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Christistruth00:https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/biafra-didnt-kill-adaka-boro/?amp=1 More evidence. |
Christistruth00:"My cousin Jones, a Regimental Sergeant Major during the Nigerian civil war told me over and over again that Major Boro did not die in the heat of battle with the Biafran forces. He said the area had already been captured and secured by his company and Major Boro was on an inspection tour when they came under fire. My cousin swore by the Ijaw gods that it was an ambush by one of Brigadier Adekunle’s units under the scorpion’s direct command. It was a brief but fierce battle, according to him and confirmed personally to me by another Ijaw field Lieutenant (he too died in combat six months later). The type of gunfire that erupted during that particular firefight was completely different from what the Biafrans were known to use in that sector of the war and which to them confirmed that it was one of the federal troops units that carried out the ambush. My cousin who died two years ago was one of the field officers who fought back the ambushing unit to retrieve the body of Major Boro. He was also one of the men who was assigned to accompany the body out of the war zone under the company of the Ijaw field Lieutenant. It was no secret at that time that Brigadier Adekunle was wary of Major Boro’s popularity and successes in the campaign. Boro’s direct access to Army HQ, plus the fact that Boro was commissioned directly and personally by Gowon made him a target of envy by other non-Ijaw senior officers". (Akpobulokemi B. Oborokumo, Wednesday May 21, 2003 http://www.unitedijaw.com/tribute_boro.htm) On the contrary, the above was the correction to Alabi Isama lies. |
FreeIgbos:I disagree with you. Any Igboid group that chooses Nigeria and Minorities over us now, would be rejected by us too in the future, it's only fair. We will not come back for them. Their cries would not be heard. They would have made their own bed and would have fully earned the right to lie on them without any interference from anyone. They should be strong enough to get it on with their fellow minorities. ![]() |
FreeIgbos:Nope. Only the Enu-ani are playing it matured. They understand the game well. |
Truthshots23:Lol! I'm not the author of the article. Professor Sagay is. ![]() |
I am always surprised that the Anioma people cannot understand the deep sense of injury of the peoples of the real Delta. It is no excuse that they have benefited from our misfortune. Instead of being sombre and restrained and joining us to seek a solution, the Anioma elite has been celebrating this great injustice - the stealing of our capital. Let me ask again as I did at a public forum on May 8 2002: "Here again, fellow Nigerians are capitalising on the unfortunate plight of another group of Nigerians. Should Asaba, which strictly belongs to the Igbo National Group be capital of a state of the Delta peoples? If then by a gross anomaly, this wrong has been inflicted on the Delta people, should this be confounded by an extra injury of governorship? Would that not effectively make the Anioma the colonial overlord of the Deltans?"Hmm. Once these minorities no longer have Ndiigbo in SE to practice their Igbophobia on,since we must have gone with our Biafra. The Igbo speaking groups will be the next best target. And trust me, Ndiigbo will not repeat Zik and Ukiwe mistakes. We would throw the baby and bath water away and mind our business. This is OPERATION NOAH'S ARK O! We have built the BIAFRAN SHIP for all Igbo groups to be saved . If any Igbo group for whatever reason decide to stay behind, you will be left behind to drown in your folly, no help will come from those of us in Biafra. |
So if my Urhobo brothers share my view in this regard, does that make me their political jobber? Who says Itsekiris are happy to travel for two hours to a Delta State Capital situated in foreign territory, when our real capital is right there with us in Warri. Only a few weeks ago, we lost a great intellectual and true leader of his people in Professor Austin Egborge, who died whilst having to travel from our real Capital, Warri to Asaba. Who says Ijaws are happy to travel eight hours by motor boat to Warri, before starting afresh on a two-hour journey to Asaba? The truth is that the configuration of the present state is a misnomer, an absurdity and a terrible scourge on the people of the real Delta. Okonjo says that I am out to please people in the corridors of power in making my proposals. Only an incorrigible opportunist, and an unprincipled exploiter and operator like Okonjo, can believe that unlike himself, no one can take a position on principle. No one can act on conviction. As for my so called Urhobo benefactors, it will be the happiest moment of my existence, when the Itsekiris, Urhobo and also the Ijaws start working together like one family that they have been for over 500 years. We have the same culture, food, identical mode of dressing; we have intermarried and are intertwined. The relationship can no longer be unravelled. Okonjo hopes in vain that the Urhobo/Itsekiri quarrels will prevent us from identifying our areas of common interest. He hopes in vain. Let the Urhobos be my benefactors, whatever that may mean. I