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Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Abagworo(m): 5:23pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
taylor88: Rumuokwurusi has never been part of the dream Biafra. The last time IPOB invaded Rumuokwurusi from Aba, the youths dealt them a blow. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Warship: 5:23pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
whitebeard: Are Benue people being systematically destroyed by Fulani people.? 2 Likes |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Warship: 5:24pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
Abagworo: Provide video evidence of this nonsense you posted 5 Likes |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Xbee007(m): 5:28pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
magoo10:WTF is this? Are you expecting me to believe this dumb writeup without any reputable link to back it up? Any dumb mofo behind some dusty keyboard can make this up. Post the link and let's see. 3 Likes |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by positivetaught: 5:30pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
I'm appalled by the mentality of some minorities like the TIV's n idoma's,OK you do not wish to be part of Biafra fine,where do you stand then?,it's just not enough to condemn kanu's call but you people should be taking a stand except if you people are OK with the status quo n Fulani massacres, the Hausa/Fulani's in the north thinks the northern minorities are theirs for the taken that's why they brag n threatens everyday,yes we should not be cajoled into arrangement but we should be thinking ahead too, in the present debate what prominent voice have we heard from Benue, none!,now Paul unongo has been strategically made the NEF chair for a reason,ask unongo about the stand of the northern minorities n watch him chew his tongue,its a shame we suffer most in the hands of Hausa/Fulani oligarchs, but when the opportunity for liberation n freedom calls we becomes confused n cowards. 1 Like |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by NtoAkwaIbom(m): 5:31pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
chinoxstock: so these people online are all afonja ba ? Igbos are the most Delusional animal on this planet, I didn't say Humans, because they are a disgrace to normal Delusional humans 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by whitebeard(m): 5:31pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
Warship:I don't think so, that's why they don't want in on Biafra, it not everything u see on media that's true. They already said it not once not twice, so why da fuçk does KANU want Benue, it simply because of sea access, u should be able to read kanu's mind by now arnt u a biafran. Or it seems the agitation forgot u. |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by emi14: 5:33pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
whitering:Are you sure Kanu made such statement? Can you provide any documented convincing evidence. I doubt your source . Candidly he didn't. |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by diegwu01: 5:37pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
magoo10: Dont believe all you read. "Source said this", "Sauce said that". Buhari and which Northern leaders Meeting? pls take it easy,the FG is still unfazed by the Biafran nonsense, IPOB would dare not embark on another senseless demonstration because the same Military treatment of previous Demonstration will be meted out. UN has not made a single statement on IPOB, Amnesty did, and the Nigerian Army denied everything, case closed!. .So much lies being peddled in the SE and a lot are buying it. |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Agumbaa: 5:42pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
[size=18pt]Biafra: The Agony Of Over One Million Igbos In Benue State[/size] Azuigbe Bridge at Umuezeokoha in Igboland of Benue State. By Okechukwu Okonjo Gone are the days where we don’t know where Igboid communities are hidden. I have now put Anioma and them on the map for future reference. They are in 4 local government areas of Benue State namely Ado, Oju, Okpoku and Obi, all in Benue State. These are ethnic Igbo. These are known as the Umuezeokoha people. Some people were speaking about Igbo trying to annex other people’s land, but look at how sizable amount of Igbo were cut off and place in the North as northern communities. Presumably some people hoped that the Umuezeokoha people will lose their identity as is happening with some Ikwerre people in Rivers State. Umuezeokoha community is in the present Benue state and comprises of over 300 villages of Igbo speaking areas. Ado, Oju, Okpoku and Obi are local government areas that are part of the newly proposed Apa state that, which the Idoma have been calling for. Apa state must be obtained and added to the SE in the interest of unifying the peoples with their kith and kin in the SE. There are over one million of them spread across four local government areas of Benue State. You can find them in Ado, Oju, Okpoku and Obi, all in Benue State. They are ethnic Igbos. Before the Nigerian civil war, they lived a happy and meaningful life, mingling freely with their kith and kin in the state. But today, things have fallen apart. Instead of the joyful songs, they were used to, they now sing dirges. The Benue Igbos who are called by the name Umuezeokoha are not happy that they have been neglected for a long time now by successive governments, federal, state or local, and they are blaming this on their ethnic origin and the fact that they are in the wrong state. Interestingly, the people share the same Benue South Senatorial Constituency with Senate President, David Mark. Though Igbos , the Umuezeokoha Community, due perhaps to accident of history, are found in Benue State instead of Ebonyi State , being the closest Igbo state where their kinsmen, the Ezza Ezekuna kindred are found. According to the President, Benue Igbo Union, Mr. Nweke Cedrick Ifeanyi, his people are wallowing in poverty and neglect and are often denied democracy dividends, including obtaining local government identification letters for employment in and outside the state. Historical background of Igbos in Benue Mr. Nweke said the Igbos in Benue State; particularly those in Ado, Oju, Okpoku and Obi Local Government Areas were in existence before the advent of Christianity in Nigeria. But since then, he lamented, they have not been recognized by successive governments both at the state and federal levels in both Ebonyi and Benue states. School constructed by the Missionaries in 1942 at Umuezeokoha in Benue. “Although before the independence and the Nigerian civil war, which lasted for about three years, we used to experience government attention to the extent that the missionaries then established one local primary