Throwback: Mali and Niger have access to River Niger.
Have Mali and Niger traveled through Nigeria with their ships to access the sea?
Biafra is not only landlocked from the sea like Mali and Niger, but Biafra has the extra misfortune of being landlocked inside another country called Nigeria, just as Lesotho is landlocked inside South Africa.
You have problem of intellectualism. Biafra was defunct eastern region which was not landlocked. It is rather unfortunate you drool on your inability to be enlightened. The map you had with above post is a result of idiocy.
seunmsg: Kwara is a state and not a Fulani kingdom. That the current emir of Ilorin is Fulani doesn’t mean Kwara is a Fulani State. So many ethnic groups make up Kwara and the population of Fulanis in Kwara is not up to 10% of the entire population of the state. Yoruba’s form the majority of indigenous people of Kwara and that is why all the governors that have ruled the state since 1999 are all Yorubas.
Offa, Igbaja, Oro, Obo-Ekiti, Ajase Ipo etc are all Yoruba towns and are still being administered traditionally by Yoruba monarchs. So, how did all these towns lost their lands to Fulanis?
Kwara represent what used to be Emirate of Ilorin. In some circles, Ilorin is considered Banza Bakwai.
[quote author= post=89648535]Check the distance from Onne port to Sea and Azumini to Sea[/quote]I am solidly behind the actualization of Republic of Igbo land. Most idiots in Nigeria will be soundly shocked to their silly bones the delimits of Igbo land. Anyway most of the boundaries shall be determined though the muzzle of the gun at the wake of disintegration of the shithole called Nigeria.
dignity33: a freedom fighter is a freedom fighter. A freedom fighter is a person who thinks his native ethnic group is not free, and is working to have freedom for his group. Most often this means that a freedom fighter wants his people to have own nation and independence and/or get rid of oppressors and that is Ojukwu goal bro .
Bros have you suddenly forgotten that Ojukwu was part and parcel of the Nigeria government of era in discuss? If Ojukwu was out of the government of Nigeria, your assertion could be remotely correct. I shall not decide what was Ojukwu's goal as relates to freedom fighting. However one thing is clear, Ojukwu was a nationalist who wanted a country for his people.
WhoRUDeceiving: You said this 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago, same thing over and over.
A white man put you together with others with different value system and you want to continue to uphold them. Then you call them racist when they beat you?
When the fools, mainly Africans call the European or Asians racist, they simply smile because racism does not exist. It is a misnomer. There is only one race on earth and it is human. Anybody who buys into idiotic "Black and White" thing is basement fool.
Gjrich: One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s critics, Mr. Femi Aribisala has accused the President of playing the tribal card over key appointments in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Femi Aribisala alleged that 7 out of the 9 members of the NNPC Board are from a section of the country.
He said that this section of the country has no crude oil but its people are benefitting from juicy positions in the Oil Corporation.
In a series of Twitter messages, Femi Aribisala took time to list the key positions in the NNPC and the occupants
He said, “The North does not produce oil, nevertheless, he [Buhari] has Northernised the oil industry. Out of the 9 members of the NNPC Board, 7 are Northerners.”
On the positions and occupants, Femi Aribisala wrote, “Key Management positions held by Northerners in NNPC are Mele Kolo Kyari, Group Managing Director (GMD); Umar Isa Ajiya, Chief Finance Officer, Finance, and Account; Yusuf Usman; Chief Operating Officer, Gas & Power.
Farouk Garba Sa’id, Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services; Mustapha Y. Yakubu, Chief Operating Officer, Refining, and Petrochemicals; Hadiza Y. Coomassie, Corporate Secretary/Legal Adviser to the Corporation.
“Omar Farouk Ibrahim GGM, International Energy Relations, IER; Kallamu Abdullahi GGM, Renewable Energy; Ibrahim Birma GGM, Governance Risk and Compliance; Bala Wunti GGM, NAPIMS; Inuwa Waya MD, NNPC Shipping.
“Musa Lawan MD, Pipelines & Product Marketing, PPMC; Mansur Sambo MD, Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC; Lawal Sade MD, Duke Oil/NNPC Trading Company; Malami Shehu MD, Port Harcourt Refining Company.
Muhammed Abah MD, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company; Abdulkadir Ahmed MD, Nigeria Gas Marketing Company; Salihu Jamari MD, Nigeria Gas and Power Investment Company Limited.