accept that insult. But I shall not be diverted. All the name calling, my 'ego trip' desire to be heard on every issue, all go to no issue. I have no apologies to make about my prominence and status in Nigerian Society. My constancy, steadfastness in the pursuit of principles and great causes have earned me that position. If I had wanted to be rich, or be appointed to a position of power, authority and profit, I could have compromised my principles in nearly thirty years of military rule in this country. My steadfastness and principled stand for human rights, democracy and justice have earned me the power and authority I have today, because inspite of all Okonjo's ranting about 'Jobbing', I hold no office in any political establishment even now. If because he is a nonentity his views are not sought by journalists; if he is neither erudite nor popular, he must not lay the blame on me. Let him find out whether the fault is in his stars or in himself and do something about it. At the end of his abusive and vexatious article, Okonjo came out of the closet and revealed the true source of his burning hatred; the Urhobo people. My crime is that I do not hate the Urhobo too, for in Okonjo's imagination, every true Itsekiri man must hate the Urhobos. Well I don't. Many Itsekiri don't. They are our kinsmen. We shall reconcile and claim back our rights together, whether in terms of resource control or our estranged capital. Okonjo's rabid outburst will be an incentive for our unity. http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/essays/politics/SagayOnDeltaCapital.html [/b] |
Let me state clearly that my position on the location of the capital of Delta State has been consistent from the very beginning; right from August 1991 when Babangida used the Delta State Capital to pay his bride price to his Anioma in-laws. When I was invited to Asaba in May 1999 to give the hand over lecture from Military dictatorship to Civilian democratic government, and was asked by the out-going Military Administrator, Commander Feghabo, what I thought of the fact that only the southern Delta, particularly the Urhobos have so far produced civilian Governors for Delta State, my reply was simple. 'Delta State' is constituted by two States, Delta proper and Anioma. As long as the Delta Capital remains in Anioma,the Governors will come from the real Delta. Inspite of castigations in the press, by the Asagba of Asaba, and some other Anioma elites, I have remained firm in my views. The best solution is for the two entities to separate into two states with the Delta State Capital being at Warri. Anioma can then be a state with its capital at Asaba. Alternatively, Anioma can join Anambra State and become a member of the South Eastern group of states to which it truly belongs. It should not be forgotten that the Anioma part of the present Delta State came from Edo province. It was never part of Delta province. It is therefore an unacceptable outrage for a territory transferred from Edo State to join us, to be made our capital. The fact that the Anioma part of the State produces less than four per cent of the state's revenue or income only adds salt to a grievous injury. I am always surprised that the Anioma people cannot understand the deep sense of injury of the peoples of the real Delta. It is no excuse that they have benefited from our misfortune. Instead of being sombre and restrained and joining us to seek a solution, the Anioma elite has been celebrating this great injustice - the stealing of our capital. Let me ask again as I did at a public forum on May 8 2002: "Here again, fellow Nigerians are capitalising on the unfortunate plight of another group of Nigerians. Should Asaba, which strictly belongs to the Igbo National Group be capital of a state of the Delta peoples? If then by a gross anomaly, this wrong has been inflicted on the Delta people, should this be confounded by an extra injury of governorship? Would that not effectively make the Anioma the colonial overlord of the Deltans?" |
Urhobo Historical Society Views and Perspectives on the Location of the Headquarters of Delta State, Nigeria, in Asaba By Itse Sagay Professor of Law, University of Benin IN my short article entitled "Delta State: Its own worst enemy?", published in The Guardian on Monday June 10, 2001, I advocated certain solutions to the imminent political crisis in the state, which admittedly was controversial and bound to generate reaction and debate. I also expected that whilst some might accept my proposals, others particularly in the Ogboru camp might strongly contest my views. The issue of the location of the State capital in Anioma, instead of the real Delta State was incidental as far as I was concerned. It was meant to illustrate the fact that positive developments in the State tend to be accompanied by undesirable developments and phenomena. I little expected comments or criticisms on the issue of the State capital, although these are also welcome. As expected quite a number of comments and reactions have rolled in. All these articles have been couched in decent, civilised language, and concentration has been on ideas and issues and not on personalities. That is, until Clem Okonjo's contribution published in the Guardian of Monday July 8, 2002. Okonjo abandoned the issue and descended on