It has never been about Igbo. The war was
never about Igbo. The Nigeria Biafra war
was not about Igbo. It wasn't because
Igbos were selfish nor because they were
power drunk or because they were
domineering. No, no, no, a thousand times
no! It was all about oil.
Oil was the focus. Oil was the reason Nigeria
slaughtered about 5million Biafrans and
same oil was the reason the United
kingdom supported that genocide. Oil was
the reason the United States supplied
Nigeria with arms. Oil was the reason Russia
backed up Nigeria in their stand to kill more
Biafrans. Oil was the reason France
abandoned Biafra at the middle of the war
to turn around and support Nigeria with
weapons and armunitions. It was all about
oil not Igbo.
But why did the Nigeria media always
portray Igbo as the reason instead of oil or
portray Ojukwu as the evil one instead of
themselves? Why did they convince our
parents that Igbo was our problem and that
Igbo was after our oil? Why did they have to
set us at per against our Igbo brothers for
this long and desire that we remain so
forever? Why, why, why and why?
The answer is simple, it was because of oil.
Okay, if it was because of oil, what has Igbo
got to do with oil to the extent that they
were ready to exterminate the whole Igbo
race when the oil is mostly found in Ijaw
land at the time of the war?
Now, let's discuss.
At the time of the war which was in the
sixties, Ijaw ethnic nation shared two
regions with Igbo which were found in the
East and Midwest regions which were both
East of the Yoruba region (Western region).
But Igbo was mostly found in the eastern
region at the time and made up the majority
ethnic nation in that region. Being the major
group in the region, they had the loudest
voice in the region and the voice of others
were subject to theirs being majority which
was normal.
When oil was discovered in large quantity, it
was discovered in Ijaw land (Oloubiri) in
same LGA that Produced Nigeria's ex
President Goodluck Jonathan. It was
discovered in the region where Igbos were
the majority ethnic nation. So because Igbo
was the major group in the region that
produced the oil, they became:
THE VOICE OF THE OIL.
Because the country then ran a regional
system, so whosoever is the voice of the
region is the voice of the resources found in
the region.
By being voice of the region I don't mean
other voices were oppressed but other
voices must be subject to the majority voice
which Igbo constituted the majority.
THIS WAS THEIR OFFENCE
The crime Igbo committed was being the
majority voice. That was their crime. They
didn't lobby to be large in number, no. They
didn't play politics to become a large group,
no. They were born so. Why should it be
held against them?
When the enemies saw that the oil was
mostly found outside Igbo mainland, they
began to steer other groups like mine (Ijaw)
against Igbo and started convincing them
that they own this oil and as such should
not let Igbo be their voice but should have a
voice of their own.
That brought about the call for state
creation by the Rivers state groups and the
southeastern groups. Seeing that the call for
state creation was a divisional call, majority
Igbo rejected it. This rejection angered the
other ethnicities more and the enemies
capitalised in it, whispering into their ears
telling them "Igbo don't want your progress,
they want to rule you forever. They don't
want you to have control over your
destinies, they just want to suck your oil
dry". Our people not knowing the true intent
of the enemy kept on carrying the grudge.
THE WAR
When the enemy saw that the war was
inevitable decided to create two states out
of the initially Eastern region making it three
states.
The purpose of the creation of these states
were to weaken Biafra by creating artificial
boundaries in Biafra that they can use to
gain support from those who already feel
oppressed by the Igbo majority.
By this strategy, Isaac Boro (Ijaw) was
created by the enemies to kick Igbo out of
the creeks of Rivers state (today bayelsa and
Rivers states).
Isaac Boro was a foremost Ijaw activist for
freedom of his people. He started by
challenging the federal government in a
court case that favored his region (East) but
was later poisoned by the enemies to
liberate Ijaw from Igbo whom they have
made us to believe are after our resources
and land.
Isaac Boro was unleashed by the enemies
into the war against his own people (the
Igbo) with the conviction that he can save
his people (Ijaw) not knowing that the
regional system was about to be changed
into a federal structured unitary system.
He did a clean job. He chased anything that
stood for Biafra from the creeks with the
help of other federal troops. Being a master
of the creeks he was so fearless and no one
ever defeated him in the region. He wasn't
alone, other politicians like Ken Saro Wiwa,
Senator Obi Wali etc also played their own
part all in a bid to see their tribes have a
voice for themselves.
But it didn't get rosey for Boro as the
enemies saw him as an enemy even more
fierce than Ojukwu. They told themselves
that if this man can kill his own people
(Igbo) this much just to protect the oil
which he believed was his then he will not
spare us if we dare come close to it. So he
had to die and he was betrayed and shot on
the forehead by a Nigerian sniper under the
command of Adekunle the red scorpion
(Yoruba).
SLAVERY
In the year 1970, Biafra was conquered and
sovereignty stolen again by the British
empowered zoo called Nigeria.
Hausa Fulani (the caretakers of the zoo)
continued to take turns to rule and
impoverish Biafra. At first by the help of the
Yoruba foremost politician Awolowo, they
declared the 20 pounds oppression and
afterwards decided to divide Biafra again by
declaring the abandoned property saga
which they themselves did not obey but
championed in the East (Ph mostly).
They continued to marginalise Biafrans.
After those clear declarations, they didn't
separate Biafra in their oppression. They
punish the Ijaw man no less than the Igbo
man nor do they spare the Ogoni man any
less than the Igbo man. When they declare
jihad against Igbo, they also attack Urhobo
communities. But when it is time for us to
stand up against their oppressive
tendencies, they remind us of their age old
propaganda whereby they conquered us
that Igbo man is wicked and that he doesn't
mean well and that we should rather fight
for our own instead of collective Biafra.
This is the reason I can't subscribe to a false
republic of Niger Delta. Niger Delta was
created by the enemies to separate us from
Igbo. It is a separatist unity. A group born
out of deception. It can't stand. I prefer a
sole Ijaw country instead of artificial Niger
Delta where the same way we all grouped
ourselves to reject Igbo is same way others
will group themselves to reject Ijaw when
the real enemies from across the ocean get
deep into the business of oil and decide to
hit us. Of course we know their way of
attack is always division first.
To me Niger Delta unity is only proof that we
are Biafrans but Niger Delta rejecting Biafra
is only proof that we are conquered.
By Tari Nemi

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imagin an almajiri from borno supervising oil uplift at my father's back yards let's end this humiliation in warrr

Those northern stakeholders don't wanna let go.

oh my God..see truth.. the mods will delete this am sure of that...They Dont Like To Be Exposed

This is interesting

If the Oil had not been in Eastern Region, there would have been no war. The war was never about the unity of Nigeria, it was all about Oil