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searching4love:
Everyone is sick of their confusion. Today they call Nigeria a zoo, the next day they scream marginalization from the so called zoo. what a tribe

No, they want Biafra. How many times must this be repeated, for you to understand it?? Nobody should pull them back, abeg. Who told you they are even interested in any political appointments made by Buhari?? Take time, oh.

PedroJP:
Hahahahahaha. Where u wan claim now, SS or North ? Come on, say ur tribe.


Yoruba pple, una no go kill me. Blike when una fowl dey scatter una calabash, d fowl infest una brains with its shits well well.

Haba! You people always think alike. You are always to quick to label anyone who does not share your point of view as Yoruba, ignoring the fact that there are over 150 ethnic groups in Nigeria. If you have a problem with anything I have stated here, why not address it directly?

Now, what is your business with my tribe? Do they owe you anything? Why do you guys have this obsession with tribe??!

Oya, I am a Nigerian with relatives from every single part of this country. Go and hug a transformer, if you do not like my answer...

NOBLEDANDY:
you see the reason why I tag these people cowards...
can you see how these fools are denying their identities like this one above me...
anyways... make I dey observe

Ehen... you have NOT disappointed me. Your shallow level of thinking is very obvious.

Show me clear proof, and evidence to prove that Laudate is Yoruba.

Every correct answer gets 20 marks!

NOBLEDANDY:
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why are you guys hypocrites?
why are you guys cheats?
why are Yoruba's feeble and weak?
why are Yoruba's backstabbers and cowards?
why are you guys dirty?

all these are what every Yoruba person should also answer for themselves

Chai! Chisos! Na so di matter pain you reach?? Hehehe....

Unfortunately, you are asking the wrong person for answers to these questions, oh! Why don't you direct your questions to the Yoruba people, hmmn??

My own job is to sit here quietly, watching as events unfold. I will collect gate tickets in this corner, because I know you Igbo people will not disappoint me when it comes to exposing your obsession with the folks from the South-West, and hurling vitriol in their direction.

Hehehehe.....

NOBLEDANDY:
YORUBER'S WHERE YOU OR WHERE YOU NOT WARNED??

Igbo's are just fast thinkers...
I commot cap

Igbo kwenu...
now I can now for sure say sai Buhari buh no cross my lane of income...

Where is my mat?? And my popcorn?

Nobody should block my vision when the free-for-all starts, oh.

I said it at one time, that if the Igbo do not mention the Yoruba in one day, their happiness and progress cannot be complete. And now, they have just proven me right, again.

Biaketa, bring one mineral there... am waiting for the cyberwar to start on this thread.

Why are so many retired ambassadors suddenly passing into eternity, these days??

Is it through lack of appropriate medical care, or what??

Something needs to be done to check this trend.

May God protect us all.

Oh my goodness! May his soul rest in peace. May God console his family.

ayokellany: How did Yoruba get involved in the cancellation of this project ? For God sake why are some Igbos so embittered ? What exactly did the Yoruba do to your people that some many of you live among them on their land yet you abhor so much hatred, why ? What exactly have the Yorubas stolen from the Igbos ?

Er... point of correction. I have looked through a lot of posts, and usually the first attack comes from the Igbo on the Biafra threads. Just saying.

What usually happens is that when someone (who could either be Igbo or non-Igbo) dares to disagree with a point of view, made by any of the pro-Biafra groups, no matter how harmless or innocuous it might be, the Igbo group is quick to launch hate-filled missiles and invectives in the direction of that dissenter, labelling him "Yoruba," as if it is a dirty word.

They pour vitriol on him, tear down his person, lineage and ethnic group. It doesn't matter if that person is Yoruba or not. It doesn't matter if his comment is innocent or not.

He must be "Yoruba," for disagreeing with them! And all the imaginary sins of that ethnic group are visited on him.

Of course, since no one has the monopoly of hate and rancour, the Yoruba groups then reply in kind! Using every weapon in their arsenal.

