₦airaland Forum

Sunnynwa:
Osita Chidoka we know, Osita Chidoka we want.

Before you want him, you have to find out if he has any interest in running.

nonsobaba:
Obiano owes his allegiance first to Anambra indigenes wherever they are and not hoodlums and criminals from other states. Anambra is no longer 'Home For All'. Anambra people know that the criminals who terrorise the state are mostly wawa and abakaliki people, which is why ndi anambra re-elected Peter Obi in 2010 after the 2009 drowning of over 200 Ipods in Ezu river. No single one of them was an Anambra indigene.

Oh shut up man. Obianos first allegiance is to the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria. It is the job of Obiano to protect all within his state as the chief security officer of the state. How can a whole Governor hear that unarmed people are being killed in his state and he does nothing? Even if those being killed are not even from Nigeria. Obiano failed in constitutional duty to protect those who cannot protect themselves and shame on him.

darknetcom:
yea...high time..long overdue..we need a gestapo..

begging for weapons??..
somalia??..

i can only say....dss,well done...

Nigeria has already become as bad Somalia anyway and will only get worse. No one needs Kanu to know that Nigeria is living on borrowed time

nonsobaba:
They can go and die. In anambra state, whenever these miscreants called Ipods are killed close to election year, it is a good omen that the incumbent governor will win his re-election. It happened in 2009/10.

Look at Ibadan boy pretending to be Igbo

nonsobaba:
And mind u, none of the Ipods that the soldiers killed was an indigene of Anambra state. 80% of them were wawa people of enugu state while the remaining 20% were from abakaliki and Imo state.

Look Yoruba boy, divide and rule does not work any more. Anambra state is just a fictional creation just like the rest of the 35 other states I dont care if the people shot are from Cross River state or Enugu, Willie Obiano was a disgrace for not acting as the chief security officer of the state.

ozoebuka1:
yes the op is right but facts have shown that governors/presidents always mess things up in their 2nd tenure, thus, I'd indulge all the anambarians to vote Willy out, not because he has underperformed but because another incoming governor would like perform better since he already has a yardstick...my candid advice though... Willy is working and is still working By the way.

What yoy said makes no sense, if a person has performed well in their first term, it gives them an edge to see a second term.


In the case of Willie Obiano, his biggest bottle neck will be the many people who are furious at him for the way he handled the IPOB shootings. I remenber when Orji Uzo Kalu was Governor of Abia state. One early morning, the Police invaded the headquarters of MASSOB in Abia killing many people. Orji Uzo Kalu came out strongly to criticise that operation asking why the police must go and shoot unarmed citizens in his state.

Obiano is Governor who has done well but is a big dissapointment for not standing up for his people and condenming extrer-judicial killings of his own people, something that Amnesty International even did.

I congratulate them for exposing the DSS as the 'Gestapo organisation' it is and the APC Government of Buhari as the dictatorship it truly is

Adminisher:
Many people don't know or say the TRUTH in Nigeria.

In what way has regionalism worked in Nigeria?

The Regional Governments were all corrupt and they could not cope with internal ethnic micro nationalism as well.

Operation wetie, corruption, ten - percent ing , was the hallmark of our regional arrangement.

Look at the middle-belt of Nigeria. Can you put all the ethnic groups and religions under one region?
No

Regionalism FAILED. That was why we had the military in Government.

If you cannot think of something more original than a PAST MISTAKE ,then you are intellectually lazy

Everything you wrote above is nonsense. It was during the period of Regionalism, particularly in the 50's abd 60's that Nigeria had its best times. Since Gowon dismantled the Regions in 1966 abd replaced with unitarism, Nigeria has had no progress. The center has become very powerful while the federating units have become very weak. It is quite shocking that a country like Nigeria with over 250 indigenous ethnic groups, one man will hold the office of president, head of Government and commander in chief of the Armed forces. In some contries that practice regionalism, 3 different people will hold each of those offices. It was Nigeria that failed as a nation and not Regionalism

Kindoo:
I believe in what I belief, one Nigeria.

You are entitled to believe in one Nigeria as long you acceot that it is the right of anyone not to believe in one Nigeria.

This the 21st century, we do not need Lord Lugard to tell us what out country is. You choose your country, your country does not choose you. Nigeria is simply a British experiment and the British have packed their bags and left since 1960. Anyone can now choose not to be a participant in the experiment they left behind.

As an Anambra man, I dont like Obiano because of his attitude towards the IPOB shootings. This is a man who should have stood up for his people when it mattared rather his insipid response when the Nigerian security forces turned themselves into cold blooded murderers in his state.

