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You see your problem. So, the popular person according to you is the one endorsed by the league of Criminals. I agree with you that these men may not congregate for Peter Obi, question is, what is the relationship between darkness and light.

Peter Obi is popular in the gathering of common Nigerians and those that are tired of being held down. Peter Obi is close to the grassroot, not the high table where the wolfs are. Watch carefully the kind of gatherings you see Peter Obi and the places you find Tinubu. It tells you who they care more about.

My advice to you, get out of the Stockholm syndrome worrying you.

engrchykae:
you ain't Igbo, it shows in your reasoning.
Even the dreaded bakassi boys were shown the door when people felt they have been compromised

Yes, I am not your Biafra Igbo. I am a true Igbo who abhors shedding of blood, who does not believe in bowing to the authority of a man, who is Zombified. I am not your breed of washed off Igbo that lack reasoning and depth. I am not your type of Igbo that will kill a brother by tagging him 'sabo" or for whatever reason. I am not one of the stupid breed of Igbo who are hypocritical, who close their eyes to the atrocities of their own Politicians because they want to save face.

Well, you guys say you are Jews, do you mind me calling you jew man.

[quote author=PHIPEX post=111765593]So let's exonerate the enemy because there is a dagger in the household. Not minding the dagger was brought into the household by the enemy. [/quot

Bros please, you are infatuated too much about this "enemy" that you like lying your self and want everyone to join win believing the lies. Be a man and own up to what you have not done well and say "ozo emena". We also need to change our strategy and build allies and not enemies. That is what makes a great nation.

It is unfortunate that we see too many enemies and no friends or allies. It obviously means something is wrong with you. If we are incapable of building bridges, or making friend , then something is wrong with us. If the Fulanis, Yorubas, Jukuns Tivs Nupes have friends and allies in this same hell called a country, and we do not. We need to sit down and think. It means even within ourselves, we will not be capable of creating friendship.

greatness77:
We are asking for referendum but what are those in the north agitating for?

There is referendum every 4 years in Nigeria. Start from there to make Statement on your readiness and ability to speak with one voice on what or who you want to hold your destiny in the East. If you cannot make that Statement, it means you are not matured enough yet.

Start by seeking freedom from the Political witches sucking us in the East. That is the low hanging fruit. If we gain strength there, we can then adequately engage outside our space, because we will have a squared that will defend us, speak our mind and our demands.

PHIPEX:
While cautioning the man ignorantly bathing with petrol, do not keep silent or go to sleep while his enemy threatens him with death. Endeavour to caution the enemy too.

A man can live for years with his known enemies in confidence even when they throw threats, but he cannot survive the dagger in his household

PHIPEX:
After all these sermon, what have you said to the FG that according to you is sleeping and dinning in Abuja while holding Kanu? All of us in the South are now scared of the crises in the North that Metamorphosed from mishandling of Boko Haram case. Same way you are now silent while the govt is mishandling IPOB case again while blaming those seemingly supporting IPOB.

Killing soldiers is bad same way FG being silent while its actions are exacerbating the crises is also bad.

This is my fear, when a man who heard the prediction of his destruction from the mouth of his enemy and decides to take a bath with petrol near the fire place, it means he is already hearing the call of death and about to answer.

Macphenson:
I hope you told this to the soldiers when the python danced in the east.
Hypocritical morons

Python dance has come and gone, I guess what it left is the bitterness for self destruction. We have always survived the oppressions of tyrannical oppressors, but what we cannot survive is the dagger of Brutus.

Mystic216:
See liver
Them chop black witch
This should be a great message to FG, that these guys has no fear left in them.
Not regular police getting attacked, but soldiers and even setting their tank ablaze
Let them go and do pythons dance and see who will run from who
FG should use their brain instead of thinking with their anus
Sanu nku.

Good, FG in question is in far away Abuja. As we speak now, everyone in Abuja is going about their normal business. They will be eating their roasted fish and Hero this evening. They will sleep very well this night, but you have with you people who are violent with blood in their eyes. Trust me, they can kill for any reason, because it is now a hobby. The day there is no Soldier to kill, they will face you. The day they want to exercise the power of the barrel, it will be on your head their. Keep hailing them, thinking that they are winning wars for you.

Learn from the past, Bakasi boys were being hailed for what they were doing until they got tired and wanted to use their gun and power for side hustle. Go and asked what they metamorphosed into. Be careful what you praise, that's how it starts. Ask those in the North, unfortunately we do not study patterns and history, that's why we are as risked of being two-times victims.

