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These kidnappers are just unemployed youth.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=481097.msg6405674#msg6405674 date=1279460024]how can it lead to civil war ? The joint task force are not going there to kill innocent citizens but attend to their primary responsibility which is anti-kidnapping.JTF to this day still have their operations in bayelsa,rivers,warri,akwa ibom and other places in the niger delta and there has not been any serious crisis that may result into civil war.[/quote]And let them Hausa Marauders stay in those core Niger Deltan states. Igbo elders will not allow any JTF into our territory. That is not up for discussion. Igbos may not be united as we were once was during Biafra, but inviting the JTF into our region will stir a hornets nets and cause the Igbo to join forces and push these people out. Igboland once again is becoming restless and this must be dealt with promptly or it may explode again. You think a major tribe like the Igbo will continue being mocked and ostracized?

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=481093.msg6405651#msg6405651 date=1279459731]Now U cant Talk about Nigeria without mentioning Lagos. . .It generates close to 20% of Nigerias GDP
The New State Governor elected in 2007(Fashola),has managed to transform the state into an eldorado

It is the most sophisticated city in west Africa,and indeed in most of Africa
Lagos dances to its own unique beat. . It is black,and African to the core
Below are glimpses of Lagos,and the transformation happening there. . .[/quote]Now show us our homeland!

Show us the Niger Delta which generates the bulk of Nigeria's GDP!

Do not give me that superficial nonsense. Nigeria is going no where. PERIOD!

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=481097.msg6405628#msg6405628 date=1279459210]the alarming rate with which it's happening in the EAST necessitates deployment of military to the area.it keeps happening everyday.[/quote]And you think the Igbo will like the presence of the Nigerian military into our region? You will have another thing coming Forget the kidnappers, that will start another civil war, because we have seen what the military have done in the past and in Odi where they despoiled women and killed innocent civilians.

Thank God the kidnappers did not kidnap an Igbo. People in the oil industry need to be afraid. Since they steal from the Niger Delta, they should be dealt with.

There is nothing worth celebrating right now Paddy lo. You try, but it is nothing to be happy about the deplorable situation.

Nigeria was better before independence then it is now. A few skyscrapers and a megacity where the elite can enjoy the spoils is not worth celebrating.

Sorry to say, but Nigeria is a [b]FAILURE [/b]at 50.

General C. Odumegwu Ojukwu may have been the Biafran Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Biafran Armed Forces but it was Dr. Akanu Ibiam who provided the ultimate moral anchor for the Biafran nation. At Independence in 1960, Dr. Ibiam was appointed the Governor of former Eastern Region, the position which he held until the 1966 bloody coup d’etat that swept the military into power. During the ensuing crisis that quickly degenerated into the 30-month Civil War, Dr. Ibiam pretty much stayed out of public view and played an advisory role to the military administration in Enugu.

Like any other Easterner, Dr. Ibiam was incensed by the horrors of the pogroms that Ndiigbo were subjected to in Nigeria, especially the North. When it became clear that General Gowon and the junta in Lagos were not interested in seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis that gripped Nigeria at the time, all Eastern political leaders, including Dr. Ibiam, came out and threw their weight behind the founding of the Republic of Biafra. Apart from a stellar medical career since he became a doctor in 1936, Dr. Ibiam was a devout Christian who held many leadership positions in international church organizations, even after he became Governor of Eastern Nigeria. In the colonial era, he received international recognitions, including British knighthoods and honors like (K.C.M.G., O.B.E. and K.B.E.).

But Dr. Ibiam’s conscience was not bought. He remained fiercely devoted to the service of his God and people throughout the dark days of Biafran struggle. He was particularly irked by the fact that ex-colonial master, Britain, the founder of the Christian order which Dr. Ibiam served faithfully as a missionary doctor for more than 30 years, was the major backer of the Moslem-dominated military junta in Lagos in its genocidal war to subdue Biafra.

