Syphax:

Unity begger

DanseMacabre:
Well said. Igbos in the north stand to lose a great deal should Nigeria break up, but property and wealth can be recouped if lost or stolen.

I still think those are some of what Ndigbo would have to sacrifice for the greater good of achieving Biafra, instead of remaining third-class citizens in a country whose warranty has expired.

edunwablog:



http://www.akelicious.com/2017/09/igbos-will-lose-alot-if-country-break.html

DanseMacabre:
Well said. Igbos in the north stand to lose a great deal should Nigeria break up, but property and wealth can be recouped if lost or stolen.

I still think those are some of what Ndigbo would have to sacrifice for the greater good of achieving Biafra, instead of remaining third-class citizens in a country whose warranty has expired.

Freiden:


There will be no Biafra.

We all know this

There will be no Biafra.

The world powers will not allow it.

Nigeria will not allow it.

Other ethnic groups been pulled along with them will not allow it. Without them, biafra will be a land locked country inside Nigeria.

The international law states that both parties have to be in agreement before separation.

Like Czechoslovakia and Sudan.

If a war starts as with Yugoslavia and the country is torn apart with foreign power backing like Kosovo, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

In the case of Nigeria/ Biafra. The foreign powers are more in agreement that they do not want anything to destabilize Nigeria. It is not because they love Nigeria. More because it affects them drastically. Price of crude oil, unpaid loans, business will be severely affected even if there is a peaceful separation.

Let's examine the backers of Nigeria during the last attempt at Biafra.

Actively supported by NATO ( USA and UK)

By the Warsaw pact ( USSR, Bulgaria )

And all the rest indirectly.

Egypt, Syria and Algeria.

With exception of USA all had advicers on the ground and Egyptians and Algerians flew combat missions.

Since WWII the only conflict that had Americans British and Soviets on the same side.

How about now? The same just add China and other BRICS in the equation as they had already investigated a lot.

So has the EU.

So who backed Biafra last time.

France, Portugal and Spain. They were promised mining and crude oil exploration rights. I do not think they are in any position to abandon EU and go by themselves this time.

Apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia. Supported Biafra because Nigeria was their biggest enemy in Africa. They no longer exist.

Israel supported Biafra. I do not know their motive except that they were strong allies of South Africa.

So peacefully they can not separate. No one will let them

Violently again they will loss after millions have died. Nigeria will be heavily backed by the world powers.

They know that too, so why bother?

Here is a secret about Nigeria. Fastest way to be rich. Start an separatist movement or local uprising. The Government tends to pay them off. They usually retire in South Africa after been “settled” So Kanu, one of the main pushers for Biafia will soon vanish quietly after he becomes a real nuisance and the government gives him his pay off.

They are not the first and will not be the last.

Benekruku:


Tell them Fr. Mbaka!

There elites know that fact but the village breed and unexposed lots are not enlighten enough to comprehend

A few...

-There wards will become international students in Nigeria and pay high tuiton fees

-They will be taxed on there Buisness and properties as foreigners of which, land use charge can be ammended and properties revoked.

-They will frequently require Visiting, student, medical, buisiness visa and work-permit to enter Nigeria.

-Loss of Jobs. Nigerian company's will be forced to downsize employment of foreign expertraites. It's just about ammending labour laws close to that of any western country.

-Xenophobia will definitely spring up towards them within the Nigerian territory.

-They still did be solely dependent on Nigeria for an average of 20years before they have alternatives e.g Importation-Air and Sea, international flight, trade and commerce.

....just a few to mention

moninuola65:

Father we tell them,
they call us Afonja!
Igbo had investment and assets in Nigeria than anywhere in the world!
if igbo managed to acquired N100 trillion in Nigerian just in half a century!
Then when such an opportunity lost this time around, no amount of UN reconciliation will return it back to igbo!
for those who had ear to hear!

Baawaa:

Togo and Ghana you mentioned,are they part of Nigeria?It is obvious that most of people agitating for Bia-fraud nation don't really know what they are saying.

attackgat:
It is a sad day when people start equating houses, businesses and assets to freedom and sovereignty.

So because of Igbo investments in Nigeria, Igbos should forget their right to self determination?

I didnt expect a well travelled man like Fr Mbaka to be still talking like this.

He thinks Biafran agitation is for poor people? Well let him know that poor people are the majority and it is he who controlls the majority that controlls power.

Kutis2030:
Father tell them manybe they will change their mind dis time.

thesicilian:
These people are so disunited, and they think Nigeria is their problem.

Benekruku:


Who is afraid? Proof?

It's a win-win for Nigeria anyhow it goes. It will double or triple revenue for the country.

