The other thing Igbo people feel strongly about in equal measure is FREEDOM.

In a typical Igbo mind, denial of freedom is the greatest form of injustice, and for that he or she can do anything.

People who are here to pick fights are wasting their time.

engrfaruq:
Sometimes in life, your situation keeps repeating itself, until you learn your lesson. Igbos have yet to learn a thing from the Biafran war. Funny enough, the Igbos were more cohesive and strong back in 1966, but they still succumb to the might of foreign-backed FG. They should know that Northern interest alone can never keep Nigeria intact, there is a whole lot of foreign interest and this is clearly evident in the way and manner Kanu was arrested, with no single head rolling.

Biafra did not lose the war because of foreign backing of FG.
Biafra did not want war. Ojukwu did not want war, and did his best to avoid war.
The war was imposed on Biafra.

As for freedom, it is never given internationally; it is taken locally.
The international community merely rubber-stamp local reality.
Events in different parts of the world settled this point.

Useless chest beating. Meanwhile you are killing your innocent men, women and children in the name of fighting injustice.

Patriot9:
Mr Onumadu, so to what end is this senseless killings in the region?
Is it freedom fighting?

Use your tongue to count your teeth after THOROUGHLY reading the OP.
Thank you.

tommy589:



It is not gang up.Did Yorubas not supported Jonathan against their own presidential candidate,Ribadu in 2011 election? They voted in all SW states for him except in Osun. Politicians form new alliances when the previous don't bring expected dividends.

It's a gang up! Yorubas always go behind the back to cook up all sorts of devilish alliances with these foreign fulanis only to start acting like they're innocent of all accusations when the shit hits the fan.

engrfaruq:
Sometimes in life, your situation keeps repeating itself, until you learn your lesson. Igbos have yet to learn a thing from the Biafran war. Funny enough, the Igbos were more cohesive and strong back in 1966, but they still succumb to the might of foreign-backed FG. They should know that Northern interest alone can never keep Nigeria intact, there is a whole lot of foreign interest and this is clearly evident in the way and manner Kanu was arrested, with no single head rolling.

you totally missed the point of the OP, what he is saying is that the quintessential Igbo man will fight the devil with bare hands in his quest for justice..............in the state of emotional rage the Igboman can be foolhardy, in my opinion, the greatest mistake Buhari will make is to start a scorched earth policy of intense military engagement in the southeast....it will only unify disparate opinions in Igboland and I tell you the Igbos will fight Nigeria again.....sad but true! Buhari should swallow his pride and engage the aggrieved IPOB/ESN group and seek a possible solution.

onumadu:
A couple of days ago, a friend from Benin, Edo State was asking me about what is going on in the East, particularly about the UGM phenomenon. His question was laced with shock and disbelief.
His view is that “Igbo people are very peaceful people”. I let him into one secret about Igbo that a lot of other Nigerians are oblivious of.

Not to insult any non-Igbo, but only a COMPLETE Igbo person (man or woman) can really understand this one thing about the Igbo. To understand it, both of your parents and grandparents and more must be Igbo, else somehow you won’t get it.

Nnamdi Kanu used to allude to people whose parentage are suspect in Igboland, who don’t understand core facts about Igbo mindset.
He called them all sorts of names, and threatened that a DNA will be conducted in Biafra after independence, so that they know who is who. lol

Anyway, the non-Igbo ethnic groups that can understand it to some extent, in decreasing order, are as follows: (1) Ibibio (because they are the closest to the Igbo than any other ethnic group in Nigeria), (2) Okrika, (3) Kalabari and (4) Isoko/Urhobo. I mentioned ethnic groups that are not Igbo, but with HEAVY mixing with Igbo (through marriage, interbreeding, and other intercourse).

So, what is that secret?

The Igbo person HATES injustice with an unparalleled passion.
No other ethnic group comes close in that mindset.

I have studied a lot of different ethnic groups, both African and non-African, and I cannot really find any ethnic group that hates injustice the way the Igbo do. Of course every human being hates injustices, but the Igbo takes it a notch higher.

To get justice, an Igbo can do ANYTHING. Igbo man’s sanity ends at the gates of injustice.
To an Igbo, life is worthless without justice.

This truth was echoed by Chinua Achebe in Things Fall Apart, where Okonkwo committed suicide because he couldn’t accept what was happening to his native Umuofia. The “Eboe Landing” event also proved it.

