jason123:

Wrong.
They do not wanted to be dominated by Yoru-Igbo! That led to the creation of the Mid-west. Now, the baby created by the North and East has now mature to a FULL GROWN MAN (the Niger-delta).
On a real, what gives any of these groups (Yoruba and Igbo) to think they are our big brother and reserve the right to make decisions for us

Onlytruth:

Some of my Igbo brothers here have demonstrated our usual genius.
If I were constituting an Igbo leadership executive, I would do it as follows:

ChinenyeN - Special Adviser on Nigerian National Affairs (can't go wrong with this dude walahi)
Chyz- Special Adviser on Strategic Thinking (knows more about Nigeria than all Igbo I've seen on this site)
Ezeuche -Commander of Special forces! (Act first and ask questions later)

ChinenyeN:

I'm a person of little to no tolerance. So, I've already tossed them under the bus. I have extended family and friends from SS and we've had this discussion about Igbo and 'minorities' and quite frankly, my tolerance for them and their lot has run out. In the place of that tolerance (or lack thereof) sits dislike, the same kind that I have for my Ikwere kin. I don't even communicate with those extended family and friends anymore, and I'm applying the same mentality to national politics. The Igbo should keep their eye, ears and minds closed to these 'minorities' and their predicaments. Their failure is not the for the Igbo to carry. Other more pressing matters are facing the Igbo.

No brotherhood. No 'big brother' east. They chose to be 'minorities' and so it's high time them as their self-imposed classification implies; as minorities.

Chyz*:

What do you mean by the bolded?

bashr4:

jason your funny oo can you give me a break down of the ethnic group in your so called niger delta both old, geographical and objs new nigerdelta

jason123:

I'll assume you asked a rhetorical question.

ChinenyeN:

So you meant to write that nonsense to me. Do you not see how out of line your response is? You are telling me I'm wrong, but you turn around to say the exact same thing I've been saying since I first posted in this topic, except that your incorporating loads of unnecessary bullshit along with your comment.

ChinenyeN:

This is how I see it. The Igbo do not owe any of the 'minorities' anything. Plain and simple. This is what they chose for themselves. So they should solve it by themselves. The Igbo are not a 'big brother' to any of these 'minorities'. Plain and simple. There is no such thing as 'big brother' in the east. It has always been 'to each his own'.

Most importantly, the Igbo should close their eyes and ears and even more so, their minds, to these 'minorities'. Its as simple as that.

Dede1:

The pair of jason123 and alj harem is professed and illogical clown on this forum.

Onlytruth:

Some of my Igbo brothers here have demonstrated our usual genius.
If I were constituting an Igbo leadership executive, I would do it as follows:

ChinenyeN - Special Adviser on Nigerian National Affairs   (can't go wrong with this dude walahi)
Chyz- Special Adviser on Strategic Thinking   (knows more about Nigeria than all Igbo I've seen on this site)
Ezeuche -Commander of Special forces!   (Act first and ask questions later)

Onlytruth:

Some of my Igbo brothers here have demonstrated our usual genius.
If I were constituting an Igbo leadership executive, I would do it as follows:

ChinenyeN - Special Adviser on Nigerian National Affairs  (can't go wrong with this dude walahi)
Chyz- Special Adviser on Strategic Thinking  (knows more about Nigeria than all Igbo I've seen on this site)
Ezeuche -Commander of Special forces!  (Act first and ask questions later). . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . .You mean ACT FIRST and then WHINE later when you get your silly ar.se spanked AGAIN like an obdurate kid.

You mean ACT FIRST and then WHINE later when you get your silly ar.se spanked AGAIN like an obdurate kid.

Hopefully you and ChinenyeN could defend my actions.

vicenzo:

What made the eastern minorities to think that the the north and the west would be of any help to them, still beats me,what these people fail to understand is that ndiigbo is their big brother,nobody takes them serious without their big brother,all the yoruba and the north needed to do,in order to exploit them,was to remove the influence of this big brother,then they became vulnerable to the vultures,saro wiwa realized this late,hence his plea for igbo's help, but he failed to realize that he and his kind,had since rendered ndiigbo incapable of protecting the eastern minorities.

Pure nonsense.

The minorities of the Mid-western region had leaned on the Igbo for help to break away from Yoruba domination. . . and all that minorities in the former Eastern Region wanted was to break away from Igbo domination since 1930.

No peoples in Nigeria are de-tribalised so every minority would always be oppressed by the majority.

When my great uncle built the Rivers State College of Arts and Craft, he put an Igbo man called Mr Mbonu as a non-executive director on his board. He built his school on virgin land in D-line and sent papers to Enugu for the naming of the road. Guess what they called the road? Mbonu street. . . . after the non-executive director! This is just an example of the individual indignities minorities suffered which coalesced into a collective revulsion or "fear of Igbo domination."

Our elders who grew up in the 1930s are not silly. They knew the reality on the ground, not this "inclusive Igbo" revisionism you guys are giving us now. No tribe in Nigeria, nay Africa, is not nepotistic.

Please ask Ojukwu what deals he struck with the minorities before the war. The white man made "Eastern Region" and you suddenly think Eastern Region is your birthright to take as you see fit? Ijaws and co have been fighting against these white man contraptions called "Eastern Region" and "Nigeria" since the 1940s. If Ojukwu can ride roughshod over his fellow Igbo officers in the army, almost all of whom complain about his authoritarian style, what makes you think his "undiplomatic" approach would entice the minorities. . . when he tells them that things under Eastern region will be the same as in Nigeria (meanwhile Nigeria are offering Rivers State to the minorities)?

As for the person who highlighted the names of divisional Governors in the old Eastern Region as "proof" of Federalism, such person's education was a waste. Is the Governor of Jos not a Jos man today? Is the local councillor of Wakirike Local Government Area not an Okrika man today? What does that have to do with Federalism?

The arrogance of Ndigbo in political matters is their undoing. Ndigbo have never ruled anybody before the white man came, hence they lack experience in Governance and compromise. I dont blame them, its a steep learning curve.

Hehe. What KSW and Ibime are saying is both obvious to anyone who thinks about it and isn't clouded by personal interest. Why would anyone want to be ruled by other man, especially in a case in which most of the resources of the state are on his land?

These Igbo attempts to shout down the minorities in their midst aren't going to work.

May the minorities of the Eastern Region never be silenced.