₦airaland Forum

@ PointB, my issh with you guys is when you try to rope the SS into your seccession/biafran BS. The funny part's that the minority man ends up holding a bag of poo while the main igbo instigator runs away when the proverbial shyte hits the fans (casing point Gen. Effiong). So please mind your own business. Thank you.

@ Pazienza I just say your breakdown of the igbo population in the SS. So because the igbos make up 30% of the population of delta state, the state is an igbo state? Even the ndoki people u mentioned in akwa ibom state make up a VERY SMALL portion of Ukanafun LGA. But I guess that makes us "igbos" abi? Even the ikwerres you mentioned in Rivers frown when you call them igbos. Are you going to impose your will on them.

Finally, did you just mention that Opobo is an igbo land. Seriously, are you guys this desperate?! It's no wonder poeple look at you guys with suspicion. So for the love of all that is holy, please focus your attention on your lands in the South-East. No bi by force. Thieves.

Ojukwu may be seen as a hero to the Igbo, but that's it. To everyone else, he's just another prominent Nigerian that just away.

Even animals don't engage in such abomination. It goes against nature. Kudos to the senate for passing the bill. Oh, and the Brits can go screw themselves if they don't like it. Nonsense.

@ Pazienza, did you just say the igbos are the majority in the South-South? After the Ibibios, Abnangs, Efiks, oron, urhobos, itsekiris, ijaws, kalabaris, northern cross riverians, etc? LOL!!! See this bloody thief!! And you wonder why our young men opted to enlist in the Nigerian 3rd Marine Commando Division and fight you thieves. Bloody fool!!

You know, its funny that when people talk about the cause of the war, they tend to leave out the root cause where Maj Nzeogwu and his crew carried out the 1st coup and murdered our 1st Prime Minister and a number of prominent northern politicians. Do you really think the hausas just woke up one day and decided to murder the igbos? If you're looking for a culprit, look no further. You guys caused your own problem.

Hold on, the founder of Northen Friends of the South South made a statement. And all of a sudden, the South South is now part of Igbo lands? Seriously, why can't you guys focus on YOUR OWN region SE? Na by force?

@ Afam4Eva, you really want to go there? Ok.

I'm from Akwa Ibom state. And my village road is way better than what you have in Umuahia or Owerri.

As if your own state's treasury is not being looted. At least the governor in mine is performing.

And btw, what will I even want to do with the body? I can't restrict its movement. Being a Nigerian, the body still reserves the right to be moved around the country. You keep it.

Oh I don't have to do anything. But we'll see if it gets to the SS. Maybe the tour will be lucky to get to PH or Asaba, who knows. Well, the states will decide, not me.

@ afam4Eva, that's ok PROVIDED tour within Nigeria is restricted to SE states. Then its fine by me.

Well, war definitely brings out the beast in man.

But though the most successful and daring division in the civil war, the 3rd Marine Commando Div under Adekunle was quite brutal. I think that changed when Obasanjo took over.

Well, if the SE governors foot the bill, not the FG, then the whole tour is fine by me.

@ TRUTHTELA, pls hold on there. Did you mention Maj. Nzeogwu? The very same guy that caused the whole mess the nation faced till date by carrying out the very first coup? What the hell was he fighting for? And what did Tafewa Balewa do that justified his murder by Nzeogwu and his cronies? Too bad the major died during the civil war, cos he ought to have been executed by firing squad for treason and murder. Heroes my foot.

@ musiwa, Gowon wear the pathetic uniform of that non-entity called "biafra"? LOL!!!!! IN YOUR DREAMS!!

@ Diligence, quick question? Have you seen war?

@ Musiwa, thanks for the morning joke

Oh well, off to work.

@ Kilode?!

No one, including myself said that the Army is perfect. Everyone knows it has its flaws.

