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By Gary
Joe Igbokwe, there's a saying that if even if you're sent to deliver a message as a slave, do so as a free born. If your intention here is to provide cover for a looming progrom of innocent communities in the ND, take note that our eyes and those of the rest of the world are watching you and your sponsors. The broad cross section of the ND people have denounced the actions of the handful of brigands blowing up pipelines in the region. We shall not accept mass or group punishment for the criminal actions of some miscreants. Before a repeat of Zaria is contemplated, please let it be known that the US and UN are now apprised of developments in Nigeria with regards to sectarian massacres and the misuse of security forces.

post=45468662:

By Gary
Joe Igbokwe, there's a saying that if even if you're sent to deliver a message as a slave, do so as a free born. If your intention here is to provide cover for a looming progrom of innocent communities in the ND, take note that our eyes and those of the rest of the world are watching you and your sponsors. The broad cross section of the ND people have denounced the actions of the handful of brigands blowing up pipelines in the region. We shall not accept mass or group punishment for the criminal actions of some miscreants. Before a repeat of Zaria is contemplated, please let it be known that the US and UN are now apprised of developments in Nigeria with regards to sectarian massacres and the misuse of security forces.

oduastates:
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xandy84:
Why can't the writer be civil and not result to name calling of former president? After taking time to write an insightful article, he ruined it with name calling as if he's points would not be heard without insult.. We need a lot to learn in Nigeria.. Seriously...

