kenny987:


The difference between us and others is that we don't do underhand nonsense! Let everyone get their fair share and contest meritoriously for the top places, simple! We believe in making our own food n then paying out of our excess on agreed terms not someone sitting up there n deciding what I should get when I can get more! If others don't buy into it then we don't belong together so we split! Any problem?

kenny987:
It is a game of interests but not to the detriment of the other. There's a reason there are laws and they aren't meant to be bent in every direction. Basics like socio-economic development must never be compromised. The annoying part of all this is that substantial actions cannot be taken without the approval or at least buy-in if the FG and that's the major reason for the demand for restructuring and devolution of power from the centre.

Nigeria is still a developing country. I can understand places like UK, France, Canada etc doing the left n right wing thingies because the fundamentals are in place! Those are working societies that even the most inept of presidents will be stopped in their tracks by an effective system. How can ur interested supersede mine in terms of health, education, security, employment for instance?
Do you honestly think ur region or supporters of the ruling party should have these basics first or better than others? I think NOT!

So my point is, the continued celebration of 'na my man win' will only continue to breed underdevelopment and resentment because we see the resources being wasted just because it's their turn so we scheme to get our turn and do same...that's evil! Bridges n roads n electricity supply shouldn't be political points but here we are...so we must get past that! That's why I kept saying u needed to get past APC n PDP, that is not the average Igbo man's problem.

fulanimafia:


Making which food and paying which excess to who ? Have you seen the latest IGR figures for the 5 SE states at all?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/5348488_image_jpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188

You generate less revenue internally than any other region so which excess are you contributing to who? Kaduna and Kano alone generated more revenue than the entire SE combined so how can a parasite relying of FG allocation to function make such a baseless and audacious statement? Y'all like to delude yourselves though .

omenkaLives:
God forbid that it be buried.

If only I could have my way..

Well, I'd rather not say what's on my mind before some excited mod bans me for "supporting secession" like they once did.

Chigold101:
Beloved homeland of our brave heroes
We must defend our lives or we shall perish
We shall protect our hearts from all our foes
But if the price is death for all we hold dear
Then let us die without a shred of tear

This we sang as kids about 50 years ago, the Biafran National anthem. Play this on your organ today and see reminiscences of yore. It is sad that 47 years after General Yakubu Gowon proclaimed: ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’ and flashed his three Rs[Reconciliation, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction], areas that were known as Biafra still look like they are not part of oil rich Nigeria.

Let us be honest for once: We can stop Biafra agitations without dropping a pint of red blood. Nigerians must come to terms with the fact that there has been a lot of injustice. Under the present dispensation, it is not just injustice it is wickedness on the part of those who have a golden opportunity to make this nation great again.

Those who have chosen to tie their tongues with silence will not survive another war. Those who have not seen battle and are eagerly pushing the country to an inglorious end should go and ask questions. Another war will not just destroy this nation, it may consume all of us.

Give the South–East geo–political zone one more state, create another state in Southern Nigeria and you get balance of identity. The North-West has seven states and the whole North is made up of 19 states while the South comprises 17.

Those who do not want the creation of more states should think twice. Revenue is shared according to the number of Local Government Areas and states. Political advantages accrue from states. The South-East therefore cannot continue to be denied a fair share of our commonwealth.

Let Nigerians resolve to pump money into areas destroyed during the Civil War. After the Second World War, the United States came up with the Marshall plan to help Western Europe. That brought Germany back to life. Today they are Europe’s strongest economy.

No such thing was done for the South–East. Just look at the money going to the North-East that saw far less devastation because of Boko Haram, today. Insurgency around the Lake Chad Region has killed in thousands. Biafrans died in millions.

The Amnesty Programme in the Niger Delta coupled with the creation of a Niger Delta ministry is something to celebrate. To cap it all, a son of the South-South, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, ascended the throne that is oiled by the black gold discovered in Oloibiri.

What is wrong with building federal industries in Igbo land and other devastated parts of the old Eastern Region? Fix a refinery in the South-East, open up a sea port, build a Second Bridge across the River Niger, work on the roads like you have in some zones up North and allow them to use the brain God has given all Nigerians.