However, I have to admit that Obiano is the best Governor in Igbo land and one of the best in Nigeria. He is most likely to win because no one can actually challenge him. APC is a highly despised party in Anambra, anyone they field has already failed. Nigige is not running, Ifeanyi Ubah has shown no indication that he intends to run, nobody knows if Chidoka will run under PDP and it is a known fact that the Ubah brothers literally own PDP in Anambra, they decide who the flag bearer is. Chidoka will have a hard time being PDP's flag bearer. Obiano is most likely to win

Bolustic:
Behold the man(Ironsi) that killed regionalism in Nigeria through his selfish Unification Decree 34 of 1966, six months later, the northerners tasted it and saw it good, now they are shouting restructuring.

It just bothers me how our brothers distort history.

Ironsi killed Regionalism? If you think that then what will you think of Gowon who inherited the same 4 Regions from Ironsi but went on to divide those 4 Regions into 12 states?

Litmus:
Tribalism and sectionalism are the root cause of corruption in Nigeria. Tribalism undermines accountability. When Nigerians begin to place Nigeria before tribe and political party, the level of corruption will eventually become tolerable. Tribalism informs the peculiar condition in Nigeria by which one man's looter is another man's hero. In short, to root out corruption, root out tribalism. ‘How’s my old friend, Doctor Jude

Please dont make me laugh. When Nigerians begin to embrace Nigeria before tribe? What planet did you drop from? We were all tribes long before Lugard made us all Nigerians. How do you expect us to to drop our individual ancestral heritage for a British creation called Nigeria? Might be ok with some, it wont be ok for others.

I dont understand some people. You complain that you dont get a fair share of your resources but you turn around and insist you must be in 'one Nigeria' with the same people who deny you control of your resources. Cluelessness

Omoluabi16:
This agitation for secession may not be a new thing, but it is shocking that IPOB under the leadershiip of Nnamdi kanu has become a hate mongering organization. Sometimes I wonder if they channel their energy from hating hausa, yoruba's, britain, pastors, mbaka amongst others to their cause, they may have succeeded. It's astonishing how they think hatred can bring them success.

It depends what you mean by hate. Now let me ask you this. How hateful do you think this present generation of Igbos should be towards Nigeria for slaughtering over 3 million of their men, women and children in the name of a British invention called 'one Nigeria'? Igbos have enough reasons to resent Nigeria even without IPOB.

darknetcom:
many nigerians know when the nigerian constitution is realy used on kanu,he would be sentenced to death!!!..

many of us know that fact...

wheather he is british citizen realy doesnt matter...

ipob has very bad diplomats...

that they dont know what the nigerian constitution says shows how ignorant they realy are....

know your enemy...

now they are issueing new ultimatums...
as if that would change anything...

all is said,ultimatums giving,recession, and other things..

now what??...

now the judges are in holydays...

whats next??...

Do you even know the cinstitution? What has Kanu done to deserve death? He wasnt even charged with anything that attracts death penalty. The man will win his case abd come out to keep preaching the message of freedom

T9ksy:
Oh i suppose, in your neck of the woods, participants is synonymous with "ring leaders"?

There's no doubt, these two partake in the coup but it was quite mendacious of you to now call them ring leaders.

So you suddenly dont know how to answer questions? What tribe were Major Ademoyega, Captain Adeleke and Lt Oyewole who all participated in the coup?

LarryBeryl:
The question is, who will save Nigeria?

Cc: Lalasticlala

Nigeria is a lost cause. One of the few people who had the wisdom to see this was Ojukwu

Deadlytruth:
Britain brought us together for their own selfish interest. However, Ahmadu Bello saw it very early and therefore called Nigeria the mistake of 1914 and tried to have it de-amalgamated. But Zik and his cotravellers, who styled themselves as nationalists, called him names, insulted him, labelled him an ethno-religious bigot just because he chose to be that frank and realistic with himself and with Nigerians. Ahmadu Bello never let an opportunity to express his disbelief in Nigeria slip by. But some southerners led by Zik continued to court him into Nigeria and he finally and reluctantly agreed only for Southern soldiers to later gun him down in his prime, meaning southerners deceived him into what he did not want, and then killed him. Put yourself in his fellow Northerners' shoes and see whether you'll react differently. The blame is on Zik who invented 'one Nigeria' sloganeering and kept on preaching it despite the preponderance of evidence to the contrary. May God help us learn how to face reality in time.