Let me give you a classic example. Someone opened a thread about how the South-South was not going to be dragged into Biafra. Shey, you are following me? Kindly read the initial post:

TVTKOKO:
Anywhere you hear biafra,the south-southern region is involved. I don't knw why these guys from the east are trying to drag us into this biafra rubbish.this is arrant nonsense.If you want to secede, then do it in your region
We would oppose every move by the igbos to force us into this unwanted marriage!

Modified:for those shouting that i'm a yoruba,i am not a kid in anyway to deny my tribe.you can check my previous post. My mum being does not make me one https://www.nairaland.com/2534798/south-southerners-not-f-cking-biafra

Other responses came from different Igbo posters. Some were acerbic, but nothing major. After that came another post that eventually turned the thread into a free-for-all: I've re-posted it below.

onenaira3:
I don't think I've ever seen a tribe as pathetic as yoloba. I swear you people are in another level of PATHETIC. Only God knows what poosesses another person to log on and pretend to be wtf they are not. Ashamed of your region and coming online to create fights between two other regions. No body is as shameless as you children of devils.

OP word of advice, next time you try to shamefully attache by force, make sure your full name is not online as well as make sure you didn't bust yourself by informing all your language is Yoruba, didn't refer sw as "my people", etc.

#spits on the floor. PATHETIC, SHAMEFUL, WORTHLESS, tribe yoloba are. https://www.nairaland.com/2534798/south-southerners-not-f-cking-biafra

Now, by the time this took place, all gloves were off. The Yoruba people replied in kind, and the Igbo ended up cursing out the Yoruba and blaming them for all the real and imaginary woes that they have suffered. And the thread derailed. Shey, you get the gist?

If you visit other social forums dedicated to Igbo causes like BNW or www.biafranigeriaworld.com, you will not find non-Igbos on such platforms. They keep away. So why don't those on this platform, restrict such threads to those kind of forums if they do not want other non-Igbos to respond?

I know the usual hate-filled comments will now start rolling in, in response to my post...but really I can't be bothered. It takes too much time, effort and energy to hate. _*yawn* And I would rather focus on more constructive things.

Chai!! Na wey I dey since?? I don miss all the drama. Why una no call me, nah??

NewNigeriaMind:
My good friend suggest Yoruba begin a mass migration to the east. The only problem with that is......

WHY WILL A YORUBA MAN GO TO THE EAST WHEN THE IGBO MAN IS RUNNING FROM THE EAST.

Seriously we are not migrating to the east, God forbid it, that evil will never come to pass. Is the Igbo man trying to exchange hos SE for my SW?....

....The Igbo can continue their mass migration to the west, that migration pattern will not reciprocated by the Yoruba. we don't need Oba of Yoruba Nnewi titles, God forbid it ......

People go to places where their lot will be better. The God of greatness and success is a Yoruba man, that is why every tribe must migrate to yourba land

ROFLMAO!! LWKMD!

nwadiuko1:
[b][/b]tell me....what's stopping the non igbos as you say from joining those businesses now?

Hehehe... You had to quote my post 3 times to ask this question??

It shows you did not understand most of what I said. Read it again with an open mind to get the answer.

OfoIgbo:
Nwokem you are just one person. When the time comes the whole Igala people will speak in a referendum. No two ways about it.
If you don't want to join Biafra, there is an option for that, in the referendum.

What we will not tolerate is some people telling us they want it while others are busy saying they don't want it. The referendum will decide, my Yoruba friend

Igala people have stated over and over again that they do NOT want to be part of Biafra. Yet you still insist on conducting some kind of referendum for them. Na by force?? Did they ask for one??! Haba!

When Scotland decided on a referendum the last time, they did not force the Welsh to also partake in it. So why are you insisting the Igala/Idoma must take part in one??!

Why not conduct a referendum for the other non-Igbo groups as well like Bini, Yoruba etc?? Must people repeat their statements in Igbo, for you to get it??!

OfoIgbo:
The referendum will afford Igala and Idoma the opportunity to opt out.