“Mohammed Zango MD, NNPC Medical Services; Sarki Auwalu Director, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR.”
The Yarr.ba and most of the minorities from southern Nigeria created the path for the above conditions. When people did not think before talking a leap, they become regrettable.
Balogunodua: So says the osu from biaforu kingdom of falling mosquitos.
Says Abobaku who is not only afraid of the collapse of his country but afraid of going to the grave with his kabiyesi. You could die from unforeseen fear.
dignity33: first read my thread then counter it with proof .
You named Ojukwu in your post as one of the freedom fighters. Ojukwu was not a freedom fighter. Ojukwu simply wanted a safe homeland for his people. Ojukwu fought for outright independence and self governance. He fought for a country that would have been free of colonial entanglement of any form. It was not a scene where Ndigbo did not vote for their leaders or not allowed to say who will govern them. They were not restricted from any form of movement. How would you even remotely tag Nnamdi Kanu as a freedom fighter when the dude does not have a cutlass to his name? There are many jungles in Nigeria which could have accommodated well armed Nnamdi kanu and his followers if the branding of freedom fighter or terrorist is legit.
dignity33: To be a freedom fighter you will be able to give out everything for your people to be free even your life. A freedom fighter stay with it tormentors and confront them either through protests or civil disobedience, not on social media. without being present the course you are fighting will be useless because people we start leaving their normal life and label you a coward who leave them to die in the hand of oppressor for example. when Nelson Mandela and his compatriot went on exile the momentum of the struggle start diminishing, and the appetide government start using his people and some start criticizing the struggle and this make them to return back and choose to be lead with examples even if it will cause their life. Even when he jailed the comrade still carried the struggle this make the white minority to give up. No freedom fighters in the world has achieve his struggle in Exile name one. For you to stand against oppressor you must be able to lay your life. Martin Luther king did so.
Now let me speak about our so called freedom fighters, though Ojukwu maybe seen as a freedom fighter but his running to exile ivory coast made the struggle to end. Uwazurike took after Ojukwu but him not able to died in the struggle made him and his struggle inconsequential. Nnamdi Kanu the IPOB leader and the supreme one for that matter make it seem impossible, why Igbos are democratically in Nature and will never accept emperor as a leader. 2. Nnamdi Kanu is a selfish man who also like Uwazurike don't want to give his life for Biafra and this made his struggle useless. 3. He believe most in outsider help for the struggle and this make it unrealistic because charity they said begin at home. No where in the history has international community lead a struggle for independent of country.
conclusion. Our liberator or our true freedom fighter are still yet to be born and I'm not the one yet before you start to cruxify me. my purpose of writing this is for those who believe that Nnamdi kanu by feeding them with lies in Social media will bring Biafra. Now ask yourself this when Nnamdi kanu was in Nigeria was Biafra seem so close to achieve than now he is leading from exile?
Please point out one freedom fighter who stayed and fight against his/her tormentors in the same enclave? The bolded is fairly laughable. Most the times Africans to tend to compare oranges and apples. This is one reasons Africans fire blanks. Please poster I do not care if my freedom fighter is stingily selfish or chose to fight from hell as long as Republic of Igbo land or even Biafra is actualized.
