There has been a thread that south south are stupid and all that but do people forget history? For the past few weeks, Nnamdi Kanu has been lecturing us on Biafra but there is something I want all Ipob to know.
As a pure breed of Kalabari kingdom, I'll like to bring to your notice that a particular town(Abonnema) in Rivers state have a yearly celebration of go-to-niger.
Go to Niger is celebrated around June. It was a time when the Biafrans army stormed Abonnema and killed scores of its residence, the people of Abonnema decide to fight back both old men, children, women etc carried anything they could have to fight for their lives but it was futile, the Nigerian Government then helped the people and later fought the Biafra out of their town, after the incident, Abonnema got the name Nyemoni which means covet-your-own and shouted "One Nigeria" I do not know if the Northerners are taking our oil or not but the wound inflicted on us was so deep, the scar will never be healed, Biafra should just forget about the Niger Delta. Read the full story

THE SAGA OF GO-TO-NIGER(Ga'a-Niger) IN NYEMONI-ABONNEMA
The coined "Ga'a-Niger" is adopted from the IBO dialect and as IBO word "Ga'a" means "GO-TO". Niger as a word is just a business name and trading company that existed right from the colonial days situated by the shore of River Sombrero at Briggs compound in Akuku-Toru water front. Eventually when the Biafran army held siege of Abonnema and the aborigines were to be evacuated to "AGADA" waterside, the evacuees were asked to Go-to-Niger the point of evacuation. That is how Ga'a-Niger was derived. The city of Abonnema was under siege for more than six months within which period the innocent citizens were dehumanized and atrociously executed on their fatherland.
During the out break of the civil war, because of the existing political differences among the indigenes of Abonnema as a result of the truncated first Republic, the bitterness in them was carried into war. So when eventually the Biafran army finally laid siege of the place, individuals who fell in favor of the Biafran forces used the ill-fated opportunity to victimize those of them whom they perceived to be their political opponents and antagonists. This condemnable act led to killing of their brothers and sisters. It was a terrible scene to watch our own people tagged saboteurs, flogged and beaten to death, and their properties vandalized.
Or people in the face of this hostility were dehumanized with houses looted and razed down to ashes. The atmosphere was so tense that brothers never stood to discuss on the streets else you are tagged saboteurs, these Biafrans had our children as agents who parade the town to scout around for information on who comes in and goes out; and to report such people for arrest and onward execution publicly. An organized pogrom was instituted to strangulate our people economically, and in addition curfew was imposed on the people. Abonnema was like the German concentration camp and anyone caught escaping were arraigned at the water front and shot dead,
It was a situation that cries to heaven for condemnation. The whole episode of the event was like the day St. Paul wrote to Timothy, the day when men became lovers of self without affection, and hell was let loosed and men became covetous, taking pride in unleashing terror upon the people. All that existed then was masochism, sadism and brutality. In fact it was a genocide committed against the people of Nyemoni, and for those who had the audacity and dexterity to speak against the malevolent act and injustices meted against their people were stripped naked and tied to stay under the intense heat of the sun till they dosed off. There was weeping, mourning and gnashing of teeth virtually in every household in Abonnema that called for the emergence of a messiah that never came until the enemies had done their worst.
The atmosphere of reminiscence became that of nostalgia, fraternal relationship became repugnant. The stench of blood and evil smeared everywhere. Men and women were beaten to anesthesia, young men and boys were conscripted to carry arms for what they do not have idea of. It was the supreme price our people paid for a crime they did not commit to retain this land of liberty and love--Nyemoni-covet your own as the name implies. The actions were nothing other than anathema. These anarchists were mostly of the IBO origin; the temples of the reasoning of our people were blown sky-high and our structure devastated.
People were found combating hunger from death while children were left and abandoned by their parents without anyone to care for them until they slept off in the hands of Morpheus son of Hypnos. At the height of this protracted internecine experience which even the devil and his agents would want to loose sight of, people were still found looting properties. Truly, our young girls were sexually molested and violated. War I say is not a language for any rational being as nothing good can be derived from it knowing its associated agony. Although it is a fact that a times we make war that we may love in peace, yet it is an aberration of peace and progress.
