Igboezue, an Igbo socio-political organisation, has faulted a recent statement attributed to Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, that the Boko Haram insurgency is worse than Biafra-Nigeria civil war.Soyinka had on Thursday stated that the ongoing activities of the Boko sect were worse than the civil war, noting that the development has made Nigeria’s breakup difficult.In a controversial interview with Reuters, Soyinka said, “The bloodshed is now worse than during the 1967-1970 Biafra war, when a secessionist attempt by the Eastern Igbo people nearly tore Nigeria up into ethnic regions.Reacting to the statement on Saturday, the group’s National President, Chekwas Okorie, described Soyinka’s comment as an “assault and shocking”.The group said, though Soyinka’s statement, which was broadcast on Reuters and also published in most Nigerian newspapers, was advisory on the need to preserve the unity of Nigeria, it was at the same time insulting to sensibilities of the Igbo nation.Okorie, who also described the statement as “unguarded, insensitive, reckless, irresponsible and reprehensible, however stated that someone like Soyinka, who played a historical role in that war up to the level of being suspected by the federal military government at the time of collaborating with the then Biafra leader, late General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu for the injustices and massacre of the Igbo, should not be the one to make such a statement.“We have never been confronted with butchery on this scale, even during the civil war. There were atrocities (during Biafra), but we never had such a near predictable level of carnage and this is what is horrifying.”The Igboezue leader also said that to correct part of the deliberate alleged “misrepresentation” as he claimed contained in Soyinka’s statement, the group “wishes to state that the mandate given to Gen. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu to declare the Independent State of Biafra was given to him by the then Eastern Nigeria Consultative Assembly and a large part of Mid Western Region in the present South-East and South-South geopolitical zones of Nigeria.”


http://dailypost.ng/2014/07/06/igbo-group-lambasts-soyinka-comparing-boko-harams-insurgency-civil-war/

Talk is cheap. Especially for a man from an ethnic group that has never fought a war.

It is really soliciting to describe Biafra rebellion as a war....it was an act of rebellion and not a war.

Ojukwu rebelled, period!!

Bokoharam is doing the same thing only on a higher scale. They are demanding to carve out a section of the country and form an Islamic Republic.

Ibo people are trying to institute their cause as a noble pursuit but in actuality it was an ignoble act and counter to order and civility.

Boko Haram can only be compared with WILD WILD WEST.


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everyday a new Igbo group wakes up with the dawn spewing nothing but gibberish.

PhockPhockMan: Boko Haram can only be compared with WILD WILD WEST.


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you are tool with the I.q of a public louse. how about getting your miserable self euthanized.

Mayor_of_Lagos: It is really soliciting to describe Biafra rebellion as a war....it was an act of rebellion and not a war.

Ojukwu rebelled, period!!

Bokoharam is doing the same thing only on a higher scale. They are demanding to carve out a section of the country and form an Islamic Republic.

Ibo people are trying to institute their cause as a noble pursuit but in actuality it was an ignoble act and counter to order and civility.

U do not know the history n reason of the civil war. Don't say wat u don't know dude.

T8ksy:


Geez! If you had a brain you will be flipping dangerous!!!

What's this one saying?

truth4meal: everyday a new Igbo group wakes up with the dawn spewing nothing but gibberish.

Gibberish? You must be stupidt.

Mayor_of_Lagos: It is really soliciting to describe Biafra rebellion as a war....it was an act of rebellion and not a war.

Ojukwu rebelled, period!!

Bokoharam is doing the same thing only on a higher scale. They are demanding to carve out a section of the country and form an Islamic Republic.

Ibo people are trying to institute their cause as a noble pursuit but in actuality it was an ignoble act and counter to order and civility.

A rebellion that held the world powers down for 3 years is a strong one, bro

What do you except them to say.......... Igbo dey always like form martyrs anytime the civil war is mentioned

What do you except them to say.......... Igbo always like to form martyrs anytime the civil war is mentioned

Is not the same Wole Soyinka that was jailed because of Biafra. Can you see why Nwachukwu fought against Yheebos. He knew they are not worth fighting for. Awon were

OmoLisabi: Is not the same Wole Soyinka that was jailed because of Biafra. Can you see why Nwachukwu fought against Yheebos. He knew they are not worth fighting for. Awon were

You're very stupidd •

lomprico:
U do not know the history n reason of the civil war. Don't say wat u don't know dude.

Then say what you know. people without foresight they wake up everyday to look for fault in people's statement, i pity your generation

Noneroone: Talk is cheap. Especially for a man from an ethnic group that has never fought a war.

Remember the fools dancing over AHMADU bello's grave?
Some people will never learn.

mhizenugu: You're very stupidd •

Fc.k you

everyday new group sprung up from from southeast.

