Captainswag225:
its the total truth, biafra would have colonized niger delta by now

Captainswag225:
its the total truth, biafra would have colonized niger delta by now

EasternLion:
Hello ladies and gents.

I opened my twitter all again, as usual, only to see Ogundamisi tweeting about Biafra and Nnamdi Kanu (yet). He carry the Radio Biafra and whatever Director says, as if na oyel money talk.

So like I was saying, I clicked to see details of the tweet and responses.

All I saw was twitter handles with Yoruba names cursing and abusing Biafrans and Radio Biafra operators, hians, then some of them were spitting anger with one Dayo (Aunty mi) saying that Biafra no concern
Niger Delta, OK OK (agreed), but let them decide for themselves.
Checking out her profile, all I saw was about Biafra this, Biafra that, oil, oil, Niger Delta and so on. Hian, OK I took snapshots.
Then over to the other tweet by Ogundamisi, I saw what got me thinking, another Yoruba saying.
By his words exactly.

"@CeeNaija: @BiafranPrince_ @ogundamisi even when sharing inheritance d woman wit mor children has d largest share. Na only igbo cultur own dey difrnt."



I decided to take some snapshots too incase.


So my question is, when did South West and North save Niger Delta from Igbos? Why did they if anytime.

I want the people from Niger Delta to come answer.


Note, by virtue of my state of origin, I am also from Niger Delta.

DearPreye, New2020, atlwireless, Wombraider, NDPVF, nigerianvenom, Barcanista, Goodboiyy, kotv, 1deadlugard.

Who else did I forget?

atbu1983:
Isaac boro in 1966 wanted an Ijaw Republic. Isaac boro hated ibos with passion because of d way he felt when he was in UNN during his campaign for SUG president which he won mainly with d votes from non ibos. Isaac boro felt the money generated in IJAW land was used to develop the current south east state in the defunt eastern region with enugu as capital.

Nigeria was a working federation then. Until a power hungry IBO man in d name of Agunyi Ironsi made Nigeria a Unitary State.

D igbo man Agunyi Ironsi fought d IJAW nation in 12 days and Jailed Isaac Boro for Treason.

It was a Northerner GOWON who gave ISAAC BORO freedom and he join d Federal army to fight BIafra.

I am from Edo state. We rejected Biafra because when we allowed them to pass through the Midwest as ally, they started behaving as if they conqured us. That was when the benin empire started killing Biafra soldiers.

OPCNAIRALAND:
Biafra planted its flag on the soil of what is now known as Niger Delta and declared them its sovereingty.

Adekunle -Scorpion -, Akinrinade, swept through and chased Biafra out and uprooted the yeye flag.

NDPVF:
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.


Can't you see Yorubas are our saviour?.

Yes na,they saved us "Niger Delta"(including all the Igbos here),from "Igbos",by massacaring over 500 young men in Asaba.


Cant you see Yorubas & their overlords,saved us,by owning over 80% oil blocs in this region.


Can't you see yorubas saved us,thats why they are the hijacked the employment in of ExxonMobil here,perharps thats why serious consultation is ongoing,on how to kick them out of here.


They saved us from Una,thats why ExxonMobils headquarter is in Lagos.


Exactly,thats why every attempt to build Ibaka port,is being destroyed with propaganda of southwest media.


Can't you see we are happy afterward,thats why people like me,and other comrades,spent our youthful age in the creeks,fighting for our people.


Is alright.Hell will visit them till eternity,let them shout Amen for these goodwill of theirs.

AshiwajuFoward:


Ode. We were already the pace-setters even before Oil was discovered in Nigeria. Our region had all the infrastructure and facilities to make it a viable state on its own above any other region then and now, we had unis, seaports, e.t.c. Go and ask your fathers who have been migrating to the SW/Western Region long before the discovery of Oil. And Thank God you compared us to Togo and Benin, where your people presently are 'trading' Anywhere but the SE would do just fine

Vanquay:

barcanista:
Thank you @OP for the mention.

First and foremost, some (majority) of Niger Deltans had the notion of Igbo dominance when the Biafran State was first declared in 1967 and all through the war period. Some of us(Niger Deltans) that never experienced the war unfortunately held to this sentiment and even defended it. At present, some of us have however realised that position was baseless and a product of propaganda. I have to state with the fear of God that the Igbos will not and cannot "dominate" any tribe within the SS and SE region. I am yet to see such plan.

Let us recall that during the struggle for the MidWest region from the Western region, some people outside the Midwest had proposed that Anioma (in president day Delta state) be ceded to the Eastern region while wthe rest of Midwest be one. The propaganda was that the Igbos will dominate the Binis and others in the New Midwest. Fortunately, the then Oba of Benin and other advocates of the Midwest region insisted that Anioma should be part of MidWest. In fact, when Midwest was created there was relative peace and brotherhood between the Igbos, the Ijaws, the Binis and other ethnic nationalities in the MidWest.

