₦airaland Forum

SycophanticGoat:
I prefer to quarrel with everybody and ensure it ends at quarrel than beheading everyone that provokes me or has potentials of provoking me.

sunnyb0b0:
Oh, how about Mother youths that are drinking medicine for our headache? They should recruit their reps into the deal to give it legal backing.

Daplux4:
let me tell u, the best option for Nigeria is to divide because our leaders who managed this country since independent we're greedy visionless thy failed in many areas from health care , to electricity etc. this country is too big with many ethnic groups​ if we divide into smaller units it will bring More development we still trade together as sister countries.

ItsMeAboki:
But we read the papers every day and see how your cultists have been practising on themselves on how to surpass everybody in the art of decapitation.

misterme:
No problems. Come October 1, any Igbo you see in the North, you can go ahead and murder him/her. It won't be the first time. I am sure they won't be up to 3 million Igbo's. Even if you kill all of them, it won't be the first time.
As for the Igbo's in the North, onye ajuru aju, anaghi aju onwe ya. Leave the north. You may lose a lot but it's only a temporary setback. Your fathers lost everything and started again with only 20 pounds, yet they survived. They overcame this terrible setback. They went ahead to build great business across Nigeria. Today their descendants are reasonably ahead some of the people that sort to annihilate them. This time around it is not as bad as it was then. You have the chance to take everything that belongs to you that you possibly can from the North.
Are you people not tired of the insults from other tribes? Everybody is asking us to leave their land. North, West, South South & North Central, everybody. We see this everyday on social media. It's either we are doing something exceptionally well or we are doing things in a terribly bad way. Either way come back home. Are you not tired of insults, uncertainties, anxieties and fears over your lives, properties, investments and above all your families. End the insults. Return home.
How I wish every Igbo man will just ignore every insult against Ndiigbo on social media & refuse to reply or comment.
How I wish every Igbo man will return to the South East and contribute in building our homeland.
No I am not asking for Biafra yet. I am asking our people to take pride in our heritage and build our own land. Nigeria is not like USA. Even if you were born in Alabama, if you lived in NY for up to a year or so, you are a citizen of NY. You can vote and you can be voted for in NY. In Nigeria, even if you have lived all your life in Lagos and your father lived all his life in Lagos but your name is not a Kayode or an Olumide, you are seen as a visitor who can be ejected anytime, especially in the event of crises, notwithstanding the fact that you legally bought the piece of land on which you built your house all by your own effort. The same applies across the whole nation.
If our people come back home and put in the effort we have put into other regions in the last 40 years, perhaps in 10 to 40 years time, we will have a homeland full great and beautiful cities we can all be proud of. Other Nigerians will respect us. They too will start rushing to Aba, Enugu & Onitsha the same way we are rushing to Lagos and Kano today. Above we will leave a better homeland for our children. Our children today are struggling so much over their identity. "Daddy, why are we (Igbo's) hated so much in Nigeria", a terrible question from an 8-year old, a very difficult question for his father to answer.
My view.

ItsMeAboki:
Tick tock, tick tock, count down to October 1; but knowing you parasites will be looking for excuses to stay attached like dog fleas; however, this time around we shall use Flit to get rid of you.

ItsMeAboki:
I am not sure that is quite true; because when Kanu gave the sit at home order, all in Igboland complied , showing their support including their governors - that was the final nail in the coffin that prompted the Arewa declaration.
Had Igbo leaders distanced themselves from all Kanu and IPOB's insults and threats (like northern leaders did with the quit notice) then things might have turned out differently; however, Igbo leaders publicly supported Kanu: called for his release, visited him in jail, put up his bail, escorted him home in convoy, gave him money and jeeps, look on while he continues to break every condition of his bail; and finally complied with the sit at home order - pls tell me what do you expect northerners, who had all along had been at the receiving end of all his inslts etc, to do?
There is now genuine feeling of resentment for the Igbos among the youths, who constitute the majority, in the north - the quit notice is its true manifestation.

