₦airaland Forum

betterABIAstate:
Make the system work in such a way that

1. Aba will be the port and industrial capital

2. Enugu will be the administrative/mining capital

3. Ontisha will be the commercial capital

4. Owerri will be the tourism capital

5. Abakaliki will be the agricultural capital.

Connect these places with roads and railway facilities. Leave the rest for us

You can only get the above if you are practicing true federalism under a regional structure. It is then you can have the powers to make your own laws, control your resouces and govern your self. But as long as Nigeria is in this unitary system that has made Abuja all powerful, forget it.

obailala:
Where was his senator, his governor and other igbo leaders and elite when this was happening to him?

That's the wrong question. Why should there still be tribalism and victimisation in the Nigerian Police force? If the senators and leaders should be rushing to save their own all the time, then what are we doing as 'one Nigeria'? We

Look at how was machete was used on my fellow Igbo! Later one ediot will be asking why Igbos won't accept the beauty of 'one Nigeria'

obailala:
Bro, Chinakwe's tribe or his decision to be termed Deltan or Anioma instead of Igbo doesn't really have any bearing on this case.

What do you mean it has no bearing on the case? That's what the whole case is about! This man Joe Chinakwe has an Igbo surname and speaks Igbo as his ancestral language and he calls himself 'Deltan' and 'Anioma'. There is no tribe called Delta or Anioma in Nigeria. Had this man had the surname 'Abubakar', would there be no case today. The Hausa/Fulani community would have been more diplomatic and asked Joe why he wrote Buhari on the Dog. But because Joe Chinakwe is an Igbo man, he was victimised by both the Police and his accusers.

mikolo80:
and lost. We simply used our words and they fall in line, works everytime

Better to have fought and lost than to embrace cowardice out of fear of losing.

RoyalMail:
Lord have mercy...



lalasticlala

What are you exclaiming for? You people said you want 'one Nigeria' with Fulanis don't you? So why are you not ready to accept Fulani attacks as well?

You said you must share your House with Scopions but you lament every time you get stung.

All hail 'one Nigeria'!

Hamakude:
A faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has broken out of the main group and is set to burn the sacred Biafran flag come October 1, 2016. In what was termed as an 'inflexible and defeatist position of IPOB led by Nnamdi Kanu', who is currently in Kuje prison, a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), identified as The Re-branded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIOPOB), has broken out of the main group.

Chima Phillip Effiong Osuji, who is the spokesperson of the splinter group, said the decision to break away, was taken at an emergency meeting convened by some disaffected members of IPOB on Monday, August 22, 2016 in Aba, Abia state.

http://www.gisturb.com/2016/08/is-biafran-breaking-apart.html

Why did you start a stupid thread like this? Can't you use your head? What kind of Biafran group sings the Nigerian national Anthem and burns the Biafran flag? How can IPOB be splitting up in Nigeria when it's entire leadership is based abroad?

evilapc:
The truth is always straightforward. ..southern Nigerians have been conditioned as slaves to the core northern Nigerians

Not us Igbos! We fought a war against them to prove it. If you are looking for the ones that have been conditioned to be slaves, look westward.

Umu Biafra! Ndi Chukwu goziri agozi! Ndi Chukwu Okike ga zoputa n'aka obodo Ekwensu bu Nigeria!

babyfaceafrica:
Ipod will be sad

Not really. Unlike Nigeria, what IPOB wants is not 'by force'. All IPOB has ever asked is that the will of the various ethnic nationalities be done. So if Ijaws are comfortable elsewhere, they are welcome to carry on.

Godwin616:
Interestingly you have an igbo man in Ekweremadu as a senate leader yet you people cannot use that opportunity to present your case by following a due process. No one will take this agitation serious because there is no eminent igbo leader speaking in support of this agitation. Where are the likes of Emeka Anyanoku,pius anyim, adolphus nwabara etc, even the traditional rulers are not talking. The agitation appears to be a youth movement stuff. If indeed Ndi igbos really need the seccession, I think the approach should change.

It's not about the elite or about crooked politicians. It is about the sovereign will of a people and also the fact that the British colonial creation called Nigeria expired on 31st December 2013.

Funny story. The leadership of IPOB is based abroad but it is splitting up in Nigeria? I feel like laughing. The funniest part of this Lagos/Ibadan media concoction is the claim that the breakaway group wants to burn the Biafran flag, sing the national Anthem then unvail a new Biafran flag How can anyone be singing the national Anthem and unvaiing a new Biafran flag

The Lagos/Ibadan expressway media think we are all fools.

