eagleu:


Was almost going to ignore you, but if you seriously think that Gowon went to Calabar prison to release Awo, when Calabar was under Biafran control at the time Ojukwu had declared Republic of Biafra, then I see why you lack logical thinking.

pazienza:


Normal demonic Ibadan express way media lies.

Below are colonial archives of palm oil belt of the country.Onitsha, Owerri were there, and don't forget that Ebonyi was part of Ogoja province.
Eastern region for most of its existence was financed with coal from solely Igboland and palm oil which Igboland contributed lion share of. The first crude oil from Oloibiri was exported in 1958. From 1958 to 1966 is just 8years. Eastern region was established in 1938. Do the maths.

I don't know about Adaka Boro, but he was making empty accusations with no truth in them.
Enugu was a coal city whose coal proceeds helped build even PH, she can't be accused to being a freeloader.

Lagos has been feeding fat off the proceeds of Niger Delta for complete 50years and counting.
Lagos has no known natural resources in its history.
I would soon make a post on ENDC projects and their locations so that we can lay to rest the propaganda of Igbos carting away crude oil wealth of minorities that only was available to the region for 8 yrs at max, between 1958 and 1965, with only few oil wells relative to today, discovered as of then, and using the proceeds to build only Igboland.

YorubaHero12:

I am not done with you yet. Let me show you why I made mention of the fact that Oil was motivation of the war. Below is a paper from the Biafra Sun NewsPaper in May 30 1967. This is the place where Ojukwu Indicated that Biafra Crude Oil production output stood at 364,000 barrels a day. Do the math for the calculation of what a barrel sells for then and multiply by the barrel per day.

He made mention of Biafra having a port of international repute- Port Harcourt Bonny Bar which is Biafra oil loading base and he mentioned that it was dregged to enable it take ocean going vessels.

I am just using this to justify my earlier assertion of the Oil and Seaport as being a major player in any Biafra agenda either in 1967 or in the future. The minorities and their land are very important in Biafra and without them Biafra as an entity will not reach its potential. That is why Ojukwu and Kanu both tried and trying to make sure they are added to Biafra.

KingJa:


First of all you need to cite reputable sources to provide evidence that Ojukwu released Awo from prison.

2nd of all there was no plight of secession by Ojukwu at the time of Awo’s release, so why would Ojukwu risk his career and his life (we all know how much he loves his life ) by telling the Military’s Head Chief of Staff to fuucckk himself again?

Blackking98:
you're the one to prove yourself innocent Mr as you stand accused, that's how it works.

eagleu:


[s]Common sense is all you need bro.
Check historical facts to understand the timeline involved.

Ojukwu's disrespect for Gowon was notable, he insisted that Brigadier Ogundipe, the next most senior army officer after Ironsi be made head of state, and not Gowon who was just Ironsi principal secretary.

Once again, after Independent Biafra was declared, and you still think a high value prisoner would have been voluntarily released on Gowon order

Again, ask yourself why Awo first went home to Okene, before going to Ikoyi prison for the Gowon and Yoruba media photo shoot?[/s]

pazienza:


What are you on about.
Eastern region left as a whole and chose the name Biafra which by the way was suggested by an Ijaw member of Eastern region an Ijaw man by the name Frank Opigo.
If the oil was in Eastern region, then it was in Biafra when Biafra seceeded.

Seaport and crude oil were never major agenda when they were already in Eastern region. How can what is already in your region be a major agenda, does it make sense to you?

Ojukwu and Effiong was open to UN and OAU suppervised plebiscite on the minorities areas. Gowon and Awolowo knew what the result would have been and backed down. But rather decided to continue using military force why telling the world The Igbos were cornering Minorities oil against Minorities wish.
Even Saro Wiwa admitted during his trial when he was facing death that majority of his Ogoni people were against him and were rather for Biafra. It was after the war that Saro Wiwa won them back.
It's nice for Ijaws to sing of Boro. But Boro wasn't the Ijaw leader those days. The likes of Frank Opigo, and many Ijaw chiefs were with Biafra. It's hard to tell the truth this days in these areas because Biafra lost. Dokubo is from Buguma and openly admitted that his grandfather the then king of Buguma was pro Biafra.
British intelligence noted that only 1/3 of the Minorities would have voted against Biafra if a referendum were conducted.
I had posted it here before.
So when you say Biafra was relying on minorities crude oil and seaports to survive, you make it seem like those minorities were not part and parcel of this Biafra you are taking about too.

