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hagmond1:
foolishness runs deep in your veins

just sighted one above. U guys don't make meaningful contributions aside insulting people

Whenever I am bored, there is only place that makes me laugh out loud. When I open the forum, I look for comments from tribal bigots and they make my day. The reason is not far fetched as to why I laugh in reading their comments; it makes me understand the true colour of Nigeria as a nation. It makes me understand that our bane as a nation is tribalism and not corruption or bad leaders. Why I say tribalism is because our leaders know that they can use our heads by instigating tribal argument. Thus, whenever an issue of corruption or marginalization is raised, the leaders from the other ends will come up with a tribal coloration so that we will not see clearly without our eyes.

I for one most times is also guilty of such tribal thread or threads aim to attract tribal sentiments, it will interest you to note that I am not doing that because I am a tribal bigot. Like I said earlier it is just to have fun since I have noticed how foolish Nigeria youths are.

Take for instance, when I post something that tends to upset the Yoruba nation, the Igbos will celebrate it and same apply to the Yoruba people. I am partly Yoruba and Ijaw. My fiance is from Akwa Ibom and my best friends are from the North like Nasarawa, Plateau, Kebbi and Benue.

My advice to nairalanders, most comments here are not our intentions so stop being foolish. Not saying we should stop making ourselves laugh especially in our leisure times

Ofemmanu1:
Your biabia ass must be jealous of the amount of s.hit that came out of your mouth.

ahahahahahahahahahahahah e pain ham oooooooooooo.

Udmaster:
you opened an educative thread and just messed it up with a tribalistic jibe.

Can't someone joke again? abbah, I even apologised

waxxydude:
No way will i read all those crap up there. Terrible write-up, jam-packed like a thrash-can.

The only thing i noticed about the ijaws is: they are too restive and mostly uneducated. Though their elites are to be blamed for this, men SaroWiwa described as "political vultures".

God bless the ND and Nigeria.

I guess u r from the West or Middle Belt or East or else u better shut up because there is no tribe in the Niger Delta u can compare to the Ijaws in terms of education. Name your tribe let us start from Justices of Supreme Court to High Court, Professors etcetera

tuale4u:
ibusa is still delta state. So what is wrong with moving it from okerenkoko in delta state to ibusa in same delta state? Are they both not same Niger Delta and delta state? Must everything be located in Ijaw land to be tag Niger Delta project? If Ijaws are not careful, they will make other ethnc group in niger Delta to hate them and dissociate from them.

if feasibility shows it is better located in Ibusa or any other region within Niger Delta, i dont see anything wrong with it.

Guy u better go and sleep, what is the contribution of Ibusa in Delta State? I tut you said the school should be cancelled so as to upgrade Oron? Now because issue of moving it to another land suits u because it is not Ijaw Land? hypocrisy will kill u I swear. Buhari can never try that nonsense

They help in grooming "agberos" and housing "beggars" for instance, Lagos is a good case study in both situations

dearpreye:
Obviously you want to destroy this beautiful thread with your disparaging remarks.
Leave the Igbos alone.
Wisdom. Wisdom, my princess.

Pls my dear Igbos forgive me o, was joking o

sammyj:
We're are the Igbos who claimed ijaw are their brothers. This will disappoint a lot of them. Thesame ijaw they claimed to be their brothers is even closer to the western part Nigeria than the eastern part. Food for thought! !!

