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dingbang:
It is wa

A real wa.

A stitch in time, indeed, saves twenty-one.

- The paramount ruler of Siembiri Kingdom in Delta state describes the non-implementation of the arrest of northern youths as suspicious

- King Charles Ayemi-Botu also queried the impunity of the northern youths, who wrote a letter to the acting president reiterating their stand

- The Kaduna state government had earlier ordered the police to investigate and prosecute persons who endorsed the threat to Igbos in the north

The paramount ruler of Siembiri Kingdom in Delta state, King Charles Ayemi-Botu says the non-implementation of the arrest of northern youths that issued a three-month quit notice to Igbos in the north is suspicious.

The one-time national chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria (TROMPCON) in a statement also queried the impunity of the northern youths, who wrote Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, few days ago, reiterating their defiant stand.

He said:“Surprisingly, exactly two weeks after both Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and the Inspector General of Police ordered the arrest and consequent prosecution of the mischievous elements trying to sabotage President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, no single arrest has been made while these youths are still making threatening statements with open backing from some prominent northern elders.

“Who is fooling who? Does it mean that Governor El-Rufai, in whose state the youths issued the ultimatum is no longer in charge of the affairs of the state and cannot direct the security operatives to fish out the suspects, or the IG, through the AIG of the zone, to the CP, are all hamstrung or constrained to carry out the arrest two weeks after their directive?”

“It is only in Nigeria that such a culpable act is swept under the carpet. But I dare say that a stitch in time saves nine.

“The time has come to redefine our destiny as a nation, since majority of Nigerians, including the North, South-East and West, have unanimously decided on restructuring and true fiscal federalism, further buttressed by the recent ultimatum by a coalition of Arewa youths in conjunction with Northern youths group, remotely inspired by the Northern Elders (Arewa Consultative Forum).

“The quit notice is a clarion call to all the federating units of Nigeria that the time is ripe with the expiration of the forceful amalgamation of the Northern Protectorate and the Southern Protectorate in 1914 to 2014 by Lord Frederick Lugard, to urgently give a nod to the Federal Government to set the machinery in motion for the restructuring/ true fiscal federalism of Nigeria to avoid a repetition of the catastrophe of 1966 – 1967 anti-Igbo pogrom that overwhelmed almost the entire southern Nigeria.

“Ironically the federal might is sticking to its guns against the popular demand of the electorate, but this is absolutely counterproductive and signals a bleak future. And a quick resolution to the impending quagmire is to promptly implement the report of the 2014 National Conference that encapsulated all the ethnic nationalities in Nigeria to avert or nip in the bud Nigeria’s total disintegration as predicted by erstwhile United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell in 2005.”

In a previous report by NAIJ.com, Igbo people living in the northern parts of the country said they would stay put in north despite the 90 day ultimatumgiven to them by a coalition of northern youths.

Their stance was made known by the president-general of Igbo traditional rulers in the northern states and Abuja, Chief Chikezie Nwogwu, during a courtesy call on Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday, June 20, Vanguard reports.

Chief Chikezie Nwogu, told the governor that the Igbos were not going anywhere but would remain in the north, adding that Igbos have made tremendous contribution to the region.

https://www.naij.com/1111109-igbo-quit-notice-refusing-arrest-northern-youths-suspicious-king-ayeni-botu.html

Blackfire:
They issued threat to igbos u jubilate.


Now they have issued another threat on your region political survival, who will stand for u now..



Tower of Babel.



A storm is coming....

Strong statement.

Crazy Crap.

God is mighty and strong. May His Name be praised forever.

Sleep para-wetin? No be only paralysis, na paracetamol.

Science has distorted many facts, and in some cases lied outrightly. All efforts geared towards shielding people from the spiritual sides of life.

