness. They don't respect other tribes. Even the biafra cause was bore out of greed.

Greed and quest for power? You obviously don't know ndigbo

Zonacom:

Greed and quest for power? You obviously don't know ndigbo

I know ndigbo like the back of my hands. You people are the worst thing that ever happened to Nigeria. I'll be the happiest man the day biafra comes into existence. At least we can be from your incessant wailing and whining and your criminal acts within and outside Nigeria. When Gej was there you guys never complained but when the tabled turned you started crying. I'll personally vote in your favour the day a referendum is conducted. You started a war you knew you could not win and started playing victims. Must you people always play victims in everything you do? Nnamdi Kanu promised to turn Nigeria into what is worse than Somalia if you guys are not given biafra. No problem we are waiting and we are watching you.

Anyone against Biafra independence is an enemy to Biafra and MUST die for Biafra to thrive!

Biafra is my country.

Why did ibos vote for pdp even though buhari on two separate occasions had an Ibo running mate