₦airaland Forum

megastarjec:
I heard and read the comment accrued to Nnamdi Kanu on the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan alluring him to be weak. It is regrettable that a learned man fighting a course in the name of no violence cannot differentiate between weakness from smartness. I need to point out this not with any grudge that when "a man starts insulting the builder of the platform he is standing upon, his failure is inevitable".

Not that GEJ was a perfect man or that he didn't fail in some areas as human he is, not that i'm here to defend GEJ in all his dealings, but it is absurd for a so-called freedom fighter to insult one who gave him the platform to even do what he is doing now and have not been charged for treason. If Jonathan has not passed the freedom of information act, not just in paper but in action, if Jonathan has not allowed the act to function as it is now, I do not think Nnamdi Kanu will have the platform he is using now and not be severely charged.

His predecessors tried it and got their heads off their necks just because there was no institute of the platform of the freedom we Nigerians are enjoying now. We can post whatever in the name of the act and get free. Let's not also forget that if GEJ had done what is in the mind of these so-called freedom fighters, by now the country would have been on fire with only the poor been affected majorly. Do we think that these "big guys" will carry guns to fight? How many of them are with guns doing the things we see on the street? We sell ourselves to their blood stricken monies and carryout their intents. "they use our heads and strength to their benefits and we in turn garate and celebrate them, celebrating our killers". If GEJ has not walked away, will Nnamdi Kanu enjoy this popularity he is enjoying now in the country that maybe at war or catastrophe?

I do not agree that GEJ was or is weak. He did the right thing by walking away. He kept this country from boiling and with God's grace still keeps us alive as we are now, who knows. Or do we think it was just about Nigerian influence? There are things we do not see. Until you get to such positions, you will understand it better. In some cases you fight and in other, you let go if letting go will help maintaining peace and avert war. That is what I saw GEJ did and for that I will always be grateful to Him and The God who made him do so.

If you think war actions are better, please ask your parents who experienced the civil war in this nation, maybe they need to refresh your mind...
Dear Nnamdi Kanu, do what you are doing and stop making statements that will end up hurting you and your fight if there is any.

Thanks

Stop wasting your time over Igbo agidi. They never learn soon enough they will plunge the nation into another way just because majority in Nigeria did not vite Jonathan who is there choice. I remba Yoruba voting Falae 98% only for Igbo n Hausa to vote Obasanjo. We accepted the result in good faith but look at the messy Igbo are causing because Jonathan lost an election.

Pray tell me are Igbo more marginalised than the NigerDelata ? Are they more marginalised than Lagos ? Are the more marginalised than the middlebelt that suffered untold hardship in the hands of Fulani. For sure Igbo is a sick tribe and every Nigeria needs to be consciousn of the mischief.

With Kaduna Nzeogwu killing ahmadu bello, Ifeajuna killed Tafa balewa and Nwaobosi killing SL akintola. These daredevil criminals are indeed not Igbos
OP is this a part of history your Igbo lectures are too ashamed to lecture you on or what ?

Okpueze1:
Who has time to believe this dishonest and one sided narrative. What an innocent Nigerian soldier.
People like this are the problem of this country.

You mean people that did not collaborate the lies 3 million Igbos sat in their houses n were picked up and killed one by one by the Nigeria army ba ?

A mad man and a fool.

Redgal:
@Chibuzolkenna I sent an email request to you.

Be determine never to pay for anything any. Any Nigerian that needs your love will pay your flight ticket down here. Being an American an average Nigeria will sell properties belonging to his relative to finance whatever it will cost to bring you down here just to sustain the union with you. I have two junior ones doing that with US based Nigerians. Am dating a South African who wants to buy her plan ticket but i let her know I will be buying it because the invitation is from me. You are about to be scammed and that is the fact without sugarcoat except and until the dude can finance his trip/visa without your help. Like everyone advised you have been warned.

Nina4u:
wait wait wait.. You should cut him off on WhatsApp already... Its first of all a love scam and he ain't gonna use that money to aply for visa... Hes gonna use it on his gf and side chick to pretend he b biggi man.. Visa cost 160-260 dollar depending on what kind of visa as u can see on the screen shot.. so hes lying. I got Nigerian friends I had for many years and I can tell u a hole bunch of stuff.. I know almost anything about these men.. Culture politics food.. Traditions.. Many Nigerian men marry foren ladies to get a visa and then go back and marry a traditional wife. Since that is recognised by the Nigerian goverment and the wife abroad has no idea. Anyways he what I understand ask u of 2000 dollar.. That to me shows he has no intention of wanting to be with you he is a yahoo love scammer.. And ur the maga the payout ..ask me anything.. I'm from Sweden but live in Las Vegas NV. When it comes to traveling to naija.. U got to have plan A plan B.. Plan C... Lots of crimes and kidnappings and cult killings for black magic and rituals.. 15 american was kidnapped last year alone.. No lives were taken but big money payout.. The police is almost non existent and u seldome get help if a crime is commited aka rape or armed robbery.. Ask me anything.. I will answer

You are already a Nigerian so apt with your advice. I am practically rolling on the floor. Policing is definitely not in existence especially in her kind of situation. This advice is so funny but ideal. She will need it going forward.

cowardafonja:
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Trash from a big old foool

I presume your father is the foool.

