yesterday I had a confrontation from an igbo man and the topic was how Niger deltans betrayed the biafran struggle
I was in shock as the lies been told
ojukwu conquered Benin without a single shot fired and the need for a governor/administrator came..major banjo wanted a native from any of the conquered tribe while ojukwu rooted for a proper igbo man....for three days they argued till ojukwu throwing caution to the winds and appointed a certain okonkwo as governor/administrator of the midwest...this made our finest senior officers to revolt and our people began to feel they would be made slaves in their lands and this gave birth to the amphibian force that lead the federal troops through the creeks and that was how asaba and onitcha fell to the federal troops.
today we still has some igbos saying they don't need us
that's why if a break comes I think the Niger delta republic will be a better option for us.


please read the link to clear the air
we Niger deltans were betrayed by igbos and not the other way round..





https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest_Invasion_of_1967

Divide and rule thread keep off my pple!

its normal for some people to scream divide and rule.
yes it all started with crude oil, the minorities(especially ijaws) in the southsouth were shortchanged due to the exploitation of oil and gas resources in the Niger Delta areas which benefitted mainly from d Eastern region with capital in enugu.led by adaka boro they believed that the people of the area deserved a fairer share of proceeds of the oil wealth. He formed the Ijaw Volunteer Force , an armed militia with members consisting mainly of his fellow Ijaw ethnic group. They declared the Niger Delta Republic on February 23, 1966 and gallantly battled the aguiyi ironsi Federal forces for days but were finally routed Federal government. Boro was jailed for treason. However,Gowon granted him amnesty on the eve of the Nigerian civil war in May 1967.
he fought gallantly and helped in the chasing of Biafra forces out of the Niger Delta. even after the war,the minorities in the Niger Delta region declared IBO properties abandoned and they took control.

There is so much love between the Niger delta and our Igbo brothers....it is the others we are weary of.

calaway:
There is so much love between the Niger delta and our Igbo brothers....it is the others we are weary of.

But you live in lagos? please speak for yourself & family.


I'm from the ND, i've lived in abuja currently in lagos, it's only when i come on here (nairaland) i see so many tribalistic bigot. My whole life I mixed with major tribes and i've lots as friends not just IGBOS.


Infact here feels like a different country/place entirely cause folks here seems to be eaten up by hate & resentment; something i hardly see in the real life!