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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 5:13pm On Apr 14
Emu4u2c:



LoL.. The Guy is in support of the Igbo man but you have ended up ridiculing him...I don't like the Ibo man and I would never hide it
You have been noticed.
Politics / Re: Yoruba Nation: Modupe Onitiri Abiola Declares Secession From Nigeria (video) by CharlotteFlair: 4:50pm On Apr 14
LordofNaija:

Babangida is that you? grin
Hahaha 😃😃 hahaha hahaha hahaha 😃
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 4:08pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:
Igbo are not better than 249 more ethnic group in Nigeria, stop creating hatred for urself
WE are genetically superior. That's why you hate and kick even knowing fully well that your hate only help our resolve to get better and pepper you more. 😁😀😅

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 4:03pm On Apr 14
Hankim:





That's a fact they cannot handle, so let's keep peppering them and enjoy their pains and wailing
Imagine a bloody minority coming online to disparage the genetically superior Igbo. Nothing tinubu no go see for iragbiji.
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 4:01pm On Apr 14
SeeWahala:


The guy is a simp true true cry he thought he could disguise and do his werey against igbos

I'm pitying him now . . . I'm not sure he can afford my market cry
Imagine using a backward tribe like Urhobo to talk nonsense!

Since the Ibrus became stewed in official corruption and went underground, the only Urhobo man claim to fame is Reno small goat. grin

Reno is the greatest Urhobo man alive grin

Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:56pm On Apr 14
muhammaduyusufu:
The ogba people of Rivers don't also sell land to ibos. They don't even let their sons marry ibos.
It's vice versa. Ogba people just like Urhobo people are not allowed to marry our men and women.

Selling lands?

Well majority of them are lazy and have no ambition in life except drink ogogoro and Bleep anything fuccable. So we selling lands to them does not even arise. They can't afford it.
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:53pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:
You're only creating more hate for the Igbos with comments like this.
Go and stew in your hate mahn!
I'm genetically superior to you!

I hate you more than the plaque itself!

Nonsense!
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:49pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:


U will teach me about my people and tell me more about where i stay ?

Live in ur delusion
I have been rummaging through Agbarho even before you were born. Lazy gene carrier!
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:47pm On Apr 14
SeeWahala:


Don't mind him. I myself have a land in agbarho today. Bought over 8 years ago.

The guy na yoruba apc agbad0 igbo hating *%@! 😑
The guy is a SIMP!
Of course we know he's a miserable ronu miscreant but since he had the guts to price market, he must buy! It's a promise.
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:45pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:
send me ur location let meet. Name five street in Agbarho ?
Your Agbarho is an obscure town at the back of nowhere. Even though it's the home of the Ibrus, that's basically all there is to that obscure enclave.
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:43pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:
If someone had said that to u, u would he furious...


Infact, you are a SIMP!

Imagine you who created a thread to insult a tribe who are genetically superior to you, only to be playing victim when you got the response you deserved 🙄🙄🙄

You can't even take what you dish out! Typical Urhobo whimp! 😂
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:38pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:
lol


That's a lie, bt ur opinion. So let's let it slide.
So you don't sell land to igbos in your community?

I have always known you were not a true Urhobo man. Igbos have plenty landed properties even in your remote villages that are currently under siege by the army and criminal elements grin
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:33pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:
If someone had said that to u, u would he furious and accuse the person of hating ur entire tribe.

Bt i am not angry, what u said below is partly true. Some of us like easy life and our men are promiscuous(not our women), that title is supposed to be for igbo women. If u must know, i probably would have had more Igbo girlfriends than ur entire relationship sphere.


There are things we can do for money. We dont go to people's land and stand at the front of their shop to defame them and take their customer. I was young then, bt if it happens now, the Igbo man would have packed his load and leave the community cos i will frustrate him day and night. So also other tribes.


Our ancestral home is our cultural heritage and the Igbo man method of living is alien to us. Bt we are all humans and Nigerians and we must learn to coexist.