As the onslaught continued in the city there was a gruesome air-raid at the market square that left behind dozens of our people dead in one air strike. I think until date a cenotaph is built in memory of these victims at the town square. The effect of this bombardment until date is registered on the concrete walls of St. Paul's Nyemoni cathedral Abonnema. The climax of these inhumane atrocities finally metamorphosed into evacuation of the aborigines from the point of Niger Trading company premises via AGADA where the indigenes were to continue another exodus to a land strange to them in Ibo land. That is how the word "Ga'a-Niger" emanated. It was a point of evacuation of the good people of Abonnema to the Ibo land. The eyes that witnessed this ugly event of annihilation would never in history pardon the Biafran forces, no matter the Biafra of a dram died a natural death.
Men and women, children and their parents lamented profusely as they carried whatever they could lay on hands on as they were forced out of their fatherland. It was at the height of these unpardonable atrocities, when all hopes were lost that the God of force, God-Omni-Potent divinely intervened. Suddenly the Federal troop emerged via the swamp through the creek called "ALICE OKOLO" with higher and greater fire arms or power which kept the whole of Biafran troops in Abonnema in complete disarray.
It was exactly 12:00 noon in the month of June 21, 1968 when. The federal troop liberated Abonnema from these insurgents who contrived the killing and sufferings of the people, and there was ovation and shout of "ONE NIGERIA" everywhere and songs like: "Ojukwu wanted to separate Nigeria, but Gowon said Nigeria must be one, we are fighting together with Gowon to make Nigeria One." There were shouts of "Apes obey-yeah." The Biafran insurgents hearing the fire power of knew that the fatal moment was around and so they took to their heels into the creek not knowing how connected these creeks were, unfortunately as strangers who neither knew how to swim nor where to escape to their axis were encircled by the Federal troops into whose hands they fell and were vengefully massacred and slaughtered. For few who escaped into the mangrove got drowned when the river over flowed its bank. And others after several days of starvation came out from their hiding places and submitted themselves for a commensurate punishment.
Now when the Federal troop had fully gained control of Abonnema, those of them who survived the Biafran onslaught decided to avenge for all tje inhumane treatment they suffered by going house to house to point out those saboteurs who contrived the dehumanization of the people. And they all arraigned and publicly executed and slaughtered before the face of their people which served as a deterrent to other prospective plotters.
This was a true experience of the civil crisis that affected Abonnema which claimed millions of human skulls in three years of arms conflict. Others may have a more gruesome encounter but in ernest I think no greater encounter could be experienced than what is here unequivocally handed down in this epistle of importance. This is to re-emphasize the adage that says: "He that writes a letter to the devil expects an invitation disaster."
So please let us take heed of doing anything that could lead to a shooting war, having read through this statement of facts; for no price will be too much to avoid this ugly unprecedented act of criminal indulgence.
In all I thank God for the survivors and the continued existence of Nyemoni-Abonnema. To God be the Glory.

https://m.facebook.com/AbonnematheYorkCity/photos/a.268902223193853/599445956806143/?type=3

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/media-44595116

I hate Ijaw people ...

I will rather Allied with the North and Yoruba than this green Snake Ijaw people traitors

okay

stop the propaganda and just conduct a referendum.

Whiteangel1234:
I hate Ijaw people ...

I will rather Allied with the North and Yoruba than this green Snake Ijaw people traitors

its not like ur existence matter, so swerve

Biafrannuke:
stop the propaganda and just conduct a referendum.

this was taking from Abonnema official page on Facebook, they do not spread lies there like one particular page we know

dukeprince50:
its not like they love you, so swerve

We will take Niger Delta the Ijaws can go to hell

We will take our Igbo brothers and allies in the Delta .

Niger delta does not belong to this Saboteurs Ijaw they keep arrogating to themselves Niger Delta .

