₦airaland Forum

Iegendhero:
As usual, igbos will always deny every source except theirs.

It’s not a surprise and I never provided that reference because of you. I did this for other folks from other ethnic group that is willing to learn.

Convincing any Igbo man to agree to a truth is like poring water inside a basket; an exercise in futility. I rather convince my dog instead coz it take little time to do that.

What is the truth in a shady report?
Some minority men were whisked away by Biafran troops he claimed. And a rational mind is forced to ask the following questions: So what are their names? Tell us their village names, surnames, etc , tell us Biafran units and commanders involved, these people cannot be ghosts.
Look at Isheagu Massacre. We know the names of the victims and their villages and even families, we know the Nigerian commander and unit involved.
You can see the story can be verified.

Compare it to the trash you posted where everything is kept at general terms, no specificity, only hearsays, to avoid being exposed.

Iegendhero:
Read this from How 32:
https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=jora

The Forgotten Victims: Ethnic Minorities in the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970
Arua Oko Omaka
McMaster University, omakaao@mcmaster.ca

I have read that concocted lies years ago.
Every thing there is shoddy and veiled.
No Biafran commander mentioned, no name of so called commanding unit, no list of names of victims to avoid verification and exposure of his lies.

Iegendhero:
Ojukwu really bleeped up by using his people as a shield for a war he isn’t that prepared for.

Propaganda can only last for a while, you can’t win a war based on propaganda because reality is different from fantasies.


There are cases where the Biafran army massacred some south-south minorities during the war too so I think this is a case of the devil with the strongest kill power.

This should be a lesson to this generation, before you commit to a full blown war, be prepared with the necessary alliance so you won’t sent your people in their millions to Hades due to hasty decisions.

We have always heard this from history revisionists from those ends.
They have written books about it. But when we ask them to mention the Biafran unit and commanders involved in the concocted stories and the names of the so called victims, they all run blank.

It's all part of Nigerian government propaganda to justify the genocide they carried out in Igboland.

owobokiri:
Anybody who actively blames Ironsi for the demise of regionalism needs to have his head checked for tumor..
A man muted an idea, you refused it. He goes touring the whole country to sell this idea, you killed him in the most beastial way possible while he was on it..
Your anger? He suggested regionalism!
Then half a century later, out from the depths of mischief, you are still proudly accusing a man who died while there were Premiers for the whole 4 regions as being responsible for eliminating regionalism!
Are you trying to say that he did so while he was dead?
These accusations from resident revisionists would have been laughable if they weren't so patently stoopid!

Nigeria is a country built on falsehoods and half-truths mostly against Ndiigbo.
Its very foundation was laid on Igbophobia which is really the only thing that Unites them all beyond football.

Once an idea or agenda is Igbophobic, the rest of Nigeria would swallow it hook line and sinker, irrespective of how stupid it sounds.

The very idea that Ironsi dissolved the regions is a very ridiculous one when you realize that all the four regional military governors were all on throne months after Ironsi died and were present in Aburi where they represented their regions.

It's one of those things you have come to see in Nigeria. Like people ganging up against GEJ because he was fair to Igbos. And then they all elected to support Buhari, a failed military dictator, just to show Igbos "Shege".
And you hear the sounds of their schadefreude weeks after Buhari emergence, like they thought they were really hurting Igbos, not knowing they were hurting themselves.


The good thing about the truth is that it would always stand the test of time. Ndiigbo say "Oji Offor ga-ana".
Events of today have vindicated Ndiigbo position on Buhari in 2007, 2003, 2015 and 2019.

One day, we when we must have established Biafra, we would revisit the events of 1966-70 as an independent country, and bring justice to bear.

Nigerian government murdered a whole King and his cabinet who possessed no gun.
And you expect descendants of these people to embrace your Nigeria?

Hmm!

