₦airaland Forum

afube:
MNK is not the intellectual lightweight you make him out to be nor is he strategically naive.............MNK is pushing the independence of Ndigbo from the suffocating interference of a corrupt nigerian nation. The biafra he is pursuing did not drop from the sky last night,Biafra came quite close to becoming a recognised independent nation and it had borders,for context he had to start from somewhere and that somewhere includes eastern minorities.

MNK is by and large an agent of hope for the Igbo nation, he commands the respect of a greater proportion of Igbo youth and that counts for something,quit bitching about the guy,

Brother, you are quoting the wrong person, I am not badmouthing MNK, rather, I have extolled his virtue... Although, I strongly believe in a homogenous, or at most, a Biafra with the Akwa-cross.

BKayy:
Wow. It is good to see Ndoki people holding their ground against the hyenas unlike in Nsukka page where some of them will support the movement when issues like this are raised.
Now on the brighter side, since Ijaw is fixated on Ndoki, they wouldn't mind if we link some of their coastal towns to Ndoki would they?

I mus5t say that they cannot fight this battle alone.. Check all their sub-communities in smaller Ndoki groups; you will find at least 20 Ijaw people writing propaganda and monitoring the happenings within the group. If I were them, I would start believing too with how proficient the elements within the groups are.
Their strategy is to first create that sense of ethnic nationhood and distinctiveness away from the larger Igbo group then link them to Ijaw or at least plant the seed of identity crisis. They are using the same strategy for the Egbema people in Imo... It is hard for people like Obigbo and Egbema in River state to be taken over because of their kins on the other side of the mainland Igbo states. However, the time to act is now... A distinct group with strong political might and resources to counter the IYC encroachment must be established as soon as possible.

BKayy:
The only problem Ndoki have is financial and lack of exposure to other Igbo. As vital as they are we were treating them with kids glove. Thank God for this generation. We must get most of the things right.
BTW, it's been long since I've seen ofoigbo here

See this screenshot from the Ndoki group a while ago, there are numerous Ijaws on the group writing propaganda every day... I was kinda shocked at the number of propaganda the Ijaw elements write everyday..... It was shocking to say the least. Until then, I did not understand the depth of the battle. In this screenshot, you could see some people fiercely fighting the Ijaw posters.

Igboid:
The Bini are not expanding into Yoruba territories. They know the Yorubas have better organized leadership and intelligentsia than Ndiigbo do. Their main target is Western Igbo because they sense leadership vacuum and negligence in Igboland.

The Yorubas also had the advantage of centralized origin story of Odua to fall back on . We don't have such.

Many of us Igbo nationalists knew of Benue Igbos, Isobos(Cross River) Igbos and even few villages in Kogi before IPOB was born. So I don't see how IPOB can take credit for that. What IPOB and MNK has tried to do was suppress Igbo ethnic consciousness why claiming that all ethnic groups in Eastern region are imaginary ethnic group he called "Biafra" that existed before Nigeria.
MNK once even said that he is not Igbo, that he is Biafran. Personally he is not different from Zik who was engrossed with Nigeria identity while Awo and Saraduna worked hard to strengthen Yoruba and Northern identity. For while MNK and IPOB are busy brainwashing Igbo youths to accept a non existing brotherhood with these minorities, the minorities leaders are working aggressively to strengthen their own tribal identities by expanding into Igbo territories while making it obvious that they would not accept the Biafran identity IPOB and MNN are brainwashing Igbo youths with.

I see no difference between MNK and Zik and IPOB and NCNC.
While AG was strictly a Yoruba party and embraced it happily. NCNC was interested in wearing the toga of pan Nigerian even when the North and West saw them as Igbo party.
IPOB is the new NCNC, MNK is the new Zik, Minorities are our new Yoruba/North.

Funny how history repeats itself if not unchecked.

I respectively disagree with you that many people knew the existence of Igbos in Benue and Cross-River... I am sure 95% did not know...except those deep into Igbo history or border communities. Let us be truthful and frank...

