jimyjames:


I can take you there if you want to

I'd ask around but you need to tell me where the park avenue is located in Enugu, I'm more conversant with Onitsha because that's where I live.

Area4Area:
I'd ask around but you need to tell me where the park avenue is located in Enugu, I'm more conversant with Onitsha because that's where I live.

No wonder u are asking all these unnecessary questions

mercyville:



Left to me,I want Nigeria to split. As the SE is
landlocked so also is the North ..
When Nigeria disintegrates the North will be a landlocked country with hostile Southern neighbors. ... The North can only rely on other landlocked countries like Niger and Chad....


The SS and SW are the very lucky regions in Nigeria .

I sincerely think Igbo should stop being so hateful to the other major tribes and start mending fences.Thanks.

Let me tell you something you may not know. Theres a big difference between being landlocked and having access to the sea. Both are not the same thing. London is a landlocked city but London handles majority of British shipping. That's because London has waterways that lead from it to ocean such the River Thames and the River Lea. London has several River ports and many barges.

Technology has gone far. Gone are the days when you need a big wharf by the ocean before you can import or export. All you need now are water ways and barges or crane mounted barges. Crane mounted barges can go out to sea, meet a coastliner, discharge or receive goods or containers and return to an inland River port without need for a wharf. One barge can carry hundreds of containers.

A River port can be built in Oguta in Imo or Obuaku in Abia, both Oguta and Obuaku both have tributaries that run from them to the Ocean. Onitsha in Anambra already has a River port

The SE might be landlocked, but it definitely has access to the Sea.

However, Igbo land exceeds the so called SE

Area4Area:
That number would include you since you want a repeat of 1967, this time would be worse than the Holocaust. Nobody wants a war but don't think the Nigerian state would agree to a dismemberment of her territory. See you fighting everywhere you mentioned when you'd have been shoved away from those places

You had to read it twice and go home and reflected on it before it slammed home, you are as useless as they come, that's why the country is the poverty capital of the world, the black race spits you out, you and ur type have held 200million ppl in poverty and disease and want.
Let's see as your sought after war will pan out.
Dog

jimyjames:


No wonder u are asking all these unnecessary questions

If you can't tell me where your park avenue is in Enugu then shove it, what if several of such all over Enugu? Just the neighbourhood and you're complaining

gidgiddy:


Let me tell you something you may not know. Theres a big difference between being landlocked and having access to the sea. Both are not the same thing. London is a landlocked city but London handles majority of British shipping. That's because London has waterways that lead from it to ocean such the River Thames and the River Lea. London has several River ports and many barges.

Technology has gone far. Gone are the days when you need a big wharf by the ocean before you can import or export. All you need now are water ways and barges or crane mounted barges. Crane mounted barges can go out to sea, meet a coastliner, discharge or receive goods or containers and return to an inland River port without need for a wharf. One barge can carry hundreds of containers.

A River port can be built in Oguta in Imo or Obuaku in Abia, both Oguta and Obuaku both have tributaries that run from them to the Ocean. Onitsha in Anambra already has a River port

The SE might be landlocked, but it definitely has access to the Sea.

However, Igbo land exceeds the so called SE

Your waterways would still lead into the open sea which is the Bight of Benin in the Atlantic, it belongs to Nigeria.
Are you going to trespass Nigerian territory if not asking for trouble?

amuwo1980:


You had to read it twice and go home and reflected on it before it slammed home, you are as useless as they come, that's why the country is the poverty capital of the world, the black race spits you out, you and ur type have held 200million ppl in poverty and disease and want.
Let's see as your sought after war will pan out.
Dog

Nobody wants a war and I wrote that in black and white in the post you quoted before you start blackmailing me of wanting a war against the Igbos. Must you guys always lie?

The bolded won't be tolerated, be guided

Area4Area:
Deny the truth as much as you want, the laws of Nigeria on foreigners would be applied to Biafrans once you get Biafra

Given the massive lose in quality human capital and the patriotic zeal for survival on the biafran side, my money would be on biafrans expanding their territory in 10-15 years just like isreal did in the middle east.

