₦airaland Forum

nototribalist:
Hmmm see my OIL money. Afonjas and abokiis are thieves and parasites

Put it this way: Arewas, Ndigbos and Ooduas are thieves and parasites feeding on our Niger-Delta resources! As far as we Niger-Deltans are concerned, they are all parasites!

seanet01:
Chei!
Politicians sabi better Puna....
This one na to dey accompany oga on travels.

Special Assistant to Governor on "Travels and Relaxations"!

Jlow2:
the same yoruba that betrayed ur brother GEJ

We do not keep senseless grudges like you Igbo people!

jared007:
The same Okpe people that wants to divide the urhobo nation. There's strength in unity. If Okpe breaks away from UPU they would automatically become a minority in Delta Central thereby exposing themselves to marginalisation.

I'm an Okpe man and we are not trying to divide Urhobo. The URHOBO NATION still remain one and united. Any Okpe person having such divisive agenda is a minority voice. Okpe Agbameni! Urhobo o, Ovuovo!! Urhobomena, Ovuovo!!!

AworiLagosian:
How come Udo now is just a tiny insignificant village of not even up to an hamlet?
Udo can't even be seen on a map
Wth happened

Time changes things! "UDO" was a flourishing town during the "OGISO DYNASTY" era. The "OGISOS" made "UDO" the Capital of ancient "AKA KINGDOM" and was home to a vast number Edoid people including the Urhobo-Isokos, Ishans, Etsakos, Epie-Atissas, Ikas, Engennis, Degemas, etc. At the height of the reigns of the "OGISOS" between 600-900 AD, UDO was a power house in the region sending rulers to different lands to reign. For example, "ERE" who was one of the early OGISOS was the founder of "Ughelli Kingdom" in Urhoboland. And it was also during the Ogisos reigns that kings were crowned to rule in Onitsha, Asaba and Agbor. It was after the collapse of the "OGISO DYNASTY" in "900 AD" that Udo town started declining in population and influence. Consequently, the various peoples who made Udo their home abandoned the town and fled to establish new settlements elsewhere as a result of chaos and civil strives which trailed the fall of the "AKA KINGDOM". The Igbos so-much boast-about "ERI" was one of such people who left to found new communities elsewhere. The first settlement "ERI" established on arrival in Igboland was named "ERI-AKA" in memory/ remembrance of where he migrated from; "AKA" land. I do laugh whenever some Igbos claim that 'ERI" migrated from ISRAEL. That is a big lie as there was no such thing! Igbos take note of this: ERI's origin lies in ancient UDO and AKA land of the OGISO KINGS and not ISRAEL. Following the emergence of a new Dynasty [the "Oba Dynasty"] after years of interregnum, "Oranmiyan" who came from "UHE" ["IFE"] was scared to reign from "Udo". Fearing for his life, he transferred the Capital to a new settlement and renamed the Kingdom "BENIN". Relatively, "Udo" is older than "Benin City". If you could remember, the people of UDO refused to accept the authorities of the early OBAS of the OBA DYNASTY and fought several battles gallantly against the Obas until the were finally subdued during the reign of possibly Oba Ewuare the Great [Ogidigan] in about the fifteen Century. It was the many battles Udo waged against the authorities of the Obas that brought the town down. They probably regarded the emerging Obas as strangers and intruders to the land and resisted their over-lordship. Even till date, UDO though now reduced to a small community, still enjoy some autonomous status within the Benin Kingdom.

VickJames:
When you listen to the points they give in this forum, you wont help but ask if these people went to school or they just got educated from a roadside mechanic. I dont usually comment on such senseless threads because they end up killing my intelligence level because whenever i see people talk like that, I feel sad about the next generation of some people.

One man can make a whole tribe speak his language in opobo? He forced everyone in opobo to speak his language there? They will not read history where other people read history but they will cite one blog and call it history of our people. Even when they read normal history, they refuse to picture the happenings of then and make sense in what is happening. but they love living in denial.

Lets say the binis left their kingdom to come to the now ikwerre land like the story claimed, but they refused to cite in the story that the man that was running away saw some people where he started living. So, they told us that the only man who left bini started giving birth kids while other people he met stopped living and expanding. They became barren and lost the penile organ. the way people think in this forum is as a result of lack of critical thinking.