I understand your anger, however, I get frustrated on these points too..But you must understand that MNKs move is also strategic.

I disagree with you that Yorubas ae not fighting... Follow the Facebook group,"! History Village, pre colonial and Post Colonial Nigeria. Yorubas are fighting on two fronts... The Bini on the west and Igala to the North... The Yorubas are fighting back so hard that they are also fighting for Itshekiri because the Bini people are almost taking the soul of the Itshekiris.

Do not think for once that you are the only victim... Yorubas on the other hand might not need to fight much because they have so many sea advantage on many fronts and those grounds are where the Binis are gaining ground...

The Igbos on the East and border with Cross-Rivers and Akwa Ibom on the eastern side have a stronghold on Igbo identity and keeping the area intact for two reasons..
They were warlike, you cannot battle for the heart of Arochukwu, Ohafia, Abiriba, Edda.. these were feared people in the past and still hold on to that Igbo identity with an iron fist despite obvious influences and akwa or cross river mixing over time... You dare not talk about their Igboneess.. Even Arochukwu is expanding well into cross Rivers... The other group is Izzi/Ezza - I do not need to expatiate on their fighting ability.

Another reason is that these areas are not as strategic geographically as Ndoki for example, although still very very important resource and history-wise.

Igboid:
Ndoki is so vital to future Igbo country that any serious Igbo must be deeply concerned by any plans to introduce identity crisis there.

You spoke of Czech republic and their access to the ocean through river Danube. Ndiigbo has that option through Ndoki. IMO river opens into the Atlantic through Ndoki. IMO river has its source and tributaries all from waters in Igboland which means we fully control the upstream and volume of the river.
This is unlike River Niger which is going to shrink in volume once Niger Republic are done with their Dam project. And worst still, too far from the sea coast and so will cost a lot to dredge unlike the IMO River at Ndoki which is just few Miles away from the Atlantic.

The Ijaws know this. That's why they are battling hard to at least introduce Identity crises and Igbophobia in those areas and make things difficult for us in the future.

I'm angry with MNK and IPOB because they like to curse Zik for his role in promotion of one Nigeria project while leaving Igboland vulnerable to other two big ethnic groups, while IPOB are doing same thing to Igboland with their useless multiethnic Biafra with these aggressive expansionist minorities.
And like Zik left Ndiigbo disadvantaged against the other two, so will IPOB with this senseless multi ethnic Biafra leave future Igbo generation.

I agree with you, but I guess it was a battle he thought would be easy at first, I think he underestimated the Igbophobia planted in the hearts of the minorities, even within the Igbo people that was left unchecked for decades.

However, I also see it as strategic, before he came on board, we already lost many grounds, and we have gained it back rather than lost.. MNK's fight accidentally or knowingly revealed the sneaky encroachment.. Normally, no one cared to look at these issues until now. So, look at all the positives...
We are now having intellectual discussions to know the importance of these people... knowing who we need and who we can afford to lose...

When you look at the map, Ndoki in Abia state is further down into the Atlantic or on the same latitude with Ikwerre Occupied Portharcourt (their parts are not even strategic in terms of sea advantage.. Before now, people from the main SE use to think Ikwerre had access to the sea and are at an advantage over Abia state, however, now, people are now making their research to see that Ndoki in Abia state is even more vital than Ikwerre. I am telling you, when you start to show these other guys who think they are dispensible to the Igbos how versatile we are and how useless they are and put them in their place, they will be the ones coming to beg for association.

Bless God, Ndoki is in Abia state, so it is time to be super hard and put our feet down.

BKayy:
In reality my brother If you are not out for conquest or if you are not claiming more grounds, you stand a chance of losing yours. By now we should have totally assimilated the entire Ijaw. You know history is a two way thing and the one with larger population always win. With Ijaw pairing themselves with Igbo, they now stand a higher chance of risking total assimilation, something Bini is currently at risk of which is the reason why they are distancing themselves from Ika but it is now too late. Igodomigodo is now a clan of Igbo nation and there is nothing they can do about it.
Ijaw should keep on coming closer

I completely agree with you. 100%... That is what I was trying to tell the OP... MNK made me look deeper into Igbo history and their neighbours from the 1677s... At least the written down accounts.

