Biafra: The Abandoned Indigenous Igbos Of Benue State.
opera.comJan 15, 2020 5:17 PM
It is no longer news that the predominant number of Igbo origin are in the present day Benue state today in not less than four LGAs, namely Ado, Oju, Okpokwu and Obi LGAs.

With recognizable number of population that is not less than a million and hundreds of jobless graduates wallowing in tears and excruciating pains daily with series of injustice perpetrated against us by the past and successful government.



The largest market in one of the local government is located in our area that's the popular Inikiri Benue in Ado LGA.

Benue Igbo people are occupying a space of not less 500 villages.

The Igbos found in Benue are Ezza, Izzi, Effium and Mgbo people, we are here as a result of boundary problem necessitated by the colonial masters.



Before the civil war all were going well and smoothly, the existing mutual relationship then between the good people of Idoma and Igbo people were like salt and oil, inter tribal marriage was on going then until when the civil unrest broke out on May 30th, 1967.

The people of the Benue Igbo are no longer finding it easy in any way both in political life, economic life etc.

They are torn between two paths, their kits and kin are also predominantly in Ebonyi state the only state in the East where we supposed to rightfully belong.



Benue state governments both the state and Local administrators are not seeing us as part of them as a result of language differences between us but in the same Christian religion with them, in the other way round Ebonyi state government where we supposed to be rightfully belonged are not helping issues since there's no any part of our territory that is under her control of administration and authority.

No government in Ebonyi both past successive and the present one will ever deny the knowledge of our existence here in Benue state since the first executive governor of the state who is also representing the good people of Ebonyi North in the National Assembly Sen Dr Sam Egwu has a close boundary with his Ohaukwu local government in Ebonyi and Ado local government in Benue state.

Martin Elechi whose wife's hometown has a common boundary between each other as well, Is it Dave Umahi that his erstwhile perm sec ministry of finance and economic development Ignatius Unah whose hometown is a stone throw to Benue state will deny the knowledge of our existence?

It is really practically impossible for them to act that way.

Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue state visited and campaigned vigorously in our areas he even toured round our communities on motorcycle during the period of electioneering campaign with humongous and countless number of promises but till date nothing has happened.

Immediately he was declared the winner of 2019 governorship election he hurriedly sacked the first and the only indigenous person who served his government as SA to the Gov on community relationship Hon. chief Matthew Agom.

Our sin was only because we participated in defending our territories during the civil war, the unforgettable memories that's still giving them sleepless nights till date was the ingenuity displayed by our fathers during the war by repelling many attacks and the blocking of Nigerian army from penetrating into the Eastern region through our side which they later went and followed Nsukka.



It is on record, unequivocally factual and undeniable scrutiny that the people of the Benue Igbo are the most marginalized tribe in the whole wide world, people without any governmental presence, no recognizable basic amenity in the whole area.

We are just in pangs.

The level of ostracism, negligence, inhuman treatment and political upheaval been placed on us is still inexplicable and beyond human expression since we have been totally abandoned to our fate and forced to feel less human before our brothers as a result of language barrier, animosity and unwarranted enduring hatred, we are the only people in the world using pond as our only source of drinking water at the same place with bush animals in this 21st century.



The 3R's policy initiated by Gen. Yakubu Gowon after the war in 1970 are still questionable since the reintegration, reconstruction and reconciliation policies have never been carried out in any of our respective communities and villages till date since after the fifty years of the civil unrest and unholy war in the country.

One thing there is that you can't question God for instituting us here in Benue state, he has the reason and any attempt trying to question our existence here in Benue will be tantamount in questioning the existence of God.

We are only helping ourselves in our own way.

We are in a territory of no governmental presence.

All we are saying now is that we need help both from the government and any willing individual before we'll be drowned here in Benue state.

- Courtesy of Nweke Cedric Ifeanyichukwu, a Benue Igbo and a Public affairs analyst and an advocate for good governance and social justice. IGBOS OF Benue State of

Land grabbers at it again.

How about Maiduguri?

They are TIVs and not Igbos please.

This is d right time for Southern Nigeria that's d middle belt, South-eastern, Sout-South and South-West to come together and form an Alliance to combat d terrorist Fulani's!

Its one of the great tragedies of Nigeria that indigenous Igbos who should have been in Ebonyi were carved into Benue by Military Leaders who were high on drugs

Pappyjim:
This is d right time for Southern Nigeria that's d middle belt, South-eastern, Sout-South and South-West to come together and form an Alliance to combat d terrorist Fulani's!

