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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by waternogetenemy: 8:43am On Feb 18, 2017
laudate:


And I do not have all night to listen to your complaints. undecided You chaps should follow the right process and stop wailing. Raise the issue on the floor of the green and red chamber again, without turning the whole thing into a fight. Then recall all your senators, legislators, ministers, federal appointees to the South-East, and put in place the political processes needed to actualise your nation.

Your problem is that you chaps speak from both sides of the mouth. Today, you want Biafra. Tomorrow, you are lamenting that none of the members of your ethnic group has been made a service chief. Na wa for una. sad

Where did u get that idea that u are describing as the process? The process is to call a referendum. Let the people decide.
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Vhibabs(m): 8:49am On Feb 18, 2017
These Igbo people won't stop making noise. you people claim to develop Lagos and leaving your region undeveloped, it's because of your greed for money. wait first, did you people really develop Lagos? I don't think so. everybody knows that yorubas are the most educated in Nigeria today. who Igbo EPP.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Nobody: 8:57am On Feb 18, 2017
blues2022:

Wetin concern you Mr. Afonja. Can't you mind your business. You guys are really afor'jo. angry
You don't expect people to mind their business when you bring your problem to the open.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Nobody: 9:00am On Feb 18, 2017
aloziedaya:
The Igbo's are the only tribe in Nigeria that believe in 'one Nigeria' and that is where their problem lies. If you are dealing with a Hausa man, he first thinks of his religion and ethnicity, a Yoruba man thinks of his ethnicity first but an Igbo man thinks of one Nigeria. If you come to the east you hardly see any structure built by a Hausa man or Yoruba but, travel all over Nigeria the Igbo's are developing them bearing in mind the 'one Nigeria' syndrome.
The Igbo man's quest for wealth has robbed him of his sense of belonging. That is why they develop other cities while theirs lay bare. Lagos today is developed by the igbos. Imagine what would happen if the igbo businesses in Lagos are in the east. Every major market in Lagos is dominated by them; ALABA INTERNATIONAL, TRADEFAIR, COMPUTER VILLAGE, LADIPO AUTO MARKET, BERGER AUTO MARKET, IDUMOTA etc. These are the backbone of Lagos state. They'll tell you that the seaport is in Lagos but, the largest motorcycle spare parts market in Africa is in Nnewi and, it is striving without any seaport in the east.
Have you imagined what would have happened if these markets are dominated by the hausas? Or the Yorubas dominating these markets in another state? Of course they would have transfered them to their areas.
Igbo's need to rethink and realize their mistakes. Develop your own. If you make billions in lagos and the billions are still reinvested in Lagos, you've not made anything. Aku ruo ulo amara onye nwe ya. Igboland will develop when we make wealth outside and send it home. The houses you build in Lagos because of the appreciation rate of Lagos can be built equally in the east to boost the appreciation rate there. Lagos is appreciating because you've developed it, do same down home.
Politically, Igbo's are marginalized because they are seen as divided people who cannot come together with one voice.
When there is life, there is hope.Start going back home now o, Lagos actually needs to be decongested .

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Nobody: 9:02am On Feb 18, 2017
cstr100:

That is just the fact.
They can never speak with one voice which is why they fall prey to inferior people with inferior strategies.
Go to lagos, they are more Yorubatic than the yorubas. In the north, they are more northern than the northerners.
You will see an Igbo man spending billions in lagos, and you will wonder if the idiott has gone nuts.
A very sad situation.
So why do they blame, curse, & accuse others when THEY are their own problems.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Nobody: 9:07am On Feb 18, 2017
Ooni:
do you have to call them names because they dont want Nigeria? If they say they dont want nigeria then tell them what we stand for as a people instead of forcing them to be with us, as if we are hopless and worthless without them. Or are we worthless?
I am sick and tired of being rightly called afonja and conehead simply because my people cant reason well. We yorubas should imbibe the virtue of dignity so that minority ethnic groups will respect us like Ibos.
Today everybody now know us as people lacking in goal and vision and even kenyans now bash us on twitter and i am not happy about that.
Delete yourself from them now, is it by force?

