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Efewestern:
From this, we can all conclude that Ukwata was the father or ancestral home of Abbi, Amai and Efe/Efi, maybe when his children moved out to create other kingdoms, the Eldest child remained.

If the above holds, then our the next question is, where was Ukwata from? I leave this to Orogun and Ukwuani indigenes to unravel.

Stop creating non existent history.

Efe is not a native Ukwuani name. It is an Edoid name.
Efi means cow and has no relationship whatsoever with Efe which means wealth in Urhobo.
The only relationship between Urhobos and Ukwuani are those expected of people who share boundaries.
They intermarried and co inhabited together.

You would have to be unstable to be suggesting a shared origin between Urhobo and Ukwuani.
I mean,an Urhobo man can never understand an Ukwuani man language even though they are neighbors without learning it from scratch.
A man from Imo state would only need a few hours of adaptation to intonation to understand Ukwuani man.

Sufferingboy:
We are not greedy like igbos.

Wasn't it an Ika king that was involved in arm robbery and was killed?

Efewestern:
I'm not even against whatever they fight for, I just avoid some topics completely, but I find it offensive when you try to erase the identity of some groups who are distinct from you in every way.

You can fight whatever you want to fight without trying to coerce unrelated and uninterested groups. Life shouldn't be hard.

How is Ukwuani distinct from Igbo in everyway?
Are you okay at all?
You are here trying to claim that an obviously Igboid community like Umukwata even with the quintessential Igbo prefix of naming places "Umu" in-situ is descended from Urhobos.
But Igbos are supposed to be the ones forcing identity on others, eh kwa?

Orogun is maternally Ukwuani. This is common knowledge. The founders of Orogun were Urhobo men who married Ukwuani women. That's how Ukwuani creeped into Orogun.
I would wager that the Ukwuani women also invited some of their Ukwuani brothers to live with them and interbreed with Urhobos in Orogun and that have given rise to the bilingual nature of the town.
Similar thing happened to the Ijaw founders of Ofoni who married so much Urhobo women who invited their Urhobo brothers to come live with them for security, so much that the population of the Urhobo brothers overwhelmed those of the original Ijaw founders, and Ofoni ( an Urhobo speaking community in Bayelsa) is today Urhobo speaking, even though they maintain they are Ijaws, because the founder of the town was an Ijaw man from Tarakiri clan of Ijaw who married an Urhobo woman.

Ishilove:
They want to co-opt the south-south into their secessionist agenda by fire by force. They have 5 states so let them agitate and manage themselves like that.

No one is co-opting anyone.
The Igbos in South South know themselves and we know them.
You should be comfortable in your Minority skin and stop hiding behind meaningless terms like South-south to spread your Igbophobia.

Ishilove:
And who is asking to be part of Igboland with una DNA encrypted criminality? Abeg carry una Biafra wahala to another thread.

More criminality than Ukwuani land that is notorious for it's criminal marijuana growing business?

kpaminose:
More

I can see the great Osita Mordi posts there.
He is the only reason I go soft on Ika people at times, although Igbodo his home town are not a typical Ika town. They very much pro Igbo and very closely knitted to Enu-ani people.

Christistruth00:
Ikwerre have kings

Ikwerre Kings like most Kings in SE are warrant chiefs.

Most ethnicities in old Eastern region didn't practice Monarchy.
They were democratic societies.

Idiko1:
Above analogy pits most Nigerians against ignorance. Igbo land was not a country but a part of Nigeria. It is unfortunate in your figment of imagination, Igbo land had to bear the brunt of the defunct eastern region of Nigeria which was essentially Biafra.

Whether you like it or not, the albatross of Biafran defeat has been left by all involved ethnicities in old East for Ndiigbo to bear the brunt alone.
We can accept and work with our reality or we can continue debating on semantics.

Of course, everyone knows that Igboland was never an independent country.
But the point remains valid that when you lose a war,you are likely to lose territories.
When you lose territories, you are not going to get them back by begging and being a weakling.
You get them back by letting go momentarily, so that you can once again regain your power and come back no matter how long it takes to claim your lost territories, whenever you can.

