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Doublecheck:
All this long story when you can simply upload your passport photo here, it will solve two issues:
1. Your identity crisis syndrome
2. The issue of your facail account net worth will be put to rest.
So just do the needful and upload a passport photo.

After you upload your own photo first, so we can all see how ugly you look!

tomakint:
..... If Biafra will not be allowed to be then we all as a people need to sit down and chart a new course that will swerve this direction of empowering a particular region (Northwest especially) from being too powerful above other region. The presidential system is too expensive to run in this country. The igbos must be given a chance to aspire to emerge future president of a united Nigeria. Diversification of means of income in Nigeria must be roundly exploited and bit just existing on pages of dailies and many more anomalies. These are not too much to ask for! Thanks

"The Igbos must be given a chance to aspire to emerge future president of a united Nigeria," after their IPOB foot soldiers have roundly insulted, derided and vilified members of other ethnic groups, whose votes would be crucial to getting them the presidency? How interesting!

mansakhalifa:
@laudate you don't get my grouse with the #op. He just threw Murtala in there without as much as a side mention of the man whose effort did the main job. I pay attention to the tiniest bit of detail in things like this.

Oh, I see. Now I understand.....

mansakhalifa:
@laudate So you see where the op missed the plot? No Ogbemudia,no Federal incursion into Mid West. Well,I guess that wasn't a part of the focus of the story.

Yes, I understand what you mean. But again, I guess he just wanted to concentrate on Banjo, even though it would have been nice to have included all the efforts that led to the Federal side taking over the old Midwest, as the final chapter to the whole story.

nkemdi89:
Someone born and brought up in the north, who doesn't even know his hometown. I don't know where you are from, but sentiments will always make you people to rope nzeogwu and attach him by force as an Igbo man. Your hatred for Igbo's even make most of you to erase the intricate parts of the civil war history.

A number of people on this thread have corrected your false assertions that Nzeogwu was not an Igbo man. Yet, you persist in recycling the same piece of falsehood, over and over again instead of accepting correction. Ok, now I said he was a Zimbabwean, and you are getting annoyed. Should I have told you that he was Liberian or Congolese? Would that have made you happy?

mansakhalifa:
@laudate very few know the role a certain Samuel O. Ogbemudia,an American guerilla warfare expert,played in getting the Mid West back into Federal control. Very few.

Yeah, he led the first underground guerrilla resistance movement against the Biafran invaders. They don't make courageous men like him anymore....

nkemdi89:
Thankyou for that, most of us need to visit our history book, nzeogwu never had an Igbo blood in him, he was more of a northerner and he carried out the coup not on ethnicity, because during pre independence north were handling so many positions and they were really active in the independence negotiations, post independence had them still occupying top positions.

Nzeogwu never had Igbo blood in him?? Ok, you are right - he must have had Zimbabwean blood in him....

obiezed:
He was taking a jab at you for the common insinuation that an anioma isn't an Igbo man only when it suits the argument,other times he will be reffered to as. Niger deltan.

No, go back and re-read what mansakhalifa wrote. Read it slowly. Then come back and tell me where you saw Niger-deltan in his post, and what type of jab he took. There is no need for you to get confused.

mansakhalifa:
The man who laid the ground work for the federal troops to re-take the Mid West was Samuel Ogbemudia,who would later go on to be the governor of what would become Bendel State. Why is his name not in this story?

Oga, you need to ask the OP. Maybe he wanted to concentrate on Banjo's story. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia is still highly respected among the Edo people till today. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

obiezed:
For you info,Anioma is different from ika,you guys never travel ,so you won't know the difference, kindly do due diligence, it is the ika who say they are not Igbo due to their shared history with the binis,despite their language and culture has no similitude with bini.an Anioma man will tell you he is Igbo albeit delta Igbo.
Just to correct erroneous info.

Oga, go back and read what your friend Mrchippychappy wrote. I merely responded to his erroneous assertions. And you have not traveled up and down the breath of Anioma area. If you had, you would still find a number of indigenes from there who would tell you they are not Igbo, in the same way you would also find those who affirm their Igbo identity, with all seriousness.

Okoyiboz3:
I hope the people of the SS and middle belt are reading this thread very carefully.

Kanu called his own Igbo people piglets and idiots this morning. Now, the people he called idiots and piglets are calling Banjo a traitor.

This same Banjo died for the Biafran cause when Ojuku ran from Abakaliki to Abidjan like a molue lorry that failed brakes.

Any tribe that follows the Igbos in their journey of perdition is doomed.

Mark my words.

