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doublewisdom:
Make them leave the guy joor. Many Nigerians are even looking for countries to flee to. Olo.do Buhari has scattered Nigeria.

LRNZH:
Eze fled Nigera after being targeted by Boko Haram. In 2010, he and his younger brother, Okwy, were attacked in retaliation for not joining the armed group. "They tried to recruit me, but I refused."

Members of Boko Haram stormed their house in Maiduguri, Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria. Eze was stabbed in the head and face. Okwy was killed.

Soon after, Eze fled Nigeria and made a long and dangerous boat journey to Europe, where in 2011 he sought asylum in Sweden.

Stockholm, Sweden - As Eze sat in the pews at a church where he goes most mornings to pray, his phone buzzed with a new message. His Icelandic teacher was checking in on him, giving him support.

A calm and composed man, Eze began to cry, the emotion intensifying as he continued to read. His friends in Iceland were standing with him, the message said, they would fight for him.

Eze Okafur, 32, had been living in Iceland for the last four years, working as a cook in a local restaurant, learning Icelandic language, building a community.

"Iceland is my home now. I have contributed to the society here. Many people know me. My friends have become my family," he told Al Jazeera.

Eze fled Nigera after being targeted by Boko Haram. In 2010, he and his younger brother, Okwy, were attacked in retaliation for not joining the armed group. "They tried to recruit me, but I refused."

Members of Boko Haram stormed their house in Maiduguri, Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria. Eze was stabbed in the head and face. Okwy was killed.

https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdresplarge/mritems/Images/2016/6/12/706148bb63cb45bba48a00819e7509aa_18.jpg
Eze's brother was killed by Boko Haram
[Marie-Helene Carlton/Al Jazeera]

Early on May 26, Eze was put handcuffed onto a plane for deportation. Two members of the rights group No Borders Iceland boarded the plane and stood up in protest, asking other passengers to stand up as well to protest Eze's deportation. After about 10 minutes, they were arrested by Iceland's police.

He was taken to Stockholm. At the airport, he thought the Icelandic authorities would give him back the only ID he had - his Nigerian driver's license. They took it back to Iceland. He was handed papers by the Swedish immigration authorities, which gave him until June 1 to leave Sweden or be deported back to Nigeria.

He was also given a piece of paper saying he had no right to financial assistance. Without money or any identification, he was turned out onto the street where he spent the first night.

Boko Haram is an ongoing threat in Nigeria with members and supporters, Eze said, at all levels of government and the police. Several years ago, members of Boko Haram kidnapped his mother in what Eze said was a bid to force him to return to Nigeria. After brutalising her - including an attack to her face that compromised her eyesight - the kidnappers demanded a ransom.

"What I am facing in Nigeria is that this Islamic group is after my life. My life is in danger."

He said he believes that when he lands at the airport in Nigeria he fears he will be apprehended by the police. "Boko Haram has a network. They have been looking for me since then."

Today, Eze is uncertain about his future. His does know one thing for sure. If he were to return to Nigeria, he believes it would mean death for him.

With his friends, he is working hard to find a lawyer who could take his case in Sweden. His dream is to return to his home in Iceland.

Abagworo:
IPOB does not represent real Igbos. They consist of people who do not deem themselves fit enough to compete in Nigeria but are looking for a paradigm shift to Eldorado country where they can live in luxury without working. They believe its possible if they alone enjoy the oil money with Niger Delta. Therefore learn to separate these lazy societal misfits from us the hard working Ndigbo.

Igbos generally would like a country of theirs consisting only of real Igbos located strictly in Southeast Nigeria. We are very much aware that Ijaws blocked the dredging of River Niger and actualization of Onitsha and Oguta ports citing environmental reasons. We also know that we do not need oil to develop. We are better off as a united Nigeria than being in a country including people who believe oil is everything. Such people end up lazy cultists without any ambition than dependence on extortion from oil companies.

My view represents the view of educated and historically well tutored Igbos who would rather face reality than beclouded by sentiments and greed. Ndewo

akudinaobi:
Chaka. Kpom babylonians ewan fi cut out for awi country side

Jah bless the zionist but punish all blod sucking massob ,too. Many innocents dema die unjustfully

Ahnosensesica

jagojunior:
This is a very good opportunity for him to prove himself.
Unless the accusation that he is not a leader and has never been ready for leadership is true.

