EzeUche_:

My Struggle -

Main thesis: Nigerian Peril

How the Nigerian state has been able to keep the Igbo people in bondage. Our region used as vanquished territory. And always reminded of our defeat.

Nationalist vs. Secessionist

Christian Igbos vs. Muslim Hausa

Igbo elite vs. Igbo people

Igbo liberals vs. Igboist

Conclusion:
The rise of a new Igbo nation-state on the ashes of Nigeria.

EzeUche_:

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -Mahatma Gandhi

The laughed at a certain someone, until he improved his nation's arsenal, ripped apart a particular treaty and declared war. I will not name this person, but history always repeats itself.

Onlytruth:

Posted by: EzeUche_
The most important thing to note is that Jonathan is not representing the Ijaw. If he were, MEND would not be threatening to resume bombing of oil installations.

I really think that for the first time in a very loooooooooooong time, Ndigbo are actually doing first things first.

I am deeply suspicious of all these non-Igbos who write these articles as if the world would end if an Ijaw or any other Eastern minority operates at the center of evil Nigeria more than us.
NO THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT AND WE LOSE NOTHING.

These same people would wear masks and accuse us of dominating the Eastern minorities and always recite Eyo Ita issue.

Now they are crying that Ijaws are "ahead of Igbo" in national politics. Only a fool would believe that.
But even if so, why is it any of their business? Could they love us more than we love ourselves? Definitely not.
I would even want Ndigbo to wait until whenever Jonathan leaves office before attempting the presidency again.

Nigeria is not ending tomorrow, and even if it does, we will still have our Eastern brothers to live with.

Enuff said.

alex101:

May the wisdom of Solomon and the greate Kings of old be with you and your lineage. AMEN!

@ Ezeuche and Obiaju, think very well, why are our[size=14pt] enemies [/size]so concerned about our so called political well being all of a sudden. We wll get the no 1 spot at the appropriate time

alex101:

May the wisdom of Solomon and the greate Kings of old be with you and your lineage. AMEN!

@ Ezeuche and Obiaju, think very well, why are our enemies so concerned about our so called political well being all of a sudden. We wll get the no 1 spot at the appropriate time

Ibime:

According to Obahiagbon, what did the Hoi Polloi of the Oduduwa Republic gain from Obasanjo's presidency?

You common folk should stop worrying about a couple of positions for some members of the parasitic elite who never filter anything down to you.

My kinsman GEJ is President ATM, but I don't see any dividends filtering down to the Ijaw people, now or in the next 8 years, except some friends and family members of his who would have greater access to the National cake.

Why should an umu-Igbo sit in his house in jand cheering on the likes of Nnanami, Orji, Odili or any other ingrate? Fa Fa Fa foul!

But like Eziachi said, Nigeria is a jungle where the masses hope for one of their tribesmen to have an opportunity to steal a piece of the National Cake whilst cheering helplessly from the sidelines.

In the words of the lyrical gymnast Patrick Obahiagbon, why should any reasonable Ndigbo cheer on his kinsman to join the purveyors of necrophilic nepotism and parasitic parapo-ism!!!

dem_people:

I want:

1) A second niger bridge with 2 or more lanes on it.

2) Sorting of the issue of abandoned properties of PH.

3) Building a new international terminal at Enugu airport.

4) Finishing the Onitsha Riverport.

5) Creation of a 6th state for the SE to level with other zones in the federation.

6) Recognition of Anambra as an oil producing state which will come with benefits which other ND states enjoy such as increased Fed. allocation.

7) Building of power stations at Enugu to be powered by coal and natural gas respectively which would supply the SE and most of the SS with electricity.

8  Compensation of affected Ndigbo who had significant* cash in their bank accounts prior to the civil war. Though it might be cumbersome and illogical to do so, I'll settle for economic packages for the SE and SS to compensate them for the civil war and environmental pollution of their areas respectively.

