₦airaland Forum

johntolu:
It is amusing hearing an Igbo man calling other Nigerians from other ethnic groups, 'unity beggars', when in actual fact, your fathers were the grand patron of 'Unity Beggars' right from the inception of the Nation.
Any Nigerian that has divergent viewpoints from you guys back then, are labeled as 'tribalist', and you guys pride yourselves as 'Nationalists', back then.

Truth be told, Azikwe never pointed guns nor hypnotized either Chief Awolowo or the Sardauna. What he did was even more gruesome and ignoble; he sold both Northern and Western Nigeria to the British because of Igbo Nation's selfish interest.

To get a clearer picture of Azikwe's ignoble role, check his narration of events why secession clause was not in the 1955 constitution;

(A)'The North (NPC) supported Action Group.
The question was then: Should we have secession?
The Colonial Office came to our rescue.
You know, the usual principle of Britain – ‘divide and rule’ (laughs) but this time, it was in our favour. So, the colonial office backed us'.

(B)'Lord Chandos said that on the face of the arguments before him it would be suicidal to incorporate secession in our constitution and that is why we have section 86 in our constitution that if any region or state should secede, then it will be an act of treason'.

https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/06/25/my-opposition-to-secession-zik/#.Xy9j7NbRuxk.gmail


I decided to quote Azikwe's narration of events that led to the secession clause not been in the 1954 constitution, despite the insistence of both the North (NPC) and West(AG),
for unbiased Nigerians to see the extent the Igbos would go to have their way not minding the interests of other tribes in the country.
Contrary to the widespread deceits and lies of the Igbo Nations that the British and the Hausa-Fulanis were solely responsible for our 'forced marriage', it was actually the Igbos that aligned with the British to make our Federation a perpetual one with treason being the consequence of any attempt by any region, to pull out.

So we agree the British never had Secession as an option for any of the Regions and wouldn't have granted it to anyone anyway, irrespective of Zik position?
Zik wasn't the one pointing guns at anyone. The colonial were. Zik just happened to be on side the colonial were on , No ?

If Zik had been in for Secession clause, the British would simply pull off from independence talk. We saw it with how Bamenda ( South West Cameroon went).
They wanted fullfledged country of their own, but British made it clear that they must attach to Nigeria or to Cameroon and in both cases,there wouldn't be room for a Secession clause either.
Contrary to the narratives some of you are spinning here, there was never any room for Nigerian regions to exist as independent countries in British plans.
If Zik had not talked Awolowo and Balewa into backing down from the Secession clause, what would have happened?
We wouldn't know, but we know that Zik didn't have the command of any Army and wouldn't be the one dragging the West or North into the Union, the British would likely be the ones doing that. Either way, Awolowo and Balewa didn't seem to care much about the secession clause as to test the British resolve by insisting on it, afterall it was 2vs1 ?
You lots are just dubiously assigning non existent powers to Zik to drive home your retarded narratives of Zik stopping the Secession clause.
Nope Zik didn't. He never had the power to! Secession clause was removed with agreement by Zik,Awo and Balewa. They all agreed to not have it in the end. Zik never pointed guns at any of them. They always had the option to defy the British and go at it alone.

When exactly did Ndiigbo beg other NIGERIANS for Unity. When exactly.
Ndiigbo have always been anti subjugation.
We saw the British as subjugators and the Igbo spirit will never accept domination.
So we fought against them. We discovered that we stood a Better chance dislodging them if we unite the East,West and North in the fight to get them off our backs.
And that's what Zik did. But once the British was gone, we noticed the North were out for domination, so another fight ensued which we are still up against until now. Just like Zik had to rally the East, West and North to dislodge the British. Nnamdi Kanu is trying to rally the Yorubas, and minorities to dislodge to the Hausa-Fulanis as we speak.

This is who we are.

BTW. Zik in Secession clause wasn't a representative of Ndiigbo. He was a representative of NCNC, the only truly national party of that era, having members from Western, Northern and Eastern region.
He wasn't representing Igbo position, he was representing his party position.

In contrast, AG and NPC were mainly regional parties at that point in time, so it could be said that Awo and Balewa views were regional ones, but Zik view wasn't. As a leader of a national party, he had to take a national stand.

