₦airaland Forum

Cacawa2:
[s]90 % of the Ibos are in full support of the ONE NIGERIA project.

These are the real hardworking Ibos.

The real Ibos are known for human networking.

The real Ibos cherish friendships even over family.

The real Ibos are bridge builders.

In the first civil war, the real Ibos were prisoners of the Ojukwu led army. They had no choice but to be locked down in a battle of military ego. They suffered huge casualties.

But guess what.

When the war was over, they bounced back. They did not sit to count their loses, they built larger wealth.

The real Ibos thrive in peace. They are productive. They thrive in production, import, export and education.

Today, the real hardworking Ibos have once again been liberated.

They have been liberated from the captivity of urchins. From the mindless tenacity of a tactless group of un-educated, mal-educated and mis-educated miscreants in Ibo skin. People who have no investment or knowledge of survivalist nature of the real hardworking ibos.

Today, they have triumphed.

I respect the Ibos so much for this.

No room for terrorism in the SouthEast, and any attempt to smuggle militancy from neighbouring creeks will be stifled and snuffed out.

Igbo kwenu!!!! [/s]

sarrki:
[s]This are good leaders

Ipobs are criminals

This shows that ipobs are not Igbo
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meflow:
[s]The Truth from Uncle Joe Igbokwe
"Did the Yoruba go to war when June 12 1993 Presidential Election won by their illustrious son Chief MKO Abiola was annulled on June 23rd 1993 on a sheet of paper by IBB? Did Yoruba go to war when Abiola’s wife Alhaja Kudirat Abiola was murdered in Lagos in the morning of Jun 4 1996? Did Yoruba go to war when the winner of that historic election was poisoned on July 7 1998? Did Yoruba go to war when those who killed Abiola imposed Obasanjo on them as President in 1999?
Did Yoruba accept Chief Ernest Shonekan when IBB made him to head the interim government in 1993? Yoruba rejected OBJ and Shonekan because this unique race has never been slaves to public office and yet they have remained number one in Nigeria in almost everything. This is wisdom and strategic thinking at work.
Those of us who have lived in Yoruba land for years should not only learn how to wear Aso Ebi, eat Ewedu soup or dance Owambe, music.
We must have also learned other unique things from them like sharing property to both male and female children, religious tolerance, ethnic tolerance, transferring legacies from generation to generation. Do you know that APC National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s wife is a Christian? Do you know that former Governor Fashola’s wife is a Christian? We can learn a lot from Yoruba. Yoruba too can learn from Igbo in areas of thinking home, business enterprise, self-help, apprenticeship, etc.
A Yoruba woman, a Pastor Mrs. Eunice Olawale Elisha of the Redeemed Christian Church of God old NEPA Road Phase 4 Kubwa, Abuja was killed by unknown persons on Saturday morning of July 9, 2016, while preaching the gospel around 5.30am. I have followed the reactions on the internety and Yoruba do not behave like the Igbo. They have been speaking but not preaching hate. They have called for the culprits to be fished out, prosecuted and punished. If Mrs. Eunice Elisha had been an Igbo hell would have been let loose. There would have been abuses and abuses. But Yoruba are not Igbo. This is civilization. This is strategic thinking. I hope our people can learn from this. Civility is not a sign of weakness. He who fights and run away lives to fight another day.
When GEJ marginalized Yoruba in his cabinet for five years despite been the most vocal in an effort to make him president, Yorubas didn't threaten anybody, they didn't abuse anybody, they simply fought in a peaceful & civilized way to effect a change in 2015 using their PVC. Today the most active VP since the independence & most likely, the next president of Nigeria is Yoruba. Fashola heads 3 ministries & referred to as prime minister in some parlance, Kemi Adeosun heads finance, Fayemi heads mines etc. That's how to fight for relevance in multi faceted country like Nigeria & not taking up arm against everybody.
To have ears is not to listen, to listen is not to hear, to hear is not to understand, to understand is not to put to practice. I know that writing this may not get me many friends among the Igbo, but it always gets me the right ones"
- Joe Igbokwe[/s]

TheCabal:
He should resume or resign.

okpismart:
[s]??See Shocking Similiarities Between IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu And Boko Haram Leader Shekau As Shared By An Igbo Man On Facebook

https://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Nnamdi-Kanu-And-Shekau.jpg

The list of similiarities below was shared by Ikenna Ujukwu on Facebook:

1. Shekau curved an area in the Northeast and called it Boko haram country, Kanu curved Southeast and called Biafra his country.

2. Shekau formed his military, Kanu formed his military.

3. Shekau declare to bring the head Nigeria’s president to his acclaimed country, Kanu did same.

4. Shekau boast to kill and destroy Nigerian military, Kanu brag the same.

5. Shekau banned his followers from attending mosques where Boko Haram member is not the Imam and Kanu also banned Igbos from attending a church where Yoruba is the pastor.