Thank you.

ChangedMan1999:
Igboid is right.

You have to be logical by just watching and observing Mr Livingston Ewechie

You should not start romancing his so called tribe, minutes after reading his opinion.

It is true that most people from his tribe believe that they are Ndigbo, but they are minority. And, you and I knows that majority carries the vote.


You should have seen these peoples true colors when Wike was killing Ndigbo, during the end SARS period.

You should have observed that non of them condemned the massacre.

You should have observed that they were mute because they felt that Ndigbo were another tribe, therefore they shouldn't be bothered whether Wike killed them or not.

I myself is not IPOB, but I do cry when they are killed by NA, because the same blood runs in our veins.


Lastly, if this River State tribe want to start identifying with us let them start campaigning for it.

It is stupidity for us South easterners to do the campaigning when we are not sure about them.

Thanks.
Someone who finally can reason well without emotions.

Collyweed:
Stop the pity party! The war ended over half a century ago.

They have all made their position known and abundantly too. And we have heard and we will not forget. We freaking don't need any of them.

Many of our people are suffering from psychological issues.
They are making up excuses for a people who took their properties and continue to habour deep seated hate for you.
You know you are in a toxic relationship when you start blaming yourself for the wrong the toxic partner did to you.

Like you start believing you were responsible for their bad behavior towards you.
Go through that dude post and see all evidence of an emotionally weak person making up excuses for a toxic partner by blaming himself for the toxic partner wrong doings towards him.

Emotional weaklings who don't Know when they are being manipulated by toxic people.
Tufiakwa!

“I will lead a war against them (Nigeria) like Ojukwu. Am not joking, I know am on air, and I am warning them now. Any attempt to rob us the way they rob our brother (GEJ), the battle will start from Rivers State. We will remain opposition state like Lagos. In fact, we from the South-South and South-East will remain in PDP. We leave the South-West and North to run APC. That is how they tactically shared the country. And we will not allow them use our resources to develop their States…I want all South-South and South-East to remember this, that we’ve two Judas.”

The above was Wike in 2015 when he was up against APC forces backed by Yoruba and Northern elements.

But we all know how things are going today, don't we?
That's the quintessential Ikwerre behavior for you.
Some of us will no longer keep quiet and allow you emotional ones Allow these Igboids toy with Ndiigbo, because most of you are emotionally weak and are on you knees begging for kinship with a people who has nothing to offer you.

The same Ikwerre man whose words formed the OP of this thread.
Is the same one who said this:“For the records, Ikwerre is an independent ethnic nation in Nigeria with a global spread and are not subservient to any other ethnic block whatsoever and under any guise.


You see that these people are scammers. He is Igbo today, Ikwerre tomorrow, and Igbophobic Bini the next time.
These are unstable people you cannot vouch for their loyalty.
As far as group union and communality is concerned, they are liabilities, since they are not trustWorthy and highly unreliable.

blues234:
The guy should stick to his medical field and leave politics alone. He is overly emotional on Ikwerre issue.
@Igboid, your emotional standpoint over Ikwerre matter does not carry the day. As we speak, more Ikwerre are coming into Ohaneze folds, and yes, in the long run, they are very useful to the Igbo course. It will take time... Wike will not be governor for ever.

More scammers are rushing to Ohanaeze funded with money from 5SE states for free money.
Do you blame them? If they offer you free posts and money wouldn't you rush into an Organization your people back home don't support?
Wike is not a misnomer in Ikwerre land. Wike is the norm. He is a quintessential Ikwerre man who shares the mindset of Ikwerre grassroot.
Some of you are emotional and cannot handle the truth. You would rather lie to yourselves to feel good.

Well, I would be here to always wake you up from your Utopia.

Ikwerre is not Igbo. Any Ikwerre man you see claiming Igbo, is a potential scammer.

owobokiri:
They are not liabilities..
And no one is negotiating from a position of weakness the!
China waited for hundred years because the sold off Hong Kong per se to the British so the imperialists will leave mainland China and stop the opium trade..
You have to agree that it makes no sense to accept to the present boundaries drawn by federal Nigeria.?