BTW, can you please list instances when the Nigerian Military got its ass whooped by the genderms of cameroon? are you refering the same Cameroon that were actually scared of us and viewed us as imperialists? Even the then NAF squadron in Calabar had FAR more planes than the whole Cameroonian Airforce . Maybe you missed the news where Nigeria VOLUNTARILY handed over the peninsula to Cameroon based on the ICJ ruling that favoured the later. Seriously, spend less time on movies and more time watching the news. You'll learn a lot.

@ Uchek

Corruption is not more prevalent in some parts of the country than others. It is EVERWHERE. Go to very state in the country and you'll see public office holders looting the treasury and becoming multi-billionaires. It's my belief that we'll be able to resolve the nation's problems once the issue of corruption and lack of accountability are resolved.

@ jp Phillips

I strongly suggest you READ my previous again. Didn't I mention the MB-332s and the alpha jets? And it's quite funny you called the transport planes junks. You do know that the USAF, USMC', USN, and most western nations use the C-130 and G-333 (C-27 Spartan), don't you?
Yes, I did mention the NAVY's Augusta 109s, but if you had read my previous posts, you would've seen that I placed more emphasis of the on NAF's heavily armed and armoured Mi-35 attack helicopters. Oh btw, I see you mentioned the AH-64 Apache helicopter, right? Without a doubt, it has far more on-board computers, and like every other aircraft has redundant systems, increasing its survivability in battle. But you do know that it spends more time in the maintenance shed than in the air, right? Even the USMC Cobra Attack helo is rated above the Apache and even the Longbow. I suggest you spend far less time on Ace Combat video games and do a lil more research.

With respect to the Otokar Kobras, VBLs, and Steyr, you do know that military Ops against the militants were not restricted to the swamps? although the good ole ass whopping the received in 2007 in PH forced them to scurry back to the swamps like scared rats. And btw, gunboats arrived in 2010?! Dude, really?! And what do you think the army and navy gunboats were armed with? Pea shooters?

One last thing, you did look down on the fire arm used by the army I.e the good ole AK-47. Yes, the rifle isn't as cool looking as the M-16 or M-4 carbine with Eotech scopes and all that. But I wonder why the AK-47 is still ranked the best rifle in world? Hmmmmm. Maybe its because it is far more reliable than your M-4 that jams all the time. Or maybe it fires the larger 7.62mm bullet compared to the smaller 5.56mm, thus causing far more damage. Dunno.

Regarding army, yes there's the issue of God-fatherism. But your accussation that promotions are based on ethnicity is simply hogwash. Seriously, you REALLY need to drop the pre 1999 mode of thinking. Do you have any idea all the promotion courses officers have to go through from Staff College to NIPSS or War College? These days its based on PERFORMANCE.

@ muaiwa, no functional airforce base in the west? Are you sure about that? Well, taking the whole southern region of the country, let's see:

1) All of NAF's C-130 transport planes are based at the NAF airbase in LAGOS.
2) All the G-333 transport planes are based at the NAF Airbase at Illorin
3)All ATR-48 Maritime Patrol aircrafts are located at the NAF airbase in Benin.
4)The MB-332 light attack planes were located at the NAF airbase in Calabar, Cross River state. I must admit that I don't know if they're still there.
5)Most of the Mi-35V and P series Hind attack helicopters, along with all the Bo-105 helicopters are based at the NAF Special Operations Airbase, Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
6)Some of the Alpha Attack jets were to be relocated from the NAF Weapons Training School in Kianji to the same Special Ops Airbase in PH this year.
7)The NAF's helicopter training school with all the new A-190LUHs and Mi-36 Hermit helicopters are all based in Enugu.

Oh btw, the Navy's Airwing, with all the Lynx and some A-109LUH helicopters are all based in LAGOS.

So you see my friend, your argument holds no water.

