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Engr. Victor Eze, a prominent stakeholder from the Ohaji district, has issued an unequivocal rejection of the proposed inclusion of Ohaji's communities into the new Orlu State. This stance finds staunch support from the youths of the oil-rich autonomous communities of Awarra, Ochia, Assa, and Obile, who have collectively voiced their vehement opposition to this territorial realignment.

Representing these self-governing communities, the youth collective has taken it upon themselves to apprise the public of their vehement objection to the proposal put forth by Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the esteemed member of the Federal House of Representatives for Ideato North and South Constituency. While acknowledging the creation of an additional state in the South East region as a constructive development that could potentially assuage regional grievances and foster a heightened sense of belonging among the Ndigbo populace, they have sternly repudiated the specific incorporation of their communities into Orlu State.

"The notion of forcibly subsuming Ohaji into an unnatural amalgamation with Orlu is an egregious offense that we condemn with every fiber of our beings," asserted Engr. Eze, employing unambiguous terminology "The purported annexation of our communities into the Orlu zone as a senatorial district, an exercise driven by parochial political motives, has been a protracted ordeal fraught with anguish for our people."

Engr. Eze and the youth forum have underscored that their communities have derived no tangible benefits from their association with the Orlu zone, a grievance rooted in the principles of self-determination and equitable resource allocation. "The Orlu zone has consistently failed to acknowledge us as a people deserving of recognition, exploiting our resources solely to consolidate their political hegemony," Eze articulated. "Our continued existence within this zone has yielded no discernible gains for our people or our land. We lament our forced severance from our true brethren in Rivers State."

The forum has highlighted the absence of a shared identity and cultural affinity with the Orlu people, invoking the legal principles of indigenous rights and cultural preservation. "Our dialects and cultural norms diverge significantly from those of Orlu. Our kinship ties are inextricably linked to the communities in Rivers State," they asserted, underscoring the inviolability of their cultural heritage.

Despite being the host to over 16 oil companies, a significant source of revenue for the state, the communities have languished in acute neglect, a violation of their economic rights and the principles of equitable resource distribution. "Most of our communities have been deprived of electricity, and our roads are rendered virtually impassable," Eze lamented. "Yet, the resources extracted from our land are channeled towards developing non-oil-producing areas in Orlu, Okigwe, and Owerri, a blatant disregard for our legitimate entitlements."

With an unwavering resolve, the youth forum and Engr. Eze have issued an uncompromising declaration: the forced inclusion of their communities into the proposed Orlu State will be met with unrelenting resistance. "We shall oppose this incorporation with every legal means at our disposal. If necessary, we will exercise our sovereign right to revoke the operating licenses of the oil companies within our territory, thereby depriving Imo State of its oil revenues. Our allegiance lies with our brethren in Rivers State, not with the state that has systematically marginalized us."

This unequivocal rejection from Engr. Victor Eze and the youths of the Ohaji district underscores the profound dissatisfaction and the inviolable aspiration for self-determination among the oil-producing communities, invoking principles of indigenous rights, cultural preservation, and equitable resource allocation enshrined in international legal frameworks.

Igbos should unite and get a state that is all

Mumu.

If it ever comes to reality they won't do shyte about it.
They should better start scouting for a capable governor than writing letters up and down

Kwontinue with publication of nonsense from anyone paid to deny Ndigbo a merited 6th state in the SE zone.
Did the military consult him before creating the old states?

Ohaji is in Orlu senatorial zone as we speak and someone with some access to the media is ranting about being forcefully subsuming in into Orlu state, How?

"Our allegiance lies with our brethren in Rivers State, not with the state that has systematically marginalized us." ----- not truthful

13% from oil to Imo state was deployed to urban development of Owerri zone. Ohaji-Egbema remains rural.

Even the magnificent ISOPADEC headquarters was built in Owerri but sidelined Ohaji-Egbema section where the oil cones from.

So who has been marginalising Ohaji-Egbema?

One of the essences of Njaba state proposal since 2005, now renamed Orlu state, is to halt the Rob Peter to pay Paul situation in Imo state.

are you ibos seeing now how states were drawn in nigeria....??

it was the people themselves over years after independence from british moroons....

onuman:
Kwontinue with publication of nonsense from anyone paid to deny Ndigbo a merited 6th state in the SE zone.
Did the military consult him before creating the old states?

Is the military making the proposal now?

Because of a state, they have been rejecting and arguing for days, they think Biafra will any different.

Bobloco:
Ohaji is in Orlu senatorial zone as we speak and someone with some access to the media is ranting about being forcefully subsuming in into Orlu state, How?

Ohaji-Egbema has never been part of Ikwerre in Rivers state.
One Egbema part conscripted into Rivers state has remained a minority and marginalized. Who wants to be a minority in his/her state?
The man sponsored to write this has pocketed his money from his sponsors.

JagabanB:
Because of a state, they have been rejecting and arguing for days, they think Biafra will any different.