Tahrah:
So what if she didn't wear bra?Did she go topless?As for the people above me,are you trying to justify sexual harrasment?

Why she no go naked I bliv that should make her more comfortable.

If this was anambra we for no sleep today.

The same Igbo that will cry marginalisation if the dominance of any position does not favour them. Mad lot.

Newmanluckyman:
...was there quota system or allocation immediately after the civil war to help redevelop those places that was destroyed so as to make the area move in tandem with the rest of the country?

Was there quota system before insane Igbo Biafrans decide to wage a coup on democratically elected Nigerians ?

Kellibae:
Wizkid bought his way through..
We all kno teckno is better and more consisyent recently... only a biased mind will say otherwise.

Igbo's n madness

No one is but the Igbo's. OP can you tell us why the Igbo orchestrated the first coup d'etat in Nigeria when we had regional government that does not need any form of restructuring . What do Igbo seek to achieve when they deliberately slaughtered democratically elected government officials ?

Why are Igbo's so evil barbaric n diabolical to the extent of slaughtering a whole democratically elected prime minister and every premier of Nigeria like chickens ? OP for this singular act does the entire Igbo tribe not deserve to be wiped out the planet ?

Why on earth will the Igbo truncate regionalism which is beta than federalism by a million % killing leaders of both the HausaFulani and Yorubas in the process leaving their own leaders and believe they deserve to live.

Why do demented Igbo believe that having truncated regional government that ensure that each region kept it finances and only remit a fraction to the federal they now have the right to tell the rest of the law abiding Nigerians that they now want federalism which only offer 1/4 of what regionalism which they destroyed offered.

Do Igbo's think that all Nigerians are fools that can not read their sugarcoat name to differentiate regionalism n true federalism ? Why why and why always your Igbo's .
Are you people cursed for God sake.

Were they ever relevant if not for their daily cries n whine.

gberra:
I am so angry in my spirit.

1. We need to go exhume Azikiwe's body at his mausoleum, slice his body in pieces, grind his bones into a scouring powder & give his flesh as feeds to the fishes in the Lagoon.

2. Lordadam16's attempts at turning history on its head so as to suit his narratives is even more annoying. Trying to curry my sympathy as being a mid-westerner ain't working on me.
I don't even know where to start to debunk his several unbalanced claims.
Pathetic!

That jerk deliberately write long essay hiding lies and ridiculous claim, several fallacies to brain wash the Igbos if those are not debunked one would think Igbo's were saint with the Nigerian army picking them up and killing the civilians one by one.

LordAdam16:
Why did the counter-coupists not kill all of them? What held them despite they being in power for over 35 years. In fact two of the Yorubas in the original coup went on to write books. They only killed two of the original coupists Okafor and Anuforo. Why didn't they kill all of them, if that was their anger.

After all, the counter-coupists were able to kill (according to some estimates) 50 to 100 Igbo soldiers during the counter-coup.

In 1960, there were only 3 commissioned officers from the North. 70% of officers were from the Eastern region.

In fact, when they killed Ironsi. The next highest ranking officer was a Yoruba man--Ogundipe. After Ogundipe, you had another Yoruba man--Adebayo. The North skipped at least 5 other senior officers from the South including Ojukwu to make Gowon the Military Ruler.

This crass nepotism did not end there.

In fact, it was the North that drummed the beat of secession first after the Jan 66 coup. It was Sir Francis, the British High Commissioner, that ordered Gowon not to let that happen on August 1, 1966. Go and read history. And he was pressured to find a solution with the Easterners, that one of the reasons why he even traveled to Ghana to discuss and agree on the Aburi Accord in 67. Yet, after agreeing to the accord, he came back to Nigeria and reneged on it.

You and the rest of you marauding fellas are all a bunch of deplorable, blood-thirsty, war-mongering ethnicists. You will choke on the blood you are looking for.

-Lord

They did not because they needed to prove to the world that they are not blood thirsty vampires like the Igbos that led the first coup who killed a democratically elected prime minister and every elected premier of every region except theirs. The commissioned officers of Igbo extraction are what you lose having failed to stamp your authority with the counter coup.