You hit da nail on di head!

logica:
Do you realize that to deepen the conspiracy and create confusion, the then Biafran appointed administrator of Midwest called Gowon to warn him about a fake assassination plot (supposedly planned by Banjo and his group). It was an anonymous call and Lagos took it seriously; mounting roadblocks and checkpoints as counter measure.

When this same administrator was later asked why he warned Gowon (after all his assassination would have profited Biafra), he claimed he issued the warning because there was supposed to be meeting of Heads of States of African countries and he saw that as the best opportunity for the support for Biafra. This coming after Biafra had invaded Midwest and was pushing toward Lagos. Now, tell me how this makes sense. Only irrational folk of a certain stock can make sense out of this.

Bro,' only God can make sense of the mindset of this people. They seem to thrive on illogicality. These are the same people that will insult and vilify other ethnic groups, forgetting that no one has a monopoly of swear words, bile and insults. Then after those they insulted have retaliated, these same people who cast the first stone, will then turn round to cry that they are being maltreated. Very unserious people.

Mrchippychappy:
You dummy, who is denying that Anioma and Asaba are Igbos? it is YOU opioro head afonja subhumans that keep trying to bring enmity between the Delta speaking Igbos and the South Eastern Igbos.

So anyone who disagrees with you is an Afonja? You are clueless. And for the record it is not the Yorubas or any other ethnic group that say the people of Asaba, Anioma etc are not Igbo. It is the indigenes of those places themselves, that say so by claiming they are Ika and not Igbo. Go and do your research and stop telling lies here!

Mrchippychappy:
Oh so NOW Asaba and Anioma people are Igbos abi? You people and your ten mouth, Even devil go dey fear for una double standards

You want to exhibit your cluelessness and emptiness on this thread today, right? The same Asaba and Anioma that your own people have been shouting are Igbo, the same Asaba and Anioma that Kanu has said are part of his Biafra.... which is why the rest of the world has joined in calling them Igbo. Now, do you want the rest of the world to say they are not Igbo again? And if you want to be honest and truthful, it is actually a number of indigenes who come from that area, that keep trying to dissociate themselves from Igbo, by claiming they are Ika and not Igbo. It is not outsiders, that say they are not Igbo. So what fake point are you trying to prove, here?

Okoyiboz3:
I swear, these Igbos are very deceitful people. Look at how they're denying Nzeogwu!

This is how they opposed Kachikwu getting the NNPC saying he's not a core Igbo man.

Why are they cursed with bitterness and hatred?

I no know say you sef see am! Anytime the issue of Igbos in the old Midwest region comes up, it is the Igbo on NL that shout to the highest heavens that those people are Igbo! They will tell you categorically that there is nothing like 'core Igbo,' and 'peripheral Igbo or Igboid groups.' In fact, whenever the indigenes of those areas try to say they are Ika and not Igbo, you need to see how they are insulted and vilified by their Igbo brothers across the Niger, who are on NL. Now, that little clown you responded to, is trying to claim they are not Igbo, simply because of the actions they took. Very strange set of people!

Mrchippychappy:
Banjo lead Biafran Army? lol you mean sabotaged? Who do you think Sabotaged the mission in the midwest?

What act of sabotage was carried out within the Midwest by Banjo? The same Midwest that he captured, and your people appointed an Igbo administrator to rule over, from August 9th – September 20th, 1967?

nkemdi89:
Nzeogwu is not an IBO man, he was from Midwest and he didn't carry the act as one, they wanted sanity and as a young major full of hormones, he organized a coup, which unfortunately had many people in north affected and he did that for awolowo too. The problem with Nigeria started with the youths and that's why the elders of today are afraid to relinquished power to youths, so that what happened in the 60s won't repeat itself. Assuming the killings targeted every tribes equally it wouldn't have raised sentiments. The North's are yet to forgive IBO's for the killings of their leaders.

Abeg, stop your fake propaganda. Chukwuma Nzeogwu was a full blooded Igbo man, who hailed from Okpanam Town where the Asaba Airport was built between Asaba, Ibuzo, and Okpaba in Anioma.

Mrchippychappy:
Banjo was a traitor, I have read the full transcript, shame about it but Ojukwu did what had to be done by executing him. Traitors are dangerous

You read the full transcript of the cooked up charges against him? How funny. If Banjo was a traitor, what would you call those who cooked up the false charges against him?

Anyway, people from Ojukwu's region are well known for using and dumping members of other ethnic groups, once they have used them to achieve their own ends. The case of Eyo Ita comes to mind. It is a pity that Banjo did not realise this fact. He chose to dine with the devil and forgot to use a long spoon. May his soul rest in peace.

kn23h:
laaaaal tell me 1) how you took Lagos away - have you attached it to Enugu? 2) How does taking Lagos away mean Iboland is business friendly?

