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Augustine2244:
Ikwerre is Igbo.
Am Igbo from Anambra and I understand Ikwerre dialect.
I can hear their speech.
Any SE Igbo can understand their dialect.,Oga.
Ikwerres started disassociation from the larger Igbo race after the Nigerian Civil War, because of grudges borne of the hurts of the war and behaviour of the Biafran army towards Ikwerres who were regarded as sabo.
After the war,names of places in Ikwerre land were altered.
Umuji became Rumuji,Umuobiokani_Rumuobiokani, Umuibekwe became Rumuibekwe,Umuolumeni _Rumuolumeni,Umuomasi_ Rumumasi,Umuepirikom became Rumuepiriokom.
Umueme became Rumueme and so on.

genkins:
How many details did he leave out?what narrative is he trying to spin?You know he can spin it again to the left depending on who is buttering his bread and what different narrative he is trying to achieve.

The ordinary uneducated or unexposed guy in the street can buy this narrative and start killing his countrymen in retaliation caused by these 'half truth's.

I know you might be a different moniker but the same person I responded to.

franchasofficia:
Being that you lack wisdom, you were not supposed to ask some of the senseless questions you asked.


Nnamdi Azikiwe was informed about the coup by his cousin who happened to be one of the coup leaders; Ifeajuna. Mind you there was no Telephone to call international immediately then, only Telegram I guess which took days and Zik was in the Carribeans on medical vacation. So who phoned and told him?


Of course the young, naive Igbo officers may have been tribalist with tribal sentiments in their hearts, that was purely their own decision and not all Igbos decision. That they decided to spare Igbo officers and politicians was their own individual decisions, they never consulted Igbo communities to get their approval to do so, so it was purely a military affair that ought to have ended within the military and politicians.


Igbos even wished Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was killed in the coup cos most Igbos then never liked him cos he was more of pan African than Pan Igbo, so most Igbos didn't even liked him, so him being spared was based on the coupists volition and not from generality of Igbos.



No Igbo condemned the counter coup that killed Ironsi the then head of state and also led to death of hundreds of Igbo military officers, it was justified, one one, no issue, where the issue arose was Yorubas and Hausa-Fulanis tagging the coup an Igbo coup and extending the madness to innocent Igbo civilians living peacefully in the North out of the collective envy Hausa-Fulanis and Yorubas had for Igbos even before the January 1966 coup just because of Igbo people's success and dominance in most sectors then which was purely on merit, that was why it was tagged Igbo coup to use the opportunity to wipe Igbos out nothing more or less.


Same pattern has continued till date where Yorubas try everything humanly possible to tag anything as Igbo agenda to incite other Nigerian tribes to join them hate and attack Igbos, which social media is gradually changing unlike before that there was no social media to counter Yoruba people's lies, propaganda and incitement of other tribes against Igbos like they did from 1966 to 2010 or thereabouts.


Peter Obi came out and Igbos massively supported him, first time Igbos ever united and supported an Igbo Presidential candidate, something they didn't even do during Nnamdi Azikiwe era, what did Yorubas do? They kept using every media channel to paint Peter Obi as an Igbo candidate as if there were no Yoruba, Hausa-Fulani, etc candidates.


See if una like learn, if una like dont learn and repent, na nature go settle una matter last last.


As for progress and success, Igbos will remain the most successful tribe in Nigeria whether una like am or not, na God do am. You guys need to have visited Southeast last December to know that Igbo people are 30much, anybody thinking he can stop Igbos is wasting his or her time, it's like hitting your bare hands on a tipper fully loaded with concrete and hoping that your bare hands would stop the tipper from moving, una no fit stop Igbos from shinning and progressing, its God's gift, if we survived the pogrom and the brutal civil war that followed plus the decades of federal political marginalization since 1970 to become a formidable force we are today in Nigeria and outside Nigeria, that should have made you wicked souls and haters of Igbos to give up and let Igbos be

franchasofficia:
They have started again.


The coup was not carried out by only Igbos. There was Yoruba, Middlebelt, and today Niger Delta soldiers among the coupists but you unscrupulous elements always make it look like it was just done by only Igbos soldiers.