Imagine yourself as the Nigerian President in such eventuality and try to think of measures you will enact.


It's a win-win! Nigeria has absolutely nothing to lose!

Sanchez01:
Sad reality. The strife among them is so huge that classes abound among Igbos far more than any other ethnic group in Nigeria. Interestingly, these classes are quite petty and spiteful to the point that stereotypes have been fashioned and integrated as class systems.

Among them are;

1. The Wawa, primarily the people of Enugu and Ebonyi.

2. The drug Lords and mules cum ritualists, the Anambrarians, according to Enugu folks. He is also the supremacist.

3. The serfs, unfortunate, inferior Igbos who are not allowed to mingle with TRUE BORN Igbos. They are called Osu (Nwadiala).

4. The core tribalist who wouldn't let other Igbos Lord over them no matter what. A divide from Imo state.

5. The cannibals other Igbos dread to choose from. Call them the Ngwa people from Abia state. A part of Ebonyi isn't left out here.

The Biafra dream would sure be an interesting one to witness, heaven knows.

PS: Apologies to those who take my post to heart. My thoughts are nothing but observations plus ideas of my Igbo friends. Ishilove, oya, come and read

EricIyke:
So breaking up means they'll lose their properties there huh?

My eyes have seen the worst.
Even Mbaka of all people is sounding like an illiterate?
Besides, one must sacrifice to get something, if that's the sacrifice, no problem.
But mind you idiots, breaking doesn't mean they'll lose the properties.
Only illiterates full this country, the first one was that a call for REFERENDUM is a call for war.
And this one again.
LWKMD.

Benekruku:


Who has tabled a proposal for a referendum? Your Governors, Senators, Legislators, Representatives, business moguls and the likes re not identifying with it and you blaming Nigeria for hindering it.

Follow due process and see if a referendum won't come.

Your Elites at the fore-front do not buy Biafra so why blame other tribes for hindering it?

The whole agitation is a backyard ideology.

Alcatraz005:
How do we do that? They are not marginalized but they have a misguided sense of entitlement. They want to be handed the Office of the President on a platter. That is their main grouse and it remains to be seen how majority of Nigerians would vote a tribe they don't trust. It is a very simple matter.

oladeebo:

Amen!
before independent Yoruba had never living in Isolation like igbo, we have been living with hausa fulani and other prominent Nigerian, we trade, inter-marriaged and do everything together!
what you think?
and there is Arewa Yoruba today!

ritababe:
please why do you guys need SEDC? or did boko Haram attack south east like borno for there to be SEDC? or is there any IDP in South East?

smith54321:
So going by you people's logic, foreigners can't own landed properties in Nigeria? So let's assume a section of this country pulls out, so that automatically bars them from owning properties in what remains of Nigeria? So what remains of Nigeria would drive all foreigners? This argument is very silly one. Go to SA, see the buisnesses that were handed to the black, all ve been run aground! You can't chase people away and take over their businesses and proerties, and expect to progress. summary all these fear mongering won't stop the agitation! FG should Make them feel among! Quit pissing on their faces (NNPC appointments) .

Emyogalanya:
as if Nigeria won't enter biafra too or biafra won't be ECOWAS member

NeeKlaus:
Yes, they can be sold. Now, picture this rational thought please.

The moment you Igbos eventually get your wish and a referendum is conducted and it goes in your favour, Nigeria will be ordered to sever ties with the SE.

Now, immediately this is achieved, Igbos would become illegal Nationals in Nigeria and will be forced to flee their places of residence to Biafra. In a violence prone place like the North, do you HONESTLY BELIEVE they will have the time to sell their properties before fleeing?? Be very honest because all I can see is Xenophobia being the result in the end.

Many of you don't give thought to these important details of secession. I laugh in Hebrew.

EmekaBlue:
thats my anger about nigeria...this useless fear of d hausa man because his religion makes it easy for him to kill not like they r physically stronger. But i guess during the process of d agreement which will likely take a lil time upon agreeement...properties and evacuation process can be settled then

smith54321:
You're right, but what people have been shouting here is they'll lose theirs properties and buisnesses. Other foreigners are surviving in Nigeria even with the regulations. I seriously don't think that'll be a problem for them. True, all tribes 've experts. Let's also be honest in comerce no other tribe comes close to the Ibo's

attackgat:
Well I dont k ow what planet you live on but people do not lose their investments foe not being citizens of a country. Igbos will not lose any of their properties, assets or investments because they are protected by international law.

If countries could sieze properties just based on citizenship then it means that Ethiopia can sieze Dangote's cement plant in Ethiopia because Dangote is not Ethiopian?

It means that Britain can sieze Abuja house where Buhari just came back from because it is owned by Nigeria?

