Good morning.

It is no longer news the raging animosity between governor Nyiesom Wike of Rivers state and the proscribed secessionist movement, IPOB, a situation made worse by the recent events in Oyigbo/Obigbo.

Both parties have threatened fire and brimstone against one another with the leader of IPOB placing a bounty of N50 million on the head of the governor. The governor, expectedly, scoffed at the threat, given he has the backing of constitutional powers and his naturally brutish persona. But, as recent events reveal, the foot soldiers of IPOB are bent on carrying out the orders as directed by their self exiled leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. To this end, no greater evidence can be put forward than the recent bombing of a church belonging to the father of their arch enemy, Wike.

This brings me to the crux or this thread.

Who remembers Bornu, Boko Haram, how it all started and the response of the people of the region? It is my sincere opinion that South Easterners are making exactly the same mistake!

When one samples the opinion of the average Easterner, if their commentary on events as posted here are anything to go by, one would see a total absolution of IPOB from any wrongdoing, even though culprits have given confessional statements. The arguements we have seen so far are that:

1. They made the statements under duress and IPOB has got nothing to do with the alleged culprits.

2. The newspapers are owned by Yorubas (the Nation was the publisher) and it is in Yorubas' character to taint IPOB and Igbos generally.

3. Ikweres are behind the bombing and staged it to justify the brutal crackdown on IPOB/Igbos in Oyigbo/Obigbo.

4. IPOB is a nonviolent group and can Never hurt people in such manner (notwithstanding all the threats they've issued to the contrary).

5. Where is the proof they're IPOB members? Brandishing a Biafran flag is no proof of IPOB membership.

Etc.

For those who've followed developments in Nigeria, especially as they relate to security, one can see a rather eerie semblance between what is currently happening in the East and what transpired in the North that has burgeoned into the seemingly intractable security crisis they are currently grappling with. They were in denial about the nature and depth of the problem at its infancy but today, the story is regrettably different, with scores killed in the most brutal manner just about everyday.

To this day, right from the day IPOB was born, majority of Ndigbo have been absolving them of ANY wrongdoing. Not a fly has any IPOB member ever squashed. Kanu and his inflammatory rhetorics can cause NO HARM. The establishment has been disproportionately forceful in cracking down on IPOB dissidents. The zoo must burn/fall. Etc.

This same path was threaded by the people and leaders of North East years ago. Today, they're harvesting the rewards. Worst off, projections are being made the crisis may persist for another two decades- two decades of bloodletting and destruction of properties!! Let that sink in. It is a given that criminals feel secure and emboldened to carry out their acts knowing that they have a huge number of people willing to deny their acts on their behalf. It's a no brainer.

Make no mistakes, war is a very profitable enterprise. There is a threshold to the breach of security that requires constant financial interventions. Once that threshold is reached, WAR INVESTORS, who aren't even necessarily from your region or even country, would start pouring little monies in to sustain the carnage which guarantees that government keeps pouring money into its drive to restore peace. And we're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars!

It takes just a few hundred thousand bucks to wreak havoc that may cost hundreds of millions and these guys wouldn't be shy to make such "investments" given the returns are humongous!!

The elites and political leaders of the East appear reticent in calling out this group because they dread the losses they might suffer in terms of popularity and political strength. The reason why someone, for instance, like Senator Abaribe is popular amongst Eastern electorates today isn't because he has been executing some marvelous constituency projects, nor has he secured something special from the government for his constituents, no. The reason is simply because he has openly romanced and identified with IPOB. That is the situation on ground.

It is not too late to reign in this horse, it has yet to bolt out the stables. It would be regrettable seeing things spiral out of control the way they did elsewhere in the country. It was said that "Christians" don't bomb (sometimes I am at a loss about the definition of the word Christian), but that dogma has failed alot of tests, not the least of which was that that just happened in Rivers state.

The time for the East to reign in IPOB is now!!

Mabizela:
IPOB is a non violent organization. it is people like you Omenka that is making it to look like one.

iboboyswag:
IPOB...

There are no horses to rein in as even the stables have been burnt by the unfaltering treatment the South East have had to bore for the country Nigeria.

Thank you for your concern but no thanks.