Yet some of the famous scientists know about the spiritual aspect of life. Some even got their inspiration from the other side.

greencard:
well I don't usually do this but I have to do this

it all happened in my church yesterday , a woman went into trance and revealed some shocking revelations about Nigeria

1- woes betide the nation

2- some strong holds have be well prepared to breed civil war and rend great havoc to Nigeria

3-war machines and instruments of war has been put in place for mass destruction

4- now many may call it bluff but the bitter truth is no one is safe no tribe is sage yet so no one should boast as there would be massive blood shed ,head will roll,blood will flow

5-this occurrence is not far from happening its so close, in space of 4months it will gradually start to unfold

6-if you are an adult well just start confessing your sins immediately from now and stay holy cos even if some may survived it could only be children as there will be massacres all around ,

7-people will be running etta-skelta for safety but it sad no were is actually
safe

8- there will be great famine that even ordinary common garri will be scarce and very costly

9-There are foreign powers sponsoring some movements in this country and funding them with money n weapons , there sole aim is just to try any means possible to bring down Nigeria due to envy, they are taking advantage of our disunity and strife , and using our tribal/religious bigotries as a fueling tool


10-there is a particular religion that is well prepared to annihilate the others if caution is not taken there aim could come to pass cos they are well equip and mind set ready for anything

thats the little I wrote down and can remember for now

but there is hope , which is

PRAYER PRAYER PRAYER and fasting To the ALMIGHTY SOVEREIGN GOD to intervene and turn asunder every evil agenda of these evils towards Our beloved country

its real..

I understand what you mean. Some forces are indeed out to destroy this country. Secretly funding agitations and ready to give arms and ammunition to different factions in the country so we can destroy ourselves. Classic modus operandi.

And yes, they envy us, they envy the glory of Nigeria which is just about to manifest. They don't want to see it happen.

But they WILL fail. Let's keep praying for Nigeria.

The South-East Elders Forum, SEEF, has finally reacted to the quit notice by Arewa youths on Igbos.

They warned that Igbo persons still in the northern part of the country should see themselves as taking a big gamble with their lives.

They urged them to read the handwriting on the wall and return home immediately before the October 1 deadline.

The Igbo elders group gave the warning in a statement issued by the convener of the forum, Dr Dozie Ikedife, in Nnewi, Anambra State.

According to SEEF, the strong backing to the youths’ pronouncement by Professor Ango Abdullahi, the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, should be seen as the tip of the iceberg of a well thought out plan.

SEEF leadership also noted that despite the order for the arrest of the originators of the quit notice and calls by other notable voices in the north for the same, none of the well-known individuals who signed the ultimatum had yet been apprehended.

“Even if they were to be arrested today, this would make no difference as plans had already been concluded to evict Igbo from the north”, the statement reads.

“The anger and mood of the youths and elders of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) was because the Igbo remembered their lost relatives in the genocidal war fought against them.

“And may be, they didn’t get the opportunity to ask the law enforcement agents to massacre those who did the remembrance. This may be the anger of the Arewa youths and their elders.

“Let it be said clearly, as it goes in Igbo adage, he who uses the gun, will also go by the gun and he who uses machete, will go by the machete.

“Anybody who raises a machete or gun against an innocent person will cut and shoot himself. This ultimatum to Ndigbo is not to be taken lightly. We have digested it very well and we know the import and weight of the statement”.

On the way forward, the forum suggested that the leadership of Ohanaeze, ACF, Afenifere and the leadership of other ethnic nationalities should engage themselves in a frank talk on how to co-exist as neighbours.

It said that the present elected governors and legislators could not fashion out solution “because of obvious reasons of their political baggage”.

www.dailypost.ng/2017/06/18/quit-notice-igbos-must-flee-north-now-southeast-elders-forum/

Great move. Hope it is heart-felt.
That said, our people should still be on the alert.

I've read those speeches several times before.

The sheer intensity of the hate is .... wow!

yang:
The dwarf is now shouting one zoo

Which one is ''One Zoo'' again?

Make this people no start ''Nigeria must go''.

importexpert:
Note

What I’m going to share below will benefit singles the most but can easily be corroborated by married folks here.
And also, this post is not written in list format. The reason is that I wanted to build the conversation properly.
If you are okay with this, then read on.

If you take a close look at the relationships around, you will readily agree with me that at least, 60% of people who are in a relationship cheat in one way or the other. This practice is gaining more grounds with less offensive names like “side chicks” and “side guy.” What this means is that if the “main chick” or “main guy” misbehaves, such a person can easily be fired and the “side person” will be “promoted.” It sounds a bit funny, doesn’t it? Maybe it is, but this trend is widespread already.

