₦airaland Forum

Vaughanlanrewaj:
Forget the Fulani and ask yourself why other tribes that confronted FG violently had failed. Even Boko Haram has spent 11 years yet not gone outside Borno.
The Tucano jets and those thousands of munition and military personnel are not for road show. The attempt to politicize the ortom attack is childish because several convoys of governors have been attacked and some miscreants even shot at the deputy governor of Ogun state and FG used bomb and fighter jets to destroy their lives.
As Nigeria is currently constituted, that centre will kill any opposition to common sense. Starting a war is not the real issue, the real question is whether you can win the war.

Lmao. What is common sense in this case?
You sincerely don't know know what's waiting for you and your terrorist brothers. No mercy is the word.

OyigboUpdate:
Any person that ask question is branded a saboteur na wao

When I say you're dumb you always vindicate me. Unlike simpletons like you, we always seek to know the real aim of any individual. Your aim has been married to that of the killers of the indigenous people of Nigeria hence you rightly qualified to be called a saboteur since you once claimed to be one of us. Anyway carry on with your job but ensure to collect a lot of money from them.

OyigboUpdate:
Does not answer my question. phd holder in beating around the bush

IPOB stands solid in the defense of Biafran land. He rejected all the evil offers your contractors brought. We saw Orji Uzor Kalu making those offers but Ohamadike rejected them and stood strong. What could Atiku give that will be near what the criminal government offer? You're so dumb and your contractors know it hence they'll continue to give you peanuts. We saw people like Uwazuruike who collected money and his speech changed. You're so dumb.

OyigboUpdate:
I ask u again what was signed sealed and delivered in 2019 if Nnamdi Kanu didn't take bribe from Atiku to call of the election boycott? Will u answer me or will u call me Saboteur choose one?

If you're not for us then you're against us. You clearly are for the fulani terrorists killing off indigenous people in Nigeria all for your greed. Don't worry, the same people will hang your head on a stake very soon.

OyigboUpdate:
What was signed sealed and delivered in 2019. Uche Mefor don open una leader nyash kpatakpata.

Ensure you collect a lot of money from your employers. If not so, then you're the dumbest of all people. Fulani militia are cashing out in millions through their kidnapping acts and many others too. Don't be too cheap while selling your people.

shigishege:
Go and kill yourself, decendant of 8.

We know all your evil plans.

Stanleyq:
When Joe Biden started his pursuit as president, it was through online, any pursuit starts online nowadays, just as the Egyptians, they never knew that Isreal was truly going home, even in red sea when they were crossing, they never believed, until they were drowned, something must drown the north when Biafra leaves.

Exactly. They will so drown that the survivors will regret why they never let the disintegration happen in peace.

It's so funny how some demented bmcs think they can just fabricate a foolish news and Ndigbo will swallow it hook, line and sinker. Any indigenous security organization formed and controlled by recognized Igbo institution is supported by all Ndigbo including IPOB. The effectivity of such formed groups will show how genuine the intentions of those who formed it are. IPOB have no issues with Igbo Kings and leaders who have not spoken against the formation of IPOB, her leader or her operations. All Igbos must beware of the terrorist people who can never fight a people who are united in all fronts. These people always seek to cause division among a people by cooking up all sort of lies just to see infighting before they can infiltrate and attack Igbos. They have opened numerous threads on Nairaland (NL) of recent claiming Anambra or Imo has dissociated herself from the Biafran cause and attacking Nnamdi Kanu including trying to localize the operation of IPOB or ESN to Abia state alone or only the SE as the case may be. All those people are the enemies of Ndigbo who are dying to see Igbos weak. As a sensible Igbo man, ask yourself this question. With the current killings all over Nigeria, is it wise to stand alone from the entire Igbo nation and stay floating inside the criminally wrecked Nigeria? The same agents will never condemn with gusto any attack against any part of Igboland. They hate to hear anything Biafra because they hate any good thing happening to Ndigbo. Your enemy will always prefer to see you divided, weak and vulnerable. We must resist them by every means possible starting from here on NL.
Ndigbo since na; okenye anaghi ano n'uno ewu d'ime amuo n'ogburi. Igwe Achebe- the Obi of Onitsha did very well in establishing a local security network to safe guard Onitsha and her immediate environs. The extortionist policemen will now know that there are people that own the land and will face their job leaving commuters to go in peace. It's all win-win for Ndigbo. Our enemies should go back to the drawing board.