Theres no reality to see any more. So called Nigerians killed each other to the tune of several millions since independense and several thousands before independence. We should all just admit that Lord Luggards creation failed. So what is the point of being together any more? I cant blame Zik for believing in 'one Nigeria' and giving it a try, until one gives something a try, they can never know 100% if it will work or not. There are still many who believe in 'one Nigeria' just like Zik did. Even Gowon was willing to wage a war that took millions of lives for the same beliefs. No doubt, even Buhari would do the same. Zik never had a crystall ball to see the future same as Lord Lugard. If either men had known what would happen in the name of 'one Nigeria', they would have abandoned the idea. The good thing is that the present generation no longer needs a crystall ball. We have the past and present to judge on and both point to the fact that we are wasting our time together. A referendum should be conducted amongst the ethnic groups Lord Lugard brought together in what has proved to be a disasterous union. Those who feel confortable with the present union can vote to continue with it while those who wish to forge a new existence can vote to do so. At least, everyone gets to decide their fate, a right Lugard and the British never gave the people they selfishly called 'Nigerians'

Orji Uzo Kalu is wasting his time, no room for APC in Igbo land. What happend in Imo was the exception not the norm.

Ekinematics:
We like the man made fabrication. We ain't complaining about it, why complain for us? Niger Delta is our home, South South is our region, if you don't like it you can go and hang.

Aint you guys funny? You accuse Igbos of dragging the so called South/South into Biafra but turn around and drag more than 40 other tribes into a non existent South/South? I laugh in Igbo. Time is coming when everybidy will have to answer his fathers name and thats when you guys will know that South/South doesnt mean anything.

Ikpeazu is a Cat with 9 lives. Twice the courts announced his removal and twice he survived.

Deadlytruth:
We all know that each regions with their civilian populaces had their political leaders of thought. The Midwest had the likes of Enahoro, Arthur Priest, Igenuma, and orhers; The West had the likes of Awolowo, Alhaji Adegbenro, etc, while the North, after the wicked assassination of Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa, still had the likes of Dipcharima Maitama Sule and co. Each of these regions believed more in these politicians than the imposed military governors who were hardly their political leaders. Due to the followership these political leaders enjoyed among the civilian populace of their respective regions, whatever positions they took on any matter was automatically accepted by them being their leaders from time. And it was these politicians that asked Gowon to renege on Aburi Accord as it did not resonate with their quest for a return to nothing other than federalism. The West, North and Midwest which they represented were together an overwhelming majority compared with the Igbo fraction of the east which Ojukwu represented.
If the Aburi summit was really well intended, then why were the normal political leaders of each region not invited to it? Why was it just a purely military establishment affair? Was the military in the picture of legislation and constitutional debates issue prior to that time? How could soldiers hijack legislative process from civilians? What do soldiers know about good constitutions and good governance? Were soldiers supposed to be the ones dictating how a country should be structured or the civil populace through their elected political leaders? In principle was Ojukwu himself even supposed to represent the East where Zik and Okpara the Eastern political leaders were available? In the Aburi Accord was there any statement on how and when the military would return the country to civil rule/democracy? All the agreements revolved around how the military would and should share powers henceforth without a single reference to when democracy would be restored, yet you wanted civilian majority of the West, North and Midwest who had been enjoying democracy and represented by their politicians to accept that document? Gowon's gentleman's agreement with Ojukwu was contrary to the wishes of the civilian majority in whose interest the summit was purportedly held, so Gowon was under a moral obligation to renege on it when the majority made him realize it was against their wish.
If the agreement had been for something purely between Ojukwu and Gowon alone, then it would have been morally wrong for him to renege. But the subject of the agreement was one which concerned millions of persons other than Gowon, so he had to respect those peoples' rejection of his gentleman's agreement. Had Ojukwu mistakenly agreed to what you Igbo's felt would endanger your lives would you have asked him to stick to the agreement just because it was gentleman's?
The residual majority did not feel bad about Gowon's dismantling of the four regions because they understood it to be a necessary discomfort they had to bear to forestall the greater discomfort Ojukwu's activities would cause them.
On why Gowon could not return Nigeria to pre-Ironsi status quo after the war ended: It is very simple. The regions had, within the three years of unitary system introduced by Ironsi and sustained by Gowon to weaken Ojukwu, been forced to abandon their farms for oil revenue coming from the now centralized government courtesy of Ironsi, thus the groundnut pyramids and plantations of the North. the cocoa plantations of the West, The rubber plantations of the Midwest and the Oil Palm plantations of the East had all practically disappeared. Now, for these regions to suddenly go back to their agro-based economy which took them over 40 years to build before Ironsi killed them with his unification of the civil service was not going to be a child's play. So they all just preferred that the centre kept sustaining them with oil money rather than go back and start all over again from square one with agriculture. And oil money was so easy to get that no one, not even the owners of the oil, even bothered to talk of a return to federalism again. Three years of war was such a long time that people were too emotionally wrecked to just be taken back to pre-Ironsi federalism when no region really had the agricultural base anymore to fend for herself without the oil money we had become used to, thus Gowon had no choice than to keep the new order alive. In the six years of peace that followed before Gowon was ousted, the humanitarian crises resulting from the war were huge enough of a national challenge to prevent the preparation of a comprehensive roadmap back to agriculture thus federalism.
Had Ironsi not tampered with the structure at all from the beginning, all these ripple effects of it would not have followed. The indiscipline that came with oil boom would not have come. Had Ironsi not been overthrown and killed, he and Ojukwu too would not have ever returned Nigeria to federalism when the anarchy caused by the January boys would have subsided.