Unfaithfulness may be accidental if it happens just one time. But should it occur more than once, it is no longer an accident’ it is a decision. A partner who cheats always has a reason for doing so. Apart from the reason which is selfishness, a cheating partner hopes you will be ridiculously stupid enough not to find out. You may, therefore, agree that cheating is not merely an act of disloyalty; it is equally an insult to your intelligence.

So, what is the major reason why you should not tolerate anyone who cheats during dating or courtship? Because whoever cheats has a high tendency of being unfaithful in marriage. Before you argue the previous statement, read on a bit. When anyone cheats on their partner during dating, it often starts as mere fun. Soon enough, this act of fun degenerates into a habit. Such a person would then find it difficult to be content with just one partner. And if there is anything you should know about habits, it is the trusted adage which says, “bad habits die hard.”

Now, someone asks, “what if you caught your partner who apologizes with deep regrets and tears?” Well, remember I said earlier that there is a difference between those who cheat once and those who do so repeatedly. I would say anybody could find themselves in the situation likely to result in infidelity. No one is perfect. Some uncontrollable circumstances may lead some into it while others would still be strong enough to say "no." Those who engaged in it once possibly made a mistake and learn from it to avoid a re-occurrence in future. It is a bit understandable, and such is forgivable. Remember, no one is perfect. We all have limits to the strength of our character and two persons do not have equal amount of strength.

But if that person has been in that act more than once, it was not an accident. Or better still, “it was not the work of the devil.” That partner is merely apologizing not for doing wrong but for being caught. It is better to end the relationship immediately. Anyone who is unfaithful in a relationship for a certain period is really smart. They may deploy such smartness to convincing (or confusing) you to stay and forgive, but it is better you forgive and leave. You need to remind yourself that you deserve better.
Once again, someone may say they will quit such habits when they go into marriage. Don’t fall for that scam! Marriage will not take away the allure of cheating or disable the tendency to be unfaithful. In fact, marriage does not automatically make anyone a new creature.
If you ever find out that your partner continually cheats, don’t be so blinded by love and hope they would change in future. No, they would not change. They would just become smarter in covering their tracks. Life is too short to be unhappy in marriage because if infidelity. Save yourself the pains to come and let them go. There are still faithful people out there who truly deserve you.

Enough said.
So, what do you think?

Couldn't agree more.

deedeedee1:
Why should the igbos not go? Why must they live in the same country with you when they want to have their own country?

I'm actually Igbo.

tetengi4life:
When MASSOB became more audible in fegge, there is a place called NWANGENE (Dust bin Area), some part where been cleared, we thought it was for development, guess what, some of our friends we once knew began to build Shanties (as MASSOB police station along creek road fegge). If you and your neighbor had issues, you will prefer to be reported to police instead of MASSOB. Police feared them including the Igbos too because of theft, brutality and other kinds of social vices in broad day light.
In 2014 before I went for NYSC, where I was working (Loading scrap metal into Lorries) in Uga street for OGA GEB (A.K.A ELU ELU), I saw my far far junior in school (Obum-neme) have become a ‘commander’ in MASSOB, they came close to our trailer, requested for money, searched us (everyone including their igbo counterpart) collected our belongings and left. OGA GEB cried and wailed, he had to employ one of them (EBUKA) to be guarding us when working and he smokes Indian hemp in the public and still collect N5000.
That doesn’t stopped it completely, different sect will come and fight, claim territory and left.
At a point the problem was not even with the Northerners again, it was with themselves, we just sat down and keep praying for peace and for the sheath not to point against us one day.
Even ordinary repair work at your house, they will come and seize your equipments (shovel) requesting for money or approval without receipt and there were tens of different sects of them. That was when we realized we where in ANARCHY. Thank God for Governor Willie Obiano that cleaned the street from these thugs. Since then, once In a while, I only visit family members that are still doing business there and I don’t want to stop visiting because “abum nwa ala oatuu” (son of the soil)
WHERE DID THE PROBLEM COME FROM AND HOW CAN WE SOLVE IT ESPECIALLY WE THE YOUTHS.
IGBOS I DON’T WANT YOU TO GO, FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND FEELINGS WILL BE SEPARATED
From MUHAMMAD IDRIS BAWA (tetengi) A NIGERIAN

Quite touching. It's a pity we've developed mutual suspicion and hatred towards each other. The threads that hold us together seems to have been stretched to their very limits. It seems we are about to fall apart.