Amarabae: Ndewo nu O. Oriaku Amarachi is back again to preach the gospel of truth and Igbo interest. why do you hate Ipob? someone asked me in inbox mail,I replied that Ipob extremism is now a big issue in Igbo nation especially on the relationship between us and our neighbouring ethnic groups. for me its either a restructured Nigeria or A homogenous Igbo only country. Dear Ipob, there are few things I want to teach you about south south, . 1, Stop questioning the meaning of south south, stop asking if it is found in geographical compass, its non of your business south south is a geopolitical zone created for the southern minorities the same way North central was created for northern minorities. case closed, the southern minorities are OK with the geopolitical zone created for them, so stop losing sleep over it. . 2, South South are not interested in recreating Eastern Nigeria region, it is hypocrisy for you to be angry with Britain for creating Nigeria yet you want to recreate an Eastern region that was created by the same Britain. the SS minorities who were in the old eastern region fought to have their own states just like the Midwest minorities fought to have their own region and it was all granted, I don't see the Yoruba's disturbing the Urhobos,Isokos, Itsekiris,Binis,Esans etc over bringing back the old western region, so You Ipobs should allow the ijaws,Efiks,Ibibios,Ogonis etc to have some rest, Eastern Nigerian region is gone forever, Move on. . 3, Yes there are Igbo speaking areas in south south like the area(Asa area of Oyigbo) I am from in Rivers, we were carved out from the old IMO state in 70s into Rivers , I have seen a lot of argument over the Igbo identity of Ikwerres, Etches,Omumas,Ekpeyes,Aniomas,Ndoni etc for me, it should up to these people to accept whether they are Igbo, not you guys always rubbing it in their face, we should not be emotional over this, the ikwerres,Ekpeyes,Ikas and Omumas have strongly over time denied being Igbo, I think letting them be is the right thing to do, when Germany lost the war, many Germanic tribes in Austria,Switzerland etc denied being Germans, yet Germany left them and rebuilt them selves, my point here is that An Emeka from Enugu south east should not be on internet shouting that there are Igbo indigenes in South south rather it should be the so called "Igbo indigenes in south south" affirming their Igboness through their socio cultural organisations., using one or two people from there claiming Igbo is not enough , majority is the key factor here. am sure you now understand my no,3 very well. . 4. SS minorities Don't need the Igbos to survive Same way Igbos don't need them to survive, Before the white men came, These minority tribes were living independently and doing fine ,same thing with the Igbos, So if anything happens to Nigeria, they can stand as a country of their own. look at Akwa ibom and Cross River, these two states can comfortably be a country of their own (AkwaCross) The Ijaws can stand as an independent country with their land and waters even the 4 LGAs of Ogoni can be an independent country etc same way South EAST Can stand as an independent country, Only a foolish tribe will leave Nigeria to join another mini Nigeria , IPOB let them be, shouting referendum up and down makes you look stupid, OK let's analyse it , referendum is a yes or no poll conducted in the area of agitation , if majority vote yes, the no voters have no option, so you want to bring referendum to minorities who never asked you for one so that you will use your huge population to win them , do you that that Mbaise people votes YES votes alone will swallow the whole Ogoni people's NO votes, you fool no one IPOBs , The minorities are not interested in Biafra or your referendum. . 4. Also the regular "North are controlling your oil" line is now boring Don't cry more than the bereaved IPOb, its none of your business or are you jealous that North are controlling their oil and gas instead of you! there are crude oil in Abia and IMO, if FG okays an oil expolrative search in the South east, more oil wells will be discovered in Imo state and Anambra state especially in Ogbaru LGA that is close to Ndoni, Natural gas are confirmed to be in Anambra and Imo state, so remove your eyes on who controls the oil and gas of these SS minorities, In fact they will rather allow the North to control it than Igbos, that's the bitter truth. . let me stop here, Agitating for a heterogeneous Biafra with the SS minorities is an error and am happy that many Igbos are beginning to agree to this fact . I stand for a restructured Nigeria or a homogenous Igbo only country. Ndewo nu. Oriaku Amarachi Acharaugo di ya 1 of Igbo nation. I love you all
Oriaku Amarachi in you first episode, you stated that Igwocha (Port Harcourt) in not Igbo town or Ikwerre town. Oriaku Amarachi, it is safe to say that you were totally wrong. Igwuoch or Igweocha (Port Harcourt) had been Diobu -Ikwerre farmland. I shall state categorically that any person who goes by Ijo in Port Harcourt is a tenant. The day will come when surprises will fill the air. Anybody who remeotely insinuate that Port Harcourt (Igwuocha) is partly owned by Ijo does not not know the history of the Port Harcourt.
You should not worry yourself with IPOB agenda instead you should stick with what you know as delimits of Igbo land. I have never referred Obigbo as Oyigbo. I was born and raised very close to Obigbo and throughout the green years I roamed Eke Obigbo. There was never a time it has been referred as Oyigbo until after the draconian boundary adjustment led by Yari.ba in order to denied Ndigbo of their lands. If there was no ominous intention behind the boundary adjustment, why would Obigbo be changed to Oyigbo? I am surprised at you since you claim to have been hailed from the areas ceded to Rivers State yet referred Obigbo and Oyibgo. No true son or daughter of Igbo land who his/her counts will refer Obigbo as Oyigbo. What school of thought gave rise to the change of name from Obigbo to Oyigbo? I guess IPOB's agendum is meant to reclaim what have been taken from Ndigbo. It is plain warning shot to those who masterminded the draconian boundary adjustment that Nigeria will never remain as configured.
