₦airaland Forum

fulaniHERDSman:
Pls allow me to curse and abuse him today .... Obiano onye nna, with all due respect, ibu a big fool for not patronizing innoson. You could have requested for your spec and i believe ifediaso would have delivered. And with that you could have guaranteed your self Nnewi area votes for 2nd term. Who else is supposed to lead the way in promoting ours if not our government?
What is even wrong with our leaders? They always find a way to make you believe only goats get elected. Obiano, you are a great leader but a goat is better than you on this one.

Did you read the heading well before making this comment? Obiano did not buy these cars, it was donated to him by America.

uwem18:
There is nothing like believing in Nigeria. This is business, most of the airlines that were operating in Nigeria have pack up which means the country is not conducive for them. As a business man he has to site is business where he will make profit.

I don't blame the guy, if it was me I would do the same.

Personally, I consider Gowon and Awolowo War criminals who should have ended up in the ICC.

Emancipation:
Yes, this should be common sense but because of unreasonable people, I have to make this clear. There is no way any state government in the south east or south south will support Biafra. They were sworn in to serve and protect the integrity of Nigeria. So it makes absolutely no sense when people keep quoting governors statement as a pointer when most of these same governors cant even pull 1/10 of the crowd Nnamdi Kanu pulls without having to rent it.

These Governors cannot afford to bite the hands that feed them. Even the soldiers that protects their lives take orders directly from the Federal government.

But the good thing is that NOBODY needs their support. This is a grass root movement devoid of political elites and mostly led by young men and women from the SE/SS who have said enough is enough with the continuation of a fraudulent contraption. This young people are selfless and fighting for the freedom of future generation while some people sit on the sidelines to condemn them. They will succeed because they are fighting a just fight.

Naturally, a politician who is gaining in Nigeria will never support a Biafra that stop all that. But Biafra isn't about a few elites out there, it's about the common man who has since lost faith that any good will come out of Nigeria

sarrki:
Bros try and grow your country

That is if he believes Nigeria is his country

As I expected, most of the people on this thread will only criticise FFK without addressing what he talked about

fratermathy:
Which referendum?

Lol. We don't want to leave Nigeria. We love Nigeria. We only want Nigeria to be restructured into a true federalism with resource control and autonomy. That is our agitation and that, we shall get eventually. We don't delude ourselves by planing to secede and commit treason. We are not saboteurs and terrorists. We are peace loving and we shall get what we want one day, however long it takes.

We can't leave one form of Hausa domination and run to Igbo domination. Never! We are not fools.

This oil that is making us swell will soon be irrelevant and it is only in Nigeria that we will survive the famine that'll follow.

We don't want leave Nigeria? Who is we? I hope you know that as far as self determination is concerned, you can only speak for your tribe? You are not allowed to speak for anybody else. There are over 49 tribes in the proposed Biafra of which Igbo is only one. So in the end, a referendum will be held and those who are not interested can vote to remain in Nigeria or simply abstain from voting. Those who vote to join are those who will be accepted. So no one in Delta state has anything to worry about. You guys can then carry on fighting for restructuring in Nigeria.

fratermathy:
Don't mind them my brother. Let them rant all they want.

My own is simple: Urhobo can never be a part of Biafra. Isoko can never be a part of Biafra. Any other tribe can join but let them leave us alone. To start with, we only tolerate Igbos due to proximity. We cant let them dictate what we should do or where to go. They can't dominate us in anything. The so-called Asaba, though an igbo city, is highly saturated by Urhobos. We control the civil service, the judiciary, the legislature and the government. Pidgin is the lingua franca of Asaba. There's nothing in Asaba that we can't find in Warri. So if Asaba people want to join Biafra, like ikechu1 always argues, let them. Biafra will still be landlocked even with Delta North and Ikwerre!