But make no mistakes - the Igbo are not going anywhere. A revolution is on the way. The peace we once knew (though fragile) will return, this time, real and strong.

Justice and real prosperity will yet pervade the land.

The President General of apex Igbo social-cultural group, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, has given reasons the threat by Northern Youths Coalition to force Igbo out of the North should not be swept under the carpet by Ndigbo, citing the different killings that have taken place in the past.

Nwodo, Going back memory lane, cited several of such incidents since 2015, saying the Federal, States or security agents did nothing to arrest or prosecute their killers.

Nwodo, speaking on Channels Television Sunrise Daily, insisted that Igbo people living in the north are in danger following the recent threat.

He said even the Northern Governor and other prominent individuals who have spoken contrary to the youths’ threats, will not be able to stop them when they strike.

According to him, “We have several reasons to bother about the speech by Northern youths because these are discordant voices. You did not mentioned that Ango Abdullahi speaking on behalf of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, it does appear, that even if he doesn’t have the mandate to speak for the elders, incidents that have happened prior to the outburst of the Northern youths indicate that the governors and those who have spoken to the contrary may not have the capacity to stop the building hate that may precipitate insecurity to lives of non Northerners.

“What do I mean by this, since 2015, five Igbo people have been lynched in Abuja. On the 23rd of September 2015, Arinze Chikwelu, from Enugu State, on an errand to buy rechargeable lantern, and on demand for change, was accused to be a thief and was stabbed 47 times and the police has been unable to do anything about this.

“Another was Maduabuchi Ezenwa from Imo State who was lynched following altercation with Hausa trader.

Also Ikechukwu Ugwu from Enugu State, after barbing, entered a “Keke,” paid money and asked for change, change was refused, and instead he was accused of being “barawo” and was lynched to death.

“Ndubuisi Obika from Abia state was beheaded in his farm in Abuja and his head was not found until two weeks later.

“Now in May this year, a young man, pressed to urinate, urinated in a gutter closed to a Mosque in an area in Abuja called Gwagwa, he was lynched to death, nobody has been arrested and prosecuted. In October 2016, Sylvester Oziria from Anambra state was killed in Palado, Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa state.

“In Niger State, Emmanuel Chukwumaije from Enugu state was killed in Pandigori in Rafy Local Government Area after being accused of blasphemy, properties, shops and churches belonging to Igbo were burnt. Even when the local government Chairman said the young man was innocent, no compensation has been paid.

“And just last Thursday, a young man called Ikenna Nwabueze, while all this is going on, was killed in Kano, and police has not arrested any suspect. Of course you know about the case of Bridget in Kano in June of last year.

“I see the recent threat by the Northern youths as a quintessence of a building hate, a building despise for Ndigbo and a seeming acquiesce by the federal government to enact a nation in which some are like the animal farm. Some animals are more equal than others.
“The young men in the north see the country as an empire and see any agitation from any part of the country that they are not fairly treated as threat to deny them of their power. There is a building crescendo all over the country of a disposition that is antithesis to national unity and a domicility of government and law-enforcement agents.

“Even the northern youths have been quoted as saying ‘We dare the police to arrest us.’ What does this mean? It is anarchy. They dare the police to arrest them. The northern youths have declared a new state that excludes the South-east of Nigeria.

“They have described measures to actualize this. Everything in their speech showed a concluded crime. You have declared an intention and have consummated it. They have declared to take inventory of property belonging to Ndigbo.”

http://dailypost.ng/2017/06/13/quit-notice-ohaneze-lists-igbos-allegedly-killed-northerners-calls-immediate-action/

Quite an epistle but loaded with sense.

Fifty years after the civil war ended, Igbos do not yet feel a sense of belonging, acceptance or safety in the Federation called Nigeria. The sad part is that this belief is shared not just by the generation that witnessed the war and its deadly consequences, but Igbos across all generations, including the millennials who have been socialized into believing that there is a gap between their people and other Nigerians.

