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Shortly after Bruce death, the news of his death at UN shocked the world, Many world leader called for emergence of Biafra nation but Britain, Egypt and Russia were hell bent on suppressing the newly formed independent state.

Remembering Bruce Mayrock, The American Student Who Set Himself on Fire Over Biafran Genocide
''Peace is where there is an absence of fear of any kind.'' Bruce Mayrock (1970)
A popular saying among the Igbos goes thus: "The fowl does not forget whomever that provides warmth for it during the rainy days." This proverb illustrates the importance of gratitude and appreciation because an act of goodness is difficult to come by.
The Biafran war (1967-1970) might have come and gone but it surely goes down in the annals of Nigeria as the bloodiest genocide ever. It accounted for the decimation of over three million innocent Nigerians who are mostly Igbos. However, the Igbos in remembering their hereos will certainly not forget the 20-year old American student who immolated himself because of the plight of Biafra.
Bruce Mayrock, born May 6, 1949 in Westbury, New York was a Photographer and student of Columbia University. He was twenty years old when he burnt himself to death at the precincts of the United Nations Building Headquarters in protest against the 1967-1970 Biafra Genocide.

Carrying a Placard which the front side read:

"YOU MUST STOP GENOCIDE! PLEASE SAVE NINE MILLION BIAFRANS."
Bruce Mayrock bathed himself with a flammable liquid on the lawn outside the UN building just before 3pm and lit up himself with fire.
He was being frazzled up when two United Nations guard spotted him and ran down to him with fire extinguishers but Mayrock wanted to die. He ran away from them in pains, sprinting to the northern Lounge of the building before several hundred petrified delegates and onlookers. Mayrock finally fell to his knees beside the Evgeniy Vuchetich's sculpted bronze statue that represents the human wish to end all wars. The statue bears the slogan: "Let Us Beat Swords Into Plowshares."
Mayrock had already frazzled up and rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center in critical condition. Sadly, Mayrock could not make it as he passed away in the early hours of May 30, 1969. He had hitherto carried out peaceful remonstration against the war. He equally wrote letters about the war to the U.S. President and leading government officials which were unreplied.

The back side of the Placard read:

"Peace is where there is an absence of fear of any kind."
Mayrock before his self-immolation was devastated over the pathetic sight of Kwashiorkor-stricken Biafran children; the gory images of dead Biafran Soldiers and the general destruction and wreckage of Biafran land. What perturbed him the most was that people were being exterminated but his country was passive and unconcerned. Maybe, they were blacks. Let them kill and bury themselves there.
Mayrock had graduated with First Class from Yeshivah College and was a student of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as well as Columbia University. He worked as a Photographer for the Columbian Daily Spectator and had previously studied at Hofstra University. He was buried in Mount Ararat Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York. M. Larina, another American created a Grave memorial page for him on September 24, 2006.
In a passionate tribute to Mayrock, Uche Henry Iwuanyanwu, an Igbo essayist wrote that Mayrock took his own life for his People he never met.
Well, it is unfortunate that Mayrock today is not even known by majority of the Eastern people of Nigeria for whom he died for. This thus calls for a very brilliant research and a documentary made on his behalf in order to stamp his memory on the sands of times.
Just like the Israeltimes wrote: "Bruce Mayrock maybe have killed himself, but his immolation revealed the deep despair that was occurring in his heart, witnessing another genocide of a Hebrew people, so shortly after the European Holocaust. Freeing Biafra and the Igbo from their cultural, spiritual, and political occupation is a cause the Jewish world must take on themselves both as a rectification of the past and a need to restore a more complete Israelite and Jewish nation."

excanny:
Siege of Owerri was the biggest biafran victory. Over 3000 Nigerian soldiers executed and many fled on bare feet.

I think its was because of how Black Scorpion was running his mouth.

It led to his downfall tho.

was he wounded? I mean the black scorpion. I despise him so much after washing him in one of BBC interview blaming the British for mid-war truce. He claim's while the federal troop observe ceasefire, the "rebel" as he normally refer the Biafra counterpart, is busy launching assault. He was very boastful and arrogant, a draconian that suck the life out of many Biafra women and children.

Eteka1:
You sound frustrated. Tell your master Nnamdi Kanu to stop mentioning Cross River then since you keep saying we are crap. I think I'm done talking to you.

You can look into the mirror and continue arguing stupidly with the person you see.

sophisticated afonja! Crawl back to Ibadan brown roof, stop claiming cross river.

