mrvitalis:

So me no be mbaise man ?

I should show you mbaise man, because u nor fit waka again abi?

Happy Ijaw national day..
Thank you Adaka Boro

Being the text of the address of Prof Benjamin Okaba,President of the ljaw National Congress[lNC] on the occasion of the 2022 IJAW NATIONAL DAY/THANKS GIVING SERVICE held across the INC zones and chapters on the 21st and 23rd February, 2022
PROTOCOL
1. This year’s celebration, coming soon after our collective re-enactment of the SELF-DETERMINATION goal on December 4, 2021, today therefore, marks a watershed in our history as a people, as we commit to the pursuit of this goal within the ambit of all legitimate, civil and legal protocols under the purview of international statutes and laws. As we once again come together to celebrate our common history, identity, rich culture and heritage, let us not forget our salient impregnable place in Nigeria’s socioeconomic dynamics and politics, which God has blessed us to the chagrin of the feudal hegemonic rulers. It is on this note I welcome our distinguished leaders, eminent royal majesties and highnesses, our fathers and mothers and the most vibrant Ijaw youths to the 2022 celebrations of the Ijaw National Day/Thanksgiving service.

2. We have adopted the theme “Taking Ijaw quest for Freedom Beyond Rhetoric” for this year’s celebration of the Ijaw National Day to express our commitment to continue the struggle for Self Determination which our progenitor and liberation icon of blessed memory Major Isaac Jasper AdakaBoro championed. Angered by the oppressive rule of the Nigerian state against the Ijaw people and other minorities of the Niger Delta region, Isaac Boro and his brave young men launched the 12day revolution on February 23rd 1966 an armed liberation movement to free the entire Niger Delta region from the shackles of oppression and marginalization, questioning the basis of the stark abandonment and neglect in all socioeconomic spheres despite the rich resource endowments of the region. A day which has since become epochal and adopted by Ijaw National Congress as Ijaw National Day. It was a day the Ijaw history was redefined, away from the urbane diplomatic persuasions of our first generation activists which, both, the colonial imperialists and Nigeria’s ruling hegemonic class refused acquiescing.

3. Permit me distinguished leaders, sons and daughters of the Ijaw nation to pay special tribute to the vision of our forebears, from those who championed the struggle for regional autonomy in pre-independent Nigeria, stating our marginalized and oppressed circumstances unambiguously in the various constitutional conferences leading to Nigeria’s independence; to the irrepressible voices of some of our living legends who have continued to decry and condemn the convulsing practices of the Nigerian state that elects inequity, nepotism, injustice and primordialism as pristine epithets of governance; to our latter day heroes (living and dead) of the struggle who defied all odds at the risk of their blood to catapult our inglorious plight to national and international attention that eventually led to engraving the Ijaw name in the cenotaph of national leadership. These brave Ijaw young men and women that followed the footprints of our iconic leader, Isaac Jasper AdakaBoro to express their angst against the grave injustices and marginalisation suffered by the Ijaws and other minorities in the hands of the feudal hegemony, in the language the world then understood, have engraved their names in the sand of time. Their remarkable selfless sacrifices would continue to be adored and feted by the entire Ijaws yesterday, today and tomorrow.

4. As brilliant as our previous actions and strides have tended to upscale the struggle, the approaches (except those that were anchored on advocacy) have invited more negative reprisals than contemplated, resulting in massive destructions, extermination of lives and property and occasional dehumanising annihilation of communities, rendering people homeless. The traumatic outcomes which have not been commensurate with the expected goals of self- determination and freedom are better imagined. We therefore need to rejig our strategies; to move away from the old path of violent advocacy to non-violent methodologies, employing the tools of intellectual engagements based on our established rights and privileges and non-violent resistance – tools that were effectively used by Mahatma Gandhi to gain independence for India in 1947.

5. Like what the iconic Nelson Mandela, a man whose towering global image outlives his existence on the physical realm said, “a nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones”, the Nigerian state and its feudal hegemonic have relentlessly treated the minorities as feudal slaves, with no right to ownership and peaceful existence. Today, the Ijaw nation has become an occupied territory with choke hold policies that deny us our inalienable rights to our own resources. What they give to the minorities with the left hand they collect back with their right hands through their cronies and apologists.

6. The Ijaw nation had endured these stultifying circumstances for too many decades, since the birth of the so-called Nigerian nation. Despite our benevolent contributions towards supporting a country to survive, our rewards are reprobation, insults and denigration. We are sick of being part of such an unappreciative clowns in the garb of leaders. This is the reason the decision of the All Ijaw Summit on 4th December, 2021 that Ijaws shall seek SELF DETERMINATION and employ the tools of non-violent resistance to actualize it remains SACROSANCT.

