Seccession is not a new thing in Nigeria. Even before independence, there was a threat of seccession.
During the 1954 London constitutional conference, the Action Group ( a political party predomant in the western part and associated with the Yoruba) made a demand that the right for seccession be put in the constitution of the emerging nation.
According to Tekena N. Tamuno in The Journal of Modern African Studies, 1970 (and also available on Wikipedia) and other historical facts, the other major political parties namely NCNC (led by Nnamdi Azikiwe) and NPC (led by Sir Ahmadu Bello) viewed the provision of 'seccession clause' as detrimental to the unity and progress of Nigeria and therefore rejected it.
If the seccession clause had been accepted, the Biafran/Nigerian civil war would have been unneccesay.. Certainly, the current agitations would be a thing of the past.
Ever since that Independece constitution which ushered in Nigeria's independence, the Nigerian law did not allow seccession.

Biafra shall be free

Ok

they are cowards !!

sekxyqueen:
they are cowards !!

This must be an ipob fellow.

saintikechi:
Biafra shall be free

Yes, but with intellectual prowess, not with brawn.

sekxyqueen:
they are cowards !!

On the issue discussed, I don't think that is correct. It was a matter of 2 against 1.

PentiumPro:

This must be an ipob fellow.

. this man. longest time no see
how things na?

GeneralAchuzia1:
. this man. longest time no see

how things na?

Who you be? Why you dey famz ?

Yorubas threatening secession? Is that a joke or what? Secession is for people with backbone such as Ojukwu and Igbos.


Secession is not for those who are still in Nigeria begging the North for restructuring.


Maybe Awolowo did suggest that secession be added to the contitution but that in no way implies that the Yorubas ever threatend secession.

PentiumPro:


Who you be? Why you dey famz ?

. This is anago500 .how are you doing?

GeneralAchuzia1:
. This is anago500 .how are you doing?

Ok
Who the hell is that

PentiumPro:
Ok Who the hell is that

. funny boy
enjoy ur day joor

GeneralAchuzia1:
. funny boy

enjoy ur day joor

K

Zamar:


Yes, but with intellectual prowess, not with brawn.

Our agitation is for a referendum or plebiscite, we have no plans to take it by force but don't push us. "biafra shall be free"

Zamar:


Yes, but with intellectual prowess, not with brawn.

Our agitation is for a referendum or plebiscite, we have no plans to take it by force but don't push us. "biafra shall be free"

attackgat:
Yorubas threatening secession? Is that a joke or what? Secession is for people with backbone such as Ojukwu and Igbos.


Secession is not for those who are still in Nigeria begging the North for restructuring.


Maybe Awolowo did suggest that secession be added to the contitution but that in no way implies that the Yorubas ever threatend secession.

As at that time in 1954, the other reprsentatives saw it as a threat to national unity.

saintikechi:


Our agitation is for a referendum or plebiscite, we have no plans to take it by force but don't push us. "biafra shall be free"

I want to learn. How can Referendum be got?

Zamar:


I want to learn. How can Referendum be got?

Ask google.

attackgat:
[s]Yorubas threatening secession? Is that a joke or what? Secession is for people with backbone such as Ojukwu and Igbos.


Secession is not for those who are still in Nigeria begging the North for restructuring.


Maybe Awolowo did suggest that secession be added to the contitution but that in no way implies that the Yorubas ever threatend secession.[/s]

Ojukwu and Igbos? with all your backbone, what did you get losing over 3M souls? zilch!! With all your backbone, it took a secondary school teacher's magnanimity to grant your lord amnesty to come back into his father's house in Nnewi.
With all your backbone, it took not a bullet but intelligence to end the war with blockade to deny you food and other supplies.

The day Ojukwu signed for his pardon and amnesty was the day he confirmed your status in Nigeria as that of SECOND CLASS

The difference between you and Yoruba is clear, Yorubas know that you don't go into a war you are not 100% certain to come victorious, while you act without thinking only to come back to blame others for your woes you foolishly go into.
Now, you are about to repeat the same mistake your fathers made.

Just like you woke up and taught the Northerners the need to have a firm grip on Nigeria with your senseless coup of Jan '66, you are giving them another idea again on how to have a grip on Nigeria with your thoughtless biafra noise.

Only if Zik was with half the foresight of Awolowo, you Ibos will not be in this mess you are in Nigeria, Awo saw the need to insert a secession clause in our independent constitution, because he consulted wide and far about issues of new nations and how nationhood works, but the greed of an ibo man in Zik and the fears of an Hausa man in Bello put paid to it

PentiumPro:


Ojukwu and Igbos? with all your backbone, what did you get losing over 3M souls? zilch!! With all your backbone, it took a secondary school teacher's magnanimity to grant your lord amnesty to come back into his father's house in Nnewi.
With all your backbone, it took not a bullet but intelligent to end the war with blockade to deny you food and other supplies.

The difference between you and Yoruba is clear, Yorubas know that you don't go into a war you are not 100% certain to come victorious, while you act without thinking only to come back to blame others for your woes you foolishly go into.
Now, you are about to repeat the same mistake your fathers made.

Only if Zik was with half the foresight of Awolowo, you Ibos will not be in this mess you are in Nigeria, Awo saw the need to insert a secession clause in our independent constitution, because he consulted wide and far about issues of new nations and how nationhood works, but the greed of an ibo man in Zik and the fears of an Hausa man in Bello put paid to it

Sentiments apart, Awolowo was indeed a visionary leader. However, as at that time Zik preferred alliance with NPC.