President99:
U've tactically dodged a simple question I asked! Ojukwu feared death and therefore had an option of exiling. Did he provide escape route for the masses he endangered their lives?
Ojukwu should have stayed to die in the war front to become a true HERO; If he had done he would have silenced people who r now seeing hom as a coward.
Biafra was never declared with overwhelming consent of Ogonis, yes! read kensro wiwa's article titled Awo and the creation of states and not jst ogonis buy the entirety of Niger delta.

Your problem is that you don't know anything about military training or the rules of war. Let me educate you. Soldiers are not trained to be martyrs. Every Soldier is taught that in a situation where things have become hopeless, rather than wait to be captured or killed, they should find an escape route. That is were the doctrine of 'live to fight another day' comes in. Ojukwu followed his military training and left at the end of the war. I'm glad he did, he denied you Nigerians the satisfaction of parading his dead body for the propaganda of 'one Nigeria' and he later returned to a heroes welcome by his people. Ojukwu was not looking for the respect of Nigerians, he was looking for the respect of his people and he got it. So if Nigerians were hoping that he would stick around to be killed so that he won't be called a coward, then they are crazy. You people would have called Ojukwu worse than coward if he had stayed back and died. Neither Ojukwu nor his people care about your respect.

As for the civilians who died, it was Nigeria that killed them by not following the rules of war. The civilian populace was targeted with starvation, which is a war crime. Soldiers know that in armed conflict, the civilian populace should be left alone as much as possible, which means allowing food, aid and medicine into affected areas, even at the risk of the enemy Army acquiring some of it. By not following the rules of war, Nigeria commited mass murder.

I don't know what you mean by Ojukwu seeking consent of Ogonis. Ojukwus sought mandate from all the traditional rulers and representative of of the 20 provinces of the old Eastern region and the gave him the mandate to declare Biafra.

Unlike Nigeria that was created with no mandate or consent of anyone.

krazykoons:
when the said persons goes about stoking the embers of hate against your people.
yessiir I do have a right.

The embers of hate were there long before Kanu. You think was out of love that 50,000 were slaughtered in 1966 and 3 million killed 67-70?

krazykoons:
what exactly are you guys doing except for cursing and insulting other tribes or people that holds a different view.

The only time you have a right to hold a view on another persons right of self determination is if that person is your Siamese twin.

Victorvexz:
The leadership of Ipob is currently in Kuje prison Abuja, eating watery beans daily.

Do you know what Awolowo, Buhari, Mandela, Obasunjo all have in common? At some point, they were all in jail eating watery beans for the same charges as Kanu. But they all later bounced back and are now eating well. It's Kanus time too to eat watery beans, but when he bounces back, it will be on a whole new level.


How anybody can see that this news is fake is where the said they will burn the Biafra flag, recite the Nigerian anthem then unvail a new Biafra flag. How can someone be singing the national anthem and be unvailing a new Biafra flag? Fake news from the Lagos/Ibadan gutter media.

omenka:
Shouldn't that be a source of worry for you people

Of course not. They can do more in developed countries than they can in a backward third power hellhole like Nigeria.

This is the most fake news I have ever heard in my life. There seems to be a trend of people claiming that groups have split. First it was 'reformed Niger Delta Avengers', now it is Tripob. I laugh in Igbo. The leadership of IPOB is not even based in Nigeria so anyone splitting in Nigeria only knows what they are splitting from.

AlphaPegasi:
before lord lugard came to nigeria that whole igbo region belonged to benin empire. you igbos relocated there from cameroon. you are from cameroon, go back home to cameroon .

Come on, let's be practical here. You are proud to answer the name of a River the White man gave you right? Imagine how proud you would feel if an African renamed you?

Look, there is a River in my village called "mmiri- ndida" ('River by sloap' in Igbo). I think I should name you after this River. How about 'Mirinda''? or maybe 'Miranda'? Although that is a girls name. Infact I will give you the choice Lugard never gave you by letting you choose between Mirinda (a former soft drink) and Miranda (Girls name).

Just imagine all the embarrassment you will save your self when you tell people that your 'River name' was chosen by a fellow African rather than a white stranger?

So which is it? Mirinda or Miranda?

