Seerade029:


Afonjas are oooooooo powerful

They are the one holding the keys of Nigeria Unity.

You guys are scared to leave, what will happen to your brothers in Kwara How will you fight Fulani to reclaim your land How will Yoruba muslims and Christians leave when Nigeria cease to exist, how will Afeniferi coexist with MURIC that his loyalty to Sultan of Sokoto

post=89730702:

Yorubas should also worry about what they will eat, major food producing region is middle belt,

The last time we had something similar to this in 1967 we know what happened.

post=89731349:

You guys are scared to leave, what will happen to your brothers in Kwara How will you fight Fulani to reclaim your land How will Yoruba muslims and Christians leave when Nigeria cease to exist, how will Afeniferi coexist with MURIC that his loyalty to Sultan of Sokoto

See Yeye question

Just like, Obi of Onisha throne is Benin influence does that mean, Onisha people are Benins
Or Anambra people are Benins

There are igalas in Anambra, does that mean Anambra people are igalas??


Yoruba Christians and Muslims fights can never happen, don't dream.
Even your brothers here were surprised how we were able to live together in harmony.

I'm only worried about Igbo Muslims, what will happen to them

.

Gabkosh:
Churchill Okonkwo is a unity beggar Afonja.

Totit, LegendHero, come and see something o.

Don't mind that stupid Afonja backstabber. For, how can we be landlocked when we the people of SE/SS are one? Has he forgotten we have OYEL too, we deveroop lagos without Gov money and all the Yoloba land combined?

Oh I hate this Afanja Ewedu, palm oyel eater have come again cloning Churchill and claiming he's Nwafo.

Haaa! Afonja with their Lagos-Ibadan express news has come again with their propaganda and evil.

Evil people, Afonja are wicked, they hate us, they are jealous of us because we are superior and have bought all their lands and the whole of Nigeria.


Afonjaaaaaaaa ooooooooo

Dubai that is landlocked have they have economics hardship op?

poster why are you taking paracetamol for another person headache? na so you like Igbo economic welfare rich? hypocrite

how many Igbo people carry there bags dey travel Kano and Lagos and Kaduna just this period wey states issue ordinary lockdown? see as almajiri and northern youths dey pak like sardines inside cow dey come Igbo land. what is pursuing you people?

cruzeiros:
Dubai that is landlocked have they have economics hardship op?

Dubai is not landlocked.

Btw, don't compare your village with Dubai.

helinues:


So Afonja's are powerful like that,that they are the one holding Easterners from seceeding from Nigeria..

What a wonderful Lord we are serving

your mumu na follow come.

post=89728897:

We know you guys are firing from different angle even using Igbo names, I don't need any ignorant fool to tell me what I already know

Churchill Okonkwo is a Yoruba man
Your delusional

jamesversion:
Do Not Be Deceived: Igboland Is Landlocked And Will Face Economic Hardship By Churchill Okonkwo

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market.



BY CHURCHILL OKONKWO, MAY 19, 2020

Chinua Achebe, in Things Fall Apart, tells a story of Okonkwo, the main character, who was banished from his village of Umuofia for accidentally shooting a young man. When it was time for Okonkwo to return, after seven years in exile, he instructs his wives and children to prepare a huge feast for his mother's kinsmen in a gesture to show his gratitude for their support. When asked why he was “overloading the table with food,” he said, “I cannot live on the bank of the river and wash my hands with spittle.”

Suffices to say that like Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart, Igbos who are known to be outgoing are not washing their hands with spittle, because across the Nigerian landscape, they are living right at the banks of the Benue River, Kano River, Kaduna River, Ogun River, Sokoto River, Cross Rivers, etc. They also thrive at the banks of these rivers and “overload” their abode with human and infrastructural development.

Unfortunately, every now and then, one of the most absurd analyses by the proponents of an independent state of Biafra which is that the five Igbo states in imaginary Biafra is not landlocked makes it to the mainstream media. Last week, in a piece “It is a lie: Igboland is not Landlocked” published in Sahara Reporters, Aloy Ejimakor presented what looks like overwhelming evidence on how easy it is to transfer Apapa Port to the banks of the “Atlantic” Oguta Lake in Igboland for the business of shipping. 

As expected, those without a good understanding of the Nigerian physical and human geography; no good grasp of the maritime industry, and no clue on the economies of shipping and logistics are attempting to push water uphill. The campaign to entice Igbos to withdraw from the waters off the coast of Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri, etc. is an attempt to force the waters to flow uphill.

Forget about the “dredging” of the Oseakwa River in Ihiala, the Azumiri River, or the “Atlantic Ocean” at the mouth of OgutaLake, the truth is that Igboland is landlocked and will suffer, economically. Do not let anyone deceive you about that. All you need to confirm that is to consult a good physical geography teacher. If you do not have one, simply go to Google Maps on your phone and look for blue markings indicating water bodies and decide for yourself how close the Atlantic Ocean is to Igboland. It should be that simple, if only you approach this quick visual research with an open mind.