I'm tired of this Biafra poo. Some peeps need to really face reality and focus of better things rather than unleash propaganda because GEJ lost an election. Attempting to annex any tribe that doesn't want to be annexed will be resisted. Even the so-called Delta Igbos are not interested in Biafra. It is those Anambrarians who flood Asaba like leeches that are making noise here. Go to real Asaba quarters like Ezenei, Umuagu, and other towns like Illah, Ibusa, Agbor, etc and you'll see that they are quite indifferent to the Biafran cause. It is the South easterners that kill themselves over spilled blood.

Which is why when the referendum on the lower Niger comes, you should encourage your people to vote to remain in Nigeria. Biafra is not by force.

uchelvlink:
even though i know this is a useless blog seeking for relevance, i am forced to make a comment.


again i telll you, i am from Umu-agu in Asaba Delta State. i am an Igbo girl and Asaba is an Igbo city. my people came from a place called Nteje in Anambra State today.

the whole of Delta North are Igbos and shall remain Igbos. you can go ahead and continue foolling yourselves.

Watch as some will come to say that Asaba belongs to Bini.

I doubt if Peter Obi said these things

2 million pounds = 1 Billion Naira

HtwoOw:
You conveniently forgot why they were killed? Ibo coup, first coup in Nigeria, Yoruba, Hausas killed, Hausa prime minister more like current Emir of Kano was killed back then despite the fact that Ibo was the president

What did you expect

What you also conveniently forgot, or probably don't know is that Igbos have been on the slaughtering table long before that coup. Do you know how many Igbos were slaughtered in the Kano massacre of 1945? How many Igbo were killed in the Jos riots of 1953? How many people died in 'opration wetie' of 64 and 65? Igbos have long been persecuted long before the Nzeogwu coup.

obailala:
You keep making these northerners sound like some form of gods... Inferiority complex and a defeatist attitude is all I read in your comments; and this is a problem faced by the entire south, believing and fearing the northerners as though they were gods of some sort whose decision is final.

Meanwhile your submission doesn't add up, you do not think it is possible to achieve regional rule, but you think it is possible to have outright secession?... The fact is that you are just obsessed with the idea of an exit cos your above assumptions are illogical.

For a secession to succeed, the SE absolutely needs the support of at least the SS and SW, but you and I know the SW and even majority of the SS isn't buying the whole secession idea. (if anyone thinks by any chance that the SS is actually interested in secession, I would simply advise such a person to travel and interact more). A desire which is common with the SS, SE and SW is the return of regionalism (or resource control as the SS would prefer to call it). I also do not doubt the desire of the middle-belt states (Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Plateau, Nassarawa) to return to regionalism also if they had the chance. If any form of restructure is to be achieved, the cooperation of more than one zone is needed, and the only way to get people to cooperate is to offer everyone something which is mutually desired (this concept shouldn't be difficult to understand). Since the SW, middle-belt and even the majority of the SS aren't down for secession, the logic of 'regionalism' being more achievable than secession shouldn't be difficult to understand.

Wake up and smell the coffee. Nigeria is the illegal creation of the White man. You cannot get legality out of illegality, that's why the very existence of Nigeria is a fraud. The only way to make Nigeria legal is to ask the indigenous ethic groups that Lugard stole their lands to create Nigeria, if they want to continue with the union or if they want leave, via referendum. Any other thing is a waste of time.

orisa37:
All we are saying is that the agitators for Biafra should cooperate with the likes of Ekweremadu of the SE, SW, SS, Domkat Balis Tribe in Plateau, Supporters of IBB, AA etc in Niger State, The Afonja, Saraki etc tribes people in Kwara, The civilized Tivs etc in Benue State and on, to get all their States Assemblies and their Representatives and Senators in the NASS to work fast and immediately to AMEND THE 1999 CONSTITUTION TO GRANT FULL AUTONOMY TO THE 36 STATES AND COLLAPSE NIGERIA INTO 6 TRADE ZONES.

