Biafran warlord and Secretary-General of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, world-
wide, Col Joe Achuzia, has revealed where
the word ‘Biafra’ orgininated from. The civil war hero said he was proud to be
addressed as “a Biafran” as that reflected
his true identity. According to him, “You see people tend to
forget the paradox about the Igbo. The word
Igbo is not a tribal identity, it is linguistic
identity. It is a language of a people
collectively residing in the eastern region
that used to be known as Southern Sudan. From the 14th, 15th, 16th century, the area
was known as Southern Sudan. That is where
the people known as Biafrans lived, hence
the Bight of Biafra.

“There would never have been a Bight of
Biafra if there were no inhabitants occupying
the mainland. I’m not here pleading a cause
for Biafra. No, I’m only taking you to
historical antecedents.”

Asked why he joined the fight for the
secession of Biafra from Nigeria between
1967 to 1970, the elder statesman said, “No,
we fought for survival. Biafra never fought
or did not attempt to break away from the
Lugardian set up known as Nigeria. No! We, from the south east fought to prevent us
from being exterminated in an effort to push
us out of the federation. That we
remembered out past, the thought came to
our succour because when a people are
under pressure of extermination, history comes to their assistance.” “How did our forefathers survive under the
pressure that we had at the time from
colonial masters? How did they survive?
They survived by recollecting who they
were and pulled together, hence the mark on
our faces. Those marks differentiate the people who are Biafrans. Each community
has a peculiar mark even though nowadays,
we don’t do it anymore but it is engraved
in our heart. “And that is why we resolved that we
cannot fight individually as Nigeria wanted us
then. We had to fight collectively as Biafrans.
Biafra wasn’t coined to break up Nigeria,
no”, he told Vanguard.

www.dailypost.ng/2016/12/10/igbo-warlord-achuzia-reveals-origin-biafra/

History can never be altered.
Biafia has always been there

That's a gallant warrior from Anioma who fought side by side with my grandfather to send many rapists and infanticidal vandals to their maker in Abagana. Respect!

You are from Sudan now
It was Israel before
Later Uganda
Now Sudan
Bunch of clowns

xnsandrxns:
You are from Sudan now It was Israel before Later Uganda Now Sudan Bunch of clowns

igbo or ibo

xnsandrxns:
You are from Sudan now It was Israel before Later Uganda Now Sudan Bunch of clowns

igbo or ibo

disumusa:
igbo or ibo igbo or ibo

Do they even know?
Confused bunch

xnsandrxns:

You are from Sudan now
It was Israel before
Later Uganda
Now Sudan
Bunch of clowns

they are the lost tribe of yisreal

Lol

GreatSE:
History can never be altered.
Biafia has always been there

he was fighting for survival of the igbo race not necessaly for biafra nation...

people fight for many reasons..case is banjo..

Nkem4040:


Afonja...focus on your brothers in Togo and Benin Republic that look exactly like you people . We in SE and SS minus Edo have zero relations and connection with you people. Always attaching by force...stay on your own. My goodness!

Funny how you people keep merging SS and your dilapidated region on nairaland
Hypocrisy is when you do online "famzing" with the SS and accuse other of "attaching by force"
Can't you baby factory people stay on your own?
When did you see the SW trying to attach itself with any tribe?
You'll open a thread about ibos and drag SS into your arguments
You are nothing to recon with
You do not have relations with anybody
Nobody wants to be associated with you
Alainiran gbogbo

what ipob dont understand is,noboby realy likes to start from zero....

he was fighting for survival...thats all...

una can listen to una elders and learn...


or stay stubborn and be crushed by someone stronger than you...

xnsandrxns:


Funny how you people keep merging SS and your dilapidated region on nairaland
Hypocrisy is when you do online "famzing" with the SS and accuse other of "attaching by force"
Can't you baby factory people stay on your own?
When did you see the SW trying to attach itself with any tribe?
You'll open a thread about ibos and drag SS into your arguments
You are nothing to recon with
You do not have relations with anybody
Nobody wants to be associated with you
Alainiran gbogbo

Stfu
We were known as the Old Eastern Region,
Before the divide and rule,
Why is the Northeast not in the centre of Northern Nigeria just like they curved out some States in centre of the Southern Part and called it Southeast?

Mkpi

xnsandrxns:

Do they even know?
Confused bunch

all you know is to call people bunch who has road map as to the route their ancestry originated from. all we know of you lots is that a man fell from the sky called oduduwa and became your ancestor.

darknetcom:
what ipob dont understand is,noboby realy likes to start from zero....

he was fighting for survival...thats all...

una can listen to una elders and learn...


or stay stubborn and be crushed by someone stronger than you...

the world has changed .The new USA ruled by pro Christian Trump,Anti - Islam the great Russia and other anti jihad nations won't fold their arms for any crushing to happen again.

you can hear Amnesty international issuing reports against Nigeria for the brutal shooting of IPOB members, some EU members have made it loud and clear about the brutality of the Nigerian government and IPOB leaders worldwide are on their toes.

no crushing gonna happen like in the sixties again.

xnsandrxns:


Funny how you people keep merging SS and your dilapidated region on nairaland
Hypocrisy is when you do online "famzing" with the SS and accuse other of "attaching by force"
Can't you baby factory people stay on your own?
When did you see the SW trying to attach itself with any tribe?
You'll open a thread about ibos and drag SS into your arguments
You are nothing to recon with
You do not have relations with anybody
Nobody wants to be associated with you
Alainiran gbogbo

why do you sw people like division. SE/SS minus Edo have been together from time immemorial and have culture and ethnic including religious similarities in fact we are one.Did you not see it in the last election in the support of our son Good luck ?