It is one of the thing you should stop crying about. What nepotism is bigger than orchestrating a coup in a country that never experienced once ? A coup led by Igbo with Igbo's killing all elected representative of different tribes in Nigeria. When will you come to terms with the fact that your tribe is full of evil whenever it can not have whatever it want.

When 70% of Igbo dominated the army like you claimed the Hausa did not cry marginalization like you pussie Igbo do today you claim it's done on merit but when Hausa does the same with minister you ediot claim it is nepotism/marginalisation n what have you. I would have love to let you know how mad n pathetic your argument sound with lots of curses but for NL rules.

Igbo's are the sick entity in Nigeria, the rules of engagement is simple go for whatever you desire have enough man n brain power to assert your demand, ensure you have your way n that's it you goal is achieved. But you Igbo want to go to war and still demand equal right which you never granted when you lose out.

A typical example is the Nigeria football team. Every Nigerian respect your ingenuity n do not demand a quota rule but when you see Hausa being giver lower cut off's the ediots among you start screaming to heaven like you are on the same educational pedestal with them.

Nigerian allowed Igbos dominate the federal ministry during the Zik / Balewa era without anyone making noise but because you lost out and the ministry is now dominated by most Yoruba n Hausa now it is marginalisation. It is amadioha that will strike your yansh with thunder.

amjoseph19:
You see, people like you make shift from campaigning for restructuring to Biafra.
See your hashtag, you now stand with restructuring. Why wait for Biafrans to make a move of session before you now believe that the country needs restructuring.

What brought about Biafra in the 1st place. When restructuring took place in abori and The FG refused to implement it, what did your forefathers did. Didn't they join the Hausa's and fight the Biafrans. Now, they Biafrans are back with full force and you are asking for restructuring your forefathers cowardly shy away from. You guys are just a sellout. you are not to be trusted.
Bloody son of a Cowards.

You want the FG to implement Aburi accord what is in Aburi accord that was lacking when Nigeria has regional government ? Tell me just one thing. So you and your father think it is wise to truncate regional govt for unitary govt having failed to ripe the benefit if your treachery you expect everything to go back to normal as it use to be when we had regional govt. You need your brain examined. So you can truncate any system of govt that does not favour you in Nigeria and make ridiculous demands ba when you lose out in the power play ba ?

It is sickening see Igbo's whine about everything in Nigeria. Quota is found in various degree all over the world. You simply do not abandoned a member of your team because they are lacking. What is required is proffering a solution that will not slow the front runner down but at the same time will speed up the rate of those lacking behind so they can catch up n no know phool should tell me that is not possible. When it is time to share the national cake there is no rancour BTW the south n the north so when the south also need to put in place standard to develop the north there should be none. If that lead to any dispute the south should wait till when to share the national cake n hold the north to ransom. Case solved instead of Igbo daily lamentation. If that does not do the trick for you simply try ignorance by reducing your cut marks and allow yourself to be rated as less privilege state in education. Leave your cut of at 5 but whatever you do just let us have peace your noise is sickening.

Who intend to read the lies upon lies Igbo's have been posting all day. Azikwe was a saint. Igbo did not orchestrate the first coup in Nigeria. Igbo also did not slaughter the sitting prime minister of Nigeria. Igbo did not also slaughter each and every premier of Nigeria only to leave that of their region.

The Igbos in Nigeria have been saint n Jews all their lives. The Igbos did not truncate regional goverent which was a billion percent beta than true federalism. No the Igbo did not introduce unitary system of government so they could siphoned the wealth of Nigeria into their private pockets. No the same Igbo's did not orchestrate the genocide of every Democratically elected leaders of Nigeria only to leave leaders of their regions.

They just sat down in their house like saint and the Nigeria army went into their house one at a time n killed 3 million of them. That is the only things that happened. The Nigeria army just embark on mass murder of Igbos just like that. The Igbo holocaust a won oloriburuku.

LordAdam16:
What sort of senseless beast are you?

How can you type this nonsense?

"The long list of nations that forget the program that occur on their land each understood the essence of forgiveness not bragado like the Igbos are demanding."

Tutsi rebels killed a sitting Hutu President. Hutus declared genocide on Tutsis. The killings ended and many of the Hutu killers were tried and executed, with acceptance by the Hutu populace.

Sikh guards killed an Hindu Prime Minister. Hindu leaders called for a Sikh pogrom. When the killings ended, many of these Hindu killers were tried and executed, with acceptance by the Hindu populace.

In Nigeria, young conspirators from each of the major ethnic groups carried out a coup. A counter coup occurred and original coup plotters were remanded in prison, and placed on trial. Yet that wasn't enough, you guys had to orchestrate a pogrom of 2 million Igbos. The killings ended. Ojukwu was even ready to look past that and entered a last-minute Aburi agreement. The North/West still flouted the accord and then proceeded to kill another 1 million plus. None of the killers were apprehended, in fact they were and are still cheered 50 years later.

