₦airaland Forum

Odingo1:
Are you not ashamed of yourself talking of war,inferiority complex is your problem,does it mean that you guys yoruba and hausas cant do without the igbos if Igbos have their own country,but you people will be shouting up and down that Igbos dont contribute anything to the economy of Nigeria.

Senseless rant. Igbos take from Nigeria far more than they give to Nigeria. Besides there are Igbos residing in every corner of Nigeria - even sambisa forest, so who needs Nigeria more.

ihatesycophant:
This is where your intelligent has snowball into, calling a sovereign nation a zoo. A zoo that all your life is still attach to for now till you get your breakthrough of BIAFRA.
Rwanda genocide began same way, when typical agitators began to called Rwanda zoo and the result is lost of millions lives.
You guys need to apply restraint in your approach to drive home your desire but not to dehumanised other tribes by saying they live in zoo. This is a plate of calling for war. Self determination is your right and every other groups right but trying to dehumanise others is anti-self determination. You people need to stop foul language and act intelligently.
Come to think of it, Nnamdi Kanu has not gotten his approach right. No government will just release part of its territory easily especially as it wasn't spelt out in the constitution. Until the National Assembly sit down and make it inclusive in the constitution, the executive would be handicapped. The Igbo legislators should be bold enough to raise its inclusiveness into the constitution don't give more life to the agitation or else agitators may experience what they never bargain for.
Nigeria is signatory to UN self determination treaty but Nigeria refused reflecting it on its constitution. Until it's reflected, agitation for self determination would just be a daily jamboree and if not properly managed, it may result to what we're running from.

You think you can lecture touts and high school drop outs on quantum physics or should I say quantum politics. IPOB has made Buhari popular and not the other way round. Buhari is truly unpopular right now because of his nepotistic and tribalistic appointments, but Kanu's has united all other Nigerian tribes against the Ibos with his insults and threats. This is the only reason buhari still has support in the south.

MASSOB had been campaigning for Biafra for decades, but it did not elicit this kind of hatred.

It is really annoying that IPOB cannot mention Biafra without attaching and insulting other tribes like Yoruba, other South south tribes apart from from their mortal enemy, the Fulanis.

In the event of a war, the Igbos will find very little allies in Nigeria.

PrecisionFx:
lmfao, keep fooling urself.



IPOB has announced a sit @ home on election day in anambra with ofe nsala n nri ji enjoyment.


u and ur Yoruba newspapers can twist the stories with yorubatic lies for all we care.

...

IPOB is a terrorist group using propaganda and lies to cajole frustrated youths to join them, just like ISIS.

IPOB storms church, tells Obiano no election in Anambra we want referendum

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/ipob-storms-obianos-church-chanting-no-election-anambra-want-referendum/

PrecisionFx:
Now harrasment means violence abi


Now explain the harassment.... IPOB simply said they don't want to vote, that they will stay @ home on that day n eat ofe nsala and Nri ji

Lies again, this is what IPOB said; Over our dead bodies will Anambra election hold – BSS leader, Ezekwesiri - http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/02/biafra-dead-bodies-will-anambra-election-hold-bss-leader-ezekwesiri/

nandyz:
Op, there was high call for biafra when President Goodluck was ruling but the government put aside their case, the government did not notice or look into any other them, the government assume that nothing was happening. The government dis not arrest any biafra agitator.. But in this present government, They made Nnamdi kanu famous by arresting him.. The government leave what they are supposed to do and start looking into matters that doesn't matter.. Just imagine, ur government monitoring social media, is that one an agenda or what... Take a look when PMB was not in the country for 105 days... And his vice president has not for one day say something about biafra or Nnamdi Kanu... Most things in life, u are not supposed to put ur self in it.. U jus have to be silent......

You deserve Olympic gold for lying. Read this report;

Biafra Zionist leader, 11 othersarraigned for treason

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/thenationonlineng.net/biafra-zionist-leader-11-othersarraigned-for-treason/amp/

Also see this - https://www.nairaland.com/956515/16-massob-members-killed-83

You will realize that Buhari has even been lenient on biafran agitators as compared to Jonathan.