This thread is Tailor made for you.
Come and make it rain biko.

johntolu:
Dr. Azikwe should not be blamed for the positions he took Pre-Nigerian independence.
All the positions he took were in the best interest of his Igbo people. He has a better understanding of the Country more than most of his contemporaries; born in Northern Nigeria to a senior civil servant father, schooled in the East, also schooled and worked in Western Nigeria. He had a better understanding of the potentials of all the regions in Nigeria and realized that his Igbo people will benefit immensely in a United Nigeria with all it's attendant benefits.
What I found hypocritical is attempts by Igbos, at rewriting history that it was the British that foisted Nigeria on them when in actual fact, it was their fathers that started the 'One Nigeria' mantra, for purely selfish reasons.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_odAy4rVz8

Sardauna's remarks about the parasitic nature of the Igbos before they killed him in annoyance for speaking the honest truth is in the clip, above.

Stop taking nonsense.

Zik position on the "Secession clause" was not in capacity of Igbo leader but as NCNC leader.
NCNC was a true national party then.
Had members in North , East and West.

Zik clearly noted he was projecting NCNC position as regards to the Secession clause.

And it has to be noted that Zik never pointed guns at Awo or Balewa to accept his proposal.
They were in the end still responsible for whatever decision they took, which ended up being acceptance of Zik proposal.

So it's stupid for Unity beggars to wake up decades later and start spinning tales of how Zik and Ndiigbo foisted NO SECESSION clause on them, when Awo and Balewa could have said No to Zik but silently accepted his proposal because he made them to see reasons to do so through force of Superior argument and persuasion.

gidgiddy:
Zik accosted Awo, Balewa and Sarduana with an AK47 and at gunpoint, extracted a promise not to have secession clause put in the constitution

I'm waiting for the clowns.

Eastlink:
I’ve never heard this version before.

That was the flow chart.

Infact many Hausa slaves who were gotten from Igala people to be sold on that were still kept in Aboh had to be freed by Eze Obi Ossai when he signed a treaty to end slave trade with the British.
Many of these Hausa slaves were assimilated as Aboh indigenes and are spread all over Ndokwa/Ukwuani and many of their descendants know they are not Igbo and hold significant resentment against Ndiigbo in general till today.

Eastlink:
Nwuche is a close ally to the likes of Austin Opara, Celestine Omehia and Nyesom Wike. All are pals. Amaechi sent him on political retirement.

Nwuche might be gunning for either the Senate or Governorship. Something is fishy.

He always identified with Ohanaeze Ndiigbo even when he was Deputy speaker.
I think he was given an award in 2001 by Ohanaeze Ndiigbo as the most outstanding IGBO politician.

I hope his association with Wike and Ikwerre Igbophobic people haven't corrupted his pure spirit.

https://www.chibudomnwuche.com/ohanaeze-ndigbo-felicitates-with-nwuche-on-birthday/

Eastlink:
A lot of people don't know that Aboh was a naval force whose Kingdom stretched from Nembe, the Oru’s, Ukwuani, Ekpeye, and up to Ogbaru. It was Aboh who stopped the Igala Jukun Kimgs from their usual movement down the Niger. This is why all Nembe Kings have their maternal homes in Aboh.

True.
They stopped the Igala and made a pact with them.
The Igala sold Hausa slaves to Aboh, who now sold to their Nembe affiliate, who sold to the Portuguese.

Eastlink:
It was gotten from Aboh and not Benin. The Obi of Aboh once had a mighty kingdom that extended from Nembe in the south, Ogba in the east and Ogbaru to the north. The Lander brothers met this great King called Obi Tsukuma during their expedition to the mouth of the Niger.

Ekepeye just like Ukwuani, Ndoni, and other Igbo communities uses elders called Okpala Ukwu, Okpara or Diokpa to govern their houses. Each head holds a title called Owor or Offor as a symbol of authority. Anybody linking Ekpeye to small Benin needs their head checked. Ekpeye is connected to Igbo in every aspect.

True. Obi Ossai of Aboh gave his daughter Adaeze to Nembe king in marriage.

So Nwuche Chibudom is still active?
Ekpeye is coming up in news more these days.
That's good.

Yusufisraelj:
Did you read the link I sent you? While he didn't coerce any of them, the Igbos were the most progressive then, a threat just as he issued then was very potent, hence Balewa treaded carefully.

