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haffaze777:
you are you not we because hundred of thousands Igbo muslims voted for Alhaji Hope Abdul-gaffar uzodinma and he defeated that yeye Ihedioha hands down,conduct that election millions time and watch Ihedioha beaten millions time,people of Imo love Alhaji uzodinma and will vote for him over ihedioha any day any time.

As salam alaekum to my Igbo muslim people

Lol. You can troll as much as you like. We know what we are facing and we shall emerge victorious. All this backyard effort is an exercise in futility. Just watch as Uzodinma will end. Lol
Besides, it is the inauguration of the chief Imam of Owerri mosque not any Emir like the topic says. Emirs are usually of towns or cities and not states and you can't have two kings in one domain. There's no emirate in Igboland and there never will be.

StaffofOrayan:
Hehehehe
Just take it easy
Your leaders are leaking
They are serial betrayers

Lol. Not true. Who are our leaders? Uzodinma- A criminal who usurped the people's choice for his selfishness?Those who do the expectation of our people are those we consider leaders. Everyone saw the dayright robbery of Uzodinma's emergence. We knew it came at a cost and that is what is playing out now.. I always thank God for making me Igbo. We resist anything we consider inimical to our benefit.

Lol. One thing about the Igbo tradition is that it is well woven to hold Igbos together irrespective of what any foreign interference. This current push to foist Islam in Igboland is not different from their previous attempts. All will still end in disaster. Okorocha was used and he'll still answer to our calls at the right time. Uzodinma today is being used and he thinks we'll overlook what he's doing to remain in the good books of our enemies who's aim is to destabilize our land. Our people are wise; we won't tow the part they expect. Take a look at what Islam has done to the once upon a time Hausa culture! It has destabilize it and turned them to a mass of poverty stricken and disease infested domain. Anywhere Islam reign, it is repression, tears, blood and primitivity that endures. This type of life Is totally at odds to the core of the Igbo man's being as we enjoy freedom and progress to the fullest. Is this what Uzodinma and his likes want to bring to our land? We rejected it in the past and we'll still do likewise. If he has forgotten, let those around remind him. It is said that when a treacherous man in position erects an alien institution which goes contrary to the good of the land, an illustrious son will arise and uproot it. This is what Ihedioha was doing until the worst political verdict was delivered by the kangaroo sublimed court of the contraption stepped in to sow tars. This is the result of that verdict. We will uproot whatever Uzodinma and his cronies think they want to do in our land. The land belongs to our people and not some criminals who stole the people's rightful mandate.
Finally, this thread has exposed some individuals that I thought were fair in their judgement. It was all along a ruse. Ok o.

IDENNAA:
Not up to 20 people were present for a king that claim dominance over the entire southern Nigeria..lol

Nothing is wrong with that. Let our brothers have their meeting in peace.

tsephanyah:
Like that 2015 prediction that "Nigeria will collapse" while WEF and Bill gate are predicting Nigeria will be great. This flat Earther is saying otherwise. And the sad thing is ignos will like this news. Like if the bomb detonate they will miraculously disappear from Nigeria. Not knowing or ignoring the fact that they will be the collateral beauty.

Don't worry about Igbos, rather ponder about the eventual fate that will befall you Hausa/fulanis. We've seen war before and whatever will happen can never be worst than the previous. The British have lost their influence and won't be of much help to you again. Now, you'll feel not just the heat but including the �. You will pay blood for blood. We've been counting our losses all along and they'd all be atoned for.