Let us not deceive ourselves about certain plain truths. The civil war is perhaps the most remarkable incident in Igbo history in the last century. The pain, the loss, all about it, is deeply imprinted in the Igbo consciousness. Whereas the Igbo nation has shown great resourcefulness since the war, and its people have proven to be enterprising and determined to hold their own in every sphere of life, including outstanding contributions to the making of the Nigerian state, there are Nigerians who still regard and treat the Igbo suspiciously.

Anti-Igbo sentiment may not be so openly expressed, but it is usually something beneath the surface. There are landlords in many parts of Nigeria, for example, who will never rent out their property to an Igbo man. The Igbo tenant is easily stigmatized. I have heard people complain that Igbo tenants are too stubborn or that when you rent a room to an Igbo man, he will end up sub-letting that one room to all kinds of persons from his village, putting pressure on the property’s limited facilities.

Some landlords insist that an Igbo tenant could even start eyeing the property, to buy it off the landlord, or if it is a shop, the Igbo trader would end up renting the entire street, and could turn the street into an Igbo neigbourhood. This stigma has been a source of agony for many Igbos seeking accommodation, particularly in Lagos, but it is of course completely baseless stereotyping. There are good and bad persons from virtually every Nigerian ethnic group.

The stereotyping of the Igbo person can also be found in the political arena. It is assumed by some persons, and such statements have been made to my hearing, that the only reason an Igbo man cannot be President of Nigeria is because every Igbo man sees himself as a potential President, and should the Presidency be zoned to the South East, the struggle for the ticket could result in inter-community strife in Igboland. The name of the group is Igbo, but when other Nigerians want to be mischievous, or perhaps out of ignorance, they refer to Igbos as Ibo, and when you try to correct them, they may insist you don’t seem to understand. It is I-Before-Others (IBO).

Igbos have also been held responsible for all sorts of things, kidnapping, drug trafficking, child trafficking, armed robbery – even when there are criminals from virtually every community in Nigeria. Meanwhile, they are one of the most vertically educated ethnic groups in Nigeria, and the most enterprising in all fields. A friend once said that if you enter any community in Nigeria and you don’t have an Igbo man running a small shop there, or engaged in some other kind of business, then you have no business staying in that community. Igbos are also obviously the most integrated ethnic group in Nigeria, which is why it is ironic that they are also the most vilified.

I wrote what I considered a harmless piece recently in which I referred to the declaration of Biafra in 1967 and quoted excerpts from the Ahiara Declaration. I got a phone call from a friend who declared that I should stop encouraging these “Biafrans”. Nothing I said made sense to him.

“You don’t know those people”, he declared.

“I know people from all parts of Nigeria,” I said.

“You don’t know Igbos. Has there been any problem in this country that you know in which Igbos have not been involved? They have started again, heating up the polity with threats of secession.”

“It is a sign that all is not well with Nigeria,” I retorted.

“Don’t mind them. I don’t think anybody wants to secede. If Igbos really want to secede, you think it is Nnamdi Kanu that will be speaking for them?”

“It takes just one illuminated soul to start a revolution.”

“Don’t bring that line. Everything is not textbook, this man. Just tell those Igbos not to include my people in whatever they are looking for. We are their neighbours. They dragged us into the civil war. This time around, they’ve gone to draw a map, including my people. Biafra does not extend to the South-South. We are just looking at them.”

“Biafra is an idea.”

“I don’t want to hear all these textbook things, I have told you. Which idea? See, most Nigerians do not support Biafra. They think Igbos are just playing games. I’ll send you some other articles written by other Nigerians and you’d see what I am talking about. People are angry that anybody will be talking about secession in 2017! Nigerians are fed up with Igbos and their games. President Jonathan gave them everything but on election day, many of them stayed at home and refused to vote. Now, they are talking secession.”

“But Yorubas are also talking about Oduduwa Republic.”

“The Yoruba are not going anywhere. What they want is restructuring, fiscal federalism. Which Oduduwa Republic?”

“The people of the Middle Belt are also aggrieved.”