And which National Assembly did Lord Lugard go to before he created Nigeria?

sarrki:
lolz . Wake up nothing like tribal war anymore our concern should be qualitative leader,Accountable leaders we need SW is not in struggle with any region cos God has favored her with

Lagos ........ seaport

OGUN ............. industrial hub

Oyo. ................ Arable land for farming

Osun................. Cultural heritage and Cocoa plantation

Ondo. ................ Bitumen, Crude oil and Cocoa plantation

Ekiti.................... Tourism

Above all Education for all

And yet, they can't do without 'one Nigeria'

HtwoOw:
Instead of letting this sink in my people from the yeast are blaming a new administration


Ojukwu should have taken that deal, the enmity today wouldn't exist

That's the worst mistake ever made in the history of Nigeria

Really? No enemnity would have existed? After 50,000 Igbos, men, women and children were killed in cold blood? It's not about Ojukwu taking the deal but more about Gowon keeping the one he signed with Ojukwu in Ghana.

Harrisee:
Nice one. Our problems have always been the fact that our leaders made wrong choices. I believe, had Aguiyi Ironsi executed the coupists, it would have gone a long way in pacifying the country. I weep whenever I remember that man, he was a martyr; but I learnt an important lesson from his story.

That is nonsense. There are many instances all over the world were it can take over a year to prosecute coup plotters. But Ironsi was killed within 6 months. Another thing about the coup was unlike most coups that happened in Nigeria, this one was againt a civilian regime. Someone like Nzeogwu had huge following in the Army, it would have been a tricky venture for Ironsi to have executed him. Even if Ironsi had executed the Coupist, it still wouldn't have pacified the North because they had already tagged the coup an 'Igbo coup'. If history has taught Nigerians anything, it is that the North are never happy when a Southerner becomes president and they start from day one to plot that persons removal

The esteemed Monarch never said anything about "don't defend your self if attacked" or "forget your sovereignty because Lugard nicknamed you Nigerian". The civil war was about Nigeria attacking the East, and rightly, we defended our selves.

hectorswag:
There was exchange of gunfire, it's not murder! They had it coming.

It does not matter if there was exchange of fire. If a suspect is captured, even after exchange of fire, executing that suspect is still murder.

Avert bloodshed? But it will only be the Nigerian Police and Army carrying guns, so who will doing the shooting and who should be averting bloodshed?

Bujumbura:
Restructuring of this country will eliminate most of the problems on ground

The North will never allow it so forget it.

DeleteNonsense:
I have spent time educating that idiat but he failed to learn, so I have no option than to allow him wallow in wilderness.

Don't worry about him. He is just another Yoruba man who is afraid of what his life will be like if Igbos go, and he is left at the mercy of Hausa/Fulani.

obailala:
The point is that, as hard as it may seem to achieve regionalism, achieving regionalism is far more easier and safer than having outright disintegration.

Furthermore, contrary to general beliefs about the core north holding the aces, the truth is that the only impediment to the return of regionalism is the foolishness of the southern blocks (especially the SW and SE) to unite and demand regionalism; even the middle-belt is tired of the domination of the core north and would swing with the south IF only the south can do the sensible thing.

Wrong! The North knows that there is little or no difference in eventual secession and Regionalism. Let's say Regionalism returned and the Igbos had their own region, how long do you think it will be before someone moves a motion of independence from Nigeria in the Igbo Regional parliament? Have we forgotten that the immidiate reason why Ojukwu declared was because Gowon abolished the Regions and created States? Divide and rule is how the Northerners maintain political control of Nigeria and they will never allow true federalism to take that away from them. So the only alternative is for the people to either accept the status quo or agitate to exit the Nigerian union.

Dolarman:
I don't really know what you people want from this same Government again. When the Rustlers were attacking farmers and killing innocent villagers, you wailers come here to blame Buhari and Brutai for their nepotism and non-challant attitude towards the attacks. Now the same non-challant Military are attacking the camps of the cattle rustlers, you are their in the comfort of your bedroom condemning their Gallant moves. Do you know how many people those Bandit had killed or rendered useless after stripping them of their hard earn money?