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Nobody: 9:08am On Feb 18, 2017
blues2022:

Stupid questions born out of seething hate. See them. Mtscheeew.
He just said the truth, go back home & start afresh

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Nobody: 9:11am On Feb 18, 2017
Develpeast:
We igbos are not going to get anything from Nigeria except we take it. These men have no longing to come to the east and do anything tangible because they did not map igboland as part of their economic plan.

These leaders should understand that this is the time to take the disadvantage of this country and make it their own advantage. They should stop complaining and make real decisions that will affect the lives of an average igboman. All the so called political leaders are shifting weight, this is to show you all that these men care less about the region but just their immediate families.

Ohaneze ndi mmo
An average IBO man only knows his pocket right from creation now, so why complain.
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Eledan: 9:15am On Feb 18, 2017
lozanni:


Thank you my brother, I will folliw DeveloplEast.
Pls lets not fall prey to the antics of some afonjas, who would want us banned and miss our desired objectives for the East.

So it's on Nairaland owned by a Yoruba boy that you want to achieve your objectives for Biafra
Insane mind

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Magnitki: 9:16am On Feb 18, 2017
davereal:
But my fellow Mallams and Afonjas will see nothing wrong in this. How can you exclude an entire ethnic group from the security apparatus of a country and still shout One Nigeria?....Hypocrisy!

My question everyday is: why can't they allow the Igbo to go? Is the the Igbo nation indispensable?

If you seriously want to go then move home and raise your flag. Don't stay in Abuja or any other part of the country and be shouting Biafra.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Limitless72(m): 9:21am On Feb 18, 2017
oyinkinola:

...personaly, I respect the opinion of Ohaneze Ndigbo cheif Nnia Nwodo but I disagree with it, why? Igbo must feel Nigerian, must forget about the maginalisation fiction that hold them down, and must forget about taken revenge of the past on Nigerian, and must know that every Nigerian pay the price of unity, Igbo is not feel belonging to Nigeria uptill now. If you didn't trust the nation who will trust you?
Igbo go to lagos or else where for money and they were invested there for money!
If not we are about 300 ethnic groups in Nigeria, if Igbo invest in other land why others didn't invest in Igbo land? who will invest where there is no peace? until cheif Nnia Nwodo manage to call on Igbo to accept the accord they signed with Nigeria nation as a one country that all nigerian will trust you.
Bitter truth.





Can a man with an open sore on his body forget, neglect the pain and shame...?
Plz answer the question?
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Magnitki: 9:22am On Feb 18, 2017
totit:


At the emboldened :
But why do some of you iboes reason down south?
Can you prove the emboldened? And besides, if there are more iboes in SE than the whole of Lagos or SW and you are so good at developing other people's land. How come your vast population in SE couldn't developed alaigbo as you did with Lagos.?

Honestly, I don taaya for you people. The way you reason can be so annoying.

Anyway, I will be here waiting for you to prove to the whole world how you developed Lagos with less ibos population while the whole of SE with vast population of iboes couldn't achieved the same hence you lamentation.
Mtchew

From where did they make the money they used to develop Lagos even if their claim is true.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by orunto27: 9:24am On Feb 18, 2017
Address The Selfishness in you and learn to seriously be your Brothers' keepers.
God made us to live together as human beings.
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Eledan: 9:24am On Feb 18, 2017
fatiaforreal:

Lagos has been attractive long before colonization, much longer before you started arriving here by your night buses. Maybe you need to be reminded, it was poverty and wretchedness that drove you here; you never came to Lagos as merchants or investors. So be realistic and sincere with yourself in your analyses Mr Developer who loves others more than himself.
Your real problem is you're naturally filled with, and driven by hatred. Full of greed, you lack respect for people.

Gbam !!

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by waternogetenemy: 9:25am On Feb 18, 2017
Magnitki:


From where did they make the money they used to develop Lagos even if their claim is true.


