Chiwude:
Welldone Spyder! But I think you need to moderate this thread well. They are so many frustrated IPOB members here who have come to use this place to vent their anger. The purpose of this thread is Igbo unity towards forging a rational political and economic front. IPOB member are so emotionally attached to Nnamdi Kanu that they won't mind berating our leaders and insulting anyone against their thoughts. This should not be allowed in this place. The Igbo interest is obviously more bigger than any attachment to Nnamdi Kanu and his followers. And issues we should be discussing in this thread are issues that can push us back to national reckoning.
1. Igbo unity
2. Igbo economic growth
3. Igbo cohesion among brothers from the 10 Igbo domiciled states. (5 South east states, Delta, Rivers and others)
4. Igbo presidency
5. Igbo interest in the 2019 election and beyond.
6. Igbo infrastructural development
7. Key infrastructure i.e. Seaport project
8. Igbo culture and tourism
9. Igbo educational advancement
10. Igbo in diaspora
11. Igbo entrepreneurship and ICT growth
12. Igbo language development
13. Igbo music and films
14. Igbo relationship and handshake with other ethnicities.

These are key issues we should be discussing here. Thanks.

Thank you my brother.

I am Yoruba, if we go to the usual banter across the river this thread would already have either been closed or a lot of people banned....sometimes both would happen.

My presence here is to share and hopefully attract ideas from non-Igbos to also share what is good and beneficial. I like your summation that Igbo is bigger than any sub-identity identifying under the Igbo nation.

These 14 things you itemized are a must-do for you to rise again. Particularly, concentration on your political awakening. You need a network of home-grown technocrats and professionals that hold loyalty to the homeland.

Yorubas have adapted geo-politics to its advantage. Yorubaland cuts across regions. We shy away from contentions about territorial ownership or religious identity, we focus instead on language and cultural identity.... sponsoring cultural ties in Kwara and Kogi for instance, and even in Warri. We demonstrate the cultural bond through economy, security and politics. We classify it under the umbrella of YORUBA COMMONWEALTH.

It might not be a bad idea to have Igbo Commonwealth uniting the mainstream with its frontiers.

horsepower101:



Very informative video

I also watched that video and searched for use of solar power around the world.The will be the next thing bigger than oil in Nigeria. Once we figure out the right battery sizes to store the electricity to cover well for night usage.

Surprisingly, even countries like Australia with some of the cheapest electricity bills have high and growing use of solar powered home electricity systems!

spyder880:
Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you to our forum. In this forum, we shall be discoursing the political and economic progress of the eastern parts of Nigeria with a view to finding a united viewpoint on many of the issues affecting the whole region, and the nation at large.

The Igbo people of Nigeria are known from the pre colonial era to be great farmers and traders who practised one of most beautiful forms of leadership styles in the world. The Igbos, although without any highly recognizable rulers were able to conduct their societies in peace and prosperity through some of the best laws in Africa, enforceable by youths, with the command of titled elders who make decisions on what is right or wrong. Punishment for offences are known and are meted out to the offenders without bias.

The coming of the white man brought with it a lot of changes to the established way of life of the Igbo nation and the whole of the region. Warrant chiefs were appointed to oversee a lot of areas, mainly as a way to enforce taxation of adults and enforcement of British laws on the populace. This change brought with it the need to go to school, and Igbos embraced education in their numbers. Education in turn brought enlightenment, and on the flip side, a tradition of societal problems, like the abandonment of our communities to pursue education, employment and opportunities outside the region.

The Igbo nation has fared well in many areas, but a lot of work still needs to be done to keep the whole region on the part of progress. We need to keep tabs on our political leadership, we need to push them towards the policies which will guarantee our political and economic survival, and increased pace of development. We need to push them to create the enabling environment we need for industrialisation, which will bring employment and keep our youths occupied and wealthy.

BIAFRA is what we are after

Nothing more nothing less

Good morning, my brothers and sisters from the indomitable Igbo tribe of eastern Nigeria. I have read your submissions with utmost attention and it resonates with a strong pounding thought in me of recent. But we have said so much and yet nothing on ground to match our knowledge base which many have poured out here. I think it is my Eureka moment and I therefore want to put my money/action where my mouth is. It will be geared towards our emancipation and all of the great contributors to this thread will be called upon shortly to become part of a great renaissance. Stay tuned!
To start with please someone should recommend a web developer that knows his craft and will not cost me my net worth. I will contact him and it will be the beginning of an era...

horsepower101:
@ Cjrane2 and handsomegod, really good points. It's has gotten to a point that solar is now the only viable option. The solar economy is growing and ndigbo need to tap into it now.

