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In 2000 when Uwazurike started MASSOB, he publicly burnt his Nigerian passport. Since then, Uwazurike has been traveling all over the world from Europe to America and several African countries. What passport do people think he is using? People think that an international passport is the only travel document there is. I know people who travel with piece of paper. There are people who travel with just ID card. Even in some situations, a driving license is acceptable


To the best of my knowledge, Nnamdi Kanu uses his British passport to travel which is Ok since British Law allows him dual citizenship.

What right thinking Nigerian thinks someone like Buhari will implement the confab reports? It is mostly the North that will suffer if resource control is instituted. How does anyone think that Buhari will implement something that will further impoverish his people? Resource control is not coming back as long as the northerners are there. It is over their dead body that they will allow resource control or true federalism return.

I wonder why anyone would use South-Sudan as an example of what would happen in event of Biafra? Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia in 1993 and have lived peacefully since then. This is despite Eritrea being half Muslim and half Christian.

lawrenceunaa:
y must u b their mouth piece when aren't them. Cross river and akwaibom is closest to SE than any other region

Why don't you people try to read this thread well before commenting? I'm a Biafran supporter who wants to know what the Cross River and Akwaibom people are thinking about Biafra. How can I be asking them their position and speaking for them at the same time?

freez2ryme:
Happy with Nigeria?
U re not even from oron
None of d posters in this thread is.
I c dat everywhere

D same Nigeria that rendered them homeless when they ceded Bakassi penessula to cameroonians.

Hmmmm d truth is dat BIAFRA will not be a forced union like Nigeria

Every region has to have control over their resources, Hence making every region to discover its potential

We won't practice d same system of government that failed in Nigeria.

A poster just said Oron is one of d richest region, how has changed dre livelihood in dis union?

I think u people re being sponsored to create thread and them flood them with useless comments.

I'm an Igbo guy and proud Biafra supporter. But as much as I support it, I wanted to guage what the Cross River and Akwaibom states people think about leaving Nigeria with Igbos into Biafra which is why I started the thread. We have to know the opinion of these people. They poster said that Oron people are not interested so I said that I wait to hear what others have to say since just one opinion is not enough. Learn to read the posts on here well before commenting

phemmyutd:
Since SE have representative in NASS , I have been expecting them to raise a motion about leaving Creating Biafra.
And if not does it mean that the jobless ones are the one causing nuisance in public? Even the matter Nnamdi Kanu can not be raise by any of his Brothers in the House of Assembly and Senate

You must still be under the illusion that Nigerian politicians care about the people. There isn't any Igbo senator that will support Biafra, infact, they are the ones that will oppose it. Biafra is not in their interests because it will disturb their money making plans in Abuja. The people you call 'Jobless', the common man on the streets, the ones struggling to make ends meet, the ones that are tired of all the suffering that the unworkable entity called Nigeria has brought on them. That's the people Biafra is about.

Since when has peaceful protest become unlawful? Peaceful protest is a right not a privilege.

agabusta:
Quite educative.

I also agree. I'm sure that most Nigerians don't understand the ethnic dynamics of Cross River and Akwa Iboms state. There was a time I thought the whole place was Ibibio land.

It it is also revealing that the Oron nation would be happier in Nigeria than with Igbos in Biafra. Well I wait to see what others have to say.

OrlandoOwoh:
The Igbira people of Kogi State speak a language that is not mutually intelligent with Yoruba, yet bear Yoruba names as their surnames; does that make them Yoruba?

What you said is not the same thing that I asked. I'm talking about people who speak mutually intelligible languages and bear the same surnames. Not those that are half and half.

9jaclicktivist:
It is just a simple question. What passport is Nnamdi Kanu traveling with?
Nnamdi Kalu is not insane, his followers are!
The guy is high-functioning sociopath, he uses a zoo passport to enter town, Animal enter town be that ooo

As an Igbo man and Biafran supporter, the Nigerian passport for me is like a prison ID card. Many Biafrans have no choice but to use it but it is a symbol of oppression. Just like Nigeria, it is imposed on people who don't want it. When we get Biafra, most of us will publicly burn that green booklet called the Nigerian passport which is a constant reminder of how a British armed Robber called Lord Lugard came from Britain to impose an illegal identity on us

sammysammy111:
we re south south, not South East , so we re Niger Delta, ndito eka, nkor ntoro ?

