₦airaland Forum

dinachi:
It will be horrible economically for our people IF they go on to become Biafra. It will be an economic hell. With most importers being of Igbo origin, they are gonna have to depend on Lagos and Port Harcourt Ports to get anything in. And that is where Nigeria is going to make a killing on import duties and rates. The customs are also going to make a killing on goods heading to Biafra. We will be forced to import foods like, yams, beans, onions, tomatoes, carrots even beef from the north. It is not like I expect the Biafran zombies here to understand, they will never do because anything short of their beloved biafra is not acceptable even if the Biafra is hell in its self!

As for the IPOB clowns, they will never understand the damage they did to businesses of Igbo men and women with their senseless and violent protests. Blocking the Niger bridge for the length of time they did cost Igbo men and women billions in profits.

But this post is not for the zombies, it is only for the Igbo men and women. who still thinks and has balanced reasoning. Zombies can do only what they know how to do best, rant and rave.

Idrismusty97:
I love Northern Nigeria!

basilo101:
Every serious linguist kws dat Ikwere is nt a tribe but an igbo clan jst like d Ngwa dat make up Aba and its environs, dats why it is not on d list, dats y u saw rivers among igbo states. Ikwere speak beta igbo than Abakaliki. Yoruba propaganda and d curse called oil put them in their identity crises

naijalander:
You are not making any sense the message in the post is simple, seceeded or not the SW will still do well, the region endured 16 years of conflict in the 19th Century. As far as am concerned it is foolish for anytribe to over play its importance in Nigeria, interdependence is what keeps us together.
What you call cowardice is called wisdom, the Northnand the SW have been in contact before any Igbo man ever spoke Yoruba, the relationship has always been feudal not master slave like you imagine. You cannot understand the SW becuase you are shallow minded and blinded by ethnicentrism, there are Yoruba Muslims, there are Yoruba Christians all with rights to be who they want to be, it is not anyone's fault that your founding fathers in modern Nigeria left a legacy of war and violence.

Adesege:
You got it wrong.

When i said it will lead to war, i meant a replica of the 1967 civil war.

You need to understand that we are not cowards as you portray.

Everyone is blinded by the civil war but no one has ever thought of what led to the civil war.

When the Igbos planned a coup that killed Sir Ahmadu Bello, 'Master', in Half of a Yellow sun and other Igbos were all rejoicing.

Until the northerners struck, they called them evil. They said the North started it first.

From the beginning, Biafra was founded on greed, and lust for power.

A brief look into the history will do you good.

Phobia1:
mumu nd who is not ur broda? olodo. so if una eventually get biafra(even dou na for dream ego end) e mean una nogo fit accomadate any oda pple dah wanna stay wit una bdat. #Erankos

KinkyAngela:
Two words : Greed and Covetousness. They cannot help it. Even during the civil war, when fighting was raging in Nsukka, Bonny, and Ogoja, Ojukwu, the land grabbing megolmaniac, decided to invadedthe midwest, marched into Ore, enroute to Lagos and Ibadan before he was stopped in his tracks.
Albeit i am not a Yoruba, but i lnow that their planned biafra protest in the west is DOA

size40:
I don't like Mr Nyesom Wike. But for this statement, I will support him because if not for General Yakubu Gowon who created Rivers state and Cross Rivers state out of the old Eastern region controlled, dominated by the Igbos who then sat on everything meant for us all, by now only GOD in Heaven knows if there will be any man or woman will be living called Efik, Ibibio, Anamg, Ikwerri, kalabari, Okirika, Ijaw, Epeye, Etche etc. We would have been subjected into untold hardship and extermination under Ojukwu, the Igbos and their Biafra. Each time I hear of Biafra, I thank general Yakubu Gowon

Bigprozzie:
Lies!

Gowon is a Nigerian Hero and Patriot

He did his job as Commander In Chief

He quashed the enemies of the Nigerian state.

He has a kind heart and I think all Igbos should be grateful to him. If it was a Fulani or Hausa man, the number of dead Biafrans would have been over 10 million.

Saturn213:
Writing in bold does not make your point any stronger. It is very distracting.

Just like a typical Ipob member, you keep talking from both sides of your mouth.

