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Why War With The Biafran Protesters Will Be Good For Other Tribes by honestRoper(m): 2:52pm On Nov 21, 2015 |
1st, I do not support I am neither Yoruba nor Hausa. But since some young Ibos want war, it might open up Pandora’s Box for other minor tribes. History from all sides even 'There Was a Country,' by Chinua Achebe all pointed to the fact that the Ibos were strategically well placed in every sector ahead of other tribes even the Yoruba’s who had almost a 100years head start in education. Then the Ibos got co©ky and went to war and lost. To this day, they’ve been crying foul and marginalization. True the Ibos are now marginalized in this present political set up thanks to their narrow minded political views. They are nowhere in the first 4-5 citizens and power holders in a country they have large majority. Even the APC strong holds in the Northwest and Southwest have PDP senators but the Ibo states all put their eggs in one basket (PDP) and like their son my mentor says…Things Fall Apart. Things really has fallen apart for the Ibos, under GEJ, the Yoruba’s were in their shoes. They were not in the first 4-5 citizens and power holders in a country they have large majority but they did not get cocky and dared war on Nigeria, they went to work planted APC and are the most powerful guys in the PMB government. The Ibos too have gone to work, flogged a dead horse (Biafra) and ridding towards war. A war they cannot win. Yes, they cannot win because PMB (gosh I hate Muslims) is a good friend of the west and they hold him in high esteem and right now, Russia and the west are making love together to abort ISIS the evil child so count Russia out for help. China and India are all business and will trade on ones success or failure while the Arabs won’t help the Christian Ibos against a Muslim leader. If or when the war comes, millions of the jobless graduates will jump into the job offer and join the already trained and battle experienced Nigerian army thanks to the war on bokom haram. The Ibos will not be able to fight against a Nigerian army supported by the west, if the west holds back her support, she will only watch us fight waiting to grab oil after the fight is over but will never support the Ibos. The Ibos lack of battle experience and war hard drives link tanks, warships and jet fighters will only play into the hands of Nigerians. Furthermore, the Ibos lack an international recognized leader. They use to have the coward Ojukwu, the villain that ran for his skin when the fight finally got to his home town. Now they have no one to champion their case. Kalu? The pleb is already in prison. War will make millions of Ibos to flee back to the east there by opening up already hard to get job space, houses in the real estate market will become cheap again for those of them who will be wise to sale before running. Those who refuse to sale, their houses and business will be annexed by force. War is not good; I pray it never happens again in this country. I wish the Ibos will sow now, and reap politically in the next general election. Instead of making neutrals like me sitting on the fence to hate them, don’t get co©ky coz you guys now have 5 story housing in onisha and enugu, the last time I checked, this was the figures from the biafran war sourced from Kenneth Chukwuemeka Nwoko (2014). Women, Identity and Culture, 1 (1) http://wic-journal.dcthink.org/index.php/wic-journal/article/viewFile/20/pdf_3 Commonwealth Secretary George Thomson stated that: The Biafran starvation death rate was 200 to 300 per day. On the same day, July 22, the Washington Post reported that official Biafran sources set the number of deaths at approximately 3% of its population per week. The announcement was unclear as to whether the figure 3% was to be applied to the whole population of 12 million or only the refugee population of 4.6 million. 16 The International Committee of Red Cross was so overwhelmed with these human tragedy that on the 16 th of August, 1968, it released a statement in conjunction with UNICEF, World Council of Churches and Caritas Internationalis, that the Biafran situation was the gravest emergency it had handled since world war II., “it is an emergency concerning not hundreds of thousands but millions of people” 17 . The ICRC in September 1968, projected that there were between 80,00 to 10,000 deaths each day in the Biafran enclave 18 . The Nigerian government aware of the obvious international condemnation, attempted to play down on the figures released by the independent bodies. However the quick reaction by Dr Clyde Shepherd in his statement to the External Affairs and National Defence Committee of the Canadian House of Commons in October 1968 [s] validated the earlier claims by the independent bodies, including the Red Cross of mass deaths in Biafran villages. According to him; "The figures we have produced are obtained from random samples of death rates in villages, refugee camps and hospitals from every province in Biafra. By the end of July, 6000 deaths a day from malnutrition or starvation was arrived at. Recently, last month the Red Cross published a figure of 8000 to 10000 deaths. Knowing how this figure was reached, I would agree with it as being reasonably accurate". before you beat your chest and push this indomie, smart phone and DSTV generation to protest and war, think again. PEACE. |
Re: Why War With The Biafran Protesters Will Be Good For Other Tribes by georjay(m): 3:08pm On Nov 21, 2015 |
biafrans are coming for you
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Re: Why War With The Biafran Protesters Will Be Good For Other Tribes by Awoofawo(m): 3:10pm On Nov 21, 2015 |
On my way to Igwe palace 1 Like |
Re: Why War With The Biafran Protesters Will Be Good For Other Tribes by EasternPride: 3:10pm On Nov 21, 2015 |
Notin person no go see for Nairaland. 1 Like |
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