6. Shekau calls Nigeria a country of hypocrites and infidels, Kanu calls Nigeria a country of animals (zoo)

7. Shekau has his own National flag and cabinet, Kanu also has his own


SOURCE: http://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/see-shocking-similiarities-between-ipob-leader-nnamdi-kanu-and-boko-haram-leader-shekau-as-shared-by-an-igbo-man-on-facebook[/s]

Ofemmanu1:
[s]WHEN YOU ARE NOT BLINDED BY ETHNIC HATE , THERE IS AN OUTBREAK OF COMMONSENSE.

FROM PRESIDENT OF OHANEZE (??)

I remember a time in this Country when all the six Ministers in Jonathan's kitchen Cabinet were all Igbos.

Ayim Pius Ayim was Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was in charge Finance, Emeka Wogu was in Labour and Productivity, Berth Nnaji was in Power and Energy.

Dieziani Madueke was the powerful Minister for Oil.

The six of them outside the Federal Executive Council would meet and decide what and what not to be discussed at the larger FEC.

Whatever they decided would eventually be the position of Government.

In six years, this was the situation.

Okiro and Onovo had the Police under their control.

Ihejerika and later Minimah controlled the Army.

These powerful Igbos could do and undo.

Nigeria was in their pockets.

Rather than care about the poor Igbo chaps scattered all over the Country, they were busy diverting Billions of Naira into their accounts at home and abroad.

The Second Niger Bridge, they didn't do. They shared the money.

The Lagos/Calabar rail lines passing through nine States, three of them in the South East, they were not bothered.

They refused to pay the Chinese the Counter part fund. They shared the money.

Enugu/Onitsha, Aba/PH and other roads of economic importance to their fellow Igbos, they abandoned them.

Who is to blame ?

Who is marginalising the Igbos ?

You had your chance, you bungled it.

There was only one Yoruba Minister worth mentioning at the time, Akinwunmi Adesina.

He was in Agriculture. His budget was less than 1% while Emeka Wogu in Labour had over 10% for his Ministry.

Ayim had unlimited access to the treasury for the benefit of himself and Family members.

The poor Igbo guys meant nothing to him.

If an Igbo becomes President tomorrow after Jonathan, will there be any difference ?

The Igbo man will marginalise his fellow Igbo people...

PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Under Former President Jonathan, A South Easterner:

**Senator Pius Anyim - former Secretary to the Federal Government for 5 years - Igbo.

**Ngozi Okonjo Iweala - former Minister of Finance and Coordinator of the Economy for 5 years - Igbo.

**Senator Ike Ekweremadu- former and incumbent Deputy Senate President for 5 years plus - Igbo.

**Emeka Ihedioha - former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives for 5 years -Igbo.

**General Ihejirika - former Chief of Army Staff for 4 years - Igbo.

**Diezani Alison Madueke - former Petroleum Minister for 5 years - Ijaw/ Igbo.

**Senator Stella Odua- former Minister of Aviation for 4 years - Igbo.

~EMEKA OKAFOR.

Please add these to the List. All since the present Democratic dispensation in 1999.

Evans Enwerem - Igbo- Senate President.

Chuba Okadigbo - Igbo- Senate President.

Adolphus Wabara - Igbo - Senate President.

Ayim Pius Ayim - Igbo - Senate President.

Ken Nnamani - Igbo - Senate President.

Chinedu Nebo- Igbo - Minister of Power.

Bert Nnaji - Igbo - Minister of Power.

~AKIN OMOZ-OARHE.

So who really is marginalising who when all these had all the chance in the world to get their kinsmen their fair slice of the National cake ?

Did they not get the slice ?

Hell they did. Where did it go ?

Ask them.[/s]

danduke85:
[s]Some people are currently beating the drum of war in parts of Abia and Rivers States. Many young men are putting their lives on the line not realising that they are mere pawns on the hands of chess masters safely tucked away behind high fenced buildings in Lagos, Abuja and other foreign lands.

Many of them have their children studying at the various expensive private schools in the country or living abroad, while they encourage the children of the poor masses to take up arms to challenge the military. They have also insured that in the event of war, their children will be safely ferried away to foreign lands where they hold dual citizenship.

This reminds me of one of my favourite movies of the 90s, the war drama, ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon. In the movie, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have all been killed in action, living him as the last surviving son of his parents.

The movie which was set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, explored the impact of war on the family especially the men who are at the war front. I can relate with that situation as my father (may God rest his soul) was the only surviving male child of his parents as a result of the Biafran war. In his case, he was saved by his small stature as he was considered too small to carry a gun.

My father lost three of his brothers to the war and my grandmother never truly recovered from the shock. As a result, he was encouraged to marry at a very young age to propagate the family lineage being the only surviving son of his parents.

And although the birth of my brother and I, in quick succession brought immeasurable joy to my grandparents, the distant look in grandma’s gaze often betrayed her sadness.

