Gradually, Lord Lugard's experiment is disintegrating.

Pukkah:

At different meetings held in Enugu State over the weekend, Igbo leaders urged Igbos still living in the northern part of Nigeria to “come back home”. They based their decision on the incessant killing of their kinsmen by members of Islamist sect, Boko Haram.



One of the meetings was held in the residence of late Odumegwu Ojukwu and had the former President-General of Ohaneze-Ndigbo, Justice Eze Ozobu, and the leader of the Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazurike, in attendance.

Another meeting was held between South East governors, politicians, and traditional rulers among other Igbo stakeholders. The Ohaneze Youth Wing also held a meeting, while the fourth was a South-East/South-South professionals meeting.

A statement signed by the chairman of the South East Governors Forum, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra, condemned the spate of killings going on in the country, and said that they (Igbos) were angry, especially as it affects Ndigbo.

“We have set up a committee to monitor the development as it unfolds and advice on future actions. We assure our people living in the North and other parts of the country that we are in constant touch with the various state governments to ensure the security of their lives and property,” he said.

However, on their part, the MASSOB and Ohaneze-Ndigbo leaders ordered all the wives and children of Ndigbo in the North to return home while their husbands stay back to take care of their investments.

According to Uwazurike and Ozobu, refugee centres have been created “all over Igboland to accommodate those without home”.

“The current situation in the North and the rampant killing of our Ndigbo, mothers and sisters in these areas, bring to mind a sequence of events and the pogrom that culminated in the tragedy of the Nigeria civil war. We are calling once again for emergency desks in the affected areas to be set up to access data regarding the nature of people who have lost their lives in the incidence,” they said.

“We are calling for immediate return of Igbo wives and children so that their safety can be assured here in the East. For the Igbo nation is once again facing an impending refugee crisis and our people are being forced to flee their homes and places of work and business to avoid death.”

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/‘return-home’-igbo-leaders-tell-igbos-north?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

solihu:

Which way Nigeria.

we are in constant touch with the various state governments to ensure the security of their lives and property,” he said.

solihu:

Which way Nigeria.

Pukkah:


However, on their part, the MASSOB and Ohaneze-Ndigbo leaders ordered all the wives and children of Ndigbo in the North to return home while their husbands stay back to take care of their investments.

According to Uwazurike and Ozobu, refugee centres have been created “all over Igboland to accommodate those without home”.

“The current situation in the North and the rampant killing of our Ndigbo, mothers and sisters in these areas, bring to mind a sequence of events and the pogrom that culminated in the tragedy of the Nigeria civil war. We are calling once again for emergency desks in the affected areas to be set up to access data regarding the nature of people who have lost their lives in the incidence,” they said.

“We are calling for immediate return of Igbo wives and children so that their safety can be assured here in the East. For the Igbo nation is once again facing an impending refugee crisis and our people are being forced to flee their homes and places of work and business to avoid death.”

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/‘return-home’-igbo-leaders-tell-igbos-north?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Ileke-IdI:

Hausa money must be pretty sweet o. You have to wait for ppl to tell you to go home in the mist all these chaos.

Onlytruth:

It is not the "Hausa money"; it is that people started to believe in one Nigeria after Biafra was forced back into Nigeria.
That is why I personally urge my people to never leave the North unless we have been assured of successful secession.

Onlytruth:

You may not believe it but Igbo is perhaps the only big tribe in Nigeria that bought into the lie called One Nigeria, especially after they were forced back in after Biafra. They went out and started investing.

If Eastern Nigeria or even Igboland is assured of secession, then we must leave immediately and declare our independence from Nigeria.

Onlytruth:

It is even funny for anyone to advise Igbo to go back home and stay there when Nigeria remains one.
That is why Nigeria MUST disintegrate to allow us go home and plan a great nation for ourselves and our children.

Ileke-IdI:

Yorubas allow many different tribes to live in their lands without chaos and tribal killing, even after the war. For peace.
Igbo traveled in hope of large customers. That's business.

All we have to do is read posts on NL. Stop with the charade.

Ileke-IdI:

[b]Go home so that we can gradually actualize a Biafra [/b]and Odua Republic.

Onlytruth:

[size=18pt]Yoruba are not Igbo[/size]; no offense. We have different dreams and aspirations and how we attain them.
Igbo man believes in taking his destiny in his own hands; business or trading for instance is given higher priority by Igbo than Yoruba.
The only way for us to pursue our God given rights to freedom and liberty is to be allowed to secede from Nigeria.
Those who want to live in a fake nation can go ahead. It has nothing to do with money. It has everything to do with FREEDOM.

Onlytruth:

[size=18pt]We went home and actually declared independence from Nigeria in 1967.[/size] What we got in return was a war levied against us, and 2 million of our people died as a result. We've seen this dance before, that is why I urge my people to stay put and be ready to fight. We running home does not guarantee us safety, or even a possible disintegration of Nigeria.

Ileke-IdI:

We thank God! No offense taking.

No Igbo believes in One Nigeria. Case closed.

Ileke-IdI:

Try it again. This is 2012, not 1960s. Face the fear.

Onlytruth:

Whenever I talk with some of you, I'm actually talking to the "International Community" who follow us on Nairaland.
We've seen this dance before, from a highly respectable Yoruba politician who shall remain unnamed for now.
When we declare now, you will run and queue behind aboki again to kill us. That is why I hope the foreign elements would repent and stop supporting evil and treachery.

T9ksy:

@ bolded,

wow! the fear of the yorubas is surely the beginning of wisdom for the igbos.

Okay what if we promised not to join the mallams in killing you igbos? Are the igbos willing to promise not to attempt to "liberate" us , next time they declare their

biafran dream? Deal??