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OP.. I don't know your tribe, but from your write up, you are neither Igbo nor are you from rivers state. All the same my candid advice to you is to focus more on your tribe. We have problems in every corner of Nigeria, in which I know your tribe isn't an exception from it. So it's a silly thing for any tribe to overlook it's own domain problems and start poke nosing to problems concerning another tribe.

Channel your unsolicited advise to your tribe, they are not way better than Igbo.

Article written by former presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati...

Democracy does not necessarily translate into the disappearance of crises and dilemmas, (even
trilemmas, quadrilemmas or more) in a country,
either developed, developing or perhaps evolutionary. Built into the fabric of the right to
choose is also the right to make mistakes and so,
across Africa at this moment, in Nigeria, Tanzania, Cote d’Ivoire, Burundi, Guinea Conakry, Rwanda, the lessons are being driven home, as elections are being held or have been held or will be held

That even as democracy spreads within the
continent, the tension between stabilization and
consolidation, trade offs and efficiency, pessimism
and optimism, ethnocentrism and nationalism,
remains a major concern.

Whatever the challenges may be however, both
local and international authorities have a duty to
ensure that the people learn from their mistakes,
build on those mistakes positively, and prevent a
relapse to either militarism or militarized democracy disguised either as benevolent democracy or charismatic autocracy, or ethnic revanchism as an option for national movement. The people’s right to make mistakes, oxymoronic as it may seem, is part of the democratic challenge. In Nigeria, our biggest mistake lies in the strange assumption that our problems will disappear simply through intra-elite displacement or the symbolism of grand gestures. And so, we end up with a boringly repetitive national life cycle.

This leads us to one urgent point: the biggest
challenge that the Nigerian state faces today, tearing into the very idea of statehood, and of democracy, is the centrifugal pull from every direction that seems to have become disturbingly incremental. In the North Eastern part of the country, with the tragedy spreading, with casualties increasing, you have the heart-wrenching Boko Haram menace. The Haram fundamentalists want a divided Nigeria. They have their own flag and they have made it clear that Western education and technology are sinful even if they use the same technology and intelligence to perpetrate their assault. With their flags and propaganda, they want “out” of Nigeria. Their act of defiance and the evil outcomes have increased since May even if civil society has chosen, all of a sudden, to be less anxious. But it is not a problem that can ever be treated lightly located as it is, in the tragic axis of global terror.

In the Middle Belt, an indigene-settler dichotomy,
mutating as majorities-minorities conflict at the heart of Northern community relations, or as pastoralists- farmer confrontation has created seasons of violence and bloodshed with strong allegations of genocide and no sign of immediate abatement. In the South West, the recent abduction of a Yoruba leader, Chief Olu Falae by persons alleged to be Fulani herdsmen has resulted in the exchange of hate speech among Yoruba and Fulani ethnic champions defending territory, rights and identity.

In Ibadan, the other day, a group of Yoruba elders
demanded that Fulani herdsmen should be expelled
from Yoruba territory and that should the
provocation continue, the Yoruba with their 50
million population will be prepared to exit Nigeria. In the Eastern part of the country, there is a resurgence of Biafran nationalism; young Igbos in diaspora, are insisting on the creation of a Republic of Biafra. The new voice of Biafran nationalism is Nnamdi Kanu’s Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Radio Biafra, and the Igbos campaigning for Biafra in front of embassies in Europe, India and Japan! In the South South, there is a renewed consciousness of oil citizenship, with the Ijaw whose kinsman recently lost power at the centre protesting that they are victims of Hausa/Fulani harassment, and intimidation.

