It claimed Kanu’s grandfather Okwu Kanou was
ostracized due to issues relating to mental illness.

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After the civil war, the Igbo man was left with
nothing. Our abandoned properties in other parts
of the country were taken over by people who
never worked hard for it.

“We had to build our region from the scratch and
today we have the biggest and most thriving
economy among other ethnic groups in Nigeria.

“We have dominated trade and commerce in
Nigeria and beyond.


It stinks when you read comments like this... All these could be true, but I took exception to the Yoruba people cos they didn't fvxk with your properties, as you came back to meet them intact. Need I say more about the biggest and most thriving region or ethinic group in Nigeria . ? Well Google is your friend

boman2014:
An Igbo group identified as The Industrious People
of Eastern Nigeria, IPEN has alleged that IPOB
leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is not fully an Igbo indigene
as his family roots have been traced down to
Cameroon.

IPEN stated that its members will no longer allow
a man whose genealogy has been traced to another
country to continuously cause disaffection
between them and other ethnic nationalities.

In a statement distributed by Mediashop Naija,
the group claimed that Nnamdi Kanu’s
grandfather settled in Rivers state and later
Afara Ukwu in Abia state in 1909.

The group claimed Kanu’s grandfather moved to
Abia when he was ostracised from Mankon village
in the Southern Cameroonian City of Bamenda.
It claimed Kanu’s grandfather Okwu Kanou was
ostracized due to issues relating to mental illness.
According to the group: “ The character and traits
exhibited so far by the IPOB leader in the quest
for his Biafra, clearly shows that he is not Igbo.”


Read the full statement by IPEN;

“The systematic infestation of the south eastern
region with Nnamdi Kanu’s victim mentality is
worrisome and has to be checked.

“Igbo people are not cowards neither are we
timid. We are naturally daring. The igbo man does
not run away from problems rather he is
constantly in search of solutions.

“We do not run away from challenges, we compete
and naturally dominate.

“Nnamdi Kanu wants Biafra simply because he
lacks the mental, physical and emotional capacity
required to succeed in a competitive society as
ours.

“This personal lack of self-confidence and feeling
of powerlessness which Nnamdi Kanu has
systematically tried to pass on to our youths is
un-igbo like and must be stopped.

“After the civil war, the Igbo man was left with
nothing. Our abandoned properties in other parts
of the country were taken over by people who
never worked hard for it.

“We had to build our region from the scratch and
today we have the biggest and most thriving
economy among other ethnic groups in Nigeria.

“We have dominated trade and commerce in
Nigeria and beyond. Neither Nnamdi Kanu nor his
lineage has contributed to the economic growth of
the igbo people.

“The Igbo man who has lived all his life doing
business in Maiduguri did not tell you he wants to
return. Neither did the one that owns fuel
stations and other properties in Damaturu tell you
he is not comfortable.

“But Nnamdi Kanu wants them to abandon their
sweat and return to the East where he expects to
Lord it over them.

“He has no verifiable business or source of income
anywhere in the world but want to create
problems for those with businesses in Lagos.

“The South-East remains the most developed
among all regions in the country not because of
Government presence but as a result of the
industrious nature of the true Igbo man.

“Nigeria has its peculiar challenges, obstacles and
limitations like can be found in many other
societies.

‘But the igbo man has made it a habit to break
these barriers and succeed everywhere we find
ourselves.

‘Igbo people have excelled in all spheres of human
endeavor in all parts of the world.

‘We have captains of Industries, sports men and
women, people in the entertainment industries,
academics of Igbo extraction that have left
indelible footprints in the sands of time all over
the world.

‘How do you imagine a tribe that produced the
great Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
Ojukwu, Sam Mbakwe, the novelist and author of
“Things Fall Apart”, Chinua Achebe, Philip
Emeagwali, Prof Chuba Okadigbo, the former
Secretary General of the Common Wealth, Emeka
Anyaoku, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Late Prof.
Dora Akunyili and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala among
others would have an Nnamdi Kanu as its
spokesperson?