My dear, stop quoting figures on your own and believing in your lies. If you are Igbo, ask yourself, if this kind of system you want to transit to is exactly what you want or you are acting like the North under GEJ. They just wanted him out at all cost not knowing what they were getting into.
Think about it, would you like to transit into a system where you are intimidated into silence and locked down with the barrel. In a system where you are killed because you do not agree to an opinion. In a system where the angry violent, jobless, classless persons want to subdue the busy, productive and engaged intellectuals out of jealousy. A region where there are exiting groups that will quickly turn to rebel groups that will drag for power (look at what is happening in IPOB, they give an order that there is no lockdown again, but their other is flaunted by another faction).
Every stab is painful, but the worst in the one given you by your brother/sister. We have suffered in Nigeria, but we have never been subdued into silence by the people we say are after us. We have never had anybody killed in Igbo land by another tribe because they did not share same political view. Even Abacha in his days never touched any Igbo man as a tyrant. Ekwueme led the G34 group and we had men who faced Abacha without running to London like some did, yet Abacha did not touch them, but our own brothers will come after our head because we say we don’t agree with them on political views. God forbid that I should have to be in a small political space with them as the leaders.
But just to let you know what you guys do not know, if I were FG, I will conduct Referendum and burry this issue once and for all. Trust me, it will shock you. First, the referendum will be conducted in the Old Eastern Region the formed the Old Biafra. That is the Current South-South and South East. Your guess is as good as mine what the vote will be in the SS, in the South East, you are not sure of having 60% yes. That already will bury this issue.
Little advice for you, you should be careful about bringing out your last card so quick. If that is your last card, then you are in trouble. A smart government can make that card worthless.

EmmaJnr1:
ON the 14th day of January 2022 [12 Shebat 5782], the Jewish Rabbinate of the Obadayah Alliance [Dayan Jacob de Oliveira, Dayan Eliezer Tabor, Dayan Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota, Rabbi Hananiah Cohen, and Rabbi Haim Ovadia] ruled that the Igbos of Nigeria are descendants of ancient Israelites.
According to the Rabbinate, “the presence of Israelites along the Niger River had been known by Jewish authorities in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Suriname.

Rabbinic letters addressed to the Igbos by Chief rabbis: Dr. Solomon Hershel Lewin, David Meldola, and the Gaon of Vilna (Elijan Zalman), support the idea that there was contact between European Jewish communities and Igbo Israelites. All of the correspondence from the aforementioned rabbinic authorities address the Igbos as “brethren of the Children of Israel.” Accordingly, there is no doubt of their origins, nor of their halakhic status as Israelites.”

According to the Rabbinate, while there is yet an exhaustive academic genetic study of the Igbos, the data of the majority of those who have reported their autosomal and y-chromosome DNA, supports that their ancestors migrated from the Levant Basin, sharing genetic links with Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews alike.

The Rabbinate noted the fact that rabbinic authorities during the Songhai Empires were aware of Israelites in Igboland, which leads to the logical conclusion that they treated Igbos as Israelites. The final conclusion of the Obadya Alliance Rabbinate was that “Igbos are to be treated as Israelites, in every sense of the word, and also their priestly and Levite lineages should be upheld as valid.”
The Rabbinate advised that upon the return of the Igbos to Omenana (what you do in the Land), they should be circumcised [if they hadn’t performed it already], say the sheheḥeyánu afterward, and partake in the kola nut ceremony with their brethren, as is customary among Igbos.

This ruling may also trigger more scholars to do more research about Igbos, what they offered the world in the past, what they are offering the world now, and what they would offer the world in the future.

As democracy is under assault, the Igbos are democratic to the core and stand out as the most culturally democratic ethnic entity globally. The world may have a look at the Igbo traditional system of government, which has survived despite many years of British rule and Nigeria’s deliberate marginalization.
It is interesting that the Obadya Rabbinate addressed Igbos as Israelites, not as Jews. They also affirmed Omenana (what you do in the Land) as the authentic original religion of the children of Israel.

http://hint-magazine.com/jewish-rabbinical-court-rules-igbos-are-israelites/?fbclid=IwAR0JZu2OsIQgmV_PA_zAR6DVUoeErC_dweKH0rDHd6TO2ScMOT3Ge81UeIE

Seriously, you guys should stop this rubbish. You cannot keep bending a people's identity because of your low self esteem. What is so good about Israel that you are fighting too hard to beg for their acceptance. I am Igbo, nothing like Jewish Igbo.