The question is not if your SS or SE, these names only came in use about 20 years ago or so. These names are not even recognised in the constitution

Cross River and Akwa Ibom states habour several ethnic groups that include Ibibios,Efiks,Annangs, Oron,Etung,Igede,Nseke,Ekets etc. Generally, people from these two states are grouped as the Efik-Ibibio people and they have been neigbours to Igbos for thousands of years. With the rise in the agitation for Biafra on the national discourse, my question to the people of Cross River and Akwa Ibom is:




Faced with choice of remaining in Nigeria and seceding with Igbos as Biafrans, which would you choose?

I would appreciate it if only native indigenes of Cross River or Akwa Ibom answered as I think nobody should speak for them. Also state you ethnic group within these two states please.

juicee1:
there are ibo speaking people in SS which doesn't make them Ibos just as french speaking togolese aren't french.

Ibo is a language spoken by different tribes. Some clans just came together and decided to tag speakers of the language as one tribe. My opinion (might be factual).

And how do you explain those Igbo speaking people having Igbo surname or did those people adopt Igbo surnames as well?

This is the flag hanging on the door to my living room. I wanted anyone coming to see me to know where I stand.

The terrorist state of Nigeria and their lack of respect to the right to peaceful protest



Welcome to the zoo Lugard opened to the general public in 1914 called Nigeria

Price of entry: unfortunate accident of being born there

sandraokosun1:
u have one of the major tribes in ur zoo. U claim to be everywhere and keeping spaming every thrend that u have OYEL, as if the obvious needs to be brought to notice. You drag the SS into a Mirage.
The moment they say we support u, but leave our lands or take your imigrants atbest, you start ranting.
spiting fustration calling everyone that cares to tame your chest beat Yoruba.
creating monikers and claiming to be south south, while barcanista has busted dozens of those.
like i read frm one sound mind. U close the boarders of nigeria against the chest beaters they become open airspace slaves in a landlock cage

SS is just a geographical location and not a people. Speak only for your ethnic group

pussyphilia:
Everybody from asaba knows that fact!

We are Igbo's!

I don't know why some people are trying to rewrite history here!

It's quite annoying!

The funny thing is the Yorubas, most of who have never crossed the river Niger. They will look at a map of their artificially created Nigeria and its artificially created States and then tell anyone they have become experts in Igbo geography. Then they will create Monikas and come online to say that Igbos are only in 5 states lol

I have always been of the opinion that if the minorities are happier in Nigeria, then Igbos should go it alone. The last thing we need is for someone to say that Igbos forced them into Biafra same way as Lugard forced all of us into Nigeria.

mrvitalis:
100% resource control or nothing

Lol. The Ijaws can stay in Nigeria and keep begging for 13%. I don't think any of the minorities realise that only the Igbos are strong enough to 'muscle' their way out of Nigeria.

Barcanister is actually making a point here. The Portharcourt of 1912 is not the Portharcourt of now. The Ikwere farm lands of the Diobu people at Iguocha (also refered to as Ugwu Ocha, and of late, Igwe ocha) might have been the original site of Portharcourt but the city has since grown to encompass Okrika land.

Using Enugu as an example. In 1909, the British acquired the lands of the Ngwo people and parts of Nike mainly to build the Colliery at Ngwo. Enugu has since grown to include the lands of the Ngwo and Nike people, but also to include Ogui-Nike people, Awkunanaw people and even Ugwu-Aji people. None of these Igbo clans can claim ownership of Enugu any more. There are parts of Portharcourt that are owned by the Okrikas.


As for the Ikwere-Igbo people. The fact that Wike removed the 'N' from his surname so that it would not look Igbo (Nwike, Nwa-Ike) isn't gonna fool anybody same as some of you who took out 'w' from Chukwu to make it 'Chuku' don't fool no one

