₦airaland Forum

WORDWORLD:
Heroes are not what the world needs anymore. The days of HERO and HERO worship has long ago been over. Humanity has evolved. What the world needs today are people with GOOD IDEAS. Can any IPOB kindly tell us what the BIAFRAN IDEOLOGY is? If it is all about TRIBE, being IGBO then thats no IDEOLOGY at all but PURE SENTIMENT which only speaks of a people who have refused to grow.

So, can anyone tell us something outside being TRIBALISTIC?

The ideology is simple, but a Nigerian like you is not likely to understand it even in the next 1000 years.

The ideology of Biafra is freedom. Freedom to choose your name, your country, who you associate with, system of government and constitution.

As a 'Nigerian', it was a white man called Lugard who chose your name for you, he chose your country for you, he decided who will be in this country and who you associate with. The British then
decided the system of Government which they handed over to the North who later decided the constitution.

But with Biafra, nobody forced me to choose it, I chose it freely.

In other words, as a Nigerian, you are a mere "British product"

But as a Biafran, I am an African product.

dillinger:
All your posts are full of hate, violence, rage and all suicidal so I can't engage you. next time, when grown folks talk, nigga close your mouth

Look at the picture of a young man who the Nigerian security agencies killed in cold blood in the name of 'one Nigeria' and tell me how you expect me to feel.

wirinet:
The 1957 constitutional conference agreed to one Nigeria. Ironically it was the Igbos that pushed for one Nigeria, the hausa-fulanis were not interested. Strangely still, it was the Igbos that change the confederational structure that was agreed at the 1957 conference to a UNITARY system after the January 1966 coup.

When the Igbos obtain power or feel they at an advantage, they promote UNITY, but immediately they lose out in the power game, they scream secession.

You have it twisted. The constitutional conference was just an agreement on the rules that guide us when the British left in 1960. It was never an agreement where the ethnic groups gave up their sovreignty. There is a big diference between 'living together' and 'being married'. We have have been living together but never married. There is nothing binding us together

ElsonMorali:
If my questions sound stupid to you it's probably because your skull is too thick to allow anything in.

Which questions are important then?

The police should fold their arms and watch a group of law-breakers cause mayhem?

The authorities who have sworn to protect lives and properties of citizens should smile and nod their heads in approval while you guys go on a rampage?

Your solidarity walk, how far? Has it given you the Biafra?

Screengrab my earlier response, frame it on your bedroom wall, meditate on it day and night, call your IPOB elders to come and join you to contemplate it, because until there's a measure of intelligence in your struggle, more people from your side will continue to die needlessly.

But I'm sure you can't see that.

All you see and want people to comment on is that people have been killed.

They are dead. A sensible group will think of how to prevent the next massacre.

But then, Biafra screamers aren't all that sensible, are they?

Law breakers? How did they break the law? They came out, waved Biafran flags, supported Donald Trump? If this is breaking the law to you then grab a copy of the Nigerian constitution and read chapter 4. People are allowed to demonstrate for any reason, be it Biafra, Donald Trump or that it didnt snow in Sahara desert. We are all allowed to demonstrate for whatever reason.

A Sensible group would think about how to prevent the next massacre?

Then how sensible are you when you dont even know that it is the Nigerian police and Army, who are paid to preserve life, are the ones shooting and killing unarmed people? You are not even sensible enough to realise that it is a cardinal sin for the armed forces to shoot at anyone who is unarmed? Wether in a war situation or not. Firing a gun is only last resort, there are many things a security personel should do before they aim their weapons at civilians and shoot in a non combatant situation. Why did they have to kill people? People went on rampage in Washington yesterday that Trump was sworn in, even worse than IPOB protest in Portharcourt, nobody was shot at or killed.


Since Nigerians operate on diffent scale than America

Let them leave Biafrans alone to operate on the American scale and Donald Trump?