Their revered asari dokubo said that, rivers state is a battle ground which the hausa/fulani people created to cause trouble between the igbos and the minorities. why cant they join the remaining ijaws in the state with their brothers in bayelsa since bayelsa is an ijaw state. they didnt do it, they want to cause more troubles for themselves. the Ijaws are always been known to be riverine people, while attach them to upland people? to cause problems?

they have big problems and they dont even know how to solve it.

Friend! Language alone does not determine or tell the real origin of a people. This is because language is dynamic and people of a place can switch language at any point in history. Let me give you examples in Urhoboland. Orogun is an Urhobo clan with several towns and villages but since time immemorial they were fond of marrying Ukwuani-Igbo women. And because children spend more time with mothers than fathers, they tend to learn quickly whatever language the mothers teach them. As a result of maternal influences, the whole Orogun clan is presently bi-lingual; speaking both Urhobo and Ukwuani-Igbo. Furthermore, do you know that some of these Orogun villages [e.g. Arhagba] have virtually lost their Urhobo language and speak mainly Ukwuani-Igbo? Do you know that their children now find it difficult to speak or understand Urhobo but they can speak and understand Igbo [Ukwuani] fluently? I visited Arhagba-Orogun town in 2011 during INEC Voters Registration Exercise and was taken aback by what I saw. Every where in the community I reached the people were speaking Igbo, playing Igbo musics and rarely heard someone spoke Urhobo. It was so overwhelming that I had to asked my companion that day if we were still actually in Urhoboland and had not wandered into Igboland by mistake. The Igbo influence was so strong in Arhagba town that even church programs were been conducted in English and Igbo languages alone, and not in Urhobo their supposed indigenous language. I tell you, the only feature that still identify Arhagba as an Urhobo town are just their native surnames and culture. Even then, some of them have started bearing Igbo names and if this trend continues in the next 50 years, Igbo culture may completely take over the community and there may not be any trace of Urhobo culture or heritage in Arhagba again. In summary, if we should use language spoken in a place as sole yardstick for ethnic grouping, then in the next coming years Arhagba and other Orogun communities may no longer be classified or regarded as Urhobo but rather Igbo. I suppose that was the same case with Bonny, Ekpeye and others who now speak more of Igboid languages. Do you known that even in Rwanda Hutu and Tutsi are two separate ethnic groups but speak the same language? This was because the Tutsis presumably lost their language in the course of history and adopted the language of the Hutus.

d only reason why u ijaws have mouth to talk is because we ve moved on and accepted one Nigeria, If Nigeria ever breaks let nothing can stop us from taking back our stolen lands from the Niger delta. Even of the Ijaws like let them stretch through all the coasts in west Africa 1billion of u guys cant stop us. Bunch of land grabbing greedy people.

Thanks for knowingly or unknowing exposing the hidden evil agenda of Igbo Biafra and your forceful inclusion of Niger-Delta minorities in your Biafra map. But it won't work out. We Niger-Deltans are fully aware of Igbo expansionist plans due to their lack of sufficient land and access to the sea, but we won't succumb to it. We refused to be Biafrans.

biafranqueen:
Obi Okosi I on his instalation, 1913. The Roman Catholic caused drastic discontinuities in Onitsha Kingship tradition, and produced deep schisms in Onitsha community. Obi Okosi refused to perform most of the required Installation rituals (especially “Going to Udo” and receiving the “King’s Ofo), and his very crown for his initial Emergence was provided by the RCM, who moved physically into his new palace grounds. The crown he wore here does hold traditional bird feathers, but also features a prominent fleur-des-lis; he does appear to be holding the traditional horsetail switch of mourning, Otinri. At that time, a very large number of Ndi-Onicha refused to give the new Obi his customary tribute, ridiculing him as “the Book (educational) King” (Eze Akukwo) and “Foreigners’ King” (Eze Oyibo).

The mention of "Going to Udo" caught my attention and reminded me of ancient "UDO" the capital of AKA KINGDOM [later re-named Benin Empire] during the "OGISO DYNASTY". Or was it actually a ceremonial rehearsal pointing to where the Obi Kingship authority came from which is the ancient Udo of the OGISOS?

YonkijiSappo:
Depends on what the people want.

What happened to the idea of Niger Delta republic?

Anyways, in a more Ideal scenario, All of Edo is Oodua Reublic. In Delta, the Itsekiris are Oodua, while the Aniomas are Biafra.
The Urhobos either join Oodua or follow the Ijaws into Niger-Delta republic of chaos.

