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Politics › Re: Hausa Beggars Washing The Money Given To Them By Christians.this Isnt Right.. by citizenY(m): 2:16pm On Mar 03, 2019
Babalegba:
First of all although I'm not a northerner, there is no shame in being a northerner.In one of my posts on this thread I've already said that the whole thing being true or not is irrelevant, what matters is the motive behind the post and why now.The post was made to turn people against the northern beggars because of buharis victory.By the way we don't have coins in Nigeria anymore, so do they soak the notes in detergent or what.The o.p must have a pathological hatred of northerners for him to be making such a post at this testy time and quite frankly I don't like people that perpetuate evil or promote emotional frigidity.This scurrilous campaign by sore losers will fail anyway.
This is the type of rubbish they spread and when the backlash comes, they wail. How do you expect me to be comfortable with such insolence? If they had their way in this country, they will establish concentration camps for northerners.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff, we should not allow democratic fortunes to becloud our enlightenment. What is more confounding is condescension to people you term illiterate, backward, the downtrodden and stupidly disregarding the fact that you have a single vote like each and everyone of them.

You cannot wish anyone away from this country you have the privilege of checking out since he has nowhere else to go. People should be careful what they wish for. The elections are proceeding and as things develop, these insolences shall have consequences on future elections. Even before it started. we have warned against prejudice but they will not listen.This is not scare mongering but a statement of fact. Anybody who despises me cannot have my vote, as he may not even give me paradise in the hereafter ,if he has the chance. Thankfully, Allah(SWT) , Most Merciful, Most Benevolent, knows best. May He guide us in the right path, Amin.
Politics › Re: Hausa Beggars Washing The Money Given To Them By Christians.this Isnt Right.. by citizenY(m): 1:38pm On Mar 03, 2019
Gandollar:
I was buying painting when I spotted things laid on the sand. The sand around there is beach sand and that even made it more conspicuous. When I knew they were naira notes, I asked the painter guy why those abuokii them spread money on the ground. He told me. He said it was not new to them.
You were talking to a third party. I thought you were able to talk to the beggars to establish how and why they were doing that.
Politics › Re: Saraki denies congratulating APC senator-elect by citizenY(m): 12:53pm On Mar 03, 2019
Abeyjide:
if you like do otherwise . please come and campaign for your pdp governorship aspirant in kwAra. see himself as God.
I would like to see Saraki on the campaign trail in Kwara.
It should be politics without bitterness. it is not over till it is over. One love.
Politics › Re: Breaking News: Violence Looms In Rivers Over The Launch Of Operation Kick Wike by citizenY(m): 12:49pm On Mar 03, 2019
Nwodosis:
;Fa
Please people should curtail their movements o. Only the absolutely necessary movements o. please please.
Politics › Re: Hausa Beggars Washing The Money Given To Them By Christians.this Isnt Right.. by citizenY(m): 12:41pm On Mar 03, 2019
Westaslave2:
Islam qurani thought u 2 lie is 4 d betterment of islam ,

u pple are very wicked ,ur mosque is 4 brewing hate ,
kill all christians as possible buhari lose , U think some outside body didnt overheard u ....

U ar of peace but d education u lack made u believe buhari can wipe out igbos n dia money stolen from hausa land!
m.tchewweeee
Really, stolen?