I support my people for not selling land to Igbo people and i support my Urhobo fathers for warning all their daughters against copulating with u guys.

My ex gf that the Igbo man got pregnant was an Igbo girl, i don't remembered the state but guess it Anambra. This will never happen with an Urhobo or Isoko gals.

Nonetheless, it our personal decision and we coexist with u guys. Igbo people are very scare in Agbarho. Because the environment is hostile to them. I dont blame my people for this also.

Like i said, we must learn to coexist and live without hate. But we should not throw our common sense away. Learn to coexist bt dont sell ur land to Igbo man.
Happy Sunday!
You are talking rubbish!
An Igbo had a shop near yours and because of his shrewd business acumen, you chickened out, typical of Urhobo man. You and your brother are nothing but EKPA, EkPA Jiji! EkPA eghegh!

It's an abomination to marry an Urhobo person in my place.

Your women are very very promiscuous and fetish, that's why there is a high incidence of broken marriage in your place.

When the men marry them and immediately try to curtail their promiscuity by placing juju on them, they will eventually abandon the marriage and hop to the next one and make sure the man does not pay her bride price.

They continue to live together without formalizing the union traditionally because the day the man dares that, his days are numbered!

The wife will go and do her own juju to nullify the juju placed on her and will begin to Bleep around, then boom! Her juju fails and the man dies from protruding stomach.

If the man is lucky to get the wife to confess publicly about her promiscuity, then there's a chance he will leave.

Majority of your marriages are not traditionally formalized because of the narration I just gave you.

Your women are very promiscuous and your men are inherently lazy.

Even now that you claim to be a man, the lazy gene you were born with is still in you. I dare you to stand in the way of any Igboman and be crushed to powder!

Nonsense!

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:22pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:
u don't know life.

People hate people that wronged them... is Palestine better than Isreal ?

Bad character will make people to hate u
Urhobo wayoooooo...

Primitive wayo for that matter. Majority of Niger deltans hate Urhobo people more than the plaque itself.
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:02pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:
My father went to the church for healing... do u know d issue leading to the sickness ?

Just shut up and get out
Let me guess..

He bleeped another man's wife!

That's the favorite pass time of an uhrobo man. 😖
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 3:00pm On Apr 14
SeeWahala:


Please don't post. Im eating cry

Thank you wink
I will not my brother. I'll rather pick beans.

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 2:59pm On Apr 14
Bridget95:
All I see here are accusations base on hate. You simply hate the igbos for no reason. You need to purge yourself of hate and love ❤.

In Nigeria currently, there are 3 major tribes and the urobho fall under the Igbo,that is how other tribes sees it. Its is evident in your story about the Yoruba man referring to you as igbo.

You guys in the south-south don't understand the weakness you are bringing upon yourselves by joining anti Christian forces to hate igbos.

If you guys don't retract your steps and stop hating the igbos,when the Islamic forces are at your door step ,it may become overwhelming.

This
Hahaha 😃..

Imagine o!

A fucking minority talking nonsense!

You have time to be advising an hate filled lazy and bigoted idiot. I won't indulge them that way.

I shoot to kill!!

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 2:53pm On Apr 14
Almaiga:


Fulani are their masters
Lol... Who will waste their time posting links just to explain that Fulani is the fourth deadliest terro group in the world. Hahaha 😃. No need man! We have nothing to prove to a fulani man.

BTW, when will you post your favorite picture of you wailing profusely because Igbos are better than you? 😃
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 2:51pm On Apr 14
Almaiga:


They shine in what exactly?
Wealth creation and high life expectancy rate, beauty, confidence and ability to eke out a living in a terror ridden enclave like yours.
You see, because your people have been backward for ages and have witnessed the rest of the world move far ahead, they have now resorted to kidnapping to make their own millions. That's the only enterprise their simple minds can muster. 😂

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 2:45pm On Apr 14
payaseriy:
First and foremost. I am from the Niger Delta and the Igbos are the closest relatives we have but the truth must be said without bias or favouritism.

