₦airaland Forum

Mainman54:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2021/06/20/biafra-igbos-will-be-lose-more-if-nigeria-breaks-up-okorocha/%3famp

musicwriter:
Someone should tell Okorocha that secession doesn't mean that Igbos would no longer live in other parts of Nigeria, neither does it mean that Hausa/Fulanis would no longer live in Igbo land. But we'll be living in two different countries.

AntiBMC:
Akụkọ. Let them lose. Anything but this union is tolerable.

OfoIgbo:
Yes he will say that, until an Igboman tries to run for the presidency of Nigeria. That's when he will realise that Nigeria is not really our home.

Now that it is clear it is the turn of the Igbos to occupy the presidency, your so called fellow Nigerians have abandoned zoning to the southeast.

Igbos must break away from Nigeria

Eastlink:
Which 150 years? Jefferson was from where? Grant was from where? In fact the Vice President of Abraham Lincoln after his death was a former Confederate and tool over after Lincoln was assassinated. You don't know history. Clinton was from New York a Yankee and not from the south.

Misterone:
Those that don't have Shishi are the ones agitating for Biafra. They think when Biafra comes, wealth will be distributed. You lie.

Mainman54:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2021/06/20/biafra-igbos-will-be-lose-more-if-nigeria-breaks-up-okorocha/%3famp

OfoIgbo:
Igbos can never see anything wrong with the 1966 coup after all it was Igbos that also crushed it, and clamped the plotters into detention.

But when pogroms were organised to kill Igbos and other easterners, Gowon did not punish the planners of the pogroms. Today they own oil blocs in Akwa Ibom, Delta e.t.c.

Igbos voted for Obasanjo. They voted for Yaradua. They massively voted for Jonathan so these evidences quash your allegations that Igbos hate everybody, otherwise they wouldn't have voted for these non-Igbo presidents.

The question should now be this. Which Igbo president did you ever vote in? The answer is none. What this means is that you Fulanis have been directing the hate towards Igbos.

Anyway Igbos are really now more interested in Biafra. We are tired of all this crap

lolu2019:
[hiquote author=GidiCars post=102919972]thank u

“DEAR SIR, IF THIS STORY IS TRUE, then we don’t need WAR or VIOLENCE but DIALOGUE”. Emeka Akaolisa. Copied.
Any Historians in the house to check this out?. Nnamdi Kanu can never tell these Innocent Igbo Youths who are being Slaughtered the Truth.

Forgotten History Of Igbo Tribe And Northern Alliance.

Do you know that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria:
1). Chief of Army Staff was from SE
2). Chief of Naval Staff was from SE
3). IG of Police was from SE
4). Chief of Defence Staff was from SE
5). Internal Affairs Minister SE
6). External Affairs Minister SE
7). Education Minister South SE
??. Senate President SE
9). Unilag VC from SE
10). University of Ibadan VC from SE

For your information, the North resisted a similar imposition at ABU, Zaria!

Still, there was dissatisfaction by SE, the officers from the region killed this same Balewa!!!!

Out of all the most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from the north, all of them were killed. 10 from the west, 2 were killed.

Then Ironsi imposed a unitary system of government on the country so that everything can belong to a region who snatched it!

We must know our history so that when we want to make corrections, we will not end up concealing the truth. This has nothing to do with tribalism but everything to do with the truth.....at times when lies litter the streets. There is a tendency to think those are truths and facts.

What follows are documented facts that can be cross-checked for authenticity!

Thou shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

Prof. Ben Nwabueze was the man who drafted the constitution that took away powers from regions and handed it to the central government because his brother Aguiyi Ironsi was the head of state then. Today, he is shouting restructuring that he helped to destroy. We won’t forget.

WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:
The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausa Fulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their seeming claim of being in third class citizen status in Nigeria.

In their perpetual attempts to play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgment were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria nation. The story told in the post above is one of such selective and distorted accounts of history which the average Igbo man is fond of narrating.

