₦airaland Forum

Fahdiga:
Time for IPOB to mellow down a bit. What is happening now is not the game plan from the beginning. It seems they have deviated from the actual purpose of this fight

Emergingnation:
Your killings,lies and propaganda against will never , I repeat will stop the imminent Biafra actualization..

It every cowordic to hide behind keyboard and be spewing trashed..

Be man enough like Kanu and other IPOB come out physical to convinced people stop listening to him, that he's responsible for all this your allegations..

Stop hiding behind keyboard like a chronic coward..

Nigerialabalaba:
I just dey here dey shake my head. You dis Oga wey dey always make sense for NSEMPA dey among killers and terrorist IPOB. You no try at all aswear2gud.
You wey FG fit trace easily dey threaten to kill somebody and him family.
Na now I believe say all una wey dey dat IPOB terrorist group no sabi anything. Na all brawn and no brain. Chai!
Cc all the people wey you dey follow like Pa Emma suppose read your view hia before you use your blood thirsty nature put dem for trouble with those security experts if dem dey track you.
Cc emmannuelewumi
RabbiDaoracle
Onegentleguy

9jalyte:
Yes, but not with the mentality of 10th Century Roman empire, or 16th Century Jihadist. Igbos are very free, in fact, we have more freedom than the other tribes - if you understand what freedom means. What we are battling is Political misfortune, caused majorly by the war we ventured into. Some misinformed Igbos accuse Zik of being a sabo because he did not support Biafra, I think today Zik is vindicated. Zik saw that this will happen and warned Ojukwu about it. He knew that it was wishful thinking for Biafra to win the war. Like MNK, Ojukwu as a young man was just fantasizing being the Fidel Castro of Africa and wanted to use Biafra. Like Ipob, he invested in propaganda thinking that the international community will sanction Nigeria, obviously what Zik saw, Ojukwu was not seeing it. Zik knew that Igbos were going to be taken at least 50 years back politically, but no - Ojukwu didn't see it, has it not happened. We went into a war that was partly personal to Ojukwu. Like Ipob, Ojukwu used propaganda to eliminate some fantastic Igbo men in the name of Sabo - exactly what IPOB is doing today.

What we are paying is the price of losing the war, and actually unlike in other places that had the same misfortune as us in losing wars, we have been able to bounce back faster and almost became president in the 80s. Why am I saying these, I am not justifying the marginalization of Igbos in Nigeria's political space. I am saying that let us not behave like we have learnt nothing. Your comment that "freedom is taken" is the new cliche coming out from your circle, and many will see it as challenging Nigeria to another war, thinking that international community will have a different position now.

You may want to ask me "so, what is your suggestion", I will say, let us work with other parts of the country that share the same political misfortune like us and take back Nigeria. That is the different fight that will change the fate of Igbos and Nigeria at large. I know some of you have been promised to be Major Generals in Biafran Army, please wake up, it will not happen. Even if by chance independence is give to the Igbos, just know that if you are not able to make political impact in the present, you will still be outsitde the space in the new setting. And that is my fear, you will see emergence of different rebel groups that will fight to rule Biafra: IPOB, MASOB, Zionist etc. It is time to re-think freedom fight my brother, we can adopt different, more effective and harmless approach and "take" the freedom you want.

jacoik:
BIAFRA - Perfect illustration. By Chief Patrick Chidolue

We kill our selves to protest what others are doing against us. In 1967 good Igbo leaders begged Ojukwu not to declare Biafra, to avoid war, he declared Biafra and we lost 3 million people and all our wealth, including our leadership position in Nigeria. Our youths, our girls, our culture and heritage. All were lost because of that war, which started as a result of declaration of Biafra.



Gbam!!! Very brilliant write up.Dis is exactly what av bin trying 2 make my fellow Igbo brothers understand but as u can c 4rm d Ipob miscreants here already, dia brain has bin washed away wit stupid lies & misinformation dat dey can't even reason normally anymore. Will history of 1967 repeat itself again yes if we don't speak out like u r doing & allow does useless, brainwashed occultic cowardice Ipob members 2 drag us into d mud with dem. Udo ga chii

Ojukwu went into exile. Igbos were defeated, humiliated and made second class citizens. Their properties seized as abandoned. All their money were seized and their children abused and brutalized.
In humiliation and humility they started with nothing and from no where to rebuild themselves.

Ojukwu was told that all these may happen if he declares Biafra. His father specifically begged him to wait at least let us find a strong country that can support us before he can declare, if he must.
He called all the advisers saboteurs and claimed that his father was selling out because of his wealth that was scattered all over Nigeria.

Three years after, by 1970 all was lost. Three million well trained and our best all wasted.

