₦airaland Forum

Guestlander:
One Tweet from one Anonymous fellow and some folks are already seeing Hitler! How long was Nnamdi Kanu on Radio Biafra saying similar things to what the Nazis said about Jews?
If you can't swim don't jump in the water. Many of you writing all these sob stories actively supported Nnamdi Kanu and that is a fact.

Slytiger:
There was a reason court martial did not happen.

This event was later tagged an "ibo coup" by other ethnic groups in the country based on some chains of coincidences :

i. The Killing patterns – only one of the 22 casualties is of Ibo origin, while notable Ibo politicians like the Premier of Eastern region and military personnel like Ironsi were unharmed.

ii. The handing over of the government to Ironsi by Orizu (the acting president and the senate president who could have called for the formation of another civilian government) made it look like it was planned out all along.

iii. The unification decree of May 1966 promulgated by Ironsi, leading to the abolition of regional system of government. Historically speaking, the West and North have always believed in the regional system of government as the best form of government for a multiethnic like Nigeria, however this was taken away by Ironsi, leading to a massive outrage and pogrom in the North.

iv. The coup plotters, though kept in jail but were not sentenced.

Catualities.
Civilians
- Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- Premier Ahmadu Bello
- Premier Samuel Ladoke Akintola
- Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh
- Ahmed Ben Musa (Bello's Senior Assistant " secretary for Security)
- Hafsatu Bello
- Mrs Latifat Ademulegun (pregnant)
- Zarumi Sardauna
- Ahmed Pategi (Bello's driver)

Military and police
- Brig. Samuel Ademulegun
- Brig. Zakariya Maimalari
- Col. Ralph Shodeinde
- Col. Kur Mohammed
- Lt. Col. Abogo Largema
- Lt. Col. James Pam
- Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe
- Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke (Refused Nzeogwu's order in the attack on the Sardauna's lodge and according to the police report was murdered by Nzeogwu)
- Police Constable (PC) Yohana Garkawa
- Lance Corporal Musa Nimzo
- PC Akpan Anduka
- PC Hagai Lai
- Philip Lewande

What’s Aguiyi-Ironsi’s place in history?
The composition of the administration’s advisory team was also another source of discontent. Chief among them was Francis Nwokedi, an Igbo man and former permanent secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, who had become close to him during his days in the Congo. Others were Pius Okigbo (economic adviser) and Lt. Col Patrick Anwunah who was later Chairman of the National Orientation Committee. The most common complaint against the appointments was that, although highly qualified and distinguished, they were either all Igbos or Igbo speaking.

On February 12, Ironsi took his most sensitive decision when he put Nwokedi in-charge of the establishment he set to work out the details of his unified Nigeria. He had also replaced the Attorney-General, Dr. Teslim Elias, with Gabriel Onyiuke, also of Igbo extraction. Similarly, Dr. Pius Okigbo became the Economic Adviser. Then, contrary to Katsina’s advice, he attempted to appoint Prof. J. C. Edozien from the University of Ibadan as the Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, instead of Prof. Ishaya Audu. When he effected promotions in the Army, of the 21 officers promoted from Majors to Lieutenant-Colonels, 18 were Igbo-speaking.

JohnNgene:
Nwanne, can you change the title of this your post to IGBO NIGERIANS VS IGBO BIAFRANS so that we can have a debate here?

I also plead with you to reduce the use of insults and foul language during this discussion biko.

For munwa, I think that umu Igbo have invested too much in Nigeria to abandon our investments and run back to Biafra. The hard bitter fact bu na ọ ga-adi easier for us to restructure Nigeria through a new constitution than to disintegrate Nigeria through violence.

Ife ọzọ bu na ọ di very unfortunate na ndi Biafra are still promoting a foreign religion called Judaism which is not too different from umu nwanne ya called Christianity and Islam. Any observant person knows that God or Religion is a tool of mind-control. That is why a wise person creates his own God or Religion by writing his own holy book that will attract foreign worshippers to his own holy land for pilgrimage. Otu ahu, our palm-wine and palm-oil will become holy products replacing their red wine and olive oil.

The Biafran obsession with Israel and their Judaism is very foolish maka na the so-called Israelis bu ndi ọcha who have never cared for ndi isi ojii. They're not our friends. Nke bu eziokwu bu na umu Afrika will make more progress aligning with Russia and China than with Britain, USA or Israel.

Iwọtago my point?

@Ojiofor

Weretuntun:
why igbo people are denied presidential seat in nigeria ,despite been third largest in nigeria.i hate cheating...

Penguin2:
What assurance do you have that after Atiku's tenure, they will hand power to Peter Obi, an Igbo man?