Just because Lord Lugard came in 1914 to say we are all Nigerians does not mean Luagard was right. Lugard wasnt even African but many West Africans still choose to answer the name he formulated and claim the country he created as their country. Why? Why should an Igbo/Hausa/Yoruba man still be answering the name of Lugard and claiming what the British chap created as their country?

But whenever the Igbo man says he would like to forge his own path along with the minorities who are comfortable with him


The Hausa and Yoruba man will shout "Lord Lugard made us one and that we must remain forever"

How can Yorubas and Hausas still have this sort of colonial mentality in 2017?

menshowng:
trump is celebrated in d USA n ure bein mourned in 9ja see ow stupid u are...wots wrong with these pple sef...d dude jus fast trackd his lyf. wat a pity..nawa o

But it was the Nigerian security agencies that killed the guy

ElsonMorali:
How does violence get you Biafra?

Just wasting your lives unnecessarily.

That chap in the pic above is dead. That's the end. Life continues. In a month's time he is forgotten. Only his family is left to mourn him.

I'm wondering when this people will sit themselves down and ask, "is there a more intelligent way of achieving this without sacrificing our able-bodied children"

Something tells me I'll grow white whiskers waiting.

Why are you asking all these stupid questions without asking the ones that are important?

Why should the Nigerian security agencies shoot unarmed people? Is that their job? Are they allowed to shoot unarmed people under the constitution? What is wrong with people like you? How can your Police and Army be committing murder and you are asking irrelevant qyestions?

More and more international news outlets are reporting the Portharcourt massacre by the murderous Nigerian security agencies. Thank you Chukwu Okike for exposing Nigeria as a country in which unity is 'by force', life means nothing.

Nigeria is no country, it is just an organisation that forces people to be together just like Lord Lugard created it

kITATITA:
The typical IPOB youth has identity issues. He says he wants Biafra, yet he doesn't support the party founded by Ojukwu, the symbol of Biafran identity. He believes GEJ is his godfather and messiah, yet Ijaw people where GEJ comes from have moved on and doesn't give a hoot about Biafra. Mr IPOB dons Jewish garb and clutches the bible while singing Christian praise songs. He is dying for Donald Trump on the streets of Nigeria while Americans in America are protesting against Donald Trump. The IPOB youth belongs to PDP and hates Hausa Fulani and Buhari supporters, yet PDP has zoned 2019 Presidency to the north. Mr. IPOB supports the activities of militants and vandals who sabotage the economy, yet he complains about lack of dollars to do his import business. I can go on.

Dont be stupid, Ojukwu never founded any political party in his life. GEJ is no Godfather anywhere, not even in Ijawland where he comes from. GEJ is just simply a better option than Buhari. Im sure the the additional suffering Nigerians are experiencing since Buhari came in is enough evidence for this. You say Ijaw doesnt care about Biafra? Respected Ijaw high chief and former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, is a big supporter of Biafra. Many Ijaw people call into Radio Biafra many night, pledging to Biafra.

Dying for Donald Trump? But it is your Nigerian security forces who are the ones shooting, killing and murdering unarmed people. Or is there anyone doing the killing here?

IPOB is about the freedom of the people who make up SE/SS geopoiltical zone (with the exception of Edo State). Localising it to an 'Igbo thing' is for ignorant people.

FREEDOM!

dillinger:
My question is for peeps saying "I am not a Nigerian". Abeg, whenever you are filling a form, what do you input in "Nationality" or "Country"?

And if Lord Lugard had never come to West Africa to basterdise your ancestors with the name 'Nigeria', what name would you have put on the form?

Toketimt:

Shut ur trap. I don't need to read it anywhere. I live and reside in PH and saw what these fools did. Broad day robbery, threats, snatching of mobile phones etc.