I am convinced you are a lieutenant to the Devil and have a reserved spot on Hell's Roster.

I would not continue to reply a senseless, marauding beast who is entirely devoid of empathy and fairness.

You talk about Germany just paying off reparations completely in 2014. But you forgot that the US/UK/France created a Marshall plan for Germany and reintegration into Western Europe in the end of the War that laid the foundations for them becoming the largest European economy today. The same thing was done for the belligerent Japan, which set the stage for them to become the World's 3rd largest economy.

In fact, in the same Hawaii where the Japanese Navy hit America hard (during the Pearl Harbor incident that precipitated the twin nuclear attacks) the local population of Japanese Americans is half the population of Caucasian Americans. The Asian population is larger than the Caucasian American population.

How you can compare the North/West to the Western World in integration efforts with a straight face is sacrilegious.

Going by the Nigerian response, Germany and Japan should have become a Somalia not become the largest economies of their respective continents (China eclipsed Japan recently).

I'm done with you.

The Igbos don't need to win the next war, they only need to force Nigeria to start it. And if like in 1967 you guys force it despite the repeated opportunities to avoid it, history would not be kind to you guys. Mark my words. Nigeria would become Africa's version of Yugoslavia.

-Lord

There will be no empathy for the Igbos. Instead more death is what you will get. I am also yet to see where the murderous Igbo rebels that killied the sitting prime minister of Nigeria was brought to justice. The Igbo rebels did not only kill the sitting prime minister of Nigeria he killed the head of each and every single region leaving only that of his region.

Every Igbo rebel in the Nigerian army that partook in that daredevil genocide against the elected leaders of Nigeria at that time need to beheaded and the skull paraded like ISIS parades the lively skull of their victims. That is what justice sounds like to me after that has been done we can now look at why Ojukwu went to war without provision to feed the people he lead to war thereby starving 3 million of them to death and also pit his entire lineage born n unborn through the guillotine.

I hope this solves the mystery of your senseless claim of genocide against the Igbo. Anyone reading the conversation would have thought the Igbo's sat in their houses and the Nigeria army went about killing them one by one not understanding a lunatic of a leader in Ojukwu could not provide food to the populace under his country but instead expect Nigeria who he was at who with to provide food for his army and those civilian under his country.

The same Ojukwu at a point turn down food provision from France and instead requested for guns and ammunition in the midst of the suffering Biafrans children yet demented clown like you would rather blame Nigeria and Awo for the starvation instead of crucifying Ojukwu for the thoughtless and foolish beast he is.

Biafrans don madt gan I swear. Laughing my ass off at Torah n where the English deleted Igbo off the original bible. Which kain madness be this for God sake.

LordAdam16:
And you call yourself a human being?

What exactly are the sins of the fathers? The coup was understandable at the time and if Awo didn't have to battle with Akintola, Western soldiers would have carried out that coup, after all four Yorubas were part of the Jan '66 coup and they were the most disenfranchised by the 1964 elections. Let the North apologize for destabilizing the First Republic, first with the profligacy, corruption, and nepotism; then with the destabilization of the promising Western region which had the engine of the economy Lagos; then other Nigerians (including the East and because the conspirators of the first coup were from all 4 regions at the time) would apologize for the Jan '66 coup.

Saying because Igbos constituted 40% of the coup members and it was the first coup is irrelevant, and an entire ethnic group should NEVER be condemned because of the actions of 10 young hotheads. Coup d'etats were commonplace in the world. It was only a matter of time for Nigeria. Who would punish the North for overthrowing Shonekan? Or was Murtala not assassinated by his own people?

All the North had to do since they were so aggrieved was to lead the counter coup, then execute all the original coup plotters, and take power as they intended. There was absolutely no reason to kill extra 2 million people. That you think this is acceptable makes you demented. Neither the Sardauna nor Awo would have stayed in Nigeria if 2 million of their people were killed.

THERE IS NO WHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO CONDEMN AN ENTIRE ETHNIC GROUP FOR THE ACTIONS OF A NON-ELECTED FEW.

If that was the case, the British should have turned Benin to dust for the Oba's decision to behead British Emissaries. They simply decimated the Benin Army's resistance, deposed the Oba, and installed a Benin Prince they preferred, without taking it out on the native Benin population.

In India, after Indira Gandhi was assassinated by some of her Sikh guards in retaliation for Indira's orders for the majorly Hindu army to march on Sikh's holiest site. The guards were executed but some Hindu leading figures went too far and ordered for a Sikh pogrom. Many of those leading Hindu figures were tried and hanged by Hindu Judges under a Hindu government.

