₦airaland Forum

GeneralDitari:
So you mean that we should change slave masters shey?

We are for Ijaw Republic take it or die.

Change slave masters or not ijaw has only one state which is the smallest state in Nigeria by population with just 8 local government every other state in Nigeria has many local government which they receive federal allocation from oil revenue from your communities, we the igbos have 5 states with hundreds of local government receiving the federal allocation, so change slave masters or not we are benefiting

lolu2019:
Oga,i have not been to Dubai before.but the Ibeno dat I know I am cool with it.only that they need more infrastructures.

They lack infrastructure simple

lolu2019:
that is the fault of their leaders not federal government. Ibeno is also an oil community, they are doing fine.

Can ibeno be compared to communities in Dubai or Saudi Arabia or Russia who are oil communities too? They are doing fine on what level exactly?

compton11:
Come and see how bia niggas will claim the place as their territory

Claim or no claim Nigeria owns the territory and revenue from that place is shared to everyone in the federation including bia, the real owners can't drink and bath with clean water

Pandev:
that's campaign and not manifesto.

You can't separate campaign from manifesto, a political campaign should reflect it's manifesto, tinubu is copying exactly what awolowo did in 1978 , awolowo travelled all over the country to campaign and all he talked about was his life time ambition of becoming Nigerian President, even if it's for just one day he will be satisfied, he was defeated by shagari an underdog in politics

Pandev:
2023 is a done deal for BAT don't twist the whole things for Pete's sake. Jagaban was explaining to Oba of Lagos the reason Lagos people must be encouraged to get their PVCs so that someone from Lagos will clinch the position. Kastina has done it twice and the campaign point of Buhari to his kastina people then was that 'my veevu, you know our son, in person of Umar Musa Yar'adua couldn't complete his tenure as vresident, so, a pote por me is a pote for Kastina. We must not allow this veevu to cheat us'. So let the city boy do it.

So Buhari became president cause he wanted to complete yar'adua's tenure, not about bringing change to Nigeria? Tinubu right from the beginning of his campaign all he talks about is his lifetime ambition of being a president, not about bringing about change in the current situation Nigeria is facing, Nigeria has about 200 million people with close to 400 ethnic group, why should governing Nigeria be about 1 persons life ambition?

ObosiLandlord:
People are not just registering in the East alone.

I'm glad you guys don forget Biafra matter. any flat head that talks about Biafra after the 2023 general election shall be crushed.

After 2023 election whether an igbo wins or not Biafra agitation will still continue, in fact every Nigerian should be a biafran at heart cause change is what everyone wants in this rich but poor county called Nigeria

Rivguydee:
Lolx the only way to prove it to you rn is let Nigeria break so you see

Even if Nigeria doesn't break ijaw is for ijaw, ogoni is for ogoni, igbo is for igbo, Ibibio is for Ibibio urhobo is urhobo, Edo is Edo, do you know why bayelsa was created? Bayelsa was created to carve the ijaw majority out of rivers state cause minority tribes like ogoni were afraid of ijaw dominating them, same way igbos were carved out to prevent igbos from dominating minorities in eastern Region

Rivguydee:
Ijaw is in Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Ondo… No sleep on bike Oga

Yes I know, but they are minority in those states the only state that belongs to ijaw is bayelsa and bayelsa is less than 2 million

Ijoh:
Stop getting yourself deceived.

Moving like vagabonds without home everywhere doesn't make Igbo more than Ijaw.


Stop getting deceived by your politically rigged false population figures.

Why haven't you been able to use it and become President

7th class citizens.

I still repeat, in case you missed the first one
At least we igbos have a whole region to ourselves with 5 states receiving federal allocation the smallest of this igbo state is ebonyi and it's more populated than the only state ijaw have which is bayelsa state, we the igbos are benefiting from the one Nigeria more than any tribe in the old Eastern Region

Rivguydee:
Wrong facts. I never said Bendel was part of Eastern region even. The Ijaw tribe cut across their region so they were in with us in the struggle like it is now. Hehehe none of the minorities supported Isaac Boro?? Lolz where do you get your facts from? So if they tell you now that South South wants to be with South East in the Biafra thingy now you’ll agree? And you think it’s a decision South South took now?