Eteka1:
Another reason why I as a Cross Riverian cannot support anything like Biafra in the first place.

What the OSU's feared would have been like a child's play compared to what ethnic minorities like us would face.

brown roof afonja, crawl back to Ibadan and stop claiming cross river.

helinues:
And what was the overall results..

I am beginning to doubt if the op is an Igbo..

He always post anything to make others hate Igbo's

Half of his thread and comments are hidden my mods cos it's full of bigotry

says a pained Yoruba Muslim. More painment to your ewedu Muslim skull.

IamAtikulate:
Thank you masters UK, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

exactly, some descendants of sophisticated maroon will come here to chestbeat how they won the war, Cowards!

MelesZenawi:
Tell him to act more porn that the old one getting stale...

Scammer employing more scammers online..

Useless fool.

do you love Biafra?

MelesZenawi:
Like your Lord and savior leader taught you..Lol

Ndi ala..juru uwa..Lol.


Tell your supreme leader that we are yet to see another pornhub from him.

do you love Nnamdi kanu?

MelesZenawi:
Continue looking or those who no look for you ...mkpi..

Tell your Lord and savior that he is a senile thief.

brown roof afonja, surely, this is seriously paining your ewedu Muslim skull.

MelesZenawi:
Did I say you should hate your fellow human and your Lord and savior supreme leader. The most useless Igbo man on Earth?

Where is his audio 50 million palliatives?

The crown prince presiding over one radio station.

I just receive my on share! I love the crown prince of Biafra. More pain to your ewedu Muslim head! How many radio did Tinubu the afonja drug lord have?

MelesZenawi:
Tell your Lord and savior Nnamdi kanu that he is on a wild goose check.


He should go and test himself of covid-19 coz is obvious he is infected right from the brain.

I love Nnamdi kanu, the crown prince of Biafra. The saviour of black race.

The biggest crime committed against the Ogoni people was the killing of Ken Saro Wiwa and his eight colleagues. Their crime was that they mobilized their people against the exploitation of their land. The tribunal was headed by Justice Ibrahim Auta. Other members of the tribunal were Justice Etowa Eyo Arikpo, Lt Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (the incumbent Comptroller General of Customs), while the government prosecutor was Mr Joseph Bodurin Daudu SAN.
The Provisional Ruling Council (PRC), the highest decision-making body of the Abacha regime that took the decision to kill Saro Wiwa comprised General Abacha, Maj. General Patrick Aziza (Minister of Communications under Abacha); Major Gen. Tajudeen Olarenwaju (GOC); General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Chief of Defence Staff); Lt. General Oladipo Diya (Chief of General Staff); Maj. Gen. Victor Malu (GOC); Ibrahim Coomasie (Inspector General of Police); Mike Akhigbe (Chief of Naval Staff); Maj. General Ishaya Bamaiyi (Chief of Army Staff); Nsikak Eduok (Chief of Air Staff), and Lt. Gen. Jeremiah Useni (Minister of the Federal Capital Territory). There was no Igbo man.
It was Chief Emeka Anyaoku, an Igbo man, who as the secretary-general of the commonwealth of nations, that led a protest that made the Commonwealth of Nations to rise to the occasion, and warned Abacha not to carry out his wicked act. Although he later did, the Commonwealth under Anyaoku sanctioned Nigeria.
Today, ask an Ogoni man to show you his enemy, he will point at an Igbo man.
May the spirit of Saro Wiwa, and his eight colleagues hunt you for your foolishness.. An eye opener..
Kenule Saro Wiwa was the champion of that foolishness. A man educated at the famous Government College Umuahia ( Fishers) and University of Nigeria,vNsukka. He led the federal forces against the Biafrans and for his betrayal was made Administrator of South east state. He asked that Igbo properties be declared abandoned properties and be forfeited to them. He personally took over Ojukwu father's property in Port Harcourt which he occupied at a time with a certain Lt. Sani Abacha his friend and killer. To rub in the humiliation of Igbos whom he hated so much, he wrote " Toad for Supper" which was a mockery of how they made Igbos suffer so much during the war that they fed on toads and lizards. He encouraged the Ikkwerres to deny their Igboness and assisted Elechi Amadi to invent the corruption of Igbo names by adding "r" and "y" to form jargons like Rumuokoro and Oyibo instead of Umuokoro and Obigbo. This they said is Ikkwerre a distinct language and tribe.
It is important to note that Ken Sarowiwa was not killed by his co travelers for agitating for environmental rights. Environmental rights was one of his pastimes which he used to extort money and exert influence on government and oil companies. He was killed for the murder of five Ogoni chiefs( Chief Fugbara, Kogbara Kobani et al) . These were men who were opposed to his immoral and outlandish lifestyle and actually wanted a more responsible engagement with government and oil companies. He labelled them vultures.
Masterminded and led a mob attack on these men and killed the five of them in a single day. It was a murder trial and environmental issues was not on the charge sheet. He was found guilty, convicted and hanged. His friend and collaborator in arms, now Gen Sani Abacha was the Head of state. It was not in vain that Ojukwu, (may his soul find peace), made effort to see him at Port Harcourt prison before his execution. Of course all effort to save him by the emasculated Igbos had failed. Emeka Anyaoku did his best. God bless him. Ojukwu visited him and greeted him " Good morning" in broad day light. The Igbo spirit is a forgiving one, the day the Yoruba, Efik, Ibibio, Rivers, Ijaw people will come to terms with the Igbo, that will be when Nigeria will have everlasting peace.