However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning way back from even before 1914. I will therefore proceed to furnish my readers with the complete story for all to read and be endowed with enough facts so as to judge and act from an informed position.

Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done with colonial fiat without the consent and consensus of the different tribes which were over 300. This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended.

To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as "The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country".

Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be called a country let alone a nation. Awolowo added that if the amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any one single tribe.


But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, terming them ethnic champions. He accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and he declared further that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.

After moving the motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constitution of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future. According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance.

But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria. At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, but Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constitution.

While Azikiwe did all these, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribes.

Before Independence, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in. But Azikiwe kicked and demonized him too. Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.

For those in doubt, here is a link of one of the numerous instances in which Nnamdi Azikiwe fought against the secession clause proposal for the future Nigeria constitution.

It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.

Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe. (The first Nigerian tribe to produce a university graduate is the Binis). As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here are some quotes:

- "From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"..... Nnamdi Azikiwe (1945).

- "It is getting clearer each day that Igbo domination of Nigeria is just a question of time"... Oscar Onyeamma. (1949). Anascopeterson: As at 1900, the whole of the present Benue State, Kogi East Senatorial District and some southern parts of Taraba State called Munchi District back then; were all in the Southern Protectorate. Whoever doubts this should consult MacMillan Atlas for secondary schools in Nigeria.

With that situation the South had a higher population than the North hence always had an upper hand in any democratic bargain.

But as at the early fifties when the regions were being created, common sense dictated clearly that these areas should fall in the future Eastern Region. But against common sense, the colonial masters decided to gerrymander them into the Northern Region. While they did that, Azikiwe who was supposed to be in Enugu fighting against it as the leader of the East, was far away in Ibadan struggling with Awolowo to rule the Western Region and also playing the spoiler role against Awolowo's attempts to have Kwara and present Kogi Yorubas carved into the Western Region from the North which was already too large by landmass.

While he abandoned his burning house and was far away in Ibadan struggling against Awolowo for his own (Awolowo's) region, Igbos saw absolutely nothing wrong with that. Rather they applauded him as a nationalist. A nationalist whose house was burning yet busy chasing rats in a faraway land.


When opinions became unanimous that Lord Luggard and his government must be forced out of Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was still the Igbos that frustrated the attempts. Here is how:
In 1948, Anthony Enahoro organized an anti-colonization symposium in Lagos for which Azikiwe and some other Igbos had agreed to deliver the keynote address. But when the D-day came, Azikiwe was nowhere to be found as he deliberately disappeared into thin air for fear of being arrested and dealt with by Lord Luggard.

Anthony Enahoro then quickly replaced Azikiwe with another person who did the job impromptu but perfectly well as he lambasted and lampooned Lord Luggard and the British Government. However, the British soldiers invaded the symposium venue, arrested the speaker and Enahoro, and jailed them for treasonable felony. Ironically, the next day Azikiwe came out of hiding and granted a radio interview in which he accused Enahoro and the other organizers of suffering from youthful exuberance.

On regaining his freedom a few weeks later and being told of Azikiwe's radio interview, Enahoro resigned from his post as Editor of Azikiwe's newspaper - The West African Pilot.

Then he wrote a book titled "Nnamdi Azikiwe: Sinner or Saint". After launching the book, Enahoro left Azikiwe's party - the NCNC, and moved over to Awolowo's Action Group.
The first military coup in Nigeria was carried out by the majority of Igbo army officers. That was the coup that truncated democracy just six years post Independence and led to a succession of coups which put the country on the reverse gear for 33 years.

Through that first coup, those Igbo army officers who accused the politicians and government of the day of monumental corruption, killed the political leaders of the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions but allowed all Igbo political figures to escape by tipping them off prior to the D-Day.

In addition to the killing of political figures, they also killed a total of 27 innocent high ranking military officers from every region except their Eastern Region.

In the end an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers, ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria. Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heroes. This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War.