We Igbos are angry, not stupid.

omenka:


I know hundreds will come for my head, as usual, for DARING to raise a voice against this group. They'd tell me to rather write about Benue, herdsman, this and that. They will curse and insult me. To such persons, you will get no response from me. I am used to all that MO of yours already.

But I'd take consolation to the fact I SPOKE UP when I should. Hopefully, we don't ever cross that security threshold I mentioned. Amen.

Cc: Mynd44, Lalasticlala.

Igbochief001:

Lol ... instead of looking at the demand for ipob ...you guys chose to invest in trying to discredit ipob

U didn't cia and MI6 haven't done investigation to realize ipob is not a terrorist organization ? ...I fact no serious country has declared ipob a terrorist organization ...and we Igbos don't see them as such


If tomorrow ipob picks up arms we can only blame the Nigerian army for pushing them to the extreme

Only a full would believe ipob would bomb a church , like a church ? Say a mosque maybe it may sound believable

Wile politically us finished , no matter what he does he is finished

He has lost the ijaw base support ,now he has lost igbo base ... because of his evil ikwerre might never rule rivers state again ever

omenka:
The leader of a group that urges supporters of the group to kill a sitting governor is a non violent group.

Na so Yusuf start o!

omenka:
You are living in denial.

When shit hits the fan, remember I told you so.

Igbochief001:

Lol ... instead of looking at the demand for ipob ...you guys chose to invest in trying to discredit ipob

U didn't cia and MI6 haven't done investigation to realize ipob is not a terrorist organization ? ...I fact no serious country has declared ipob a terrorist organization ...and we Igbos don't see them as such


If tomorrow ipob picks up arms we can only blame the Nigerian army for pushing them to the extreme

Only a full would believe ipob would bomb a church , like a church ? Say a mosque maybe it may sound believable

Wile politically us finished , no matter what he does he is finished

He has lost the ijaw base support ,now he has lost igbo base ... because of his evil ikwerre might never rule rivers state again ever

omenka:
The leader of a group that urges supporters of the group to kill a sitting governor is a non violent group.

Na so Yusuf start o!

Bkayyy:

That church own made Wike to look like a fool. He should have planted the bomb in a mosque or government house. That would have been more convincing

omenka:
The leader of a group that urges supporters of the group to kill a sitting governor is a non violent group.

Na so Yusuf start o!

iboboyswag:



I dey tell you... E carry militant strategy wan use am implicate IPOB.

Wike is finished!

Shayetet13:


Post a link where the leader of IPOB urged supporters to kill a sitting governor. Heartless propagandists like you! I don't understand how a human like you can be so full of evil and wickedness as to lie against a fellow man

omenka:
Keep shouting and living in denial. The chickens might soon come home to roost.

https://dailypost.ng/2020/11/07/rivers-killings-biafra-group-attacks-nnamdi-kanu-for-demanding-gov-wikes-capture/

By the way, I will not respond to insults and gutter language.

Bye.

iboboyswag:


Omenka... It is you who do not understand the dynamics at play.

There is no shit hitting any fan, at least not in the South East.

The thoughts that the Igbo nation would fall for cheap inducements to start an insurgency in this day and age is only a figment of your imagination or rather antics that can only come to play in areas outside the South East where hunger and poverty reigns supreme.

Defining the Igbo nation through the lenses of IPOB is at best abysmally myopic.

Not to sound tribal, but we are not some gworo chewing religious bigots or tombo drinking lazy asses.

BastardWike:
This guy keeps writing bulshit every day. This fool thinks Igbos that are business people who needs peace and stability to thrive will allow any group to disrupt it?

IPOB has remained peaceful and will continue to be because they know once they go violent, they won't have anywhere to stay because Igbos will chase them away.

Wike came up with a stupid stunt and thus idiot ran away with it and started singing like a canary. Rubbish!!

omenka:


I know hundreds will come for my head, as usual, for DARING to raise a voice against this group. They'd tell me to rather write about Benue, herdsman, this and that. They will curse and insult me. To such persons, you will get no response from me. I am used to all that MO of yours already.

But I'd take consolation to the fact I SPOKE UP when I should. Hopefully, we don't ever cross that security threshold I mentioned. Amen.

Cc: Mynd44, Lalasticlala.