By the way, do you think the people called Igbo today have a common ancestry? If I were you, I will devote this energy into understanding who the Igbos are and not to create another identity for them. By the way, I want to comment on a Statement you posted:

" As democracy is under assault, the Igbos are democratic to the core and stand out as the most culturally democratic ethnic entity globally. The world may have a look at the Igbo traditional system of government, which has survived despite many years of British rule and Nigeria’s deliberate marginalization"

I think, if you believe the above, you should be worried about the emergence of Neo-Igbos we have today, who are everything but Igbo. Look at the Characters that call themselves IPOB. Please tell me what is exactly democratic about them. The true Igbos do not believe in comand and control, in one man emperor mentality or even bowing to anyone or this kind of hero worship. It should worry you that we are losing our Igboness, with people like you subsuming our identity under Jewish identity. Some others are marketing Biafra as a new identity at the detriment of our true identity.

You guys should leave us in peace biko!

gidgiddy:
Demand? How can you demand anything from a Governor who is Chief security officer of a state abd enjoys enormous powers including that of immunity?

You can demand all you like but if a Governor decides not to listen, nothing anyone can do about it

Governors cannot be held accountable in Nigeria in anyway

However, in Biafra, Governors will not have the kind of powers they have in Nigeria which will allow people to to hold them to account

Really, you are affraid of a Governor that does not control the armed forces, and close to you there but lead the ignorant to challenge the President that has all the arsenals.

You see the problem. You don't know how to choose your fight. But I don't believe your reasons. It is simple, we can accept mess as far as it is given to us by our brothers. We can defend their idiocy because we want to lie to our selves that we are perfect. Believe me, that is our down fall.

It is painful that we have became perpetually bitter and angry for a reason we cannot tell. Somehow, we want to lie to ourselves that the reason why we are not like Japan is because we are in Nigeria. I want to ask all those bragging about how we will become Japan to tell us exactly the skill they have and what will be their contribution in that process. A people that cannot even do fund raising to rebuild their local school and thinking of building eldorado.

The day we will have no Hausa or Yoruba or Fulani to fight again, we will face ourselves.

jesusjnr2020:
Just imagine how shallow your reasoning is.

Not all wine were alcoholic, yet you believe that which Jesus turned water to, which was said to be 'good wine" was alcoholic.

Did Jesus brew the wine?

Have you ever heard of water being turned to wine before?

Have you ever seen or tasted water that was turned to wine before to conclude that it was alcoholic?

You obviously don't even believe that Jesus turned water to wine, but just chasing straws.

Imagine someone like you calling someone's reasoning "shallow". Please, before you make Statements like this, be sure that you are making sense. Take this lesson for free, there is nothing like "non alcoholic wine". It is either wine or beverage. Every wine is alcoholic. And to make it clearer, during the time of Jesus, the technology to produce synthetic sweeteners/flavours were not there. Every product was from natural source/process. The bible mentioned (and it still common in Israel today) that the wine was from vines, and common sense will tell you that if you squeeze those natural juice, in few minutes they start fermenting, and that is the wine.

Also, some of you who claim that you don't take alcohol, but you take kunu, pap, fufu etc, or you do Pineapple or orange juice at home and it stays out for some time and ferments small. Do you know what is in those fermented foods? You can only say that the quantity is small, but it is there. So, it still boils down to the issue of quantity you take/should take.

DubaiLandLord4:
For you to say this rubbish, it shows you are a small boy wey reach lagos during the tenure of Ambode.

Ask adults in your area how Lagos was in the 80's and 90's.

Sorry, I left Lagos during the tenure of Fashola. I couldn't stand the mess called Lagos. And for your information, I can bet that the 80s and 90s you mentioned, people like you had access to only SW and FM radio as your source of information. Growing up, I had access to all the National dailies and saw things better than my peers because I was standing on the shoulders of great minds.

Yes, Lagos, like every other place in Nigeria was a total mess during the military regime. Even at that, Lagos was even way better than any other place in Nigeria because it was the National Capital.
Remember, that time, a State like Gombe was not created. But since it's creation, Gombe has recorded more landmark achievements than Lagos, giving the resources these two States have. Gombe has an airport built from the scratch, a University, built from the scratch and mist major road Networks in the State. Even Lago State University is a joke, with all the men if ideas you claim to have in government.

What exactly are you guys celebrating as the achievements of Lagos govt since 1999. Even States that were like jokes then have alot to show. What is Lagos doing with all the money you are celebrating.

DubaiLandLord4:
Can you list out the achievement of Mimiko in Ondo State?

