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biafran1stson:
THE LOUD MINORITY VS THE SILENT MAJORITY IN SOUTH-SOUTH: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BIAFRA AGITATION

For some of us, the nay sayers in the South-South are more, since they are the ones that gambol like lambs whenever issues bordering on the restoration of Biafra pop up for confabulation. Well, I think you are wrong. My objective today is to do justice to the actual constituents of this noisy and self-acclaimed lot that paint the lugubrious picture that the Ijaw, Itsekiri, Urrhobo, Ibibio, Efik, Ikwerre, Orashi, Ogoni etc are not part of Biafra. I will tell you who these specious claimants are presently. Hold my hand and let us walk together as I do justice to the subject matter.

Let me blaze the trail by reminding you all that I am an Ijaw man from Bonny and Nkoro in Rivers State. I am tribally Ijaw, but nationally BIAFRA. Now, take note that I work with several Ijaw, Ikwerre and other tribes who share my national consciousness. I am sure you have noticed that some people call themselves names in their bid to dampen the spirit of our brothers and sisters in the East. Some bear the toga of Niger Delta Elders, same elders are become ghosts when our youths go on rampage. There are those that say they are IYC (Ijaw Youth Council), the same Ijaw association that has become a political group. Some groups spring up in Calabar and Akwa Ibom to distance the entire state from Biafra. Some of our brothers in the East, on seeing these, begin to fear that our unity will be herculean. Well, I write to correct it all. Self-determinism is what individuals, not political groups, do for themselves.

Back to these ersatz groups that claim they speak for the people. My dear brothers and sisters, these groups do not speak for anybody. Some of these associations have been balkanized by politics, making them the quiet extended arm of governments that become active whenever the people try to bring the activities of government to a halt. The rise of the agitation for restoration of Biafra is sufficient and necessary reason why these self-styled hitherto moribund associations have resumed action. None of them speak for the generality of their people. Besides, self-determination does not require REPRESENTATION, since each person in a clan, village, or community will be required to vote to STAY or LEAVE Nigeria in the referendum. The plebiscite does not even require voter's card, for even voice vote is acceptable.

So, my beloved Biafrans, don't be unsettled by the rantings of the NOISY MINORITY in South-South because there is a very quiet and enlightened MAJORITY praying fervently for the demise of Nigeria. We, the South-South IPOB, know what to do to reach them. The SILENT MAJORITY know, like we do, that politics cannot solve our problem. Do you even know that those that evince apathy over every Biafra issue do not have followers? None of them controls our region like Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, yet he is a very proud Biafran. I write as someone who dumped retrogressive politics for revolution, since I noticed to my dismay that the real problem bedeviling GROWTH and DEVELOPMENT in Biafra land is the kind of politics we play. Ours is a politics of recycled bad eggs; a politics OF the few corrupt BY the few corrupt, but FOR the majority. It has to die a quick death! I am tired of being ruled by people I should be teaching.

The Niger Delta Elders are the same people that whine and dine with the misgoverning government. The so-called regional associations are the unseen arm of government. The elders and members of these associations are politicians in the hood. Let me make it very clear that our associations in Niger Delta are funded by the government. Do you also know that our so-called elders do dramatised activism to gain government attention? It is the reason why most of them are inconsistent. Don't be dissuaded or dispirited by some of these things you hear from them. Nobody, no group/association speaks for us. Niger Deltans will decide when the time comes. The staccato of discordant reactions from the South-South confirms that our unity is what the North is scared of. We shall unite. The SILENT MAJORITY is waiting for us. Let us go at once.

It is not true that Niger Deltans hate their Igbo brothers and sisters. If it were, we would not be intermarrying and cohabiting in peace. Furthermore, unlike other regions, our sister regions have natural resources and share the same culture and religion. Is someone still finding it hard to believe that Niger Delta is Igbo writ large? We are ONE! I call on the National and State Coordinators of IPOB to work with me and intensify the reaching out programmes. The time is now.

All hail Biafra!
Forward ever, backward never.
Revolution without violence is our right.