Post the part where he threatened them with guns and destruction.

I'm waiting!

Yusufisraelj:
Lols, who said he used jazz.

So how did he make Awo and Balewa to accept "No seccession clause" ?
He used gun?

Yusufisraelj:
Equally I added this.

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/1953-nnamdi-azikiwe-speech-secession/

I'm waiting for the part he used guns or jazz to make Awo and Balewa accept "No seccession clause".

johntolu:
https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/06/25/my-opposition-to-secession-zik/#.Xy9j7NbRuxk.gmail

The answer(s) are in the attached link, in Azikwe's own words and he never refuted them before he joined his ancestors.
You do not want to believe some of the 'tales by moonlight stories', told you by your Uncles, while growing up.

Lol!

Quote the part where he used gun or jazz to make Awo and Balewa to accept his "No seccession clause" proposal.

I'm waiting

Yusufisraelj:
Then give us an answer!

I'm not the one who says Zik removed Secession clause or stopped it from being added.
It's usually Unity begging Yoruba Muslims and Northerners that do.
The onus is on them to tell us how Zik made Awolowo and Balewa to accept no insertion of seccession clause.

And I'm waiting to hear their answer.

johntolu:
'The fathers were the ones who ate the sour grapes, but the children’s teeth were set on edge';
Exodus 20:5, Numbers 14:18, Exodus 34:6-7, and Deuteronomy 5:9.

The only reason leaders of the Igbo race scuttled the attempt made by leaders of Western and Northern Nigeria in having secession clause, in the 1954 constitution,
was pure greed and the realization of the fact, back then, that the Igbo race will be nothing more than leeches without the Nigerian federation.

Except below, is the reason given as justification, by Dr. Azikwe, for his opposition to the secession clause during the 1954 constitutional conference.

https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/06/25/my-opposition-to-secession-zik/#.Xy9j7NbRuxk.gmail

Fortunately, he and his cohorts back then, witnessed the effect of their short sightedness and greed before joining their fathers.
Their opposition to secession back then, led to the Civil war and the heavy casualties suffered by the Igbo race. It is also responsible for the current 'premium tears' and clamoring for a Biafran state by the Igbo ethnic Nationality.

Karma is indeed, a Bitch.

How did Zik stop Awolowo and Balewa from inserting secession clause in the constitution?
He pointed gun at their heads or he used Otumokpor to make them to accept NO Secession clause?

I find this claim of Zik stopping NIGERIA from having Secession clause in the constitution ridiculous.
Not only because it assigns supernatural powers to Zik, but because it is really funny and laughable and reeks of desperation.

RichBoy247:
This my guy needs to be enlightened. Cut-off mark is based on the number of students that apply from each state. Because Igbos did not go to school for several decades, however over the last one decade Igbos have started going to school, this is commendable. However, because many Igbos are now going to school, the cut-off marks for the states are very high, this has no relationship to how brilliant Igbos are but the population of Igbos that are applying to go to Unity Schools.

On the contrary, Hausa/Fulani are still not going to school, children born by the road side do not think of school, instead they are rbought up to beg. So the number of students from each Hausa/Fulani state going to school is very negligible, that is why the cut-off mark is almost zero.

Conclusively, Yorubas have been schooling for long and Yorubas are still schooling, so cut-off mark for Yoruba states will continue to be high, but may overtaken by states that are applying more.

Open your heart and see clearly that this post of mine is not meant to put any tribe down. If however, I want to pull any tribe down, it will not be a fellow Southern tribe, but the blood suckers from the Sahara desert.

Lol!
If you are 1 million applying for a post and I need just 5 people, the cut off mark will be the 5th highest mark.
If the exam is over 100, and 5th highest mark among 1 million of you is just 5/100, the cut off mark will be 5.

If another group have just 20 applicants and have still 5 slots.
But the 5th highest score among them is 70/100, the cut off mark will be 70.

So you see, the cut off mark has little to do with population of applicants, but the value of the score scored by the applicants.

Notice that the best 2 highest scores in the exam were made by Igbos too.

Yoruba Bourgeoisie laundered Buhari dead image and foisted him on Nigeria.