And the funny thing is that what happened in Isheagu repeated itself in almost all Igbo towns on various scales.
Many towns are still in shock to come fort with their own stories. And these are not hearsay concocted stories as you can see that the names of the victims were well compiled and documented.

Juliusmalema:
You sabi copy anything copyable and rushing to Nairaland to post.


I read this earlier today..

Sometimes I don't always understand the rationale of people rushing to always post every single thing here.

Maybe because of the useless back and forth argument and the urge to prove and prove...Lol

I see.

What are you blabbing about?
If you don't have anything to say about the topic, hit the door mehn.

To the blessed memory of all ISHEAGU Indigenes (Anioma) slain by the Nigerian Army on 2ND MAY 1968.

ISHEAGU MASSACRE

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

Isheagu is a town whose origin is traceable to the Eastern part of the contraption called Nigeria. It consists of 7 districts (quarters) namely: Ogbetiti, Ogbeonishe, Umueze, Umuoma, Umuonichi, Isikiti and Onuiyi. It is a town with a growing population that runs into thousands. Isheagu is an Igbo speaking community, situated amongst hundreds of predominantly Igbo Biafran Indigenous ethnic nationality in the present day Delta State called "Delta Igbos" or better still, the "Aniomas". It is an integral part of Enuani clan in Aniocha-South Local Government Area, with Headquarters at Ogwashi-Uku. It is a community naturally endowed with sprawling portions of arable land, untapped crude oil deposits and other viable economic resources. It has various large fresh rivers running across it's territories with diverse kinds of fish and animal habitats. Major occupations include agricultural activities like fish farming, cultivation/production of cassava, yam, garri processing, hunting, etc. Isheagu has a retinue of reputable intellectuals who are greatly doing exploits in their various fields of endeavors across the world. The indigenes of Isheagu are exceptionally outstanding in hospitality, peacefully co-existing with non-indigenes and very blatantly abhor all traces of injustice and oppression. Prior to the Biafra/Nigeria civil war between 1967-1970, Isheagu used to be a beehive of activities socially, economically and politically.

THE MASSACRE:

On 2nd of May 1968, Isheagu was murderously invaded by a contingent of the Hausa-Fulani cum Yoruba ethnic dominated Nigerian army, led by a young commissioned officer in the rank of a Lieutenant-Colonel, late Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, from the present day Edo State. He later became the first military governor of the old Mid-Western region in 1973 which transformed into Bendel from where Delta and Edo States of today were created. Late Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia retired as a Brigadier-General of the murderous Nigerian army. He led a detachment of the Nigerian troops from Asaba to Isheagu on what was termed "definitive intelligence report", linking Isheagu people as saboteurs. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia and his army of vampires stormed a once peaceful and bubbling town at about 8:00pm on a commando-style invasion. They clinically rounded up His Royal Highness- late King Agbogidi Obi John Onyema I, all his Chiefs-in-Council and summarily got them executed. It was a gruesome war carried out by the Nigerian government under the arch-genocidist, General Yakubu Gowon against a relatively innocent people of Isheagu. Other indigenes especially men were picked up and killed. The sin of the community against the military government of Yakubu Gowon, was the safe haven granted the Biafran soldiers who they termed as enemies. The reckless killings continued from dawn of 3rd of May same year 1968, being Afor day, a major market day in Isheagu. The rampaging Nigerian troops shot sporadically at every moving object which claimed the lives of quite a number of the indigenes including women and children who were cut down in the cross-fire. Over 500 Isheagu citizens were gruesomely murdered, with men as predominant victims.

Amongst the 7 districts (quarters) that made up Isheagu community, only 3 namely: Umuonichi, Isikiti and Onuiyi, were not directly affected due to Riiver Iyete that separates them from the other 4 districts of Ogbetiti, Ogbeonishe, Umueze and Umuoma which were directly wrecked. The invading Nigerian army were scared crossing the river to get to their other targets.

