₦airaland Forum

Karmanaut:
The global community has nothing to do with this.
They weren't the ones that told this idîot to plagiarise someone else's paper.

And the most annoying thing is that he wants to bring disrepute to that institution

Nawa for opeyemi sefd

It is not every day that you return from work and read updates so full of hate with its quarter million likes by two sets of people: those who share similar hate of a particular race with the poster and those who think that liking such posts would earn them that illusionary tag of ‘good’ Nigerian. Yes, good Nigerian. To be viewed as a good Nigerian, you must put up posts that directly spew hate against Igbos. Every ‘good’ Nigerian is expected to do this – at least once in a week – for that was the face of ‘patriotism’.
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And it also come with the silly idea that all of the people who want Nigeria restructure in preparation for a break up are senseless is well believed among the ‘patriotic’ Nigerians. People now put up posts to address Igbo problems which the Igbo should go and face at the command of these ‘patriotic’ Nigerians. These patriotic Nigerians will bypass Asaba, Owerri, Enugu but would quickly bring up Aba in every of their discussions. And we already know why they do these. Listening to these ‘patriotic’ Nigerians, one would begin to wonder whether all the polio-ridden beggars at every junction on major cities across Nigeria were Igbos – or that those reckless and moronic okada riders at every part of Lagos known for their heavy combination of illiteracy, arrogance and stupidity were Igbos. Or that all the illiterate meghards across Nigeria were all Igbo people.
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The current hate for the Igbos now come hidden under Nnamdi Kanu and his IPOB and patriotic Nigerians now see the Kanu saga as their kitchen – where they cook up Igbo hate, wrap it with that notorious tag of ‘National interest’ and then serve it to their teeming anti-Igbo friends – who themselves are willing collaborators of Igbo hate against the Igbo. Kanu should be jailed, they is what you could read from every of their statement. But here in Lagos, Gani Adams and his OPC boys, known for their neatness and calmness, work about with guns and in some cases, unleash mayhem on the citizenry. Fulani herdsmen too are not left out in the gun carrying charade and their guns are well known to explode at the slightest provocation. But what troubles ‘patriotic’ Nigerians so much is Nnamdi Kanu’s endless noise on Radio Biafra London. I am certain that Nnamdi Kanu’s ordinary rants give these ‘patriotic’ Nigerians more sleepless nights than the OPC putting hot pepper in a girl’s vagina and the Fulani herdsmen leveling a village whose inhabitants were should I say ‘unpatriotic’ enough to question their audacity of letting their cows feed on their crops and that is if these acts give them sleepless nights at all.
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One of these patriotic Nigerians, an Ijaw gentleman made an update where he rubbished Igbos with a very illogical argument. His argument was that GEJ’S government loaded its appointments with Igbos and Northerners didn’t cry, according to him, Northerners kept calm because they were more ‘politically-mature’ than the East and South South. I saw Northerners calling him ‘patriotic Nigerian’ and dude became a super star with so many fans willing to cheer him to his grave – provided he’s willing to die hating Igbo. In the first comment, I asked one Abdul if he was actually sure that Northerners during GEJ where not wailing and he said yes, so I copied two of their wails and posted to him. Then in my second comment, I challenged the Poster who also commented that Northerners are the true Nigerians because they don’t mind who rules Nigeria. I agreed with him that Northerners are the true Nigerians – true Nigerians means nothing to me but unconscious slaves – and you would agree with me later as we progress. But I disagreed with him that Northern don’t mind who riles Nigeria – it is on the contrary, their wish – to always rule Nigeria. I asked him if it was people from Saudi Arabia that killed 450 youth coppers in Kano and Kaduna and burned people’s offices and cars when GEJ was declared winner in 2011. Of course, that was how far I went: the ijaw dude thinking I was about to damage his popularity and his presumed elevation to a star quickly came and hit the block button. An Ijaw dude who ironically many of my Igbo pals would die defending their kinsman. And yours faithfully heaved with the knowledge that my words are still there like the popular ‘uli’.
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One cannot deny the fact however that there are lots of miscreants on Radio Biafra as there are lots of miscreants in Oduduwa page, Arewa pages and even Proudly Ijaw. Miscreants exist everywhere even in that street where you live. Since every part of this country have its own fare share of miscreants, commonsense says ‘patriotic’ Nigerians should focus on their own area. My mother use to tell me those in Igbo: ‘koo n’ubi I’ which in English means weed on your own farm. Every farm had weeds, why not concentrate on weeding your own farm first before telling your neighbor to weed his or hers? And do you imagine your sanity is still intact when you leave your weed infested farm to discuss the weed in that of your neighbor? And if I may ask, why always threatening the Igbos with war whenever they want to opt out? I mean, who the hell wants to fight Igbo people if they want to opt out? I know you are mischievous, for you would never read the great AHIARA DECLARATION and judge the Igbo people with it but would rather visit RADIO BIAFRA LONDON, a playground for the ill-informed and judge the rest Igbo people who wants an opt out with it. Why exactly have you refused to judge them with the AHIARA DECLARATION? Oh you haven’t? So below is an excerpt from the AHIARA DECLARATION, Maybe a glimpse at it would knock some sense right into your head to know exactly what the Igbo and co wanted.
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NEGRO RENAISSANCE
‘We do not claim that the Biafran Revolution is the first attempt in history by the Negro to assert his identity, to claim his right and proper place as a human being on a basis of equality with the white and yellow races. We are aware of the Negro’s past and present efforts to prove his ability at home and abroad. We are familiar with his achievements in prehistory; we are familiar with his achievements in exploring and taming the African and American continents; we are familiar with his achievements in political organisations; we are familiar with these contributions to the world store of art and culture. The Negro’s white oppressors are not unaware of all these.
But in spite of their awareness they are not prepared to admit that the Negro is a fellow human and colleague. This is why we in Biafra are convinced that the Negro can never come to his own until he is able to build modern states (whether national or multi-national) based on a compelling African ideology, enjoying real rather than sham independence, able to give scope to the full development of the human spirit in the arts and sciences, able to engage in dialogue with the white states on a basis of transparent equality and able to introduce a new dimension into international statecraft.