Are you a robot or a human being? Or you have dementia? Read your post again.
Politics › Re: Hausa Beggars Washing The Money Given To Them By Christians.this Isnt Right.. by citizenY(m): 12:37pm On Mar 03, 2019
Ibrahimmrfish:
You are full of hate,that is why it's easy for you to believe any ridiculous thing you hear.My father is from Kogi state,so half of my family are Christians.I live in North all my life,i never seen nor heard of any such thing in my life.I am a Muslim and a business owner myself,my customers include people of all faith.And when i received money from a person,there is no different in the money.Who ever is cooking this lies,that person is an ignorant low life.Cause he have very little knowledge on Islam. We are allowed to interact with people of other faith in our religion,we are even allow to marry them.I don't know what the person that started this lies is hoping to get out of it.
Chai!!!! Why are you questioning an "educated" man ? Please stop that. Anhh annnh
Politics › Re: Hausa Beggars Washing The Money Given To Them By Christians.this Isnt Right.. by citizenY(m): 12:32pm On Mar 03, 2019
scofield76:
I live at Agege, and I've seen a beggar washing money with a white powder. The incident happened at Oke koto, d narrow road beside Mosco Hotels, Adenle street. I initially thought it was for ritual purposes, until someone told me it was to cleanse d kafir touch on d monies (a kind of spiritual cleansing)
I vowed never to give my hard earned money to a northern beggar since then
Even the suya man at Daftol does that. True or false?
Politics › Re: Hausa Beggars Washing The Money Given To Them By Christians.this Isnt Right.. by citizenY(m): 12:27pm On Mar 03, 2019
Gandollar:
Hahahahaha... I'm not the OP o Oga. grin
But you claimed to be a witness, 10 years ago!!! Not so?
Politics › Re: Hausa Beggars Washing The Money Given To Them By Christians.this Isnt Right.. by citizenY(m): 12:23pm On Mar 03, 2019
Gandollar:
Oga I am a living witness. I saw it with my korokoro eyes behind ShopRite lekki about 10yrs ago. If I'm lying let me not see tomorrow. I was heartbroken to say the least, considering that almost every morning on my way to work, while the traffic drools, I will always give these guys, especially the elderly one something. I made conscious efforts to do that. I see them eating food from take-away packs and I wished I could also do same.

But mehn, after I saw what I saw and inquired from people around why they do so and was told it's cos they feel an infidel gave them the money, I hardened my heart.
Since you are a witness, how describe how they did it, please.
Politics › Re: Hausa Beggars Washing The Money Given To Them By Christians.this Isnt Right.. by citizenY(m): 12:21pm On Mar 03, 2019
jeph19:
�True at the OP's post. They wash the money given to them by supposed infidel (Christians) before using it. One reason why most people don't give them...
How do they wash it?
Politics › Re: Ohaneze,afenifere,pandef Reject The Presidential Election by citizenY(m): 12:16pm On Mar 03, 2019
All these one eyed bats self.
Politics › Re: PDP Adopts Plan B, Plans To Hijack Incoming NASS Leadership, Nabena by citizenY(m): 12:10pm On Mar 03, 2019
Asshurbanipal:
This is what these afonjas don't know. Putting their hope on a party built on buhari personality alone. Without buhari any idioot will defeat apc. We igbos will not be bullied to join the bandwagon. Long term political calculation is more important than euphoria of the moment
Which longterm calculation? When our PVC is loading for 2023? We shall not forget those who insulted us.

Don't join the bandwagon, enter molue, it is the same journey. We are not voting in the North pole. Na Naija we dey.

If I hear piiiiimmm!!!!
Politics › Re: George Moghalu: Igbos Didn’t Consider Implications Of Not Voting Buhari by citizenY(m): 11:47am On Mar 03, 2019
[quote author=Ikechu12 post=76305395]Who suffered his misery the most in his first term was it Igbos?
Who are the ones crying all over about hate and shouting Christianity and Bible ever since people refusing to give them money when they beg? Is it Igbos?

grin grin slowpoke Igbos have NEVER cared one bit about your useless appointment, excluding the greedy bastards pretending to be our leaders, Igbos don't give a rat ass about anything Niggeria. I mean look you Northerners have gotten all the juicy for years now yet una are still the most ratchet in that shithole.

One thing I can say that Niggeria policies to subdue Igbos did for Igbos is teach us how to survive without depending not one bit on Niggerian government. [/quote



]


You are wrong. Better ask your elders to tell you the truth. The evils that men do lives after them.

Events in the past ,colonial and immediate post independence give credence of a concerted effort to subjugate other people to your domination and when it failed, the only panacea was a coup and a unification decree to bring it back on track. This is what brought us to where we are today... states, zones, unitary federalism, barracks syndrome adminstration, financially weak states. It all started from the attempt to institutionalize an advantage at a stage in our history.