Southerners are so funny. The Hausa/fulanis are daring you to do your worst yet you're looking for the weak man's response. It's a shame that you'll have to stop the livelihood of plenty of your people just at the attempt to discourage fulani militia from the brazen attacks on Southerners. What happens to all southern governors having a meeting where the issue is discussed and all herdsmen are asked to leave? I know the polity will be heated up. In the course of that, make laws that will keep the herdsmen away from your people. As a single block of Southern governors, whatever decision you make will be strong and difficult to challenge. These terrorist herdsmen are encouraged to kill our people recklessly by their sponsors. Why should we be passive in dealing with them? Fulani herdsmen don't spend a dime on food or water; most times they get these things at the expense of their host communities yet they still have the temerity to rob, rape and even kill people of those communities. Can't we see that we're at war with them? Shame on all Southerners supporting this boycott. It still won't solve the problem. Mark this my post. It's common knowledge that the Nigerian security apparatus protect them instead of arresting them yet, we don't sense any systemic conquest on-going. Are we bewitched? Are we lily-livered? What will it take before we face this issue head on?

Chi59:
Other modes such as?

Masturbation and the use of toys. However, the addiction level of these are worse than the normal sex. The fact of life is that no one is free of sexual urges. In one way or the other, we relieve the urge.

atakamus:
Aboki the only failure here is a confused you. The nigger you are cleaning his yash is living large in UK. He will attend a political gathering, take pictures with few random white people and tell you that Trump now supports Biafra. Bleep it.
I cant be an idiot like that. I even respect Uwazuruike more than this your Kanu.

I don't engage scallywags that's why I didn't bother responding to the rubbish you typed at first. I won't reply you again as this would be me condescending to your hole. Now, buzz of and look a confused woman to waste your time with.

Chi59:
My question is that is it really humanly possible to stay without sex for life?

Yes it is. However, you will have to seek other mode of sexual satisfaction. The hormones the stimulate the urge is a biological process that we can't escape.

mrvitalis:
Use those property to take loan n invest in the east ...people like u are the problem ...go round your state ..the northerners that do business there what do they own ?

You think they don't make money ? ....leave Igbo land ...what do Yoruba's own in the north ,or south south ...

Na u get sense to build for another man land

When the time comes people like u would be collectrall damage

I wonder when some of you will stop to respond to some failures whose existence is but a liability. Don't you guys bother to check a person's history before responding to him? The foolish OP is a dead brained guy who thinks about women all the time as can be seen in his 'ceeated topics'. You don't dignify such an entity with a response. Ike gwuru!

MrBONE2:
Yeah, But nothing wrong in defecting your opponents using Tactical Maneuver

Lol. The same tactics the Nigerian Army is using against Boko haram. ;

Evangkatsoulis:
Err, insult her homeland?
I am also from the south east.
Every I said is a fact.

Why are you lying? This your character is typical of a particular ethnic group from Nigeria. Be brave and defend your post as a Yoruba man. You really stink.

YorubaKinging:
There was nothing like Nigeria 100 years ago
Let us all go back to our cities
Leave Judah alone
Let the igbos( Ghana cousins) also leave Lagos we want to be alone
Make Yoruba great again
Judah will be known

Lol. Igbo Don suffer. What concerns Igbos with an almajiri thread? Chai!

MetaPhysical:
I do not want to create distraction from the topic. Suggestions for a solution will need a new thread, but Im sure several of those exist in Nairaland already.

Ok

MetaPhysical:
The politicians use our looted funds to educate their children abroad.

We need US and Europeans to intervene in the best practical manner by retaining the loot and converting it to education endowment. We have many bright scholars from poor background and they struggle just to complete education here in their country. In Nairaland here we witness many times students crying for help to pay school.

Foreign countries can help, give exceptionally gifted children a bright future in an enabling environment abroad.

Mods please put this thread in front page and stick it up.

Lol. I guess this your suggestion is a temporary one to avoid re-looting by the present politicians. What's your long term solution to it? Division of the contraption will go a long way to solving the problem.

The OP is deranged. Igbo, IPOB and Biafra is giving him nightmares. Go and tell your sponsors that they're wasting their time with us. We're a free people and will always remain so. You can have your Nigeria with your willing slaves. Biafra will come whatever maybe the cost. Whatever sacrifice that needs to be done will be done. Continue registering new monickers to engage in your deceptive antics. You're only fooling around.