The Igbo have done so much to show they believe in one Nigeria. Let us look at the background of men who have ruled or affected the movement of History. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was born in the North and schooled in the West. He spoke the three major Nigerian languages. First President of Nigeria. Zik’s first language was Hausa and his children bear Yoruba names. General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi attended Primary School in Kano and grew up in Calabar. He spoke Hausa. His Second in command was a Yoruba , Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe. None of his Service Chiefs was Igbo. Gowon, a Lt.Col., from the North, headed the Army. Captain Edet Wey, an Efik turned Yoruba was in charge of the Navy. Another Efik, Chief Luis Edet, gave way to Alhaji Kam Selem as Police Chief and George Kurubo, [ Kalabari] led the Air Force. Ironsi’s escort team was led by William Walbe, from the Middle Belt. His Aides de Camp were Andrew Nwankwo, Air Force, Sani Bello, Army, Dennis Okujagu, Navy[ Ijaw ] and Timothy Pam, Police[ Middle Belt]. Now to Nigeria and Biafra. Gowon was born in Pankshin and taken to Wusasa when he was barely three years old. General Emeka Ojukwu,like Zik, was born in Zungeru. Primary education was at St. Patrick’s Idumagbo, Lagos. After that he proceeded to CMS Grammar School and later Kings College, both in Eko. Ojukwu mastered the Yoruba language and could write love letters in Hausa. Those who accuse Biafra of being an all South-East affair are mean. The Chief of Defence Staff was an Akwa Ibom General named Philip Effiong. Secretary to the Government was Chief Ntieyong Akpan. Commissiner for External Affairs was Mathew Mbu from today’s Cross River State. High Commissiner to the UK, Ignatius Kogbani, an Ogoni man. The Golden Voice of Radio Biafra was Okonkon Ndem. Head of Military Intelligence, Bernard Odogwu, hailed from today’s Delta State. An Ijaw, Capt. Willie Murray-Bruce[Ben’s elder brother], was high up in the Airforce. Former Cross River governor ,Clement Ebri ,was there too. Of the 21 provinces, nine were non-Igbo like their administrators . Chief Ekukinam Bassey, Annang. Prof Eyo Bassey Ndem, Calabar. Mr. S.N. Dikibo, Degema. Mr. S.J. Edoho, Eket. Mr. Frank Ugbut, Ogoja. Dr. Sylvanus Cookey, Opobo. Mr. Emmanuel Aguma, Port Harcourt. Chief J. Udoh–Affiah, Uyo and Chief Frank Opigo, Yenogoa. In 1974, Gowon changed the Bight of Biafra to Bight of Benin. Two journalists: Henry Onyedike and Agwu Okpanku of The Renaissance newspaper, were arrested over an article: Killing Biafra. Today, because of high handedness, Biafra has refused to die. Perhaps, the Peduase Lodge, Aburi Accord of 1967 would have killed Biafra if it was implemented. An area that produced our country’s First President, First Senate President , First Speaker, First Head of State, First Olympic gold medalist cannot be silenced. Let there be justice and you may not hear much of Biafra.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/nigeria-can-bury-biafra/
Seun... Come see this thread... Good morning

fulanimafia:


Kindly PM me your address in Utopia and I'll probably drop by for a glass of frozen smoke. Politics is not a tea-party and the sooner you and the typically politically illiterate average ibo man understands this the better for you lot. The winners interests come before the loser's regardless and that's why its an intensely fought battle with billions sunk in. It must be really hard coming to terms with reality innit? Pele!

kenny987:


Oh dear Lord! Intensely fought battle for what?
This is why I initially didn't want to engage u...this so-called reality shouldn't be and this has absolutely nothing to do with utopia. It's basic, humane existence and survival but apparently, it's in ur interest for others to be wiped out that u may live...how sad.

fulanimafia:


Making which food and paying which excess to who ? Have you seen the latest IGR figures for the 5 SE states at all?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/5348488_image_jpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188