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Urhobo-Isoko people are not interested in joining either "Biafra" or "Oduduwa" Republics. Our options are: [1] to form a "Niger-Delta Republic" with Ijaws and other minorities, [2] collaborate with other Edoid tribes to establish "Otu-Edo Republic" or out-rightly set up our own independent "Ejadiovo Republic" [Madiovo republic]. No doubt, Urhobo-Isoko with its abundant landmass [appx. 7000 sq.km], rich resources and population [about 5 million] is bigger than some independent countries we have in the world today.

Cooly100:
Why did Nigeria want independence from Britain, but Nigerians don't want to relocate back to Nigeria from UK? Such a dumb question...List any country that has gained independence and all its people left to the new country?

Pakistan and India! After their independence from Britain, former "colonial India" was divided into two countries [modern India and Pakistan] and there was mass relocation of people to their respective new countries as part of the peace agreement.

zombieHUNTER:
For you to use the term host shows we only pay lip service when we say one Nigeria and refer to the constitution

The truth is that we are too diverse to be one country... You have to divide the country first before issuing any threats
Don't expect people to resign their jobs and close their shops then go back to nothing

It's common sense

Is "Nigeria" more diverse than "America [USA]" which has mixed population of white, black, yellow and coloured people with different ethnic, linguistic and religious background?

LionDeLeo:
My oga, I'm not a jew but I don't like it either.

We want a new Nigeria devoid of all those crimes associated with Jews.

Jews are in Israel and are not associated with crimes.

OMANBALA1:
Can you give the meaning of these names? Another question; is Osa and Ose the same thing?

OSA and OSE are Edoid prefixes for GOD. Both names mean the same; i.e. they refer to GOD. E.g. Osamede, Osamwese, Osaretin are Bini-Ishan names making references to "OSANOBUA/ OSENOBUWE". Urhobo's actual ancient name for GOD is "OSONOBRUGHWE" which is similar to the Bini-Ishan's. The name "OGHENE" actually means "Lord". That was why the "king of Ife" in ancient times was known to Edoid people as "Oghene Uhe" meaning the "Lord of Ife". However, the name OGHENE is now exclusively being used to honour and refer to GOD by Urhobo-Isoko people.

DMerciful:
Mind telling us these other roots? The people of Agbor has a root to Eri(umuleri)

ERI originated from ancient AKA KINGDOM [present-day Bini land]. He was a Chief Priest to the OGISOS and lived at the ancient capital UDO where he performed his spiritual duties. Following the collapse of the OGISO DYNASTY in about 900AD, ERI migrated with his party north-eastward and arrived Igala land before later moving southward into Igbo land where he established a settlement which he named ERI-AKA [to keep in remembrance where he came from which is "AKA" but now known as Benin Kingdom].

sorry1:
afonja

That is the problem with you Igbo people. Any Niger-Deltan who does not agree with you is Afonja. Wa ihwo Igbo joma yotor!

Mekus68:
Sai buhari.
He is working.

IDOTS

Let me see a Niger Deltan that will come here and be shouting one Nigeria...Your father in advance.

We need our own separate country and not Biafra. Our agitation is different. However, we are not against Igbos having their own homogeneous
country; Biafra.

Noneroone:
Even though the long epistle reeks of frustration, Arewa youths must be commended for for their new stance on self determination. however, they seem confused- holding carnival with Igbo attire today and next they want support Biafra.

Btw, i hope they know we notice the way they have been trying so hard to associate Biafra with south east geo political zone. we wont get tired of reminding them that south east zone neither represents the entire Biafra nor even the complete Igboland.

their fear just started.

You are a joke if you think you can coerce us Niger-Delta minorities into your Igbo Biafra. We know it's because of our abundant resources and landmass and access to the sea that is making you Igbos shout Biafra up and down. But we are not fools. Wake up from your fantasy and face reality of the present! Niger-Deltans are wiser now. This is year 2017 and not the 1960s.

sunnyb0b0:
Referendum not war.

Don't mind him.

adadike281:
That can only happen in d north and west. I trust d eastern region, u can't dictate for us, in fact, history is now a compulsory subject in d east.

Did you actually mean "east" which also include Borno, Taraba and Adamawa States? Because there are "two Easts" in Nigeria namely; "North-East" and "South-East". And infact, Borno State is more eastern than Anambra or Ebonyi States.

hornyofife:
you are a goat. The claim of being jew has been there even before our great grand fathers, to whom it was passed down to them orally. The igbos are Hebrews, and their religion before the white men came was Judaism. Even the white missionaries acknowledge it in the documentations about the igbos when they came in 1845. in fact it was the Portuguese merchants who have first had contact with the igbos that first observe that we have connection with the biblical hebrews.That is why the first five books in the bible is a reflection of the igbo ancient culture and religion.