You mean you were in Portharcourt, IPOB was robbing people, snatching phones, threatening people but you cannot provide one picture or video evidence? How can crime be happening infront of you and all you could do was come to Nairaland to tell a story. Go to youtube and see several videos of peaceful protest in Portharcourt. Back up you claims with evidence or shut up


My heart goes out to the family of the young boy who was murdered by the barbaric Nigerian security forces. I hope that people can see why Nigeria cannot work as a nation, i personally will never be a citizen of a country in which armed forces kill unarmed people. Im a proud Igbo man but I am not a Nigerian. Nigeria has killed too many people including over 3 million of my fellow Igbos for me to ever accept being a citizen of this blood thirsty country


RIP Bro, you death was not for nothing. One day, we shall be free

Adieu.

Terrorism is over? How is it over? A terrorist organisation called the Nigerian Army opened fire on unarmed Biafran protesters in Portharcourt yesterday.

updatechange:
The president also must have been infected with the Igbosyndrome that made him think SS are Igbo. The point here is SS being Ijaw, ikwerre, Ogbia, Kalabari people, Ibani of Opobo, Bonny, Okrika, Andoni clans and so on... are different from the SE Enugu, Onitsha, Owerri, Awka, Abakiliki. Dialects, cultures, traditions and religion can acquaint with the differeces.

Hmmmm......... The Igalas of Anambra and the Idoma of Enugu state, are they also included in your so called 'SE Igbos'? There is no SE or SS, neither SE or SS is im the costitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria. What is important are tribes. Dont speak for anyone outside your tribe

lastpage:
Did anyone protesting trump's inauguration SNATCH/ROB innocent people's BAG and CELLPHONES?
if you want to compare, make sure you are comparing "likes with likes".......
Apples with Apples, Oranges with oranges! Dont compare Apples and Oranges

Go to the US and try to snatch someones bag or Mobile Phone and see if the person will not shoot you.... not to mention the Police!

Again, NO ONE can hold anyone down, if they dont want to stay down.
You cannot form Biafra in Yorubaland.

I support the forming of Biafra.... but in the Yiibo lands of Eastern Nigeria.
So, STOP TROOPING DOWN TO YORUBALAND while whining that they are "not allowing you to form Baifra"!

When you'all go to the East, declare that you would STAY IN THE EAST,... in BAIFRA. DONT DESPERATELY COME BACK TO WESTERN NIGERIA.
Everyoen who hears "what you say" and compares it to "what you do" by running to western Nigeria just hisses at your pretense about forming Baifraud! It is a FRAUD!

Long live Biafra!



Lastpage!

Bro, go back in history and read it all over again. In 1967, Igbos went home in their millions and declared their own country. You Yorubas along with your Northern masters started shouting 'one Nigeria' and came down to the East to fight for 3 years to bring Igbos back into 'one Nigeria'. What is it with you people? Since Lord Lugard came in 1914 to tell you people that you are Nigerians, all of you have gone crazy. Why not ask the Igbo man if Lugard is right about 'one Nigeria'. If you people cannot do without Igbos, come out and admit it. No Igbo man has ever gone to the North or to Yorubaland to fight for one Nigeria. But you Yorubas and your Northern masters came to the East to fight for 3 years because you guys cannot do without Igbos. Shame on you people for not being able to survive without the Igbos

Adminisher:
What a wicked title.
Why not say the truth - a Rivers State young man raped and killed an international prostitute from Rivers State for reasons still unknown.

Is there any ethnic group in Nigeria called 'Rivers state'?

Fox is one of the most popular right wing news outlet in America. Im happy that the have joined the group of international news agents who are exposing the terrorist Government of Buhari for what it is.

WORDWORLD:
A problem of the BLACK RACE is without doubt LACK OF SELF-ESTEEM.

Those IPOB were all out blowing their trumpets for TRUMP who gives not a FVCK about them, A DEMONSTRATION OF LACK OF SELF-ESTEEM.

And if, by miracle he eventually does show concern. His miracle is going to be to turn your country to like LIBYA, SYRIA, IRAQ,..........................the list is endless and while he and his allies loot your wealth turning your women to widows and your children to orphans.