sammyj:
After this ambush, who won the war

Britain won the war of course!

The Abagana Ambush (March 31, 1968) was an ambush by Biafran guerrilla troops led by Major Jonathan Uchendu that wiped out the Nigerian 2 DivisionOf the 6,000 Nigerian troops ambushed, only a very small number survived, including the 2nd Division's commander, General Murtala Muhammad.
On 4 October 1967, the Nigerian 2nd Division began bombarding Onitsha and continued the assault for eight days, before a 10 boat armada crossed the Niger River into the city. The occupying Nigerians didn't pursue retreating Biafran soldiers and instead opted to loot and burn the Onitsha market to the ground. The Biafran 11th and 18th Battalions under MajorJoseph Achuzie and Col. Assam Nsudoh formed a pincer and attacked Onitsha from two directions, capturing and killing most Nigerian soldiers.
On December 1967 the Nigerian 2nd Division and the 6th Battalion crossed the Niger River at Idah and began making their way towards Onitsha, finally capturing the City after several attempts. The Nigerian Forces now intended to link up the 1st Division at Enugu with the 2nd Division at Onitsha. To this end the Nigerian 2nd Division moves out towards Enugu, in a long convoy supported by armored cars.
On the 31st day of March 1968, a convoy consisting of 106 vehicles belonging to the Nigerian 2nd Division transporting 6,000 soldiers, as well as armour from Onitsha to Enugu was ambushed and decimated in the town of Abagana by a small unit of Biafran soldiers led by Major Jonathan Uchendu.
Homemade Ogbunigwe rocket missiles were launched by the Biafrans at a tanker truck carrying gasoline which caused an enormous explosion destroying many of the convoy's armoured vehicles and killing a large number of Nigerian troops. 350 tons of Nigerian Army equipment were destroyed or captured by the Biafran troops. After the rocket attack the Biafran soldiers opened fire on the convoy with small arms fire killing many more Nigerian soldiers.
The successful ambush at Abagana gave both Biafran soldiers and civilians hope in the war as well as temporarily halting the Nigerian advance into Biafran territory. General Murtala Mohammed was relieved of his command and never commanded a division again.
In his own words, Uchendu said the sight of the convoy almost paralyzed his troops. His boys were so anxious to start firing, more out of panic than anything else. He asked them to remain calm until he gave the command. He allowed many of the Nigerian 2 Div. convoy pass through. His boys were shocked why he would allow them go through into Biafran held zone. They were nervous, suspicious, yet they trusted he military gallantry and so awaited to know his strategy. He said they concluded that the war was over, but as brave soldiers, they must fight to the last!
As he was guiding the soldier (I think a Sergeant) with the rocket launcher on what to do to the invading convoy and when best to strike, the soldier nervously and accidentally pressed the trigger, letting go the rocket! Luckily, he hit a target - a fuel Tanker! The Tanker exploded and threw its contents onto a nearby Armour carrier setting everything ablaze. The multiple explosion commenced!
In panic, soldiers who already crossed over into Biafran line ran in different directions in total confusion. Biafran soldiers attacked. They radioed the regular troops and they joined in the attack. When Uchendu learnt that Muritala Mohammed was with the Convoy and somewhere in Nawfia, he set off hurriedly to capture him but was late as Muritala was sighted taking off with a Helicopter!

tatatar:
The people trooping to Yoruba Muslim territory to sell gala and pure water calling them poverty ravaged

Ibadan is Yoruba Muslim territory, Lagos belongs to we Igbo's.