I remember how their street urchins mocked Ndiigbo on NL following Buhari victory in 2015.
Threads after threads were opened by the likes of Gbawe( who knows where he is these days, hopefully not outside NIGERIA) to gloat about Yoruba supposedly sophistication in dethroning GEJ and helping Buhari to power.

How time flies.
Let me go and look for one of those their post 2015 Buhari victory images and bump.

Bunch of clowns. Now they are looking for who to do June 12 anti Buhari protest with them.

chrisvic007:
So in your opinion, sports and entertainment are the nucleus of a society. Who do you this thing?
The greatest sportsmen and entertainers in USA were/are Blacks. Where did that place the Blackman in America?

Think, my friend think very well

Which other field do you want us to compare the Dot achievement for NIGERIA with those of Useless circle?

Is it the Paris club debt reduction? Ngozi Okonjo Iweala?

Who killed Adaka Boro?

Who Killed Adaka Boro? Why the Blame on Igbo Accusing them of Betrayal? Was Adaka Boro Betrayed?

I have read many false history that breeds hatred against the Igbo, regarding Adaka Boro. Majority of Ijaw believe the Igbo betrayed Adaka Boro and killed him. This makes me laugh. Ignorance is a disease. Lack of history, Maazị just shuddering in disbelief that people can be so gullible to peddle falsehood for what gain?

Let's go to history.

Who is Adaka Boko? Isaac Adaka Boro was a University of Nigeria, Nsụka's student. He was also the SUG president of the said university. He failed election two times before he won, then blamed his failure on Igbo, claiming he lost because he was Ijaw and suffered tribalism in his region. Remember, Adaka Boro was enjoying the scholarship of Eastern Region Government. He was on free education. He hailed from Oloidiri, Bayelsa. He was the first person to declare secession in 1966 at the age of 27.

Adaka Boro's rebellion was sponsored by the Tafawa Balewa government. Tafawa Government believed that the NCNC and AG were sponsoring the Tiv unrests and the UMBC led by Joseph Tarka. To deal with NCNC, Adaka Boro was sponsored to caused insurrection with his boys. They began to destroy things. Adaka Boro used his father's backyard as a training ground to arm his boys.

As Ironsi took over, through MD Yusuf, CID chief, he noticed that the Adaka insurrection was a Balewa's plan, he issued military order and Boro was arrested and incacerated for 2 weeks. Remember he was causing this unrest before the coup. After the January coup where one of his key sponsors— Tafewa Balewa was killed, Boro was very angry. He called Tafewa Balewa "the projector of Ijaw".

Adaka Boro declared Ijaw Republic on February 1966, a month after the coup. He was so radical and courageous that as a student, he dragged the Federal Government to court seeking the nullification of the 1963 general election. When he proclaimed the Niger Delta Republic in February 1966, Boro argued that the region where the nation’s wealth comes from had suffered years of neglect and underdevelopment. But scholars believed this was not the main reason of declaring the Niger Delta Republic.

Have you asked yourself why the Niger-Deltan elders including his father didn't support him? See the reasons according to reviews by scholars.

South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar, Ruth First as quoted by Kathryn Nwajiaku, states that Boro and his men were in league with senior Northern officers, and had wanted to use the threat of revolution to trigger the imposition of a state of emergency by the Northern-led Federal government prior to the first coup. Before the January coup, Adaka Boro and his men were already sponsored by the Fulani caliphate to cause insurrection. His brother confirmed this.

David, his younger brother during an interview with Punch said that his brother received support from the North before the declaration of Niger-Deltan Republic, “Isaac Boro did not just start the 12-Day Revolution and decided to declare a Niger Delta Republic. There was some degree of encouragement from the North.” Boro himself admitted to having close ties with the Balewa government.

The question is, how did 27 year old undergraduate student had funds to secure weapons, mass out thugs and militia? Was he being supported by the elders of Ijaw?
David his brother continued: "Our father advised him against it and told him to face his studies because he was a student".

Adaka Boro did not just declare Niger Delta Republic, he was fighting the Federal Government under the leadership of Agụiyi Ironsi through his Niger Delta Volunteer Force. He believed that the regime must be dissolved. The Northern leaders funded him to attack the government.