RTSC:

Given the massive lose in quality human capital and the patriotic zeal for survival on the biafran side, my money would be on biafrans expanding their territory in 10-15 years just like isreal did in the middle east.

Expanding into where, Nigeria? Lol.

Area4Area:
If you can't tell me where your park avenue is in Enugu then shove it, what if several of such all over Enugu? Just the neighbourhood and you're complaining

Lol you are dull my friend I can't waste my time with you, you have never been to Enugu the capital of Enugu, else you will know I just gave you the address, No 7 park Avenue GRA

jimyjames:


Lol you are dull my friend I can't waste my time with you, you have never been to Enugu the capital of Enugu, else you will know I just gave you the address, No 7 park Avenue GRA

E pain am, I guess you didn't see where I said I don't know Enugu much because I live in Onitsha and far more conversant with Onitsha.

Area4Area:
E pain am, I guess you didn't see where I said I don't know Enugu much because I live in Onitsha and far more conversant with Onitsha.

You don't know Enugu at all my friend, even this Onitsha you are mentioning up and down I bet you don't know

jimyjames:


You don't know Enugu at all my friend, even this Onitsha you are mentioning up and down I bet you don't know

I'll sell you in Onitsha dear, I did my internship in Enugu and relocated to this great city.

Area4Area:
I'll sell you in Onitsha dear

No doubt, nairaland Onitsha well done, you sound like a grave digger, pant seller, human body part Merchant, from the W side

jimyjames:


No doubt, nairaland Onitsha well done, you sound like a grave digger, pant seller, human body part Merchant, from the W side

Enough of the Enugu and Onitsha talk before we derail, thread is about what Igbos would lose if they decide to secede from Nigeria.

You don't need to tell me what you do for a living

Area4Area:
Expanding into where, Nigeria? Lol.

Don't worry.
Just pray Nigeria never divides.

Area4Area:
Your waterways would still lead into the open sea which is the Bight of Benin in the Atlantic, it belongs to Nigeria.
Are you going to trespass Nigerian territory if not asking for trouble?

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With an Independent Biafra, those waterways becomes "international Waters"

Malawian:
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With an Independent Biafra, those waterways becomes "international Waters"

lol, just as Ghanaians and Cameroonians can use Nigerian waterways today.

Area4Area:
Your waterways would still lead into the open sea which is the Bight of Benin in the Atlantic, it belongs to Nigeria.
Are you going to trespass Nigerian territory if not asking for trouble?

Not really. International law says that when a country is in entitled to a sea corridor if it is within 60 nautical miles of the sea. I know for a fact that parts of Imo and Bia are less than 20 nautical miles from the sea.

In the event that Biafra is declared, Nigeria is bound by Article 125 of the United Nation Convention On Laws Of The Sea(UNCLOS) to provide Biafra with a Sea corridor to move goods and humans. This is international law which if Nigeria breaks, Biafra will not only have the right to take Nigeria to court, Biafra will also have the to apply to the United Nation to place sanctions on Nigeria for breaking international law.

gidgiddy:


Not really. International law says that when a country is in entitled to a sea corridor if it is within 60 nautical miles of the sea. I know for a fact that parts of Imo and Bia are less than 20 nautical miles from the sea.

In the event that Biafra is declared, Nigeria is bound by Article 125 of the United Nation Convention On Laws Of The Sea(UNCLOS) to provide Biafra with a Sea corridor to move goods and humans. This is international law which if Nigeria breaks, Biafra will not only have the right to take Nigeria to court, Biafra will also have the to apply to the United Nation to place sanctions on Nigeria for breaking international law.

You are applying for recognition under indegenity rules for native people. Are you not aware of this?

So, once you are granted right of indigeneous independence you will be excluded from infringing or accessing or occupying or having claims to native lands and indigeneous groups outside Biafra.

The entry waters from sea up the delta into the hinterland belong to a indigeneous people and they are not Biafrans.

Those indigenes have claims like you do to have their space respected and excluded from your access.

Beside, even if you are given access, we will build gates at the sea entrance and toll your ships in and out.

Gidygiddy
When i have time im going to follow up and verify this rule you quoted.