Perhaps the more worrisome is the noise being
made about likely secession from Nigeria, by certain elements in the North East (terrorists actually seeking to carve out territory), by latter-day Biafrans, and by Yoruba irridentists. It may not be possible without empirical inquiry to determine how much of this is pure opportunism, posturing or criminal-mindedness (except in the case of Boko Haram where criminality is proven), but it would appear that while seeking to uphold the law against those who challenge the sanctity of the state, the government must nonetheless take the agitations seriously for they speak to something old and familiar which has become resoundingly deeper.
If the matter were to be subjected to referenda
across the country, I am not too sure there are many Nigerians today who will vote for the
dismemberment of this country. Social scientists
advise us not to rule out any possibility, self-
determination can be self-fulfilling; and nations have been known to dissolve against all odds, but it seems to me that the majority of Nigerians would rather be Nigerians. Our country has been kept together by the resilience and the optimism of the majority, not the disillusionment of a critical minority. We have not yet reached a point where the idea of Nigeria is lost and forlorn, to the extent that the feeling of self- sufficiency that propels the secessionist instinct may indeed be illusionary. No matter the challenge, I believe that it is the idea of Nigeria that will prevail.

The long and the short of it however, is that this
remains a grossly imperfect federation, union and
democracy. The country is hoisted on a foundation of ancestral fissures. For 55 years, this country has
refused to transform into a nation. It has been
hijacked by identity politics, and by ethnic and class
determinism. It is sad, very sad indeed, that
successive governments have not been able to create an enlightened citizenry and an intelligent elite that can look beyond their own greed. The Nigerian political brain has remained a grossly emotional brain.

We seem to have lost the national battle to
emotions fed by ancestral memory, creating a gap
between knowledge, and desire. It is why MASSOB,
Nnamdi Kanu, Radio Biafra and Biafra Voice
International (BVI) are the new faces of Igbo
nationalism, and not Aka Ikenga or Ohanaeze
Ndigbo. It is why disgruntled elements in the North
East insist on pulling down the country. It is why
citizens of a defined oil territory continue to
blackmail the Nigerian state. Nnamdi Kanu does not
necessarily speak for all Igbos, and neither the
Afenifere nor the Yoruba Council of Elders can
determine the Yoruba emotion but they throw up
ideas that cannot be ignored. It is the duty of
government to address the dangerous ideas of
disintegration, dismemberment that issue from those political brains, not to ignore or traduce them.

The key message is that this is not yet a nation.
Kanu’s protest and the frustrations in the Niger Delta or the Yoruba anger over the humiliation of an iconic figure, or the angst of the people of the Middle Belt, or the widespread concern about the arrogance of power, escalated since independence, should be a wake up call. Those who feel defeated politically are drawing attention to subliminal fears about ancestral injustices, inequities, and inequalities in the Nigerian democratic space. The more they perceive an attempt to appropriate, exclude and marginalize, the more vociferous they are likely to be. In the long run, nobody may secede (General Gowon is right on this score), but the inequities of the Nigerian state must be addressed.

The man who will save Nigeria is that leader who will engage Nigerians proactively on the
issues of inclusion and cohesion, and thereby grant
to every citizen, a sense of ownership beyond ethnic
identity, a sense of belonging, and confidence in the
Nigerian identity. When people relate to the state
from a position of fear, and exclusion, they create the kind of problems we witness.

One, poverty, not necessarily material poverty, is
at the heart of the problem. Two, the failure of the
moral dimension is also a veritable cause of national dysfunction. Three, when the people have jobs, and the economy works and education is taken seriously as a tool for empowerment and progress, there will perhaps be better citizens. What this means is that developing a state that works and a leadership that believes and cares, and focuses on governance responsibilities is where the priority lies. To move Nigeria forward, these are the fundamental issues to address. How to go about this is the responsibility of those to whom we have entrusted our mandate. It was the main assignment yesterday, the same today and the compass for tomorrow.


www.lindaikejisblog.com/2015/10/biafra-oodua-and-seventh-lesson-by.html?m=1

Are you even sure satan is a man? Satan could be a woman for all I know.