Killed along with the king of Isheagu town, HRH late King Agbogidi Obi John Onyema I, were all the Chiefs-in-Council (Palace Chiefs) which included:
1) Chief Adianeze
2) Chief Dominic Oshagwu
3) Chief Jacob Nteh
4) Chief Nwabuokei
5) Chief Obuzor Odogwu
6) Chief Thomas Enudigwe
7) Chief Andrew Nwabudike
� Chief Thomas Ojogwu
9) Chief Okonta Nzeagwu
10) Chief Obuzor Nwadei
11) Chief Joseph Onyeanalim
12) Chief Okwuokwu Ogobueze

Survivors of this genocide, managed to escape into nearby forests, farmlands, across the rivers and few neighbouring communities. Some women and children were forcefully taken as refugees to Ogwashi-Uku by the Nigerian soldiers. When the vampires discovered that the town has been deserted, they resorted to destroying and razing down buildings. The ever bustling town of Isheagu was thereby mercilessly reduced to a ghost community.

Disheartening among all these, was the brazen acts of sabotage by some assumed friends in the neighbouring communities where some Isheagu victims sought refuge. On very insignificant misunderstandings as is common amongst mortals, the Nigerian soldiers still stationed in the "conquered town of Isheagu", would be alerted. They would get down to the spot, pick up the "male refugees" involved with their trucks to the deserted Isheagu central square at daylights and got them summarily executed in cold blood by having their throats slashed open. It was really a horrifying experience for Isheagu people.

As survivors started finding their ways back from their hideouts at the end of the civil war, they were confronted with the daunting, sorrowful and traumatic tasks of burying the remains of their loved ones. Mass graves were variously dug at different locations for burials. Debris of destroyed buildings were cleared. Scarce quantities of relief materials like machetes and roofing zincs were sent to a whole community. Lots of financial savings were lost as nothing was done in that regard to assuage the sufferings of the people. They were left to their fate for survival. Mud houses were erected by a few to accommodate returnee families through self efforts. The massively uncleared military explosives left behind by the Nigerian soldiers after the war, claimed additional casualties among returnee survivors.

Our neighbouring communities on their own parts, never showed concern for the excruciating plights Isheagu people suffered but instead cruelly and selfishly resorted to using the unfortunate opportunities occasioned by the sacking of the whole community to encroach into Isheagu lands. This has in no small measures created a near endemic inter-communal strifes prevalent in the area till date, between Isheagu and her neighbors.

It is noteworthy to state at this juncture, that since the end of the civil war in 1970, there has not been any commensurate government presence in Isheagu given as a compensation except for a General Hospital that was built in the 70s. This is a town where over 500 innocent souls were gruesomely killed by the Nigerian army under the watch of an arch-genocidist, Yakubu Gowon and his cohorts.

Isheagu people have been unjustly murdered by Nigeria and left to lick their wounds for decades of years. This painful experience will forever remain indelible in the psych of both the present and upcoming generations of Isheagu indigenes.

Narrated by:
Okonji Chiadika Sunday

Written/Compiled by:
Peter Ikechukwuka Oshagwu

He actually became rich because he denied himself of so many luxuries he could live without, to save up money and invest.

Why tile the floor if you are comfortable living in an untiled floor house and hence save the money? Why use gas cooker if you can save the money by using charcoal stove?
Why buy expensive "palms" if a simple one can cost you less and still do the function of protecting your soles from harsh ground?

Why spend on many good expensive clothes if few cheap clothes can still cover your body and help you stay warm? Why spend on expensive phone brands when all you need in a phone is just to make phone call and maybe take few photos and browse the internet?

Financial prudence and denial of oneself of unnecessary luxuries that eat away your savings and ability to take advantage of investment opportunities, is what many youths of these days lack and why many will not succeed in breaking the poverty trap.

RuudVanNisteroy:
I don't know why you are bringing tribe into the picture. When we need someone urgently that can rescue the inhabitants of the sinking ship in 2023.

