₦airaland Forum

Dereformer:
Following, the declaration by Northern elders that North will never allow power to leave the North in 2019, I am beginning to wonder whether it is the North that determines who wins elections or the electorates.

The North used every means necessary, including orchestrating the infamous kidnap of over 200 school girls in Chibok, as well as threats to push JEG out of office.

So many lies, violent speeches were used against the last administration. In fact, it is on record that even INEC was partisan during the build up to 2015 elections.

In the North, under aged children were allowed to vote, voting continued up till 6.30 pm in the north while in south east and south south, voting was stopped around 4.00pm.

Today the same threat is playing out preparatory to 2019 elections.

The North by their actions have already disenfranchised the Acting president from standing to be voted for in 2019.

It brings my earlier stand that the south are really not united to their own disadvantage.

I have come to accord very high regard and respect to AP Osibanjo. He is a nice man, I must confess.

He has shown that he has the capacity to pilot the affairs of Nigeria. He is intelligent, vocal and well educated.

A Yoruba proverb says my enemy's friend is my enemy.
The Yoruba's were very vocal in their distaste for JEG's adminstration. A lot of us, then, came up with the assertion that southern unity should be protected at all cost.

A Yoruba man said even if Buhari provides a NEPA bill they will vote for him. They actually did, thus bringing to end southern brotherhood.

My friend Uduak told me recently that southern brotherhood politically was killed and buried in 2015.

This effectively means that anything will win over Osibanjo in south east and south south in 2019 if he contests.

I urge the south east and south south to begin considering a middle belt candidate for the forth coming elections.

Dereformer:
Yes. I am correct at President Osibanjo. Mr president appears to be a unifying factor in Nigeria.

The only way open to Mr president now is to invite the following people to a round table discussion, listen to each of them and then issue a final warning.

Invite:

(1) Nnamdi KANU

(2) leaders of Niger Delta militant

(3) Leaders of northern youths

(4) leaders of Igbo youths

(5) leaders of Yoruba youths

(6) leaders of south south youths

(7) leaders of middle belt youths.

My humble opinion.

Dereformer:
Thanks for your submission.

For so many years good people have called for true federalism, the north refused.

For so many years good people have called for restructuring, the north refused.

For many years good people have called for a form confederal arrangement, the north refused.

For so many years good people have complained about killing if southerners in the north, the north remained adamant.

For years Benue, plateau, and southern Kaduna people have been under the sledge hammer of the murderous Fulani herdsmen, the north kept quite only for a sitting governor to pay the killers not to cause problem again.

Do you know how many Ijaws have died in their quest to control the resources God gave them?

Do you know how many Igbos that have died in the north as a result of incidences that happened in far away Europe?

Do you know that the people that killed the Yoruba woman that went about preaching the gospel were discharged for want of evidence?

How many Igbos are in the Nigerian army today?
How many Ijaws are in the Nigerian army today?
How many yorubas are in the Nigerian army today?
Compare with the number of Hausa Fulani in the army.

Why should south east have only 5 states in Nigeria?

Why should kano and Jigawa alone have more federal representatives than the whole of south east?

why should kano have almost times two the number of Local government than Lagos.

Bros, the people holding us down will never let go.

So we must go our separate ways simple.

#referendumibelieve

freshest4live:
The sit at home protest is exagerrated, many in the S.E locked up for fear of becoming pawns in a chess game between lpob touts and the Army.
Also there's nothing wrong in honoring the dead who lost their lives. If l were lgbo, l would honour them too without supporting lpob.

azimibraun:
I bet you a significant number of Igbos are not down with this idea. Take it to a referendum and watch how much those clamouring for Biafra are in the minority. On a dinner table on behalf of everybody? Yet again you are wrong.

freshest4live:
OP restructuring is better than separation, the south south alone is so diverse and we are all brought together as one under the federation Nigeria, if you divide this country giving every so called marginalized group her so called freedom without bias, you would have at least 6-20 nations, and this is even in the best case scenario. I still do not see why we cannot fight for a form of true federalism and work it out.
And yes l am a unity beggar.

azimibraun:
Where is the Op na? You just dey preach separation with no plans on how to do am? I didn't even ask for a comprehensive detailed plan. Just an idea in summary.