me, my motives etc and followed this with insulting, indeed abusive remarks. Let me illustrate with some examples. After describing my father as an icon, rare gem, detribalised etc Okonjo went on to state what a contrast I am to the 'great' man. In the first place my father has nothing to do with the issue, and Mr Okonjo is not qualified to judge his character, personality and achievements. Let Okonjo limit his views on personal qualities to members of his own family, who might appreciate it. For us in the Sagay family, it is an insult for some unknown quantity to dare to express his opinion about our illustrious father. Who appointed Okonjo a judge of his superiors' character? It has become the norm for nonentities to award prices and honours to their superiors these days. This is just a variant of that practice. Okonjo, the Sagay family reject your views on our father. You are unworthy to be a judge of his character. In any case our father was not in issue in the matter under consideration. The Sagay family was not in issue, and we as a family do not want to hear his views on our father. Next in quick succession, Okonjo called me, (i) Uneducated in rudimentary truths, (ii) a political jobber and (iii) an Itsekiri man who is a political jobber for the Urhobos. On the last issue, it would appear that Okonjo has been a beneficiary of the Itsekiri - Urhobo disputes and is extremely disturbed by a possible alignment of views between the two Sister Nations. Of course the present location of the Delta State Capital in Anioma State is a fallout of this dispute, with outside opportunists stoking the embers of the dispute and making away with the rights and interests of the quarrelling sisters. And so for my conviction that the capital of Delta State was immorally and shamelessly transferred outside Delta, instead of remaining at Warri where it had been capital of Warri province, since the 1920s, I am a political jobber for the Urhobos. It is better that I am so than to be a political jobber for Aniomas |
Christistruth00:"My cousin Jones, a Regimental Sergeant Major during the Nigerian civil war told me over and over again that Major Boro did not die in the heat of battle with the Biafran forces. He said the area had already been captured and secured by his company and Major Boro was on an inspection tour when they came under fire. My cousin swore by the Ijaw gods that it was an ambush by one of Brigadier Adekunle’s units under the scorpion’s direct command. It was a brief but fierce battle, according to him and confirmed personally to me by another Ijaw field Lieutenant (he too died in combat six months later). The type of gunfire that erupted during that particular firefight was completely different from what the Biafrans were known to use in that sector of the war and which to them confirmed that it was one of the federal troops units that carried out the ambush. My cousin who died two years ago was one of the field officers who fought back the ambushing unit to retrieve the body of Major Boro. He was also one of the men who was assigned to accompany the body out of the war zone under the company of the Ijaw field Lieutenant. It was no secret at that time that Brigadier Adekunle was wary of Major Boro’s popularity and successes in the campaign. Boro’s direct access to Army HQ, plus the fact that Boro was commissioned directly and personally by Gowon made him a target of envy by other non-Ijaw senior officers". (Akpobulokemi B. Oborokumo, Wednesday May 21, 2003 http://www.unitedijaw.com/tribute_boro.htm) |
Truthshots23:Yes! I'm from Saturn. |
FreeIgbos:Any Igbo group that get themselves trapped with minorities will know that this Igbo generation are not like Zik and Ukiwe who look out for brothers who don't have regard for brotherhood when they think they are better positioned, but come back crying for help when things turn out for worse. We will not listen to any stupid call for help from them once we leave Nigeria and they opt to stay back in Nigeria. It will not happen. The baby and the bath water would have to be thrown away. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/04/rebisi-in-history/?amp=1 |
ariesbull:Nwanne, I have strong blood relationship with Anioma people. Issele uku in particular. But I'm not from Anioma. I'm from Anambra. I Know fully well that as far as there is no war involved. If a referendum is conducted in Enu-ani today for them to choose between joining SE in Biafra or remaining in Nigeria with minorities. They would choose to join us in SE. I can't speak for Ika and Ndokwa/, Ukwuani people. Those ones appear lost. But time will tell. |
Truthshots23:Impostor. Why not face your ethnic group and leave Igbos in Delta North alone? Attache by force! Bini Empire has come and gone, grow up, it's not coming back. |
PrudencyFeats:Nnaa, that map is meaningless. Mere colonial rendition. |
Truthshots23:Where did you say you are from again? You opened this account just yesterday on top Igbo matter. |
History555:My family have few buildings in North, and yes, I have visited and spent time in NW and NE. |
