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JosBoy4Lif:
I sourly doubt that,

Do you know that the logo of the Nigerian Army also has some strange Arabic scribbles, whose meaning is lost to those of us who are Arabic script-illiterate? Don't worry. Just wait until Igbo person mounts the presidential throne. All those rubbish things must be scrapped even if it means by force. If you can't communicate in English which is nigeria's official language, then you can jump into any nearest lagoon and get drawn.

Until nigeria start to include Ethnicity and Religion on census/counting papers to determine who are the largest ethnic group in nigeria of which Igbos are, we should for the moment rely on facebooks statistics which no northerner can have access to alter.

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FYI you know that besides oil revenue, which accounts for 85% of Nigeria's GDP, the north produces 7% of the remaining GDP.

Your awusa/fulani people should be proud if your contribution to nigeria's economy is up to 0.0000000001% of it's GDP. waiting concern cattle rearers and gworo chewers with GDP contribution? Mcheewwwwww.

Wrote by deor03

Trust all the oil belong to niger delta, including the ones offshore, the one with Soa tome.

This is just a lazy man's mentality. Since the days they have been settling their traditional rulers, state governors, LG chairmen; has there been any improvement in the life of an average niger deltan?
Now with Mend, how many Niger delta youth have been slayed or killed. How many Niger deltan have been caught in cross fire ? Has insecurity not added to the probelms of the average niger deltan?
The situation is getting worse and it will only get worse for an average, innocent Niger deltan if those Criminals don't drop their weapons and give peace a chance

It will better serve you right to first take care of problems in your own northern nigeria and allow others to sort theirs by themselves. if Niger Deltan's want to drown in their internal problem, it's never you and your people's business. There is mass illiteracy, almajirism, bergarism, Polio, and the largest percentage of nigeria's corruption all in your northern nigeria. Stop worrying about Niger Deltan's problem. It doesn't in anyway concern you and your people. Go sort out your own first and stop reminding others of their own.

yemmyse:
Debate, I don't mind. Referendum, I don't mind. Peaceful breakaway, no wahala. But WAR, hell no. Most of u guys are there in foreign countries 'sittting pretty' and clamouring for war in Nigerian. How many of u will come back home to fight the world?

Those who are clamouring for war are those that are bent on spoiling everything good in nigeria and still want the status quo to continue without any challange because the idiotic British people helped and gave them arms to use in arresting other people's development. Sorry, our people down east of the Niger don't take that kind of shit. I said it again, if the country didn't divide until after yar'adua's tenure, the next president must be Igbo person, and he will immediately embark on righting all the wrongs that those illiterate and lazy nothern nigerians created.
Anything short of Igbo president will amount to full blown war and those who will cause the war are those who will be hell bent on stoping Igbo president from rightly mounting the throne. Don't tell us that you don't know exactly which people that likely to start the war. So start preaching and pointing your fingers now to them and warn them not to creat any war.

JosBoy4Lif:
I thought Britain was in favor of the breakaway state of Biafra. Now who is the illiterate? you should try and do your homework. Britain recognized Biafra.
And as for coming with a bang, Goodluck. Nigerian Army defeated the small clandestine state of Biafra without much casualties. The fact that the east is marginalized when it comes to Nigerian forces will held deter your disillusioned victory.

Now tell me to call out all northern illiterates of this forum and you will be the first and the worst amongst them to be hounded out. Ewu awusa, you don't know who single handedly defeated Biafra for you and militarized your lazy and illiterate demented arrshole to help hold their oil for them? And this was achieved after full 3 good years. What a shame for your illiterate people and the British. Once again, i said let the war be between the Igbos and all norther nigerians alone, and we will capture all of you as our slaves within one week.

bawomolo:
the millitary quota would remain giving that hausas notoriously prefer the barracks to the classroom.  groups like MEND have splittered and have wavered from their main goals.  niger delta millitancy is just an act of desperation. the solution isn't the derivation formula but the lack of leadership among niger deltans.

