₦airaland Forum

fayahsoul:

Ijaws are complaining of marginalization in the young biafran republic that was barely a year old and they used that as an excuse for betrayal. Do u ijaws really believe that if biafra was victorious that a workable 'true federalism" would not have been implemented? How come the ijaws were extremely impatient with the young republic but very lax with an oppressive FGN? Why do they fear an igbo domination more than that of the hausa/fulani? is it not easier to negotiate with ndigbo than hausa? were is the logic.

Ndigbo have been the greatest supporters of the ND movement and it's alwayz ndigbo that are trying to build the brotherhood between ijaw and igbo but what do we get in return from ijaw? character assassination all through cyber space and yonder. Why do u pay more attention to past mistakes(both real and imagined) of the igbo dominated biafran regime of 42 yrs ago while handling the present oppression by the Hausu/fulani/yoruba with kid gloves? where is the logic. To join biafra no be by force and personally i think the biafran movement should be restricted to igboland for now since ndigbo are the forerunners of the agitation. We don't want to be double crossed a second time by some disgruntled 'minority'.

One eric guy that says once a ND republic is actuallized that other groups could join. So my question is if all other groups in 1967 biafra seeks adjoinment with this ND republic will they be accepted and if so will that not be same as biafra accept for a change of name? or does this have to do with a blind refusal of ijaw to follow the lead of ndigbo?

Ijaw should learn how to show some appreciation, however small, towards ndigbo and not try to denigrate at any chance. make una respect una selves becos things can get worse if u want it to.

As for omo yoruba, all i will say for now is: laugh now cry later.

naijaking1:
Guys, I see a lot of folks here making the same mistake Adaka Boro made.
Who told you the Hausa people who have tasted oil, and like it too much will just let Niger Delta become a republic/nation/confederate or whatever you call it without a fight, or a grand design of their own?

Yes, Ijaws might not have totally liked their position in eastern Nigeria, but the truth today is that on the average, they are not better off.
As far as oil continues to be mostly produced from the Niger Delta, the Hausa oligarchs who have developed a sweet tooth for this sweet crude will always find a way to divert most of the income to themselves.

While I don't support the tactics of MEND in every aspect, that idea of fighting for survival ought to come first before planning how to gain from the situation.

Ibime:
Unfortunately this thread has degenerated into tribal chest-thumping. I would hope that my ND brothers learn to deal with debates with our Igbo cousins without resorting to ethnic jingoism.

Dede1:
I hope my apology was accepted in good faith.

Dede1:
As for you being right or wrong on the issue about the Niger Delta, it depends on what landmark you perceived to represent the acreage actually known as Niger Delta. You are very smart person and could decipher real Niger Delta from the estimation in my post

Onlytruth:
But, I'm sure we can work that out (when Igbos readjust their strategic interests)!

Onlytruth:
The Eastern region was not a contraption. The British are not as careless as Nigerians. They had perfectly rational reasons for everything they did in Nigeria.

vigasimple:
The guy is an educated illiterate. Throwing big grammers that English native tongue speaker, his collegues in the House nor ordinary simple person cannot understand is not communication.

I had always refereed to NASS as the House of Comedy, and on laughter note, He is the chief comedian of the House. Even if he lose his seat he will join the stand up comedian immediately.

SAD but true, he is a waste of space like some cow and not worth the position and costs to the taxpayers. HE DOES NOT COMMUNICATE., he is sounding his own trumpet forcefully without making any sense or advancing the course of his constituent or nigerians at large.

By the way, he is also struggling to to make those big grammers.

snowdrops:
@na so

oooohhhh shut up u plunker.
you seem to hace serious issues. why fill all of ur posts with insults

Dede1:
@na_so

You are indeed a misguided fellow.

Dede1:
@na_so

You are indeed a misguided fellow. As I said in my previous post, what was termed as Niger Delta by the British as indicated in your post is not the same as the present Niger Delta created by the lunatic and political idiots roaming the jungle called Nigeria.

As for the Shell D’arcy crude oil exploration in southern protectorate and Nigeria, I suggest you perform additional reading.

naijaking1:
42 years is a long time, but don't forget that many of those "abandoned properties" are still functional, and infact yielding revenues to the wrongful owners.
Speaking out is good for the soul and for healing, you should be more worried about other Igbos who have nothing to say.

Your views are respected, but there's nothing new to make me change mine.