Igboid:
When our director is licking their anus, what do you expect?
Nature abhors vacuum. We left those border Igbo speaking communities defenseless without building cultural garrisons there by ensuring potent presence of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo there through community projects and interventions, the minorities who are looking to swell their own numbers are trying their own luck. Can you blame them? Blame lack of political and strategic thinking/leadership in Igboland.

Can Ohaneze Ndiigbo president name up to 3 communities in Ndokiland?

Brother, forget Ohaneze. Do you agree that MNK has done more for the Igbo consciousness in the past 4 years than Ohanaeze have done since their existence? IPOB can only do so much; we all must play our part... I don't care attitude; after all, it is not my clan that caused this in the past... Do you know how many people burdened with an identity crisis that MNK cured? Neither you nor I knew there were Igbo communities in Benue until MNK started his mission. Many knew nothing about those groups in Cross-Rivers until recently.

I believe MNK is listening... You can see that the latest ESN movement into those communities in Benue to save them from the impact of the Fulani Herdsmen they have been complaining for years will create this type of awareness... Other groups thinking of intimidating them will think twice because they will understand that a strong force is behind them... Each group or territory will take a different approach.

On the Bini and Igala expansion, it Is also happening on the Yoruba side too. You could see they laid claim of a whole Lagos, that even the Oba of Lagos was dancing along until he was seriously cautioned...

Igboid:
IPOB is useless to any Igbo cause.
They are more useless than Ohaneze Ndiigbo they like berating.

While Ohaneze Ndiigbo are blinded by money politics.
IPOB is disillusioned by their utopian and delusional multi ethnic Biafra with these minorities who are more interested in appropriating or at least instigating identity crisis in Igbo speaking territories that share border with them.

IPOB cannot counter them because IPOB is more interested in the eating their faeces and drinking their urine all in stupid bid to woo them into their useless multiethnic Biafra.

IPOB is a big disappointment.

You do not have to insult anything IPOB and MNK. Can you imagine what the one-man mopol have done or how much he shook the foundations of the country. Even those Igbos in the diaspora and outside of Alaigbo have taken more pride in the Igbo identity, and there is a strong Igbo consciousness than any other time only rivaled by the Ojukwu war era...
I personally will go for a monoethnic country because that would be the best; however, I will not mind one or two smaller alliances... Others are sceptical about our sea power if you but I believe that just like Austria and Czech we have access to the sea through Azumini. Biafra is in a similar situation with Austria and Czech; though they both seem landlocked, they have access to the sea via their river.

You can also contribute and educate those IPOB members wisely...because of MNK, many Igbo youths have seen the need to unite rather than waste precious time on inter-clan or inter-state bickering. ...
Do you know that because of MNK even the Ndoki and Oyigbo you are mentioning have had a stronger Igbo consciousness. I understand your anger and your assertion that the Igbos are bending over to be fuuucked in the assss by the minorities.
However, I disagree that it started with MNK or IPOB; it was there in Jonathan's era when many Igbo adopted Jonathan as a son, even at their own detriment.... Either way, it Is time to fight back... My cousin is still fuming right now as the expansion has been taken to Bende.

Igboid... They are now carrying their expansion into the hinterland... They must have a very strong sponsor.