In life you have to work with what fate handed to you. For years after the end of WW2, Germany also struggled to accept the new boundaries of Germany,USSR and the allies drew.
USSR had claimed large parts of Eastern Poland and in return would have parts of Eastern Germany given to Poland as compensation.
It was a bitter pill for Germany to swallow, but you can't negotiate things to your terms from a position of weakness.
Eventually it dawned on Germany that to move on from the war and rebuild their unity, they had to give away those lands.

It was painful as native Germans in those parts had to leave the land or become polish.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oder%E2%80%93Neisse_line

Today Germany is the strongest country in Europe again and if for any reason they still want those lands, they would damn take it by force now, and nothing any bastard can do about it.

Nothing we can do about FG new boundaries of Igboland. We lost a war and that tends to happen when you lose a war.
We have to make peace with those boundaries. Work with it, grow our power (miliarily and economically) excruciatingly and quietly and then come for what is ours no matter how long it takes.
That's how rational people behave. You must always negotiate from a position of power and not of weakness.

And yes! Ikwerres and all those Igbophobic Igboids are nothing but liabilities to us currently.

BTW. Obiigbo is Ndoki and Asaland. Those are proud Igbos, they are not Igbophobic Igboids and I have nothing against them. They are bonafide and genuine Igbos, I have nothing but love for them.

owobokiri:
Dude,
You are the one full of emotions!
You know nothing about global politics!
Russia annexed Crimea! Some parts of Gorgia!
China has fastened the pace of taking over Hong Kong! Most Hong kongers behave like most ikwerres!
China is getting set for war over Taiwan.
India and China are fighting over an unhabitable peace of mountains in the Himalayas.
India and pakistan are at each other's throat in kashmir!
If not for how powerful the Americans are, Russia would have gone to war to retake Alaska. Do you know the geopolitical consequences of the sell of Alaska from Russia to America?
Korea and Japan are about to fight over a peace of island the size of a football pitch!
Should I go further?

And you have a reasonable piece of territory at your back that you can easily retake, reorient and reconstruct to fit your ideology, you won't do so because some of them are hostile to you!?
What kind of haughty, pedestrian and placid politics is that?
It reminds me of how Nigeria dashed bakassi away..
Fight for what belongs to you! Or are you going to dump the guys at Obigbo too?
They were killing them the other day, where were you help out?
You are still upset over the war? It happened! And They minorities denied us! So freaking what!?
The fact is that going forward , with the igbo population, reach and proximity, these can be drastically changed. So why not try?
Look ahead Abegi..

Stop allowing trivial vituperations of some worn out politicians like Amaechi to get under your skin..

China didn't go for Hong Kong from a position of weakness.
They let British keep Hong Kong for years, they let Hong Kong people live in the bubble of their distinct nature and independence from China mainland.
They just focused on themselves (China mainland) and improved themselves.
Now they can come for Hong Kong from a position of strength, and nothing anyone, even Hong Kong people themselves can do about it, and you are damn sure they would come for Taiwan too.

They are not coming for these places by "Abeg Abeg, we are brothers o!" they are coming from a place of coersion.
This is not what your IPOB are doing in Ikwerre and other Igboids.
You are rather negotiating from position of weakness, rolling on the floor, begging like a weakling. You lots are pathetic. Trying to appeal to the sense of kinship of a people who not only do not see you as kin, but sees you as an enemy to crush. And you have the temerity to compare this to China vs Hong Kong and China vs Taiwan? Nawao!

The right move is to cut this lots off, they are currently nothing but liabilities.
Then work on strengthening Igboland, miliarily and economically, and when the time is right, you can renegotiate from a position of strength and no one can stand in your way. That's how China handled Hong Kong and are now handling Taiwan. You know the history, but you don't understand them, let alone the Dynamics at play in their implementation.

owobokiri:
But politics is not played like that bro..
Until they started their genocidal quest, many minorities of the north identified with the fuulani, including the majority Hausas. Many Western groups in the mould of the igboids of the east have been so subsumed to the Yorubas, you wouldn't even know they exist. You know why? Because it's both economically and politically rewarding. These two groups, the Yorubas and the fulanis, gambled with a war and managed to win trillions of dollars in oil and gas resources for their people and supporters.