In the world context, this is Biafra - the plight of the black struggling to be man. From this derives our deep conviction that the Biafran Revolution is not just a movement of Igbo, Ibibio, Ijaw and Ogoja. It is a movement of true and patriotic Africans. It is African nationalism conscious of itself and fully aware of the powers with which it is contending. From this derives our belief that history and humanity are on our side, and that the Biafran Revolution is indestructible and eternal.’
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Read that… ^ of course you would quickly remove the Ijaw, Ibibio and Ogoja from the list, but what difference does it make?
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One patriotic Nigeria says those Igbos in support of secession are not sensible and perhaps, the whole Igbo cowards would rush to click ‘like’ on that irresponsible post. I am partially responding to that update now, because I support the idea of Africans creating their own states and not the slave markets created for them by the people who until now, believe strongly that negroes are not supposed to create nations for themselves unless it was approved by a European nation. ‘Patriotic’ Nigerian, you are an unconscious slave. I would have written a direct reply to you and your type who are too pompous to realize that they are still slaves but let me reply you in English language – that language whose owners sent my father away from their School in his own village for speaking his own language. I will reply you in this language forced upon us by the people who wanted to wipe away any trait of our Africanism and replace it with theirs. I will reply you with the language of the same people whom my forefathers died resisting their enslavement in that ekumeku war and the Aba women riot.
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I knew you were ignorant of the fact that some people in search of treasure, bounced upon your ancestors and at gun point, made them their subjects and that your ancestors were killed in great numbers by these treasure seeking folks. I knew too that you are unaware that someone forced a group of Afro-Asiatic people and another group of kwa people into what he calls nation because of the Berlin conference – yes Berlin conference. You are too pompous in your ignorance to know too that why they forced these different people into a nation was because France and Britain already have too many territories in Africa – territories dubiously labeled theirs when the owners are still alive and kicking but were held captive by strangers they welcomed to their lands. Your ancestors, ‘patriotic’ Nigerian are among these captives whose land were about to be allocated to strangers in a strange land and without their consents. Britain in other to avoid losing much of their territories, decided to play a trick: the trick was to group up to five of the territories they stole which share common boundary together and call them one name while still stealing from the people. Patriotic Nigerian, the place tagged Niger republic, Cameroun and the place tagged Republic of Benin would’ve been grouped into the place tagged Nigeria if these places and their inhabitants were not held hostage by different bandits.
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You hate Igbos for wanting to opt out of a union created without their consent. You wanted the Igbo to remain in a union they never liked: a union their fathers died resisting at the Ekumeku war and the Douglass war near Owerri. You want the Igbos to remain in a union which one of their sons, King Jaja of Opobo fought and died resisting. You wanted the Igbo to remain in a union created by people who are proud of creating it because that to them is how the Negros will remain – anywhere the Europeans placed them. The Igbos according to you should remain royal and educated slave just like yourself. They must remain where the master placed all of us and they become senseless whenever they have the audacity to say ‘no, we can’t be in this cage we are better than this, we are not Nigerians but Igbos. We speak Igbo like the people of England speak English and the Chinese speak Chinese and in Germany, they speak German…’?
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The Igbos says they want to be Igbos or Biafrans. They are not doing so because being Igbo or Biafra will land them in a land flowing with milk and honey. No, but while we cannot rule the possibility of such happenstance considering the cases of Malaysia vs. Singapore, India vs. Pakistan, North Korea vs. South Korea etc. I know you normally use South Sudan to blackmail Igbos and to spread fear. But as it is, the Igbos seems to also know of the nations I mentioned because unlike you, most Igbos are not silly. South Sudan has not arrived, b ut they certainly would in no distance time and I hope you stay alive to run their in search of greener pastures. I know you would because you don’t have shame and you are good at eating humble pies. But what would you say if in ten years time, South Sudan finally shakes off the long damage done to it from the long abusive union with ‘Sudan’? Or are you already insinuating that they would not come out of the crises even as evidence all suggest that they are coming out?
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Freedom does not come on a platter of gold, it comes with a price – and that price could mean suffering for some years. I believe the Igbos would rather suffer for some years than remain loyal slaves because they are too afraid to leave their comfort zone like you and your fellow patriotic Nigerians. You wanted igbos to join you in making Nigeria, a British cage ‘better for your selves and your children who probably would have become full-time English-speaking and westernized slaves by the time because you, their parents were not brave enough to understand that 50 million Yoruba are enough to form a Yoruba land and speak Yoruba language as obtainable in free INDEPENDENT nations around the globe. Freedom is a problem on its own albeit a ‘progressive’ problem. For in freedom, we are in charge and being in charge entails responsibilities. You are responsible for solving problems. So cut that ridiculous thought of yours that Igbos when they pull out would encounter problems. Don’t forget that their inclusion into your Niger area was a problem to them and by opting out, they have solved one problem. Problems are precarious, the solution to one problem will always bring us face-to-face with another problem and each problem solved is a step up the ladder. Nations, communities and individuals grow by solving problems.
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Mr and Mrs patriotic Nigerian, I would leave you lots in your ignorance and cowardice but the knowledge that you and I are Africanly connected will not allow me. By the way, is that signboard that reads ‘WE ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH HERE’ still at the entrance of your kid’s school dear patriotic Nigerians? Is your dear Nigeria still a member of Islamic countries? do people, I mean your fellow Nigerians still b urn houses, kill Igbo people and destroy offices over a cartoon drawn in far away Denmark? I will leave you however to remain a patriotic Nigerian as against a Yoruba or Hausa or Igbo because it is now a fact that you can never do away with your slavish tag because you are afraid of the unknown. Birds in a cage usually think within themselves that flying is a disease. You can stay in your comfort zone, that is right but do sincerely accept the fact that you are a miseducated and ignorant coward.