Nnamdi Kanu used to say it over and over in his radio broadcasts, that an Igbo man can be worse than even Lucifer when treated unfairly. If within his means, an Igbo can even destroy the whole world just to get justice. That is why people who are advising injustice against the Igbo really have no clue what they are messing with.

The Igbo have never been ruled directly by anybody. Even the British had to appoint “warrant chiefs” and ceded a lot of power to them, just to rule Igbo. Without those chiefs (who BTW did the wishes of their people), it would have been impossible to rule Igboland. The governors of South east today are behaving in ways that the warrant chiefs never behaved.

This opinion should not be mistaken for an endorsement of the activities of UGM.
The aim is to shine a torchlight into the minds of the people of the region so that real solutions can be found to address the problem.

Brother, you are spot on.

Igbo man worships justice as enshrined in OFFOR NA OGU (meaning JUSTICE AND EQUITY)

An Igbo man stoutly believes in the custom of LIVE AND LET OTHERS LIVE (EGBE BERE UGO BERE)


You are 200%correct!

engrfaruq:
Sometimes in life, your situation keeps repeating itself, until you learn your lesson. Igbos have yet to learn a thing from the Biafran war. Funny enough, the Igbos were more cohesive and strong back in 1966, but they still succumb to the might of foreign-backed FG. They should know that Northern interest alone can never keep Nigeria intact, there is a whole lot of foreign interest and this is clearly evident in the way and manner Kanu was arrested, with no single head rolling.

STFU, why all Mohammedanist are Igbo haters ?

onumadu:
A couple of days ago, a friend from Benin, Edo State was asking me about what is going on in the East, particularly about the UGM phenomenon. His question was laced with shock and disbelief.
His view is that “Igbo people are very peaceful people”. I let him into one secret about Igbo that a lot of other Nigerians are oblivious of.

Not to insult any non-Igbo, but only a COMPLETE Igbo person (man or woman) can really understand this one thing about the Igbo. To understand it, both of your parents and grandparents and more must be Igbo, else somehow you won’t get it.

Nnamdi Kanu used to allude to people whose parentage are suspect in Igboland, who don’t understand core facts about Igbo mindset.
He called them all sorts of names, and threatened that a DNA will be conducted in Biafra after independence, so that they know who is who. lol

Anyway, the non-Igbo ethnic groups that can understand it to some extent, in decreasing order, are as follows: (1) Ibibio (because they are the closest to the Igbo than any other ethnic group in Nigeria), (2) Okrika, (3) Kalabari and (4) Isoko/Urhobo. I mentioned ethnic groups that are not Igbo, but with HEAVY mixing with Igbo (through marriage, interbreeding, and other intercourse).

So, what is that secret?

The Igbo person HATES injustice with an unparalleled passion.
No other ethnic group comes close in that mindset.

I have studied a lot of different ethnic groups, both African and non-African, and I cannot really find any ethnic group that hates injustice the way the Igbo do. Of course every human being hates injustices, but the Igbo takes it a notch higher.

To get justice, an Igbo can do ANYTHING. Igbo man’s sanity ends at the gates of injustice.
To an Igbo, life is worthless without justice.

This truth was echoed by Chinua Achebe in Things Fall Apart, where Okonkwo committed suicide because he couldn’t accept what was happening to his native Umuofia. The “Eboe Landing” event also proved it.

Nnamdi Kanu used to say it over and over in his radio broadcasts, that an Igbo man can be worse than even Lucifer when treated unfairly. If within his means, an Igbo can even destroy the whole world just to get justice. That is why people who are advising injustice against the Igbo really have no clue what they are messing with.

The Igbo have never been ruled directly by anybody. Even the British had to appoint “warrant chiefs” and ceded a lot of power to them, just to rule Igbo. Without those chiefs (who BTW did the wishes of their people), it would have been impossible to rule Igboland. The governors of South east today are behaving in ways that the warrant chiefs never behaved.

This opinion should not be mistaken for an endorsement of the activities of UGM.
The aim is to shine a torchlight into the minds of the people of the region so that real solutions can be found to address the problem.

In case of the bolded, Annang and Ibibio could tie for # 1 while Ejegam can compete with Okrika for #2.

engrfaruq:


I've never been to the East and I never would. However, the hypocritical Igbos, who are scattered everywhere in the Country, needs Nigeria more than any other tribe.

does is really matter, because Igbo need Nigeria to able to make money then they should be killed or maltreated at will are igbos not all over the world making a living even better than the ones in Nigeria, black mans mentality is really bad fool of evil

Patriot9:
Mr Onumadu, so to what end is this senseless killings in the region?
Is it freedom fighting?

ask the government

DOTian:


It's a gang up! Yorubas always go behind the back to cook up all sorts of devilish alliances with these foreign fulanis only to start acting like they're innocent of all accusations when the shit hits the fan.