It wasn't the case in the east. Infact, contrary to the gains of the minorities in the West and North, our bunch of wayward minorities suffered immensely. Adekunle killed many, Murtala finished all males he met at Asaba! They were left bare because of the results of that war and those who insisted to side with the Igbos, were hounded down to death like Obi Wali. It was brutal! We failed as a big brother and that to me is a big fail! Denying their igbo heritage in certain cases became a survival strategy. As disheartening as that is, most took such decisions because they were at the most vulnerable stage in their existence..

While it's obvious that this position has stiffened in some places now, like in ikwerre land, while also taking into cognizance the fact that the ikwerre committed crimes against humanity on the Igbos with the abandoned property saga,

is it not better for the igbo to identify those "pro igbo elements" in these zone, and try to wrestle the political machinery of the south south left in the hands of "anti igbo characters" by the fuulani-yoruba combo,

and hand over same back to the likes of the pro-east characters like the Obi Walis clan? Isn't that called politics? All these "slam the doors" talk is too emotional for practical politics if you ask me..

Problem with people like you is that you are emotional, yet you don't realize it.
It's your emotions talking right there and not your brain.
There are no pro Igbo elements in Ikwerre land, they all become pro Igbo at different times in their lives when being so offer some advantage and quickly revert to their default Igbophobic settings once things normalize. If you live in PH, you would know these people well.
The ones you currently think are pro Igbo are only so because it's currently favorable to them. When it no longer is, they revert to default setting.
Obi Wali was a member of Ogbako Ikwerre and a close friend of Elechi Amadi. I don't remember him ever speaking up against Ogbakor Ikwerre position. Some of you are blinded by emotions that you can't see anymore.

Amaechi is claiming Igbo now, but he remains a member of Ogbakor Ikwerre, an organization it's Igbo hate is well known. He has never for once challenged them.
And when he was the governor of Rivers State, he was very Igbophobic so as to align with the Igbophobic nature of his Ikwerre people.
I remember him asking GEJ if they (Ndi Rivers State) are Biafrans, when they lost oil fields to Bayelsa and some to Abia.
Amaechi was reminding GEJ that removal of oil producing locations from a state is special treatment reserved for Ndiigbo(Biafrans) and not for him and his Rivers people.

But today Amaechi has become Igbo overnight and some of you out of emotions are now developing selective amnesia.

Fejoku:
Ok. Ogbakor Ikwerre will have to come out and speak on this issue before Amaechi will be taken seriously.
Cunny man die, cunny man bury am.

They have already done that countless times and have maintained their Igbophobic default settings.
Which is why I'm baffled at how easy Igbos are falling for Amaechi con game.

[quote author=Tranquill post=101559891][/quote]Lol! Nwoke m, akpaa gi I puo n'uzo ka Akpa ndi Ozo.
Wechie Livingston is a typical dubious Igbophobic Ikwerre man like Amaechi Rotimi, counting on emotional stupidity of Igbos to remain in business.
We know you lots very well. And we know you have nothing to offer Ndiigbo as a group,which is why we will never allow your con men to claim Igbo, we would disgrace all of them.

Igbochief001:
Relax ..your father's would soon hand over to us ...then we would show them camp

If your village head doesn't declare your people igbos no position for you

Ikweres , ika would be banned from ever claiming igbo

Just relax time is coming

The time cannot come soon enough. Because I personally cannot wait.

As a rule , I remove myself from any Igbo social media platform where these Igbophobic Igboids are allowed to be members.
And In life, I remove myself from any Igbo organization that allows any of them to be members. All of us cannot be going mad at same time for crying out loud.
We can as well have Yorubas and Fulanis as members as there are no difference between those two and these Igboids.