See, if we take emotions away, we would realize that this people have been our problem for so long. In 2019, we saw Imams preaching against Atiku's ticket just because Peter Obi was his running mate.

What makes you think such people will hand over to Peter Obi?

Or when Atiku's tenure is over, they will come up with a different machination.

They got themselves injured, let them lick their wounds without any body's because we can't trust them.

Adaisback:
Now I know dear. Thanks darling

GeneralPula:
Are you starving?

AbaganaMiracle:
Nama brain, think for yourself and stop relying on the thought of the senile Emeka Anyaok[/b]u and other foolish Igbo political class that cares only for their own pockets. Did you think that Emeka Anyaoku doesn't know the problem with the 1999 constitution and the difficulty in rewriting it?

The senile fool is only playing to the gallery by requesting Tinubu to effect a change and rewriting of the constitution. Common sense will tell any reasonable person that the interest of the SW comes as a priority to Tinubu, so why go asking him for such impossibility? Only a fool does that.

How old is the fool? Over 80 years. Yet knowing that he will soon depart this earth, is comfortable leaving his children to continue to be subjugated inside the cesspit with their wicked 1999 constitution, all because of fear and cowardice.

Eediots like Anyaoku and his likes are what MNK referred to [b]"Otelectuals". It's not about how many degrees you have, but about COMMON SENSE and understanding of the cesspit and it's history and how it's structured for the benefit of the British, foooolanis and yorubas in that order. And one thing that fuels their interest is the oil and gas in your own region.

There is no way out from the cage called nigeria for Igbos except through fighting. Anyaoku is under hostage because those that think that they own the cesspit made sure that all arms, laws and finance of the cesspit are on their side which is for subjugating you. So when sensible ones like us try to raise dust, they will come after us.

God so kind, we are in the internet age and social media and this time, it will be tit for tat and we must fight out way out and liberate our people from the cage called nigeria.

AbaganaMiracle:
Honestly, you have nama brain. Fools like you are the reason why these nigerians will continue to ride on Igbos because they know you have no knowledge nor capacity to understand that you are in slavery inside their cage. They saw that IPOB under MNK and Simon Ekpa were giving them a tough time, they cause insecurity in SE and tagged in on IPOB knowing that illiterates like you will believe them and suport them against your liberators.

But you know what? Illiterate morons like you must be liberated by fire by force. We have seized your rights of making decisions for yourselves because you are incapable of making positive decisions for yourselves due to your stark illiteracy and lack of knowledge of what the cesspit means for you.

Leading to the the 2023 presidential election and after the elections, Igbos were harassed and killed at Lagos and our ships and businesses looted and razed. These facts are littered al lover the internet, yet eediot like you came in here to deny all these. Same thing that the yorubas are doing.

This is the reason why they see and regard all you obidiooots as fools. They harass you and kill you, and you boldly deny their atrocities against you and instead is defending them. You must have Fulani blood in you may going by the nonsense you are spewing here. Absolute nothing in your brain. Preferring slavery to absolute total freedom. Tufiakwa!!

AbaganaMiracle:
You see why we regards you obidioooots as dunce, daft and dumb? What future do you have in the cesspit you are dying to belong to? None!! Yet you are foolishly longing to belong to it. Does it make sense? Answer is no.

Your so called political leaders are aware of all the points i wrote above, but due to their criminal mindset, are in the same bed with the cesspit political leaders in screwing us and we must forcefully break them to liberate ourselves.

We don't care what you call us. Scammers, fraudsters, that's your problem, but when the time comes, you will change your tone. We are the last people on this earth that will accept to continue to live in a cesspit where we have no future.

Did you see how the yorubas and and foolanis on this thread are supporting the stance of their president Tinubu? They know the reason why they support his stance on this, but fools and mugus like you do not know what these people know, yet you are being used and are following the criminal Peter Obi blindly.

Peter Obi knows about the 68 items inside their exclusive list and the difficulty he will will face a as the cesspit president in rewriting the constitution because he has no absolute nor veto power to effect the change of rewriting their constitution. As the cesspit president, he must go through the national assembly to get the power to rewrite the constitution, but he will never get the support from the senators to back him up.

His 8 years will come and go and he will not be able to change anything and your misery as Igbo will continue. So, what would the 8yrs of Peter Obi or Igbo presidency have done for you? Absolutely nothing. This is the reason why we must to fight once and for all to get out from the cesspit for the sake of the future or our children, otherwise after we have gone, they will still be locked up inside the cesspit with this useless and wicked 1999 constitution.

AbaganaMiracle:
Of course you should join IPOB under Simon Elkpa to assist in liberating yourselves from the cesspit where you are caged. That's our only solution to better life. Is that not common sense?