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Being in the close circle of a world superstar like Cristiano Ronaldo is obviously a big deal. Gaining the trust of arguably the best footballer that has ever graced the game doesn't come easy.
In 2019, the media was agog to the picture of the Juve star and Nigeria born former Portuguese sprinter, Francis Obikwelu working together. Ronaldo had sought the help of the sprinster to improve his speed.
The perfect location for the routine was Obikwelu's gym in Lisbon. The routine was intense and hectic as usual. The aim was to get the former footballer of the year back to his optimal best and no one couldn't have been more qualified than an Olympic silver medalist.
From the streets of Onitsha, a star was born.
Just like Ronaldo, Francis Obikwelu became a man out of his many adversaries.
Born in one of Nigeria's civil war, epicenter, Onitsha. Obikwelu's dream was to become a successful footballer but at the age of 14, one of his football coaches in Nigeria noticed him and suggested he try out athletics.
Transitioning from the football pitch to the tracks couldn't have been tasking, but after two years, he was representing Nigeria in the 1994 African Junior Championships and won the silver in the 400 meters.
This marked the beginning of an episode that will significantly change Obikwelu's life
He was soon on the train to the 1994 World Junior Championships in Portugal. The outing wasn't quite a successful one for the Nigerian contingent.
A Nigerian, but made in Portugal
While his colleagues returned home, Obikwelu decided to create a path for himself and remain in Portugal. A new environment far away from his hometown, he sought to join the two leading athletics academies, Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Portugal but was swiftly rejected. To survive, he worked as a construction worker in the Algarve. Respite couldn't have come at the right time when Francis was adopted by a Portuguese lady who he now proudly refers to as his “mother”.
Despite, finding a new home in a strange land, Obikwelu continued racing for Nigeria until 2000 at the Sydney Olympics where he was the second fastest man.
He returned from the games injured and there was no word from the Nigerian sports officials They left him to his predicament even though he picked up the injury while representing Nigeria. That wasn't all, there was more revelations.
“I forced myself to run up till the semi-final”, recounts Obikwelu, adding that "in the process, I did more harm to my knee." When the pain in the knee has become unbearable, Obikwelu visited an independent doctor who confirmed that the athlete needed immediate knee operation to save his career.
He traveled to Canada for the operation at his own expense. But when he returned to Nigeria unable to walk without crutches, he realised that some athletics officials stole the money for his operation.
“I went to AFN and was told that money had been approved for me, but they didn’t know where the money was,"
The raging frustration ensured he switched allegiance and started running for Portugal.
And ever since, the country has always looked out for him and in return, Obikwelu gave his heart.
Accolades!
Even after his retirement, Francis Obikwelu is the record holder for the fastest time in the 100m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds in the colours of Portugal.
He finished second in the 100m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the first medal ever in athletics sprinting events for Portugal. He won 100m and 200m in 2006 at the European Championships in Athletics and became the first male athlete to win both 100 m and 200m in the European Championship.
In 2006, he was voted Waterford Crystal European Male Athlete of the Year by the European Athletic Association, in an internet poll open to member federations, media, and the general public.
“It was a great experience to train with my friend Francis Obikwelu on track.”
That was Ronaldo's reaction at the almost perfect job done. Another great guy has been added to his closely knitted circle and he is a Nigerian.
Igbo amaka!
Igbo amaka!!
Igbo amaka!!!

johnmartus:
God bless Abia state. I heard that majority of them are from Abia state.

Abia amaka.

my Yoruba Muslim brother, just confess Igbo amaka! so that it shall be well with you!

STREETSAN:
Sorry to say but na one hurricane go sweep am off

I think Virginia USA is least affected by Hurricane, but the house is more historic or monument. It's no liveable.