Mbazulike Amechi is alive, the author of the unification decree, Nwabueze is alive. Let your elders tell you the truth.

My people say that the stomach is not for food alone. If we tell our children,some home truths. life will be better for all. When you are uninformed, you begin to spew half truths because your elders did not tell you the truth. They are ashamed. With your penchant for insolence, any semblance for respect for them will vanish.

They better tell you from and where, how and when the rain started falling. Nobody wants to subjugate anybody but at a tine in our history, some people tried and failed. What your parents tried, you are now accusing others.

I refuse to comment on religion as it is obviously ridiculous. Just to let you know that your parents wanted Nigeria.... ALL OF IT.... for keeps. So you coming here to tell us that you do not care about anything Nigeria is infantile and dishonest. If your elders are honest, they should call you to one side and pull your ears. Maybe this insolence will reduce.
Politics › Re: George Moghalu: Igbos Didn’t Consider Implications Of Not Voting Buhari by citizenY(m): 11:22am On Mar 03, 2019
sarrki:
Ejiifor ejiifor maka why ?

Stop chest beating
No be blind man talk say eye dey smell?
Politics › Re: Nigerians In Saudi Celebrates Wildly Buhari & Osinbajo Victory- Pix by citizenY(m): 10:42am On Mar 03, 2019
sarrki:
I observed that your statement are more of a patriot?

Am I right?
Patriotism just start, afresh. New and improved.

Anybody wey point finger at me, I go chew that finger. E no go take am lick soup again.
Politics › Re: Nigerians In Saudi Celebrates Wildly Buhari & Osinbajo Victory- Pix by citizenY(m): 10:38am On Mar 03, 2019
APCsupporter:
I thought some frustrated idiots said only poor illiterates love Buhari? Shame.


Meanwhile


Has anyone seen salamrushdie lately?
He is worshipping ..... at the wailing wall in Jerusalem.
Politics › Re: Nigerians In Saudi Celebrates Wildly Buhari & Osinbajo Victory- Pix by citizenY(m): 10:36am On Mar 03, 2019
sarrki:
Some live there decades before the advent of this administration
It’s good to think before talking
Rather than talking before thinking
Sarrki, its not worth it. Keep your powder dry.
Politics › Re: Is Niger Delta Accommodating Nigeria? by citizenY(m): 10:23am On Mar 03, 2019
mekaboy:
Yorubas own Lagos and are accommodating igbos, therefore they are in a position to tell Igbos when and who to vote. Igbos should be grateful that the Yorubas took them in.

Can the same be said of the Niger Delta? Can we say the Niger delta is accommodating Nigerians, since even Lagos was built with their oil money?

Shouldn't they tell Nigerians when and who to vote, since the economy of this country is run from the resources in their land?
Some of them have told us to do so, with their votes but they have failed. Next time we shall do so.
Politics › Re: Tinubu Has No Known Business - Reno Omokri Reacts As EFCC Arrests Atiku’s Son-in by citizenY(m): 10:19am On Mar 03, 2019
Tundemuttee:
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to the arrest of Babalele Abdullahi, son-in-law and Finance Director of group of companies owned by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to him, the arrest was part of the plot to make Atiku concede the result of the just concluded election.

But reacting, Reno Omokri on his Twitter page wrote: “BREAKING: @officialEFCC arrests @Atiku’s son-in-law. A plane collapsed because of too much cash, No EFCC investigation. @Atiku has businesses. You say he is a thief.

“Tinubu has no known business, but is a saint! It is not money APC looted. It‘s our brains!”

https://all-gists..com/2019/03/tinubu-has-no-know-business-reno-omokri-reacts-as-efcc-arrests-atikus-son-in.html
Please , who knows the business of Omokri?
Politics › Re: Is the OPC stupid? - Danladi M. by citizenY(m): 10:11am On Mar 03, 2019
GenSpecifics:
To remind the northerners that they have a score to settle with yorubas, OPC and Tinubu who killed their people in the early 2000's
And what scores do you have to settle with others?