After the refinery is complete, you can now effectively control the southern fools supply of petrol consumption. The southern fools are been encircled yet they can't see it.

Heartbender:

Are you begging Ikwerres to be Igbos? Even the Ikwerres know this fact. Ask the people of Oginigba and Rumueme for their boundary neighbours

Beg? Is Ikwerre language not a member of the Igbo language? Ikwerres are Igbos culturally and would remain so unless they forsake the language and culture. Politically they can reject going with other Igbos which is what I meant. You can encourage them to do so thereafter you can mussle PH away from them.
Meanwhile, all historical records put the original Okrika land in Okrika Island. All those land fills your governors of old did to bring them to the mainland are well known. History is very beautiful as it exposes greedy people. At the right time, historical records will be presented at the courts for judgement and shaming the criminals.
This is a small case na. Igbo no be your mate.

Heartbender:
[At this point I'll leave you to your trauma quote author=Fejoku post=100058643]
Lmao. All these latter day documents just shows what have already been known by all and sundry that Okrika communities were later added into Port Harcourt after PH expanded. The original PH built in 1913 was built on the land of the Diobu-Ikwerres. There's no argument about that one.

The trauma is only yours. You better lobby the Ikwerres very well to deny Igbo else you have no claims over PH.

Heartbender:
Evidence of Obulom (Abuloma) ownership of Port Harcourt from some of its customary tenants. Okuru, Fimie, etc

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159780826179665&id=676974664

Lmao. All these latter day documents just shows what have already been known by all and sundry that Okrika communities were later added into Port Harcourt after PH expanded. The original PH built in 1913 was built on the land of the Diobu-Ikwerres. There's no argument about that one.

Heartbender:
You don't sound bright by clowning yourself. Why not make findings and do facts checking?

I've done enough findings to know that PH was built majorly on Ikwerre land. Ogoni and Okrika lands were later add-ons.

Heartbender:
Kiikpoye Aaron

Port Harcourt was called Obom-Otu and is till called Obom-Otu by Obulom (Abuloma) people of Wakirike-Ijaw to this day.

It was name Harcourt when the British bought the land for the Port and Railway Terminal Project to facilitate export of coal and other resource to UK.

The Port City was Named to honor then Secretary to the Colonies Lord Vermont Harcourt by Reginald Hagroove in what become known and documented as the Hagroove Agreement of 1913.

We can find lots of documents that establish both in land sale Agreement and Court Judgement that it was indeed called Obom-Otu and it was Owned and inhabited by Obulom-Ijaw Clan.

Obulom-Ijaw Clan was one of the 9 foundational clan that formed the Wakirike-Ijaw Confederation as one of then then Sovereign city states.

In many costomary, legal/judicial, Historical and Archeological work as I may present, Wakirike-Ijaw copiously documented Obom-Otu as Land of Obulom people (Abulome-ni as called in Wakirike-Ijaw expression)

Abuloma, moved into Obom-Otu from Ikibiri in Central Ijaw.

Obom-Otu of Obulom have strong influence and relationships with the ogbiaoid-ijaws to which Abua, odual, Bukuma, Ogbogolo, Ogbia, Emego etc as a linguistic group of Ijaws belong.

We have not published our work yet because we are working to properly establish the Ikibiri origin and the Ogbiaoid links.

But efforts are on. These are mere excepts from facts and thoughts that we are validating from records of pre, during and post colonial times .

The facts are fascinating

Give reference to any book on this information or just keep it to yourself. Anyone can write this conjectures.

Igboid:
Willink report prepared by the British who established Port Harcourt clearly noted on whose land it was established.
It was established on the land of the Diobus, outlying branch of the Ibo tribe. You can't possibly know about Port Harcourt than the British who established it.

The only way Ikwerre lose Ph is if they continue their Igbophobia, we would simply leave them to you lots.