Bro I think our main problem is context. That the Eastern minorities are not part of Biafra is not my argument. The argument is that the minorities indigenous lands included in Biafra host most of the resources and they are very important to Biafra having the ability to stand alone in the first place. I showed you the Biafran Sun newspaper to show you that Ojukwu relied so much on the crude oil and the sea access most of which are domiciled in the minorities land of that Biafra

This thread is about some southern minorities telling the Igbos to stop disrespecting them and we can link it to the issue of Kanu wanting to annex them into another Biafra. Some Igbos always say its borne out of true brotherhood and that the minorities tribe are nobody (sometimes using demeaning words like not intelligent enough to qualify them). I just showed you their importance and why they always come up anytime Kanu is trying to talk about Biafra. Imagine all those crude oil and seas are in the Igbo core states, do you think Kanu will give a damn about them?

Also there are lot of instances where the Igbos committed atrocities against the minorities during the Biafran war. Some men of the Ikun clan in Biase Local government in Cross River were suspected of collaborating with the Nigerian soldiers, and the Biafrans arrested, looted, raped, and committed other atrocities in Ikun land.

What about the Ibibio where some men were beaten to death in April 2, 1968 as reported by William Norris of the London Times. The Ibibios (old and young men) were suspected of collaborating with the advancing Nigeria troops and were frog-marched across an open space while the people attacked them with sticks and clubs.

I think I should rest on this thread for now. I am getting bored of all this argument

Yujin:

Igbos recognize all the nations in Southern Nigeria. What we don't recognize is the boundaries created by an enemy shortly before the Biafran war. We include majority of the ethnic groups around us that we feel share cultural beliefs with us. It's left for them to reject it at the referendum. At present, non of them is agitating for a country so you don't expect us to tell UN to include another country on the ballot. If any group or tribe wants a country, they can start agitating now to be recognized. Then, they can be put on the ballot. It's not IPOB job to do that for you. As a matter of fact, we expect a couple of tribes to vote to remain in Nigeria. It's their fundamental human right just like it will be ours to reject them when they'll flee the death that will brought upon them after our departure.

YorubaHero12:


Bro I think our main problem is context. That the Eastern minorities are not part of Biafra is not my argument. The argument is that the minorities indigenous lands included in Biafra host most of the resources and they are very important to Biafra having the ability to stand alone in the first place. I showed you the Biafran Sun newspaper to show you that Ojukwu relied so much on the crude oil and the sea access most of which are domiciled in the minorities land of that Biafra.

This thread is about some southern minorities telling the Igbos to stop disrespecting them and we can link it to the issue of Kanu wanting to annex them into another Biafra. Some Igbos always say its borne out of true brotherhood and that the minorities tribe are nobody (sometimes using demeaning words like not intelligent enough to qualify them). I just showed you their importance and why they always come up anytime Kanu is trying to talk about Biafra. Imagine all those crude oil and seas are in the Igbo core states, do you think the Igbos will give a damn about them?

Also there are lot of instances where the Igbos committed atrocities against the minorities during the Biafran war. Some men of the Ikun clan in Biase Local government in Cross River were suspected of collaborating with the Nigerian soldiers, and the Biafrans arrested, looted, raped, and committed other atrocities in Ikun land.

What about the Ibibio where some men were beaten to death in April 2, 1968 as reported by William Norris of the London Times. The Ibibios (old and young men) were suspected of collaborating with the advancing Nigeria troops and were frog-marched across an open space while the people attacked them with sticks and clubs.