Bratking:
OP didn't explain it very well but i'm fairy certain he meant his umunna.

in igboland you can marry from your town/village but not from your kindred.

Yeah but surprisingly, some communities forbid marrying even from the same village. I believe that's where he got confused. No one can marry from his umunna? Who are you taking the palmwine to? Your own umunna?

Makavelli25:
Same shit happening to me. Am in love with my stepsis
We are planning to run away

Yours is a different case altogether. How can you marry your step sister? Are you seriously fine? Do you know you share one parent? Whatever you're doing with her should cease immediately because it's not healthy.

Alternator:
A si ''onye n'eme enyi, ya mee enyi-onye o ga alunwu'' meaning ''if you want to do boyfriend or girlfriend with person, do it with someone you can marry in case you get stuck'' don't blame Igbo culture, it's there before and you failed to know it,

In my village, almost everyone knows the particular village we can't marry and it's not advisable dating someone from there,

Your last paragraph talks about a village you can't marry from. If I may ask; why not? Certainly, not because you're blood relations. Some of these traditions have outstayed their relevance. Yes, some of them have.
As far as I'm concerned, areas that should be off limits for a man is his umunna and his maternal families(both his mother and grandmother) up to 2 generations.

Bratking:
in every village/town in igboland, there are tiny villages known as clans.

families belonging to a common clan have a common ancestor and so are kith and kin.

the girl is his kith and kin and so therefore is related to him by blood.

marrying her will be an abominable.

maybe where you come from it's acceptable to marry your relations but in igboland it's a taboo.

This case isn't that of same kith n kin. In majority of Igboland, a community (town) is made up of aggregate villages having same ancestral origin and therefore, bear a singular name to unite them. While one may marry from another village within the same town, girls from his own village are out of bound for him. I've heard of this from a couple of my friends but doesn't exist in my own town. Everyone knows you can't marry from you kith and kin(kindred=umunna). I can marry from my village but surely not from my kindred in my village. There are other kindreds in my village. But some Igbo communities have it that you can't marry from your village as everyone is seeing as a kindred.
Now to OP, it seems your community is one of such. Since she's from your village, why not ask her to consult her family and ask them if she's permitted to marry someone she loves from the same village. I expect her to return with the same answer. If that's the case, then they may not support the marriage even if you're willing to damn all consequences leaving you with only one option- eloping. If you're bouyant enough and is willing to risk all for this, then go on with it. As far as I see it, the divergence is so long now to warrant any biological problems. As long as she's not from your umunna, you're good to go. Eventually, you'll be a reference point to open up the way for others in your town. It is our unwillingness to challenge some traditions in Africa that has held us down. We're not evolving at all. You're certainly doing nothing wrong here despite what anyone wants to say. People are just scared not to ruffle the feathers of tradition. I believe that if you have some enlightened persons in your family, they'll support you. As long as she's not from your umunna and not maternally related to you(your mother and grandmother's family) you're good to go.

