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Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Tboy1419: 11:59am On Oct 17, 2017 |
After the Nigeria-Biafra War or Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970, the erstwhile Nigerian Leader, General Yakubu Gowon declared a policy of “No Victor, No Vanquished,” but then proceeded to seize the properties of Igbos in Rivers State, Nigeria. Instead of compensating the people of Rivers State for the environmental pollution caused by oil exploration, he decides to compensate them with properties that were legally and rightfully earned by other Nigerians especially Igbos. This may be the worst case of talking with out of both sides of your mouth. He should just have declared that “The Spoils of War Belong to the Victors.” My Kenyan friend was astonished when I told him that some Nigerians had their properties seized by the Nigerian Government and sold to other Nigerians or confiscated by the Government because their side lost in a fratricidal war. It is like the victorious Yankees confiscating the properties of the Rebels after the American Civil War. This is unthinkable in a country that fought to preserve its unity as Nigeria proclaimed in a war slogan, “To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done.” Some would argue that the Indigenes of Rivers State moved into the properties. All a military government needed to do was to state that anybody found in a property not belonging to him/ her would be “shot.” Nobody will be actually shot but fear will keep people away. The Nigerian Government has responsibility for the welfare of all its citizens. The indigenes of Rivers State would not have confiscated the properties without the acquiescence of the Nigerian Government. What prevents the Yorubas and Hausa/Fulanis from doing the same? Even more astonishing is the fact that the victims of this injustice did not take their case to the UN or the World Court. But it is not too late, the ECOWAS (Economic Commission of West African States) Court can still step in. Injustice has no statute of limitations. And the world, especially Britain watched as this political and economic malfeasance unfolded. The chief actors of the sordid affair are still parading themselves as Nationalists and include Senator, then Major David Mark (Chief Auctioneer) and General Yakubu Gowon (Chief Executioner). Some may say “Let bygones be bygones,” but history is bound to repeat itself. After the war, every adult Igbo got twenty, I repeat twenty Nigerian Pounds in lieu of whatever deposit they had in their bank accounts before the hostilities, in addition to having their property confiscated. This was followed two years later in 1972, by the The Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decrees of 1972, and later 1977 or Indigenization Decrees, that sold foreign enterprises to Nigerians. Chief Obafemi Awolowo as Vice President of the Supreme Military Council stood idly by, as the Igbos were left out of the process. What can you buy with twenty Pounds? But the Igbos would rebound. A country that hates an enterprising part of itself can never achieve greatness. The current Buhari Administration is a good illustration. Mallam Nasir El Rufai, a onetime Minister of the Abuja Federal Capital Territory publicly states that Igbos own 80% of the properties in Abuja but he conveniently forgot to mention that 80% of the land on which properties stand were awarded to Northerners for a token. These Northerners turned around to sell the properties to Igbos at highly inflated prices instead of developing them. Is Mallam Nasir El Rufai not ashamed that people who were given twenty Pounds less than two decades earlier arose out of the ashes like the proverbial Phoenix to became major economic players in Nigeria. Why would the Northerners develop the properties if they can acquire the developed property by abandonment? What is good for Rivers State is also good for Kano State, Kaduna State, Katsina State, Kebbi State, Lagos State, and Abuja. We will make the Igbos abandon their properties again. Igbos running from the Boko Haram slaughter in Northern Nigeria are being offered ten kobo for one Naira in investments in Northern Nigeria. And if you do not sell, we may declare your property abandoned. In the Southwest of Nigeria, Yorubas are claiming ownership of the former Federal Capital Territory, Lagos, that was developed with Nigerian money and Igbo enterprise. With the present economic and political uncertainties in Nigeria, the Igbos may soon abandon their properties again in Nigeria. The Igbos need to start building in their homelands since they are loathed by other Nigerians. There must be pain before gain. Igboland can become another Lichtenstein or Luxemborg. Meanwhile to prevent another Abandoned Property Debacle, the Igbos must push for a public apology by the Nigerian Government on the issue of Abandoned Property in Rivers State as well as spearheading a provision in the Nigerian constitution abolishing Abandonment of Properties by Nigerians in Nigeria. The State of Massachusetts is still apologizing for labeling people as witches in 2001, 309 years after the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 but Nigerians are labeling normal children as witches in 2016. The Buhari administration can apologize for the sordid affair and reclaim some goodwill in the South East. If Nigerians cannot abandon their property in Britain and America, why would they abandon them in Nigeria. The Jews are still reclaiming their “abandoned” properties in Europe. A stitch in time may save trillions in Properties. 2 Likes |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 11:59am On Nov 06, 2020 |
Abandoned property or RECOVERED TERRITORY? 3 Likes |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Rugaria: 12:13pm On Nov 06, 2020 |