“Anybody can be aggrieved. You can’t please Nigerians. And some of these things are political. Obasanjo became President, Niger Delta carried arms; Jonathan got there, Boko Haram kidnapped children, Buhari is there now, and all the ghosts of Biafra are frightening everybody. But these Igbos, tell them they are not going anywhere.”

“I am surprised you are talking like this.”

“What is the matter with those people? They are all over Nigeria. They are even selling land in Lagos. But no outsider is allowed to buy half a plot of land in Igboland. You carry Igbo girl sef, na problem. Go and check your email. I will send you other perspectives on this matter.”

Before long, I received a mail indeed. The fellow had put together a collection of anti-Biafra, anti-Igbo articles which he urged me to read, with the rider that I should pay particular attention to the fact that some of those articles were written by Igbos. I ignored the rider. Some of those articles could have been ghost written. What is clear, however, is that all is not well with Nigeria. We are a country that needs to be rescued from the centripetal forces tearing us apart, and the leading forces today would include, as was the case before now, ethnicity, religion, the politics of hate, and citizen alienation.

If my review of the stereotyping of Igbos in Nigeria and the reported conversation with an Igbo-hater does not fully convey the seriousness of this situation, then the June 6 ultimatum issued to all Igbos living in Northern Nigeria by a coalition of Northern Arewa youth groups should.

A group called the Northern Emancipation Network, comprising 16 Arewa youth groups, has asked all Igbos living anywhere in Northern Nigeria to pack their bags and baggage and be out of the Northern region by October 1, 2017. When the 19 Northern Governors met and dismissed the threat as misguided, the young Arewa Igbo-haters issued a riposte and more or less asked the Governors to shut up. Their message is that since Igbos no longer want to be part of Nigeria, they should get out, because they, Arewa youths, do not want belong to the same political union with Igbos. They are angry that on May 30, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) succeeded in shutting down a part of Nigeria to mark the 50th anniversary of the declaration of Biafra.

The arrogance of the Northern youths is insufferable. It speaks to virtually everything that other Nigerians are uncomfortable with about the Fulani North: a born-to-rule, hegemonic tendency. It is an assault on the Nigerian Constitution, to the extent that the Constitution does not grant any individual or group, the right or the power to determine where any Nigerian may live or work or die or acquire property. All Nigerians are equal before the law. The Northern youths, who do not think so, held a meeting, a press conference, and issued statements. The Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai asked the Nigeria Police to arrest them for promoting ethnic hatred. The only response we have had from the Police Headquarters so far, is from one Jimoh Moshood, described as Police Spokesman telling Nigerians that the Arewa youths “are not sitting in the market waiting to be picked up.”

Moshood, if you actually said that, then you should be relieved of your position forthwith. If you are a spokesperson and you have nothing intelligent to say, the best option is to remain silent, otherwise whatever you say will be used against you in the court of public opinion. So, the Nigeria police only arrest people when they go to the market and wait to be arrested? Is that the new police that we now have? The Northern Emancipation Network called Igbos all kinds of names – “unruly, reckless, insatiable, uncultured, confrontational, ungrateful” – and since they issued their ultimatum, the polity has been heated up, ethnic hate has been promoted, the Igbos of Nigeria have been further alienated.

This was how the civil war of 1967-70 started. Nigeria cannot afford another civil war. No country survives two civil wars. Already, Igbos in the North are reportedly relocating back to the South East or elsewhere in Nigeria. Young Nigerians from the North, the East and the South started the civil war. The politics of ethnicity and the rhetoric of hate ignited the fire that consumed the nation for three years. The scars have not healed because 50 years later, the youths of the North and the East are again lighting up the fire of hate. On June 6, the Northern Emancipation Network also asked Northerners in the East, I hope this includes the peripatetic herdsmen, to return to the North!

The Nigerian Government must take this on-going febrile conversation between the North and the East more seriously than it appears to be doing. The security agencies do not have to go to the markets to look for what is not there. When there is a threat to the state, it is their duty to identify the threat and act on it. All persons who are working hard and making provocative statements to cause a national crisis should be monitored and checkmated. With all the difficult challenges facing this country, at this moment, our security alert system should be pushed a notch higher.