I trust you but i have to inspect it and be sure no fast one is pulled.

MetaPhysical:


You are applying for recognition under indegenity rules for native people. Are you not aware of this?

So, once you are granted right of indigeneous independence you will be excluded from infringing or accessing or occupying or having claims to native lands and indigeneous groups outside Biafra.

The entry waters from sea up the delta into the hinterland belong to a indigeneous people and they are not Biafrans.

Those indigenes have claims like you do to have their space respected and excluded from your access.

Beside, even if you are given access, we will build gates at the sea entrance and toll your ships in and out.

I decided not to reply him because I've educated him on this topic on maritime and sea sovereignty but he prefers to repeat the lies as if it will become the truth with time

MetaPhysical:
Gidygiddy
When i have time im going to follow up and verify this rule you quoted.

I trust you but i have to inspect it and be sure no fast one is pulled.

No need stressing yourself, the case is simple.
Akwa-Cross and Ijaws are not going with Biafra nor forming any country,
If Biafrans ship their goods from say Onitsha, Oguta or Obuaku,
The ship gets to sea after passing through Ijaw and Kalabari land which are Nigerian,
The open sea Nigeria controls is 12 nautical miles(22.224 km) from her coast, that is Nigeria's territorial sea and how would Biafran ships pass through without any agreement or permission from Nigeria? Imagine passing through Nigerian land and sea territories and that one is shouting one treaty or the other.

Area4Area:
Nobody wants a war and I wrote that in black and white in the post you quoted before you start blackmailing me of wanting a war against the Igbos. Must you guys always lie?

The bolded won't be tolerated, be guided

Get the f**k off

jimyjames:


But you know asaba is owned by the anioma Igbo people, enuani , ika, ikwerre, epkeye, the oil rich places in river's and Delta are all occupied by Igboid tribes and all these tribes are members of the Igbo national Assembly now known as ohanaeze , Nigeria knows this, if Igbo is going to separate as a nation, all our Igboid tribes will be carved back to us like it was before, federal government devided it

We will be alright as an Igbo Nation if Nigeria should give us all our tribes

spot on bros fact!

Area4Area:
Go and get your landlocked Biafra surrounded by Nigeria and stop disturbing the rest of us.

I can count 20 so called landlocked countries right now off the top of my head that are far far far better than your Nigeria, don't even outdo yourself by sounding ignorant.

If Biafra goes, the country will be balkanized! The north understands this. Read about Yugoslavia and USSR breakup! Nigeria started with 3 regions, it has been broken to many states, this is a testament to the looming fragmentation

Area4Area:
Truth they say is a bitter pill, accept the fact that the emergence and survival of your Biafra greatly depends on the goodwill of Nigeria.
If no prior agreement then your Biafra is DOA, it's no rocket science.

Those groups you called out had told you that they are not interested in Biafra, not ready to get their own country and would always be Nigerians, are you angry because you now understand that you'd be surrounded by Nigeria?
You'd be an enclave in Nigeria so start dealing with that and ponder on the other points I've stated earlier.
You'd be deported from Nigeria to Biafra and that's where your nightmare starts.

I'm Ika and will definitely join Biafra! Any country where true federalism and meritocracy will be practice is where the future lies. With Hausa-Fulani calling the shots, Nigeria without Igbos cannot be better than Niger or Somalia and eventually Nigeria will be Islamised

Area4Area:
Igboland and your Biafra is landlocked and surrounded by Nigerian territory and there's nothing you can do about it.
Biafra can only succeed and survive if it has a firm agreement with Nigeria, failure to do that is death.
You can't use Nigerian seaports without any agreement with her, your claim on PH is null and void, stop deceiving yourself and others.

Most Ika, Ikwerre, Igbanke and even Anioma people have denied being called Igbos and you go on claiming their territory causing more hate for Igbos. Go and steal PH na and let's see what the owners would tell you, you better ask people what happened to Igbos in the city during the war and stop deceiving yourself.

Okowa of Delta state and Wike of Rivers state are Ika and Ikwerre respectively, their people detaste that Igbo affiliation so stop the attaché by force, it doesn't help your cause.