PrecisionFx:
1967 doesn't scare anyone.

Goan tell those people that paid u to write this shit that we will all die in war.

So after Millions died in 1967, did that bring about Biafra?

If you all die in a renewed war, will it also bring Biafra?

PrecisionFx:
Did u escape from Psychiatric hospital recently

Radio Biafra came online in eastern Nigeria in 2013 n Nnamdi kanu championed that IPOB shouldn't vote at all in the 2015 presidential elections that they are not Nigerians.

Lies lies and more lies. Even IPOB said Radio Biafra was launched in 2014.
When did Kanu champion election boycott in 2013 because they were not nigerians, when in was protesting for one Nigeria in 2012.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS6HitcBPxQ

9jabull:
Their is noting any body can do about it, heaven has ordained Biafra.

If you don't like it ask UN to rewrite below law.

Please read up on this article 3 to understand what the UN mean by rights to self determination. It does not mean rights to secession or rights to dismember a sovereign nation.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the General Assembly on Thursday, 13 September 2007, by a majority of 144 states in favour, 4 votes against (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States) and 11 abstentions (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Samoa and Ukraine).[1]

While as a General Assembly Declaration it is not a legally binding instrument under international law ,[2] according to a UN press release, it does "represent the dynamic development of international legal norms and it reflects the commitment of the UN's member states to move in certain directions"; the UN describes it as setting "an important standard for the treatment of indigenous peoples that will undoubtedly be a significant tool towards eliminating human rights violations against the planet's 370 million indigenous people and assisting them in combating discrimination and marginalisation."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_on_the_Rights_of_Indigenous_Peoples

obailala:
If the rally in the video you posted occured on May 30th 2015, how exactly does it nullify the other thread?... As at May 30th, it was already two (2) months after GEJ lost the election and it was even a day after Buhari was sworn in to the disappointment of millions of GEJ supporters. So I ask again, what exactly does this thread or this video nullify?... A video of an Nnamdi Kanu rally prior to the 2015 election should have made more sense.

And then again, stop deceiving yourself with this empty "Jonathan ignored ipob statement," NO leader (not even a weak Jonathan) will sit back and fold his arms watching while anybody tries to divide the kingdom he rules; even Kanu rejected a Biafra without Benue and Rivers state

Under Jonathan's leadership, several members of MASSOB were arrested and some even killed (Ezu River massacre) and nobody gave a damn about it. The head of the Biafran zionist movement (Chief Ben Onwuka) who declared Biafra during Jonathan's reign was also arrested, locked up and the key thrown away for several months without any trial and that happened under the government of GEJ. See picture of how the zionists were humiliated below:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/5913315_paradedbiafraarmy2_jpegd2eedd3b0ec60dbf967c05d184ed69b3

The simple reason Jonathan did not arrest Kanu was because during Jonathan's time, Kanu was a nobody who was based in the UK making noise to his very insignificant audience, nobody took him serious then. How many people knew Kanu before April 1st 2015? Did YOU even know him yourself?... and how exactly was Jonathan meant to arrest an 'unknown' person living in far away the UK?

People started paying attention and following Kanu only after GEJ lost the election because Kanu at the time seemed to be the only alternative left for millions of disgruntled Jonathan supporters from the south east who could clearly smell the potential political consequences of the poor politics played by the Igbo nation in 2015. 99% of IPOb and Kanu supporters today only declared support for Kanu/IPOB after the 2015 elections. This is a fact that cannot be wished away, everything about the explosion of IPOb is deeply rooted in politics of 2015. But unfortunately, Buhari with his actions and inactions keep lending validity to the ipob distractions.

cc: cjrane, Zikaviirus, richeso

Don't mind these IPOB touts, they think every one will fall for their lies. Who was president on May 30th 2015?
Kanu is just an opportunist who used the disappointment, frustration and anger of Jonathan loosing the elections to exploit the Igbos for his political relevance. Before the 2015 elections, KANU was a unity beggar, a day after Buhari was sworn in he became a secessionist.
Even though Jonathan was weak, if he had tried this rubbish during his reign, Jonathan would have dealt with him severely.