Truth of the matter is that sensible Igbo nationalists like myself are currently livid with how Ndiigbo have handled our relationship with Igbophobic Bini Igboid minorities.
We are wondering why we have these Igbophobes Manning positions in Ohanaeze Ndiigbo.
We are wondering why these parasitic impostors are allowed to impersonate and claim to be Igbo at will, without serious and well directed backlash and ridicule of such persons from Igbo central bodies.
We are livid that many Igbos would gullibly lend themselves to the manipulations of these Igbophobic Igboid minority groups.

We watch all these in pure anger.

We wish for hate be returned for hate. Loathe for Loathe for loathe, resentment for resentment, vendetta for vendetta.
We would wish we don't have these Igbophobes contaminating Igbo organizations, serving as moles, relaying our family secrets to their Ogbakor Ikwerre body who are in bed with the rest of Igbophobic elements in Nigeria.
We are wondering how an Ikwerre person rose to become Secretary general of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo.

We are dumbfounded. We are full of questions, questions we get no answers for.
We hope to inspire our current and future Igbo generation to do better than our parents did in terms of relationship with Igbophobic Bini Igboid minorities.

We hope to achieve this by mass campaign in social media.

Tranquill:
This is another wack job by ipofools, biafrats and other Igbo buffoons who wake up everyday thinking of stories to fabricate that makes them feel good. I must give them the credit for being good fictional writes but what I do not understand is why engage in drug peddling instead of spending time to publish their fictions in book forms so that people like us can buy from them. OK quick money which they call EGO MBUTE!

Livingstone Wechie whom I know personally, can not write and did not write this trash. For the avoidance of doubt, see the comment below by livingstone Wechie that was carried by various news outlets, in response to Asari Dokubo's formation of Biafra Customary Government (BCG just some few weeks ago:

My advice to munmun Igboid and his co travelers: Stop fooling yourselves and accept reality, even if reluctantly. Using a different moniker to write nonsense and then start commenting with other monikers will not change anything.

Ikwerre is not Igbo and will not be Igbo.

Ikwerre blasts Asari for forming Biafra group

Ikwerre People’s Congress (IPC) has condemned Mujahid Asari-Dokubo for announcing the formation of Biafra Customary Government (BCG), which encompasses South East and South South regions.

The group described the BCG formation as a fiction movie.



Convener of IPC, Livingstone Wechie, in a statement in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday, said Asari’s antecedents were fraught with inconsistencies.

Wechie said Asari lacked the power and permission to speak for Ikwerre people or solely for the Niger Delta people.

“IPC attention has been drawn to a certain report wherein Asari-Dokubo purportedly proclaimed himself as the leader of a group he christened ‘Biafra’ and has allegedly co-opted the entire Niger Delta, including Ikwerre land into his imaginary map.



“Ordinarily, we are compelled to address and react to this vexatious report not minding the fact that the antecedents of Asari-Dokubo is fraught with inconsistencies. This is for record purposes, so that the unsuspecting public is not misled by this fiction movie.

“Whereas IPC and, in deed, Niger Deltans and the entire Lower Niger Belt respect individual rights, including Asari’s freedom of expression and association. These rights have their fundamental limitations and implications and apply to Asari.

“For the records, Ikwerre is an independent ethnic nation in Nigeria with a global spread and are not subservient to any other ethnic block whatsoever and under any guise.

“Therefore, IPC, in its right along with other credible sociocultural organisations in Ikwerre nation, are the only bodies with the legitimate authority to make representations and speak on behalf of the Ikwerre nation and its people on issues that affect our interest.

“On this note, we state categorically that although Asari’s fore-bearers owe their ancestry to Ikwerre nation, and whereas, Asari is a Niger Delta son with his fundamental rights to his identity and affinities, he does not have the right, authority, permission and or legitimacy to speak on behalf of the Ikwerre nation or to speak solely for the Niger Delta under any guise either by himself or through his cronies or agents.

“No doubt, we have disputation and aspirations in pursuit of the respect and demand for self-determination over our lands and resources, including political rights as a people in the Lower Niger and the Niger Delta, in particular, which aspirations we share with our neighbours and ethnic counterparts.”

