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Since that Hopeathand guy was exposed as a Yoruba guy who grew up in Portharcourt, I don't take threads like this serious. Some people will do anything to drive a wedge between Ikwere and their Igbo brothers.

Buhari is a deluded man. All he is doing is 'money recovery'. I'm not saying that going after people who have embezzled public funds is a bad thing, but it is just a small part of fighting corruption. What about those that are currently embezzling funds now under Buhari? What has Buhari done to ensure accountability in all spheres of Government? What has he done to ensure that Local Government Chairmen don't pocket monthly allocations? That Governors don't steal? What is Buhari doing to see that "Egunje" still being extorted by the armed forces from Police to the Army becomes a thing of the past?As Buhari goes after funds looted in the past, the current office holders are busy looting away. Buhari is just a clueless dullard.

Deadlytruth:
That is at best a speculation. Until it is tried and the outcome is that way no one can confidently make any assertion as to what exactly the outcome will look like. Ekweremadu still remains in the best position to champion this course as long as the legal route is concerned. It would be a different thing if he has actually ever made an attempt and it did not succeed. At least he can do so for record purpose and posterity sake. It may not yield the desired result immediately but it will have set in unstoppable motion a very important watershed in the history of Nigeria and in the secession quest of Biafra.

What you wrote doesnt make sense. Ekweremadu is not going waste time and effort to sponsor a bill which he knows has not even the slightest chance of being passed by the National Assembly and neither will any legislator. None of them are interested in history making. Another thing is that any legislator who even attempts sponsoring a bill on referendum is most likely going to be branded a 'secessionist', and enemy of the state and will be hounded by the Government and Nigerian security agencies for the rest his life. Nigerian politics is not yet advanced enough for politicians to keep an open mind. There are only 3 ways a referendum can be conducted in a country like Nigeria:

1) If it is decided at a sovereign national conference or any national conference

2) If there is internal strife within Nigeria such as war, fighting, violence or killings on such a scale that all stake holders finally agree that we are better off apart than together

3) That Nigeria restructures into confederating or federating regions. An 'Igbo Region' will then have the autonomy to pass a referendum law in its own parliament which it can call up at any time.

There maybe a fourth option of a president using executive order to to order a referendum but this is most unlikely since no Nigerian president will probably do this and even if he does, the national assembly is likely to veto it.

Deadlytruth:
@63XR36, you don't ever argue your own points with facts and logic but with crocodile tears over being allegedly being held back in Zik's One Nigeria. If you are really sincere what exactly has been holding you back from asking your brother, Ekweremadu, to simply sponsor a bill for referendum with his power as DSP? Is it other tribes that have as well held Ekweremadu back from using his position to ask for a referendum or that your seeking of secession is mere lip service?

It would be be pointless for Ekweremadu or anyone else to sponsor a bill on a referendum because such a bill will not even make first reading. And even if it does, everone out of the SE/SS zone will gather to vote it out. It is pointless to bring a referendum bill out when it is guaranteed to fail

Nigeria's indivisibility? If Britain that created Nigeria can hold two referendums in two years, one for Scotland to leave Britain and another for Britain to leave the EU, then there is no such thing as an "indivisible Nigeria"

It is good that international writers are taking note of the oppressive Nigerian state, one of the few countries that claims to be great but shoots unarmed people who have contrary opinion.

My fellow Igbos have indeed suffered for the error that Lugard made of putting in the same country with Hausas and Yorubas.

Good that he got bail, he is being charged for a bailable offence anyway

Victorvexz:
My brother u can continue dreaming. After more than 50 years after independence, it is now u remember that Nigeria should seek permission from u before becoming a nation? U are sick up stairs. Well, the del has being done, u better start living with the reality that Nigeria is a nation recognized by the whole world, and Biafra is nothing, the world only recognize u as igbos and not Biafra. Till then, u can keep waiting for referendum and permission till Jesus come. But if u have the army, u can force Nigeria to war to claim ur Biafra.

Guy, save that story for the birds. Scotland has been with Britain for over 300 years. It did not stop them seeking independence and they had a referendum in 2014. They even announced 2 days ago that they are planning a second referendum. This is the same Britain that made you a Nigerian. If they can hold referendums on independence then who are you to say you can't? Nations are settling disputes with referendum but as the backward African you are, you are still shouting 'one Nigeria' and looking for war with people who don't want to be with you.

Where are their bombs? Are you sure that they didn't just waste the lives of two innocent Young men?

kropotkin2:
Nigeria is alot more than just an 'enforced British arrangement', it is our country and our constitution does not recognize any nonsense referendum

Nigeria is not your country. It is not my country either. Lord Lugard cannot come from Europe to give you your country. If you want a country, you must seek the permission of the indigenous people of the land. Even before you get married, you must ask the woman's hand in marriage. But if you go and grab someone and say you are married, expect trouble.

ever811:
Mr sunny okereafo u are wrong to mention hypocrisy here..there is a big difference between session from a country and separation from an organization.. so don't take ur frustration to Britain. but if u want to protest u can do it for a good reason.