They can go form their Riverine Ijaw Republic of Ogogoro drinkers

dukeprince50:
this was taking from Abonnema official page on Facebook, they do not spread lies there like one particular page we know

'Abonnema official page' won't vote in a referendum.

Whiteangel1234:


We will take Niger Delta the Ijaws can go to hell

We will take our Igbo brothers and allies in the Delta .

Niger delta does not belong to this Saboteurs Ijaw they keep arrogating to themselves Niger Delta .

They can go form their Riverine Ijaw Republic of Ogogoro drinkers

see painment, no one invited ur Igbo brothers, they left their erosion ravage muddy gutter to find a living here, it will be very good if you take them

dukeprince50:
see painment, no one invited ur Igbo brothers, they left their erosion ravage muddy gutter to find a living here, it will be very good if you take them

Millions of Igbo tribes are part of the Niger Delta
From Edo , Akwa Ibom , Delta , River State etc
Ijaw can go form Ijaw Republic we are not interested in traitors we dont need them

Biafrannuke:
'Abonnema official page' won't vote in a referendum.

That's ur own, im saying Biafra is death and buried. So you think that ur run away hunchback albino porn.star will vote?

Whiteangel1234:


Millions of Igbo tribes are part of the Niger Delta
From Edo , Akwa Ibom , Delta , River State etc
Ijaw can go form Ijaw Republic we are not interested in traitors we dont need them

is it the ones that keep denying you or another Igbo?

dukeprince50:
is it the ones that keep denying you or another Igbo?

in your imagination Ewu

Whiteangel1234:
in your imagination Ewu

eiya, pls come and carry ur brothers o, even Wike is tired of them, they are public nuisance

Each time I come to politics section, the first thread I usually see is that of Nnamdi Kanu. Nnamdi Kanu must be a great man

Shut up your foolish mouth.

Whiteangel1234:
I hate Ijaw people ...

I will rather Allied with the North and Yoruba than this green Snake Ijaw people traitors

Apawicked:
Each time I come to politics section, the first thread I usually see is that of Nnamdi Kanu. Nnamdi Kanu must be a great man

or maybe an asshole

dukeprince50:
or maybe an asshole

why make a thread because of an asshole? I think you are the asshole here.

Apawicked:
why make a thread because of an asshole? I think you are the asshole here.

I think even an asshole deserve to be given a little attention, whenever an asshole opens, it bring toxic waste to the environs, it should be checked else it gets out of hands

It was Biafra Army policy to evacuate towns where the battle fronts are as a safety measure to save the indigenes from stray bullets or being caught in cross fires.
These communities are usually evacuated to hinter and safer towns.
This happened in Igbo part of Biafra. People in Onitsha area were asked to evacuate their towns immediately the Nigerian military crossed the Niger River.
My family was affected by such mass evacuations. Usually living in new town was hard, they had big house in our village. But where they were resettled, the indigenes of where they were resettled tried their best, but no place like home.

What I don't understand is why Biafra and Ndiigbo are being demonized by minorities for trying to evacuate them from their towns for their own safety, when the same thing happened else where.
I have even heard stories by minorities where Ndiigbo and Ojukwu were accused of evacuating them from their land because they wanted to replace them later with Igbos after the war, and rename their towns with Igbo names, like New Onitsha, New Owerri, etc.

It's a pity that Ndiigbo and Biafra are being demonized for trying to minimize civilian casualties during the war.

For those Igbos who would want to sweep these minorities Igbophobia under the carpet, I pity you lots.
I'm a member of Ijaw language clinic facebook page, and I know what goes on there. This thread is exactly how those lots are.
You have been warned severally to leave them and focus on Igboland, but you will not listen. The stubborn fly would definitely follow the corpse to the grave.
If you like come here and claim they are Yorubas, don't wake up to the reality. Keep playing the ostrich.

Whiteangel1234:


We will take Niger Delta the Ijaws can go to hell

We will take our Igbo brothers and allies in the Delta .