Guy, the Igala/Idoma were never part of Biafra in the first place. Whoever drew the map to include them initially, should re-draw it again to exclude their lands from your map. It is very simple.

Your plans for territorial expansion will not work, if you include the Igala/Idoma. Thank you.

OfoIgbo:
The referendum will afford Igala and Idoma the opportunity to opt out.

btw, I prefer a restructured Nigeria.
Biafra or Lower Niger Republic is my second option if the powers that be fail to restructure Nigeria.

Sir, keep your referendum for the SS minority tribes that decide to join Biafra. The Igala and Idoma have never expressed a desire for a referendum. Stop forcing your wishes for a referendum on them, simply because of your plans for territorial expansion, biko!

OfoIgbo:
First of all, I am happy you have come to the realisation that non-Igbo SS like Efik e.t.c. will take part in any such referendum. This contrasts sharply with your initial reply to me in which you only referred to se and ss Igbos as the only Biafran candidates. So at least I am happy we are making progress.

Getting back to Igalas and Idomas. How are you sure Igbos have not entertained nocturnal visits from influential individuals from those ethnic groups?
Btw, I am an Nri person and we share a common ancestor with Igalas , and cultural similarities with both the Igalas and Idomas. Both groups deserve to have the vote.
Again if they are not interested in joining their brothers in Biafra, they can all politely vote to remain in Nigeria

Guy, it is not a case of coming to any realisation. Your people have used NL to postulate their desire in several threads that Biafra is an SE Igbo/SS Igbo cause. No problem.

There are no Igala or Idoma groups that have come out en bloc, to claim that they want to be part of Biafra. So why do you want to drag them into something they have never expressed a desire to be part of??

If ancestry is your claim, well the Anioma Igbo-speaking groups claim to descend from Benin. Should they drag the Bini people along with them when they decide to head for the Biafra enclave.

So why are you laying claims to Igala and Idoma land, biko nu?? Whatever nocturnal visit may have taken place, it cannot be representative of the larger Igala/Idoma group. So please delete your plans of terriorial expansion that include these set of people. Or are you planning to re-eanct another Midwest annexation, like your folks did in the late sixties?

@LastProphet, are your people joining Biafra?? Kindly let us know.

This Igala issue has already been debated on several threads:

adamskutty:
Trash! Are they minority in those places or not? U can't tell me about my history. All i know is that majority of igalas, as the largest ethnic group in kogi state, does not share anything with igbos, yes we do business with igbo immigrants in kogi state but that doesn't mean we have anything in common with u people.
Majority of igbos are christain, majority of igalas are muslim
Our food,dressing, culture is different, mr.man!

Like i said earlier those igalas who got lost in igbo land as a result of war with the jukuns are even eager to trace their origin back to kogi, in order words, they ain't really indigenes, they were few unlucky people who got seperated from their kinsmen as a result of the mistake of the nigerian govt by drawing unnecessary boundaries.

From ur post, Those few, tiny, almost extinct minority u said are in enugu state self wants to leave biafraland, that is why they interacted with attah igala (his traditional outfit doesn't look anything igbo but hausa o) so they can be relocated back. And here u are claiming there support biafra, hehe! U shot urself right in the foot. And lastly, u can never use the decision of a tiny minority who make up less than 1 percent of igalas to judge the whole "real" igalas of kogi. . https://www.nairaland.com/search/igala%20biafra/0/0/0/3

adamskutty:
hehehe! Did i just see igala? My eyes must be decieving me, lmaooo! Is this a joke or what?
Igalas and idomas have nothing in common with igbos, biafrans, we are from north central nigeria and majority of igalas and idomas are muslims,btw!

torkaka:
idoma land now is part of biafra? i see that total lack of land is worrying you people! https://www.nairaland.com/987947/picture-new-biafra-map-covering

AndreUweh:
@The poster. Please stop making a mockery of Ndigbo here. People like you are the reason why Ndigbo are so much hated here. Stop creating useless threads that will result in Igbo bashing.

