₦airaland Forum

OfoIgbo:
During wars you don't hold wide consultations. Wide consultations are only necessary when you are trying whether to go to war or not. Once war is declared, you maintain a small war cabinet.

Igboids in the ss have always been in support of Biafra. But other ethnic groups like Okrika, Kalabari and other Ijoids are more positive towards it.
EfikAnnangIbibio were generally always in support, but are now even more in support of the clamour for Biafra.
I cannot yet speak for the Urhobos, Idomas, Igalas e.t.c, but time will tell.

I still insist he was too trusting, especially when you consider all the points I raised to that regards, but I can't fault him for that, as he fought bravely to protect his people. None of his fellow governors would uave had the balls to do what he did, for their people

zendy:
Anyone is allowed to vilify Nigeria. Anyone is allowed to use hate speech. None of these verbal acts are against the law. Have gangster rap songs? Some of them are full of hate and inciting statements. But have you ever heard that any gangster rapper was arrested because of his work? It all falls under freedom of speech. So if you see anyone denigrating Nigeria, it is their constitutional guaranteed right. If you don't like it, walk away. As for this "British created fraud" you call Nigeria. A nation created by the forced amalgamation of unconsenting ethnic groups, it cannot carry on forever. No fraud ever lasts forever. I'm an Igbo man, I'm not a slave of Lord Lugard and no one is going to impose an illegal identity called Nigerian on me. The Zoological Republic of Lord Lugard means nothing to me.

OperationIgrigi:
**grins** But The igbo have built one with the minorities in the SS by voting massively for their son GEJ even though he lost. Is that not a good place to start.
The question remains
"why are you fulanis and slaves of the fulas, jittery and not happy with this. I thought Igbos hated everyone in Nigeria. Do you see that you have totally called yourself a phool?

ekenedegreat:
This is the reason we see you lots as monkeys and baboons. Is it only the federal forces that fought the biafrans? What do you think you know about the war? And, why do you compare 1967-1970 and 2015?

xtrorse:
[s]Xtrorse, the hypocrite and the first-class delusional degree holder, stop spreading your wicked propaganda against Igbos.

laudate you have been running amok on almost every Igbo thread.

Is there something you are really afraid of?

Since you lack any formidable idea, you have been banking on stealing Igbo wealth and properties. Let me warn you and your cohorts: Your 'oju-kokoro' will only lead you to your Waterloo faster than you ever imagined.

For the umpteenth time, Igbos won't give up their freedom for gold or silver. But for our assets and wealth outside Igbo land that you and your cohorts so much crave for, you can never possess them. Sorry to disappoint you!
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OfoIgbo:
Another major reason the war went the way it did was TIMING. The third reason was that Ojukwu was very trusting, and felt that people will behave in gentlemanly manners at all times.
TIMING :- Ojukwu did not have the luxury of choosing when the war started. It was thrust on him and he had no choice.
OJUKWU TOO TRUSTING:- This caused the Biafran cause some damage.
1. Because he trusted the north he encouraged Igbos to return to the north after the first pogrom
2. Because he trusted Nigeria, that was why he allowed northern military personnel to depart the east with their weapons
3. Because he trusted the system, that was why he didnt convert all the monies in his domain to dollars when he had the ample time
4. Because he trusted the west, that was why he released Awolowo and let him return rather than snuffing the life out of him. Eventually, the decision not to kill Awolowo in prison came to haunt Biafra in terms of starvation as a weapon of war, and the twenty pounds policy innthe aftermath of the war
5. Because he trusted the west that was why he allowed a Yoruba to be in charge of an expedition force that should have been headed by a core Biafran. A core Biafran officer like Ivenso or Archibong or even Achuzia would have moved with lightning speed to Lagos and intimidate the crap out of Gowon, but he gave it to a political soldier with complex loyalties who destroyed the intention.

Now the situation on ground now is totally different from what was the case in the late 60s.
The Nigerian government is not in the position to determine when any war starts. If anything, Kanu and his people have the total say as to when any shooting war starts.
Secondly, Kanu prefers seeing things in BLACK and WHITE. He realises that there is no unified southern Nigeria, which was Ojukwu's major flaw.
In fact, Kanu does not hide his loathing for Yorubas, our southern neighbours, thus closing the door to any possibility of Yoruba betrayal of Biafra. Right from the onset he is viewing the west as enemies, especially after the starvations, £20policy and the latest being the Yoruba betrayal of GEJ at the polls a few months ago.
Thirdly, the SS is not as antagonistic to Biafra now, as they were in the sixties
Quite a number of other changes. So the situation now is totally different.