jpphilips:
Mis information will only thrive when people like us are dead, so anyone who wish to spread propaganda and concocted lies must be weary of some usernames that will bury your lies.


IS THE SOUTH EAST REALLY DEVELOPED?

We need to define development, South east has a robust economy no doubt but I ask, is it not what they are about to destroy with this agitation, what was left of the SE in 1970 after the first agitation? is that what we really want?

When I visit the SE, I see a lot of individual efforts more than I see collective government responsibility being fulfilled, is that what we confuse for development? over 20yrs most places in Enugu rely on tankers for clean water unlike the 80's when the government provided water for everyone through the water board, such collective infrastructures are lacking in the whole of south east not just Enugu.
Enugu and Anambra are the only SE states that can boast of good road network the rest are cesspits of varying degrees of gullies, from Abia to Ebonyi, so why are we confusing individual efforts with development?

You built your house, I build mine is not development but individual effort, when you start benefiting from Government/cooperative provided low cost houses with Govt/cooperative provided access roads, central sewage, incinerator, electricity and security only then will you feel you are developed, as we chat, one of the most expensive estates in the SE Ngozika estate in Awka lack these amenities that people elsewhere consider basic yet we call that development, I disagree completely.
The South eastern Governors owe the people more than Abuja does, the fire power of the street demo of last week should be directed at the incompetent Governors that have left the South east comatose over years.

ARE THE IGBOS REALLY MARGINALIZED?


I am happy that Nnamdi Kanu did not succeed in twisting that part of our history, the Nigerian government won in battle as such there are consequences in defeat, I make out time from my busy schedule to enlighten people who are willing to learn on the consequences of their agitation, you don't go to battle and lose then expect your life to remain the same, there is agony in defeat Igbos should know better, let me take you on a tour round the world to buttress this situation so you can go and enlighten those urchins that blocked my office last week.

Japan today is not allowed to conscript their own soldiers beyond a particular number monitored by the united states who have repackaged the situation as an alliance yet by proxy undermining the sovereignty of Japan, do you have any idea how many military bases the US is maintaining in Japan? as at today, the US has 3 airforce bases (Kadena, Misowa and Yokota), 3 Army bases (camp zana, forte burtner and Tori station), 13 marine corps bases (courtney, fuji Gonsalves etc) and 4 Naval bases. A total of 23 military installations in another man's soil.

Can we see clearly that Japan is Under US occupation militarily (what Nnamdi Kanu will call military bondage) never mind their level of development and accomplishments, do you think the Japanese will not want to return to the pre WW2 era when they had a military that could match the US, soldier for soldier, combat for combat? pearl Harbor rings a loud bell, today they have lost that privilege thanks to their defeat at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Let me take you to South America, since Argentina was defeated in the Falkland conflict, the Argentine Government is denied of all the revenues accrual from that prosperous Island that originally belonged to them as a matter of fact, they are behind a territorial marker set by the British, Argentina MUST seek the permission of the British to use or Visit an Island that originally belonged to them that is the agony of defeat.

Lets go to the Middle east, since Palestine never won Israel in any of their recent conflicts, West bank and Gaza strip has remained under perpetual occupation and subjugation, it is so bad that as little as food rations and medicines has to be approved by Israel before the people of Palestine will feed, that is the Agony of defeat.

Let us go to Europe, I need not say much here but for the sake of enlightenment, below are the conditions given to the Germans after their WW1 defeat, the document is called, "Treaty of Versailles", Nnamdi Kanu doesn't know this much I suppose.

1) Germany had to accept the Blame for starting the war (Clause 231). This was vital because it provided the justification for harsh treatments
2) Germany had to pay £6.6 million (called Reparations) for the damage done during the war.
3) Germany was forbidden to have submarines or an air force. She could have a navy of only six battleships, and an Army of just 100,000 men. In addition, Germany was not allowed to place any troops in the Rhineland, the strip of land, 50 miles wide, next to France.
4). Germany’s colonies were given to Britain and France, Germany was forbidden to join the League of Nations, or unite with Austria.
5) SAAR coal fields belonging to germany was given to France to operate for 15yrs
6) Poland will be given a corridor into the Baltic cutting off East prussia from Germany
7) Posen a very rich farm land given to Poland free
Danzig will be owned by the League of Nations (our modern day United nations)
9) Alsace Lorraine will be given to France free
10) Eupen and Malmedy will be given to Belgium free
11) North Shelswig given to Denmark free
12) Germany was not allowed to unite with Austria which leaves Germany as a tiny, land locked desolate piece of land

You see young people, Nnamdi Kanu is feasting on the ignorance of most of you, can you compare what US did to Japan or what the League of Nations did to Germany with your 20 pounds saga?