Bewildered by the callousness of the British government’s calculated abandonment of Christian Biafra in the heat of a survival struggle to resist a Moslem-inspired invasion for conquest, an enraged Dr. Ibiam snapped and repudiated Her Majesty’s government as he returned all his British imperial awards to Queen Elizabeth II of England with these words: “For these great honors and special recognitions, I am humbly grateful to Your Majesty and Your Majesty's Britannic Government. They are a happy reflection of the importance of Africa and her people before God and man. Howbeit, I must renounce all of them at this time. I do so to register the strongest protest at my command against Your Majesty's Government of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for supplying military equipment and arms to Nigeria which has waged a senseless and futile war of aggression against my country, the Republic of Biafra. My objection and protest are directed solely and entirely to the British Government because I believe that the staunch British friends of Africa, particularly the CHURCH, and informed British public opinion will deplore this unkindly act of the British Government to the Republic of Biafra. With the highest sense of responsibility, therefore, and bearing clearly in my own mind the moral issues which are at stake, and my own stand thereat, I return the Insignia and paraphernalia of my title to Your Majesty's Britannic Government through the British Deputy High Commissioner who is resident here in Enugu - the capital city of the Republic of Biafra.”

The angry and defiant Ibiam concluded his missive to the Queen thus: “In the circumstance, Your Majesty, I no longer wish to wear the garb of the British Knighthood. British fair play, British justice, and the Englishman's word of honor which Biafra loved so much and cherished have become meaningless to Biafrans in general and to me in particular. Christian Britain has shamelessly let down Christian Biafra.”

In these immortal words from one of the great sons of Africa, Dr. Akanu Ibiam has forever established and entrenched a moral yardstick which present and future generations of Ndiigbo must inculcate and utilize to defend our honor and dignity in face of overwhelming odds.

Abagworo:
there is a behavioral pattern,i have noticed amongst igbo groups that were luckily endowed by circumstances.they look for ways to alienate themselves from the larger igbo and keep laying emphasis on their little differences.onitshas,ngwas and ikwerres possess land hosting large cities while the others are the ones with crude oil.if you observe closely,they have similar behavioral patterns.

Gbam!

Let us all invest in Owerri and lets see how these Ngwa will cry, because no one wants to do business with them. Some Igbo groups are very funny trying to separate themselves from the greater whole.

I am an Aro man, but you don't hear Aro people saying this even though our blood is mixed with Igbo and Ibibio groups.

Andre Uweh,

You are right, it is in our laws not to call someone an osu, but we all know the old ways are still here. If you have one drop of osu blood in you, we all know how those people are treated. Just go to Enugu and you will see. Many osu have been forced to flee the east and move to Lagos or the West. The sad thing is that these same Osu do not tell their children, the real reason why they don't go home. The ostracism is too much.

Concerning Chinenye, the way he talks makes me angry. I have never seen a Ngwa man talk in such terms. That being said, he doesn't speak for Ngwa since he has never been to Ngwaland. Ngwas in the states are very disconnected from events at home. They believe every news story.

But I do find it strange, a guy that speaks/writes Igbo so fluently has never been to Alaigbo. What is his excuse?

Aigbofa:
Awwwww. Now you are breaking my heart. Have you suddenly gone sissy, or you were one all along?

bkbaybe? New troll acct  

Beaf fight the good fight!

You are right. We all know that the Core North has a monopoly of power in the military, then comes the Middle Belt followed by the Yoruba and finally ending with the Igbo who no one trust anymore.

Just Ngwaland is in a state of emergency. Not all of Abia State nor all of Alaigbo is having this kidnapping problem as Ngwaland is having.

ChinenyeN:
That is the funniest post you've directed at me, EzeUche. Can we just address this 'Ngwa problem'? No need to make this personal.

Do you deny being an osu? If you do, then give me your name and the village you hail from and I will have investigators in Abia find the truth for you.

You can't talk on behalf of the Ngwa since you are not a native son of Ngwaland. Just Ngwa by descent. I never seen a Ngwa deny being wholly Igbo.

ChinenyeN:
Lack of knowledge.

The lack of knowledge is from you. Someone who has never stepped foot in Igboland.

