₦airaland Forum

rolyboyu:
Happy independence to all Nigerians..
Tomorrow is a very big day for all nigerians,it is a day that is celebrated by all people in the country and outside the country as long as you are a nigerian.
But the big question is "Will the Biafrans join us to celebrate or wait for their own independence"



God bless nigeria

Deep down you, you know that you won't even celebrate. What are you celebrating??

Bleep this man and his presidency.
an average Igbo man doesn't care who's the president or not. The presidency have been for the North since... what have they achieved? Are they enjoying a better life than us per average?

What an average igbo wants is good road roads, functioning sea port, a very good international airport etc. It is well known that this fulani dictating country will never allow that to happen. that's why we want our own nation.

Only this crock politician thinks that Igbo presidency is the solution to all this agitation.

Nigeria ’ s President Muhammadu Buhari urged fellow leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to condemn Myanmar’ s “ ethnic cleansing ” of the Rohingya people .
Comparing the situation in Myanmar’ s Rakhine province to the massacres in Bosnia in 1995 and Rwanda in 1994, the leader of Africa ’ s most populous nation declared: “ The international community cannot remain silent . ”
More than 420, 000 people have fled violence in Rakhine, which Buhari said bears the hallmarks of a “ state- backed program of brutal depopulation ” targeting Rohingya on the basis of their ethnicity and Muslim religion.
“ We fully endorse the call by the secretary - general on the government of Myanmar to order a halt to the ongoing ethnic cleansing and ensure the safe return of the displaced Rohingya to their homes in safety and dignity, ” the 74-year -old leader said .
Earlier, UN Secretary - General Antonio Guterres also urged Myanmar to halt its military campaign.
The 1. 1 million-strong Rohingya people have suffered years of discrimination in Myanmar, where they are denied citizenship even though many have longstanding roots in the country.
Myanmar’ s second vice president , Henry van Thio, is to take the podium at the UN assembly on Wednesday after Nobel laureate and de facto Myanmar leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi declined to attend this year’ s world gathering.


https://m.guardian.ng/news/nigeria-compares-myanmar-crisis-to-bosnia-and-rwanda/

[quote author=freddywells81 post=60512023][/quote]Unfortunately for you, IPOB have come to stay due to the ill action of the FG in handling this situation. It is clear for everyone to see that some people are been regard as a 1st class citizen while some are 2nd class in this same nation.

Woe to you double face lots who are enjoying and happy of the army brutality against harmless and peaceful agitators but can't ask of what was done against Arewa youths.

A tribe (both those against and in support of kanu) was being asked to forcefully vacate the North. which it is a genocidal attempt. and the UN outrightly called for their arrest. The next day, they were pictured having a sumptuous meal in aso rock with the FG.

The attorney general of the federation have the impetus to say that they couldn't be arrested because of the backlash that may come out of it. he even went ahead to rephrased their statement.

while kanu on the other hand who asked for a referendum is been hunted like a dog, he members are being killed.

No true Igbo son, no matter how patriotic he is will be happy with the unjust killing of his kinsmen. while the arewa youths and anglo are relaxing.

freddywells81:
Firstly , are you an IPOB? It's been well scripted by the Nigeria Army and IPOB played right into it..they knew they'd take stupid steps that will make them qualify as "Terrorist group "... The governors are smarter cos no nobody wants anything that will disrupt their administration .

No, it is the FG that are playing on IPOB script.
IPOB are getting more sympathy from the right thinking Nigerians an international community at large.

freddywells81:
Firstly , are you an IPOB?

Is that what you concerned about.
With the recent massacre by the Nigerian army, they are now many IPOB member than the ever was. those that were sitting on the fence have taken a side.

Mynd44 This is a front page material.

Two anomalies have occurred Yesterday in dealing with the challenges posed by IPOB.

First, the Nigerian Armed Forces, through the Ministry of Defence ( Defence Headquarters), announced that it ( IPOB ) has been designated a " terrorist organization ".

Second, the Governors of the South East States rose from their meeting with the military in Enugu , and announced that IPOB and it's activities have been proscribed in all the South Eastern states.