1) Yoruba, OPC and Tinubu?
2) Northerners, Atiku, Buhari, APC,ACF?
3) South South, PANDEF,
4)Middle Belt
5) South East, PDP, Ohaneze, IPOB, MASSOB?
6) Nigeria?
Politics › Re: Is the OPC stupid? - Danladi M. by citizenY(m): 8:46am On Mar 03, 2019
Tell me.... what is the objective of your post?
Politics › Re: Is the OPC stupid? - Danladi M. by citizenY(m): 8:25am On Mar 03, 2019
@OP,

You have failed. If we begin to post material here, you will run away. You want to be a rabble rouser but you are a novice. You opened a profile with this objective, just in January, ostensibly for this purpose. We have been here for a long time. We know your type.

This too shall pass away.
Politics › Re: Why You Must Not Blame The North For Voting Buhari by citizenY(m): 8:02am On Mar 03, 2019
Jombom:
Was this what your father told you ?
Many foolish Igbos need to be beating to death for narrative such as this I swear.
Their fathers have not told them the truth. They are ashamed because they played Nigerpools ( nowBetnaija) with their children's future and failed. I made a post on this subject and nobody reacted.

If they don't know where the rain started beating them, they should ask their parents to tell them the plain truth.
Politics › Re: Nigeria: When The Rain Started Beating Us. by citizenY(op):
From the look of things, some people tried to sodomise us with corn stalk penis.(Hausa Idiom)
Politics › Re: Nigeria: When The Rain Started Beating Us. by citizenY(op): 10:08pm On Mar 02, 2019
Got this from a WhatsApp forum and it speaks volumes.
Politics › Nigeria: When The Rain Started Beating Us. by citizenY(op): 10:07pm On Mar 02, 2019
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF IGBO DOMINATION

This was copied from a "G.F. FORUM" posted by Olor'Ogun Sunday Folorunso Kuku, a Medical Doctor.

I know that Igbo Jingoists and my Brother Chief Duro ONABULE, who has been a "Zikist" all his life, hate to read these political Historical facts.
I will still share it with you.

Tunde Oduwole,I-QS.
28.02.'19.

Copied. Akin This may be useful, but I’m sure you know most of the details already. What still beats me is that how was it possible for the hierarchy of the whole NIGERIAN army to be dominated by the Igbos? Are we seeing history repeating itself for the same question to asked again in another forty/fifty years?

What goes around comes around: Igbo hypocrisy of the past will make attainment of their agitations; Biafra and Nigerian Headship an Herculean Task!

IGBO POLITICAL LEADERS AND THEIR PAST MISADVENTURES RESULTING IN CURRENT NATIONAL POLITICAL PROBLEMS

(FORWARDED UNEDITED)

Do you know that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria;

Chief of Army Staff was from SE
Chief of Naval Staff was from SE
IG of Police was from SE
Chief of Defence staff was fron SE
Internal Affairs Minister SE
External Affairs Minister SE
Education Minister South SE
Many other key ministries to SE
Parliament President SE
Unilag VC from SE
University of Ibadan VC from SE
North resisted same at ABU!

Still there was dissatisfaction by SE, the officers from the region killed this same Balewa!

Out of all the most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from the north, all of them were killed. 10 from the west, 2 were killed.

Then Ironsi imposed a unitary system of government on the country so that everything can belong to a region who snatched it!

We must know our history so that when we want to make corrections, we will not end up concealing the truth. This has nothing to do with tribalism but everything to do with the truth.....at times when lies litter the streets. There is the tendency to think those are truths and facts.

What follows are documented facts that can be cross checked for authenticity!

Thou shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

Prof. Ben Nwabueze was the man who drafted the constitution that took away powers from regions and handed it to the central govt because his brother Aguiyi Ironsi was the head of state then. Today, he is shouting restructuring that he helped to destroy. We won’t forget.

Let those who have ears hear.
COPIED

[21/10 8:45 pm] Anascopeterson:

WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausa-fulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their seeming claim of being in third class citizen status in Nigeria.

In their perpetual attempts to play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgement were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria nation.

The story told in the post above is one of such selective and distorted accounts of history which the average Igbo man is fond of narrating. However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning way back from even before 1914.