The Biafran nation that was declared in 1967 did not include Edo, Idoma, Tivland and entire Delta state.
Nevertherless, stop creating this sort of threads.https://www.nairaland.com/987947/picture-new-biafra-map-covering

Pls respond. Thanks.

Your craziness don get part two!!

bashirolu:

Let the defeated remnants of biafrans go to Fernando Po, or Cameroon to form their country but Nigeria cannot have another country inside Nigeria surrounded by Nigeria.

It is like having a time-bomb inside your house. It is not possible because all land inside Nigeria belongs to Nigeria.

Biafrans can take themselves out of Nigerian SE any time and they are welcome to do so.

Am sorry, I do not subscribe to this notion.

Why should they go to Fernando Po or Cameroun??

Their land is the South-East part of Nigeria, and SS Igbo areas. End of story.

tunergy:
Oga you are confusing me, please what are the Essentials, kindly list them.

We are all here to learn.
Awaiting your list.

Bros, ask ladies who own their own cars to draw up their list for you. What constitutes essentials to one woman, may not be an essential item to another.

For example, I do not know any woman who would leave a church hat in her car when she only attends church one or twice a week. Even those who are church pastors or ministers would not leave a hat permanently in their car, as they would be more comfortable with a beret or scarf kept in their handbags, during the week. Anyway, what is the proportion of such women among the population of ladies that own their cars?? Are they in the majority or minority?

Neither would most ladies leave any make-up in their car. Make-up cakes up and melts in the heat. Ask any lady. They would probably have a lipstick and a few other items in their handbag or purse, but are highly unlikely to leave it in their car.

I learnt this the hard way once, when my sister forgot her expensive Chanel lipstick in the car. I was the scape goat sent downstairs at 10p.m at night to retrieve it!

Tissues? Yes, most definitely. Check.

Sun shades? Very unlikely. It would be in their handbags.

Slippers? Yes, most definitely. Check.

Car charger? Of course.

Hand cream & sanitiser? Most likely. Check.

As for the other essential items, you need to talk to a wide variety of ladies to understand what they would, and would not leave in their cars.

Am not the right person to ask, as I have no idea of what goes through a woman's mind.

Can it go for =N=6 million? kindly confirm.

Duru1:
If Biafra is actualized today, the first order of business will be to shutdown all the crude oil wells in the land. Biafrans must chart a different course from dumbass entity such as Nigeria.

Goodluck to you in your shutdown operations! Call Nigeria whatever name you like, if it makes you sleep well at night. The rest of us are not bothered.

Duru1:
For once, get your moronic mind off crude oil. How does it concern you to the point of skipping sleep that Biafrans sell spare parts? How does what the jackasses do in the zoo called Nigeria affect most of Ndiigbo who had left for Biafra? If the goons in the jungle called Nigeria want to knock themselves out with spare parts business & real estate industry establishments, it will only amuse the Ndiigbo.

Nah, you are the one displaying a moronic mindset. If you took time out to read Atlantian's post, you would have discovered that my own remarks were merely a response to his earlier comments. So I cannot see the reason for this unwarranted hostility reeking from your post. Should I paste Atlantian's comments here again for you to read? I hope it will make sense to you. Kindly go through it with an open mind.

Atlantian:
Biafrans are in many countries because they are marginalized and are travelling outside their torture zones to earn a living. Currently, the coal deposits and the unexplored deposits oil in the Biafran region will catapult that region to a great country. I agree, they will need a visa to enter Nigeria and do business. But Yes, you will need them to sell your spare parts and develop your real estates. That is how it should be. But Biafrans and Biafra allies are ready to move on. I personally will like to apply for citizenship of Biafra as far as we have a better living condition than the present comatose.

OfoIgbo:
For four decades, the west and the north hypnotised the SS into believing that Igbos didn't't have oil and gas and as such were hellbent on forcefully acquiring theirs.
But God made sure to give us ours and in fact we have way more than we need.

Talking about human resources, this has always been the major hope for the Igbo source of wealth for and the human resources in the east is by far, the most productive in Nigeria.