GeorgeTheCoder: Tell your bastard father to shut up. The popular vote based on voting area determined the seats. Fucking illiterate. Id.iot
You are the illiterate in this discussion. Only fool will think that popular vote determines the majority seat. Again number of elected members from each party that contested the election shall always determine which party won the majority seat.
[quote author=hargbolahan01 post=89518581]if I can ask a question my brother?
how did saurdana of sokoto who is in [b]Kano know what they discuss in azikwe onitsha residence to be telling him they provide him the same deal?[/[/b]quote]
The Yari.ba people are always on their cunning strip and deceitfully inclined to gain something. The so-called close Lieutenants of Awo: Akintola and Rosiji had plans for Awo. They knew when Awo and his team will reach Onicha. While they were in Kaduna to meet with Ahmadu Bello on the issue of going into coalition with NPC, Awo and his team was in Onicha to strike the same deal with NCNC. When Akintola called Zik on phone to verify if Awo had arrived Onicha, Zik then informed Bello that Awo was in Onicha for the same coalition talk with AG. Now Bello and Azik could not trust Awo because his double dealing has been exposed.
deji17: But, 81 plus 73 will yield 154 which is greater than 134. Zik and Awo would have been able to easily form the Government based on their numbers.
What was at stark in the election was not simple majority but 2/3 (two-third) majority for filibuster proof.
GeorgeTheCoder: If you read carefuly you will see that the order parties in the election is based on popular votes. NCNC had the most popular votes followed by AG and then NPC. Despite this none could form a government
Shut up. The election was not decided on the number votes a political party garnered but the number of seats won.
IamPatriotic: Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 12 December 1959. The result was a hung parliament with no clear majority to form a government.
Zik's National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC), came first with 2,594,577 votes to get 81 seats.
Awolowo's Action Group (AG), came second with 1,992,364 votes to get 73 seats.
However, the Ahmadu Bello's Northern People's Congress (NPC), came a distant third with 1,922,179 votes to get 134 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives despite getting less public votes.
The above three major political parties in the election did not get enough number of the seats to form a government. An alliance had to be formed to determine who would rule.
It was a no brainer that Zik's NCNC and Awolowo's Action Group should make a coalition government as they came first and second respectively.
Awolowo, then humbled himself and volunteered to be a Deputy Prime Minister or Finance Minister in a coalition government with Zik as the Prime Minister. This was because the Zik's NCNC party had more public votes and seats than the Awolowo's Action Group.
Zik invited Awolowo’s team to Asaba, the gateway between the Yoruba's Western Region and the Igbo's Eastern Region to hold coalition talks. The talks were a clever ruse to keep Action Group’s hopes high, so that Action Group would be kept distracted from meeting with other minor parties for talks, including: Northern Elements Progressive Union with 8 seats; Mobolaje Grand Alliance with 6 seats; Igala Union with 4 seats; Independents Candidates with 4 seats; Igbira Tribal Union with 4 seats and the Niger Delta Congress with 1 seat.
Whilst the Action Group team was waiting in Asaba for a meeting with the NCNC, they read in the news that Zik and the NCNC had gone up North and clinched the deal with Ahmadu Bello on forming a coalition government with the NPC.
Tafawa Balewa, a Fulani, would be the Prime Minister of Nigeria while Zik would be the figure head Governor-General. Even Nkrumah of Ghana was shocked. He asked Zik why having spent so much energy fighting for colonial emancipation and then settling for a toothless bulldog role when Nigeria needed him the most.
Zik wrote in his autobiography why he did not form a coalition government with Awolowo.
In 1947, with over £13,500 raised from the Yoruba people and given to the NCNC, Zik had led other six prominent NCNC delegates to London to protest the “obnoxious laws” of Governor Arthur Richards. The trip ended in failure with backbiting, abuses and accusation of theft against Zik. Zik’s opponents at the NCNC, accused him of squandering the money and the trust of Nigerians.
Zik replied insinuating that the Yoruba on the team, that are: Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, Prince Adeleke Adedoyin, and Dr. A. B. Olorunnimbe, were the problem.