NDVF and the Nigerian forces which is widely known as ‘The Twelve-day Revolution’ led to the death of over 150 people. The armed militia led by Boro was overpowered by the Nigerian forces, while Boro and Samuel Owonaru who was the Chief of Staff of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force and other leaders of the militia group were arrested and charged for treason. When they appeared before Justice Phil-Ebosie of the Port Harcourt High Court. They were sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to life in jail. Remember, they didn't just declare independent, but fighting federal forces and killing people.

A year later, following the 1966 Igbo pogrom in Kano that killed over 50,000 Igbo and after the series of counter-coup which killed the First Military Head of State— Agụiyi Ironsi, and also after the Aburi Accord disobeyed by Gowon, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu declared Biafra as he was being forced by the Eastern Region Consultative Committee.

Remember at this time, Ijaw elders supported BIAFRA. The name BIAFRA was given by na Ijaw man from Adaka Boro's tribe and state— Opiogo.

Gowon saw Boro an important tool in his campaign of "quelling Ojukwu's rebellion" and the opportunity of ingraining the Northern "love and anchor" for the oil Rivers they claimed were "suffering Igbo domination and subjugation". Gowon released Isaac Adaka Boro from prison and recruited him into the Army in order to fight Ojukwu and the Igbo.

What did Adaka Boro do?

He recruited 1000 Rivers men into Army to fight Biafrans. The Nigerian military led by Adaka Boro killed all their chiefs and elders who were Pro-Biafrans and install young people like Diette Spiff 23 as the governor.

Many of Ijaw elders ran away to exile and never returned because of Adaka Boro. Most of his boys and Federal troops would kill Biafran soldiers, strip their camouflage and used it to constitute different mayhems in the region that people of that place would later accuse it on the Igbo Army. Adekunle the Black-Scorpion committed a lot of atrocities. And you know what? He was working with Adaka Boro.

Adaka Boro led the Federal troops to Igbo hinterland and many places in Rivers and kill the Pro-Biafrans. The worst of Adaka's atrocity was the Opobo incident.

What happened?

Boro led the Nigerian military to kill a lot of people in Opobo, exiled their chiefs. He believed they are Igbo people. This incident made a lot of people in Rivers to start changing their names from Igbo to something else.

The first doctor from Etche was killed by Boro led army. He did a lot of things. He took Nigeria troop into Eastern heartland.

What happened was that he started making noise, bragging how he has defeated Biafrans, that was when Nigerian military felt he's no more important and deleted him. Many fingers pointed at Adekunle who was called the Black scorpion as an instrument for Adaka Boro's elimination in May 9, 1968 at Okrika, Rivers State. Remember, by this time, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Calabar, Bonny and many other oil rich areas have been captured, there was no need for him anymore. He helped the federal troops conquered these places and of course they ended him just as they ended Ken Saro Wiwa who did the same with Adaka Boro.

The how did Igbo kill Adaka Boro whereas everywhere had been captured before he died? How did Igbo betray Adaka Boro? Someone who killed his people and was used by the Fulani caliphate against himself. Someone who forced Ijaw-Pro Biafran chiefs to exile, dethroned and killed them. How did the Igbo betray him? How and how? Someone who dealt with Chief Opiogo his kinsman for supporting Biafra. Ken Saro Wiwa also used abandoned property to seize Chief Opiogo's properties in Port Harcourt. Chief Opigo's (who named Biafra) property is where Rivers State College of Art and Science is currently located.

Like Adaka Boko like Ken Saro Wiwa— then joined outsiders to kill their own out of hate, jealousy and strife; the same outsiders killed them because they don't trust anyone who killed his own.

In Obasanjo's Book: "My Command" Olusegun Obasanjo described Boro and his 1,000 soldiers as “ill-disciplined, hurriedly and poorly trained Rivers men,”.

Alabi-Isama's book paints picture of his death in Okrika to be a clean off from scene. Use and dump. Someone who organised barracks to train Nigerian military and use paddling techniques and many more to lead federal troops to kill the Igbo. That was how Adaka Boro destroyed himself by betraying himself, betray his people and got killed by the people he joined to kill his people. Nobody betrayed him.

© Maazị Ogbonnaya

Who killed Adaka Boro?

Who Killed Adaka Boro? Why the Blame on Igbo Accusing them of Betrayal? Was Adaka Boro Betrayed?

