₦airaland Forum

Yyeske:
Even if Nigeria remains the laughing stock of the world, you still will not get your referendum, secession or Biafra any soon.
You still remain a Nigerian and also a laughing stock to the whole world.

Yyeske:
You can start from somewhere, the people of Scotland, Catalonia, Québec, Belgium etc didn't just have a referendum inserted in their different nation's constitutions because a group of people wanted it so.
They formed parties and had/have representatives in both their regional and national parliaments who speak for them and their call for referendum at any time is seen as legitimate unlike Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB who refused to do same to make their cause legitimate as well.
How do you say you speak for a people when there isn't any proof that the people wanted you to speak for them in this modern world.
That of Catalonia was clamped down by the Spanish government even if the process the people went about it was legitimate, how much more that of IPOB that is illegitimate.

wirinet:
Calling Nigeria a failed state or fantastically corrupt is quite different from calling Nigerians animals or Yoruba Bastards or funlanis barbaric blood thirsty backward thinking power mongers. If any country's leader should spew such, it will certainly spark a diplomatic row.
Besides, these things were said in leaked personal conversations and not on official or public communication.

wirinet:
And these are your truths? If the hausa funlanis and yorubas returns their own truths about igbos, it is you that will wail the loudest.

Let's see how these truths will help IPOB achieve Biafra

oyatz:
This your last post clearly showed that your understanding of the issues at stake is very shallow.

1) Nigeria did not seceed from Britian in 1960. British Colonialism was a period of Foreign rule of indigenous people sustained by military might of the colonialists.

It was a foreign occupation which naturally is bound to be resented by the natives and couldn't have lasted forever. The British knew this from the onset.

2) The opposition to British rule started almost immediately after the advent of colonial rule with Dr Obasa and prominent educated Yoruba elites forming the first Political party , The Peoples's Union in 1909 to galvanized the natives to demand to self rule.

3) Herbert Macaulay and Dr Azikiwe weren't just leaders of pressure groups organizing protests against British rule, they metamorphosed to Political leaders.
They formed Political parties (NNDP in 1922 by Macaulay, NCNC in 1946 by Macaulay, Zik, Adewoyin, Olorunnimbe, Michael Imodu &others), contested and won elections to legitimize their aspirations.

3) They sought mandates from the peoples (Conference of ethnic groups in 1950 at Ibadan) where demands for self rule was made loud and clear.
4) Between 1952-1959, several constitutional conferences were held by the Traditional, elected and Political leaders of all the peoples in Nigeria to reach an agreement on independence.

5) The elected Representatives of the colonized peoples became the most vocal campaigners of independence.

In 1953, Hon Tony Enahoro of the Action Group (AG) moved on the floor of the House of REPRESENTATIVES the first motion for the independence of Nigeria by 1956. This didn't go down well with the Northern People's Congress (NPC) members who strongly opposed the motion.

Hon Remilekun Fani-Kayode (the father of FFK) of the Action Group in 1956 moved another motion for independence which again was thwarted by the NPC leadership.

It was after much persuation, horse trading and negotiation with the leaders of the North and the minorities that every body agreed on independence by 1960, hence

Hon SL Akintola of the Action Group finally moved the successful motion for independence in 1959. This was successful.

oyatz:
What Kanu is asking for is similar to what Boko Haram is asking for.


Boko Haram are asking for Borno, Yobe and eight other Northern States to be given to them to create an Islamic Country based on the Sharia Legal system and have taken arms to actualize this demand (they aren't exploring the referendum option)

oalandAgents2:
Referendum from democratic system he chose not to participate in, why would he now expect the federal government to take him seriously?

Furthermore please correct me if I am wrong, but I cannot recall IPOB or Nnamdi ever seeking to get a mandate from the Igbo people to agitate for Biafra on our behalf, or is by force that Igbos must become Biafra?

Federal government knows all this , in short they cannot take him seriously and him himself cannot be serious.

zibya:
ImpossiCANT

oalandAgents2:
Please my Igbo family why is Nnamdi Kanu's IPOB agitating for freedom? Is he not free?

Somebody else mentioned IPOB is seeking a referendum, but did not state who he is seeking that referendum from.

Is it possible to achieve referendum whilst remaining outside of the politics of the country and existing democratic structures?

YorubaKing:


See Potor-Potor

Unlimitk2:
Hmm
I just noticed something about u

Unlimitk2:
Mumu I can go to Wikipedia and pull yoruba inventions for
The largest data cable company in west is owned by a yoruba woman,funke opeke
Chest beaters

Unlimitk2:
At least when list of countries that have won Nobel laureate comes up and u c Nigeria u will always remember Soyinka

Unlimitk2:
See this nonentity
Michael olukotun pioneered dual core u all use in your computer today,a Yoruba man
That your dual core laptor running on more than one processors was pioneerd by Michael olukotun a yoruba man
Mumu,there is a reason y u ppl are called chest beaters

Unlimitk2:
Well this same chinedu should know what Soyinka has accomplished no body dead or alive from his generation can achieve half of that

Unlimitk2:
It's better than drug smuggling and prostitution
At least they use their intellect and can operate computers
At least they are computer literates

Unlimitk2:
Is that d reason y anambra youths full Asian prisons
Is that d reason y anambra youths were massacred in ozubulu because of hardworking drug dealing youths?
Is that d reason y Ibo ppl are killing themselves in south Africa ?

Mumu better look for a job

Unlimitk2:
OK next
This just shows the technological prowess of yorubas in technology
An average yoruba person is tech savvy
Good or bad
Tech is life

chily11:
See below some pictures of the poor drainage system in Abia state and the effect after heavy rainfall today.

omadeltason:
I don't know why some of you will come here and start making noise saying that Ebonyi people are not Igbo's ,and you all east Igbo's will die when dragging ikwere and we Delta Anioma as parts of you guys
you never finish uniting and you dey drag us to become ur hopeless Igbo confused people our oil will not kill u guys, because Ebonyi has no oil.

BeijinDossier:
Ok i will open Abia state thread for you now so you can go there and talk about it

BeijinDossier:
Stay away from this and face your Abia state

BeijinDossier:
Johnbull mechieonu nsi abakaleke gi there. You see why i like telling you the harsh truth. You are a 3rd class igbo and shouldn't be talking, the same way you cannot boldly speak Ebonyi in public when you see other Igbos at a gathering.


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Bighead9:
You just raised a good point here. I think the National Assembly should do as you just suggested.

You are a patriot Bro.

QueenSekxy:
It's good as no Igbo is actually on this thread to engage in insentive argument with people still living in their fore fathers thatched house with lots of brown roof.

Mind You, they are commenting and quoting themselves, supporting and insulting the thread all by themselves. While the eastern people are offline building and developing their lands massively. Some online miscreants are here fighting.

Bighead9:
Oga, I no dey go Abia or Onitcha, never. I'm not ready to die Young. ;Dt


Even dead bodies are not safe in Abia State.
This is truly HELL on EARTH.