Smart Igbo businessmen can start by importing parts now, then later manufacture components locally when there is a stronger market for it. This is a future money maker that I don't want our people to ignore.

Solar energy is the future! If it's on importation of its components, we have countless people keying into this. The bulk of importers of solar panels and batteries at Tincan ports are Igbos. So it's a fact that we control this market. But the cost of importing it into the country seems to be much costly as well as the bottlenecks involved in clearing them. So I think it will be a good idea if these solar components are manufactured locally.

Chiwude:
Solar energy is the future! If it's on importation of its components, we have countless people keying into this. The bulk of importers of solar panels and batteries at Tincan ports are Igbos. So it's a fact that we control this market. But the cost of importing it into the country seems to be much costly as well as the bottlenecks involved in clearing them. So I think it will be a good idea if these solar components are manufactured locally.

Correct!!!Local production is truly the key.

If we can find a way to attract Chinese investors with manufacturing knowledge of solar panels to came at partner with a manufacturing firm in nnewi or Aba, it would bring an energy revolution overnight and create over 100,000 new jobs in the energy industry.

Those making and installing solar panels will be making more money than those working in the oil industry..

I just love this man, Prof Uzodinma Nwala. The thrust of his lecture is on the increasing awareness of our identity as Igbo regardless of the limitations Nigeria has tried to place on us; as well as the need for all ethnic groups to have their space and not feel restrained, cheated or oppressed if Nigeria is to survive and work well.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYytPWdmcys

joeisreal:
Good morning, my brothers and sisters from the indomitable Igbo tribe of eastern Nigeria. I have read your submissions with utmost attention and it resonates with a strong pounding thought in me of recent. But we have said so much and yet nothing on ground to match our knowledge base which many have poured out here. I think it is my Eureka moment and I therefore want to put my money/action where my mouth is. It will be geared towards our emancipation and all of the great contributors to this thread will be called upon shortly to become part of a great renaissance. Stay tuned!
To start with please someone should recommend a web developer that knows his craft and will not cost me my net worth. I will contact him and it will be the beginning of an era...

Joe, has anyone got back to you yet on your request? And can you give us an idea of what exactly it is you have 'baking in the oven'?

One of the great musicians from Igboland was buried last month. May his soul rest in peace.

The road works from Enugu-Port Harcourt express is also ongoing. The road cuts through parts of Imo and Abia states.

spyder880:
The road works from Enugu-Port Harcourt express is also ongoing. The road cuts through parts of Imo and Abia states.

Spyder, you know the company doing this job? The work they're doing looks like a patch-patch job! Just look at the ugly, ignored median, is it going to be left like that?

A complete overhaul and reconstruction like JB is doing on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is what should be done here. I can get you costings and the name of the contractor for that job, but funnily enough i can't for the Enugu-Port Harcourt one!

Just to buttress the assertions on my last post:

http://www.punchng.com/lagos-ibadan-road-fg-considers-increasing-scope-of-work-to-n300bn/

Pics of ongoing JB construction of the L-I expressway.

Xander85:


Spyder, you know the company doing this job? The work they're doing looks like a patch-patch job! Just look at the ugly, ignored median, is it going to be left like that?

A complete overhaul and reconstruction like JB is doing on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is what should be done here. I can get you costings and the name of the contractor for that job, but funnily enough i can't for the Enugu-Port Harcourt one!

I think this section is being done by Arab contractors, but I will get the name later. The work is very slow.

Xander85:


Spyder, you know the company doing this job? The work they're doing looks like a patch-patch job! Just look at the ugly, ignored median, is it going to be left like that?

A complete overhaul and reconstruction like JB is doing on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is what should be done here. I can get you costings and the name of the contractor for that job, but funnily enough i can't for the Enugu-Port Harcourt one!

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They are doing the median section. I think they started somewhere close to Umuahia and working their way down to Enugu.

They need gutter in between though.

I still have preference for the roads done parallel but separately than the ones divided in the median.

The ones done with the median divider are preferable for inner cities' highways.

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Xander85:


Spyder, you know the company doing this job? The work they're doing looks like a patch-patch job! Just look at the ugly, ignored median, is it going to be left like that?

A complete overhaul and reconstruction like JB is doing on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is what should be done here. I can get you costings and the name of the contractor for that job, but funnily enough i can't for the Enugu-Port Harcourt one!