If the security agencies fail to act, particularly on the matter of the coalition of Northern youths promoting Igbo hatred, the Federal Government would have committed a grievous sin, likely to be interpreted as aiding and abetting. And there would be persons who will legitimately ask: are we confronted with a hand of Jacob and voice of Esau situation? Who is sponsoring the Arewa youths? Who granted them the permission to use the platform of Arewa House to spew anti-Igbo hate speech? Who is blocking their arrest by the security agencies? What those boys have done is even worse than the threat of secession by Nnamdi Kanu and his supporters.

But the message is clear: Nigeria is not yet a nation. A country where any group or association can threaten to expel another group is not yet a nation. The common enemy is not the secessionists. The common enemies are the political leaders, the tribal demagogues, the political opportunists, the religious bigots, the paid shamanists, who continue to manipulate Nigeria’s destiny to suit their own purposes. There can be no country except the people love the nation and the state.

http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/06/igbo-haters-the-arewa-ultimatum-and-our-nation/

The Igbo are of the Hebrew stock. This will get clearer with time, sooner than later.

Big ups, man.

SalamRushdie:
Ofcourse, anyone that thinks that quit notice is about Igbo people is very naive ...It's all about Osinbanjo and 2019 negotiations

The audacity of the northern youths and the tacit, and sometimes open support of their leaders, suggests that there could be more to this than meets the eye. It's a pre-meditated move perhaps geared towards diverting attention and heating up the polity unnecessarily.

sinistermind:
Mehn!!! Where is Buhari? This Biafra issue is really a diversionary measure to take people's mind away from the country not having a president for now.

You may not be far from the truth.

President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, South- West and Ekiti State, Chief Nathaniel Amaechi Uzomah, has condemned the alleged silence of notable Nigerians, especially the federal government, over the quit notice issued by the northern youths, led by the Arewa Youths Forum, to Ibos to vacate the North.

The Igbo leader warned that the
northerners stand to lose more if Igbos obey their quit notice and vacate the north.

Uzomah, who spoke to journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Monday while reacting to the ultimatum, reminded the northerners that with the huge business investment to the tune of trillions of naira the Igbos had already put in the north and which is generating huge returns and contributing immensely to the region's socio-economic development, the north would lose more if the Igbos quit.

Calling on eminent leaders across the country to condemn the action of Arewa youths, he said he was disappointed that eminent Nigerians like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senator Bola Tinubu, former President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, to mention but a few, had refused to condemn the norther youth action.

He added, "The quit notice served on the Igbos by the Arewa youths and ratified by some northern elders later, calls for concern from every patriotic Nigerian. I am for the unity of Nigerians, but I am highly disappointed by the development. I will say that they have gone too far with such action.

" What is most annoying is that the government of the day is keeping quiet over the matter.

We believe that the government of the day ought to have done something about calling the parties involved and look for a lasting solution to the crisis on ground. They are not supposed to keep quiet.We expected eminent Nigerians whose views are weighty and influential to have started speaking up.

"We expected them to have started saying things that would show that Nigeria is one and that would bring peace. We expect the Presidency, especially the acting president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to have said something.

In the South-West here, since we are brothers, we expect eminent Nigerians like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senator Bola Tinubu. And in the north, eminent Nigerians like former President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar others alike. We should put politics aside on an issue like this. "

He maintained that the northerners would lose more in the event that the Igbo vacate the north, saying the Igbos are not likely to leave all the property and investment behind

" If I were there, I would rather get a bulldozer to destroy my property there before leaving and not leave it for people who would inherit it. The northern youths should perish the thought that the Igbos leaving the north would carry only their mats and leave their choice property behind, they would destroy those property before leaving.

" I want to tell our people there.
And to my Igbo people there, if eventually you discover this threat to be real, sell any of your property and wares you can sell and destroy anyone remaining before leaving so that the place would return to its hitherto desert."

"This kind of development calls for urgent dialogue so as to resolve all the burning issues. To me, things have become this bad because the government has been complacent about addressing issues arising from various agitation from the tribal and ethnic nationalities in the country."

