₦airaland Forum

letsbepieces:
First it was Bendel Igbo when Delta and Edo were one single state, then it became Delta Igbo after their break up and now simply Anioma.

Whatever name is given to them, they are still Igbo speaking people in the Niger Delta.

Unlike the Yoruba who open their mouths on issues that do not concern them.

The unity of the Old East should be paramount.

We are going into uncharted waters, and we need this unity.

Are you not tired of having to travel to Lagos or Abuja to fly out the country?

Are you not tired of having to travel to Lagos to import goods, when we have more than enough coastline?

Are you not tired of being called 5% for supporting our native son, when the old man from the North has not done anything for Nigeria.

Are you not tired of living in a polluted environment? Constant oil spills pollute our waterways, pollution cloud our skies.

Are you not upset how Eastern lands (Bakassi) were ceded to Cameroon?

We are becoming more united but we still need to be vigilant.

TheCabal:
Reverse psychology. Look at how the rhetoric moved to the SS aligning with the SE.

Can the south-east really survive without the Niger-Delta ?

What concern is it to you?

We Igbos make up the Niger Delta unlike your people, the Yoruba.

I never heard of Delta Yoruba. But I have heard of Delta Igbo, Ekpeye, Eche, Ikwerre, Ogba etc

No one wants to join forces with the Yoruba.

Awolowo's actions and Yoruba continued denial about the incident is proof enough about there will not be any unity

Igbos are facing East and focusing on unity with our neighbors.

The Yoruba are not our neighbors and neither is the North

freshest4live:
Nigeria offers you a large market.

Who needs Nigeria large market when there are other markets we invest in with less of the headache that Nigeria brings?

YungMillionaire:
Everyone that disagrees with an ipob is a Yoruba. Try something new, this one is stale.


No, I will not. This is a Yoruba man forum. Since you say I am Yoruba, I reserve the right to speak in a Yoruba man's forum.



Like I said, if you exist on grabbing Ijaw land be prepared for a worse pogrom than the last one


But, no one is Balkanizing the 5 land-locked erosion ridden glorified villages of the South-East.


You are correct. Igbos will relocate en-masse to the SE otherwise yawa go gaz

Yoruba face North and leave the East alone.

All you said was gibberish.

No one from the East pays attention to your people. That is why most Biafrans are ignoring you.

Clinton9000:
Afonja

You did not take the time to read the post did you?

Reread it again and modify your comment

YungMillionaire:
It will take nothing short of an outright war for the Ijaws to cede Port Harcout to Biafra. I hope the Igbos are ready for another pogrom. Otherwise, my advice would be to limit Biafra to the 5 landlocked states of the South East.

What does a Yoruba like yourself know of the East besides what you read on Nairaland?

Stay out of Eastern affairs.

And Igbos will not be restricted to just the southeast since Igboland is much larger

We not tolerate the continued Balkanization of Igboland.

Everyone will answer their papa's name

Agumbankembu:
I am an Ngwa man from Obingwa, the next community is Annang community, my mum is from Annang. I feel more closer to Annang than other Igbos, because when I was growing up, the youths of our community and the youths of Annang community used to do communal farm efforts, don't know how to explain it, but our people will go help out Annang farmers this week, the other week, they come and help us out.
That is also how we used to do when it comes to Palm cultivation, the boundary between our communities is made of palm plantation, we cut palm trees together, am talking about in the 90s.
I am fluent in Annang dialect, and even now I live in Uyo, I picked up Ibibio easily.
The only place I see Igbo rabid haters from AkwACross is on NL. I have never met anyone of them in my life.
I tell people, come Abiapoly, 1/3 of the population is from AkwaCross, most of them don't go back immediately after graduation.

I feel inclined to be with my kinsmen since the whole madness started.

Ima mmi, everything you said is akpanikan.
Abasi uyong fien.
Abadie?

I often say that many Igbo clans especially in Abia are more at home with people from Akwa Ibom than they are with other Igbos.

I relate more with Ibibios as an Aro Igbo .

Seems like a simple question that needs to be answered.

0b100100111:
You spot-on


Ikwerre's never accept that they re subset of Igbo's. They detest it when u refer them to be and always have the audacity to call an Etche man Igbo

The younger generation is different.

And all Ikwerre, young and old remember they are Igbo during election time.

Even the Ijaw and Ogoni refer to them as Igbo.

Amaechi's biggest insult against Jonathan was that he could not speak Igbo like him.

What does the Niger Delta have to lose by joining the Igbos?

- Northern elite have become wealthy using Niger Delta oil

- It will take decades to clean up our environment because of oil

- The people of the Niger Delta are poor

- The people of the Niger Delta have to travel to Lagos to import things when the ocean is in front of them

Who made him the spokesman of Rivers state.

A referendum will tell us the will of the people.

One person, one vote.

I can see the Nigerian authorities are worried about the Biafra agitation. It is on everyone's lips.

This can never happen in a million years in Nigeria, but it could happen in Biafra.

Do you see how Yorubas are blaming Igbo people for what a Hausa said.

Face the North and give us peace.

DocHMD:
South east is too small and at what expense does the North and sw allow you access to their lands?

Southeast is small, but Igboland is large.

Yoruba stay out of Eastern affairs

Everyone knows what Awolowo did.

This is common knowledge to Biafrans.

But we Igbos will not turn against Niger Deltans because of this old man

I trust anyone from the East instead of the North or West.

I doubt the Yoruba will open their ears

They will blame the Igbo for what a Hausa man said about them

We SS people are Yoruba. Don't let them deceive you.

Just look at the Niger Deltan kings supporting Biafra thread was deleted, because the fear of a Yoruba mod that Biafra is gaining support in the East

IPOB is in every village in the East, so no matter the propoganda, their grassroots is already winning the hearts and minds.

obong:
well I'm full ibibio and you're dead wrong

Is that so? If I am to believe you are Ibibio and not Yoruba, what would make an Ibibio hate the Igbo?

Plenty of Ibibio reside in Abia, and Aba is their second home.

Ibibio and Igbo have intermarried with Igbos in Abia.

I am so proud of my Mum's people, the Ibibio.

They are not loud in their Biafra support, but rest assure Igbos that we can always count on them in our time of need.

With all due respect Ohanaeze, but Lagos is of no concern for the Igbos.

We are facing East with our Eastern brothers.

Even the North blames the Yoruba.

You see how your allies treat you?

North or Yoruba it doesn't matter, we are facing East.

Amberon11:
Why are you people so desperate? What is your business with what we have in common? What do you Igbo's have in common with the Ibibio apart from being close neighbors? This desperation is making more Niger Deltans hate Biafra.

Niger Deltans hate Nigeria more. They have been given a raw deal.

That is why they are swelling the ranks of IPOB

But you wouldn't know that Yoruba would you. Always carrying the Biafra matter on your head.

And I am half Ibibio. So don't tell me about my people.

What else does the Niger Delta have to lose by joining the Igbo and our quest for freedom?

Nigeria has given you a raw deal and even the smallest of request for your region is met with derision.

I am still waiting for someone to tell me what in common that the Urhobo have with the Ibibio.

The Aro Igbo who have a shared history with the Ibibio and culture and are the closest neighbors.

I am an Aro Igbo and I am at home with the Ibibio as I am with other Igbo clans.

I have more in common with people in Akwa Ibom than I have with Igbos in Anambra and Enugu.

So when the we the SS Yoruba always try to poke their nose in Eastern affairs, it upsets me greatly.