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The truth is finally out. When I watched arise news and saw one clown sitting alone in front of four pressmen and speaking for "ijaw people", I knew he was another aso rock agent, just like the ibom republic clown. Now here he is visiting his masters.

Hmm

I agree with you, for once.

...and they still failed at it.

A topic was opened by an Igbo for Igbo which neither incites violence nor attacks other religions. But Igbo haters are already here cursing Igbo's in the fool glare of the mods.

Thousands of Christians get slaughtered in the north, no week passes that you wouldn't hear of hijab crisis and court case in the southwest. Even oduduwa agitation has been engulfed by a sharia debate. Yet the same folks are the ones using reverse psychology on Igbo's and accusing them of intolerance. The same Igboland that hasn't recorded religious killings.

That's why I blame those who blab about an all Igbo country. Biafra haters are only hateful beings with inferiority complex. Take non-Igbos into Biafra, they I'll activate their hate and jealously, accusing you of land grab. Exclude some, they I'll activate their inferiority complex, accusing you of hate and intolerance. I support KANU because he is decisive on what he wants and on Biafra boundaries.

The only solution is to take the Biafra you want and let them cry.

I'll open igala thread.

You mean some of the BMC miscreants who rely on twitter are now out of job.

dele1727:



We are now confused.... whats is the struggle for Biafra about?

The struggle is for Biafra to leave Nigeria and not for some parts of Igboland called south east to be pushed out of Nigeria.

I think the worst condition is to be a landlocked swamp. Some ethnic groups like Tiv, Idoma etc can find solace in their arabla land.

People bringing azikiwe and ironsi into the thread are helping to derail it. The only people we need here are the likes of efewestern and fratermarthy.

Anybody who disagrees should simply show us there map.

nelsonebby:
So you are fighting Edo and urhobo people because of what some anonymous people say online?
The south belongs to all of Us.

we are all "anonymous" online, aren't we?

Etrusen:
Igede of Benue is different from that of onitsha my dear

Watch the video and see how the igede people of Benue and Cross river on their own will came in mass to Oraekpen to trace their origin last two years

You should first ask yourself what it mean when an igede man says Igede Agba

You where quick to copy from another persons post to spit ignorance

Read the article again. You are permitted to be your best at being slow this time.

nelsonebby:
What's the point of all this?

The point is to burst the myth that tribes that always shout about Igbos wanting to dominate them are actually the ones who need the Igbos more. I can take insults but not from people who would rather be a burden to Biafra. People who can only be relevent by hiding under the cloak of 'south south' and even dragging Igbo territories therein just to bloat their size and claim a fake littoral status. Interestingly, more useful ethnic groups are less critical of Biafra self determination.

Igboland has every thing it needs and is clearly not landlocked from historical maps. But urhobo, Edo etc who should be pleading to fix themselves somewhere amidst the realignments are the ones giving themselves negative publicity and insulting the Igbo who don't want them in Biafra.

