₦airaland Forum

t i[quote]s important to point out that most Nigerians were against the war and abhorred the senseless violence that ensued. The wartime cabinet of General Gowon, the military ruler, it should also be remembered, was full of intellectuals like Chief Obafemi Awolowo among others who came up with a boatload of infamous and regrettable policies. A statement credited to Awolowo and echoed by his cohorts is the most callous and unfortunate: all is fair in war, and starvation is one of the weapons of war. I don't see why we should feed our enemies fat in order for them to fight harder.It is my impression that Awolowo was driven by an overriding ambition for power, for himself and for his Yoruba people. There is, on the surface at least, nothing wrong with those aspirations. However, Awolowo saw the dominant Igbos at the time as the obstacles to that goal, and when the opportunity arose – the Nigeria-Biafra war – his ambition drove him into a frenzy to go to every length to achieve his dreams. In the Biafran case it meant hatching up a diabolical policy to reduce the numbers of his enemies significantly through starvation — eliminating over two million people, mainly members of future generations.[/quo

by namfav(m): 7:40am
what does sharia have anything to do with herdsmen being murdered in cold blood and are persecuted by the public when they defend themselves? what laws do you have wherever you reside, which do not allow someone from walking on nigeria soil?

Ileke-IdI:
Keep kidding yourself about being a MB lol
When you're tired, you'll rest your idi.

by Obiagu1(m): 5:55am
Well, I don't know if that will mean changing our ways to accommodate them thereby reinforcing their born to rule mentality. It's a very difficult situation, whether we accept it or not, if not tackled with compromise made here and there, it'll even get worse. Changing their way of life overnight seems unattainable to me because it's their culture; they will only change their nomadic life with time.

by Obiagu1(m): 5:29am
You raised a serious point about molestation. That is bound to happen, for sure.
My opinion is that if our police is doing their job, working with Fulani tribal leaders, such offenders will be prosecuted. If the people are confident such offenders must be brought to book, they may not take the law into their hands, however, this is Nigeria and Nigerian Police is Nigeria Police.
It still all comes down to government's inaction.

Have you asked why the boko haram that has muslim in Lagos, kwara and other south western states or even in the creeks of the south southern region have not come to throw bombs in the churches in those areas? In my opinion, the northern region is where they need to do the cleansing. Because that is their territory, so why struggle it with them? In my personal capacity, I will stand by the opinions of the Senate President David Mark and his Deputy Ike, let's federalize Nigeria.

you don't respect your so called land, how do you want anyone to respect it? so killing herdsmen and cattle of herdsmen will solve the problem, use your own brain, it will only make things very worse, your lands don't have laws don't lie to me, the law which is national is that everyone has freedom to move freely within the borders of the country, ibos go to the north to make a living for themselves, what the herdsmen are doing is exactly similar to what ibos are doing in the north, trying to make a living

by namfav(m): 2:29pm
many a times the farmers are the ones who attack first by killing cattle or attacking herdsmen in the pre text of protecting there land, in the past we've heard of agreements between herdsmen and hosts that have actually worked in many areas