school at Umuezeokoha community which comprises over 300 villages of Igbo speaking areas that time. The school was generally accepted by our elders then and we did witness medical attention. “But since after the civil war, we in the entire 300 Igbo-speaking villages in Benue State have been dumped by the Nigerian government. It is worse for those in Benue South Senatorial District. We have never experienced any government attention, let alone a project from the local, state and federal governments up till date.” The Igbo Union President also disclosed that a place with a population of over one million people has no designated political ward, no councillorship representative neither at the local government level nor at the state government level despite their voting population. He said even Senator David Mark and Governor Gabriel Suswan have been winning all their elections in the area. They lack portable water for their families. Mr. Nweke also narrated how their children die in their large numbers because of lack of immunization, which he said they have never witnessed since the return of democracy. He also painted a gory picture of how they were swindled of N6,000 each for insecticide treated mosquito nets, which were given free to neighbouring communities by the federal government. “We are lacking so many things, including a health centre, political ward, good roads, good water, and electricity. There is no salary earner in our place to the extent that the mosquito treated insecticide nets given freely by the federal government was sold to us at the rate of N6,000 each, some even paid without claiming it till date,” Nweke said. “All our roads are narrow; we do not have any motorable road in our area at all, last time when we visited the local government chairmen and complained about the issue of selling mosquito nets to us, what they said was that the era of mosquito nets had come and gone. This attracted exchange of gazes, and the question whether we are still a part of this country. Imagine as we are in this dry season, we hardly see water to drink, wash and cook, talk less of taking bath. Before we see water to do something, one has to trek up to 30 kilometres to a place where there is unpurified dam water, but in this place, you must queue up in a line before it will get to your turn,” he said. Another member of the community, Chief John Nwali also narrated the ordeal of the people in the hands of successive governments in the state, adding, “Sometimes we do lament whether we are different from other human beings created by God. Some of them that claim to be natives of the state mock us by telling us to wait to benefit from government only when the Biafran nation which we fought for comes into reality.” “At times we nurse the idea of belonging to another country. In fact, if we are close to another country, we could have declared our intention to become their citizens, but this one we are in the midst of Nigeria, we speak Nigerian language, practice Nigerian culture and religion, in every election we vote and still we are treated with great scorn and neglect as if we do not exist. Yet, we have somebody like the Senate President, living in Abuja with our mandate. Even in the last 2011 general election, I was the PDP Campaign Coordinator for Benue Igbo branch, but since that time till now, we are still in the same condition. We have been regarded as slaves in the country of our own. Even the only primary school that was built by the missionary before Independence is no more attracting government attention. The school is now in a sorry state. The only secondary school we have as of now is one at Saint Charles Catholic Church at Apa Ogbozu community, which was initiated by one Reverend Father.” “We do not have anybody in the Benue State Government cabinet both in the local, state and in federal levels. We are all confused on what to do and where to go because we do not know when this indefinite discrimination will come to an end because even to the extent that the local government identification letters are no more being given to us any longer as Nigerian citizens.” Chief Nwali also said that during rainy season, their people get drowned in water and disclosed that none of the streams, rivers and lakes has any bridge and lamented that during the last flood incident, they lost almost all their farm lands and every other thing they had laboured for. “The political oppression which we have been subjected to is very serious. Even one of the biggest rivers we have has not attracted government attention, just to build a bridge across it. Last year, more than 20 people died while trying to cross the river for their normal daily business. We made so many efforts to visit our former Governor, Gabriel Suswan and our Senator, David Mark, to table our problem before them, but all to no avail.” An octogenarian, Pa Nwankwo Alo said: “Our children have not been immunized over the years, let alone polio eradication programme. Our women do not even know what hospital is when they are pregnant because there are no hospitals to attend and yet we have up to 32 polling units. We have even called for more polling units because we are more than the present one but the government refused even as the national confab in 2014 came; there was nobody to speak for us.” On the September 23, 2016, their umbrella organization, Benue Igbo Development Union – BIDU issued a press release: WE ARE REAL INDIGENOUS IGBO: Unequivocally, Benue Igbo people are not known as farm settlers, as some prominent Igbo men are going about broadcasting to the public that we are only settle here for sake of farming. Comprehensively, farming is our pride in relation to our kith and kin in Ebonyi state, namely :. Ezza, Izzi Effium and Ezzamgbo people. These people mentioned here are today the strength of Abakaliki political block and also the farming strength of Ebonyi people . For more than hundred years ago we have being in Benue state even, during the time of civil war Nigeria government used all her machinery against us in Benue here which later turn to futile and disgrace to them and still today we are pronouncing widely in popularity more than expected. Nigeria government, I think this is the right time to embrace justice and stop the political ostracism against the Benue Igbo. Although, we have being facing a lot of unexpected harassment but we are firmly assuring you people that no amount of political deprivation or subjugation will make us to deny our identity as Igbo speaking people of Benue state and we must forever remain resolute to achieve our political freedom. People should stop misdirecting the public with messages full of deceit and shenanigans that we are farm settlers in Benue state. WE ARE REAL INDIGENOUS IGBO RESIDENT IN BENUE http://africaworldnews.net/nigeria-agony-one-million-igbos-benue-state/ 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by omenka(m): 5:48pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
