₦airaland Forum

blackberlin:
Typical flat-headed akpu-eating biafra agitator. . . No matter how u try to talk trash, the men are doing a gallant job cowards like you can only run away from.

Do you know how many Nigerian families are in pain because a member was shot at army checkpoint for refusing to give bribe. I pray the Nigerian army show you and your family the same love.

fkdmods:
So, by your logic, since we know that no one like to suffer then nobody should sign up for the army in Nigeria. My question to you is this; if they don't who would have protected your cowardly asss from BH? You? I doubt it. People have hopes and dreams for the same reason the soldiers signed up for service. That one day it would be better. Based on your thought process, you would rather lie down in life and die slowly. What a damn shame

LOL...protect me from boko haram? The question you should be asking is who created boko haram? Was it not he same coward army under Yaradua administration that slaughtered their original leader which in turn turned boko haram into a violent Islamic group?

fkdmods:
You guys are phucking mo.rons in Nigeria. They signed up to die for their country and not for their country to kill them. How do you fight for your country when you are not provided the equipment to physically, mentally and psychologically do so? People like you are the reason the country will never change. Smh.

Where they born yesterday, haven't they lived in Nigeria long enough to see how disgusting Nigerian government treats its soldiers and veterans? Yet they decided to sign up.

Candycrusher:
All because u want biafra, u lost your common sense. Smh

No you devil lost your common sense by supporting those who shoot at unarmed peaceful protesters and bury them in shallow grave. Armies are meant for battle fields not in the streets shooting at unarmed civilians.

Blood is thicker than Nigerian artificial state lines.

Deadlytruth:
Then why did you people not join all the other tribes when they were cautioning and fighting against Ironsi and Ojukwu for laying the foundation of this unjust system by centralizing the civil service?
I have never read it anywhere that any Igbo individual or group came out to publicly condemn Ironsi and Ojukwu while the duo unified the civil service by military fiat.
How come the Igbo's whom you claim are culturally democratic watched their own brothers tinker subvert a democratically prepared constitution with unilateral military fiat?
Mind you that each initially regional civil service was being paid their salaries from the revenue purses of their respective regions. So unifying the civil service already signaled a unifying of all revenue sources to the centre as a decentralized centre with 25% remittances could not have been able to take over salary responsibility for a unified civil service without equally unifying the revenue sources to the centre. So Ironsi's unification of the civil service was a very clear step towards eventually centralization of the revenue sources thus a destruction of resource control. Why was it that no single Igbo man publicly disagreed with his civil service unification as other tribes did, if truly Igbo's hate oppression and injustice?

First of all it was ironsi and ojukwu that made the first coup by Nzeogu not to succeed as planned.They led the counter coup that disrupted the first coup.

Do you also know that during ironsi time, the military was seen as the savior and they brought stability to the chaos going on in the nation. Very few, apart from the north felt it was a bad idea because people were just fed up with the dirty politics going on at that time.

BBC has a documentary online that they showed peoples reactions in Lagos after ironsi took over and most taught it was a good idea.

It was 6 months later that the north redefined the coup as an Igbo coup even though the names of the coup plotters had yourubas, south south and middle belters.

I am sure that ironsi overtime would have been pressured to return to regional government not just from other Nigerians but from igbos. We have always been the biggest critic of our own. Ask any sitting Igbo governor.


Finally, if your agenda is to lay blame on igbos but at the same time you refuse to see the need to Restructure Nigeria because you think its punishment for Igbo then you will be shocked that the outcome is actually having the opposite effect. Don't let hatred for Igbos blind you from seeing the bigger picture.

Deadlytruth:
Assuming Ironsi had not been killed and overthrown and his government had been left to entrench the unitary system with Igbo's perpetually in control of the centre under that arrangement as Ironsi envisaged, would you yourself have by now been asking for a scrapping of unitary system and demanding a return to the initial strictly federal structure? Be honest!

Yes I and so many other Igbos will be fighting against it because we hate injustice. Any unjust system is unsustainable and a recipe for disaster. Igbos from my upbringing know this very well.

In addition, Igbo societies are traditionally democratic. That's why we never had empire or tried to conquer our neighbors. Example is ogoni people who are a very small group surrounded by Igbo clans yet our ancestors never conquered or colonized them. They maintain their language and culture even though they were surrounded by Igbo clans.

Figs:
u ar worst dan a serial killer

No your Nigerian army are worse than the devil. They shoot at peaceful protesters singing and marching. But complain when they are sent to do what real armies are supposed to do.

The soldiers these days are wailing too much. Isn't your job to die for one Nigeria? You sign up for it so stop the complaints for what you volunteered for. Its getting ridiculous.

daprince098:
What do we call this now: reccession?