The same thing happened in Rwanda. Many of the Hutu killers were tried and killed to give respite to the Tutsis. That is what normal human beings do.

In Nigeria, the Igbo killers were given garlands.

You and most Nigerians who justify the pogrom of 66 are demons masquerading in human skin.

How can you ask people to move on after killing 3 million of them, without respite, and marginalizing them for 50 years. Are you normal?

Would you be saying the same thing if Yorubas or Hausas were at the receiving end? Or is it because those who died are Igbos, then it is acceptable.

What is your excuse for killing thousands of unarmed Aniomas who were part of the Mid-West and part of Nigeria? What is your excuse for killing thousands of unarmed Efiks, was an Efik man part of the Jan '66 coup?

Yet you guys would call Kanu and the IPOB uncouth and uncivilized, when you guys are worse. What did braininess do for Awo, Abiola, Saro-Wiwa amongst others who felt they were reasoning with humans not knowing they were dealing with sub-humans. Kanu and IPOB are setting a trap for you, and in your haste you'll fall for it. If you think 3 million people of one majority ethnic group would die in today's Nigeria without anything happening to their killers you have lost your mind.

The SS would NEVER let Niger Deltan Oil proceeds fund another genocide. Because present-day SS minorities on both sides of the equation in the last conflict were victims of excesses (case in point the Aniomas and Efiks). And when the conflict ended, the North/West shifted their attention to the SS when we dare asked for better resource control with the late 90's massacres, with the infamous Odi massacre being the preferred case used by the North/West to taunt the SS.

Start another conflict and kiss Nigeria good bye.

-Lord

Keep at blaming every one else for your woes. Zik was the perfect Nigerian because he is Igbo and yet he senselessly fought not to have succession clause in the constitution. I am yet to see where he as been tongue lashes for this thoughtlessness and outright foolery. Blame those that strike back after the Igbo unleashed the first coup on Nigeria not the ones that introduced the coup itself. Do you see why I careless if another dose of 3 million of your kind are sacrificed for this line of arguments ?

The long list of nations that forget the program that occur on their land each understood the essence of forgiveness not bragado like the Igbos are demanding. Listen good your demand to be pacified for those lost in the war is what will lead to another war instead of a resolution that will grant you Biafra peacefully or bring about true federalism in Nigeria.

Whatever it is you think Igbos deserve personally I believe Igbo's owe Nigeria a bigger apology for those things I listed previously. Their action were unjust, brash and senseless at each junction. They allowed the hot head among them dictate their destination without careful thought out plan. The same mistake is what you have embarked up with KANU again with your carelessness, selfishness and outright foolishness.

You will plunge the entire country into war, idiots among you will argue that succession is a UN back right like you do not understand the volatility of Nigeria but you all do and when your agitation spiral out of control and you lose like 10 millions Igbo's to a Nigeria that owes a standing army with your defence mounted by only loud mouths such as yourself and other miscreant n tout few years down the line you will blame Osibanjo n Nigeria for genocide like war is like an Olympic event.

Intelligent people lead agitation , the likes of Mandela, Gandhi n co not retarded beings like KANU. Capable leader that will man up and take control of every eventuality. Leaders that their thought process will match that of their adversaries. Leaders who will be responsible n take control when your agitation turn into a civil war. A leader that can build allies to support your cause in the case of any eventuality. A leader that will not lose a war because of the blockade of food by your enemy. Is KANU this kind of a leader ? What brain those KANU have in his head to coordinate a war n am not talking his nonsense Biafra propaganda n the noise on his radio.

In essence Biafra agitation is okay, the first coup the Igbo led, the Biafra war are all okay because they are a worthy cause but what is not okay is not succeeding at those causes. It is crazy only Igbo bliv when you lose a war you deserve equal right with the winners. Germany just finished paying reparation for causing the second world war in 2014 nobody heard them make any noise.

When you go to war or make a case for any agitation you put in a thought process that will ensure it succeed. That is my gross with the Igbos. Effort required to actualize the success of Biafra is wasted on taunting Yoruba on NL. The same Yoruba could be missing piece that can help actualise your desire. The mistake Zik made is about to repeat itself. You want a supporter when you can not guarantee victory who does that ?

salford1:
"ZIK OF AFRICA AND THE NIGERIAN CHALLENGE. WAS HE PLAIN SELFISH OR WISE?

Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was interviewed by the New Nigeria Newspapers

NN: If I may take you on. The principle of what you supported is being vindicated alright. But what actually happened in practice? People say that NCNC was vehemently opposed to the creation of what are now the Cross River and Rivers States. In other words there seems to be a contradiction between principles and practice.