There is nothing like South west.

It is simply west.

You people have started with this rubbish again. Dont you guys have any shame? Tufiakwa!

gidgiddy:
Its one of the great tragedies of Nigeria that indigenous Igbos who should have been in Ebonyi were carved into Benue by Military Leaders who were high on drugs

Nonsensical talk as usual. The day any nnamudi Cownu ipod attempts to steal a square inch of Benue land will be the day the terrorist organisation will get what has been coming to them.

Una longthroat for other people property knows no bounds.

Spits.

Pappyjim:
This is d right time for Southern Nigeria that's d middle belt, South-eastern, Sout-South and South-West to come together and form an Alliance to combat d terrorist Fulani's!

Everyone is fighting their battles themselves. Ibos should fight for themselves. They are the greatest warriors even known since the start of evolution.

The people of Benue state want nothing to do with any idiotic alliance with anyone to fight anyone. They can fend for themselves.

Keep your eyes off Benue lands.

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omenka:
Nonsensical talk as usual. The day any nnamudi Cownu ipod attempts to steal a square inch of Benue land will be the day the terrorist organisation will get what has been coming to them.

Una longthroat for other people property knows no bounds.

Spits.

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omenka:
You people have started with this rubbish again. Dont you guys have any shame? Tufiakwa!

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omenka:
Everyone is fighting their battles themselves. Ibos should fight for themselves. They are the greatest warriors even known since the start of evolution.

The people of Benue state want nothing to do with any idiotic alliance with anyone to fight anyone. They can fend for themselves.

Keep your eyes off Benue lands.

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Pappyjim:
This is d right time for Southern Nigeria that's d middle belt, South-eastern, Sout-South and South-West to come together and form an Alliance to combat d terrorist Fulani's!

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We are not at war with anyone, so no one is forming any alliance, go fight your war alone.

There is South West. Everything to your left is West from Lagos to Sokoto so its better to sub-divide it. But you dont have South-South and North North or North central, these are frauds!

Osagyefo98:


There is nothing like South west.

It is simply west.

Benue was created by the military, it is not an indigenous boundary of an ethnic group but several groups stretching across statelines

omenka:
Everyone is fighting their battles themselves. Ibos should fight for themselves. They are the greatest warriors even known since the start of evolution.

The people of Benue state want nothing to do with any idiotic alliance with anyone to fight anyone. They can fend for themselves.

Keep your eyes off Benue lands.

DMerciful:
Benue was created by the military, it is not an indigenous boundary of an ethnic group but several groups stretching across statelines

You're wasting your time with that one! He's a rabid Igbo hater, and will loose sleep at the thought of Igboland being more than 'just your 5 south-east states' that his type hemmed us into in 1967!

Afonjas have invaded this thread and start twisting facts so that One Nigeria will continue. The day other tribes will understand that Afonjas are the cancer of this country.

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Simplyleo:
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We are not at war with anyone, so no one is forming any alliance, go fight your war alone.

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These guys can grab anything don't be surprise if they wake up tomorrow and tell you the whole of benue is Biafra land
I will never forget how Nnamdi kanu ruthlessly insulted the Yorubas and their leaders calling them all sort of names even threatened to attack kumuyi in Aba and asked his gullible followers to boycott yoruba churches,now same Nnamdi kanu is pretending to be friend to The same Yorubas
Nnamdi Kanu is a smart guy who understands the Igbos very well. He knows the Igbos are people who are giving to delusion, they are energized by fake news, propaganda, rumors and hates. Be good at dishing them then you become a hero it doesn't matter the region you come from like FFK and Fayose just be sure you are dishing them out in support of Igbos interest and vision they will make you their celebrity and you can make a lot of money doing that if you involve business mind in it like Kanu and Nwandirike.

I have a biafra proponent in my area here that use to tell us some day light lies about biafra. Last November he said Trump has given Buhari two weeks to hold a lefulendom as he called it or he will move Americans army to Nigeria force Igbos out.

In November ending he said that the UN has given the Igbos date to leave Nigeria by February and that the UN army will be entry Nigeria from December to enforce this and many other things.

He even said that Nnamdi Kanu have commanded the Igbos to not return back to Nigeria when they go home for Christmas and that others should prepare to leave Nigeria latest by January.

