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The guy is a spitting image of his father

luluman:
Don't be dumb now, what they did with hate speeches, & insults to Nigeria & to other tribes is more than carrying arms.Use your brain.

Really? Now ask your self this. If Shekau had just being insulting people, pouring hate speech, denigrating Nigeria, would you have prefared the Shekau of today that has taken up arms and killed so many people?

What about Niger Delta militants that have taken up arms destroyed many infrastructures?

Herdsmen have slaughtered many thousands all over the place

But the most important thing for you is Nnamdi Kanu who has no arms, never killed anyone and only wants referendum?

My brother, there are many bereaved families that have lost loved ones who wish boko haram, herdsmen had only had never taken up arms abd just stuck to hate speech and insults. Hate speech and insults are just words that cant kill anyone, guns abd bullets are a different matter

IPOB was manning checkpoints and extorting money? And yet people in Abia state did not raise alarm and inform anyone untill the Nigerian Army came?

What a lot of people dont seem to realise is that the Army is not constitutionally allowed to do the job of the police. The Army is not a crime fighting outfit.

By this announcement, the Army only confirmed that opration Python dance is an illegality

OsunOriginal:
A man who threatened to burn down a country is not unarmed. Otherwise how would he burn down the country?

If it making threats was a crime, every Nigerian would be in jail

naijastoryz:
It’s too late for Igbo to pull out of Nigeria – Igbo lawmaker
September 23, 2017
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Jude Idimogu, on Saturday, said it was too late for the Igbo nation to pull out of Nigeria. Idimogu, representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, told newsmen in Lagos that secession would be injurious to the Igbos. He said: “As a full blooded Igbo man and a Nigerian, I believe, Igbo staying in Nigeria as an entity will prosper the Igbo nation better than pulling out. “After the 1967 Civil war, the Igbo man started all over again to build up; now Igbo nation has made progress in terms of economy and politics.
“Though the Igbo nation has not reached where it is expected to be politically, we should dialogue rather than be creating war scenarios. ‘’It is too late to pull out (of Nigeria), Igbo nation has united Nigeria because they have businesses everywhere in this country,” the lawmaker said. The lawmaker urged Mr Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to rescind from any action that could create enmity against Igbos around the country. He urged the Igbo nation to unite with other ethnic groups in the country to articulate their grievances and actualised their dreams. “My children were born in Lagos and some of them don’t even know their state of origin, they speak Yoruba and so many Igbo children are like that across the North and West.

“We have our future in Nigeria. The only thing Igbo nation should fight for is political power not by creating war scenario but by merging with other nations/tribes in Nigeria – the Northerners and Westerners. “Most Igbos, over 50 per cent, don’t even believe in Biafra because they have counted the cost from 1970 after the war till 2017. No one wants to go back to square one; it is not possible. “As a person, I am against it; what the Igbo man should struggle for in this entity are equality, fairness and justice, not pulling out. “It is very late to pull out, it will be difficult because majority of us are not ready to fight any war; I don’t want to lose my life nor my sons and daughter in war; I believe we can make Nigeria our home,’’ he said. According to him, even if the Igbo nation wants to pull out of Nigeria, it is not going to be overnight or by aggression, rather it should be via a friendly and democratic process. “Kanu should calm down, unite with Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a tree cannot make a forest,” the lawmaker said. Newsmen report that there had been several agitations by IPOB for a Sovereign State of Biafra, the development that lead to the proscription of the group.
source-https://naijastoryz..com.ng/2017/09/its-too-late-for-igbo-to-pull-out-of.html

Somebody should tell him that Scotland was part of Britain for over 300 years but had referendum on independence in 2014.

But he is talking about Nigeria thst was created just the other day in 1914

LegitBoy:
Boss let's be sincere to ourselves for once, I stay here and I can confidently say the fear has gone for away for now. In Anambra people in my area have been scared of coming out to participate in the forthcoming election not because of respect for IPOB but the fear. We all know this present government is a disaster and has failed irretrievably but I don't agree with Kanu's ways too. We were all living in fear and I'm partly grateful that is gone now, before you label us cowards please do ask yourself if war breaks out what will Kanu do to help the Igbo nation? With which Army will Biafra defend her land? Ojukwu lasted that long because he was a military governor with standing Army. Nobody should drag the Igbo nation to another genocide while we will continue to call for restructuring of the country or secession through referendum not some empty threats.