I will therefore proceed to furnish my readers with the complete story for all to read and be endowed with enough facts so as to judge and act from an informed position.

Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done with colonial fiat without the consent and consensus of the different tribes which were over 300.

This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended. To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as:

"The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country".

Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be called a country let alone a nation. Awolowo added that if the amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any one single tribe.

But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, terming them ethnic champions. He accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and he declared further that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.

After moving the motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constitution of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future.

According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance.

But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria.

At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, but Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constitution.

While Azikiwe did all these, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribe

Before independece, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in.

But Azikiwe kicked and demonized him too. Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.

For those in doubt, here is a link of one of the numerous instances in which Nnamdi Azikiwe fought against the secession clause proposal for the future Nigeria constitution.

https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/06/my-opposition-to-secession-zik/

It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.

Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe. (The first Nigerian tribe to produce a university graduate is the Binis).

As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here are some quotes:

"From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"..... Nnamdi Azikiwe (1945).

"It is getting clearer each day that Igbo domination of Nigeria is just a question of time"... Oscar Onyeamma. (1949)

[21/10 8:46 pm] Anascopeterson: As at 1900, the whole of the present Benue State, Kogi East Senatorial District and some southern parts of Taraba State called Munchi District back then; were all in the Southern Protectorate.

Whoever doubts this should consult MacMillan Atlas for secondary schools in Nigeria.
With that situation the South had a higher population than the North hence always had an upper hand in any democratic bargain.

But as at the early fifties when the regions were being created, common sense dictated clearly that these areas should fall in the future Eastern Region.

But against common sense, the colonial masters decided to gerrymander them into the Northern Region.

While they did that, Azikiwe who was supposed to be in Enugu fighting against it as the leader of the East, was far away in Ibadan struggling with Awolowo to rule the Western Region and also playing the spoiler role against Awolowo's attempts to have Kwara and present Kogi Yorubas carved into the Western Region from the North which was already too large by landmass.

[21/10 8:48 pm] Anascopeterson: While he abandoned his burning house and was far away in Ibadan struggling against Awolowo for his own (Awolowo's) region, Igbos saw absolutely nothing wrong with that. Rather they applauded him as a nationalist. A nationalist whose house was burning yet busy chasing rats in a far away land.

[21/10 9:02 pm] Anascopeterson: When opinions became unanimous that Lord Luggard and his government must be forced out of Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was still the Igbos that frustrated the attempts.

Here is how:
In 1948, Anthony Enahoro organized an anti-colonization symposium in Lagos for which Azikiwe and some other Igbos had agreed to deliver the keynote address.

But when the D-day came, Azikiwe was nowhere to be found as he deliberately disappeared into thin air for fear of being arrested and dealt with by Lord Luggard.

Anthony Enahoro then quickly replaced Azikiwe with another person who did the job improptu but perfectly well as he lambasted and lampooned Lord Luggard and the British Government.

However, the British soldiers invaded the symposium venue, arrested the speaker and Enahoro and jailed them for treasonable felony.

Ironically, the next day Azikiwe came out of hiding and granted a radio interview in which he accused Enahoro and the other organizers of suffering from youthful exuberance.

On regaining his freedom few weeks later and being told of Azikiwe's radio interview, Enahoro resigned from his post as Editor of Azikiwe's newspaper - The West African Pilot.

Then he wrote a book titled "Nnamdi Azikiwe: Sinner of Saint".

After launching the book, Enahoro left Azikiwe's party - the NCNC, and moved over to Awolowo's Action Group.

[22/10 6:22 am] Anascopeterson: The first military coup in Nigeria was carried out by majority of Igbo army officers.

That was the coup that truncated democracy just six years post Independence and led to a succession of coups which put the country on the reverse gear for 33 years.

Through that first coup, those Igbo army officers who accused the politicians and government of the day of monumental corruption, killed the political leaders of the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions but allowed all Igbo political figures to escape by tipping them off prior to the D-Day.

In addition to the killing of political figures, they also killed a total of 27 innocent high ranking military officers from every region except their Eastern Region.

In the end an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers, ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria.

Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heroes.