That's Arab contractors

spyder880:
Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you to our forum.

Who built this edifice?

Abagworo:


Who built this edifice?

I had asked this question before in my blog, and didn't get any answers. I am sure it was built between 2007-2015, even me that lives in Enugu didn't know the exact time they completed the building. Beautiful edifice.

Abagworo:


Who built this edifice?

I heard that it was Rochas.

Lol. Just passing.

horsepower101:


I heard that it was Rochas.

horsepower101:


I heard that it was Rochas.

Rochas Okorocha built it not hearsay. He built it with his personal money and in Enugu not Ogboko his village or Owerri his State capital. In future the Igbo will get to know those who were used to play divide and rule in Igboland and those who love and fought for Igbo interest in Nigeria.

Xander85:
Just to buttress the assertions on my last post:

http://www.punchng.com/lagos-ibadan-road-fg-considers-increasing-scope-of-work-to-n300bn/

Pics of ongoing JB construction of the L-I expressway.

Oga just spell it out as Lagos - Ibadan. All these shortcuts, i almost thought this was a picture of construction in LI, Italy. I wanted to scream it was fake, this wasn't Italy until it occurred to me you must have meant Lagos - Ibadan!

Abagworo:


Rochas Okorocha built it not hearsay. He built it with his personal money and in Enugu not Ogboko his village or Owerri his State capital. In future the Igbo will get to know those who were used to play divide and rule in Igboland and those who love and fought for Igbo interest in Nigeria.

This must be true as no other person or government has said its their work. Am sure if its Enugu state government project, I would have heard about it as they will use it to campaign. Kudos to Rochas Okorocha.

spyder880:


This must be true as no other person or government has said its their work. Am sure if its Enugu state government project, I would have heard about it as they will use it to campaign. Kudos to Rochas Okorocha.

What's the building for?

InyinyaAgbaOku:


What's the building for?

It must be for meetings, conferences and seminars which needs the attendance of many Igbos drawn from all over. The building is near the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu. That's what I think.

Naturally, I'm not in support of inviting non Igbo Nigerians to come and contribute here, no matter how genuine their intentions or contributions sound.
Nothing good can come from such contributions.

Ojukwu had Aluko, a man he trusted for ideas and shared plans with, we all know how it ended.

Even though this is not the right platform for this discussion, but I suggest we limit acceptable contributions to only Igbos.
We can't stop any none Igbo from contributing, but we can always ignore their contributions by not quoting them.

And as for IPOB thing. IPOB control a large chunk of the Igbo Youth, and since the Youths are the real drivers of any productive society, it doesn't make sense to say that we shouldn't discuss about IPOB and their agitations here, after all, their agitation has real political and economic implications for Alaigbo.

My advice is that we keep it all in moderation. Let's not convert this to another war zone thread.

Ndewonu!

InyinyaAgbaOku:


What's the building for?

The building should not be completed and left abandoned until whenever there is an igbo meeting.

They should keep it in constant use by allowing people use it for wedding reception and other social events for a small fee. That way, the facilities are kept alive and the area constantly cleaned.

Igboid:
Naturally, I'm not in support of inviting non Igbo Nigerians to come and contribute here, no matter how genuine their intentions or contributions sound.
Nothing good can come from such contributions.

Ojukwu had Aluko, a man he trusted for ideas and shared plans with, we all know how it ended.

Even though this is not the right platform for this discussion, but I suggest we limit acceptable contributions to only Igbos.
We can't stop any none Igbo from contributing, but we can always ignore their contributions by not quoting them.

And as for IPOB thing. IPOB control a large chunk of the Igbo Youth, and since the Youths are the real drivers of any productive society, it doesn't make sense to say that we shouldn't discuss about IPOB and their agitations here, after all, their agitation has real political and economic implications for Alaigbo.

My advice is that we keep it all in moderation. Let's not convert this to another war zone thread.

Ndewonu!

GBAM!
I 100% agree with you.
Some of them coming here have mischievous ulterior motive. I was in a thread and suddenly out of nowhere one of the guys that i have now confirmed to be Fulani said "Abakaliki people" are inferior. That quickly thread the thread to the dogs. When i researched his previous posts, i realized he was indeed either Hausa or Fulani pretending to be Igbo. These people have not a single positive or good wish for anyone who isn't from their group. That is why i HATE Nigeria so much.

Igboid:
Naturally, I'm not in support of inviting non Igbo Nigerians to come and contribute here, no matter how genuine their intentions or contributions sound.
Nothing good can come from such contributions.