Don't mind them. They know exactly what they're doing. Ijaws are water dwellers and have most of their lands as swamps. See how they're desperately looking for land in Rivers upland even up to Etche. Lmao. I don't take these clowns serious in any way. All historical records are intact to smash all their false concoctions.

Heartbender:
A report of 1958 and an actual document signed by parties involved, the Obomotu Treaty of 1913 which one is a primary document?

Where's the report?

PHijo:
The problem with most of you is that you either have comprehension issues or you refuse to admit the truth. The writing was very clear.

Where's the writing that calls PH an Ijaw city? You guys will not mind yourselves now. The closest Ijaws to PH is the Okrika Ijaws and the original land is on the Okrika Island. The only way PH becomes non-Igbo is Ikwerres becoming non-Igbo. So you can encourage them to deny being Igbos. But as long as they're Igbos, PH is an Igbo city. The Ogonis equally have a share in today's PH due to expansion.
You Ijaws should not make Igbos your enemies. You will lose more from it.

Ibrahimmrfish:
Like i said earlier, i never support Fulani.We in Niger state are also fighting Fulani and are also facing their madness. What i am say is Berom started the Jos crisis,don't forget Nupe people were also killed by Berom for just being Muslims. The crisis started cause according to Berom, Hausa manage to buy off majority of the lands around Jos and are taking over Jos.The question is did the Hausa force the Berom to sale their land to them?They started by killing Hausa,Nupe,and all the northern Muslims and later make the mistake of attacking Fulani, thinking that they are like Hausa.As for the Tivs,yes i totally agreed that it was the Fulani that started the killing of Tiv but Berom that one is totally different.

You still don't agree that fulanis started the killings in Jos right? Ok o. Berom people sold land to everyone not just Hausas. You obviously won't want to agree because of religious affiliation but that's the truth. Do you know how many indigenous anaguta people that were slaughtered in their ancestral land of Angwan Rogo during that first Jos Crisis? Do you know how many Berom people that were killed in Congo Russia during that Crisis by Hausa-fulani people? Continue to believe that Berom people started it first. The Irigwe people are still been attacked by fulanis today. Did they also start attacking fulanis first?

Juliusmalema:
Good before Nnamdi kanu will use his Abia ESN and set Anambra state on fire.


Security must be structured with people who understands the terrain of an area...

Good one obi of Onitsha.

What's the business of a fulani terrorist in the affairs of Ndigbo?

Nice one Igwe Agbogidi. Security should be of utmost importance to everyone at present. Let's get them more sophisticated weapons to police our dear Onitsha City. Igboland will be defended by every means.

Ibrahimmrfish:




V. ATTACKS ON MUSLIMS



Destruction of Dilimi
The village of Dilimi, on the outskirts of Jos, was one of the areas that suffered the most intense destruction. Inhabited in majority by Muslims, virtually the entire village was razed to the ground. Human Rights Watch researchers visited Dilimi on October 6 in the company of displaced residents who were returning there for the first time since they fled. There was almost nothing there but rubble. Only a few buildings belonging to Christians had been left standing. The rest-about four thousand houses, eleven mosques, and two schools-had been systematically destroyed. The confirmed death toll of nine was surprisingly low, thanks to the concerted decision by Muslim residents to flee as quickly as possible once the violence started. Once they had fled, Christian groups returned to the empty village and proceeded to destroy or loot everything that was left behind.

The violence in Dilimi did not start until Sunday, September 9. It was initially forestalled by Birom and Hausa leaders who worked together to prevent youths from both communities from taking revenge after hearing of attacks against their own people in other parts of Jos. A Hausa businessman and community leader explained: "On Saturday morning, indigenes from the town came to Dilimi saying their parents had been killed in Jos. They told indigenes in the village to take revenge on Muslims. We said: `No, we've been living together for the past eight years peacefully, therefore forget what has happened in Jos and protect our village from any crisis.' We got together with them and carried out joint patrols, Hausas and Biroms together, throughout Saturday."