Now regarding the Igala and Idoma, that shouldn't really bother you, as the referendum will be the best way and solidly empirical way of determining which country they want to be in

Nobody hypnotised the South-South into believing the Igbo did not have oil. In fact, the specific details of oil in Ala'Igbo emerged when 2D and 3D-seismic analysis became widely used. New technologies are developing all the time, in the exploration and production field.

Don't be suprised if the small oil and gas deposits currently off the coast of Badagry metamorphose into a major oil discovery, by the time 4D & 5D seismic systems are developed.

As for the Igala and Idoma, why for goodness sake are you insisting that they take part in a referendum when they have not expressed any desire to do so, and neither have they expressed any desire to leave Nigeria? Since when has the pro-Biafra group started speaking for them, in such a cavalier fashion??

Save your referendum for all the minority groups in the South-South like the Izon, Efik, Ibibio, Etche, Ikwerre etc., whose input you need for Biafra to happen. Last time I checked in the media, the Igala and Idoma were not looking to the South-East or Biafra for salvation. They really don't need your referendum.

OfoIgbo:
Well, in the event of Nigeria not restructuring soonest, Igala and Idoma people will vote to indicate which country they want to belong to, in the all-important referendum

Btw, in addition to oil, Anambra has the hugest gas reserve in Nigeria and they are located further within Anambra around my area of the state.
I accept it must be a painful knowledge for Igbo-haters, na God ooooh.

Oil wise, Imo alone has more oil reserves than all the Yoruba states put together. The same goes for Abia

Why should Igala and Idoma vote in a referendum to join any other country? Did they tell you that they were tired of belonging to Nigeria?? Is Biafra no longer a South-East Igbo/SS Igbo affair? Why is Igala and Idoma being mentioned??

As for Anambra having the largest gas reserve, that remains to be seen. Only relevant data from expert geologists, can prove that.

It is really not a big deal however even if it is true, as there are countries without oil that have survived and are still surviving till date. Apart from that, the remaining oil & gas deposits in Nigeria as well as non-oil minerals would be adequate, all things being equal. And more people would have to be a lot more creative in providing intellectual or knowledge-based services, and generating ideas that can create wealth.

Finally, it takes a lot of energy and a myopic mind, to hate. So hatred for the Igbo does not exist in the dictionary of many of us. We prefer to expend our energy on more constructive things.

We just want them gone, so that everyone left can have a breathing space from their clamour, hate and rancour on the internet and in the media.

dondaddycares:
I don't wanna quote you again but then Ihiala is not in nnewi,nnewi is a different town altogether with 2LGAs while Ihiala is another town too with its own LGA and both are separated by two towns called Ozubulu and Okija. Nairaland is turning into a joke, there should be a mechanism for confirming people's identity before allowing them create a profile...for instance insisting they provide their phone number or through some other measures. Obvious fake monickers should be closed down like Ibotic and Yorubatic, they only serve to ignite ethnic tensions on nairaland.

Hehehehe.... I laugh in Greek! When Yorubatic started his antics, he had a lot of support from some Eastern folks, while others were busy complaining about his posts. Now that Ibotic has started her antics, everyone is also protesting. The comic relief is just too much, biko nu.

Thanks for educating her.

Interesting! What is the proportion of oil blocks in Anambra & Imo?

Is it greater than the ones on the outskirts of Lagos, or the ones in Ondo, Edo, Kogi etc? It would be interesting to check the seismic data results. Last time I went through comments in the media, there was no confirmation that Igala and Idoma people had any intention of leaving Nigeria. So those drawing mental boundaries through their land believing it would form the northern part of their new country, need to have a rethink.

And the largest number of private oil or fuel depots were concentrated in the South-West, last time I checked. So also were LFTZ, Olokonla FTZ Tin Can Ports, Apapa ports etc. Anyway, there are countries without oil, that have survived.

Ah, well...what do you know?