Ojukwu had Aluko, a man he trusted for ideas and shared plans with, we all know how it ended.

Even though this is not the right platform for this discussion, but I suggest we limit acceptable contributions to only Igbos.
We can't stop any none Igbo from contributing, but we can always ignore their contributions by not quoting them.

And as for IPOB thing. IPOB control a large chunk of the Igbo Youth, and since the Youths are the real drivers of any productive society, it doesn't make sense to say that we shouldn't discuss about IPOB and their agitations here, after all, their agitation has real political and economic implications for Alaigbo.

My advice is that we keep it all in moderation. Let's not convert this to another war zone thread.

Ndewonu!

Good thinking...with exceptions nonetheless. Everything Igbo attracts extensive needless mixed attention,online and offline. It is a burden we must bear as a race. Only Ime-obi meetings can be free of these needless intrusions.It will sadly continue,moreso when it is on virtual space. Some of these intruders have also evolved over time so much that they emit Igboid nuances and give positive impressions until a single slip gives them away for the intruders they are. IPOB is Igbo and Igbo is IPOB. Those fellas are the real heroes we can see. They put their lives and resources for the single purpose of Igbo restoration and freedom from this chocking pit. Many of the them have paid the supreme price.The aftermath of Python dance and the double standards of the current set up should radicalize us all already They are far too gone to retrace their steps and will be the catalyst for further concessions if the current tempo is further sustained. Such highly organised,passionate and patriotic, selfless mass of men and women remain our biggest asset in this boiling cauldron Nigeria has become. All beautiful ideas we propose here will still be better appreciated within the context of either an autonomous or better still a free and independent Igbo nation,which remains the cardinal goal of IPOB. Again,we cannot gain in the current Nigeria set up by playing safe.Have we all been cowered to the extent we are now almost denying ourselves and brothers just to appear good and bloody politically correct? You still see some Igbos talking about Igbo presidency and all manner of inanities without giving a thought that even King Solomon will perish under the current structure. The prevailing anomalies and fulani arrogance should radicalize all of us already. Nigeria is gone and it has further degenerated to group (tribal) struggle for supremacy. Again,if the west can line up behind lesser criedible and self seeking perjurers,drug addicts and ex-convicts for direction and the north are currently using Boko Haram and Herdsmen as strategic levers of power,then what the heck are we doing trying to play safe and apologetic to the point nearly denying our brothers? Someone here is at the verge of proposing we censor the word IPOB and Biafra!! God forbid! Let the beautiful and forceful ideas here scare and put the brigands to flight. Making this goal a reality is our generational mandate. Happy weekend from the other side!

I agree that outsiders shouldn't be given the opportunity to poke their nose into our business. This thread is for Ndigbo in Nigeria and our way forward. IPOB can fight for the restoration of Biafra, no problem about that, but when it comes to issues that concerns our wellbeing in this country, they should give us the space to talk about it meaningfully. We can't bow to the submissions of some of our brothers who want to play on our emotions again. Because it's obvious that IPOB don't know how to wage their wars and such low level intellectuality, thuggery and dictatorial tendencies among its ranks seems to be against free speech to the generality of Ndigbo. We were almost doomed by an unprepared war the last time we allowed a man lead us to our doom. All because of the plot that anyone speaking against Nnamdi Kanu is an enemy of Biafra. So emotions should be separated from our interest in Nigeria.
Whether we like to admit it or not we are still in Nigeria. We remain Nigerians until the country dissolves on its own. The Fulani herdsmen are doing the job well in that aspect and we should be grateful to them. So, we cannot watch by the sidelines and forfeit our rights to others because IPOB wants us to remain in isolation. For how long are we to remain in isolation until our dream Biafra comes, maybe in the next 40 years when all ethnicity have taken turns to rule this country and when they finally carry out their evil intentions against us because of our isolation policy. Igboland deserves key infrastructure like seaport and others, and until we force ourselves into the bargaining chip that we can get those things done in our lands. Sorry IPOB we are not backing out on Igbo Presidency and other developmental strides I listed earlier. IPOB can be supported to fight for Biafra, but when it comes to national issues, they should give us space to fight for our rights. Someone said the west lined up against a non-credible candidate, yes they did and it paid off. And if we are foolish again, they will play the same game again and rub us of our slot to the presidency come 2023. So we should smart and play the game right.