More than 70% of Nigerian industries are located in Ogun state btw. So, you need to rethink your lies lol

They took Lagos away in their dreams - yeye people!

popizaino:
when an igbo man is trying to measure up with a yoruba man.

Hilarious!!

Doublecheck:
Coperate thief, property thief, identify thief, first you try to steal our daughter, then you try to steal our son, ole, barawo, banza oshi

Does stealing add extra income to your scratched face account, Afonja please do us all a favor and tell us what is your facial net worth.

See this silly Osu named Doublecheck, calling someone from a minority tribe - an Afonja. Anyway, thank you for letting us know that your own middle name is "Coperate thief, property thief, and identify thief." You have finally confessed to us all that stealing is actually your hobby. So those who gave you such names, did you a great favour. Now you can add these other ones to your list of titles too - Anuofia, Onye eberibe, ekwensu! You know what? Never mind.

Fifthcolumnist:
I didnt bother to read up the rubbish you wrote there more than once cos I know u won't make a well informed argument. Honestly, if you've not read about the Onne port concessioning and complains by governors and importers about high charges there, then I don't have anything really to tell you.

Atiku isn't cheating anyone. That was the agreement they had during the concession. Many governors business men have talked and taken actions to protest in the past but then it's a Private business and that's the only way he can make the money he invested in the project. Now don't get the impression that the port isn't working to full capacity , it is. A lot of Industries are sited in the one Onne as a result of Seaport there, but these companies are oil and gas related cos they can convienently meet the charges there, and don't forget this port was even built for them in the First place. I can't really remember but the agreement is something like 50:50 blw the coy and the government till the end of the deal. Attempting to cast aside this agreement will only chase away future investors from that Industry.

on the other hand the Apapa port is a govt port and and due to reasons known by the government (or sheer ineptitude) the other three ports were closed ( warri, PH ports( not Onne) , Calabar ports) to reduce the influx of imported goods into the country ( so I heard) , and in all honesty every economic activity in Nigeria depends on importation for survival. The surge of Industries in Lagos and Ogun isn't cos those are only possible states to site them but cos of

1. proximity to seaport ( to bring heavy machinery and equipment: they won't import heavy machinery and transport them via road 500km inland. No investor does that)
2. Access to air. (MMA).

My bro, you have a problem with us; we whine and talk propaganda... Perhaps the problem is with you. You sit in your part of the country and barely aware of anything outside Lagos and Ibadan ( and maybe Abuja ) and claim to know everything about the rest of Nigeria. Truth is you know nothing!!! Do you listen to Radio stations in the Niger Delta? No!. Do you listen to Radio stations in the South East? No. Do you even read news Paper content from the areas? No! Have u even spent a year outside your part of Nigeria? No!
Yet somehow you think we haven't explored the right channels to check these imbalances. That's why I popped the intial question, "You think we haven't thought of them?"

It's easy to claim strength when your strength hasn't been tested. Do have a good day.

You didn't read it, and yet you wrote this long epistle in response to my earlier remarks? Hehehe..... see how you just ridiculed yourself. Thank God everyone can read. And they can all see how your response has been filled with aspersions, and illogical deductions. Now you are blaming the Lagos-Ibadan press, for not providing enough news about your region. And you are assuming that I have not lived in other parts of the country, including your own region. Assumption is the mother of all fvck-ups, and you just fvcked up big time.

Then you showed how clueless you were by claiming that: "due to reasons known by the government (or sheer ineptitude) the other three ports were closed ( warri, PH ports( not Onne) , Calabar ports) to reduce the influx of imported goods into the country ( so I heard) , and in all honesty every economic activity in Nigeria depends on importation for survival." You claimed the ports were closed to reduce importation...... 'so you heard.' Did you verify if there was any truth in what you heard, before jumping in here to rehash this illogical rant?

When importation takes place, customs duties and taxes are paid. Does the govt not make gains from such fees? Why would entire ports be closed down to stop importation, when such items can just be banned or overtaxed to make its importation highly unfavourable and uncompetitive?

I have lived in many parts of the Southwest, & the Middle-belt. I also served in the South-east. I spent part of my career moving all over the South-south, working for a major telco.I have shared a few experiences on various threads on this forum. The only area where I have not spent an appreciable length of time, is the far North. And I intend to rectify that soon. Now, can you see how wrong you were in your earlier assumptions?