This is beyond recession. This is equivalent to a refugee camp in a war zone.

sarrki:
Staff identification of wailers organization?

If you can't provide it , then you don't need to comment for now.

Let your heads of department do that

Omo abeg let's forget big grammar. Did you see that crowd? It's shocking

More evidence of the effects of recession on certain citizens.

Edit: The ones that like to pretend that all is well because of the shame of their decisions.

blues20:
When you keep doing the same thing and expect a different result, then the cranium is obviously sick. Seems to me that Nigerians are sick on the head... Will they cease from been humans if this country disintegrate or is finally restructured....?

Abeg help me tell these insane people. The funny part is that they think that by supporting the current system, they are punishing ndigbo...lol

These people are delusional. What awolowo could not accomplish with with the 20 pounds policy is what they are still hoping to accomplish. It's even impossible now Igbos have so many minted millionaires....lol

It is like cutting your nose to spite your face...lol

DecemberIV:
Keep educating that iPod and rubbishing his fraudulent attempts to revise history and wash his kinsman of his selfish act that has backfired disastrously for the Ibos.

Easterner Ironsi gave Nigeria its present unitary structure and they must continue to live with it. This is the simple truth.



You must think northerners are daft enough to sit back and allow some greedy okoros pick and choose the structure they want whenever they like and think it favors them.

The beautiful thing is that they have the political and military force to ensure such okoro greed never takes place.

So your rationale is that Igbo man created the unitary system which was wrong but because Hausa man continued it for 50 years after multiple genocide and multiple coups, we must continue to remain in it just to punish igbos.

Well I have breaking news for you. The unitary system which you all have been supporting is actually hurting Nigeria more than it has hurt ndigbo specifically.

Igbos are the most adaptable group and are doing much better than the rest of other groups in Nigeria. So if your idea of continuing the unitary system was to punish igbos, you have failed woefully in that mission.

And finally because of it, all the poor Asian nations that Nigeria was richer than in the 60s and 70s such as South Korea has surpassed us and left us in the dust. Good luck with your punishment for ndigbo.

It didn't work for awolowo or Buhari and it will not work for you guys. cc Deadlytruth

Deadlytruth:
Let us even assume you are correct. But by nationalizing the civil service Ironsi made it known to hitherto ignorant Gowon that anyone can bastardize the constitution without following due process and go free with it. And Gowon only followed suit.
Why nationalize the civil service when no one asked him for that? In whose interest did he do that?
It is like saying Adam only ate the fruit and caused the sin of disobedience only and therefore cannot be blamed for every other sin that came to be as a ripple effect if his disobedience.

Ironsi did it to bring things back under control after the coup. The nation was very chaotic that period and the only way as a military man he knew to control things was to set up a civilian command structure that mirrored the military. He never dissolved the regions. They were left intact.

Deadlytruth:
Actually Nigeria started with the kind of beautiful structure the Niger Deltans now hope and pray we return to. But sadly, it was the Biafrans that dismantled that good structure and replaced it with this current one we all now complain against.

No matter how many times you guys repeat this lies, it will never become true.

Ironsi left the regions intact the way they were. He only nationalized all the civil service in the regions and put it under military command.

It was actually coward Gowon that dissolved the region through state creation.

Op the title defeated the message. Please leave Yorubas alone. Recession is already dealing with them. No need for extra drama in their lives.

MrPresident1:
Cool down and learn. There are no coincidences or happenstances in creation, everything is planned and implemented by God, He only used Lugard, Lugard's babe, and the british in general.

Nigeria is indivisible, none of us is going anywhere.

When Jesus comes on or before the 20th of January 2017, He will find us all Nigerians. He will find us together , strong and indivisible

According to your mentality, it's gods plan for slaughter of 3 million biafrans.

It's Gods plans for the massacres going on in the middle belt

It's Gods plans for Niger deltans to never control their own resources

It's Gods plan for the uneducated population to rule over the educated

It's Gods plan for boko haram to blow up churches and kill christians

Or it's Gods plan for the riots happening in the north since 1945 where igbos and easterners are massacred..

Nigga go to bed

MrPresident1:
People should leave Wike alone, Nigeria is indivisible, a very special nation in the eyes of God, God cobbled Nigeria together to protect his people during the tail end of their tribulation.

Jesus is coming on or before the 20th of January 2017

God didn't bring Nigeria together. Luggard did and his side chick/ concubine flora named it Nigeria. Her dumb brain couldn't even come up with a better name.