A true leader that just led his party from the first seat in the nation should still have it in him. SAS was one of his appointees to start with.

His silence speaks volume of him especially in this trying time for his party (a party that gave him everything).

Armaggedon:
quit foaming from your mouth!
I guess the spill was caused by another thing. But if the pipeline was vandalized then it is irresponsibility on the part of FG cos ND avengers always announce when they attack obviously to avoid spillage.

omenka:
The tin tire me oo!!

SAS don swallow burantashi on top PDP.

Sebi Fayose dey get mouth for Buhari matter. Oya make we see how he wan take solve this one.

Fear Boko Haram Kanuri man.

naijadefender:
Some of the names of “the career diplomats” who will head Nigeria’s missions abroad when confirmed by the senate, which are mostly from north include: Obinna Chukwuemeka, Okeke Vivian, Ngozi Okeje, Bello Kazaure, Garba Baba, Umar Salisu, Kadiri Ayinla Audu, Ibrahim Isa, Bankole Adeoye, Ibrahim Hamza, KC Nwachukwu, Olufemi Abekoye, Adekunbi Abibat, Salisu Umoru, Liman Munir, Mohammed Hassan Hassan, Olatunde Adesesan, Usman Bakure, Balogun Akeem and Kabiru Bala amongst others.

brownlord:
Did you read before the end of 2016? So you don't think the present security situation and the effect on economy needs urgent attention? Smh

MossadAgent:
You lack comprehension.

Read my post again and this time slowly

What you wrote doesn't make sense.

Marcelini:
The call for restructuring along regions should supersede secession (which is a crime against the state) and resource control because those 2 are fully embedded n regionalism one way or the other.

Joker!

Anything other than outright separation from Hausa-Fulanis and their Islamic Yoruba neighbors/ brothers, is a total waste of time and will never be accepted by Ndiigbo.

We have since passed the stage of sharing any union in whatever form with the Hausa-Fulani and their Yoruba brothers, never again.

Izonpikin:
I be furnace..

I tire my bro...

This my people wahala how to solve am na really wa...

modath:
Shy, I used to believe Niger Delta was deliberately being shafted till 2 people gave me two accounts of events they personally witnessed..

1. A friend works for a firm who as part of their CSR were to build a block of classrooms for elementary school kids for that community so the little ones won't have to walk far, He said they refused on grounds that the elders claimed their own children were too grown for primary school and the youth said they didn't have kids that will "enjoy" at the particular moment, Shy, they all decided to share the money and that was that...


2. My Sis lives in PH and is doing her PG studies in the state university, She told me of how one of her associates married to a local ppolitician told her of how a crowd insisted they'd rather take the cash for a road rehab as their immediate problem is cash in their pocket, that they can "manage" the road...

When they do dat at We know there is poverty in land, but is there no thought for anything but the present?....



I live for the day SW will be free to decide it's own pace, and prosperity but i want it achieved with minimal SW collateral damage...

However, some people introduced Unitary system, and also endorsed the mindless looting we experienced in the recent past, things now hard and they want out?? Selfish selfish, we will all "enjoy" the "good times" ..

Hehe ..let's all enjoy the fruits of the labours of our 'heroes past'

LordAdam:
Una don start. What kind of country did GEJ inherit from Yar' Adua?

What kind of country did Yar'Adua inherit from Obasanjo?

What kind of country did Obasanjo inherit from Abubakar?

I did not make that statement because I did not like the data you showed me. I have repeatedly said it in my replies that implementing the confab reports would end the secessionist threats. Or were you blind to that?

That your belief would only happen when the Nigerian government becomes civil in its dealings. Until then, violence will be the predominant form of getting the attention of the government and more importantly getting them to take necessary action.

-Lord

LordAdam:
Nigeria's problems are not beyond solving.


I am not calling for a secession just yet. Buhari still has a chance to keep this country as one. The problem is that he is insincere and using 20th century tactics.

-Lord