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ChinenyeN:
Nri is at it again; doing what it has no business doing

I agree with you for once.

This is a job for the Eze Aro.

Eze Vincent Ogbonnaya Okoro (Eze Aro)

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freecocoa has made me proud.

I am tired of turning the other cheek.  

Is that the best you can do Dayo?

You are talking to a son of a veteran of the Biafran war and my father lived to tell the tale.

He talked about the cowardice of the Nigerian soldiers targeting civilians but that is a story for another day.

The fact remains is that your lineage is cursed while I come from a long line of warriors who fought the British and later Nigerian troops.

As I said the Yoruba being the loudest are the weakest.

Poor Dayo has to live in his uncle's shadow.

The man died on his knees. After initial bravado, he met his fate by an Igbo man.

And what is worse is none of his kinsmen mourned his death.   

Dayo. . .

It still doesn't take away that your uncle is considered a traitor by many of your brethren.

That is why not a tear was shed when he was killed.

Your lineage is cursed. A slave to others.

Willing to sell your own brother, just like your uncle sold his own people to the Sardauna.

Sorry I am already in support of an Igbo Republic.

dayokanu:
Its also recorded that Adekunle made mince meat of all Igbos turning their towns desolate FACT

I would love to see if you can say that to an Igbo man's face.

Or will you be on your knees just like your uncle was on his knees for the Sardauna?

^^^

They already know the story, but they do not care.

That is why we must fight back.

dayokanu:
A Igbo website reported that Akintola died fighting like a warrior. FACT

And no one mourned his death. Not even his own kinsmen.

They even celebrated his death. FACT

Dayo. . .

We all want to know your late uncle's last minutes.

When he fired his gun and figured out that all was lost, did he beg the soldiers to spare his life.

Was he on his knees?

Does it also make you angry that no one in Yorubaland mourned his death? Awolowo probably congratulated the soldiers.

CyberG:
Tell me more about the bolded "genocide" you mentioned, otherwise you make good points in the rest of your post! You did not even come close to seeing what actually happened but most people throw out statements they gleaned from propaganda they've been fed for years! Give me a few references to support your position and arguments! The Hutu vs Tutsi genocide is well established and documented. Tell exactly what findings lead to that conclusion and hope we can have an intelligent debate!

Shedding Light on Asaba Nightmare

TAMPA, Fla. (Oct 12, 2009)  They were unprepared for the flood of emotions that engulfed them when survivors of the 1967 massacre in Asaba, Nigeria, solemnly stood at the podium and told their stories.

Without tissues on hand, tears streamed down the faces of the men, soaking the collars of both Western suitcoats and traditional Nigerian bubas.

For some in the audience, this was the first chance in 42 years to learn the fate of their loved ones.

“This is the first time in my life that I’ve been told the story of what happened, and my own father was killed in that war,” said Michael Nwanze, a political science professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. “I buried my father but I was never able to mourn him because I didn’t know the truth.”

The survivors of the Oct. 7, 1967, massacre in Asaba, Nigeria, had been waiting more than four decades to shed light on the nightmare that haunts them still and to tally and honor the dead – estimated by some accounts to be from 500 to 2,000 men and boys. The massacre occurred during Nigeria’s bitter civil war, and those targeted were of Igbo ethnicity.

Helping the Nigerian people piece together the puzzle of the long-buried tragedy is anthropology professor Elizabeth Bird, assistant anthropology professor Erin Kimmerle and Fraser Ottanelli, chairman of the department of history, who are working with the USF Libraries Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center and a Tampa Police Homicide Det. Charles Massucci.

The researchers are gathering documents, recording oral histories and this spring will travel to Nigeria to examine mass graves in the hopes of creating a memorial to the decades-old slayings.

The Oct. 9-10 Asaba Memorial Project symposium at USF kicked off the effort that included launching the Asaba Memorial Project website. The site will serve as an international record of the massacre, including archive images, oral histories, official records, newspaper articles and other materials the USF team gathers.

It will be no small task. Memories of the massacre are hazy and details conflict. Nevertheless, Ottanelli said it’s the oral histories -  the voices of the people - that will make the events of Asaba come alive.

“It humanizes what we’ve been reading,” he said. “It takes an event so far away and puts a human face to it. The testimony is very powerful. We’re honored and humbled by this awesome responsibility.”

For the survivors, a public acknowledgement of the deaths and a permanent memorial to their lost loved ones will bring a measure of justice that has been elusive for more than four decades.

“We can forgive but we should never, ever forget,” said Chinelo Egwuatu, 53, a 15-year Tampa resident who survived the Biafra-Nigerian civil war and post-war famine, although two of her siblings perished. “This is a good thing USF is doing. There is no way you can bring the people back, but you can at least acknowledge that it happened.”

Up until now, little has been recorded about the Asaba massacre. Details were hidden from the international press. Nigerian government officials refused to comment publicly. And an international observer team was accused of conducting a hasty, haphazard investigation in which it concluded no genocide had occurred.

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Dayo is just like his tiger clawed uncle.

My Igbo brethren, let us ignore him, he is just angry that our brethren dealt justice to his late uncle.

Just imagine if he had lived, I guess Dayo would still be in Nigeria instead of the U.S.

dayokanu:
No act of Akintola shows he is a coward.

Even when a trained soldier came to meet him in his bedroom, He brought out a gun fought and died like a man, Like a rue Generalissimo that he is. Not unlike the Ojuku that skipped town to Abidjan when faced with war

what a Biatch

Are you sure he died like that? Is that what your family tells you?