Nukualofa:
Why Share a country that makes you stagnant because of cultural and religious factors.

Excuse for failure. Africans are legendary for blaming everybody else and everything else for their failures except themselves ie witches, juju, demons, devil, stepmother, other tribes. The latest is blaming Fulani's and Yoruba's for the lack of vision and progress by Igbo leaders both political and cultural leaders.
Is it Fulani that did not allow Igbo leaders build bridges in ala Igbo including the the 2nd Niger bridge. The Anambra government in conjunction with the Delta state government can build the bridge and toll it as an investment to recuperate their money in a short time ( remember Delta state build an airport for over N60 billion). An individual in ala Igbo can even build the bridge solely or conjunction with foreign investors. The expanded Ikorodu road from mile 12 to Ikorodu was build by PPP between the Lagos state government and the world bank.

In this modern economy, the most important resource is human and the most valuable resource is data. Google and apple alone makes more money than Nigeria makes from oil in a year.

TippyTop:
Well said by the Itsekiri leaders, else we return them to where they came from.

Hate speech.

ralph28:
Rearresting Kanu will make him look relevant.

PMB, why not ignore him.

Take your drugs regularly, get well.

The country need to get well too.

False. Kanu is challenging the Federal Government of Nigeria. No government in this world would tolerate challenge to its authority by anyone. If the FG ignore this challenge, the government would look weak
Kanu and many others would be enbolden to challenge the authority of the FG.

The die is already cast, someone must give way. It is not the person that makes the loudest noise that would win.

PureMe01:
wetin hold am nah??i think its high time he arrested ur nightmare so that u can regain ur freedom...but u know wat,he is inevitably watching u being tormented momentarily by ur worst nightmare,Nnamdi KANU.so u see ur master doesn't have u in heart.plead with him to hasten up,lest u die slowly.

Patience my friend, he will be arrested. PMB is only waiting for the courts to resume in a few week's time. It is only the judge that release kanu on bail that can revoke same, to save you guys some energy from wailing human rights, dictator, ICC, US, and so on.

The whole world is eager to see how you will burn down the country.

Afam4eva:
You're a blatant liar. Jonathan made the statement you're talking about when he paid a visit to the south east. It's normal for leaders to massage the egos of the people they visit. he made similar statements in other parts of the country that he visited. Beside the statement about Igbos being a pillar of his administration does not in anyway discount other parts of the country and he never said so, so i'm surprised that you're reading other meanings into the statement. Keep manufacturing hate speeches that do not exist.

You agreed that Jonathan made the speech, so where is the lie.

It is you that is now being economical with with truth, Jonathan made that kind of speech only in the South east, he never made similar speech in other parts of the country.

According to you it is the location and context within which a speech was made that renders it hate speech and not the words itself. Buhari saying "The constituents, for example, that gave me 97% cannot in all honesty be treated on some issues with constituencies that gave me 5%.” is hate speech because it was said at At The US Institute Of Peace, US, but Jonathan's speech "Igbo is the strongest pillar of my administration" is "love speech" because it was said in Enugu among Igbos.

tuniski:
Very lame! There is nothing wrong in having strong support base in fact, it is a need! Every politician/party has strongholds however, the president of nigeria must not only run an inclusive govt he must be seen to be doing so in letter and spirit!

Let us for the purpose of this therefore, recognize that the north/stronghold of buhari hasn't been voting pdp candidate during presidential elections since 2003. :oYet, they were never openly or otherwise discriminated against. They were favoured more than the 5% percentile by GeJ. That is presidential and love not the buhari's hate speech in word and action!
By the way, I have more closeness by region and faith to buhari than to GEJ. I am moslem and northerner!