Russell Idatoru Russell Bluejack is a thinker, revolutionary writer, university tutor, and socio-economic and political analyst that writes from Port Harcourt

Try to speak for your self next time. Don't say what you don't know.

chimeee:
u are wrong, am an igbo man the biafra we all envision is a country where peace, equity and prosperity shall reign

do you fdlk for this guy antics my dear don't let Yoruba play with you

ReubenE:
@bold
Ijaws are Biafrans because of the above? Maybe it is your clan of Ijaw.
Let me remind you, King Jaja being an Igbo does not make you a Biafran. The Ijaw kingdom of Opobo had long being in existence before the slave boy Jaja (not his birth name) was bought by the ruling house of Opobo. Jaja was only a slave boy that later rose to become an Ijaw man by acculturation.
My brother, if you're truly Ijaw as you claimed, you are not a Biafran by any means, except you wish to live as part of Biafra as an Ijaw man.
But let me warn you, the average Igbo man do not even see you and me as one of them, after all, we're not them. Ijaws and Igbos are only united by a common problem.

Let me not say some things here in order not to sound like an ethnic champion
Good day

I am not Biafran because king jaja of opobo is an igboman, I am a Biafra because God made me a Biafran. I only cited the case of King jaja to buttress my point on historical ties. You even threw more light to it by informing us that king jaja was an igbo slave boy who became ijaw by acculturation and went ahead to become a king.

My brother, for the fact that we are ijaw, we are Biafrans. Igbos are not the only people that are Biafrans. All of the us from the SS and SE are Biafrans by ancient culture and tradition. Let me give you some these culture and tradition: our mothers wear two pieces wrapper, we all have the four (4) market days (Eke, Orie, Afor, Ngwo) , most of our towns/villages have same naming pattern that points to our ancestry and progenitor like umu-eri in Anambra, Rumu-ola in Rivers state, Ikot-Ekpene in Akawi Ibom, ikot-ansa in calabar e t c. we share some names, Ekpe masquarade, okonko cult and obong cult practised by igbo people is indigenous to ibibio. They are many brother, you can deny from now to eternity but it does change the fact that God made you a Biafra.

I don't think I am interested in knowing the common problem that unite ijaw and igbo. We are one people.

pryme:
Try to speak for your self next time. Don't say what you don't know.

We had a meeting/sensitization conference yesterday in portharcourt, the turn out and the excitement was massive. The evangelism is spreading like a wild Biafra and we intend to get everyone on board including you my brother and in the end Biafra will come.

hatchy:
You just sit behind your keyboard and wrote this rubbish and post here.

Let me ask you; is it by force to belong to a group or country?
Why don't you and your Ipob consult other ethnic groups to know their stand than forcing them to belong to Biafra.

From this article there is no way you can claim to be Ijaw but Ipob disguised as a Niger deltan.

guy I've also noticed this things that IPOB isn't doing any consultation, and they keep declaring on the streets, IPOB hasn't even met the south South youths to determine the future, maybe they believe the south south is going to follow them blindly.

biafran1stson:
THE LOUD MINORITY VS THE SILENT MAJORITY IN SOUTH-SOUTH: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BIAFRA AGITATION

For some of us, the nay sayers in the South-South are more, since they are the ones that gambol like lambs whenever issues bordering on the restoration of Biafra pop up for confabulation. Well, I think you are wrong. My objective today is to do justice to the actual constituents of this noisy and self-acclaimed lot that paint the lugubrious picture that the Ijaw, Itsekiri, Urrhobo, Ibibio, Efik, Ikwerre, Orashi, Ogoni etc are not part of Biafra. I will tell you who these specious claimants are presently. Hold my hand and let us walk together as I do justice to the subject matter.

Let me blaze the trail by reminding you all that I am an Ijaw man from Bonny and Nkoro in Rivers State. I am tribally Ijaw, but nationally BIAFRA. Now, take note that I work with several Ijaw, Ikwerre and other tribes who share my national consciousness. I am sure you have noticed that some people call themselves names in their bid to dampen the spirit of our brothers and sisters in the East. Some bear the toga of Niger Delta Elders, same elders are become ghosts when our youths go on rampage. There are those that say they are IYC (Ijaw Youth Council), the same Ijaw association that has become a political group. Some groups spring up in Calabar and Akwa Ibom to distance the entire state from Biafra. Some of our brothers in the East, on seeing these, begin to fear that our unity will be herculean. Well, I write to correct it all. Self-determinism is what individuals, not political groups, do for themselves.