Continue calling for their attention since you have choosen to be so HOPELESS slaves.

YES, SLAVES!!!

Like your President, Muhammadu Buhari who has run to his MASTERS in U.K to spend his vacation. THE WAYS OF A SLAVE. Yet he has forcefully closed your boarders to prevent foreign goods, destroyed your Naira in the Forex Market to laughably boost MADE IN NIGERIAN GOODS. The result is too glaring to see HARSHER, HARDER LIFE for the masses who STUPIDLY were ready to die for another man's SELFISH GOAL. Those who could feed themselves and their families from the little the used to earn from hard work's sweat have turned to BEGGARS beecause they can't afford to buy the GARRI anymore which used to be a consolation for their poverty. What was the price of Garri, what is the price of Garri today. What has. Buhari gone to enjoy in London for vacation? MADE IN NIGERIA!?

BLACKS WILL FORVER REMAIN SLAVES AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE TO LIVE A LIFE OF LACK OF SELF-ESTEEM.

This is NOT a racist post. Its aimed at making you BLACKS to think. Change your mentality and be grateful and proud of who you are. You keep killing one another, just like in the U.S.A the highest casualties from Gun. Violence is BLACKS AND BY BLACKS IN BLACK COMMUNITY. #Fact, go do your research.

Righteousness is what counts not color of the skin nor what comes out of our vocal codes called language.

ITS AN IRONY THAT THE WARLORD, THE DREAMER BEHIND THE NIGHTMARE CALLED BIAFRA, CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU WAS ALL WRAPED UP AFTER HE DIED IN THE FLAGS OF THE SAME COUNTRY HE SELFISHLY WISHED TO TEAR APART AND NOT EVEN THE BIAFRAN FLAG, HIS DREAM AND EVERYONES ELSE'S NIGHTMARE EXCEPT THE GULLIBLE. SO MUCH BLOOD WAS WASTED FOR NOTHING AS IT IS STILL BEING WASTED TODAY. THOSE IPOB KILLED HAVE PUT THEIR MOTHERS IN AGONY, A LIFE OF SORROW. YOUTHS WHO SURRENDER FOR THE SLAUGHTER BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO DREAMS OF THEIR OWN BUT LIVING A DEAD MAN'S DREAM. WHAT A LIFE OF EMPTINESS BY CHOICE!!!

But it was your so called Nigerian Armed forces that shot and killed people Portharcourt? It was your so called 'One Nigeria' that came to fight a civil ear in the East and kill millions of people from 1967 to 1970.

If this your Nigeria is such a good thing, why is it killing people everyday like it did in Portharcourt yesterday? If 'one Nigeria' is a good thing, why does it require millions of lives to maintain?

IPOB has killed no one, Trump has killed no one. Only Nigeria is doing the killing.

So what sane person would like to be part of a Nigeria that only kills people?

Just another Igbo man buying Yams in Igboland

Afriifa:
you need to read this



www.waado.org/NigerDelta/Essays/ResourceControl/Sagay.html

What is the point of reading it when there is document anywhere in the world where the various ethnic groups signed agreeing to come together to create Nigeria? No point reading it.

The video only shows peaceful, unarmed protesters

toludadon:
I'm surprised to hear that before you can be made a king in Warri, your mother must either come from Itsekiri or Edo clan in addition to your father being from there hence the reason for not selecting the eldest son of Olu of Warri, Prince Shola. Instead, the younger brother of the late king was installed as a new King.
So, can I ask whether Igbos have any claims over Warri like we have been hearing all these while?

What is the ppint of this your thread? When did Igbos lay any claim to Warri? Or are you trying to be mischevious? Igbos are merely the neigbours of other tribes in Delta state.