Dereformer:
If separation will bring peace, progress, harmony to each of the countries that will emerge from Nigeria, will you in all honesty preach one Nigeria?

This is for sane minds and adults to answer.

Dereformer:
To avoid the imminent collapse of Nigeria, the FGN must as a matter of urgency and necessity do the following:

1. begin the implementation of resource control policy. Every state must control their resources and pay tax to the center.

2. Nigeria should be broken down into 6 regions. Every region has the power to create as many states as it can cater for.

3. Rotational presidency must be enshrined in the constitution. The rotation must be among the six regions. Within the regions, an arrangement could be made to ensure each ethic group takes turn to produce the president.

4. Process of secession must be clearly enshrined in the constitution.

5. State police must be enshrined in the constitution.

6. All the federal offices must be shared equally among the regions.

The above are the issues that can get Nigeria out of the present state.

Please add yours.

Dereformer:
The lies peddled by the Nigerian military govt in 1967 is currently being repeated.

The Niger Deltans are currently being indoctrinated to the fact that Igbo's want their oil.

This is far from the truth. There are abundant reserve of oil in the east. In fact, the east has more gas reserves than any other country in West Africa. You can google this.

To the Niger Deltans, particularly the Ijaws, throughout your sons presidency, we the Igbos gave him massive support. Your son noted in one of his speeches that the Igbo's are indeed the back bone of his administration.

In 1967 you joined the Nigerian forces to run over your closest neighbour. You allowed your soil to be a base for onslaught against your long standing brothers and ally.

We weathered through the storm and came out strong.

Almost 50 years after the war, I am sure you have come to understand and regret your actions in fighting your brothers.

Events of the past 50 years which have witnessed the killing of your leaders like Ken Saro wiwa and many others have indeed proved beyond doubt that all of us are endangered species in Nigeria.

We do not want to rule over you, we do not want to take your oil, we have more than we need.

Ankio Briggs has indeed made it clear that after Biafra exits Nigeria, through your support of course, you can have your Niger Delta republic.

While the Igbo's are asking for a referendum to determine whether we actually want to remain in Nigeria, the North has said they are ready for war.

We therefore, ask you to ponder for a while and decide whether or not to fight against your brothers.

We ask that you ponder whether to fight against a people that is currently no where politically as a result of the massive support they gave your son and father.

Biafra shall rise.

EngrXrix:
Very unrealistic...

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Dereformer:
A worthy soldier knows when to push, when to pull, when to resist, and most importantly when to run away.

Ojukwu, hate him or love him, remains the greatest Igbo man of all times.

He is loved by his people even after death.

To show their love for Ojukwu, his people gave him a worthy burial that no man born of a woman has received on the planet earth.

I was in Nnewi at that time. It was awe inspiring. Even his enemies could not but say that he is in deed a great man.

Now, each time i read about the animosity and the fight between the Igbos and the Yorubas, I always tell myself that the north is indeed playing their cards well.

They (the north) understood that to maintain their hold on power these two tribes must not see eye to eye.

What pains me the most is that Igbos and the Yorubas do not seem to understand this.

My closest friend Seun is a Yoruba man. Each time i visit lagos, I stay in his house. He and his family have been to my house in the east a couple of times.

Each time I bring up the issue of the level of hatred between our people, he always tell me that some persons are a gaining from it. And would do any thing to ensure that their is no peace between the two major tribes.

I believe my friend, but I blame the Igbo and the yoruba the more.

Have you ever wondered why, the Igbos, the yorubas, the itsekiris, the ijaws, the middle belt tribes want resource control but the hausa/fulani will have non of that?

Yet what they(hausa/fulani) want prevails.