Personally I prefer a judicial approach than any war I.e if Nigeria is not restructured

OperationIgrigi:
*grins* How can someone pray for a country that exist at the expense of his freedom. Weren't you all the dolts that scream "An Igbo will never be president"? Meaning that Nigeria exists as the expense of the Igbos? and Igbos should continue pray for Nigeria, a contraption that keeps them from reaching the zenith as equal compatriot? You guy have destroyed your nigeria already with your "never going to be president" comments. Biafrans are only clearing the ashes. Biafrans will take their destiny into their hands like true freeborns. Make peace with that and expect more suprises. **grins**

mygee2:
There are some unanswered questions about these connection
Is n kanu under asylum or visa if visa there is a quote at back of the passport "nigeria has all right to withdraw the issued passport except he is under astlum non nigerian or illegal immigrant
2 The british are demonic set of pple who would do anything to protect their intrest with recent imminent economic disaster of britain which was shown clearly in past years international influence and recent immigrant disaster

zendy:
This OP is just another slave of 'one Nigeria' just like most of his Yoruba brothers. So Lord Lugard could come all the way from Britain to convince you that Nigerians are one but Nnamdi Kanu who is a son of the soil cannot convince you otherwise? Some think that Biafra is all about Nnamdi Kanu. Killing Nnamdi Kanu will not stop the agitation for Biafra, it will only make it worse and there are thousands who can take his place. If you love Nigeria so much, go Britson and find Lugard so he can get another Nigeria. There is no going back on Biafra

NOBLEDANDY:
if they are mighty like you have portrayed...
why are book boys dealing with them like this...

you must be a nonentity...
that I said Biafra is ready for war is now instigating war.
are your brain cell restructured to that of a rabbit all of a sudden?

samofson:
A consigliere can never be the head of a family unless the family is in transition or on its way down.

I guess the [b]New GMD will be some sort of reciever who will maximise the value of NNPC by restructuring and eventually spilting it [/b]as well as selling off or closing down unprofitable and moribund divisions. He will then be replaced by operations oreinted people who will run the day to day affairs of the split NNPC.

If that is PMB's plan for Kachikwu, than kudos to him. No better person to finally put the nail in NNPC's coffin than Kachikwu but if he is there to continue to run NNPC then we all are on a very long thing!.

anachy:
you nitwit, how dare yu insults me after evidence? Did you tell them you can speak edo language b4.. Laudatte..you re nothing but a liar who s not proud of edo pple, keep denying himself.
The same way you told us in 2006,2007 and 09 that you have a relation in edo,igalal,yoruba and etc..
Kepp lying but stope denying where you came from ,benin boi..

OfoIgbo:
Maybe you are not aware of my standpoint vis-a-vis Kanu's IPOB effort. I need to be aware of a clear and achievable roadmap from Kanu's camp before I can say that I endorse their efforts. Not that my endorsement matters.
I have been made aware of another IPOB faction that is currently embarking on legal moves against the Nigerian government. This same IPOB faction along with their legal arm have established links with the United Nations.
The way I see it this other IPOB faction has a better and clearer roadmap to achieving Biafra peacefully, however they lack the publicity machinery of Kanu's faction.
If both factions were to merge, their message will be unstoppable and has the capability to douse the unnecessarily spiteful messages that emanate from Radio Biafra.
But make no mistakes about it, the spiteful messages have helped Biafrans to be a little more passionate about the struggle, so it is serving a purpose, but the disadvantage of it is that the messages will linger long after its purpose has been achieved.

I gathered that at some point the other IPOB faction was romancing with APC. If that is the case, I believe the Kanu faction has helped in ensuring that that madness was not allowed to take root.

Getting to your other points of why Biafra lost, it is quite difficult to think Biafra lost the way things are going. Biafran movements are waxing stronger and stronger by the day such that it may not not be accurate to say they lost. They may have lost a battle in 1970, but the war carries on, and the eventual winner will be decided in the not too distant future.

Now, France did not provide Biafra with one hundredth of the help that Britain offered to Nigeria, their did not last all through the duration of the war, and they only supplied light arms with virtually no warships to counter blockades or heavy equipments to tackle mechanised invasion.

Most of the points you listed still have a lot to do with the lack of military hardware, to either mount sustained offensives or repel naval blockades or push back ground incursions and invasions or protect farmlands occupied by enemy forces

I need not tell you what horror, what devastation and what extreme human suffering will attend the use of force. When it is all over and the smoke and dust have lifted, and the dead are buried, we shall find, as other people have found, that it has all been futile, entirely futile, in solving the problems we set out to solve .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adeyinka_Adebayo

NOBLEDANDY:
you are just an empty bluffer...

are you a living being? mtchew

anachy:
stop lying eventhough you can speak igbo a little and yoruba too but your language and origin is edo, if yu re not satisfied that prove, I will dig out more ..
Edo boi..

PentiumPro:
When you are planning to commit acts that are inimical to the corporate existence and sovereignty of Nigeria, you will be charged for treason.
Tell you IPOB brothers, they are playing with fire.

NOBLEDANDY:
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you want to force Biafra into one Nigeria, and also you don't want them to go to war because of world war and setting the zoo back.
why don't you let them go than all this fear and panic.

if you let them go there won't be war...
if you let them go, you can be ready to fight your world war.
and also if you let them go your country wont go backwards...

so why don't you make a wise decision.
Biafran's are ready for war. whether civil or world war...

ahaz:
ways ur business with DAT.you can add nabalawo republic to urs na.