Lagos was shit before the Eastern Oil/Gas was used to develop certain infrastructure as a Capital City of Nigeria. Lagos is still poo. Anyway, nobody cares about Lagos and that is y there are demands for Biafra. Give dem Biafra and swallow lagos.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Stingman: 9:28am On Feb 18, 2017
Killitoff:


Playing the victim card as usual. If those aboki see all the shit you devils write about them on your radio biafra page, they will gladly slaughter you like ram. You hate others but cry like sissy when they return the hate.

Kindly tell us who is holding you from leaving Nigeria? You receive monthly allocations just like others, you have senators, reps and governors just like others. Who is now holding you? You troop to the SW and North daily and still cry online that they are holding you. Dont you have shame?


It is a shame that a grown up like you...have no idea...of the difference between federal budget and state allocation...Many afonjas received half education through the crapy FREE EDUCATION SCHEME...Now, ask people around for the difference...Then you can respond to my post, again...

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Nobody: 9:32am On Feb 18, 2017
igbos have suffered maginalization for too long, its time to take bck what they stole frm us biafra.
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Stingman: 9:35am On Feb 18, 2017
Mekwen:
When there is life, there is hope.Start going back home now o, Lagos actually needs to be decongested .


Once you refund our share of the money spent on 3rd mainland bridge, Tin Can and Apapa ports, MMIA, Rail system, all federal road networks, fly-overs and bridges, federal houses in Ikoyi, National Theatre, NEPA, NITEL, NIPOST, CBN, SEC, etc,etc...we will write off the balance with the federal investments in the EAST...Will this be fair to you afonja...?

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by tolguy(m): 9:35am On Feb 18, 2017
because NO MORE FREE MONEY
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Stingman: 9:37am On Feb 18, 2017
tolguy:
because NO MORE FREE MONEY

Are you by any chance...writing this from Oshogbo IDP camp

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Limitless72(m): 9:38am On Feb 18, 2017
lastpage:


Arrant lubbish!

They dont trust you to head any important position yet you head the NNPC (Ibe Kachukwu) and you head the CBN
What else do you want handed to you on a platter of gold?


Trust is not forced, it is earned!

When the President took ill, it is you same people that was praying that he dies and started spreading rumours that he is dead
It is you same people that say Nigeria is a zoo
It is you same people that attack every other tribe, especially the major two!
It is you same people, when one of you was made the V.C of the Premier University of Ibadan in those days, that filled the whole place with Ibo personnel (Yes, at Ibadan!)
It is you same people that set-up a renegade radio station, threatening and insulting Nigeria and Nigerians, claiming you are Jews!
It is you same people that have a different flag, within Nigeria, something other tribes will never do (not even Niger Delta that feels agitated)
It is you same people that will sell whatever position that was given to you, for personal gains (recall when an "Ibo Man" was the Senate President, he was changed every three months!)
It is this same you people that cannot forge an "alliance" with other tribes, to advance your political interest! Always opposing others.

Northerners/Hausa/Fulani, you hate!
South Westerners/Yorubas, you detest passionately!!

Wetin, na only una follow come? Abeg stop Wailing joor.

PROVE TO NIGERIA THAT YOU BELONG HERE, THAT YOU CAN BE TRUSTED OR JUST RETURN TO YOUR SOUTH EAST AND DECLARE BIAFRA THERE.





Lastpage!

BTW: I be Afonja, what's next?


