₦airaland Forum

coolitempa:
Ikwerres have ibo sounding names.....and language......but different......they have themselves said there are not ibos....

Lovesdaisied:
I'd rather not get into this argument.

To avoid unnecessary controversy this is where it ends.

coolitempa:
Ikwerre are not ibos.......you have to stop forcing ur self on the SS people.....

Lovesdaisied:
Due to the political landscape in Eastern Nigeria (Ikwerre vs Igbo), I would have to exclude him from this list.

Great writer and novel, regardless.

uchwar1:
ooooo shut up! U dnt have anything to say

laudate:
Thanks for the info. This means Ojukwu did not tolerate dissent or other perspectives that were different from his own. This corroborates an earlier post that stated that all who disagreed with him were thrown into jail for their views.

laudate:
Ah, thanks for the info. But why was Njoku arrested for simply not getting along with Ojukwu? Was it a crime not to get along with Ojukwu?

laudate:
Interesting! Why was he locked up in the first place? And why was Madiebo appointed in his stead?

mauriceju2:
Why do hausas/fulanis and yorubas really want 'one Nigeria' with Igbo that they did not naturally like?

debetmx:
When ibo people occupied all juicy positions in Nigeria during the first Republic, Nigeria was not a fraud?
When ibo officers were killing Yoruba and Northern Officers, Nigeria was not a fraud?
When an ibo fraudulently became Supreme Commander, Nigeria was not a fraud?
When he promulgated a unitary system of Government to favour ibo people, Nigeria was not a fraud?

The Eastern consultative assembly was Ojukwu's stooge unless they were going to be locked up in prison like he did to Lt. Colonel Hilary Njoku who was his senior..

pazienza:
Biafra declaration was done by Eastern region consultative assembly consisting of ethnic nationalities from all parts of Biafra.

Division of Biafra was done in agreement with political and traditional leaders of those regions and with support of the people as it addressed the issues raised in the Willink report.

Gowon turned down the offer of UN supervised plebiscite because he knew his division of the East was illegal without the people's concern at heart. In other hand, Ojukwu was sure his Biafra division met the Eastern people's expectations.

Are you aware that the name Biafra was suggested at the Eastern consultative assembly meeting by Frank Opigo, who became the administrator of Biafran Yenegoa province?

7lives:
Now that you have agreed that freedom is not cheap it cost lives, tell your people to stop whining about 2 million Igbo lives lost during the first Biafra war and let us know how many millions of lives you are willing to put on the line this time around.
Your grand fathers went into that war thinking they had everything worked out, they eventually ran away to save their " precious lives ", Philip Effiong who surrender on behave of Biafra to put an end to the ongoing humanitarian crisis is the reason your people are still saying " Calabar man na mumu " i have so many Calabar friends that are like family so i know what I'm talking about.
I see you people starting what you can't finish as usual, but in the meanwhile, Mahatma Ghandi did not fight for Indian Independence from south Africa he fought in India, Fela, Beko, Gani, Balarabe and countless numbers of Nigerians were sent to jail ans subjected to all kinds of harassment for speaking against the government.
MKO Abiola ran away and come back to die for June 12, Ken Saro Wiwa died for Ogoni, death is the ultimate price those who want to lead must be prepared to pay so tell Nnamdi Kanu to come and agitate for Biafra at home and not from UK .

anulaxad:
Did you say no historical ties?

Please do me a favour gerara here. Go and read the history of the Fulani empire and its embargo in the south-east before Nigeria was even formed.



But wait, the fact that you are saying you have no historical ties with the north is really beyond ignorant, you have shared the same land borders, same territorial waters, same trade and so much more for over 100 years.

My advice is that grow up and stop deluding yourself with your pathetic fallacy dream called Biafra.

P.S go and learn the meaning of history.

osuvicky:
so u wil only vote a party dat is completely controlled by igbos.....wait o with an igbo candidate too or Northern candidate

osuvicky:
the last presidential election and previous elections have shown the hate the igbos have for apc. this topic is meant to sample the opinion of the south eastern peeps.....if given a choice to vota an igbo apc presidential candidate as against a non igbo pdp presidential candidate. which candidate gets your vote.
an apc ngige vs pdp saraki
cc lalasticlala

ACM10:
Actually he's versed in Igbo. His father is a king in one of the communities in Abia state. He was well tutored by him.