Both steps are illegal and unconstitutional.

Under Section 2 (1)(c) of the Terrorism Act, No. 10, 2011, a judge of the federal high court in chambers may on an application made by the Attorney General of the Federation, National Security Adviser or Inspector General of Police on the approval of the President declare any entity to be a proscribed organisation and the notice should be published in a National Gazette.

When the Judge sits in Chambers, he usually sits on an application ex parte . In this case, an application is heard and determined without the target party, the organisation being sought to be proscribed being first heard and granted a fair hearing. However, upon the proscription of the organisation, it, rightly, can approach the court for a deproscription order.

Evidently therefore, the Defence Headquarters had no statutory power to proscribe terrorist organization. The military, in recognition of its subordination to civil authority, ought to have liaised with the designated authorities that possess the power, if they are armed with intelligence or security reports warranting the designation of IPOB as a terrorist organisation, and its proscription. This smacks of the lack of coherence and coordination of law enforcement and security agencies that afflicts the Buhari Presidency .

The law is that statutory powers specifically donated to certain authorities can not lawfully be exercised by any other authority . And also provisions of a law that contains penal provisions or provisions abridging entrenched fundamental rights must be construed and interpreted very narrowly. Any slight deviation from its prescriptions shall be held against the authority claiming its benefits, and who intends to rely on the provisIons of the law to justify its action.

The intendment of the law giver in making the two branches of government ( executive and the judiciary to collaborate in proscribing an organisation is obvious. The judiciary is the independent arm of government that can soberly and dispassionately assess and determine whether there is a basis in law , having regards to the definition of acts of terrorism under Section 1 (2) of the Terrorism Act, to grant an order proscribing an association. In this regard, the provisIon of Section 2( 3) (2) must be kept in view. It provides that " for the avoidance of doubt, political parties should not n regarded as proscribed organisations and nobody should treated as such because of his or her political beliefs. "

Apart from the issue of statutory compliance, fairness requires that we interrogate whether the intendment of the law giver has been dutifully and patriotically served in the designation of IPOB as a terrorist organization. Is this designation and proscription a hurried, knee jerk approach by the military to provide justification for Operation Python Dance II in the South East in the face of allegations that the South East was being invaded? Of course, the definition of " acts of terrorism " under Section 1 (2) of the Act is so wide that IPOB easily will fit the designation.

But is this alleged proscription done in good faith? Or is it done as a " deus ex machina" to enable the military reap maximum operational benefits from it, in order to be better able to accomplish the mission of their operation ?

If an operation is being questioned and challenged as untenable , what is the better tactics to justify the operation than to quickly declare one of the objects , if not the main object of the mission a terrorist organisation? With that, the case is closed. Anybody that associates with the organisation thenceforth becomes a conspirator or a terrorist sympathiser or helper , a criminal offence under the Act?

Can we honestly place IPOB and Boko Haram on the same pedestal? These and more questions will be asked in the coming days .

On the second issue, it is baffling that the South East Governors came out with that communique, proscribing IPOB. Under the law and the Constitution , they lack the power to do so. They are not military administrators ruling by edicts. That decision shows that they were in a panick mode. Were they acting altruistically but ignorantly; or acting under intimidation or pressure?

Moving forward, our assessment is that the FGN needs a more coherent legal strategy in handling IPOB .

vicadex07:
let all Igbo's first leave every region in Nigeria and go back to the southeast

illiteracy is a terrible thing.

Ajisebioyolaari:
If they pick up arms, they pick it up for their pocket and to their own peril. If they now born them well, they should cross their boundary into South West or North......then they will regret they ever started chaos. They will think it's Rivers State that is tolerating nonsense from them.

You are under one brown roof in ogbomosho making noise.
I hope and I know that Ipob will continue to be as peaceful as always.

You can wine and dine with your masters up North for all I care. One day, Your greatest fear in life will come. You and the Northerners are going to stay in one country alone.

midehi2:
whatever attire, they want peace

Lol... They want the status quo to remain.

