₦airaland Forum

PHijo:
Igala and Benin people in particular

SensetionalGoal:
Op, in as much as this is your opinion or what you think, it all ends here.

leave igbos alone and focus on how to liberate your people from mental slavery.

you have no say in the scheme of things when it comes to relationship between Igbo nation and ijaw, so I will advise you to quietly STFU...

Ogbuu101:
Allow every person to speak for himself.
Wike claims he is not Igbo,Uche Okwukwu from the same local govt and a fellow Ikwere accepts he is Igbo and is the current secretary of Ohaneze ndi Igbo.
Same with Amaechi who is also a former governor and presently a minister.
So,allow them speak for themselves

Ogbuu101:
Wike's wife bears the name Eberechi but she's not Igbo?

12. “That there should be modern streetlight in Onitsha, and not Calabar, was also quoted as example of discrimination; it proved however that Onitsha Urban District Council had financed this measure from their own resources.”

It is better for our Igbo brothers to learn humility
and stop this nonsense....many members of my
family were killed for their support for biafra.My
grand uncle King Fredrick Princewill,Amachree
X111,Amanyanabo of Kalabari abdicated the
Kalabari throne because of his support for biafra".


"My grandmother Princess Okukuba
W.D.Goodhead...immediate senior sister to His
Majesty The King...was almost executed by firing
squad by the invading Nigerian Military led by her
Nephew Capt. Erasmus J.T.Princewill son of her
elder brother King J.T.Princewill,Amachree
X11....on her support for biafra.
My grand Aunty who was nickname Madam
biafra....grand mother of a former Foreign
Minister of Nigeria was taking through very
painful torture before execution.
My maternal uncle one of the first lawyers in the
Eastern Region never return home till his death
because of his support for biafra.
My father was a Biafran officer in the medical
Corp.
My statement is recorded on tape....I never said
we were taught....I said we were told many stories
by our elders which we now discovered to be false".

~ asari dokubo

The unprecedented mingling of all groups and settling of many minority people in the Ibo heartland during the course of the war was simply taken for granted. Nonetheless, the Biafran regime was unreservedly committed to plebiscites in any disputed areas within Biafra, or on borders, so that people involved could determine their allegiance. It was proposed that these plebiscites be conducted under international( UN or O.A.U)supervision, and with adequate safeguard against punitive retaliation

The federal government rejected the plebiscite proposal, obviously because it implied the recognition of Biafra and the substitution of a democratic vote for force of arms. Had the plebiscite been held, a ceasefire would have had to be declared, neutral observers would have been on scene, and the secession would have been revealed as a people's movement". The New York Review of Books, Volume 14, Number 8. April 23,1970.

GidiCars:
Kindly go through this articles.

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/17/archives/the-biafran-minorities.html

GidiCars:
This OP is definitely not from the ND. He's Igbo trying to pacify the ND to see why they should join Biafra. Most ND people I've spoken to don't want in on Biafra. I support the agitation for a sovereign Biafran state, but the Igbos should please let the core south stay alone if they want it. The can be an autonomous region just the way Taiwan is to China.


From history, the ND people were forced into Biafra. They never really wanted to be part of Biafra. They wanted their own autonomous region. If the ND get merged with Igbos in Biafra, it'll just be another nigeria for them where they have no control of their resources and lands.

The Igbos would try to lord it over them while shaming them to compete if they're not afraid and stuff. They would also damage their reputation as igbos would do anything to survive. Wonder why South Africa, Ghana, some Asian countries can distinguish Igbos and don't want them in their space is cause of the atrocities they commit.

As YORUBAs are starting their agitation, I honestly don't care if states like Kwara or Kogi choose not to associate with us, even Edo. As long as we have our 6 states in the West intact. The others should choose where they want to be. That's how it should be for the ND people. Don't force them to be with you.

https://www.nairaland.com/6413725/disturbing-pictures-fulani-herdsmen-attacked/11#99054695

https://twitter.com/iamjohnreuben/status/1332005357003165699?s=20[/quote]At least you admitted you are Yoruba, that's a first. Usually you masquerade as "We Niger Delta people" to propagate your Igbophobic agenda.

Now can you provide a historical evidence by a neutral third party that proves that Igbos forced Biafra on minorities?

Mind you, many Igbos don't want a country with minorities as of present as we consider them a liability to national cohesion. Multiethnicity is a big liability to national building, not even civilized Europeans have been able to master multiethnic national building. Czechoslovakia had to fraction into the constituent ethnicities, and Yugoslavia shattered into pieces. The Irish fought the English to a stand still and in Spain, the Basque and Catalans are fighting Castilians for independence.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting for your evidence that Ndiigbo forced Biafra on minorities.

