₦airaland Forum

mekaboy:
Restructure is more feasible than secession.

You grand children will be saying the same in 50 years time.

warrah:
Should Nigeria be divided along ethnic lines or should Nigeria be restructured .......What's the best solution that would leave every Tom and dick happy .

The North has said it will be over their dead body that Nigeria will be restructured. A restructured Nigeria makes no sense to Northerners because it will deny them the one thing they care about above all else, power.

Anybody hoping for restructuring should forget it.

mekaboy:
They do. The Biafra Agitation should come behind the call for restructuring. Restructure or Secede.

People like you have been talking about restructuring since Aburi, 50 years ago. Why do you think that restructuring has never been? The North is totally against it. So you you can shout restructuring from now to another 50 years, it will not happen. The North is against restructuring for two main reasons

1) It will take away their control of Nigeria because a restructured Nigeria where power is devolved to the regions will the center, Abuja, very weak.

2) A restructured Nigeria actually helps Biafra. When Nigeria is restructured into SE/SE/SS ans each region is controlling their resources, politics, their own regional assembly, Regional police and maybe regional Army. How long do you think it will be before one of the secedes? A restructured SW/SE/SS is a potential Oduduwa Republic, Republic of Biafra and Niger Delta Republic. The North knows this, so does IPOB

So if you are hoping for restructuring, you better have a plan B because the North will never allow restructuring.

najoke:
What are biafrans doing on Nairaland… Nigeria pride, owned by a Nigerian, coined from Nigeria's currency… .you guys hate everything about Nigeria yet you leave your Biafrasay, Igberetvnews and Biafriaherald only to troop in your thousands to Nairaland… and bore us with Biafra… ..if you cant stay in Biafrasay, Igberetvnews or Biafriaherald how can you stay in Biafra.

You guys should put your money where your mouth is……… leave Nairaland, deactivate your monikers as you always claim you will… go and develop Biafrasay, Igberetvnews and Biafriaherald… .Leave us alone with our lagos ibadan forum

And why are you claiming the country Nigeria that Lugard created as your country?

Why are you claiming the name 'Nigeria' which was invented by Lugards wife, as your name?

You stole the country Lugard created, stole the name his wife came up with, and you here telling people to go Igberetvnews?

Return the country and name you stole before advicing anyone

einsteine:
How did Ojukwu rise ahead of Philip Effiong when Effiong was already a Captain while Ojukwu was just a lieutenant?

Philip Effiong was commissioned in 1956 while Ojukwu was commissioned in 1957.

The reason Ojukwu leapfrogged over Effiong was that Ojukwu had joined the civil service as a graduate in 1955. So when Ojukwu moved over to the Army, it was seen as a continuation of his civil service and his commission date was backdated from 1957 to 1955 thereby becoming senior to Effiong.

SonofDevil:
who need narrative here when it is obvious igbos pull the triggers first on others

Kaduna nzeogwu killed ahmadu bello

Ifeajuna Killed Tafa balewa

Nwaobosi killed. SL akintola

You igbos murdered prime minister ,northern and western leaders because of your greed and quest to rule ,igbos will continue to pay for their sins till Jesus come back

How come Murtalas coup is not called an Hausa coup and Dimkas coup not called a middle belt coup?

How come the first coup is the only one that has an ethnic name but all others that came after it dont?

issum:
its loopsided i only find 4 northerners Maimalari, Gowon, Pam and Katsina. thank god after civil war we dominated bastard igbos

And yet you ended up less developed, less educated and far more poor than Igbos.

seunmsg:
Bassey joined the Nigeria Army in 1936 so, he was already an experienced soldier before he was commissioned. I am not sure Maimalari attended all the schools you listed above before he was commissioned as an officer and before this picture was taken in 1959. Again, why was he not sent on similar training like his other colleagues?

Maimalari was the first Nigeria to attend Sandhurst. He was commisioned in 1953. Bassey was commisioned in 1948. Google Zakari Maimalari

udees:
Where do you get your information that Maimalari attended the listed institution--Stop writing what you think and making it look like what you know--nonsense

I have been reading books on maimalari and other military leaders since my secondary school days. I know much about the man.

We shall get there eventually, the zoological Repulic of Lord Lugard must come to an end.

There will be no elections in Anambra unless the federal govt agrees to a referendum. We are taking the issue of Biafra up a notch

No Referendum, No Elections

Let us not forget that long before Ojukwu declared Biafra, he was already Governor of the Eastern Region. Kanu has not held any high office, so definitely, how both men will go about getting Biafra will not be the same.