You stay were? Im an Anambra man and there is no fear in home state. Everybody already knows that Kanu is not looking for wsr but referendum

The fact that the Nigerian government considers IPOB a terrorist organisation does not mean that the rest of the world will see it the same way, least of all Britain.

Even in Nigeria, opinion differs.

Britain is going to ask if IPOB are armed? No

Have they killed anyone? No

Have they attacked anyone outside the usual civilian/security sgencies clashes that exist in every country? No

Has Nnamdi Kanu himself killed anyone? No


So on what grounds will the British government revoke his citizenship?

lordsterlin:
This is one reason why Nigeria must restructure or divide.

1.Anambra: 3 Sen, 11 Reps, 21 LGC's

2.Enugu: 3 Sen, 8 Reps, 17 LGC's

3.IMO: 3 Sen, 10 Reps, 27 LGC's

4.Abia: 3 Sen, 8 Reps, 17 LGC's

5.Ebony: 3 Sen, 6 Reps, 13 LGC's

--- SOUTH EAST has 15 Senators,43 House Reps and 95 LGC'S.

6.Rivers: 3 Sen, 13 Reps, 23 LGC'S

7.Bayelsa: 3 Sen, 5 Reps, 8 LGC's

8.Delta.m: 3 Sen, 10 Reps, 25 LGC's

9.Edo.3 Sen.9 Reps, 18 LGC's

10.Akwaibom: 3 Sen, 10 Reps, 31 LGC's

11.Cross River: 3 Sen, 8 Reps, 18 LGC's

--- SOUTH SOUTH has 18 Senators, 55 Reps and 123 LGC's..

12.Lagos: 3 Sen, 24 Reps, 20 LGC's.

13.Ekiti: 3 Sen, 6 Reps, 16 LGC's.

14.Oyo: 3 Sen, 14 Reps, 33 LGC's

15.Ogun: 3 Sen.9 Reps, 20 LGC's

16.Ondo: 3 Sen, 9 Reps, 18 LGC's.

17.Osun: 3 Sen, 9 Reps, 30 LGC's.

--- SOUTH WEST has 18 Senators,71 Reps and 137 LGC's

18.Plateau: 3 Sen, 49 Reps, 17 LGC's

19.Benue: 3 Sen, 11 Reps, 23 LGC's

20.Nasarawa:3 Sen.5 Reps, 13 LGC's

21.Kogi: 3 Sen, 9 Reps, 21 LGC's.

22.Niger: 3 Sen, 10 Reps, 25 LGC's.

23:Kwara: 3 Sen, 6 Reps, 16 LGC's.

---NORTH CENTRAL has 18 Senators, 49 Reps and 108 LGC's

24.Bauchi: 3 Sen, 12 Reps, 23 LGC's

25.Taraba: 3 Sen, 6 Reps, 16 LGC's.

26.Gombe: 3 Sen, 6 Reps, 11 LGC's..

27.Kano: 3 Sen, 24 Reps, 44 LGC's.

28.Jigawa: 3 Sen, 11 Reps, 27 LGC's.

29.Kaduna: 3 Sen, 16 Reps, 23 LGC's.

--- NORTH WEST has 18 Senators, 75 Reps and 144 LGC's.

30.Yobe: 3 Sen, 6 Reps, 17 LGC's.

31. Adamawa: 3 Sen, 8 Reps, 21 LGC's.

32. Katsina: 3 Sen, 15 Reps, 34 LGC's.

33. Sokoto: 3 Sen, 11 Reps, 23 LGC's.

34. Zamfara: 3 Sen, 7 Reps, 14 LGC's.

35. Borno: 3 Sen, 10 Reps, 27 LGC's.

36. Kerbbi: 3 Sen, 8 Reps, 21 LGC's

--- NORTH EAST has 21 Senators, 65 Reps with 136 LGC's

Abuja has 1 Sen, 2 Reps and 6 LGC's.

SO HERE IS THE JUICE:

Hausa Fulani core North has 13 States, 39 Senators, 140 Reps, 280 LGC's.

