The fallibility of the human race has been responsible for all inconsistencies of the social order, disagreements, arguments and oppositions when very credible/meaningful engagements should have prevailed over sentiments!

Man remains the pride of creation and his Creator. He was created with much love and gifted with the silver spoon to be fruitful, multiply, subdue and have dominion over all of other creation before him according to divine order!

“Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity”!
The regrettable 30-month Biafran or Nigerian Civil War which origin could be traced to the very first military coup in Nigeria, spear-headed by officers of the Igbo stock began on 6th July and ended on 15th January, 1970, with the declaration of “No victor, no vanquished!”

Late Lieutenant Colonel Chukuemeka Odumegu Ojukwu’s mind- set that the Igbos were being marginalized in the scheme of administration, distribution of amenities and natural national resources by the Northern junta at the helm of affairs, declared the then Eastern Region of Nigeria as another sovereign nation outside of Nigeria to precipitate a war!

Determined that geographic Nigeria must remain one entity according to the declaration at independence in 1960 and also following the failure of many peace moves/agreements foisted by the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) to ensure peace retired General Yakubu Gowon, then military Head of State resisted the secessionist move and wounds/scars of war have refused to heal to date!

THIS EDITOR WAS AMONG THE PRESS DELEGATION THAT TRAVELLED WITH GENERAL GOWON TO ETHIOPIA, ADDIS ABABA EARLY IN 1967 TO BROKER PEACE WITH COLONEL OJUKWU’S DELEGATES WHICH REMAINED ADAMANT UNTIL WAR BROKE OUT IN JULY 1967!

However it is worthy of note that arrow-head of Biafra’s attempted secession late Colonel Ojukwu, before his death pleaded with the Igbo nation to let by-gone be by-gone and for everyone to support the popular doctrine of “TO KEEP NIGERIA ONE IS A TASK THAT MUST BE DONE!

The late Igbo leader returned to Nigeria from 12-year self-exile in Ivory Coast (Cote de Voire), to a hero’s welcome, in 1982, re-instated into the Nigerian Army, collected all of his remunerations and emoluments, recovered all of his late Father’s properties, married a former Nigerian beauty queen, enjoyed a peaceful family life, supported a political party, All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), pleaded with all Igbos to vote for the party during the 2011 Anambra Governorship Election as a honor to him, and he eventually died peacefully on 26th November 2011, and buried in Nigeria with full military honors!

ONE UNITED NIGERIA IS A DIVINE ORDER THAT SHOULD NO LONGER BE CHALLENGED BY THE IGBOS!

Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), led by Nnamdi Kanu, now on trial on 15-count charge bothering on treason/treasonable offences is a proscribed group by the Federal Government of Nigeria, for still agitating for secession [fifty years after the Biafra War], from the State of Nigeria in a MOST VIOLENT AND BARBARIC MANNER that is threatening the very existence of the lives and properties of other ETHNIC GROUPS numbering about 369 across the nation!

Nnamdi Kanu was just a toddler of about three years when the regrettable war ended in January 1970; he was born 25th September, 1967!
Whosoever narrated the unfortunate Biafra War history to him as he grew up did a very damaging evil to his psyche for him to grow up with so much unforgiving anger in his spirit – in spite of persuasion for peace to reign in the South East Geo-Political Zone by the EMINENT ELDERLY OHANEZE INDIGENOUS PERSONALITIES!

And the most unfortunate aspect of THE VERY INCITING CAMPAIGN FOR SECESSION by KANU is that his followers have become more OBSESSED than himself and have also formed mushroom splinter groups that are even more vicious than the IPOB!

These groups operate like DEMONS from the PIT OF HELL in manner they unleash TERROR, the barbaric types of heinous MURDERS, ASSASSINATIONS, KIDNAPPINGS, SLAUGHTERING & DECAPITATION OF IGBO INDIGENES BY THEIR OWN KITH AND KIN – the kinds that have never been witnessed in IGBO LAND, ALL IN THE NAME OF SECESSION?

This Editor from childhood had enjoyed very cordial peer group – schooling/professional relationships with Igbo friends with very fond memories – they are still my very good friends to date!