9) Checkmating the erosion crisis raving the SE.
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* = at least £1000 or more.
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These are not too much to ask (demand). I'll vote for anyone who would ensure these demands. Even Awo can have my vote from the grave as far as these demands are assured.

jason123:

HA,HA! Bros, you be thief? No region has that now.

Justcash:

[b]You guys are getting it so wrong. What Igbos, and Easterners in general (Forget the freaking South south nonsense) need is outright separation from Nigeria as a nation. A nation of 50 million people, with less diversity in terms of culture will be easier to manage and control. This is not about resources, it is about having the political will, passion and chance to move a nation forward. The North, East and West are entirely different nations. They are naturally meant to exist on their own. This is why there will never be progress until Nigeria allows nature to take it's course.
Igbo presidency or Ijaw presidency will solve nothing. They are all the same set of politicians that can turn an Aboki dominated army on their people, if there is a protest against them. Look at what is happening in Egypt and compare it to what is happening in Jos. In Egypt, the police and military exercise alot of restraint when dealing with protesters. In Jos, Bornu, Maiduguri etc, the military and police aid their ethnic people to slaughter the Beroms, Igbos and Yorubas like rams. Will an Oduduwa army embark on a slaughtering spree in an Odudwa republic because their countrymen are protesting? Well, I know that a Biafran military will not kill Biafrans for carrying placards in the streets.
Igbos and Ijaws are Easterners (Going by the original arrangement of Nigeria). So, an Ijaw holding power is equal to an Igbo holding power. The simple reason why the Aboki politicians are restless is because their "South-South" Scheme used to divide Eastern Nigeria is working against them now.
Nigeria needs to divide simple and short.
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dem_people:

We're talking about boosting Nigeria's economy and the creation of massive job opportunities. If there's gonna be an economic boom in Nigeria then, it must surely have to start from the SE otherwise, forget it.

Abagworo:

A little piece from the archive.

Political Rivalry in Rivers State

By June 2001 , a rivalry had begun between Ijaw Chief Clark and Rivers Gov. Odili, whose position as governor of the region’s largest oil-producing state gave him control — with little transparency or oversight — over an annual budget of almost $1 billion (along with his government’s stake in illegal bunkering). The level of Rivers state revenues and those of its capital, Port Harcourt — hub of the entire oil-producing region — made Odili the Delta’s most powerful elected politician while Clark continued to pull the strings behind the scenes. Now that he was in the seat of power, Odili resented the challenge to state authority posed by the Clark-led INC and its activist wing, the IYC. While he was indeed a powerful politician in Rivers state, Odili was not an Ijaw. He was born into the minority Igbo tribe, the dominant tribe in the country’s “south- east geopolitical zone” (one of Nigeria’s six administrative regions; the Ijaw are the dominant tribe in the south-south zone). The fact that Odili’s tribal heritage was not Ijaw did not necessarily restrict his political power — oil income and PDP patronage gave him all the influence he needed.

http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20090312_mend_nigeria_connecting_dots

PhysicsMHD:

1. There are lots of Ijaws in what was the Western region of Nigeria. I think asserting this idea of "Easterners" including Ijaws naturally when they might be a nation all on their own is not entirely accurate or honest. Wouldn't Ijaws in the East still have more in common with Ijaws in the West than they would have in common with other Easterners?

2. The "South- South" scheme seems to have Igbo, not Northern, origins: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-561386.0.html

asha 80:

if only jason is a consistent guy.

your kinsman being a head of state might have carried weight during the millitery regime (ala abacha massively developing kano) but in this settting i do not see how it affects the commoner that presidents kinsman.

like i have said before,one yoruba guy came into s restaaurant where i was bragging about how igbo might not get presidency and all that only to later beg me for some money to help himself out of a situation only for me to tell him to go to ota and ask Obj.

jason123:

What do you mean by this??