7. Interestingly, the development of friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace is one of the anchoring pillars of the United Nations as contained in Article 1 of its enabling Charter. Thus, the right to self-determination of peoples is recognized in many other international and regional instruments, including the Declaration of Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation Among States adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1970; the Helsinki Final Act adopted by the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) in 1975; the African Charter of Human and Peoples’ Rights of 1981; the CSCE Charter of Paris for a New Europe adopted in 1990, and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of 1993 amongst a litany of others

South east is a multi ethnicity region, so why saying south east presidency instead of Indigbo presidency?
Though, Igbos are the majority but it shouldn't be misconstrued as, though, Igbo ethnicity is the father of the rest ethnicities in the region...

Ethnicities in the south eastern side of Nigeria by states...

Ethnicities in Abia state......
Igbo..
Ibibio..
Ijaw-Indoki..

Imo state...
Igbo..
Mbaise..
Ijaw-Egbema..

Enugu state...
Igbo..
Igala..
Nsukka..

Anambra state...
Igbo..
Igala..

Ebonyi..
ebonyi was initially mistaken as an Igbo state, but that was false belief, ebonyi is a state made of two ethnicities, namely, Afikpo and Abakaliki ethnicities..... though, some Igbos are in the state doing business, but that does not mean they are indigenous to the state...

Igbo presidency is a must, no going back..

Tomek09:
Useless thread.

Till tomorrow, Ijaw remains a minority group with no relevance.

Fools.

in reality, Ijaws are more populated than the igbos who used era advantage to inflated their numbers..

powerless and coward people... if una nor dey fear the mighty Ijaws, den come opobo and raised biafra flag or sing de anthem

HausaIgboYoruba:
One Nigeria Sister

your username shows Ijaws are not nigerians... Ijaw republic will crippled the 3tribal country

Ijoh:

count Ijaw out of that nonesense


Ijaw republic for ijaws or nothing else.

enumu weri emi, e pake Biafra otu mie biriseimo bemini..

Musrataman:


No wonder Fulani will continue fooling you guys and keep controlling you.
No common sense

november1857 I've you seen your life? Ibos attacking you for forming another group instead of their ibo dominated ipob..

What we Ijaws saw while sitting, even if Bnl stand ontop tree, they won't see it...
This people thinking ibos are genuine because they have sweet mouth

IGBOSON1:


'Sad tribalistic group'!? Quit sounding daft!

The main and probably the only reason why IPOB 'haven't entered your useless Niger Delta' is because the area is filled with greedy, self-hating sabos who, at the drop of a hat, would sell even their mama for a few crumbs from their Fulani masters!

Look at the Niger Delta today......contrast their present socio-economic and environmental situation with the amount of resources (running into hundreds of billions of dollars) that's been plundered from their region by their 'liberators' since the late 60s to date! The so called 'Niger Delta' is an area probably more blessed in hydrocarbons than say the entire UAE, yet look at them today! Fact of the matter is, they are so stupid in thinking they're 'doing Igbos or IPOB' when in fact they're doing themselves! They're so fargone in their stupidity that they need to come with a warning 'CAUTION, NIGER DELTA GROUPS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND YOURS TOO'!

These were a set of people (primarily Ijaw) who took up arms in the name of fighting injustice and environmental degradation visited on them by the Nigerian state! All it took for the Nigerian state to end their justified agitation was to target the greedy/self-serving leaders of the militant grps for heavy bribing and also place the members of these grps on a miserly stipend of 30,000 naira per month....job done! That was how their agitation for justice and the emancipation of their future generations fizzled out and ended there and then! And these are the people you expect to understand that supporting IPOB is the only route to freeing themselves from the tyranny and enslavement of 'one Nigeria'...even if they would part ways with IPOB/Igbos after emancipation is attained!? Abeg....gimme a break!

why are you running away from your abia, imo, enugu, anambra to Lagos, rivers, Delta, bayelsa, kaduna, kano, for greener pastures na?
This showz the level of poverty roping on the ibo lands and how under developed their places are...

Ijaw republic for Ijaws alone..
you eyeing Ijaw oils will not work..
Ntoor!!! Ipobingos... Ijaw republic the ibos nightmare

redsun:


You are in the situation because you don't have the basic instinctive intelligence that common ants have to adapt and survive. Divide the country into million parts, you will still live like subhumans because you are not reasoning.

I will reason properly by the time I no longer see some miserable tribes..
I can never reason any way forward when I'm still with the animalistic tribes..

Elliot2:
Idiot. Make the time reach fess, mumu ijaws like you na plank I go use tear una back. This nonsense we una dey do, no worry. We go soon know true blooded ijaws your coward ones.

I promised to liberate you all from ibo juju and mental slavery...

I shall restored niger delta republic for every niger deltans

FERNANDEZISBACK:

Ok..

I am Ijaw not nizooria

I am from Akwa Ibom, I am part of that group...


don't worry, I shall liberate you and your brothers from the slavery mentality...