AdakaBoro8:
yes. u right. but bro u mistake my intent.. i meant also majority in delta, it means ijaw is the 2nd large behind urhobo..

Logan23:
Avengers, NDPVF & MEND didnt fight d govt pls, they fought with pipelines

ijawcitizen:
So what are you going to do about this, frustrated he-goat?

Logan23:
Juliusmalema, is that u?

iSlayer:
Is Izugbe not used across the East even now. How far has it gone displacing the indigenous dialects. It will remain only for official means of communication. Nothing more.

iSlayer:
Nothing brings inferiority complex into the question. Your statement in the last paragraph is utopia. The local speech forms will hold sway for decades to come.

iSlayer:
Utopia.

BKayy:
And you know more about Igbo than us that have been Igbo all our life.
You are still learning this propaganda stuff from the Yorubas. You are not yet good.
Almost all Igbo families have intermingled by marriage.
If we were not marrying ourselves we would have been small and distinct like SS minorities.
Even Wike managed to have an Igbo wife

htdot:
Are you also of the opinion that the ijaw should go and drag land with ondo state or lagos since we have ijaw in these states? Every tribes that are base in totally different tribes should be relocated to their original tribe if Nigeria divides. Ijaw in the west should relocate back to the south south, ibos in the south south should relocate to the east.... No need for land grabbing

IDENNAA:
If your observations were correct then we can jointly agree that that Orumba/Ihiala areas have both Anambra and Imo speech forms. In this case , it should be left to them to decide their choice of language. Prove that your Republican views you like to throw around.

Ekealterego:
Do not bother replying that guy Julius whatever, he was exposed some days ago... His only full-time job is to curse disunity amongst Igbos. He has several other monikers. He is paid. That's why he spends the entirely whole day on the forum. He is a 40 something year old man with children.
Logan23, take note.

cheruv:
Nwanne, Why'd you need four capitals when Port Harcourt is enough
Port Harcourt is a city sitting on the border btwn three ethnicities viz Igbo, Ịjọ and Ogoni and fits to be the headquarters of govt. Enugwu can be capital of the Igbo region, calabar for the Mmogho, Yenagoa for the Ịjọ and Benin for the Edo.
Aside PH, no city can be capital of a multiethnic Biafra

IDENNAA:
You don't have the final say on that , cut that senseless authoritative behaviour.

In case you don't know there are works in the pipeline to bring back the Igbo Onicha. Get it in your head!

Edit: I have cousin from Ekwuluobia and I have spent time in Isuofia. They have Ora names.

Juliusmalema:
You know sometimes what these guys claim online is totally different from reality in ground. Someone said Anambra bears iheanyi and Iheoma all these with no proofs..

More reasons I ignore some of them because no basis as proof just typing because others are typing..


Oliver D'Cooque is from Nnewi south precisely Ezinifite where pazienza claims use Oha but sit and listen to his music and you will disprove him with strong condemnation for spreading lies..

Mistakes in history are a result of all these over bloated claims...

He is busy advocating igbo Izugbe over standard Olundi.

Alu.

IDENNAA:
I have seen precolonial names with "ora" in that axis of Aguata/Ekwuluobia homeland. Don't make sweeping comments like this because it's miseducates people.

Now , I will not sacrifice my speech form in the alter of Igbo unity. We need like 10 Igbo dictionary.

Juliusmalema:
This man and his Igbo rhetorics, if you were Igbo. Why keep repeating statement that I doesn't even care to answer let alone give a damn about in this faceless...That's by the way..


Part of Anambra south if not major also use Ora and also has it as surname.

Moreover it is not about majority, I only asked him to come up with with something more balanced.

Juliusmalema:
No bring another name that should be accepted.

We have managed to accept Ohanaeze as a name instead of Oranaeze...and you want to tow same path.

Bring up something more balanced..

Ahamefuna0001:
As for for me, I want a solely Igbo country, the Igbos in the south-south will have to decide whether they'll want to join their brothers or not (Want to remain in Niger Delta) as we don't want to have a case of forced inclusion like Nigeria. We can build a joint seaport with the Akwa Ibom state government but if they don't want then we'll have no choice than to dredge our various rivers that are linked to the Atlantic ocean. An all Igbo nation will be the best for the Igbo people, this will help in awakening our human resources potential. every Igboman will have a sense patriotism for the new nation unlike Nigeria where an average Igbo man has lost hope in it. And I don't like the name "Biafra" it has no meaning in Igbo, a new Igbo name will also be coined for the country.

Anioma (Good land) won't be a bad name