Tribe is important.
Because every tribe have capable hands.
You can't be trying to produce another president as a Yoruba person after OBJ 8yrs tenure on the altar of tribe does not matter.
Nigeria is not a nation, it's a multi national country.
Every nation (region) within the country MUST produce a president,if there is to be sense of justice.
If not, nah Biafra go sure pass.

If for example you were projecting an Ika man like Jim Ovia for presidency, you will not get Igbo support, because we would rightly argue that Ika is not Igbo and that the Minorities under GEJ already had their turn.

Well, His younger brother Enudi Elumelu is a member of the house of representative, and he is a very proud Igbo man.
Has not for one day denied his Igbo identity and has always worn the Igbo tag like a badge of honor it is.

So Yes! The Elumelus if interested will certainly have the support of those of us from SE. They are good to go.

IGBOSON1:
Of course it’s not that they can’t envision a ‘one Nigeria’ (their ATM) continuing without the much despised Igbos....it’s just that they’re overflowing with feelings of love, trust and care towards us!

Haha!

FreeIgbos:
Hahaha, this dude is becoming increasingly paranoid as the signs of Nigeria's breakup become very clear. Just look at the rubbish he wrote here and I wonder who he thinks he can decieve with this trash. Now, let me enlighten you as I counter each ridiculous point you made

1. Igbos are not just all over Nigeria, we are all over the world. Now, what will happen when Nigeria eventually breaks up is that many will return home while those that can't cope with the competition in the East will find themselves moving to other African countries. And boy, are Igbos capable of overcoming the initial challenge? Yes! Even in 1966 when there were relatively more Igbos in the North percentage wise, we would have been able to easily absorb them if not for the blockade. Are you saying there are up to 20 million Igbos in the North? That's obviously not true except you mean we constitute 20% of your total population. Again, when you say North, you are lumping together the middle belt which is quite funny because the middle belt states like Benue, Plateau, and Taraba would rather chase you fulani terrorists away than chase Igbo developers away

How to educate, feed, house or employ them? Don't worry. Definitely more schools would be built to accommodate them. More demand will equal to more supply and you can't argue we don't have enough money bags to invest in education. People like that man that built a private university in Kaduna only for his students to be kidnapped will gladly build them in Biafra under a conducive environment! Same applies to housing. Even though slums may start appearing in our cities in the interim, but I will bet you that the demand for housing will lead to a construction boom! Millions of our diaspora population and rich people in Igboland will gladly build more houses! About food, is Nigeria feeding Igbos for free? Don't we buy the food with our money? Or you think we will starve if you don't bring some of the food we buy from North? We will simply buy elsewhere and you guys in the North will sink deeper into poverty since your food will perish with no buyers

Did you say we rely on Abuja for allocations and we won't have oil money? You're ignorant! There are enough oil and gas deposits in Igboland to give us far more revenue than the peanuts we get from FG. Mind you, all the hydrocarbon deposits in Igboland within SE and SS will now be under the government even though the provinces or states will be in control and pay tax to the government. Again, are you aware that remmitances is already rivaling proceeds from crude oil exports? Which people constitute the bulk of the diaspora population? Is it not Igbos?

Did you say Igbo industrialists depend on Nigeria market? You forgot that once Nigeria breaks up the market also breaks up and we will experience more influx of people. You forgot you already claimed 20 million Igbos will return? That's the market! So, while you lose your market share, ours will book! However, don't forget that ECOWAS and now Aftcta has removed all barriers to inter-African trade. This means that we can still produce in Aba, Onitsha or Nnewi and still sell in Cameroun, Ghana, Senegal and even in YOUR AREWA

In summary, a break up of Nigeria will never lead to the extinction of Igbos, rather on the contrary, it will make us to blossom and soar to high heavens above the mediocrity Nigeria entrenches.

Don't cry for us my brother, instead cry for your Arewa that will definitely be the world's worst country in many indices

Excellent reply.