ijawcitizen:Recovered from who? You sell your property and collect enough cash, you then waste the income on ogogoro and when the cash runs out, you start looking for allies to help you "recover" your property! Was the said property snatched from you? 7 Likes |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Muna4real(f): 1:25pm On Nov 06, 2020 |
ijawcitizen: I don't understand. How can you recover another man's business? 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 4:30pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
Rugaria:The Ijaw natives of Port Harcourt did not sell those lands to igbo migrants. It was the igbo-controlled Eastern region government that sold them to igbos only with no single plot sold to the Ijaw natives of Port Harcourt. The only option we Ijaws had then from the igbo kingdom of Eastern region then was some miserable plot inside Igboland. Some of us who could not fight the system bought, yet after the war could not retrieve same from igbos, nobody is talking about this because we choose not to shout and sing about it like igbos. The end result of the great igbo act of wickedness was that our streets were all named after igbo mogrants.How would you feel if migrants did this to igbos in any part of igbo land? We have recovered our territory forcefully taken from us, and we have no apology to give for taking back what rightfully belongs to us...cheers! 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by naija4life247: 4:31pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
Everyone should thank Awolowo |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by BigSarah(f): 4:35pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
naija4life247: This is gonna be fun! Everyone really? Should Thank him for what? |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Rugaria: 5:04pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
ijawcitizen: Ijaws are natives to Portharcout but igbos are not? Your ogogoro drenched ancestors can pay for land and were ready to develop a city but weren't given the opportunity because they were not igbos? I bet 50 years from now some people from Lagos and Abuja might be caught claiming that the igbos swindled their forefathers to buy up their lands years back... lazy Interlopers pretending to be important. You might even be one deranged Afonja posing as ijaw.. how many streets in Lagos are named after Igbos? The Abuja airport is named after who? I bet if it was the pH airport, you will be foaming at the mouth as you moan about Igbo domination.. 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Difrent: 5:05pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
Tboy1419: it has been said that never in the history of the world have a people abandoned their own homestead and are "developing" other peoples land like the ibos are doing, they have a world record there......the annoying thing is their tendency to start claiming and dragging other peoples land with them.....what a shameless tribe.....your ancestors were lazy bastards who couldnt found any empire great or small,....... 5 Likes |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by plessis: 5:13pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
Difrent: Seun Lalasticlala Rule 3 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Dede1(m): 5:13pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
ijawcitizen: Any Ijo in Igweocha (Port Harcourt) is a tenant. Ijo do not own an inch of land in Igweocha. 2 Likes |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Rugaria: 5:20pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
Dede1:That guy is not ijaw... Must be one of these nosy south westerners who are utterly mortified of a future outside Nigeria.. I can't understand how someone will develop epilepsy simply because you promised him independence.. 3 Likes |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by opuambe(m): 5:49pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
Dede1:so the people of Okrika are tenants in port Harcourt ? No wonder wike touch ona hand small, 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by AwkaFinest: 6:13pm On Nov 07, 2020 |
opuambe:
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Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by owobokiri(m): 5:52am On Nov 08, 2020 |
opuambe:Are the igbos also "tenants" in Portharcout/Rivers? You guys should learn the good habit of coming to equity with very clean hands. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 12:34pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Dede1:The comment of a vile migrant. Igweocha as a word means THE WHITE MAN'S HILL. It's origin and use has to do with the coming of the white men specifically the British and the beginning of colonialism in the early 1900s. We do not acknowledge the evil act of Igbo migrants renaming our towns. Your caveman urge to posses what is not yours has led you to great danger and will lead to a greater danger. And it is disgusting to us the real natives of Port Harcourt. We shall always crush all your attempts to posses what is not yours...anytime...cheers! |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 12:38pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Rugaria: There goes the igbo migrant...always yapping trash. I really don't care about your irrelevant rants. Let's focus on port Harcourt. Deranged migrant feeling important. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 12:47pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Dede1:You igbos have no idea what this inbuilt arrogance and criminal instincts will cost you. In your deranged mind Ijaw natives are tenants in our own land in Port Harcourt, while igbo migrants who only started migrating to port Harcourt to serve the white men (hence the origin of Igweocha) are the what? Port Harcourt is not far from your Igboland caves, you are always welcomed to try take it. What Wike is doing to you guys is child's play, trust me. You lots have proven to be basic animals with animalistic territorial urges, so uncivil and crude. 1 Like |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Dede1(m): 12:51pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