Why would you remain in a cesspit where they will never allow you to become their president and even if you become their president, you can never have the power as a president to rewrite their constitution which is where the problem lies.

Did you know that to remove any item from the 68 items on their useless executive list, you must go through their national assembly? You have only 15 senators, SW has 18, Middle Belt has 18 and north has 34 senators.

With your low number of senators and their high numbers of senators and also the hate they harbor for you as Igbo person/people, there is no way they can back you up to push for a bill that with favor you, for e.g, bill to take out Maritime and airports out from where they are locked inside their useless executive list because such backing will see Lagos and Abuja airport revenue fall and start to favor you in your region. Same goes with sea ports renenue of Lagos falling and starts to favor you in our region.

The problem of all you obidiooots is that you do not know the history of the cesspit you are fighting hard to belong to and you do not also know the root of your problem inside the cesspit, how it is structured to cage you and arrest your development.

Penguin2:
Caveat: There's need to state that by 'north' here, I am referring to the northern mafias, Kaduna Mafia if you please, who have over the years constituted themselves as kingmakers of Nigeria whereby only the person they approve of can become president of Nigeria whether from their northern region or the south. So, by north, I'm not referring to the entire region nor the poor northern masses who are mere victims of the machinations of this mafia over the years.

Now that we have stated that, let's into the meat of this piece.

Any critical follower of politics in Nigeria will know that the high turnout of protesters in the north in the recently concluded #EndBadGovernance Protest was engineered by this northern mafia as a way of registering their frustration at how many powerless they've become since they conspired to hand power over to Tinubu; maybe because they thought he was frail and might go the Yaradua way but man seems to have gotten new life since he was sworn in.

Many may not have realized the game the north wanted to play in 2023 but I will mention it.

In 2023, this northern cabal wanted to retain power in the north through Atiku and the plan was to ensure that they make rubbish of the APC ticket to prevent a strong candidate from emerging so that Atiku's path will be smoother. This is why they wanted to useless the APC ticket by announcing Ahmed Lawan as consensus candidate. They knew nobody would vote Lawan which would leave Atiku as the most manageable option. But something happened.

Throughout their years of calculations and strategy before the 2023 elections, they never envisaged the Peter Obi. They never knew that a certain Peter Obi would go to a different party and take the eastern votes they were banking on for Atiku away from him.

When the Peter Obi wave became too much and the north saw that the Atiku project will no longer work, add Wike and his Asoebi boys’ shenanigans too, they were now faced with a choice of either allowing Peter Obi ride on his wave to victory or ‘deliver’ Tinubu, they chose Tinubu instead.

Why did they choose Tinubu?

Many factors contributed to them choosing Tinubu. First, Peter Obi is an Igbo man, a tribe they are scared of allowing get power for whatever fear they harbour. Again, Tinubu’s Muslim Muslim ticket, which was specifically chosen to deceive them and it worked, making them think they were doing Allah’s work by choosing Tinubu. Similarly, during campaigns, Tinubu seemed he was nearing his death. So, their calculation may have been that if he goes the way of Yaradua, then power will return to the region faster.

All these and other factors made them decide that Tinubu should have it and instruction was given as such which is why a character like Mahmoud Yakubu could do what he did because he was acting on instruction from his superiors already; that’s aside the money that may have exchanged hands also.

All of this is why the north feels Tinubu owes them.

Now, why are they north angry? You might ask.

1) Subsidy: Since Tinubu took power, he removed subsidy. When they talk about the vultures that were benefiting and feeding fat on subsidy payments, belive me when I trll you that most of them were northerners. Tinubu’s removal, or redirection, of subsidy payment has taken feeding bottle off their mouth and they will fight back.

2) Exchange Rate Unification: It’s common knowledge that northerners dominate the Bureau De Change market in Nigeria with claims having been made in that past that these men used to source their dollars directly from the CBN and resell at Black Market rate to make excessive profit at the expense of Nigerians. The exchange rate unification has taken food from a lot of northern Alhajis who are the real owners of these businesses.

3) Appointments: The north spent 8 years defending Buhari's nepotistic appointments and justifying them with the most irrational reasons ever heard. What they never imagined is that a time would come when they would be the ones crying against another person's nepotism. Yes, Tinubu has broken every nepotistic record set by Buhari with nearly 80% of the appointments he has made since he took power going to the Yoruba, and the north considers that an affront. They feel they deserved more from Tinubu for 'helping' him to power. Again, they feel only one of theirs can dare to be nepotistic as Buhari was. How dare a southerner?