The Igede Community in Onitsha and Asaba recently jointly celebrated the new yam festival where they called for peaceful co-existence between the Igbo and the Igede people.
Igede is a community in Benue State that shares some common cultural activities with the Igbo.
The Igede National Day which was held at the Onitsha Military Cantonment was used to mark the new yam festival in Igede land by its sons and daughters living in Onitsha and Asaba, who came together to showcase their cultural heritage.
The immediate past President-General of Igede Development Association, Onitsha/ Asaba branch and the Ad’Uwokwu, District, Igede, Benue State, Chief Patrick Akobo, while speaking at the event called for more cooperation between the Igede residents in Anambra and Delta states and the Igbo people in the states.
He noted that Igede people and the Igbo have a lot of similarities in their cultures, tradition and even their names, which he said sound alike, urging the Igbo and the Igedes to continue to come together in building the state and Nigeria in general.
“If you see an Igede man with an Igbo man you may hardly differentiate between them except they tell you, and the interesting thing is that most of us speak Igbo fluently and are very conversant and at home with Igbo culture because of the level of our relationship with our Igbo brothers.
“We want to appeal to our Igbo brothers to continue to give us the co-operation they have been according us, so that together we will move Igbo, Igede land and Nigeria forward. It will interest you to know that culturally, traditionally, and in resemblance, it is difficult to differentiate the Igbo man or woman from their Igede counterpart.
“Our people in Anambra and Delta states have been very industrious, very hard working and we have relentless commitment in building the states and the country in general,” he said.
He disclosed that their people have been advised strongly not to involve in any crime, saying that was why you could hardly get any Igede man involved in any criminal activity in Anambra and Delta states, insisting that they do not have any criminal record as far as the states are concerned.
“We have code of conduct for our people called ‘Ten Commandments of the 12 Disciples’ our parents gave to us; before we leave our homes
our parents will tell us to carry it along like the Bible and you must
not go outside that Ten Commandments. So, we work with the fear that has been installed in us by our fore fathers, that is why it is very hard for an Igede man or woman to steal somebody’s property, very difficult and get away with it.
“We believe in the strength that God has given us to work and do something meaningful for ourselves and to the society, we are God-fearing, we have what we call 12 disciples and the only things from the Scripture – the Bible are what we believe.
“If the Igede man does not have money to feed himself, he will come to you not to beg for food, but to tell you please, I want to work for you so you can pay me, and that is why if you go to shoe site in Onitsha today, Igede people are 40 per cent of the people manufacturing shoe at the site.
“If you go to Onitsha Main Market, the tailoring section more than 50 per cent of Igede youths are dominating that section, we believe in hard work and committed to whatever good thing we are doing to earn a decent living, we believe in honesty in everything and that with unity, Nigeria will move forward, we have been in Anambra State and we co-operate well with the Igbo because we have almost the same name and culture.
“As you can see, we have just done our new yam festival today and one of the greatest things that happened today is the agreement for cordial relationship with our Igbo brothers and sisters who we have been living harmoniously with over the years.
“Another thing is the appreciation of our Idoma brothers, the youths of Idoma have in their unbelievably and heartwarming gesture unanimously agreed that the Senate seat being currently occupied by one of their own and our Idoma brother, Senator David Mark should go to Igede in 2019.
“We are commending them for their understanding and appealing to the incumbent Senator representing Zone C Senatorial Zone in Benue State, Chief David Mark to agree with the vision and the decision of the youths of Idoma by allowing the Igede person to succeed him.
“Igede people are the third largest tribe in Benue State, which is made up three major tribes, the Tiv, Idoma and Igede and, in fact, when you talk about the food basket of Nigeria, it is Benue State, that is the food basket of Nigeria.
“It is Igede people that are making it happen in agriculture, they are the people behind the scene producing the food that the state uses to boast of being the food basket of Nigeria, we believe in farming and education, the two things that make Igede tick in the country.”
Chief Akobo thanked the youths of Idoma for unanimously agreing that an Igede man would succeed Senator Mark in 2019.
“We have asked our elders to liaise with the Idoma elders, now the youths have agreed, we believe that everything has to do with lobby, let them see them and agree so we can move ahead; the same way our Tiv brothers should allow the governorship position to go to Zone C to our Idoma brothers.
“The seat of the governor should go to Idoma, while the Senate for Zone C should go to Igede person that is how we want political positions to be shared. We believe that our Tiv brothers will relinquish the governorship seat to our Idoma brothers.”
In his remarks, the leader of the Idoma people in Anambra State, Elder Friday Edor said he was happy to be part of celebration and expressed satisfaction with the relationship between the Igede people in Anambra and Delta states, as well as the Idoma.
He promised that they would continue to encourage the relationship,v adding that next year they would mobilize support for each other in their activities.
“We urge people at home to collaborate with each other for more development in the state.
“We will do our best to promote our culture, we have come to join our Igede brothers today in their celebration, and we have learnt a lot and we will go home and replicate same in our own culture and ask for assistance where necessary from our Igede brother.”