Again, I repeat, you have not thought of the right way to redress the issues you have encountered at Onne, as there is no proof that your people have done anything to take the bull by the horn, and get their elected representatives at all levels, to fight this battle on their behalf. I even cited instances of where people have compelled even govt to rescind unfavourable decisions. But in your characteristic egotistic manner, you chose to overlook it.

Yes, Atiku has spent money building Onne. But nothing gives him the right to disenfranchise a portion of the citizenry from using the facilities there, by quoting outrageous charges. If you still believe that nothing can be done to rectify the issue, then please keep quiet and lick your wounds in silence. Stop wailing & castigating those whose region have been blessed with functional seaports.

I am quite sure if importers from other major ethnic groups had been in the shoes of your people, they would have found a way to resolve the situation with the owners of Onne seaport, instead of lamenting online. Chikena!

Doublecheck:
After getting bitch slapped for trying to deny Benedict as Igbo you have decided to shift the goal post to being wanted by efcc this Afonja self. Afonja you talk to much, just show me your facial bank alert and you are busy talking long story.

Thanks for telling us that you are the bitch who got slapped. Your ignorance and delusion is encyclopedic! Congratulations. You have now been officially certified as a mentally challenged Osu dunce. Go to the next building & receive your award.

Doublecheck:
The proof is engraved in your scratched face, simply post a passport for all to see then we can verify it Afonja. Post a picture like that of the wealthy Afonja sons shown below, we all know you guys don't need the national ID, it is a disservice to ask a scratched face Afonja for national ID.

Clap for yourself. You failed to answer the question and decided to take refuge in absurdities. I can see that you have fallen into the trap of believing your own lies. However, I do not argue with liars like you. Instead, I'll just pray for you. May the 'juju that those Afonja cooked for you, continue to wreak havoc on your soul. Say Amen!

Fifthcolumnist:
The problem I have with most people on Nairaland is they talk like they don't know the country they are in.
Oga you talk like you don't know Nigeria! Atiku invested Billions in Onne. And he's making his money back through intels and basically controlling all coys in Onne Industrial zone.

The bill for devolution of powers how did it go? You dey talk like say na Germany u dey! "let your senators blablabla......, negotiate terms with blablabla" You really think they haven't thought of that?

The only thing that can happen in this case is if another port is built by more patient private individuals or a state gvt like in the case of Akwa Ibom and the Ibaka seaport. And getting funds or loans from private investors to build a port in the Niger Delta is difficult cos it's not as commercialised as Lagos. LASG can easily get funds externally to fund projects of nearly any size cos lots of people will be willing to invest in an already made economy.

You see, this is where I get fed up with your people. They know how to complain, they know how to whine, and they know how to create & circulate propaganda. But do they know how to go through the proper channels and tweak the system to get what they want? No!

You are here online blasting Atiku, yet your Senators and House of Assembly members have failed to do their jobs, by bringing the perpetrators of such unfavourable policies at Onne to book and debating their actions, in order to cause them to review such actions for your benefit.

You just asked: "You really think they haven't thought of that?" And my answer to you is where is the proof that they thought of it? Why didn't they take action if they thought about it?

Wasn't it in this Nigeria, specifically Lagos where the whole Lekki-Epe expressway was concessioned to one company, and 3 toll-gates were meant to be built on it? They built the 1st one, and people protested. A lawyer named Ebun Adegboruwa rose up and took the state govt to court. He was witch-hunted by the same state govt, and the CofO for his personal house was almost revoked. At the end of the day, the plan to build 3 toll-gates was shelved in favour of just 1 toll-gate. In fact, the 2nd toll-gate they built, could not be used till date.

Were you not in this country, when MKO Abiola was killed, without him realising his mandate? What happened? People from his ethnic group and others from different tribes, formed a coalition, lobbied, demonstrated and worked assidously behind the scenes, to get another man from Abiola's ethnic group into the Presidency. And the power brokers had to bring Obasanjo from prison to become president in a space of several months. Did Abiola's kinsmen just wring their hands and complain online, without taking concrete steps? No!

So why do your people prefer to wave the banner of propaganda instead of taking practical, logical steps? If your Senators & co, summon Atiku & his company Intels to the National Assembly, to accuse them of working against non-oil importers, and also compel them to provide ways of ensuring that non-oil importers are not disenfranchised from using Onne port because of high charges, don't you think the press and other arms of the media would have a field day, in exposing Intels tactics, and whipping up public opinion in favour of your importers? Don't you think out of shame and a desire to avoid damage to their reputation, such a company would backtrack? Make una check am, nah!