However, she wasn’t the only one traumatised by the Biafran war, several other women in my village often recalled their experiences especially on rainy days when the rumbling sound of thunder brought back memories of explosion and gun fire. And until her death few years ago, we could never watch war movies in her presence, as it brought back memories of the war. Anybody who grew up in the villages can relate to this.

As a young man growing up in the post civil war era in the East, we heard different versions of what transpired during the war. One of such version is that the Biafran army was at the verge of victory when Ikemba Odimegwu Ojukwu went into exile. This they claimed demoralised the soldiers and made them to surrender.

This particular version created a love-hate feeling in me towards Ikemba: Love for his bravery to stand up and defend his people; and hate for him ‘running away.’ In my naivety, I had believed that if Ikemba had stayed behind, perhaps the Biafran war would have had a different outcome, and my uncles would not have died in vain.

Over the years, I have watched as different personalities tried to resurrect the dream of a Biafran State. In my view, the Biafra agitation has become to the East, what Sharia and resource control is to the North and the South-South; a tool for manipulating the poor masses and a rallying point for individuals who want to exploit our primordial sentiments for overnight fame and self enrichment.

Just few weeks ago, I was amazed to watch a video on the social media of young Igbo men, tearing their Nigerian passport as a sign of their rejection of the country and embracing the new version of Biafra being promoted by IPOB.

This brings me to Nnamdi Kanu, the present actor in the Biafran saga. Kanu is a dual citizen of Nigeria and Britain, and currently carries the passports of both countries. Few weeks ago it was reported that Kanu had bought a bigger house in London close to his former apartment.

That news gave me the impression of someone who’s either preparing to flee or expand his household.

During his detention by the Nigerian government, Kanu had reached out to the British government to push for his release. In a letter dated March 24, 2017, and addressed to the UK High Commissioner in Abuja, he reminded the British government that he is a full British citizen, and is therefore entitled to all Rights, Privileges and Protection, guaranteed under the British Laws and conventions.

This is rather ironic for a man who claims to be more Igbo than Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ikemba Odimegwu Ojukwu and every other Igbo man who dared to challenge him.

A popular Port Harcourt based preacher has a by-line for his TV programme to the effect that “if a man has too many alternative, he may never succeed.” According to him, if you want to achieve a goal, you must be focused on one course of action.

The fact that Kanu holds a British citizenship and has demonstrated his readiness to exploit it when he is in trouble, makes me question his commitment to the course for which he is urging others to die for. If he can’t endure being locked up for the same course, what moral justification does he have to ask you die for it?

I want a Nigeria in which I am treated equal and not discriminated against simply because I am an Igbo man. I believe we the Igbos have not gotten a fair deal in the present arrangement. But if the Yorubas and other regions are calling for restructuring of the country, it also means they are not satisfied too. We must therefore align with the other regions in finding a political solution that works.

However, if Kanu wants me to take him seriously, he must start by renouncing his British citizenship. That way, I know that we are in this together.
Engr. Ikenna Amadi wrote in from Owerri, Imo State

Source: https://www.vigil360.com.ng/exclusive-report/2845-why-nnamdi-kanu-should-renounce-his-british-citizenship-engr-ikenna-amadi.html

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Naijiant:
[s]Now that yawa don gass with Nnamdi Kanu on the run, some of his allies are speaking out against him. A pro-Biafran activist has spoken out how Kanu refused to take advice.[/s]

See more: https://www.naijiant.com/articles/nnamdi-kanu-disappointed-pro-biafran-activist/

higherpower post=60576753[s:
]This picture appeared online today. It shows PMB hosting or addressing the other world leaders while they look at him in amazement. I may not know the particular location this picture was taken but it seems the world now has great respect for Nigeria and PMB.
Meanwhile, if you can't say something reasonable, just pass oh.[/s]

1stCitizen:
These deluded 'Biafrans' are in lalaland

EdozieRichard:
[s]This is Allegedly one of the Dubai mansion owned by the Former Minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The property is worth over N7billion (74million Dirham).

Read more: http://www.edozierichardsblog.com/2017/09/photo-of-diezanis-posh-mansions-in.html[/s]

abdelrahman:
[s]FFK is just using them for politics,the man is a confirm igbo hater if you check his old statements about the igbo,pls beware[/s].

SHTFguy:
I am not afonja

I am pro Biafran

The whole govt explanation about Kanu escaping is a big fcking lie

hauwababy:
[s]According to the the President of AYCF, Mallam Shettima Yerima, leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is trying to run away from the country through the Cameroonian border.....

“We are aware that he is scheming to find a way of escape through Cameroonian borders, which is easier for him to move and run back to where he belongs.

“He is on his way looking for how to run to Cameroon and that we are aware from our intelligence reports.”

http://www.yeoal.com/2017/09/nnamdi-kanu-allegedly-planning-to-flee.html[/s]