U r looking for Igbos head now o, eh hmmmm. Pls don't say I witnessed it o

… Threatens Buhari, S’ East Govs In Video Release
Declares Igboland ‘ no flight zone ’
“ This video is for you the corrupt leaders of the zoo called Nigeria .
Buhari ’s family will die soon , and most especially that one called Zara ,
that is the name I gave to my dog . Buhari has been holding our director .
“ I want Buhari to know that nobody has the monopoly of violence , this is
the time for him to lose some members of his family. Release our director ,
Nnamdi Kanu now, if you want any negotiations and you must release
him before the end of this month. Today is the 7 th of July. ”
Those were the words of a self - acclaimed leader of a new militant group ,
‘Biafra Avengers’, which emerged in a new video released on Thursday
but went viral yesterday . The man , who identified himself as Ogone
Ogochukwu , claims to be a leader of a group that is sympathetic towards
the cause of both Niger Delta Avengers and pro - Biafra agitators .
In the video that lasted eight minutes , 55 seconds , Ogochukwu , while
threatening to kill President Muhammadu Buhari and all members of the
nation’s first family , warned that the consequences would be grave if the
Federal Government failed to heed his warning .
The troubling video showed a young man in dark glasses, dressed in
camouflage and a bullet - proof vest reading from a prepared speech with
the Biafran flag hanging behind him . Apart from the threat to the
government to release Kanu , the group also threatened to go after all the
governors of the states that make up Igboland while declaring the old area
known as Biafra as a ‘no fly zone ’. The new militants warned that they
would bring down any aircraft that go against the group ’s demands
effective July 7 .
He speaks further in the video : “ If he fails to release our director , Nnamdi
Kanu in the coming days , we warn , we will do what we want to do, and
we will carry out our mission. After Buhari, we will go after all the
governors in Igboland. “ Buhari should tell his military or Boko Haram
members to release Biafra - land now, before the end of this month ,
otherwise what will become of you people , you will never forget it .
“ We hereby warn all fake Igbos not to speak for us, we know those that
are speaking for us, we will do anything to restore Biafra , more groups
are coming , Buhari , you have not seen anything yet . The worst is coming
if you fail to release our director . “ We have a link with Niger Delta
Avengers. Nigeria will burn to ashes.
Today is the 7 th of July, I just want to give you serious warning , there
should be no flying in Biafra - land . Biafra - land is hereby declared no fly
zone ’, if you try it , we will bring you down , get the warning now,”
Ogochukwu said . Advising security operatives not to bother looking for
him , he said that he hailed from Orogun in Delta State and that he had no
relations through whom he could be traced .
He asserted that he had nothing to lose if died in the course of the Biafran
mission. “ I have no mum , I have no dad , I have no one to look unto , and
so if I die today, what is the point ? We are not losing anything . But we
will make sure you lose your family, Buhari you will lose your family.
“ Today is the 7 th day of July 2016 , I promise you that Aso Rock will burn ;
Rochas Okorocha and all the governors in Igboland, your lives are in
danger. “ Buhari has just started a fight that he can not finish , we warned
him . The unarmed Biafrans you are sending your army to kill are
innovative , they are intellectuals , and they are warriors. They hardly start
something but when they do , they don’t go back. We are Biafrans , we are
the avengers, and we will come for you. Those against Biafra freedom,
wait for us. ”
“ I plead with Igbos that have not joined any group to please look for
groups to join, Hausas and Fulanis have no place in Biafra land ; wake up ,
we will fight to the finish . “ Destroy anything destroyable in Biafra - land ,
Nigeria is a zoo created by Lord Lugard . This is Niger Delta Avengers and
Biafra avengers number two. We are coming back ,” he said