There erupted a heated and prolonged press war between Zik’s Political Reminiscence in his West African Pilot and H.O. Davies’ Political Panorama in the Daily Service. This led to Igbo in Lagos rushing to buy machetes in large numbers thinking a tribal war was imminent.
The Governor and his General Secretary, Hugh Foot, quickly called Zik and H.O. Davies to order at the Government House.
Zik went away with the resolve that “the Yoruba must not be allowed to rule over others in Nigeria”.
And afterwards in the Daily Service published the speech of Zik in 1949 about Igbo being destined by God to conquer and rule over others. This among others, will explain why Zik rejected Awolowo's offer of a coalition government in 1959 and instead worked with the Fulani.
The Fulani had been reading Zik and the Igbo through the lens of his 1949 speech ever since.
The Fulani way of neutralising Zik when the opportunity came in 1959 was to offer him a powerless post, which surprisingly Zik and the NCNC dutifully accepted in place of being Nigeria’s first Prime Minister.
Zik had thought that the Igbo can easily manipulate the Fulani in place of the educated Yoruba. He thus manipulated Balewa to arrest Awolowo in 1962 and to have him jailed for 10 years in 1963.
Zik also manipulated Balewa to remove from the Western Region the Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri and Western Ijaw that account for 70% of the oil wealth in Nigeria and created for them the Mid-West Region.
Zik's hatred for the Yoruba gave the Fulani the impetus to rule over others in Nigeria.
The Igbo coup plotters tried to undo Zik's mistake in 1966. And unfortunately, they killed other tribes and left theirs, which resulted in the civil war.
Britain did not really hand over Nigeria to the Fulani. Nigeria was given over to the Fulani by the Igbo.
However, to hold on to power in Nigeria, the Fulani enlisted the backing of the self-serving career politicians in England.
Not many Igbo especially the young ones know this narrative. I don’t think the Yorubas, even their elders remember this. Has the leopard changed its spots?
~ Babalola Akinnuoye writes from Ibadan, Western Nigeria.
The hand over to northern region of Fulani occurred in 1967 when Yari.ba joined northern region and political elites from the said region to foist war on eastern region. The nonsense created by Lugard was about to crumble in 1967 but Yari.ba in their infinite wisdom of deceit joined the northern region erect a Nigeria that stood on one foot. Shame to any Yari.ba person who thought out above crap.
Tissaia: They are trying so hard to tarnish his image because he in APC Their chicken party still barren They destroyed PDP, now they don't know what to do?
This has got nothing to do with APC or AA or PDP. The dumbass fool had been busy buying SUV for Judges in Imo State are regularly paid salaries and can equally afford the SUV yet the moronic governor could pay the salaries of staffs at Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC).
LeOstrich: War is on the horizon courtesy of the same people that brought the world both WW1 and WW2.
The powers that be have decided it is about time for a major financial and socio-economic shift in the way the world is being organized and lead.
The Globalists have vowed to this end to destroy all National boundaries and governments.
The United States will be coaxed into a war with China but the US will lose this war not from the front lines but from their own territory.
After duping the US into war, the Zionists will instigate as much opposition back in the US with much help from their useful idiots in the leftist circles.
Other than facing series of riots and protests over the on going war with China, the US will be plagued by an extreme radical Communist terrorist organization that will successfully conduct series of highly level assassinations, sabotage acts and also wage a guerrilla war within the US against the Nationalist and US Federal government. The US has shown its ability to wage wars simultaneously across the globe but the government and military will be overwhelmed by the communist threat from within. The resultant outcome will be the balkanization of the US into smaller weaker independent states, with the majority democrat blue states siding with the New World Order and One World Government.
The Communists in the US will get as much help from China - military and hardware assistance- to pacify the Nationalist States to succumb to China.