Back to these ersatz groups that claim they speak for the people. My dear brothers and sisters, these groups do not speak for anybody. Some of these associations have been balkanized by politics, making them the quiet extended arm of governments that become active whenever the people try to bring the activities of government to a halt. The rise of the agitation for restoration of Biafra is sufficient and necessary reason why these self-styled hitherto moribund associations have resumed action. None of them speak for the generality of their people. Besides, self-determination does not require REPRESENTATION, since each person in a clan, village, or community will be required to vote to STAY or LEAVE Nigeria in the referendum. The plebiscite does not even require voter's card, for even voice vote is acceptable.

So, my beloved Biafrans, don't be unsettled by the rantings of the NOISY MINORITY in South-South because there is a very quiet and enlightened MAJORITY praying fervently for the demise of Nigeria. We, the South-South IPOB, know what to do to reach them. The SILENT MAJORITY know, like we do, that politics cannot solve our problem. Do you even know that those that evince apathy over every Biafra issue do not have followers? None of them controls our region like Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, yet he is a very proud Biafran. I write as someone who dumped retrogressive politics for revolution, since I noticed to my dismay that the real problem bedeviling GROWTH and DEVELOPMENT in Biafra land is the kind of politics we play. Ours is a politics of recycled bad eggs; a politics OF the few corrupt BY the few corrupt, but FOR the majority. It has to die a quick death! I am tired of being ruled by people I should be teaching.

The Niger Delta Elders are the same people that whine and dine with the misgoverning government. The so-called regional associations are the unseen arm of government. The elders and members of these associations are politicians in the hood. Let me make it very clear that our associations in Niger Delta are funded by the government. Do you also know that our so-called elders do dramatised activism to gain government attention? It is the reason why most of them are inconsistent. Don't be dissuaded or dispirited by some of these things you hear from them. Nobody, no group/association speaks for us. Niger Deltans will decide when the time comes. The staccato of discordant reactions from the South-South confirms that our unity is what the North is scared of. We shall unite. The SILENT MAJORITY is waiting for us. Let us go at once.

It is not true that Niger Deltans hate their Igbo brothers and sisters. If it were, we would not be intermarrying and cohabiting in peace. Furthermore, unlike other regions, our sister regions have natural resources and share the same culture and religion. Is someone still finding it hard to believe that Niger Delta is Igbo writ large? We are ONE! I call on the National and State Coordinators of IPOB to work with me and intensify the reaching out programmes. The time is now.

All hail Biafra!
Forward ever, backward never.
Revolution without violence is our right.

Russell Idatoru Russell Bluejack is a thinker, revolutionary writer, university tutor, and socio-economic and political analyst that writes from Port Harcourt

silent majority is inconsequential

biafran1stson:
We had a meeting/sensitization conference yesterday in portharcourt, the turn out and the excitement was massive. The evangelism is spreading like a wild Biafra and we intend to get everyone on board including you my brother and in the end Biafra will come.

Am not saying you won't get a lot of support, but you will never find sensible ppl supporting this scam.

pryme:
Am not saying you won't get a lot of support, but you will never find sensible ppl supporting this scam.

What is your own definition of sensible people?

mikolo80:
silent majority is inconsequential

Time will tell

biafran1stson:
Time will tell

always has been always will be

biafran1stson:
Time will tell

always has been always will be.gotta speak up

feelgoodInc:
guy I've also noticed this things that IPOB isn't doing any consultation, and they keep declaring on the streets, IPOB hasn't even met the south South youths to determine the future, maybe they believe the south south is going to follow them blindly.

No, you are wrong. Ijaw people are members of IPOB, they are the one doing the evangelism. The National co-ordinator of IPOB in Nigeria is an Ijaw. The continental rep of IPOB in Africa is Ikwerre man.