Space booked

ihatesycophant:
One thing is embedded inside children of hate. If you refused speaking their language they get upset. If by tomorrow GEJ came out to say something Wike said, they'll still throw hate speech at him. The worse, they can do same to God, if he come face to face and tell them that's the way he want it to be. No amount of healing you can proffer for children of perdition. Just check through the scripture they abound.

Yes you are right. We are children of hate. We igbos are children of hate for slavery and injustice unlike our neighbors in the west that embrace it.

buchilino:
AM BEGINNING 2 BELIEVE DAT SW PPLE HAVE DOUBLE MOUTH. WITH ONE DEY SING ONE NIGERIA, WHILE WITH OTHER MOUTH DEY TELL IGBOS DAT ONE NIGERIA DOESN'T EXIST.

When we say it, they say we hate them but the evidence of their double mouth syndrome is littered all over nairaland.

Sinkills:
I quite agree with you. If a marriage is a happy one, none of the partners would want a divorce. It is even more annoying when one of the partners will not listen to the other instead arrogantly insisting the other MUST remain in the unhappy union whether he/she likes it or not. We really need a truly detribalized leader who will unite Nigeria and help harness our greatness as a nation. May God grant us such a leader I J N, Amen.

We can pray all day and night but it is almost impossible with the way the current system designed (for exploitation) to produce a good leader.

Sinkills:
It's like you read to reply not to understand. They believe in One Nigeria where there us justice and equity. They believe in restructuring which Jonathan's National confab recommended. Please tell me, what is actually wrong with restructuring? Why are you so afraid of it? If the north were the ones being shortchanged, would you not demand the same thing?

He is a complete idiot. He didn't read shiit. He is just looking for anti-Igbo likes.

victorvezx:
It is only a foolish and stupid person that believes getting Biafra is far easier than getting simple restructuring.

This comment just exposed your extreme stupidity and proved my point. Oya go get restructuring if it's was so easy. We have another 50 years to wait. Idiot.

FreeGlobe:
So you want to make him an ijaw spokesperson.. Who is he, has he spoken on any radio or tv in the niger delta. why are you guys giving this guy unnecessary attention.. We want to hear what people like ankio briggs have to say not an anonymous hustler on nairaland who could even be from the south west

I am okay if he limits his opinions on behalf of ijaws. It's up to his fellow ijaw brothers to fight with him on that. My only problem is when he tries to speak for the other groups in niger delta.

TonyeBarcanista:
my brother, this issue is simple and clear.

Some of you want Biafra, but our people want restructuring. Why try to lump us into Biafra without our express will? is that cool? THINK BRO.

The will of the people should be supreme and not sentiment of another group!

As for the north resisting restructuring, how long can they resist? Has our people really pushed it? Think.bro...

Our people as in ijaws only right? Because I hope you know that you can't speak for anyone else outside your group.

zendy:
And the question the likes of you never like to answer is, what if Nigeria never restructures? What then is the alternative? You throw your hands in surrender and shout 'one Nigeria'?.

How anyone thinks the North will ever agree to restructuring is beyond me. Restructuring is no longer possible in Nigeria, the North will not entertain the idea. So anyone who wants restructuring had better start considering alternatives.

Also, there is no union in the world that is beyond negotiation

They never learn. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Even if Nigeria manages to survive, their children and grandchildren will spit on their graves.

Iykopeee:
Come and restructure Nigeria let's see. u all will wait forever including ur grand kids

Don't mind them they have been waiting for stupid restructure for more than 50 years. Ok let's continue. At least biafrans are talking the talk and walking the walk. Not waiting for useless restructure that will never happen.

fiizznation:
Stupid talk. You shouted your stupid "one Nigeria" anthem more than anybody when your "supposed" son was in charge, but immediately the dude was booted out of office by the electorate, you changed your anthem. When it favors you, you remember "one Nigeria" is the best thing that had happened to you, and when it doesn't favors you, you cry like cry babies.

And this silly nonsense have been happening since ironsi introduced his selfish unification nonsense in Nigeria. Anyway you guys can scream for all you want, you can only deceive yourselves with your hypocritical "restructure the country" nonsense.

Please I support your refusal to restructure Nigeria. Thank you for proving my point to those delusional "we niger deltans" who have been waiting for phantom restructuring for more than 50 years.

nonsobaba:
It is a misnomer to assume that every igbo man supports biafra especially when its current agitation is being led by someone that my former governor, Peter Obi, described as a 'lunatic in dire need of psychiatric attention'.

And so?

Not every Jew supports the Jewish state of Israel. Not every Jew lives in israel either. You can remain with your Nigeria when igbos leave. No one is begging you.