Ioannes:
I'm glad you observed that common sense isn't common after all.

so in the perfect world that you live in all nations are homogenous abi? clap for yourself.

please don't mistake my comments here to mean that I'm one of those who don't want you to realise your Biafra. check my other posts and you will see that I think its long overdue.

you guys should have your Biafra like yesterday sef.

since you believe in a homogenous nation, I wonder why you guys are trying to force all those minor ss tribes to join ur country

Nobody can force any tribe to join them in this civilized era the way lugard forced the tribes in Nigeria to join together without their consent, we have grown passed such era. Pple are more enlighten now. A referendum is all that is required to know those who are going with biafra and those who are not. Nobody is forcing anybody, but we know pple who we can accept to join us if they will so wish.

I never said I believe every nation should be homogeneous in nature, but I believe every nation should be made up with pple who willingly accept (through referendum or so) to be together as a nation. Not like Nigeria , a brute contraption created by the fire arm of a white selfish man called lugard without the consent of the indigenous pple.

I hate any tribe that calls their fellow country men immigrants. Bunch of demented senseless bigots esp their inferiority complex Obas with wide awful mouth .

I love this write up... These SSners think they have more advantage in one Nigeria than Igbos. It's so funny how they think.

GentleToks:
Rubbish

Those greedy ugly Igbos have enjoyed the presence of Federal government and appointments than any other region in the South but their greediness and covetousness won't allow these idiots to see it.

Is it not prudent to allow these greedy ugly idiotic Igbos to get their independence and leave beloved Nigeria for good tribes like your tribe? Or don't you think Nigeria will be much peaceful and better without Igbos? Let's put hands together and pressurize buhari to corroborate with UN to grant them referendum , that way they can vote themselves out of Nigeria and leave your beloved Nigeria for your tribe in peace.

Ioannes:
lol. underdevelopment? you are funny. have you been to the north? ss nko.

i am yet to hear a cogent reason why they want to secede. as far as i m concerned the igbos have it good in this country. look at the past administration and see how many of them held sensitive posts. yorubas were almost totally ignored yet there was no cry of secession.
anyway let them have their country maybe the rest of us will have peace of mind.

the only people that should cry marginalization are the minority ethnic groups in Nigeria and ppl of the south south. shikena

With your assertion above, it's apparent common sense isn't actually common. Where Igbos created together with you? Do they have same tradition or language with u? The same way our faces differ is the same way our philosophy of life differ. You like one Nigeria, and I don't like one Nigeria, respect and view and I respect yours. Is Nigeria more refined than UK that granted referendum to scots?

As a people, we have our diverse goals and believe. Allow me to sought my own path

juwonsmyle:
She is a BEAUTIFUL THIEF

Nigeria mentality... She is yet to be pronounced guilty by the court, yet you ediots are already calling her thief. So you educated illiterates do not know that an accuse remains innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. Someone is accused and charged to court , and you demented beings start screaming thief.

Tribalism and fear of Igbo domination won't let the Federal Govt invest on these young talented men. Investors all the way frm brazil , yet the Nigerian govt would rather apt at over-taxing them rather than investing on them. Tribalism is the problem of Nigeria, and the only solution is break up , so each group of pple can sought their path and achieve their peak potential.

The entity Nigeria is all about oil and nothing more. Resourceful Talents that can enrich and give relevance to a country is wasting in Nigeria. That is what you get in a country were several nations are jam park together and the only thing that bind them together is oil . One Nigeria is doom

nnachukz:
We will come out of all these negativities stronger than we were before. Hard time doesn't last but hard people do.

U know I heard this in 1991

pussyphilia:
you are the f00lish one here bro. And mind you, I am an Anioma guy. Biafran secession was a backlash of the major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogu (an Anioma man) coup of 1966, which triggered the killing of Igbo's in the north. Why are you trying so hard to rewrite our history? I pity those that will fall for this your divisive post. Besides, what else does an anioma man have in common with an ijaw, itshekiri, or urhobo, if not being carved into delta state with them? Whilst anytime I go to my maternal home in Anambra, I feel at home because everything is the same.

Bro, please try and borrow some sense and stop disgracing yourself here. Even the word "anioma" is an Igbo word which means beautiful land.