Yes I repeat the Niger Delta Republic was an idea of Isaac Boro and his ijaws brothers no other tribe from the other minorities joined him and it lasted just for 12 days, if Nigeria should break today as it is now, everyone will answer his fathers name, the ijaws will answer their name, the igbos will answer their name, the ogoni will answer their name, urhobo , Edo, Ibibio etc everyone will answer his fathers name there will be nothing like South South or South East

Ijoh:
Lie.

Igbo's are not larger than Ijaw in population.

Where Ijaw occupy is as big as Igbo land.


False figure u propagate.

I'm not here to argue on who has the largest population cause everyone knows who has the largest population, I'm simply saying we igbos at least have a whole region to ourselves with 5 states, the ijaws have only bayelsa to themselves and bayelsa is the smallest state by population with just 8 local government even ebonyi is 3 times more populated then bayelsa , the allocation we receive from oil revenue in our five states is bigger than what the ijaws who claim to have the oil receive , so Biafra or not we igbos are benefiting from one Nigeria more than any tribe in the former eastern Region

Rivguydee:
When I say minorities I never meant just Ijaws. The fact is we’re the majority in this said minority so I just said Ijaws. Bendel, Efik, Ibibio, Ogoni, Eleme, itshekiri, Ogbia, Ogba, Ikwerre are all part. What I mean come together is they were in support of the movement like they are NOW

And I repeat, there was no time the minority in eastern Region came together to agree on a secession, and none of these minority tribes supported Isaac boro's agitation for niger Delta Republic, and even now, when the Midwest now divided into Delta State and Edo state were separated from the Western Region they were talks about creating 2 to 3 separate states in eastern region to accommodate the minority according to their tribes and that was exactly what Gowon did, he created east central state for the igbos, he created South East state for which was later divided to akwa ibom and cross river, then he created rivers state which later bayasal state was created removing the ijaw majority from rivers living rivers state with only minority tribes

Edo and Delta, Midwest region was changed to bendel they were never part of eastern Region

Rivguydee:
You are the one not truthful to yourself. The name was never suggested to Ojukwu. It was a name the minorities of the Eastern Region planned using for theirselves to secede. Ojukwu stole the name. That’s the truth.

The minorities never came together to plan a succession it never happened, Isaac Boro's niger Delta Republic happened between him and a handful of his ijaw brothers and it lasted only for 12 days , do you know how many minority tribes are in the former eastern Region? , you are speaking without facts

Ijoh:
But Ijaws are not going for Biafra even when una claim say an Ijaw give una d name

Well things have changed no doubt, we have ijaw republic agitators, we have akwa ibom agitators Biafra is now an igbo agitation no doubt about that, when the time comes everyone will answer his fathers name, at least we igbos have 5 states to our name right now ijaw has only one state which is the smallest state by population in Nigeria

Ijoh:
But Ijaws are for Ijaw Republic.

Go and hold that Ijaw elder responsible whether alive or dead.

Hold him responsible for what exactly? Biafra fought for independent and lost which is normal in all civil wars, it's not like the ijaws are enjoying more than other tribes in the former eastern Region , so why hold Frank responsible?

Rivguydee:
It was not a suggestion to Ojukwu. It was a name we got for ourselves (Ijaws).” Bight of Biafra” now Bight of Bonny was what brought about the name. We had already planned a secession of which the Igbo’s sabotaged. And later stole the name to force us to secede with them.

My friend, you are not being truthful to yourself, the bight of Biafra is not an ijaw name, it's a Portuguese name, they named the surrounding water at the coast of eastern Nigeria the bight of Biafra, it was changed to the bight of Bonney after the civil war to get rid of the name Biafra , the name was suggested to ojukwu by an ijaw elder Frank opigo when the elite's of eastern Region from all tribes met at Enugu and mandated ojukwu to declare Biafra


The name Isaac Boro gave when the ijaws were agitating was niger Delta Republic, Isaac Boro was a student in university of Nigeria nsukka at that time

Rivguydee:
Even then, we didn’t want to. If you won’t lie to yourself. It was as a result of the resistance from the non-Igbo speaking parts of the eastern region mainly the Ijaws that led to the war. Conscripting our people into Biafra army “against their will”. The only bill thing then was that we were not much of a threat for you guys to conquer and add to your struggle. That’s the only reason it would have succeeded that time.