The military quota system will not remain for any reason once an Igbo president mounts the throne. It is not our problem if northerners like to drown their selves in koranic schools instead of civil schools to get western type education that others are getting. Who doesn't prefer barracks? huhh? Tell me. During Igbo presidency, all military quotas must be filled equally according to regions and if any region prefer to fill their quota with almajiris, that then will be their own cup of tea.
Military of any serious country is not a place for mediocrity. Igbo president will never be afraid to change all the one sided policies once he mounts the throne because he is doing the right thing and doing your useless country a favor. It is never our nature to fear any one. We are not like other ethnic groups that are afraid of the hausas. They should be afraid of us and not the other way round. Like i said somewhere, just wait until Igbo person takes the throne. It must be, or esle,       Notoriously prefer the barracks my ARRSSSSS.

JosBoy4Lif:
I'm the one thats a fool and you are the one that is shouting Igbo president, not for many many generations my friend. You people screwed yourselves when you tried to emancipate yourselves from Nigeria. Another civil war and you will be the loser.

Like i said earlier, you and your lazy illiterate people will soon be in for a joker. Start preparing to use force (which is all you and your illiterate people knows about) to avoid the next Igbo president of your silly country nigeria, and that's if your silly country will last as ONE until after yar'adua's tenure. You must be afraid. This time, there will be no Britain, no Russia, no Egypet and no Sudan to help your lazy clan. The war you clamour for will be left alone between you and us and we shall deal with you seriously. Start preparing because we are coming with a bang.

My people, make una no worry. Wait until Igbo man ascends the presidential throne (that's if the luggard's cage still remain one until then). All these things on this thread and other thread's discussion will be scrapped. To mention but a few, MM name of Lagos airport must be changed because of non merit by MM himself, nigga-area's membership of OIC will be withdrawn immediately, gigantic airport and seaport of MM's and Apapa size will be built somewhere at Enugu and Onitsha respectively and last, but not the least amongst others that i don't have enough time to list here, a new nigerian capital will be built in a less habited town near Umuahia. Abuja will cease to be capital just as Lagos did.

pius4luv:
why are you Enemy planning Bad for our president,why all this Bad Rumor about this Man,i'm always praying for him,i pray may his Enemy not Live long,i can'tv really understand why people are so wicked in this Life,some people are Devil from there Mother womb,i pray God would Heal him,I LOVE HIM SO MUCH CUS HE IS A GOOD MAN TO ME,I'M NOT FROM NORTH BUT I LOVE HIS WORK,I PRAY MAY HE LIVES LONG AND HIS ENEMY WOULD BE IN SHAME FOREVER.

You are not from the north and you love him so much because of his work. Really?? can you elaborate more on these his works which you love him so much for?? In fact, just let us know one of his so called works since he became your president. I predict you will not come back to this thread anymore.

Igbos Of Delta State And Crisis Of Identity [Part 1]
Written by Ephraim Emenanjo Adinlofu
Tuesday, 26 August 2008

If there is any separate and distinct tribal group that has been contributing a lot to the development of Nigeria, it is none other than the Igbos of Delta state. I believed that if IBB’s regime had given us our cherished Anioma State, we would have fared better than under the present gang-like hegemony of the Urhobo, Itsekiri, Ezon, Isoko and Ijaw. We never bargained for this present raw deal with IBB. In fact, we were better off under the Benin Kingdom than under the present Urhobo ‘Korokoro’ arrogant domination and hegemonic tendencies.

One of the basic problems with most ethnic and tribal groups in the South is that they do not forgive. We always have this tendency to add new grudges on old grudges which does nothing but create negative multiplier effects. While the North is moving on, even though there are proven cases of wide spread poverty in that region, the South is always antagonising itself.

What has happened to our Southern Governors meeting which was initiated by Tinubu and others? It has faded as quickly as it was started and yet the Northern Governors Forum is still on course. "Ego-massaging" is daily killing the South, and yet we claim superiority in the Education sector. Acquired education, which ought to act as a catalyst to forging closer unity and ties among us, has seemingly become irrelevant in our quest for a united front.

Education is supposed to be power but in the South, because of our ego and pride and this innate tendency to sell out over a pot of pottage, we have deliberately refused to use our education for effect. We are always busy fighting ourselves. Honestly, I think we need to initiate the process of de-schooling ourselves.