On the 23rd of February 1966 (i.e. a month and 8 days after the first coup popularly but wrongly known as Nzeogwu coup, an Ijaw born Army officer called Isaac Adaka Boro who hailed from Kaima town of present Bayelsa State, declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic in an attempt to free his Ijaw people from the monumental marginalization they had been suffering under Igbos in the old Eastern Region.

But Aguiyi Ironsi immediately ordered Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu to arrest him and hand him over to the military high command under him in Lagos. Ojukwu went all out against Isaac Adaka Boro with federal military might and within 12 fighting days killed 150 Isaac Boro's soldiers, arrested him, stripped him naked, and had him driven to Lagos and handed to Ironsi who immediately charged him to court and within two months secured against him a conviction of a treasonable felony for which he was sentenced to death by hanging fixed for December that year by the Supreme Court. His 'crime' was that he declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria.

Meanwhile, the Igbo coupists who shed innocent blood of other tribes and even sprayed bullets into the bellies of the pregnant wives of Ahmadu Bello and Brigadier Shodeinde were not charged to court or arraigned before any military tribunal.

Isaac Adaka Boro was in detention waiting for December to come for him to join his ancestors. But God so kind, a revenge coup happened on July 29 by Northern soldiers and Ironsi was overthrown and killed. Gowon took over and released Isaac Adaka Boro unconditionally, reinstated him into the Army with his previous rank.

Then on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu too declared the secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria and without consulting or apologizing to Isaac Boro, drew a Biafra map which included the very areas that made up Isaac Adaka Boro's earlier declared the Niger Delta Republic for which he fought against him and killed his soldiers.

Seeing such a level of arrogance in Ojukwu, Isaac Boro asked Gowon to provide arms for him to crush Biafra by fighting on the Nigerian side in vengeance for Ojukwu's frustration of his own secession declaration 15 months earlier.

Isaac Boro, as an Ijaw man conversant with the waterways, led the Nigeria Army through the coastal areas into Igboland to finish off thousands of Ojukwu's soldiers thus leading to the crushing defeat of Biafra. But today, Igbos accuse Ijaws of betraying them in the war. But from the facts as above, who really betrayed the other in all honesty? Be the judge.

Why Gowon fought against Ojukwu's declaration of Biafra was as follows:

After Ironsi and Ojukwu successfully crushed Isaac Boro's Niger Delta Republic declaration, Ironsi immediately proceeded to promulgate the Anti-secession Decree which made the mere mention of secession from Nigeria punishable with death by hanging. Ojukwu openly supported and endorsed the decree despite the disapproval of it by the general public. So when Ojukwu later declared Biafra secession, he was reminded of the Anti-secession Decree made by him and his brother Ironsi.

Deadly Truth: Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest of Nigerian tribes don't honour agreements. This is a very dishonest narrative from Igbos.
First and foremost Aburi Accord was organized by soldiers and unelected civil servants who should not participate in political exercises like making laws due to the civil service anonymity principle.

Secondly, those civil servants and military men in attendance were not elected by their federal constituencies to the Aburi summit. In the philosophy of democracy, the only universally acceptable way of making laws is through duly elected representatives of the people. But in going to Aburi the peoples' representatives duly elected in the 1965 elections were all sidelined for soldiers to hijack the process. Where on earth do soldiers make laws for the people? Rather, the civilian populace makes laws that guide the military. Aburi Accord, therefore, had no seal of the people's sovereignty hence it was an illegality that shouldn't have been allowed to stand.

Thirdly, in 1957, Nigerians from all federal constituencies democratically elected representatives whom they sponsored to London, paid their flight tickets and hotel accommodation for the Independence constitutional conference. Those representatives all resolved and agreed on federalism marked by regional autonomy and resource control in the Independence Constitution which they brought back home and everyone accepted it.

In that constitution, Nigerians all agreed that on no account shall the military take-over power. It was also clearly stated in it that amendments to it could be done by only democratically elected representatives.