https://newtelegraphonline.com/biafra-avengers-emerges/

Ijaw (also known by the subgroups "Ijo " or "Izon " are a collection of peoples indigenous mostly to the forest regions of the Bayelsa , Delta , and Rivers States within the Niger Delta in Nigeria . Some are resident in Akwa- Ibom , Edo , and Ondo states also in Nigeria . Many are found as migrant fishermen in camps as far west as Sierra Leone and as far east as Gabon along the
Western Africa coastline and the Dakolo Family that migrated from Ghana notable from the family is Timi
Dakolo.
The Ijo population is estimated to be over 10 million people. They have long lived in locations near many sea trade routes, and they were well connected to other areas by trade as early as the 15th century. [2] The former President of Nigeria , Goodluck Jonathan , is an Ijaw.
Language
Main article: Ijaw languages
The Ijaw speak nine closely related Niger–Congo languages , all of which belong to the Ijoid branch of the Niger–Congo tree. The primary division between the Ijo languages is that between Eastern Ijo and Western Ijo, the most important of the former group of languages being Izon , which is spoken by about ten million people. There are two prominent groupings of the Izon language. The first, termed either Western or Central Izon (Ijaw) consists of Western Ijaw speakers: Ekeremor , Sagbama (Mein) , Bassan, Apoi , Arogbo, Boma (Bumo), Kabo (Kabuowei) , Ogboin, Tarakiri, and Kolokuma-Opokuma
( Yenagoa ). [ citation needed] Nembe , Brass and Akassa (Akaha) dialects represent Southeast Ijo (Izon). [citation needed ]. Buseni and Okordia dialects are considered Inland Ijo. [ citation needed ].
The other major Ijaw linguistic group is Kalabari. Kalabari is considered an Eastern Ijaw language but the term
"Eastern Ijaw" is not the normal nomenclature. Kalabari is the name of one of the Ijaw clans that reside on the
eastern side of the Niger-Delta (Abonnema, Buguma, Bakana, Degema etc.) who form a major group in Rivers
State, hence their involvement in the fight for greater oil control. Other "Eastern" Ijaw clans are the Okrika , Ibani (the
natives of Bonny, Finima and Opobo) and Nkoroo . They are neighbours to the Kalabari people in present-day
Rivers State , Nigeria .
Other related Ijaw subgroups which have distinct languages but very close kinship, cultural and territorial ties with
the rest of the Ijaw are the Epie-Atissa , Engenni (also known as Ẹgẹnẹ), and Degema (also called Udekama or
Udekaama). [3] These groups speak Delta Edoid languages . The Ogbia clan, Andoni people , as well as residents of
Bukuma and Abuloma ( Obulom) speak Cross River languages . [ citation needed ]
It was discovered in the 1980s that a nearly extinct Berbice Creole Dutch, spoken in Guyana, is partly based on Ijo
lexicon and grammar . Its nearest relative seems to be Eastern Ijo, most likely Kalabari (Kouwenberg 1994).
Origin
Their settlement in the delta was from the earliest of times. Unfortunately not much is known about this period, only
that traditionally it is said that these early ancestors “dropped from the sky” (i.e. to say the Orus were of divine
origin), and were devotees of a spiritual culture that made much use of the waters (hence the mermaid and water
people legends “Beni-Otu”) They were later to be joined by other ancestors “Kumoni-Orus” from about 400 CE, and
650 CE (AD), who, after settling first in the Nupe and Borgu regions, then the Ile-Ife region, moved to the Benin
region via Nupe, and Ife. [4]
In the Benin region they eventually settled and launched expeditions into the Niger Delta, where they came across
remote settlements of the Orus, whom they termed “ancient people”. But because they were also ultimately Oru,
from the beginning they established communities as one people. The Ijos were known by the two names of Kumoni
or Oru up till the time of the 19th century. European visitors noted the name Oru as a distinct term for Ijaw.
Likewise the compilers of the Izon/English dictionary noted that “to speak Kumoni is to speak pure Izon language”.
The term Ijo (Ijaw) or Izon evolved as the name of the whole ethnic nationality through time, even though as a
personal name it derived from one ancestor who was known as Ujo, whom as we have previously mentioned,
represents the time when the Ijos evolved as a distinct separate people from their neighbours. [4]
Tribes
The Ijaw ethnic group consists of 50 loosely affiliated clans. These clans are based along kinship lines and/or
shared cultural and religious traditions.
Name State Alternate Names
Akassa Bayelsa Akaha, Akasa
Andoni Rivers/Akwa Ibom Obolo
Apoi (Eastern) Bayelsa
Apoi (Western) Ondo
Arogbo Ondo
Bassan Bayelsa Basan
Bille Rivers Bile, Bili
Bumo Bayelsa Boma , Bomo
Bonny Rivers Ibani, Ubani
Buseni Bayelsa Biseni
Egbema Delta / Edo
Operemor Delta / Bayelsa Operemor,
Ekeremo,Ojobo
Ekpetiama Bayelsa
Engenni Rivers Ngeni
Epie-Atissa Bayelsa
Furupagha Edo
Gbaranmatu Delta Gbaranmatu
Gbaran Bayelsa Gbarain
Iduwini Delta
Isaba Delta
Kabo Delta Kabowei, Kabou
Kalabari Rivers
Kolokuma Bayelsa
Kula Rivers
Kumbo Delta Kumbowei
Mein Delta
Nembe Bayelsa
Nkoro Rivers Kala Kirika
Obotebe Delta
Odimodi Delta
Ogbe Delta Ogbe-Ijoh
Ogbia Bayelsa
Ogboin Bayelsa
Ogulagha Delta Ogula
Okordia Bayelsa Okodia, Akita
Okrika Rivers Wakirike
Olodiama (East) Bayelsa
Olodiama (West) Edo
Opobo Rivers
Opokuma Bayelsa
Oporoma Bayelsa Oporomo
Oruma Bayelsa Tugbene
Oyakiri Bayelsa Beni
Seimbiri Delta
Tarakiri (East) Bayelsa
Tarakiri (West) Delta
Tungbo Bayelsa
Tuomo Delta
Ukomu Edo
Zarama Bayelsa
Traditional occupations
The Ijaw were one of the first of Nigeria's peoples to have contact with
Westerners, and were active as go-betweens in the slave trade between
visiting Europeans and the peoples of the interior, particularly in the era
before the discovery of quinine, when West Africa was still known as the
"White Man's Graveyard" because of the endemic presence of malaria.
Some of the kin-based trading lineages that arose among the Ijaw
developed into substantial corporations which were known as "houses";
each house had an elected leader as well as a fleet of war canoes for use in
protecting trade and fighting rivals. The other main occupation common
among the Ijaw has traditionally been fishing and farming.