North Central has 6 States, 18 Senators, 49 Reps, 108 LGC's.

THE NORTH ALONE HAS A TOTAL OF 19 STATES, 57 SENATORS AND 189 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 388 LGC's.

South West has 6 States, 18 Senators, 71 Reps.137 LGC's

South South has 6 States, 18 Senators, 55 Reps, 123 LGC's.

South East has 5 States, 15 Senators, 43 Reps, 95 LGC's.

Abuja has 1 Senator, 2 Reps, 6 LGC's.

When you study the above numbers, you realize that there is NO WAY any part of the country can push for any issue and get enough votes to sustain it as long the North stand against it.

Nigeria is hugely fashioned to favor the North against the rest of us. This is one of the many reasons why Nigeria must #Restructure or divide.

Cyril Emetoh.

I hope the "restructuring noisemakers" in the south can see why restructuring is not possible in Nigeria. The core North with more than 140 reps in the 360 house of representatives have more than enough votes to thriw out any bill on restructuring.

These are the same people advicing Nnamdi Kanu to form a political party and come and move a motion on secession in a Nigerian National Assembly that is controlled by the core North

life2017:
Before colonialisation, The whole of Anioma, ika, kwale, etc were part of Benin Kingdom and Benin Empire. After and during colonialisation, Anioma was part of Western Region. And later became part of Midwest and later became part of Bendel before becoming part of Delta State today.


Anioma has never in history be part of Eastern region. Never. Never Never. Even when Ojukwu was Governor of Eastern Region, Anioma were not under him. They were all under Midwest.

When Ojukwu wanted Biafra, He wanted the whole Midwest to be part of Biafra. Even when Ojukwu invaded Midwest (Including asaba) he named it Republic of Benin like a confederation because he could not clearly called it Biafra because they were a under a different Millitary Governor David Ejoor with headquarter in Benin City.


So part of Anioma, ika, kwale etc all part to the North of River Niger were ever part of Eastern region.

Please You Need To Go and Read .

I can understand all this but this is not abiut the recreation of the old Bini empire. Bendel Republic makes no sense if people are forced into it against their will. So a referendum is very important.

I would say that in the referendum, they should be given the choice of:

Nigeria
Bendel
Biafra

The Igbo speaking part of Bendel or the Anioma area must be given a choice to decide which these 3 choices they want.

Throwback:
If the SouthEast is so motivated, why not move a motion to have a constitutional backing for secession?

If Kanu is so motivated, why not pressure the SE governors and federal legislators from the South East to move such motion. If they are unwilling to pursue a mandate that is popular with the SE electorate, why not vote them out and elect those who will agree to such?

Is it so hard to understand that no usurpation of the democratic and constitutional representation of a people will be allowed by Nigeria or by UN?

Why is Kanu wasting his time thinking he can achieve his goal by an illegal means?

Follow the right path and stop hoping that someone would show empathy and allow you through from the window rather than the front door.

You have people who opposed certain ideas in America, including the fact that a Black man should be president. They formed a conservative and racist pressure group (Tea Party) and aligned with the Republican Party to elect governors and legislators who made prior pledges to follow the master plan of the pressure group.

It took 8 years but they finally got their own kind of racist in the white house.

There is nothing wrong with the democratic and constitutional approach that they employed.

That is how America works.

The liberals too always strategize to elect people who have already pledged to a certain ideology and stick to such when they get to office.

Until IPOB follows the right path to the change they desire, they will forever be pretenders to political authority.

Moving a motion in the Nigerian National Assembly for secession is a complete waste of time. Its like asking a bird to try flying to the moon, the bird can try, but everybody knows it will never get there.

Even if Kanu and IPOB formed some sort of political party and won every elective seat in the areas they want to separate from Nigeria, they will still have to go to a Nigerian National Assembly where other zones will be waiting for them. IPOB have no chance in hell of getting a 2 third majority to push their agenda. Fair to say that that the entire North and the West will not vote for the disintegration of Nigeria, ever.

It would have been a different thing if the 6 geopolitical zones were autonomous and had the right to individually vote on seceding from Nigeria within their region without recourse to the National Assembly.