ZIK: That was propaganda. It is wrong. The NCNC supported the creation of Calabar States, Ogoja State and Rivers State but not to lump the three together, because if you do that you will have permanent minorities. Again on the question of secession. In 1953 the NPC under the leadership of my good friend, the late Sardauna, threatened to secede from the federation unless their 6-point proposals were adhered to. I had to use personal diplomacy. We had been personal friends since 1940. So, I saw Sir Ahmadu Bello and prevailed upon him that the unity of this country was greater than himself and myself and the other people too helped so that the North shifted grounds and agreed and so the country was saved. That was in 1953."

. He was a born bastard like many Biafrans.

Lombrozo:
In Nigeria, black is known to be official with the police with wide condemnation and the police in other to redeem its image, add blue and other colours to its uniform.
majority believe that black is bad, why will our leaders choose to appear in black dresses?
to me, whenever I see them in black in a gathering, I perceived them as wicked human being that have nothing good to offer the people.

Are you Igbo or ipob ?

beberebe:
Tell your brothers to stop using media to propagate lies.....Ondo is not producing oil but are still collecting oil 13% derivatives.

Thieves everywhere?

Your father should stop Ondo state from collecting it now or is your father so senseless he does not have any idea how to do that ?

obataokenwa:
Don Jazzy beg Dbanj? Haba, on what level na.
No basis for that Abeg.

Dbanj is trying to save face and sell his upcoming album.

The last time i checked, Don Jazzy has created millionaires in Naira hundreds of millions while Dbanj is trying to catch up with atleast Korede Bello which is not feasible in the next years with his pattern of music like an upcoming artist trying to enter the market.

Don't quote me.

None of Don jazzy act is close to what D banj achieved locally or internationally. Those stuffs ain't achieved with just loud mouth and bragado you just displayed but sincerely I prefer them together.

LordAdam16:
I am of the belief that Zik like most Pan-Africanists of his generation were larger-than-life proponents of idealism but shambolic expedients of realism.

That said, it would be unwise to single out one party for making grave mistakes in the Nigerian project.

The NPC (Northern party) opposed independence led by the Sardauna. In fact, a pretext to the '66 progrom occurred in '53 with the Kano riot where extremists muslim youths mainly from the muslim-dominated Fagge area made clashes in the igbo-dominated Sabo gari area. They targeted Southerners in general, but expectedly most of the more than 40 deaths were Igbos. The reason was the Igbo-Yoruba push for independence.

Then NCPC (Eastern party) made the mistake of not allowing AG (Yoruba party) to insert secession clause into the constitution, simply because they wanted Lagos to be termed "no-mans land." Even though, they knew the antecedents of the Northerners.

Then I can't understand for the life of me why Awo let his rift with Akintola degenerate badly to the point that he had to be arrested.

But most damning of all was why the West and East let their independence alliance break. It didn't have to, even though the pressure was much. The East-West alliance coerced the North and the Crown to get independence. If that alliance had taken power and convinced the Crown of protecting British interests, the North would have been in perpetual servitude. A southern-ruled Nigeria would be have become a Singapore today.

The issue then is the same issue today, all 3 majorities wanted to be the single dominant force. The Sardauna didn't see Zik or Awo as his contemporary, he saw each of them as a means to an end. The same can be said of Zik and Awo. All three of them wanted to eclipse the others. The only people who came out on top consistently since the 50's with this mindset has been the North. And Nigeria has suffered as a result.

To illustrate my point, Zik entered an alliance with Awo to get Independence. Then abandoned the alliance with Awo to become President. Then he conveniently went on a Caribbean cruise while a "revolutionary" coup with significant number of Igbo conspirators sought to seize power from the Northern elements he had an alliance with. It was a road to Igbo dominance that backfired terribly.

BUT

That should've been it. There was absolutely no reason why after the rematch coup of July '66, there had to be an Igbo pogrom. That was unacceptable. The revenge coup should have being the reset. The pogrom and the civil war was excessive. There was absolutely no reason why Gowon had to renege on the Aburi Accord. That was unacceptable.

And it is absolutely sickening that Awolowo used the Igbo pogrom of around 2 million Igbos to forward his personal aspiration for dominance with the Sardauna, Zik, and his arch-rival Akintola conveniently out of the picture. It backfired as well.

Awo had to make a single moral decision by asking himself--if I was Ojukwu, 2 million Yorubas had been killed in the North (with bodies literally littering Northern roads and trailers of bodies arriving the East), and Gowon reneging on a last-minute peace effort, what would I do? Every Yoruba person knows Awo would have seceded, after all he wanted to secede for the single reason that Lagos was called "no mans land." If the North had been at the receiving end, they'd have seceded.