E no hard nah...let them go so that all your troubles will be over,,..or is it by force..if they are pain in nigeria's ass then let them go...so that evrything will be settled or are they really indispensible and nigeria is worthless, use less and powerless without them?
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by oyinkinola: 9:41am On Feb 18, 2017
Limitless72:




Can a man with an open sore on his body forget, neglect the pain and shame...?
Plz answer the question?
...yah he can if he determine to! atleast for the future and if he think that other had gone through the same scenario and forget it and grow!
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Huddler: 9:42am On Feb 18, 2017
These guys are pained and frustrated cos this thread has not been deleted cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

This thread didn't favor the co.ne.hea.ds yesterday, as for Laudate, 'your plan to change the topic was fruitless.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by ab11baddo(m): 9:50am On Feb 18, 2017
tete7000:


I do not agree with you on some of your arguments.
You said ibos property littered everywhere in Nigeria but others don't build in ibo land. Could it be that this happen because ibos have penchant for running out rather than stay at home to develop their land? Secondly could it be that others don't build in ibo land because Ibos are not accommodating to others the way other accomodate them?
You say ibos believe in the concept of one nigeria but do you know my experience as a Yoruba man living in lagos is that ibo will prefer to deal and trust with fellow Ibos than trust anyone else? I have stories to buttress my point. Do you know landlords in lagos are wary of Ibos because often times when an ibo man leaves your house, he is more likely to handover your house to his ibo kinsman rather than handover your key to you?
Do you believe that there is no smoke without fire and thus discrimination face by ibos in Nigeria is contributed in part to by ibos themselves?
While I do not subscribe to anyone being discriminated upon in what is considered to be a nation, I believe it will be equally disheartening for ibos to lay all blames of this on everyone else while not wishing to share a part of the blame. Responsibility demands we look inward first before blaming other for our woes. We might not be able to change others but we can change how we react to situation and force other to behave differently to us.
u nailed it..... I don't hate d ibos but its funny how they think other tribes hate dem.without dem checking d reasons for that... Instead of them heaping blames on other tribes
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Huddler: 9:52am On Feb 18, 2017
Limitless72:



E no hard nah...let them go so that all your troubles will be over,,..or is it by force..if they are pain in nigeria's ass then let them go...so that evrything will be settled or are they really indispensible and nigeria is worthless, use less and powerless without them?
Why are you begging him? no one is stopping us from leaving this country except Britain. Stop begging the goat, he is worthless and unimportant to be taken serious by anyone who calls himself/herself human being. All his useless opinion and contributions doesnt count.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Ngozi123(f): 9:57am On Feb 18, 2017
lastpage:


*And what are you waiting for all these years you have been saying "We want to leave"?
*Who is tying you down?
*What does it take to go to the East for Christmas and not come back.......
*What does it take for all your Representatives in the NASS to QUIT and go form their own assembly in Nnewi?
*What does it take to recall all your people from every nook and cranny of Nigeria.... and relocate back to your East?
*What does it take to resign all your Federal Appointment and make good your threat to quit Nigeria?
*What does it take to stop investing in other people's land and repatriate the investments to the Ibo lands?


This your Biafra, are you going to actualise it by just abusing others, wailing that they tied you down like Naama the goat, crying daily about marginalisation........ or by doing what you should do: PACK-UP and LEAVE

Everyone that supports your agitation is expecting you to act by relocating everything you own ....yet you just dey fall hand!

Everyday, at least One Thousand of you dump your Homeland in the East and run to Lagos, yet you start crying "they wont allow us to go"!

Go and let us hear word joor, everyone is fed up with your silly antics.


Lastpage!

You can't have your cake and eat it too... What you're really saying is that the Igbos should leave all bodies of Nigerian government and subsequently allow themselves to be further marginalised as they'll literally have no one to represent their interests, right? Who's to say that we'll be granted independence even if we did do all these things? You don't honestly expect us to take Nigerians 'by their word', do you?

Listen carefully, if you don't like the Igbos living with you then your best bet is to support the motion for a referendum to be conducted in the affected areas. The majority will not move an inch until that happens, although I do support and have been an advocate of the 'develop East' movement.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Stingman: 10:02am On Feb 18, 2017
ab11baddo:
u nailed it..... I don't hate d ibos but its funny how they think other tribes hate dem.without dem checking d reasons for that... Instead of them heaping blames on other tribes

Igbos didn't say other tribes hate them...Igbos say the central government hates them because of the civil war... I hope this is very CLEAR?
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Ngozi123(f): 10:03am On Feb 18, 2017
Killitoff:


Playing the victim card as usual. If those aboki see all the shit you devils write about them on your radio biafra page, they will gladly slaughter you like ram. You hate others but cry like sissy when they return the hate.