They patrolled together successfully until the Sunday morning, when some Birom youths started challenging their elders. "They wanted to know why their elders were stopping them from fighting. They were asking them: `Why should these Hausas, these strangers, come to our area and become richer than us?' They asked their elders to let them take revenge for what had been done to their people in Jos." Several Hausa and Birom community leaders went to appeal to the police to send more policemen to the village, but were told that the police did not have enough men because they had been posted to the crisis in other locations. By the time they returned to the village at around 11.30 a.m., houses, vehicles and tires were already on fire. By about 2 p.m., large groups of Birom youths were rampaging through the village, shooting with guns, bows and arrows, and throwing stones. The Muslims residents were completely overpowered and had no choice but to abandon their houses and run for safety. The women and children left first; the divisional police officer eventually came and escorted some of the residents to a displaced persons' camp.25

Human Rights Watch spoke to residents of Dilimi who were living in a displaced persons' camp in Gangare primary school in Jos. The entire Muslim population of the village had had to be relocated there. An elderly village chief described how he survived the attack:26

The attack started on Sunday at about 10 a.m. I was in my house. I noticed Biroms-local residents-surrounding the place. When I came out, I saw about three cars on fire. I asked the Biroms: "Why is this happening after we agreed not to fight?" One man came with a spear and threatened to attack me. An elderly man intervened to stop him. The Biroms were saying: "We're ready to fight the Hausas, the Hausas should vacate the village."

As I made my way to meet the community leaders, a Birom woman stopped me on the way and sent me back, warning me that I would be killed. I managed to pass through but another group surrounded me. There were about ten of them, young men. They had bows and arrows, a dagger, a sword, and locally-made weapons. They said to me: "Say your last prayers, we are going to kill you." When I knelt down, two Birom women intervened. They implored the attackers not to kill me and said otherwise they should kill them too. One of the Birom women saved me; she took me to a Birom man's house. They locked me in a room and I hid there for twelve hours. At about 11 p.m. I left. I was afraid that if I went out after daybreak, I was more likely to be killed.

I went into the bush in the night. I came to a house near the airforce base. The house was empty. I stayed there until daybreak. In the morning, I found my people gathered at the airforce base; they thought I had been killed.

The nine people who were killed in Dilimi included six men, two women, and a three-month-old baby. Three of the men, Baba Jenja, Mallam Abdu, and Mallam Musa, were killed as they were trying to escape; Tsoho Mohammed died in hospital. The exact circumstances of the death of Yakubu Abubakar are not known. The death of Mohammed Abdullahi, a cow-rearer in his thirties, was not discovered until his body was found two weeks later; a pile of sand in front of a house in Dilimi marks his grave. The two women who died were Hajia Lemoji Abbas, aged about fifty, and Mrs. Mohammed, aged about thirty. Both women were attacked as they were trying to flee from Dilimi with a large group of other women and children. They were intercepted by a group of Biroms who asked them to surrender their male children. When the women refused, they killed Mrs. Mohammed and seriously injured Hajia Lemoji Abbas on the head and arm; she died about ten days later. A third woman, Hajia Al Majira, aged about fifty, was still in hospital several weeks later with machete wounds on her head and hand. The three-month-old boy was on his mother's back; he was beaten with sticks and died about six hours later.27

A forty-year-old woman who was with the group of fleeing women explained how they were intercepted:28

We managed to run into the bush but we were stopped on the way. They told us to go back to the village. I said: `No, let the women pass.' They said that we should leave the children behind and they would kill any male child. I have a baby boy. I disguised him as a girl by putting a cloth over his head. Then I knelt down to say my last prayer. I told the others that they should go, that I would sacrifice myself. I was holding my son. A man hit me on the shoulder with a piece of wood. I didn't feel the pain at the time but later I realized I was bleeding. One man who had a gun said he wanted to shoot me. Another man said no and they started arguing amongst themselves. I took advantage of this and ran away with my child.