Zoharariel:God forbid. |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by AntiNigerian: 5:49pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
jrusky: 1 Like
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Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Malawian(m): 5:49pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
All i see are TIV people seething about being left behind by Idoma and Igede 2 Likes |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by omenka(m): 5:50pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
azpekuliar:Thanks. And please make sure you tell Kanu that. Cheers. 1 Like |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by omenka(m): 5:52pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
Pasidon:We love our confusion. I presume we have a right to. 1 Like |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by omenka(m): 5:52pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
navzla:In totality!! 1 Like |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by bams2999(m): 5:59pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
So now finally KANU is a big joke , pls let he take some part of Borno state and Adamawa state. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Nobody: 5:59pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
Afonja, something to masturbate on. Yeye news! |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by AntiNigerian: 6:01pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
if at all nnamdi kanu should carve any part of Benue state, pls carve out the Igbos only and maybe igede because Igede were once part of Cross River state before they were shoved up to the north! Moreover, Our governor Wike (Nwike) called Benue governor Ortom a coward or sth like that ... if am correct 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Nobody: 6:06pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
omenka:Dem go gree hear nii? 1 Like |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by bibe(m): 6:08pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
whitebeard: What has Benue got to do with sea access? I'm kinda confused here... 2 Likes |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by talk2emma: 6:10pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
Referendum will say it all |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by patrotic9gerian: 6:11pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
The guys commenting on that thread are the Tiv people |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Nobody: 6:14pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
CltrAltDel: Ignorant Buffoon. A man greater and more popular than your father and all your generations from time immemorial you're here spewing trash. Who is your Father self? Since no Line of your generation have ever been this I guess you'll have to revere on the mention of Nnamdi Kanu enjoy your highest form of popularity. Low life Idiot. 1 Like |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by nkemjacob2(m): 6:19pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
This is d sort of topic seun and his crew like to put on FP. Thank God for that awesome answer one of the guy gave. "not all part of benue" even we don't need all of them. Wen the referendum comes with seriousness u will states that re very much ready to leave the useless country called Nigeria. 1 Like |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Aragon: 6:20pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
madridguy: A Rich man's Son called OJUKWU who was in the Nigerian army used his father's wealth to Fight for BIAFRA, after more than a Million Death he still did not get BIAFRA he died and was buried as a Nigerian in Nigeria. Now a Youth that was given a Radio Station to Run in London used it to Preach HATE and was arrested. Now on Bail he is telling some gullible Folks that he was Offered BIAFRA. By who? Not even BUHARI has the POWER or RIGHT to offer you your Village of 5000. I cant believe anybody would actually believe that.. Under the same BUHARI that fought and lost friends and colleagues in the WAR? Pure Joke!!. If OJUKWU could not pull off BIAFRA certainly not todays internet Youths whose only claim to Fame is to INSULT people or fight about Celebrities. |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Warship: 6:38pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
NtoAkwaIbom: Facebook can be clone Go get enough video interviews on the streets of Tivland, Idomaland and Igedeland respectively |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by IamGeorgie(m): 6:41pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
His refusal to go with the five Eastern states is a piece of good news, at last no more Biafra because the last I will do as a Benue man is to flee to Niger Republic instead of joining him. |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by Warship: 6:44pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
positivetaught: Those views aren't those of the Idoma or Igede people Omenka was employed to frustrate IPOB but unfortunately, all his attacks have failed 1 Like |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by CltrAltDel: 6:50pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
[s] Mcquine:[/s] Choi…. Confirmed, he pain this one well well… na wa o, someone cannot play with you Me right now.… You… www.nairaland.com/attachments/5555990_savagemonkeychilddie_jpegf3b35ede1d6a0ce629ed04684cd04724 1 Like |
Re: Benue Indigenes React To Nnamdi Kanu's "No Biafra Without Rivers & Benue" Talk by kikake: 6:50pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
driver001: Looking. Omenka can even deny the fact that there are indigenous Benue Igbos. If not that we Igbos easily forgive those who treated is bad in the past, non-Igbo indegenes of Benue state should be excluded from Biafra. Even in that FB chat published by omenka, an Hausa contributor reminded Kanu that the Benue people fought the Biafrans dirtiest during the civil war. Who put sticks into the vagiiina of pregnant women till the stick emerged from the mouth? Of course, we know that the unrepentant types like omenka from Benue killed many pregnant easterners who had already escaped the Fulani killing machine in far north, by putting sticks into the women's vagiiina until the stick emerged from the woman's mouth. Biafra shall take Igbo indegenes of Benue South zone, if other Benue groups refuse Biafra. Let the remaining Benue REFUSENICKS to Biafra continue with Arewa. One thing, such bizarre and most inhuman type of killings of easterners who had mostly arrived home after escape from far north - such bizarre and most type of killings is nearly daily occurrence in the fights between Benue people and Fulani. 1 Like |
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