Ayo25:
Unless senior citizens of the Niger
Delta and patriots rise now to talk
sense into the empty heads of the
people that call themselves the
Avengers and the Concerned
Militant Leaders, a full-scale war is imminent in the Niger Delta, and it
is going to be bloody and
destructive. I have been an active advocate
and supporter of people in the
Niger Delta to get a fair share of
the oil resources in Nigeria found
90% in their soil. In 1999 I wrote
in my Book, Heroes of Democracy that: “I cannot pretend that I do
not know the level of atrocities
and man’s inhumanity to man that
has been going on in the oil-rich
region of the Niger Delta neither
have I closed my eyes to the tragic stories of the bloodbath in the
region. The struggle for the
liberation of the Niger Delta, which
has suffered 42years of criminal
neglect did not start yesterday. On February 23, 1966, Major Isaac
Idaka Boro with some 50 men of
the Niger Delta Volunteers Service
(NDVS) declared an Ijaw secession
from Nigeria. Nigeria instead of
listening to their grievances declared war on Isaac Boro and
his men and eventually crushed
the rebellion. Ken Saro-Wiwa
picked up the campaign from
where Isaac Boro stopped in the
80s and 90s until General Abacha murdered nine prominent Ogoni
sons (including Ken Saro-Wiwa)
and others in very bizarre
circumstances. The tragedy
attracted both local and
international condemnation, but it was not enough to stop the
human carnage and degradation
in the Niger Delta.” I have preached justice, equity,
and fair play for the people of the
Niger Delta but 17years after I am
beginning to have a rethink about
the inhabitants of the Niger Delta
and their antics. Yes Nigerians asked for justice in
the Niger and in the past 17years
we saw the massive deployment
of resources to that very important
region via NDDC, Ministry of
Nigeria Delta, and 13% derivation to oil producing States. In spite of
all these huge interventions, I saw
former President Obasanjo
blackmailed. I saw Former
President Yar’Adua blackmailed
and intimidated. Yar’Adua was compelled to
negotiate with them, and he put
together billions of naira for
reconciliation, rehabilitation,
training and financial support to
enable them to stand on their feet without resort to violence and
brigandage to get attention. I saw
Former President Jonathan
blackmailed to the extent that he
had to cede oil wells and dole out
billions of naira and dollars to the militants led by Tompolo, Asari
Dokubo, Boyloaf, etc. in six years
Jonathan was in power, these
criminal militants thoroughly
enjoyed themselves. They were big boys in town. They
talked tough, they walked tough
and painted the cities of Abuja and
Lagos, Bayelsa, and Port Harcourt
red. They became laws unto
themselves. Power, money, influence, position, connection,
contacts, etc. began to becloud
their senses of reasoning. During
the 2015 Presidential Elections,
they threatened fire and
brimstone that if the rudderless and clueless Jonathan loses the
election. They knew that no
serious President will condone
their excesses, blackmail,
impunity, and brigandage if their
man Friday losses. Oil or no oil, every ethnic group
has something to put on the table
in Nigeria. There are no zero zones
in this country. While the Niger
Delta region produces oil and gas,
the north of the country provides Shiroro Dam, Kainji Dam, cows,
beans, yams, goats, Ram,
potatoes, chicken, cucumber,
watermelon, tomatoes, carrots,
sweet potatoes, groundnut,
onions a, etc. The North feeds Nigeria. Yoruba have offered
Nigeria cocoa, commerce and
industry, and in fact have
provided some 40% of Nigeria’s
workforce. The technocrats, best
lawyers and other professionals in Nigeria come from the Yoruba
nation. They are the fathers and
mothers of Newspaper industries,
Radio and Tv stations. They were
the first to receive the white man’s
education. Their own Lagos is the undisputable center of civilization.
They control all the professional
bodies in Nigeria. In fact, there is no ethnic group in
Nigeria better placed to show the
light in Nigeria. And for the Igbo,
let me reproduce here what the
late Chief Gani Fawehnmi said
about the Igbo in 1998. Hear Gani “ The Igbo by their contribution to
the economic development of this
country are otherwise called the
Jews of Nigeria. They are very
hard-working, very industrious,
very innovative and very articulate people. The economic
development of this country owes
much to their contribution. I don’t
like the way they have been
treated since 1970. They still bear
the scars of the Biafran crisis, and they are still being treated as if the
civil war is still nascent, which is
wrong. They have been kept out of the
security forces of this country at
the strategic levels, the law
enforcement of this country at the
most strategic levels, they are
ignored, despised by the cabal. Even in the civil service, I do not
know how many permanent
secretaries are Igbo. I am not sure
how many senior police officers
are Igbo, and same goes for the
Navy, Air Force, and the Army. They are one of the largest groups
in this country. In fact, it is a nation
within a nation. The major
manpower pool of this country is
being supplied by the Igbo. I was
so angry when Abacha came to establish the Provisional Ruling
Council (PRC) and the Igbo were
not represented; I went to court to
fight the cause of the Igbo. It was after my suit in court,
challenging Abacha and asking
that PRC composition be set aside
by the court until Igbo were given
their rightful place that Abacha
then reversed the composition of PRC and appointed some Igbo.” This country is what it is today
because all have sacrificed
something even blood to make it
what it is today. Now the Niger
Delta militants are destroying oil
platforms. They have crippled power stations that run on gas.
They have destroyed their own
landscape and polluted the waters
and aquatic life. Apart from NDDC,
Ministry of Niger Delta and 13%
deprivation, the militants from the region have been granted
amnesty by the Federal
Government and have been on
the payroll for close to 10years
now. Jonathan was the President
for 6years, and he used the exalted position to provide
massive empowerment to the
people of the region. Apart from
making the militants multi-
billionaires for doing nothing,
people from the region were made Heads of juicy MDAs. What
else do they want? There is no hope for these bloody
idiots who call themselves the
Avengers. They are a bunch of
reprobates and common criminals.
They are too small and too
insignificant to hold this responsible and responsive
government to ransom through
blackmail and intimidation. They
blackmailed Obasanjo, Yar'adua ,
Jonathan and now Buhari. They
have reached their final bus stop and the point of no return. If the
president can crush Boko Haram,
these useless Avengers are
damned too small. I foresee war in
the Niger Delta, and it will bloody
and destructive. Niger Delta has nothing to offer Nigeria anymore
except, criminality, sabotage,
destruction of oil platforms,
murder, brigandage, and
corruption. This the time to stop
the criminals who have had it call. Apart from Niger Delta Ministry,
NDDC, and 13% derivation, the
idiots and the leaders of Niger
Delta have cornered oil wells; they
have stolen crude oil worth
billions of dollars, Nigeria has spent billions training thousands
of the so-called militants and their
cronies in Nigeria and beyond.
Now this cycle of stupidity must
stop. To me oil is nothing, and Nigeria is
diversifying for good. Look at
what these animals are doing to
their environment in the name of
avenging the federal government.
Ah, ah, I see war. I see war. And I hope the human rights community
are seeing the damage and the
open confrontationwww.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/full-scale-war-imminent-niger-delta-joe-igbokwe mynd44

Unless senior citizens of the NigerDelta and patriots rise now to talksense into the empty heads of the people that call themselves the
Avengers and the Concerned Militant Leaders, a ...full-scale war is imminent in the Niger Delta, and itis going to be bloody and destructive.