Qelvin:

defeat who? you must have come late to the party buddy.

so in your mind you think you can defeat the federal army right? what is the population of your foreigned-trained soldiers if they are that much of a threat? on which soil will the war be fought? who will have the backing of the west?

instead of you to argue politely like every other person, you chose to start insulting people as usual. thats not how to argue

DerideGull:


Of course, Ghana under Dr. Kofi Busia expelled Nigerians, mostly Yari.ba peeps, from Ghana in 1972. I guess Nigeria retaliated in 1978/79 under Shehu Shagari. I known most Nigerians to jump into silly comparison without weighing the facts before them. If Biafra becomes independence as long as Ghana did before expelling Nigerians, then form of expulsion initiated by dumbass Nigeria will be followed in kind and even more by the Republic of Biafra.

Another unintelligent one... and a liar too.

You just claimed it didn't happen, I proved to you that it did, then you blame it on another ethnic group.

You know what my Ghanaian friend just said to me while laughing? "I don't know if we kicked out the Yari.ba or ibo peeps, all I know is that we drove NIGERIANS out of our country".

Take that how you want while deceiving yourself in the process.

APCsupporter:


so in your mind you think you can defeat the federal army right? what is the population of your foreigned-trained soldiers if they are that much of a threat? on which soil will the war be fought? who will have the backing of the west?

instead of you to argue politely like every other person, you chose to start insulting people as usual. thats not how to argue

I'm not the type to advocate for war but I'll never cower under threats of war made to my people as your Nigerian pro-war noisemaker did in his post ab initio, if it will come down to war better know your allies now, cause the dynamics of time isn't the same, not everyone will take sides with Nigeria this time, maybe it will be Hausa/Fulani vs Igbo affair this time, of course the yorubas will either sit it out on this one or sheepishly follow their Northern masters from the rear again, either way you better know which people will decide to fight for a dying nation like Nigeria this time around.

agaba77:
Another self-serving anti-biafra thread, why are you so concerned about the plight of biafrans, taking OVERDOSE of PANADOL for biafran's headache, na way for you.

Lol! You can imagine when Igbophobic entities are now crying more than the bereaved.

Since when has our well being become of importance to them?

We will suffer in Biafra, they said. We said no problem, we still want Biafra. They they turn around and say, we can never let you have Biafra without war! Lol

Bunch of clowns.

PFRB:
Ok let us get some education. When Biafra becomes a country, it will be part of ECOWAS and Nigeria will also be part of ECOWAS. So both countries will be governed by ECOWAS rules and statutes as fas as movement of people and immigration is all about.
Those in the Fed civil service will convert to Biafran fed civil service. Those Nigerians in the Fed civil service in Biafra will relocate to Nigerian fed civil service

You have still not thought it through carefully. Which country is the largest contributor of resources to ECOWAS in both human and financial terms? Nigeria. And when this country sneezes, every other member state catches cold.

ECOWAS membership does not take away your right as a country to enforce immigration laws and policies to protect your citizens. Those treaties exist on paper, but enforcing it is another thing. I have lost count of the number of times I had to pay additional fees at Benin Republic border in order to get my passport stamped for entry into Cotonou, despite the fact that there is an ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of People among the Member States, in place. There are several ways to circumvent the treaty, but I do not want to spill the beans here....

fulanmafia:


An embargo is a government order that restricts commerce or exchange with a specified country or the exchange of specific goods. An embargo is usually created as a result of unfavorable political or economic circumstances between nations. It has nothing to do with international law.

N:B No more free lessons over here, Google is your friend.

international law: a body of rules established by custom or treaty and recognized by nations as binding in their relations with one another.

There you are, take embargo or international law at least two nations must be involved.

Kondomatic:
This is funny. A people said that they do not want to be one with you again and you're worried about what will happen to them when they leave? Is this love or possessiveness? Sounds like what a possessive and abusive husband will do.

If you love them that much then why give them reason to leave?

My grandmother used to say that whoever is chasing something is also running past something. Igbos will lose so many things when they get Biafra, that's sure but they have been losing since I was born. Shops being burnt for the world's stupidest reason, losing lives etc so it's not new to them.