IGBOS ARE ASSETS TO THE NIGERIAN EQUATION – THEY ARE NOT LIABILITIES!

The Igbo tribe is ubiquitous. Their people are everywhere all over Nigeria, all over the world – in the villages, cities, counties, in the metropolitan and suburbs doing business; occupied in one every trade on planet Earth!

They are the business people in the Diaspora and contracting business deals across board in all countries. They are business-minded people who bequeath the art of commerce/industry from generation to generation! I remember that as far back as the early eighties when CHINA was not very visible in universal commerce/industry, YOUNG IGBO YOUTHS WERE ALWAYS ON THE AIRCRAFT TO THIS FAR EAST NATION AND ALSO TO HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, JAPAN ETC, !
How did I know? I interacted with many of them – barely twenty-year-olds when changing aircrafts - between 1980 and 1985 at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, simply dressed in T- Shirts, jeans, sneakers and jackets and revealed that most times they could be in the air for over 35 Hours! Definitely those kids are among the over 3,000 billionaires of Anambra and others in Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, and Abia who are not bragging about their wealth! Igbo billionaires compare favorably with their Chinese counterparts in the 21st Century Rocket Science universe!

There is a popular adage which states that WISE PEOPLE should desert communities where Igbos are not domicile because such places will be unprofitable for business and commerce!

IGBOS are calling the shots in all area of the industry as of today – aviation, automobile, transportation, manufacturing, hospitality, fashion, agriculture and mass production of agricultural produce, cosmetics, science and technology/scientific inventions, pharmaceuticals, crude oil exploration, entertainment, tourism, information communication technology (ICT,) education, the teaching profession, (I fondly remember my Igbo History teacher at 0bokun High School, Ilesa, Western State. now Osun. He taught me the subject for only two years and I scored CREDIT in my WAEC in 1963! I was a Science Student until the last two years when I had the only option to cross into an Arts institution before my first external examination).

HISTORICAL FACTS AND ANTECEDENTS OF THE IGBOS!

Prior to the unfortunate Biafra War in which between one to two million people died through war and starvation while properties estimated at millions of British pounds were destroyed on both sides, Igbos Eastern Nigeria extended to Niger Delta, and all the Riverine States of Delta, Cross River, Balyesa, Akwa Ibom, and Abia, were under the military control of the aborted secession bid of Col. Ojukwu!

By implication of geographical location Eastern Region owned all the OIL FIELDS eventually discovered by the military after the war in from 1970 upwards ; BUT COULD THEY BOAST OF ANY WINDFALL FROM OIL PROCEEDS DURING THE 30 YEARS OF MILITARY ABERRATION AND EVEN NOW IN THE 21 YEARS OF A DIARCHY CUM PSEUDO DEMOCRACY?

The Igbos have every right to shout that they are being MARGINALIZED but Not that they want to secede from Nigeria.

Igbos are SENIOR CO-OWNERS OF A PROSPEROUS INDUSTRIOUS, COMMERCIAL NEW NIGERIA OF OUR DREAM WHICH WILL EMERGE IN 2023 ACCORDING TO DIVINE REVELATION!
An Igbo politician is very qualified to become the NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF A UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY NIGERIA!

The investments of Igbo entrepreneurs into the Nigerian Project are so enormous that it would amount to monumental loss to opt for secession!

IGBO Elders of no mean stature in Nigerian politics have met with Major General Muhammadu Buhari to seek for a political solution to resolve Nnamdi Kanu’s travails in the courts BUT they need to move further to appeal to the numerous SPLINTER GROUPS OF IPOB (We are told that they are over 200 of them), to sheath their swords!

The Igbos that this Editor has known were peace-loving and very industrious people. In my few days of life, I have never witnessed this kind of monstrous and bestial brutality being meted by Igbos against fellow Igbo brethren.

We want all Igbos (elders and youths), to support the CAMPAIGN FOR THE SHUTTING DOWN OF THE SENATE TO PAVE WAY FOR A UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE IN THIS FIRST QUARTER OF 2022 THROUGH THE EMPLOYMENT OF A POPULAR REFERENDUM THAT WILL USHER A PRIME MINISTER, COME 2023!