If Bi@fr@ was Japan, Imagine if Nigeria sends military administrators to rule over all the states in Bi@fr@ with military bases everywhere to ensure you guys don't cough, for your importation business and the likes, you must seek permission from Nigeria before you can do that, how would you feel? japan has lived through that agony for over 50yrs.

If Germany was Bi@fr@, can you imagine Half of Bi@fr@ land will be seeded to Cameroon and the rest given to Benin Republic, how would you feel? Germany lived through that between 1914-1948, matter of fact the wall of Berlin actually fell in 1991, can you extrapolate the agony of the Germans in such situation? that is the Agony of defeat, in your case you were given 20 pounds and you are complaining, bros, it could have been worse, Nnamdi Kanu knowing that you have no idea the terms of the Versailles treaty, sold you the 20 pounds saga and you hated Nigeria for it, that is what propaganda does to feeble minds.

Bi@fr@ was not punished enough for their rebellion going by what was obtainable at the time, I believe that is why there are still individuals who want to cross that line again, make no mistakes, this time around no one can predict what lies ahead.

I have written here severally that Nigeria will take all Igbo properties in Nigeria if they get Bi@fr@, a lot of people don't believe me do you know why, because they are not enlightened enough to read the land use act of 1978. That law gives Nigeria the legal Justification to do that and not even United Nations will fault that, because Nigeria had the law before Biafra broke away hence it will not be adjudged as a form of punishment, be careful what you wish for because very few of you can actually see the end of your Bi@fr@n Journey.

They claim Igbos are the most developed yet they beg for development again, are they not speaking from the two compasses of their mouth?
Instead of brooding about who will develop you, why wont Igbos synergize to form a common political front that will project the Igbo interest beyond umbrages? afterall, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Nwafor orizu were all igbos who operated at the highest level of governance in Nigeria, go back to that formula and you will get what you deserve, how do you expect a government you are rebelling against to help you?
How many votes did you give to Buhari to help you? Jonathan a Bi@fr@n (by Nnamdi Kanu's conjecture) you supported fully, what did he do to develop you?
If your own brother can not develop you, is it anarchy you will use to get your enemy to develop you? at what point will Igbos realize that Jonathan was a failed project, dust themselves up and re strategize on how to define their interest around APC?

Pushing for Bi@fr@ will be both political and geographical suicide, don't say I did not warn you guys!!

Another post begging Igbo not to leave

Karmanaut:
What does the global academic community have to do with this?

A whole lot ..this is fraud you know

nwanlecha:
Dalu nwanne mmadụ! N'eziokwu, ọ nwelụ ụfọdụ ndị Igbo kwesịlu ị gụ write - up a, ọ kachasị ndị one Nigeria Igbo Twitter celebs. a, na-adị akọyeli ịfe fa a marọ, maka Biafra.

Oyibo siri ...spread the word


Inwelu ike post ya na Facebook page gi

This is so shameful and embarrassing not only to Nigeria but academic community globally

obstead200:
bros, let yoruba e-warriors just eat their shame. nothing like jealosy in this.
check the false thread and u will see that they started the chest beating first and instantly.

Ok

Jengem:
The Clay Math institute has distanced itself from claims that the Riemann Hypothesis, a 156 year old unsolved mathematical problem has been solved by a Nigerian egghead, Dr. Opeyemi Enoch. Enoch is a professor with the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Several publications had gone to town with the report yesterday and earlier today, stating that the scholar had won the $1 million prize offered to whomever can solve the problem.

Email checks with the Clay Math institute resulted in a response from the Office of the President of the institute.

Naomi Kraker, administrative manager in an email to The Herald said, “As a matter of policy, the Clay Mathematics Institute does not comment on solutions to the Millennium Problems. The current status of the problems and complete information about each, can be found at www.claymath.org; I’m afraid I can not add anything beyond what is available there.”

Subsequent check on the website revealed that the problem actually remains unsolved.

http://www.claymath.org/millennium-problems/riemann-hypothesis


Soup: http://www.theheraldng.com/clay-math-institute-denies-century-old-math-problem-s

So the bottom line is the Dr opeyemi is just a fraud


Clay maths ...continued eoooo

OK na

APC has lost it all...when they said Jonathan was clueless but here baba is meaningless

mulattoclaro:
Op have you ever heard of the world air-strikes? Do you know that just 3 or 4 air-strikes are more than enough to reduce more than half of you guys? I pity you. I personally even want a civil war to break out and let's see who will be at the receiving end or who will suffer the heaviest casualties. In case you don't know you're alone in this your Biafra struggle. Be careful what you wish for. Mind you the SE is a very vulnerable region and 60% of your population live outside the SE. So it won't be difficult in ending your biafra madness in about 2 days. If the war was to break out who are your allies? What weapons do you have in your arsenal to take the Nigerian army in 3days? Don't be fooled by media propaganda. Nigeria has one of the best foot soldiers in the world. The Nigerian army singlehandedly ended the civil war in Liberia and Sierra Leone and played a major role in the Sudan war. Amnesty International won't come to your rescue. The UN won't come to your rescue.