Again Go and read about Eri in genesis and exodus. Eri is still existing till today in Anambra, which is where igbos claim to from and ErI is one of the sons of Gad, also dont forget that eri is the oldest kingdom in Nigeria dating back to the 9th century

also have you asked yourself why hebrew sounds like igbo.. it started from hebrew to Heebo to Ebo to Ibo to now igbo. Hence the word igbo is a corruption of the biblical hebrew.

Again don't get it twisted the presented day Jews in Israel are not the real Jewish people, they are migrants from eastern Europe who conquered the black natives and settled there a long time ago and even in the Jewish torah which is equivalant to the christian bible described Jesus as a black man, that is why you still see the Egyptian Nubians are still black as it was in the days of Jesus, same as Ethiopian Jews.

I once asked my late grandmother where igbos came from, she specifically told me we came from Israel. whether that is true or not can be contested but what it means is that igbos for generations have always known they have connection with israel even before the white men came. . this is a woman who dead 15yrs ago at the age of 101yrs and obviously it must have been what her parents and grand parents told her too

You are ignorant of your history, and stop this display of shame. Igbos are a "pure Negro tribe" with "thick lips", "broad face and nose" and "woolly hairs". On the other hand the Jews are a "Semitic people [Caucasians]" with "thin lips", "narrow face and nose" and "curly/ straight hairs". The Falashas claims of Jewish origin is very obvious and convincing unlike that of the Igbo's embarrassing claims; [1] from ancient times they [the Falashas] are not pagans unlike the Igbos who were notorious pagans and cannibals prior to arrival of the Europeans, [2] the "Falashas have Semitic features and characteristics in their physical appearance" [e.g, narrow nose and face, thin lips, and curly/ straight hairs] unlike the "Igbos with no traces of Semitic features in their appearance but rather only Negro Bantu features and characteristics" [e.g, thick lips, broad nose and face, woolly hairs] and, [3]the "Falashas language sounds similar to the Hebrew language of the Jews" unlike the "Igbo language which is a pure West African Kwa language [the same grouping with Yoruba, Bini, Ashanti, etc] and bears no similarity to the Jewish Hebrew language". Sometimes I laugh when I see some Igbo people shamelessly say ""Eri" was a "Jew"" forgetting that this their so much talked about "Eri" came from no other place than ancient Aka Kingdom [which later became known as Benin Empire following the collapse of the Ogiso Dynasty]. "ERI" left "UDO" the Capital of ancient "AKA KINGDOM" due to the chaos and insecurity which trailed the fall of the "OGISO DYNASTY" in around 900AD. Eri and his followers migrated north-east ward and arrived Igala land where he lived briefly for some years. He later moved southward and finally founded "ERI-AKA" in Igbo land where he settled. Eri named the new settlement "ERI-AKA" in memory and remembrance of where he came from which is "AKA" his ancestral homeland. Have you ever asked yourself why ERI choose to name his first settlement [ERI-AKA] in Igboland after the ancient AKA Kingdom? To further prove to you that ERI came from ancient AKA land, Up till date the entity ERI is still revered and hold in high esteem among the Edoid people as a result of his exploits and mystical prowess in the days of the Ogisos. As a result ERI has been deified and, there are shrines dedicated to the serving of the mystical ERI in Benin land [ some called "Eri-windu"]. Furthermore, in many Edoid lands [e.g Bini, Ishan, Urhobo-Isoko, Etsako, Owan, etc], people still name their children after "Eri" [eg, Eri-nyoja, Eri-mohwo, Eri-do, Ehi-mofe, Ehi-ware, etc. NOTE: Urhobo-Isoko mostly pronounce it "ERI", while Bini and Ishan pronounce it "EHI" but they mean the same thing]. The point is: ERI was Negro who came from UDO in present BINI land and not from Israel. So if you are looking for ERI's origin go to Edoid lands and find out, okay! Moreover, the Biblical ERI is not the same pronunciation with the Igbo ERI. But the Igbo ERI is the same pronunciation with the Edoid ERI. Isn't this a further prove? The fact that the Igbo ERI is the same spelling with the Biblical ERI doesn't make them the same personality. Claiming that they are the same entity is childish. It's like claiming that the "Benin EDO" is the same with the "Japanese EDO", even though both refer to monarchy. I therefore advice you to go study and do more background-check research about Eri.