The Igbo Village in America: Ndi Igbo Built a Village with Mud and Thatch in Virginia, USA.
The Igbo are well traveled and always making impacts wherever they find themselves. The Igbo Farm Village in the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton Virginia was built collectively as children and adults jointly partook in the construction.
This is one of the five farmsteads to recognize contribution of the first old world immigrants to the development of Virginia and the greater American Frontier Culture.
In 2002, after the American Frontier Culture Foundations has funded the construction of the English, Irish, German and Colonial American Farms, the staff of the Frontier Culture Museum began to consider one that will represent West Africa's people and culture.
In 2003, after hearing of Prof. Akụma's research which he retraced the slave journeys from Arọchukwu to the Costal towns of Calabar and Bonny before they were forced to the Americas, the Frontier Museum contacted him. It is observed that in 1700, the major number of African slaves in America were the Igbo. Because of this, this Museum would no longer be called West Africa Farm Village but, Igbo Farm Village.
In March 2006 American Frontier Culture Museum Staff traveled to Nigeria and together with the staff of Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments gathered information on traditional Igbo architecture. Containers full of traditional building materials were shipped from Nigeria to the United States for the Construction of the Igbo Farm Village. Throughout the construction periods, volunteers came from the Chicago areas, Washington DC, Nashville, Bowling Green, Kentucky; Orlando, New Jersey, California, etc.
After construction, the Igbo from different parts of the world gather here on vacations, celebrations and remembrance of their cultural identities and histories. The Igbo born and bred in the States who never experienced masquerades and what village looks like feel at home here. Some African Americans constantly visit here, conduct their DNA and discover their Igbo ancestry.
Igbo amaka!
Igbo amaka!!
Igbo amaka!!!

Lostz:
the people are not complaining. They are comfortable wherever they are

We are building a new home, which is Biafra. No one will be left out.

catoluy:
Yoruba OP if you want to be Igbo so badly, just say it. Anumanu...you can never be Igbo in your life time.

I'm not afonja and can't be afonja in my next life.

horsepower102:
Step 1: carve out Igbo lands in the periphery and add them with non igbo dominant states.

Step 2: Name that state something vague that has no ethnic affiliation.

Step 3: suppress the igbo population in that area and deny them political appointment and development.

Step 4: Encourage them to deny their igbo identity.

Step 5: Announce to the world that igbos don’t exist in the state and those that do are migrants.

Step 6: claim that the igbo lands in the state belongs to the state since the days of Adam and Eve.

Step 7: Accuse igbos of land grabbing. Rest of Nigerians will support You immediately.

you just said the simple truth. How can they carve out Igbo communities and add it up to non Igbo states, the exact thing they did in River state. Sooner or later, we will gradually reclaim the dispersed Igbo communities outside Igbo Land.