Being a maritime people, many Ijaws were employed in the merchant
shipping sector in the early and mid-20th century (pre-Nigerian
independence). With the advent of oil and gas exploration in their territory,
some are employed in that sector. Other main occupation are in the civil
service of the Nigerian states of Bayelsa and Rivers where they are
predominant.
Extensive state-government sponsored overseas scholarship programs in
the 1970s and 1980s have also led to a significant presence of Ijaw
professionals in Europe and North America (so-called Ijaw diaspora).
Another contributing factor to this human capital flight is the abject poverty in their homeland of the Niger Delta,
resulting from decades of neglect by the Nigerian government and oil companies in spite of continuous petroleum
prospecting in this region since the 1950s.
Lifestyle
The Ijaw people live by fishing supplemented by farming paddy- rice, plantains , yams , cocoyams, bananas and
other vegetables as well as tropical fruits such as guava, mangoes and pineapples ; and trading. Smoke-dried fish,
timber , palm oil and palm kernels are processed for export. While some clans (those to the east- Akassa , Nembe ,
Kalabari, Okrika and Bonny ) had powerful chiefs and a stratified society, other clans are believed not to have had
any centralized confederacies until the arrival of the British. However, owing to influence of the neighbouring
Kingdom of Benin individual communities even in the western Niger Delta also had chiefs and governments at the
village level.
Marriages are completed by the payment of a bridal dowry , which increases in size if the bride is from another
village (so as to make up for that village's loss of her children). Funeral ceremonies, particularly for those who have
accumulated wealth and respect, are often very dramatic. Traditional religious practices center around "Water
spirits" in the Niger river, and around tribute to ancestors .
Religion and cultural practices
Although the Ijaw are now primarily Christians (95% profess to be), with Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism being
the varieties of Christianity most prevalent among them, they also have elaborate traditional religious practices of
their own. Veneration of ancestors plays a central role in Ijaw traditional religion, while water spirits, known as
Owuamapu figure prominently in the Ijaw pantheon. In addition, the Ijaw practice a form of divination called Igbadai,
in which recently deceased individuals are interrogated on the causes of their death.
Ijaw religious beliefs hold that water spirits are like humans in having personal strengths and shortcomings, and
that humans dwell among the water spirits before being born. The role of prayer in the traditional Ijaw system of
belief is to maintain the living in the good graces of the water spirits among whom they dwelt before being born into
this world, and each year the Ijaw hold celebrations in honor the spirits lasting for several days. Central to the
festivities is the role of masquerades, in which men wearing elaborate outfits and carved masks dance to the beat
of drums and manifest the influence of the water spirits through the quality and intensity of their dancing.
Particularly spectacular masqueraders are taken to actually be in the possession of the particular spirits on whose
behalf they are dancing.
The Ijaw are also known to practice ritual acculturation ( enculturation), whereby an individual from a different,
unrelated group undergoes rites to become Ijaw. An example of this is Jaja of Opobo, the Igbo slave who rose to
become a powerful Ibani (Bonny) chief in the 19th century.
There are also a small number of Converts to Islam the most notable being the founder of the Delta People
Volunteer Force , Mujahid Dokubo-Asari .
Food customs
Like many ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Ijaws have many local foods that are not widespread in Nigeria. Many of
these foods involve fish and other seafoods such as clams, oysters and periwinkles; yams and plantains. Some of
these foods are:
Polofiyai — A very rich soup made with yams and palm oil
Kekefiyai — A pottage made with chopped unripened (green) plantains, fish, other seafood or game meat
("bushmeat" and palm oil
Fried or roasted fish and plantain — Fish fried in palm oil and served with fried plantains
Gbe — The grub of the raffia-palm tree beetle that is eaten raw, dried, fried in groundnut oil or pickled in palm oil
Kalabari "sea-harvest" fulo— A rich mixed seafood soup or stew that is eaten with foofoo , rice or yams
Ethnic identity
Formerly organized into several loose clusters of villages ( confederacies ) which cooperated to defend themselves
against outsiders, the Ijaw increasingly view themselves as belonging to a single coherent nation, bound together
by ties of language and culture. This tendency has been encouraged in large part by what are considered to be
environmental degradations that have accompanied the exploitation of oil in the Niger delta region which the Ijaw
call home, as well as by a revenue sharing formula with the Nigerian Federal government that is viewed by the Ijaw
as manifestly unfair. The resulting sense of grievance has led to several high-profile clashes with the Nigerian
Federal authorities, including kidnappings and in the course of which many lives have been lost. The Ijaw people
are resilient are proud. Long before after the colonial era, the Ijaw people traveled by wooded boats and canoes to
Cameroun, Ghana and other West African countries. They traveled up the River Niger from River Nun.
Ijaw-Itsekiri conflicts
Main article: Warri Crisis
One manifestation of ethnic violence on the part of the Ijaw has been an increase in the number and severity of
clashes between Ijaw militants and those of Itsekiri origin, particularly in the town of Warri.
Deadly conflicts had rocked the South-South region, especially in Delta State, where intertribal killings had resulted
in death in both sides. [5] [6] In July 2013, local police discovered mutilated corpses of 13 Itsekiris killed by Ijaws,
over dispute over the candidate for a local council chairman. Several Itsekiri villages, including Gbokoda, Udo,
Ajamita, Obaghoro and Ayerode-Zion on the Benin river axis, were razed down while several Itsekiris lost their lives.