Once Biafra is declared, North will become a hot zone for all Igbos, it has always been but it will be multiplied by 100 this time. All Igbos in the North are heading East, this too is not new because they all headed East in 2015 during presidential election.

Even if the Yorubas will accommodate Igbos it will be if they get Odua too, I don't see it happening in one Nigeria(Yoruba and Hausa) but I believe what they got(their own country) is worth the loss.

On point!

I like that your grandmother quote, saving it for the future.

Please where are you from?

kingzizzy:


If you take Britain that just left the EU, over 3 million EU citizens in the UK. Will Britain deport them? No, not really.

In the event of Biafra seceding from Nigeria, both sides will have to discuss the sharing of assets, liabilities and debts. This means that there will be a discussion on 'Biafra/Nigeria' reltionship and the status of its citizens. A 'transition period' will have to be agreed on to allow the agreemwnts take effect


It is not likely that Nigeria will start deporting all Igbos straightaway as this could illegal under international law. Another reason why Nigeria wont do this is because it will damage Nigeria and the Nigerian economy irreparably before the international community. No international investor will ever step foot in Nigeria ever again when hear that Nigeria deported millions of people it once called brothers.

Such mass deportations only destroys the credibility of a country

You've got to be joking. I don't think you people are thinking this through. You keep repeating "international community" like someone somewhere has an obligation to ensure Ibos get whatever they want? Trying to eat your cake and still keep it in your hands.

ISpiksDaTroof:
And there goes the Biafran showing the world the only way he knows how to communicate....

You can take a hike now.

Hehehe.... una no go take laugh kill person for dis place! We were all having a decent conversation, before their IPOBian internet keyboard warriors decided to inject insults into the discussion. Can you imagine??! Anyway, God dey....

Rossikki:
Latest estimates put the number of Igbos resident outside their region at 7 to 10 million.

Some figures go as high as 15 million.

Is the SE prepared to welcome this number of "returnees", after they are declared illegal aliens in Nigeria, and promptly deported?

OP, Let me correct one impression. Biafra is not an Igbo thing, Biafra is beyond the Igbo construct which has been polluting the cyber-space. I am not Igbo, yet my father lost everything to that war. To me, Biafra is cry against marginalization, a cry against the inhumanity of man against fellow humans. Biafran represents something more than a country. It is a courage to say, 'No' to slavery.

The Answer to your question is NO. Nigeria can not deport Biafrans after secession, this is not 1970s. Biafrans resident in Nigeria and Nigerians residents in Biafra will be offered provisional citizenships with first right of refusal. Sane countries know the value of human resources. If Biafrans are to withdraw 100% from Nigeria. There will be chaos.

* Based on International Law on Migration of the ECOWAS 16-member countries, they will be required to get a Biafran Passport and Resident Permit in Nigeria. And the Nigerians living in Biafra will be required to do the same. Both Nigerians and Biafrans will be given at least 5 years to work out the terms of migration. Travels within the ECOWAS 16-member countries has been VISA-free and will remain so. What is required is resident permit.

* Based on International Migration laws, which I believe same will apply to Nigeria-Biafra relationship, if you own a Landed Property within the country, you are automatically qualified and have fight right of refusal on Nigerian Citizenship. I know many Biafrans will like to move away from Nigeria, and I am one of them, but will lease/rent out my houses in Nigeria and be paying tax to the Nigeria government while I go back to build Biafra. I will not hesitate to go back and help build Biafra to one of the best countries in the world.

* I will keep the last point to myself.

Qelvin:

Have you asked yourself this question Laudate: the Ghanaians Nigeria expelled in millions years ago, are we doing better than them now? No be the same Nigerians dey flock to Ghana for better life now??

They may soon flock back if the spread of Islamic terorrorism isn't checked before it touches down in Ghana.

Rossikki:


Sure. A cesspit which 15 million Igbo 'adventurers' can decide to evacuate this very minute and return home to the south east. But instead still remain in, from Kano to Ogbomosho to Ibadan.

It's like you love the smell of the cesspit even more than us.

They vacated your cesspit for you in 1967, you came knocking on our borders forcing unity with gun and bombs.