He probably died on his knees instead of standing like a man.

That is the lineage that you come from.  And do you have the tiger claws as well? I hope that cuts deep.

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dayokanu:
Another coward succeed the former coward

I think you confuse this man with your late tiger clawed face uncle, Akintola.

homerac7:
According to the Assistant Army Public Relations of 82 Division, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, who confirmed the exercise, the essence was to ensure security in the areas.

All Eastern cities while the North is in flames?

Why are there troops in Enugu, Imo or even Abia? Igbos have not been bombing anyone.

kingoflag:
Even Jesus sef was not a Christian, but what do we know? Dem go just carry white man religion for head no fit think again. Mental Slaves.

Just like your Muslim brothers kissing the Arabs arse, even though see you all as Black slaves.

They brainwashed you all even to have Muslim names, instead of African names.

At least we Igbos still have our traditional names even though we follow the Christian faith;.

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Calm down brother, we do not wish harm on any group.

They are trying to make the Ndigbo the scapegoat again. Do you see us doing the bombing?

We have every right to be pisssed with Nigeria, but we have not turned to violence.

The Ndigbo cherish life and have practiced "One Nigeria."

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=832556.msg9840625#msg9840625 date=1324952081]50% were Protestant and 40% were Catholic.
close enough

Ironic though that most Igbo are also Catholic. you have more in common with the nazi germans than with the Jews. unfortunately.[/quote]Wrong again. . .

Igbos are Catholic, but so is most of Latin America, Southern Europe, Philippines etc.

Does that make them all similar to the Nazis who predominately Protestant or even atheist and believed in the occult?

Igbos and the Jews have a struggle against the Muslim hordes who threaten our land. That is our commonality.

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=832556.msg9840530#msg9840530 date=1324948710]sharrap. last time I checked, Hitler wasn't Muslim.
[b]most nazi germans were roman catholic [/b]as a matter of fact.[/quote]Wrong. Most Germans, especially Nazi Germans were PROTESTANT.

Have you forgotten that Martin Luther (Reformation) was a German?

Oyb is a big idioot. Always quick to blame GEJ.

It is best to ignore the fool.

I do not know about this. . .

Too soon. . .

And what gives the Eze Nri this right?

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=832556.msg9840434#msg9840434 date=1324946451]then you are either not following d news. or it's entering your left ear and coming out of your right.
or maybe you're getting your news from Fox. don't blame you sha.[/quote]Why am I not surprised an anti-zionist such as yourself would disagree with my view?

When has Israel ever been the aggressor when they have neighbors who have pledged to wipe it off the map?

Onlytruth:
My brother, "Igbo adighi agba oso mmiri karia mgbe mmiri mazuru ha aru".

Ihe a di na udi.

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=832556.msg9840384#msg9840384 date=1324945466]how can Israel condemn terror when they are busy bombing and terrorizing their Palestinian and Iranian neighbors.[/quote]Israel is being terrorized by their Arab neighbors if you have forgot that.

Israel is never the aggressor.

^^^

And Igbos are foolish to stay in the North.

Some of our people need to cherish their lives more than their money.

Ezeufi:
The Ndigbos desire to have a master is beyond the pale. The slavish attitude is so deep amongst these African brothers that they dont see themselves as complete human without a non african master to look after them. If the Ndigbos think Israel should become their masters just because Israel supported biafra, then what about Tanzania? Julius Nyerere of Tanzania was the only African leader to recognise and support biafra. Tanzania was a friend of Biafra too. On that argument, why dont you choose Tanzanians for your new  masters? Or are they too black to be your masters?

There is no "slavish" attitude about the Ndigbo affinity for Israel.

Many Igbos see their struggle against the Muslim hordes similar to what the people of Israel are accustomed to.

This affinity begins with our similar struggles.

The Ndigbo worship no man. We did not worship any pale skin. I hope Okonkwo is illustration of that. We see them humans just like us.

[quote author=One_Naira link=topic=831494.msg9840260#msg9840260 date=1324943369]Exactly. They had very little impact on the war but yet they are the ones constantly boasting about the war.[/quote]I just laugh at Yorubas who boast about the war.

They did nothing. Their land was under Northern control.

That is why the "counter-coup" was very successful in their region, but not in the East or Mid-West.

The loudest person in the room is the weakest. That sums up many of their brethren.

The Ndigbo have an affinity for Israel.

I welcome their aid.

This is how the events are going to play out.

Na wa o!

homerac7:
It's plain silly and mischievous for someone to come out and say dt d Sultan can afford to hide his head In his anus at ds time because he's not d president. If I'm correct, there's something u call stakeholders in government of which Sultan is one by virtue of his position as leader of largest Muslim congregation in Africa, not just Nigeria, and also a first class traditional ruler. He controls largest kingdom in d nation through his Sultanate over d emirs and their emirates. By virtue of these he can't stand away! People hav died from crime committed in name of Islam, he starts speaking wt cheek in tongue and you say its all right? R u serious?

Everybody has his job cut out for him in government. U can't shy away from responsibilties at critical time as ds and want to people to recognize your authority by d same office, no, u can't! Maybe he should also start forfeiting his privileges. His refusal to take stand simply gives legitimacy for d aggrived to seek redress et "whosoever" dey suspect. Imagine what dt could resort to! Now is time of his essence, speak out now or remain irrelevant forever, but let all d blood be upon him!

Great post!