Here are some facts per World Bank economists working on trade logistics issues, being landlocked is a major reason why 16 of the world’s 31 landlocked developing countries are among the poorest in the world. According to the Economist, of the 15 lowest-ranking countries in the Human Development Index, eight have no coastline. All of these are in Africa.

Without seaports, these landlocked countries pay more and wait longer for imported food, and other goods. Also, they have an equally hard time exporting, with the result that they trade less and grow more slowly than their coastal neighbors. A quick look at the map of Africa and the location of Central African Republic, Burundi, Niger, Chad, South Sudan, Mali, and Burkina Faso, will give you an idea of what it means to be landlocked. So, it is clear, the most obvious handicap of Igbo people who are known for international trade will be moving goods to and from ports.

It has been augured that the actualization of the state of Biafra does not mean that Igbos will be forced to come back to the land-locked states. We are told that we will still have access to the ports in the neighboring countries around landlocked Igboland and as such can easily import and export goods and services. A counterargument is that if Igbos are forced to pass through dozens of police checkpoints between Lagos and the Niger Bridge, Onitsha, under one country Nigeria, how many roadblocks will be put in place if Biafra is an independent country?

Just imagine that for a moment.

Now, imagine also what will happen if the same blockade is put in place from the northern, southern, and eastern boundaries all around Igbo land. How on earth will such an independent state be independent economically? If the movement of imported heavy goods must be re-transported inland to landlocked Igboland, how on earth will the economy be viable?

I am a teacher who makes use of graphics to help my students understand some concepts that would otherwise be difficult to grasp. So, for clarity and easier comprehension, I ask that you pause here and take another look at the Nigerian map. Pay particular attention to the location of Apapa, Port Harcourt, and the new Lekki Deep Sea Port under construction. Then, slowly move your eyeballs inland towards Igbo states for a good understanding of why seaports are sited on the coast of major water bodies. So, forget about emotions and sentiments, a sea is a sea and a river is a river.

So, do not let anyone deceive you, international treaties can promise access to the oceans, but the responsibility for implementing them lies with the governments of the "transit states". Now, imagine how happy and eager the minorities in the Niger Delta region will be to help build infrastructure that would mainly help their landlocked Igbo neighbors. They have little incentive to.

Also, just like Nigeria has closed its borders for months now, transit states to landlocked Igboland can interrupt commerce making the economic viability of landlocked Igboland difficult. For Nigeria with known civil strife between ethnic nationalities, landlocked Igboland will have to reroute trade at exorbitant cost, reducing their competitiveness. You cannot argue with facts.

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market. Also, Botswana, a middle-income landlocked country, exports diamonds, which are shipped by air. Pointing at such countries offers little hope to a landlocked Igboland without similar natural resources and with people that are heavily involved in the importation of heavy goods in containers.

From the analysis, above, you will see that it is not necessary to tell a wise person to get out of the sun. We are Igbos and we are wise. There should, thus, be no need for anyone to tell us that land-locked Igboland is an economic disaster waiting to happen.

On a final note, when you show the moon to a child, it sees only your finger. Sadly, no matter the size or how full and bright the moon is, people who want to see the Atlantic Ocean at the banks of Oguta Lake or Otamiri in Imo state will see one. But, do not be deceived, landlocked Igboland will be an economic disaster. As my father used to say, I am a teacher and my responsibility is to keep teaching irrespective of whether the students are listening or not.

The worlds of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open. Igbos should not lock themselves up. Rather, we should leave the right doors open as we work for an equitable and better Nigeria, for all.

Together, we can.

Churchill Okonkwo, Ph.D.

On Twitter @Churchillnnobi

CHURCHILL OKONKWO


http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/19/do-not-be-deceived-igboland-landlocked-and-will-face-economic-hardship-churchill-okonkwo

Then let them suffer.

What's the Epistles all about.

cruzeiros:
Dubai that is landlocked have they have economics hardship op?

Which Dubai

jamesversion:
Do Not Be Deceived: Igboland Is Landlocked And Will Face Economic Hardship By Churchill Okonkwo

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market.



BY CHURCHILL OKONKWO, MAY 19, 2020

Chinua Achebe, in Things Fall Apart, tells a story of Okonkwo, the main character, who was banished from his village of Umuofia for accidentally shooting a young man. When it was time for Okonkwo to return, after seven years in exile, he instructs his wives and children to prepare a huge feast for his mother's kinsmen in a gesture to show his gratitude for their support. When asked why he was “overloading the table with food,” he said, “I cannot live on the bank of the river and wash my hands with spittle.”

Suffices to say that like Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart, Igbos who are known to be outgoing are not washing their hands with spittle, because across the Nigerian landscape, they are living right at the banks of the Benue River, Kano River, Kaduna River, Ogun River, Sokoto River, Cross Rivers, etc. They also thrive at the banks of these rivers and “overload” their abode with human and infrastructural development.