PrickGetSize:
He just multiplied his problems times four.

Not true.

cktheluckyman:
Oya come pursue igbos from north let's see.Bloody hypocrites!!! You don't want Easterners but you want to continue to enjoy Eastern resources

So we Niger-Deltans the owners of the oil are now Igbos? Just continue to day-dream thinking we will join your Igbo Biafra.

bitcoinvin:
Out of the total of 360 House of Reps members, the entire South has 169, while the North has 191.
Here is the breakdown:
South East
Imo 10 Reps
Abia 8 Reps
Ebonyi 6 Reps
Anambra 11 Reps
Enugu 8 Reps Total= 43.
South South
Akwa Ibom 10 Reps
Bayelsa 5 Reps
Cross River 8 Reps
Delta 10 Reps
Edo 9 Reps
Rivers 13 Reps Total= 55 Reps.
SOUTHEAST and SOUTHSOUTH GRAND TOTAL =98 only.
South West
Ekiti 6 Reps
Lagos 24 Reps
Ogun 9 Reps
Ondo 9 Reps
Oyo 14 Reps
Osun 9 Reps Total = 71 Reps.
North West
Kano 24 Reps
Kaduna 16 Reps
Jigawa 11 Reps
Katsina 15 reps
Kebbi 8 Reps
Sokoto 11 Reps
Zamfara 7 Reps Total = 92 Reps.
North East
Adamawa 8 Reps
Bauchi 12 Reps
Borno 10 reps
Gombe 6 Reps
Taraba 6 Reps
Yobe 6 Reps Total = 48 Reps.
North Central
Benue 11 Reps
Kogi 9 Reps
Kwara 6 Reps
Nassarawa 5 Reps
Plateau 8 Reps
Niger 10 Reps Total = 49 Reps.
FCT 2 Reps.
GRAND TOTAL OF THE NORTH =191
The question is, how dare you upstage this people in a vote?
Even if Southeast, South-south and Southwest joined together cannot upstage the North.
More facts coming...
INJUSTICE OF OIL ALLOCATION IN NIGERIA (1)
North Central receives 20%;
CONTRIBUTES 0.00%.
North East receives 16%;
CONTRIBUTES 0.00%.
North West receives 21%;
CONTRIBUTES 0.00%.
Every month, the 19 Northern states receives a minimum of 57% of 100% of oil revenue to which they CONTRIBUTE 0.00%.
South West receives 16%;
CONTRIBUTES 3.97%.
South East receives 11.00%;
CONTRIBUTES 25.07%.
South South receives 15.00%;
CONTRIBUTES 70.64%.
More facts...
LGAs in NIGERIA:
Nigeria has 774 LGAs.
The North has 19 states, and the 19 states have 419 LGAs.
The South has 17 states, and the 17 states have 357 LGAs.
Working with the data from the office of the Accountant General as published by the Ministry of Finance (2013 April), the 357 LGAs of the 17 Southern states receive 45.1% of what they contribute is 100%.
The 419 LGAs of the 19 Northern states receive 54.9% of what they contribute is 0.00%.

Don't blame the Northerners, rather blame Southerners for been stupid and cowards! What were Southerners doing when their fellow negroes [Northerners] allocated all these benefits and advantages to themselves? Yet Southerners will still come and say they are civilised and educated, yet the Northerners they often tagged "illiterates and fools" are in charge of affairs! Of what use then is the "so-called Southern Education and enlightenment" if we Southerners cannot take advantage of it to control the affairs of this country? Sometimes it baffles me to know that all the states and LGAs in Nigeria were created by the same Northerners we often mocked as fools and illiterates. Where wer are our people when these Northerners were orchestrating all these plans to their favour? Who then are the actual fools? Why are Southerners so docile? Don't we suppose to be in control going by educational advantage? The time to wake up is now.

Piiko:
Why always Igbo people

Criminally-minded people! More reason we Niger-Deltans don't want to join their Biafra.

mangala14:
4/6
The Afonjas win this round
NCAN reporting live from SOKOTO

The remaining two [Ovie and Onomah] Urhobo-Isoko!

SirShymexx:
The trio of Lookman and Ojo on the flanks and Solanke in the middle - with Onomah playing from behind won them the trophy. Like I said a few weeks ago: be on the look out for the lil man, Lookman, he's the future. Onomah is also very good on the ball. And Ojo plays with supreme flair. Solanke won the player of the tournament - the boy is good.

