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Nigeria army will soften you all then Miyetti Allah will return

Nigerian army and police have been trying to soften the east for a few weeks now, but it is not working.

It's clear the struggle will grow over the next few weeks and days.

They know a typical Igbo man is a mad animal if he wants to be, so none of their threats is working.

Igboho is also trying in the west, and Fulanis are not used to Yorubas going against them. Igboho and Prof. Akintoye have changed all that.

Also Igbos and the UGM are already eliminating their police and army accomplices in the east, so they are now psychologically exposed. They have always relied on police and army help, but now that their police and army accomplices are being harassed in the east, they are feeling quite vulnerable.

LegendHero:
Yeah the military led us to where by are by abolishing that constitution. It’s a joint enterprise by Ironsi, Gowon who nailed the semi-final coffin, and even 1999 constitution is just another wahala on its own by those same military.

If you look critically at the Decree 34 that abolished the federal system which is the genesis, you will see that everything Federal was removed from the constitution.

--The 2. (1a) The Federal Military government will be known as National Military Government

The Federal Executive Council will be known as Executive Council.

--The 2. (1b) The Federal Capital Territory will be known as Capital Territory

They should just return the Federal back now and make it a true federalism, devolution of power, revenue sharing, state policing (infact not only police, the state should take over a lot more of what the FG is controlling), and etc.

Awolowo also helped to institute the unitary governance structure. When Ojukwu arranged for a confederation,. Gowon along with Awolowo were on the side opposed to confederation.

Thank God Ojukwu saw these things, many decades before a lot of people who are now wailing

So Yoruba is not even owned by Yorubas. What da......

EdoDefence:
Just go and learn from Mr Ofoigbo

But Igboid mentioned some of what I wrote in one of his initial messages on this thread.
I definitely do know he mentioned the Igbo oil bearing communities in the SS and the abundance of gas in Igboland which could be converted into huge financial machine for the emerging Igbo nation.

Perhaps you didn't see that particular message

EdoDefence:
Is it with ethnic group you want to take survive on the 500 million USD?

The 500 million USD is the underreported revenue generated by just Imo and Abia. I know for a fact that both states generate more than double that amount but the authorities controlled by Fulanis are wickedly ascribing some of their daily amount to non Igbo states.
No mention was made of the one coming from Anambra.

When all these are added up and the oil resources from Igbo areas in the SS, which includes Oyigbo and onelga. LGAS, which are the two most oil laden LGAS in Nigeria and happen to be Igbo LGAS.

When further added to the untapped gas resources in Igboland, bearing in mind that Imo and Anambra have the most gas reserves in Nigeria and they are Igbo states.

I expect up to 30 billion dollars per annum accruing to Biafra from just oil and gas sector. You have nothing on us.

Also Igbos being entrepreneurial, will have no limits and can easily bring another 30 billion dollars per annum to the Biafran coffers through non-petroleum sectors

Omanambala:
Just open mouth and spill gibberish. Go through this thread and tell me any of the Igbo who gives a hoot about your "Niger Delta" crap. Truth is you just realized we don't give a second ffuvkk about you nor whatever you have....hear it again , WE DONT FFUCKING WANT YOU! Go settle your scores with NK because nobody in this thread is an IPOB. The people who posted on this thread are Pro-Igbo Republic not IPOB members.

Again , we don't need your NIGER DELTA !

However, we will take our Igbo brothers trapped in that your dirty waters with us...enu ani , etche , Obigbo and Egbema. Take Ika and Ukwuani and do whatever you please with the.

Bye felicia!!

That guy Plead obviously thinks we are so keen on them being a part of Biafra.

Anyway I am sure they know that any core Igbo territories in their tower of Babel will be Biafran territory. Every bit of Ndokiland which includes Bonny are free to join Biafra if they want.

The Jajas of AmaIgbo can also attach Opobo to Biafra.

The Enuanis, Isobos, Etches, Omumas e.t.c are definitely welcome

Igboid:
We are working on it.
In Igboland republic, we will put last nail on the coffin of that ugly part of our history.
And mind you,Osu caste was practiced in about 1/3 of Igboland.
The largest Igbo clan of Ngwa has no Osus. The Aros have no Osus.
The entire Ebonyi know nothing about Osus. The Ndoki and Asa clans have no Osu caste system.
So it's more of a regional than a centralized practice in Igboland.
Nevertheless, we would snuff it out in Alaigbo republic.

Nris have no osus also

Igboid, very wonderful points.

Let me also add that instead of constructing just a seaport at Obuaku, that a new city should be constructed (Obuaku city or any name that finally gets chosen)

It was the Enugu Coal funds that was used in constructing Port-Harcourt from the scratch.

A far more modern city (possibly the most modern city in Africa) can be constructed around the site of the proposed seaport.