Growing up, i never truly understood why people in Warri(Agbarho) would say "no one should sell land to Igbo man'. It was not hate, but something the Urhobo observed about the nature of the Igbo men wanting to snatch their lands and impose dominance.

My people don't really like the Igbos. I didnt know why at first until i was a victim of an Igbo man. We had a striving business until an Igbo man came close and opened a shop next to ours. Within few weeks, he would stand close to the road and whenever someone wanted to enter our shop, he would call them and lure them over. It was a very annoying character, some of these people would later inform us that the igbo man was saying our products are substandard and that our price are way too higher.

I didn't stay enough to tolerate the nonsense because i later stopped going to the shop and left the business to my younger brother. Months later, i went to the shop and was surprised how the Igbo man would draw people away and even have the audacity to come to our shop to collect goods for them.

My stupid brother allowed this to happened. It was a very difficult times for our business. His desperation to make money would drive him to even kill a man.

They actually did something that led to the death of my father, that's a story for another time.

I had a girlfriend at home before i gained admission into the university. Then one holiday, my girlfriend told me that same igbo man came to her and told her i wont marry her and that am promiscuous and was only using her, and so much more. The igbo man was troubling the little girl and because of her incessant complain of what the Igbo man was saying to her, i decided to stay off. I left the girl.

Barely six months later, she was pregnant and abadoned. How time flies!

Still i never hated an entire tribe because of the evil of some of the people. I can say more than hundred of evil that igbo men had done to me and my family in Warri. One of such time, an igbo woman poisoned our dog, yes, we know she did it because she was our tenant and when the dog was vomiting, it was same thing she had on her. Plus, she had often threatened to kill the dog for invading her rented space.

It was very painful because that dog was our first dog and my elder brother bought me that dog the day i was born. I was about 10 when the dog died. Same years as the dog, i cried and for the first time in my life, i saw tears on my Dad's face.

Alot happened since then bt let save them for later...

Many years later, i went to lagos to stay with a friend. And one of those days, my car got broken and i decided to take public transport.

I got into one and while the car was still in transit, a man(presumably a yoruba man), did something that got a lady pissed off in the cab. I interfered and told the man his wrong and the next thing he said to me was "These Igbo boys, we go deal with all of ona..." i could read the hate on his expression. But i was no Igbo boy, as a matter of fact, i am an Urhobo boy, a tribe so complex that wont even sell a piece of land to Igbo or yoruba man.



So many tribes Hate Igbo and i don't imagine why. They are full of themselves and think the entire country revolves around them, they forget they are just one out of 250 ethnic group in Nigeria.

The yoruba man feels threatened by the existence of the Igbo man. I don't blame them. Even i feel repugnant at the character of many of them, mostly my current Neighbor that defames me at all opportunity.

But we must learn to co exist. The bad eggs are many but that doesnt mean we should throw away the entire basket. The Igbo man has wronged me even more than many people attacking them, bt i can't hate an entire ethnic group because 100s of them stepped on my toes.

Fighing and hating on Nairaland is not the right way to express yourself. Like the Bible says" doing the right thing, is what makes a nation great".

Don't be a tribalist ( almost like Racist), let learn to tolerate and coexist, but don't sell your land to them o... Lol.

Anyways, please lets coexist
Urhobo?

I'm Igbo and it's a taboo to marry from your tribe.

The men are typically lazy! It's the women that do most of the hustling while your men revel themselves in drinking ogogoro from dawn to dusk.

We also don't marry your women because they are very promiscuous and fetish. One man is not enough for them. We don't marry them, God forbid!!!

Okay, so the man near your shop frustrated you out of business and you ran? Well, this is what I'm saying about typical Urhobo man. He loves the easy life. Zero hustling spirit. You are just being a typical Urhobo man that rather than be competitive, he's very complacent.
Please, it's not your fault. That's the dominant gene in you at work.