Don't bother yourself. There would be no Niger Delta republic, because it would be a union of strange bed fellows United only by crude oil( a commodity it's global Economic importance is on the decrease). Cross River doesn't even have oil anymore, so you wonder what would be her fate in this crude oil glued union. It would always be all ethnic groups for themselves. Niger Delta is a Nigerian creation to make Biafra seem unpalatable to Ndiigbo. Beyond crude oil, the only other thing uniting them is fear of Igbo domination. Even though they fear being dominated by each other, they all share a common ground in fear of Igbo domination. If Ndiigbo grow a brain and let minorities be, our withdrawal from Nigeria would have struck a blow to their uniting factor and leave a big vacuum for them to fill that would most likely prove too much for them. |
Gireiboy:Yes! Nigerian government would be diplomatically pressurized by Biafran Government to safe guard Igbo investments in Nigeria. If they don't, then it would be a debt they would owe Biafra,that would be eventually paid back. Biafra would definitely be better than your shithole failed Islamic Arewanistan Nigeria that will have no Future for the next 1000 years. |
Odinaka00:Who will he sell to? Most indigenous Northerners cannot afford the price of those buildings. There is a reason all indigenous land owners want to sell land to the Igbo man, we pay most for them than any other ethnicities. Those Igbos with property in the North would be lucky to get 1/10th of it's value if they want to sell it to indigenes. One way or the other, they will lose and deservedly so since they have refused to learn from past events and history. One thing is sure, Ndiigbo will not be held back in Nigeria for the sake of myopic ones that invested massively in non Igbo parts of NIGERIA with little commensurate investment in Igboland. Mbanu! The most Biafran Government can do is help them start afresh in Biafra, and try to pressurize Nigerian government to not allow the indigenes steal those investments. |
Christistruth00:Adaka Boro died in an ambush on July 8 or 9 of 1968 at an area that no Biafrans existed. His men, with whom "the liberation of the Riverine areas and Port Harcourt" was made possible, suspected that the ambush was set up by Nigerian officers who had become uncomfortable with his boldness and popularity within the war vicinity wherein he operated. In addition, before he joined Nigeria against Biafra he was promised some sort of a quasi autonomy for his Niger Delta Republic (which he had declared while Ironsi was HoS) upon the liberation of the areas from Biafra. Since Nigeria had no intention of honoring that promise, the most convenient way of reneging on it was to get rid of him in the war front -- a similar method was applied in eliminating Saro-Wiwa almost two decades after Boro's death. In Wiwa's case, he was convicted of murder to make his elimination legitimate. Ijo people believe that Benjamin Adekunle orchestrated the cold-blooded murder of Boro, so no amount of historical revisionism you conjure up can wipe that out of their beliefs. Here is an example of Ijo's belief over Boro's death: "My cousin Jones, a Regimental Sergeant Major during the Nigerian civil war told me over and over again that Major Boro did not die in the heat of battle with the Biafran forces. He said the area had already been captured and secured by his company and Major Boro was on an inspection tour when they came under fire. My cousin swore by the Ijaw gods that it was an ambush by one of Brigadier Adekunle’s units under the scorpion’s direct command. It was a brief but fierce battle, according to him and confirmed personally to me by another Ijaw field Lieutenant (he too died in combat six months later). The type of gunfire that erupted during that particular firefight was completely different from what the Biafrans were known to use in that sector of the war and which to them confirmed that it was one of the federal troops units that carried out the ambush. My cousin who died two years ago was one of the field officers who fought back the ambushing unit to retrieve the body of Major Boro. He was also one of the men who was assigned to accompany the body out of the war zone under the company of the Ijaw field Lieutenant. It was no secret at that time that Brigadier Adekunle was wary of Major Boro’s popularity and successes in the campaign. Boro’s direct access to Army HQ, plus the fact that Boro was commissioned directly and personally by Gowon made him a target of envy by other non-Ijaw senior officers". (Akpobulokemi B. Oborokumo, Wednesday May 21, 2003 http://www.unitedijaw.com/tribute_boro.htm) |
[quote author=Christistruth00 post=102488169]Adaka Boro died in an ambush on July 8 or 9 of 1968 at an area that no Biafrans existed. His men, with whom "the liberation of the Riverine areas and Port Harcourt" was made possible, suspected that the ambush was set up by Nigerian officers who had become uncomfortable with his boldness and popularity within the war vicinity wherein he operated. In addition, before he joined Nigeria against Biafra he was promised some sort of a quasi autonomy for his Niger Delta Republic (which he had declared while Ironsi was HoS) upon the liberation of the areas from Biafra. Since Nigeria had no intention of honoring that promise, the most convenient way of reneging on it was to get rid of him in the war front -- a similar method was applied in eliminating Saro-Wiwa almost two decades after Boro's death. In Wiwa's case, he