AlphaPegasi:
igbos, i will say this once and i will not repeat myself, if you want biafra you need to move out of the nigerian landmass and go and look for another land to colonize. this landmass called nigeria is already colonized and conquered by nigeria. go and look for your own land mass. and then you can call yourself biafrans there. but so long as you remain on this land mass called nigeria ? we expect you to conform to the nigerian way of life or you will be thrown in jail like nnamdi kunu. i hope i am making myself very clear

Oh you mean the area that was conquered and named after a stupid River by Lugard? Didn't anybody tell you that Lugard has gone back to Britain? So what are you still doing here? As a follower of Lord Lugard, you have to follow him to Britain

Abiola was a victim of Northern hegemony, as was Ironsi, Awolowo, Shonekan etc. Whenever a Southerner positions himself to sit, or is already sitting in statehouse, the Northerners start scheming on how to undermine and get that person out. The only Southerner who managed to hang in there was OBJ and that was because he already proved his talents as a professional 'Northern a$$licker' as head of state in the 70's.

Abiola paid the price for pursuing his mandate against the North. He was arrested, detained and just when he thought he was about to get his freedom after the death of Abacha, they killed him. One thing I never understood though was why the Yorubas still went into political alliance with North even after they killed Abiola.

braden107:
This forum is just a joke .the country is shiit anyway. You guys keep creating silly threads . Igbos should be grateful for free oil money . Igbos have nothing . Below is an ethnic map of Nigeria. Do not trespass and include other regions on your igbo Biafra map or face repercussions .Do not include the Akwa cross on your map. Akwa cross is by far better than Igbo . Akwa cross has greater potentials . abundant natural resources. The longest beach .deepest natural seaport. greenery and nature. marine life, food,etc.beautiful and intelligent people . Oronians are industrious .Oronians are brave warriors and fighters . Do not include the Akwa cross on your map and get ready to be mass deported once shiit hits the fan.

What good has the Oil done for Nigeria? Other countries that don't have a drop of Oil have moved past Nigeria. The Oil you are talking about in plentiful in Igboland from Aniocha/Oshimili to Ohaji/Egbema to Otuocha to Ukwa East, Oil is being drilled there. As for Akwa-Cross, huge potentials that have come to mean nothing in Nigeria.

President99:
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Was Ojukwu daydreaming or liveth in spce? didn't he know the consequence of seceding in a third world country? was he expecting Nigeria govt to watch on as he declared biafra?
U dont endanger people's lives cox of ur caprice n whims!
If ojukwu had no option of running away, he would not have declared biafra. He feared death n exiled leaving behind masses whom his ego n over ambutious brought untold hardship to.

The consequences of secession are many, wether third world or 1st world. A government can choose several peaceful options such renegotiation, reintegration or referendum. The Nigerian Government chose war. It was the Nigerian Government that endangered the lives of people and killed them. It is also important to note that the Government of Gowon caused the war by breaking the Aburi agreement.

Another way to look at is, was Ojukwu justified in declaring Biafra? If you say no, then Lord Lugard was not justified in declaring Nigeria either. Nigeria as a country came from Lugard and not the indigenous people of the land. Therefore, Ojukwu as an indigenous born Igbo man was even more justified in declaring his people Biafra than the White stranger called Lugard was in declararing us all Nigerians. You cannot say Ojukwu was wrong and Lugard was right. We Igbos see Ojukwu as a freedom fighter who fought a war of liberation to free us from the colonian symbol of oppression called Nigeria. We may not have won, but the attempt at freedom far outweighs the loss. Freedom is not cheap, it can cost millions of lives. So we Igbos have no ill feelings towards Ojukwu, he did the right thing and we are proud of him. It is you Nigerians that are pained. Even up till now, you Nigerians have to use the same brute force to keep Nigeria together as Lugard did force our fore-fathers together which shows you people don't really have any country worth the paper it is written on. Freedom is one of the few things in life worth fighting and dying for and we Igbos are not cowards not to fight for it.

Since 1970 to date, the country that Nigeria came to kill millions in the East to keep together has progressed an inch and this again vindicates Ojukwu. Ojukwu must be laughing in his grave.

One thing is certain. Obasunjo ran a highly corrupt regime. GEJ's regime was also highly corrupt, the only difference was that because GEJ was not Yoruba, the Yorubas suddenly discovered their tongue for criticism which had mysteriously disappeard during the corrupt regime of OBJ their brother

President99:
I meant his wives or children. the way many innocent-civilian igbos lost their lives due to starvation and consequence of ill prepared secessionism approach in a third world. why did he run leaving biafra's civilians at the mercy of fierce nigerian troop? everybody could have run , if they had got the same opportuonity like ojukwu. The truth is always bitter but Ojukwu had two options in his mind, either he succeed or exile! what were the options he got for the innocent people?

Funnily enough, you still don't realise that it was Nigeria that came down to the East ,where people were enjoying their new found freedom, to kill over 3 million. The brain of the average Nigerian works in mysterious ways. Nigeria came and killed millions, you blame it on Ojukwu who was minding his own business in the East. Wonders shall never end.