In addition to the nine people killed, many were injured. Human Rights Watch researchers spoke to a forty-three-year-old man who had serious gunshot wounds on the side of his head. He was shot outside his house in Dilimi on September 9, at about 4 p.m. He said: "Three people attacked me. They had local guns; I still have the bullets. There were other people around but I was the only one they caught there. They didn't say anything. They just shot me. I spent thirteen days in hospital."29

Attacks on Muslims in Other Areas
Human Rights Watch researchers also spoke to Muslims from other parts of Jos who had suffered or witnessed acts of violence.

A forty-year-old Muslim man from Watam, in Riyom local government area, survived with serious injuries after watching several of his neighbors being killed:30

Christians were rounding up Muslims in my area. It happened on Monday, September 10, at about 2.30 p.m. They killed eight people there. They asked us all to lie down outside a shop and poured petrol over us. I started running, but eight other men were killed. They were hit with machetes first, then burnt. I managed to drag one of them with me but he died later in hospital.

As I was running away, they came after me and hit me with their machetes on the back of my neck, on my elbow and back. There were about 200 of them, some young, some old, including a retired army officer. I recognized some of them. They are my Birom neighbors. We knew each other before. They attacked us just like that. I don't know what they were saying as I don't understand their language.

I stayed in the bush for four days before coming to hospital. I was hiding in the bush with my friend Adama Mohammed, the one who died in hospital. They had chopped off his hands and cut his face. I was trying to help him while we were hiding in the bush. I think he bled to death.

The others who were killed all died on the spot. They included Ya'u Zakary, Alhaji Adamu Isa, Mohammed Ammani, Iliya Abdu, and Mohammed Sani, a police officer. They were all my neighbors.

Alhaji Zakaria Haruna, a former civil servant from Dadinkowa, was killed on September 8; his body was burnt and dumped in the boot of his car. He was stopped and surrounded by Christian youths as he was driving into town. The youths were arguing among themselves, some saying they should kill him, others saying they should let him go. As he tried to start up his car again, a cassette of Islamic preaching was inadvertently switched on in his car. Hearing this, the youths began attacking him with machetes and setting fire to him. They left him in the boot of his car. Initially, relatives had difficulty finding his vehicle as the number plate had been removed. Eventually, a relative located it and found the burnt and shriveled body in the boot.31

Some of the victims were not even residents of Jos or Plateau State. For example, five Hausa men who were just passing through Jos on their way to Bauchi and Gombe states were attacked on September 8 at the bridge opposite the permanent site of the university. Only one survived by hiding under the bridge. He saw his brother fall off the bridge after being attacked with machetes. The attackers said: "He's alive! Let's follow him!" He tried to help his brother who had fallen but had to abandon him when the attackers caught up. They killed his brother with cutlasses.32

25 Human Rights Watch interviews with community leader and other residents of Dilimi, October 6, 2001.

26 Human Rights Watch interview, Jos, October 6, 2001, translated from Hausa.

27 Human Rights Watch interviews with residents of Dilimi, Jos, October 6, 2001.

28 Human Rights Watch interview, Jos, October 6, 2001, translated from Hausa.

29 Human Rights Watch interview, Jos, October 6, 2001.

30 Human Rights Watch interview in Shifa Hospital, Jos, October 1, 2001, translated from Hausa.

31 Human Rights Watch interview, Jos, October 1, 2001.

32 Human Rights Watch interview, Jos, October 2001.



The date of this destruction of dilimi is 6th October which is one month after the Jos crisis started. Do you know how many Berom communities have been destroyed before this 6th October? See how Miyetti Allah have been crying on the newspapers that herdsmen and 322 cows have been killed in Anambra but they've not reported the numerous killings those herdsmen have been doing in the same Anambra. How many farmlands have they destroyed with people protesting all these years. Don't support their evil agenda because tomorrow they will invade Ebira land and still accuse your people as those that attacked them first. Don't say you've not be told. Today they are killing Yorubas in their own land yet Iskilu Wakili is claiming damages done to him. Isn't it the same pattern?

Ibrahimmrfish:
I always condemn Fulani,i never support evil.But that's why i am force to point out the actions of Berom people. Yes they are the ones that started the Jos crisis.

