₦airaland Forum

bilms:
What is wrong with igbo's?

When you read books like Things Fall Apart, Efuru and their likes, you get to learn a great deal about the Igbo culture. The men are usually men of honour, they mean what they say and say what they mean. Most of all, when or if a decision taken takes a bad turn, they are ready to face it like the warriors they are.

Funny thing is that these kind of Igbo men seem to exist in meusiums and old history books, but no longer in real life. Ok, you can find a handful here and there but a majority of them today are better of taking the steps of Bruce Jenner.

When you hear some Igbo men talking about how the north marginalised them, in terms of governance via millitary coup, you may be forced to believed that millitary coups are conducted by ballots rather than bullets. Especially when Igbos are pioneers of coup de tete in this country. Instead of sitting on your sorry asses and disrespecting the legacies of your ancestors, why not take your guns and do it the way it's done?

Again you complain of systematic killing, when it was you who first initiated the systematic killings of prominent Nigerian leaders. When shit hit the fence, you start whining in such a way that is hypocritical and anoying. The Sardauna for example was not only a leader of the Hausa, he was leader of Muslims in Nigeria. If you want to kill a man like that, be ready to face the consequences and don't cry.

Then came Biafra, which any strategic leader and general knows it's a stupid idea. You do not start a war you obviously know you cannot win. Especially when your soldiers shamelessly fed on food that was meant for poor civilians, mainly women and children, forcing federal forces to cut off food supply, because obviously, you cannot feed your enemy, that is stupid. But then again, you blame Nigeria for starving your people, how? So you mean to say you had no plans to provide food for your people before going to war? And by the way, why not take responsibility since you claim to no longer belong to Nigeria, what kind of logic is that?

Then just a few months back, not only did you insult Buhari inside out, you walked to the graveyard, with your flashlights and shovels, dug out his dead wife and daughter, vomited, maturbated and peed all over them without any iota of shame. You even swore that Buhari will not become president, and made us all believe that you are custodians of the gates of heaven and hell and have the power to do and undo. Today? Different story. Open every newspaper and what you read is "Buhari has shown his hatred for Igbos". What the hell is wrong with you guys?

And again today, we are back to the good old Biafra thing again.

Kontinwu.
Hamid Abdulmalik Al-Hassan

bilms:
If Igbo's cannot feed themselves when Nigeria blocked food from going to Biafra during the war, how can they feed themselves now that they are calling for another Biafra?

My point is that, before ever dreaming of Biafra, Igbo should think of how to provide food for themselves.

Don't be blinded by hate and sentiments.

bilms:
What is wrong with igbo's?

When you read books like Things Fall Apart, Efuru and their likes, you get to learn a great deal about the Igbo culture. The men are usually men of honour, they mean what they say and say what they mean. Most of all, when or if a decision taken takes a bad turn, they are ready to face it like the warriors they are.

Funny thing is that these kind of Igbo men seem to exist in meusiums and old history books, but no longer in real life. Ok, you can find a handful here and there but a majority of them today are better of taking the steps of Bruce Jenner.

When you hear some Igbo men talking about how the north marginalised them, in terms of governance via millitary coup, you may be forced to believed that millitary coups are conducted by ballots rather than bullets. Especially when Igbos are pioneers of coup de tete in this country. Instead of sitting on your sorry asses and disrespecting the legacies of your ancestors, why not take your guns and do it the way it's done?

Again you complain of systematic killing, when it was you who first initiated the systematic killings of prominent Nigerian leaders. When shit hit the fence, you start whining in such a way that is hypocritical and anoying. The Sardauna for example was not only a leader of the Hausa, he was leader of Muslims in Nigeria. If you want to kill a man like that, be ready to face the consequences and don't cry.

Then came Biafra, which any strategic leader and general knows it's a stupid idea. You do not start a war you obviously know you cannot win. Especially when your soldiers shamelessly fed on food that was meant for poor civilians, mainly women and children, forcing federal forces to cut off food supply, because obviously, you cannot feed your enemy, that is stupid. But then again, you blame Nigeria for starving your people, how? So you mean to say you had no plans to provide food for your people before going to war? And by the way, why not take responsibility since you claim to no longer belong to Nigeria, what kind of logic is that?

Then just a few months back, not only did you insult Buhari inside out, you walked to the graveyard, with your flashlights and shovels, dug out his dead wife and daughter, vomited, maturbated and peed all over them without any iota of shame. You even swore that Buhari will not become president, and made us all believe that you are custodians of the gates of heaven and hell and have the power to do and undo. Today? Different story. Open every newspaper and what you read is "Buhari has shown his hatred for Igbos". What the hell is wrong with you guys?

And again today, we are back to the good old Biafra thing again.