Ajisebioyolaari:
Story for the gods. Why didnt you the patriotic igbos prevail on NK and his cohorts to cease the incitement and hate speech they started since 2015? Now you have an opinion. Mr Man, there is nothing like sitting on the fence here. You are an ipob else you would spoken out against their acts a long time ago. Where were you when ipobs were calling other nigerians "cockroaches"? A name that caused the death of thousands in rwanda. O boy, go find somewhere sidon abeg.

Hate speech you said, who started the hate speech. Kanu or Buhari?

Ajisebioyolaari:
the only thing that could possibly happen is for ipobs to continue being killed if they dont apply common sense.

And if they are been provoked enough to pick up arms. Hope you won't complain.

They only reason why Nigerian army are boldly going to IPOB members, killing them is because they fully know that the are not going to shoot back.
But that can't always be the case. buhari continue.

"The group, under the aegis of Youths of Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Rivers"

APC/FG, You guys can do a better job than this.

Mynd44 wi rush to delete any pro IPOB post like this. But he won't touch this one.
Just look at the pictures carefully. Is this place not an abandoned ragged building.

And where is the evidence?

Hope buhari is happy now.

Simongm:
That is the effect of Yoruba summit.

typical afonja. Taken glory of what he have no hand of.
Kanu have given courage to those who were afraid, he have opened the eyes of those who were blind. The current system of this country is a hindrance to us all.
God bless you Kanu. Even if you die today, you will be remembered as of the African greatest.

GavelSlam:
Show a link to this post and stop publishing obsolete data.

I should show you that of dss recruitment or nnpc appointment? zoneB.

Saintsammurai:
Then why are the easterners in lagos and abuja giving a deaf ear to the agitation? why are igbo speaking states like anambra not part of biafra?.

This one of those people who claim to be educated.
Product of a quota system. I believe you are from yobe state.

I know this man very well. He is from Ogun state.

Banter1:
amjoseph19 dumb comment. This biafra & war u peeps have been yarning for, when it comes its gonna affect all of us not just the igbos alone. But igbos will suffer most. Most of you will flee this country to IVORY COAST including KANU.

Asking for a referendum is not a call for war.
Oya fly away.

GavelSlam:
Restructuring will not put food on the table but a better economy will.

Years ago we had a parliamentary system of government and much political unrest. This system of government was soon truncated.

It's not the system that provides growth but the people.

ogbeni close your gap joor. Let me show what restructuring will stop.

They amount of stealing going on in this present administration is worst than that of Obj, yaradua and Gej combined.

When this administration is done and a new set take, then we all know the full meaning of corruption.

kingsley55:
Op, I didnt see Kwale and Ika tribes there both in the Delta State.

So how comprehensive is this list ?

kwale is not a tribe. don't mistaken a name of a place for a tribe.

Solorrman:
u are original monkey,u are bastard,u are first class rumour monger,u are selfish just bkos u like and worship kanu thats why u can not say the truth while it was obvious ? The arewa youth u are talking about do not say anything contrary to what kanu said,kanu said he would separate biafra from nigeria and the arewa youths says okey let the separation be granted and ur people should go to the new country that kanu established as ur god thats all,whats there to be sad ? Or u mean u are going to separate from nigeria and stay put in nigeria without going to ur country ? The arewa youths even showed a liniency so much,bkos we need to only let the biafrans come in to nigeria with visa,we have the right to forbid another foreigner to visit our country,u said biafra should b better than nigeria then what are u waiting in nigeria ? We want u out long ago and this good opportunity came to beign we are very happy for u to go bkos u were nuisance everywhere u will see igbo with a chemist and other trailer accessories in our markets,but now our people is going to replace it,may the almighty God grant ur god kanu his wish ameen

i would have replied you. But just looking at what you typed and how you reason. Go back to class bro. you have been staying with cows for far too long. You now reason like them. You show no sign of civilization in the bunkum you just typed.

wakaman:
The soldiers didn't shoot at civilians, they had a little target practice exercise with ipobs!