4) Politically: Politically, Tinubu seems to have succeeded in keeping every member of that every circle away from his government like the likes of Elrufai, and they are not happy they are not inside. If anything, the reason somebody like Elrufai supported Tinubu was because he wanted to be Vice President. But with Tinubu shutting him out now, he has seen tge pathway to his presidency dimmed which would delay whatever agenda they want to achieve with power which they fail to achieve with Buhari.

5) Restructuring and Regionalism: If there’s anything the north hates, it’s the idea of Nigeria being restructured and the country going back to regionalism which they feel would greatly put them at a disadvantage as they are the biggest beneficiaries of the current dysfunctional structure. Now, during campaigns, Tinubu never said anything about restructuring but since he took power, we have seen documents flying around in the media space on how Nigeria is to be restructured with even a proposed return to regionalism. The presidency has never disowned this document which has heightened the fear of the north that their greatest fear might end up happening from someone they thought had no interest in that without realizing that they were simply played. Or maybe they have realized.

In a nutshell, the north was defeated at their own in 2023 and now they are looking for a way out.

In looking for this way out, they have started fraternizing with Peter Obi to try to convince him to be Atiku’s running mate in 2027 so that Atiku can hand over to him after 4 years.

But I write this Peter Obi to never make himself availble for such deal in 2027.

In 2027, the north must choose between Peter Obi or Tinubu.

If they fear Igbo man so much that they cannot allow him get to power then I don’t mind Southeast voting for Tinubu to continue in power. And once Tinubu eins his second tenure and has nothing to lose anymore, he would finish off everything he has eyes on - to ensure Nigeria is completed restructured with a return to regionalism.

So, in conclusion, in 2027, the north must choose between southern candiates and no southerner, not much Peter Obi, should help save them from the misery they got themselves into by themselves.

I’ve seen early signs of them trying to throw the Jonathan joker in 2027 but that’s story for another day as we watch events unfold.

Pengiun is a bird of reason!

gidgiddy:
You do wonder how stupid some people can be.

Someone is complaining about January 1966 coup, the same person has no complaints about July 1966 coup, 1976 coup, 1983 coup, 1985 coup or 1993 coup. His complaint starts and ends with one particular coup, in the many that occurred in Nigeria

Someone is complaining that Igbos said they will dominate Nigeria, he has no complaints about being dominated by the Hausa/Fulani oligarchy for the last 60 years

Someone is complaining that parts of Nigeria are bitter against Igbos, but is finding every reason for Igbos to remain in a country where people are bitter against them


Someone is complaining that Nigeria has failed, but thinks Biafra is lunacy. Do you enjoy remaining part of a failed country?

He also said that Igbos have not made a serious run for the Presidency, Fulani herdsmen are killing Nigerians in all 6 geopolitical zones in Nigeria. But that did not stop a Fulani man called Buhari from being elected President twice

I don't believe an Igbo man wrote this nonsense, but if it is an Igbo man that wrote it, he is a disgrace to himself and his ancestors

Erimusk:
An average Chinese love their country, as poor as india, an average Indian so much love their country too. There is this spirit of national pride among almost every other country. But in Nigeria there is this self hatred for the country. What could be the cause? I am thinking the Educational system isn’t doing enough to reorientate the spirit of patriotism. Am average Russian is willing to die for their country. Why is Nigeria different ?

DevilsEqual:


Good
ESN should have two wings, one that combs the bush and the other one in the city to "arrest" and attack UGM

A whole state capital(Owerri) was held down by those UGM for three good days and no one could stop them

This is good, but its pointless roaming the forests when those in the city are getting hit by stray bullets

Biodun556:
Open 100 seaports in South East it will never make lagos decongested. Remove that word


Go to Onne port or wherever is convenient for you

gidgiddy:
I like Simon Ekpa for one thing, he is giving some sections of Nigeria nightmare. The same people who were crying about Nnamdi Kanu, are now crying about Simon Ekpa

atiku4President:
Hahahahaha. This one will pain am well well.

yommen:
Ahh!!! Dem know demselves walahi. That's was how when MFM won world music competition tagged Olympics of music, one of them boasted that if only CHOSEN HAD participated that they would have even performed better than mfm who won. I was now wondering how you would have performed better than the winner a competition you didn't even qualify for. That's how empty their arrogant pride can be.

Guestlander:
Some people would have been bragging about how they conquered South Africa, how they are beautiful and South Africans are ugly.
They would have bragged how nobody would have watched the pageant if it wasn't because of the unbelievable beauty of the girl from their village.
This behavior is universally annoying.

DevilsEqual:
You guys are irredeemably hypocritical

So just one lagospedia guy posted something from his own enclave and u assumed that's what all the other 30mYorubas want?


Despite Afenifere,Lagos Gov and Tinubu condemning that post, u took that one post over those SW leaders opinion


U see why some people don't like engaging u logically