The Hausa-fulanis started the Jos crisis. Hausas have been killing Berom people before the first Jos crisis on 7th September, 2001. They were claiming Jos as theirs and even called themselves 'Jasawa'. Do you know the number of Berom people that were killed inside Jos city during that period? Don't jump into supporting the evil fulanis are doing because your turn may come tomorrow. Why are they killing Southern Kaduna people today? Why are the same fulani people killing Tivs and other indigenes of other states? Better stand for the truth today.

They are wasting their time and they know it. Biafran land is locked and ready for her freedom by any means. Fulanis won't know what hit them. Mazi Nnamdi has millions standing with him all over the world. Soldiers, Engineers, Chemists, Doctors, Mafians and all calibre's of people are ready for the freedom of Biafra. Our land shall be free by any means.
These fulani bmcs are wasting their time.

Lmao. Fulani dey fear the type of unity they see for Biafran land. Dem think say dem go use this format cause division among Biafrans. Who go even reason this kind matter if no be mad person? Upon all the killings we fulani dey kill different tribes for naija, na only IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu be their problem. Ndi Anambra stand gidigba with all Biafrans for the freedom of Biafran land. Those wey spend sleepless night on top our matter go die one after the other. Nothing do us for Biafran side.
One Love ESN
One Love IPOB
Freedom for Biafran.

Ibrahimmrfish:
They started what they cannot finish,i remember like it's yesterday. Fulani are naturally mad but Berom are trouble makers also.Buhari is ineffective ad a leader.

Berom people never started anything. If you don't condemn the evil the fulanis are doing today, tomorrow your own Ebira people will become their victims too. Always remember, fulanis have no friends.

onuman:
But Berom will not like to have total freedom from Fulani herdsmen.

Population of Berom is greater than the population of many sovereign countries in the world.

Cheap cash from crude oil in the Niger Delta glues all Nigeria’s politicians, including Berom politicians, and Nigeria’s ethnic groups to one Nigeria indivisible.

Some politicians are like they are willing to sacrifice the lives of people of their ethnic groups for one Nigeria.

Fulani learnt politics from Songhai empire. It is using the knowledge to coerce and convince all the politicians in Nigeria to one Nigeria indivisible.

You're wrong. The Berom people are not that big. They only occupy 4 lgas and have been in the forefront of defending Plateau from the fulanis. The immediate past governor of the state, Jonah Jang is a Berom. Berom don't really have a person in a federal level that can stand for them like the Jukuns, Tiv or Idoma. The traditional ruler of Jos is also Berom. Of the 4 indigenous ethnic groups that by and large make up Jos metropolis, only one haven't been attacked by the fulanis. They are the Afizere people in the end part of Jos. The Anaguta people that occupy the north and north West of Jos have had their lands taken from them by the Hausa-fulanis. The Irigwe that occupy the Western and SW of Jos are currently battling the fulanis. The Berom that occupy the South West and south of Jos including neighbouring LGAs are the worst hit because they're the largest and the backbone of Jos' resistance. The current governor is from the southern senatorial zone of the state and is foolishly playing to the role Adaka Boro played against Igbos during the Biafran war. Fulanis will soon kill him. They made him the Chairman of northern governors yet the people of his state are being killed without him saying anything. Don't blame the Berom people.
As for Gowon, he will rot in hell because his silence shows his complicit in the killings of his people.

Patrioticman007:
We pray against Hutu vs Tutsi war in our only country. To those beating the drums of war, we tell them we know only of its beginning not its end.
This too shall pass.

The end is the division of Nigeria. Rwanda is today making more progress than Nigeria.

mekaboy:
99.999% of IPOB members are criminals . Kanu has always instructed them to do such. Now, after inciting them during ENDSARS, this is the out come.

You and those that sent you are all criminals and terrorists.

dollytino4real:
wisdom is beta than the strong weapons of war

There's no wisdom in adjusting to all the wickedness of an oppressor. Those who did so are today extinct.

dollytino4real:
pls is bad! I no their extortion is bad but killing dem like dat is not good

What's your suggestion? Should we continue to suffer under extortion and things get worse or do we encourage them to go back to their stations and allow commuters to go in peace? Every exploitation have an end. When the people have had enough of your extortion, they will revolt.