₦airaland Forum

Adiola:
we told the world that the army invaded our leader's house but the shameless army denied it ...please what in Pete's name are the doing there .they broke into his house catering away properties e.g seats,TV sets,cars e.t.c and in case they want to deny it this time we have visual proof .please pass across

yanshDoctor:
IPOB - ipob has set a date to vote out but the said date has not yet be made public. we will go ahead with the referendum ipob says...

more information coming soon.

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Afam4eva:
This is in direct response to the assertion by an Igbo man and Lagos lawmaker, Mr Jude Idimogu where he posted that It is too late for the Igbos too pull out of Nigeria. You can find the article here https://www.nairaland.com/4074609/jude-idimogu-too-late-igbo

Before i make my point, it's imperative that i make it known that i'm neither for the breakup of Nigeria nor necessarily for One Nigeria. I think at this moment, i'll swing to wherever the pendulum takes me. I'm saying this because a lot of trolls will leave my message and start casting aspersions on my character. Not that i care anyways.

Now, i have nothing against the distinguished senator (I assume that he is), neither i'm i at variance with the nitty-gritty of his point of view. M only grouse is that he's using those views to make a very general statement about the well being or well without of the Igbo people.

Yes, it is true that Igbos are scattered all over Nigeria, probably more than any other ethnic group. It's also not surprising that Igbos have the largest investments of any group outside it's transient natural habitat. That is why people like the lawmaker can rise to become a lawmaker in a cosmopolitan state like Lagos.

Having said all this, i think it's important that people separate the call for secession or self determination by a lot of Igbos from the economic, social or even political life of Igbos in any part of the world. People have gone ahead to give very absurd reasons why Igbos cannot have a country of the own and i will attempt to state and squash some of this tomfoolery.

Igbos are not united
This music has definitely been released since after independence. It is a song that non Igbo Nigerians have sang to the point that even some Igbos have started enjoying the tune and they join in the folly of hasty lack of common sense and reality. Igbos are not united but rightly or wrongly, they came together to fight the federal government from 1967 to 1970. We hate each other but even after all the destruction in Igboland and lack of federal help, we still managed to pick ourselves up and cleaned our cities to what it is now. It may not be the best out there, nut it's impressive for people who had to start from ground zero.

Even if this assertion of Igbos not being united were true, i don't think it's the business of anybody whether we're going to kill each other in Biafra or not. It's our decision and we don't need the input of anyone that isn't going to be part of the supposed country.

Igbos are spread all over Nigeria
This is another laughable rhetoric that we hear all the time. So, what if there are 20 million Igbos outside Igboland? Arent there Igbos in Ghana, Benin, Togo, China, Malaysia, Brasil, the US and UK? Is there really a need for all Igbos to be in Igboland? Even if they are forced back after the separation, what baring does that have on the topic of discourse.

Igbos own businesses throughout Nigeria
Igbos also own businesses in the countries i mentioned in the previous point. Don't Ghanians own businesses in Nigeria and vice versa? I think this statement is usually more of a threat than a show of concern. What a lot of people who make these statements are saying is that "If you get Biafra, forget about all your properties in Nigeria". This won't be news to a lot of Igbos who experienced the civil war.

Igboland is too small to contain Igbos
This one just made me chuckle just a little bit. It's funny that a state like Lagos contains about 20 million people despite being the smallest in the country but these same people think that a region that is probably 7 times the size of lagos will not contain, at most 50 million people.

Where will people married to Igbos fit in
I think this is the most silly of them all. Anybody who is married to an Igbo person or is an Igbo person married to a non Igbo Nigeria and asks this kind of question, that person should never have gotten married in the first place. While some people marry for love, others want us to believe that they married for other senseless reasons such as the guaranty that they and their spouse will be from the same country.

Having said all this, i think i have to point out that everyone has the right to their opinions just like i have the right to my opinion about their opinions if i find any of them in bad taste.

God Bless Nigeria

Bayajidda1:
That is why we, the Izon people, have always opposed the idea of having them as part of Biafra.
The same Benue/Kogi people joined the Nigerian expedition against Biafra in the 70s.
The same Benue/Kogi boasts of individuals like Paul Unongo, David Mark and others too numerous to mention, who have been antagonistic to the Biafran cause.
If the Igbo Biafrans continue to include the Benue/Kogi people in the Biafran map, as can be seen below, then I'm afraid the Izon will have no other option than to go our separate ways.

TonyeBarcanista:
IPOB is a terrorist organisation that needs the full weight of the military

sarrki:
You can't fight a constituted authority with radio Biafra

And going to one fake shrine

He killed the gullible followers

queennsekxy:
our mumu don do

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NgeneUkwenu:
Where are the Biafran Secret Service Members On Nairaland....Your attentions are needed on this thread

kingxsamz:
and so?...
should I na start frying buns at the junction?

OjukwuWarBird:
I never knew that Buhari is so scared of UN sanction until after he was instructed to arrest the Arewa youths


Tell Buhari to hurry up and arrest Kanu if truly he is not scared of ending up at ICC

Redoil:
Buhari and kanu who is stronger wiser and bold
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For kanu click share

sgtponzihater1:
That man should be rearrested already. He is causing Havoc daily. Recruiting touts and empowering miscreants and Street urchins. This should not be.

gab:
lol...

They are here.

velai:
How old were Buhari, Gowon, Obasanjo and Ojukwu when they fought the BIAFRAN war? It is not by age that a leader leads well but by wisdom.