I am starting to think that you are an Osu. I never heard of a true son of Igboland never visiting Alaigbo unless they are [b]Osu [/b]and their family do not want them to learn that dark secret.

And if you are an Osu or Oru, you can never speak on behalf of Igbo

ChinenyeN:
Here are some things Ohnuhnu can do about this 'Ngwa problem'.

1. The simplest of all, pack and move out.
2. The most difficult of all, listen to what the Ngwa want to say.
3. Maybe try addressing the problem as an Abia problem. . . will that kill you?
4. Expedite the excommunication of Ngwa from Abia and Igbo (this seems to be the road we're taking here).

Something must soon be done about this 'Ngwa problem' before it goes completely out of hand.
Mr. Igbo sir, it really seems to me that you might want to hire new informants, as well as find a new basis for your reasoning, because the above quote is completely off.

You Ngwa Igbo will never rule Abia! Not in a million years. Until your people show that you can control your youth, there will be NO STATE nor will one of your own become a governor. Clean up your own house before you start making demands to other Igbo groups within Abia!

Aigbofa:
Why don't you go and rot in hell. This is the end result of the type of hate you propagate on this website everyday!
Bloody hypocrite.

I'll me you there you Yoruba b-astard. I am only on the defensive, since you Yorubas went on the offensive yesterday. Now do not respond to me with your dirty stinking self.

This is blasphemous! You do not attack a religious man's family!

I am appalled!

I said it once and I shall say it again, what do we do with the NGWA problem?

Only a Ngwa knows his own terrain so that is why they have been able to kidnap a large number o f people and not get caught. We must solve the Ngwa problem before it is too late.

ode remo:
can u admit u r wrong for a min.?
damn.

What is wrong with what I said?

Kidnapping was introduce into Nigeria by you Yorubas. Igbos just perfected it.

If you are a regular person, you should not fear kidnapping. Just saying. . .

I had no problem travelling to Abia during the holidays. They are only kidnapping people who have no business being in the region.

If you are a true native son of Abia, you have nothing to fear.

Replacing him wont do anything. The system is still rotten to the core.

redsun:
Yoruba individuals are some my greatest mentors in nigeria in the likes of Fela,Fela's mum,Beko Kuti,Tai solarin,Gani,Femi Kuti,Soyinka,even the doctor,Ransome Kuti,they are individuals of enviable characters.

We have to learn to calll a spade a spade,no matter what.

Seems like the majority of the Yorubas that you mentioned are from one family though. What is up with rest of the 99.8&? Only .1% of them are actually worthy of mention? That is sad.

If only there were more Wole Soyinkas among them! Nigeria would be a better place.

Nigerian by descent.

And the fact she can't speak her language does not make her less than whatever her family hails from. I blame the parents, not her that she can't speak the language. Sadly, a lot of Nigerians born in America cannot speak their language.

Also, there are Nigerians who live in Nigeria that cannot speak their language but are well verse in Pidgin. Like some of my Igbo cousins who were raised in Lagos, but can't speak their mother tongue. It is sad.

THE AMAKA:
[color=#cc00cc]what state are you from?[/color]

Abia. . .

But I speak Igbo like an Ikwerre.

dayokanu:
^^^

The person who opened the thread is not Yoruba, the person who made the comments David mark is not Yoruba but you somehow managed to link both Mr Fire and David Mark to Yorubas, Thats remarkable.

My guy!

I am not talking about the OP, I am talking about the Yorubas who seen this thread and went on the attack.

That is why there needs to be an Anioma State.

MShittu:
Why must Nigerians always find a way to practice tribalism? Abeg, e don do

Why must your people always start the conflict, but cannot finish?

We Igbos have been minding our own business, until you Yorubas went on the offensive today. I woke up to seeing this garbage being spewed by your brothers.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=475376.msg6398671#msg6398671 date=1279314122]eebo are not smarter,they are only being dubious and cunning than yoruba.[/quote]You Yoruba are the most cunning and dubious of them all. Talk out of both sides of your mouths. Opportunistic Yoruba. I know you have heard that word before.