You generate less revenue internally than any other region so which excess are you contributing to who? Kaduna and Kano alone generated more revenue than the entire SE combined so how can a parasite relying of FG allocation to function make such a baseless and audacious statement? Y'all like to delude yourselves though .

kenny987:


U conveniently miss the point as usual. But then that's ur 'interest' at play...

fulanimafia:


Which is? That you generate less than everyone else and actually have no excess to share as you erroneously, contemptuously and hilariously claimed? That point is clear as day in black and white.

deedeedee1:
Igbos are free to have their own country. Nobody is stopping them. Why are their leaders keeping silent about this biafra issue? If the igbos want biafra, they should protest against their leaders who have chosen to keep silent.

fulanimafia:


Which is? That you generate less than everyone else and actually have no excess to share as you erroneously, contemptuously and hilariously claimed? That point is clear as day darling .

kenny987:


The point is, I was speaking of in a properly structured country with regional rather than central control of resources and majority of economic activity. In the current system there really can't be much more than is seen notwithstanding possible inaccuracies. I said we prefer...that is what should be and not what is.

fulanimafia:


But..but..but...we thought Jonathan did all this for the South East throughout his 5 years in power which was why the SE gave him 95% of their votes. Its a travesty of logic to expect the man they consider as a "brain-dead illiterate dullard" to accomplish all of this which the PhD President failed to accomplish. Afterall what can a "nepa-bill" President be expected to achieve in the SE? Stop speaking from both sides of your mouth.

EvilMetahuman:


No way. They would rather attack attack oshinbajo and obasanjo for speaking for one naijairiya but not their leaders.

They prefer one nigeria more than anything, all those biafra chant gimmick is just to blackmail federal government to consider them after making huge political blunder.

Give them 2-3 solid federal post now, you will see them singing ebele buhari.

Awon alatari pelele.

izombie:
the you people reason sometime baffles me. Igbo people are the majority of people who are on the streets. So because a few people who are enjoying nigeria's money by holding political offices do not speak, the millions who are suffering should keep quiet abi? Nnamdi kanu that spoke out an continues to do so, you people have called him all sorts of names. The millions of igbos who struggle daily are fed up with one Nigeria. Yes, the ones that only have to use a papa port to import or export goods just because the other port that is closest to them is not working because its close to them. The one whose federal roads are death traps because its in their region. The ones who on their way to their region will be harassed by the police and custom an the army. The one who have to get the highest of scores to be admitted to the university. Etc. Let me ask you. Bihari is able to go to London hospital to treat himself, how many nigerians can do that? Please spare me the leaders bullllshiiit. If you think your people who hold political office give a damn about you then you must be a fool. For the record, igbos at just tired of being in one country with the Hausa fulani.

Cooly100:



Like you big mouths, challenged your OBAs and other leaders for collecting Abacha's egunje to forget Abiola's mandate...Shameless CHAMELEON!!

EvilMetahuman:
did we attack you flat heads for the problem with our obas?

That's where you have no brain.

Cooly100:


Did we attack you tiger claw faces, for your problems with you obas...No. But you attack us for not attacking our leaders. Do you now see how your brain is only full with nutritionless amala...Check!!!

EvilMetahuman:
[s][/s]

What is this flat head saying self?

Cooly100:


...you need ages of a stint in evening school to comprehend it...as free education did nothing to help you,ogbeni...

EvilMetahuman:
[s][/s]

fulanimafia:


Making which food and paying which excess to who ? Have you seen the latest IGR figures for the 5 SE states at all?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/5348488_image_jpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188

You generate less revenue internally than any other region so which excess are you contributing to who? Kaduna and Kano alone generated more revenue than the entire SE combined so how can a parasite relying of FG allocation to function make such a baseless and audacious statement? Y'all like to delude yourselves though .

EvilMetahuman:
gimme a break abeg.

Yoruba demanded the same in 2011, instead what did we get?
This
https://www.nairaland.com/745731/yoruba-
marginalization-elders-met-jonathan

Did yorubas set the country on fire cos of this? Nope
Did we go about abusing other tribes for the marginalisation we did not even deserve?
To think we even voted for this same gej.