But there will still be islands of resistance to the New World Order scattered across the globe who will still resist the Zionist-Communist Order. Nigeria and most of Africa won't be part of that resistance. Nigeria will be part of the NWO and will be governed under the incoming Zio-Communist Order by appointed Jewish and Chinese Commissars.
chrisxxx: Bros I feel your pain. I am Ikwerre and I vehemently oppose the notion that I am Igbo. My grandmother was an Igbo lady from Umuahia. When she was alive I tried to ask her if Ikwerre was Igbo with her experience and knowledge going by her age. She categorically told me Ikwerre was not Igbo. She said there was no time Ikwerre had accepted to be Igbo. Not before the war or after the war. There are many ways Igbos can win the heart of these people that speak similar language and form a formidable front. It is far from annexation. That wont work. Before the war and when there was no idea of it even when the apparatchik of governance were fully under Igbo control in the Eastern Nigeria, Ikwerre in 1963 formed the Ogbakor Ikwerre Convention. First of all, Ikwerre is not Igbo. We have made this clear even before the civil war and that was why some Igbo accused Ikwerre of sabotage during the war. Second, in all efforts by the minorities in the former Eastern region to agitate for their own political, social and economic recognition and liberty in the Eastern region and Nigeria at large, Ikwerre participated fully: hence, the late Chief E. J. A. Oriji and others represented Ikwerre before and during most of the conferences set up to address the fears of the minority ethnic groups in Nigeria. Third, in May 1963, Ikwerre people formed the Ogbakor Ikwerre Convention to state that Ikwerre is a distinct ethnic group from any others in Nigeria. Fourth, in the 1964/65 elections into the Federal House of Representatives, National Council of Nigeria and the Camerouns (NCNC) nominated an Igbo man named Mr. Eluguronu to represent Ikwerre in the House. Ikwerre rejected it and fielded young Nwobidike Nwanodi as an independent candidate and he won. Fifth, Ikwerre's participation in all the movements for the creation of COR and later Rivers States clearly shows Ikwerre's rejection of been Igbo.
Since you copied the bolded from depth of lies, you have made a sermon out of it. There was nothing like federal election in 1965. There was federal election of 1964 which was boycotted by NCNC, AG, UMBC and NEPU. However during regional election in 1965, few boycotted areas saw election and majority of NCNC candidates were returned unopposed. The Elugaraonu saga was not Ikwerre issue. The contest was for Mile 2 Diobu district which was under Ahoada Cnetral District or constituency. The fight was between Orlu/Okigwe axis and Mbaise/Bende. Ikwerre was never a factor in the outcome that saw young Barrister Nwobidike Nwanodi who had no penny of his own or grassroots support to win in Ahoada Division. Mbaise/Bende axis wing of NCNC had adopted Nwobidike Nwanodi for Mile 2 Diobu in Ahoada Central District to regional house. Even though Mr. Elugwaraonu was from Mbaise, his town union has informed him that their support was marked for Nwobidike Nwanodi because Elugwaraonu stepped down as a candidate for Mayor of Port Harcourt. Elugaraonu insisted to run as independent and lost the election. Even as the election was concluded from the polls, it took tribunal headed by Chief R.B.K. Okafor which was setup by NCNC to resolve the political saga. Mr. Elugwaraonu was not the only prominent politicians who ran as independent and lost. Chief Emenike, the former and first Mayor of Port Harcourt, also lost as independent candidate.
lukui: Goodluck Jonathan Speaks From US- Why Niger Deltans Do not Want To Be Part Of Biafra Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebere Jonathan yesterday delivered a lecture at Texas US on why remaining indivisible with Nigeria than joining forces with Biafrans in splitting the country will pay niger deltans more. I begin this write-up by saying that I mean no ill-thought towards the Biafran struggle or Igbos in general. What I’ve written here are mainly my personal reflections concerning the Niger Delta, especially with regards to non-Igbo groups and their stake in the Biafran movement which has been rebirthed for some time now. I am not a mouthpiece for the Niger Delta but I believe I’ve been in the Niger Delta long enough to know our problems and our stand. I’ve also interacted with many Niger Deltans to know their stand in the Biafran struggle. When I use the term Niger Delta, I am referring to the region covering Delta, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River states. However, I understand that the region also covers Ondo, Imo, and Abia states. I’m not concerned with the latter because they are either Igbos or Yorubas and have their own struggles. The ethnic groups within my coverage include Urhobo-Isoko, Bini, Esan, Itsekiri, Ijaw-Epie-Ogbia, Ogoni, Afemai, Efik-Annang-Eket-Oron-Ibibio, Ogoja, Ejagham, and other groups in Cross River North. Ikwerre, Ukwuani, Ika, Aniocha, Ogba, and other Igboid groups, are not included. Historically, Biafra covered all the Niger Delta states EXCEPT Delta and Ondo states. This fact must be emphasised. Pro-Biafrans are welcome to debate and address my issues in a civil manner. I understand that most pro-Biafrans resort to insults when salient issues are addressed.
