₦airaland Forum

If you think Nigeria, in its current state will do any good for its peoplw, you are naive.

Sooo, Boko Haram bomb and kill people and their leaders get prime time interview slots on TV but MASSOB members just go for Igbo day and are beaten, killed or arrested, because they are non violent? What language does Nigeria understand? This GJ and Nigeria sef

We have the govet we deserve, if we really are unhappy we will remove them and not be so sycophantic. Forget oh!

Stop blaming the leaders, it is also the people that create such leaders, sycophants who cannot stand up to corruption. %95 of Nigerians are corrupt rulers on standby. Na lie? How will the majority vote for the minority?

Mass arresting Boko Haram 'foot soldiers' is not the end of the problem. Get those corrupt leaders and hand them over to Sharia courts and you will see a better govt that will do so much for the people that terrorism will die an instant death in Nigeria

Its the peoples fault, we have the goverment that we deserve. Period!!

NIgeria is the land were rape is the norm. We just don't want to admit it

Delta militants have been huffing and puffing and Boko Haram have not even bothered to respond, che, levuls dey na! Terrorist pass Militant oh

Nigerians normally make u regret doing a favour. I understand why we have such bad leadership as it is from the same enviromnet that they arise

One Nigeria is a failed project. Repeating the same thing and expecting different results is madness

Nigerian justice is for those that afford it If your down the social/economic ladder, its almost impossible

The connection between public office holders/corruption and Boko haram pacification is that the motive of a corrupt official is not based on patriotism and so he will not be interested in dealing with the real issues, i.e. creating jobs etc. He would rather want to keep a lid on things so as to ensure the statuesque for stealing remains

So is the message now that the means of getting the attention of govt is violence? If we do not arrest and jail (treason) corrupt office holders and publish the results of investigation (as influenced as many of them may be) into enquires then there is no point in any attempt to resolve this problem. Public office will remain attractive to criminals!

Any apologies to MASSOB? Or where they not violent enough to earn regret. Nigeria seems to not respect non-violence and that is encouraging uncivil behaviour. What is more sad is the Nigerian way of rationale that approves this gesture but endorses the persecution of peaceful protesters

Torres on the bench

Just get on with it!!!!! Nothing has changed so far, apart from the GJ Propaganda department

Shaaruupp, what of those that steal bilolions? No be abise be dat?

Mr Governor, Just make sure that when they are splitting the country you are on the southern side, Although ur people will be the buffer between the north and south, so you go still hear am.

IF their plan work and millions volunteer to join this evil and heartless gang called PDP, then Nigeria will deserve what it gets, a soft state to a failed state, it will eventually become a place where foriegn powers will openly pick the nation apart like vultures that found a meaty kill. We are almost there, just watch this space

Nigeria is a shame! These people left Nigeria because their Govt neglected them and rather than make some effort to make up for it, the govt makes some weasel comments in the face of pathetic Libyan rebel denials. Why was GJ so quick and unconditional in supporting the rebels. If Nigeria has any balls we would demand 20 million dollers for any Nigerian killed there and take Libya to the UN for ethnic or racial cleansing, shame on Nigeria, as usual.

Nigerian leaders in thier, corruption and selfishness, must take the blame for the acute neglect that has made the people turn on each other like cannibals, shame!!

Che! Naija don enter wahala oh! Think twice if you are buying any land in another region from your home, as e be like say e don set for waka to ya tent oh Israel! Tink wetin I dey yarn well oh!! It is not in the interest of any global power to see one Nigeria even in its current messed up state, so we will be bulkanised and maybe the better for it as Nigeria cannot prosper in its current state of corruption and neglect with no measurable evidence of improvement. I also see GJ as one who is easily pressured by the global powers and more frustrated nigerians are fed up enough with 'one nigeria' so they will buy in to it, therefore it is very much likely to happen. Please Lord, let it be peaceful. Amen!

Che! Naija don enter wahala oh! Think twice if you are buying any land in another region from your home, as e be like say e don set for waka to ya tent oh Isreal! Tink wetin I dey yarn well oh!!

Ok, would the north be happy to break away and form their own republic? Because people are now calling them a liability and a hinderance to progress

If that is the case then he can put BH on the terrorist list and that will give him freedom to lock them all up for 'as long as is needed'. That cannot be done to MASSOB as the world will laugh at such an attempt

Give props to the Yorubas, politically. They have a powerful opposition and are still able to turn that around to leverage themselves, putting heat on the president to gain favours. The Yorubas gave little to support GJ and will still get a lot back in return, eventually, "don't hate the player, hate the game", Igbos are you watching? The Igbo rulers made the biggest sacrifice and did not even negotiate for anything in return. Ndi Igbo!!!! Dump your rulers!!!!!!

Na today? Every administration has been yapping about dredging the Niger and building another bridge, Stop yapping and just build the damn Bridge, its not like your building a city. GET ON WITH IT!!!!

Ohaneze is never taken seriously and they will very shortly drop the subject once they have breen given some pacifier in the form of a "small token gesture" ( u know now   ) and I think MASSOB should now represent Igbo interests as they have shown their willingness to die for the Igbo people. Ohaneze is just an elite group that has made no attempt to get buy-in from the masses whereas MASSOB rose from the people like OPC etc, but without the violence. Ohaneze is just trying to capture the headlines as MASSOB is appearing more and more credible to the people. One does not have to support the splitting up of the country to support some of the key agendas of that peaceful group. MASSOB people have suffered allot for their peaceful views and in any civilised country they would not be 'shot on site' or arrested. Does Nigeria not know that real federalism and a SNC would make MASSOB go away? MASSOB is like the SNP in the UK (the political afiliated wing is APGA) and not the IRA that MEND, Boko Haram and OPC is more likened to. Infact, on second thoughts, I am willing to say that OPC does not resort to violence in these current times and has gained the faith of the great Yoruba people more then the "Egbe omo Oduduwa" type of group, correct  me if I'm wrong. I have a lot of respect for the Youruba's political strategy and I feel its actually the north that is holding the nations progress back as they are paranoid of any true federal system of SNC. It is a pathetic distration for the Yourubas and Igbos to always be rowing on NL when they have so much more in common, i suppose its just brotherly rivalry because they do seem to get on quite well anytime I see groups of them together

Ohaneze needs to really work on the hearts and minds of the people as they seem to not have gained the trust of the people

Ohaneze has no leverage and will go quiet on the matter shortly, as usual, once the govt puts up a little resistance. I suspect they just started talking because they are worried that MASSOB may get a lot of grassroot goodwill in light of the recent percecutions thay are going through, potencually making them totally irrelevant as they are seen as almost Igbo elitist. True Igbo leadership will rise from the belle of the people, eventually. That is a major threat to the current crop of Ndi-igbo rulers whos stakeholders does not include the people

I have to blame the cowardly and selfish Igbo leaders who were shamed into acting. MASSOB members should not be mentioned in the same breath as MEND, OPC and Boko Haram, so shame on the Igbo leaders. I wonder if they are afraid of MASSOB as they seem to flash a mirror on thier faces, showing them up for who they are.