Awolowo, Amadu Bello, Enahoro, Balewa all wanted seccession clause but only one man Zik opposed them and had his way? What kind of fuckery is this? If this is true it shows they were extremely weak leaders!

mauriceju2:
WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausafulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their third class citizen status of Nigeria. In their perpetual attempts to a play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgement were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria. 
The story told in the post above is one of such selective and distorted accounts of history which the average Igbo man is fond of. 
However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning from even before 1914. I will therefore proceed to furnish this house with the complete story for all to read and be endowed with enough facts so as to judge from an informed position.

Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done by colonial fiat without the consent of the different tribes which were over 300. This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended. 
To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as "The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country". 
Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be a called a country let alone a nation. Awolowo added that if the amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any other tribe. 

But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, termed them ethnic champions, accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and declared that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable. 

After moving motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constipation of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future. According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance. But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria. At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, buy Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constipation. While Azikiwe did all this, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribe 

Before independece, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in. But Azikiwe kicked demonized him too. Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.

For those in doubt, here is a link of one of the numerous instances in which Nnamdi Azikiwe fought against the secession clause proposal for the future Nigeria constitution. 


https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/06/my-opposition-to-secession-zik/

It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.

Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe. (The first Nigerian tribe to produce a university graduate is the Binis).
As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here are some quotes: 
"From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"..... Nnamdi Azikiwe (1945).

"It is getting clearer each day that Igbo domination of Nigeria is just a question of time"... Oscar Onyeamma. (1949)
As at 1900, the whole of the present Benue State, Kogi East Senatorial District and some southern parts of Taraba State called Munchi District back then; were all in the Southern Protectorate. Whoever doubts this should consult MacMillan Atlas for secondary schools in Nigeria. 
With that situation the South had a higher population than the North hence always had an upper hand in any democratic bargain. 
But as at the early fifties when the regions were being created, common sense dictated clearly that these areas should fall in the future Eastern Region. But against common sense, the colonial masters decided to gerrymander them into the Northern Region. While they did that, the Azikiwe who was supposed to be in Enugu fighting against it as the leader of the East, was far away in Ibadan struggling with Awolowo to rule the Western Region and also playing the spoiler role against Awolowo's attempts to have Kwara and present Kogi Yorubas carved into the Western Region from the North which was already too large by landmass.
While he abandoned his burning house and was far away in Ibadan struggling against Awolowo for his own (Awolowo's) region, Igbos saw absolutely nothing wrong with that. Rather they applauded him as a nationalist. A nationalist whose house was burning yet busy chasing rats in a far away land.
When opinions became unanimous that Lord Luggard and his government must be forced out of Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was still the Igbos that frustrated the attempts. Here is how: 
In 1948, Anthony Enahoro organized an anti-colonization symposium in Lagos for which Azikiwe and some other Igbos had agreed to deliver the keynote address. 
But when the D-day came, Azikiwe was nowhere to be found as he deliberately disappeared into thin air for fear of being arrested and dealt with by Lord Luggard. 
Anthony Enahoro then quickly replaced Azikiwe with another person who did the job improptu but perfectly well as he lambasted and lampooned Lord Luggard and the British Government. However, the British soldiers invaded the symposium venue, arrested the speaker and Enahoro and jailed them for treasonable felony. 
Ironically, the next day Azikiwe came out of hiding and granted a radio interview in which he accused Enahoro and the other organizers of suffering from youthful exhuberance. 
On regaining his freedom few weeks later and being told of Azikiwe's radio interview, Enahoro resigned from his post as Editor of Azikiwe's newspaper - The West African Pilot. 
Then he wrote a book titled "Nnamdi Azikiwe: Sinner of Saint". 
After laughing the book, Enahoro left Azikiwe's party - the NCNC, and moved over to Awolowo's Action Group.
The first military coup in Nigeria was carried out by majority Igbo army officers. That was the coup that truncated democracy just six years post Independence and led to a succession of coups which put the country on the reverse gear for 33 years. 
Through that first coup, those Igbo army officers who accused the politicians and government of the day of monumental corruption, killed the political leaders of the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions but allowed all Igbo political figures escape by tipping them off prior to the D-Day. In addition to the killing of political figures, they also killed a total of 27 innocent high ranking military officers from every region except their Eastern Region. 
In the end an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers, ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria. Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heros. This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War. On the 23rd of February 1966 (i.e. a month and 8 days after the first coup porpularly but wrongly known as Nzeogwu coup, an Ijaw born Army officer called Isaac Adaka Boro who hailed from Kaima town of present Bayelsa State, declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic in an attempt to free his Ijaw people from the monumental marginalization they had been suffering under Igbos in the old Eastern Region. 
But Aguiyi Ironsi immediately ordered Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu to arrest him and hand him over to the military high command under him in Lagos. Ojukwu went all out against Isaac Adaka Boro with federal military might and within 12 fighting days killed 150 Isaac Boro's soldiers, arrested him, stripped him Unclad, and had him driven to Lagos and handed to Ironsi who immediately charged him to court and within two months secured against him a conviction of treasonable felony for which he was sentenced to death by hanging fixed for December that year by the Supreme Court. His 'crime' was that he declared secession of The Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria. Meanwhile the Igbo coupists who shed innocent blood of other tribes and even sprayed bullets into the bellies of the pregnant wives of Ahmadu Bello and Brigadier Shodeinde were not charged to court or arraigned before any military tribunal. 