Lol!
If Igbos support Mbaka, the chants becomes that they are too tribalistic

If they refuse to support him, the shout would be that they have no unity, they are fighting each other.

Ndiigbo cannot please Nigerians, not that we care about pleasing Nigerians.

Personally on Mbaka issue with APC, I don't really support or am I against him.
I'm just on the fence.

NwaAro:
You must have a natural gravity for regurgitating garbage and tripes, but let me indulge you this one last bit of attention before I get rid of you like the disposable irritant that you are. It should suffice you to know by now that the average Igbo man doesn't give a flying fu*k about Buhari, Yaribas or even Nigeria at large. Whether or not PDP hands the presidential ticket to an Igbo man is inconsequential at this point cause Nigeria is at its worst form of national sustainability and might implode soon. But I can play any ace cards right now and confidently state that an Igbo man has a better chance of becoming president than a Yoruba come 2023, if you're hoping on Tinubu to somehow become president, then you might as well book your comedic stand up stint in advance cause it sure ain't happening . Once Buhari leaves in 2023, that race becomes open and fair game to anyone including the North who will likely present a Northern candidate in APC (or a South South/ North Central) candidate before they even consider a Yoruba candidate.

Lastly Buhari didn't demystify Igbos you ninny, if anything he proved Igbos right as to why he's an absolute disaster brought upon Nigerians as unfolding events have proved. So Buhari is the perfect reflection as to why Nigerians- if they are smart, shouldn't hinge their political hopes on anything relating to Yaribanzas, cause you guys are just good at making wrong political decisions at every turn and history will repeat itself again.

Well said.

Rosskiiku:
So what are millions of Igbos still doing in Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan, Jos, Sokoto, Minna, Port Harcourt, Maiduguri, Warri, Benin etc?

Why haven't they voted with their feet, and headed down to the East?

You hate Nigerians so much, so why do you have to wait for announcement that Nigeria has split before taking your backsides back to your landlocked tribal homeland?

BLASTED IDIOT WITH BIG MOUTH, DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HIS FAT MOUTH IS SHOUTING.

Lol!
What about Igbos in Ghana, USA,Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, etc?
Should we join those countries to Nigeria too because Igbos are there?
You are irrational.

So to prove Igbos are Nigerians now, Igbos have to leave all countries outside Nigeria and come back to Nigeria?

Do you not see that you are not reasoning like a human being.

When people live in a place or foreign land, they are there to Making a living, pursue a career or business, and not because they want that place to be United with their homeland in an unworkable union.

Grow up. When some one say they don't want to be with you, it doesn't mean they hate you. It just means they don't consider you compatible with them. Same is applicable between Ndiigbo and Nigeria.

Rosskiiku:
That you got 350 likes (so far) for your comment shows how deeply sick-minded many of you Igbo separatists are.

Your region is crumbling before your eyes into chaos, but you're liking a comment that says, ''Yes. No problem!''.

Sick people.

You're cursed to be blind and thoughtless.

Your pain is palpable.
I can feel it here.
Cry more. We don't want to share a country with you lots, let that sink in and stop forcing it.
You can keep the Minorities if they sign up to stay with you.
But you see Igboland? We left Nigeria in spirit since 1967, and will definitely leave it one day in real life.

ygowon:
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Ungun known men

gwafaeziokwu:


Igalas that northern Igbos sold as slaves are the ones being touted to have conquered and colonised Igbo land.


Below is pure history as reported by a white voyager who got the first hand information from the Igbo king that led the war. He also had the privilege of interviewing Igala prisoners of war who are ready to be sold as slaves.

Good one dear.

One thing about Ndiigbo is that we never went on expansionist wars against our minority neighbors.
It's usually the other way round. Except in case of Arochukwu which was a joint effort between Igbos, Akpa and few Ibibios loyal to Igbo .

Let's talk about food and drinks.