Afriifa:
a nice point and i presume also coming from an intelligent mind. Now listen. Now even in marriage a court of law has to deliver a verdict before a divorce, and ofcourse there must be a valid reason for such to take place. Now i am asking you "what are your reasons for seeking this divorce"? If they are selfish reasons then consider the court to throw your the complaint aside and ask you to go solve your problems amicably with your supposed husband(Nigeria). I call that "Unity"

In this case, there was never even any wedding to even talk about divorce. The only people who are entitled to divorce are those who at some time signed a document pledging unity to each other. In the case of Nigeria, we were all forced together by the British, we never agreed to any binding agreement to the union of Nigeria.

In 1707, the kindom of Scotland, Wales and England came together and signed "The Act Of Union" that produced the United Kindom, our colonial masters. They agreed and signed to be together.

On the 4th of July 1776, the leaders of the 13 colonies that made up America came together and signed a document called "The American Declaration Of Independence" in which the 13 colonies decided to unite and this created 'The United States Of America'. They agreed to be together

Now when and where did the Hausa/Yoruba/Igbo man come together and agree to 'one Nigeria'?

What this means is that if none of us ever agreed to be together, anyone is free to go their way.

To hold someone against their will when there is no binding agreement of unity simply means "imprisonment"

Afriifa:
I am personally againts the continual detention of one Mr Nnamdi Kanu.

But "my question is will he continue to disrupt Nigeria's Unity and cause Disunity when released?" If the answer is Yes, Then he deserves a death "sentence"

Unity is not something that is forced, it has to be something that is willingly and freely accepted. When unity is forced, it is no longer unity but imprisonment.

Nnamdi Kanu is just one man. If one man can disrupt the unity of Nigeria then it means that Nigeria is not a united country but a forced marriage. No happiness ever comes from a forced marriage.

APCmyheart:
We have been here before the name Nigeria was created, We are Nigeria and Nigeria must still stand..


The below is the speech of Philip Effiong Biafra Acting President then...


[b]Effiong's Speech to Gowon

On January 15, 1970 at Dodan Barracks in Lagos, in the presence of General Gowon, Effiong announced the end of the Biafran conflict.

"I, Major-General Phillip Efiong, Officer Administering the Government of the Republic of Biafra, now wish to make the following declaration: That we affirm that we are loyal Nigerian citizens and accept the authority of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria. That we accept the existing administrative and political structure of the Federation of Nigeria. That any future constitutional arrangement will be worked out by representatives of the people of Nigeria. That the Republic of Biafra hereby ceases to exist."[1]

At the time of the surrender, Effiong believed that the situation was hopeless and that prolonging the conflict would have led only to the further destruction and starvation of the people of Biafra. At that time Effiong said, "I am convinced now that a stop must be put to the bloodshed which is going on as a result of the war. I am also convinced that the suffering of our people must be brought to an immediate end."[2]

Nnaemeka L. Aneke wrote, "General Efiong’s handling of Biafra’s surrender is one of the most tactical and devoted maneuvers ever seen on the Nigerian scene. Those who do not appreciate the depth of it may not have appreciated what was at stake as Biafra capitulated."[3] Many observers had expected wholesale retribution at war's end.[/b]

Can you remind me something, what were you people called before Lord Lugard and the British decided to call you people Nigerians?

Mufasa27:
I wish yorubas and my brothers from the east could stand in one accord to fight the bigger enemies (hausas)...

How is that possible when Yorubas have consistently joined their Northern masters to fight the East?

APCmyheart:
Shut up with your nonsense rant, What are they protesting for are they the only one? Mr president has already told them that there's is nothing like biafra and if they know they want there biafra they should leave Nigeria and go create there biafra somewhere else..

Below is Effiong speech on surredering and paying loyal to Nigeria states..





Maybe they need to go and ask their fathers biafra is dead and buried no wonder their Governors and leaders did not support them..

Please when did Nnamdi Kanu become Igbo leader?