ItsMeAboki:
^^^^All this lamentation is unnecessary; while Igbos were busy sowing the seeds of hatred and bitterness they should have known that one day they would have to reap what they sowed.
Now that the time is here, they should know that northern youths do not have time for insults and foot dragging gimmicks but for action; come October 1, all Igbos should just get out, we expect them to be celebrating since they have got the divorce they wanted - its no longer a forced marriage, so they should be happy.

Mujtahida:
It would have been extremely difficult if not impossible for the leading politicians of the South East to distance themselves from the Ipob sit at home order because of the context and the historically loaded and significant event to which it was tied.

Perhaps they could distance themselves from the insults and hatred being spewed but not from that sit at home order. It would have appeared as if they were desecrating the memory of those who died in that tragic war.

ItsMeAboki:
I am sorry to say, IPOB and Igbo as an ethnicity are synonymous because through out the agitation we have not witnessed any serious challenge or move by a prominent individual or group against the divisive IPOB threats and hate speeches, except for occasional feeble noise from some quarters that amounted to naught other than mere lip service.
This is what convinced the north that Igbos were in unison with IPOB in both intent and modas operandi, that prompted the Kaduna declaration - which is currently getting more and more support in the north.

ItsMeAboki:
Well, in that case Igbo leaders are cowards as they and their followers are equally part of the problem.
Igbos should therefore blame no one but themselves for the consequences of their actions and inactions.

cumbak60:
Going by your submission, will you now deem it proper to tag all Hausa/Fulani terrorist because of the incessant herdsmen attack on the South? How many Northern politicians/leaders have come out openly to condemn herdsmen attack on their innocent victim in the South? How many of your leaders have condemn the attack on Uzo Uwani, southern Kaduna, Agatu, Ukwani, etc.? You don't have an argument here bro. A lot of Igbo leaders have spoken out against IPOB. Have you heard of Joe Igbokwe? Google him and stand against IPOB. And the sit at home protest which your Arewa youth is banking on, was done in absolute respect to our sons and daughters that were starved to dearth by Nigerian State.

Bro, going by history, your region is the belligerent character here. You guys owe Indi'gbo apology, I swear. 3 Million of my people killed by your Nigerian State is not a joke.
Let me make it clear to you, Igbo and IPOB are two different entities; IPOB is an organization made up if various ethnic group in the South, while Igbo is a nation of tribes. Take note of that.

Mujtahida:
It would have been extremely difficult if not impossible for the leading politicians of the South East to distance themselves from the Ipob sit at home order because of the context and the historically loaded and significant event to which it was tied.

Perhaps they could distance themselves from the insults and hatred being spewed but not from that sit at home order. It would have appeared as if they were desecrating the memory of those who died in that tragic war.

Mujtahida:
No oooo at your last paragraph. Both parties need to apologise to each other. It was a war. Mind you on some threads I read some of your people boasting that the Biafran Army killed more Nigerians. So let both parties apologise to each other. Let all this blame game stop. Because both sides were at fault. One side cannot be exculpated if the chain of events leading up to the war, the execution of the war proper is concerned. The only part I'd say wrong was done is in the post war events where the three R's were just lip service but then remember it was military era. I am not by this justifying the acts of war but one does not need to hide from the reality that wars bring death, destruction and devastation to the warring parties.

cumbak60:
I agree with you. War is a brutal game that leads to death. But killing\starving innocent civilians that have no say, intentionally, to win a war by all means is evil. Remember the pogrom in the North? Oh, that was done to counter balance Nzegwu led coup, as some quarters will argue. But was that not enough Igbo blood spilled already. Why come to our land waste 3 million innocent civilians?
Now lets talk about peace time Nigeria: Igbo blood have been spilled in Northern Nigeria than any region over slight provocation... I don't support IPOB, and I know that lots of Igbos don't support them either, but they do have a case. Their presentation could be wrong, but if you look at it holistically, Igbos have been wrong by the Nigerian state. We are treated continuously like a conquered people.
If we can come to terms with the truth, we can solve our collective problem. Yes, I agree with you that the apology should be on both side, but will it solve the problem on board?