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 2:39pm On Apr 14
Almaiga:


This is the poverty capital of Nigeria
So Aboki expects me to start posting links about he is the most unfortunate tribe in Nigeria? Hahahaha 😃.
I'll rather pick beans. Thank you for not refuting my first post. 😂
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 2:38pm On Apr 14
blacknp:
You are more successful & better than your shadow? typical reason that you are detested.
I detest you more than the plague itself. So what are you talking about?
Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 2:08pm On Apr 14
blacknp:
How will someone know that you are igbo?
Because I'm successful and better than you.

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 2:07pm On Apr 14
Almaiga:


The thing pain this one. A whole tribe don't have one good thing they are known for grin
At least you are known for Islamic terrorism, high illiteracy, poverty capital of Nigeria, and a vast ungoverned space. Keep it up. 😃

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Iran Has Launched Drone Attacks Against Israel by CharlotteFlair: 2:06pm On Apr 14
professor100:


You are without facts here. Go, and research, and come back with data. Yes, war is about technology now, why are USA, UK, and Saudi coming with their technology to assist them from been cleared out flat. For Iran to attack from their country shows that they are not in the same level with Israel.

Iran is only afraid of what UK and US will say. But they have come out to issue another threat, that next one will be worse than that. What can be worse than 300 missiles my brother. Let's not fool ourselves.

Iran is way richer than them.. Iran have used money to acquire more sophisticated weapons than ever. Israel have nothing in comparison with Iran.

But I'm not in support of war. Peace is better for everyone's sanity.
300 missiles with zero casualty. Abeggii.
Politics / Re: Inside Benue’s Unending Militia War by CharlotteFlair: 2:04pm On Apr 14
Ozommadu:

Benuejosh leave Igbo thread and face your dieing state...it needs help.


Igbos are not your problem
That one will leave the log in his eyes to be removing the spec in another's eyes.

Benuejosh avoided this thread because he's like, arewa thinks he can downplay the atrocious Fulani activities in benue and blame the backwardness of benue on benue gangs alone. 😃

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Politics / Re: Inside Benue’s Unending Militia War by CharlotteFlair: 2:02pm On Apr 14
ArewaNorth:

Inside Benue’s Unending Militia War
Bloodbath at Gbagir The burst of sounds like those of submachine guns spitting pellets of death rattled the neighbourhood of Gbagir community in Ukum Local.


By: Fidelis Mac-Leva, Who Was In Makurdi, Katsina-Ala, Zaki-Biam & Wukari

The burst of sounds like those of submachine guns spitting pellets of death rattled the neighbourhood of Gbagir community in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State with a deafening intensity.

It was the latest in the growing supremacy battle between “Full Fire” and “Chain” as well as other militia gangs on the border between Zaki Biam (Benue) and Wukari (Taraba) states that broke out on March 5.

Terrified by the gunshots, which brought back awful memories of the late Terwase Akwaza (Gana) era, scores of innocent residents, mostly vulnerable women, children and the elderly, ran for their dear lives, many of them getting severely injured in the process.

By the last count, over 40 lives, including those of a family of seven, were lost in the bloodbath, which also saw several houses torched.

Although most of the victims were members of the rival militia groups, 12 innocent farmers within the community were gunned down in the crossfire, while 30 other villagers were reportedly injured.

Findings revealed that the deadly clash at Gbagir was a reprisal triggered after a militia leader in Ukum Local Government of Benue State allegedly kidnapped his counterpart from Chinkai community in Wukari Local Government of Taraba State.

The victim, called Alhaji Ghana, who was abducted with his family members, was said to be known for banditry and kidnapping.

A N100 million ransom demand was made, but it was gathered that N5 million was later paid to secure his freedom.

However, after collecting the money, the militia kingpin from Ukum was said to have killed the hostages, a development that sparked outrage among the deceased’s gang members, who quickly mobilised for a reprisal.

The power tussle
Curiously, Daily Trust Saturday gathered that following the killing of the hostages from Taraba, a ‘power hungry’ militia gang leader in Ukum Local Government of Benue State conspired and joined forces with the enemies on a reprisal mission to eliminate the rival gang in his community.