was convicted of murder to make his elimination legitimate. Ijo people believe that Benjamin Adekunle orchestrated the cold-blooded murder of Boro, so no amount of historical revisionism you conjure up can wipe that out of their beliefs. Here is an example of Ijo's belief over Boro's death: "My cousin Jones, a Regimental Sergeant Major during the Nigerian civil war told me over and over again that Major Boro did not die in the heat of battle with the Biafran forces. He said the area had already been captured and secured by his company and Major Boro was on an inspection tour when they came under fire. My cousin swore by the Ijaw gods that it was an ambush by one of Brigadier Adekunle’s units under the scorpion’s direct command. It was a brief but fierce battle, according to him and confirmed personally to me by another Ijaw field Lieutenant (he too died in combat six months later). The type of gunfire that erupted during that particular firefight was completely different from what the Biafrans were known to use in that sector of the war and which to them confirmed that it was one of the federal troops units that carried out the ambush. My cousin who died two years ago was one of the field officers who fought back the ambushing unit to retrieve the body of Major Boro. He was also one of the men who was assigned to accompany the body out of the war zone under the company of the Ijaw field Lieutenant. It was no secret at that time that Brigadier Adekunle was wary of Major Boro’s popularity and successes in the campaign. Boro’s direct access to Army HQ, plus the fact that Boro was commissioned directly and personally by Gowon made him a target of envy by other non-Ijaw senior officers". (Akpobulokemi B. Oborokumo, Wednesday May 21, 2003 http://www.unitedijaw.com/tribute_boro.htm) |
Afriifa:Ken Saro-Wiwa, agitated against Ijaw domination barely four years after the creation of Rivers State “Worse still, the Ijaws were taking their frustrations out on the non-Ijaws of the State. For the Ijaws alone number more than the eight other ethnic groups in Rivers State put together. Though historically disunited, the Ijaws find unity when it comes to lording if over the non-Ijaws. The Ijaws will want to perpetuate this. Today, there is not even a Commissioner from my Local Government Area in the Rivers State Cabinet. My dilemma as an Ogoni is not about to end. “Lost in this dreadful nightmare, I went in 1971 to see Chief Awolowo at the Federal Ministry of Finance. There was nothing I told the sage that he was not aware of. He showed me his writings on the issue and bade me seek the mid-Southern State he had proposed in 1966. Thus, was the quest for a Port Harcourt State begun. In 1974, when we started, there was no shortage of opponents. To the Ijaws, I became a traitor. The creation of this State would alleviate my nightmare”. |
spearman:Ken Saro-Wiwa, agitated against Ijaw domination barely four years after the creation of Rivers State “Worse still, the Ijaws were taking their frustrations out on the non-Ijaws of the State. For the Ijaws alone number more than the eight other ethnic groups in Rivers State put together. Though historically disunited, the Ijaws find unity when it comes to lording if over the non-Ijaws. The Ijaws will want to perpetuate this. Today, there is not even a Commissioner from my Local Government Area in the Rivers State Cabinet. My dilemma as an Ogoni is not about to end. “Lost in this dreadful nightmare, I went in 1971 to see Chief Awolowo at the Federal Ministry of Finance. There was nothing I told the sage that he was not aware of. He showed me his writings on the issue and bade me seek the mid-Southern State he had proposed in 1966. Thus, was the quest for a Port Harcourt State begun. In 1974, when we started, there was no shortage of opponents. To the Ijaws, I became a traitor. The creation of this State would alleviate my nightmare”. |
Afriifa:Reasoning is not your forte. Point is that any group of people can go to any national daily and say any rubbish on behalf of their people back home, even when their opinion doesn't reflect those of their own people back home. |
spearman:What about Bini City and Warri? They look like a joke to you? Asaba is an Igbo city and has nothing to do with your Niger Delta. |
Eastlink:So why does Edo and Ika people here not attack him? Have you thought about the fact that maybe, despite being an impostor, he is still expressing the heart desires and sentiments of those groups he is impersonating? |
T9ksy:So Zik never forced anyone to agree to secession clause nah. If Awolowo didn't agree, why didn't he pull Yoruba out of the country like Balewa already wanted? You know why he couldn't pull Yorubas off? Did Zik have gun on his head? |
Eastlink:Don't be too sure. Ika have Igbophobic hardliners. If in doubt, join Onu Ika Facebook page. Yes! Sufferingboy could even be an Hausa-Fulani that stays in Ika land. But the sentiments he expreses are not far away from what is obtainable in Ikaland. |
Eastlink:Nope. This particular one is from Akwaibom. Trust me , I know him very well. ![]() There is a reason I maintain that BIAFRA must be a strictly Igbo republic. I have stayed in Akwaibom before too, and I Know the sentiment prevalent there too. ![]() |
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