By 1983 when Ojukwu came back from exile he declared that Biafra was no longer fashionable. He joined a national political party and contested for an elective office in Nigeria. At this time all have been lost. Igbos have lost power, properties, political leadership, values, good men and respect. Yet we hail Ojukwu as our hero.

Compare it to now. We have managed somehow to rebuild part of what we lost in the Biafra war.

Now a new agitation for Biafra was started again by MASSOB, which is now followed by IPOB. By creating insecurity in igbo land alone, every developed human person in that zone will be on the run. Education will suffer set back as well as every other thing.

We are crucifying our selves to shame our oppressors.
Like in 1967 they have started calling Igbo leaders saboteurs again. Unfortunately we don’t have the likes of Zik any more to plead our case within the international comnunity, to beg Nigeria to allow relief food in order to reduce 28000 dying children per day. We don’t have Zik to come and negotiate our surrender in order to have no victor no vanquished. Our opponents are already regretting that, they should have taken the remnant of Biafra as slaves and war booty.

The questions are.
1. Why must we fight a losing battle to lose everything?
2. What do we want to achieve in Biafra that we can’t achieve in Nigeria politically?
3. Who will lead Biafra when we eventually get it and where will he come from?
4. How do one convince an Anambra man and Enugu man to let Ebonyi man lead him?
5. Where can we get the leaders from? The stock of existing Governors or manufactured by IPOB?
6. What will constitute the mean economic drive for our development within Biafra? Etc.

Federalism as we have it today in Nigeria, makes every state a country. A quasi sovereignty. That is why we have state courts, states can make their own laws. States can make their budgets and own their properties etc. Governors like Wike have already started applying true federalism by collecting VAT in his state. Let other states go to Supreme Court and ask for powers to secure their people by licensing gun carriers and state police. Also by using available gas in their state to power turbine and provide electricity to their industrial parks in order to employ their work force. Etc

The Biafra we are asking for we already have it in our hand but we don’t know what to do with it. Those who are at the forefront of Biafra agitation today, should know that when the real Biafra emerges, they will not be in a position to determine its leadership. It will be chaos. By then it will be too late to have an opportunity like Nigeria today.
Nigeria is ours to be taken. All we need is to get involved in politics and protect our political interests.

Please stop blaming others for protecting their own political interest. We have all it takes to win in Nigeria.
1. We have the largest population and we are united.
2. Our people are scattered all over Nigeria and beyond.
3. Our political interest is merit, Justic and Rule of law. Which is easy to sell to other good men.
4. We have people in diaspora to support our case.
5. We have commerce to back up our pursuit.
6. Our Nigeria Political leadership will bring development to everyone.

Even if we get Biafra. It will be too small to withstand the pressure from the vast poor and uncontrollable North. Therefore, let’s hold a meeting with all the parties and discuss what we need before we make more mistakes.

The meeting should have representations of,
1. IPOB,
2. Ohanaeze
3. Political leadership
4. Traditional leadership
5. Academicians
6. Business leaders
7. State representatives.
8. Diaspora representatives.
9. Religious institutions
10. Women representatives
This conference will determine what we need to develop as a people.

If we want Biafra, let it be a collective decision. However, if we want Biafra, there are simple and less dangerous ways to go about it.
1. The South East and South South Congress men could sponsor a bill to that effect and call for a referendum. A survey will be conducted to determine the demography and topography. Then referendum will be conducted and on a certain date we will seize to be Nigerians and instead become Biafrans. However, where that is being frustrated by the Northern lead national assembly, a petition an be sent to UN committee in-charge of state creation, who will bring it to the UN assembly. Nigeria as a party, will state their case after which the Assembly will hear the other sides and vote on it. If the vote is in favour of a referendum, it will be conducted and if majority says yes, Biafra will be created as a new member state of the United Nations.

This idea of killing people, burning houses and destroying properties does not in any way address the issues of secession. Instead it gives room for the people to be addressed as criminals and killed.

Who will convene the Confrence of Eastern Nigeria?
Ohanaeze!
May God help us.
Chief Patrick Chidolue

WoundedLamb:
Please, I don't know much about the tribal issues in Nigeria, so forgive me if my question sounds boundlessly naive. Here it goes; do Igbos stand with the so-called unknown gun men?

OyigboUpdate:
As usual Ijelespeaks just came up now as I'm typing. The protest in the National assembly he also emphasized on how the market union under the command of Obiano in Anambra state do close the market and making it look like the people are complying.
Well after the protest the Marjet union no longer shut down the market and as you can see from the photos shared by BBC the people are going about their business.

Fahdiga:
IPOB should not bite more than it can chew. My niece has been crying since today for missing her exam. This is getting out of hand

Buckeyemedia1:
People like Fahdiga & Raccoon will avoid this thread like the plague, so they can continue to live in denial, when they are eventually apprehended, their sympathizers will claimnthat they are innocent?