[7]
Oil conflict
Main article: Nigerian Oil Crisis
The December 1998 All Ijaw Youths Conference crystallized the struggle with the formation of the Ijaw Youth
Movement (IYM) and the issuing of the Kaiama Declaration. In it, long-held Ijaw concerns about the loss of control
of their homeland and their own lives to the oil companies were joined with a commitment to direct action. In the
declaration, and in a letter to the companies, the Ijaws called for oil companies to suspend operations and
withdraw from Ijaw territory. The IYM pledged “to struggle peacefully for freedom, self-determination and ecological
justice,” and prepared a campaign of celebration, prayer, and direct action 'Operation Climate Change ' beginning
December 28, 1998.
In December 1998, two warships and 10-15,000 Nigerian troops occupied Bayelsa and Delta states as the Ijaw
Youth Movement (IYM) mobilized for Operation Climate Change . Soldiers entering the Bayelsa state capital of
Yenagoa announced they had come to attack the youths trying to stop the oil companies. On the morning of
December 30, 1998, two thousand young people processed through Yenagoa, dressed in black, singing and
dancing. Soldiers opened fire with rifles, machine guns, and tear gas, killing at least three protesters and arresting
twenty-five more. After a march demanding the release of those detained was turned back by soldiers, three more
protesters were shot dead including Nwashuku Okeri, Ghadafi Ezeifile and Onwinkron Ibe. The head of Yenagoa
rebels- Chief Onwinkron Ibe- was burned alive in his mansion on December 28, 1998. Amongst his family members
to flee the premises before complete ruins was his only son, Desmond Ibe. The military declared a state of
emergency throughout Bayelsa state, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew, and banned meetings. At military
roadblocks, local residents were severely beaten or detained. At night, soldiers invaded private homes, terrorizing
residents with beatings and women and girls with rape.
On January 4, 1999 about one hundred soldiers from the military base at Chevron ’s Escravos facility attacked Opia
and Ikiyan , two Ijaw communities in Delta State. Bright Pablogba, the traditional leader of Ikiyan, who came to the
river to negotiate with the soldiers, was shot along with a seven-year-old girl and possibly dozens of others. Of the
approximately 1,000 people living in the two villages, four people were found dead and sixty-two were still missing
months after the attack. The same soldiers set the villages ablaze, destroyed canoes and fishing equipment, killed
livestock, and destroyed churches and religious shrines.
Nonetheless, Operation Climate Change continued, and disrupted Nigerian oil supplies through much of 1999 by
turning off valves through Ijaw territory. In the context of high conflict between the Ijaw and the Nigerian Federal
Government (and its police and army), the military carried out the Odi massacre , killing scores if not hundreds of
Ijaws.
Recent actions by Ijaws against the oil industry have included both renewed efforts at nonviolent action and
militarized attacks on oil installations but with no human casualties to foreign oil workers despite hostage-takings.
These attacks are usually in response to non-fulfilment by oil companies of memoranda of understanding with their
host communities.
Ijaw organizations
Andoni Forum USA (AFUSA)
Ijaw Youth Council
Ijaw National Congress
Ijaw Elders Forum
Ijaw Youth Congress
Congress of Niger Delta Youths
National Union of Izon-Ebe Students
Sagbama Youth Movement
Ekine Sekiapu Ogbo
Bomadi Decides
References
1. ^ "Ijaw People" . Ijawfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
2. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20060206090831/http://www.uiowa.edu:80/~africart/toc/people/Ijo.html .
Archived from the original on February 6, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2006. Missing or empty |title= ( help )
3. ^ Kari 2004
4. ^ a b "INAA - Ijaw National Alliance of the Americas" . Ijaw-naa.org . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
5. ^ "Communal Clash Causes Tension In Delta As Ijaw Youths Kill Four Itsekiri | INFORMATION NIGERIA" .
Informationng.com. 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
6. ^ "Brother against brother: Reigniting Itsekiri, Ijaw tensions - The Nation Nigeria" . Thenationonlineng.net.
2014-11-23. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
7. ^ "Ijaw/Itsekiri Crisis: Police Recover Gory Corpses Of Slain Uduaghan Kinsmen" . Sahara Reporters.
2013-07-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
Other sources
Human Rights Watch, “Delta Crackdown,” May 1999
Ijaw Youth Movement, letter to “All Managing Directors and Chief Executives of transnational oil companies
operating in Ijawland,” December 18, 1998
Project Underground, "Visit the World of Chevron: Niger Delta", 1999
Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel. 2004. A reference grammar of Degema. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
Hlaváčová, Anna: Three Points of View of Masquerades among the Ijo of the Niger River Delta.In: Playful
Performers: African Children's Masquerades. Ottenberg, S.- Binkley, D. (Eds.)
External links
Nigeria portal
Ijaw Foundation
The Ijaw Language Dictionary Online
Ethnologue: Ijaw Linguistic Tree
Ijo People
American Museum of Natural History: The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade
The Warri Crisis: Fueling Violence - Human Rights Watch Report, November 2003
The Adaka Boro Centre
"Blood Oil" by Sebastian Junger in Vanity Fair , February 2007 (accessed 28/1/2007), deals partly with the
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feeler:
Op I think you have been paid to come to nairaland and give bad publicity about Oshomole and what he has done in Edo state ...if indeed you are truly from Edo state can you mention the projects Lucky Igninadion and his successor Prof Osunbor did? Even if Oshomole didn't complete all he started ..that is because he can't stay in power forever and the good work started can only be seen if there is continuity .... Oshomole has done his beat the face of Benin city has changed ....he can't do all in 7 years ...vite for continuity