Can anyone tell what part of naij, the name, "Onomah", is from?

Anyway, this is what happens when you don't allow Yorubas play for the shitty Super Eagles and you stay populating that team with Igbo farmers. I guess that's why the team is so rubbish these days and they can't even beat shitty African teams.

Lookman is the new Alli. Ojo was destined to be the next Alli but he got lazy, though he still has time to grow. And Solanke is about to become a star. You can't watch that tournament and not see the star potentials in the guy and he's cocky as his talent.

Ovie Ejariah and Onomah are Urhobo-Isoko names!

yarimo:
EVANS is the famous role model to majority of IPOB

That is the more reason Niger Delta minorities are not interested in their Igbo Biafra. How can one cope with such criminally-minded people who seemed to love and value money more than themselves?

Alariwo2:
who takes Afenifere seriously? Useless back stabbers that almost sold Yorubas into slavery of GEJ and his Igbo backbones but for timely intervention of Tinubu, APC and other progressives.

The Hausa man knows the structure of Nigeria and they know those stubborn parasites crying secession. They have been asked to leave peacefully now till october 1 so why can't they leave? Why must they lump yorubas into everything they do.

They have history of bloody pogroms against these same Igbos in the North and not Yorubas. The Northerners see Yorubas as best friends which is paining the Igbos so much

You make no sense in this your write-up!

Kingsley1000:
THE SOUTH SOUTH HAVE BETRAYED NDI IGBO

South South did not betray Igbo. The problem is that the Igbos are very arrogant, insulting, rude and dishonest. If not, how will some persons in the name of MASSOB and IPOB just sat in their South-East Igboland and begin to annex the lands of other ethnic groups into their dream Biafra without consulting or seeking consents of those tribes. Is that not disrespectful and disregard for feelings and aspirations of the minorities?. Why are some Igbos so rude and arrogant? Well, it may be as a result of the fact that Igbos did not have rich history of kingship and empire-building before colonial rule! That may explain why they lack courtesy and respect for elders or even kings. It's on record that the British were the ones who exposed the Igbos to civility and traditional leadership through the introduction of warrant chiefs, unlike we the Edoid people who have built and operated large organised kingdoms with powerful kings many centuries before arrival of Europeans!.

caracas:
See how nija is trembling at the mention of biafra
All this useless senseless n sponsored groups springing up every day in the name if condemning biafra n the igbos wud not succeed .they will never distract us we are highly focused .
In any case we do not need other Nigerians to get our biafra we are an indeginous ppl n if it warrants for just the igbos to form our country we would.
As for all this mofos drawing undue attention by wanting to associate themselves with us pls hear this once n for all .we do not want you .
Urhobos,itshekiri Edo middle belt are not part of biaafra.
Biafra consist if the land from the river Niger to the bight of Biafra .

But the Ijaw Youth Council [the umbrella body of Ijaw youths] have also came out to warn you Igbos not to include Ijaw lands in your Biafra now?

deomelo:
If ipob people really an seriously want biafra, this is a golden opportunity for them to have their biafra and they should display their seriousness by packing their load from every corner of Nigeria and move back to their biafra, but they won't do anything because their are always nothing but mouth and no action and this is why the rest of Nigeria don't take them seriously.


These ipobs are nothing but annoying pests.

Just watch out! As long as the resource-rich Niger-Delta minorities refuse to join their Biafra the Igbos may not go, because their hope of developing their erosion-ravaged South-East homeland is built majorly on the oil resources of the South-South and access to the sea using the Niger-Delta. Don't think they [the Igbos] are fools. Just imagine if only Igbo land [including Delta Igbos and Rivers Igbos] form Biafra, it will be land-locked and no access to the sea. To make it worse, it will be completely surrounded by Nigeria just as Lesotho and Swaziland are completely surrounded by South Africa. The implication is that, every good Biafra will export or import will have to pass through Nigerian seaports or airspace with its attendant high duties Nigeria may impose on them. Sometimes I wonder whether these IPOB and MASSOB leaders have ever put these factors into consideration.

technicallyrich:
If it comes to the worst I prefer the igbos to cheat me,atleast most of our grand parents $arried igbo women.so they are our brothers some how.
And igbos will atleast contribute technology and there will be food and jobs even if they want to marginalize which I know can't happen.

You are Igbo pretending to be Ijaw! We cannot be deceived.