The essence, according to findings, was to enable him become the head of the militia in Ukum.

Earlier in January this year, no fewer than 9 people were killed during a rival local militia attack at some villages in Mbatyula and Mbayongo council wards in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.

During the three days of bloody mayhem, which was also linked to a power tussle, several houses were reportedly burned down by the factional militia groups.

A resident of Katsina-Ala who recalled the incident said, “It was a coordinated series of attacks that were carried out in some parts of Mbatyula council ward by armed men suspected to be rival militia groups from Mbayongo ward.

“On the fateful day, the armed men stormed Atumbe, a settlement in Mbatyula ward, setting houses ablaze and carting away some properties. They later moved to Kur Hile, another settlement in Mbatyula, where some houses were also burnt.

The same thing happened at Anyom community in Mbatyula ward on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, where seven people were killed and several houses burned to ashes.

Zamzam Francis, the caretaker chairman of Katsina-Ala Local Government, had reportedly confirmed the incident and was quoted as saying that it was between the rival militia gangs.

Elsewhere in March this year, another incident occurred along the Wukari-Takum road in Taraba State, where some armed militia from the Ukum axis of Benue State allegedly attacked some locals who were travelling for an annual Christian crusade in Takum.

“They ambushed our people on the way from Wukari for the crusade. In the process, they killed three victims and snatched their car while four others were wounded and hospitalised at the Wukari General Hospital,” said a youth leader in Wukari.

The source, who did not want his identity revealed for security reasons said: “The perpetrators were bandits from the Sankera axis of Benue State who take pleasure in kidnapping to raise funds and satisfy their bloodthirsty appetite. They have been doing this to us during this kind of festival period every year. We have been patient and told our boys not to retaliate. But if they continue, we will be forced to fight back.”


How Benue’s militia started, festered
Findings by Daily Trust Saturday revealed that the enduring bloodbath by armed gangs on the border between Benue and Taraba states preceded the 2001 alleged abduction and killing of 19 soldiers by Tiv militia youths. This followed a series of attacks and counterattacks by Tiv and Jukun groups within Taraba, as well as the areas around the border between the two states.

The soldiers, according to government authorities, were on a mission to restore peace in the area affected by the longstanding conflict between the warring groups when they were abducted by some armed group in Vaase, Benue State on October 10. The discovery of their mutilated bodies two days later, on October 12, in the premises of a primary school in the town of Zaki-Biam, led to a deadly reprisal by the military in Zaki-Biam and other locations.

Following the Zaki-Biam massacre, remnants of the Tiv militia youths were said to have gone wild, even as they became vulnerable tools in the hands of politicians, particularly from the Sankera geopolitical axis comprising Katsina-Ala, Ukum and Logo local government areas.

“Militia activities in Benue’s Sankera assumed a new dimension when politicians began to leverage on remnants of the Tiv militia youths in the aftermath of the Zaki-Biam incident in 2001 to form their political gangs,” said a prominent politician from Katsina-Ala.

The source, who did not want to be identified for security reasons said: “All the major political stalwarts from that area began to create and arm their militia youths, who were used during the 2019 and successive elections.”

The emergence of ‘Gana Boys’
Towards the first tenure of former Governor Gabriel Suswam, a group of youths was unveiled at an event in Katsina-Ala. The group, which was primarily like a local vigilante charged with the mandate of protecting the Sankera geo-political axis against external aggression, was headed by the late Benue militia kingpin, Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as Gana.

Although they were said to have started operating in line with their original mandate, Gana and his boys soon began to veer off into alleged criminal activities, such as armed robbery, banditry and cattle rustling.

Several attempts by the state government to stop the group became very difficult because, as a source puts it: “The boys had found a lucrative business.”

Gana was largely believed to be at the centre of the crisis between Benue and Taraba border communities, leading to the killing of scores of victims and destruction of property worth billions of naira on both sides. He was also believed to be the brain behind most kidnappings in Taraba and Benue states, including his Tiv kinsmen who suffered untold consequences of his actions.