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/quit-notice-northerners-would-lose-more-if-igbos-leave-ndigbo-leader/201552.html

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has denied involvement in a leaked audio tape voice where he was accused of making inciteful comments on Igbo’s quest for Biafra

The leaked audio tape of a phone conversation purportedly between Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and his counterpart in Borno, Alhaji Kashim Shettima has surfaced online, in which both governors allegedly discussed how hypocritical it is for Igbo to continue to live in other parts of the country and still agitate for Nigeria’s disintegration.

In the viral audio clip which has not been independently verified by TheNewsGuru.com, a voice which seems to be that of Gov. Shettima, who was being pacified severally by a supposed Governor Amosun during the conversation not to be annoyed with them [Igbo people] stated that the North is not only tired of Igbo’s quest for Biafra but also very prepared to live without them.

The supposed northern governor asked his Southwest counterpart, “If you place oil beside food which is more important? what is oil, we have made up our mind, we have agricultural produce…after four years the Igbo’s will be useless in South-East” he said.


Meanwhile, Shettima spokesperson, Isa Gusau, said the governor’s voice is totally different from the voice of a telephone caller who admitted being a PDP member, in a 20 minutes conversation between him and the impersonator of Governor Amosun which have been circulated online since Sunday night.


“In the clarification, a video of Governor Shettima speaking to the Nigerian Television Authority was attached alongside audio of the 20 minutes and 38 seconds telephone conversation for the purpose of comparisons by listeners. The two voices were clearly different.” he stated.

“The caller who is being presented as Governor Shettima speaks very fast as against the relatively slower tone of Shettima.

“The caller’s didn’t have any Kanuri accent whereas Governor Shettima has some Kanuri accent.

The caller had at the opening of his 20 minutes conversation with a so-called Governor Amosun, first introduced himself as a PDP member whereas Governor Shettima is known to be in the APC.

“Also in the conversation, the caller addresses his recipient as ‘Kunle’ with no respectful prefix of ‘Your Excellency’ as Shettima is known to be using in most of his conversations with fellow Governors.


“The caller went ahead to contradict himself as he promotes and at the same time castigate Buhari while also insulting National Leaders that include the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, Minister of Transport Rotimi Amaechi, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and also insulting people of the entire southeast. The entire aim is to cast set up the leaders against Governor Shettima and also incite Nigerians from the southern part of Nigeria against him” Gusau explained.

Listen to clip here
http://thenewsguru.com/shettima-amosun-phone-conversation-igbos-quest-biafra/

A youth group, Yoruba Youth Council (YYC), has lambasted the Arewa Youths and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) over the purported quit notice on Igbos residing in Northern part of Nigeria.

YYC said that the three months quit notice issued to the Igbos by the coalition of Northern Youths and supported by the Northern Elders Forum is an agenda to create confusion in the country.

In a statement made available to journalists on Sunday and signed by its National President, Comrade Eric Oluwole and National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Dare Oladeinde, YYC declared that the statement is a clear message to frustrate the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

“The agenda in a clearer perspective is to frustrate and destabilize the activities of the Present Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on achieving his aims and objectives.”

YYC then called on Nigeria Police to investigate the motives behind the quit notice and bring the culprit to book.

The group, however, added that youths from the South-Western part of the country will resist any attempt to frustrate the Acting President in office.

“Yoruba Youths shall resist any form of frustrative measure set by any tribe that could unsettle or capable to denigrate the efforts of the Acting President Prof Osinbajo whom we believed was the target of this northern antics.”

https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/303703/igbo-quit-notice-ploy-nigeria-ungovernable-osinbajo-group

Quite an epistle.

SHAKABOOM:
Guy it's not a faceless group.That pompous yerima guy is the face behind the threat..He will soon eat his vomit when the time comes.

Word.

deedeedee1:
Do you think they dont know this? You guys should better leave their land else you will loose more lives than you did in 1966. Their leaders have kept silent. They control the military and they have quick access to weapons.
Better advise your people to go back to their land.

One thing is clear: the person dancing in the middle of the road has someone playing for him somewhere in the bush.

Kemperor:
The country is in a mess....

The presidency is silient...

Please o where is Bubu?

Mess no be small mess o. But I believe things won't get out of hand.

Seems like we are in the season of ultimatums.

Make me sef go find person wey I go give ultimatum.