A result of the resistance from the none igbo speaking parts of Eastern Region especially the ijaws that led to the war? An ijaw elder suggestion the name Biafra to ojukwu to be used as the name of the new breakaway nation

Study the Nigerian civil war and know what let to the war, it's not about any resistance from none speaking igbos

Rivguydee:
The only reason they’re not taking the Igbos serious in their cry to be an independent nation is the fact that they wanna leave with South South. Meanwhile South South no feel any affinity in return. Na una just dey kill unaselves to bond with us.

I'm not talking about now, I'm talking about 1967

Rivguydee:
They opted to go with South South States. People wey no even send their papa!

Explain further on this

zigzagluv:
but your leader was begging in APC convention

Who is he?

Oghene1st:
You mean the parasitic Igbos on South South?

Yes let them go, forcing them to be one with you won't help they know their brothers on the east of the niger are their true brothers not those fake minority tribes calling themselves niger Delta's

Oghene1st:
Nigeria will be better without Igbos. The fear of further losing the South South is the hinderance to you inconsequential leaving the union.

Why fear losing the South South, Are there no inconsequential igbos in South South, ? Nigeria will be better with out igbos let them go

Oghene1st:
Yeah! The betrayal in South South. What happens when a man is from South South and Igbo as well. They act like snakes. More reason the whole of Nigeria is being careful about you people.

Well the whole Nigeria should have saved it's self from the igbo trouble if they had allowed us to be, when we broke away from Nigeria, I believe Nigeria would be better without the igbos

Patrioticbreed9:
So okowa is more igbo than wike na abi?


Instead of you guys to be building bridge you are bombing the little one that is there.

True true una be babies for politics.. Una emotions too much.. Abeg.

Wike is not igbo to start with, he was the one that openly told the world that he and his fellow ikwerres are not igbos but migrants from the bini empire

It's not about we igbos being babies in politics, igbos are just not the type to beg others, we are created differently, back when Nigeria was British Nigeria and we did well in politics not because we went about begging people, we did well in politics cause Nigeria voted based on merit, we are not created for this type of Nigerian politics

Oghene1st:
Igbo love who? Inconsequential people.

Is that why atiku dumped wike for an igbo man as his running mate?

Vladigor:
"...i say i de come, small small..."
In Fela's voice

I still don't get the point

Vladigor:
While the youths were busy shouting
"Take back our country"
"Get your Pvc"
"Pvc is my ak-47"
Some segments of the youth league where in Ekiti state cashing out, selling their votes for N10,000 the hardship in the land is real. Dont be a sucker!

Then Peter Okoye of P-Square shows up "bragging?" About how if shit hits the fan, he is off to the U.S with his family where he owns two homes. You have to remember that he is one of those spearheading the 'OBI-dient' movement, i remember recently he said "no home or office visit without show of PVC".

Another shallow talk. The likes of P-square, 2face, etc actually received funding and support at the beginning of their careers from the same "old politician" they now hate.

Truth of the matter:
In Nigeria, there are 3 classes of youths all of whom live in a bubble of their own, i classify them thus:

1. The Elites: The children of the super-rich who actually have money to spend, these types fly private jets to Dubai and Florida to buy/order pizza and its normal to them. They don't have PVC.

2. The External Oriented: Those that are from average homes with hardworking parents but have decided to live like their hip-hop/celebrity idols. They form the bulk of members of the Youth Progressive Party and the Peter Obi's OBI-dient movement, they are half-baked intellectuals. They want to live the American lifestyle in Nigeria, lacking in knowlege of history, unpatriotic, non-chalant, promiscuous, easy money types. Amongst this group you have the most intelligent/brightest Nigerian youths of all but they are less than 5%. If you participated in the Endsars protest then you are not bright at all.

