rollybest:
House of Representatives was again thrown into a rowdy session on Thursday, forcing a hasty adjournment of proceedings .

....Onyeama threatened that he would resign his position as a leader of the House .
“ I am a leader in this House ; you can’ t just kill my bill like that. I will resign , ” he fumed.
Another member from Abia State , Mrs. Nkiruka Onyejeocha , said her colleagues were not happy that the bill was rejected.
“ At least , they could have passed it for second reading .
“ At the committee stage , more work could have been done on it to remove the grey areas, ” she said .
One member from Rivers State , Boma Goodhead , joined in the protest, saying the North was not fair to the South - East.

“ They are using our oil money to address the issue of Boko Haram . Now , they are against this bill . It is not fair, ” she shouted and walked away angrily.


source:punch newspaper

To all my hate-filled Niger Deltans that hate the Igbos for no cause, the bolded is for you all.

tutudesz:

Its a pity that you are allowing yourself to be used as a tool for Biafra! Do you think in your wildest dream that Ijaws and others will ever have a say in Biafra? Do you think they will ever allow the Niger delta control their resources, when the Biafra house of assembly will be dominated by the Igbo's? Do you think the Senate president and speaker will ever leave the hands of the Igbo's? The Igbo's will always be elected president in Biafra and other tribe be the vice-president. So wake up to the reality of Biafra!

I'm not aware that Biafra constitution has already been promulgated and ratified. I must have been sleeping. How on earth will you fight against a course that you will be given the opportunity to choose your destiny through a round table discussion? You see the problem I have with some of my people? How do we reason my God?!

Over 3k people have read part or all of this thread. I believe both ND and Igbos alike are ong the readers. My idea is that as knowledge is shared here, thought processes would change. My goal is about debunking the lies that have beclouded some of us over many decades now.

nduchucks:


For starters, how about organizing folks to occupy your local government offices to demand accountability from your leaders.

If you and others who share the same views can't successfully organize such an event, I'm afraid you may have accepted the status quo. Talk is cheap, as they say.

I await your own ideas.

I and folks from Bayelsa, Delta and my state are already into something. You know finance is very very important.

nduchucks:


Ok, let's make believe that you are from the area.

This non violent resistance you alluded to is attractive. Would you happen to have any thoughts on how to make your views effective outside of NL? Are you OK with letting your write-up remain as an ineffective cyber babble?

On a different note, stop the obsession with our dear President Buhari as depicted in your historical topics.

I'm open to suggestions! We learn everyday.

nduchucks:
@OP, Ahaika23, given the history of your initiated threads, as depicted in your profile , one would have to conclude that you are an IPOB youth.

I am unconvinced that you are from the "Niger Delta" area. I hope you can prove that you are.

BTW: your write-up is too idealistic to have any immediate practical effect. The status quo will remain with us for some time.

I do agree with you that only non-violent resistance may solve Nigeria's problems. When we are ready to occupy NASS and state houses of assembly by the millions, not minding to die in the act, changes will come. Until then, the struggle suffering continues.

Lol, I don't have to prove anything. If you're from Abua and read through my discourse here you wouldn't doubt my origin because I made a comment here that only an Abuan with village roots will know about.

tutudesz:

Are aware why Boro fought against Biafra? Or Ojukwu insult to the South south people by saying we will always remain a minority whether in Nigeria or Biafra? Are you aware of the treatment the Niger Delta people faced in the old Eastern region government, which made Boro to declare the Niger Delta Republic? Why did IYC issue a statements about Biafra? Plz go back and ask your elders about your history.

I am very aware of my history. Adaka Boro fought the Nigerian government and declared Niger Delta Republic in 1966. The then government of Ironsi fought him and arrested him. He was tried and sentenced to death but out of pity was imprisoned instead. This is the same Boro who became Student president in UNN with the Igbos voting and backing him.

Do you know why Boro fought Biafra and Ojukwu, it is because Gowon pardoned him of his treason charges, recruited him into the special forces and deceived him by making him believe the Igbos would treat us like second class citizens within Biafra. And what happened after, Bori was assassinated by the same Nigerian forces.