Biafra's gas revenue will make this a painless project. Niggaz need a place to ball, Ighotago

When IPOB people were carrying no arms, and only had their banners and voices, they thought they were doing the right thing.
Until Buhari started killing them, even though they were unarmed for many years.
Buhari's government even declared an unarmed organisation a terrorist organisation, and didn't bother to set up any inquiry into the frequent massacres of unarmed IPOB members.

Since late last year, they have changed tactics. Kill me I kill you, God no go vex.

Buhari failed to realise that he was dealing with the great and brave Igbo race and other easterners, who are ready to pick up arms, if all peaceful avenues have been wickedly shut.

By the way, how come the current military build-up in the east hasn't curbed these UGM attacks? If anything the military build-up is likely to make matters worse, as I suspect the ESN will get involved in the next few days. So far the military and the police are having a hard time containing UGM. In fact the UGM go looking for Police and army personnel, which shows they are more on the offensive, thus betraying the brave disposition of an Igbo man.

This is an issue that could have been resolved in a roundtable, but Buhari chose to start killing unarmed citizens. Good luck to him. Let me see how he will win this battle

Legend44:
Ibo's won't like the outcome of this cos the FG will take it as an invasion and territorial expansion by the Cameroonians and level them straight away. Make una no do pass una sef cos there are other ways. He who get ear make them hear.

You obviously think the planners of this partnership did not factor this into the whole equation.

Let Nigeria go and invade nah

seunmsg:
Kudos to Akeredolu. Indeed, I’m very proud of him. He exemplifies a typical brave and straightforward Omoluabi.

In addition, southern governors should immediately legalize the ban by passing an anti-open grazing law in all the states. A mere proclamation is not law and can’t be enforced. They should do the needful immediately.

Once the law is in place, we can start the enforcement. If Garba Shehu, Malami or even Buhari are not happy with the law, they should challenge it in court.

Akerodolu who happens to be our inlaw seems to be acting like his in-laws
Kudos to Akerodolu and our sister, his wife

Admissionclass:
God bless anioma

God bless southeast

God bless Rivers igbos

We are one big family
united by blood

no one can annex us

God bless Biafra

I approve this message.

Igbo speakers United in Biafra

Long Live Igbo-speaking Biafra
Long Live non-Igbo-speaking Rondel
Long Live Yoruba-speaking Oodua Rep.

Zik and co arranged for regional governments across the regions so Zik had no hand in the current unitary system, disguised as Federal system.

Ojukwu arranged for confederation, but other Nigerians opted for this current unitary system.

In 2015, Igbos shouted from the rooftop for people not to elect Buhari as Igbos knew he was a terrorist islamist, but Nigerians voted him in, and now he has destroyed Nigeria

So Igbos have no hand in the mess we are in

There is a village in Enugwu-Ukwu known as UmuOkpalaEri. Bear in mind that Enugwu-Ukwu belongs to the Umu Nri clan along with Enugwu-Agidi, Agukwu=Nri and Nawfia. Umu Okpala Eri simply means The Descendants of the First Son of Eri

I concede the fact that we Nri-Eri-Igbo people have huge cultural similarities with ancient Israel, but that is as far as I will go.

As for those trying to claim that Eri people (which clearly includes Nri people, the descendants of his first son Nri-Menri) came from Igala, they have a long way to go.
Nri has too much of a big d!ck to insert into their baby poosies, if it comes to that. Let them first explain how come Igala people use the same market days instituted by Nris across Igboland, Igodomigodo and Igala territories, if indeed Nris and the other Eris came from Igala.

THE BOND BETWEEN THE IGALA AND IGBO ETHNIC NATIONALITIES OF NIGERIA - SOME HISTORICAL FACTS.
Posted by OKAKACHI.COM7q6a OKAKACHI.COM

Igala are an ethnic group of Nigeria situated east of the river Niger and Benue confluence and astride the Niger in Lokoja. Their religious practice is broadly Christianity and Islam, with, of course, some sketches of African religion, all of which do not in any way affect their interpersonal relationship as it is common to see in a family in Igalaland where either the Father is a Muslim and Mother a Christian or Parents are Muslims and Children are Christians or vice-versa, yet all relate amicably well in all ramifications.
The Igala population is estimated at about 4million and overflow to outside their home base to regions like Anambra, Delta, Edo and Enugu States, with strong traditional base, and now in ABIA State of Nigeria as partners for progress. The Igala language is part of the Eastern Kwa sub group or the West Benue-Congo subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family where the Igbo also belong, depending on the school of thought of the observer. The traditional Igala society is largely agrarian, although fishing is also a mainstay of the people especially the Igalas of the riverine Idah area. The Igala are identified by the old oral tradition of Western Igbo as descendants of Igbo migrants who migrated westward during the expansion of the proto-Igbo peoples at the beginning of the 1st millennium.