Chiwude:
I agree that outsiders shouldn't be given the opportunity to poke their nose into our business. This thread is for Ndigbo in Nigeria and our way forward. IPOB can fight for the restoration of Biafra, no problem about that, but when it comes to issues that concerns our wellbeing in this country, they should give us the space to talk about it meaningfully. We can't bow to the submissions of some of our brothers who want to play on our emotions again. Because it's obvious that IPOB don't know how to wage their wars and such low level intellectuality, thuggery and dictatorial tendencies among its ranks seems to be against free speech to the generality of Ndigbo. We were almost doomed by an unprepared war the last time we allowed a man lead us to our doom. All because of the plot that anyone speaking against Nnamdi Kanu is an enemy of Biafra. So emotions should be separated from our interest in Nigeria.
Whether we like to admit it or not we are still in Nigeria. We remain Nigerians until the country dissolves on its own. The Fulani herdsmen are doing the job well in that aspect and we should be grateful to them. So, we cannot watch by the sidelines and forfeit our rights to others because IPOB wants us to remain in isolation. For how long are we to remain in isolation until our dream Biafra comes, maybe in the next 40 years when all ethnicity have taken turns to rule this country and when they finally carry out their evil intentions against us because of our isolation policy. Igboland deserves key infrastructure like seaport and others, and until we force ourselves into the bargaining chip that we can get those things done in our lands. Sorry IPOB we are not backing out on Igbo Presidency and other developmental strides I listed earlier. IPOB can be supported to fight for Biafra, but when it comes to national issues, they should give us space to fight for our rights. Someone said the west lined up against a non-credible candidate, yes they did and it paid off. And if we are foolish again, they will play the same game again and rub us of our slot to the presidency come 2023. So we should smart and play the game right.

Chiwude Nwanne. Thanks for keeping the discussion clean. I totally appreciate. Just a few views and am done. You gave your reasons for continual attachment to Nigerian politics and Igbo presidency project in particular and it was logical and sound. I totally agree we also should appropriate the benefits of this imperfect union until it dies or rejigged. You still ended up taking jabs on IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu and I found that highly distasteful. Events have since proved them fully right. You cast apersion on the intellectual depth of your brothers and sisters but right there in Abuja is your president who does not posses the most basic qualification and has so far been a disaster. We should stop trying to make sense of appear decent in Nigeria. It is a hopelessly tribal enclave The rule is simple: Grab all you can and safeguard your tribe like a Lioness guards the pride of cubs! How many northern leaders condemned the herdsmen and Boko Haram inspite of the monumental carnage they have wrought on this nation so far? I stand to be corrected. Which Niger Delta leader condemned avengers? Before Nnamdi Kanu came into the picture,Nigeria was at war with herself. Nnamdi has since been assassinated and Nigeria has plunged futher into monumental genocide at supposed peace time.Nnamdi has since been justified over and over. It still beats me how you failed to see that IPOB possess the nuisance value to force the hand of the Lords of this zoo to concede to Igbo whims and attract benefits. The nuisance value fall out of June 12 gave Yoruba's the presidency via Obj. The nuisance value of Boko Haram and the violent disposition of the north was the major reason the rest of Nigeria conceded subconsciously to Buhari in 2015. Nigeria is a Mafian jungle. Only nuisances and unequal balance of terror and danger potentialities attract government attention and tribal privileges on a large scale. That was where Igbo leaders mismanaged IPOB's value. The amount of heat generated by IPOB at the height of their agitation catapulted restructuring and Igbo presidency to the front burner of Nigerian political discourse. Especially the former. It emboldened other minority group associations to start talking tough. IPOB was disbanded and proscribed. Operation Python Dance happened. Nnamdi was either taken prisoner or murdered and Nigeria is back to square one. Let this sink. It is well. #damn all typos