mrvitalis:
... . It is so clear to even a child that the igbos want BIAFRA... . But the thing is this... BIAFRA is not an all igbo thing.... ..
. For me this was the reason we lost the war... The south south never knew there stand, so it was a case of the devil you know very the angel u don't know.
....if BIAFRA must work... We will have to prove to the south south that we won't be like Nigeria, cos the way KANU is running IPOB he cant get the ijaws nation to support him.
.. .. What can IPOB DO?
1) get the south south youths into ur ranks... .. . Imagine if kanu, tompolo aseri and mavin ubana were the leading heads for BIAFRA... then it will have meaning and people will take them serious.... ... but how will u attract them when u address ur people in mostly igbo?
2) move the capital to port Harcourt or uyo.. .. . This will give the south south a reason to feel among in this BIAFRA of a thing and will boost the chances of BIAFRA.
3) there should be 100% resource control. .. .. this is what Nigeria can't give the ijaws and if BIAFRA can give such then they might reconsider there stand
If IPOB can retrace there steps and improve on this angle... . Well I believe there is a great chance of BIAFRA... ..

I don't think you know that resource control is one of the driving force of Biafra. I'm an Anambra man. My state is Oil producing and we have one of the biggest Gas deposits in the country. I want at least 50% of that. All the 25 provinces of Biafra will get at least 50% of whatever comes from their lands or waters.

redsconsult:
I pity those that will suffer and die for nothing sake.
Igbo can't fight any war now cause they are the least of people that will die for no just cause.. They are not like d gullibe book boiz... Igbi have learnt the bitter lesson during civil war... All they can now do is to shout without action.

Who is talking about war for now? We are talking about a referendum. If Islamic fundamentalists come for you tomorrow, nobody will even beg you to fight.

PassingShot:
Let Igbos fight for their secession without dragging other tribes into it. And if they go about it in a civilized manner, they might actually find sympathy and support from some other nationalities.
The current campaign of hate and violence against Nigeria WILL NEVER achieve Biafra for them. It has never worked and it will not work in Nigeria.

It has never worked and will never worked in Nigeria? I don't think many Nigerians remember that Biafra has already had its first Republic from 1967 to 1970. It's not like we are talking about something that has not been done before. As for the Itshekiris, they can stay committed to Nigeria if that is their wish. As long as they don't entertain the thought that the Delta-Igbos are part of their commitment.


A lot of people are getting bothered over nothing

ezeagu:
Let me just add that I believe the original name has actually been further distorted to 'Igwe Ocha' from it's Ikwere/Igbo name 'Igwu or Ugwu Ocha' meaning shimmering cliffs.

To tell you the truth, a non Igbo would not know the difference between 'Iguocha', 'Igwe Ocha' or 'Igwuocha'.

princdebola201:
When a tribe inherit a Landlocked region, an erosion Ravaged Land, a Land that is not economic Viable, a Land that is cursed by the Ancestors, A Land where no indigenes can Make it except they move out of the cursed Land..
A Land that doesn't have Direct Access to the Sea..A Land where people's only options is to engage in trading to put food on the Table, a Land where it's citizen have resulted to all forms of crime to survive..A Land where every 9 out of 10 have appendix as a result of poverty, A Land where they record cholera outbreaks every year because of no Good water..A Land that is no go Area for reasonable businessman,A Land where young girls engage in babyfactory business to survive hardship..

You don't Need a soothsayer to tell you why the people from this tribe have resulted into Land grabbing everywhere they go..they tried to Claim all the best cities in Nigeria and even try to rename one..
E..G


LAGOS--- no man's Land


ABUJA--- no man's Land


Portharcourt-- they re trying to claim and renamed it


Kano--- they claimed to develop it


The Lay claims to develop all the cities in Nigeria. What Happens to the philosophy of Charity begins at Home..?I guess it's not in the pages of their book of Wisdom..

IT'S HIGH TIME NIGERIAN'S BE ALERT AND KEEP AN EYE ON THIS LAND GRABBERS BECAUSE THEY RE THIEVES AND PARASITES WHO PRETEND TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU..

Don't ask Me their Name You Already know Them

Must be either Yorubas,Hausas or Bini people his talking about. It was these people who built empires before the White man came buy fighting and siezing other people's land.

Let nobody kid them selves. If things ever get so bad that you cannot feed, we will all stoop this low. No doubt about it. I know a transport magnate who owned a fleet of trailers and mini buses. Things later got so bad for him that he lost all his vehicles and was reduced to being the driver of the last mini bus he owned. Things even got worse for him and he sold his last mini bus, and while he was looking for another bus to drive, he temporarily became a conductor. As Nigerians say "Na condition make crayfish bend"