“The involvement of Operation Zenda and other security outfits to contain Gana and his boys yielded little or no results as they shifted base into the hinterland, from where they planned and executed periodic attacks and abductions,” a security source told Daily Trust Saturday.

Ortom’s ‘carrot’ amnesty
When former Governor Samuel Ortom came in as Suswam’s successor, he introduced the amnesty programme to end the Gana phenomenon.

In 2015, the amnesty was first introduced, with Gana as the greatest beneficiary. On the last day of the programme, he reportedly turned in no fewer than 84 assorted firearms and thousands of ammunition and was not only granted pardon, the state government equally made him a revenue consultant as part of his rehabilitation.

But not soon after the programme, an incident occurred that cast a major setback on the whole process. Sources said he reneged after it was alleged that he sponsored the assassination of the then senior special assistant to the governor on security, Mr Denen Igbana.

“Back in the trenches, Gana placed special levies on farmers, traders and prominent people in his domain, and failure to pay meant death. He fought supremacy gang wars with his former allies, who visited carnages on several communities in Katsina-Ala and Ukum local government areas.

“This state of affairs prompted prominent indigenes of the geopolitical axis, including political, religious and traditional leaders to request for another amnesty programme, especially since the military had failed to nab him,” a community leader who sought identity protection said.

On Friday, September 4, 2020, Ortom, while on a tour of the Sankera axis, accepted the request of the leaders. He gave an ultimatum to those who wanted to embrace the second amnesty to surrender their weapons by September 8.

Before the visit, major stakeholders from the Sankera area had persuaded those with illegal weapons in their custody to surrender them.

That was how Gana found himself in the second amnesty programme.

Security sources said that in the company of religious leaders, he left his hideout and presented himself at the Emmanuel Akume Atongo Stadium in Katsina-Ala in full public glare to embrace the programme. The State Security Council was holding a meeting at the new Banquet Hall of the Government House, Makurdi, where the programme was to be formalised.

Selected traditional rulers, prominent indigenes and security personnel took off with Gana and other political chieftains from the stadium to go and present them to the Council in Makurdi.

Before he left his domain, Gana was said to have beckoned on leaders of his foot soldiers and told them that he suspected foul play and that if he eventually failed to return, they should continue from where he stopped. On their way to Makurdi, the military intercepted the convoy at Masaje, close to Yandev in Gboko Local Government Area and he was killed.

Gana’s vacuum and succession battle
Findings revealed that things began to fall apart within the hierarchy of Gana’s terrorist empire following his death. Ghana was believed to have maintained a stable network of foot soldiers from Benue and Taraba states due to his firm leadership control. Apart from armed robbery, kidnapping and other criminal exploits, he was also said to have leveraged on his political benefactors to maintain and sustain his gang financially.

However, this was no longer the case after his death as financial difficulty and a fierce battle over succession ensued among his foot soldiers and the new commanders.

“There was no more effective central control as all the units from the Sankera axis and beyond began to break away and fight for autonomy. Unlike Gana, who used to get funding from politicians, the new commanders were no longer getting financial support.

“Some of them resorted to going to Fulani herders in places like Kwande and Guma to collect money, with promises of allowing them freely graze on lands within their communities. The herders are claiming that the lands were sold to them, leading to the escalation of herders’ attacks,” a source from Kwande told Daily Trust Saturday.

Used, dumped by politicians
Daily Trust Saturday gathered that a major factor in the escalation of militia activities in the Sankera geopolitical axis of Benue State is the feeling of being used and dumped by politicians from the area.

Towards the end of Ortom’s tenure, politicians seeking elective positions from the area were said to have worked with the militia groups with promises for them, including amnesty.

Apart from providing physical protection for the politicians during electioneering campaigns, some of the militia groups were said to have even contributed financially towards the election of the politicians from the area.

