DeviIhimself:


gain more like what, what and what? please elaborate no just sidan dey deceive yourself.
SE stands to gain more staying on their own
note: am not an IPOB fan nor member am just concerned about the current fate of igbos in Nigeria.

Afam4eva:

Not when the minority has oil. What benefit will the Igbos gain for aligning with the northerners for instance? My guess will be to be second class citizen as opposed to third class.

fkaz:
As the saying goes; PEN is Mightier than SWORD. If south east truly want to have biafra, they know where to go

UN

Enough of this noise.

Jakpon:
shut up. You are not a true Nwafo. You are a fooolani slave. What is wrong with you lazy yeriba people, why dont you want we Igbos to go back to Biafra ? The zoo must fall

Afam4eva:

No, im not and i don't care about the SS. I care for my people (SE) first and formost and one thing i hate is insults. All these minorities are really enjoying the attention that they're been given by jobless Igbo folks on nairaland. When i first came to Lagos in 1996, nobody knew who Ikwerre in Lagos, all of a sudden Ikwerre is soo popular just because we Igbos will not stop obsessing ourselves over why our supposed brother don't want to be called brother. Everybody shoyld answer their father's name. Enough of these insults.

Yanks101:
But the oil is in the control of the north.
We are talking of Nigeria here not biafra or niger-delta republic.
The owners of the oil are powerful northern strongmen.
Aligning with the hausa fulani would have given ndi-igbo greater access to the oil than any association with the SS atleast under a Nigeria state.

Mortiple:

Please go back to my post you quoted which I have edited.

What we are gaining in Nigeria? Well I am going to tell you but also do me a favour by telling me what Ndigbo stand to gain in Biafra than in Nigeria.

WHAT NDIGBO ARE GAINING IN NIGERIA
1. Spread of Business Tentacles: Like I said earlier, Ndigbo are virtually in every nooks and crannies of Nigeria. Little wonder it is said that "anywhere you go and do not see an Igbo man, it is advisable to run away". If we secede from Nigeria, we would loose the opportunity of expanding beyond our coast.

2. Investment Outside Igboland: We might be loosing a reasonable chunk of our investment if Biafra successfully secede. Nigeria will not hesitate to put stringent policies that will cost Ndigbo a lot of their investments in the (new) Nigeria.

3. Presently, there is no indices on ground that suggest that Ndigbo are ready for Biafra. Besides the hullabaloos of bigoted Igbo e-warriors on social media, there is nothing else. I should be taking Biafra serious when Igbo investors begin to invest more in Igboland.

Afam4eva:

The owners of the oil are the minorities but the oil is being controlled by the North. The aim of aligning with the minorities will be for the oil to change ownership from the North to the Igbos or at worst for it to be shared between the Igbos and their South south brothers and sisters. Aligning with the north will not give you greater access, the best you can benefit is that they can employ you for the day to day running of their oil interests and employ your people in some oil coys. That will make you graduate to being a second class citizen but you will never be the first. The Northers own that territory.

Jakpon:
shut up. You are not a true Nwafo. You are a fooolani slave. What is wrong with you lazy yeriba people, why dont you want we Igbos to go back to Biafra ? The zoo must fall

Aigbofa:


Basically what you are saying is that the Ikwerre should regard themselves as ibos?
If you are mad now what would you be like when they try to assert themselves under Biafra?

Afam4eva:

The owners of the oil are the minorities but the oil is being controlled by the North. The aim of aligning with the minorities will be for the oil to change ownership from the North to the Igbos or at worst for it to be shared between the Igbos and their South south brothers and sisters. Aligning with the north will not give you greater access, the best you can benefit is that they can employ you for the day to day running of their oil interests and employ your people in some oil coys. That will make you graduate to being a second class citizen but you will never be the first. The Northers own that territory.

nwanlecha:
@OP, you made a very valid point which is for us to completely disregard the SS minorities. But you are wrong when you say Ndi Igbo should focus on SE alone because Igbo land extends past the SE. The current SE as it is, is the creation of our enemies and does not represent the true extent of Igbo land. My proposition has always been that Ndi Igbo, should focus squarely on the five Eastern states, Anioma and the parts of Igbo land carved into Rivers, Benue and Cross river state. We cannot forget our Anioma brothers because they've always played a key role in the Igbo political circle, and I have seen lots of them here on Nairaland uphold their Igboness proudly. The Ikwerres are a non-issue as far as I am concerned and I don't give a rat's about their existence neither do I include them in my proposed Republic of Ala Igbo.
Let us focus squarely on developing Ala Igbo whilst also fighting for independence from the evil contraption called Nigeria. Involving these SS minorities in our cause is nothing short of an unnecessary distraction because, Ndi Igbo I know, are very capable of turning Republic of Ala Igbo, into one of the best countries on earth.
PS, I hate to see some uncouth Igbo people throwing insults at others, simply because they harbor a different view. Y'all should learn how to argue your case without being abusive. Such attitude makes some of you come off as touts and it's not a good look.

Afam4eva:

You must have comprehension issues. I don't care what majority of Ikwerres choose to call themselves.It's their choice to make and their choice should be respected irrespective of the reasons they do what they do. We should not obsess ourselves over what we cannot control.

Mortiple:
Shattap, iwu onye ara!!!

Owu onye kwuo okwu, eriri pant ya adobie?!

Go back where? (Ole ebe ina ala)?

Echem ma inwere ako-na-uche (I thought you have common sense)!

Aigbofa:


A landlocked Biafra is going to be just another poor landlocked African Republic.

DeviIhimself:


this shows the level of your understanding how things work.

well no time for long grammar

please go and read about ECOWAS law

also please go and research how many lands and properties owned by Nigerians in another countries, etc

this your excuses are just shallow because you know the truth just that you're afraid to speak up.

I don't have time to compile for you the benefits of having an independent country just use what's currently going on in Nigeria to analyze the benefits.

thanks

Aigbofa:


A landlocked Biafra is going to be just another poor landlocked African Republic.

Afam4eva:

I was waiting for someone to leave the discuss and bring up why i used Niger Delta instead of South south since there are two Igbos states in ND. I used ND because i think it more suited to what i'm talking about (oil et al).

mightyhaze:
Guy ur overdoin ds tin na haba! Evn d dumbest of us knw u aint one of us.u foolin no one else but urself u hear? Incase ur feelin like one smart individual!

IlekeHD:

mightyhaze:
Lmao! D guy is not igbo,but I won't make haste 2 kolhim scratchface. He tinks hez bein smart,makin tough statements on igbo matters.dia types abound here n we knw all abt dem

Aigbofa:


A landlocked Biafra is going to be just another poor landlocked African Republic.