If Igbos and the minorities are serious about pulling out of Nigeria, they have to use a number of non violent actions to put pressure on the government to give them referendum. One of those non violent actiond is election boycott in Anambra. This is one potent way to get the political elite in Igbo land and indeed Nigeria to take Biafra very serious.

Im an Anambra man and I support election boycott in my state!

seunmsg:
I read somewhere now that he left the army just before the civil war. But it is really curious how he was overlooked for the top three military positions in the country when the British left. Even Maimaleri who was a captain when he was already a major was appointed brigade commander of the second brigade in Lagos and all they gave him was commander of federal guards company under a junior officer. Does it have anything to do with his competency or ethnic minority status?

Think of it this way. Someone with HND and another with masters degree start working in the same organisation. Which of them is likely to be be promoted faster? Of course the Master Deegree holder.

Take Bassey(N1) and Maimalari(N5) for example. Bassey was a serving soldier when he was selected from the lower ranks and sent on a 3 months "short service" officers course to England. On completion of the course, he became the first Nigeria officer and was given the Army number (N1).

Maimalari finished secondary school, was recruited into the Army and sent to :

Regular officers training school (ROSTS)

Eaton Hall military cadet school, England

Royal military Academy, Sandhurst.

It took Bassey only 3 months to be an officer while it took Maimalari 3 years.

Maimalari was far more qualified than Bassey. Thats why by 1965, Maimalari was already a Brigadier and Bassey was still a Lt Colonel

Stupid thread, so Kanu saying he likes Shagari more than Zik has become an 'insult'? People should get sense.

isalie:
Like I said I wonder what sort of brainwashing they have fed you guys. I can see that you like the sound of your own voice but you're all wrong about your claims and points.

That is what people who have no counter argument to superior points often say. The only brrainwashing here are you Nigerians who think Lugard can come from Europe to give you your country.

OgaBuhari:
A thread was brought up by one unity beggar on how a socio cultural group in akwa ibom known as "Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio" renounced the state and its citizens as being integrated into the Biafra Republic.

But I want to State my points.

Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio cannot speak for the whole akwa ibomites.
We the Akwa Ibomites we have 3 different sub tribes with their dialects which are Ibibio, Annang and the Oro nation.

So this Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio of a group can't generalize for we the akwa ibomites.

Let a referendum be conducted and let's hear the voices of the masses and the truth shall be unfolded that all the Ibibios, Annang, Efik and Oro nation are tired of this Zoo and are all willing to back Namdi Kanu.
I rest my case cos me I no dey talk much.

The last president of Biafra, General Philip Effiong, was an Annang man.

isalie:
USA the free world has a similar history concerning the blacks and you know the rest of the story. Igbos are always making trouble and I wonder what sort of white washing they are given. I look forward to the time Igbos will out grow this agitation and join the rest of their brothers and sisters to move the country forward together. The same way I wish that politicians should out grow using light, food and shelter which are our basic needs to play politics. Join us brother, help us build a stronger Nigeria

Dont use America in this context, America is not a nation of indigenous people like Nigeria is. Igbos have routinely slaughtered in Nigeria since 1945 to this day and you are asking them to give up their agitation to their God given right to freedom to embrace a country that killed them in the millions in the name of a united Nigeria.

Nigeria is but the mere artificial creation of the white man. That the British forced all of us together does not mean we have to carry on forcing each to be together. Nobody gave their consent to the creation of Nigeria so Nigeria is illegal

They should stop all this nonsense and give Igbos a referendum so we get out this burning house of Lord Lugard called Nigeria

eastsidechillz:
When the Kingdom of God sufereth violence and violence took it by force.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Should I go on?

If KANU was diplomatic as u wanted him to nobody would ve noticed him.

Mind u, Kanu is just a vessel carrier of freedom. This agitation will go on even if he is gone.

Diplomacy does not work in Nigeria, Nigerians are not mentally developed enough to appreciate the art of diplomacy. Thats why they dont have a united country. Ken Saro-Wiwa learnt this lesson the hard way

This thread is about Biafra as some are trying to turn it into.

What does an Urhrobo man have in common with an Ibibio man? What does an Ibibio man have in common with an Ijaw man? What does an Ijaw man have in common with an Ogoja man? What does an Ogoja man have in common with an Ogoni man?

