henry101:

There are people who are Igbo who never wanted or supported Biafra?
When you guys say minorities were never involved, I wonder where you get the stories from.
Who provided the name Biafra? Who was the second in command to Ojukwu. Their alliance was divided and never full. Do you know otueke in bayelsa fought for Biafra? Same for other minorities too.
Igbo this and Igbo that will choke some or more people one day.

Chyz*:

Saro-Wiwa was not the voice of the Ogonis. Making that claim makes him no different than Ojukwu in respect to his claim of a so-called "overlord" by Saro-wiwa. The guy  was a fool. He says Igbo wanted to dominate is people in Biafra, then he turns around and says the Ijaw try to dominate his people in his state while in nigeria.  

Jenifa_:

Ken Saro Wiwa must be rolling in his grave
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-700671.0.html

Bliss4Lyfe:


Small lie. Awolowo sold the south for southeast oil money used to develop the southwest but the greedy north would only settle for Lagos whilst the rest was used up North.

ekt_bear:

Ken Saro-Wiwa said what should now be obvious to all.

Biafra was nothing more than a scheme to turn a region as poor as the north in 1960 into a wealthy land. . . all on the back of minority groups who'd probably prefer to control their own resources rather than having 'em stolen by the Igbo man.

Is this not the pure truth?

May God save the Eastern minorities from Igbo oppression



[size=4pt]i dey laff o :-) [/size]

Jenifa_:

Ken Saro Wiwa must be rolling in his grave
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-700671.0.html

jason123:

I mean an Ogoni man. Basically, you expect an Ijaw to speak for an Ogoni or what?? And, even if he wanted Biafra, what was the average Ogoni man thinking?? Those are, to me, the right questions . . .
@ First highlighted
This is subjective. If we dabble into that, we will never end the argument.

@ The rest
He is not as much as the Igbos or the Ijaws. The think the population of the Ogonis was 500 000 back then compared to the millions of Igbos and Ijaws.

alex101:

In this article, it was stated clearly that LAGOS WAS BUILT WITH OIL MONEY, just like ABUJA WAS.

Therefore, awolowo cannot be given credit, because the so called cocoa money from the old western region could not had paid for the 3rd mainland bridge. These minorities of the old eastern region,,,I greet una good morning o! The yorubas and their hausa/fulani masters could not believe their luck .

Ojukwu's dishonest formulations and his attempt to kidnap the Ogoni, among others, into his Igbo empire called "biafra."

ekt_bear:

Hehe

Alex101 and Bliss4lyfe running from pillar to post.

Let me repost:

Face Saro Wiwa's accusation!  

jason123:

He went back to his NEIGHBOURS (Igbos are closer to him than the Yorubas geographically) to NEGOTIATE. You must understand that at that time, it was like Ojukwu wanted to FORCEFULLY include them in Biafra WITHOUT their permission. Hence, he took the "anti-Igbo" stance.

But hate Igbo?? I really doubt it. If Hausas should forcefully include, let's say, Tiv in Arewa without negotiations. The Tivs will have the same stance Saro did.

Bliss4Lyfe:

Ignorance is bliss but in your own case let me educate u. The Rivers State we are talking about in Ken Saro Wiwa dayz is no longer in existence because the Ijaws have now been given their own state Bayalsa. so your link is just out of point. As Igbos are the main group in present rivers with ijaw settlers on our coastal front.

alex101:

In this article, it was stated clearly that LAGOS WAS BUILT WITH OIL MONEY, just like ABUJA WAS.

Therefore, awolowo cannot be given credit, because the so called cocoa money from the old western region could not had paid for the 3rd mainland bridge. These minorities of the old eastern region,,,I greet una good morning o! The yorubas and their hausa/fulani masters could not believe their luck .

Bliss4Lyfe:

Ignorance is bliss but in your own case let me educate u. The Rivers State we are talking about in Ken Saro Wiwa dayz is no longer in existence because the Ijaws have now been given their own state Bayalsa. so your link is just out of point. As Igbos are the main group in present rivers with ijaw settlers on our coastal front.

Chyz*:

No he went back to Igbos because of regret. He finally understood that he jumped the gun and that he was wrong. Neighbor? Because geographically we are closer? haha. . .If he had the money during and after war time to fly to all of those Western cities then location was never a problem. He could have taken himself to the yorubas and stayed away from the Big Ban Igbos.