Mimiko incompetence made Ondo state lost the Dangote Refinery. Dangote wanted to build his refinery in Ondo State before.

Just imagine what Dangote Refinery would have done for the economy of Ondo state... But is foolishness made Dangote relocate it to Lagos state.


Some of you guys are just so foolish and disgusting aje

Let me mention two area: Education and healthcare. Please provide evidence of the works of Tinubu in education, and healthcare. I will give evidence of what Mimiko did in upgrading public schools and primary healthcare and other areas in health sector.

Seriously, avoid those you characteristic rigmaroles and effort to cause distraction from the main topic, which is about comparing Mimiko and Tinubu even with the difference in the size of their economies.

itsme01:
You must be young not to know the huge mess military regime left behind while moving to Abuja, places like Oshodi are still there as reminder

Lagos has highest IGR, GDP, Lowest unemployment rate in Nigeria, highest FDI, all thanks to the new Lagos template

As for what Tinubu did ... Here are some in case you were young


*Rapid Response Squad... RRS best security outfit created by BAT*LASERMA 112*BRT fast metro system*LCDA creation*Best Tax model in Nigeria* First state owned independent power plant*LAGBOAT*Highest paid civil servants*Detribalized political appointment with Ibos and Hausa serving under Jagaban*PPP Eko Atlantic manmade island*Lekki Housing phase 1*Lekki Freezone, Lekki deep sea port

Ok, no argument. So, all the things you mentioned as Tinubu's achievements are really worthy of commendation. Just look at what you are counting as achievements. Mimiko achieved more in Ondo with a lower GDP/allocation/IGR.
You guys fail to understand that the side of Lagos economy is not the making of the Lagos State Government. It is the Lagos advantage that dates back to pre-colonial era. And you also fail to understand that Lagos economy is bigger than that of many countries in Africa and beyond. And these countries are maintaing full responsibility of a country and better than even Nigeria, yet Lagos cannot deliver upto half of what they are doing.

Please note that not everyone is a slowpoke that can be swayed with the story of "new Lagos" that is only a wish.

itsme01:




It's very simple ...

Buhari was brave and wicked enough to punish Nigerians by doing some painful rehabilitation of our economic excesses in other to invest in Airport, bridges, standard rail, road

2023 Tinubu would bring out the Modern Lagos Template and appoint seasoned technocrats to make sure we fully enjoy the benefits of ;

Devalued Naira : through boosting local production, creating jobs while we improve on exports

Infrastructure utilisation; Tinubu as a smart business man would concession Standard Rail, Onistcha river port, all renovated International airports, second Niger bridge and toll gate on all major roads so that the facilities would not be a burden but source of revenue

Fuel subsidy removal; Tinubu would save subsidy money especially dollars we buy crude oil with in our foreign reserve their by improving Naira value, the remaining would be used to service debt and build new infrastructure.

Amotekun state police; Tinubu would turn Amotekun and other state police to standard unit like Lagos RRS which is the best



.

Do you really believe what you wrote above. Please where is the modern Lagos. We left for you guys a world class design for Lagos, you turned it to a Slum. Over 20 years since we went back to democracy, you are still grappling with Lag mess.

I have been asking, what exactly was Tinubu's achievement as Governors. No body has ever been able to give a good answer and then want to sale painted sepulchre to us. You guys should be careful.

seunolu7:
Lies. Ibos are outside their region because its a tiny, red mud landlocked space. Kaduna is bigger than alaibo so you troop out like flying insects after a summer rain.

Another reason is crime. Its not allowed to commit crime on your home land so you enthusiastically commit crime elsewhere to collect chueftsncy title in December.

Lastly, until you stop being economic refugees and others come to your region for the economics, you're zero compared to the yorubas.

My friend will you get out from here! you are who is going to have this ogogoro joint argument. Stupid!

seunolu7:
All these boyii should stfu. Someone provided thread with unesco as source, you're gnashing teeth bitterly. Talking crap about igbos in sw University and other bullshit. Provide counter fact with proof or shut the he'll up.

I hear you, so predictable. You went far, all the way to UNESCO to ask for data on Nigeria's literacy/education and ignored the main custodians of educational data in Nigeria. What an educated people.

I will not help you if you cannot help yourself. Go and get the following:

1. Data from Jamb in the last 20 years
2. NECO from inception
3. NAPTEB all the way down
3. WAEC from 20 year back
5. Go to NUC and get their data on number of lecturers, Professors and their region.

Why not justify the claim of "educated people" by using scientific data.