Look at Igbere, in far away Bende LGA.. hundreds of kilometer away from any territory, that is what Ijaws are claiming.... My cousin whose mother is from Igbere showed me this and was truly very furious. This is what the Ijaw people did on Igbere Wikipedia page, before you know it, the Ijaw youth wing will go visiting the king bearing gifts. CC: Bkayy

Omoike Osasom the omo ile IBinu man. He is fighting everyone except his Oba at Bini and his oga up north.

gartamanta:
The video shows men of the Eastern Security Network(ESN) arrive at an area in Enugu and fire gun shots up in the air, forcing the herdsmen and their cows to take to their heels, leaving a cloud of dust. Unfortunately for two of the cows that must have been deaf, they stayed behind and were summarily gunned down. ESN warned that herdsmen and their cattle would no longer be tolerated in the bushes of the East


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a7OOzWTQu8

Why are you guys being stupid.. Why show videos with their faces on it? Even the bandits under government protection in the North would hide their faces.... Abeg, make una dey do something with small ako na uche.
Even if they are not targets, their family would... Make una dey use sense do something.

Na Benin/Edo/Delta people be the real Naija drug kingpins for Italy.

The madams them be the real women traffickers/ prostitution network for Italy...then them go Germany go retire or seek asylum.

When you come Italy and Germany, you go think say na Igbos go plenty pass, but in reality na Edo and a little bit of Delta... Na even for Port cities, you go find Igbos.

Some of these people do not know what they are getting into when they are leaving for Niger-Libya then eventually crossing through the Mediterranean sea.

Mehn! You go cry for Naija.

Piers Morgan is a strong conservative. Na people wey no know him views go dey vex.

Him dey give everybody hot, transgender o, glorifying fatness, extremist O, extremist feminist O, or anybody wey want change the culture, customs and traditions and he is unapologetic about it. Him dey give everybody hot hot.. He was on the side of Meghan at first until he found out who Meghan actually was.

He questions unnecessary changes in the society. E be like freeze of the UK.

He will not find any issues at all landing a good deal somewhere else.

Taken to the police?
Their Daddy Buhari will demand they all be granted a bed rest and a state-sponsored ride to their destination, coupled with some more bullets... Surely, the Amotekun people will be shot as a warning.
One naijiria!

All these charlatans...

AdakaBoro8:
i only offer u people advice..if all these people u are grabbing lands come for u hmmm, dont say we didnt warn u.. all dis pipu na northerners o. dem nor get pity mind like us o.

I said it, you have deep psychological issues... O tin ya were men.... You need to see a doctor.... onye mgbu!

AdakaBoro8:
i dont understand why they refuse see these visible, clearly consequences waiting for them... nawa people dey oo.

I did suspect that you might have some mental health issues... Why are you all over the place looking for relevance in issues that is non of your concern? What is the colour of your problem?

Umu nwayi Igbo amaka!!
Igbo women, the real amazons.. Beautiful, strong, hardworking, powerful, sexy, industrious, caring, great supporters... What will do without them?

GreatEbonyi:
This Igala idiot again, why is it difficult for you to stay off Igbo topics since your brain is too damaged to contribute anything meaningful.

Do not mind the Igala/Bini half breed who grew up in Anambra and think he is Igbo automatically... He is also on Facebook and Twitter being a nuisance...and you will not believe he is over 40 years dragging with secondary school kids on Facebook. He gets paid a small token for all his efforts.

MHOOZEES:
You typing real nonsense...no place in Benue speaks Igbo...making finding before... spitting rubbish

Guy, get some education... You use an internet-enabled device, why not do simple research? A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
The people are called Izzi/Ezza, and the other half are In Ebonyi state but they were carved into Benue State.

streetsoldier1:
Abokis love Nigeria so they dont travel

So, are they leading in those areas I mentioned even in Nigeria?

Yoruba Amaka!!!
These are the Yoruba people I use to know... Brave, intelligent and love for the culture.

Thinking out loud, why is it mostly Igbos and Yorubas (96%) of the time making Nigeria proud in education, innovation, sports, and entertainment internationally/overseas?

theFilmtric:
kanu the man that wears a rabbi's cap is promoting your culture
wearing European clothes every time is promoting your culture?