Isaac Adaka Boro was in detention waiting for December to come for him to join his ancestors. But God so kind, a revenge coup happened on July 29 by Northern soldiers and Ironsi was overthrown and killed. Gowon took over and released Isaac Adaka Boro unconditionally, reinstated him into the Army with his previous rank. 
Then on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu too declared secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria and without consulting or apologising to Isaac Boro's, drew a Biafra map which included the very areas that made up Isaac Adaka Boro's earlier declared Niger Delta Republic for which he fought against him and killed his soldiers. 
Seeing such level of arrogance in Ojukwu, Isaac Boro asked Gowon to provide arms for him to crush Biafra by fighting on the Nigerian side in vengeance for Ojukwu's frustration of his own secession declaration 15 months earlier. 
Isaac Boro, as an Ijaw man conversant with the waterways, led the Nigeria Army through the coastal areas into Igbo land to finish off thousands of Ojukwu's soldiers thus leading to the crushing defeat of Biafra. 
But today, Igbos accuse Ijaws of betraying them in the war. But from the facts as above, who really betrayed the other in all honesty? Be the judge.
Why Gowon fought against Ojukwu's declaration of Biafra was as follows: 
After Ironsi and Ojukwu successfully crushed Isaac Boro's Niger Delta Republic declaration, Ironsi immediately proceeded to promulgate the Anti-secession Decree which made the mere mention of secession from Nigeria punishable with death by hanging. Ojukwu openly supported and endorsed the decree despite disapproval of it by the general public. So when Ojukwu later declared Biafra secession, he was reminded of the Anti-secession Decree made by him and his brother Ironsi.
Deadly Truth: Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest Nigerian tribes don't honour agreements. This is a very dishonest narrative from Igbos. 
First and foremost Aburi Accord was organized by soldiers and unelected civil servants who should not participate in political exercises like making laws due to the civil service anonymity principle. Secondly, those civil servants and military men in attendance were not elected by their federal constituencies to the Aburi summit. In the philosophy of democracy the only universally acceptable way of making laws is through duly elected representatives of the people. But in going to Aburi the peoples' representatives duly elected in the 1965 elections were all sidelined for soldiers to hijacked the process. Where on earth do soldiers make laws for the people? Rather the civilian populace makes laws that guide the military. Aburi Accord therefore had no seal of the people's sovereignty hence it was an illegality which shouldn't have been allowed to stand. 
Thirdly, in 1957, Nigerians from all federal constituencies democratically elected representatives whom they sponsored to London, paid their flight tickets and hotel accommodation for the Independence constitutional conference. Those representatives all resolved and agreed on federalism marked by regional autonomy and resource control in the Independence constitution which they brought back home and everyone accepted it.
In that constitution, Nigerians all agreed that on no account shall the military take over power. It was also clearly stated in it that ammendments to it could be done by only democratically elected respresentatives. 
That constitution was the first ever agreement between all Nigerians. 
On the day of his inauguration as the Army GoC, Aguiyi Ironsi stood before the whole world and with his own mouth swore to protect and defend that sovereign Independence constitution regardless of the circumstances that may later arise. But just six years after he manufactured an excuse to clinic power against the clear provisions of that constitution we all agreed to, unilaterally began to amnend its provisions with his very offensive Decrees, and ended up dismantling the federalism and resource control therein, and ultimately subverted that constitution we all painstakingly sacrificed to draft. That was the height of irresponsibly and dishonoring of sacred agreement. That was how Igbos breached the first agreement we ever all mutually consented to, thus laying the foundation for violation of future agreements. So Aburi Accord was only treated exactly the same way Igbos treated the Independence constitution agreement.
Obasanjo removed history from d school curriculum hence d reason why many of wat we know of d eventualities in Biafra war were altered to suite their narratives