On the 27 of August 1991, when IBB’s regime created Delta and Jigawa States among others, there were murmurs when Asaba and Dutse were strangely chosen as state capitals instead of Warri and Hadeija. The people of Warri and Hadeija protested but IBB’s regime stood its ground. Even Delta Igbos were not happy that they were not given Anioma State. IBB had simply thought he’d killed two birds with one stone by merging the two agitations { Delta and Anioma States} into one, but what he created was a hotchpotch and a terrible amalgam. Delta state is literally the ugliest hippopotamus I have ever seen.

One of the dangers in the game of numbers is that the Urhobos never hid their plan to deny Ika Igbos the benefits that go with a State capital. They openly proclaimed it that Delta Igbos will never see the light of development. And since that State was created, they have been behaving true to their primeval proclamation with pure antics. Going purely and cunningly by the caveman’s logic, Asaba, the State capital, is still as it were when it was created in 1991- a complete derelict of a capital. This is sad.

The irony of this act of impunity is that the same people who are fighting for injustice in the Niger Delta are deliberately and consciously denying the Igbo-speaking people justice in Delta State. The ubiquitous James Ibori, as a former governor of the state, was virtually operating from Warri, leaving Asaba in the most despicable state of disrepair. How can you be crying foul against the Federal government and fighting for justice when your stock is virtually denying Igbos in Delta State the same justice?

Yet, in the North, typical of their characteristic homogeneity, the people of Hadeija have since forgotten and forgiven and had made up and moved on, with the people of Dutse. May I please remind the Urhobos that the Igbo culture area of Delta state, as was thoroughly studied by the late Professor Mike Onwuejeogwu, though with some historical variances here and there, comprised {amongst others} the following towns and villages; Asaba, Ibusa, Okpanam, Ugbolu, Anwai, Igbodo, Achalla. Ogwashi-ukwu, Ubulu-ukwu, Ubulu-Okiti, Obior, Issele-Ukwu, Okwe, Agbor, Umunnede, Ekwuoma, Issele-Mkptime, Onicha-Ugbo, Onicha-Olona, Onicha-Ugwu, Illah, Ezi, Ebu, Idumuje-Unor, Idumuje-Ugboko, Akumazi-Umuocha, Kwale, Utagbu-egbe, Utagbu-Unor, Obinomba, Obiarukwu and Owerri-Olubor.

These are towns and villages inhabited by human beings, not cockroaches. They have been dominated, made pauperised and completely alienated by the Urhobos in criminal collaboration with their kiths and kin. None of the aforementioned towns and villages have witnessed any atom of development since that state was created. Every development is channelled to Warri, Sapele, Oghara, and Ughelli - the homes of the Urhobos, Itsekiris, Izons, Isokos and the Ijaws.

What crime have we committed? After all, we never had the slightest premonition of IBB’s intention when that creation was about to be announced. All that everyone knew was that, two states were requested from Bendel, and the likelihood was that it would only get one. Again, most of the Igbo speaking towns never bargained for the capital to be in Asaba.

Even in our quest for Anioma State, it was agreed that the capital must be central to act as a centrifugal pull, and not push, to its inhabitants. In other words the chosen Anioma State capital would have pulled people to it and not push people away from it for lack of space. So, what crime did we commit that is beyond the redemption of the Urhobos?

It beggars belief for some to have argued and still argue that Asaba was chosen because IBB’s wife, Mariam, was from that town. As far as I am concerned, that argument did not and still does not hold water to this very day. Had IBB a wife in Dutse which, against all odds and bets, was the chosen capital of Jigawa instead of the more favourite Hadeija town? If your answer is a definitive no, then throw such insinuations about Asaba into River Sapele for good.

Besides, of social relevance here is the fact that most of the legacy of developments in this area were the ones provided by Col. Ogbemudia during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon. The roads linking up most of these communities were constructed under his government. The general hospitals and very clean public pipe borne water were provided by him.

Today, all the public taps have dried up. The hospitals are just "mere consulting clinics". Most of the feeder roads Ogbemudia constructed are still better than the new ones that were done afterwards. A typical example is the old road linking Asaba, Ibusa, Ogwashi-ukwu, Ubulu-ukwu, Obior, Umunnede to the present newly expanded Benin / Onitsha express road, which was constructed after the civil war. That road is still better than the ones other regimes- put together- have constructed in subsequent years in that area.