Niger delta does not belong to this Saboteurs Ijaw they keep arrogating to themselves Niger Delta .

They can go form their Riverine Ijaw Republic of Ogogoro drinkers

Which Niger Delta you want to take
Biafra died in 1970!!!
What is left is a bunch of urchins in disguise of groups like IPOB and MASSOP enriching themselves via voluntary/involuntary donations by their gullible followers and apologists.

vicenzo:
It was Biafra Army policy to evacuate towns where the battle fronts are as a safety measure to save the indigenes from stray bullets or being caught in cross fires.
These communities are usually evacuated to hinter and safer towns.
This happened in Igbo part of Biafra. People in Onitsha area were asked to evacuate their towns immediately the Nigerian military crossed the Niger River.
My family was affected by such mass evacuations. Usually living in new town was hard, they had big house in our village. But where they were resettled, the indigenes of where they were resettled tried their best, but no place like home.

What I don't understand is why Biafra and Ndiigbo are being demonized by minorities for trying to evacuate them from their towns for their own safety, when the same thing happened else where.
I have even heard stories by minorities where Ndiigbo and Ojukwu were accused of evacuating them from their land because they wanted to replace them later with Igbos after the war, and rename their towns with Igbo names, like New Onitsha, New Owerri, etc.

It's a pity that Ndiigbo and Biafra are being demonized for trying to minimize civilian casualties during the war.

For those Igbos who would want to sweep these minorities Igbophobia under the carpet, I pity you lots.
I'm a member of Ijaw language clinic facebook page, and I know what goes on there. This thread is exactly how those lots are.
You have been warned severally to leave them and focus on Igboland, but you will not listen. The stubborn fly would definitely follow the corpse to the grave.
If you like come here and claim they are Yorubas, don't wake up to the reality. Keep playing the ostrich.

Bro it is not true. The Biafra Army committed alot of atrocities even against their own people. My grandfather was a soldier in Biafra army and my father worked in the store house and they told me the ugly side of the biafra struggles too.. Stop acting like we were saints.. The 2 sides committed atrocities..

Biafrannuke:
stop the propaganda and just conduct a referendum.

They were not your allies during the civil war and you still desire that somehow they will become an ally this time around.
Tomorrow will start complaining that you've been betrayed.Here you are asking for referendum on their behalf.Make una continue.

vicenzo:
It was Biafra Army policy to evacuate towns where the battle fronts are as a safety measure to save the indigenes from stray bullets or being caught in cross fires.
These communities are usually evacuated to hinter and safer towns.
This happened in Igbo part of Biafra. People in Onitsha area were asked to evacuate their towns immediately the Nigerian military crossed the Niger River.
My family was affected by such mass evacuations. Usually living in new town was hard, they had big house in our village. But where they were resettled, the indigenes of where they were resettled tried their best, but no place like home.

What I don't understand is why Biafra and Ndiigbo are being demonized by minorities for trying to evacuate them from their towns for their own safety, when the same thing happened else where.
I have even heard stories by minorities where Ndiigbo and Ojukwu were accused of evacuating them from their land because they wanted to replace them later with Igbos after the war, and rename their towns with Igbo names, like New Onitsha, New Owerri, etc.

It's a pity that Ndiigbo and Biafra are being demonized for trying to minimize civilian casualties during the war.

For those Igbos who would want to sweep these minorities Igbophobia under the carpet, I pity you lots.
I'm a member of Ijaw language clinic facebook page, and I know what goes on there. This thread is exactly how those lots are.
You have been warned severally to leave them and focus on Igboland, but you will not listen. The stubborn fly would definitely follow the corpse to the grave.
If you like come here and claim they are Yorubas, don't wake up to the reality. Keep playing the ostrich.

its not just because of being caught in cross fire.the Biafran troops wanted to avoid a repeat of what happened in Asaba where in the federal troops that came to "liberate" them massacred almost all the males who remained in town to welcome them.any human being with half a brain could figure that.even without bidding,humans naturally move away from war zones and other points of conflicts.that is how refugees are created.
as for the ijaws.they are just confused.most of their allegations against the Igbos don't even make sense. their anti Igbo sentiments would have made sense if Nigeria has been treating them fairly.

pquaver:


Bro it is not true. The Biafra Army committed alot of atrocities even against their own people. My grandfather was a soldier in Biafra army and my father worked in the store house and they told me the ugly side of the biafra struggles too.. Stop acting like we were saints.. The 2 sides committed atrocities..