Sharap.
Allow us argue within ourselves.
We fought and died together for Biafra

Get out of this thread

JagabanB:
Because of a state, they have been rejecting and arguing for days, they think Biafra will any different.

Military leaders created the 36 states through military fiat.
In a democracy, everyone wants to be heard, but the majority carries it at last.
Even in 2006 when this same state was about to be created, there were still some persons like this man. But superior intelligence from others in Ohaji-Egbema prevailed.

onuman:
Military leaders created the 36 states through military fiat.
In a democracy, everyone wants to be heard, but the majority carries it at last.
Even in 2006 when this same state was about to be created, there were still some persons like this man. But superior intelligence from others in Ohaji-Egbema prevailed.

Clearly shows more will happen in advent of Biafra.

BlackhatMentor:
Sharap.
Allow us argue within ourselves.
We fought and died together for Biafra

Get out of this thread

And you will fight and die together in Biafra.

JagabanB:
And you will fight and die together in Biafra.

If it comes to that 😉

BlackhatMentor:
If it comes to that 😉

It's always like that with lgb0s.

JagabanB:
It's always like that with lgb0s.

That's why they're greatest African tribe

JagabanB:
Because of a state, they have been rejecting and arguing for days, they think Biafra will any different.

In the SW region, similar arguments, even worse arguments, will also emerge if they are proposing one state to be created in the SW region.

The problem here is Orlu people are very greedy, can you imagine a set of people that want to rule Imo State forever.

One useless group from that Zone called OPOCA threatening other zones to continue ruling beyond 2027 after steering the leadership of Imo state for more than 20 years now counting.

The 3 Senatorial Zone in Imo State.

Orlu zone has ruled Imo state over 20 years.

Okigwe zone 4 years

While

Owerri Zone only 7 months

Even the proposed Orlu state will still have more opposition from the communities included that are not from Orlu zone like communities from Anambra state, due to what other zones in Imo State are passing through from their hand as a result of undo advantage of having more LGA's than other zones.
The fear of being marginalised.

JagabanB:
Clearly shows more will happen in advent of Biafra.

Oduduwa Republic agitation. Have you stopped? If you have stopped after May 29, 2023, what about the Oduduwa Republic agitators who stormed Oyo State govtv secretariat last two months?
Don't hide the log in your eye to talk about the speck in another's eye.

onuman:
Oduduwa Republic agitation. Have you stopped? If you have stopped after May 29, 2023, what about the Oduduwa Republic agitators who stormed Oyo State govtv secretariat last two months?
Don't hide the log in your eye to talk about the speck in another's eye.

What concerns me with Oduduwa?
You think I'm Yoruba?

onuman:
In the SW region, similar arguments, even worse arguments, will also emerge if they are proposing one state to be created in the SW region.

Until we see it, we focus on What's on ground.

BlackhatMentor:
That's why they're greatest African tribe

Greatest in ur smaII minds?
LOL.
When great tribes are listed, people hiding in thatched houses at the mercy of hungèr when others were building great civilizations will not make the list.

JagabanB:
Greatest in ur smaII minds?
LOL.
When great tribes are listed, people hiding in thatched houses at the mercy of hungèr when others were building great civilizations will not make the list.

Yes like Yoruba

Where people still believe killing their relatives and harvesting their body parts will make them rich

BlackhatMentor:
Sharap.
Allow us argue within ourselves.
We fought and died together for Biafra

Get out of this thread

You think they will stop parading themselves like ashawos all over Igbo threads, half of their population will die the day Igbos leave Nigeria

JagabanB:
It's always like that with lgb0s.

Yeah, definitely the reason Fulanis took over Ilorin

BlackhatMentor:
Yes like Yoruba

Where people still believe killing their relatives and harvesting their body parts will make them rich

This one happened few days ago

onuman:
Ohaji-Egbema has never been part of Ikwerre in Rivers state.
One Egbema part conscripted into Rivers state has remained a minority and marginalized. Who wants to be a minority in his/her state?
The man sponsored to write this has pocketed his money from his sponsors.

Honestly, the whole thing is just something else

Gerhards:
Yeah, definitely the reason Fulanis took over Ilorin

I don't have a business with Fulani or Yoruba.
Does that satisfy you?

BlackhatMentor:
Yes like Yoruba

Where people still believe killing their relatives and harvesting their body parts will make them rich

That's actually in SE where someone can sIaughter his mom, wife and kids for money.

onuman:
Ohaji-Egbema has never been part of Ikwerre in Rivers state.
One Egbema part conscripted into Rivers state has remained a minority and marginalized. Who wants to be a minority in his/her state?
The man sponsored to write this has pocketed his money from his sponsors.

Where does it say that Ohaji-Egbema was ever “part of Ikwerre in Rivers State”?. Is the Egbema in Rivers State part of Ikwerre? Most of you are just empty… instead of facing the people that are rejecting you, you want to bring Ikwerre into your problem as always.