From this platform an Igbo Prime Minister will be our first choice in 2023! When we are bonded in peace and UNITY, victory will flow seamlessly!

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I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon. 08130669886, 08080243066. g-mail-dvdolufon@gmail.

It is the right of the Igbo nation to decide if they want to be part of Nigeria or not. Nobody is a prisoner of Nigeria. We keep forgetting that Nigeria is the mere colonial concoction of the British and that Igbos have the inalienable right of self determination

What is Nnamdi Kanu asking for? Referendum. What is bad in conducting referendum let the Igbo nation choose their destiny? If "one Nigeria" is by force, then it is evil

gidgiddy:
It is the right of the Igbo nation to decide if they want to be part of Nigeria or not. Nobody is a prisoner of Nigeria. We keep forgetting that Nigeria is the mere colonial concoction of the British and that Igbos have the inalienable right of self determination

What is Nnamdi Kanu asking for? Referendum. What is bad in conducting referendum let the Igbo nation choose their destiny? If "one Nigeria" is by force, then it is evil

What is stopping Nnamdi Kanu from demanding for that referendum and make case for it as he stands trial in law court for treason rather than pleading not guilty.He should put his money where his mouth is.Its a great opportunity for him to demand for Biafra freedom instead he is busy with his legal team looking for a soft landing to be freed on bail so that he will come out and continue to deceive gullible youths with fake Biafra restoration agitation.Law Court is the right place to challenge FG to grant East the right for self determination not in the streets or social media, why is he running away from it? He even denied being a member of the group he founded .
Buhari in his interview said Nnamdi Kanu will given the opportunity to defend himself and say all those things he was saying against Nigeria from abroad.Instead of MNK to stand his ground for Biafra he is pleading not guilty.

Ojiofor:


What is stopping Nnamdi Kanu from demanding for that referendum and make case for it as he stands trial in law court for treason rather than pleading not guilty.He should put his money where his mouth is.Its a great opportunity for him to demand for Biafra freedom instead he is busy with his legal team looking for a soft landing to be freed on bail so that he will come out and continue to deceive gullible youths with fake Biafra restoration agitation.Law Court is the right place to challenge FG to grant East the right for self determination not in the streets or social media, why is he running away from it? He even denied being a member of the group he founded .
Buhari in his interview said Nnamdi Kanu will given the opportunity to defend himself and say all those things he was saying against Nigeria from abroad.Instead of MNK to stand his ground for Biafra he is pleading not guilty.

The issue of independence of the Igbo nation is not a burden Nnamdi Kanu should carry alone, he is but one man. It is the duty of all Igbos to rise up, tell Nigerians that Nigeria has failed, and ask for democratic referendum.

Nnamdi Kanu or no Nnamdi Kanu is not going to hide the fact that Nigeria is a failed nation heading no where. So rather anyone waiting for Nnamdi Kanu, who is in DSS solitary confinement, we should all join or form independence movements and press home our demand for referendum

gidgiddy:


The issue of independence of the Igbo nation is not a burden Nnamdi Kanu should carry alone, he is but one man. It is the duty of all Igbos to rise up, tell Nigerians that Nigeria has failed, and ask for democratic referendum.

Nnamdi Kanu or no Nnamdi Kanu is not going to hide the fact that Nigeria is a failed nation heading no where. So rather anyone waiting for Nnamdi Kanu, who is in DSS solitary confinement, we should all join or form independence movements and press home our demand for referendum

I'm in! You live, but once.

cazchi:


I'm in! You live, but once.

. Is this the legendary Eziachi?


Eziachi is that you?

gidgiddy:


The issue of independence of the Igbo nation is not a burden Nnamdi Kanu should carry alone, he is but one man. It is the duty of all Igbos to rise up, tell Nigerians that Nigeria has failed, and ask for democratic referendum.

Nnamdi Kanu or no Nnamdi Kanu is not going to hide the fact that Nigeria is a failed nation heading no where. So rather anyone waiting for Nnamdi Kanu, who is in DSS solitary confinement, we should all join or form independence movements and press home our demand for referendum

Senseless nonsense, you better go & start preparing for 2023 elections, all these useless talk of referendum is for children with the wrong interpretation mixed up with misconstrued imagination.