Do the only option of IPOB is to agitate until the Nigerian political establishment and government decide that the only practical thing is to do is grant them referendum

As a Biaftan supporter, I support anyone exercising their right to self determination. If the people of old Bendel decide they want to be a separate nation, all well and good.

However, there is a problem.

Biafran supporters have a vested interest in parts Bendel, particularly the Igbo speaking areas from Asaba to Igbanke. So if there must be a Bendel Republic, it has to be by referendum and the area called Anioma must be given the option of choosing between Bendel Republic and Biafra

Throwback:
Is Kanu acting belligerently towards the people of Coutonou as to merit their fury?

Stop making useless analogies. I have been advising IPOB apologists on this simple common sense.

If Kanu had been beligerent towards the people of Coutonou, the wouldnt care. They are not in one country with Igbos or Kanu, so there us nothing to fight about.

In that same regard, if Igbos were not in the same country with Nigeria, Nigerians would have dismissed Kanu as a crazy person and ignored him.

ONE NIGERIA is our problem. As soon as we dismantle this colonial arrangement of 1914 and go our different ways, we wont have anything to fight about, the better for us all

OsunOriginal:
So, after all this larger than life shenanigans, the "butty boy" turned war monger just vanished into the thin air leaving his jobless followers stranded in the middle of nowhere?

Why are these people like this? They will call for war and before the war starts they are always the first to run away.

Na wa for Biafrans.

Only a Nigerian thinks a call for referendum is a call for war

Only a Nigerian will congratulate their Nigerian Army to be fighting an unarmed group like IPOB while the same Nigerian Army cannot do anything against other armed groups like herdsmen, Boko haram and Niger Delta militants

Throwback:
IPOB was certainly a menace that created fear in the people. That menace and false government have since been neutralized.

The legitimate government of the SouthEast states can now function again.

Kanu tried to usurp the democratic and constitutional leadership of the SouthEast, but Buhari would have none of that.

Hiw where they a menace? Dud they touch anyone? Where they armed? How exactly did they create this fear with no arms?

baralatie:
ipob unarmed ke with bombs discovered at his residence,targeting soft spots to steal military guns at check points,target a section of a nation to kill,establishment of a Biafra intelligence secret and national guard,practically going one on one to fight Nigerian army and threatening to cut off the head of the president!
and many that I cannot list and you call that organisation unarmed?

Did you see any pictures of any bombs or you are just another person who believes anything the read on the net? What fool would even believe that Kanu wiuld hide bombs in the house house he sleeps in and rusk his life. Stealing guns at check points? Have actually heard of such a thing? Target a section of the country to kill? Did they kill anyone? Fighting the military? With stones? You call that a fight? Which grouo hasnt stoned the military in the padt from the NLC to NANS? They said they will cut of the head of the president? An unarmed group who never attacked anyone? They are free to say whatever they like

You are just someone who believes anything they read on the internet without proof.

A lot of people dont know it but Nnamdi did more than anyone else to bring restructuring to the front burnner. Everybody used IPOB agitation as an example of why restructuring is important.

The North knew that all the noisemakers in the south shouting restructuring will go back to ONE NIGERIA at the end of the day, so the North had nothing to worry about

The only person the North took serious was Kanu because he was the only one with the courage to reject ONE NIGERIA

eodavids:
The ethnic group aborigin in south east Nigeria are supposedly peaceful people. Peaceful people, by laws (or principles) of cause and effect, are entitled to enjoy peaceful life.

This supposition may have being threatened by realities on ground. Over time, (excluding the Biafra incidence of 1967-69) The Igbo people have been known to concentrate on buying and selling across Nigeria and beyond. They are not prone to trouble making. And they have always ignored trouble when it knocks their doors.

They do this by minding their own business, and not interfering in other people's affairs.

Things are now changing, because Ndigbo has a lot to worry about, especially the actions of the home based Igbo youths which endangers the Igbos abroad.

There must be a deliberate effort put in place to secure the safety of Ndigbo home and abroad, one of such efforts must be directed in curbing of youth excesses.

Nairalanders, let's all contribute our 2kobo each to this discuss.

Thank you.

Emmanuel Odoabuchi.