“Nnamdi Kanu has not even achieved what the
likes of Christian Chukwu, Chioma Ajunwa, Kanu
Nwankwo, Mikel Obi, Peter and Paul of Psquare,
Flavour and Phyno achieved in the world of sports
and entertainment to put him in a pedestal to
speak for Ndi igbo

“All these people to mention but a few excelled
within and outside the same Nigeria that Nnamdi
Kanu could not.

“According to the group,

“Nnamdi Kanu does not possess the necessary
qualifications required to speak and cannot be said
to be speaking for Ndi Igbo.

“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu does not speak for ndi Igbo
and he does not control igbo as a tribe
“The group blamed the leadership vacuum created
by greedy politicians in the South-East as the
reason Kanu roamed the region unchecked.

“The group concluded by saying, that their
primary objective was to fill up that vacuum and
re-awaken the “can do” spirit of the Igbo man to
enable the people take their pride of place in the
Nigerian body-polity.”


https://www.tori.ng/news/158459/nnamdi-kanu-is-not-igbo-his-family-roots-has-been.html

Juliusmalema:
The group are right

I have heard same story and verified such. Nnamdi Kanu family ancestry can be traced to Cameroon.

That was the first place he ran to when python invaded his compound in Abia state

Bkayyy:

Lies my dear. The only region that unconditionally returned to Ndigbo most or should I saw a little above half of their properties was the Hausas. Quote me anywhere and I will defend this.
Reclaiming the properties in Yoruba land met stiff resistance by the locals but most managed to reclaim them after serious court fights like the case of Ojukwu reclaiming his father's family house in ikoyi.
While the abandoned properties in the land of the most wicked and envious ethnic groups in Nigeria and so called "fellow Igbos", "fellow biafrans", and "Niger Deltans" which are IKWERRE, IJAW, OGONI, OYIGBO, AHAOADA AND Co were lost forever

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Lols, hausa that started burning your houses, killing your people in dozens even before you left their region are the only people that didn't claim your properties... Ahaa haha so funny. Abeg give me just one proof to your claim and I will provide 6 to counter your opinion towards the westerners that welcomed you all back with open arms. I know you re bittered about it but that's the fact

Juliusmalema:
The group are right

I have heard same story and verified such. Nnamdi Kanu family ancestry can be traced to Cameroon.

That was the first place he ran to when python invaded his compound in Abia state

EmekaA125:
Laughable. Whoever wrote this trash should examine his mental state asap.

Bkayyy:

Remember, we are not talking about "The killing program in the North" but the case of Igbo properties after the war. We know those that fought to covert Igbo properties like their life depended on it which are Yoruba and Almost all the people in present day Rivers state apart from Asa areas

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/178864-how-we-secured-igbo-businesses-property-during-civil-war-buhari.html

ivolt:

The apple does not fall far from the tree.

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Lols, look who's talking about igbos the same tyrant were fighting today Buhari for that matter.
Well it is a know fact that the pogrom in North left the igbos with nothing killed, maimed, and massacre were the order of the day for the igbos up north except one state Borno state and the igbos there and their businesses are meager compared to the ones down SW ...

https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/how-do-we-deal-%E2%80%9Cproblem%E2%80%9D-igbos

Bkayyy:

LOL, you think a reasonable human will take a personal report from a Yoruba serious?

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Look well the author is an Igbo man, he just featured him on his own account.

Bkayyy:

Names doesn't make one Igbo. We have extremely Igbo phobic people with Igbo names. That is the ones that hate Ndigbo more than fulani herdsmen. Examples are Ika and Ikwerre.
So tell me what I don't know

Bkayyy:

Names doesn't make one Igbo. We have extremely Igbo phobic people with Igbo names. That is the ones that hate Ndigbo more than fulani herdsmen. Examples are Ika and Ikwerre.
So tell me what I don't know