Unfortunately, every now and then, one of the most absurd analyses by the proponents of an independent state of Biafra which is that the five Igbo states in imaginary Biafra is not landlocked makes it to the mainstream media. Last week, in a piece “It is a lie: Igboland is not Landlocked” published in Sahara Reporters, Aloy Ejimakor presented what looks like overwhelming evidence on how easy it is to transfer Apapa Port to the banks of the “Atlantic” Oguta Lake in Igboland for the business of shipping. 

As expected, those without a good understanding of the Nigerian physical and human geography; no good grasp of the maritime industry, and no clue on the economies of shipping and logistics are attempting to push water uphill. The campaign to entice Igbos to withdraw from the waters off the coast of Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri, etc. is an attempt to force the waters to flow uphill.

Forget about the “dredging” of the Oseakwa River in Ihiala, the Azumiri River, or the “Atlantic Ocean” at the mouth of OgutaLake, the truth is that Igboland is landlocked and will suffer, economically. Do not let anyone deceive you about that. All you need to confirm that is to consult a good physical geography teacher. If you do not have one, simply go to Google Maps on your phone and look for blue markings indicating water bodies and decide for yourself how close the Atlantic Ocean is to Igboland. It should be that simple, if only you approach this quick visual research with an open mind.

Here are some facts per World Bank economists working on trade logistics issues, being landlocked is a major reason why 16 of the world’s 31 landlocked developing countries are among the poorest in the world. According to the Economist, of the 15 lowest-ranking countries in the Human Development Index, eight have no coastline. All of these are in Africa.

Without seaports, these landlocked countries pay more and wait longer for imported food, and other goods. Also, they have an equally hard time exporting, with the result that they trade less and grow more slowly than their coastal neighbors. A quick look at the map of Africa and the location of Central African Republic, Burundi, Niger, Chad, South Sudan, Mali, and Burkina Faso, will give you an idea of what it means to be landlocked. So, it is clear, the most obvious handicap of Igbo people who are known for international trade will be moving goods to and from ports.

It has been augured that the actualization of the state of Biafra does not mean that Igbos will be forced to come back to the land-locked states. We are told that we will still have access to the ports in the neighboring countries around landlocked Igboland and as such can easily import and export goods and services. A counterargument is that if Igbos are forced to pass through dozens of police checkpoints between Lagos and the Niger Bridge, Onitsha, under one country Nigeria, how many roadblocks will be put in place if Biafra is an independent country?

Just imagine that for a moment.

Now, imagine also what will happen if the same blockade is put in place from the northern, southern, and eastern boundaries all around Igbo land. How on earth will such an independent state be independent economically? If the movement of imported heavy goods must be re-transported inland to landlocked Igboland, how on earth will the economy be viable?

I am a teacher who makes use of graphics to help my students understand some concepts that would otherwise be difficult to grasp. So, for clarity and easier comprehension, I ask that you pause here and take another look at the Nigerian map. Pay particular attention to the location of Apapa, Port Harcourt, and the new Lekki Deep Sea Port under construction. Then, slowly move your eyeballs inland towards Igbo states for a good understanding of why seaports are sited on the coast of major water bodies. So, forget about emotions and sentiments, a sea is a sea and a river is a river.

So, do not let anyone deceive you, international treaties can promise access to the oceans, but the responsibility for implementing them lies with the governments of the "transit states". Now, imagine how happy and eager the minorities in the Niger Delta region will be to help build infrastructure that would mainly help their landlocked Igbo neighbors. They have little incentive to.

Also, just like Nigeria has closed its borders for months now, transit states to landlocked Igboland can interrupt commerce making the economic viability of landlocked Igboland difficult. For Nigeria with known civil strife between ethnic nationalities, landlocked Igboland will have to reroute trade at exorbitant cost, reducing their competitiveness. You cannot argue with facts.

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market. Also, Botswana, a middle-income landlocked country, exports diamonds, which are shipped by air. Pointing at such countries offers little hope to a landlocked Igboland without similar natural resources and with people that are heavily involved in the importation of heavy goods in containers.

From the analysis, above, you will see that it is not necessary to tell a wise person to get out of the sun. We are Igbos and we are wise. There should, thus, be no need for anyone to tell us that land-locked Igboland is an economic disaster waiting to happen.

On a final note, when you show the moon to a child, it sees only your finger. Sadly, no matter the size or how full and bright the moon is, people who want to see the Atlantic Ocean at the banks of Oguta Lake or Otamiri in Imo state will see one. But, do not be deceived, landlocked Igboland will be an economic disaster. As my father used to say, I am a teacher and my responsibility is to keep teaching irrespective of whether the students are listening or not.

The worlds of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open. Igbos should not lock themselves up. Rather, we should leave the right doors open as we work for an equitable and better Nigeria, for all.

Together, we can.

Churchill Okonkwo, Ph.D.