Shameless people who are running around looking for the Igbo man they will do 'one Nigeria' with

kropotkin2:
Any attempt to undermine the territorial integrity of the Nigerian state as it is currently constituted will not be taken lightly. IPOB is an illegal secessionist group, wherever it raises its head, we will always support a government crackdown to chop it off. Nigeria's unity is non-negotiable

Territorial intergrity? You mean the territory that a land grabbing British criminal called Lord Frederick Lugard put together by coming to west Africa to shoot and kill people? Nigeria has no territorial intergrity. If you want territorial intergrity, ask for it via a referendum. Until then, the Nigeria you see is just an 'enforced British arrangement'.

asorocker:
this is my biggest problems with muslims in nigeria , why must they insist on living in the same country with infidels

Because the 'infidels' have Oil and Seaport

matrixme:
I just laugh in derision whenever I hear igbo youths advocating for Biafra. As a westerner residing in a core igbo state, I see reasons why your tribesmen must always seek refuge anywhere on earth but home.
The igbo people cannot live in peace with themselves. If they don't fight for land, they will fight for superiority. There just must be an issue to fight for if not those. Just few days ago, I was beaten up by some youths because I passed the front of their house without greeting them. This one is small compared to what I keep experiencing daily in this Eastern state. I keep hearing gunshots, hear of murders and kidnappings and so on.
I'll advise you to stay in the comfort of Lagos and use your Internet to advocate for better causes like overfishing or the plight of the big cats. You are not going to be able to live well with yourself if you form your country!

You laugh in derision? People are calling for their independence and you are laughing in derision? You westerners are something else. You people have no sense of self determination but you scorn at people who do. How come you people cannot think outside "one Nigeria"? Pitiful

Anyone who calls himself a 'proud Nigerian' is just a proud slave.

Nellybii:
The situation is completely different here. Scotland was part of GBR voluntarily and with the clause to leave whenever they wish.Scotland fought to be Independent from England. So what are you talking about. There is no such agreement here. IPOB are part of Nigeria in our constitution. The whole country has to agree before any amendment in the constitution. Two thirds of two thirds of all state houses of assembly have to agree to this. Any normal person will understand this.

Sorry but it doesn't work like that. As you said, Scotland became part of Great Britain in 1707 when they signed a treaty to unite their kingdoms. But in the case of Nigeria, none of the ethnic nationalities signed any agreement to be part of Nigeria. They were all forced into it by the British. Therefore, Nigeria was created by an act of illegality. This renders any constitution illegal. It is sheer stupidity to say that Yorubas or Hausas or any other ethnic group have the right to vote if Igbos leave Nigeria or not because Igbos never formally agreed to be part of Nigeria in first place. You can't claim to be married when you never had a wedding.

wirinet:
So because you have sprinkles of Igbos in Benue, the whole state must have a referendum? The Tivs, Idomas, Igedes, Etulos, Nyifons, Afias and Abakwas must be forced into a referendum? You guys are annoyingly arrogant. The Scottish referendum was only for one people - The Scottish people, the Scottish did not drag, the Welsh and the Irish into their referendum. So it is annoying when the igbos wants to forcefully drag other tribes into their dream state.

What I meant is the Igbos in the Lower Benue, or specifically, the 300 or so so clans that make up the Umu-Ezeokoha Igbos of the lower Benue. Those tribes you mentioned, we have nothing to do with them. So don't worry, nobody is forcing anyone into anything.

Rarely in history does one come across a hypocrite on the level of Buhari

Ocha Brigade? I used to like Obiano. When I found that he doesn't care about unarmed people being shot in his state, I knew the man was useless.

chilan:
UK conducted a referendum for itself to determine whether to leave the European Union or not. The referendum was not conducted by the European union. Why can't the so-called Biafran apologists conduct a referendum for itself to leave Nigeria instead of calling on the Federal Government of Nigeria to conduct a referendum for them?

Nobody is asking the Nigerian Government to conduct a referendum for us, what we are asking is that the Government should agree that a referendum be held. The reason for this is to avoid violent confrontation

Nellybii:
The voting will involve the entire country.
So the idea is DOA(dead on arrival )

When Scotland held a referendum to leave Great Britain, the referendum was only in Scotland. If a referendum is is held about Biafra, it will only be held in the states where Igbos indigenous to and that is SS/SE and Benue.

Ayus34:
Please this thread is only meant for reasonable human being,not one with cassava brain!
thanks for ur understanding.

This thread should be about the truth. The truth is that if there is ethnic group who are not interested in "one Nigeria", then Nigeria has no business being with that ethnic group.

JimiOgunlola:
I don't know why yoruba people carry Biafra matter for head like Agbo. Will you die if Ibos have a different country?

Of course they will die. It is when Igbos leave that Hausa/Fulani will use specialised 'Koboko' on them.