If the activities of IPOB or Nnamdi Kanu is endangering Igbos in other part of Nigeria, then it means Igbos are in the wrong country. Whst it means is that Igbos should have their own independent country

Do you think that the activities of IPOB is endangering Igbos in Cotonue?

baralatie:
giving to a terrorist organisation is giving a dog a bad name,continue

Of course, whst did you think? When.an.organisation that is unarmed and has never killed anyone is called terrorist

Just a matter of giving a Dog a bad name to hand it.

NaijaNewsPapers:
The Nigerian Army has declared itself victorious over the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which was recently declared a terrorist organisation. The Army made the declaration on Friday, September 22 in a statement by Colonel Sagir Musa, the deputy director public relations 82 Division.

The statement posted to PRNigeria read in part: “Despite the initial opposition to Exercise EGWU EKE II by the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB members and their sympathizers and unpatriotic elements, the general area of the South East especially Aba in Abia State is now fully stabilized.

“The usual violent activities of the outlawed IPOB “National Guards” (manning check points and extorting money from traders and motorists) have now been checkmated. “Similarly, the outlawed IPOB group presence is no longer visible and people go about their normal businesses without fear, let or hindrance. “The 82 Division Nigerian Army wishes to reassure the public that it is poised to maintaining the peace and security in the entire South-Eastern Region.

“Members of the public are please requested to cooperate with security agencies by remaining law abiding and passing credible information to the nearest security check point or call 193 and the various Sector Commanders’ telephone numbers that were earlier made public.”

Premium Times reports that the Army’s declaration followed the conclusion of a one-day tour of the region by the chief of Army staff Tukur Buratai.

http://www.naijanewspapers.com.ng/2017/09/nigerian-army-declares-victory-over-ipob.html

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What a disgraceful statement by the Nigerian Army. Declaring victory where there was niether war nor a fight. So their victiry was against people extorting money at road blocks?


The Army just went to a state where there was peace, gunned down unarmed people and declared victory.

Shameless people

Notice, Okechukwu Isiguzoro is no longer Ohaneze youth leader. He was suspended earlier on this year by Ohaneze President, John Nnia Nwodo.

So any statement he is making is not in capacity of Ohaneze youth leader but his own private opinion

Ohaneze disagrees with the proscription of IPOB

If Scotland could seek and get referendum on independence after 300 years of being part of the UK, nobody should bore me to sleep with this "the unity of Nigeria is non negotiable" nonsense.

4everGrand:
Unarmed indeed. Army dey waka im own jeje, who are you to stay on their way 'unarmed'. If u have forgotten, you can ask the Shiite leader in Kaduna. But as people who easily forget history, you went to do goat-waka in front of a dancing python, what were you expecting?

I pity foolish peeps. I know though that there are many sensible Igbos and I appreciate their straight thinking.

People like you are the problem of Nigeria. You see your Nigerian Army commiting murder and you make excuses for them because they are in uniform.

zoedew:
To say that ALL previous Nigerian Presidents till date are incompetent idiots speak volumes about who you are!

Then you better look at the state of Nigeria and tell which of them was so competent that we have a disaster of a country

You guys have been coming together to "make Nigeria a better place" since 1914, it hasnt happend.

Even a fool will at sometime decide to try something different after decades of failure