On Twitter @Churchillnnobi

CHURCHILL OKONKWO


http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/19/do-not-be-deceived-igboland-landlocked-and-will-face-economic-hardship-churchill-okonkwo

http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/19/do-not-be-deceived-igboland-landlocked-and-will-face-economic-hardship-churchill-okonkwo


Deep insights.

jamesversion:
Do Not Be Deceived: Igboland Is Landlocked And Will Face Economic Hardship By Churchill Okonkwo

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market.



BY CHURCHILL OKONKWO, MAY 19, 2020

Chinua Achebe, in Things Fall Apart, tells a story of Okonkwo, the main character, who was banished from his village of Umuofia for accidentally shooting a young man. When it was time for Okonkwo to return, after seven years in exile, he instructs his wives and children to prepare a huge feast for his mother's kinsmen in a gesture to show his gratitude for their support. When asked why he was “overloading the table with food,” he said, “I cannot live on the bank of the river and wash my hands with spittle.”

Suffices to say that like Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart, Igbos who are known to be outgoing are not washing their hands with spittle, because across the Nigerian landscape, they are living right at the banks of the Benue River, Kano River, Kaduna River, Ogun River, Sokoto River, Cross Rivers, etc. They also thrive at the banks of these rivers and “overload” their abode with human and infrastructural development.

Unfortunately, every now and then, one of the most absurd analyses by the proponents of an independent state of Biafra which is that the five Igbo states in imaginary Biafra is not landlocked makes it to the mainstream media. Last week, in a piece “It is a lie: Igboland is not Landlocked” published in Sahara Reporters, Aloy Ejimakor presented what looks like overwhelming evidence on how easy it is to transfer Apapa Port to the banks of the “Atlantic” Oguta Lake in Igboland for the business of shipping. 

As expected, those without a good understanding of the Nigerian physical and human geography; no good grasp of the maritime industry, and no clue on the economies of shipping and logistics are attempting to push water uphill. The campaign to entice Igbos to withdraw from the waters off the coast of Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri, etc. is an attempt to force the waters to flow uphill.

Forget about the “dredging” of the Oseakwa River in Ihiala, the Azumiri River, or the “Atlantic Ocean” at the mouth of OgutaLake, the truth is that Igboland is landlocked and will suffer, economically. Do not let anyone deceive you about that. All you need to confirm that is to consult a good physical geography teacher. If you do not have one, simply go to Google Maps on your phone and look for blue markings indicating water bodies and decide for yourself how close the Atlantic Ocean is to Igboland. It should be that simple, if only you approach this quick visual research with an open mind.

Here are some facts per World Bank economists working on trade logistics issues, being landlocked is a major reason why 16 of the world’s 31 landlocked developing countries are among the poorest in the world. According to the Economist, of the 15 lowest-ranking countries in the Human Development Index, eight have no coastline. All of these are in Africa.

Without seaports, these landlocked countries pay more and wait longer for imported food, and other goods. Also, they have an equally hard time exporting, with the result that they trade less and grow more slowly than their coastal neighbors. A quick look at the map of Africa and the location of Central African Republic, Burundi, Niger, Chad, South Sudan, Mali, and Burkina Faso, will give you an idea of what it means to be landlocked. So, it is clear, the most obvious handicap of Igbo people who are known for international trade will be moving goods to and from ports.

It has been augured that the actualization of the state of Biafra does not mean that Igbos will be forced to come back to the land-locked states. We are told that we will still have access to the ports in the neighboring countries around landlocked Igboland and as such can easily import and export goods and services. A counterargument is that if Igbos are forced to pass through dozens of police checkpoints between Lagos and the Niger Bridge, Onitsha, under one country Nigeria, how many roadblocks will be put in place if Biafra is an independent country?

Just imagine that for a moment.

Now, imagine also what will happen if the same blockade is put in place from the northern, southern, and eastern boundaries all around Igbo land. How on earth will such an independent state be independent economically? If the movement of imported heavy goods must be re-transported inland to landlocked Igboland, how on earth will the economy be viable?

I am a teacher who makes use of graphics to help my students understand some concepts that would otherwise be difficult to grasp. So, for clarity and easier comprehension, I ask that you pause here and take another look at the Nigerian map. Pay particular attention to the location of Apapa, Port Harcourt, and the new Lekki Deep Sea Port under construction. Then, slowly move your eyeballs inland towards Igbo states for a good understanding of why seaports are sited on the coast of major water bodies. So, forget about emotions and sentiments, a sea is a sea and a river is a river.

So, do not let anyone deceive you, international treaties can promise access to the oceans, but the responsibility for implementing them lies with the governments of the "transit states". Now, imagine how happy and eager the minorities in the Niger Delta region will be to help build infrastructure that would mainly help their landlocked Igbo neighbors. They have little incentive to.

Also, just like Nigeria has closed its borders for months now, transit states to landlocked Igboland can interrupt commerce making the economic viability of landlocked Igboland difficult. For Nigeria with known civil strife between ethnic nationalities, landlocked Igboland will have to reroute trade at exorbitant cost, reducing their competitiveness. You cannot argue with facts.