Well @ uchefefe, I commend your resolve at learning an African language and more specifically, your language of origin. Anyone who tells you to do otherwise isn't trying to help. I understand why some Igbos are reluctant to teach you. They simply feel they don't have the time for such and it clearly shows they don't value it. There are millions of other Igbos who value the language. Generally, most Igbos are lethargic in teaching others cultural stuffs about us. I really suspect that the politics of Nigeria did that damage. I noticed even our traditional cuisine that have become so popular in Nigeria have started to lose their Igbo names. We find is so convenient to translate the Igbo names of our food to English. No other groups do that. Today, 'Onugbu' soup is now called 'bitterleaf' soup; 'Nsala' is called 'white' soup etc. This is very bad and I personally have been trying my best to correct this wherever I see it.
I want to encourage you to continue your struggle in learning Igbo. It is your heritage and you must enjoy it. Our proverbs and idiomatic expressions are second to none and it's only when you really understand Igbo that you can enjoy them. The Late Prof. Chinua Achebe wrote this expression in Igbo; "Ilu bu mmanu Igbo ji eli okwu". It means the proverbs are the oil with which Ndigbo eat their speeches. Igbos convey messages better among themselves using proverbs. It is better enjoy when spoken in Igbo.
Myself at a younger age was deficient in Igbo despite living with my parents who are from the same town. I couldn't string three complete sentences in Igbo without adding English. I couldn't even convey messages in my dialect. It was that bad for me. We were speaking the language of the community where we were born outside Igboland. My parents were actually speaking Igbo to us but we the children prefer communicating in English or the local language among ourselves. I got ashamed of myself one day and vowed to correct that anomaly. It was difficult at the beginning but today, I'm very proficient both in speaking and writing despite never ever attending any Igbo lessons. Today, I consciously avoid the common pitfalls of mixing English in Igbo sentences. You can do it too. Pls, don't give up. Watch Igbo movies and other conversational videos or audios to assist you. Izugbe only helps when it comes to proper spellings and other academic purposes. Make it a habit to speak to any Igbo person you meet in Igbo and insist on continuing in Igbo. Most will eventually become comfortable to speak it with you including your father. I wish there's any other way I can help you.
I'll conclude by saying this in Igbo;
Nne, jisie ike na mbo I n'agba n'imuta asusu Igbo. Tupu I mara ihe n'eme, I mutasigo asusu anyi.

Evangkatsoulis:
You don't have to learn any nigerian language.
The standard language in Nigeria is English(British english) and pidgin english.
You weren't born or bred in Nigeria, you likely know no body here. So forget about your Nigerian roots and move on.
Unless you want to stay in underdeveloped erosion-ridden south yeastern area of Nigeria you do not need Igbo.
Abuja, Lagos and Ph are the active places in Nigeria and you don't need any local language to go through.

You're demented and shouldn't have the title of an evangelist attached to your name. You don't have to insult her place of origin to pass across your message.

Ignored!

ican2020:
Stop deceiving yourself, the north does not have the real skills to survive in this info age

How's that your concern? Face your own people and work to make your land prosperous.

ipswitch:
In fact, for this statement Peter Edochie should be knighted rightaway. Kneeling, crawling, agamaing in any form to propose is all thrash

Lol @ agamaing.

Rapmoney:
This should be a drama rehearsal but if it is real, I think I'd have to disagree strongly. I mean, his reason is crappy!

What about men who do it in Europe, America (both north and south), Asia and Australia? Have their wives taken over the family?

Chai!!! Papa Yul, you fall my legs for this one.

Let me point a significant thing you're omitting that nullifies your argument.
In all those areas where men kneel to propose to a woman, they don't pay dowry(bride price). In all of Africa, dowry is expected and even demanded including the extra yoking of the man to the girl's family. In this light, I agree with the great actor on the condition that relates to African men.

[quote author=Dyt post=86794659][/quote]I just invoked her spirit and here she is. Lol

IamD18:
I'm not Dyt, but a very old member of the forum.

Ok.

IamD18:
I don't get.

I assume you are 'Dyt'- one of the old nairaland members reincarnated.

IamD18:
Lol, and I stumbled on this and couldn't stop smiling how naive you were then on this forum when men were men. Even scared of Odinary Kanwulie
https://www.nairaland.com/1584372/divorced-women-nigeria
Feminist turned responsible because of marriage
https://www.nairaland.com/1579609/beauty-marriage

Loretta, you owe me a lot of apologies on this forum, maybe when you get to realize my former moniker

Dyt in ghostmode.

PHijo:
So the sensible thing to do is adopt a U.S. town's name and change one alphabet?

They adopted a movie industry name and changed one alphabeth to reflect their own origin. How's that a problem?