I have read many false history that breeds hatred against the Igbo, regarding Adaka Boro. Majority of Ijaw believe the Igbo betrayed Adaka Boro and killed him. This makes me laugh. Ignorance is a disease. Lack of history, Maazị just shuddering in disbelief that people can be so gullible to peddle falsehood for what gain?

Let's go to history.

Who is Adaka Boko? Isaac Adaka Boro was a University of Nigeria, Nsụka's student. He was also the SUG president of the said university. He failed election two times before he won, then blamed his failure on Igbo, claiming he lost because he was Ijaw and suffered tribalism in his region. Remember, Adaka Boro was enjoying the scholarship of Eastern Region Government. He was on free education. He hailed from Oloidiri, Bayelsa. He was the first person to declare secession in 1966 at the age of 27.

Adaka Boro's rebellion was sponsored by the Tafawa Balewa government. Tafawa Government believed that the NCNC and AG were sponsoring the Tiv unrests and the UMBC led by Joseph Tarka. To deal with NCNC, Adaka Boro was sponsored to caused insurrection with his boys. They began to destroy things. Adaka Boro used his father's backyard as a training ground to arm his boys.

As Ironsi took over, through MD Yusuf, CID chief, he noticed that the Adaka insurrection was a Balewa's plan, he issued military order and Boro was arrested and incacerated for 2 weeks. Remember he was causing this unrest before the coup. After the January coup where one of his key sponsors— Tafewa Balewa was killed, Boro was very angry. He called Tafewa Balewa "the projector of Ijaw".

Adaka Boro declared Ijaw Republic on February 1966, a month after the coup. He was so radical and courageous that as a student, he dragged the Federal Government to court seeking the nullification of the 1963 general election. When he proclaimed the Niger Delta Republic in February 1966, Boro argued that the region where the nation’s wealth comes from had suffered years of neglect and underdevelopment. But scholars believed this was not the main reason of declaring the Niger Delta Republic.

Have you asked yourself why the Niger-Deltan elders including his father didn't support him? See the reasons according to reviews by scholars.

South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar, Ruth First as quoted by Kathryn Nwajiaku, states that Boro and his men were in league with senior Northern officers, and had wanted to use the threat of revolution to trigger the imposition of a state of emergency by the Northern-led Federal government prior to the first coup. Before the January coup, Adaka Boro and his men were already sponsored by the Fulani caliphate to cause insurrection. His brother confirmed this.

David, his younger brother during an interview with Punch said that his brother received support from the North before the declaration of Niger-Deltan Republic, “Isaac Boro did not just start the 12-Day Revolution and decided to declare a Niger Delta Republic. There was some degree of encouragement from the North.” Boro himself admitted to having close ties with the Balewa government.

The question is, how did 27 year old undergraduate student had funds to secure weapons, mass out thugs and militia? Was he being supported by the elders of Ijaw?
David his brother continued: "Our father advised him against it and told him to face his studies because he was a student".

Adaka Boro did not just declare Niger Delta Republic, he was fighting the Federal Government under the leadership of Agụiyi Ironsi through his Niger Delta Volunteer Force. He believed that the regime must be dissolved. The Northern leaders funded him to attack the government.

NDVF and the Nigerian forces which is widely known as ‘The Twelve-day Revolution’ led to the death of over 150 people. The armed militia led by Boro was overpowered by the Nigerian forces, while Boro and Samuel Owonaru who was the Chief of Staff of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force and other leaders of the militia group were arrested and charged for treason. When they appeared before Justice Phil-Ebosie of the Port Harcourt High Court. They were sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to life in jail. Remember, they didn't just declare independent, but fighting federal forces and killing people.

A year later, following the 1966 Igbo pogrom in Kano that killed over 50,000 Igbo and after the series of counter-coup which killed the First Military Head of State— Agụiyi Ironsi, and also after the Aburi Accord disobeyed by Gowon, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu declared Biafra as he was being forced by the Eastern Region Consultative Committee.

Remember at this time, Ijaw elders supported BIAFRA. The name BIAFRA was given by na Ijaw man from Adaka Boro's tribe and state— Opiogo.

