₦airaland Forum

In words made famous by American President Trump, when he asked Black Americans what do you have to lose by voting for him.

I ask the non-Igbo South-South what do you have to lose by joining the Igbo in their struggle?

- Your land is polluted.

- Your people drink polluted water.

- Your people have no jobs.

- No oil companies are found in your region.

- Your wealth enriches Abuja and Lagos

- The Northern elite has become wealthy off your resources

- The Yoruba consider you Omo Ibo. They do not know the difference between the Igbo and South-South

- Ken Saro Wiwa and Adaka Boro were betrayed by them

- Goodluck Jonathan your son was not given a chance

- They militarized your region

- Remember what they did to Odi.

So what do you have to lose by joining the Igbos, who have been your neighbors for hundreds of years?

SuperS1Panther:
hmm i can remember this monicker. Old timer.

You are welcome back bro.

How many monickers have you had? A former nemisis

HopeAtHand:
Tony Christopher is my in-house clown. His arguments against me is nothing short of comedy. I have never regarded nor taken him seriously at all, not in the least. Stop giving credence where there is none. Tnx.

NB: Feel sorry for you guys how your SEDC bill was hounded and bundled out of National assembly. Take heart. It is a direct consequence of lack of tact. Igbos should learn to have regard for Nigeria and Nigerians. Well, will you guys ever learn?

Where has "sophisticated" politics lead Nigeria to?

We are getting there brothers and sisters! Igbos showing unity of purpose.

I think we have reached the point of no return now.

This "Gentleman" Agreemwnr has never included the Igbo.

There is no agreement. It just concerns the North in how they try to control the nation and corner the nation's wealth like it is their birthright.

igbodefender:
Sir, you are hereby fined 40, 000 tubers of yam for daring to leave your duty post all these years.

Welcome back my brother. Never let those detractors of Ndigbo dislodge us from our course. For in the absence of subjects like History and Culture in our classrooms; and in the face of attempts to use lies to minimize Igbo greatness, with Igbo identity being threathened, Online Leaders of Thought like you fill a great void. The newer generation of Nairaland Igbos (those who joined after 2006-2007-2008) have a lot to learn from your fount of wisdom.

I look forward to great threads like, 'The True Extent Of Alaigbo'. Welcome back!!!

I apologize for my absence. I have to thank Nnamdi Kanu for waking me up from this slumber.

Igbo first is my core belief.

If Igbos are deported from Nigeria. So be it. No one said forming your own country will be easy. But remember my Igbo brothers and sisters and other parts of Nigeria, those of us who live in civilized nations like the US, Canada, Germany and the U.K. will provide assistance anyway we can.

kingzizzy:
Really funny people. You dont have even one organisation championing independence, you people have never held even one protest. The only time anyone even hears anything about getting your own country is when the issue of Biafra comes up. I laugh in Swahili. You people shoukd go and stage a protest first so we can take you serious.

Please no insults to the Ibibio. The fool is probably from West of the River Niger.

Ibibios have held many successful Biafra protests. They are the closest allies to the Igbo and intermarry with many Igbo clans from Abia.

To the Yoruba who are jumping up and down with glee about this. You are only playing into the hands of Nnamdi Kanu and the pro secessionist.

Moves like this will break this country.

The way the Yoruba get worked up about Biafra, they should be worried how the North insults their leaders daily.

Stop worrying about Biafra, Igbos and Niger Delta and face your own issues.

Why can't these people West of the River Niger keep out of Eastern affairs? Go to any social media site and you will see a Yoruba name speaking against Biafra.

Stay out of Eastern affairs!

NtoAkwaIbom:
No one is telling you not to want Biafra.
pls come and be going already.
We only tell you that we (In the South South) have no reason to believe want Biafra, as we have our own Freedom struggle to fight.

We will not leave our Servitude to Nigeria (Hausa, Yoruba,Igbo) , to be servant to Biafrans.(only Igbo)
we can't fight for freedom only to change the hand holding the leach.
When we are ready, we will create our very own country... independent of Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.

I doubt you are from Akwa Ibom. And I say this as someone who is half Iibbio. Keep your mouth shut and speak only for your foolish self.

As someone of Igbo and Ibibio stock, I hope to see more unity in the East. United we stand, divided we fall.

One Nigeria Igbos, do you see this? Igbos do you see how they treat our most simplest of demands? You see where "sophistication" politics get us?

And the roar for Biafra will only get louder now. Nnamdi Kanu is being proved right each day. When the One Nigeria Igbo politicians are not able to get assistance from other groups, Igbos will only align with pro Biafrans.

I am back my brother. And the Igbo first mantra seems to be picking up steam. I am so proud of my brothers and sisters fighting for our just cause.

Ebonyi people are not mocked in Abia or Imo. But I have heard stories of how some people from Ebonyi are treated in Anambra.

I never liked Abagworo but you Anambrans do think you are superior to other Igbos. The way some Anambrans disrespect Igbos from Ebonyi is pathetic. What is an Anambran anyway? Name your clan and see if your history was ever important to the wider Igbo.

I am of Arochukwu and we have indigenous Aro communities in all the South East states. These state lines are artificial. They were Aro before Anambra, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi or Enugu state was ever created and so they will remain Aro.

I would want to be an Efik. Even though my father is Igbo and my mother is Ibibio, there is something about the Efik that I love.

That is why they say marry a Calabar lady.

Lagos is Yorubaland. Enough of this nonsense from my fellow Igbos. If Nigeria was to divide, Lagos would go to the Yorubas so why bother in claiming a land that is not our own?

We have Enugu, Aba, Onitsha, Umuahia, Owerri and other cities in the East that can all be great because of Igbo ingenuity.

Igbo Lagosians can never speak for the Igbos who remain in the East.

They are on their own. And I do not know why some Igbos have such a fascination with Lagos. This fascination weakens the wider Igbo people.

This is why I love my maternal home!

This port will empower the entire East.

Abagworo:
Typical Igbotic buildings clustered like South American slum. Look to your left on the 2nd picture and see something decent. Government needs to give designs for both structure and roofing to stop this kind of nasty housing.

Abagworo I see things do not change for you. What is wrong with with these "Igbotic buildings." Enugu is still a beautiful city. The more Igbotic buildings the better I say.

The Niger Delta should get 100% of its oil revenue.

They should not have to share with anyone.