Handsomegod:
Chiwude Nwanne. Thanks for keeping the discussion clean. I totally appreciate. Just a few views and am done. You gave your reasons for continual attachment to Nigerian politics and Igbo presidency project in particular and it was logical and sound. I totally agree we also should appropriate the benefits of this imperfect union until it dies or rejigged. You still ended up taking jabs on IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu and I found that highly distasteful. Events have since proved them fully right. You cast apersion on the intellectual depth of your brothers and sisters but right there in Abuja is your president who does not posses the most basic qualification and has so far been a disaster. We should stop trying to make sense of appear decent in Nigeria. It is a hopelessly tribal enclave The rule is simple: Grab all you can and safeguard your tribe like a Lioness guards the pride of cubs! How many northern leaders condemned the herdsmen and Boko Haram inspite of the monumental carnage they have wrought on this nation so far? I stand to be corrected. Which Niger Delta leader condemned avengers? Before Nnamdi Kanu came into the picture,Nigeria was at war with herself. Nnamdi has since been assassinated and Nigeria has plunged futher into monumental genocide at supposed peace time.Nnamdi has since been justified over and over. It still beats me how you failed to see that IPOB possess the nuisance value to force the hand of the Lords of this zoo to concede to Igbo whims and attract benefits. The nuisance value fall out of June 12 gave Yoruba's the presidency via Obj. The nuisance value of Boko Haram and the violent disposition of the north was the major reason the rest of Nigeria conceded subconsciously to Buhari in 2015. Nigeria is a Mafian jungle. Only nuisances and unequal balance of terror and danger potentialities attract government attention and tribal privileges on a large scale. That was where Igbo leaders mismanaged IPOB's value. The amount of heat generated by IPOB at the height of their agitation catapulted restructuring and Igbo presidency to the front burner of Nigerian political discourse. Especially the former. It emboldened other minority group associations to start talking tough. IPOB was disbanded and proscribed. Operation Python Dance happened. Nnamdi was either taken prisoner or murdered and Nigeria is back to square one. Let this sink. It is well. #damn all typos

Well, thanks also for your decorum I appreciate it nwanne. We may not agree on everything but we will always agree on one thing. And that surely is the interest that binds us, "the Igbo interest". I think it was the late Senator Uche Chukwumerije during a speech he made a certain time ago, when he mandated the Igbo nation to use MASSOB as a tool or pressure group to achieve our aims in Nigeria. Chukwumerije observed that the west, niger-delta and north had at one time use certain groups to bend the government to their demands. Uwazuruike at that time bought into the idea and channeled his fight for the political and economic emancipation of Ndigbo in Nigeria. Now, when IPOB came there was this euphoria that at last a group that would bend the federal government and the Nigerian people to give in to our demands have arrived, no wonder our leaders at that time open their arms in welcome to the group. But rather than stick to the plot, Nnamdi Kanu a leader at such dire period deviated from the plot. After his release from jail, Kanu sought to bring anarchy to leadership in Igboland. First he went for the enemies - the north and west, later he went for our own political and traditional leaders, next he went for the our religious leaders, then the intellectuals and later he went for opposing voices. He even went as far as introducing radical Judaism as a new religion in Igboland to which other religion must bow to. And the worst among all he totally brainwashed our youths to believe in warfare as a way if peaceful means don't actualize Biafra.
They was no plan whatsoever in the case of a full blown war. In short, Kanu would have aided enemies to carry out their long term evil intention against us and destroy us for good had our ancestors not prevailed. Now in relation to other groups you mentioned the OPC's, MEND, Boko-Haram and Fulani Herdmen, how many times did they go contrary to the agenda of their masters or people. Did MEND insult its people and leaders? Are the Fulani herdsmen introducing Judaism into their existing culture and beliefs? Did OPC draw a map to include the minorities in their fight, or did they destroy its cultural practices, or did they fight against their presidential ambition in support of isolation? It is a well known fact that those three aforementioned group brought their ethnic groups into national reckoning, presidential positions and other juicy recognitions that they still enjoy today? Where did you think Nnamdi Kanu's leadership of IPOB would have taken us to? The answer is obvious, it would have taken us 50 years backward after the end of the civil war. Pitch every tribe against us, kill off our cultural heritage, send our people back home as refugees, turn our cities into Syrian type rubbles, kill our source of livelihood and destroy us completely, it would have ended the Igbo race with its naive strategy.
Kanu undermined the leaders that could have stood with him and chased shadows thinking that the UN would come to our rescue if a genocide starts again. There was no plan whatsoever, because Kanu in question lacks diplomacy and had no useful allies except for Isreal which weren't even a world power. Kanu was just dumb and his followers failed to notice it, that many use their bodies as human shield to send themselves to their early grave. So when we talk about a group for the interest of the Igbo nation please do not bring IPOB into it. Unless maybe it frees itself from the ideology and footstep of Nnamdi Kanu, elevate Igbo republicanism in its modus operandi and not the fascist method of Nnamdi Kanu, wash off the useless fraternity it tied itself through it's map with minorities, fight solely for our interest alone and take Nigeria head on just like others. If it fails to do this, then it means we won't take them serious and will as well revive MASSOB or any other new group to carry out our objectives.