Have you ever wondered why the Igbos, the yorubas, the itsekiris, the ijaws, the idomas etc want state police, regional autonomy, a sort of confederal arrangement, yet the hausa/fulani would not have any of that. Yet what they want prevails.

Are we in the south and middle belt cursed? Are we under a spell? Are jinxed?

To be continued.

Dereformer:
permit me to digress a little from the subject of my earlier post on this thread.

I watched the Nigeria - Biafran Hostilities posted by someone (whose username i have forgotten) on a thread about the DSS embarrassment of Ikedife and Utomi. I am not so sure.

After watching the video, I cannot but salute the courage, the determination, and the might of our great biafran soldiers who died in other to remain alife.

In deed, they died for something.
In the words of jack bauer in the movie 24 ' it is better to die for something than to die for nothing'

My father who happen to fight for his fathers land told me not to blame them for going to war. According to him, the war was practically inevitable at that time.

He also told me not to blame Ojukwu for the war. That he (Ikemba) did what any leader would have done.

According to my father, what was in the mind of every Biafran youth in 1967 was war because our brothers and sisters were being killed in their thousand in the north.

My father told me to my surprise that Ojukwu did not want to go to war. The biafran youths who could not stand and watch their flesh and blood being butchered in the north demanded 'Ojukwu nye anyi egbe' that is Ojukwu give us guns.

Biafra lost the war. But they have made their point. My father told me, if biafrans did not fight, we would have been in a dipper shit in the Nigeria of today.

I remember an event that happened during my primary school. I was in elementary four at that time. There was a boy in my class who derives joy in beating me.

The boys name is Kenneth. He was a bully. He fancied beating me of all the boys and girls in my class and i feared him the way women fear snake.

The boy was my nightmare. Each i remember going to school i will feel bad because of Kenneth.

Then one day, a very faithful day, I was with one of my friends, he was telling me about the karrate film he watched called The drunken master.

I was still listening to this 'epic' film when Kenneth the bully came from behind and gave me a very hard knock on the head.

That was all. I could not take any of that again. I was prepared to die. I fought him. I fought like i have not done before. I told my friend never to separate the fight. And he did not.

After the fight, though i was defeated, Kenneth became tactically afraid of me. My boldNess grew. Me that hardly talk in class became a talkactive. I shout down at Kenneth at any slightest opportunity and he never did anything again to me until we left primary school.

While i do not support any form of violence, it is important to understand that there are times when one must fight. Otherwise you become slave in your own father's house.

My only blame to Biafrans was fighting at a wrong time. But then my father told me it was inevitable at that time.

tetengi4life:
When MASSOB became more audible in fegge, there is a place called NWANGENE (Dust bin Area), some part where been cleared, we thought it was for development, guess what, some of our friends we once knew began to build Shanties (as MASSOB police station along creek road fegge). If you and your neighbor had issues, you will prefer to be reported to police instead of MASSOB. Police feared them including the Igbos too because of theft, brutality and other kinds of social vices in broad day light.
In 2014 before I went for NYSC, where I was working (Loading scrap metal into Lorries) in Uga street for OGA GEB (A.K.A ELU ELU), I saw my far far junior in school (Obum-neme) have become a ‘commander’ in MASSOB, they came close to our trailer, requested for money, searched us (everyone including their igbo counterpart) collected our belongings and left. OGA GEB cried and wailed, he had to employ one of them (EBUKA) to be guarding us when working and he smokes Indian hemp in the public and still collect N5000.
That doesn’t stopped it completely, different sect will come and fight, claim territory and left.
At a point the problem was not even with the Northerners again, it was with themselves, we just sat down and keep praying for peace and for the sheath not to point against us one day.
Even ordinary repair work at your house, they will come and seize your equipments (shovel) requesting for money or approval without receipt and there were tens of different sects of them. That was when we realized we where in ANARCHY. Thank God for Governor Willie Obiano that cleaned the street from these thugs. Since then, once In a while, I only visit family members that are still doing business there and I don’t want to stop visiting because “abum nwa ala oatuu”.
WHERE DID THE PROBLEM COME FROM AND HOW CAN WE SOLVE IT ESPECIALLY WE THE YOUTHS.
IGBOS I DON’T WANT YOU TO GO, FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND FEELINGS WILL BE SEPARATED
From MUHAMMAD IDRIS BAWA (tetengi) A NIGERIAN