I will suggest that proponents of one Nigeria should be more concerned with solutions that will solve the issue of marginalisation and will entrench equity, instead of making comments that promotes division. We have to recognise the right of people to self-determination while we appeal to everyone to come to negotiating table. The Igbo nation is an ally and cousin to the ND- there are Igbos of ND stock.

kotv:


What sort of nonsense is this? yoruba are more interested in biafra and ibo than the other way around. I rarely see the ibos obsessively write about them as they do ibos or for nd. what sort of nonsense is this? the yorubas are the biggest tribalist I've seen. if they hate ibos so much, they can display their blackened hatred without always dragging us into it. nonsense.

historically yoruba had never saved niger delta. it wasn't them that fought, it was us. yoruba used propaganda to turn some south south tribes against biafra. it is the exact same thing they are trying to do today. unfortunately, during biafra many of our parents believed the propaganda because of the heavy presence of nigerian army and ojukwu inability to consultant our elders before declaring biafra. if ojukwu discussed with each old eastern tribe's elders prior to declaring Biafra, consultanted with them on their opinions on how to run the new country or even gave some a leadership position as he did with akwa ibom, the yoruba propaganda would have never penetrated. that was the first mistake ojukwu made. many joined the nigerian army to try and liberate ourselves from potential Ibo domination which was told to us by the media. after the war, it became a reality it wasn't the ibos that wanted to dominate the oil in nd, it was the yoruba and north who did. we liberated ourselves from the wrong people, a heavy mistake we are still paying for today.

naijaking1:


The history of every war is always written by the victor, unfortunately, you don't even seem to know the history
Just for your edification, I know where you come from, not Edo.
Adaka Boro was elected by majority Igbo students Union, not because he was Ijaw, but because he was judged better than his competitor!
Enugu was not developed with oil from the Delta, oil has not been discovered at that time. Infact, Ijaws, Edos(like the Oba of Benin went to Enugu for jobs, where he was a permernent secretary), and other minorities trouped to Enugu in search of their daily bread. The coal, palm produce, and agriculture made Enugu thrive, and Port Harcourt was developed by the Eastern Nigerian colonial and then local administrations to export coal from Nigeria.
If Ironsi jailed Boro, guess who actually killed him in a cover up
Also guess who eventually hanged the other eastern Nigerian traitor called Ken Saro Wiwa

HiGod:


Gibberish written by an Igbo bigot.......

It's only Igbo that has cousins in Niger delta....... Annoying people.

AshiwajuFoward:


Guy, but why did Ironsi, an igboman, terminate the ijaws' dream of independence? Isn't that the same thing igbo Biafrans are accusing Yorubas of today -- of terminating their dream of having their own independent country Biafra.

barcanista:

Bro, I don't see any reason for this rant.

kotv:


What sort of nonsense is this? yoruba are more interested in biafra and ibo than the other way around. I rarely see the ibos obsessively write about them as they do ibos or for nd. what sort of nonsense is this? the yorubas are the biggest tribalist I've seen. if they hate ibos so much, they can display their blackened hatred without always dragging us into it. nonsense.

historically yoruba had never saved niger delta. it wasn't them that fought, it was us. yoruba used propaganda to turn some south south tribes against biafra. it is the exact same thing they are trying to do today. unfortunately, during biafra many of our parents believed the propaganda because of the heavy presence of nigerian army and ojukwu inability to consultant our elders before declaring biafra. if ojukwu discussed with each old eastern tribe's elders prior to declaring Biafra, consultanted with them on their opinions on how to run the new country or even gave some a leadership position as he did with akwa ibom, the yoruba propaganda would have never penetrated. that was the first mistake ojukwu made. many joined the nigerian army to try and liberate ourselves from potential Ibo domination which was told to us by the media. after the war, it became a reality it wasn't the ibos that wanted to dominate the oil in nd, it was the yoruba and north who did. we liberated ourselves from the wrong people, a heavy mistake we are still paying for today.

DPCreampie:



LOL. Yorubas weeping harder than Biafrans from the so called Niger Delta. Yorubas1!!!! Snakes.

AshiwajuFoward:


Guy, but why did Ironsi, an igboman, terminate the ijaws' dream of independence? Isn't that the same thing igbo Biafrans are accusing Yorubas of today -- of terminating their dream of having their own independent country Biafra.

barcanista:
My bros you are re-writing history. The MidWest was not "created" by the FG or the NCNC, it was created by the MidWesterners via a referendum. Bini Monarchs Oba Iweka II and Oba Akenzua II were the Chief proponent of the State. In fact, there was lots of drama. It took them years to get their region. Though COR and the Middle Belt also agitated it wasn't as strong as that of MidWest. It is on record that MidWest is the ONLY entity in Nigeria to be produced via a referendum.