pls show me d work that is ongoing and can't be completed within 7yrs.
At times, I ask myself if some of u just feel like talking "bla bla bla". Tell me Oshio's project in Ovia South East, West, Orhionmwon and the whole of Edo Central as well as Akoko Edo

Vatsyayana:
It is my hope that you will fulfill your promise as announced.
Now let me tell you why they refused to vote for Jimi Agbaje in Lagos State.

Lagos State is the only state that has never been governed by the PDP in the whole of Nigeria. And it is by far the most successful state in Nigeria. The only state that has the record of never owing its civil servants in the past 17 years of our democracy. They were assured that they didn't need the thrifty hands of PDP to touch Lagos, as Lagos could become the poorest state in Nigeria within one year should they take over the administration of Lagos. So it was a resolve to stand with excellence no matter what.
You may want to ask, How did Lagos get to that point? the answer is simple, it is because they were resilient. They had their tough times. There was a time in Lagos that the Okada was banned and they overcame it...now hawking has been banned, I am assured that they will still overcome it.
They didn't vote Jimi Agbaje simply because they didn't need PDP in Lagos. They are a curse beyond any form of blessing. They can turn 100% to 0.0%.

Also the Oba's threat is simple. It is the natural duty of every animal to protect its territory from any form of threat. The Oba of Lagos knew what would become of Lagos if the Magic Finger of PDP touches down on Lagos. and he merely exhibited a natural tendency.

Therefore my guy, You know what Edo was when the PDP was in power, and you know what it is now...Do not be too hungry or frustrated to make a wrong decision. The whole world is in disarray not just Edo State. Be resilient just like the Lagosians were. And you would get the best government which you earnestly deserve.

16 years of suffering is enough to know that PDP is the bane of our development. Edo people, do not come back to your vomit!

Bravo!!!
Unfortunately u couldn't convince me, more so When you start with petty lies about Lagos been the only State PDP has not governed.
To illuminate your shallow mind, see these States;
1. Borno
2. Zamfara
3. Yobe

Tell me about the economy of these states. Moreover, the highest thief in Nigeria is Fashola (78m) for website and shamelessly informed the senate that he has never been an account nor an engineer.
The only time Rivers owed salary was Amaechi era where he used the money meant for Salary to fight Atiku at Surulere (dollarization of APC primary). Come to Rivers State and see what an all inclusive development means and not the one did by Amaechi where he concentrated in just Ikwere land or the one did by Fashola (half pass eyes) where places like Iyana Ejigbo, Ikotun and Alimosho LGA in general was abandoned.
In Island, go to back of Citycode opposite Elf and see how u were abandoned. Go Agungi, Igboefon, Jakande, Lagbansa and Its environs u will cry.

wachakuta:
Why d insult?? Eee de Pain u?? Anyways as I said some people eyes go soon clear... ntooor!

please, "anyways" is a wrong English. The right word is anyway

I have never liked this man, I knew he was a very corrupt judge while he was presiding at FHC Ikoyi. Seeing him at the isle was something I was scared of accepting as a minister in the temple of Justice. Blake, Laide, Kabiru come and see your mentor Justice Okon Abang has gone completely mad.
Ikpeazu is within time to appeal against your perverse judgment so why refusing to take the matter? Stay of execution is his right provided he has a good ground for appeal so you have no choice.
Shame, this man should be reported to NJC.
Your claim of functus officio is misconceived because this is a miscellaneous application which never demand u revisit the judgment after surreptitiously receiving bribe from APC.