Do you know what Ojukwu achieved at the Aburi Accord meeting? Resource control for the people that own the resources. Do you know why Biafra was declared? Because Gowon realized the implication only after signing and agree that oil producing communities would be the custodian of her resources and pay taxes to the central government, a reality he could not come to terms with then he backed out from the agreement he already signed.

It's a pity Boro allowed himself to be used by the North and killed and you are here blaming Ojukwu, tufia!

The earlier we wake up from the lies fed to our fathers by the deception of Boro and his forces, the better it would be for us.

Ekinematics:



See careless assumption.
Where have you been to?
I don c u wey dey travel.
O'ga!

It's not by hiding in a faceless forum to write rubbish.
I just landed egunughan 2 hours ago, will be heading to Okobo tomorrow. I guess you don't wanna know where I was coming from.

I'd like to buy you a drink any weekend you are disposed in ph. I believe I can change your thought pattern when we meet.

Ekinematics:




That dude makes me weep for him whenever I see his post.
An Abuan defending biafra. This is the worst joker I've seen in 2017.

I'd rather you weep at our docility! Look, just a couple of you still live in bitterness over what you probably had no experience in.

tutudesz:

You are a disgrace to the Ijaw people for supporting Biafra. Go back to your history and find out why Boro declare the Niger Delta Republic, was not because the eastern region government were treating the Ijaws and the Niger Delta people badly or when they declared Biafra and they told the Niger Delta representative that we will always remain minority in Biafra.

By your definition of Ijaw people, do you mean the hate-filled set? Look bro, move on with life and stop living with stories told you that you never experienced to ascertain it's authenticity. The new Ijaws are a people filled with love, a genuine open heart with the zeal to get things done.

tutudesz:

Any Ijaw man who support Biafra is not a true Ijaw!! Some Igbo's were even insulting Ijaw leaders here and nobody said anything, can the Ijaws insult Nnamdi Kanu or any of their leaders here without all Igbo's defending them. Those supporting Biafra here are already been treated as second class.

So would I be right to say that sitting down and doing absolutely nothing is a sign of a true Ijaw Son? I really am fed up with this very weird kind of reasoning among some of my ijaw people. You and I know all our elite politicians have one thing in common which is to loot irregardless of their party affiliation or the region they hail from. Such people for crying out loud cannot do anything to help us out of this web of injustice.

Stop fuming about frivolities pls, thanks.

tutudesz:

Insulting the Ijaw man and praising the Igbo man! A slave and master mentality

Don't digress, be real, true and factual. Is Edwin Clark not a politician? Are politicians as we have it today not about personal gains or interest? Are you aware that Ojukwu with great wisdom made the North and West sign the Aburi Accord, to enable us control our resources which was later renegaded by General Gowon? Do you know it was because of that that the civil war was fought? What then are you saying that the Igbos did against us? In all your hating the Igbos, what have we achieved?

You are a slave IF you accept to be!

And that is our problem here. We claim we know too much, are proud but don't have what it takes. I have known my people for so long and I am particularly not thrilled by our attitudes towards other people even towards our own so called brothers. We posit ourselves seeking for whom to pour out our misery on instead of seeking for a way out of it. That is why apart from those who are in the oil industry and government, you can harldy find successful Rivers people. It really beats me!

Candyrain:


It's quite pathetic that we still have young men who can't think and are so blinded by hate and bitterness. We all have a common problem, instead of discussing the way out, he's there ranting about something else which is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.

Candyrain:


It's not enough to scream the bold.

Cultism in ur community is an in house issue which should be resolved in house.

I know u are not for Biafra, good. And I want to believe what u crave for is for a restructured Nigeria where u have total control of ur destiny and resources, good.

I want to believe u came across a thread yesterday where the AGF made it known that restructuring of the country is an almost impossible mission. Of course u'll be needing 24 States to be able to amend the constitution to accommodate restructuring. Even if the entire south with 17 States agrees we still need 7 more states from the north to get the required number to amend the constitution. U and I know that that's definitely not going to happen.

