₦airaland Forum

DMerciful:
You're speaking from hatred rather than data. The Eastern region was the fastest growing region in Africa and one if the fastest in the world btw 1945 and 1966. Rising tide lifts all boats

casualobserver:
It doesn’t work that way! Even I from the SW will not vote for any SW candidate, if Tinubu completes his 2 terms. The next southern president after Tinubu has to come from another zone.

We’ve had Osinbajo (VP) , Obasanjo and Tinubu. No zone is entitled to witness more than 2 presidents from his micro zone in his lifetime. Most people will not live long enough to even witness 2.

DMerciful:
But they had option to join Nigeria just like for Gongola State currently Adamawa joined Nigeria

DomPerignon:
They made their reasons abundantly clear from the beginning on why they wanted out of Nigeria and it was down to the overbearing arrogance and domineering ibo majority that had cornered everything to themselves both resources wise and job opportunities

Enugu was made the capital of Eastern Nigeria in 1959 but prior to that all resources were being channeled to develop Enugu at the expense of all so-called minority provinces.

A lowly clerk position in the local government in western Caneroun and other provinces like Calabar , PH were reserved for ibos. Land grabbing with the full support of IBO officials and even Ibo magistrates will side with their fellow ibo to legalise ibo land grab was a norm. Even ibo settlers in western cameroun were notoriously hostile in the face of their hosts as was and still is the case where ever you find ibos in Nigeria with the exception of the north which taught them a bitter lesson how to be civil.

Note that it wasn't only western Cameroun that had grown tired of being yoked to you ibos in the British lumped Eastern Nigeria.

The so-called minorities wanted out before independence and were pushing to have their own special region but Zik was able to ensure the British kept them stuck to you out of pure parasitism.

Going back a bit, and you will recall that on the eve of balkanizig Southern Nigeria into Western and Eastern Nigeria, present day peoples of Benue and Taraba were once part of Southern Nigeria but once they learnt that they will be in the sane region with you ibos they demanded that they will rather join northern Nigeria.

Moving forward to post independence Nigeria , the so-called minorities began a renewed aggitarion to leave the old Eastern Nigeria citing marginalization , oppression and suppression by the IBO majority .The minority people of eastern Nigeria were inspired by the peaceful seccesion of Midwest out of the old Western region that did not see any opposition from the majority Yoruba . In Enugu , the situation was the opposite with the IBO super majority doing every dirty trick to stop any motion by representatives of the minorities to call for a referendum. Frustrated at Enugu, the minorities took their plight to the Federal Parliament and had secured the support of Northern ,Western and Midwestern Parliamentarians to grant a referendum for tthe minority people of Eastern Nigeria for the creation of the Calabar -Ogojaa-Ribers region. This was in late 1965 and the matter was to be presented oficially in Parliament after the Christmas break.

The IBO coup of Jan 15, 1966 was to prevent the Federal House from returning back from Christmas break to address the issue of COR region which was the first thing on the docket.



Your greed and foolishness is why everyone hated to be lumped with you and as soon as the British left , everyone wanted nothing to do with you.

Why did Ojukwu declare Biafra ?


It had nothing to do with ibos being slaughtered up north but because Gowon finally freed the minorities from your parasitic grasp through state creation.

Ojukwu went to war to preserve the British drawn colonial borders to continue the parasitic internal colonialism .

casualobserver:
SW’s next “official” slot is 2071.
Obi will lose and it means SE is out of the picture in 2039 as 2039 is going to SS.
The next opening for SE is 2055.
However, If SE don’t reform the way the play politics, SW may take their slot in 2055 even though it’s not our turn.

Either way, the earliest possibility of a SE presidency is 2055.