How Zik Handed Over Control Of Others In Nigeria To Fulani Oligarchy.

A few days ago, I got a message from a Young Yoruba citizen. He writes and I quote: 

"I believe Fulani is Yoruba's number one enemy which we all knew how the British handed over Nigeria to them."

This is not the truth. The British did not hand over Nigeria to the Fulani. 

Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 12 December 1959. The result was a hung parliament with no clear majority to form a government. 

Zik's National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC), came first with 2,594,577 votes to get 81 seats.

Awolowo's Action Group (AG), came second with 1,992,364 votes to get only 73 seats. 

However, the Ahmadu Bello's Northern People's Congress (NPC), came a distant third with 1,922,179 votes to get 134 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives despite getting less public votes. 

The above three major political parties in the election did not get enough number of the seats to form a government. An alliance had to be formed to determine who would rule. 

It was a no brainer that Zik's NCNC and Awolowo's Action Group should make a coalition government as they came first and second respectively. Awolowo, then humbled himself and volunteered to be a Deputy Prime Minister or Finance Minister in a coalition government with Zik as the Prime Minister. This was because the Zik's NCNC party had more public votes and seats than the Awolowo's Action Group. 

Zik invited Awolowo’s team to Asaba, the gateway between the Yoruba's Western Region and the Igbo's Eastern Region to hold coalition talks. The talks were a clever ruse to keep Action Group’s hopes high, so that Action Group would be kept distracted from meeting with other minor parties for talks, including: Northern Elements Progressive Union with 8 seats; Mobolaje Grand Alliance with 6 seats; Igala Union with 4 seats; Independents Candidates with 4 seats; Igbira Tribal Union with 4 seats and the Niger Delta Congress with 1 seat.

Whilst the Action Group team was waiting in Asaba for a meeting with the NCNC, they read in the news that Zik and the NCNC had gone up North and clinched the deal with Ahmadu Bello on forming a coalition government with the NPC.

Tafawa Balewa, a Fulani, would be the Prime Minister of Nigeria while Zik would be the figure head Governor-General. Even Nkrumah of Ghana was shocked. He asked Zik why having spent so much energy fighting for colonial emancipation and then settling for a toothless bulldog role when Nigeria needed him the most.

Zik wrote in his autobiography why he did not form a coalition government with Awolowo.

In 1947, with over £13,500 raised from the Yoruba people and given to the NCNC, Zik had led other six prominent NCNC delegates to London to protest the “obnoxious laws” of Governor Arthur Richards. The trip ended in failure with backbiting, abuses and accusation of theft against Zik. Zik’s opponents at the NCNC, accused him of squandering the money and the trust of Nigerians.

Zik replied insinuating that the Yoruba on the team, that are: Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, Prince Adeleke Adedoyin, and Dr. A. B. Olorunnimbe, were the problem. 

There erupted a heated and prolonged press war between Zik’s Political Reminiscence in his West African Pilot and H.O. Davies’ Political Panorama in the Daily Service. This led to Igbo in Lagos rushing to buy machetes in large numbers thinking a tribal war was imminent. The Governor and his General Secretary, Hugh Foot, quickly called Zik and H.O. Davies to order at the Government House.