During his electioneering campaign, the current Benue State governor, The Reverend Fr. Hycinth Alia, was also said to have promised to introduce a comprehensive amnesty programme for repentant bandits

While unveiling his manifesto, christened, ‘Strategic Development Plan for a Greater Benue,’ he reportedly promised that upon winning election, he would, among others, “establish Permanent Integrated Forward Operation Bases for security men at all the flashpoints where there have been cases of armed attacks and displacement of people.

A don at the Political Science Department of the Benue State University attributed the escalation of militia activities in the state to failed promises by politicians, whom he said used and dumped the armed militia at will.

“After elections, the politicians who used these bad boys reneged on their promises, especially on amnesty. You don’t expect people armed with weapons to sit down and watch these politicians in their comfort zones while they wallow in penury,” said the don, who did not want his name in print.

Governor Alia still open to amnesty –Media aide
Responding to a question on the promise made during his electioneering campaign to grant amnesty to repentant militants, Governor Alia’s media aide told Daily Trust Saturday that the promised olive branch is still available to anyone willing to abandon criminality, rehabilitate their lives for the growth and development of their families, communities and Benue State in general.

The governor’s Technical Advisor on Media, Publicity and Strategic Communication, Solomon Iorpev, said his principal’s doors were open to everyone seeking productive and progressive change to step forward and join him to build a stronger and better Benue.

“There are great and legitimate opportunities made available by the state in the programmes being implemented by the governor, and we are hopeful they would take advantage of them for their own good and the betterment of the state.

“Do not forget that his natural calling is priesthood, which entails rehabilitating people and prompting them to live good and meaningful lives, live peacefully with one another and be their brothers’ keepers.

“So rehabilitating Benue citizens who consciously or unconsciously have fallen into criminality is not farfetched for him,” Iorpev said.

On measures taken so far in tackling security challenges in the state, especially militia attacks and herders-farmers crises, he said the governor was passionate about the welfare of his people and working round the clock to provide security for them.

“He has engaged in comprehensive stakeholders dialogue to curb the insecurity situation in the state, the reason I believe we have some relative peace today.

“Security agents are being deployed constantly to unstable areas to stop escalation in crisis-prone areas, and in most cases, nip them in the bud.

“He has also inaugurated security outfits across the state to respond to crisis situations where they may arise. We have mining marshals, agro rangers etc.

“Though most of the insecurity situations pre-date this administration, that has not deterred him from handling it head-on as security agents are working round the clock to secure lives and property in the state,” the governor’s aide said.

allegedly attacked some locals who were travelling for an annual Christian crusade in Takum.

“They ambushed our people on the way from Wukari for the crusade. In the process, they killed three victims and snatched their car while four others were wounded and hospitalised at the Wukari General Hospital,” said a youth leader in Wukari.

The source, who did not want his identity revealed for security reasons said: “The perpetrators were bandits from the Sankera axis of Benue State who take pleasure in kidnapping to raise funds and satisfy their bloodthirsty appetite. They have been doing this to us during this kind of festival period every year. We have been patient and told our boys not to retaliate. But if they continue, we will be forced to fight back.”

https://dailytrust.com/inside-benues-unending-militia-war/
Only 10 comments since yesterday. Arewa, you are alone on this forum. Please mod help this guy's hustle.

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 1:59pm On Apr 14
I'm Igbo and I'm proud!

If there's reincarnation, I will still be Igbo!

Igbo ndi nma!!

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 1:58pm On Apr 14
Almaiga:


Mention one of their good side and I'll give you 10k
Hahahaha 😃

So you mean you have 10k to give away?

Go help your village people because the guy's answer to is priceless. 😂

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Politics / Re: The Igbo Tribe's Tragedy And Curse Of Being A Niger Deltan by CharlotteFlair: 1:57pm On Apr 14
blacknp:
Fulani herdsmen are killing them you claim, but they other tribes all seem to detest you still, then you ought to know that something is definitely wrong with you.
It's jealousy or call it envy. You detest igbos because no matter what happens, in any situation, they shine and shine and shine and shine!

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