Are you referring to Nnamdi Azikwe the foremost Igbo leader that went crawling in the middle of the night to form an alliance with the foreign Fulani ??

Alex Ekwueme was a manservant to a Foreign Fulani in 1979 .
Sylvester Ugor , another Igbo was forming an alliance with the foreign Fulani in the 3rd Republic.

Any one with a single digit IQ know how Yorubas were mainly in the opposition until the ACN/CPC ( Tinubu/Buhari) alliance brought the current government in 2015.

Nigeria did not start in 2015 and that is the reason why your hypocritical noise moves no one .

You lots were the most patriotic Nigerians during the locust years of the PDP.

What is happening in Nigeria is not new. Your fore fathers responded to the collapse of their alliance with Fulani NPC by killing the political and military leaders of other zones while sparing yours .

IPOB is a knee jerk response to your transient loss of relevance at the centre .

But the good news is that; you'd get the short end of the stick as usual

Idiko1:


In case of the bolded, Annang and Ibibio could tie for # 1 while Ejegam can compete with Okrika for #2.

Yes, correction very much welcome and taken.

onumadu:
A couple of days ago, a friend from Benin, Edo State was asking me about what is going on in the East, particularly about the UGM phenomenon. His question was laced with shock and disbelief.
His view is that “Igbo people are very peaceful people”. I let him into one secret about Igbo that a lot of other Nigerians are oblivious of.

Not to insult any non-Igbo, but only a COMPLETE Igbo person (man or woman) can really understand this one thing about the Igbo. To understand it, both of your parents and grandparents and more must be Igbo, else somehow you won’t get it.

Nnamdi Kanu used to allude to people whose parentage are suspect in Igboland, who don’t understand core facts about Igbo mindset.
He called them all sorts of names, and threatened that a DNA will be conducted in Biafra after independence, so that they know who is who. lol

Anyway, the non-Igbo ethnic groups that can understand it to some extent, in decreasing order, are as follows: (1) Ibibio (because they are the closest to the Igbo than any other ethnic group in Nigeria), (2) Okrika, (3) Kalabari and (4) Isoko/Urhobo. I mentioned ethnic groups that are not Igbo, but with HEAVY mixing with Igbo (through marriage, interbreeding, and other intercourse).

So, what is that secret?

The Igbo person HATES injustice with an unparalleled passion.
No other ethnic group comes close in that mindset.

I have studied a lot of different ethnic groups, both African and non-African, and I cannot really find any ethnic group that hates injustice the way the Igbo do. Of course every human being hates injustices, but the Igbo takes it a notch higher.

To get justice, an Igbo can do ANYTHING. Igbo man’s sanity ends at the gates of injustice.
To an Igbo, life is worthless without justice.

This truth was echoed by Chinua Achebe in Things Fall Apart, where Okonkwo committed suicide because he couldn’t accept what was happening to his native Umuofia. The “Eboe Landing” event also proved it.

Nnamdi Kanu used to say it over and over in his radio broadcasts, that an Igbo man can be worse than even Lucifer when treated unfairly. If within his means, an Igbo can even destroy the whole world just to get justice. That is why people who are advising injustice against the Igbo really have no clue what they are messing with.

The Igbo have never been ruled directly by anybody. Even the British had to appoint “warrant chiefs” and ceded a lot of power to them, just to rule Igbo. Without those chiefs (who BTW did the wishes of their people), it would have been impossible to rule Igboland. The governors of South east today are behaving in ways that the warrant chiefs never behaved.

This opinion should not be mistaken for an endorsement of the activities of UGM.
The aim is to shine a torchlight into the minds of the people of the region so that real solutions can be found to address the problem.

you nailed it

Good understanding.

IgweOfNnewi:
igbos killing igbos, do I care?

I love what they are doing to themselves.

engrfaruq:
Sometimes in life, your situation keeps repeating itself, until you learn your lesson. Igbos have yet to learn a thing from the Biafran war. Funny enough, the Igbos were more cohesive and strong back in 1966, but they still succumb to the might of foreign-backed FG. They should know that Northern interest alone can never keep Nigeria intact, there is a whole lot of foreign interest and this is clearly evident in the way and manner Kanu was arrested, with no single head rolling.