Ogbemudia’s record held him in good stead that when he contested the governorship election of the then Bendel State under the NPN ticket, against Prof. Ambrose Ali in the1983 election, he swept the polls in that area to the discredit of the UPN. His past record of performance spoke for him. And up to this date, |I still reckoned he is the best. Whatever oil money |Ibori got from the federation account he literally ‘drank’ like water with nothing to show case in these Igbo communities.

I hope Chief Edwin Clark, Chief Daniel Okumagba, and Rtd General Paul Omu, who were both alumni of Saint Thomas Teacher Training College, Ibusa, and others, will re-adjust their definition of injustice. Let them pay a visit to their alma mater and I can assure them that they will develop goose pimples. If they feel that the injustice of the Niger Delta is unmerited, then they should check their glaring injustice against the Igbo people of Delta State. No tribe has the monopoly of violence. The fact that our people have not reacted does not depict cowardice.

Our stoical silence is philosophical and historical. Philosophical because we are a mature people. And, historical because of the seemingly heroic act of our two sons, Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu {from Okpanam} and Captain Tim Onwuatuegwu { from Illah} in the 15 January 1966 coup to which our people are still being held some time in opprobrium.

The area still has people of calibre, namely: Prof. Pat Utomi, Prof. Nwawolo, Prof. Okonjo, Dr. Okonjo Iweala, Prof. Fidelis Odita { QC and SAN },Col. Nwawo, Col. Okwechime, Col. Achuzia, Prof. Okoh, Prof.Emenanjo, Prof. Onwuachi, Prof. Elueze, Prof. Edozie, Prof. Emmanuel Nwanze, Mike Ovie {MD, Zenith Bank}, Sabastin Adigwe {MD, Afrique Bank}, Atuche Francis { MD, Bank PHB}, Tony Elumelu {MD, UBA} and an up and coming sharp chap called Mr. Rowland Nwanze.

With what I saw in these areas when I went home in October 2007, I just hope that one day, a push will not become a shove. I also pray that one day, these oppressors will be given their so called "genuine Delta State", believe it or not, it would be good riddance to bad rubbish. Go, soak yourself in your crude oil but the present fact remains, that whenever you point one of your accusing fingers to the Federal government for the neglect of the Niger-Delta, you forget that the other four fingers are pointed towards you.

If these people, shouting injustice, would be honourable and sincere enough to themselves, let them show their humanity by embarking on a fact-finding mission of the Igbo culture area of the state. They will be ashamed and shocked of what they will discover. It is poverty, misery and neglect of a people callously being executed by "educated" Urhobos as pre-planned, since 1991. Most developments in these communities are simply being executed through self-efforts.

To most Urhobos and their kindred-spirit, it is better for the North to seep the crude oil than for their closest neighbours to enjoy it. It is this same surreptitious and slippery attitude that they exhibited during the Biafran war, supporting General Gowon to keep Nigeria one and to annihilate us.

Today, it is a fact which has come to dawn on all of us that the chickens have come home to roost. Whether we believe it or not, the three regions in the South have been humiliated in one way or the other by the same North in systematic fashion. First, it was the Igbos during the civil war. Second, was the Yorubas in the light of the arrogant and criminal annulment of the June 12, 1993 election; and finally, the Niger-Deltans who are now feeling the heat from the same North.

The final onslaught against the whole South by the North is now on cause; and that is, to make sure that they bring the Southerners to their knees until they learn to wink no more. Their mission statement of the early1960s as proclaimed by their leaders, of throwing the "Koran into the Atlantic ocean," is about to be accomplished. The interpretation of that aphorism for those who care to know is simple. It means partly, the conquest of the South.

And I can assure all Southerners that the North will succeed if we continue with this our braggadocio, endless divisive bickering, chronic unforgiven spirit, stereotypical and antagonistic attitude and blame game. May I use this opportunity to call on the South to rally round Alhaji Asari Dukobo and to also take cues from Bode Eluyera’s analysis of our luggardist Nigeria. Besides, I just hope the Urhobos will change for good and use their numbers for the positive and even development of the state. What is good for the geese is also good for the ganders. "Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere".

