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Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by PhockPhockMan: 2:07pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
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/ |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by Noneroone(m): 2:13pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
Talk is cheap. Especially for a man from an ethnic group that has never fought a war. 17 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by MayorofLagos(m): 2:14pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
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. 14 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by PhockPhockMan: 2:15pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
Boko Haram can only be compared with WILD WILD WEST. . 9 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by Lordabas: 2:28pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
why should he be lambasted? Is he the cause of their problems or marginalisation?... Rubbish! 8 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by T8ksy(m): 2:56pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
PhockPhockMan: Boko Haram can only be compared with WILD WILD WEST. |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by T8ksy(m): 3:07pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
PhockPhockMan: Boko Haram can only be compared with WILD WILD WEST. Geez! If you had a brain you will be flipping dangerous!!! 4 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by truth4meal(m): 3:16pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
everyday a new Igbo group wakes up with the dawn spewing nothing but gibberish. 8 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by anago18(m): 3:16pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
PhockPhockMan: Boko Haram can only be compared with WILD WILD WEST. you are tool with the I.q of a public louse. how about getting your miserable self euthanized. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by lomprico(m): 3:16pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
Mayor_of_Lagos: It is really soliciting to describe Biafra rebellion as a war....it was an act of rebellion and not a war.U do not know the history n reason of the civil war. Don't say wat u don't know dude. 7 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by PhockPhockMan: 3:21pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
T8ksy:What's this one saying? 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by PhockPhockMan: 3:36pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
truth4meal: everyday a new Igbo group wakes up with the dawn spewing nothing but gibberish.Gibberish? You must be stupidt. 5 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by Nobody: 3:59pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
Mayor_of_Lagos: It is really soliciting to describe Biafra rebellion as a war....it was an act of rebellion and not a war. A rebellion that held the world powers down for 3 years is a strong one, bro 10 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by MisterLongman(m): 4:01pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
What do you except them to say.......... Igbo dey always like form martyrs anytime the civil war is mentioned 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by MisterLongman(m): 4:01pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
What do you except them to say.......... Igbo always like to form martyrs anytime the civil war is mentioned 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by OmoLisabi(m): 4:03pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
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 12 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by Nobody: 4:12pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
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 wereYou're very stupidd • 9 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by justhelp(m): 4:18pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
lomprico:Then say what you know. people without foresight they wake up everyday to look for fault in people's statement, i pity your generation 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by oduastates: 4:21pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
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. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by OmoLisabi(m): 4:24pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
mhizenugu: You're very stupidd •Fc.k you 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by htconeline: 4:28pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
everyday new group sprung up from from southeast. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by OrlandoOwoh(m): 4:31pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
If Benjamin Adekunle had finished his work these flat heads won't be saying this rubbish. 7 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by EmeeNaka: 4:36pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
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. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by YorubaBigot: 4:43pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
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 10 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by OrlandoOwoh(m): 4:47pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
YorubaBigot: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. 7 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by lomprico(m): 4:48pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
justhelp: Then say what you know. people without foresight they wake up everyday to look for fault in people's statement, i pity your generationI wasn't talking to u prick! |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by YorubaBigot: 4:55pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
Orlando Owoh: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 6 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by OrlandoOwoh(m): 5:08pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
YorubaBigot:I remain Yoritshekiri (though not the owner the moniker with the same name). |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by OrlandoOwoh(m): 5:10pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
This thread is too dull for my liking, where is Chino? |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by SLIDEwaxie(m): 5:12pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
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 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by fkaz(m): 5:23pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
@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. |
Re: Igbo Group Lambasts Soyinka For Comparing Boko Haram’s Insugency With Civil War. by BlackPikiN(m): 5:37pm On Jul 06, 2014 |
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! 5 Likes |
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