You agree that any member can veto Biafra membership then you decided to degrade your argument by quoting a paragraph on decision making.

Article 9 you referenced is qualified majority voting which is used in decision making on issues such as single market, directives etc. It is not applicable for admitting new member nations

When it comes to a new entrant; All countries must agree. Nigeria will not agree and I am sure countries such as Benin Republic , Togo will do Nigeria's bidding.

Anyway that is putting the cart before the horse.

You keep making a comparison to Scotland but what you fail to realise is that the Scottish Independence movement is made up of intellectuals, academics and politicians. They provided evidence of how their country will be constituted if they got independence, from oil treaties with Norway, decommissioning of nuclear facilities. They had several bases covered before asking for independence. The Scottish people saw evidence of how their country will function if they leave the union.

It is not like Ipod run by an illiterate that goes on radio calling for the massacre of Nigerians and calling Leaders names and asking for his supporters to murder a well know Nigerian Pastor. He was even caught on video asking for money to buy arms. This is an unprofessional illiterate with no common sense.

The Scottish spent years trying to convince their people, they then formed a party - the SNP. After decades of campaigning, they got majority of political seats in the Scottish Parliament. Even after that, it took them years to convince the UK government to agree to a referendum. The whole process took over 50 years. It is a separation and not a tea party.

When Igbos are serious, they will vote for a party that wants Biafra independence, they will make them senators, HORs and governors. After that they can negotiate with the Nigerian state for a referendum.

You just dont wake up one morning and start shouting Referendum. It will take decades of negotiations and talks.

IGBOSON1:
^^^Yinka Odumakin has been an apostle of restructuring the country and self-determination for eons! He didn't start today!!

bamite:
You people are just a bunch of jobless miscreants, instead of holding your leaders accountable for your under development, you are trekking all over the place shouting biafra, which even though impossible you people get it, you will still look for a reason to fight and kill each other

ruffhandu:
Is this really from Yinka?

DecemberIV:
Stop deceiving yourself. Northerners do not need Ibos for anything and would be happy for them to leave with their fake drugs and criminal tendencies.

The only reason we are not championing this call is because it is merely cheap blackmail to escape the consequences of your past actions.

Imagine if you were asking for Biafra when you dominated government last year? By now you would have been receiving state visits from the Nigerian President.

damton:
Yeah agreed.
Don't you think it's an affront on the authority of a country to Announce a sovereign State within a a sovereign state. Ofcourse, it will lead to armed conflict to both parties.

On the economic perspective, Biafra is a quest to crises. why because, There is virtually nothing to fall back on if all businesses owned by easterners are closed down or overtaken by Nigerian government.

Also, at this point countries are trying to break down borders and artificial restrictions, for the economic gains, that is when some people want to box theirselves into a box.

I hope you are aware that Some money bags in the east are not in support of this due to their economic interest and wiser understanding.
It is only jobless youths on the street who does not know their priority that will engage in this fruitless procession .

CreampieAngela:
Dude
i am from the North and i wont bat an eyelid if you lot get your Biafra. As a matter of fact i want you all to leave my region, if possible, today. Just go, go back to Biafra. Gooooooooo

damton:
Like Ojukwu led you into a regrettable war leading to the loss of life of millions.

If I'll die, I'll die for human progress and emancipation not on imaginary goals.

DecemberIV:
I'm a northerner that has spent years on this forum across different monikers and I can tell you that you Igbos are the promoters and cultivators of hatred on this forum.

You attack and insult northerners at every chance and do the same to the Yorubas. We all witnessed your pre and post election antics, which is why most of us are completely insensitive to your current travails. Anyone who listens to Radio Biafra for just one hour would be spellbound by the level of hatred in the heart of an average Ibo man for Hausas and Yorubas.

Whenever you're hit with a dose of your own bitter pills, you start playing victim and claiming injustice. Nobody will encounter hateful and arrogant NL Ibos and have his impressions of Ibos intact. This is a fact.

Anyway the chicken has come home to roost and you're reaping the fruits in full measure

SeunPlus:
So it's now that you know that your albino monkey of a husband has ulcer. Why didn't you advise him when he was running his mouth like tap water.

MzPecs:
Just died for nothing