The central geographical location of the Igala people has exposed them to a wide variety of linguistic as well as cultural influences from other ethnic groups in the country. Notable among these are the Bini, the Igbo, the Hausa, their closest sisters-Idoma and the Yoruba ethnic groups. They are ruled by a father figure called the Attah. The word Attah means 'Father' and the full title of the ruler is 'Attah Igala', meaning, the Father of Igala. Among the most revered Attahs of the Igala kingdom are Attah Ayegba Oma Idoko and Atta Ameh Oboni.

According to oral tradition, Attah Ayegba Oma Idoko offered his most beloved daughter, Inikpi to ensure that the Igalas win a war of liberation from the Jukuns' dominance while Attah Ameh Oboni was known to be very brave and resolute and revered for his stiff resistance of the British and his struggles to uphold some ancient traditions of the Igalas. When he got wind of a plan to depose and exile him by the British, he committed suicide by hanging himself to forestall the plan; for this and other numerous exploits recorded in his time, he is regarded by most Igalas as the last real traditional Attah Igala. The present Atta is His Royal Highness, Atta Aliyu Ocheja Obaje, a well read, intelligent and well respected Father. The Igala word for King is Onu, one of which has gathered us here today to honour some deserving people, the Onu Igala Abia state, his highness, Alhaji Usman Mohammed.

To divorce the Igala influence from the modern Igbo cultural evolution would be a travesty of history. The evidence of the cross cultural mix appears to be genuine. According to several sources, Igbo people evolved over a long period of 4000 BC to 500 AD in Igbo land through waves of migrations. Oral accounts stated that her northern neighbours migrated into her heartland in search of fertile land and rich marine life. The majority of which were the Igalas. The Igalas settled amongst the locals east of the Niger, altering the historiography of many towns in today's Anambra state and parts of the present Oshimmili Local Government in Delta state.

For instance in Anambra state, there are traces of Igala history in some communities of the Local Government councils of the state such as - Ayamelum, Ihiala, Oyi, Awka North/South, Aniocha, Dunukofia, Onitsha North/South, Ogbaru, Anambra East/West and Njikoka. The migration did not only affect the area known today as Anambra state, a sizeable portion of Enugu state's communities have Igala ancestry as well. Thus, it would be right to call it a reverse migration, occurring about eight hundred years after which Eri was reported to have founded the modern Igbo nation with its set of unique religious doctrine. It was also a period one of his sons, Onoja, was said to have departed northwards and founded the Igala land.

Eri's children were listed as Nri-Ifikuanim Menri, Agulu, ONOJA, Ogbodudu, Onogu and his only daughter, Iguedo. Together and respectively, his off-springs were instrumental to founding the towns of Aguleri, Igbariam, Ogbunike, Nando, Nri, Enugu-Ukwu, Nteje, Enugu-Agidi, and so many other settlements in the East and West of the Niger. From the foregoing and other numerous historical facts, it is indeed difficult to draw a line between the Igbo and Igala history.

However, according to P.E. OKWOLI, a native Igalaman, and renowned historian, in the ancient times, new rulers from the Igbo communities of Igala ancestry must go to Igala to be taught kingship rituals and ceremonials. Although he mentioned that Igala and Umueri towns are related, Umueri needed not to go to Igala for any sort of tutelage. An exemption that might explain Nri-Ifikuanim and Agulu's seniority to their younger brother Onoja, the founder of Igala.

P.E. Okwoli stated inter-alia some binding revelations that "In Nsukka and the rest of Igbo land, there is a popular masquerade called Agabaidu, and this is a significant cultural point. In Nsukka, the word Agabidu is used to refer to an eminent man, while it is used to refer to a King in Igala. Also Asadu is the word for kingmaker among the Igbo, while it is called Achadu among the Igala. There are some other words which are signs of close cultural ties shared by both Igala and the Igbo. These include Atama, which means Chief Priest in both languages. Ajogwu means warrior among the Igala and the Igbo" Both the Igbo and Igala have four market days which are – EKE, ORIE, AFOR & NKWO in Igbo and EKE, EDE, AFOR & UKWO in Igala seriatim. What more can be more binding! Is it that we both eat OSIKAPA as rice, ABACHA as cassava, EGWA/AGWA as beans, store our clothing in AKPATI called box or that the names - Okolo, Oji, Okwoli, Akoh, Odiba, etc in Igala are called Okoro, Orji, Okoli, Akor and Odida in Igbo? What is more important is that we are today celebrating togetherness.

Long live Ndigbo, long live Igalas and long live Nigeria.
Thank you all for the attention and God bless us all!!!

AGONO, Enemaduku, OIK.
(OFFICER of the IGALA KINGDOM)
28th November, 2010.