Or what about in Asang town in Enyong where four hundred people were carried away by the Biafran soldiers to an unknown destination and never seen again. The Biafrans soldiers also attacked Attan Onoyon in the same Enyong where they burnt down the place and killed many people. This account was made by B. J. Ikpeme, who was a member of a minority group and a rtd senior medical officer in the then Eastern Region.

There are numerous account of Biafran attrocities against those of the minorities (I have them with me and ready to debate this anytime). So whenever you are trying to give the narrative that ALL tribes within the Biafra enclave gave their 100% loyalty to Ojukwu, remember lot of other people that had dissenting opinions that were killed by the Igbos.

I think I should rest on this thread for now. I am getting bored of all this arguments.

Peace!

pazienza:
YorubaHero12



During this period in history. Hope you know that Ikwerre, Ogba, Ekpeye, Oyigbo, Ndoni, virtually all the most productive part of modern Rivers in terms of crude oil were still bona-fide members of Igbo Union and were not counted as minorities by the colonial government or Eastern region?

I am yet to get your point, because you are obviously making no point.





I don't know what you are talking about. The minorities region were quickly captured during the war, yet the OAU(Owerri, Aba Umuahia) part of Biafra held on for longer time. We were going to take Biafra without the minorities if it were offered at the end.
Minorities were part and parcel of Biafra from its beginning. Okoko Ndem, Rex Rawson, Effiong, Akpan, etc. It was always going to be hard for Ojukwu to just drop them overnight to prove to oil hungry Yorubas and North that he wasn't after their oil. I don't even understand how we can be having this argument.
Ojukwu had the opportunity to use Niger delta oil wells to negotiate for weapons and support with USSR but declined, because unlike those in Lagos who saw the place as a spoil to hunt in pack with anyone willing to assist them and share the spoils later. Ojukwu saw it as part of Biafra that must be protected from hawks.

As of Kanu adding Niger delta for crude oil and sea access. I don't know as I'm not Kanu, but I know he is claiming Igalaland too, and they are no where near the sea or have oil, likewise Igbanke in Edo.




The war was virtually Britain vs Biafra. I wouldn't take words coming from Britain papers serious. They would say and write anything to demonize Biafra. Biafra army had many minorities as part of it. How could they kill minorities?
Even in Igbo land, saboteurs and their families were usually targeted. Ifeajuna family were almost wiped off in Onitsha, their house were burnt and they were persecuted, in fact it got to a point that almost all Onitsha persons were seen as Sabos by everyone in Biafra. This was the state of things in Igboland. All over the world, traitors were never treated with kid gloves in war period, because many are usually in pains. What ever happened to traitors in minorities area, happened to those in Igboland. But I guess ignoring those in Igboland while magnifying those in Minorities area is an easier way of promoting the propaganda of Igbos forcing Minorities Into Biafra that Awolowo, Enahoro and Ayida were running, rather than taking the harder option of UN supervised plebiscite Ojukwu and Effiong were proposing to put the propaganda to test, right?




I am sure you will be back. Anything to keep Nigeria united so that you can exploit all, eh?

Dikebuka:
To further clarify all this.. What Nnamdi Kanu is doing is plain demanding for a referendum.

Which simply means if you want to stay in Nigeria, you click yes or no.

Afterall the Jada people that wia in Cameroon voted to move to Nigeria..

Nobody will force you..when ita time to vote...you vote for Nigeria.

Afterall people in Scotland voted to remain with Britain

oyatz:
Your last sentence show how you guys arrogate so much powers to yourself with a messiahnic complex.

1) IF Nigeria agree to insert secession clause in the constition, the secession will not be for only Igbo States but for ANY State that want to leave the Federal Republic of Nigieria.

2) Referendum for Biafra can not be approved in the ways you guys talk because there is no constituent part of Nigeria called Biafra.

Igbos States can unite after secession and call themselves Biafra or whatever name they like.


