ZnO:

How can there not be Igbo beggars?
It is a matter of numbers
10 Igbo:1000 Yoruba:10000 hausa fulani. That will be the ratio of beggars from the 3 major groups in any Nigerian city

I don't know the ratio nor figures sha!I hope yours is based on facts and not sentiments or false assumptions.

EzeUche:

I have never seen Igbo beggars. Hawkers. . . Yes but never begging.

Igbo man has no time to beg. There is no money to be made, because the Hausa already control that "market."

Used to be so.Not any more! I started seeing Igbo beggars in Abakalili road after Nkalagu.After which they became more obvious around Ogbete market and Polo park Enugu.Then we would just say,That is an indicator things have become worst in Nigeria.Thats around 1999 to 2006 while i was there.Then while around ceddi recently a beggar came up to me asking for money to buy drugs.He was obviously Igbo.In wuse market and Banex i saw some ladies singing with some other person guiding them.They come to Igbo shops specifically and sing until they give them money and they hip praises and prayers.Then move to the next shop.

igbo boy:

@OP grow up of all the states mentioned is only igbo indiigenes you see okwa ya?
Benue has tiv and idoma
Kaduna have hausas, fulani and co
Kwara has yoruba
Kogi west has yoruba, Kogi east have Ebira , kogi south igala
and so on and so forth

But of cos since u have a hidden agenda it is only igbo that you see

E bu ezigbo onye ara, nkita

Have a nice day!!

the article did not mention benue state so y did u mention that.
secondly, why are you surprised at the mention of ibo beggers, abi u no dey 9ja again

Ya. Many of the beggars are boko in making

Most beggars in Nigeria are muslims. Northerners(Hausa, Fulani etc) come first followed by Yorubas. And Yorubas that are beggars are mostly muslims. I noticed that most evil things that are being said about Yorubas are usually perpetuated by their muslims not Christians.

haka_nai:

I don't know the ratio nor figures sha!I hope yours is based on facts and not sentiments or false assumptions.

Used to be so.Not any more! I started seeing Igbo beggars in Abakalili road after Nkalagu.After which they became more obvious around Ogbete market and Polo park Enugu.Then we would just say,That is an indicator things have become worst in Nigeria.Thats around 1999 to 2006 while i was there.Then while around ceddi recently a beggar came up to me asking for money to buy drugs.He was obviously Igbo.In wuse market and Banex i saw some ladies singing with some other person guiding them.They come to Igbo shops specifically and sing until they give them money and they hip praises and prayers.Then move to the next shop.

I like the way you gave facts to support your post.

this is typical of the disgusting and brutal way that the nigerian govt treats the poor, instead of finding jobs for these people these animals think the best way of dealing with them is to callously repartriate them back to their states of origin, how heartless.

did it not occur to the i.diot who came up with this idea that these people are begging because there is no other way for them to make a living - hope boko haram continues to run rings around them.

States should deport them back

Do u mean deport beggars from Abuja to their various state? Is that the solution watch in a forth night thses deported beggars will now regroup and invade Abuja again through night LORRY, hahahaha

RUBBISH!

Why shouldn't they be in Abuja. Isn't it where all the money meant for development of their villages are spent recklessly?

All beggars should be in Abuja and no where else. Enough of this pretending to live in a 1st world city in a 3rd/4th world country. Instead of forcefully moving beggars away, the eediots should STOP stealing and fix the country and beggars will naturally gravitate to their homes with an opportunity to find a job that can provide food for them and their families.

GEJ! Fix the electricity problems, expand the railways, reduce recurrent expenditure, curb the excesses of security agents and uphold human rights! Beggars will be far away from you in Abuja and Otuoke!

ow11:

RUBBISH!

Why shouldn't they be in Abuja. Isn't it where all the money meant for development of their villages are spent recklessly?

All beggars should be in Abuja and no where else. Enough of this pretending to live in a 1st world city in a 3rd/4th world country. Instead of forcefully moving beggars away, the eediots should STOP stealing and fix the country and beggars will naturally gravitate to their homes with an opportunity to find a job that can provide food for them and their families.

GEJ! Fix the electricity problems, expand the railways, reduce recurrent expenditure, curb the excesses of security agents and uphold human rights! Beggars will be far away from you in Abuja and Otuoke!

Good talk

This happened when there was no substantive FCT Minister. I hope Bala Mohammed who had been FCT Minister, under whose nose and eyes these beggars and lunatics invaded the city, and who has just been returned to the FCT as Minister, will not go back to his states and bring back these people. Its really amazing how all the Ministers after el-Rufai could not come any close to him in terms of achievement. One wonders why GEJ still returned Bala Mohammed as FCT Minister.