So it is clear Nri predates Igala. Even Aguleri predates Igala.
Till date, Igala people still use the Nri-owned four market days which are really deities owned by the Umunri people, which includes Enugwu-Agidi, Enugwu-Ukwu, Agukwu-Nri and Nawfia.
If Nri people came from Igala, then this cultural phenomenon would have been the other way round.

Lawton was told severally that Nri people crowned the Attah of Igala but he didn't believe it. What changed everyone's perception of Nri and gave a glimpse into how ancient Nri was, was the Igbo-Ukwu bronze works that were studied by Cambridge university's Prof. Thurstan Shaw.
That was the first time it became clear that Nri predated both Benin and Igala by many centuries.

Lawton's findings and postulations were done decades before the Igbo-Ukwu bronze works were discovered, so quoting a wrong source has led to you reaching a wrong conclusion.

Golan007:
Hypocrite.

Police officers lill even unarmed blacken in the US daily.

I would like to see how many writeups he has made to rile against such.

A country that supports "hold your ground" is in no position to tell others how to defend themselves.

The painment is real

At least the world powers are beginning to catch on.

The pro-Biafran narrative is coming out. The new IGPs speech is a God-sent to IPOB and they will gain huge political and lobbying mileage out of it

helinues:
Only terrorists and their sympathizers are the one rejoicing over the death of Gen Attahiru...

He was a Nigeria Hero...

Rip General Attahiru

RIP Gen. Ikonso and his Abobakun lt.gen Attahiru

Someone should tell the soldier that wrote this piece that Buratai felt the wrath of ESN when he was still in charge.
In fact Buratai was still the COAS when the soldier that was running around Orlu, looking for a place to hide, was videoed.
It was in Buratai's regime that the army faced ESN in Orlu and lost some men, while ESN lost none

ESN ended Buratai's reign on a negative footing.

The FG stylishly looking for an easy way out.

I thought they wanted to kill everyone in the SE?

Olatomiwami:
Nah this your SE & SS deh always make me laugh at your gullibility, I have never seen we SS & SE, nah by force to drag SS? Dem say they no do with u, and u want to die on their neck? Inferiority complex no go kill u we SE and SS

The army and police are also terrorising people in Rivers state. The last time I checked, the state's in the SS.
So your point is baseless.

mytime24:
another fulani man go still takeover d position

Let the Fulani man take over and boast that over his dead body......

donbachi:
People celebrating his death...as if na dem go takeover his position.

We are not interested in his position.
Some people just want to see his family grieve, the way people's families are grieving in the SE and SS

Anyway RIP Ikonso's abobakun

gidgiddy:
Who was that person that said 'over my death will Biafra come'?

Gen. Ikonso's Abobakun. No other person than Lt. Gen Attahiru

360degreess:
.. Typical ipobs terrorists way of thinking.I hope you and Cownu will live on earth until the end of this world?. Every soul shall have a taste of death.I can tell you categorically that you don't have complete assurance that you will be alive to witness tommorow.. You might not grow as old as the COAS on earth... And let me tell you what you hate to hear, Buhari will still appoint the person that you don't like to be in that position.He won't appoint an ipob member. what are you going to do then?

I am not even a member of IPOB neither do I consider Kanu my leader.

This is no time for crying. Let us mourn Ikonso, and his Abobakun, Attahiru.

Ikonso's Abobakun made it quite clear that Biafra and Oduduwa will emerge over his dead body.
His dead body now exists, so we are now hopeful that God will establish both Biafra and Oduduwa.

As to what Buhari does next, that is his business. No one expects him to appoint an Igboman. He had a chance to appoint an Igboman as the former COAS, but he appointed Attahiru. Now Attahiru is dead.
What this all means is that man proposes, but God disposes

Kanu has outlived him. And that is the will of God.

RIP Gen. Ikonso
RIP Lt. Gen Attahiru

RIP to Ikonso and one of his Abobakuns, Attahiru

RIP Ikonso's Abobakun

helinues:
Nigerians are reading and watching.. Igbo should continue playing their Politics the way they know best.

I sha know say you can never plant Guava and be expecting to harvest Apple

Do you know that Lt. Gen Attahiru was disrespectful in his speech when Gen. Ikonso was assassinated?

But I am showing some respect to the General's Abobakun, and instead of you to acknowledge the respect I am giving, you are saying something else.
I could so easily be speaking ill of the dead abobakun, but I am according him some respect, the same respect he couldn't accord Gen. Ikonso.

May the General and his Abobakun RIP
Gen IKONSO RIP
Lt. Gen Attahiru RIP

IPOB people have been lowering Nigerian flags, even leaving them on the floor and stepping on them for many years, in honour of yet-to-burn Lt. Gen. Attahiru who is probably one of Gen. Ikonso's Abobakun.

May Gen. Ikonson RIP
May Lt. Gen Attahiru RIP

THE GENERAL and his Abobakun deserve respect