You guys also intentionally ignore to tell the world why Michael Opkara the Eastern Premier at Enugu at that time was spared; Archbishop of Canterbury visited him that day and the coupists didn't want to attract British wrath, so they spared him.


Nnamdi Azikiwe the President was marked for killing but unfortunately as it was, his cousin, Ifeajuna who happened to be among the coup leaders leaked the coup information to him and Zik sneaked out to the Carribeans on health vacation grounds.


You guys also forgot to tell the world that Akintola was told about the coup weeks before and he communicated to Sir Ahmadu Bello his best friend whom he aligned with to persecute Obafemi Awolowo which was the main thing that even angered the young soldiers to carry out a coup to stop the political turmoil in Western Nigeria today Yoruba region between Awolowo and Akintola in which they unjustly jailed Awolowo that angered most of the young soldiers that carried out the coup.



Go and read "Why we struck" by a gallant Yoruba soldier that was part of the coup planners and leader.


When Akintola learnt about the coup, he said went and purchased a pistol swearing to kill anybody that near his residence thinking it was a child's play while Ahmadu Bello laughed it off believing his juju would save him.


Tafawa Belewa was not marked for killing because the young soldiers liked him, they only believed that Ahmadu Bello and Akintola were misleading Belewa but when the coupists discovered that the coup was already failing in parts of Nigeria like Enugu, etc, they angrily shot Belewa, a very huge mistake they made cos Belewa was a nice man




The coup was a military affair but they made sure it was turned to an Igbo people affair even when civilian Igbos were never carried along nor consulted.



And why will Igbos who controlled most sectors of Nigeria carry a coup; Igbo man was the President though with less power which he did willingly by allowing Belewa to become Prime Minister after winning the election while he became President which has more foreign influence while PM ran the day to day activities of the nation, Igbo man was the Senate President (Nwafor Orizu), Igbo man was the Chief of Army Staff (Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi), a man loyal to the Igbos, who also came from Eastern Nigeria then was the IG of Police, Igbo man was the documented richest man in Nigeria then (Sir Louis Ojukwu, Ojukwu's father).


Igbos dominated even Northern civil service because they were the most learned and qualified then which made Bello to issue a statement that they will stop hiring Igbos and start hiring foreigners if they can't find Northerners to fill the position, and also made Awolowo to start free education in Western Nigeria to enable them catch up with Igbos occupying virtually all positions including in Western Nigeria.



So there was no need for Igbos to carry out coup, the coup was entirely carried out by young, naive soldiers of which majority were Igbos from today Southeast and South South/Niger Delta in their foolish effort to rescue Nigeria from the hands of corrupt Nigerian politicians the British people handed power to.



But due to the already brewing envy against Igbos for cheerleading in most sectors in Nigeria then by the Hausa-Fulanis and Yorubas, the coup was conveniently tagged an Igbo coup just as Yorubas conveniently tagged Peter Obi an Igbo Presidential candidate despite Obi winning massively outside Igbo states including in Lagos, Middlebelt, Northeast and Abuja.


Una go tire sha.



We will keep exposing you guy's lies and hatred for Igbos, all thanks to social media and Internet, so gone are the days of spreading dangerous propaganda against Igbos using Lagos-Ibadan expressway brown envelope newspapers

Arapmoi22:
Nnamdi Azikiwe was on a long vacation in the Carribean.
Premier of Eastern region was not killed - Michael Okpara
Senate president, Author Orizu was not killed.
Most Senior Military Man Aguiyi Ironsi was not killed.

You know why? they were all lucky because of the igbo blood in their veins.

2elliot:
That coup was not a secret coup. Several military guys from the south west were informed but they declined to join. The crisis in the western regions, and another in the north, necessitated the coup. The likes of FFK's father were corruption personified and was remotely involved in the crisis. And besides, the muteeners' were sympathetic to Awolowo's plight. The coup was carried out to take those men out. It had nothing to do with all politicians or leaders at the time. Try to understand the history based on the context. Nnamdi Azikiwe or any other Igbo leader was not remotely involved in the political crisis of the western regions at the time.