The Biafran war was a just, noble war. It was supposed to be a peaceful secession that the North termed as an insult, with the Nigerian military carrying out the first incursion. And even with the continued atrocities in the 3 yr run of casualties culminating with Northern/Western pogroms of minorities in Asaba, Rivers, and Calabar (no one wants to talk about these unnecessary pogroms of the Aniomas, Rivers minorities, and Efiks), the "No Victor, No Vanquished" stance that signified the end of hostilities was only significant on paper.

The supposed "Igbo" coup in Jan '66 had five Northerners and four Yorubas. In comparison, the revenge coup had only about three Southerners in a coup of over 30 principal conspirators, the rest were Northerners including names that later destroyed Nigeria beyond repair--Abacha, IBB, Buhari, Murtala... And ideologically, the Jan '66 coup was INEVITABLE. The Sardauna and his stooge Balewa were running Nigeria into the ground, both figuratively and literally. In 1964, the Tiv people were already asking to secede and the Sardauna killed them in their hundreds, arresting thousands more. Adaka Boro had already set up his militia demanding for better resource control. Violence spread through the country following the '64 elections. People were already fleeing the country, especially the North and West.

Unfortunately, the Sardauna was a Fulani strong man in every sense of the term, and with the traditional Northern political structure, he was NEVER going to get any resistance from most Northern officers. The West was embroiled in the Akintola versus Awolowo debacle. Only Igbo officers had the necessary regional stability and wherewithal to go at the Sardauna. And they were able to convince several Western and Northern elements to join the cause.

It was the spirit of the times as well. In 1965, Algeria, Benin, DRC, and CAR already had their coups. The only issue with the coup was the implementation. Although, I am of the school of thought that even if the coup plotters killed Ironsi, Okpara, and Zik, and all of the conspirators had been executed; there would still have been a "retaliatory" coup, the pogrom would still have occurred, and the informal consensus of no Igbo person ascending to the #1 seat would still stand. The North always wanted to be at the helm of affairs and were prepared to make an example of any group that threatened their hegemony.

This is why they killed Igbos in their tens in the 50's for simply being pro-independence.

It is terrible that the problems we had prior to independence still persist to this day. The counter coup of July 66 was not enough for the North to seize back power and maintain their control. No, they wanted to decimate any vestiges of the perceived Igbo threat. And they had to kill 3 million people in 5 years to pass their point across. And they have consistently pursued this pillage and plunder tactics for everyone including the Middle Belt Minorities and Niger Deltan minorities (until the rise of militancy).

Even after the end of the Biafran war, the North has consistently marginalized the East often with willful connivance of the West. It is astonishing that both regions feel that grief cannot morph into anger and from anger to aggressiveness.

How can a sitting President of Nigeria warn an entire ethnic group that he is prepared to "do whatever it takes (including killing as many people)" to preserve the country. How can the North expect to continue passing the message of "we'd continue marginalizing you because we can, and if you say you're no longer interested, we'd kill as many of you as we can for sport."

It is deeply revolting that a letter from the Arewa groups would call the killing 3 million Igbos a 'lesson to Igbos.' That the Northerners do not see a pogrom that killed 2 million people as excessive, unwarranted, and unjust, even after 50 years speak volumes. Whenever the East talk about marginalization and secession calls, instead of a conciliatory "we'd do better" tone, you'd hear a "it seems you want another pogrom" tone.

I'm from the SS, former Mid-West, and formerly Western region and this is sickening. This has to END. The tone has to change and it has to start with restructuring the country both politically and economically. It shouldn't even be an "if," but a "when." In fact, we should have a time-table.

Because if the North and West think just rolling the tanks and killing as many people as possible would be the end of this, they are sorely mistaking. We are no longer in 1967.

This is not simply about the Igbos defending Biafra, it is about most other ethnic groups tired of the big 2 telling other ethnic groups to either eat sh*t or die.

A blockade that would make hundreds of thousands of kids starve would not stand in a world where 2+ billion people are on social media, and news have a latency period of less than 5 minutes.

Britain today is a shadow of The British Empire of 1967. They've left their Libyan Rebels to their fate.

The USA would not be neutral like they were in 1967. Nixon was a closet Biafra supporter, but the US had to respect the position of the her British ally. A repeat of a Northern Muslim progrom against a Southern Christian population in a world where the West battles Islamic terrorism would not last for 4 odd years.

Northern Nigeria would not have free access to SS oil like they had in 1967. The military can't even win the oil war in peacetime, I wonder what they'll do during a conflict which the SS would exploit to further our cause.

With federal presence distracted in the West, the Ondo and Lagos pipeline vandalizing, kidnapping, armed robbery syndicates would have a field day in the West.

The Fulani herdsmen terrorist group (the 4th most deadliest terror group in the world) would attempt to carve out a territory in the North Central.