Benue Igbo Are Indigenous people and not immigrants on their Ancestral lands ceded into Benue State.
The indigenous Igbo people of Benue State are found primarily in two LGAs of Benue State in the southern senatorial district (namely Ado and Oju LGAs). In Ado, they are found in five out of the 10 wards namely Ulayi, Ekile, Ijigban, Igumale 2, and Akoge/Ogbilolo. And in Oju LGA, they dominate one ward, Idelle out of 11 wards in the area. The Igbo of Benue belong to the Ezza, Izzi, Ezzamgbo, and Effium tribes.
POPULATION AND LAND AREA
In Ado LGA there are 140 political polling units (PUs) with the Igbo speaking population occupying over 50 of such Pus. In general, the Igbo PUs, tend to have greater voter’s registration compared to their Idoma counterparts. Using this fact as guide, we can estimate the population of the Igbo people of Ado LGA. It is no less than 90,000 out of the 184,000 people enumerated in Ado LGA in 2006 (or about half the population).
For Oju LGA, Igbos dominate only Idelle ward with little presence elsewhere. We can estimate that about one-tenth of the LGA’s population is Igbo (ca. 15,000). When we add these figures up, we get a population of 105,000 Igbos occupying their homeland in Benue State and that is about 2.5 percent of the population of Benue State or 1 person out of 40 residents in that state according to the 2006 census. This should have grown to over 140,000 people by the end of 2019. The land area occupied by the Igbo is about 500 km2 (Ado ca. 400 km2; and Oju ca. 100 km2). It is important to note that Ado has five districts namely Utonkon, Apa-Agila, Igumale, Ijigban-Ekile, and Ulayi. Apart from Utonkon and Apa-Agila, Igbos dominate Ulayi and Ijigban-Ekile and make up a substantial chunk of Igumale.
ECONOMY
The economy is dominated by agriculture and the area lies in the heart of the rich agricultural Benue-Ebonyi-Cross River belt. Among the produce found in abundance are yams, cassava, soybean, palm oil, fruits, vegetables, maize and many others. Interestingly, the raising of goats, sheep and cattle of the Muturu tape are major occupation making this area an importance source of food. And because of the fertility of the soils, and the industry of the people, the largest markets in the locality had developed. The Ichari-Inikiri market is the largest market in the whole of Ado LGA and is an important source of IGR through market fees and levies. Other markets of considerable size in the area include Iddah and Iduokpe markets.
Though, there is little or no exploration of minerals in the area, the geological location of this area in the mineral rich Lower Benue-Trough indicates that the area might be mineral rich.
HISTORY
The Benue-Igbo are primarily of Ezza, Izzi, Ezzamgbo, and Effium stock who began to arrive the area in the early 1800s. This rapid expansion and remarkable mobility of the Izzi and especially the Ezza people, meant that the country was settled very rapidly mainly for farming and hunting activities. This expansion of the Northeastern Igbo, had been a topic that has been discussed by several historians such as Prof Elizabeth Isichei, Prof Adiele Afigbo and others. Thus the idea that the Benue Igbo are tenants is far from being the truth. They are settled on their lands – their homeland. They had been settled on these lands prior to colonial rule and there is no evidence they paid royalties to the Idoma or Igede. In that period, there were lots of displacement and population movements. The Igede pushed south to parts of Cross River states, and the Idoma who originally occupied much of what is now Tivland, pushed to different directions some moving to Cross River State and Ette(in Enugu) and nobody calls them tenants in those areas. Remnants of the idoma people are the Etulo now in the heart of Tivland and communities belonging to Igede which had been lumped to Konshisha and Gwer East LGAs (part of Tivalnd).
Benue Igbo Marriage invitation card.
If there is any group which is almost certain to be the aborigines of the area, that should be scattered communities of Ukelle people and this explains why there are Ukelle speaking enclaves in parts of the present Ebonyi State such as the Mtezi and Okpoto. The Utonkon were also believed to had left their homeland somewhere in the present Ebonyi and moved north due to pressure by the so called Abakaliki Igbos(Ezza, Izzi, Mgbo and Ikwo). The Utonkon today are grouped as “Idoma” but the fact is that they don’t speak Idoma at all. Their language (Ufia) is a dialect of Ukelle. The Effium probably were originally Ukelle people who did not move out and were assimilated into the Igbo population before colonial rule. This yet again proves that the Benue-Igbo people are occupying their lands. Interestingly, many Utonkon people connect themselves with the Effium, Okpoto and Mtezi enclaves (and by extension the Igbo) rather than the Idoma which administrative convenience had imposed on them.
Among the clans (the Ezza being dominant) are Umuezeokoha, Umuezeoka, Oriuzor, Umuoghara, Ameka, Amezekwe, etc. These major clans have dispersed settlements numbering over 300 many developing as farming camps.
MARGINALIZATION
Many often wonder how come these “Abakaliki” Igbos of Benue are marginalized considering their substantial numbers (over 105,000 according to the 2006 census or 2.5 percent of Benue State). The reason is simple. Ado was originally grouped as one unit along with Okpokwu and Ogbadibo LGAs. If we combine the population of these three LGAs, we have about 490,000 people according to the 2006 census and with only 90,000 people or just 18 percent of the population, one gets a clearer picture of how the sad state of development of these Benue-Igbo communities began. They did not carry much political weight. They were just seen as a far flung people with power base of what will be defined as Ado LGA centered on the towns of Utonkon, Agila and Igumale.
Thus the political elites destined to run Ado LGA, was not nurtured in Benue-Igbo area, the missionaries also did not penetrate early enough unlike Utonkon, Igumale and Agila. In the old Okpokwu LGA(now new Okpokwu, Ogbadibo, and Ado), the Igbo were not given their “districts” rather they were distributed and lumped to districts politically dominated by the Idoma and since they were cut off often by infrastructure and the people being largely uneducated then, one understands why it still dominates how Ado is organized till now.
The result is that schools, and hospitals are largely absence in Benue Igbo areas. Roads, water supply and electricity do not exist. The Ado LGA authorities only seem to remember them when it comes to collection of levies and taxes in their markets. The same scenario is observed in Oju LGA. In the past, Oju and Obi LGAs were grouped together as Igede homeland and the smaller Igbo population here (mainly at Idelle) then, was even less significant. But strangely, despite their less significant population in Oju (among the Igede), there is evidence to prove that they are better treated than their Ado counterparts with political representation and sense of belonging.

gwafaeziokwu:
Oga you are not Igbo stop displaying your stupidity. You have been busted on the other thread. I know you are not Yoruba neither. You don't represent us. Stay clear.

busted by who? Stupidity everywhere.