Wechie said no position, negotiation or consultations would be made over the Ikwerre nation without their voluntary consent and mandate.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/ikwerre-blasts-asari-for-forming-biafra-group-2/

Of course I knew that Wechie is a typical Igbophobic Ikwerre man who becomes Igbo at will and reverts back to his Igbophobic default settings when convenient. He and other Ikwerres count on the emotional stupidity of many lost Igbos to remain in business.
Amaechi Rotimi is currently playing that same game and Wechie is a well known Amaechi stooge. The purpose of that his post is to get retarded Igbos jumping like monkeys again and before long, they would stupidity queue up and hand Amaechi Igbo support when he needs them, just before Amaechi reverts back to his Igbophobic default settings of all Ikwerre people.
Many of us know you sick games already.

Nevertheless, the post shared on this OP thread was made by Wechie Livingston.
It's still on his wall.
Below is the link and I attached a screenshot too.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1276485236082414&id=100011628497729&ref=m_notif&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic_tagged

If only Ndiigbo would grow a brain and understand the game you Igbophobic Igboids are playing, we would be better for it.

BKayy:
As a proud Nwa afọ Igbo, all I have to say is Ikwerre is not Igbo

Full stop.
How hard can that be to see?

Fejoku:
I know what angle you are coming from.
Are you saying the writer of that article is wrong?

The writer is an Amaechi agent.
They are all scammers Working hard for Igbo votes, by counting on weak and emotional mentality of many Igbos towards such issues.

We should be strong enough and slam the door hard and harsh on the face of those Bini tricksters.
Stop falling for their manipulations for crying out loud. They become emergency Igbos when they need Igbo votes or support and revert back to their default Igbophobic settings once they feel they no longer need Igbo votes.
Look at Wike. Not long ago he was claiming to be reincarnation of Ojukwu, just to press the emotional buttons of gullible Igbos, today he is showing his true Ikwerre colors.

If the writer has an issue with his non Igbo tag, he should be writing to Ogbako Ikwerre, and not on social media.
Mind you, his(the writer) principal, Amaechi Rotimi, is a high ranking member of Ogbako Ikwerre, and he has not for one day questioned Ogbakor Ikwerre non Igbo stance on issues.
Cunny man die, cunny man bury am.

Ikwerre is not Igbo . Ara agbakwana unu o!
Amaechi is looking for who to scam and it's a pity some Igbos are falling for it.

As for Olisa/Olise/Orisa/Orise names.
It doesn't belong to Binis. It's one of those words we share in common when we were members of same group now called YEAII (Yoruba, Edo, Akoko,Igbo,Igala) in the past.
Each of us took the name from that common YEAII language that is now extinct.

The name is used in parts of Imo and Anambra that has nothing to do with Bini and that never had any thing to do with Bini.

Concerning the Ikwerres, you IPOBS should let them be, they are not that important. If they say they don't want to be Igbo, it's their right and choice, let them be for crying out loud.

Ikwerre is not Igbo, any dubious Ikwerre man claiming Igbo is an impostor and it's the duty of bonafide Igbos to disgrace such a person and not shelter them in our gathering. Water and oil should not mix.

Amaechi is Igbo today because he reckons he might need Igbo votes in his future federal positions search. Once that is secured,he stops being Igbo. I don't know why Ndiigbo would deliberately allow ourselves to be pawns in these lots trickery and treachery.

Ike agwubeghi unu? Emelu unu ya eme?

EdoDefence:
You must be an ozuo for this rubbish, if I start to list experiences I have gotten from Ibos, Yorubas etc, this thread will head no where.

I have been warned to stay away from Yoruba people by ibos

I have been warned to stay away from Ibos by Yorubas

Does that mean all of them are bad? No

You should check if you're not the one offending them, especially if you try to change or rewrite our culture that's the fastest way to see our bad side

Please leave Ndiigbo out of your wahala.