If Benjamin Adekunle had finished his work these flat heads won't be saying this rubbish.

Onya naa,echefuo ufu e (when a wound is healed,people do forget how it pained).
I do not blame Wole Soyinka because age is not on his side. Death is death no matter how. While death is bad,comparing 3million deaths during Nigeria-Biafra civil war to 13000 deaths from Boko haram is very ignoble.

Orlando Owoh: If Benjamin Adekunle had finished his work these flat heads won't be saying this rubbish.

olodo owoh why dont you continue from where he stopped? iddiott

YorubaBigot:
olodo owoh why dont you continue from where he stopped? iddiott

The war this time around is not physical, but intellectual combat. I'm doing just that. Already, the South East is a nonentity in Nigeria.

justhelp: Then say what you know. people without foresight they wake up everyday to look for fault in people's statement, i pity your generation

I wasn't talking to u prick!

Orlando Owoh:
The war this time around is not physical, but intellectual combat. I'm do just that. Already, the South East is a nonentity in Nigeria.

you think every one is a nonentity like you who is suffering from identity crises, your entire generation and whoever you claim to represent is a complete nonentity, mumu! intellectual my dustbin, whatever kind of combat you like call it, you will be a loser

YorubaBigot:
you think every one is a nonentity like you who is suffering from identity crises, your entire generation and whoever you claim to represent is a complete nonentity, mumu! intellectual my dustbin, whatever kind of combat you like call it, you will be a loser

I remain Yoritshekiri (though not the owner the moniker with the same name).

This thread is too dull for my liking, where is Chino?

That is wot we knw dem for....violent talk, off-point anger....is that the least of ur problem? U clearly will die dwelling in the residual effect of this civil war...and the bad news is, there's nuttin u will do abt it than beat ur chest and cry. We still maintain that this boko haram is worst than the civil war....u can remove ur clothes now and go mad... I'm not watching u

@op i like the original post on sun newspaper, where the group give prof wole soyinka ULTIMATUM to APPOLOGISE.

[quote]The national leader of the Igbo Ezue Group, Chief
Chekwas Okorie, has attacked Nobel Laureate, Prof.
Wole Soyinka, for comparing the killings of Nigerians
by Boko Haram to the genocide on the Biafran people
during the Nigerian civil war.
Okorie said the statement credited to Soyinka in his
interview with the AFP was grossly an overstatement,
alleging that it smacked of a deliberate attempt to
annoy the Igbo and the peoples that made up Biafra
for the genocide they suffered in the hands of Gen.
Yakubu Gowon, and the death of about two million
people.

He cautioned that should Prof. Soyinka fail to
apologise for his statement; as that was an attempt
to re-open old wounds of the genocide, Igbo Ezue
would mobilize all Igbo people not to associate with
the renowned playwright and Nobel Laureate.


the renowned playwright and Nobel Laureate.
The political leader argued “in the extent of
destruction, prosecution of the genocide, the
casualty list and legitimacy, Biafra, a state with a
government, could never be compared with a
terrorist organisation.
“We consider Prof. Soyinka’s statement in the matter
of Nigeria/Biafra war as insensitive, reckless and
irresponsible. It is even more reprehensible,
considering the fact that to some small extent,
Soyinka was involved in that war to the point of
being suspected by the Nigerian government at that
time of conniving and collaborating with Gen.
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the Head of
State of the defunct Republic of Biafra.
“To correct part of the deliberate misrepresentation
as contained in Soyinka’s unguarded statement, we
wish to state that the mandate given to Gen.
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu to declare the
Independent State of Biafra was given to him by the
then Eastern Nigeria Consultative Assembly and a
large part of Mid-Western Region in the present
South-East and South-South geopolitical zones of
Nigeria.
“It was mischievous of Prof. Soyinka to reduce Biafra
to a sole Igbo agenda that could have torn Nigeria up
into ethnic regions”.
He continued: “The war was fought on land, air and
sea. Starvation, as a legitimate instrument of
warfare, was deployed as strategic policy of the
Nigerian Government to annihilate not just the Igbo
people but also the people of Eastern Region and the
present Delta State. Market places and institutions of
learning from primary to university institutions came
under heavy bombardment by the Nigeria Air force
resulting to the closure of these institutions for as
long as the war lasted. Many Biafrans of school age
lost a minimum of three years in their academic
pursuit.
“On the other hand, the Boko Haram insurgency is
for all intents and purposes, a faceless terrorist
organisation confined in some remote places in the
North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. As gruesome
and horrendous as the attacks of the terrorists may
be, it is.

OrlandoOwoh: If Benjamin Adekunle had finished his work these flat heads won't be saying this rubbish.

Na devil go punish you!!!
Na your family whatever you wish us go happen ten folds to you.
Ozu mkpi!