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What are these people protesting for? Amnesty international has over 80 videos and pictures of the Nigerian Army shooting and killing different groups such as Shia muslims and IPOB

Instead of these protesters to demand to see the evidence, they are asking AI to go.

They dont even care if their military committed extrer-judicial killings. All they care about was the u favourable report by AI

Some people are more interested in Kanu rather than addressing the issues that has made Nigeria a divided country.

comos:
This is the problem with Igbo,

When APC was in opposition, you hardly see an Igbo man among their mist,

but now APC is in power, they are all trooping to a party they tam Hausa and yoruba party,

all because of money and their individualism

All trooping? As far as I know, there are less than 8 notable Igbo politicians in APC

Stricker321:
My Igbo brothers, PLEASE IGNORE this useless thread.

Thanks.

Igbo is Igbo whether in SE or SS or wherever.

Igbo is ONE!

It might not be a divisive thread, it might just be someone who is curious about who the Wawa people are.

OP, Wawa people are a sub-sect of Igbos mainly found in Enugu state who speak a closely related dialect of Igbo called 'Wawa'.

When the courts of the land says someone should be "unconditionally released" yet the authorities disregard court rulings.

Image123:
The question is does Nnamdi Kanu reason? He's in Kuje for being unreasonable in the first instance, so why's pot calling kettle black?

He is in prison? So was Nieson Mandela, Awolowo, Obasunjo and Buhari. Each of these men spent at least a year in jail.

It is not how you start but how you end up

APC are only interested in grabbing power. It has no interest adding value to the lives of people.


Capturing the SE is impossible for APC. Their only hope of doing this is to use federal might and funds to rig elections.

uncleade:
WOULD YOU STOP COMPARING LIGHT TO DARKNESS? MANDELA FOUGHT FOR UNITED SOUTH AFRICA, NOT DIVIDED SOUTH AFRICA.

Mandela neither fought for a united South Africa or or a divided one. He fought for freedom from white minority rule also refered to apathied rule.

Unity means nothing if it is not by mutual consent

gbegemaster:
Won't spliting this country be better in the long run?

I have to a number of weddings that later ended in divorce.

Not all unions will work, be happy or even last.

It is only in Nigeria people will think that the country was ordained by God when it was British profiteers that created the country

It is only in Nigeria that the country will fight a civil war, kill themselves in the millions and still be telling each that was all done out of love and unity

It is only in Nigeria that the 3 main ethnic groups still dont understand each other after 100 years together but is still refered to as a 'Nation'

Out of all this disunity, lies, bad history, falsehoods, ill feeling, nepotism and hatred, a Nigerian will still be asking "what is the real problem with Nigeria?"

akpasubi777:
An educated illiterate spotted.

One of those answering the name of a River the white man imposed on him spotted

Remarkably, the only type of lights they found suitable for the Presidential office are the ones commonly found in the gambling hotels of Los Vegas.

Maybe they always knew that only a gambler can be President of Nigeria.

Fremancipation:
BUT When you call them The ZOO, they start throwing tantrums like monkeys

Of course. Some people cannot reason like humans.

There are some people in West Africa who reason that it is the job of Lord Lugard to create their country for them and to name them after a River.

comos:
it seems i am talking with a kid

If you have one example of a serving minister who was holding his position while contesting for a political position, say it, otherwise close your mouth.

A political appointee cannot hold office while seeking elective political position.

Nnamdi Kanu

"As Mary Wollstonecraft said, what makes you human is the ability to reason. Here, people don't reason"

comos:
don't misinform Nigerians

are you telling us a minister can not contest an election ?

the court has bar APC from presenting any candidate

A Minister cannot contest elections, he has to resign first

Nice one!

Ya kpotuba!


It is important for Nigerians to see that the colonial fraud called Nigeria which was created by a British opportunistic thief called Lord Frederick Lugard can no longer stand the test of time.

I cannot answer to a name derived from a River

LilChamp:
A man who threatens the unity of Nation is no fit for that attire he is putting on.

Don't worry your permanent prisoner uniform is still with the tailor. Will be ready before you are finally convicted.

To all flat head that might want to quote me:

Threaten the unity of a nation? You Nigerians dont seems to understand that Nigeria is not united nor is it a nation.

If Nigeria was a nation, one man would not be able to threaten its unity.

comos:
The court bar APC from fielding any candiadate

Don't misinform Nigerians

The Battle for Anambra central is between PDP and APGA

You dont understand what is happening. PDP and APC can no longer participate in this election. The PDP candidate has been disqualified and the APC canidate has become a Minister and is no longer running.

The courts has said that the time for candidate substitution is over

Therefore, APC and PDP cannot participate

comos:
It was APC that was banned from participating in the election.

The battle is going to be between PDP and APGA, since APC is not presenting any candidate

Both PDP and APC cannot contest. PDP has already been disqualified while APC has no candidate

Justice can be delayed, it can never be denied. Same as freedom.Kanu will come out to the shame of all the millions of slaves of Lord Lugard out there.


I stand with Kanu!

GEJ's administeration might not have been the best but it was far better than Buhari's administeration

Nigerians knew recession under PMB

Eruditor:
Rear Admiral AA Madueke (Deziani's husband) was also amongst the first set of graduands. PMB couldn't have been here as he had joined the Army before NDA was commissioned in 1962.

Buhari was already a serving officer by then. Buhari was a participant in the coup that brought Gowon to power.

Madueke alsi graduated with Diya. When Biafra was declared, Madueke joined the Biafran Navy. After the war, he returned to the Nigerian Navy along with other Igbo Naval Officers like Ebitu Ukiwe.

In the run up to Veteran actor, Pete Edochie's Birthday, he was interviewed in the Igbo language by a journalist who asked him about his stance on the on going agitation about Biafra.