Niger Delta republic forever

FERNANDEZISBACK:

Ok..

thank for understanding

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Is it that they ain't well trained or not well equipped or they couldn't request for back up..?
This is a big shame to Nigerians..you folks are playing games with your country..

Instead of you folks to stand for y'all selves y'all rather come online to spew hateful comment while your country is in disarray..

we are not nigerians..

redsun:
What needs developing is the mind of the people, not geographical restructuring. The people's mindsets are too primitive to progress. Still very tribal, crude and archaic.

you can't even solved (one plus one) math..

You knew the people's minds are filled of hatred, tribal bigot, crude and according to your brain the best thing to solved is not division or regional...
Guy, u nor fit even lead family self..

You want to keep together people that hate themselves and don't want to see one another..

kettykin:
When Russia invades Ukraine

Ijaws are like Israelis and biafrans are like Palestinians. There is no way Palestinians can invade Israel territory without repercussions, same way biafrans cannot invade Ijaw territories without repercussions..

The fear of Ijaw is the beginning of the Igbos.

redPUSSY:


The bolded has proved the point I made earlier about you being a kid..

60% indeed and you are crying of marginalization in Rivers Politics


Kid shift !!

it because you are ignorance...

History555:


Yet u have never produced a governor with 60% ijaws.
See how joke is laughing at you

mugu, you that claim 3rd majority and 2nd, why haven't you produced president of Nigeria when even small Fulani is producing?

November1857:
Typical Ignorance.... IPOB is For SE people, there's another Biafra group '"Biafra Nation league"" that are operating in Niger Delta especially Akwa Ibom and cross River. I am from Akwa Ibom, I am part of that group...

https://m.facebook.com/BiafraLeague

I have heard of such group but those minor group can decide for akwacross people.. because those people are deep in mental slavery..... They preferred ibibos efik should be 2nd class to igbo and we Ijaw youth will not allow that to happen to our Ibibos Efik and Annang brothers.. we will used every measure to liberate our Ibibios,Efik, Annang brothers from this ibo slavery... ibos have injected mental slavery on them,,,, but we will used our powers to stopped the useless biafra and make sure biafra is only for the Ibos alone...
Niger Delta republic for us

redPUSSY:


You can never be from rivers because if you are you will know that almost half of Oyibo youth are ipob..Your mentality is like that of a kid boasting behind keyboard saying that Nnandi Kanu should come to Abia state knowing fully well that a large percentage of their youths are registered IPOB members..
By the way do you know where Oyibo is ?
Just remain in your region and stop poking nose in something that's beyond your comprehension

River state is 60% an Ijaw, so small oyigbo LGA don't have say in river...

I am not from Rivers State but I am Ijaw from delta state..

We Ijaws don't just boast, we matched our words with actions that's why ipob is afraid to enter ND..

biafra only start and end at south east.. know this and know peace

lightskinnigga:
.

these are hungry ipob paid agents

Baawaa:
Asari dokubo is waiting for them

not asari..
IYC is what they are afraid of

redPUSSY:


Nnamdi Kanu hasn't started a tour yet.. He's even in the prison..

But wait, how old are you because this your comments is full of naivety ?

I hope you know who is Nnandi Kanu sef abi u dey create thread because others are creating ?

You are expecting someone in prison that hasn't even visited his own home to come and visit ND ?

then what stopped him from sending his esn fools onto our territory? Atleast he was in London for over 4years ranting and boasting that ND is biafra.. we are still waiting for his boys

redPUSSY:
You are just an attention seeking clown..

l.
That pic even senior Jesus..
IYC has not gave warning at that time..
IYC started giving him warning 2017 and that event was 2015..

Come river state now..

Denoh68:
O, BUT WHERE IS TOMPOLO NOW. IN THE CREEKS, STEALING AS USUAL

Tompolo is the man your weak and coward cownu dreaming to become..

Powerless people that only rant radio and online.

Tompolo that can wiped out the entire igbo within 3months..

Biafrarep:


You're the ones desperately trying to steal other people's land. You may have succeeded in other places, but you see Igboland, it will be your Waterloo.

Igbos have nothing against Ijaws, but the more you guys try to poach our territories, you will end up losing a lot.

Stay away from Opobo and Bonny for peace to reign! Since you guys began to interfere in their lands, they haven't seen any progress. When we were one nation, trading together and all, both Opobo and Bonny were then more prosperous than any coastal settlement back then, even Lagos didn't even come close to their prosperity but look at where they are now just because of ijaws!

and your abia, enugu, imo, anambra are den of poverty and and under-developed.. why you people running away from your states to got life in other people's states?
Obobo Indoki are Ijaws and nothing you can do guy

Why are the Igbos afraid to enter niger delta territory with their biafra activities? Oh, they are afraid of IYC, I guess..