This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War. On the 23rd of February 1966 (i.e. a month and 8 days after the first coup porpularly but wrongly known as Nzeogwu coup, an Ijaw born Army officer called Isaac Adaka Boro who hailed from Kaima town of present Bayelsa State, declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic in an attempt to free his Ijaw people from the monumental marginalization they had been suffering under Igbos in the old Eastern Region.

But Aguiyi Ironsi immediately ordered Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu to arrest him and hand him over to the military high command under him in Lagos. Ojukwu went all out against Isaac Adaka Boro with federal military might and within 12 fighting days killed 150 Isaac Boro's soldiers, arrested him, stripped him naked, and had him driven to Lagos and handed to Ironsi who immediately charged him to court and within two months secured against him a conviction of treasonable felony for which he was sentenced to death by hanging fixed for December that year by the Supreme Court.

His 'crime' was that he declared secession of The Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria. Meanwhile the Igbo coupists who shed innocent blood of other tribes and even sprayed bullets into the bellies of the pregnant wives of Ahmadu Bello and Brigadier Shodeinde were not charged to court or arraigned before any military tribunal.

Isaac Adaka Boro was in detention waiting for December to come for him to join his ancestors. But God so kind, a revenge coup happened on July 29 by Northern soldiers and Ironsi was overthrown and killed.

Gowon took over and released Isaac Adaka Boro unconditionally, reinstated him into the Army with his previous rank.

Then on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu too declared secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria and without consulting or apologising to Isaac Boro, drew a Biafra map which included the very areas that made up Isaac Adaka Boro's earlier declared Niger Delta Republic for which he fought against him and killed his soldiers.

Seeing such level of arrogance in Ojukwu, Isaac Boro asked Gowon to provide arms for him to crush Biafra by fighting on the Nigerian side in vengeance for Ojukwu's frustration of his own secession declaration 15 months earlier.

Isaac Boro, as an Ijaw man conversant with the waterways, led the Nigeria Army through the coastal areas into Igboland to finish off thousands of Ojukwu's soldiers thus leading to the crushing defeat of Biafra.

But today, Igbos accuse Ijaws of betraying them in the war. But from the facts as above, who really betrayed the other in all honesty?

Be the judge.

Why Gowon fought against Ojukwu's declaration of Biafra was as follows:

After Ironsi and Ojukwu successfully crushed Isaac Boro's Niger Delta Republic declaration, Ironsi immediately proceeded to promulgate the Anti-secession Decree which made the mere mention of secession from Nigeria punishable with death by hanging.

Ojukwu openly supported and endorsed the decree despite disapproval of it by the general public. So when Ojukwu later declared Biafra secession, he was reminded of the Anti-secession Decree made by him and his brother Ironsi.

[21/10 11:23 pm] Deadly Truth: Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest Nigerian tribes don't honour agreements. This is a very dishonest narrative from Igbos.

First and foremost Aburi Accord was organized by soldiers and unelected civil servants who should not participate in political exercises like making laws due to the civil service anonymity principle.

Secondly, those civil servants and military men in attendance were not elected by their federal constituencies to the Aburi summit.

In the philosophy of democracy the only universally acceptable way of making laws is through duly elected representatives of the people. But in going to Aburi the peoples' representatives duly elected in the 1965 elections were all sidelined for soldiers to hijack the process.

Where on earth do soldiers make laws for the people? Rather, the civilian populace makes laws that guide the military.

Aburi Accord therefore had no seal of the people's sovereignty hence it was an illegality which shouldn't have been allowed to stand.

Thirdly, in 1957, Nigerians from all federal constituencies democratically elected representatives whom they sponsored to London, paid their flight tickets and hotel accommodation for the Independence constitutional conference.

Those representatives all resolved and agreed on federalism marked by regional autonomy and resource control in the Independence Constitution which they brought back home and everyone accepted it.

In that constitution, Nigerians all agreed that on no account shall the military take over power. It was also clearly stated in it that ammendments to it could be done by only democratically elected representatives.

That constitution was the first ever agreement between all Nigerians.