Zamar:


Sentiments apart, Awolowo was indeed a visionary leader. However, as at that time[b] Zik preferred alliance with NPC[/b].

Igbos have always work with the North at the detriment of the South, and you wonder why these same people are cursing the Yorubas for working with the North in 2015 since the beginning of Nigeria.

PentiumPro:


Ojukwu and Igbos? with all your backbone, what did you get losing over 3M souls? zilch!! With all your backbone, it took a secondary school teacher's magnanimity to grant your lord amnesty to come back into his father's house in Nnewi.
With all your backbone, it took not a bullet but intelligence to end the war with blockade to deny you food and other supplies.

The difference between you and Yoruba is clear, Yorubas know that you don't go into a war you are not 100% certain to come victorious, while you act without thinking only to come back to blame others for your woes you foolishly go into.
Now, you are about to repeat the same mistake your fathers made.

Just like you woke up and taught the Northerners the need to have a firm grip on Nigeria with your senseless coup of Jan '66, you are giving them another idea again on how to have a grip on Nigeria with your thoughtless biafra noise.

Only if Zik was with half the foresight of Awolowo, you Ibos will not be in this mess you are in Nigeria, Awo saw the need to insert a secession clause in our independent constitution, because he consulted wide and far about issues of new nations and how nationhood works, but the greed of an ibo man in Zik and the fears of an Hausa man in Bello put paid to it

You are still saying the same thing Im saying. At least Igbos have proved they can fight. What have Yorubas ever proved except that they are only good at talking? The fight you Nigerians won was the one Britain and Russia won for you, what has your armed forces managed to do against Boko Haram or the Niger Delta Avengers when there was no Britain and Russia support? Nothing.

Southern Nigeria needs people who can stand up to the North the way Igbos, Ijaws, Efiks have done in the past.

Not Yorubas who are only good at talking and begging for restructuring.

attackgat:


You are still saying the same thing Im saying. At least Igbos have proved they can fight. What have Yorubas ever proved except that they are only good at talking? The fight you Nigerians won was the one Britain and Russia won for you, what has your armed forces managed to do against Boko Haram or the Niger Delta Avengers when there was no Britain and Russia support? Nothing.

Southern Nigeria needs people who can stand up to the North the way Igbos, Ijaws, Efiks have done in the past.

Not Yorubas who are only good at talking and begging for restructuring.

We are not saying the same thing and we can never say the same thing
Yorubas belief in tact, igbos are politically tactless
Yorubas believe that discretion is the better part of valour, ibos don't know what that means
The democracy your elders are enjoying today came by as a result of vigilance and tact of the yorubas using their media
Igbos have never stand for anything noble in Nigeria, all the present problems confronting Nigeria today are result of ibos lack of discretion and tact in handling political affairs and relationship in early days of Nigeria

In my opinion, the Northerners are perfectly entitled to consider whether or not they should secede from the indissoluble union which nature has formed between it and the South, but it would be calamitous to the corporate existence of the North should the clamour for secession prevail. I, therefore, counsel Northern leaders to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of secession before embarking upon this dangerous course.

As one who was born in the North, I have a deep spiritual attachment to that part of the country, but it would be a capital political blunder if the North should break away from the South. The latter is in a better position to make rapid constitutional advance, so that if the North should become truncated from the South, it would benefit both Southerners and Northerners who are domiciled in the South more than their kith and kin who are domiciled in the North. - Nnamdi Azikiwe 1953

http://www.blackpast.org/1953-nnamdi-azikiwe-speech-secession

[s]

attackgat:
Yorubas threatening secession? Is that a joke or what? Secession is for people with backbone such as Ojukwu and Igbos.


Secession is not for those who are still in Nigeria begging the North for restructuring.


Maybe Awolowo did suggest that secession be added to the contitution but that in no way implies that the Yorubas ever threatend secession.

[/s]Typical ipob reasoning after licking shoe. What else can one expect from chronic shoe licker. Ishhhhh

ruggedised:

Beware. Reactions such as this is too crude and has no place in reasonble life.

saintikechi:


Our agitation is for a referendum or plebiscite, we have no plans to take it by force but don't push us. "biafra shall be free"

If you are 'pushed' are you really ready to get it by force? Remember, things are easier said than done.

attackgat:


You are still saying the same thing Im saying. At least Igbos have proved they can fight. What have Yorubas ever proved except that they are only good at talking? The fight you Nigerians won was the one Britain and Russia won for you, what has your armed forces managed to do against Boko Haram or the Niger Delta Avengers when there was no Britain and Russia support? Nothing.

Southern Nigeria needs people who can stand up to the North the way Igbos, Ijaws, Efiks have done in the past.

Not Yorubas who are only good at talking and begging for restructuring.

from the way I see it, only idiots fight a lost war...

wirinet:


In my opinion, the Northerners are perfectly entitled to consider whether or not they should secede from the indissoluble union which nature has formed between it and the South, but it would be calamitous to the corporate existence of the North should the clamour for secession prevail. I, therefore, counsel Northern leaders to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of secession before embarking upon this dangerous course.

As one who was born in the North, I have a deep spiritual attachment to that part of the country, but it would be a capital political blunder if the North should break away from the South. The latter is in a better position to make rapid constitutional advance, so that if the North should become truncated from the South, it would benefit both Southerners and Northerners who are domiciled in the South more than their kith and kin who are domiciled in the North. - Nnamdi Azikiwe 1953

http://www.blackpast.org/1953-nnamdi-azikiwe-speech-secession

A year after that speech, Zik went ahead to align with the North in ensuring that 'seccession' clause was not included in the constitution. Was that not a political blunder?