So my question to u. Now that restructuring is never going to happen, what next? Do we continue with the status quo?

Cc: Ahaika23

That is all they know how to say, long live Niger Delta, when infact we are not even alive. All they good at is all talks and zero action that can produce results. They are excellent at spelling out what they dislike but so lazy to go for what they prefer if at all they know what they want. That is why when I asked him questions his trap had to shut. People who are wise are aligning with the only hope out of the mess we're stuck in right now.

Probably because he does not travel he thinks everyone is also confined to their locale and as such ignorant of the world around them. That is the reason they become so full of themselves even when they have not seen anything out there.

mekuzi09:

We did a project in Omaraka years ago, with my then church. It was my early years..... I stayed in Okana before the end of the project. I'm currently residing in the East, but I still have a strong connection to Rivers state.

Ekinematics:



I guess you don't understand my point for bringing up all the things I wrote.
All I'm saying is that biafra is not an agitation of the SS.
We have our problems that needs to be addressed before it consumes us and biafra isn't one.
We in the delta have other issues that need to be addressed.

Biafra should keep their clamour for a nation within their territory. We can as well give you to them too.

Long Live the good people of Abua/Odual.
Long Live Rivers State.
Long Live Niger Delta.
Long Live South South.

At the bolded, who do we have in the delta as you say that can work the work?

Who are you? Niger Delta Lord, God, Deity or what? Bro are you aware the likes of Asari and Miss Ankio Briggs have come out openly to embrace Biafra? Did you believe the people who came for NK were behind the struggle all this while? Were you not amazed at the complete and total shutdown of Port Harcourt. Did you believe the massive followers this project is wielding? Your single unit self vote is all you have. While you are finding a solution to the restiveness in Abua which I'm not so sure about, Biafra is working out ferociously.

Ekinematics:



I guess you don't understand my point for bringing up all the things I wrote.
All I'm saying is that biafra is not an agitation of the SS.
We have our problems that needs to be addressed before it consumes us and biafra isn't one.
We in the delta have other issues that need to be addressed.

Biafra should keep their clamour for a nation within their territory. We can as well give you to them too.

Long Live the good people of Abua/Odual.
Long Live Rivers State.
Long Live Niger Delta.
Long Live South South.

How does the issue cultism within Abua and its communities relate to this very topic of discussion? Tell me how does PDP and APC groomed cultist in Abua have anything to do with the North having higher number of legislatures in the Lower and Upper Chambers of the National Assembly and as such we can not effect any change in the status quo of our region by ourselves? You don't bring in the quarrel of a man and his wife when discussion on how to connect "light" to a community is being discussed. The Elders will all shout "sit down" in unison. Go and tell your politicians to stop funding those boys and protecting them. Betty Apiafi is not difficult to reach, if you have solutions to issues you can reach her easily as I have heard.

Also a point to note, a lot of the traders in our market at central are Igbos. Are you aware of that?

Ekinematics:



I'm not in support of what the north and other regions have been doing.
Same way I'm not in support of Biafra.
Abua will never be part of your phantom biafra.
No single Abuan or Odual man will think like you.

The constant cultism and communal clashes especially in emughan have not been fully resolved.
People both the old and young are deserting their villages eg Aminigboko and Owerewere, here you are talking biafra.
Betty Appiafi is just sitting there in the green chambers doing nothing.
Abua need to fix it's internal crisis.
I was expecting you to write a thread about Abua and it's people and the present restlessness in Abua (especially emughan), here you are clamouring for a phantom biafra.


Tell me how many Ipob youth here know Abua?
How many of them can point Abua on the map?
Some that even reside in our beloved Rivers State do not even know Abua.
Your identity is almost taken away from you and all you could do is clamour for biafra.
Just hide your face abeg.

Abuans both in Rivers State, Nigeria and the world at large will always remain Niger Deltans and will continue to fight the course of the SS.

Ekinematics:



I'm not in support of what the north and other regions have been doing.
Same way I'm not in support of Biafra.
Abua will never be part of your phantom biafra.
No single Abuan or Odual man will think like you.