LordVoldermort:
No one is forcing unity on anybody it is honesty I'm trying to force

"Secessionists are not looking for their own countries because they are under the illusion that it would be an eldorado"
This line is false it's hard to listen to secessionists without hearing words like "promise Land", "land of milk and honey" so yes they do believe it's an eldorado
"there is nothing that compares to the feeling of being completely in control of one's destiny"

Are the people in South Sudan in control of their own destinies? Just because you feel free doesn't mean you are, most times you simply removed the old chains and got a new one

As bad as things are in South Sudan.
They will kill you if you suggest remerging them with Khartoum Sudan.
What does that tell you?
Yes! They are in control of their own destinies. They are just not making use of it. We know for sure Khartoum has no influence over South Sudan anymore, that in itself is a victory for The people.

There is no milk and honey greater than freedom and liberty, that's what every secessionist crave for. Milk and honey means different things for different people. It means freedom and liberty, having a nation they could finally call theirs. That in itself is a fufillmemt.

And by the way, the secessionist didn't ask you to care about their welfare after they must have left your sorry ass, they would rather you concentrate on yourself and let them be. Ethiopia remain a Richer country than Eritrea, but Eritreans want nothing to do with Addis Ababa.

LordVoldermort:
Nice...

"Independence without difficulties is a dream of utopia"

Unfortunately all the pro secessionists won't tell this message to their followers and prefer to make stupid promises

Not even one single former Yugoslavia countries, despite their difficulties want to be remerged with Serbia.
Eritrea despite her struggles would never accept to go back to being part of Ethiopia.

South Sudan has had a rocky start to nationhood, but they would never accept to go back again to Sudan.
No former USSR country no matter how they struggle would want to go back again to being part of Russia.

Secessionists are not looking for their own countries because they are under the illusion that it would be an eldorado, they want their own countries because there is nothing that compares to the feeling of being completely in control of one's destiny, irrespective of what one made of such control. Just knowing it's your own making to mould it into anything you like, be it failure or success, is invigorating.
Think about that and stop forcing unity on those who want nothing to do with you.

Simplyleo:
Yes, he was a coward.

But every word in this life is relative.

Compared to the bald headed bearded coward below, Awolowo is actually bravery personified.

Ever heard he chickened out in olosho dress?

The region under Awolowo's administration is now a host to some lost sheep from Israel.

The highest form of cowardice is to run away from one's life and its challenges by taking the easy route of suicide.

Aufbauh:
Even the knowledgeable Ojukwu knows that Biafra without Rivers state is a hoax.
Their tactics of attacking Rivers state will be counterproductive.

Nnamdi Kanu & his disgruntled followers are not strategic at all they're just flowing. Even if the country divide tomorrow, their antagostic approach will create an unfriendly neighborhood for them.

If having Rivers State is the factor to determine viability, how come Nigeria has Rivers State and has been a failed state for it's 61yrs of miserable independent existence?

Are you sure you are alright?

Slurity:
check your records, Obasanjo lost in igbo land both first and second term, Buhari lost in igbo land both first and second term. You only voted for Yaradua because of Jonathan and that Jonathan that is your side jaw is the only president that IGBO people has ever supported to power. Every other person that is not from south has never been supported by igbo and win.

You are not making sense.
OBJ won convincingly in SE in 1999 and 2003.
Buhari we rejected because we always Knew that he was an unmitigated disaster waiting to happen and events so far have proven us right.
We didn't vote Yaradua because of GEJ.GEJ was unknown entity then.
We supported Atiku in the last election too.

“Though we learnt that security personnel have moved into community to forestall further attacks,” he said

Nah. The security personnel were not sent there to forestall any further attacks. The Fulani herdsmen are cowards who attack and flee their crime scene. The Nigerian security personnel were sent there strictly to stop the affected Benue community from launching retaliatory attack against the marauding herdsmen.
That's the purpose of the deployment of Nigerian security personnel there.
Nothing more and nothing less. That's the modus operandi they used to conquer Kaduna South and Plateau minorities.

ahiboilandgas:
they loose their parent death gratutity and 10m naira live insurance. Unlike ESN.if they death they die sara for kanu.

Those in IPOB already signed their death sentence.
They have overcome the fear of death and see themselves as matrys to a noble cause.

The Nigerian Army and police on the other hand are mostly commoners who joined those bodies because of high unemployment rate in the country.
They surely don't wish to die for Nigeria.