Hmmmm...... you really do make a lot of excuses for Gowon. Why had he to back out of the Aburi agreement, why he had to reverse his move to return Nigeria to true federalism, why he had to dismember the Regions and create 12 states, why he had to continue with states and unitary rule after the war. Gowon is the only person with valid reasons for his actions while Ironsi and Ojukwu are the people on the wrong side. Interesting. The most important thing to learn from Nigeria history is that the British made a big mistake bringing us all together and its not too late to shake hands, wish each other well and go our different ways.

T9ksy:
Haba! don't you inherently mischievous folks ever get tired of telling tall tales? None of the names you mentioned above were part of the ring leaders of the Jan. 15th 1966 coup. The actual ringleaders were Major Okafor, Major Ifeajuna and Captain Oji who began hatching their dastardly plot in August 1965. In actual FACT, Major Ademoyega was the last to be recruited by the group in late October by Major Nzeogwu. The other two didn't get to know about the coup until the night of the 14th, January 1966 at the meeting held in ifeajunna's residence in Apapa.




source=====> SPECIAL BRANCH REPORT: Military Rebellion of 15th January 1966

But they were participants werent they? Now what tribe do these 3 officers come from?

StupidYorubaFool:
that's why the 1999 constitution should be dropped and a constitution drafting committee (CDC) established that'll look into a new constitution where all the anomalities should be looked into and the minor tribes enlisted and not integrated among the igbos.....

I don't if you guys can reason with me..
A new True Federal constitution is indispensable at the moment where unity is paramount and secession prohibited.

You think you are the first person who came up with constitutional change? They have been talking about it for 50 years now. Nothing has ever come of it. So until a time when Regionalism or regions are created, dont call anybody SS. Those people have names

NgoziOkoli:
I'm proud of ojukwu. I'm igbo and proud of it.

Im eternally proud of him for fighting for the freedom of of our people. If it were not for him, the Northerners would have thought that every tribe in the South of Nigeria were just cowards incapable of standing up to them.

StupidYorubaFool:
Let me clearly state that the igbos shouldn't integrate the South South zone to their biafran agitation...
If these set of clowns think they have been marginalized should settle their case with FG and engage on a peaceful negotiation or call for a referendum so as to ascertain the voice of the Easterners as concerning their independence and sovereignty....

But what really irritates me is how the igbos think AKWA IBOM STATE, cross river state, Edo state and bayelsa should be an integral part of their agenda when these aforementioned states are south south region and obviously has nothing to share in common with those in the South East....

I well have a clue that there are some igbos speaking parts in rivers state and delta state but For God's sake you guys should just vie for your independence alone and stop categorizing South South States into your mess....


For Biafra to become a fully recognized state it must possess sovereignty, must be internationally recognized by the United Nations, must have a currency and also trade relationships with it's neighbors as part of the criterion and prerequisites towards achieving full sovereignty.

If FG were to grant Igbos their biafran nation, igbos would suffer, I repeat igbos would suffer.. .

So my fellow Nigerians what we need isn't secession, we need true federalism devoid of nepotism and marginalization, there must be strict adherence to federal characters and true fiscal allocations to each state without preference...


I rest my case

Cc eternaltruths

How dare you mention Igbos, one of the largest tribes in Africa and mention Niger Delta. Is Niger Delta a tribe? You dont know the name of your tribe any more? What Akwa Ibom state and Delta state? Are they tribes? Guy, stick to your tribe and stop speaking for others, they can speak for themselves. There is nothing like South/South or Niger Delta in the constitution of Nigeria and the states you mentioned are all man made fabrications.

How unfortunate. I once visited his incredible palace in Uruagu.

thepeople2020:
UNITY IS BY CHOICE NOT BY FORCE.

Unfortunately, Nigerians are not that enlightend yet

Corruption is thriving because Nigeria does not work as a nation. How does anyone expect Buhari to 'police' 744 local Government Chairmen, 36 state Governors and heads of hundreds of parastatal heads. Not possible. Nigeria is the common enemy