3. The Disenfranchised: These are the ones who have lived in poverty all their lives, lacking in education albeit fairly intelligent. They understand the situation of the country better than the half baked intellectual-celebrity worshipping youths. The follow whoever has the money. The half-baked intellectuals usually look down on this group as illitrates and uncivilized.
The Elites who are more open minded embrace them.
Don't expect a 25yrs old okada rider to be part of the obideintly movement. They collected their first cashout in Ekiti yesterday, atleast 10k will help their lives better than attending OBI-dient grassroot movement meetings and leaving empty handed.

On Peter Okoye and his mansions in the U.S:

What he is trying to tell all you Peter OBI-dient followers is that if theres commotion, choas or if Peter Obi eventually lose he will fly his family abroad and let you burn in Nigeria.
One thing you must know is that Half-Baked intellectuals are not revolutionaries, they will run at the first shot of Gun fire. They will run at the site of dead bodies or to save their expensive sneakers from getting stained.

So my advice to the "youths": Act accordingly, be humble
The disenfrachised are 10 times more than other groups.
Remember how the Gatherbrushed Deji Adeyanju in Abuja?
Watch the video.

You wrote this long article and ended up with no point at all, what's the point?

Mandate2023:
Well there's no igbo man dead or alive that can achieve what tinubu has achieved political and financially not to talk of ur miserable generations that can't even work as house help for him


I can see hw childish and gullible u r with ur response...its obvious u r a complete idiot from d east...u won't have privilege to get a reply again or me reading ur shallow minded comments

Can you list those achievements tinubu has achieved that no igbo man dead or alive has not?

Mandate2023:
Fool.....ipigs will always be ipigs, he came into lagos with poly bag, he should have relocated to Anambra

Looks like he pick money on the street of Lagos, how much have you picked so far?

TooNoisy:
It is now that you know that. You Peter Obi supporters have spent the last 6 months attacking anyone that does not support Peter Obi. You have cursed, threatened and bullied people. But now you suddenly realise it is not about attacks. Kwontinu

Oh so it's not longer about atiku and obi destroying each other in a debate it's about their supporters? In any politics there are always radical supporters, obi has radical supporters, atiku has radical supporters tinubu has radical supporters, but they themselves will never fight each other,
Even this thread you created you did so to attack obi, atiku didn't send you to do it

TooNoisy:
I would really want to see a debate between Peter Obi of Labour and Atiku AbubKar of PDP.

Most of us recall that the two ran together with Atiku as Presidential candidate and Obi as Vice Presidential candidate, just three years ago. They both ran on the platform of PDP.

They ran with the same ideology, promises, manifesto and Peter Obi campaigned vigorously for Atiku. Make no mistake; people vote for a president, the Vice President is just like a spare tire. Peter Obi believed in Atiku and Atiku’s vision for Nigeria just three years ago but they lost.

As we started 2022, Peter Obi delayed his decision to run but eventually ran because he was pressured to do so. Most people believed he just wanted to be Atiku’s vice again and was never really a serious contender for the party ticket. Obi toured the states under the platform of PDP but did not go to Adamawa in respect for Atiku. When Atiku won the primaries, Obi was one of the first to congratulate Atiku, calling him his leader and elder brother.

So how does obi win Atiku in a debate. Atiku has too much on him.
1. Just three years ago he ran under Atiku’s ticket. He believed in Atiku’s dream. Obviously he did not think Atiku was corrupt. He did not think Atiku was sharing dollars. He did not think Atiku or PDP was one of the problems of Nigeria. Rather he believed Atiku was the solution. So what has suddenly changed now?

2. Just one month ago Peter Obi was still a member of PDP. He has spent 7 years in PDP and was Vice Presidential candidate. One month ago he was still going around begging PDP delegates to vote for him. Just one month ago. He even pledged to support the winner of the PDP primaries. How does he then turn around and call them thieves, useless, corrupt etc. Peter Obi’s followers are young and naive, which I understand but Peter Obi himself knows he cannot make those statements publicly.

Atiku will destroy Obi in a debate. Even Obi just called Atiku his leader and elder brother two weeks ago. He can’t even publicly talk back at Atiku because he was only hoping to be Atiku’s vice.

I will like to see a one on one debate between Atiku and Peter Obi. Atiku will just call him “my boy”

Political debate is not about attacking your rival, it's about telling the masses what you have to offer, just because obi left PDP doesn't mean PDP is his enemy , atiku is not his enemy