ezeagu:


Maybe to an extent but it would be severely limited to have a sea port on a river, even one as big as the Niger. If an Igbo nation (as the outlook is now) is serious they can simply fork out cash and buy a narrow corridor and a bit of coast from the Azumini Akwete axis maybe down through some Ogoni or Obolo lands if they agree to sell a corridor and a piece of the coast, even swamp and mangrove self, as long as it's near the coast, engineering has come to a point a long time ago where airports and dockyards can be built on sea neat the coast. Apart from that it looks like we're looking at a Suez Canal type of situation, I might be wrong.

It's sad because there's so much coastline in the delta region that's not being utilised (at the level we're talking about at least).

ezeagu:


Relying on Ikwereland right now is going out on a serious limb, realistically, and Onne is Ogoni.

Drchristian:

never say nobody own a land, same thing u diabolical set of peple said abt lagos.

d igbos r not native to ijawland. thet evaded it like they did to south west

chuna1985:



Loooooooool. Go n educate ur self. i jaw land begins n ends in bayelsa. Rivers state is hard core igbo land........ Rivers state is more igbo than Lagos is Yoruba.

ezeagu:


Maybe to an extent but it would be severely limited to have a sea port on a river, even one as big as the Niger. If an Igbo nation (as the outlook is now) is serious they can simply fork out cash and buy a narrow corridor and a bit of coast from the Azumini Akwete axis maybe down through some Ogoni or Obolo lands if they agree to sell a corridor and a piece of the coast, even swamp and mangrove self, as long as it's near the coast, engineering has come to a point a long time ago where airports and dockyards can be built on sea neat the coast. Apart from that it looks like we're looking at a Suez Canal type of situation, I might be wrong.

It's sad because there's so much coastline in the delta region that's not being utilised (at the level we're talking about at least).

Deltagiant:


Good you admitted the fact that it is possible to an 'extent'. I think you're magnifying the issue than it is neccessary. The Port of new Orleans is the fourth largest port in the world and with the longest wharf. It is built 277 km on the Missisipi River from the Gulf of Mexico. Most of what we call 'seaports' the world over were built on flowing rivers and not directly on the sea, that you know.

ezeagu:


What do you mean by 277 km on the Mississippi. I'm just trying to understand.

NAIJASOM:


Ezeagu my brother, I understand your worries but please when you have time study the city of Chongqing, in China. I will give you some facts.

1) It is the biggest city in China in polulation and land mass.
2) It is the fastest growing city in China
3) It currently the has the fastest growing regional economy
4) It is the HuB of china's industry at this moment including Machinary and Auto manufacturing.
5) Most importantly, It is an Inland City by the Yangtze and Yellow river.

The last point is the most important. It is by the river and yet its able to accomplish all these.

Deltagiant:


I mean the port is SITUATED at that distance from the Gulf of Mexico.

ezeagu:
If Igbo people had a Fulani political mindset, they would have bought up several coastline by now, there wouldn't even be this discussion. Igboland, for now, is landlocked.

ezeagu:


Maybe you got mixed up with Memphis or St Louis, because New Orleans is right on the Gulf of Mexico which is why they were so effected when the levy broke in Hurricane Katrina.

ezeagu:


True but where would China (and China Shipping) be with all their products if they had export their stuff through rivers going through Korea and Japan or vice versa. That's my point, I think if there was an Igbo country it could do well, but I think access to the sea, especially being so close, cannot be underestimated especially with the powerhouses that is Aba and Onitsha.

Deltagiant:


Ezeagu, I'm not so sure you're informed about this port https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_New_Orleans

I repeat, most of what we call 'seaports' were actually built on bodies of water - rivers, lagoons, lakes etc with access to the sea.

zendy:



Ijaw land? Nobody owned that land, that's why king Jaja could take it. I regard them as Opobo Igbos because Opobo was founded by an Igbo man. Of course, it is for them to them to decide who they are but I have heard that the main language of the Opobo people is Igbo

NAIJASOM:


The simple answer to your question is "NONE" BUT you need to understand first of all, that South-East only make up 3/5 of Igbo land. The rest were merged into the south-south during state creation after the Civil War.
There are indigenous Igbos on Delta, Rivers, Akwa ibom, Cross river, Benue, and Edo.

The point I am trying to make is that Even If south east Igbos are the only ones to break away from Nigeria, they will still have access to the sea even if the river goes through a Non-South-east territory. The reason is because If a body of water is shared between two nations, that river is an International water. Blocking that river is an Act of war according to the United Nations.

emmatok:


To the educated one.


A landlocked state or country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landlocked_country


Tell us which SE States does not fit into the bold.

Deltagiant:

But the theme of the discussion is Igboland (Igbo cultural area) and not the current Hausa Fulani created South East states.

Could you people, for once, discuss like a people who went to school, at least?

emmatok:


Well look at it this way,

The coastal areas belongs to the SS, why the river is shared between the SE and SS.

If those two regions are different countries.

The SE will have a treaty with the SS to use the Sea.

Because there will be defined boarders(land,aqautic and air) for each country.

SS can't just allow ships from the Atlantic ocean into their country, going to the SE.

No country just with her coastal areas.

emmatok:


We are discussing based on the 5 SE States having access to the Sea.

Understand the discussions before jumping in.

NAIJASOM:


I guess your comment s is solely based on who you consider to be Igbo or not. In that case the Ikwere and Opobo people may not be considered Igbos to you. If thats what you mean, I totally understand. Blame Nigerian politics for that.

BUT opobo town, founded by an Igbo Man from present day Imo state is the lowest costal city in Nigeria. They have (to my knowledge) never denied their Igboness.

Armaggedon:
the ijaw is just a small part that came about as a result of expansion

Drchristian:

never say nobody own a land, same thing u diabolical set of peple said abt lagos.

d igbos r not native to ijawland. thet evaded it like they did to south west

zendy:



Ijaw land? Nobody owned that land, that's why king Jaja could take it. I regard them as Opobo Igbos because Opobo was founded by an Igbo man. Of course, it is for them to them to decide who they are but I have heard that the main language of the Opobo people is Igbo

Akell:


These Igbos sha. They are power drunk and opportunistic set of people. Same way they said Lagos is a no man's land. Rogues of the highest order. Now, Opobo is a no man's lan again. Tomorrow, they'll say kano or Kaduna is a no man's land. Disillusioned set of bigots.

zuchyblink:
before the advent of Nigeria,Igbos and Ijaws fished together,inter-married share similar culture etc. And they have been living together till today(as in the case of opobo and bonny)
Do u know that an Igbo man founded opobo? What makes you a native of place? The place ur forefathers dwelled

Omololu007:
go and cure your ignorance about opobo on wikipedia...adaka boro declare a republic of the Niger delta during the first republic because he believed they wia been marginalised by the ibos in the eastern region