Kindly tell us who is holding you from leaving Nigeria? You receive monthly allocations just like others, you have senators, reps and governors just like others. Who is now holding you? You troop to the SW and North daily and still cry online that they are holding you. Dont you have shame?

The UN, the AU and the Nigerian government- in that order. If we had the support of any of these bodies of government then we'd be allowed to conduct our referendum in peace. You say that many Igbos are "trooping to the SW and North daily" but are you aware of just how many are moving back home these days? Probably more, in fact, it's significantly more when you exclude Lagos- former FCT- and Abuja- current FCT. This argument will soon be outdated undecided.

Like I said, if you really want us gone then you'd support our motion for a referendum, anything else is nonsensical.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by amazingspiderma: 10:17am On Feb 18, 2017
It is true that Igbo are marginalized deliberately. This has force its people to embarked on private ventures,it was tough, difficult but it has paid off. In less than a generation, the Igbo have risen from the ashes of the civil war to national relevance. So far, these achievements have been on an individual basis. Even as a student in the UK, the second question I get asked after my nationality is if I were Igbo. They know us as hard working fellows.
In my opinion, frustration creeping in right now not just because of marginalization, but because we have not had a collective social economic agenda for the entire SE or Igbo speaking people.
We have to learn to take full advantage of the business gunies in anambra, financial and economic faculties in Abia, the learned champions of Enugu, The King of tourism initiatives in Imo, the agriculturist of Ebonyi. All these must be built into a giant machinery for those of us living today and children unborn.
Its sustainability would depend on three things
its people which it already has
its openness to strategic partners especially neighboring states for synergy and mutually benefit.
The agenda must be sacred and long term, it should not be compromised by political party interest.

We have to find a way to secure our regional's interest. We have done well for ourselves, let do it for our region.
Great national developments starts first with people,then structures. We are still on track to greatness, it is not a question of how , it is a question of when.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by Ngozi123(f): 10:17am On Feb 18, 2017
auggie340:


Wah we fail to realize is dah having a fore knowledge of people's intention towards you is supposed to give you a upper hand in dealing with dem...

You suppose to know by now dah a number of pple derive pleasure in taunting igbos and we fall for it easily...we even drop loopholes in our arguments to enable dem taunt further.... if we ignore insulting remarks and rather respond with argument devoid of loopholes...I'm telling you, they'll get tired of it (dahs d way it's done real life, forget online)

I prefer to respond to pple's intent rather than face value(words)...

my humble submission

I completely agree, it's almost sadistic in nature. I honestly can't imagine caring so much about another ethnic group that you constantly feel the need to comment on them. It's quite sad.

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Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by ab11baddo(m): 10:21am On Feb 18, 2017
Huddler:
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There is a refuge camp in Osun state, no ongoing war there.

Your youth are lazy no wonder you are all over Lagos constituting nuisance.

Soon you all will be deported back to your shithole.

West is the real dead zone here, excluding Lagos which was developed by Igbos.
many at times I read tinz like this and laugh.... Lagos isn't developed yet.. And again Lagos has been developing even before independence and massive influx of ur kinsmen..... Man... U really think highly of ur tribe which is good but correct dat notion of ibos being d exquisite reason why Lagos is developing today. Wat happened to d foriegners and their Companies ...don't tell me u guys own Julius Berger n RCC and d likes..... Please correct dat notion... It's better for u to say igbos av a hand in d development of Lagos than for u to say Lagos is developed by igbos believe it or not... DATS A BLANTANT LIE FROM D PIT OF HELL
Re: We Are No Longer Comfortable Being Part Of Nigeria - Igbo Leaders. by AntiNigerian: 10:24am On Feb 18, 2017
some idiots claim we are useless and annoying people, if we're really this useless, then let us be!

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