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market. Also, Botswana, a middle-income landlocked country, exports diamonds, which are shipped by air. Pointing at such countries offers little hope to a landlocked Igboland without similar natural resources and with people that are heavily involved in the importation of heavy goods in containers.

From the analysis, above, you will see that it is not necessary to tell a wise person to get out of the sun. We are Igbos and we are wise. There should, thus, be no need for anyone to tell us that land-locked Igboland is an economic disaster waiting to happen.

On a final note, when you show the moon to a child, it sees only your finger. Sadly, no matter the size or how full and bright the moon is, people who want to see the Atlantic Ocean at the banks of Oguta Lake or Otamiri in Imo state will see one. But, do not be deceived, landlocked Igboland will be an economic disaster. As my father used to say, I am a teacher and my responsibility is to keep teaching irrespective of whether the students are listening or not.

The worlds of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open. Igbos should not lock themselves up. Rather, we should leave the right doors open as we work for an equitable and better Nigeria, for all.

Together, we can.

Churchill Okonkwo, Ph.D.

On Twitter @Churchillnnobi

CHURCHILL OKONKWO


http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/19/do-not-be-deceived-igboland-landlocked-and-will-face-economic-hardship-churchill-okonkwo

Absolutely brilliant!

NGpatriot:



If you know how to read, go ahead, read gently and comprehend massively for your own good.

Your rights are not absolute, it doesn't supersede the rights of the sovereign Nations and the rights of transit states because at the end of the day, they call the shots, not the UN or even you.