And honestly, I don't care what you believe, your lies will continue to work against you. And one thing you must know is that the Igbos are not in competition with other tribes, they are rather in competition with themselves. We don't care where ever you think you are. That's why you will see Igbo man doing anything outside his region so as to meet the challenge at home. Truth is, we don't care what you think.

9jalyte:
I will advice Igbos not to argue with Yorubas on this issues. This illusion is their greatest undoing. They have been telling themselves that they are very educated and have been living in that imaginary paradise, not knowing that other tribes have crossed their self exulted position. They were telling themselves that they have the highest number of Professors, while NUT data is evening putting their dear Osun somewhere around 5th position.

Nothing is as destructive as one believing in his own lies. Please leave them to remain in that their utopia. Imagine someone asking how many Universities are in the East as basis for their argument. Why not ask, how many Igbos are in the SW universities and how many Yorubas are in the SE universities. You can go further and compare number of Igbos and Yorubas in Universities outside SW and SE. Again, why not pull 20 years data from Jamb and WAEC and see for yourself.

Enough of this childish argument, that bubble has been bust long before now. You people think now is those day when you used the traditional media to craft your narratives and force them into our throat. Social Media is your nemesis. You have continually de-marketed the Igbos with the narrative that they are traders with no education, why not go into the markets and ask that boy repairing TV at Alaba his level of education.

yeye

meant NUC

seunolu7:
States

Rang State literacy rate
(in %)
1 Lagos State 92.0
2 Osun State 80.0
3 Anambra State 75.1
4 Ekiti State 74.7
5 Ondo State 72.8
6 Abia State 72.5
7 Rivers State 70.7
8 Enugu State 66.5
9 Akwa Ibom State 66.3
10 Delta State 65.7
11 Edo State 62.9
12 Ogun State 62.8
13 Cross River State 62.3
14 Bayelsa State 62.0
- Federal Capital Territory 61.4
15 Ebonyi State 53.0
16 Imo State 53.2
17 Kwara State 49.3
18 Kano State 48.9
19 Plateau State 46.6
20 Oyo State 45.8
21 Benue State 45.1
22 Nasarawa State 41.9
23 Adamawa State 40.5
24 Gombe State 39.3
25 Niger State 37.5
26 Bauchi State 34.1
27 Zamfara State 33.9
28 Kogi State 33.5
29 Sokoto State 30.1
30 Kaduna State 29.3
31 Yobe State 26.6
32 Kebbi State 25.3
33 Jigawa State 24.2
34 Taraba State 23.3
35 Katsina State 21.7
36 Borno State 14.5
Total 50.6

Regions

1. SW (Yorubas)
2 SE (Ibos)
3. SW (Niger delta)
4 NE (Middle belt)
5 North

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_literacy_rate

I will advice Igbos not to argue with Yorubas on this issues. This illusion is their greatest undoing. They have been telling themselves that they are very educated and have been living in that imaginary paradise, not knowing that other tribes have crossed their self exulted position. They were telling themselves that they have the highest number of Professors, while NUT data is evening putting their dear Osun somewhere around 5th position.

Nothing is as destructive as one believing in his own lies. Please leave them to remain in that their utopia. Imagine someone asking how many Universities are in the East as basis for their argument. Why not ask, how many Igbos are in the SW universities and how many Yorubas are in the SE universities. You can go further and compare number of Igbos and Yorubas in Universities outside SW and SE. Again, why not pull 20 years data from Jamb and WAEC and see for yourself.

Enough of this childish argument, that bubble has been bust long before now. You people think now is those day when you used the traditional media to craft your narratives and force them into our throat. Social Media is your nemesis. You have continually de-marketed the Igbos with the narrative that they are traders with no education, why not go into the markets and ask that boy repairing TV at Alaba his level of education.

yeye

jude79:
Yes, ojukwu did what your denying up there, do throw this your opinion in the trash can.

Not for your consumption my dear, local dogs only eat poo.

gidgiddy:
These are not the reasons IPOB was created. The only mission of IPOB is to get the East out of Nigeria. Any other thing is story for the birds

And who told you that is what the Igbo want. You accuse Lugard of forcing different people into a union without consulting them, when did the Igbos hold a regional conference that is inclusive to decide that they want to leave Nigeria. Even Biafra as declared by Ojukwu, did Ojukwu have the opinion of the major Igbo leaders and people before declaring Biafra.

Some ignorant later-day, quasi Igbos keep saying that Zik was Sabo because he did not support Ojukwu, but is Zik not vindicated today? Zik that was a more informed, exposed and connected Igbo than Ojukwu saw that there was no way the Igbos would have won the war and he warned that the venture was going to take the Igbos more 50 years backwards politically. Has it not happened.