Instead, we went back to the drawing board.
Why can't these people do the same instead of trying to blackmail us with Biafra chant?

Amah70:

[s]

Biafra agitation began before Buhari presidency, Biafra agitation started shortly after the masters of Yoruba, the Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri of far northern Nigeria started to adopt Islamic Sharia criminal codes.

Remember, OBJ government imprisoned Uwazurike of MASSOB.


Jonathan government imprisoned Biafra agitators who tried to take control of Enugu state govt house.

So stop telling lies insinuating that agitation for Biafra started because Jonathan lost Power.

Come out openly and state that you're clutching tightly to the sinking One Nigeria ship because the ship contains crude oil.[/s]

fulanimafia:


Miss Geriatric, that is false. If the past president had delivered on his promises to the South East and done what the writer is asking the Buhari administration to do in order to quell tensions, then the cries of marginalization wouldn't be so loud. You lot just hate to accept the fact that you were scammed by Jonathan and PDP (and voted with your emotions not brains) and are now waiting for the 'dullards' administration that you worked so hard to keep away from power to perform miracles your hero couldn't perform.



Spot on! Read through this 2011 thread where they were celebrating and justifying Jonathan's marginalization of the Yorubas, NOT ONE WORD of Biafra or IPOB was mentioned.

https://www.nairaland.com/745731/yoruba-marginalization-elders-met-jonathan

It's all a scam and we are the wiser .

kenny987:


I can't debate with u when you're clearly stuck at peripheral politics of APC and PDP. That'll be sinking to low for me..Enjoy ur mud bath, I don't deal at such levels. Logical submission?! Ha! Hilarious to say the least!

bonnylight003:


used to think you're truly hausa/fulani..

so you be yoruba? okay.

EvilMetahuman:
gimme a break abeg.

Yoruba demanded the same in 2011, instead what did we get?
This
https://www.nairaland.com/745731/yoruba-
marginalization-elders-met-jonathan

Did yorubas set the country on fire cos of this? Nope
Did we go about abusing other tribes for the marginalisation we did not even deserve?


To think we even voted for this same gej.

Instead, we went back to the drawing board.
Why can't these people do the same instead of trying to blackmail us with Biafra chant?

Chigold101:
Captain Edet Wey, an Efik turned Yoruba was in charge of the Navy. Another Efik, Chief Luis Edet, gave way to Alhaji Kam Selem as Police Chief and George Kurubo, [ Kalabari] led the Air Force....
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/nigeria-can-bury-biafra/
Seun... Come see this thread... Good morning

Vice Admiral Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey (1918 – December 12, 1991) was a Nigerian naval officer who served, at various times, as head of the Nigerian Navy (i.e. Chief of Naval Staff), acting Foreign Minister, and Chief of Staff of the Supreme Headquarters, making him the de facto Vice President of Nigeria during Yakubu Gowon's regime.

Born in Calabar in March 1918 to a Yoruba father and an Ibibio/Efik mother, Admiral Wey had his early education in Calabar, Cross River State and at Methodist School, Ikot Ekpene in present Akwa Ibom State; and further education in Lagos. He joined the Marine Department as a cadet and engineer in training around 1940. At the end of his training in 1945, he served in all sea-going vessels in the Marine Department. When the Navy was established in 1956, he was transferred to the Navy as a sub-lieutenant. In 1962, he was appointed as the commanding officer of base and naval officer in charge of Apapa, Lagos. In 1966, he was appointed as the Federal Commissioner of Establishment and he became a member of the federal Executive Council. He was promoted to various ranks and to the final rank of vice-admiral. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Edet_Akinwale_Wey

laudate:


What do you mean by this statement? "Captain Edet Wey, an Efik turned Yoruba was in charge of the Navy..." How do people change from being Efik to Yoruba, biko nu? By teleportation, or by transfiguration? Did you do any research at all before you posted this ridiculous comment? Or are you simply allergic to Google?

If you do not know who Vice Admiral Wey was, all you had to do was to enquire from the right sources. Chai!