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market. Also, Botswana, a middle-income landlocked country, exports diamonds, which are shipped by air. Pointing at such countries offers little hope to a landlocked Igboland without similar natural resources and with people that are heavily involved in the importation of heavy goods in containers

~~~~
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 provided rights for land-locked states on the sea. More importantly, the convention provided them with the right of access to and from the seas and freedom of transit. However, the law makes such rights subject to the agreements to be made by land-locked and transit states. This, in turn, depends on the prevailing relations between the concerned states. If they are not in a smooth relation, the transit states may not be willing to negotiate and thereby put impediments on the land-locked states’ free transit.


The political will and commitment of transit states highly conditioned the rights of land-locked states. The denial of free transit, in turn, affects the rights of land-locked states...

http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=202&doi=10.11648/j.ss.20150402.12

FreeStuffsNG:

Absolutely brilliant!

This unity beggar who cannot stand Igbos leaving his long failed unworkable British colonial contraption called Nigeria

But whether you unity beggars like it or not, we Igbos will eventually exit Nigeria as an independent country, for Nigeria has failed

Landlocked or not, no amount of coastline or access to the sea is worth ones freedom

gidgiddy:


This unity beggar who cannot stand Igbos leaving his long failed unworkable British colonial contraption called Nigeria

But whether you unity beggars like it or not, we Igbos will eventually exit Nigeria as an independent country, for Nigeria has failed

Landlocked or not, no amount of coastline or access to the sea is worth ones freedom

I don't know what you mean by unity beggar when in actual fact it's your Igbo leaders of first republic who realized that they need Nigeria as a matter of life and death.

The Igboland at Nigeria's independence then was still, from the records and public declaration of late Elderstatesman, Chief Okpara, mostly uncivilized, primitive and most people still walk unclothed with and without even ordinary fig tree leaf covering, and those wise Igbo leaders knew they have small land and with no access to sea for any naval defence asset. For that their wisdom today, the Igbo can today be a naval officer ( in fact,
the current No. 1 naval officer in Nigeria today's from landlocked Enugu) and now you have access to more land as visitors to other parts of Nigeria blessed with land mass and water.

You bitter hate-filled ungrateful element should be grateful to Nigeria instead of being proud and ungrateful. Without the providence of Nigeria, you will probably still be walking unclothed and primitive today like George Masden authoritative report on colonial era Igboland revealed in his book https://archive.org/details/amongibosofniger00basd/page/223/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater

Below is a newspaper report of how Igboland was and the map of Nigeria with landlocked Igboland encircled. As at that time that the Igbo desperately needed to unite with Nigeria, my region was already civilised with university etc and my Lagos state was already fully established and still leading till today. So you and your wise Igbo leaders of the first Republic are the unity beggars sir and your obscene pride is that of an empty barrel.

FreeStuffsNG:
I don't know what you mean by unity beggar when in actual fact it's your Igbo leaders of first republic who realized that they need Nigeria as a matter of life and death.

The Igboland at Nigeria's independence then was still, from the records and public declaration of late Elderstatesman, Chief Okpara, mostly uncivilized, primitive and most people still walk unclothed with and without even ordinary fig tree leaf covering, and those wise Igbo leaders knew they have small land and with no access to sea for any naval defence asset. For that their wisdom today, the Igbo can today be a naval officer ( in fact,
the current No. 1 naval officer in Nigeria today's from landlocked Enugu) and now you have access to more land as visitors to other parts of Nigeria blessed with land mass and water.

You bitter hate-filled ungrateful element should be grateful to Nigeria instead of being proud and ungrateful. Without the providence of Nigeria, you will probably still be walking unclothed and primitive today like George Masden authoritative report on colonial era Igboland revealed in his book https://archive.org/details/amongibosofniger00basd/page/223/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater

Below is a newspaper report of how Igboland was and the map of Nigeria with landlocked Igboland encircled. As at that time that the Igbo desperately needed to unite with Nigeria, my region was already civilised with university etc and my Lagos state was already fully established and still leading till today. So you and your wise Igbo leaders of the first Republic are the unity beggars sir and your obscene pride is that of an empty barrel.

Yes, the people who love to drink panadol over the headache of who will be landlocked

And hopefully in the near future, Nigeria will break up, we all go our different ways and finally put a stop to this headache we have been giving each other since 1960

gidgiddy:


Yes, the people who love to drink panadol over the headache of who will be landlocked

And hopefully in the near future, Nigeria will break up, we all go our different ways and finally put a stop to this headache we have been giving each other since 1960

You still don't get it ni? Haba.
Unlike the South West, South South and the North, you have nowhere to go! That is what your elders while sitting down could see and you standing up still can't see. You are stuck, so stuck that at best you will transform into what Lesotho is to South Africa.

It's the lack of deep thinking that makes you live in an ignorant bubble for too long. Those patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction understand the legacy of the 1st republic Igbo elders and that's why they will rather stay in Nigeria and attain what ordinarily is impossible to attain in a tiny landlocked Lesotho you are fantasizing over. Our current Naval Chief of Staff understands it far more. Without Nigeria, he can not even be a naval officer in your Lesotho state let alone become a Rear Admiral of the Fleet. But guess what, a Yoruba can attain such level even if , God forbid, Nigeria breaks up.

Your pride mixed with ignorance is killing you and you will lose las las. Nigeria is not your enemy, you are the enemy of yourself. A Yoruba was being asked why he didn't go to Igboland any time he has the opportunity to, he said he has seen Igboland from how toxic most of you misrepresenting Igbo online are doing. He said that he now understands why most Igbo people will rather leave Igboland than stay back. That's same thing still happening in Lesotho till date.

You're one ungrateful and unpatriotic element brainwashed to think Nigeria is the one holding you back. Look at that map again and think. Nonsense.

Empty barrels make the loudest noise. You are just here online canceling the chances and future of patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction because you're ignorant and hate-filled.