And i am closer to GEJ by faith and religion than Buhari, but that does not mean i will tell outright lies to support my position. Check the statistics again, apart from the last elections, there was never a time PDP got less than 30% of votes in the presidential elections in the north west. During the 2011 elections GEJ won up to 35% of the votes in Buhari's home state.

You avoided my question about the "hate speech" by GEJ about only one tribe being the pillars of his administration, meaning other tribes are non load bearing walls.
You also conveniently forgot the Yorubas who were bitter about not being carried along by GEJ. Oh I forgot,you think their complaints were unfounded.

tuniski:
That is naked hate speech! A president should never utter such trash whether it is a political reality or not. By the way, the president sworn to be fair and just to all citizens. After election, there is nothing like constituencies that gave you this or that. Oh lest I forget, why take the oil wealth of constituencies that gave you 5% and share it most with 95 percentile, why?
It is the worst form of hate speech for a sitting president to rank his citizens on the basis of political choice. (those for him V those against him)!

You guys are just behaving like whining cry babies, you are refusing to accept that you lost in your political gamble.
Immediately buhari won you guys went to town making all kinds of demands like you want key political posts like secretary to the FG, you demand second Niger bridge, you demand roads, etc, when people that voted him had not even made any demands. Buhari was just reminding you guys that in politics, you have to take care of your supporters before your antagonists.

Now answer me, was it also hate speech when Jonathan made the following declarations;

Igbo is the strongest pillar of my administration–Jonathan

While presenting President Goodluck Jonathans’ address, his representative, Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo expressed profound gratitude to Igbo for,”being the greatest pillar of support to my person and administration. My administration have taken cognizance of the unalloyed support of the Igbo. Igbo is the ethnic group that has supported my administration greatly and I promise that it will not be taken for granted”.

“This is evident in the level of Federal attention the infrastructure in the south-east is receiving as examplified and in the roads, commencement of international operations at the Akanu-Ibiam airport, Enugu, the dredging of the river Niger to boost inland water ways transport. The Akanu-Ibiam airport will have all the trappings of an international airport.
http://247ureports.com/2013/09/30/igbo-is-the-strongest-pillar-of-my-administration-jonathan/

According to Jonathan, Igbo's are his biggest supporters - not Yorubas, not Hausas, so he would favour the igbos as against the Yorubas.

See this thread for reactions of fellow igbos then - https://www.nairaland.com/1459233/igbos-remain-pillar-govt-jonathan

tuniski:
Watch the video Reno already highlighted them. Anyway, the height of hate speeches by buhari is the infamous 97% V 5% percentile as president!

How can this statement be construed as hate speech;

“I hope you have a copy of the election results. The constituents, for example, gave me 97% [of the vote] cannot in all honesty be treated on some issues with constituencies that gave me 5%.”

Politicians the world over play to their base. In the US president Trump plays mainly to his white or should I say alt right conservative base. How many appointments within the white house or cabinet are given to Blacks, Latinos, native Americans and other minority groups.

Politics just like war is about alliances and rewarding loyalties.

tuniski:
PDP, TAN ain't anybody's name. However buhari has continually made hate speeches as highlighted by Reno.

And Reno represent what? OK highlight the hate speeches let's see.

PHIPEX:
Be careful, wishing for a winner takes all could come back to hurt, it's SE today but could be yours next. An injustice to one should be injustice to all else there is no nation.

Although I agree with you and I am also disappointed with Buhari's lopsided political appointments. Threatening fire and brimstones and secession is not the answer.
Buhari has only 4 years (God willing) or at most 8years and he will be history. The answer lies in politics. You guys better begin politicking NOW. Start strategizing, start building alliances, start from your immediate neighbours, reach out to the South West, north central. You will not achieve anything by insuring and antagonizing everyone.
The Yoruba's complained of the same marginalization during GEJ, but you guys dismissed their complains as baseless, what did they do. The allied with the north to push him out. You guys still wailed about being betrayed by Yoruba's.