As far as the names you mentioned, it’s not about names but who is presented when the slot is available. When you had the opportunity you presented an unelectable Obi. By the time the slot is available to the SE again, the names you mention will be retired. If you present another nelextable person or play the same politics you are playing today, you will lose that slot. As it stands SS has jumped ahead of SE for 2039!

casualobserver:
SW’s next “official” slot is 2071.
Obi will lose and it means SE is out of the picture in 2039 as 2039 is going to SS.
The next opening for SE is 2055.
However, If SE don’t reform the way the play politics, SW may take their slot in 2055 even though it’s not our turn.

Either way, the earliest possibility of a SE presidency is 2055.

There is no micro zoning. Even a SW can run if he or she can convince the delegates.

As far as the names you mentioned, it’s not about names but who is presented when the slot is available. When you had the opportunity you presented an unelectable Obi. By the time the slot is available to the SE again, the names you mention will be retired. If you present another nelextable person or play the same politics you are playing today, you will lose that slot. As it stands SS has jumped ahead of SE for 2039!

DMerciful:
There is no indication that shows the Eastern region as a whole wouldn't have been more developed

DMerciful:
I'm not saying they're comparable, I'm saying just like Ambazonia were deceived, Nigeria minorities were also deceived because this is not what was agreed at independence

mrvitalis:
Same lies of Igbo domination... They ran to meet the real domination

DMerciful:
What we have in Nigeria is not what was agreed in 1960 too. What we had in 1960 is 100% resource control while a percentage is paid to the fg.

Lanretoye:
If obi loses…you can avoid that by starting your fasting from now till 2027,no just let ulcer kii you.

Lifestone:
There was only one Cameroon Country before the WW2, colonized by Germany. When Germany was defeated in the War, her "Properties" were divided, Britain took a part and French took the other side.
The English speaking side was governed along side Nigeria while the French side was independent from start.
In actual fact, they were stranded since that division

Dalohad:
Today they are fighting another war to rejoin the East and calling themselves Ambazonia.

Lack of foresight..

neonly:
That side suppose to bi with Nigeria
I think Britain and France just decided to share that place for peace sake
Just my own opinion am not an history student

dederocs:
I agree, I think there are a lot of political, financial, religious and other sentiments that is not allowing us finish these terrorists... neutral foreigners will clean up without all these sentiments, some northerners tolerate these bandits because they see them as 'brother' ignorantly, because the terrorists proffess same religion. Sentiments is the problem, be it political, religious, tribal, financial inducements, etc are all factors that is hindering the success of this war. Foreigners won't have these limitations. Let us use mercenaries to command the operations.

danvon:
Don't mind them, they don't learn from history.

They don't want to be foot soldiers they want to be officers.

They never asked themselves, what if the foot soldiers decide not to follow your orders? what if the foot soldiers are not loyal to you?

Enter July 1966

PresidObi:
I don't care. Join them and stop worrying me.

Last response to a demented commenter.

PresidObi:
I won't join your murderous group. Do your worst.

PresidObi:
I won't join your murderous group. Do your worst.

Nadingo:
All former presidents and VPs are entitled to cars from the FG every three years as part of their pension package. So I guess FG decided it's an Escalade this time around. Buhari gave them same armoured Mercedes Benz S600 he was using during his second tenure. Maybe Tinubu did same cos I saw same Escalade in Atiku's convoy.

helinues:
Meaning mercenaries fighting proxy war in Nigeria as reasonable number of those fighting for the Boko Haram, Iswap are not Nigerians

lordm:
Can we pay them. The country is very large? We need to work together to fight this. If not, in the next 20 years we will still be fighting this

mrvitalis:
Ok how's that your problem?

mrvitalis:
When people like you who never supports anything good for Igbos start asking us to join army... It's enough reason to stay away

Chinjo2:
So they can be sent to maiduguri while northern soldiers are made to line up the streets in the south.

PresidObi:
You that has been in the army since and even prevented others from joining or advancing, how has it benefited your community and region?

PresidObi:
You wey get sense, continue to defend Zamfara, Borno and Plateau. Stop the killing of thousands of Nigerian soldiers and civilians.

Are tired of dying, this one you're codedly dragging Igbo to come and join the army?