If you're hoping on south south to join you in your madness, you're on a very long thing. I'll personally join the Nigerian army to wipe out your cursed tribe once and for all. They'll be no escape route this time. You'll be killed and your lands occupied and your women sold as sex slaves for 500 naira. I'll personally located you, eurobomber, lygn19, tonychristopher, ikenagwo, yorubatic, obiagu, nneka123, etc and put a bullet in your heads.

Cc: coolitempa, tonyebarcanista, fineguy11, Goodboiyy, martineverest, truckpusher, edcure, enahi, sandraokosun, spanishkid, allsmile, etc come and see these people again o.

All these Benin boys seff


Well talk is cheap..first of all tell me army to wipe out boko haram before u make noise

CyberWolf:
The attention of the Proudly Anioma-Proudly Igbo Group of Nigeria, a friendship/family group of Anioma people and their eastern Igbo kith and kin has been drawn to a “Press Release” written by some deluded individuals claiming to speak on behalf of the entire Anioma people. To begin with, it is important to note that the said group “Ndi-Anioma” as they call themselves is not the umbrella body of the Anioma people at home and in the Diaspora. This responsibility lies with the Izu-Anioma organization head by Brig. Gen Alabi Isama (rtd), the Ajieh-Osa, Anagba and Ochiagha of Utagba land. In the charter of Izu-Anioma, the Anioma people were not defined as an “ethnic group” but rather an umbrella body covering the people identified in the course of Nigerian nationhood as West-Niger Igbos, Western Igbos, then Midwest Igbos , Bendel Igbos and now its often called Delta Igbos. Anioma is a political identity covering the entire area and was coined by the venerable Chief Dennis Osadebay in the late 1970s. It is important as well to note that our leader, Gen. Isama has stated in several fora and without any bit of contradiction that Anioma people are Igbos. We of the Proudly Anioma-Proudly Igbo organization concur with his assertions. Therefore any claim, a self-seeking one for that matter by a group of political wannabes parading themselves as “the umbrella body of Anioma people” should not be taken by the general public seriously. Their rant is not worth a pinch of salt. We are aware that those parading themselves as “umbrella body of all Anioma people” have their loyalties tied to a particular political party in Nigeria. With such interests, their unfounded claims should not be taken by the public seriously.

As stated by one of our leaders Col Achuzie, the Ikemba of Asaba, we believe that the issues leading to the end of Biafran war and the pacification which followed thereafter has not assuaged a good percentage of the Igbo people of Nigeria that they have been fully integrated in the country. Many of them still feel they have been treated as second-class citizens and there are empirical evidences to suggest that some of these claims have some taints of truth and reality in it. Among some of the issues include the slicing off of some Igbo communities out of core Igbo states and merger to other states. We can give examples:

[b]1. The area of Ndoki south covering the present Oyigbo (originally Obigbo) transferred from the old Aba division and lumped to Rivers State in 1976. Also, in the 1980s, three Ndoki villages namely Ohaobu, Mkpukpuaja and Ogbuagu villages carved from the then Imo State and lumped to Etim-Ekpo LGA of Akwa Ibom State. It is noteworthy to state that Oyigbo LGA apart from Oloibiri was the first place in Nigeria to produce oil and gas in commercial quantities (at Afam). Unlike Oloibiri which has dried-up since the 1980s, Afam and other Oyigbo oil-fields keep yielding vast quantities of petroleum.

2. Egbema communities now in Rivers State. Egbema has 16 villages and out of these 16 villages , 3 namely Mgbede, Aggah and Okwuzi has the largest reserves of oil and gas in the community. This is apparently the reason they were lumped to Rivers while the other 13 villages were left in Imo State where they had to contend with more modest reserves of the commodity.
It is important to note that this “punishment” at least as perceived by many Igbos did not end up with the eastern Igbo people. The Aniomas or Western Igbos had to lose Ndoni area to Rivers State and Osekwenike-Onyah area to Sagbama area of Bayelsa State. Just like the other examples I gave, all of these areas are oil-producing. It is often claimed that the Nigerian Civil war was a war fought over oil and gas and the actions of the federal government just like these examples seems to reflect suggest that the federal government had intended to give a tag of non-oil producing to Igbo areas including Anioma. While it is interesting to note that parts of Igbo land has been excised and lumped to other states, a good part of Itsekiri land embracing what is defined as Ugbege area was lumped to Ondo State; A state where Itsekiri people are not indigenous. This is one just an example of the double standards in Nigeria which seem to swell such protests. It therefore lies with the federal government to initiate moves to douse such feelings of alienation or punishment for the war. A common song by Peter Tos , which has one of its iconic lyrics “Everyone is crying out for peace but no one for justice” brings to the fore what we are trying to pass across here.[/b]