Kontinwu.
Hamid Abdulmalik Al-Hassan

dynamitedj:
The country Nigeria cannot stand without the igbos. if you really think the so-called Biafrans can't feed themselves why not let them go and I tell you the moment Nigeria let Biafra have their supposed home I swear it will be the end of the Yoruba's. The yourubas are just and always foolish just like the way they are confused with which religion to follow.

coolzeal:
Who be this dirty ashawo ten kobo?... Tell your rapist kinsmen, fraudsters, ritualist, arm robbers, government dependents, lazy dirty a*ss with their cowardice Agbero mentality to cool off... Dirty girl.. You stink... Gosh i wanna throw up.

coolitempa:
Sharaaaaappppp.....tribalist..... .....what r u calling ashawo

AnambraDota:
Give me and I will deactivate my account.

Your being killed from Oshogbo to Ekiti, from Ore to Ibadam from Mile 2 to Ikorodu your here spewing thrash as usual.

When not discuss about Yoruba and Huasa relationship in Nigeria and leave Igbos alone, the call you inferior muslims and don't allow you to worship in their mosques or even lead in prayers in their own mosques.

Focus on Yorubas first

dynamitedj:
The country Nigeria cannot stand without the igbos. if you really think the so-called Biafrans can't feed themselves why not let them go and I tell you the moment Nigeria let Biafra have their supposed home I swear it will be the end of the Yoruba's. The yourubas are just and always foolish just like the way they are confused with which religion to follow.

basilo101:
All the problems with igbos u mentiöned non of them is worse than killing innocent ppl which is d trademark of d north.
Y not kill Azikiwe and Micheal Okpara in ur counter coup and leave innocent ppl alone?

kcng:
The problem with Igbo's is they lack true leadership. They never speak with one voice. They are their own enemies. They think every other ethnic group in Nigeria is dumb, but history has proven they never think things through before taking action and when the Consequences come they begin to cry like toddlers and blame other ethnic groups. I have never seen a group of people who will never take responsibility for their actions. Always think they are 2 crafty. The bible says it's only a fool that thinks he is wiser than 10men put together or everybody else. Like yoruba people will say it is when you have no elders in your house that a baby's neck will go bent. I'm sorry to say I'm no bigot because I have igbo relatives but truth must be told. If you give igbo's Biafra? the next minute enugu will tell Anambra they're not igbo's and secession will begin. That eastern region will brake into 1000 parts with a lot of blood shed. God merging igbo's to Nigeria was an act of grace. If they secede they will suffer so much. All their trading goes on outside their region. What resources do they have in commercial quantity? They will just be a treat to african peace, because a hungry igbo man can be very dangerous. I love igbo's and want them to stay in Nigeria. They have nothing we take from them. The oil is tapped from niger delta. They better think things through before making a mistake. Any 1 who wants biafra hates igbo's because south sudan war will be a joke considering how disunited igbo's are. I say no to biafra out of love for igbo's

kcng:
The problem with Igbo's is they lack true leadership. They never speak with one voice. They are their own enemies. They think every other ethnic group in Nigeria is dumb, but history has proven they never think things through before taking action and when the Consequences come they begin to cry like toddlers and blame other ethnic groups. I have never seen a group of people who will never take responsibility for their actions. Always think they are 2 crafty. The bible says it's only a fool that thinks he is wiser than 10men put together or everybody else. Like yoruba people will say it is when you have no elders in your house that a baby's neck will go bent. I'm sorry to say I'm no bigot because I have igbo relatives but truth must be told. If you give igbo's Biafra? the next minute enugu will tell Anambra they're not igbo's and secession will begin. That eastern region will brake into 1000 parts with a lot of blood shed. God merging igbo's to Nigeria was an act of grace. If they secede they will suffer so much. All their trading goes on outside their region. What resources do they have in commercial quantity? They will just be a treat to african peace, because a hungry igbo man can be very dangerous. I love igbo's and want them to stay in Nigeria. They have nothing we take from them. The oil is tapped from niger delta. They better think things through before making a mistake. Any 1 who wants biafra hates igbo's because south sudan war will be a joke considering how disunited igbo's are. I say no to biafra out of love for igbo's

coolscott:
I am not a fan of pupular Igbo thought but I think you are wrong here. Igbos do not need resources in the ground to thrive because for some time now it is the resources of the mind that has mattered over resources in the ground.

Actually, it has always been so.

That being said, they do have deposits of oil that are being drilled today. They contribute to the oil wealth of the country (at least 2 of the 5 Igbo states).

But even if they do not have oil and they become Biafra, nothing stops the Igbo man from continuing with his business in Nigeria and all the other places in which they do business now.
Successful Igbo men will still remain successful.

That being said, since they seem not to like constructive criticism, perhaps if we, the rest of Nigeria, aid them in getting a country of their own, they will begin to see some of the things that we told them constructively as fellow Nigerians as they will be experiencing these things first hand.