opuambe: Any land occupied by the Okrika folks in Igweocha is given to them by Rebisi folks as a place of settlement. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 12:51pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
opuambe: These animals will surely be dealt with. They have no idea what is coming at them. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Dede1(m): 12:58pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
ijawcitizen: Please shut up your putrid mouth. There is nothing like a freaking "White man" in denotation of Igweocha mbaram. Please get your skewed historical facts straightened before making a fool out of yourself in public. Before so-called British arrived, Rebisi folks had allowed Okrika folks to settle in places close to Igweocha when the Okrika folks bring their smoked fish for exchange for farm products. 1 Like |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Dede1(m): 1:01pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
ijawcitizen: Only the animals shake like dried leaves on a tree at the instance of disintegration of Nigeria. There is no doubt certain people will cease to exist as we know it in the former Nigeria. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Nobody: 1:09pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
ijawcitizen:pH is ijaw land ? Oh pls only old town is ijaw land simple .... Most abandoned property were in ikwerre land mile one down to mile 4 , d line , part of old gra and abunabali ...u obviously don't know your history 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 1:32pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Dede1:You tried to exterminate us all all before when you had overwhelming military and political might, how did that end up for you? Till this very day, the igbo national anthem is Abandoned property. And from where I see it, this animalistic urges of yours only got stronger and are ready to go down the same road with us again. But I got news for you, we are not the docile people you overran and killed for fun in your supposed igbo-fulani war Of 1967. The cowards did not even step a foot in the North to fight their supposed fulani enemies. We understand you better now. So all I can say is...cheers! |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 1:45pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Dede1: Listen you old ignorant baboon. Rebisi as a kingdom consist of Oroabali, Orolozu, Orogbum, Orowolukwu, Oromeruezimgbu, Orochiri and Oroada, all on the Northern fringes of Port Harcourt local government. It does not extend to the Ijaw towns in PH. It must be disappointing to your derange mind that Ijaws and our Ikwerre neighbours don't make outrageous claims to each other's territory in Port Harcourt. Let me understand something, why is the king of Rebisi not king of "Igweocha"? It must be that Igweocha as a word word is alien to even the Ikwerre natives of Port Harcourt who made the mistake of interbreeding with you igbo migrants. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 1:51pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Dede1, honestly I really don't care what you and igbos like you think of Ijaw people but maybe it's time I remind you that Ijaws are the aborigines of the Niger Delta. We have the records of when EVERY TRIBE came into the Niger Delta including the Ikwerre people whose migrating to the delta was in the 15th century. So don't you ever in your twisted imagination think that Ijaws are migrants like you. Do a little research on Ogbakiri kingdom. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by Commonsense99: 1:58pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Niger delta was chasing shadows in abandoned property while the right to own their own oil Wells was signed away under their nose. The Nigerian Fulani government used it to deviate the attention of the misguided brainless riverine guys, they were told their problem was igbos, and their ego inflated. Today zamfara controls her gold, while oil in Niger delta is controlled by the same Fulani who once told them igbos are their problem. It might interest you guys to know that the funds one Fulani man realises from one Niger delta oil well in a month is valued more than the total value of the so Called abandoned properties that was given to you brainless folks. 1 Like |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 2:48pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Igbochief001:All of a sudden, an "Ijawland" has appeared in a land igbos claim as Igweocha. You igbo migrants are true comedians. So tell me, was Old Town the sudden "only Ijawland in PH also called Igweocha? |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 2:50pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Commonsense99: Your blindness didn't even make you realize that the Fulanis took control of ND oil from Igbo's control, not from our control. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by flamingREED(m): 3:29pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
I'm still waiting for when the Igbo man's looted property will be restored to him. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by flamingREED(m): 3:35pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
ijawcitizen: Why do Ijaw men like to quarrel like women? Please, don't take offense. |
Re: Abandoned Property; Will History Repeat Itself In Nigeria? by ijawcitizen(m): 3:57pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
flamingREED:What about those looted from us by biafran troops? |
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