They say " the best soldier is not the one that knows how to shoot but the one that knows when not to shoot".

Sometimes I wonder who send "freedom fighters" message.

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gidgiddy:
All these people giving advice to IPOB, including Aisha Yesufu, are yet to even follow their own advice. Why havent all these people aligned their movement with a political party and turned their Regions into 'Heaven'? Thats because they know it cannot be done with the way Nigeria is currently structured

IPOB does not want power, they are not interested in the development at this point in time. All they want is independence from Nigeria

Well, that is what IPOB want, but Igbos want development. You are either Igbo or not and I may want to agree that IPOB is different from Igbo. Your position is also very instructive, and tells why IPOB doesn't care what happens to Igbo people as log as they continue with their mission of kicking the air.

Let me ask, who will stop the Igbo if they resolve in a collective decision to use whatever they have now to build their place. Who will stop the Igbo if they decide to build five-star schools and produce best brain that can fly in any place in the world. Who will stop the Igbos if they initiate the best health insurance model and have the best hospitals in Africa. Who will stop the Igbos if the have their own construction company that will deliver quality work and employ the Igbos in the region. Who will stop the Igbos if they start a public Housing program that will address the issue of Housing in the region. Who will stop the Igbos if the start a metro rail line that can connect the major cities i the east. Who will stop the Igbos if build world-class Commercial hubs and not the lock-up shops they have been building over the years. Who will stop the Igbos if they use APGA to redefine recruitment of best brains into elective position in their region and from their region.

Stop pointing fingers and blaming others for your own failures. Like they say, he who cannot manage his salary, over-time pay will make no difference in his finance. You people have comfortably become nay Sayers and chronic pessimists. Even with biafra, you will still have excuses. It is already in you. The problem is that you don't know what you want. I must maintain, IPOB have alot in common with APC people. They are the kind of people you don't want to argue with, they are very angry people, they believe in Hero worship, they want power but don't know what to do with power. Like APC was saying "let's remove PDP first, we can then decide what to do", IPOB is saying "give us independence first and we will create Japan in Africa"; and these are people that cannot even do simple technical drawing,let alone...

gidgiddy:
Human rights activists, Aisha Yesufu, gave separatist group, IPOB, advice. She said:


“Imagine if IPOB works with APGA to control the political power in the South East? Bring the best candidates to be nominated. Show the rest of us how people with competence, character and capacity in leadership positions can change a region. Use the power to negotiate at Federal level.

“An APGA/IPOB alliance can bring the South East together politically. Instead of IPOB wasting its goodwill on giving sit-at-home orders, they can make it ‘nominate and vote credible candidates’ order.”

With that power, you can negotiate with any party wanting to win presidential elections and give the terms for your alliance. Any party interested in winning the region must be ready to meet your terms. That way, no party takes the region for granted.

Please someone should wake Aisha Yesufu up from whatever dream world she is in and remind her this is Nigeria we talking about here. This is not Britain, Japan or USA where their democracy is anchored on the rule of law, justice and equity.

IPOB getting involved in the dirty world of Nigerian politics, or aligning its self with any political party for the purpose of seizing political power, will lead to the end of IPOB.

Lets assume that IPOB did what Aisha Yesufu said, aligned its with APGA or any other party, managed to win every political position in the SE and parts of the SS that they want to secede from Nigeria, then what? They will still have to go to National Assembly in Abuja to move a motion for division or referendum, and you can bet that other geopolitical zones will be waiting to vote out that motion.

Nigeria is not Britain where the Scottish National Party(SNP) won a lot of political positions and used it to go to London to get Scotland referendum in 2014, Nigeria is not that advanced in thinking, or in its democracy

In the Nigerian context, once IPOB gets involved involved in Nigerian politics, it will lose its legitimacy as a separatist group because political parties in Nigeria are not supposed to be separatist groups.

This is not Britain, and IPOB cannot be SNP. The only way Aisha Yesufu's would have made sense is if Nigeria had be structured along Regional lines with a weak centre. Thats when IPOB could have become a political group, test it is popularity in its Region, and if successful, move a motion for referendum which it now take to the weak centre that will have no choice but to consider that democratic mandate.

But this current system of several weak states and a strong centre, that is simply not possible

If IPOB gets involved in the dirty world of Nigerian politics, it will be the end of IPOB.