That constitution was the first-ever agreement between all Nigerians. On the day of his inauguration as the Army GoC, Aguiyi Ironsi stood before the whole world and with his own mouth swore to protect and defend that sovereign Independence constitution regardless of the circumstances that may later arise.

But just six years after he manufactured an excuse to clinch power against the clear provisions of that constitution we all agreed to, unilaterally began to amend its provisions with his very offensive Decrees. All these ended up dismantling federalism and resource control therein, and ultimately subverted that constitution we all painstakingly sacrificed to draft.

That was the height of Irresponsibility and the dishonoring of sacred agreement. That was how Igbos breached the first agreement, all Nigerians, ever all mutually consented to, thus laying the foundation for violation of future agreements.


So Aburi Accord was only treated exactly the same way Igbos treated the Independence constitution agreement.

Tranquillity360:
If Igbos will loose more,yorubas and hausafulanis would have join hand and push Igbos out of Nigeria.



They didn't fought Igbos for three year because they love Igbos and don't want them to loose.



Fact.

ajadematanle:
When you read most of the funny statements supporting disintegration, you will understand that those calls are from people that doesn’t have any stake anywhere in Nigeria. I wonder all the Igbo investments in Lagos, Kano and other states outside the SE would be sacrificed just because a nonentity and scammer called Kanu, who has never done any business talk less of working for daily bread championing cause of secession could be leading the elites and serious minded and hardworking Igbo people. Their they call his bluff. Nobody told him to be stupid in sacrificing his parents for unworthy cause.He want to bring everybody down because he lost his parents.

chijiblaze:
Yes, Igbo people are not like that. It's not about having one or few persons owning the entire wealth, while the masses wallow in abject poverty. The Southeast has the least poverty rate in the country.
Secondly, if you are able to count a little more than a few ten or twenty richest, you will encounter many Igbos in there. And these are private people who worked hard on their own, even with harsh, antagonistic and punitive government policies, unlike these so called richest, who enjoyed a great deal of government subsidy and sponsorship, enforced artificial monopolies and preferential treatment.

kcnwaigbo:
Why should Igbo properties be sacrificed? Don't Nigerians own properties in the UK and other foreign states?.

babaolofin:
You don't need a referendum. Over 80% of Yorubas supported Oduduwa Republic. The elders are aware but because of their old age, they don't want war.

Sleekfingers:
shey delta, bayela and rivers state na igbo land abi? For your information, there is crude oil in lagos and ondo state.......but it might not be as abundant, if compare with the crude oil from the southsouth.......abi southsouth na igbo land too?

Mainman54:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2021/06/20/biafra-igbos-will-be-lose-more-if-nigeria-breaks-up-okorocha/%3famp

ipodstinks:
What is this ode son of Dundee saying?

Arkmanbuddy:
I'm game, son. What would Nigeria loose more by your exit?

You call am ibibio??.......

...and his name is Sulieman Aderingbingbe??

DenreleDave:
Igbo herdsmen, let the ibibio man speak...

Igbos can't run Naija.. Trust mi

IGBOSON1:
On what basis are you 'game'? You one of the 'bigoted and hateful fools looking to deal with the nyamurees' that i talked about?

So in what ways do you intend to carry out this 'dealing with the nyamurees' that'd make Igbos loose more when we secede? Let's start from there....give answers, and it would dawn on you just who the bigger losers would be!

owobokiri:
Look like the new tactics is to organize federal Nigeria surrogates in the south east to say stupid things about the igbo in order to validate Nigerias position on the unity of the country. For how long will this type of predictable game subsist?

Arkmanbuddy:
You see how stupid you are? You said you were ready to talk about ways that the rest of the country would lose more than the Igbos if they seceded, now you're asking questions expecting answers. If you can't start a discussion by proving your point, then you're a waste of my time, son.

Just cut the chase and tell me how we'll lose more than we can ever imagine if you guys leave. Period!