Gowon saw Boro an important tool in his campaign of "quelling Ojukwu's rebellion" and the opportunity of ingraining the Northern "love and anchor" for the oil Rivers they claimed were "suffering Igbo domination and subjugation". Gowon released Isaac Adaka Boro from prison and recruited him into the Army in order to fight Ojukwu and the Igbo.

What did Adaka Boro do?

He recruited 1000 Rivers men into Army to fight Biafrans. The Nigerian military led by Adaka Boro killed all their chiefs and elders who were Pro-Biafrans and install young people like Diette Spiff 23 as the governor.

Many of Ijaw elders ran away to exile and never returned because of Adaka Boro. Most of his boys and Federal troops would kill Biafran soldiers, strip their camouflage and used it to constitute different mayhems in the region that people of that place would later accuse it on the Igbo Army. Adekunle the Black-Scorpion committed a lot of atrocities. And you know what? He was working with Adaka Boro.

Adaka Boro led the Federal troops to Igbo hinterland and many places in Rivers and kill the Pro-Biafrans. The worst of Adaka's atrocity was the Opobo incident.

What happened?

Boro led the Nigerian military to kill a lot of people in Opobo, exiled their chiefs. He believed they are Igbo people. This incident made a lot of people in Rivers to start changing their names from Igbo to something else.

The first doctor from Etche was killed by Boro led army. He did a lot of things. He took Nigeria troop into Eastern heartland.

What happened was that he started making noise, bragging how he has defeated Biafrans, that was when Nigerian military felt he's no more important and deleted him. Many fingers pointed at Adekunle who was called the Black scorpion as an instrument for Adaka Boro's elimination in May 9, 1968 at Okrika, Rivers State. Remember, by this time, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Calabar, Bonny and many other oil rich areas have been captured, there was no need for him anymore. He helped the federal troops conquered these places and of course they ended him just as they ended Ken Saro Wiwa who did the same with Adaka Boro.

The how did Igbo kill Adaka Boro whereas everywhere had been captured before he died? How did Igbo betray Adaka Boro? Someone who killed his people and was used by the Fulani caliphate against himself. Someone who forced Ijaw-Pro Biafran chiefs to exile, dethroned and killed them. How did the Igbo betray him? How and how? Someone who dealt with Chief Opiogo his kinsman for supporting Biafra. Ken Saro Wiwa also used abandoned property to seize Chief Opiogo's properties in Port Harcourt. Chief Opigo's (who named Biafra) property is where Rivers State College of Art and Science is currently located.

Like Adaka Boko like Ken Saro Wiwa— then joined outsiders to kill their own out of hate, jealousy and strife; the same outsiders killed them because they don't trust anyone who killed his own.

In Obasanjo's Book: "My Command" Olusegun Obasanjo described Boro and his 1,000 soldiers as “ill-disciplined, hurriedly and poorly trained Rivers men,”.

Alabi-Isama's book paints picture of his death in Okrika to be a clean off from scene. Use and dump. Someone who organised barracks to train Nigerian military and use paddling techniques and many more to lead federal troops to kill the Igbo. That was how Adaka Boro destroyed himself by betraying himself, betray his people and got killed by the people he joined to kill his people. Nobody betrayed him.

© Maazị Ogbonnaya

SmellingAnus:
Lol... Till then...

Mr Man! What's your ethnic group name?

SmellingAnus:
Lol... Till when you go to touch their land, then you will know it's better to maintain peace than have your neighbors as enemies

Who is "they". What's the name of the ethnic group that is this "they" ?

SmellingAnus:
good luck to you as have decided to start another war with South South..

What war?
Who is SS?
There is no ethnic group called SS.
Grow up.

chrisvic007:
I doubt if you know more of nucleus than I do. They don't call you "chest beaters" for nothing. That dot in question is not the nucleus of Nigeria. It can never be.

The Dot has always been the nucleus of a very useless circle.
The Dot is tired of powering a useless circle.

See the AFCON 2013 23 man squad for NIGERIA.
The Dot provided 10 of the 23 winning squad.