AutoAffair:
I should post the pics of the balloons too

Haba! I did not say that. I only wanted to know, if they are in good condition. Is that too much to ask?

nurey:
did you read the list at all, what's the difference between a flash light and a torch light?

fine my list is not suppose to be perfect, if you have a perfect list then upload yours I said church hat/hijab which ever religion you belong to, or feel is better you pick. scarf can also replace hijab.

Guy, scarf, church hat or hijab is not compulsory. People have been trying to explain to you, that a lady can be single and may not have any particular religious inclination. So why on earth, would these items be in her car??!

In fact, in many pentecostal churches like RCCG, Winners' Chapel, Covenant Christian Centre and TREM, their women can attend services without wearing a scarf or church hat!

Please concentrate on the essentials, biko.

carnegiefan:
Honestly your long epistle is totally unnecessary on this issue.
We have plans to sell our products, repeat PRODUCTS (not oil alone) to ALL countries of the world. In fact we shall sell to the rest of Africa, America's, Asia, Europe etc. You will not be in a position to impose economic embargo on us because you PRODUCE NOTHING. You only consume with money raised from sale of oil and gas which will be gone, but even if you have it, we don't need to sell to you. It is like Yemen or Syria threatening to embargo Israel.
We need our freedom to be able to use what God has given us -OUR BRAINS.
Thank you for supporting us.

And honestly the fact that you cancelled every word in my post, shows that you feel threatened by my remarks. If those with a clear, unbiased mind read it and respond with courtesy, then I'd respond in the same manner. My post was not even a response to you.

Now kindly remove your petty self from my mentions. Thanks.

No response??!

9jacrip:
You almost made me feel like I'm ibo with your post. For corrective purposes, I'm Yoruba. My post history should tell you that.

I can only wish my fellow humans well until they wish me otherwise. So right now, my wish is that they get their country.

My question is, why do some if not many of our people throw fits when Biafra is mentioned as if we are going to lose something if they succeed? We act lie Biafra is our business and its failure or non realization is our goal - can't we just ignore their biafra threads, marches, posters and if possible broadcasts until they drag or mention us in it?

The more we continue to act like it is our business the more they'd continue to get unnecessarily someway towards us.

At times, many Yorubas act like the British charged them with the duty to keep the colonial legacy in existence, as though we all did not occupy these lands before Nigeria came into being.

I weak sef.

Guy, it was not my intention to make you feel like you were Igbo. Trust me, ethnic origin does not cut much ice with me. I am more interested in the content of your character, and whether you are making sense or not, than in where you come from.

But having said that, I cannot speak for the Yoruba since am not one.

But I have been told that the reason most of my Yoruba friends react the way they do to Biafra matters, is because of the way the Biafrans present the issue. Any comment made by a non-Igbo in connection with anything remotely linked to the South-east or Biafra, is met with a great deal of venom, insults and hate-filled remarks from the pro-Biafran crowd, no matter how innocous that comment may be. Why??

Anyone who makes the mistake of expressing dissent on any particular topic, is tagged "Yoruba," (as if it is a dirty word). Next the person's lineage, ethnic group and character is ripped to shreds with foul language and bitter ad hominem attacks. Maka, why??

Is their mind-set the only approved one, and must they dictate how others should think?

But since no one has the monopoly on hate and rancour, you then see the other side retaliating in the same manner, digging in their heels and justifying the existence of a 'one Nigeria'. And what should have been a corteous healthy debate, then turns into a cybercontest of "My position is better and wiser than yours'. " Why??

Don't get me wrong. There are people who genuinely believe in one Nigeria, because they have seen the potentials of this country and know how much can be achieved, if only our leaders get their act together. No country in the world is perfect. Every nation has its problems. But the way they are able to resolve their differences and forge ahead, is what gives succour to today and hope for tomorrow.

Like Albert Einstein once said: "“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”

Another philosopher also said: "States are made up of the men in them; therefore we cannot have better states, unless we have better men." If the quality of men running our affairs do not change, then no matter how many little republics we form, the same mistakes of the past will be repeated.