1.Nri= food
2.Ihe oñuñu( the ñ sound is a perculiar one)= drinks.
3. Mmanya= Wine
4. Ofe= Soup
5. Ihe olilo= swallow( this covers all the likes of Garri, semovita, etc)
6. Mmiri= water
7.Mkpuru Osisi= Fruits
8. Akwukwo Nri= Vegetables
9. Mmanu= Oil
9. Anu=Meat
10. Oka= Maize
11. Ite = Pot
12. Nku= Firewood
13. Isi Nri = To cook
14. Iñu Mmiri= To drink water
15. Iri Nri= To eat food
16. Ji= Yam
17. Azu = Fish
18. Ose= Pepper
19. Oku= Fire
20. Ede = Cocoyam

naa gbo = good bye.

But in literal translation it means, come back early.

Naa= go back
Gboo= Early

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D840XWjnt9wc&ved=2ahUKEwji0Zvn4KbwAhVPz4UKHddgBOwQwqsBegQIBRAE&usg=AOvVaw3vyEV7vaiux9W9EHj6Ppib

Compare him with an Igbo boy in same debate few years later.

Well,the last Ogba man who identified as Igbo is late.
His name was Ogbuehi Francis Ellah, the Ezeogba of Ogbaland.
He was the last Ogba man who proudly identified as Igbo post civil war, as identity crisis fueled by Nigerian crude oil politics engulfed Ogbaland. Francis Ella was a king in Ogbaland but because he refused to denounce his Igbo allegiance and toe the Identity Crisis that trouble Igboid clans, he became an enemy to many of his people who bought the Igbophobic Agenda of FG post civil war.


What is also true today is that the average Ogba man is rabidly Igbophobic, even more than the Ikwerre man.
It is also true that they also have the irrational Bini origin story which they have taken to madness level when Nnamobi Chukwumela the recently late Eze Ogba changed his title to Oba of Ogba.

I would advise any Igbo person to stay clear of Ogba issues.
Those people are Igbophobic and not worth your tears or time. They are not one of us, if you understand what I mean.

We have three Igbo clans in Rivers State. Two (Ndoki and Asa) are found in Oyigbo LGA , while 1(Egbema) are found in ONELGA.

You can read about Ogbuehi Francis Ellah here:https://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2008/apr/282.html

I bet the Ellah family in Ogba are still pro Igbo, but times have changed and they have to keep a low profile in an increasingly Igbophobic Ogbaland.

PHijo:
How that one take concern you?

Lol!
Are you done claiming Ndoki people?
Because you know that's the only way you can claim Obiigbo.

PHijo:
Oyigbo as an LGA today has indigenous Ijaw and Ogoni people. On the specifics on which people had which part of Oyigbo I wouldn't delve into it.

Igbo people coming enmass to Oyigbo is less than 15 years.

Where in Oyigbo are these indigenous Ogoni and Ijaws located?

That bird might have babies or eggs somewhere. The survival of her eggs or babies depends on her. And here you are keeping it in captivity.

Please release the poor thing.

naptu2:
They have had night matches there in the past. However, there are a lot of things that go into hosting a match. Is it the best time for the fans? What about issues of security (of both fans and participants) and electricity? Besides, people had previously complained about the floodlights at the stadium and new floodlights were added when the stadium was renovated between 2017 and 2019.

They need to add more floodlights.
The stadium was not well lit during the match.
More floodlights are obviously needed.

Good thread.

superjab247:
So America that always soften the ground with airstrikes to make the job easier for their soldiers on ground no get sense Abi?

So you expect Nigerian Army to soften the ground in a civilian neighborhood to capture ESN members?
Some of you think this is 1967-70 where you dropped bombs anyhow in Igbo villages killing Innocents and went scot free.

The blood you taste for will reach your end too.

Elidrisy20:
I come in peace & I meant peace for all humanity

Peace will reign when people let others be and stop forcing unity on them.
That's how peace will be entrenched and reign.

Allah if a good God like Chukwu, should support this, and not support violent aggressors forcing unity on others.