cornel00:
We igbos are the problem to ourselves.
Once upon a time, i was made to see Yoruba people as my main enemy in this, country but not anymore.
Yes we can brag about our commercial exploits, education, talents, wealth, personalities but we lack unity.
Out of all the tribes in this country, Igbos are the most greedy, wicked, heartless, and selfish set of creatures.
I am a confirm onye igbo, born and brought up in the north, i am typing this because of the IPOB crisis here in the east. It's hard for me to admit but the truth must be told. I asked myself yesterday night;
If we are to get biafra what will come next?
Are we ready to be independent?
Do we have the resources to survive?
Is there love among ourselves?
After analysing all these, i come to conclusion that biafra is the worst that will happen to an igbo man, biafra will be a place where hatred is the order of the day, we are always the ones playing the victim card, we call Yoruba people all sorts of derogatory names, we blame everyone one in this country except ourselves. It was a Yoruba family that welcomed and gave me shelter in GBOKO BENUE STATE the year i was posted there for my jamb exam (you can hardly see an igbo man do this for his brother, let alone a stranger) my best secondary school teacher is a Yoruba man, we lack hospitality and love among ourselves.
I didn't know about this until i left north for east, an igbo man will rather sell his brother for a plate of porridge out of greed
We call Hausa this and that yes i don't even like them (the truth must be told), their religious and ethnic intolerance is something else, but we are not better either, we have made our land less convenient for our people that's why you see igbos investing outside igbo land. You will buy land in igboland and all the kinsmen in that community will try to feast on your pocket.
Yes we have most of the most corrupt politicians in this country. Those bastar.ds we call our leaders are the ones we supposed to hold accountable, Nigeria is not our problem, Yoruba people are the only people we can team up with, they are the only one we can ally with.
I use to ask myself why most of my trusted friends are not igbos, it's not a coincidence. It is from experience.
In 2015 i relocated from the north to the east, up till now I'm still regretting my decision, i will rather die elsewhere than to be consumed by hatred in igbo land. My maternal grandfather who is supposed to welcome me home, despite all the tenants that are paying him, could not let me stay in one of his rooms. My grandfather!!
My advice to my fellow igbos is that we should eliminate hatred in our lives, only then we can come together and think of the way forward.
My write up may lack proper contruction, as long as I've shared my thoughts I'm OK.
As for biafra matter, me and my household and extended family say no to biafra.
I stand for one united South in one Nigeria.
Long live south east
Long live south west
Long live south south
Long live Nigeria
PEACE!
cc: lalasticlala

Read the below and tell me more about tnis your wonderful "one Nigeria"

History

1945 Jos Riots:- Hundreds of Igbos killed

1953 Kano massacre:- Hundreds of Igbo massacred

July 1966:- Over 300 Igbo officers of the Nigerian Army murdered

1966:- Over 50,000 Igbos, men, women and children massacred all over the North

1967-70:- Over 3 million souls lost in the civil war in the name of 'one Nigeria'

Other situations where Igbos have been killed are:


Kano 1980
Maiduguri 1982
Jimeta 1984
Gombe 1985
Zaria 1987
Kaduna & Kafanchan 1991
Bauchi & Katsina 1991
Kano 1991
Zangon-Kataf 1992
Funtua 1993
Kano 1994
Kaduna 2000
Kaduna 2001
Maiduguri 2001
Maiden Crisis-Setember 2001
Kaduna 2002
Jos-November 2008
Beheading of Gideon Akaluka in December of 1996 in a POLICE STATION in Kano
Saint Moritz killed December 2001
25. Post April 2011 Presidential Election: 10 youth-corps men & women and numerous citizens murdered because a Christian Southerner was elected.
Jos Christmas Eve 2010
Madalla Christmas day 2011
Mubi January 6 2012

A bigger hypocrite is one who believes in the right of self determinstion for his fellow Muslim Palestinians but sends Python dance after peaceful IPOB

Sorry but the Nnamdi Kanu's of this world dont care about Nigerian unity or progress. They just want independence

Good one by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, able IPOB Lawyer. The grounds of declaring IPOB a terrorist organisation are laughble

texazzpete:
So what 'grievance' were the South Eastern 'locals' there to air?

And no, people don't just go around burning police stations when they have a grievance.

'things got out of hand' indeed!


Please jettison the fable of the IPOB agenda being a non-violent one. We've all seen the video of Nnamdi Kanu insisting that the struggle will not be peaceful...and IPOB freely admits that Kanu is the leader and director of IPOB.

these childish, petty lies are embarrassing.

Can you imargine if all Shekau did was threaten to burn down and destroy Nigeria? Had it been all threats and nothing more Im sure everyone would rather choose that than what is happening.

The point here is that IPOB has largely not been violent and the few times it has been involved in violence has had something to do with the Nigerian Army shooting them.

Basically, the story of IPOB going to burn down the station was no true.

Locals went ti the police station to air their grevance and things got out of hand, it happens.

But the authorities rushed to the conclusion that IPOB delibrately attacked police station and burnt it.

No hausa man has ever been killed in Igbo land.

But countless Igbos have been slaughtered in Hausa land

I rest my case