The hypocrisy is just too much. The Northerners claim that they killed Ironsi because he centralised Government and because he didn't purnish Nzeogwu and co within 6 months.

But when Ojukwu now decentralised Government at Aburi, they were not happy. They later 're-centralised' it under Gowon even more than Ironsi did. Everyone who followed Nzeogwu to conduct the first coup who were still alive at the end of the war were purnished with jail time. But all those involved in the counter-coup that even killed more people were all honoured and promoted. Some of them like Murtala, IBB, Abacha and Buhari went on to become heads of state. Even TY Danjuma who killed Ironsi is still relevant today.

Neoguru3:
Afonja, I have one question for you, who broke the Aburi Accord?

That is the question no Yoruba man can answer because to answer it would be to admit that Gowon and his Northern goons caused the civil war

I cringe each time I read people saying Jonathan is a gentleman, a true Democrat blah blah.

seriously is he?

This guy tried all the anti-democratic gigs in the book. The only thing that worked against him is the will of the people. nothing can defeat that.

Will a true Democrat run his campaign based on personal jabs , ethnic and religious beefing? we were all told that buhari will turn Nigeria to Islam....

will a true democrat carry out the kind of military intimidation that we witnessed in places like IMO, rivers?

How can you tell me that he is a true Democrats when he sent his aide to disturb a live Democratic process? If not for jegas maturity, the collation would have been canceled.


remember the opposition to card reader? massive bribing, voter intimidation,

remember the massive rigging in rivers and Delta state. I served as an APO in Delta state. not up to 40% of voters were accredited. How the he'll did they come up with the over 70% number? even Kano couldn't boast of that.

Remember the PDP consensus candidacy? remember ekiti legislators. remember rivers legislators.


Jonathan would go down in history as one of the most corrupt and undemocratic Nigerian president ever.

Please stop feeding us lies Co's we Don't forget easily.

shachris

Let me put it this way. GEJ is one of only two incumbent presidents in the history of Africa who lost elections and peacefuly handed over to his opponent. The only other person who did this was Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia. If that doesn't make GEJ a democrat, I don't know what will. Had GEJ wanted to stay in power, he could have easily done that by appointing an INEC chairman who would rig elections. Even after losing elections, he could have challenged the outcome in court.

I don't know us if Igbos are a blessing to Nigeria or not but I know that Nigeria has been a curse to Igbos. Igbos have suffered for being roped into Lord Lugards phantom country, and we lost millions of souls for this.

In the name of this Nigeria, someone will tell the Igbos to be proud of being named after a stupid River by the White man.

In the name of Nigeria, someone will tell me as an Igbo man that Abuja is more of my fatherland than Enugu or Owerri.

In the name of Nigeria, someone will tell an over 45 million strong Igbo nation that they have no right to decide their destiny and fate because it has already been decided by Lord Lugard almighty.

In the name of Nigeria, a Hausa or Yoruba man will claim to be 'one' with Igbos even though the Igbos didn't even know about the existence of these two tribes 150 years ago.

Well, we look to the future with optimism because history has taught us all that no charade, deciet or falsehood lasts forever. Someday, the Igbo nation will exhale again.

mekaboy:
The elections are over and the battle of who made the right choice with their votes continue.While some blame the past administration for the current situation, others blame the current government.

However, besides inflation and unemployment growing at a high rate, I am more worried about our freedom.

A pastors wife was killed up north and it was condemned and nothing happened.

Another lady evangelist was killed nothing happened.

A group of Muslim youths destroyed a church because they worshiped on Friday, I don't recall any of them charged to court yet.

A young man was beaten to pulp and 8 people killed for blasphemy, I don't recall any of the perpetrators charged to court.

Herdsmen have killed hundreds if not thousands and I have not seen any of them in court.

Someone then names a dog buhari, both the police and judiciary begin to respond rapidly.

Bloggers arrested and detained.

This is no longer about political party affiliation, if we continue to tolerate this,it will grow to something we can't control as a nation.

Bokoharam did not fall from the sky, the northerners tolerated it and it has outgrown them.

If we don't put our political differences aside and put an end to this madness, it will soon become uncontrollable.

Are you still new to Nigerian history? The killings up North have been a long running thing. The Kano massacre of 1945, the Jos riots of 1953 and the genocide of 1966 were 50,000 were slaughtered.

There is a good reason why Ojukwu fought to get his people out of Nigeria and away from these people, he didn't do it for the fun of it.

The killings up North will never stop, it will only get worse, it is part of pledging allegiance to 'One Nigeria'.