Yes, once we get Biafra, we can
afford to leave your cesspit for you, we did it in 1967, we can certainly do it in 2017! All that is lost can be replaced, but there is no substitute for freedom, for freedom is life.

You guys take it easy on them na with all this questions and positions you guys are asking and setting forth The youths in this country have been robbed of the opportunity to dream. MMM gave Nigerians a good dream(who remembers the insults, the arguments then?) . And now comes another beautiful dream called Biafra and y'all want to give them rude awakening? Easy please, easy. #Don'tspoilthedream#

laudate:


Says who? Who will give them that option to naturalise? Nigeria? Let me laugh very well in Greek. I want to see how you would force Nigerian govt to offer this option.

Nigeria the way it is now, is not even worth living in. I do not understand the pride of actually thinking someone will like to live in a country where electricity generation is rocket science and corruption is King.

Qelvin:
I'm only using a Nigerian passport by virtue of circumstance that alone, it irks me to have to present that rubbish to immigration authorities, and that is why I pray each day I wake up for the quick dissolution of that toxic remindal, a step closer to that bigger reality can't get any more real than this post which makes me even more happy that you Nigerians want the same thing I badly want- a post Nigeria scenario where political alliances are broken between us, that's what I seriously pray for!!

Guy, then put your money where your mouth is. Burn that Nigerian passport. You cannot be hating Nigeria and pouring invectives on my country, meanwhile you are using her passport to jet around the world. It is called eating your cake and having it. Oya, burn that passport right now, and renounce your Nigerian citizenship so that we can take you seriously. Go on...I dare you!

Rossikki:
The Biafra thing will be a disaster for the average Igbo guy, who will just turn to a local champion.

No more shuttling around Naija. Once you leave Owerri, Enugu, Aba, Onitsha etc, you are a marked man. You enter Jos, trouble. Find yourself in Benin, wahala. Kaduna, forget it. Abuja, who dash you? Lagos, the worst. Na bulala dem go take drive you.

Are you guys really ready for that kind of life?

There is nothing in Nigeria that warrants anyone trying to stay behind here. The place is a mess. With Biafra, only a mad person will like to live in Lagos. I will move back to my paradise home and visit here on Business only, just to make sure I grab as much profits from Nigerians to continue to build our territory. Is Nigeria not a mess already ?

Rmxr:


Bro, nothing irks me more than seeing Yorubas kicking against the agitation of these people. It's pathetic bro. People who do that disgust me. We need to start calling them out

Exactly!!!! I believe we should not stop or enable their quest, but we should actively and aggressively protect our interest regardless of whether they leave or not.
I hope they succeed in leaving Nigeria cos it will lift this burden of living with them from our neck.

Dalek:


make i hear word, who controls ECOWAS??
no international law can force any alien to move freely in Nigeria. Nigeria as a sovereign Nation will decide who enta or not.
why usa no allow all of Mexico to enta na.
and why una wan enta Nigeria again?? shebi na zoo??

The level of of ignorance here is most embarrassing.
Your answers are staring you in the face.

Now , by your assertion, Nigeria, being supposedly in control of ECOWAS, should also be the one that breaks ECOWAS most vital and primary rules ?
You're thinking like a typical Nigerian, and therefore shouldn't be offended if someone tells you that you happily domiciled in a Zoo.., or is it a Jungle?

laudate:


Well said!! Couldn't have put it better myself. I wish there was a way to dash you 1,000 likes for dis post. Now that we are breaking down the outcome of their proposed actions to them, I hope they would all wake up and smell the coffee. Please collect two chilled bottles of the best drinks from Mama Tamuno's stall down the road. All the drinks are on me.

Rossikki:


There's a big problem with your assumptions here. Most serious trading nations have set up protectionist barriers that prevent the "trade and expansion" of your imagination. Plus, you will struggle to compete with China and the like, for access to those markets. With Nigeria, you have a 200 million-strong market at your disposal. Nigeria is projected to be the world's 3rd most populous nation, after China and India, by 2050, with a population surpassing 1 billion. Those statistics are GOLD for the industrious and entrepreneurial Igbos. But they want to abandon this huge market, this world class opportunity to really explode their wealth and reach, to retreat into some tiny ethnic kingdom, for reasons best known to them. Not smart at all.