Boko Haram, inspired by ISIS and with influx of hardened Jihadist fighters from the Middle East, Libya, the Maghreb; would expand their territory in the North East like ISIS did in Syria, Iraq, and Al Qaeda is doing in Yemen.

Iran would have their pay-back by arming revolutionary Shiite groups that'd use the political instability to further their cause and enact revenge.

In fact, unlike 1967 where the idea was to have a Nigeria and a Biafra. Any widespread national conflict in this decade would signal the end of Nigeria. With a population of 180 million as against the 52 million in 1967, the impact of any conflict would destabilize the entire West African sub region. Extra-judicial killings like what happened in Asaba, Calabar, and Rivers in 1967 would be unforgivable, perpetrators would end in the Hague.

The Southern Propaganda would make the 1967-70 Biafra propaganda sound like a rehearsal. The state of the country with another civil war in 21st century Nigeria would make hell look like a childrens' playground. Lawmakers are already been kidnapped in Kaduna and only released after paying a ransom; pregnant women are being hacked to death in Lagos; herdsmen are having a field day in the SS, SW, and NC; BH are not resting on their laurels in the NE. Yet the war never start. When the war start, it'd be a free for all with general insecurity everywhere, and na everybody go hear am, not only Igbos.

E no go funny for any tribe. Not Igbos, not Yorubas, not Fulanis. The Igbos already have already accepted the reality that someone on the ground already should not be scared of falling.

So as the North and West are warning the Igbos of another round of genocide, you all should know this time around, water go pass garri. The North would never recover from the shock they'd receive. If you are ready to kill people for asking for their rights, be ready to die for denying them their rights.

We can still salvage the situation before it'd be too late. Take heed and do what's right.

-Lord

Too much rubbish in favour of Igbo missteps. Let every Nigeria bear the fault of what happened n move on. The mistake your forefather made is what you are about to repeat. War occurred in every part of African strong military rulers ruled like dictator without no recourse to human right. Other nations have moved on Igbo should stop whinning ceaselessly daily in NL n move on.

No one will take the blame of you foolishly leading a coup and after losing out of the military power play chose succession. Until the day every Igbo citizen acknowledge the wrong of leading the first coup, the unconstitutional declaration of succession and tendered an unreserved apology to the Nigerian nation whatever force required to decimated sense into your medulla should be employed.

It does not matter whether Nigeria wins the second civil war or not. What matter is every Igbo understanding because you sabi beat cheat from BiafraLand does not translate to you having your way anytime you desire. You should learn how to let others have their ways too. I know how many time Buhari lost and accepted his fate. Left to me I am for the total destruction of Biafra before it is granted it's autonomy for the following reasons.

1. Not allowing for succession clause at independence
2. Orchestrating the 1st coup when Nigeria was in peace
3. Destroying confederalism

All these is written for Igbos to understand you can not argue neglecting the trauma n destruction you caused others while you expect to be praised for the good ones. It is a two way thing you learn to accept your fault as the federal govt should accept is. You apologize for yours and then maybe you get an apology in return.

If you chose to go the forceful way let everyone meet with at the battle ground. I am yet to see Catalonia call Spain zoo or Ireland calk the UK zoo and if wiping out another dose of 3 million Igbo is what will bring about that sensibility I am all for it simple.

beberebe:
This is the latest report...

Even if they will argue it...they should show or tell us the location of the oil facilities in Ondo state...

We have been living by media lies propagated by Afonjas...

Which oil company drills oil in ondo ?


https://www.naij.com/1096390-oil-producing-states-nigeria-2017.html

Your father n fore father were born with hatred died with the hatred and in Yoruba hatred shall you and your generation yet unborn perish.

felicitywe:
You r right you watched the program.I wonder why some people r blaming Ipob over Mantu's statement that Awo as VP enriched his Yoruba people.
Must everything be Ipob?Pls face Mantu and his people whom Awo defrauded and made poor.

and you open your eyes for some to make you poor ? You deserve to die for this comment.

Ziluxger:
The truth of the matter is that Pa Awo intentionally with his position victimize the Igbos by given Igbos his famous £20 while at the same time approving of indigenization of all companies in Nigeria. Now here comes middle belt accusing him of the same thing.

You mean the Igbo chest beating tribe was so incapacitated it can only watch helplessly as Awo took all your money and investment only to give you 20 pounds ? If that is the case God should punish each an every Igbo that lost a dime through the action of Awo for not being able to defend their asset. May amadioha destroy such a being n you too for not being able to fight for your kinsmen to regain their wealth stolen by Awo.

mightyhaze:
I visited biafrasay.com today and I must say am very much impressed

You are doomed, over how many years now yet your forum still do not have what it take to attract viewers. I spit on your grave.