nnenna.1:
Everything in the SE and Nigeria will be sweeet if only Anambra state ceases to exist.

Gbam!

Obiora4life:

I hope this is a joke and if it is, you seriously need to stop...

nnenna.1:



Sorry....only repeating the new anthem posed by some Igbos and Nigerians alike in this forum .

Obiora4life:

Let me guess, you're part of the Igbos that spearheaded this nonsense, aren't you? Otherwise you won't repeat the nonsense that's going around I've been on NL for way too long and I've not come across such hateful utterances. Whether you remove Anambra or not, Anambra cannot do without the other states just like other SE states and even Nigeria cannot do with Anambra. The sooner you as well as other Igbos begin to get that, the better it is for you.

nnenna.1:
I guess I am losing my touch of sarcasm, lol.

dolphinife: Let it be clear to you all that the most disunited ethnic group in this country is definitely the IGBOS.

ezeagu:

Name a well-known inter-Igbo conflict.

dolphinife:

When enugu state governor, sullivan chime sent packing civil servants from the state ministries who are frm abia state. The following week, theordore orji of abia state follow suit. That's an intra-ethnic conflict.

Moreso, I learnt imo govt sent some people packing frm the state. This can never happen with the yorubas cos we see ourselves as Omoluwabi

owobokiri: This thread is based on a fatally flawed premise... that somehow, the coastal boundary of the eastern igbos begins and ends with the geographical manipulation by evil minded state creators like Gowon, Babangida, Murtala and Abacha. Nothing can be more sickening. There are Igbos in Delta, In Rivers, in Akwa Ibom and even in CR, Kogi and Benue. When the chips are down they will answer their fathers name and where they chose to belong will depend on the choices they make and not on what Nigeria thinks. If some people will abandon their brothers in Kogi and Kwara because they are afraid of some firefights, the igbos wont tow such line. It is only when such decisions have been made by such groups that we can then sit down and evaluate where the much vaunted coastal boundaries are. . . Yet , even if landlocked, igbos will be far better outside this tragedy called Nigeria.

Dudu_Negro:

...you left out Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Maiduguri.

DeLaRue: please don't forget Israel! where they came from originally

Oh, and Japan too.

ilugunboy:

You are confused ...who is stopping you? I think those stopping you will only be located among your elites having their best of time in Abuja...definitely not Yorubas on NL ( forget the brick bat) nor any average one on the street...truth is Igbos leaving will be a classic case of good riddance...

~Bluetooth:


Biafra is a fraudulent agenda, invented by a fraudulent ojuku and sold to his ethnic group but thankgod he lost the war else the minorities would have been worse than they are in Nigeria.

NDs shine your eyes ! Isaac Boro died for ijaw freedom,Saro wiwa died for itsekiri stuggle but ojuku ran away for biafran struggle !

ijaw citizen:

See desperate men!
I understand Igbo too but still, there will be no access to the sea for Igbos. How does that sound?

You guys just have to come to terms that your post Nigeria fate as a landlocked people has been seal by God himself, He only put the keys on the hands of the Ijaws to put you where you belong.

At the vertical stretch of the Imo river, you have;
Ogoni@ the upper western bank
Ibibio@ the upper eastern bank
Opobo, Nkoro & Andoni Ijaws @ the lower western bank
Andoni Ijaws @ the lower eastern bank.

Which of these are Igbo people?
Which amongst them gonna grant you access to the sea?

As for those recalling a "happy & peaceful Eastern region", I'd say happy AMNESIA.

dolphinife: Pride goes before a fall. If achebe could attest to the fact that an average IGBO man is very arrogant, then we can conclude from the comments coming from the mouths of our dear friends dat the tag is justifiable.

There is no other tribe in Nigeria that is as hardworking as Yorubas. Wherever you find the Yorubas, you see them doing their business without malice and hindrance to any competitors.

There is no sector in this country that Yorubas are not well represented. Mention telecommunication, banking, oil and gas, insurance, real estate, transportation, politics, education,maritime, aviation,etc. Therefore, it would be preposterous, incorrigible and incongruous for some set of people to be ridiculing other tribes, especially the yorubas. The last time I check, the Yorubas have the biggest investment outside this country spread across the globe, but you can never see them flaunt it.

Let it be clear to you all that the most disunited ethnic group in this country is definitely the IGBOS. Between 1999 and 2007 when they were given the senate presidency slot, they almost killed themselves cos of the post and change the senate president like changing menstrual pads. When the PDP national chairman was alloted to them too, they even go to the extent of dragging themselves to court. Are these the same set of people that want to develop their eastern area?

