Afam4eva:

Isn't bokoharam parading itself as an Islamic movement. Maybe the government should start killing Muslims because of that. You should be ashamed of yourself for bringing politics ib to this matter. It's because of Igbos like yourself that we are where we are in the first place.

Afam, i used to have a huge respect for you, but I must say this, I am quite disappointed and disgusted by you POV on this thread.

Boko Haram is a militarized sect that has set itself apart from the people. I can assure you that if Boko harams or muslims openly identify that they are boko haram, they would be shot straight.

But can the same be said of IPOB? No! IPOB is dragging the whole igbos, the whole region with them. You are igbo, so you must be IPOB. If IPOB members are closing shop, any igboman that opens his shop would be harassed. So in essence, you are forced into solidarity with the movement.

This is utterly foolish. They should set themselves apart like the Niger Delta militants and boko haram are doing and not drag igbos into a senseless war that we are not ready to fight.

Abagworo:
Many crisis that have ravaged parts of the world were triggered by either propaganda, outright falsehood and/or deliberate manipulative incitement. This is usually achieved using the perceived weakness of the baits or sacrificial lambs without minding the collateral damage.

I as an Igbo man that lived most of my life among Igbos and various ethno-religious groups of the lower Niger know our weaknesses and I am very much afraid that the plans of using Igbos as a suicidal bait is becoming reality. The Igbo man I know is a peaceful and focused independent man who values success in whatever is his endeavour. We have never been appointment beggars nor jobless protesters.

What is happening today is that a political party which lost its grip in national politics is trying to use Ndigbo as a bait for Nigerian destruction but Igbos should understand that these people mean no well for us. They know very well that we stand to lose everything if crisis breaks down in Nigeria. Imagine one cluster bomb at Onitsha market or destruction of all the sweat of Awada landlords because a party lost power.

Ndigbo should henceforth declare their stance against those trying to destroy us. Elders and youths of Igboland should protect our markets and businesses from these miscreants known as IPOB. Traders in our 2 major cities of Onitsha and Aba have not been able to make sales for the past month thereby increasing hardship in our land.

The Biafran war was a war of survival and nation building which ended at least 10 years before most Nigerians living today were born. We Igbos have long acceoted Nigeria as our country and contributed a lot to its integration through immigration, marriage, business and investments.



To be continued.....

What type of idiotic crap is the above post? The IPOB and MASSOB have agitated for Biafra before and during the tenure of Obasanjo as president. The people who constituted IPOB have every right to agitate for Republic of Biafra. Nigerian police or armed forces have no pedigree to shoot unarmed demonstrators? The liver-hearted punks who rush to NL to lament about war are pure deluded. Why do you tell your friends in the Nigerian government to agree to secession or allow the Biafrans to leave the zoo called Nigeria. Nigeria is mere a colonialist creation and is subject to change at whims of the indigenous people of the areas that constituted Nigeria.

blocking roads, restricting movements, halting business activities and threatening violence against perpetrators isn't "peaceful".

Deltagiant:
Abagworo, the agitation for Biafra preceded Buhari's adminstration.

Radio Biafra preceded Buhari's adminstration.

IPOB's protests and agitation for Biafra have largely been peaceful

No one is using Ndigbo, the people have rather woken up to the realities facing them in Nigeria. And there's no better way of showing their gievances than the course of action they've chosen. So, please let them be. While they want to pursue their livelihood, their dignity is equally important to them.

Millerz:
blocking roads, restricting movements, halting business activities and threatening violence against perpetrators isn't "peaceful".

Any peaceful demonstration in the world, mostly in the advanced countries, has seen to the roads are blocked, certain businesses are closed, movements are highly restricted and onlookers are usual threatened. In fact, warnings are posted by the local government instructing citizens to avoid certain areas of the cities during peaceful demonstration.

Abagworo:


It would have been better if you took the war elsewhere. The loser is him whose homeland is the theatre of war.