Prof Chinua Achebe’s book “There was a Country” puts to rest any country called Biafra. There was indeed a country called “Biafra”. However, Col Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu talked on a “Biafra of the Mind”. This “Biafra of the Mind” has in our opinion different dimensions to it. Biafra is a part of the history of Nigeria and there is no way we can forget about it collectively as Nigerians and more importantly as Igbos. Therefore, anyone in whatever guise declaring “Biafra died permanently in 1970 with the surrender speech made by Philip Effiong” is being comical. In the United States of America, people freely talk about the Confederate States of Southern USA and the old Confederate flag is embedded in the state flags of many Southern States because it is deemed as a part of their heritage. Telling Igbos and other Nigerians who suffered a lot to pretend that no Biafra of the Mind exists is a sheer display of wickedness and irresponsibility. There is nothing to ever stop a war which led to the death of one-seventh of the Igbo people and left much of Anioma land decimated.
Anyone who claims that a “few resentful people of South-East origin” are the ones behind the protests. We have seen some pictures of the protests and such pictures do not seem to suggest that the protests were the handiwork of a “few resentful people”. It seems to demonstrate a mass movement among the youths of the South-east region in particular and areas of the South-south as well. Protest like this as far as it is peaceful is a hallmark of a vibrant democracy. Laying accusing fingers on MASSOB is diversionary. The government must do the needful and address the grievances of these people no matter how “stupid” it would seem. The idea of trying to separate Anioma from Biafra is laughable. In the 1960s when the Biafra war was fought, the Aniomas were drawn to it. The reason is not far-fetched; the war was perceived as a rebellion of Igbos and Aniomas being western Igbos were involved. This is not a peculiar case. From Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo were drawn into the conflicts between the Hutu and Tutsi.

This is sadly a feature of ethnic politics which manifests at times as war in Africa. Gen Obasanjo who was a major actor in the Nigerian Civil war and former president, did not hide his understanding that Aniomas are Igbos. In his Niger Delta Special Development Initiative of 2005, he had Imo, Abia and Anioma area of Delta removed as beneficiaries. Yet he had Ondo and its rocky capital city of Akure included as “part of the Niger Delta”. The said inventive maps claimed by these people who represent just themselves and no one else in Anioma is a proposal and it’s in tandem with International law and practices. It was the case with South Sudan. In the original proposal Southern Blue, Abyei and Nuba were proposed and this was adopted in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of Sudan and South Sudan. Abyei was to decide after a referendum while Southern Blue Nile and Nuba would decide after popular consultation. Claiming that the “expansiveness of Biafra” has anything to do with oil is ridiculous.

[b]Firstly the price of oil has crashed significantly and there is nothing to suggest that in future, oil will be “black gold” it used to be. Besides the southeast region even with the exclusion of the areas annexed and lumped to Rivers has some reserves of the commodity. Anioma herself also has oil. But anyone who thinks that the future of Anioma , the larger Igbo race or Africa lies in oil or other commodities has serious issues. The main drive of development is human capital no less no more. Igbos has this factor perhaps more than any other group in Nigeria.
It is also worthy to note that several Anioma people are well-disposed to the protests and the involvement of Anioma towns of Agbor and Asaba towns without any opposition in whatever guise confirms this point of view. This can be collaborated by the opinion of Col Joe Achuzie, the Ikemba of Asaba. The fact that our rulers and other leaders have kept a dignified silence to the matter would indicate that we are not hostile to such protests as far as its done peacefully and orderly.[/b]

It is therefore not the responsibility of a faceless organization to claim to have “made a position”. Those who are making the position are just a group of politicians based mainly in the UK using their paid lackeys to make some noise for them. They hope in return for “loyalty”, the ruling APC would share some “cakes” for them. This we know very well. Let us state once again that these faceless people do not represent the Anioma people. Our prime organization is the Izu-Anioma. Before we conclude let us dwell a bit on the points they raised.

This is awesome ...these peeps from western and northern Nigeria thinks Igbo ends in south east..we are not even talking about Igbo in Benue and kogi seff


Bunch of monkeys

skaksuzzy:
i'm a very devoted Muslim. but I pray this ISIS should never know peace. I want people to understand that they are not fighting on the course of Islam, they just find joy in killing and destroying people and properties. these same bastards claiming to b fighting for Islam are the same bastards who eat pork and drink alcohol which is prohibited in Islam. U won't knw peace...insha Allah...amin

Why is it that every Muslim wil say Isis isn't Islam , whaybof al queada what of many terrorist with Islam leaning

How I wish all the Islam things can be removed out of this world

Take away Islam in this world you have taken away mayhem and troubles like 90%

Take it or leave it

Obiagu1:
One of the major reasons I want Biafra is to avoid Islam incursion into Igboland.

I bet you, if we remain in Nigeria, in 20 years time, Igboland would be a war zone between the Igbo and the Fulani just like it is in Jos.

We don’t have upper hand at all.
Fulani fighters don't have residency, they don't have women and children to protect.
They simply sneek in at night and slaughter everyone with no army to protect us.

This is why I think One Nigeria Igbos are big fools.

We need Biafra and an army to protect us.

You are right here ..who really associates with Islam

noblezone:
I was watching Aljazera the other day.
They showed an Islamic School with one Malam teaching the ways of Allah.

A little girl was later interviewed"
She wanted to be a medical doctor but at the Islamic school, she has changed her mind.
She now wants to study Islam and Sharia.


Islam is primitive in her teachings!
She trains her followers to become Jihardists: men and women who shed innocent blood for the love of Allah.

NO normal thinking person will want to associate with Jihardists.
Look at how messed up Northern Nigeria is?

I think this is one of the reason Biafra wants out ..look at the mess in north of Nigeria

crusadistic:
what has Islam got to do with flathèads.heeboès only deal with fake things.

The post means Biafra wants to stay away from Islamic contagion and come to think of it ...I think they are right

So why abusive? Are you a Yoruba man if I may ask

It's too early to be abusive or do you start your week with abuses

nwanlecha:
May Chukwu Okike Abiama bless Carlos Chiwendu, the writer of this article. I think it should be shared on as many platforms as possible, in order to educate some of our ignorant people. Thank you @tonychristopher for bringing this wonderful piece to us. I have been truly blessed by it.