I am really surprised that the so called freedom fighters have seen no sense in what Aisha said. Many strategic thinkers among the Igbo folks have shared the same idea, but the same people that want power are talking trash about the idea. It points at few things:

1. That IPOB have no idea of what to do with power, they are just angry guys who are fantasizing about an eldorado but know nothing about how to get there.

2. It points at the fact the IPOB guys are having fun in activism, and fear that any headway will end their new hobby.

3. Most of the IPOB guys cannot even fit into the system if power is given today, they enjoy more relevance by causing mayhem and issuing ultimatums today. For them, that is their only way to feel powerful even above people who they cannot remove their shoe lace.

4. Like APC, IPOB wants power but know nothing about managing it.

Look at the big picture in Aisha's suggestion which I have been advocating, it is easy to gain legitimacy by holding power legitimate power. By the way, what IPOB wants, or at least claim to want is freedom for the region. What if they take over Easter region politics and develop an Easter region development plan in every area and have a 10 year plan to transform the East. They will ensure that the best of the Igbo are given power and make sure those in parliament are there to continue the Igbo agenda. Imagine having 10 of Abaribe in the Senate and same in House of Rep. Imagine the kind of table they will shake.

Seriously, if IPOB has not considered that direction by now, then they are more vision-less than the current Politicians. They should remember Hook's law and try not to cross the elastic limit.

See them again. The same machinery that whitewashed Buhari is out again. You guys have the specialty of making the devil look like a saint. Please remind me again, what exactly were Tinubu's achievement as Governor.

For the fact that you made out time to venture into this funny PR work, it means that inside you, you know that the man Tinubu needs serious image enhancing intervention. Let me ask you though, is Tinubu the best the SW can offer. Why are you guys promoting him like he is your last card. You are indirectly destroying the opportunities of other qualified Politicians in the SW. Truth is, a Fashola is more marketable than a Tinubu, but see how you are creating shades on his chances because you want to help Tinubu achieve is Childhood fantasy. You are not helping your people if you don't know. That is what is happening i the North Today, Buharis was their last card. That's why after him, it looks like there is no one again.

pennywys:
shut up you frustrated thing
IPOB are not murderers and neither the bishop mentioned IPOB in his speech so get your frustrated life off the stage

I know what your reaction will be when Muslims say "Islam is religion of peace". How it sounds to you is how we read your comments that "IPOB are not murderers".

pennywys:
shut up you frustrated thing
IPOB are not murderers and neither the bishop mentioned IPOB in his speech so get your frustrated life off the stage

You know, Igbos communicate with "ilu". The Bishop didn't need to mention names but we know who he was pointing at. We do not need any person either to interpret for us who the Bishop referred to.

You know what they said about Boko Haram, that the Founder was not a terrorist but an activist. It is possible that he never had it in mind to start a terrorist group, but as far as we are concerned, he is the father of Terrorism in Nigeria. For IPOB, you guys should be ready to take responsibility for any action that emanates from your pronouncements and actions in Igbo land. The blame will remain yours, and same with the repercussion.

You can preach for all I care, we have our impression already.

AtlanticB:
Cyril have deleted the post. Chike akunyili was killed by Fulani terrorists, Dora akunyili is a well respected Igbo woman there is no reason for IPOB to kill her husband who also run one of the best hospital in Enugu

You know what Pilate said "what is written is written".

BiafraAburi:
THE FOOL CALLED ONYEMA AIN'T SEEING ANYTHING YET. HE HASN'T STARTED TO CRY SEF. WE TOLD YOU THAT THE ECONOMY OF YOUR CONTRAPTION IS IN OUR HANDS, BUT YOU WERE FOOLISHLY DOUBTING IT.

I PRAY THEY DON'T BRING MNK TO COURT ON HIS NEXT COURT DATE, SO THAT THE ONE MONTH SIT AT HOME WILL BE ACTIVATED TO ENABLE US CRIPPLE THE REMAINS OF THE USELESS ECONOMY OF YOUR CONTRAPTION AND BRING IT DOWN TO IT'S KNEES.

CARRY YOUR TERRORIST GUNDS AND GO SHOOT OUR PEOPLE INSIDE THEIR HOMES DURING THE SIT AT HOME, AND LET'S SEE HOW THAT WILL WORK. YOUR CONTRAPTION MUST DO DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T YOU HAVE EARS TO HEAR? YOU THINK WE ARE JOKING? CLOWN!!!

Did you say the "fool called Onyema". Thank God he has a name you mentioned, please what is your name and your father's name. You set of broken children that were raised in violent homes, you are so used to spilling venom up and down.