It is unfortunate that our crisis of identity extends to our own Igbo brothers and sisters across the Niger who are supposed to know better. Unfortunately, they regard themselves, as "the proper Igbos" while the Delta Igbos or Ika Igbos or Western Igbos are often lumped and regarded derogatorily as "Hausa-Igbos". This is despite the solid research and studies to the contrary by the late Prof. M. A. Onwuejeogwu. His studies, and here I refer to Nri Museum, show that there is no nomenclature like "Hausa Igbo" or "proper Igbo". Igbo is Igbo! Period.

These "proper Igbos" exhibited this same ambivalent and marginal behaviour towards our Biafran officers of Delta Igbo extraction during the civil war. The "proper Igbos" should get it into their heads that there is strength in numbers and that we feel unperturbed about their historical ignorance about us, because all Delta Igbo communities know their origins and history. I rest my case!

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/guest-articles/igbos-of-delta-state-and-crisis-of-identity-pa-2.html

Nigeria is not working because of quota system by northerners. When porous brains are manning several important ministries and key positions they didn't qualify for in the first place, what do you expect?? Don't know why many of you will leave out the obvious truth and prefer beating around the bush because you are benefiting from the silly system.

JosBoy4Lif:
Separate? Nigeria will not separate, get that through the thick skull of yours. One who controls the military controls a nation, so basically all separatist attempts will be foiled, why not try a referendum or something . FYI you know that besides oil revenue, which accounts for 85% of Nigeria's GDP, the north produces 7% of the remaining GDP.

You are really a fool to think that the military status quo will remain same forever. You and your people will soon be in for a joker. Start preparing to use force (which is all you and your illiterate people knows about) to avoid the next Igbo president of your silly country nigeria, and that's if your silly country will last as ONE until after yar'adua's tenure. Be sure that once Igbo president mounts the throne, all lopsided military structures will be looked into and reverse will be the case. The military will be restructured in a way that no zone/region will have military advantage more than the other. We shall see. And i say again, start preparing to use force to stop the next president from being of Igbo stock.
Not only military, but many other things like quota system and fedearal character among others must be scrapped for merit to take place. You and your people must be afraid. Yar'adua has only 6 more years to go.

MC Usman:
It baffles me alot why most of his wives are from southwest mostly from lagos

It baffese you a lot. Why don't you comment on your religious idiotic people wanting to kill the man, an innocent person. What says you about that. Do you see part of the reason why no one want to share same country with you fools.

dclokz:
HELLO NAIRALANDERS

SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THERE ARE NO DELTAN, BAYELSAN OR PEOPLE FROM THE NIGER DELTA REGION
IN NAIRALAND,

these militants are just destroying the future of the poor masses in nigeria, maybe in the next generations to come
since nigeria depend on the income from the crude oil sale,it,s going to destroy our ecomony in years to comeif nothing is done about it since there have not been a room for negociation between the FG and the militant, these guys are just bunch of rugrat,dumbass that want to reap were they did not sore,and they are taking the advantage of our democracy
since there is always a room for diplomacy in the democracy.

according to my estimate there are over 125 militantgroup in niger delta region, and not all of them have access to the
mainstream oil pipelines that pumps crude oil from the offshore and onshore oil well,so they main activities now is kiddnapping of peoples children, there by setting bad exampled for the young one,s around the communities,

kids now carry ak 47 riffles and these finally have psychological effect on them, and prevents them from getting the
education they need,this also redirect their orientation of life,they get what they want forcefully and they will be
dangerous to the civilian communities, how much more can we loose because of greedy people trying to take what
doesn,t belong to them

I THINK THE LAND USE ACT SHOULD BE REVIEWED ,IT MIGHT AID TO THE STOP OF MILITANCY

First, the oil belongs to them and they have all the right in this world to do with the oil what ever they wish to without you nigerians having to complain. Did i hear you say they want to reap from where they did not sow?? And who actually own the oil and should be reaping from there as were they sow?? The hausas, yorubas?? (Igbo are part of Niger Delta).
125 militant group in Niger Delta region?? You nigerians aitn seen nothing yet. That number is freaking little. They are still coming with more bangs. It can only stop when the northerners that are reaping from where they did not sow come to table and agree for the peaceful division of nigeria. They have all the opportunities to come to table for peaceful division. Time is running out and they risk being forced to comply. Don't say MEND didn't tell you.

Almajiri military. What do they know beside coup.