Now having said these, the main problem is the enormous responsibility and powers given the president and the FG. A situation where the president will have to appoint people into hundreds of boards, VCs of universities, etc; there are bound to be abuse and cries of marginalization.
The country needs to be RESTRUCTURED.

Afam4eva:
Keep dribbling yourself and not me. How can someone who has made numerous hate speech both before he became president and after the fact, have the effrontery to want to crack down on supposed hate speech. It just means he's as hypocritical as they come and you're his student.

Numerous hate speeches by buhari? Hate is speeches against who? Now, do you want us to compare hate speeches by KANU, TAN, PDP and its supporters to the so called hate speeches by Buhari? We can embark on a compare and contrast analysis. Fortunately, Google does not forget.

OjukwuWarBird:
Ebele was so wise that he ignored Kanu and focus on economic development that saw Nigerians prospered unlike the brainless one cooling off in a London hospital while the clinic at Aso Rock diminishes.

How can Ebele not ignore KANU, when he was campaigning for ONE NIGERIA during his reign.
https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/www.naij.com/amp/1113465-video-nnamdi-kanu-supporting-one-nigeria-2012-surfaces.html

Some Nigerians prospered but Nigeria was hemorrhaging from corruption under Ebele. He even boasted that he created the highest number of billionaires in history but also depleted our foreign and local reserves despite record oil receipts.

OjukwuWarBird:
Only fools blame Kanu for Buhari's brainless economic policies


Sensible government officials & supporters should focus more on how to improve the lives of their people and not try to thwart a peoples right to self determination

It is unfortunately that this government is supported by people as brainless as Buhari.

So Ebele Azikiwe was was also not sensible, maybe that was why you guys forgot about the right to self determination during his reign and instead was screaming GEJ till 2019.

headhunter1:
Buhari is a terrorist
aisha is a shameless corrupt prostitute
kiss the truth

Kanu's wife is a confirmed prostitute according to him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UIRwV6PLLw

hammerT:
She should face Politics and stay out of our right to self determination.

If she allows the North to use her insult us or our dear leader, for bread crumbs, we will react like a poisonous snake.

You guys will react like a poisonous snake because a fellow citizen insult your leader? This Biafra will be worse than north Korea. You scream of one man one vote and in the same breath you threaten fellow Igbo citizens with dissenting voice with violence.

jamesjimi:
This your line should make it to front page as a topic

You're telling us war will be easier than the referendum we're asking for

That goes a long way to expose the abomination called zoo

The intellectuals in the country (in both sides ie Biafra's and one nigerianers) should debate on that and chose what's better for them
I think any well meaning human will choose referendum instead of war

I'll write an article about this in my free time

Yes, War will be easier option than referendum. Since referendum was not inserted into our constitution, it can only be inserted through a constitutional amendment. You know the requirements for constitutional amendment - 2/3 of all state Assemblies must adopt the amendment, apart from 2/3 of the national assembly. Do you even think all the Igbo state of assemblies will agree to inset referendum in our constitution?
But if there is war and you are able to either defeat Nigeria or at least hold her to a stale mate, Nigeria would have to allow you secede. That was how all other newly African countries that seceded got their secession after decades of war.

chinoxstock:
This is your idea? This is your ground breaking idea? That means you don't understand Nigeria and you don't understand the depths of the falsehood on which this contrapment is built.

It is you and your people that does not understand Nigeria, if you do, you will realize that you can never attain power by threats and intimidation. Nigeria understand you scream Biafra every time you lose out in the power play, but forget biafra and become Nigerian once you get political advantage.

Why did you think the Senate threw the idea of restructuring outta the window?

Because Nigerians had not been given the full meaning of restructuring, outside the usual clamour for a bigger share of the national cake.