The only thing these tribes have in common is Igbo. O ly Igbo unites all of them because it is only Igbos/Igboids that hace a land border with all of them

Joe Igbokwe is a morron

isalie:
You get the whole begging point wrong my brother. As it is now the division of Nigeria is unthinkable and the talk about it is a joke.
Brother common, why not look at the big picture and see everything that is good in this fertile ground called Nigeria? You're losing out o. Ehen don't say I didn't tell you

Read the below and tell me more about this so called fertile ground

History

1945 Jos Riots:- Hundreds of Igbos killed

1953 Kano massacre:- Hundreds of Igbo massacred

July 1966:- Over 300 Igbo officers of the Nigerian Army murdered

1966:- Over 50,000 Igbos, men, women and children massacred all over the North

1967-70:- Over 3 million souls lost in the civil war in the name of 'one Nigeria'

Other situations where Igbos have been killed are:


Kano 1980
Maiduguri 1982
Jimeta 1984
Gombe 1985
Zaria 1987
Kaduna & Kafanchan 1991
Bauchi & Katsina 1991
Kano 1991
Zangon-Kataf 1992
Funtua 1993
Kano 1994
Kaduna 2000
Kaduna 2001
Maiduguri 2001
Maiden Crisis-Setember 2001
Kaduna 2002
Jos-November 2008
Beheading of Gideon Akaluka in December of 1996 in a POLICE STATION in Kano
Saint Moritz killed December 2001
25. Post April 2011 Presidential Election: 10 youth-corps men & women and numerous citizens murdered because a Christian Southerner was elected.
Jos Christmas Eve 2010
Madalla Christmas day 2011
Mubi January 6 2012


This is the cost of "One Nigeria"

isalie:
Igbos are good for nothing sack of shiit. Only good in doing business but when you talk about political leadership skills they will spoil the show, the okonta warriors refuse to go home they keep reincarnating with the same scars of the 60/70s.

Biko, I can not be in Nigeria and allow my own Igbo brother to sell me and my entire household because of plate of akpu with ugu soup and after run away leaving me in everlasting debt.

Sorry to break it to you Igbos still have a lot of schooling to do and when they're matured we will call them again to the table for talks about biafra. Even Madame Angela said the same about UK yesterday as ancient, powerful and organized as UK, even a fetus biafra is licking. I laugh in British slang

And yet you are the one begging for 'one Nigeria'

afroxyz:
What about south Sudan and Eritrea?

The 6 countries that broke away from Yugoslavia are among the poorest in the world

Please don't deceive yourself. Biafra has no oil. The urhibis, itshekiris even the ikwerre man would not follow you.

Igbos can't even be united against a common enemy, how would they do in times of peace. Keep allowing nnamdi KANU, a British citizen to be deceiving you. If he was Biafra to the nine, why did he beg the British government to intervene using his citizenship as a ploy? Zombie. You can remain in hiafra, I dey Lagos. I go dey visit una once in two years. Anu mpa

The only person who is decieved here is you who thinks it is the job of the white man to give you rour country

taiyeayodeji:
i am so sad that most of our youth dont know the effects of war,i watched an events where nnamdi kanu was begging from Ibos in USA for guns AND SAYING those in UK dont have money to give them guns.Ofcourse, i believe the Ibos have a right to a self existence state.However, i believe that the steps taking towards it is totally wrong and it may be absurd to compare europe and asia with Africa.If you say malysia broke, pakistan broke up, united arab broke up etc.These are two different continents and different scenerio. If you say the new trend is conducting referendum, has africa got to this level where people carry out referendum without being manipulated.Our elections are manipulated in Nigeria and i dont see any elections that is not manipulated,so asking for referendum in Africa may not be the solution. I must say that the comfortable Nigerian Igbos wont want to disintegrate, there is power in a bigger country than a smaller country.I strongly believe that the Biafra issue will come to pass some day in future, when this come, it would come naturally without any violence.Now it will be hyprocritical to deny that the approach taken by Nnamdi Kalu is a violent option,His words are not polite as a leader, he speaks carelessly which is not expected of a leader.The process of disintegeration is a long process and not something to be rushed at, there is need to plan and also it is in phases.i watched a video on the Nigerian Civil war and i saw that the Igbos lost greatly during the war, lots of children died of hunger,lots of casualty on the biafran side.There were no sign of war in the Nigerian cities, activities were going on as normal in the Nigerian states while billions of innocent igbos were dieing in masses.i am sorry,i have africans friends who have experienced war and they will tell you that war is nothing good and they wish all africans would learn from their cases.Dont be decieved by those who are saying that they can bring Biafra out without war but by referendum, what step has kanu taken towards approaching this, has he met the united nation.Does he have support of the UNITED NATION.I must say doing this without any support may cause another genocide.I believe the igbos claim to be christians,do they really know if this is the right time for BIAFRA to come out.What i believe should be done now is for Nigerians to call for restructuring, every state should be independent and control its resources and also send a share to the federal government.it is sad that most people financing Biafra are abroad, in the event of war, their family are out of nigeria,and they wont be there to die ,let our youth recieve common sense and fight against corruption and bad rulers.The Ibos are very rich and successful people in the whole world, i believe that if they develop their region without waiting for the government, the life of the people can be comfortable and the standard of living improved greatly.