Urheadmaster:
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) confirmed 613 people, all Nigerien nationals, arrived in the desert town of Dirkou in Niger last weekend in a convoy of trucks.


Wow.... that's very huge number of Nigerians trying so hard to avoid tinubu bad economy but ended up in the wrong place at the right time.

Lovit:
I got you, make it easy for govt and then impoverish the people

More money in the hands of govt has never translated to good livelihood for the people of Nigeria

Even if you aren't feeling the heat, your people are.

give a thought for them.

Lovit:
This is what happens when you run a govt on lies and propaganda

The truth is that no savings were made, they were even paying more subsidies secretly even more than Buhari paid in 8 years

floating the naira after removing fuel subsidy did Tinubu dirty, they had to return subsidy, if not fuel for reach N2500/ltr

instead of coming out to tell everyone that the policy isn't working, they kept lying to their ancestors

waveman2:
South South go offer akpabio then north could offer shettima the cycle continues till Nigeria collapses.

Bovis:
Slavemaster Atiku offering protection to his crybaby boy Obi 🤪

1nice:
Your hateful tribalistic bigotry words says more about you.

CapitalBank:
It is good you people no long come to Twitter to say this. The owner of the forum is a bigot. so it is good you stay here. If dem born una papa well, come twitter.

useless swines.

Obiedun:
E pain am. Obi is a failure. A bigot. Yes daddy

1nice:
Are the southwesterners meant to produce the next president of Nigeria after Buhari?

Why would one southwesterner (tinubu) boast he will be the next president of Nigeria after Buhari even if Nigerians do not vote for him?

ch214:
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election has left a sour taste in the mouths of many southeasterners, who claim that Bola Tinubu forcefully took the presidency, disregarding the region's turn to produce the next leader. This perceived injustice has sparked widespread outrage and calls for restructuring.

According to Edwin Clark, convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the southeastern region has been marginalized and excluded from key positions of power. Clark pointed out that Tinubu's administration has appointed 10 Yorubas as ministers from the southwest, while only five ministers were appointed from the southeast.

The election results from the southeast, south-south, and north have been cited as evidence of the region's dissatisfaction with Tinubu's presidency. Many southeasterners feel that their complains were ignored, and that Tinubu's boastful claims of it being "his turn" to become president were a clear indication of his disregard for the region's aspirations.

The controversy has reignited calls for restructuring and greater autonomy for Nigeria's regions. Clark has urged Tinubu to implement the 2014 National Conference Report, which recommends greater decentralization of power and resources.

As the debate rages on, southeasterners continue to demand justice and equality in Nigeria's political landscape. Will Tinubu's administration listen to their concerns, or will the region's dissatisfaction continue to simmer? Only time will tell.

Tinubu is a certified failure as his presidency has been marked by soaring prices of essential commodities like fuel, kerosene, diesel, gas, food, and transportation, causing untold hardship to Nigerians. The latest fuel price hike, which saw prices skyrocket from ₦198 to ₦1,030 per liter in just 18 months, is a stark reminder of his administration's ineptitude.

Furthermore, many believe that Tinubu's ascension to the presidency was unjust, as he allegedly "forcefully took" the position meant for the South Eastern region in the 2023 general presidential election. His boastful claims that it was "his turn" to become president, regardless of the people's vote, have only added fuel to the fire.

The South Eastern people are now demanding justice, vowing to "forcefully take back" the presidency from Tinubu in 2025 or seek his impeachment. They insist that they will not be silenced or ignored, and that justice must be served, regardless of the opinions of other groups.

yoruboid:
Can someone explain the tweet above signed by him?

How unintelligible

1. There is nothing like a “regional development commission”

2. The development commissions are products of legislation.

3. Should we budget for a non existent commission

4. The bill for the establishment North Central Development Commission is currently with the National Assembly

So he wants to rule a country he knows nothing about

Even a councillor in Lagos should not be this unintelligent