He wanted true federalism, which he would have gotten had Biafra been a country. Take a look:


BIAFRA’S PROVINCES & ADMINISTRATORS

   Aba

   Mr. Moses Onwuma*

   Abakaliki

   Mr. Samuel Mgbada

   Annang

   Chief Ekukinam Bassey

   Awka

   Mr. Paul Nwokedi

  Calabar

   Prof.  Eyo Bassey Ndem

   Degema

   Mr. S. N. Dikibo

  Eket

    Mr. S. J. Edoho

   Enugu

Mr. Christian Chukwuma Onoh

Nsukka

 Mr. Frank Onyeke

Ogoja

Mr. Frank Ugbut

Oji River

Dr. Godwin A. Odenigwe

Okigwe

Mr. Sam I. Mbakwe

Onitsha

Mr. R. I. Iweka

Opobo

Dr. S. J. Cookey

Orlu

Mr. R. I. Uzoma

Owerri

Mr. Duke Njiribeakor

Port Harcourt

Mr. Emmanuel Aguma

Umuahia

Mr. Simeon Ojukwu

Uyo

Chief J. Udo-Affiah

Yenegoa

Chief Frank Opigo

http://www.kwenu.com/biafra/biafra.htm



Every province was headed by the tribal people of that province, true federalism.

alj_harem:

very ignorant statment

why not leave london and tell a rivers man that rivers state is majority no minority igbo and see if u do not get burnt alive

what ijaw settlers, they are indigenes of the state, igbos are the settlers here

educate urself bliss

ekt_bear:

The same true federalism Ojukwu rejected for the minorities?

Was he not the one who said that their status would remain the same as it was before Biafra? I.e., no separate states, as they demanded in the 50s and as documented in the Willinks Report?

Which the Eastern Region vigorously fought against until Gowon created them?

I dey laff o

Chyz*:

No he went back to Igbos because of regret. He finally understood that he jumped the gun and that he was wrong. Neighbor? Because geographically we are closer? haha. . .If he had the money during and after war time to fly to all of those Western cities then location was never a problem. He could have taken himself to the yorubas and stayed away from the Big Ban Igbos.

He wanted true federalism, which he would have gotten had Biafra been a country. Take a look:


BIAFRA’S PROVINCES & ADMINISTRATORS

   Aba

   Mr. Moses Onwuma*

   Abakaliki

   Mr. Samuel Mgbada

   Annang

   Chief Ekukinam Bassey

   Awka

   Mr. Paul Nwokedi

  Calabar

   Prof.  Eyo Bassey Ndem

   Degema

   Mr. S. N. Dikibo

  Eket

    Mr. S. J. Edoho

   Enugu

Mr. Christian Chukwuma Onoh

Nsukka

 Mr. Frank Onyeke

Ogoja

Mr. Frank Ugbut

Oji River

Dr. Godwin A. Odenigwe

Okigwe

Mr. Sam I. Mbakwe

Onitsha

Mr. R. I. Iweka

Opobo

Dr. S. J. Cookey

Orlu

Mr. R. I. Uzoma

Owerri

Mr. Duke Njiribeakor

Port Harcourt

Mr. Emmanuel Aguma

Umuahia

Mr. Simeon Ojukwu

Uyo

Chief J. Udo-Affiah

Yenegoa

Chief Frank Opigo

http://www.kwenu.com/biafra/biafra.htm



Every province was headed by the tribal people of that province, true federalism.

ekt_bear:

The same true federalism Ojukwu rejected for the minorities?

Was he not the one who said that their status would remain the same as it was before Biafra? I.e., no separate states, as they demanded in the 50s and as documented in the Willinks Report?

Which the Eastern Region vigorously fought against until Gowon created them?

I dey laff o

@ Ezeuche and Onlytruth

I can see that your pride will not allow you to admit that what I typed on that thread was right. Well, its all good!

Bliss4Lyfe:


Total nonsense!! Even in Bayalsa State Igbiod comes into it. With regards to Rivers State, the land mass is occupied by the Igbos and the Ijaws are coastal dealers  on the water fronts. Do the maths.

alj_harem:

PLEASE I BEG YOU SAY THIS IN BALYSEA OR RIVERS STATE

PLEASE BIKO do it

the only igboid group in rivers is ikwerri and they are not claiming igbo, until proven otherwise

alj_harem:

PLEASE I BEG YOU SAY THIS IN BALYSEA OR RIVERS STATE

PLEASE BIKO do it

the only igboid group in rivers is ikwerri and they are not claiming igbo, until proven otherwise

alj_harem:

another topic entirly ezeuche abd bliss4lye

Bliss4Lyfe:

Do u even know my state of origin and wat makes u think, i can't say this in Rivers?

ekt_bear:

Hehe

Alex101 and Bliss4lyfe running from pillar to post.

Let me repost:

Face Saro Wiwa's accusation!  

Bliss4Lyfe:

ekt_bear, did you see the qoute below:
[b]With the war ended, and as a Commissioner in Rivers State, I soon found that the Rivers State for which I had fought did not end my nightmare. In the first place, oil money from Ogoni country (as well as Ijaw country) was being carted away to Lagos, leaving the Ogoni illiterate and backward.[/b]

jason123:

This is the first time I am hearing about Federalism and Biafra in the same sentence. How come people did not know this before

alj_harem:

PLEASE I BEG YOU SAY THIS IN BALYSEA OR RIVERS STATE

PLEASE BIKO do it

the only igboid group in rivers is ikwerri and they are not claiming igbo, until proven otherwise