₦airaland Forum

adeseni:
As much as I am amongst those that have criticised the Goodluck Jonathan administration forcefully, objectively and vigorously over some of their policies in the last few months let me make two things clear. Firstly my criticisms are borne out of my concern for our country and nothing else. I have nothing against Mr. President personally other than the fact that by not getting it right he is playing into the hands of the ”born to rule” northern cabal who believe that he does not have a right to be President simply because he is an Ijaw man. This cabal believes that no southerner should have the right to rule in peace without being told what to do or being teleguided or controlled by them.

They have sworn to make the country ungovernable for Jonathan and we are now seeing the results of that threat. For the record let me just warn these ethnic supremacists that they must not misconstrue the position that some of us have taken when it comes to this government and it’s policies as an endorsement of their deeply conspiratorial and despicable ethnic agenda. I should also add that Jonathan must not die under any mysterious circumstances. If this were to happen there would be no Nigeria left afterwards. This is because we that are from the south, together with our compatriots from the Middle Belt will rise up, join hands together and resist the Phillistines, the Amalekites and the usurpers in our midst to the last man.

psalmizt:
Who eva thought Amnesty to the ND militants worked simply can't differentiate his left from his right.[b] Development is still lacking in the Niger Delta while some group of armed bandits (Armed by some in the govt anyway) that decided to put away their weapons are busy building houses or owning houses in Abuja, are frolicking half way around the in the Name of Presidential Amnesty,  Oh Nigeria, Oh Nigeria, Oh Nigeria, How I weep for thee,  Just like the NLC tapped into the general anger of the people to launch one of the greatest protest in the history of the country, the Militants  took advantage of the disenchantment of the people of the Niger Delta to set themselves on the springboard of success,  One big question that remains on my lips even as i write this is, Has the situation of that man in the nembe creeks gotten any better since the introduction of AMNESTY, or has the young girl in Gbamaratu kingdom gotten any hope of drinking clean water just by turning on a tap or even the woman in Ogoni having hope that her cassava yields will now be better,  For anyone that wants to equate the enrichment of the Militant to that having a better living condition in the Niger Delta; Better rethink[/b],  The pain in the street is still there and that is why people rejoiced when Syla of Bayelsa was removed by the Supreme Court Judges,  The people are pained and need leaders that will coordinate their collective struggle, not opportunists like the Labour congress or some militants,  It is only a matter of time, remember the French Revolution, am sure they had no direct leader then, the 99% will rise up against the 1% and by then, History will only have one more story to tell,

PointB:
The intention of this poster is to rouse ethnic sentiment. It's good to know that no one is falling for this childish prank!

And Gbawe keep descending into the abyss of bigotry! A pit of no return!

kpogede77:
What will make it easier is the fact that they will have to fight the west,middle belt, the east before they get to ND.
THIS IS 2012 NOT 1966

manchy7531:
the north and southwest are the problems of Nigeria.cut them out of Nigeria and Nigeria will see peace

bashr8:
Mischief so what was biafras mission in your so called Yoruba invasion? Capture yorubas? Meanwhile the so called biafrans soldiers in Midwest were of Midwest origin and headed by a Yoruba man,  we can do this over and over again.

Sam_Ikenna:
jason123 wrote - Please, no need for insults . . .
According to him, "we are far too deep into the geographical expression to leave now".

I applaud your openness but my question is what changed after 6 yrs of independence that made all of us "far too deep" into the geographical expression?

jason123, there is something I came to accept at some point in my life and that is - all our founding fathers were not saints, they had one ulterior motive or the other but somehow they know how to whip their people into their political line. They loved their people for sure but they also played their people because deep down they were all politicians.

Sam_Ikenna:
@jason123, I understand your analysis but the big elephant in the room is that even after all others established that "IGBO IS ENEMY" why did they fight to keep "ENEMY IGBO" back to Nigeria? We can shout, yell or twist this but its almost impossible to wriggle out of it.

Listen, I dont hate Yoruba, Hausa-Fulani, or Awo for their actions. I know there was a serious hidden interest  in all of this and dont count out the fact that Awo and Gowon may have been brainwashed by Britain. I know it sounds crazy for people to think Awo could be possibly brainwashed by Brits he hated so much (but believe me, its a possibility). Anyway, like I said, I dont hate them because of their actions but I will never respect their actions because its self-defeating. You dont like someone then let him go, its just that simple. And dont 4get we had a crystal clear reason for wanting out, if you think I'm wrong why do people, especially southerners, want out now? 42 yrs after the war we are back to square one, why?

bashr8:
Igbos have always been open and truthful about nigerin situation, others either live in denial or are just waking up, this confirms that tribalism didn't start today,if these people really had a problem with igbos dominating everything why didn't they just turn a blind eye during biafras seccession we were actually doing them a favour and ending their misery and nightmares.

Nchara:
Awo did not want one Nigeria yet he fought with the worst weapon (starvation) to keep Nigeria one. Are you okay in the brain?

At what point did he change his mind?

Nchara:
In addition to Zik, what did Awo, Gowon, the Sarduana, Obasanjo, etc see in a united Nigeria?

Obiagu1:
You're seeing the result of a referendum and you're talking about a website. Furnish me with a different midwest referendum result if Beaf's own is not correct. The result is what it is and you're seeing it right there.

Asaba, western Ijaw, and an Itsekiri faction all opposed creation of the Midwest. When Benin and Warri delegates in favor of creation of the Midwest region attempted to raise the issue at the Western regional conference on Constitutional reform that year, they were prevented from doing so.

http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/barticles/benin_and_the_midwest_referendum.htm

Obiagu1:
Beaf's chart is correct. Itsekiris voted under Warri and they did not oppose the creation of Midwestern State.