I don't know who you are, but you come across like the politically correct or compromised type.

Your father isn't the only one who served in the Biafran Army, my father did too.
He went to the war with his elder brother who died in the PH battle front, and what I narrated is exactly what happened.

Unless perhaps, your father in particular was was the Biafran who committed the said atrocities without the knowledge of other Biafrans around. Everything is possible, perhaps he needs to step forward and confess his sins so that the rest of Igboland would denounce him and his actions and hand him over to Hague.

Whiteangel1234:
I hate Ijaw people ...

I will rather Allied with the North and Yoruba than this green Snake Ijaw people traitors

We Yorubas don't want you.

They will shout yorubas

Someone will claim another region just to cause division. Some humans are just pure evil and agent of confusion.

vicenzo:


I don't know who you are, but you come across like the politically correct or compromised type.

Your father isn't the only one who served in the Biafran Army, my father did too.
He went to the war with his elder brother who died in the PH battle front, and what I narrated is exactly what happened.

Unless perhaps, your father in particular was was the Biafran who committed the said atrocities without the knowledge of other Biafrans around. Everything is possible, perhaps he needs to step forward and confess his sins so that the rest of Igboland would denounce him and his actions and hand him over to Hague.

forget this people.
anybody with some knowledge about the civil war will see that some of the things they write don't make sense.
firstly Biafras main objective was defensive and not offensive.
most of the times,the Biafran troops didn't have bullets,sometimes just one bullet per soldier,so one wonders why they will be wasting limited and almost non existent ammo on its own civilian populations.
on the contrary,its the federal troops with their limitless ammo that had a policy of shoot anything that moves.
they say the history of any nation is written by those who win in a war.
Nigeria won and have written their history.
i urge any truth seeker to pick up a book,especially books written by neutrals about the war.

vicenzo:


I don't know who you are, but you come across like the politically correct or compromised type.

Your father isn't the only one who served in the Biafran Army, my father did too.
He went to the war with his elder brother who died in the PH battle front, and what I narrated is exactly what happened.

Unless perhaps, your father in particular was was the Biafran who committed the said atrocities without the knowledge of other Biafrans around. Everything is possible, perhaps he needs to step forward and confess his sins so that the rest of Igboland would denounce him and his actions and hand him over to Hague.

I believe your father and brother where the Holy spirit omnipresent to know what other where doing elsewhere. I am not here to please you whether politically or not. I have told you eyewitness account of what my people saw and the biafrans committed atrocities... I think it was your father and brother that committed the crimes in Abonenma that people like us lose our grand father houses in portharcourt. And what I narrated is exactly what happened.

pquaver:
I believe your father and brother where the Holy spirit omnipresent to know what other where doing elsewhere. I am not here to please you whether politically or not. I have told you eyewitness account of what my people saw and the biafrans committed atrocities... I think it was your father and brother that committed the crimes in Abonenma that people like us lose our grand father houses in portharcourt. And what I narrated is exactly what happened.

I know your type.
The self hating type. Who go on telling anyone who cares to listen how stereotypes and lies about your people are true, so as to sound "woke", "detribalized" and "intellectual" and to be in the good books of your non Igbo friends, even though you want them to accept that only you and your family are good Igbos who are free and took no part in the same stereotypes and lies about Ndiigbo you help propagate.

I have no doubt your father was probably like you, that's why he told you a story no one else in Biafra can corroborate.

Ihele megbukwa gi.