If an igbo president give 98% appointment to igbos and the remaining 2% to yorubas, do you think the Hausas would wait for 4years

The last Igbo leaning president gave 98% of the most critical appointments to Igbos/Ijaws and you people were ecstatic, while the Afonjas were lamenting. What did they do, the Yorubas and the Afonjas waiting 4 years and kicked the president out.

Do you know that almost all the oil blocs in this country are owned by Hausas?

False propaganda. 80% of oil blocks in nigeria are owned by foreigners ie, Shell, Chevron, Agip, Elf, etc, while the 20% owned by Nigerians are shared between Hausa, Yoruba and Igbos. No SS indigene has an oil block.

So many things I wanna type but my ba3 is 10% cos no light in this country. Why is there no light in Nigeria? Because some cabals enjoy this darkness. The emergence of BIAFRA would destabilize this cabal and that's why they are fighting

So you are only becoming aware that there is no light in nigeria. Why did you not ask this same question during the reign of Ebele?

They coming of BIAFRA would shatter the cabal that would not want our youths to be gainfully employed

So the word BIAFRA is a magic word, that would make jobs appear out of thin air and maybe diamonds too?

Nigeria is finished. Someone likened Nigeria to a car without tyres. Change the driver a million times, it won't move/work. It a nation built on deception.

Nigeria is anything but finished. Nigeria is having the same problems all countries that depends solely on natural resources are facing, which is problems of greed associated with each group fighting to get hold of control of the resources.

omaar12:
you know the Igbo territory is more than the 5 eastern states, do we have Igbo territory in Benue and rivers or not.

Can you please show us a map containing those territories.

omaar12:
From all indications regarding the states He has been to the territory he has mostly stepped foot in is Igbo land territory and if that the only territory he manages to pull out of Nigeria it fine by all igbos. at least our culture and language will be preserved and promoted well.
there is no shame in having a small country, isreal is not as big as the Igbo territory BT they command respect all over the world.

You still have not answered the OP's question. Kanu never restricted his separatist agenda only to Igbo territory, he even said he was offered the key 5 Igbo states and he refused, he categorically said he also wants Rivers and Benue States.

Please answer the question and specify the Geographical space Kanu and IPOB are fighting for.

Immatex:
What has the President done for Rivers State

What good will his visit bring Rivers State

The same good "Ebele" did for Rivers that made the River's people love him and his party so much.

As "awon boys" say, she never "jaasi" meaning she is a learner. If she knows what's up, she should be hawking bread instead of groundnut.

Nonaira1:
You must be mistaking them for your Afonja sisters.

The greatest percentage of yoruba females are now oloshos [prostitutes] both in corporate and in street. Adeyinka grandson.

Tell us again how your daughter carry Belle for your father

I am not the one that said 99.99% of Igbo women are prostitutes, it wss your supreme leader. Buy some data so you can hear your personal lord and saviour from the youtube link above. If 99.99% of Igbo girls are prostitutes, then how can yorubas have the greatest numbers of oloshos?

zionmade1:
No that's Wat ur almajiri infested region needs to hear. Even if IPOB agitates the way they are doing for 10yrs they will not harm anybody, it's only those almajirir people of urs who have refused to get educated by all means that doesn't know the value of life
Agitation for freedom doesn't have to involve war, DUMMY with brains full of fura

I am surprised that you do not know or understand that hate speeches and campaigns can actually lead to war and subsequently genocide.
Ask yourselves, how was Hitler able to mobilize normally sane German population into hate filled Nazis ready to die fighting a senseless war and exterminate Jews and gypsies? Hate speeches. What was responsible for the Rwanda war and genocide between the Hutus and Tutsis - two years of hate campaigns by Radio Rwanda.
If the hate speeches started by radio Biafra is allowed to continue for two or three more years, even children will be primed to murder the other side.
Hatred is the main tool employed by ISIS to get youths to commit terrorist acts against innocent citizen.
Hatred as well as love can be a powerful tool to achieve evil or good as the case may be.