Name Club
Goalkeepers:
Vincent Enyeama Maccabi Tel Aviv
Austin Ejide Hapoel Be’er Sheba
Chigozie Agbim Enugu Rangers
Defenders:
Elderson Echiejile FC Braga
Juwon Oshaniwa Ashdod FC
Joseph Yobo Fenerbahce
Efe Ambrose Celtic FC
Azubuike Egwuekwe Warri Wolves
Kenneth Omeruo ADO Den Haag
Godfrey Oboabona Sunshine Stars
Midfielders:
John Mikel Obi Chelsea FC
Nosa Igiebor Real Betis
Ogenyi Onazi SS Lazio
Obiorah Nwankwo Calcio Padova
Fegor Ogude Valerenga FC
Reuben Gabriel Kano Pillars
Forwards:
Ahmed Musa CSKA Moscow
Emmanuel Emenike Spartak Moscow
Brown Ideye Dynamo Kyiv
Victor Moses Chelsea FC
Ikechukwu Uche Villarreal FC
Ejike Uzoenyi Enugu Rangers
Sunday Mba

SmellingAnus:
Lol... Oya make una go collect South South land make I see ...

There is nothing like SS.
We will take parts of Igboland in SS and NC.

SmellingAnus:
The South South has always known we have a common enemy... It's you igbo guys that insult us because we told you the truth that South South cannot be included in Biafra in as much as we support your Biafra... I also have igbo blood in me , so there is no need trying to deceive you.... The South South and South East will function better as different countries because there will be mutual respect.... You can imagine if Biafra was already a country ' Nigeria will have no choice but to respect it...

You can't use the misnomer that doesn't even have constitutional backup to claim Igboland.
SE is not Igboland. Igboland spilled into SS and NC and will not accept any attempt by anyone to limit us to imaginary SE.

Ndiigbo expect minorities like you to stick with your ethnicity and not be hiding behind SS tag to make vacuous statements.

And as of minorities knowing that we have same enemies in the North as them. I highly doubt that.

1979 and 1983 presidential election results where Zik got least votes than Shagari and Awolowo in minorities areas spoke clearer message.

BlackSaints:
The point is i am from Rivers state you are not,so keep your smelling self to your 5 eastern states where you belong.
You are not from Oyigbo neither are you from Rivers State, so mind your fvcking business and know your place clown!

The point is that no one give a eff where you are from.
NL is not your village town hall meeting.
If you don't want people discussing about Rivers State here, you can take the discussion to your village town hall, I'm sure none of us would be there.
You are mentally unstable apparently. Stay off my mentions, I don't train mad people.

BlackSaints:
Keep your unwanted self in the east where you belong, no one ask for your opinion!
Always looking for excuses to carry to your unwanted soul into Rivers state affairs, i've gone through this thread no one mention Oyigbo, but you igbo man who is not from Rivers State,na you rant pass! Fvcking clown.

You can go and take Otapiapia for care.
Obiigbo is Igbo and part of Rivers, therefore events in Rivers State is my concern.

Rivers State is not your personal property.

EMMY76:
Noise makers fulaniherdsmen have been killing ughelli people and taking over their farmlands since buhari came to power but not response from this faceless group.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/02/again-herdsmen-attack-delta-community-kill-eight-injure-several-others/?amp=1

You have time for the empty braggarts.

Kinematics:
The bolded shows you know nothing about Rivers State.
Ogoni alone as a tribe has the largest indigenous population in Rivers. 60% of votes from Ikwerre areas especially Obio-Akpor is from mainly Ibos and Akwa Ibomites.

Bringing another Ikwerre is the end of the state called Rivers. Mark my words...

Lol!
Ikwerre has the Power for now.
Eleme has significant strangers population as well.

BlackSaints:
The funny thing is you are not from Rivers State, but na you carry Rivers State matter pass onto of your head like gala. Mr i too know man, keep your opinion to yourself, no one needs it.

I have my kin and Kith in Obiigbo.
It's only normal I care about their welfare as whoever that emerge governor of Rivers State would affect that.

Kinematics:
You just wrote a beautiful nonsense. Wike has made governance in Rivers State a tribal affair by being governor or the Ikwerres and Ikwerre only. And believe you me an alliance of Riverine and Ogoni will neutralise the Ikwerre bloated voting strength thats simply bloated by Ibo residents in Obio-Akpor.

Does Ogoni have the population?
I doubt.

Wike will play divide and conquer.
He will make an Ogoni Deputy governor to another Ikwerre Governor come 2023.

Ogoni will abandon Ijaws, and that would be game over.