You have said it all bro.. Chukwuma Nzeogu from anioma delta state lead a coup in 1966 and it was tagged an Igbo coup, many Igbos from SS and SE were massacred for it. Now , the same pple are now saying that Nzeogu isn't Igbo . Only a fool will fall for the trick.

I urge all Igbos to ignore this attention seeker. Replying him will be giving him relevance which is what he actually seek. Sometimes the best answer for a fo.ol is silence. They will look more silly when you ignore them.

Musiwa of SE

Only a blind man does not see the seriousness of the agitation, when pple will leave whatever they are doing and come for one purpose: freedom .

Nigeria may still continue to hold biafrans down, but for how long? Even if you kill this current generation as you did in 1966 to 1970, the next generation will still continue. You cannot force pple with threat of war to be with you, it's called slavery.

There had never been any love in the unity of Nigeria. And no reasonable man who want his children to remain in this hateful unity which is but only a time bomb waiting to explode sooner or later. Let truncate this lugard selfish creation and seek what's good for us peacefully b4 its too late.

We will always be first and foremost Igbo, yoruba, hausa, fulani etc b4 we are Nigeria. Our loyalty lies on our tribes b4 Nigeria as a whole, that's a fact we can't deny even though we want to. We have never been one . Nepotism has eaten deep into our system, its irreparable now. Things will only continue to get worst if will remain together

kingsolex:
as a realist foremost as a Nigerian u must allow me the right to my unreserved views on any matter within the Nigerian border be it igbos, gwari, ijaw et al. thanks.

Run along bro. Enough of the gibberish. If poking nose into matters concerning Igbo pple give you orgasm, then ride on . Have a nice day

kingsolex:
I am not defending buhari he is the peoples choice so get into ur head, I am not a party loyalist, am a free thinker, from a realist school of thought.

As an acclaim realist , you ought to know that everyone has right to freedom of expression. If I see buhari as a terrorist; that's my cup of tea, if you see buhari as a messiah; that's your cup of tea. Respect my view, and I will respect yours. You can't force me to like buhari, same way I can't force you to dislike buhari. Mr. Realist! We can't all love buhari. Try to be more realistic

kingsolex:
this is Nairaland thank God its not own by u guys would have banned every other tribe here, u igbos should learn to mind ur business too stop calling buhari a terrorist ... period.

Buhari defender ! Hope it's still fresh in your mind that Goodluck jonathan was called 'clueless'.

kingsolex:
the igbos must stop been greedy/selfish even in ur house u don't get to taste of every fruit that grows on a tree in ur compound, u guys makes the loudest noise and still intends to disintegrate the same Nigeria u want to benefit from, stop biting the hands that u want to feed u.

What part of mind your business don't you understand? Who are u to advice the Igbos? Focus on matters concerning your tribe and leave the Igbos to sort their own way. The day you stop poking nose into Igbo matter and focus more on your tribe, the better for everybody

kingsolex:
major tribe but all in one nation everyone deserves equal treatment u igbos should stop crying fowl all over rather strive to get juicy appointment like we are doing if every tribe should thread ur victims path how do u think it well end??

Like I said b4, stop masturbating on top Igbo pple's matter. Igbos as a pple has the legal right to fight for their betterment in any way that suits them, they must not do things the way you do. You should focus more on your pple and leave the Igbos to be. We are all different pple with different language, culture and political views , learn to respect that and mind your business

kingsolex:
same goes to the federal government is not treating the gwari,nupe,zuru,koro and other's right is it only igbos that are in Nigeria

In case you don't know, we have three major tribes in Nigeria, they are: Hausa, yoruba and Igbo. You have no ground comparing Igbo with minority tribes like gwari, nupe , Zuru and koro. If the government is not treating u fine, it's your duty as a pple to protest, you don't sit your arse down and expect the Govt to change.