Snap out of this delusion

theFilmtricsay

A mind is a terrible thing to waste... The fact that you could not read to understand what I wrote shows the level of dumbness most of you possess. Where did I write that MNK promoted our culture?
Now take your empty brain to school... run along!!

melodyogonna:
I have observed, there seems to be a shift on Igbos on every social media platform these days.

Seems like most are shaking off the psychological effects of the civil war and years of constant stigma, and rising to their feets. People are speaking more boldly, more and more people are now owning our identity.

Who/ what do we thank for this mental shift?

Good observation... There are a combination of factors.... MNK, the promotion of our culture internationally... We still have a lot of selling point and a lot to do to promote the culture... I remember when Igbo mansion trended, some chronic Igbo deniers also came out to claim Igbo just to share some of the glory... We need to promote all the good aspect aggressively and defend our people aggressively as well.

Well, the average Nigerian is a mindless, thoughtless slave. If Tinunbu calls for the Devil to be governor tomorrow, the uneducated hollow brains will follow accordingly like programmed NPCs.

supportnija:
You like your own thief , no wonder we are just like our leader.

You support Naija? What thievery is greater than that? Get out, your campaign is dead on arrival.

Who cares what a satanic group thinks? We like am like that...
I wonder why Abaribe never even go for governorship.

Anigreat:








Forget what scientist are saying


Our Ekuke is cutest breed of dog.

This is a stupid blog and not science. Science will not use a term like "BEAUTY". There is nothing scientific about it.

[quote author=AdakaBoro8 post=99597925][/quote]Even one incident made front-page a few days ago. Now just type, "Fulani herdsmen attack Ijaw community" on google search and then see the returns.

AdakaBoro8:
yes. thats why IYC, INC, papa E K clark, mama annkio briggs, adaka boro avengers and other pan ijaw movement groups and freedom fighters have come out to publish news that saying count the ijaw out of the utopia biafra republic, but biafra agitators kept proven stubborn flies..

Call some pf your brother to order (I do not believe most of them are true Ijaws)... See how they escalated the fight again...
You particularlöy may come off as a bit emotional but at least one thing is certain, you love and you are fighting for the pride of your people but I can't say the same for most of the other ones....

As we have stated, most of us are cool and okay with an excluded Ijaw, but at the same time whatever the future may bring, we definitely would want the progress of the Ijaw nation.
Regarding MNK's struggle, in one of the last meetings, you had representatives from your own Ijaw people and a few kings which MNK did not mention coming out to ask what stakes they had and also some of your own very kings asking MNK for support against the fight against Herders in their communities... MNK told them that he will not come or push except they call for it and involve their people because he does not want to impose anything....but at least, you could see the concern for the region...
Asides from the insults and all, only a foolish person will not seek the peace and progress of the Ijaw nation.

AlexBells:
We started this struggle right here on nairaland with notable Igbos, we pushed it on and today our elites and more are talking about it, it will not stop there we must make sure that greedy politicians or others don't hijack it for selfish interests, we must not jeopardize our future and the future of our children and children's children.

Now that we have two post Nigerian options for Igbos, it drives further the legitimacy of Igbo province, on my January interview I made it clear that should Nigeria seize to exist that Ndigbo will get a referendum on whether we want a homogenous Igbo Republic or Biafra.

I'm really happy that some notable Igbos are now seeing the reality through our lenses, please all Nairaland Igbo Republic agitators should possibly reach out to me, let's start laying the foundation through Igbo province of Nigeria as a prelude to Igbo Republic.

Link to one of my January interview with Nigerian Pilot https://nigerianpilot.news/biafra-doesnt-exist-anymore-igbo-province-ala-igbo-nigpilot/

Pro biafra and Igbo people, this is a trick, although this looks tempting on the surface, these posters is a plant just like the government developed the Tripod and bipod during the heat of agitation, Bkayy, beware, except you want chop their money run... This is not a legit thing.

They must employ indigenes. Abians generally do not give two 4ks about oil, we are looking at the bigger picture.
They must not pollute our land and they MUST employ indigenes...