Onyema has done more for the Igbos than Nna gi ukwu Kanu. Imagine you feeling excited that you can destroy the economy of the east, you think it is such a huge achievement. This tells you that these charters have no stake in Igbo land. They have nothing there to lose, what is driving them is frustration and jealousy, they want to destroy everything so that everyone will be indigent like them. God forbid!

I hope the idiots turning Igbo land to Yemen are seeing it. I hope those characters that are mere liability to the Igbos are seeing what they are doing to the efforts of true Igbos that are working hard to build our economy.

See how bunch of jobless, unskilled, unemployable and unproductive Igbos are turning to our punishment. Just see how we are watching kaikai push down Hennesy. It will not work for them. Very soon, just like the Fulanis are endangered fellows in Nigeria today, same way Ipob will be in Igbo land. They can hide from the military coming from outside, they cannot hide from those that know the circumference of their anus.

Brimstone77:
I have a lot to tell you about this your point,but I don't have the strength to type long epistle today....


But just no that freedom is taken not giving...

And no price is to cost for freedom...

Yes, but not with the mentality of 10th Century Roman empire, or 16th Century Jihadist. Igbos are very free, in fact, we have more freedom than the other tribes - if you understand what freedom means. What we are battling is Political misfortune, caused majorly by the war we ventured into. Some misinformed Igbos accuse Zik of being a sabo because he did not support Biafra, I think today Zik is vindicated. Zik saw that this will happen and warned Ojukwu about it. He knew that it was wishful thinking for Biafra to win the war. Like MNK, Ojukwu as a young man was just fantasizing being the Fidel Castro of Africa and wanted to use Biafra. Like Ipob, he invested in propaganda thinking that the international community will sanction Nigeria, obviously what Zik saw, Ojukwu was not seeing it. Zik knew that Igbos were going to be taken at least 50 years back politically, but no - Ojukwu didn't see it, has it not happened. We went into a war that was partly personal to Ojukwu. Like Ipob, Ojukwu used propaganda to eliminate some fantastic Igbo men in the name of Sabo - exactly what IPOB is doing today.

What we are paying is the price of losing the war, and actually unlike in other places that had the same misfortune as us in losing wars, we have been able to bounce back faster and almost became president in the 80s. Why am I saying these, I am not justifying the marginalization of Igbos in Nigeria's political space. I am saying that let us not behave like we have learnt nothing. Your comment that "freedom is taken" is the new cliche coming out from your circle, and many will see it as challenging Nigeria to another war, thinking that international community will have a different position now.

You may want to ask me "so, what is your suggestion", I will say, let us work with other parts of the country that share the same political misfortune like us and take back Nigeria. That is the different fight that will change the fate of Igbos and Nigeria at large. I know some of you have been promised to be Major Generals in Biafran Army, please wake up, it will not happen. Even if by chance independence is give to the Igbos, just know that if you are not able to make political impact in the present, you will still be outsitde the space in the new setting. And that is my fear, you will see emergence of different rebel groups that will fight to rule Biafra: IPOB, MASOB, Zionist etc. It is time to re-think freedom fight my brother, we can adopt different, more effective and harmless approach and "take" the freedom you want.

Facefront1:
Blame FG and southeast leaders for everything....I no dey do again na fight....allow these people go...why forcing them to your so called one Nigeria, when everyone know we are not one in these country, you don't like them, you called them all sort of names,they has no political value, you do everything without including them, but you are still asking them to stay where they are not valued, where every other tribe treat them like slave..If you don't like someone, the best thing to do, no be to allow the person go? .... Shuuuu.

Just like you don't want anyone to force you to one Nigeria, same way you should not force any Igbo to obey your Biafra agenda. Your double standard is out of this world. You want human right, but you are the most barbaric, you want freedom of expression, but very toxic to those that do not agree with you. What exactly do you want! Do you want to create a North Korea in Eastern Nigeria? You guys should back off please.

And you think the difference is not in the east. The Anambra man sees the Imo man as "lele onye Imo aa" , the Ebonyi man is looked down by fellow Igbos as backwards, the Owerri man will say Mbaise man will never rule him. In other parts of the country, you will see easier integration of people across the States. The Osun man goes to Lagos and he is an Omonile, the man from Kastina can go to Kano and become a Kano man. If you like, as an Imo man, spend 100 years in Abia, they will still call you onye Imo. We are busy blaming others when we have our own huge problem. And let me ask again, if by chance there is no Northerner of SS or SW person to blame or fight again, who do you thing will take the blames.