May God Have Mercy

Abagworo: And again Igbos suffer from "defeatist syndrome" which has seen them answering "yes sir" to anyone in power. The only way you can gain relevance is by fighting for something and getting it which makes you a stake holder. I was baffled when Igbos neglected Odili whom most of us saw as an Igbo man when he was wrongfully dropped from being the VP under Yar' Adua for being Igbo. Edwin Clarke did not hide it that Odili as an Igbo could not occupy the VP ahead of Ijaw for a South-south slot and it was what led to emergence of Jonathan as VP. Alamiesiegha was a better leader blackmailed for supporting Atiku. Today Amaechi another Igbo is being witch-haunted and Igbos are calling him saboteur. Who is he sabotaging? Rochas is the only Igboman supporting Amaechi in his ordeal and tomorrow, many Nairalanders will claim Ikwerre is Igbo but now that the chips are down, did Igbos support our son? Big NO.

The saga continues.

This wikileaks article gives a little insight

http://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/5113552_re-research-request-nigeria-.html

ilugunboy:

you have a crazy way of putting these people down..

ilugunboy:

They always expect a favour ....the way they expected a food corridor favour.

BTW...by the virtue of the myth that they own 70% of the richest places in Lagos..Lagos will be an annex of alaigbo...so they still have access to sea from Lagos

I will always say this...Igbos need Nigeria more than Nigeria need Igbo.

Yes, we can annex Lagos like your Fulani masters did in Ilorin and installed an Emir. We will drive you guys to Cotonou for refuge. We are waiting for you cowards to start this 'gbege' so that we can know once and for all who the real men are. Last time I checked there are no men in ewedu land, just buys, like ilugun boy

~Bluetooth:


You can deny this but thankgod you accept the fact that ojuku ran away for biafran struggle.



We can still do that even in the same Nigeria.Maybe ibos should start by learning to live in their gully-ridden region ! I'm always eager to see an undiluted yoruba nation from of scavengers .

Dive-Bomber:



Yes, it would be nice to part ways with the treacherous betraying yoruba vultures.

Dive-Bomber:


Yes, we can annex Lagos like your Fulani masters did in Ilorin and installed an Emir. We will drive you guys to Cotonou for refuge. We are waiting for you cowards to start this 'gbege' so that we can know once and for all who the real men are. Last time I checked there are no men in ewedu land, just buys, like ilugun boy

Dive-Bomber:


They died to free the ND from the strangle hold of the Nigerian Government led by the Hausa/fulani and backed by their slaves the yoruba vultures. Saro wiwa was killed by Abacha (hausa/fulani) while Isaac Boro was killed by Odekunle (yoruba vulture)

ND SHINE UR EYES WELL WELL OOOO!

Abagworo:

Abacha is Kanuri. What is wrong Nigerians?

ChrisOD:
Imo River runs from Imo, Abia, Akwa Ibom and empties into the atlantic ocean. River Niger runs from outsde Nigeria through Anambra, Imo, Rivers, Bayelsa and empties into the ocean
If Nigeria ================== (hopefullly Akwa Ibom and Rivers/Bayelsa do not remain with Nigeria but form their own country or countries), then Igbos can work with Akwa Ibom and Rivers/Bayelsa to implement the dredging of these rivers up to Aba and Onitsha, respectively, to permit entry of large ships. Those countries (i.e., Akwa Ibom and Rivers) will get their shipping tolls paid for by SE, at the main wharfs, and the ships will sail inward to alaigbo.

More recently, the large electrical appliances used for the Alaoji, Aba power project was shipped in via Imo River (see link). http://www.rocksonengineering.com/pages/About_Rockson/News_Imo-River-Crossing_08-09.html So what I am saying here is very possible with a little more dredging work.

It looks like working on Imo River will be much more sustainable and self containing as it is devoid of external vagaries of the River Niger. Abokis may block the River Niger water upstream of Igboland. In contrast, Imo River begins in Alaigbo.

Alternatively, or even in addition to the above, although Opobo is in Rivers State, it is populated to a large extent by people with Igbo ancestry (King Jaja of Opobo connection). So, with proper win-win arrangment, we can have an ''Igbo annex'' country in Opobo with more ready access to the sea.

ChrisOD:


Put the GDP of all the SW states together and divide it by the population of Yorubas and see if you even reach Rwanda sef for GDP per capita. When oil go and Igbos go, then GDP of SW go drop more. Same with other regions.