Even to become the President of Nigeria, those 3 majority tribes of Hausa, Yoruba and Fulani, who hold the aces and should be arrogant are calm and humble, it's now you who don't have the number and the land mass yet the small land mass is landlocked that's beimg pompous, insolent and shouting upandan. Smh.

Like Prof Chukwuma Soludo said, I blame the Igbo parents too.

FreeStuffsNG:


You still don't get it ni? Haba.
Unlike the South West, South South and the North, you have nowhere to go! That is what your elders while sitting down could see and you standing up still can't see. You are stuck, so stuck that at best you will transform into what Lesotho is to South Africa.

It's the lack of deep thinking that makes you live in an ignorant bubble for too long. Those patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction understand the legacy of the 1st republic Igbo elders and that's why they will rather stay in Nigeria and attain what ordinarily is impossible to attain in a tiny landlocked Lesotho you are fantasizing over. Our current Naval Chief of Staff understands it far more. Without Nigeria, he can not even be a naval officer in your Lesotho state let alone become a Rear Admiral of the Fleet. But guess what, a Yoruba can attain such level even if , God forbid, Nigeria breaks up.

Your pride mixed with ignorance is killing you and you will lose las las. Nigeria is not your enemy, you are the enemy of yourself. A Yoruba was being asked why he didn't go to Igboland any time he has the opportunity to, he said he has seen Igboland from how toxic most of you misrepresenting Igbo online are doing. He said that he now understands why most Igbo people will rather leave Igboland than stay back. That's same thing still happening in Lesotho till date.

You're one ungrateful and unpatriotic element brainwashed to think Nigeria is the one holding you back. Look at that map again and think. Nonsense.

Empty barrels make the loudest noise. You are just here online canceling the chances and future of patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction because you're ignorant and hate-filled.
Even to become the President of Nigeria, those 3 majority tribes of Hausa, Yoruba and Fulani, who should be arrogant are calm, it's now you who don't have the number and the land mass that's shouting upandan. Smh.

Like Prof Chukwuma Soludo said, I blame the Igbo parents too.

Fulani are not majority. Stop that nonsense talk.

It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market. Also, Botswana, a middle-income landlocked country, exports diamonds, which are shipped by air. Pointing at such countries offers little hope to a landlocked Igboland without similar natural resources and with people that are heavily involved in the importation of heavy goods in containers.


The above statement by this City-breed Self styled Igbo working for enemies of Igboland actually destroyed what ever he hope to gain by his useless epistle....for these reasons:

1, Switzerland & Botswana, two countries he mentioned actually boast of the the highest per capita in their respective continents. Switzerland is the bae of Europe, while Botswana has one of the highest quality of life and per capita in Africa. Botswana actually will normally not let Nigerians with their Atlantic easy access to their country.

2. Single market. Is this dude high on Asiwaju white powder? What exactly is the role of AU, ECOWAS, AFTCTA......hahahhahaha. Long years under serious military, politcal and economic repression has reallly done a lot ya'll. That you really depend on a skewed strutrue where you eat without working or had to like asses, write un-true epistles does not mean other are that sick too. Small Rwanda with its landlocked boarders performs much more better than Nigeria with its Atlantic. Yes Churchhill governors had to spend thousands of dollars to go view the wonders of the small country whose GDP is not up to that of Ogun.

3. Specialization. If Switzerland specializes in Finance, such that she can attract crooks & despots, why cant this oye ara also see that the igbos have gotten a top notch speciality that would make her Biafra attract people from all over Africa? I have lived in Onitsha and saw first hand how merchants come all the way from Cameroon to come buy boat threats from a close whose boss imports these bails.

4. This oye ara did not know that Switzerland were actually living in poverty before this century, but decided to use the unique terraine of their environement to build economy that suits it. He is also not aware that as far back as 1909 that if you blow whistle on money laundering, you will be jailed by the state. An effective strategy to lure people of all walks of life to come deposit their hard-earned or not-hard earned money. The Nigerian Despot Abacha was one of their customers.

Pay no attention to this pen-4-hire fellow. It's like the bleaching governor of Imo state giving you advice on the way forward for Imo state, or Asiwaju lecturing you on how to stay clean from drug peddling.

Oye ara Church Hill. Your sighted examples invalidates your useless write up. Should Biafra come, you are free to join the gutter man of Lagos; Igbokwe. We dash you and all the likes of Orji Kalu, Hope Uzodinma to Sw or NE. Ndi eberibe!

FreeStuffsNG:


You still don't get it ni? Haba.
Unlike the South West, South South and the North, you have nowhere to go! That is what your elders while sitting down could see and you standing up still can't see. You are stuck, so stuck that at best you will transform into what Lesotho is to South Africa.

It's the lack of deep thinking that makes you live in an ignorant bubble for too long. Those patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction understand the legacy of the 1st republic Igbo elders and that's why they will rather stay in Nigeria and attain what ordinarily is impossible to attain in a tiny landlocked Lesotho you are fantasizing over. Our current Naval Chief of Staff understands it far more. Without Nigeria, he can not even be a naval officer in your Lesotho state let alone become a Rear Admiral of the Fleet. But guess what, a Yoruba can attain such level even if , God forbid, Nigeria breaks up.

Your pride mixed with ignorance is killing you and you will lose las las. Nigeria is not your enemy, you are the enemy of yourself. A Yoruba was being asked why he didn't go to Igboland any time he has the opportunity to, he said he has seen Igboland from how toxic most of you misrepresenting Igbo online are doing. He said that he now understands why most Igbo people will rather leave Igboland than stay back. That's same thing still happening in Lesotho till date.

You're one ungrateful and unpatriotic element brainwashed to think Nigeria is the one holding you back. Look at that map again and think. Nonsense.

Empty barrels make the loudest noise. You are just here online canceling the chances and future of patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction because you're ignorant and hate-filled.
Even to become the President of Nigeria, those 3 majority tribes of Hausa, Yoruba and Fulani, who hold the aces and should be arrogant are calm and humble, it's now you who don't have the number and the land mass yet the small land mass is landlocked that's beimg pompous, insolent and shouting upandan. Smh.

Like Prof Chukwuma Soludo said, I blame the Igbo parents too.