Omalicha ....udo

Dalu

Some days ago we were having a chat with some proponents of Biafra and those that were against and for it . we were a mini nigerai in that bar just some igbos and other nigerians as from their interactions I realised that igbos had a valid point to want out

They do not want an Islam infested society and this will hamper their developments. They came to the conclusion that Islam is an and problem to global peace and having Biafra will make any Islam incursions treated as an external aggression and if Biafra isn't granted that be hard .as we see in kogi and jos today.

Now look at France ..they gave the Islam refugee these refugees turn back to bomb their host.... This is bad

This has been Biafra case knowing that east and south south are 99% Christians and won't want to be associated with Islam so they want their own country


Next thing I realised in that discussion is that edo folks want to join Biafra especially the esan axis ..I asked them why ? They said that they have lived and married Igbo for millennium and they are predominantly Christians and can't imagine been in same country with others

Well...I looked at this Biafra issue as mere wishes but their are cogent reasons in these wishes


All I can say is rest in peace to those that died in islamist hands ....after seeing BBC footage on Paris bombing ..I now understand Biafran position on Islam and how they don't want to be associated with anything Muslim


Rest in peace to those died in Paris and north east Nigeria


Good day all

Jaideyone:
dunce it's about correcting that "pure blood/conquer the host" mindset of yours. it's recipe for disaster. go back to your post and read it out while trying to use your brain

I think I will just assume that you never matter

Jaideyone:
dumb contribution from another half educated IPOB dimwit

"purr Igbo blood"

conquer your host"

empty cheat beating as usual.

Do I know you ? Basically NO


I have noticed you ...now shift pls

Ritchiee:
We all can not think the same way when we are not Zombies.As emotional as your people are about the pogrom or whatever,some of your people still want one Nigeria even on NL here.Our main problem is the distrust between us and it started a long time even before we were birthed.We pray you achieve your heart desire which would pave way for the disintegration of this rickety assemblage...

Hi

Pls don't derail this beautiful thread sir..why talk about progrom why leave in past ..I think you should be brainstorming on how to salvage western Nigeria from the financial miasma they are in


Pls forget Biafra ...it will do you so many good ...don't divert the attention and make suggestions and the sensible ones have been making here pls


Bye

zuchyblink:
My points and facts from geographical,
topographical evidence of those areas in
Abia State, Imo State, Anambra state and
Anioma areas and is that Igbos don’t have
to take any other tribe land or Sea to have
access to the Atlantic Ocean. The
international law of the sea guarantees
Igbos access to the sea peacefully by the
many short distance rivers, waterways,
tributaries etc. that flows into the Atlantic
ocean from Igboland.
nigeria map
My point is that in Abia State, Imo State and
Anambra State Igbos have access to the
Atlantic Ocean by a shorter distance of
dredging Imo River, Azumiri River, River
Niger in Anambra and many water ways,
tributaries and oguta lake etc. have a very
short distance access to Atlantic Ocean
shorter than Portharcourt Port sea port,
Calabar sea Port and Ibaka sea Port in Akwa
Ibom State. Many of these access including
Imo River, Azumiri Rivers etc. all flows into
the Atlantic Ocean and many of them with
about 15 to 30 Nautical miles into Atlantic
Ocean less than far away Calabar Sea Port,
Onne Sea port and Ibaka Akwa Ibom Sea
Port that are further out to Atlantic than
some of those in Igboland by geography
and topography. For example “Fact one,
IkwerreLand/Porharcourt and Porthhacourt
seaport was dredged 40 to 50 Miles to sea
from the Bonny River to Atlantic Ocean.
Onne Sea Port in Ogoni land was dredged
50 to 60 Miles to Sea from Bonny River for
Larger ships to Atlantic Ocean. Calabar
Seaport was dredged 45 nautical miles to
Atlantic Ocean. Akwa Ibom Ibaka deep
seaport is about 30 nautical miles to Atlantic
Ocean. Compare that to Obuaku Ndoki Port
in Abia State which is only 25 nautical miles
to the Atlantic Ocean from the confluence of
Imo River and Azumiri (blue River) in Abia
State, which is a large and deep body water
of high flowing and rich rivers. Azumiri Blue
River in Abia State is also 25-30 nautical
miles to Atlantic Ocean for a big Seaport and
big ships.
Compare that to Northern Nigeria, Kano,
Kaduna, Maiduguiri, Chad, Niger, Central
African Republic which are about 2000 (two
Thousand) mile to 3000 (Three Thousand )
Miles to the nearest sea or Atlantic Ocean
and which takes any way from two weeks
to one month for heavy goods and services
to get to the nearest seaport or ocean for
export or importation at a very high cost.
The possibility of a Seaport in Igboland is
real and absolutely possible. We are able
and the facts are real and on ground and
you know it. Stop your Nigeria deceit and
agony that have kept Nigeria in pain for
ages.
Also, We Igbos are at peace not at war with
our brothers and sisters from Akwa Ibom
State, Cross Rivers State, Rivers State, Ibibios,
Ijaws, Efik etc, in Niger Delta, South South
and Niger delta. When you look at the
situation in Former Eastern Region we live
in perfect peace with them and Igbos work
with them to maintain the peace and
harmony that is existing today among all
the tribes of former Eastern Region, South
South and Niger Delta. We vote together, we
fought together, We are mixed by DNA and
blood going thousands of years. Nigerian
factors of hate and division no matter how
bad from the civil war experience has not
divided us, but rather we all have learned
good experiences from the civil war error
to respect and honor each other today in
this new age going forward.
Afis, Please look at the where and places
that hatred and division is in high gear, The
killing fields of Middle belt, the killing fields
of plateau, the killing fields of Southern
Kaduna, the Killing fields of Benue State and
Taraba, The killing fields of Adamawa, the
killing fields of Borno, the Killing fields of
Nothern Oyo State, The klling fields of
Nothern Yoruba States, the Killing fields of
Kwara and Kogi State , the Fulani killing
fields, the killing fields of Kano, the Killing
fields of Kaduna and above all the killing
fields of Boko Haram in all of Northern and
Western Nigeria. All these hatred have killed
and massacred about one million people in
the last 30 years from religious and ethnic
hate and animosities in these areas. None of
these consistent large scale killings and
deep hatred of ethnic and religious killing
fields and massacre have ever happened in
Eastern Region, South south or South east or
Niger delta region. Igbos are at peace with
their neighbors.
The massive and consistent ethnic and
religious hatred and killings fields of the
Northern Nigeria, Middle Belt and Northern
Yoruba areas should worry you now more,
because even General Gowon cannot even
go home in peace to live in his village or
town. Former Eastern region is at peace and
we know it.
Source:
Ugo Ukandu