The Journalist asked him if Igbos should aspire to the presidency of Nigeria or seek their own separate state of Biafra.

Pete Edochie responded by ignoring anything about Igbo presidency and delved straight into the issue of Biafra. He started by saying that he is deeply hurt by the killing of unarmed Biafran protesters. He said that there are many people who want Igbos to remain part of Nigeria and many who want Igbos to be independent. He however stressed that if Igbos must be Biafra, it has to be with the Southern Minorities. He said that a landlocked Biafra would be difficult, so effort must be put to carry the minorities along. He reminded the journalist that in the Biafran war, Biafra was the old Eastern Region which included Ogoja, Ijaw, Ibibio amongst others including Igbos.

It should be noted that in 1966 when Igbos were being massacred in the North, Pete Edochie was living in the North with late fellow actor, Enebeli Elebeuwa. When Pete Edochie found out that Igbos were being killed, he went out looking for Enebeli so that they could escape and in the process, Pete himself nearly got lynched. Both men later escaped to the Eastern Region and Pete Edochie worked with Radio Biafra throughout the war.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLdAjE_fCOA

Up IPOB!

Keep spreading the word of freedom!

Keep spreading the message of self determination!

Nigeria, the colonial fraud created in 1914 by a mad British man called Lugard has become irrelevant


We are going to be free wether Nigerians like it or not

ElsonMorali:
All this noise you're making, just because I asked you a simple question?

You aren't bright, are you?

Give your phone to your younger brother maybe he'll have better luck with my question.

Did these children organize the rally themselves or they were put up to it by their parents and teachers?

Encouraging children from a tender age to disregard state authority and to break the law is a terrible crime and a grave sin against God their Creator.

So whoever put those kids up to that should be arrested.

I won't be surprised If you're one of them.

Is this How you want to build your Biafra?

Laying the foundation stones at the expense of your children's innocence?

How are these kids breaking the law? Did anyone tell you that holding Biafran rallies is against the law? If you think it is against the law, go and read chapter 4 of the Nigerian constitution.

Everyone is allowed freedom of movement, expression, conscience and belief.

Anyone is allowed to believe in Biafra, express their belief in Biafra, move around freely and rally for their belief in Biafra.

The only thing the law does not specify is how to go about getting Biafra

Biafran rallies are completely legal

Brugo:
Children who don't know anything are forced to participate in politics. The parents of these kids should be arrested.

What kind of rubbish is this? Using your kids as bait? Come on!

This has nothinh to do with politics. These are kids being given an early lesson in self determination 101

doublewisdom:
@OP, it's called Onicha Olona.

Its unfortunate that the white man messed the word up. The British wrote is 'Onisha' then they later added a 't' to make it Onitsha. There are too many ways of writting that word but the true way is Onicha.

loopman:
Ipob is already a terrorist group, they just are too poor to afford the kind of equipment of death that BH boast of.

Well since they are yet to kill anyone, they cannot be termed terrorist. If anyone is the terrorist, it is the Nigerian Army who has been shooting them

In my own thinking, if anything happend to Kanu, IPOB will become a militant group.


The Nigerian Army has not defeated any militant group in Nigeria be it Boko Haram, NDA etc.

Adding IPOB to that list could spell the end of Nigeria

Conrad Chukwukadibia Nwawo was born in 1922 in Onisha-Olona in pesent day Delta State. He had his education at Aggrey Memorial School, Arochukwu and and Ilesha Grammar School. He went for further training at the School of Agriculture before working as an assistant Agriculture officer in Ibadan. In 1950, Nwawo resigned and joined what was then known as the West African Fronteer force. He was sent on Officer training in Ghana and later, Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School. Nwawo was commissioned an officer of the Nigerian Army in 1953 with the Army number N10 (meaning he was the 10th officer of the Nigerian Army). Nwawo was sent on international military postings to Germany, England and The Congo. In the Congo, Nwawo along with  F.A Fajuyi were awarded the prestigious Military Cross for bravery. Nwawo was promoted to Lt Colonel in 1965 and posted to London as Military attache. It was while in London that the first coup happened. With Nzeogwu in firm control of the North and threatening to march down to Lagos, Ironsi reached out to Nwawo. Nwawo had taught Nzeogwu military tactics at NMTC Kaduna and both men were close. Both men were also Midwest Igbos. Nwawo flew down to Lagos then to Kaduna where he convinced Nzeogwu to give himself up and both men returned to Lagos. Nwawo brought to a peaceful end what might have been a bloody military confrontation.

When the civil war broke out, Nwawo like many Midwest Igbos such as Colonel Ochei, Lt Col Chudi Sokei, Lt Col Achuzia, Major Isichei amongst others chose to fight on the side of their kith and kin in Biafra.

Ojukwu promoted Nwawo to Brigadier General and gave him command of the 11 Division. He also later commanded the Biafran Armies 13th Division and saw action in Onitsha, Abagana and Umuahia sectors if the war. He was later appointed chief administrative officer, Biafran Army Headquarters.

In 1970 when the war ended, Nwawo was detained by the Nigerian Government but released in 1974


Nwawo was once asked if he regreted fighting on the Biafran side and he replied 'I have no regrets'

He also added in his Onisha olona dialect:
"Oge ozo, wa cho ilutinye nmadu aka na anya, wa ge elo iolo shinne"

(Next time they want to poke us in the eye, they will think well first)

Nwawo passed on to the great beyond in February 2016 aged 93.


In all,  Nwawo was a disciplined and brilliant officer. In retirement, he lived a quiet and contented life, but remained a hero among his people. He will be particularly remem­bered for his services to the Nigerian and Biafran Armies.

oyinkinola:
...so that's the reason igbo went on suicide mission to kill their Nigerian status?

So you call fighting for freedom a suicide mission?