Yoruba leave us alone we have no similarities.

Igbo and confusion are

Caseless:
Igbo and confusion are

Confusion is when people don't know their origin
Some afonjas believe they fall from the sky, some believe they originated from Edo, why some say Egypt and others say Mecca

Colonel 'Air-Raid' Achuzia. Great Igbo son from Anioma. My father fought under him in the battle of Onitsha where they twarted Murtalas several attempts to invade Onitsha.

I would suggest anyone who wants to read about this great mans expolits to read about his book called 'Requiem Biafra'

Achuzia was indeed a grear Biafran warlord.

And yet you people are obsessed with Lagos state.
Zero relationship chest beaters association (CBS) Thats where u belong.

Nkem4040:


Afonja...focus on your brothers in Togo and Benin Republic that look exactly like you people . We in SE and SS minus Edo have zero relations and connection with you people. Always attaching by force...stay on your own. My goodness!

We shall overcome.

updatechange:
And yet you people are obsessed with Lagos state.
Zero relationship chest beaters association (CBS) Thats where u belong.

Obsessed with which Lagos? For now,we are in same country and by law,can migrate to any part of the country but when Biafra come to fruition, massive pull out by igbos and their investments from that your so-called lagos and the entire country as a whole and nigeria GDP will shrink by 80%. Real reason the country is fighting not to let go

fabuloz1:

Obsessed with which Lagos? For now,we are in same country and by law,can migrate to any part of the country but when Biafra come to fruition, massive pull out by igbos and their investments from that your so-called lagos and the entire country as a whole and nigeria GDP will shrink by 80%. Real reason the country is fighting not to let go

pull out ooo make we here word . That SS oyel Na him dey una eyes. And I trust Ijaw people, them go cut una legs for their land

I Hail thee!O Great warrior...I adore men with courage..Men wey get d liver to deliver..My pipul will soon crawl out from nowhere to pick on diz great man dat fought 4 the survival of his pipul.
While d Northernz, d main enemiz dem go come dey one side dey observe we dem pawns.

Afonjas:


Confusion is when people don't know their origin
Some afonjas believe they fall from the sky, some believe they originated of Edo, why some say Egypt and others say Mecca

The Igala boy you quoted doesn't even know his history. A pity his people are lost

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jneutron4000:
pull out ooo make we here word . That SS oyel Na him dey una eyes. And I trust Ijaw people, them go cut una legs for their land

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Lies. Hmmmm.

I'm with Achuzie on this. The people who lived on the Bight of Biafra were the Biafrans of old. The people had cultural affinity. The people who lived and live most directly on the Bight of Biafra are mostly the Opobo,Calabar,Ogoni,Brass,Nembe etc. So Opigo who suggested the name in 1967 must have had a good sense of history.

iSlayer2:

Lies. Hmmmm.

hahaha I know say you go find escape route but no forget how they seized una properties after the War in PH. Attachment una go learn the hard way to be independent from SS region

kettle84:
why do you sw people like division. SE/SS minus Edo have been together from time immemorial and have culture and ethnic including religious similarities in fact we are one.Did you not see it in the last election in the support of our son Good luck ?

Yoruba leave us alone we have no similarities.

Mr kettle I hav a broderly advice for ur tribe.The day d igbos will unite without involving d southsouth will b the day the south will wanna unite wit u pipul.

It is just like d case of a fine boy trying to toast a girl he is crazy of, if d girl everly findz out d guy iz crazy abt her,she will start forming but the day he acts as if he doesn't send the girl,dat girl will start developing interest 4 d guy.
u guyz have evrytin to build a great nation.u guyz ar good in sports,music,buisness,film making e.t.c so u don't nid one lazy ogogoro drinking tribe.I feel dey nid u guyz more.U guyz shuld stop acting desperate like u ar up to sumtin in dere land ad watch d way dey will wanna attache u guyz.

jneutron4000:
hahaha I know say you go find escape route but no forget how they seized una properties after the War in PH. Attachment una go learn the hard way to be independent from SS region

Smh. Is this desperation or frustration? Why are you crying more than the bereaved? Take it easy bro.

iSlayer2:

Smh. Is this desperation or frustration? Why are you crying more than the bereaved? Take it easy bro.

;Dhahaha e pain am. Greediness at it peak. You are crying that You need freedom from Nigeria still yet you want to force another into slavery. Buhari has made it clear that that you are free to good but una eye dey ND oyel. Owa oyel