Please let’s set a good precedence from hereon. 1. Biafra may not be better for Niger Deltans because Niger Deltans may end up living one form of subjugation for another. The argument Igbos have made for their freedom is the desire to be free from Hausa-Yoruba domination. That argument also applies to the average Niger Deltan. Igbo, no doubt, will be the major ethnic group if Biafra is actualised. Ijaws may have a stake due to their numbers. What about the Ogonis, Urhobo-Isokos, Itsekiris, Efiks, etc? Where will they fit in at the national level? The sad reality is that another Nigeria will just be made manifest and resentments will build up. What will really be the fate of minorities? Will they fare better in Biafra or alone? In Nigeria, big groups such as Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo checkmate each other’s excesses very well. Who will checkmate that of Igbos in the new nation? 2. Where will the capital be located? If we are to follow the notion of central location, the capital of Biafra won’t be Enugu but around Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene axis. Will Igbos allow their capital to be sited in a non-Igbo location? This is a very salient issue because you don’t expect the riverine Niger Deltan in Twon-Brass, for instance, to journey all the way to Enugu to see their President. It has to be a location where ALL BIAFRANS can access easily. Enugu won’t go. 3. The issue of annexation comes to play. For so long, e-Biafrans have annexed Niger Delta as part of the proposed nation. The map below shows us what Biafrans have drawn to constitute the new nation: If we judge from this map, it means all groups in the Niger Delta have been annexed. My question is whether the leaders of these groups have been consulted before the annexation was done. I, for one, know that Urhobo-Isoko and Efik-Ibibio leaders have not approved of Biafra neither have anybody in these regions declared Biafra. So how and why were they included in the proposed map? Little things like this bring distrust and I understand that many of these non-Igbo regions have disowned the map and pledged allegiance to Nigeria. The declaration by the Delta State government is a case in point. I see this as forceful annexation. The so-called e-Biafrans have also not done much in calming the nerves of the people of the annexed regions. I’ve seen comments such as “if you don’t like it, go and stay in Sokoto”, “all land in the South is Biafraland”, etc. Is it not ironic that a group of people who want freedom want to annexe others? 4. What languages will be made the official languages of the new nation? I have seen several posts by e-Biafrans where Igbo was proposed as the official language of the new republic. What then will happen to other languages such as Urhobo, Isoko, Okpe, Efik, Ibibio, Oron, Ogoni, Eleme, Okrika, Kalabari, Bini, Esan, etc? Will they die off because of Igbo? Certainly NOT! If English is made the official language, the Igbo majority factor will kick in. If your name isn’t Chukwuemeka or Oliseh, Amarachi or Nneka, etc, you won’t get any appointment nor shall you be recognised. These are things we can’t deny. We are very ethnocentric in Africa. 5. What and what have Igbo nation done for Niger Deltans to gain their trust? Every day I see Igbo youths making enemies where there were none. They constantly use the agency of the internet to sprout controversy, hurl insults at dissenters and make unfounded claims. There is this general air of mistrust for Igbos by some Niger Deltans, particularly by Urhobo-Isoko and Bini people. What have Igbos done to checkmate this? Has any Igbo leader or group extended the hand of friendship to the Niger Deltans. Mistrust cannot be wished away. Most Niger Deltans would rather follow Hausas as slaves than follow Igbos as kings. This is the real reality and truthfully, Igbos caused this. 6. Who will lead the new nation? Obviously, Nnamdi Kanu, their hero, has fought tooth and nails for Biafra and he is currently cooling off in jail. If Biafra comes today, who will be the interim leader and what modalities are in place for subsequent leaders to be elected? Igbos have been the only ones fighting for Biafra since time immemorial with a handful of other groups here and there. Will Igbos allow other groups to rule over them? Will they allow an Urhobo man to be President, for instance? This is not a case of mere wishing. We have to understand that Niger Delta groups MAY NEVER BE ALLOWED TO RULE BIAFRA IF IT IS ACTUALISED. 