If Jim Ovia or Elumelu dont want Biafra, they should campaign for a "no" vote when referendum comes but they must accept however the will of the majority, that is democracy.

As for saying that Igbos wont be able to live with themselves is just mere speculation.

attackgat:

When you start working and making money u ll knw what assets means but for the time being go get a life n stop blaming reasonable people for not seeing anytin great in hypocrisy.

It is a sad day when people start equating houses, businesses and assets to freedom and sovereignty.

So because of Igbo investments in Nigeria, Igbos should forget their right to self determination?

I didnt expect a well travelled man like Fr Mbaka to be still talking like this.

He thinks Biafran agitation is for poor people? Well let him know that poor people are the majority and it is he who controlls the majority that controlls power.

bakynes:
You tried but do you know it's a two party agreement, bilateral relationship between two nations, even the UN cannot force Nigeria to sign bilateral agreements with Biafra.

It is a completely different scenario when two nations separate from each other in not a peaceful manner.

Nigeria controls ECOWAS so don't expect ECOWAS to be on your side. Remember the blockage from Cameroon during the Civil War.

The Land use act solely rest the land on the hands of the state. The Land use act for Foreigners is different from Citizens. Why do you think Lagos state enforces all residents to pay the Land use charge if not will have you evicted from the house you built with your money.

Getting Biafra is like Denouncing the Nigerian citizenship so therefore all rights accused to Citizens is hereby withdrawn.

Even Britain leaving the EU has made EU to now introduce trade tarrifs on the UK,one that used to be free trade zone. Now they have to pay heavily to get products and goods into Britain.

attackgat:
You are ignorant. Britain left the EU last year in a referendum, but at the moment, Britain is still a full member of the EU fir another 18 months as they discuss the terms of disengagement.

If there is a referendum in Igbo land and Igbos vote to be independent, Nigeria has no power to sieze or ask Igbos to return to Igbo land the next day.

The Nigerian constitution states that the 3 ways a person can be a Nigerian citizen

1) If they are born in Nigeria

2) If either parents is a Nigerian

3)Naturalization.


What no1 means is that since most Igbos were born in Igbo land, they will still hold Nigerian citizenship until the day Igbo land is declared independent of Nigeria and no longer a Nigerian territory.

Another thing no 1 means is that Igbos like me who were born outside Igbo land but elsewhere in Nigeria can hold Nigerian citizenship forever (unless citizenship by birth is removed from the constitution)

The combination of no1 and no2 means that most Igbos will hold Nigerian citizenship until the day Biafra is declared independent while others such as me can hold Nigerian citizenship indefinitely.

But anyone thinking that a referendum result granting Igbos independence automatically means that Igbos can be kicked out of Nigeria and their properties siezed should forget the idea since it would be unconstitutional.

bakynes:
You forget we don't use State of Residence but State of Origin in Nigeria. You that was born in Lagos or wherever are you were born, are you benefiting from welfare packages like Lagos indigenes do it do you have the right to be voted as Governor of Lagos, you can't even get into the Lagos state Civil service.

You think getting Biafra automatically means you get dual Citizenship as a Nigerian and a Biafran you want to enjoy Two citizenship when one party isn't happy with the separation.

laudate:

Please cite the exact clause in international law, that prevents Igbo from losing their properties....and tell us who would enforce it, as well as how it would be done. Nobody is interested in your properties. Just excavate them, uproot their foundation and carry everything with you into Biafra, when you are leaving. That is all. Or is that too hard for you chaps to do?

Xwhy1:

Can't you communicate without insults? You sound pained. Stop writing ignorant story, there are some things you need to learn. I see you don't know much about the Delta state you igbos are claiming. In the first case, it is never part of old Eastern region. It was part of old western region.

Let forget about region here. The people Anioma are not majority in Delta state. Anioma ancestral home is Edo state. You could find anioma people in some Edo state, ondo state, Benue state and some state in the East. Anioma in Edo state don't speak Igbo, they speak Edo language. Also Anioma in owo in ondo state speak yoruboid language and so are their languages and culture differs based on the state they found themselves. If Anioma people were igbos, why do other Anioma settlers in other state not speak Igbo? Does my speaking of English makes me an English man?


You sound so naive, do you want me to believe that all Delta speak igbo and practice the Igbo culture?Are Itsekiri, urhobo ,isoko, ijaw and other tribes Igbo? Why grab all the land these people own as your Biafra land. Once again, Biafra is a land grabber!!!

ritababe:


please why do you guys need SEDC? or did boko Haram attack south east like borno for there to be SEDC? or is there any IDP in South East?

Ikenna0b:


Maybe you should tell us the development commission that was created for SE after the Biafra war. I'm all ears