If they have to leave Nigeria because they want Biafra, when is the rest of you leaving Nigeria? Nigeria was created by Lord Lugard, did you Nigerians ask his permission before claiming the country he created as your own?

QuotaSystem:
The same US that has one of the highest rate of police-civilian shootings on earth? Have you heard of the black lives matter movement or have you been living under a rock? You statements are grossly ignorant.

Go and carry a placard, attack a soldier anywhere on earth and see what happens to you. The US protesters attacked nobody and did not violently confront the security forces, that's the difference.

Avoid illegality, and there will be no reason for stories that touch. Just imagine the bolded, I had no idea I was interacting with total retards.

And when you hear shootings by the Anerican authorities, you also hear outright condemnation of it and there is always an official investigation at the end of which the culprit is severely punished, be it armed force member or civilian.

Go to youtube and see how anti trump supporters attacked police and Army yesterday in Washington and nobody was shot at or killed.

You are here defending the Nigerian Army and Police for commiting murder in Portharcourt just because Nigerians are uncivilised people who have no regard for life.

What I said in bolded is true. The name 'Nigeria' is a name you stole from the white man without his permission, the country called Nigeria is an invention of the white man that has long been stolen by west Africans like you. Who gave you the permission to answer the name and country created by Lord Lugard? You are not ashamed of your self that in this 21st century, you are still answering a name the white man gave you and claiming the geographic space the white man created as you country?

When the secessionist decides not to carry on with the colonial figment called 'Nigeria', you tell him he is wrong. Why? Because Lord Lugard came to tell you in 1914 that we are all Nigerians and you have no sense of self determination to realise it is your right, and not Lugards, to decide who you are.

It will be a great honour for me the day my people are finally become free of this British invention called Nigeria, this a country headed nowhere but backwards.

QuotaSystem:
Somehow you must imagine that your opinion of me is relevant. If secessionists want war they should ask for it and they will surely get it in full measure a la '66, instead of attacking our soldiers and cowardly crying that they're unarmed.

You have been consistently ignored for a good and obvious reason, and that is not going to change.



Just shut up.

Guy, you absolutely love showing your morronic ways online. Go online or youtube and watch the protests that followed Trumps inaugration yesterday. It was near anarchy and much worse that the IPOB protests in Portharcourt. In Washington, anti Trump protesters, were breaking glasses, burning cars, vandalising property and attacking security personel. What was the reaction of the American security personel? They used tear gas, rubber bullets, peper sprays, water spray, batons and other non life threatening methods of crowd control to bring the situation under control and they made several arrests. No guns were fired, no life was lost and the sanctity of life was maintained.

Why cant your armed forces show that level of professionalism? If they are barbarians then they should not be carrying guns. Why must the Army aim their guns at civilians in a non combat situation? Why must the Nigerian security organisation open fire againt unarmed people? Even if they are attacked, why must the respond with live bullets aimed at people?

You are talking about secessionist? What about you? Why did you take the country created by Lord Frederick Lugard as your own? Did you seek Lugards permission before 'stealing' the country he created and claiming it as your own? You are answering the name a white man brought to west Africa, claiming the country he invented as your own and you dare to talk about the secessionist who is only seeking to answer his self chosen name and self invented country. You are not ashamed of your self? Zombie.

Ekinematics:
You better delete this rubbish you wrote here. I'm a Rivers man and I'm no fool. You can't force a referendum on us while we haven't asked for one. You can't think for us, we have our own agenda and Biafra is not one.

You are Rivers man? So what were you before Gowon created Rivers state in 1967? You were a 'no man'? So you owe you identity to Gowon? He made you a Rivers man same as Lugard made you a Nigerian? I laugh in Igbo. Who is going to give your next identity? Donald Trump?