So Nigeria as a country don't need to learn anything from the 1966 war? Why are you people this demonic and hypocritical?

A very good point for our Igbo neighbors to learn and digest. Igbos are born that way, to always reject injustice. Call it stubborness, call being troublesome, one thing for sure is that they will always resist injustice. And they are vocal and direct about it. If Nigeria was founded on equity and justice, there won't be all these troubles.

engrfaruq:


Make your agitation real by calling back your kinsmen scattered all over Nigeria. That's the only time we'd take you guys serious.

your stupidity is legendary

SweetiliciousD:


Brother, you are spot on.

Igbo man worships justice as enshrined in OFFOR NA OGU (meaning JUSTICE AND EQUITY)

An Igbo man stoutly believes in the custom of LIVE AND LET OTHERS LIVE (EGBE BERE UGO BERE)


You are 200%correct!

that is why the greatest symbol of an igbo man is Offor...which is the symbol of justice and equity


if you don't have it, libations are useless

IkpuMmadu:


your stupidity is legendary

How is that stupidity

You don't sit comfortably on top a tree and be screaming "I'm tired of sitting up here" without making attempt to come down. I've never seen any effort by you guys to cut your investments in other people's lands and yet you're screaming for some Utopian Biafra. Is that not hypocrisy?

engrfaruq:


How is that stupidity

You don't sit comfortably on top a tree and be screaming "I'm tired of sitting up here" without making attempt to come down. I've never seen any effort by you guys to cut your investments in other people's lands and yet you're screaming for some Utopian Biafra. Is that not hypocrisy?

foolishness is factory fitted....


who called Biafran here....


I am telling you the well aligned Igbos in APC and you are shouting Biafra ....


is Biafra your nightmare ....


ozuor

IkpuMmadu:


foolishness is factory fitted....


who called Biafran here....


I am telling you the well aligned Igbos in APC and you are shouting Biafra ....


is Biafra your nightmare ....


ozuor

You quoted me first, so you're the one talking off-topic cos I know what I was talking about before you're derailed comment.

engrfaruq:


How is that stupidity

You don't sit comfortably on top a tree and be screaming "I'm tired of sitting up here" without making attempt to come down. I've never seen any effort by you guys to cut your investments in other people's lands and yet you're screaming for some Utopian Biafra. Is that not hypocrisy?

Oga you either need to change your glasses or pay closer attention.
The cities of South east have been growing in leaps and bounds for the recent past few years.
If you have not been to Enugu or Onitsha or even Abakaliki or ANY south east city since last ten years, you will get lost if you venture there today.You wan try?
One thing about Igbo people is that they don't do gra gra. They put their money where their mouths and hearts are. They vote by ACTION.
Have you wondered why the Naira has been falling recently?
You can believe whatever you like though.

DOTian:


It's a gang up! Yorubas always go behind the back to cook up all sorts of devilish alliances with these foreign fulanis only to start acting like they're innocent of all accusations when the shit hits the fan.

Like the one Azikiwe did back then that handed the country to the north, right?

engrfaruq:


You quoted me first, so you're the one talking off-topic cos I know what I was talking about before you're derailed comment.

zuzu Pu


ana akogheri

IkpuMmadu:


zuzu Pu


ana akogheri

You don't mean it

engrfaruq:


You don't mean it

ikpu nne don't mean it

onumadu:


Oga you either need to change your glasses or pay closer attention.
The cities of South east have been growing in leaps and bounds for the recent past few years.
If you have not been to Enugu or Onitsha or even Abakaliki or ANY south east city since last ten years, you will get lost if you venture there today.You wan try?
One thing about Igbo people is that they don't do gra gra. They put their money where their mouths and hearts are. They vote by ACTION.
Have you wondered why the Naira has been falling recently?
You can believe whatever you like though.

What I know is that Igbos are still trooping into Lagos and Kano in droves, and are not showing any sign of cessation.

IkpuMmadu:
ikpu nne don't mean it

I knew it, wow

engrfaruq:


I knew it, wow

bro let me go our for the day ..it's Monday..... Naira Land no dey pay my bills

have a lovely month ....

IkpuMmadu:



bro let me go our for the day ..it's Monday..... Naira Land no dey pay my bills

have a lovely month ....

One love, cheers!