Katsumoto:

I am not following. Please explain

Zuha:

People were not sent to war without guns. I truly feel you should read about this war before you comment. Ojukwu's father owned most of Ikoyi including the house of the old JAMB office with transport companies all over the country. He inherited almost 80 million pounds worth of assets round the country not just in the east so he had a lot to loose. People the Igobs went into the war willingly because they were wounded.

Would you become subservient to someone if he wants to kill you and exterminate your family because you lack the means to defend yourself? I count that a mark of bravery.

Another thing I find amusing is the suggestion that the Niger Delta was one of the reasons the war was fought. Absolutely not. The Niger Delta was lost early in the war and the war continues for more than 2 years after that. If that was a point of disagreement, the Igbos will have surrendered earlier on.

The Hausa people have seen that there was no consequence of the genocide perpetrated against the Igbos in the 60s and have continued to do the same thing on and on. [b]I believe that people of western extraction should realise that as long as they don't stand up to the Northerners just as the easterners did in the 60s, the Northern domination of the Nigerian political scene will not cease. [/b]That is why a president will be sick and out of the country and everyone is keeping quiet. Ask yourself, if this president were from the west or east, will this be the case?

The Niger Deltans that feel that they are loved by all because of the crude oil in the region, let me ask you, do you think the Northern cabals will relinquish power to your brother who is the vice president?

We need to inform ourselves by reading about our past and then we can make good judgements without being affected by our own prejudice.

~Bluetooth:

I think i would like to add a comment here having gone through the write-up of Achebe.from the article,i was able to deduced that even the brits knew of the notoriety nature of the igbo;that in a day to come,the igbo may want to breakaway due to certain tribal attitudes displayed by them before independence but what Achebe didnt mention was his own perspection on the motive of the war.He assumed nigeria was a failed nation after the killing of Aguiyi ironsi and igbos in the north and this increased his tribal anger against a one nigeria.throughout his write-up,he never did mention yoruba as being responsible for the misfortunes of the igbo but i would have loved if he could connect all the dots such as the complicity/motive of the igbo in the first coup and alleged betrayal by yorubas in the secession plan by igbo and the conspiracy of awolowo in the war,causing tribal disharmony now which will be more appreciated than this.i respect chinua achebe a lot but he seems to have a biafran orientation.

adigun101:

I really wish we could bury this Biafra mess and get along.

naijaking1:

I meant that Yoruba's history of betrayal runs deeper than other tribes, say the Igbos, the Tivs, or even the Hausas. A friend of mine said the other day, that "stabbing their friends on the back has never been a new concept to Yorubas, because they've been doing so since the time of Afonja".

~Bluetooth:

I have said it before biafra was a conspiracy/fraud and that is why it will be hard for an igbo man to rule this country so that what happened in the past will not repeat itself.the earlier the better igbo tribe forget about biafra.niger delta people are wise now.

RichyBlacK:

Being from the same ethnic group as the president is only useful for bragging, that's all.

The North that has produced most of the leaders, how are they faring?

Many studies, including this one by Okunmadewa et al., show that the poverty rate in the south west is higher than in the south east, despite the fact that the south west have produced more presidents. How do you explain that?

How has producing the president helped your region? Na dat wan we go chop?

~Bluetooth:

I have said it before biafra was a conspiracy/fraud and that is why it will be hard for an igbo man to rule this country so that what happened in the past will not repeat itself.the earlier the better igbo tribe forget about biafra.niger delta people are wise now.

prankster:

Something people don't know and what history failed to mention is that The Tafawa Balewa coup in 1966 was a joint plan by military men from the Hausa, yoruba, and igbo tribe, They all had a hand in the coup,it was an Hausa man who came up with the idea as a matter of fact. The Igbos took the fall, because they were the ones who were close enough to execute the plan . The only reason the coup was successful was because the person who killed Tafrawa was someone he trusted.

prankster:

Something people don't know and what history failed to mention is that The Tafawa Balewa coup in 1966 was a joint plan by military men from the Hausa, yoruba, and igbo tribe, They all had a hand in the coup,it was an Hausa man who came up with the idea as a matter of fact. The Igbos took the fall, because they were the ones who were close enough to execute the plan . The only reason the coup was successful was because the person who killed Tafrawa was someone he trusted.

~Bluetooth:

Richyblack
if you are so interested to know the north has been ruling this country for a very long time save for obj.if i'm to go by your word,the south east produced the first president in nigeria but his fellow igbos sabotaged him,killed him and went to fight an unnecessary war.click here to findout about poverty ratings

http:www.gdnet.org/, /OYEKALE.ppt

Katsumoto:

Within every empire, there are betrayers. It is impossible to have a big empire without the concomitancy of betrayers. Caesar was betrayed by his best friend; Benedict Arnold in the Revolutionary USA; Alcibiades betrayal of Athens; Ephialtes betrayal of Sparta.
If there was an Igbo Empire, you would have had betrayal. Afterall, Biafra which was the first real union of the republican Igbo people together with other Easterners, equally had its betrayers. I have listed many of them on this thread.

~Bluetooth:

Zuha
what have i said so far that was not was not a fact.that zik was a a pro-nationalistic president before he was hijacked into the biafra agenda or what?.tell me which part you didnt get instead of resorting to cheap insult.i know people like you

mikeansy:

Bluetooth is sounding so daft like becomerich

I can not believe that with the sorry state of Nigeria someone educated enough to use the internet still feels like a victor