Angelb4:
Anyone mentioning Ize-Iyamu is just deceiving himself. That guy will NOT go near govt. house.

1) Court will disqualify him, being in the camp of Makarffi

2) Edo people don't want anyone who is associated to Lucky Igbenedion (Iyamu was the SSG then)

3) He carries religion title: About 25% of Edo people are muslims, and this guy carries PASTOR as his title

4) Ize-Iyamy has several EFCC cases to answer

5) Edo people see him as a political prostitute: He left PDP for APC, went back to PDP when he was not assured of APC ticket.

We are Edo...we know what we want.

Oshio hasn't don badly, except that he can't do everything. He has built the foundation, let another person continue from where he has stopped.
Not the one that will come and probe for 4 yrs.
Consolidation is key!

Edo is one!
Edo is for APC!!

just shut up yo mouth, u r not from Edo state and will never be. Which Muslim has 25% in Edo State? what is the population of Edo North? Edo South has over 58 % of the total population so just keep quiet before I finish u with insult. The highest u will do is to complain to yo puppet (mod) for my ban. I am just coming from a very long ban and I am not scared because I am not jobless

malosky79:
This is height of lawlessness as far as am concern,a governor on motorcycle without a safety helmet,what is he preaching?..........that shows who he is..

o ma se o, aye ti ba je, u sound like u care about his safety. Stop your care about his safety, we don't need yo care. If per adventure anything happens to Fayose, u will be the first to celebrate his demise

This guy is fucking popular, jeezzzzzz where is my governor o. Okowa and Mimiko u see yo selves

captleonerd:
lol boko haram was set up just for Jonathan? at this point I give up. you're irrational. there's no point arguing with you anymore. have a nice day

U better before I take u to the cleaner

Vatsyayana:
When wailers wail to a breaking point they begin to vomit (spew) trash.

Baseless and orchestrated propaganda to confuse and shroud the vision of the good People of Edo. The people know what they want. Let them decide their fate with clear conscience. You know there's no stomach infrastructure for you this year as your Grand Patron ATM Dansuki is in Kuje Prison eating bread & eruku oshodi tea. You have now resulted to propaganda & witch hunt.
Is Oshiomole Obaseki? Are they not 2 different people with different background and approaches to things. What binds them together is their political conscious and party manifesto.
We all know that PDP is DEAD. And a living goat is better than a dead lion...
So therefore, make a decision to free yourself from the darkness of PDP make a committment to stand with OBASEKI as it is not just the People of Edo that will win in this coming election Na GOD go WIN...

I would rather Hail than Wail. I am a zombie (which means patriotic Nigerian) and #IBelieveinMyGovernment

Now u know the meaning of patriotism? hypocrite

Vatsyayana:
When wailers wail to a breaking point they begin to vomit (spew) trash.

Baseless and orchestrated propaganda to confuse and shroud the vision of the good People of Edo. The people know what they want. Let them decide their fate with clear conscience. You know there's no stomach infrastructure for you this year as your Grand Patron ATM Dansuki is in Kuje Prison eating bread & eruku oshodi tea. You have now resulted to propaganda & witch hunt.
Is Oshiomole Obaseki? Are they not 2 different people with different background and approaches to things. What binds them together is their political conscious and party manifesto.
We all know that PDP is DEAD. And a living goat is better than a dead lion...
So therefore, make a decision to free yourself from the darkness of PDP make a committment to stand with OBASEKI as it is not just the People of Edo that will win in this coming election Na GOD go WIN...

I would rather Hail than Wail. I am a zombie (which means patriotic Nigerian) and #IBelieveinMyGovernment

I will ask u a simple question and if u give a answer that is devoid of emotions I will support Obaseki.
Why did Yoruba people refused to vote for Jimi? why the threat from Oba? U guys hate anything PDP except Ekiti, so is there anything wrong for us to hate APC?

captleonerd:
yes. and the military has been going around the NE flushing out every remaining elements of BH before they attack people. BH is on the verge of defeat. pipelines on the other hand runs into thousands of kilometers all over the south south/ south east and south west. all a dummy with a dynamite needs to blow up a pipeline is 5mins. this is a totally different case entirely

Pls stop deceiving yourself that Boko Haram has been defeated or about to. They were set up in the first place to make the country ungovernable for the man, they have been called back by the sponsors to give way to Their grand patron.

On the issue of Militants and pipelines, do we have same number of pipelines as they were during Yara'Dua and Jonathan era or they have increased?

If not, then Buhari is the definition of overblown ego and he is superbly clueless

DaBullIT:
Looks like we've got conflict of posts here ,

Weren't you just lying to protect one of your Igbo brother's fraudulent visa ? So you have the audacity come here and insult me ?