I thought he said he was going to "crush" them? Hausa/Fulani and their Yoruba 'houseboys' think that Nigeria is their personal garage. We shall see

Ayus34:
I have read several news forecasting a negative economy future for Nigeria, but my goodnews is that the nation will survive with or without Britain if we can begin to do the right things and act the right way ....but most importantly the mindset of Nigerians must be positive.
The steps forward
Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa and also the most populous nation in the black world,so diversification of the nations economy is now a must for us as a nation,where agriculture will play a pivotal role,and our ways of practicing agriculture must be improved on,especially in the areas of adding value and packaging,this will definitely create room for small scale industries that will be agro based,producing the foods to feed our huge population,also for foreign exchange and the fact is that,if we produced a top quality products to tge market,even with or without UK,other countries will definitely buy.

Good relationship can easily be a strong point to give us an international market edge
So i will suggest that our ministry of foreign affairs should be reshuffle,build more good relationship with any countries of the world that is ready to be part of Nigeria success and forget the phobia of what the west may say,we need development, we need to build both human capacity and also industrial base capacity, good relationship can give us a good market leverage,so Nigeria interest should be a top priority,with this we are good to go.

Solidify Nigeria unity and let there be love among us all: I sometimes clamour about the division of nigeria as a nation due to some annoying behaviours from people of different tribe,but the truth is that we are all guilty of nigeria problem,everytribe contributed to the today's problem.... So blaming others for our woes is pure hypocrisy,infact most people that fall into this sorry category dont have solution to their personal problem,so why listening to their public lamentation about d country at first,the world changers are not problem analyzers but solution provider.....so i strongly believe there is unity in our diversity,so my suggestion is that our leaders should give a listening hear to every public outcry from all tribes with love,and provide realistic solutions to most of the agitations,because we can easily achieve alot and be heard internationally with our over 200million population intact,this will give us more pride and market leverage ahead of crude oil......so protecting our population is securing the nations fortune.

Patriotism
Patriosm is the key,every country needs its people ,the way the people needs the country,let us believe in our nation,the greatness of our coutry is our pride!!!

Develop other sectors
I have traveled far and wide in this country,especially on a agric business mission and this has opened my eyes to other opportunities like solid minerals,if our leaders can open opportunities in different regions,i strongly believe our economy will be at is peak!

PEACE
For any society to witness development,there must be peace,so enough of terrorism and vandalism... We must jealously guide our peace.


THIS ARE MY HUMBLE SOLUTIONS FOR A GREATER NIGERIA!!!

This long rant of yours and you don't even know you don't have a country. Nigeria is just a creation of the whiteman. If you want a country, you must seek the consent of the various ethnic nationalities. You can't have a marriage without a wedding, You can't have a house with no land.


A referendum is a must! Everyone should decide their destiny and not the destiny Lord LUGARD decided for us!

The truth!

otokx:
Shey Biafra does not include Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River?

Of course a referendum should be held. Referendum is a democratic instrument and people have a right to decide their destiny.

Biafra is based on ethnic groups, not States. That's why a referendum is good, any ethnic group that does not like Biafra can vote not to be part of it. There are about 40 ethnic groups that are in the proposed Biafra, Igbos are just one of them. The rest such as Itsekiri, Ijaw, Ibibio, Efik, Ogoja, Ogoni, Anang, Oron, Ogoni, Isoko etc can all vote not to be part of it. But there something very important for the minorities to bear in mind. The minorities must realise that the choice they face in a referendum is to stay with the Hausa and Yorubas or leave with Igbos and that when a referendum comes, there will probably never be another one again forever. Referendums come once in a lifetime in Africa and I know for a fact that any minority that votes to stay in Nigeria will never be let go by Hausas and Yorubas. It is only because Igbos are a majority that a referendum is even possible. So when a referendum comes on Biafra, it will be their last chance to ever get out of Nigeria. Let them not say they were not warned!

Nigeria is the divisive agent amongst Igbos. I believe that is Igbos will be far more united, far more progressive and a lot patriotic if we exit Nigeria. The Igbo man cannot reach his full potential while he is in Nigeria battling the whims and carprices of the Yorubas and Hausas. We should be on our own and adminiter ourselves. We should exit the mad house of Lugard called Nigeria where nothing ever moves foward. I truly believe that when Igbos have their own country and become self governing, the Sky will be the limit, but not while we are in Nigeria dragging foot with Hausas and Yorubas.

PentiumPro:
Meaning you have resigned your destiny only to come to NL to fume and insult people? Ok.

No one is resigning anything. Nigeria splitting up is just a matter of time. And it may surprise you that Nigeria splitting up will not be over Biafra. It will be over Buhari.

koboko69:
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This should ratther serve as a pointer to u, Ugandans and ur dilector that its not by calling Nigeria a zoo, on setting up treasonable radio stations, or hanging broadcasting instruments illegally on communication masts, or by instigating hate, insulting the serving president and other tribes, or calling Nigeria a Zoo. Those that voted didn't call EU a Zoo, neither did they set up broadcast stations to preach hate. Be sensible for once

Oh I see! You are angry that they are calling Nigeria a zoo, insulting other tribes, setting up treasonable radio stations and instigating hate because they want to create Biafra?

Really?

You won't even be happy that they are doing this? When Lord Lugard was creating Nigeria, he was not even as kind as this. He just brought guns, shot your ancestors, raped the women and took their lands. You should even be congratulating IPOB for seeking Biafra in a far better way than the way Lord Lugard made you a Nigerian.