ItsMeAboki:
So willingness to give you your Biafra has suddenly now turned to wickedness - abi?

Mujtahida:
Sorry - if truly meant-is a powerful cleanser and a healing word.
You know what? on that May 30th I sat down and I thought to myself 'what if this day is owned a public holiday by the Nigerian Government as a day to commemorate the Biafran dead? What about owning that history not as the history of the Igbos (since Biafra was thwarted and the unity of the country was preserved) but the history of Nigeria, sordid and dark as it was?
Owning it to say your loss was not your loss alone, it was our collective loss caused by our blindness to at least recognise that we are all of a race (negroids)

Granted we already have armed forces remembrance day every 15th January(it's hardly even a public holiday sef cos I remember we used to go to school on that day. I loved that red rose like symbol our soldier fathers used to pin on their ceremonial uniforms on that day) but to recognise May 30 too is necessary. It would be a small measure but it would strike a sympathetic chord among the South Easterners and all those who suffered on the side of Biafra. Same thing June 12 should be owned nationally.

But we are running from the ghost of our history past. And my, my, how often do they rise up to torment us.

ItsMeAboki:
Just thank God and the magnanimity of General Gowon for the no winner no vanquished and the 3 R's policies of the FG after the war; otherwise you ppl would still be slaves till today and the likes of you would be only too grateful to be our shoe shiners; while your olosho mothers, sisters and aunts would continue to be our bedroom play toys as they still are today.

ItsMeAboki:
They are giving you your Biafra; so wetin concern you whether the presidency the are gunning for is for Nigeria or Arewa?

cumbak60:
I'm touched. If Nigerians can think like you. Alas, reverse is the case, rather some egg heads will be posting pictures of starving children to remind us of our grisly past. Nevertheless, Nigeria can still be fixed if we can practically address the injustice inherent in the system. Thank you for you sincere concern and position.

anyebedgreat:
You are wrong. The 3 tribes don't hate another. The igbos hate the Hausas, hausas don't give a damn about them. Igbos hate yorubas for not hating the hausas, and then all other tribes in the country don't like igbos. They just try to tolerate them.

bibe:
I beg to differ. how about the speech from the Sardauna? that was hate speech and first from a constituted authority in Nigeria. do you now see precedence?

sunnyb0b0:
Can you help us by asking your rep and senator to help us push through our demand for a referendum in the NASS?

Jesusloveyou:
can you tell your rep and senator to come back home? So that we will know you are serious with your Biafra

sunnyb0b0:
Did Scottish MPs leave Westminster before a referendum was conducted for the people of Scotland?

Jesusloveyou:
confirmed yesssss

bizzibodi:
which hate speech?publish it.

SycophanticGoat:
And we have been reading for the past 7 years how your people in Bornu has been bombing Christians and Muslims and how you folks celebrate them. Unlike you, we don't celebrate those criminals in our region.

We also have been reading of how your people kidnap underaged girls from christian communities only to marry them to useless and old child molesters.

We have been reading about your thirst for blood and we know your folks have wasted over 5 million lives in religious and political motivated massacres.

We have also read about how your older males molest male children up and down.

Need I say more?

igedeboy:
PIG

Mujtahida:
Sometimes it is good to put yourself in someone else's shoes before you judge. I know that if I were in their shoes I will not act otherwise. It would be foolhardy to do so. Look at it this way:shebi they are Hausa people throughout the south East? Why didn't they say 'ohhhhhh Nyamiri has come with their wahala, wetin concern us with Biafra. Za muje, to the market to the streets etc'. Was that cowardice? No! It was common sense. That's the same thing the politicians did because the context transcended politics. It was a spiritual thing sef-honouring the memory of the dead.