3) ANY State that want to secceed will then follow the laid down procedures e.g two-third majority vote in their Houses of Assembly ,approved by two-third majority of the National Assembly etc.

pazienza:


Eastern region major resources was palm oil and coal both of which were majorly found in Igboland.
Oil was first discovered in commercial quantities in Oloibiri in 1956, and it took time to develop the oil industry.
The Eastern region never depended on crude oil, it was Palm oil and coal.
So when you go about twisting history like this, it paints you and your Yoruba group as evil.
Even when coal and palm oil were the most important sources of income for Eastern region, Ndiigbo never wanted the division of the region and tried all her best to be fair and just with all minorities.

Because crude oil exploration by shell in the East started in Owerri province,Shell had its headquarters in the region in the Owerri city, but when they couldn't find much oil in Owerri area but struck alot at PH area, Michael Okpara the premier of the regionsuggested Shell moved her headquarters to PH to enable ease of operations and helped them move there.

But the first thing Awolowo did after the war was to move shell and all oil servicing companies to far away Yorubaland in Lagos. Isn't it Ironic that Yoruba like you have the guts of accusing Ndiigbo of coveting Eastern minorities oil, when that was exactly what you did.

Below is your people in Lagos already calling the oil your oil during the war. You couldn't even wait for the war to end to start your war spoils exploitation.



"With the war ended, and as a Commissioner in Rivers State, I soon found that the Rivers State for which I had fought did not end my nightmare. In the first place, oil money from Ogoni country (as well as Ijaw country) was being carted away to Lagos, leaving the Ogoni illiterate and backward. This is anti-federalism"

Saro Wiwa 1971

This was how Yorubas robbed the Eastern minorities of their oil wealth, while continuously telling them how Ndiigbo was after their crude oil, because they (minorities) couldn't rise above their Igbophobia.
Its a tragedy.

YorubaHero12:

I am not done with you yet. Let me show you why I made mention of the fact that Oil was motivation for the war. Below is a paper from the Biafra Sun News Paper in May 30 1967. This is the place where Ojukwu Indicated that Biafra Crude Oil production output stood at 364,000 barrels a day. Do the math for the calculation of what a barrel sells for then and multiply by the barrel per day.

He made mention of Biafra having a port of international repute- Port Harcourt Bonny Bar which is Biafra oil loading base and he mentioned that it was dregged to enable it take ocean going vessels.

I am just using this to justify my earlier assertion of the Oil and Seaport as being a major player in any Biafra agenda either in 1967 or in the future. The minorities and their land are very important in Biafra and without them Biafra as an entity will not reach its potential. That is why Ojukwu and Kanu both tried and trying to make sure they are added to Biafra.

joeyfire:


Till tomorrow the Yorubas dominate Shell and other international oil companies and keep the indigenes far from management on behajf of the northerners who own the oil blocs while they spread their foul propaganda and try to sow discord in the eastern region.

YorubaHero12:
First of all, you guys need to know exactly why most Igbos are hellbent on annexing the South-South (ND) ethnicities into their Biafra. It is a game plan that have always been in the mind of the Igbo decision makers since inception and they don't necessarily draft the SS people into Biafra based on true brotherhood.

To give you a better account. In May 12th 1953, Azikwe gave a speech when the Northern people were murmuring secession and was bragging with the resources of the Eastern people as his bargaining power.

Below are some excerpts from it that showed why exactly most Igbos are trying so hard to annex SS:
—In my opinion, the Northerners are perfectly entitled to consider whether or not they should secede from the indissoluble union which nature has formed between it and the South, but it would be calamitous to the corporate existence of the North should the clamour for secession prevail. I, therefore, counsel Northern leaders to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of secession before embarking upon this dangerous course.

—It may lead to economic nationalism in the Eastern Region, which can pursue a policy of blockade of the North, by refusing it access to the sea, over and under the River Niger, except upon payment of tolls. It may lead to economic warfare between the North on the one hand, and the Eastern or Western regions on the other, should they decide to fix protective tariffs which will make the use of the ports of the East and West uneconomic for the North.

—You may ask me whether there would be a prospect of civil war, if the North decided to secede? My answer would be that it is a hypothetical question which only time can answer. In any case, the plausible cause of a civil war might be a dispute as to the right of passage on the River Niger, or the right of flight over the territory of the Eastern or Western Region; but such disputes can be settled diplomatically, instead of by force.