Look guy, dont speak for anyone outside your ethnic group. Referendum is like elections, nobody is forces you to participate in elections but that does not mean must deny others who wish to participate their right.

jollymizzle:
What are we saying. Pls everyone consider these:
1 Can ipob guarantee that when they loan and import protesters from many states to protest in one state(as if they expect the police to do the same) that miscreants will not join them?
2 can ipob prove that of the thousands among them none was armed?
3 can we trust ipob wasn't the one sacrificing the protesters by having a number of agents provoke and threaten the law enforcement agents making them take measures to guarantee their own safety?
4 can anybody say that ipob truly wants a peaceful rally without deaths tk show the world?
5 can we trust ipob on the number of deaths, the circumstances leading to these deaths.
Everybody including ipob members should ask these questions

My thoughts on this is that ipob should stop wasting these lives, if you cannot guarantee an orderly rally. Don't put these people in danger. our law enforcement agencies haven't been the beacon of professionalism but I won't just sit and blame them without these questions being answered

All these question are not necessary. The important information yoy need is this:

Number of IPOB killed by the Nigerian security organisations = estimated to be several hundreds.

Number of Security personell or civilians killed by IPOB = 0

I hope this answers your question about who is dangerous

lyricalpontiff:
IS BIAFRA THE ENSLAVEMENT OF MINORITY ETHNIC NATIONALITIES OR WHAT?

In his book - 'There Was A Country', Professor Chinua Achibe asserted that the concept of Biafra failed from the very beginning because Odimegwu Ojukwu declared a 'premature' war on Nigeria. The late literary icon strressed that Ojukwu's refusal to consult with neighbouring ethnic nationalities before embarking on his 3 years fruitless secessionist campaign led to the avoidable death of so many Igbos, especially in Port Harcourt.

How can you be talking of Biafra in Port Harcourt without first seeking for the consent and support of the Ikwerre ethnic nationality - the original land owners of Port Harcourt? Even the British - our colonial masters had to sign an agreement with my forefathers when they landed on this shore; how much more our Igbo brothers who are now agitating for Biafra?

You can't be talking of marginalisation in Nigeria, while you malign, despise and disrespect minority ethnic nationalities in your own backyard. How can you import people from Abia State to come and protest over the heads of the indigenous people of Rivers State?

Who told you that Ikwerre people are interested in your Biafra??

I own a copy of "there was a country" by achinua Achebe and I cannot remember reading anywhere that Ojukwu declared war on anybody. The truth must be told!

1) Ojukwu never declared war on anybody throughout his military carreer. It was Nigeria that declared war on Biafra. It was Nigeria that came to the East to fight Ojukwu

2) Ojukwu sought and recieved the consent of all the minorities in the old Eastern Nigeria. Ojukwu did this through the Eastern Nigeria consultative forum, a body that represented the 20 provinces that made up the Eastern Region. They voted and gave Ojukwu the mandate to declare Biafra

3) Ojukwu did everything he could to avoid war. Ojukwu went Ghana to sign the Aburi agreement with Gowon which Gowon did not honour, Ojukwu offered Gowon plebicite and referendum but Gowon refused.

4) Abia and Rivers are just mere creations of past military Rulers, they dont mean anything. Only a fool says they are from 'Rivers state'. What is Rivers state? Something created by Gowon. Hiw can Gowon award someone an identity called "Rivers state indigene"? Isnt that madness?

5) Biafra has never been an "Igbo only thing". The last president of Biafra, General Philip Effiong, was not an Igbo man. The two most senior men in the Government of Biafra after Ojukwu were, Philip Effiong deputy leader and Mr NU Akpan, Chief Secretary. Both men were not Igbos.

6) IPOB has said it many times that it wants a referendun in the SE/SS area (with the exception of Edo state). So how can a referendum mean 'by force'? What happend in Portharcourt was a rally for Biafra. If at the end of the day, the Ikwerre or any other minority think that they are better of in Nigeria, they should vote in the referendum to stay in Nigeria and let those who want to go to go their way. Biafra is not a 'by force' thing like Nigeria.

This thread is useless.