Guess what , Nothing is ever good enough for Igbo, Your brother Chinyere from Edo , if he's crawling , he'd be in great beyond by now Because Boko haram did not attack any south eastern state or any Igbo land, He shouldn't have lied on his asylum application ,

And i understand you are still sad for Jonathan's loss , but have you noticed what has been happening to those hating on Buhari lately ? They get their balls taken from them, If not for anything else , but because thievery and stealing is corruption , When you carry the mark , there's no escape


I understand that you are one tiny pissed off munk , you are too irrelevant , but if you want to apply for asylum next time, Use Niger Delta Terrovengers as excuse because Boko haram format has gotten too old






htwoow

Sign of unrepentant zombie, leave yo fight and face the topic here abbah

POI was Oshio's campaign manager in 2012 and prior to that time, POI defected to AC in 2007 weeks to the 2007 election. In all those times, nobody cried foul or criticized POI, the moment he decided to run against Obaseki the puppet; they now know he is corrupt or was part of Igbin's government.
I recommend zombies should be ban from nairaland until 2018 when it's time for them to front Propaganda for their "President Buhari" president

koboko69:
No, what are they? Oshio's 2nd term, nothing really was done, but still better than igbins 8 years of emptiness.

Pls stop dis nonsense here, mbok. Oshio is a fraud and bringing up a candidate to take over from him can't work. He should know that in Edo State, the masses are allergic to godfatherism and there is nothing he can say about his puppet that will change our mind.Thank God I just registered in Udo, Ovia South West to teach this man a lesson.

Up POI
Up POI
Up PDP

koboko69:
No, what are they? Oshio's 2nd term, nothing really was done, but still better than igbins 8 years of emptiness.

Pls stop dis nonsense here, mbok. Oshio is a fraud and bringing up a candidate to take over from him can't work. He should know that in Edo State, the masses are allergic to godfatherism and there is nothing he can say about his puppet that will change our mind.Thank God I just registered in Udo, Ovia South West to teach this man a lesson

amaechi1:
Thank you my brother. I don't how some people only read the headlines without the content.

pls reset yo cells, whose fault? can't u blame the clueless op who coined the heading to mislead people. Like me, I don't have the luxury of time to read through the whole garbage and anything that has to do with Saraki and his unending persecution.

Watch out, they will all amount to Bermuda Triangle

captleonerd:
the pipeline network in the country runs into thousands of kilometers. it's easy for any dummy with a dynamite to be an economic sabotage.

And u guys blamed Yara'Dua for granting these boys amnesty? Talking about kilos, do u have idea of the land size of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe?

captleonerd:
pls refer to the post above this your ignorant post

Answer my question and stop whipping unnecessary sentiment here. whose duty to protect our national assets?

koboko69:
I can never compare Igbins government with Oshiomole's own. I mean NEVER!!!! Haba grapes are different from apples. Oshiomole broke the jinx of the igbins, the Bobizua, the Anehni and others holding Edo state to ransome. I remember Bobizua's tugs even have hiluxes with sirenes on them. They blare this sirenes when going to cause havoc.
Problem is people forget things easily. We know the difference between mission road, ring road, new benin road, airport road amongst others in Benin alone. Not to talk of Ekpom, Auchi, and others

pls tell me what he did in Ekpoma? so the above roads u counted are the achievements u r crying for? smh. Oshio's 2nd term is equal or worst than Igbin's first term

captleonerd:
wow you are not so smart. if 170million people take up arms against the government what happens? is there a government without the support of the people? yes I blamed Jonathan for letting book haram grow into holding territories and I won't blame buhari for the guerrilla tactics the NDA is using. the government can't put security forces around every 100m of pipelines in the south south so sabotage is very easy for cowards like NDA. you and I are the common man. we shouldn't encourage this economic terrorists. what they are fighting for has been there for decades and buhari can't wake up one morning and turn the south south to New York. he can't wake up one morning and give them south south republic either. he can't even wake up one morning and give resource control without the legislature working on the bill. The south south has to be democratic to get anything long lasting from it's agitation. I believe my point is clear enough

When Jonathan was there, u blamed him for that but can't blame Buhari? the otumopo Buhari cooked for u guys is still very much alive

ayemerbarth:
Oshimhole has done his best. Projects abound in every nooks and cranies of the state. If you have not seen such projects, you must have heard about them. We the Edo indigenes know before and after state of our dear state and we owe it to Oshimhole who ensured it was 7 years plus of successful governance.

pls name his projects in Ovia South West and South East; the Ofunama, Inikorogha, Gelegel axis of Edo State. I am waiting so just don't try to ignore me. I am ready to expose u.
Also tell me his projects in Ekpoma aside those useless primary schools that have been taken over by grass with no teacher.
Tell me his projects in Udo, Owriowon, etcetera