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/1953-nnamdi-azikiwe-speech-secession/

Brethen, the above is the major reason why they wanted to annex the South South ethnicities into their fold. All the bargaining power Azikwe used were resources of the SS'ner minorities. However there is one more thing that later came up to make them want these ethnicities more, that is Crude Oil.

Ask yourself, if the seas and crude oil were to be in the Igbo lands of SE, will they ever try this hard to bring the SS'ners into their folds? Will they try hard to even add them to their maps? Will they show the same brotherhood they are showing? SS have oil and seas, but yet some Igbos always feel superior to them, let alone changing the situation to SE having the oil and seas. Just imagine.

I know you will ask what is the Yoruba cup of tea in all this, but this country and forum is intertwined, what affects one affects everybody.

Peace.

Godhead4:

Now this Is daft

Godhead4:

He's a Yoruba. You mean you guys dont like yorubas too?

YorubaHero12:


Bro I think our main problem is context. That the Eastern minorities are not part of Biafra is not my argument. The argument is that the minorities indigenous lands included in Biafra host most of the resources and they are very important to Biafra having the ability to stand alone in the first place. I showed you the Biafran Sun newspaper to show you that Ojukwu relied so much on the crude oil and the sea access most of which are domiciled in the minorities land of that Biafra.

This thread is about some southern minorities telling the Igbos to stop disrespecting them and we can link it to the issue of Kanu wanting to annex them into another Biafra. Some Igbos always say its borne out of true brotherhood and that the minorities tribe are nobody (sometimes using demeaning words like not intelligent enough to qualify them). I just showed you their importance and why they always come up anytime Kanu is trying to talk about Biafra. Imagine all those crude oil and seas are in the Igbo core states, do you think the Igbos will give a damn about them?

Also there are lot of instances where the Igbos committed atrocities against the minorities during the Biafran war. Some men of the Ikun clan in Biase Local government in Cross River were suspected of collaborating with the Nigerian soldiers, and the Biafrans arrested, looted, raped, and committed other atrocities in Ikun land.

What about the Ibibio where some men were beaten to death in April 2, 1968 as reported by William Norris of the London Times. The Ibibios (old and young men) were suspected of collaborating with the advancing Nigeria troops and were frog-marched across an open space while the people attacked them with sticks and clubs.

Or what about in Asang town in Enyong where four hundred people were carried away by the Biafran soldiers to an unknown destination and never seen again. The Biafrans soldiers also attacked Attan Onoyon in the same Enyong where they burnt down the place and killed many people. This account was made by B. J. Ikpeme, who was a member of a minority group and a rtd senior medical officer in the then Eastern Region.

There are numerous account of Biafran attrocities against those of the minorities (I have them with me and ready to debate this anytime). So whenever you are trying to give the narrative that ALL tribes within the Biafra enclave gave their 100% loyalty to Ojukwu, remember lot of other people that had dissenting opinions that were killed by the Igbos.

I think I should rest on this thread for now. I am getting bored of all this arguments.

Peace!

obowo69:


I think you need to know that I agree with you 100% and actually hate IPOB led by Nnamdi Kanu for doing this.

I was just pointing out that hypocrisy. Everyone should stay on their own lane. Don’t bring up Niger delta republic only when biafra is discussed but never ever bring it up any other time or even have a movement for it.

eagleu:



Now, I get you.
When a Yoruba man takes it upon himself to open and push a thread about the SE disrespecting the SS, it makes rational people begin to wonder about the altruism, the love, and affection involved in all this.

Your analysis of Zik's speech is devoid of basic understanding at best.

oyatz:
The problem with Kanu's method is that;

1) There is no recognized part of Nigieria called Biafra.
Scotland is a constituent of Britain with well defined borders, elected representative and administration but Biafa is nothing similar to this.

2) The Scottish nationalist parties and the Scotland parliament legally made the demand for referendum NOT just a random guy from Scotland like Nnamdi Kanu is just a random guy from Abia State.