Leave the Igbo who are fighting their own fight as a pple and focus on your own fight for relevance

After the massive protest carried out in delta state and river state on behalf of Nnamdi kanu, I have come to observe that some pro-one Nigeria supporters who were normally silent on issues of Igbos , SS and biafra ( maybe bcus they never thought the movement to be serious) are now speaking up against Igbos and biafra . Probably, they never believed Nnamdi kanu could gather such mountain of supporters in SS. They are now grip with fear .

FOR 29 years after the 30-month Nigeria-Biafra
war that ended in January 1970, after claiming
about three million lives, nobody pushed for or
agitated for the resurrection of the defunct Biafran
Republic.

Speaking on the issue, yesterday, Second Republic
politician, Chief Guy Ikokwu, who is also a lawyer,
said arresting Kanu and other pro-Biafran
crusaders would not end the agitation by the
separatist groups.

According to him, the surest way out of the series
of separatist agitations in the country is to ensure
justice and equitable distribution of the resources
of the country.

He disagreed with the treasonable charges
slammed on Kanu and wondered what
government would do to social media tigers, who
he said have done worse things. His words: ‘’I don’t
think Kanu should go in for treason. Technology
has advanced so much that most people get their
news from the social media. The issue at stake is
that of civic rights. It is within the Constitution to
say what you want to say without causing violence.
I don’t see what is wrong in that. To go about
arresting people and putting them in cells with
hardened criminals is on the high side.

‘’If you talk about Radio Biafra, what about the
social media, which is worse? What is government
going to do? Will they arrest the social media
owners and bloggers? They should release Kanu
immediately. What they are doing is making
people, who had no interest, to start looking for
and listening to Radio Biafra.’’

Making a case for a just polity, he said: ‘’In the
North-East, the Boko Haram insurgency has made
government and a lot of people to bring $3billion
for the rescue, restoration and repair of properties
destroyed by Boko Haram.

‘’In the South-East and part of South-South, after
the civil war, which claimed about three million
lives, there has been no reparation and rebuilding.
Today, the South-South and South-East people are
still trying on their own, 45 years after the war
without support from government in terms of
reparation and amenities. The Federal Government
and other governments should look at this and
ensure justice and equity to all parts of the country
whether in terms of projects, education,
employments, etc”.






www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/only-justice-equity-will-end-biafras-agitation-ikokwu/

Clara16:
lol... i can't forget the topic of the thread "when she ask you of a third round"

nairaland is just a forum of fun.. anytime i feel bored at home doing nothing i just go to nairaland.. some guys are really really funny.


that ode part really made my day.

I almost crack a rib laughing when I read that 'ode' part ... Some pple are so pretty funny

Buhari is a religious and ethnic bigot... How do you expect him to have close associates outside the North. Had it been it were GEJ who did this, hell would have gone loose in the North, even buhari will come out to castigate GEJ for that.

The most hilarious comment ever seen in Nairaland.

Comments on Nairaland forum can be a funny thing to read . I have come by so many funny comment, but this one got be cracking. Those guys really deserve an award as best comedians.

See the comments below:

That's the dividends of one Nigeria.

I have always known that boko haram bombings and attacks will spread to south under buhari, especially SW where we have a large number of muslims. It's time for SS and SE to buckle up and get ready to defend themselves from this jihadits, buhari will not defend your father land for you, infact , believe it or not, buhari is somehow indirectly supporting the expansion of boko haram. That I know

MsSmitchy:
My school(university of nigeria), said that it has sent some names to the NLS but i keep checking their site for the names to be uploaded bt it hasnt. Does anybdy hv any idea why this is so? D wait is quite frustrating.

Be patience ok.. As long as the names was sent to law school, it will be uploaded soon before resumption. My school list is yet to be uploaded, so you are not alone.

djeezy:
My school is yet to see admission status. Rivers state uni. I don't really know what's causing the delay.

You are not alone bro. My school admission list is not yet out too. The delay is due to late submission of law school form . Let's be patience, it will all be resolved soon before resumption date.