7. Still on the issue of leaders, are the new leaders going to fall from the skies or they are simply going to change addresses from Abuja to Enugu. If so, what will change in the new nation? It is not arguable that Igbo national leaders are the most corrupt persons in Nigeria. If these same people are the ones to rule the new nation then there is no hope because corruption will be so rife that the economy of the new nation will shut down like a knocked engine. If we argue that new and younger leaders will arise, we still have the issue of who fought for Biafra to contend with. Most pro-Biafrans will not allow someone who sat at the periphery of the struggle to just come and waltz power away from the “heroes” of Biafra. If this is true then we will not have a proper democracy in Biafra. 8. Will Biafra be a utopia? The impression that e-Biafrans give is that Biafra will be perfect and we all know for a fact that this is not true. Apart from the issue of corruption and sentimentalism that have been addressed, we still have the issue of development. Where will money be generated from to develop the nation? In the whole of the proposed Biafra, only Port Harcourt and Onitsha are economically viable cities. Where will the investors come from? Why should they invest in a volatile country? Only in Warri, we have Ijaw, Itsekiri and Urhobo at loggerheads, imagine what would happen to the whole nation. Secondly, I am sure that no Niger Deltan will allow his “oil” to be used to develop Enugu like what happened with Abuja, and is still happening today. Niger Deltans are getting wiser and by the time the new nation is formed, matters that border on oil, wealth distribution and infrastructural development will be raised. 9. The current structure of the proposed nation, as shown in the map earlier embedded, favour Igbos with more states. Urhobo has one, Efik-Ibibio has two, Itsekiri has none, etc. How will this be addressed? Certainly, every ethnic nationality will want adequate representation and so the structure on that map will never work. 10. Last, but not the least, is the issue of referendum. Some Biafrans are already calling for a referendum which will involve all parts of the proposed nation. I am pretty sure how this referendum will turn out. However, for the sake of being hypothetical, let us imagine that some ethnic groups/states vote against Biafra by the majority, what will be their fate at the end of the day? Secondly, will the result of such a referendum be true and honest? I understand that electoral malpractice forms a part of our identity. How are we going to get a true reflection of people’s thoughts? Thirdly, if states and ethnic groups do decide to vote for Biafra, what mechanisms are in place to contain Igbophobia, Igbomania, Igbocentrism, Igbo hegemony, Landgrabbing, and all issues that minorities have raised? Above are the reasons why I feel that Niger Deltans will NOT subscribe to the Biafran movement. I have been very practical, philosophical and hypothetical in my approach. I do not speak for any group or persons but I present these issues for the pro-Biafrans to address. Niger Deltans can raise more issues that I have not raised. Finally, it should be noted that I expect insults directed at my person by e-warriors and keyboard mercenaries, as usual, but I won’t pleasure such persons with answers or altercations. If you raise good points, we can discuss like intellectuals
I knew this crap did not come from Jonathan Goodluck. Unless you are a Yari.ba or northerner, no well educated Nigerian will excise people from their ancestral home because of silly Nigerian politics. It will amount to indelible stupidity for Goodluck to insinuate that people of Ikwerre, Ukwuani, Ika, Aniocha, Ogba, and other Igboid groups are the part of Niger Delta. Even it is a display of basement tomfoolery to remotely think that physical geography of Niger Delta had to changed to suite the political shenanigan of a dolt.
Kenplay: If Nnamdi Kanu is a terrorist, criminal, evil and all what the Nigeria government has label him then why has Interpol or any foreign country yet to arrest.
We see him openly in the streets of US, UK, Israel and Europe, if he is that wanted and evil then why have they not arrested him and send him back to Nigeria or tried him in ICC.
The societies of the places you mentioned in the above post are more educated society than Nigerian society. The people knew that Nnamdi Kanu is a freedom fighter who does not agitate for self determination with guns. They also believe Nnamdi Kanu has every right to self determination. The people of USA, UK, Israel and Europe know too well Nigeria is a rogue country led by fraudulent goons.
ThatFairGuy: [s][/s] Folktales. Igbo doesn't have history
By 1903 when Yari.ba and Fulani capitulated to the British expeditionary forces, Ndigbo were busy fanning embers of war on the rear of British government. The war waged on till 1914 when the British government sued for peace through protracted negotiations.
Politics › Re: It’s A Lie: Igboland Is Not Landlocked By Aloy Ejimakor by Dedetwo(m): 8:38pm On May 17, 2020*. Modified: 9:42pm On May 17, 2020