Nobody is talking about war, what they are saying is referendum. Referendum is not usually manipulated because those who would manipulate it have nothing to gain. It is not like usual elections where people are fighting office

He doesnt stand a chance, unless the election boycott some how is in his favour

swiz123:
Wow! Is she Nigerian?

Frim what I read, she is a Colombian who met Ik Ogbonna on the Internet and she flew down to Nigeria to meet him. Its been love all the way since then

MrMaestro:
Not opinion, not fantasy, not hateful tribalistic comments. Give me hard, and factual proof with sources , as to how exactly any country split from Nigeria will be better than Nigeria. Its a very simple question. I want answers.

Let's recap,

1. Nigeria has Africa's Largest GDP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

2. Nigeria has the largest amount of internet users: http://answersafrica.com/africa-internet-usage-statistics.html

3. Nigeria has the second largest film industry in the world: http://fortune.com/2015/06/24/nollywood-movie-industry/

4. Nigeria has the largest music industry in africa (I don't even need to cite this. http://www.africanbusinesscentral.com/2016/10/24/the-boom-in-africas-music-industry-continues/)

5. Nigerians own 2 of the top 3 spot of richest men in Africa (everyone else in top 5 is white): https://www.forbes.com/africa-billionaires/list/#tab:overall

So again, i'm open to discussion. Give me hard, and factual proof with sources, how a spilt country would be better than Nigeria. Its a very simple question. Answer the question below Don't derail, or change the subject, just answer the question.

Yoy want proof? Read the below:

History

1945 Jos Riots:- Hundreds of Igbos killed

1953 Kano massacre:- Hundreds of Igbo massacred

July 1966:- Over 300 Igbo officers of the Nigerian Army murdered

1966:- Over 50,000 Igbos, men, women and children massacred all over the North

1967-70:- Over 3 million souls lost in the civil war in the name of 'one Nigeria'

Other situations where Igbos have been killed are:


Kano 1980
Maiduguri 1982
Jimeta 1984
Gombe 1985
Zaria 1987
Kaduna & Kafanchan 1991
Bauchi & Katsina 1991
Kano 1991
Zangon-Kataf 1992
Funtua 1993
Kano 1994
Kaduna 2000
Kaduna 2001
Maiduguri 2001
Maiden Crisis-Setember 2001
Kaduna 2002
Jos-November 2008
Beheading of Gideon Akaluka in December of 1996 in a POLICE STATION in Kano
Saint Moritz killed December 2001
25. Post April 2011 Presidential Election: 10 youth-corps men & women and numerous citizens murdered because a Christian Southerner was elected.
Jos Christmas Eve 2010
Madalla Christmas day 2011
Mubi January 6 2012


This is the cost of "One Nigeria"

Having read all this, tell me you think a united Nigeria makes sense?

dyydxx:
Well tell that to England. They have fought 3 civil wars in their history, I think the Chinese have fought 3 too. Ivory Coast has fought 2....so let's wait and see how it all plays out. Good luck getting Biafra by Election Boycott. We will talk again after the boycott if it has produced Biafra. Freedom never comes easy, you guys aren't ready yet. When you are ready, we would be waiting on the other side.

England has fought 3 civil wars? Give us examples. China officialkt became a Republic in 1949, which war have they fought since then? You dobt know what you are talking about.

Nobody said that just election boycott will bring Biafra but it is a good start

jaychubi:
Asking ppl not to vote while we keep pursuing our Biafra is quite thoughtless of kanu BC it will lead to APC winning the entire South east which will be bad.

Kanu shld learn to consult widely before coming up with such major decisions. Kanu shld rather preach support for APGA

My take as a Biafran

Credibility of elections is to a large extent hinged on voter turn out. If the Anambra electorate to a large extent, decide to boycott the elections, who ever wins will have no credibility. It will also send a strong signal to the Nigerian Government and the international community that Biafrans have started to disengage from the politics of Nigeria. Election boycott is a strong and potent weapon.

Im an Anambra man and I support the boycott even though I think Obiano deserves a second term based on perfotmance. However, my desire is Biafra

I think someones brains boycotted their body

Nnamdi Kanu, destroying the zoo with the truth