YorubaHero12:


Bro I think our main problem is context. That the Eastern minorities are not part of Biafra is not my argument. The argument is that the minorities indigenous lands included in Biafra host most of the resources and they are very important to Biafra having the ability to stand alone in the first place. I showed you the Biafran Sun newspaper to show you that Ojukwu relied so much on the crude oil and the sea access most of which are domiciled in the minorities land of that Biafra.

This thread is about some southern minorities telling the Igbos to stop disrespecting them and we can link it to the issue of Kanu wanting to annex them into another Biafra. Some Igbos always say its borne out of true brotherhood and that the minorities tribe are nobody (sometimes using demeaning words like not intelligent enough to qualify them). I just showed you their importance and why they always come up anytime Kanu is trying to talk about Biafra. Imagine all those crude oil and seas are in the Igbo core states, do you think the Igbos will give a damn about them?

Also there are lot of instances where the Igbos committed atrocities against the minorities during the Biafran war. Some men of the Ikun clan in Biase Local government in Cross River were suspected of collaborating with the Nigerian soldiers, and the Biafrans arrested, looted, raped, and committed other atrocities in Ikun land.

What about the Ibibio where some men were beaten to death in April 2, 1968 as reported by William Norris of the London Times. The Ibibios (old and young men) were suspected of collaborating with the advancing Nigeria troops and were frog-marched across an open space while the people attacked them with sticks and clubs.

Or what about in Asang town in Enyong where four hundred people were carried away by the Biafran soldiers to an unknown destination and never seen again. The Biafrans soldiers also attacked Attan Onoyon in the same Enyong where they burnt down the place and killed many people. This account was made by B. J. Ikpeme, who was a member of a minority group and a rtd senior medical officer in the then Eastern Region.

There are numerous account of Biafran attrocities against those of the minorities (I have them with me and ready to debate this anytime). So whenever you are trying to give the narrative that ALL tribes within the Biafra enclave gave their 100% loyalty to Ojukwu, remember lot of other people that had dissenting opinions that were killed by the Igbos.

I think I should rest on this thread for now. I am getting bored of all this arguments.

Peace!

Dupamecano:


What does "northern islamic side of history" mean? history is history.

First of all people like nowenuse and his ilk have to be seen for the myopic rabble-rousers they are. The people of Nigeria have been brainwashed into blaming presidents or the northern region for their woes when most times the governors, ministers, and senators, their blood and kin are the biggest culprits to their growth. Buhari, and I will defend this to my grave, is a principled man, hes certainly not a looter. But he is in way over his head. Most of Nigeria's institutions have a culture of corruption and ineptitude and its very hard for anyone to completely revamp the system on his own, especially during a democratic rule. My opinion? Screw democracy, its not for us, because any good leader who tries to work within the confines of democracy in Nigeria will fail, Woefully! The simple fact is the majority of nigerians are either rotten or ignorant. The long term solution would be to invest heavily on human capital but unfortunately, even those funds will be hijacked and their effectiveness negated. Everything in this country is a catch 22 paradox. Like i said, get a good leader, give him all the power he wants, cancel out the white noise from the western hypocrites and let him wreak havoc on this rotten country. Thats the only way forward other than separation.

pazienza:
Some weeks back on one of your posts I made a rebuttal about the erroneous and mischievous rants of some of my (our) misinformed Niger Delta brothers.

First and foremost let me tell you all a little story for the avoidance of doubt.

I am from the Agbo ethnic group in Cross River State. We are located in Abi Local Government Area which is a coastal settlement and unarguably the smallest LGA in Cross River State in terms of landmass and to a large extent population - slightly a few thousands ahead of Bakassi LGA.


My fore bearers both on my maternal and paternal side were given the opportunity to serve in then Eastern Nigeria regional government.

My grand uncle Dr.S E Imoke of blessed memory was an all influential cabinet minister in the regime of Dr M I Okpara. He held the Trade portfolio and was also Finance minister at the time until the unfortunate incident of January 1966.