Dailytrust quack journalism that can't keep analysis away from their emotions. You spend a great deal of time claiming cross river doesn't associate with Biafra but yet, you're the one raising concerns over a Biafra/Ambazonia alliance.

There are Igbo speaking communities from Benue state down to Opobo and Bonny in the Atlantic ocean. If the complete Igbo map is acknowledged by the British backed Fulani deepstate, it means that their Decade long effort to build an anti Igbo Niger Delta solidary will collapse miserable. This is because Igboland cuts the so called 'south south' into two. This is just Igboland. Igboid people are even much bigger and includes the rest of Idoma in Benue and nassarawa, lower igala, cross river and akwa ibom etc
What we have is a classic British gerrymandering that diminished Igbo influence and solidarity while increasing that of the Fulanis to a level beyond their imagination.

The idea of a Niger delta or 'south south' is purely a Fulani championed coalition of strange bedfellows targeted at Igbos. This is why you hardly see the ethnic maps of the so called Niger Delta to be able to judge the ethnic groups on their individual strengths.

Urhoboland is landlocked as you can see. The tribes with sea access in Delta are the Ijaw and itshekiri. All the ethnic groups in Delta state have proven quantities of gas reserves too.

Depends on who you call "SE leaders"

Do you have facts or you're just rambling?

None of them addressed the issues raised by the op. They are cursing him and bringing Igbo into the matter instead.

Someone is envious of a certain thread that shows Idoma people are overwhelmingly pro Biafra.

Simplyleo:
I thought dotians said they can access Twitter through VPN.

So what's all these noise about human rights violations bla bla bla?

Yes, they can.in fact the two claims are mutually exclusive. Check Nnamdi kanu's twitter handle. The reactions he get and those he got before the ban are almost same.

Perfectbeing:
Then who created the map? Was it the Obas of the old Benin kingdoms? Was it the emirs? Or was it an African? Who else could have created a map in 1856 if not the British?

Or can't you see where Northern Nigeria is written in the map?

Maybe you'll say cos no where in the article said the book was written by a British then your brain won't tell you that its a British man that wrote the book..

are you answering my question with some silly questions? 'British researchers' means same with British govt?
Such a terrible way to clutch at straws.

Fahdiga1:
Who asked them. Biafrans are not begging people to join them rather reverse is the case

stop saying 'them'. I watched it on arise news. It was a one man addressing four pressmen about ijaw nation.

Lalasticlala mynd44 can you tell me why this educational historical piece can't make front-page since Biafra isn't mentioned?

Perfectbeing:
No body said it wasn't older than Queen Victoria. But it was created by the British, wasn't it?
If we are to accept that map created by the British, then we must accept the Nigeria map also created by the British.

where in the article is it stated that the map was created by the British? Did you pass comprehension in school?

When a mental health expert said about 40million Nigerians have mental health issue i doubted but now, I'm beginning to see where was coming from. To you, a country is prosperous simply because it's big? like a typical nigerian unity beggar you didn't even consider basic indices such as security, GDP per capita, standard of living etc Ghana, south Africa etc are all smaller african countries but they're all chasing Nigerian economic migrants around and a should-be concerned citizen is bragging about size of Nigeria.

A prosperous country is the one that is capable of securing itself, has a stable economy, good GDP, has many great international brands and is a strong global player or a strong player in a competitive region. This is why Japan is one third of Nigeria but is the third biggest economy in the world. Israel is the size of a state in Nigeria but it is the most powerful and stable country in the middle east, as well as a world power. But Nigeria is not even underdeveloped; it's a failed state. Some of you one nigerianists need to have some shame and get a life!

One Ijaw professor just sat in front of 4 pressmen and demanded self determination for ijaw nation as opposed to joining the 'secessionist agenda' of 'any group'.

It's clear these groups are govt sponsored. So, don't celebrate.

Monogamy:
Rip to the reads but UGM should have considered the consequences before starting what they can not finish

and the 'consequences' is the targeting of civilians for murder? Isn't that a textbook example of terrorism?

Why are you adding itshekiri to yoruba when they've never been so recognized in history?