If you had been a Babe I would have given u a good head job but it is unfortunate I don't give head jobs again and you are a man


Can I buy you Hennessey.. I love that ...drink


You made a good submission

Funjosh:
Tonychristopher is here

Is it a crime to be here reading some wonderful comments



Hope you are having a nice weekend

Missed nairaland like crazy

tevinsolt:
Lack of foresight, begets chaos. The premise this nation has built upon would never allow it, to move forward ever. Forced unity can only last for so long.
Biafrans (as they refer themselves) were forced into staying Nigerians after their first attempt of seceding. The first trial is all that's needed to sow a seed that will continue to bear fruits season in and season out. No matter how long Nigeria lasts, unborn generations from the SE will continue to be a pain to the Nigerian establishment. They will and can never be satisfied with Nigeria, someone will always try to avenge the deaths of his/her kinsmen whenever they feel they are being suppressed, in our time or the future. Massob, and as of recent Ipob headed by Nnamdi Kanu are testament to my account.

Nigeria needs to let go of Biafra, and a possible result is the total disintegration of Nigeria as we know it, which is fine, it is not a do or die affair like many take it to be. We can all separate and focus on developing distinctly.

I'm Yoruba, If Biafra wants to go, I say the Nigerian Government let her go, so that the important things in life all Humans regardless of race, religion, tribe long for have can be achieved.

let all Yoruba on NL stop giving undue attention to Biafran threads, and stop unnecessarily projecting a "can do without the you attitude." They seriously think Yoruba can't do without them. And what concern of ours is with SS being a part of Biafra anyway?

May God bless you for this superb submission

How I wish most of your folks with think like this

Qelvin:
Thanks bruv, one very admirable quality of Yoruba people is their culture of liberality and openness towards dating outside of their own nucleus, and yeah you are right on the conservative part(noticed that in this chic,the way she exudes calm,charm,with this alluring subtlety in her voice that underlies a classy type of freak especially when she speaks yoruba in that sexy Egba dialect of hers...I speak Yoruba btw as I was born and bred in Ibadan), man fvck it Yoruba girls have won me over, Biafra might have to wait cause I ain't leaving this chic anytime soon man.

Just because of Toto ....u leave freedom or self actualisation


Shameful


Is that toto laid with gold and platinum

DikeOha882:
I laugh when I read comments here about accomodating Igbos in civil service, why is that some folks keep lying to themselves, let me tell you that my former hod in marketing dept esut was a yoruba from ondo, by name olakunle olakunori olaniyi.

Apt

Shymm3x:
But a lot of these folks also work in the state ministries and other agencies across the SW. So they're contributing to the huge recurrent expenditure and debt profiles across the region. You can't just leave ya own region and become pests to other folks. So they should be targeted when it's time to start cutting down government spending across the region.

Yoruba folks are just too stupid and docile for my liking. These are the same folks who told us APC is the best thing since slice bread - but the same APC has destroyed the whole region with utter idiotic fiscal policies.

They told us Tinubu is a maverick, but the same Tinubu has ended up enslaving the region and future generation to enrich himself.

They're the ones who go around fighting Biafrans when Biafrans aren't disturbing them, thus bringing collective shame to Yorubas who don't give two fvcks about Biafra.

These idiots even support Buhari more than Northerners, despite the fact that Buhari intelligently ceded all the sensitive position of power under his government to the North - and gave out the tedious/problematic ones his government would be judged by to the South. Thus making them do the dirty work while the North consolidates its hold on power.

And they're the same fools who tout that "we're accommodating" tripe everywhere to their own detriment, while piling up crazy debts.

To be honest I used to think that you can't talk like this but to be very frank I am very impressed . I love men that call a spade what it is


Nice one bro keep it up...if we all can mind our business nd say the truth we will triumph

Now let me mind my business by been an observer

One thing is that once you have this pure Igbo blood you are bound to conquer the world not only your host . God made Igbo like that and it is not their making but Igbo


Other countries that had Igbo presidents were Liberia and Sierra Leone


God I thank you that you created me an Igbo ....this I pray in all humility