You are still locked in the cocoon of yesteryears. Today is certainly not 1967. There is no need of talking war when USSR and many other European countries disintegrated without war. Nigerians are not fools or deranged animals that would want to fight a war because certain group of people wanted out of the silly union created by the colonialist.

Duru1:


Any peaceful demonstration in the world, mostly in the advanced countries, roads are blocked, certain businesses are closed, movements are highly restricted and onlookers are usual threatened. In fact, warnings are posted by the local government instructing citizens to avoid certain areas of the cities during peaceful demonstration.

bloody liar. What do you know? Did you get police clearance for your 'peaceful' protest? or you heard that in well run countries, you are not required to get a clearance before protest. You just wake up and start protesting.

They will loose at last ok if nt politically why they didt fight 4 it when jonathan was there ?it is politically why Kalu no start those thing when Jona was there ?my advice 4 fed Govmt is 2 declear state of emergency 4 any state involved Biafra or IPOD

Abagworo:
Many crisis that have ravaged parts of the world were triggered by either propaganda, outright falsehood and/or deliberate manipulative incitement. This is usually achieved using the perceived weakness of the baits or sacrificial lambs without minding the collateral damage.

I as an Igbo man that lived most of my life among Igbos and various ethno-religious groups of the lower Niger know our weaknesses and I am very much afraid that the plans of using Igbos as a suicidal bait is becoming reality. The Igbo man I know is a peaceful and focused independent man who values success in whatever is his endeavour. We have never been appointment beggars nor jobless protesters.

What is happening today is that a political party which lost its grip in national politics is trying to use Ndigbo as a bait for Nigerian destruction but Igbos should understand that these people mean no well for us. They know very well that we stand to lose everything if crisis breaks down in Nigeria. Imagine one cluster bomb at Onitsha market or destruction of all the sweat of Awada landlords because a party lost power.

Ndigbo should henceforth declare their stance against those trying to destroy us. Elders and youths of Igboland should protect our markets and businesses from these miscreants known as IPOB. Traders in our 2 major cities of Onitsha and Aba have not been able to make sales for the past month thereby increasing hardship in our land.

The Biafran war was a war of survival and nation building which ended at least 10 years before most Nigerians living today were born. We Igbos have long acceoted Nigeria as our country and contributed a lot to its integration through immigration, marriage, business and investments.



To be continued.....

Akpagworo,can you in your wisdom name the so called politicians?If you can't you better STFU.

Duru1:


You are the biggest fool ever on NL. Illegal or not, the state security apparatus does not have any right to shoot unarmed demonstrator. If the demonstrators have no police permit, they could be subject to arrest and persecution but execution. The bolded showed you are a dumbass Nigerian and not worthy of any intellectual exercise.

There you go again, fool. How do you subdue people with clubs and planks? Especially when they are in their thousands. Warning shots were fired in the air for them to stop advancing.....before that date, a stern warning was issued by the military.....a declaration copter had to be flown all round the city still to warn them off, but like zombies, their brains are already diseased with the biafran virus. You don't arrest thousands of people with clubs advancing towards you.....you shoot them to protect yourself.

Abagworo:


If 50 thousand Igbos are killed across the North tonight what will IPOB do? Please my brother those who lost have lost and we gained nothing from them. For me and my family we are in safe haven and can easily leave if war starts but I'm only worried about the helpless innocent ones who are not part of the IPOB politics.

I respect ur in dept knowledge and intelligence

You cannot defeat an idea whose time has come. You defeat idea with a better idea. Till then, there won't be any realistic chance of stopping the Biafra movement. I guess Buhari is not so daft to understand that. Killing of 1 million people 45 yrs ago could not bury the idea. Maybe Buhari thinks that genocide can. Those Lagos-Ibadan press cheering him to use arm to subdue the protesters will be the first to abandon him when he's placed at Hague after many years of protracted civil war. Government should handle this with care.

