Okiro Now Police Ig

you guys need to understand that the problem is not with who is Igbo, its more of which geo political zone the person comes from. Appointments this regime have not favoured the South East which is full bloded Igbo and thats where this apprehension comes from.

Its like saying in 1999 when OBJ was presented to rule Nigeria, PDP bypassed him and chose Saraki who is a yoruba man but not from the south west. Will all yorubas come up and claim he should represent them even though he is Yoruba? the answer is No because since he is not from the south west , he can not really be regarded as being their representative. I feel this is why there are a lot of protests

Personally i don't care where the  IG comes from provided the person can take adress the ills of the nation especially armed robberer, Niger Delta and corruption in the army,

majamaja

@^{Can I ask all you people here saying River state is not IGBO.  what is the difference between someone from OYO< ONDO AND OGUN STATE?  they are all Yoruba people, what is the difference between people from KADUNA, KANO, AND SOKOTO ? 
They are all HAUSA'S.  You guys from the SO CALLED IGBO SPEAKING AREA can't even unite or come together as one and yet you want Nigerians to entrust you with the right to police the nation?  not until you guys come together as one and resolve all your tribal differences, we will always exclude you from vital post.}

Must  you always spit venom in order to attack or belittle Igbos from your KK supremacist ideologies.? Why do you always think that your kinsmen are more united that every other clan. You really need to grow up.  I don’t know where you get this notion that the mere fact that your ‘‘kinsman’ is in power gives you a free pass to NEPA,NNPC and toll ways? Do you pay a different pump price from the rest of Nigerians?  I also don't know why you arrogated yourself with the power of  dishing political appointments by saying " we will exclude you from vital post'' You need to get of your euphoric thinking that Nigeria belongs to you whenever your kinsmen are in a position of authority. You also need to come to terms with the fact that power shifts in Nigeria. I don’t know if your kinsman is still in power?

Nobody needs to argue with anyone as regards the Igbo villages that were mischieviously given to Rivers state just to reduce the number of oil wells that may be located in the heart of Igbo land.

Just like the Ikwerres started attaching R to their names to sound different from who they really are with places like Umuodara, Umuibekwe, Umukurushi becoming Rumuodara, Rumuibekwe, Rumukurushi.

When you ask someone his name and he says Emeka Okeke and he speaks only Igbo what do you do when the same person is saying he is not Igbo? Identity crisis.

Er. . . . aren't there Ijaws, Ogoni, Kalabari etc. in Rivers state too? Or are they Igbo, as well?

you dey mind that Obori?? Very soon they will say Ijaw, Ogoni and kalabari people are igbos too. Na oil dey cause all this.

I see that you are a perenial clown. Who says everyone in Rivers are Igbo?

Leave Niger Delta, Britons urged 
 
Nigerian militants have been responsible for kidnappings
Britons have been advised by the UK government to leave three states in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta.
In updates to travel advice on the Foreign Office website, citizens were warned that Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States are unsafe.

The site states this is because of the very high risk of kidnapping, armed robbery and other armed attacks.

A Briton was one of four foreign oil workers kidnapped in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, last week.

Since January last year, 31 British nationals and more than 180 foreigners have been kidnapped in the area. One Briton has been killed.

  I think the oil companies have to look seriously at whether or not they can continue to work there

Labour MP Frank Doran

In its travel advice, the Foreign Office says British nationals who do stay in the region do so at their own risk.

It states this is because "of the very high risk of kidnapping, armed robbery and other armed attacks in these areas".

It also advises those who do stay in the three states that they are doing so "at their own risk" and says they should take professional security advice.

Coastal attacks

Most foreigners who go to the area, such as oil workers, already travel there with armed police escorts.

Recent attacks in the area have led to a 25% cut in Nigeria's oil production.

 

Those on ships and oil rigs off the coast of the Delta should also be aware of the "high risk of kidnappings and other armed attacks", the Foreign Office said.

Aberdeen North Labour MP Frank Doran, who has campaigned for tougher travel advice for oil workers travelling to the region, said the situation had become "very, very serious".

The UK government, the Nigerian government and private security firms could not guarantee the safety of Britons, he said.

He added: "I think the oil companies have to look seriously at whether or not they can continue to work there."

Oil company Royal Dutch Shell said it would support the relocation of its expatriate staff based in the Niger Delta who wished to leave.

In a statement it said: "The safety of our staff is our primary concern and we continually review our security measures and take a precautionary approach."

 

Harrass?

You are the one harassing people that don't agree with your point of view on this site that even other Igbos like yourselves are beginning to react.

Quite sad that you resort to insulting people who you don't agree with. Unlike you, i will not descend to your level. Considering the age you posted, i am rather surprised, thought you would know better.

Do you honestly think it is the amount of words that a person speaks that determines smartness or cause changes to take place? With all the debates that have raged on in Nigeria by various groups and fractions, where has that gotten us as a nation? No wonder we are a nation of talkers and not doers. I don't know who you think you are but trust me, there are lots of smart people on this forum that don't go around bragging.

Like i started in my earlier post, what is so bad about those people who don't want to be identified as Igbo? Ethnicity is just a dimension of who we are and does not define us in totality, at least that is how i see it. You don't have to agree.

I am a Nigerian and proud to be one but it is tiring hearing all this tribalistic nonsense floating around. No wonder we are so self-destruct as a nation.

I see myself as a Nigerian first, then my religion second, and ethnicity last.

See, the 1 time you manage to write, you cannot even focus enough to answer the question.

You asked me when you told me you were Igbo?. . .I'm asking you, what ethnic group are you and what exactly is it that makes you non-Igbo?. . .How do you manage not to fit into the ethnic classification of Igbo, based on what?

You're Nigerian, so am I! Atleast you are able to agree that ethnicity is a dimension of who we are. Infact, I couldn't care less if a human being identifies himself as whatever but what you identify yourself as is not always what you are. We have people who think they're demi-gods, doesn't mean they are. We have people who say they're not Igbo, does not mean they're not. Being Igbo is not really a matter of personal choice, it's not like being a christian or muslim, it is an external tag, if you speak the language in your community, you fall into the category, like it or not.

Lol someone is scared of Donzman, haha!

@Imani

Let me gossip a little, heard President Yaradua's daughter is in your school.
Is that true?

Which school is that?

The perception that Igbos,or indeed any other ethnic group, envy the people of the Niger-Delta for their oil, is utterly fatuous.No sane person looks at the oil-rich regions and says,"I wish this oil exploration was going on in my community".

To believe otherwise,is a sad case of rectalcranial inversion.Sadly,many are suffering this inversion

University of BATH

Chei,, na wa oooo,  here in germany we have the Franks,, the Swaabs, the Prussians, and the Bavarians,  they are all Germans but have different dialects,  they also never claim to be half german or delta and Rivers german because they have different dialects,  Blacks are really Sub Humans like the white man claims,, i can now ascertain that fact.
              Okiro is Igbo,, Egbema his town was divided into 2,, half remained in Imo while de other was shifted to Rivers state,  if the Imo half are Igbos, why not the Rivers half??  I tire for Blacks and nigerians in particular,
                     John from Ogwashi Ukwu s ma roommate, we don't speak english but igbo at home,, and hes from Delta state,

Na wetin concern me with your ethnicity??!! Abi, them send you?