Zik went away with the resolve that “the Yoruba must not be allowed to rule over others in Nigeria”. And afterwards in the Daily Service published the speech of Zik in 1949 about Igbo been destined by God to conquer and rule over others. This among others, will explain why Zik rejected Awolowo's offer of a coalition government in 1959 and instead worked with the Fulani. 

The Fulani had been reading Zik and the Igbo through the lens of his 1949 speech ever since. The Fulani way of neutralising Zik when the opportunity came in 1959 was to offer him a powerless post, which surprisingly Zik and the NCNC dutifully accepted in place of being Nigeria’s first Prime Minister. 

Zik had thought that the Igbo can easily manipulate the Fulani in place of the educated Yoruba. He thus manipulated Balewa to arrest Awolowo in 1962 and to have him jailed for 10 years in 1963. 

Zik also manipulated Balewa to remove from the Western Region the Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri and Western Ijaw that account for 70% of the oil wealth in Nigeria and created for them the Mid-West Region.

Zik's hatred for the Yoruba gave the Fulani the impetus to rule over others in Nigeria. The Igbo coup plotters tried to undo Zik's mistake in 1966 which resulted in the civil war.

Britain did not really hand over Nigeria to the Fulani. Nigeria was given over to the Fulani by the Igbo. However, to hold on to power in Nigeria, the Fulani enlisted the backing of the self-serving career politicians in England. 

DMerciful:
Awolowo, Amadu Bello, Enahoro, Balewa all wanted seccession clause but only one man Zik opposed them and had his way? What kind of fuckery is this? If this is true it shows they were extremely weak leaders!

Not week leaders, naive leaders. Zik convinced his childhood friend Sir Ahmadu Bello, through a letter, to reject separate countries and secession clause. Once Ahmadu bello came on board one indivisible Nigeria slogan promoted by Zik, there was nothing Awolowo could do.

MetaPhysical:


You are applying for recognition under indegenity rules for native people. Are you not aware of this?

So, once you are granted right of indigeneous independence you will be excluded from infringing or accessing or occupying or having claims to native lands and indigeneous groups outside Biafra.

The entry waters from sea up the delta into the hinterland belong to a indigeneous people and they are not Biafrans.

Those indigenes have claims like you do to have their space respected and excluded from your access.

Beside, even if you are given access, we will build gates at the sea entrance and toll your ships in and out.

Nigerians pick up the map of Nigeria and look at it but what they dont see are the water ways. If you look at a proper map of Nigeria with its water ways, you will see that Oguta in Imo state and Obuaku in Abia state have tributaries that run from them to the Atlantic Ocean. River posts can be built in those two places in addition to the one that already exists in Onitsha.

Portharcourt has a Sea port but that port is not even by the Sea

Let's say for example that the 5 SE states is what eventually becomes Republic Of Biafra, Nigeria cannot stop Biafra building River ports in Obuaku and Oguta nor deny them access to the Sea via those ports.

The simple reason is that Article 125 of UNCLOS mandates Nigeria to give Biafra access to Sea via Biafran water ways. That same UNCLOS is what gives Nigeria the right to its territorial waters. So Nigeria cannot choose to uphold one part of the law and ignore the other part.

Article 125 of UCLOS states:
Article 125
Right of access to and from the sea and freedom of transit
1. Land-locked States shall have the right of access to and from the sea
for the purpose of exercising the rights provided for in this Convention
including those relating to the freedom of the high seas and the common
heritage of mankind. To this end, land-locked States shall enjoy freedom of
transit through the territory of transit States by all means of transport.
2. The terms and modalities for exercising freedom of transit shall be
agreed between the land-locked States and transit States concerned through
bilateral, subregional or regional agreements.
3. Transit States, in the exercise of their full sovereignty over their
territory, shall have the right to take all measures necessary to ensure that the
rights and facilities provided for in this Part for land-locked States shall in no
way infringe their legitimate interests

So anybody who thinks that Nigeria will have the right to bottle up Biafra and deny it access to the sea is just a dreamer

Is it your suffer?