We expect the Government to follow the rule of law. These pictures show that some of these men were captured alive and killed. That is murder. Your Government should not be commiting murder

victorvezx:
Trash

Exactly what Lugard said when he was shooting your forefathers and raping your mothers in other to make them 'Nigerians'. Don't you feel proud to be his apostle? Of course you are! He named you after a River didn't he? You are his proud product right? Because you are a backward African who the White man decides his country for. You have a lot to be proud of

[quote author=Jbseraph post=49409791][/quote]Nigeria should not be practicing at all. Nigeria is the illegal creation of the White man. It should be dissolved so that the indigenous ethnic groups can decide for themselves how they want to be governed.

Very nice write up by IPOB leaders Barrister Emma Mmezu and Dr Iroanya. They said it all, and in the process, rubbished the 'one Nigeria' mantra of the clueless dullard of Daura. Self determination is a right, not a privilege. If the Daura of dullard thinks that us Igbos will eternally remain the slaves of the Othman Dan Fodio Caliphate of Nigeria, he will be thoroughly disappointed.

It is "Igbo" not "Ibo"! 100 years since Lord Lugard created Nigeria but some people can't spell a four letter word!

Genocide against Igbos in Nigeria is not a new thing. There have been wave after wave of it since 1945. In Enugu, I have personally witnessed many Igbos run for their lives back to East during a certain disturbance in Kaduna that claimed the lives of several Igbos. As much as some ethnic groups preach about the beauty of 'one Nigeria', Igbos are one ethnic group that have seen enough of their kind butchared to know that no such thing exists.

Flashh:
Anambra people commonly differentiate themselves from other Igbos, which I know.

I once asked an Anambra lady if she is from Imo; to my surprise, she reacted like calling her "Imo" is a curse. She said God forbid. I asked her why is she discriminating her fellow people? She couldn't give me an answer. So I decided not to prolong on it.

That shows Igbos don't love each other. They are the ones dividing themselves.

It could be that she or someone she knows had a bitter experience with a guy from Imo state, nothing more. What ethnic group loves themselves 100%?

Antivirus92:
when will this madness stop?
It's time igbo people accept that aside oshimili and aniocha people of delta state; a new ethnicity, "anioma",has been born to other igbo speaking people there.

Sorry Bro, there is nothing like 'new ethnicity' being born. You must call people by the ethnicity of their forefathers. Anioma is not an ethnic group but simply a geographical area

nextstep:
There is Anioma, and there is Igbo.
There is America, and there is England
There is Mexico, and there is Spain
There is Brazil, and there is Portugal.

Each pair are distinct, separate peoples, though they speak the same language.

You forgot to add in the above that the individual examples you gave are thousands of miles from each other. But in the case of Anioma and Igbos, it is just one big area with no distance between them.

It is quite funny that a person or people speak Igbo as their ancestral language and have Igbo surname and there will still be argument if they are Igbo or not. There is no ethnic group in Nigeria called Anioma or Delta Igbo. Igbo is Igbo.

Can I go and tell the Obi of Asaba, Professor Chike Edozien that he is not Igbo and he will not kill me? Can I go and tell the 'Eze Ogwashiuku' Professor Chukwuka Okonjo (Ngozi Okonjo-Iwealas father) that he is not Igbo and he won't throw me out of his Palace? Can I go and tell the Obi of Issele-Uku, Obi Henry Ezeagwuna that he is not Igbo and he won't curse me?

The Igbanke (Igbo Akiri) people of Edo state are ruled by Eze's and Ndichie's. It is even Igbanke that people might question their ethnicity but yet, many are proud Igbos and wish to join their Ika brethren in Delta state.

So people should stop this 'Delta-Igbo' thing. Delta is a foreign word that cannot be used to connote any ethnic group in Nigeria.

victorvezx:
Lol, dreamer, u better wake up from ur dream. No president, even in ur dream will ever divide his country. And for ur information, nobody cares about the Biafra stance on ur fight, we consider u people as a laughing stock, a complete joke. U will cry for Biafra from now till eternity, u will never see it, that is what I promise u. Delusional being.

And in the meantime, you will the citizen of a messed up country where nothing has ever worked. Say Hurray to your self for being a Nigerian.