But I don't know if Igbos realise that they really do not want to go. Somewhere inside, they have come to love the feeling that they struggle against unfairness and injustice.
They have come to love the public display of persecution complex, the constant state of perceived oppression and seemingly unfair treatment.

Just a personal thought: No one should have the ability to treat you unfairly if they so choose.And if they do, the only thing to do is to immediately set about ensuring they don't have that power/ability anymore. Just whining about it is one of the weakest things to do

South-south voice

Sweetlemon:
This your point is a killer! Ndigbo, una don hear?

Adesoba5:
Everything about Igbo is fraudulent

succed:
Everywhere Igbo this...Igbo that!!!...cant people let this tribe be for GOODNESS sake...Haba!!!

Just keep wondering how foolish this nation is becoming......
Funny enough you cant read two or three post without IGBO, And the posters are not even the igbos rather other tribe.

Thats why the litter everywhere on NL and seems to match every hate comments and post word to word.

Give these guys some slack and get a life!!!!

coolscott:
So basically you agree that Igbos did wrong too, but you are just saying that the north ended up outdoing you.

Ayekotoo:
What stops Igbo from getting her Biafra? Please take your biafra nonsense out of nairaland owned by a Yorubaman

coolscott:
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I am not a fan of pupular Igbo thought but I think you are wrong here. Igbos do not need resources in the ground to thrive because for some time now it is the resources of the mind that has mattered over resources in the ground.

Actually, it has always been so.

That being said, they do have deposits of oil that are being drilled today. They contribute to the oil wealth of the country (at least 2 of the 5 Igbo states).

But even if they do not have oil and they become Biafra, nothing stops the Igbo man from continuing with his business in Nigeria and all the other places in which they do business now.
Successful Igbo men will still remain successful.

That being said, since they seem not to like constructive criticism, perhaps if we, the rest of Nigeria, aid them in getting a country of their own, they will begin to see some of the things that we told them constructively as fellow Nigerians as they will be experiencing these things first hand.

But I don't know if Igbos realise that they really do not want to go. Somewhere inside, they have come to love the feeling that they struggle against unfairness and injustice.
They have come to love the public display of persecution complex, the constant state of perceived oppression and seemingly unfair treatment.

Just a personal thought: No one should have the ability to treat you unfairly if they so choose.And if they do, the only thing to do is to immediately set about ensuring they don't have that power/ability anymore. Just whining about it is one of the weakest things to do[/s]

South-south voice

Locapito:
If the igbos fail to join hands and make change happen, thinking that Nigeria will implode and biafra will be a reality, they better start having a rethink, because, the same goons pretending to be eastern elites and leader, likes ; UBAS, ORJIS, EZEIFES, NWAYANWUS, MADUEKES, AYIMS, OLISA MENTUHS, EKWEREMANDUS, etc, are still going to betray the igbos and then it will be back to status quo. They will yet again be sent back to the bottom of the pecking order. Only cowards sees war and secession as the only solutions to solving national problems.
IF there will be war today, Nnamdi Kalu will never set his foot in Nigeria to assist in fighting the war. All igbos serving and EX governors, senators, house of reps members and all top politicians will escape with their families abroad and leave majority of you beckoning for the war to perish here in NIGERIA, while most of you that would be alive will still not attain ANY Political height or relevance. The best they can do for you is to place you on pension as old biafra army.
Join the govt to fight corruption and not to fight for secession. War is very easy to start, difficult to end and impossible to do away with the aftermath.

kcng:
The problem with Igbo's is they lack true leadership. They never speak with one voice. They are their own enemies. They think every other ethnic group in Nigeria is dumb, but history has proven they never think things through before taking action and when the Consequences come they begin to cry like toddlers and blame other ethnic groups. I have never seen a group of people who will never take responsibility for their actions. Always think they are 2 crafty. The bible says it's only a fool that thinks he is wiser than 10men put together or everybody else. Like yoruba people will say it is when you have no elders in your house that a baby's neck will go bent. I'm sorry to say I'm no bigot because I have igbo relatives but truth must be told. If you give igbo's Biafra? the next minute enugu will tell Anambra they're not igbo's and secession will begin. That eastern region will brake into 1000 parts with a lot of blood shed. God merging igbo's to Nigeria was an act of grace. If they secede they will suffer so much. All their trading goes on outside their region. What resources do they have in commercial quantity? They will just be a treat to african peace, because a hungry igbo man can be very dangerous. I love igbo's and want them to stay in Nigeria. They have nothing we take from them. The oil is tapped from niger delta. They better think things through before making a mistake. Any 1 who wants biafra hates igbo's because south sudan war will be a joke considering how disunited igbo's are. I say no to biafra out of love for igbo's

USarmy:
@OP if uncle awo can do it, you too can

shachris02:
Please, next time, don't insult all igbos. Just a gullible few of us that are giving the impression that igbos are as you have described.