EdCure:
Thuogh it is good to clear certain controversy and dounts, what this country needs at this moment is more industrialization for job creation and economic growth. It doesn't matter who owns what.

Masterclass32:
Didn't many 'prophets' predict the victory of GEJ in the just concluded elections?

A Prince will rise quite alright, from the Biafran region but within Nigeria. Under him, Nigeria's glory will shine to the ends of the earth. Yes, other princes will try to stop his emergence - that's what the 2005 prediction of Nigeria's disintegration as well as the current machinations to divide Nigeria is about. The other day Richard Branson, a well known American magnate twitted about Biafra. Many reputable agencies and organisations are also talking about Biafra. This is to create awareness. They know that with Nigeria divided, the prince will NOT arise. So they are goading us towards disintegration.

Make no mistakes, all these will fail. This great event has been signed and sealed long ago and will manifest with time, sooner than we think. The prince will rise and Nigeria, Africa, the Black race and more importantly, the glory of God will shine in the eyes of the world. These people don't want this.

The battle will end in favour of Nigeria.

Txonyi:
welcome to the ONLY region where there is ZERO federal presence, FIVE states instead of six, where SELF HELP is the driving force of development. the thing is, let the S.E be , let us develope at our own pace. afterall, we dont owe workers except in APC controlled IMO. we dont need bailout money from fg, we have the best minds i the country. NIGERIA IS A ZOO, BIAFRA MUST COME ..................... in NNAMDI KANU'S VOICE my goodness me.................

OfoIgbo:
He that is down need fear no fall.
Igbos have been down since 1970 so they don't need to fesr any fall.
It is the rest of Nigeria that needs to be scared stiff of fall, after all they are currently at the top, so your stories about new generations of Nigerians will not hold water in the critical stage.

Someone who has a sentence of death hanging around his shoulder is infinitely more willing to engage in a mortal battle in which he has just a 2% chance of remaining alive if he wins, than a prince who has a life of luxury to look forward to. The prince will make every effort to avoid any deadly battle, because it increases the chances of him not enjoying a long life of luxury.

If not for the positive help Nigeria received from the UK, Biafra would have won. Let alone now that Nigeria may not be guaranteed of any help from UK, coupled with the fact that Igbos are prepared to go any length to destroy any marginalising efforts placed on them.

Coming to the restructuring campaign that you suggested at the tail end of your writing, that was what Igbos were suggesting before the election, unfortunately a lot of Nigerians did not listen. That was their major reason for supporting Jonathan as they felt he was more likely to implement the resolutions of the national conference. Even though I still want Nigeria restructured, I don't think igbos have time for anyone calling for restructuring now, afterall why didn't such people help to vote in GEJ who would likely have implemented its resolutions? Why vote in an obvious anti-restructuring agent and then expect Igbos to go embarking on some wild goose chase trying to convince an obstinate anti-restructuring fellow. They'd rather go for the full secession. Afterall, there's no point flogging a dead horse.

truefact:
Fetish dunce, that's a federal road, more reason biafra must be actualized

after1:
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Jobless bastard, you are boring. Your ugliness can kill someone, reason your parents abandon you when you were young. You should go bury your big head in shame, wretched animal posing online. Buhahahahahaha. E pain am

NOBODYY:
Igbo's dey go abeg
Enough publicity & noise jare...

madenigga:
this is my reply to u igbo hating persona non grata.

OfoIgbo:
Well, Kanu is doing a more dangerous thing to Nigeria, than you have ever done.

Carrying gun does not really make you more dangerous than someone that can sway millions in just a broadcast.

I have always favoured a restructured Nigeria, failing which Biafra or Lower Niger Federation will do. As things stand, Nigeria has not been restructured.

The mistake you guys made was to think that your victory in 1970 will remain valid till today, and that you can get away with every impunity based on that victory.
Igbo people don't operate that way at all. There is a new generation who were not witnesses to the 1970 Nigerian victory, and who are not prepared to live under the slavery placed in them by a defeat they know nothing about.
This new generation of youngsters are grown and are now resourceful educationally, materially and otherwise.
More dangerously for Nigeria is the fact that this generation grew up learning about the millions of their kinsmen that were starved to death by their supposed countrymen. They are aware that even the current president took part in the torture and murders of innocent Igbomen at Ikeja barracks in July 1966, a crime for which he has never been punished.

Traditionally and attitudinally, igbos have always been a major bulwark against colonialism and imperialism and in fact, were hated by the west for that. But the injustice against the Igbos by the rest of Nigeria is so overwhelming that they wouldn't mind making the western prediction of the dismemberment of Nigeria, to come to fruition.

As things stand, Buhari may end up being the last president of a united Nigeria, a label GEJ fought so hard not to have, which was why he convened the National Conference to restructure some imbalances that were likely to destroy Nigeria

anachy:
back to sender. Juju ibini Benin boi

EasternLionn:
Edo Boi laudate.

anachy:
fvck the Biafra. But I can understand why you don't want them to know ur state. But only I know yu re benin boi.. *yawn* yu can fool them but you can't fool me.You should be fvcking happy about it. Laudatte d edo boi..
Good nite