This is the stuff unity beggars are made of. Someone is claiming to be civilised and sophisticated but is still looking for whom to do 'one Nigeria' with. If there is agitation for independence, the same unity beggar will be giving reasons why it should not be, talking about being landlocke, drinking panadol over other people's headache. All for this just to protect his useless 'one Nigeria' that is world poverty capital and 8th most insecure country on earth, getting worse by the day

Basotho people are very happy to have their own independent homeland, landlocked inside South Africa. They are in control of their land and destiny and dont want to lose that by becoming part of South Africa where they will be politically fighting with Zulus, Xohas and other ethnic groups without end, the way you people do in Nigeria

We Igbos will one day get our independence, leave this failed British colonial contraption called Nigeria, and you sophisticated unity beggars can cry all you want.

Bigkoko:
It is also important to warn that landlocked Igboland should not be deceived by the success of the few rich landlocked countries like Switzerland that specializes in finance, which does not travel by boat, and its high-end manufacturing is integrated with Europe's single market. Also, Botswana, a middle-income landlocked country, exports diamonds, which are shipped by air. Pointing at such countries offers little hope to a landlocked Igboland without similar natural resources and with people that are heavily involved in the importation of heavy goods in containers.


The above statement by this City-breed Self styled Igbo working for enemies of Igboland actually destroyed what ever he hope to gain by his useless epistle....for these reasons:

1, Switzerland & Botswana, two countries he mentioned actually boast of the the highest per capita in their respective continents. Switzerland is the bae of Europe, while Botswana has one of the highest quality of life and per capita in Africa. Botswana actually will normally not let Nigerians with their Atlantic easy access to their country.

2. Single market. Is this dude high on Asiwaju white powder? What exactly is the role of AU, ECOWAS, AFTCTA......hahahhahaha. Long years under serious military, politcal and economic repression has reallly done a lot ya'll. That you really depend on a skewed strutrue where you eat without working or had to like asses, write un-true epistles does not mean other are that sick too. Small Rwanda with its landlocked boarders performs much more better than Nigeria with its Atlantic. Yes Churchhill governors had to spend thousands of dollars to go view the wonders of the small country whose GDP is not up to that of Ogun.

3. Specialization. If Switzerland specializes in Finance, such that she can attract crooks & despots, why cant this oye ara also see that the igbos have gotten a top notch speciality that would make her Biafra attract people from all over Africa? I have lived in Onitsha and saw first hand how merchants come all the way from Cameroon to come buy boat threats from a close whose boss imports these bails.

4. This oye ara did not know that Switzerland were actually living in poverty before this century, but decided to use the unique terraine of their environement to build economy that suits it. He is also not aware that as far back as 1909 that if you blow whistle on money laundering, you will be jailed by the state. An effective strategy to lure people of all walks of life to come deposit their hard-earned or not-hard earned money. The Nigerian Despot Abacha was one of their customers.

Pay no attention to this pen-4-hire fellow. It's like the bleaching governor of Imo state giving you advice on the way forward for Imo state, or Asiwaju lecturing you on how to stay clean from drug peddling.

Oye ara Church Hill. Your sighted examples invalidates your useless write up. Should Biafra come, you are free to join the gutter man of Lagos; Igbokwe. We dash you and all the likes of Orji Kalu, Hope Uzodinma to Sw or NE. Ndi eberibe!

Ignore the efulefu! There are many of his ‘one Nigerianist’ kind….prepared to say or do anything to ingratiate themselves with their hegemonic masters!

gidgiddy:




This is the stuff unity beggars are made of. Someone is claiming to be civilised and sophisticated but is still looking for whom to do 'one Nigeria' with. If there is agitation for independence, the same unity beggar will be giving reasons why it should not be, talking about being landlocke, drinking panadol over other people's headache. All for this just to protect his useless 'one Nigeria' that is world poverty capital and 8th most insecure country on earth, getting worse by the day

Basotho people are very happy to have their own independent homeland, landlocked inside South Africa. They are in control of their land and destiny and dont want to lose that by becoming part of South Africa where they will be politically fighting with Zulus, Xohas and other ethnic groups without end, the way you people do in Nigeria

We Igbos will one day get our independence, leave this failed British colonial contraption called Nigeria, and you sophisticated unity beggars can cry all you want.

No vex. Oya dey go

Akwaibom calaba and rivers belongs to Biafra

FreeStuffsNG:


You still don't get it ni? Haba.
Unlike the South West, South South and the North, you have nowhere to go! That is what your elders while sitting down could see and you standing up still can't see. You are stuck, so stuck that at best you will transform into what Lesotho is to South Africa.

It's the lack of deep thinking that makes you live in an ignorant bubble for too long. Those patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction understand the legacy of the 1st republic Igbo elders and that's why they will rather stay in Nigeria and attain what ordinarily is impossible to attain in a tiny landlocked Lesotho you are fantasizing over. Our current Naval Chief of Staff understands it far more. Without Nigeria, he can not even be a naval officer in your Lesotho state let alone become a Rear Admiral of the Fleet. But guess what, a Yoruba can attain such level even if , God forbid, Nigeria breaks up.

Your pride mixed with ignorance is killing you and you will lose las las. Nigeria is not your enemy, you are the enemy of yourself. A Yoruba was being asked why he didn't go to Igboland any time he has the opportunity to, he said he has seen Igboland from how toxic most of you misrepresenting Igbo online are doing. He said that he now understands why most Igbo people will rather leave Igboland than stay back. That's same thing still happening in Lesotho till date.

You're one ungrateful and unpatriotic element brainwashed to think Nigeria is the one holding you back. Look at that map again and think. Nonsense.

Empty barrels make the loudest noise. You are just here online canceling the chances and future of patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction because you're ignorant and hate-filled.
Even to become the President of Nigeria, those 3 majority tribes of Hausa, Yoruba and Fulani, who hold the aces and should be arrogant are calm and humble, it's now you who don't have the number and the land mass yet the small land mass is landlocked that's beimg pompous, insolent and shouting upandan. Smh.

Like Prof Chukwuma Soludo said, I blame the Igbo parents too.

Your only nonsense was calling Fulani majority..