centK:
Its all in the hand of God. Only when God is in the race, thats when excellence is inevitable #grace. Still counting

nurey:
Simple
Tokunbo
1. Ask for the custom papers and do a VIN check on the said vehicle
2. Make sure you by from a registered car stand
3. Check for repainting of the car, most obvious in the bonnet area where it's hard to respray
4. Check the glass for any engraving

Nigerian used
1. Ask for customs document and ensure its original
2. Ask for vehicle documents original ones
3. Confirm name on documents match sellers name if not let he/she provide proof of sale from the original owner and possibly receipt of sale (2 separate documents)
4. Input the plate number in frsc database and make sure it conforms with the said vehicle registered to
5. Make sure all documents are original not photocopy
6. Take a selfie with the seller and the said vehicle.

Follow those links for information

http://www.nvisng.org/NumberPlateVerification.aspx
https://www.nairaland.com/2646449/documents-needed-when-buying-used

shukuokukobambi:
Which of you condemned his idiocy then?

Thank God no idiot took up the instruction of your idiotic director. He was also caught on video soliciting funds for guns. Didn't he buy the guns again or did he siphon all the money?

Of course we want the referendum but just pray his stupidity and childishness doesn't cost you greatly before then. All of you that were egging him on and parroting his foolishness on nairaland too will have share in the blame

shukuokukobambi:
So all the idiotic hate speeches by the albino on his radio was what? Rantings of a slowpoke? When he asked for pastor Kumuyi to be killed in aba, what was that? An easter day message?

I laugh in biabia. I never knew you guys could become so civil in so short a time. What's responsible for the change? A speech by one kunu drinking mallam?

Abeg let the referendum start biko

LionDeLeo:
There is something I don't understand; why is it that iporks cannot stand the odour of their own poo?

Igbos are not calling for war, was this man called cownu drunk when he made this statement?

Why are iporks characterised by lies?

Meanwhile, point out how the kaduna declaration was a call for war.

Look at someone clearly calling for the killings of Nigerians and you have the guts to pour out this trash.

jpphilips:
Illiteracy is not a fundamental right, be rest assured there will be consequences.

Dereformer:
With the present tension in the country, coming as a result of the quit notice issued by the Area youth groups and the subsequent notices given by the Yorubas and the Niger delta groups alike to the effect that their indigenes should head back home, I call for a united south.

Make no mistakes, my call for a united south is not a call for the south to be united as one country. It is a call to stand together in the coming days to achieve what we have been clamouring for decades ago, thereafter, we can go our separate ways if we cannot be together.

As some people have said, the call by the Arewa youth groups is not an empty threat. The call is sanctioned by Northern elders as confirmed by the second meeting of the group on the 8th of June 2017.

It is imperative to state that the North has held the south down for too long. It will be difficult to differentiate an Igbo man from a south south man and from a Yoruba man when the North goes berserk with their killings.

It is equally important to state here that the current happenings presents the best opportunity to discuss the bases of our existence in Nigeria if we must continue to be one.

Every attempt by other regions to get the country restructured in other to have a better working entity has always been rebuffed by the North.

North is the only region that benefit from wrong structure Nigeria is presently in.

We must discuss the basis of our existence. Nobody should be forced to belong to where he or she does not desire to.

We must come together now so that world bodies will wade in and demand for a referendum.

What the south as an entity should opt for is a referendum to pull away from the North. Thereafter, we can decide whether to stay as one country in the south or everyone should go their separate ways.

Southern Sudan did it. We can do it.

I am elated that other regions in the south have called their people back.

Our dreams and aspirations in Biafra, Oduduwa Republic and Niger delta Republic must be achieved.

Unity is imperative. It is now or never.