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

as far as I'm concern, ipob are yet to harm a soul in their quest.
As you rejoicing on the death of another just keep in mind that the world doesn't stay stagnant.

same old afonjas crying more than the bereaved.

tamethem:
Nobody pampered Anybody you say this because you are Igbo.

You are not FAR WRONG in the words of Wole Soyinka.

The Arewa youth were wrong to have made such a statement but they were warned by the government and called to be educated on the importance of Our Nations Peace and Unity. After the meeting they came out to say publicly that they have withdrawn their statement.

The same government have cautioned Kanu even before his arrest he and Ipob were called to a meeting but they said no going back on Biafra.
The Eastern governors held a meeting with him to apease him he said no going back on Biafra.

Few days later he started traveling up and down the Eastern states instigating ppl against their nation Nigeria to the point of making public threats .

Common my friend dont let us be biased.

No sensible goverment watches the Peace of his Nation threatened by anybody either ta citizen or non citizen.

The diffence between Arewas threat and Ipobs is One was warned Cautioned and advised and yielded while One was warned, cautioned and adviced and refused and instead doubled his threat and hate speeches.

I am not Arewa I am not Ipob

I am a Nigerian who doesnt want his nation to go into war because he loves both his brethen Arewa and Ipob and himself too.

Peace

Bro, it is so appalling that you that asked of truthfulness is shying away from it.
give me a link where Kanu was cautioned, called to aso rock just like the arewa youths.
Kanu was arrested the moment he set foot in Nigeria. he have not even reach his home town. he was arrested at lagos. There was no time the FG ever ask kanu for a talk or meeting before his arrest.

and secondly, once you commit a crime as strong as what arewa youths committed, you just don't let it go like that. it is a genocidal attempt. they are meant to face the law.

All I'm saying is that, if you think that kanu have committed an offence same with the arewa youths, let both of them face the same law court and punishment. let there be no secret cow or the FG will go ahead and prove to me that Kanu is right after all. Nigeria belong to those up north, we need to find our own country.

tamethem:
I dont support violence either ways but do you think it is right for a man to be threatning a Nation. Kanu saying If he is rearrested Nigeria will burn Nigeria will be no more who is he?

Instead of the father as an elderly man to warn his son he too csme out days ago saying the same thing. Who do they think they are?

You are in the States. Can anyone threaten the Peace of US like that and go scort free?

I dont support violence or war but the actions of Kanu called for this. Nigeria is bigger than him or his father.

When we put sentiments into judgement because of our affiliations then we would judge with bias minds.

Kanus urterances portray him as a armed person and forming a secrete service means they are armed. no secrete servise in the world is armless. And it is wrong for a region yet to gain freedom under a Nation to have a secrete service. All these the UN and ICC are aware of.

God bless us as a Nation.

Do you think it is right for arewa youths to be pampered, visit and have a sumptuous dinner with FG after committing a greater offence while kanu is being haunted. Do you know what it means to ask a tribe (both those in support of biafra and not) to forcefully leave your region on a said date. It is a genocidal attempt. What did they got in return, a Well-done path in the back. The Attorney of the federation even went ahead to refrace their statement.
If you were an Igbo man, how will you feel?

No one trust Nigeria Police. We have all encountered their "truthful" ways one way or the other. for them to even say that armies were there, that means the situation is far worst than what kanu's lawyer is saying.


Buhari is a typical fulani man. Making use of his brain is a no no for him. Like wole soyinka said, you can't kill an ideology with physical force. Before kanu, there was uwazuike, after kanu their will be another person.

Arewa youths that threatened a whole tribe of millions of people (both those in support of kanu and against) to forcefully leave the North which is a genocidal attempt are being pampered. They were invited by the FG where they hard a sumptuous meal and a well-done tap at the back. the Attorney general of the federation came out and said they weren't arrested because of the backlash that may come out of it. He even went ahead to reconstruct their statement.
Kanu on the order hand is been hunted like a dog. They even have to deploy armies down east.

If you were an Igbo man who really sucked his mother breast, how will you feel? On day to day bases, the FG are pushing the neutral towarda kanu side.

They Northerners do not own Nigeria. We all do. We will prove it with Biafra.