On the day of his inauguration as the Army GoC, Aguiyi Ironsi stood before the whole world and with his own mouth swore to protect and defend that sovereign Independence constitution regardless of the circumstances that may later arise.

But just six years after he manufactured an excuse to clinch power against the clear provisions of that constitution we all agreed to, unilaterally began to amend its provisions with his very offensive Decrees, and ended up dismantling the federalism and resource control therein, and ultimately subverted that constitution we all painstakingly sacrificed to draft.

That was the height of irresponsibility and the dishonoring of sacred agreement. That was how Igbos breached the first agreement, all Nigerians, ever all mutually consented to, thus laying the foundation for violation of future agreements.

So Aburi Accord was only treated exactly the same way Igbos treated the Independence constitution agreement.

[22/10 6:26 am] Anascopeterson: Obasanjo removed history from the school curriculum hence the reason why many of what we do for a know of the eventualities in Biafra war were altered to suite their narratives.

#Opinionofothers

With the Igbo’s in Yoruba land, “the hand shake has exceeded the wrist”. And as Chinua Achebe said in his book, “it has turned to a fight”

One thing I can about Yorubas is that they are liberal and broadminded. Well I believe God is on our side. We are like givers who will NEVER lack

It’s high time Yoruba nation intelligentsia go to works, see how we can relate and equitably accommodate the Igbos without undermining our own interests. Yes Nigeria is a nation but the Igbo people will not allow a fraction of what we tolerate in Lagos in Ochanja (Onitsha), Aba, Enugu and the likes.
Politics › Re: I Am Northern Aboki And Shoe Shiner.see Pics by citizenY(m): 8:16pm On Mar 02, 2019
[quote author=Seetto post=76286825], if you think your mouth is licking, and you don't know how to control it, and if you think you are the most educated and the smartest , hold that to yourself, one of the reason why they turned against atiku , and vote massively for buhari, they go online call them all sort of names from almajiri to terrorist to beggars etc , they remained silent and wait for the judgment day and did needful,

They are adequately inform more than you, an average Hausa man regardless of his social class has a transistor radio,

We need to warn our brothers from the east not all the time you resolve to insult and call people all sort of names because you share different political view, take it or leave it Hausa's are morally upright than their Southerners counterpart, the op said it all, and he didn't lie about that. This country is more divided than before and hope soonest all these madness will stop.

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I warned many times on this forum about that insolence. See where we find ourselves now.
Politics › Re: Jimi Agaje Is Time To Start Thinking by citizenY(m): 1:29am On Mar 01, 2019
Agbaje is a part time politician.He comes out six months to any election, wastes the ticket and go back to sleep. He has to be more visible. Otherwise....
Politics › Re: What Igbos Must Learn From Buhari's Victory by citizenY(m): 7:34pm On Feb 27, 2019
Biodun556:
South Easth should learn not to always put all thier eggs in one basket.

They should do away with tribalism.

Saraki took their slot when there was no APC senator from East in 2015. Is the samething repeating itself?

No biafra, No president in 2023 and No senate president. Oma se o!!!

Because they all sleep and face the same direction due to tribalism and religious bigotry.


APC should never and can never present an igbo man for president in 2023 just because the party could not win any South East state since 2015 which is an indication of deep hatred they have for the party.
Leave them. Our PVC has spoken. This one na trial run. The real deal is in 2023.

Let their insolence continue. This is the result of freedom after speech.
Politics › Re: The Mother Of All Protest Loading.. by citizenY(m): 7:27pm On Feb 27, 2019
Hofbrauhaus:
The protest that has never been witnessed by the world. Millions would troop out and demand their stolen mandate.

Are you in or out?
This brewery man. You have been tasting the immature stuff again.
Politics › Re: Concede Defeat, Congratulate Buhari, ACF Tells Atiku by citizenY(m): 7:23pm On Feb 27, 2019
shosky1794:
The dog that will be lost will never hear the whistle of the hunter. Let him on another jamboree with the SANs. It's our money being recouped
Democracy sweet o.

Dollar rain for delegates.

Dollar rain for American loyyists.

Now it is the turn of Nigerian SANS.

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