He was the longest serving Education minister. His son the Urbane Liyel Imoke is the immediate past Governor of our state “Cross River”.

During the outbreak of the war, he was the Biafran Commissioner for Refugees and Humanitarian affairs. One of my maternal uncles also served as Permanent Secretary in the ministry of health at Enugu.


My maternal grand father was also a front-line member of the Eastern Nigeria regional house of Chiefs.

Outside my family circles, another great Cross Riverian M T Mbu was nominated a Federal Minister for Transport and Navy by the Igbo controlled NCNC.

It's on record that Mbu was Nigeria's first Ambassador to the UK, UN and the USA.

He is from Boki in Cross River state. Boki is another minority ethnic group just like my native Agboland. The Igbos gave him the opportunity to excel ahead of their own worthy sons at that time.


He is the father to a Senator MT Mbu jr. Another person who is noteworthy is the late Chief Michael Eta-Ogon who was the Administrator of the oil rich Port Harcourt province in the first republic.

He is also from the same Boki with Mbu. Thomas Weir Ikpeme an Efik man from Odukpani in my native Cross River was the longest serving Permanent Secretary in the Eastern Regional Ministry of Education.

The key point is that the Igbos were comfortable with us “the minorities” that was why they entrusted education solely in our hands.

Not only education but other critical areas like Public Works and Transport etc. N. U Akpan an Ibibio man from Akwa Ibom state was the technocrat behind the eastern regional public service. He was the Secretary to the regional governement

Thompson Akpabio, an Annang man from Ukana in present day Akwa Ibom state was the regional minister of health.

The former Governor of Akwa Ibom state Godswill Akpabio is his nephew.

There were other high ranking cabinet ministers of minority origin like one of our family good friends, HRH Amanyanabo E P Okoya, Agada III the Ibenanowei of Ekpetiama in Bayelsa State, Chief. Erekosinma of Rivers and a whole lot of others who are too numerous to mention.

During the secessionist struggle, an Ogoni from Rivers state, Chief.Ignatius Kogbara was Biafra's Ambassador to Britain.

My dad's friend Chief. Lekam Okoi, from Idomi in present day Yakurr LGA of Cross River state was one of Ojukwu's trusted drivers. He is today a successful lawyer and a former commissioner in the Federal Character Commission.

Capt Akpet a minority from Cross River was also Ojukwu's dependable aide on intelligence.

Secondly for the avoidance of doubt, aside these political appointments, our people enjoyed immense goodwill from the Igbo dominated region by way of

My dad's immediate elder brother received a scholarship from the regional government that enabled him study for a PhD in soil science.

He is the first man “arguably” in Africa to obtain a doctorate in Soil science. I have friends across the Niger Delta whose parents, uncles, aunties and relatives also benefited from the benevolence of the Eastern regional government.

Unarguably our Niger Delta region received it's last major face-lift in terms of infrastructure when we were under the Eastern region.

Till the abolition of the regional system of government, the Eastern region was the most united region, they was never a recorded case of ethnic skirmish or BLOOD letting between the Igbos and other minority.

During the pogrom of 1966 we all carried the same cross to “Golgotha”, both Igbos and Eastern minorities were killed in their thousands across Northern Nigeria by the blood thirsty Hausa Fulani/Northern folks without blinking an eye.

It doesn't really matter if you were Igbo, Ijaw, Efik or a miniature Agbo person.

I never really wanted to bore you with reading this lengthy essay but it's my moral responsibility to tell the truth at all times.

I was thought by my fore bearers never to distort history and to always separate facts from fictions.

If we were not marginalized by the Igbos during the “analogue” age, how then can the Igbos marginalize us in this digital

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.legit.ng/amp/1092790-opinion-why-igbos-never-marginalize-minorities-by-rex-egbe.html

hammerP:
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POST YOUR PICTURE LET US SEE WHO IS TALKING.

DO VIDEO

ONE BLACK THING LIKE THAT WITH TIGER MARKS ON THE FACE.

GO AND SPEAK FOR YOUR SW REGION.