ItsMeAboki:
Abeg shut up; de thing wey Kanu dey do no pass this one; insulting ppl and threatening the whole country with war, and now flouting all his bail conditions with impunity; wetin dem do am, abi na only northerners own you dey see?

In fact, de whole Arewa youth's ultimatum to Igbos in the north can easily be seen as a direct response to Kanu's excesses where the authority (FG) seem so far to have turned a blind eye to his shenanigans along with the tacit approval of Igbo leaders and Igbos in general.

Until Kanu is reigned in, then Arewa youths will continue to have a moral right to demand for Igbo exit from the north and to support them towards actualising their Biafra - as they are already doing at United Nations level.

Gbam!! Tell dem! How can Kanu be insulting the hosts of his Igbo people in the North?

rainylad:
[b][/b]..Diabolical afonjas are already climaxing over nothing..When the confused arewa clowns recanted,afonjas hid..now they have started their circus entertainment,evil afonjas have found their voices..

..i spit on afonja cone-heads.

Erm, don't you think you should actually be spitting on the heads of the Arewa youths who issued that declaration? Just wondering....
Anyway, what do I know? Let me allow the Yorubas to give you a befitting answer.

mykokoji:
To say you are igmorant is putting it mildly. If your father/mother had been working as, say, a teacher there, barely earning enough to feed your ignorant self, i dont think you would be viewing the issue from that standpoint. Look at the Nigerian economy, look at how many people who are living in abject penury in 'beautiful biafra' because they relocated from the 'terrible north' where they could afford 3 square meals because it doesnt cost 800k to rent a flat there... Probably check out how many biafra supporters know how ojukwu abandoned them, seeking asylum and claiming 'the war was being won', forcing parents to send their infants out with guns... then maybe come back and make a correction to that your post.

The chap you quoted was not supporting Biafra. He was being sarcastic. Free your mind....

Doublecheck:
Afonja stop crying and post a picture of your facial balance, so we can tell if you are truly a wealthy Afonja son.

Cry baby Afonja, stop crying and reveal your facial net worth

Provide proof to show that Laudate is an Afonja, you this mentally challenged osu!

Doublecheck:
This Illiterate Olodo afonja have come again, Benedict Peter is 100% Igbo, from Anioma, Delta North in Delta State.

Olodo, I see you don't even have your 10MB data plan to do simple research, that is how you tried claiming our daughter, thief.

Afonja show me your facial balance

Anuofia! Who is dragging Benedict Peters with you? Someone that is currently wanted by EFCC? And from the way you keep chanting Afonja on this thread, it shows that the 'juju those Afonja people cooked for you is still working very well. If you do not shout their name at least 100 times each day, you will not feel normal. Oya, continue. Repeat the word Afonja 7 more times, in order to entertain us! Keep it up!

Anyway, an Osu like you was not born with a brain, which is why you can claim a bona-fide Ov'biedo daughter as an Igbo woman! Ekwensu!

Doublecheck:
All this long story just to deny your identity .... chai Afonja don suffer, anyway that's none of my business Afonjas have been denying their Identity since 1914 so there is nothing new in what you are doing.

I am more interested in your facial balance, what is your facial net worth Afonja. I am sure you will be a wealthy Afonja son facially.

Can you see why everyone makes fun of you? Your clueless responses keep showing that your brain is empty. In your empty brain, anyone who does not share your view is an Afonja, even though there are over 250 other ethnic groups in Nigeria. Why can't you just answer the simple question & supply the proof? Onye aghala. Ndi ara.

NairaEffect:
Different strokes to different folks...
When did stupidity become sexy?

Ol' boy, you are wicked!

MicroBox:
In this present days, succession is driven by greed. Developed countries are fighting to acquire more land either onshore or offshore. USA bought Alaska back in the days, USA have more than two time zone, China and India are world leading technological countries and each of them have population of people more than whole of Africa put together.
After schooling in Germany either first or second degree and you are able to secure a job and live peacefully without any trouble for five years, you automatically qualify to file for citizenship despite the fact that they are big, rich and famous, they still need people, they need diversity. Same with Canada.
Succession is nonsense..
Succession is rubbish..
Succession is born out of greed..
Succession is a stupid thing to think of..
If you feel marginalized; Cry to the judiciary, the lawmaker representing your region should fight on your behalf. A call for succession is not the answer and no president would allow succession peacefully in his/her own term.
If you are giving the steering of this country now and today, you also won't listen to Ipob if truly you are not Igbo..
Let issue of Catalan remain a story for another day....

Er.... the correct word is 'secession.' Thanks.

ofai:
ranting as expected

you are wailing as expected.....