Buckeyemedia1:
Senseless nonsense, you better go & start preparing for 2023 elections, all these useless talk of referendum is for children with the wrong interpretation mixed up with misconstrued imagination.

All the elections Nigeria has had since 1960 has led Nigeria no where, and 2023 will be no different

Fulani know ibo very well, they usually make up in the inner room

ONE UNITED NIGERIA IS A DIVINE ORDER THAT SHOULD NO LONGER BE CHALLENGED BY THE IGBOS!

This should become the national anthem of the unity beggers association of Nigeria

gidgiddy:


The issue of independence of the Igbo nation is not a burden Nnamdi Kanu should carry alone, he is but one man. It is the duty of all Igbos to rise up, tell Nigerians that Nigeria has failed, and ask for democratic referendum.

Nnamdi Kanu or no Nnamdi Kanu is not going to hide the fact that Nigeria is a failed nation heading no where. So rather anyone waiting for Nnamdi Kanu, who is in DSS solitary confinement, we should all join or form independence movements and press home our demand for referendum

Was there any consensus from Igbo stake holders that solution to Igbo marginilization in today's Nigeria is secession before Nnamdi Kanu embarked on such a dangerous rout?Did he consult with anyone before he formed his group?
Biafra agitation is seen as his project and the very reason they lock down a region by force because of one man.

Ojiofor:


Was there any consensus from Igbo stake holders that solution to Igbo marginilization in today's Nigeria is secession before Nnamdi Kanu embarked on such a dangerous rout?Did he consult with anyone before he formed his group?
Biafra agitation is seen as his project and the very reason they lock down a region by force because of one man.

Same way there was no consensus for Igbos to ever be part of Nigeria. Self determination does not need consensus, it only needs majority. When it comes to biafran agitation, others were doing it before Kanu. MASSOB, BZF and BN were all there before IPOB and they are still there

Ojiofor:


Was there any consensus from Igbo stake holders that solution to Igbo marginilization in today's Nigeria is secession before Nnamdi Kanu embarked on such a dangerous rout?Did he consult with anyone before he formed his group?
Biafra agitation is seen as his project and the very reason they lock down a region by force because of one man.

Who are the so called "Igbo stakeholders"? Do you think we run a feudal/monarchical set up of "The Lords and the serfs" in the East? How can the warped views of an imaginary " Igbo stakeholders", who are eternally beholden to the whims and caprices of an evil Abuja, be more important than the verdict found in the total compliance to IPOB orders by the teaming millions in the East?

And do you really think that Nnamdi Kanu can use force and coercion to close the Onitsha main market for instance? You think they majority don't subscribe to his ideals but are just being frightened away from their source of livelihood? Get real bro! That you hate a movement shouldn't blind you to the real impact and substance of such movement..

owobokiri:


Who are the so called "Igbo stakeholders"? Do you think we run a feudal/monarchical set up of "The Lords and the serfs" in the East? How can the warped views of an imaginary " Igbo stakeholders", who are eternally beholden to the whims and caprices of an evil Abuja, be more important than the verdict found in the total compliance to IPOB orders by the teaming millions in the East?

And do you really think that Nnamdi Kanu can use force and coercion to close the Onitsha main market for instance? You think they majority don't subscribe to his ideals but are just being frightened away from their source of livelihood? Get real bro! That you hate a movement shouldn't blind you to the real impact and substance of such movement..

If the sit at home is voluntary why is there enforcers and casualties very Monday?
Why was Onitsha main market chairman shot dead for opening the market for business on a Monday to enforce sit at home.

gidgiddy:


Same way there was no consensus for Igbos to ever be part of Nigeria. Self determination does not need consensus, it only needs majority. When it comes to biafran agitation, others were doing it before Kanu. MASSOB, BZF and BN were all there before IPOB and they are still there

British colonial power defeated indigenous people to create Nigeria, now can IPOB defeat Nigeria to create Biafra?
Last time we tried we know the result.