Lol! Goldmine are all over the world for an entrepreneurial mind. But wealth without security is living on borrowed time.

Ndiigbo won't miss Nigeria. Not one bit. China has all the population in the world, yet Taiwan wants her sovereignty retained, ever wondered why?

Qelvin:

Mo.ron you think this is 1967? You idiots think its as simple as defeating 5 Igbo states? Do you know the population of Igbos now compared to the 67? Do you know there are millions of Igbos all over the world whom have one military experience or another? just here in the US Army I personally have unclassified info on the data that validates the preponderance of Igbos in the marines and delta force alone...not regular US army, I mean special forces...tell me how exactly Nigeria will defeat Igbos this time?

ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOO

I honestly didn't want to ever engage you again because you're clearly mentally unstable, but at the bolded I just had to.

Go through my old posts and go figure out how I came to be in your country a little over 30years ago and who you're trying to impress with that idiocy. You think you're talking to your clan members under the full glare of the moon light in the village square during the New Yam Festival?

I swear you guys got something seriously wrong with you upstairs.

P.S: 1. Unclassified Info means ANYONE--- even a whino in Time Square--- can have access to it if he so desires.

2. Nobody in the U.S Army---not even if he's a ibo chief in his country--- can duly render assistance to a foreign body without authorization, so cut the crap and wishful conjecture thinking U.S Marines will fight on your behalf just because of their ethnicity. This is how your Biafran progenitor led millions of his people to untimely deaths before realizing his folly and fleeing the battle field. You're just a bunch of annoyingly boastful beings, its starting to get really nauseating and irritatingly annoying.

Dalek:


make i hear word, who controls ECOWAS??
no international law can force any alien to move freely in Nigeria. Nigeria as a sovereign Nation will decide who enta or not.
why usa no allow all of Mexico to enta na.
and why una wan enta Nigeria again?? shebi na zoo??

As in this people are just funny.

laudate:


Guy, then put your money where your mouth is. Burn that Nigerian passport. You cannot be hating Nigeria and pouring invectives on my country, meanwhile you are using her passport to jet around the world. It is called eating your cake and having it. Oya, burn that passport right now, and renounce your Nigerian citizenship so that we can take you seriously. Go on...I dare you!

Passport wey I no fit find again, I use my American passport to travel wherever I want...except Nigeria which I don't plan on visiting any time soon, currently filing for my brother to join me here and I'm good to go...if I die at a ripe old age, only then will my body touch base in the land of my father in Imo state(which hopefully will be Biafra by then)

pazienza:


They vacated your cesspit for you in 1967, you came knocking on our borders forcing unity with gun and bombs.

.

They came knocking, not because you attacked them and invaded the Mid-West but just because... right?

You guys need to start telling yourselves the truth. The sooner, the better.

SilentHaulers:


Jokers. Why do you want to remain in the zoo?

Use common sense and stop reacting to issues like unthinking beings.

The OP make several assertions based on simple ignorance.
I responded to the post by pointing out correct and legitimate facts relating to the issue, things that were taught about in primary school.

You're knee-jerk reaction to my rebuttal is an indication of poor reasoning skills.

freshest4live:

Lol what if Nigeria due to this same bad blood pull out of ECOWAS? You forget that Nigeria pays the highest contributions for the smooth running of ECOWAS?
What baffles me, is that some are not even content with the five states alone, you also want the likes of Portharcourt and Warri, and yet you expect to maintain friendly relations with the zoo, well l wish you the best of luck.

Thank you, o! When Nigeria closed its' border with Benin Republic for just two weeks under OBJ, their president ran down here to beg OBJ to relax the restriction. What would have happened to Benin Republic if that closure had gone on for like 6 months? None of the individual ECOWAS member states on its' own can call Nigeria to order, or look at its leaders, eyeball to eyeball. Persuasion, respect and courtesy are key words in diplomatic circles, and these chaps who are beating the drums for Biafra, need to learn it.

ISpiksDaTroof:


They came knocking, not because you attacked them and invaded the Mid-West but just because... right?