Did you say GPS powered High Tech gizmos? Oh please, do list out these "gizmos" for me. Do they even know how to use GPS. Your so called militants were only armed with stolen/smugggled ak-47, rusty G-3s, a handful of PKM machine guns, some expired RPGs, and of course your canoes. Can you compare with the army and navy's gunboats heavily armoured and armed with 50Cal machine guns and grenade lunchers, the army's VBL, steyr, and Otokar Cobra APCs, the Navy's Augusta 109 helos, and of course the NAF's Mi-35 attack helos? Face it, your crew were outgunned, and royally bleeped. And believe me, the amnesty was their saving grace. If not, why the hell did they accept it in droves? They shouldve just stayed back in the creeks and keep fighting if they weren't scared. Apparently, they chickened out when the JTF (which btw is just a very small arm of the military) bared its fangs.


Oh btw, I do know about the shortfall in crude oil supply and the subsequent rise in oil prices. Read my previous post again. But due to the problems faced then in Delta, and later Rivers state, production output had increased from the offshore fields in AKS as that part of the region was safe.

Nigeria's economy rapidly came to a halt? Really? The nation's crude oil production output had reduced initially, but they compensated by increasing output from offshore oil fields in Akwa Ibom state.

By the way, you mention the fattening of crocs in the ND. You sure you weren't refering to the bodies of your militant brothers? You know, after those combat sorties by NAF attack helos and Army gunboats with 50 cal MGs blazing, tearing your folks a new one. Ah, good times

@ musiwa, I'm afraid you make no sense at all.

By the way, you did mention that the yorubas are being oppressed by the military. Could you please list out instances when that happened? You do know that a Yoruba man is the current Chief of Defence Staff I.e he commands all 3 arms of the Nigerian Armed Forces. And I believe the Chief of Naval Staff is Yoruba too.

By the way, I asked for verifiable proof that the Yorubas in the Army are tired/fed up. You know, a survey you may have done,etc. Yet you talk about satellite images
I never knew you could read peoples thoughts by looking at a satellite image of Nigeria. Huh.

The governor must be commended. Kudos.

LOL!!!

The bloody truce was their damn saving grace and ticket out!! Why don't you ask them of the "dreaded camp 6" that was captured after the truce expired? Hey, why don't you ask Ateke Tom to tell you why he was so scared shitless when the JTF began to hunt him and his boys like packs of rats after the siege in PHC. Can forget the NAF's Mi-35 Hind attack helos blowing up your boys' canoes to bits and sending them to hell were they belong. Abi you want to fight the army ?

@ BCuzimblack

Nigeria's problem is not its multple tribes. Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, etc, are also multicultural countries. Yet they've made it, and are now financial hubs and are envied, while we're stupidly killing ourselves here. Our real problem is poor leadership and corruption. People from different tribes (hausa, igbo, yoruba, efik, igala, tiv, etc) are busy looting the nation's treasury, and everyone else's looking for ways to "eat" from the national cake. Yet seccessionists will blame everything on tribal issues, and would rather want to take the easy road, I.e the dissolution of the Federal Republic. The sad part of this proposal is that it does far more harm than good.

@ Beaf, why don't you ask your militant brothers what the damages and defeat inflicted on them by the army and their "WW2" weapons? Better still, why don't u take on the army yourself? Afterall, their weapons shouldn't scare you.

@ Musiwa, you mentioned that the northerners and south-westerners in the army are not happy. Please can u provide proof of that? Did you run a survey, or is all that talk of yours hogwash?

By the way, I currently live and work in the north-west region of the country. And I can assure you that northers here, Christian and Muslims alike, are equally scared of the BH menace.

@ aurenflabi, heavily fortified artillery barracks? Dude, are u for real?! That's the best joke I've heard all day. Anyway, I suggest you read up more about the Nigerian Army, particularly about each division. You'll find out that each has its own support artillery and armoured brigades or battlions spread out across the nation, and bear the same type of armament from Centurion MK3 tanks to Palmeria Self-propelled howitzers. Please get your facts straight.

Please do tell when the army wasn't prepared to defend Nigeria.