See what Omo Osagie said before the Willink Commission:

“The people of the Midwest would willingly submit to the use of nuclear weapons, devastating bombs or machine guns to annihilate them, rather than remain in a self governing West.” [ West African Pilot. July 14,1957]

naijaking1:


Your question sir, screams of ignorance.
Adaka Boro was a rogue Ijaw liberator sponsored and paid by certain western Nigerian forces, even main stream Ijaws did not believe him at that time. Don't mind the most recent romanticization of his name after Yoruba forces dutifully killed him in action.
Ironsi was kind to Boro, his treachery deserved the hangman's noose, just like it would have today.

barcanista:
@Cheruv: See here

"In response to testimony of pro-Midwest witnesses, a shadowy organization called the “Anti-Midwest State Movement” was put forward by the Action Group. It asserted that Edos had more to fear from Igbo than Yoruba domination, and that creation of a Midwest region would expose Edos to Igbo domination."
www.waado.org/nigerdelta/ethnichistories/egharevbalectures/Fifth-Omoigui.htm

@your question:
The Midwest have always seen themselves as one big family despite difference in ethnicity. For instance see what Oba Akenzua II said...

“Benin-Delta was a sovereign nation before the occupation of the country by the British.” Oba Akenzua II, Sep 28, 1953

The Midwest is and will always be a model for all of us from the SS and SE.

AshiwajuFoward:


Smh. You Igbos are so full of stinking shyt. You demonize any one or thing that doesn't fit into your selfish jaundiced agendas. So Boro's agitation is less justified than Biafra's now simply coz an igboman spearheaded the termination of his secessionist ambition. Only SS folks can fall for your poo, we Yorubas can see through your bullshyt any day, that's why you will never succeed in coercing us into your suicide missions.

chedet:
[size=14pt]Who is saving the minorities in the North who are being killed everyday? Who is even reporting their massacre by elements disguised as "herdsmen"? Or is their lives less important to the saviors in SW and North? Or was it all about the oil?[/size]

AshiwajuFoward:


Smh. You Igbos are so full of stinking shyt. You demonize any one or thing that doesn't fit into your selfish jaundiced agendas. So Boro's agitation is less justified than Biafra's now simply coz an igboman spearheaded the termination of his secessionist ambition. Only SS folks can fall for your poo, we Yorubas can see through your bullshyt any day, that's why you will never succeed in coercing us into your suicide missions.

atbu1983:
Isaac boro in 1966 wanted an Ijaw Republic. Isaac boro hated ibos with passion because of d way he felt when he was in UNN during his campaign for SUG president which he won mainly with d votes from non ibos. Isaac boro felt the money generated in IJAW land was used to develop the current south east state in the defunt eastern region with enugu as capital.

Nigeria was a working federation then. Until a power hungry IBO man in d name of Agunyi Ironsi made Nigeria a Unitary State.

D igbo man Agunyi Ironsi fought d IJAW nation in 12 days and Jailed Isaac Boro for Treason.

It was a Northerner GOWON who gave ISAAC BORO freedom and he join d Federal army to fight BIafra.

I am from Edo state. We rejected Biafra because when we allowed them to pass through the Midwest as ally, they started behaving as if they conqured us. That was when the benin empire started killing Biafra soldiers.

DPCreampie:


See this oil soup Yoruba man oh. LOL. E pain am. Traitors and saboteurs [sub][/sub]

chedet:
[size=14pt]Who is saving the minorities in the North who are being killed everyday? Who is even reporting their massacre by elements disguised as "herdsmen"? Or is their lives less important to the saviors in SW and North? Or was it all about the oil?[/size]

naijaking1:


You Yorubas can not only see through bullshyt any day, but here you're swallowing bottles of panadol of Ijaw man's headache. Why
Show me evidence that majority of Ijaws accepted Boro's adolescent rebellion against his own eastern Nigerian region, except that people who paid him to do so had a different agenda.

kotv:


cosign. i'm offended from the tweets. the yoruba that dominate the oil industry and intentionally favouring the oil career to themselves, moved the oil headquarters and plots to themselves, used the media to destroy any chance of development for any tribe in south south and constantly displaying greediness in nation's wealth distribution tweeted they saved niger delta from ibos. what sort of nonsense. the people we need saving from is from them and north. one day we will liberate ourselves from those parasites.

AshiwajuFoward:


Barcanista, be fair and caution the caustic Biafrans on the other side as well. Either you do that you might as well come out and let us know who's side you are really on instead of acting neutral.