Things fall apart when the centre cannot hold.

The actions of those arresting the beggars are unconstitutional.

deportation in ones own fatherland. na wa o!

Guess Kano is filled up now! The prodigal sons have been forced back home, yippeee!!!! Though only temporarily

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT! NEGGARS ARE BEING DEPORTED IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. BLACKMAN SUCKS.

THOSE BEGGARS IN D.C, USA, ARE EVEN CLOSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE, NO ONE DEPORT THEM, THEY PROVIDE THEM WITH FREE HOT FOOD 3 MEALS PER DAY.

afam4eva:

Most beggars in Nigeria are muslims. Northerners(Hausa, Fulani etc) come first followed by Yorubas. And Yorubas that are beggars are mostly muslims. I noticed that most evil things that are being said about Yorubas are usually perpetuated by their muslims not Christians.

did you see the state of origin of the deported beggars before running your mouth ? they are all from ibo and hausaland !

The repatriated beggars, who were evicted in groups in different buses, were taken to states such as Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi, Jigawa, Nasarawa, Kogi, Kwara, Plateau and Gombe. Other states are: Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Abia.

no single yoruba state was mentioned.ibo haram

All this talk of Igbos not being beggars baffles me. Why the holier than thou attitude? I know for sure that there used to be Igbo beggars around obalende singing and dancing to attract a crowd before Fasholas deportation of beggars. I also remember the ones with big "donation"bags on Falomo bridge and the fake cancer patient who was subsequently caught. They were all Igbos. Anyway all tribes are guilty as was discovered during the deportation. The basic problems are poverty. jgnorance and greed.

what ibos do is executive begging.you see a woman with a small baby strapped to her back, pleading for help.they dont really do the aboki style where they sing in group.

~Bluetooth:

did you see the state of origin of the deported beggars before running your mouth ? they are all from ibo and hausaland !

no single yoruba state was mentioned.ibo haram

Please be informed and civil.

What ethnic groups make up kwara? Is it only fulani, bariba and Nupe? Are there no yorubas?
What ethnic group make up Kogi west? Is it not Okun Yoruba

Your argument does not hold water

Well no need to start an ethnic fracas with an uninformed thing.

Have a nice day!!

No one is saying there are no Igbo beggars but they are rare.

I never seen an Igbo beggar. This is very strange.

There is no money to be made in begging for the Ndigbo.

The Hausa already control that market with the Yoruba are also entering the market.

Yourubas are mainly into mobile begging. The kind of begging whereby a young person leads and directs a blind person who sings at the admiration of potential benefactors.

afam4eva:

Igbo beggars? This is strange.

nothing strange about it.they are all over even in berlin and dubai

if you go to prague dem full dia for the main square and their gials dey inside glass for amsterdam

afam4eva:

Yourubas are mainly into mobile begging. The kind of begging whereby a young person leads and directs a blind person who sings at the admiration of potential benefactors.

You must have mistaken hausas for yorubas cuz what you just described here is a begging technique of the almajiris.yorubas will rather sell sachet water than beg for money.go to the streets of downtown lagos for confirmation.begging is synonymous with hausa and ibos.

We shouldn't be talking about igbo, yoruba or hausa in this issue. This is Poverty in play for god sake! We should be discussing about the right thing the government should do (to reduce the level of poverty in the country), rather than deporting citizens from one state to another all in the name of security.
To me, it's not a healthy decision to make.

why should somebody leave their hamlets and villages where they can farm only to come to Abuja or Lagos to start begging ? it doesnt makes sense.

nigeria is a failed state.
Am sure those smart Igbo hawkers are even bak 2 Abj. After all 9ija man gat 2 survive

I support the deportation o yessss. let them go becos majority will continue to beg for the rest of their lives. They should go to their state of origin afterall federal govt pay all state allocation monthly. Their state/ local govt is responsible for their up keep and welfare. And i would like other states to do the same too particularly in Port Harcourt they should deport all of them becos they are eye sore. Just take a look at gra junction ard the pollo club  u will see them living like animals these aboki and their hagiya every where is eye sore.

If they are productive they can stay but they are not they are trash!!!!!! Their state/local govt should provide a special programme for them by educating them. As for the blind and the cripple govt should find the right way to assit them beginning from their state.  If Na me be the minister self i go do am nation