You guys need to start telling yourselves the truth. The sooner, the better.

Really? So at what point did Nigeria really declare war on Biafra?

laudate:


You have still not thought it through carefully. Which country is the largest contributor of resources to ECOWAS in both human and financial terms? Nigeria. And when this country sneezes, every other member state catches cold.

ECOWAS membership does not take away your right as a country to enforce immigration laws and policies to protect your citizens. Those treaties exist on paper, but enforcing it is another thing. I have lost count of the number of times I had to pay additional fees at Benin Republic border in order to get my passport stamped for entry into Cotonou, despite the fact that there is an ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of People among the Member States, in place. There are several ways to circumvent the treaty, but I do not want to spill the beans here....

You will not spill the beans because there is no beans to spill. ECOWAS Treaty guarantees freedom of movement for the citizens of the 16-member states (soon 17). Biafrans will move enmasse out of Nigeria and build a 21-century digitalized country. The Human Resources available in the South South/South East Region will eclipse Nigeria within 2 years. All the Oil companies will be forced to shutdown offices in Nigeria and relocate to Biafra and our airports will be busy receiving FDIs than never before seen in the history of a new country.

We will have Christianity and Judaism as Religions. Which means, TErrorism will be alien to us. Financial watchdogs will not blacklist Biafra so that means, free flow of FDIs. Una go pay una World Bank and IMF loans tire without Oil.

Why would anyone choose to stay behind in a country that can not even generate more than 400 MW of electricity needless to keep the electricity running for 24hrs. Come on, men. Nigerians will BEG to visit Biafra. That is the truth.

Qelvin:

I don't want your reality, its worthless to me, could care less if you recommend a million books to me, I hate you not just because you are a bloody Nigerian, but you represent an entity that makes me only see oppression and utter worthlessness to the cause of my people...a caveat of a mistake made by a British cu.nt in person of Lugard, we share nothing in common and I more than want the complete severance of all Igbos from Nigeria...let all their businesses and empires crumble, it will not be the end of the world, they will have a better environment to refit and reorganize, to hell with you man.

My guy, face this reality. You can still have your Biafra. But it's good to think things through. Be a man, don't be emotional. Balls, man, balls.

*modified. If it would be any sort of comfort I have given your comment one like.

Cheers.

ISpiksDaTroof:


ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOO

I honestly didn't want to ever engage you again because you're clearly mentally unstable, but at the bolded I just had to.

Go through my old posts and go figure out how I came to be in your country a little over 30years ago and who you're trying to impress with that idiocy. You think you're talking to your clan members under the full glare of the moon light in the village square during the New Yam Festival?

I swear you guys got something seriously wrong with you upstairs.

P.S: 1. Unclassified Info means EVERYONE--- even a whino in Time Square--- can have access to it if he so desires.

2. Nobody in the U.S Army---not even if he's a ibo chief in his country--- can duly render assistance to a foreign body without authorization, so cut the crap and wishful conjecture thinking U.S Marines will fight on your behalf just because of their ethnicity. This is how your Biafran progenitor led millions of his people to untimely death before realizing his folly and fleeing the battle field. You're just a bunch of annoyingly boastful beings, its starting to get really nauseating and irritatingly annoying.

Declare the war already and get ready to fight in it, and context clue mo.ron...unclassified in my definition means- not privy to public knowledge, I have served in the U.S. army for 3 years now and I'm in a far better position to use context clues as I deem fit, we just don't disclose info in very precise terms.
Once again the exposure of lots of Igbos here in the U.S. army has more than made me realize we are not to be fu.ckked with, lots of comrades I have spoken with during my tours are very passionate about Biafra, when you talk about war, better know there are people out here who are paying attention, its not easy to smuggle weapons and lobby for international channels to bring home men who are ready and willing to die for their tribe.

Agumbankembu:


What victim am I playing? I just also stated the fact that you live outside your Homeland, and you Re threatening others with deportation, lol.
I think you are the one deluded, did my words seem like I am begging for acceptance?

What the hell are you on, buddy? I live in my home country. Where I was born and raised. On a different coast, yes, but in a place where I can trace my ancestry back at least 300 years? Are you drunk or what?