This is how every part of Niger delta keep rejecting them...
Ibibio rejection of Biafra
http://sunnewsonline. com/including-ibibio-in-biafra-map-an-affront-group/

Efik rejection of Biafra
https://www. naij. com/1113743-nnamdi-kanus-ipob-warned-by-efik-group-leave-biafra-shenanigans.html

Urhobo rejection of Biafra
http://www .vanguardngr. com/2015/11/urhobo-denounces-inclusion-in-map-of-biafra/

Anioma rejection of Biafra
http://sunnewsonline .com/stop-dragging-us-into-biafra-anioma-people-of-delta-tell-agitators/

Ogoni rejection of Biafra
https://www .naij. com/1109544-stop-associating-ogoni-biafra-agitation-group-warns-asari-dokubo.html

Isoko rejection of Biafra
http://mashable. ng/isoko-is-not-part-of-biafra-isoko-development-union/

Annangs rejection of Biafra
http://tribuneonlineng. com/not-ready-slaves-biafra-%E2%80%95annang

All your rejections

We all know that lies and propaganda are the only weapons Kanu and IPOB have for the moment to continue to sway their gullible brainwashed followers and failure to do that spells doom for the organization. So I'm not surprise with your comment

DMerciful:
Benue was created by the military, it is not an indigenous boundary of an ethnic group but several groups stretching across statelines

Go and sit down. If I tell you we gave Igbos in Edo state will you believe?

Arrewa:
We all know that lies and propaganda are the only weapons Kanu and IPOB have for the moment to continue to sway their gullible brainwashed followers and failure to do that spells doom for the organization. So I'm not surprise with your comment

Osagyefo98:
They are TIVs and not Igbos please.

severe pain when ever the name info is mentioned

One day una go also claim kano...

Osagyefo98:
They are TIVs and not Igbos please.

U are just mischievous

maynation:
Land grabbers at it again.

How about Maiduguri?

You're too good to be bitter my dear

Biafra.

That elephant in the room. It happened, but dont talk about it.

It took Chinu Achebe's book "There was a nation" for millennials to even realize Nigeria fought a civil war.

What a war it was, its the only war recorded since Second World War where the Soviets and a Western power the United Kingdom fought a common enemy, Biafra. let's not even talk about the Egyptian pilots on the Nigerian side.

but I digress....

In another of Chinu Achebe proverbs he says and I paraphrase "a man that holds another man down, holds himself down"......Nigeria in holding the Igbos down has held herself down

The South East is a bastion of commerce, yet it took 2012 for the entire South East to get a simple International Airport...who lost? the igbos or Nigeria?

Unbelievably, The entire South East just got a Free Trade Zone in 2015....to give you a full picture, ALL states in the Federation have Free Trade Zone...but none in the South East.

Am I wailing?

Remember if Nigeria did not designate a FTZ in Nnewi, Aba or Onitsha, Nigeria did not hold down the igbos, Nigeria held herself down.

Remember that.

The US fought a war with Germany. After the war the US took the German V2 rocket scientist to Florida and built the Saturn and Apollo Space programs. It was the Germans, that put America on the Moon. America could have banned Germans from the ballistic missile program, but that would mean the Soviet Union would beat America to the moon.

The Biafrans refined crude oil, built Improvised Explosive Devices and amoured vehicles...in 1965, while under a naval and land blockade with extreme hunger ravaging the land ...What would have happened if Nigeria had taken the Biafran military scientists and put them in charge of DICON? where will DICON and Nigeria be today?

I don't want to do a long post, The world is changing, there are more igbos in Canada than say North East of Nigeria....who is gaining the taxes paid? Nigeria or Canada

Whatever the suspicion or animosity the Nigerian Federation has to the igbos, she cannot deny that they have since the civil war, the Igbos have invested billions into Nigeria and participated in the unity of Nigeria. Nigeria needs the igbos to be Nigerian and the Igbos need Nigeria to see them as Nigerians...

50 years of the passing of Biafra is a great opportunity for Nigeria to turn the page....

My own is to post

celeiyke:


U are just mischievous

How

Osagyefo98:



How

The Igbo don't share boundary with the Tiv. There are Igbo in Benue, for Kogi I have heard but not sure, there are igbo in Cross River and even Edo.

This is actually correct... I'm from oju lga in benue..