Dede1:
Unfortunately, some folks have gone from adequate contributor to ridiculously mediocre. The issue we had at hand was an attempt of making a hero out of a common criminal. Isaac Adako Boro was not a hero. The peeps such as Beaf, na_so, Sapeleguy and even Ibime had gone hair- wired in determined measure to twist truth and convert falsehood into truth.

@Sapeleguy

You tried very hard to blackmail both naijaking1 and me with such twisted post. But your intelligence or lack thereof reduced you to an inherent betrayal artist.

Beaf:
Ibime. De guy na inventor! He's been caught making it up.

@naijaKing1
There has never been Ijaw-Urhobo. It has always been Itsekiri-Ijaw and Itsekiri Urhobo.
The roots of that problem lie in heavy Itsekiri involvement with slave trade.
They raided and sold Urhobo people, got rich on the proceeds and decided to lord it over the both the Warri Urhobo and the Warri Ijaw (Oproza's who gave both the Itsekiri and Urhobo land to inhabit).

Afam:
Did Ike Nwachukwu fight on the Biafran side, Nigeria side or was he in any of the armies during the Biafran war? What was his rank and position if he played a role in the war?

Afam:
What's with Ike Nwachukwu? I must confess that I don't understand what his name is doing here at the moment.

Afam:
I am not the type that advocate tribal supremacy. I only contribute on topics to clarify or correct any misinformation I can correct.

I have never and will never call Boro a crook so get your facts right when asking me questions as I don't play the tribal game.

What's with Ike Nwachukwu? I must confess that I don't understand what his name is doing here at the moment.

Afam:
This should tell you that when it comes to politics or leadership the Igbos do not take instructions from a single person, they do what is best for them considering the circumstances.

na_so:
For a guy who grew up on the sweat and wealth of eastern Nigerians, before oil was discovered, he suddenly forgot how dependent his people were on Enugu.


Ijaw people were glad to depend on Igbos when there was no oil. Then came the war, the oil, and Adaka Boro, and a federal government that demarcated most of the oil fields out of Igboland, then all of sudden some myopic Ijaws think that "they have it made"

na_so:
The Ijaws had palm trees, but they were not the major exporters
Instead, the Ijaws produced fish---which was important, but not palm produce.

no21:
Turai, wife of President Umaru Yar'Adua, is among those to lose their police aides, in the first act of Ogbonnaya Onovo as substantive Inspector General of Police (IGP), who on Wednesday ordered the immediate withdrawal of such personnel from those not entitled to them.

Bariga1:
The man has said well, let us respect this and give him the credit he deserves for what he has said. “So far so go” we hope this continues and it will be a new dawn for the Nigerian police.

FBS:
Guess the popos of doom will be happy now as Pirlo is NO longer for sale.

Fhemmmy:
what a shame to you and Yoruba man.
no wonder the Hausa people will continue to rule Nigeria.

Dede1:
@na_so

The Akassa raid was a ploy designed by the British to achieve among other things a direct trade of good and services with the suppliers instead of dealing with Ijo middlemen.

Dede1:
The crude oil exploration started in southern protectorate in 1948 in place known today as Ondo. After few years of unsuccessful efforts to find crude oil, the Shell D’arcy made a south-east bound move. This move landed Oil Company in Owerri in 1950 and hence Shell Camp is still existence in the Imo State capital. The first crude oil was struck in 1951 around a community located 8 miles north of Owerri. However, the operation was terminated due to high presence of natural gas and hostility encountered from the villagers. Shell moved its operation south bound to Ikot Ekpene and struck oil around a community known as Akata in 1953. The oil was not of commercial quantity and company was about to fold its operation but luck shun on its effort as the company struck crude oil of commercial quantity in 1956 at Oliobiri.

Dede1:
You have been doing well until this latest post.

Dede1:
You have been doing well until this latest post. Are you also insinuating that this latest craziness about Niger Delta predated the British colonial interest in Africa? Maybe the sack of Eko in 1861 by the British should also be attributed to the so-called Niger Delta. In addition, the Benin massacre of 1897 should be joined to the foolishness associated with the so-called Niger Delta. I am sure you were referring to Akassa raid of 1895 in the question where Nembes is mentioned. It is very elementary.

If you think that the oil in the Oil River was attributed to crude oil, you should dismiss yourself from this debate. And I take it that you did not even understand which of the rivers British termed Oil River. I would not disclose the identity of the oil river as indicated in your post.