Justcash:


My point is that there is need to divide Nigeria. Let people choose their destinies. We cannot be tied down because Abokis needs to catch up.
If the South South decides that they want to be on their own, then why not? Igbos won't force them. Same with mid-belt and mid-westerners. But fact remains that we need to have the right to exercise how we want to exist before progress can be experienced.
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan is visibly Ijaw, yet with some sign of Igbo in him. So, If he has some Igbo blood flowing in him, then he is Igbo too. That is my point. Peter Odili is Igbo, but he is called a South Southerner.
There is need for Nigeria to divide into different parts. Until we do that, there will be no progress. It will continue to be 1 step forward, 50 steps backwards.

alex101:

You are very correct, but haven't you realise that we have the "e go better" people who don't want to leave nigeria but will do everything possible to keep people like you in that nigerian dungeon. They will tell you that we need each other, we will be more powerful by staying together, blah, blah,

For me, thees are the people I fear more in terms of any secession than any govt./aboki action.

Justcash:


My point is that there is need to divide Nigeria. Let people choose their destinies. We cannot be tied down because Abokis needs to catch up.
If the South South decides that they want to be on their own, then why not? Igbos won't force them. Same with mid-belt and mid-westerners. But fact remains that we need to have the right to exercise how we want to exist before progress can be experienced.
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan is visibly Ijaw, yet with some sign of Igbo in him. So, If he has some Igbo blood flowing in him, then he is Igbo too. That is my point. Peter Odili is Igbo, but he is called a South Southerner.
There is need for Nigeria to divide into different parts. Until we do that, there will be no progress. It will continue to be 1 step forward, 50 steps backwards.

jason123:

Bro, all what I do with ezeuche and co is all jokes. Do not take me serious on those threads. Infact, I say it's all jokes before I leave such threads.
@ your reply
You said the absolute truth. It makes no difference whether their is your man there or my man. Its all the same.

Abagworo:

A little piece from the archive.

Political Rivalry in Rivers State

By June 2001 , a rivalry had begun between Ijaw Chief Clark and  Rivers Gov. Odili, whose position as governor of the region’s  largest oil-producing state gave him control — with little  transparency or oversight — over an annual budget of almost  $1  billion (along with his government’s stake in illegal  bunkering). The level of Rivers state revenues and those of its  capital, Port Harcourt — hub of the entire oil-producing region  — made Odili the Delta’s most powerful elected politician  while Clark continued to pull the strings behind the scenes.  Now that he was in the seat of power, Odili resented the  challenge to state authority posed by the Clark-led INC and its  activist wing, the IYC. While he was indeed a powerful politician  in Rivers state, Odili was not an Ijaw. He was born into the  minority Igbo tribe, the dominant tribe in the country’s “south- east geopolitical zone” (one of Nigeria’s six administrative  regions; the Ijaw are the dominant tribe in the south-south  zone). The fact that Odili’s tribal heritage was not Ijaw did not  necessarily restrict his political power — oil income and PDP  patronage gave him all the influence he needed.

http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20090312_mend_nigeria_connecting_dots

dem_people:

I want:

1) A second niger bridge with 2 or more lanes on it.

2) Sorting of the issue of abandoned properties of PH.

3) Building a new international terminal at Enugu airport.

4) Finishing the Onitsha Riverport.

5) [s]Creation of a 6th state for the SE to level with other zones in the federation. [/s]

6) [s]Recognition of Anambra as an oil producing state which will come with benefits which other ND states enjoy such as increased Fed. allocation[/s].

7) Building of power stations at Enugu to be powered by coal and natural gas respectively which would supply the SE and most of the SS with electricity.

8  [s]Compensation of affected Ndigbo who had significant* cash in their bank accounts prior to the civil war. Though it might be cumbersome and illogical to do so, I'll settle for economic packages for the SE and SS to compensate them for the civil war and environmental pollution of their areas respectively.
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9) Checkmating the erosion crisis ravaging the SE.
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* = at least £1000 or more.
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These are not too much to ask (or demand). I'll vote for anyone who would ensure these demands. Even Awo can have my vote from the grave as far as these demands are assured.

I was just referring us to the point where Igbo lost relevance in Nigerian politics.The Edwin Clarke vs Odili feud was the political defeat of Igbo by Ijaw.Odili would have emerged Yar'Adua's VP and would have been our serving President.