Abagworo:
Many crisis that have ravaged parts of the world were triggered by either propaganda, outright falsehood and/or deliberate manipulative incitement. This is usually achieved using the perceived weakness of the baits or sacrificial lambs without minding the collateral damage.

I as an Igbo man that lived most of my life among Igbos and various ethno-religious groups of the lower Niger know our weaknesses and I am very much afraid that the plans of using Igbos as a suicidal bait is becoming reality. The Igbo man I know is a peaceful and focused independent man who values success in whatever is his endeavour. We have never been appointment beggars nor jobless protesters.

What is happening today is that a political party which lost its grip in national politics is trying to use Ndigbo as a bait for Nigerian destruction but Igbos should understand that these people mean no well for us. They know very well that we stand to lose everything if crisis breaks down in Nigeria. Imagine one cluster bomb at Onitsha market or destruction of all the sweat of Awada landlords because a party lost power.

Ndigbo should henceforth declare their stance against those trying to destroy us. Elders and youths of Igboland should protect our markets and businesses from these miscreants known as IPOB. Traders in our 2 major cities of Onitsha and Aba have not been able to make sales for the past month thereby increasing hardship in our land.

The Biafran war was a war of survival and nation building which ended at least 10 years before most Nigerians living today were born. We Igbos have long acceoted Nigeria as our country and contributed a lot to its integration through immigration, marriage, business and investments.



To be continued.....

op I sence the military will be called in soon an a state of emergency might be declared soon, the igbos can declare war with the Nigerian state, but please let it not reach the SS.
I have heard a lot about the biafran war and I don't want a repeat,
the igbos should realise they will be fighting the war alone without the south south like it was in the civil war

you're wrong.

Do you know that protesters usually inform the police about an impending protest and request a "protest permit" from the police dept before protesting?? A protest ceases to be peaceful when human rights are violated.

Duru1:


Any peaceful demonstration in the world, mostly in the advanced countries, has seen to the roads are blocked, certain businesses are closed, movements are highly restricted and onlookers are usual threatened. In fact, warnings are posted by the local government instructing citizens to avoid certain areas of the cities during peaceful demonstration.

Sweetguy25:
The Biafran protests are necessary. They remind us that Nigeria was built on a wrong foundation and it has to be addressed.

dude what IPOB claims they are passing through is what every Nigerian is passing through

Millerz:
you're wrong.

Do you know that protesters usually inform the police about an impending protest and request a "protest permit" from the police dept before protesting?? A protest ceases to be peaceful when human rights are violated.

The IPOB protests in Owerri were permitted and escorted by police without attacking innocent people. When handled by miscreants movements usually end in disaster. I pray for my people.

I hope we will not witness the repeat of what happen in Chechnya in Russia when the Russian military was called in to end a secessionist movement that ended with more than ten thousand chechnyan death,
the international community did nothing to russia, I urge my Igbo brothers to go into dialogue with the govt,

when the government called in the military the international community will do nothing

Abagworo:


If 50 thousand Igbos are killed across the North tonight what will IPOB do? Please my brother those who lost have lost and we gained nothing from them. For me and my family we are in safe haven and can easily leave if war starts but I'm only worried about the helpless innocent ones who are not part of the IPOB politics.

Don't mind the senseless and selfish fools.

@ Abagworo;

Do you know you can naturalize in Nigeria if Biafrans become free?
As a Nigerian that you are, leave us Biafrans alone to die. We refuse to be slaves!

We don't need you concern.

SeverusSnape:


Rochas paid sycophant.
What are you saying?

He is saying that you will die if u no get sense

Rikidony:

dude what IPOB claims they are passing through is what every Nigerian is passing through

Then tell other Nigerians to protest. IPOB should continue and intensify the protest against this fraudulent and unprogressive Nigerian state. That is the only path to progress and justice. Violence is the only language the Nigerian state understands.