You have said what you are not in support of. You have conspicuously left out what you are in support of. Sadly for you but in truth, you will not be the one to decide the future of Biafra. It will be decided by those who are willing to do the work. I know you are willing to do the talk from your assertions herein, so keep talking. Intime, a referendum would be conducted which will of course be because of those who are working, going to prison, hounded and arrested etc . You will be required only then to vote. In as much as I am comfortable with Biafra, I would like to ask you what plans you have for the Niger Delta/Abua.

mekuzi09:

Ekinamitic is an Okrikan, I wonder why the guy hate Igbos so much. Judging from the fact that some Okrikans are bilingual; very fluent in Ijaw and Igbo, pointing to the fact that the group have been existing side by side peacefully for ages . Sometimes, I'm force to believe that he is an imposter, going by his trailing antecedents.

We keep hating and they keep slaving us. First it was the whites, now it is the North!

I believe it was even made possible due to the sheer number of numerous languages within a given region. But sense is prevailing by the day.

Ikology:


Those of our people in East are predominantly myopic, selfish and lack the will to accommodate modern economy. Providence and their political sagacity has made it possible for Abuja to emerge which the whole of the North now see as their heritage , also Lagos has been generally accepted by all Yorubas while we down south are still debating about Port Harcourt. PH is suppose to be a hub by now, with the right population mix that will rival Lagos and Abuja.

That is the problem with you. What surprises you? Is it the stories you heard about what Igbos did to Abuans? Can you relate such stories to your present relationship with Igbos? I have lived with Igbo folks for over 20 years now and bro, everything said against them I am yet to experience.
What I have rather learnt from them is the ability to be self-dependent, build a business, nurture it and let it blossom, which I can beat my chest and say in the whole of Abua Kingdom, there is no one who has built an edifice from scratch, by setting up a business empire which employs up to 10 people. Which Abua man have you heard of in the capacity of the likes of late Stanley Uwom in this present day. It is because of this hatred among us that we do not thrive!

Ekinematics:
It surprises me that an Abuan that has nothing both historically and linguistically with Ibos will wright this RUBBISH.
No Abua man be it from Central Abua, Emughan or Odual will ever think of joining biafra.
Even the Uwema of Abua will spit on the Op if he sees him/her.

NK's efforts can never be seen as a Negative Global attention as you claim. There is nothing negative about it. Even freedom fighters in other climes who kill to achieve sovereignty are always during the process given aid from external forces given that their agitations are genuine and as they normally put it, for the greater good. So begging my brother is never going to get you what you need in life!

Chigboboss:


Negative global attention that still cannot get us the needed majority to get a referendum to leave this hell-hole.



Released on bail on medical grounds you mean. That is pity.

You remember my first post about the very first Eastern Region, it comprised of all of us in the East and South of the Niger consisting of Igbos,
Ijaws, Ibibios, Anangs, and every other ethnic group I must have missed. They now made the Ikwerres, Etches, Emuohas and all the other Igbo speaking groups in Rivers State to become antagonistic towards their own Igbos from other states. This in itself is a cancer amongst us. What benefit on earth do you derive from being deceived and manipulated to fight against your own people of same culture and values by an outsider. the earlier we see each one of us as brothers, the better for our collective struggle and future.

Zhirinovsky:
There is no Biafra without non Igbos Bro. I can't picture myself in a new country without the Efiks and ibibios,we are the same people. The ijaws too and other ethnicities in the ND. Together we can forge a nation on equity and. Fairness.
Biafra without the ibibios means that people like Gen.Phillip Effiong fought for nothing (God forbid).
It just pains me when some Niger Deltans say ill about their Igbo brothers and denounce Biafra. That was exactly what the people that divided the old eastern region wanted to achieve so that we can be so divided to challenge them.

I believe with over 2k views, and the comments made so far it is agreeable to a very large extent that the Niger Delta lacks at this point in time a nationalist personality that can move its nationality in unison.

Develpeast:
A note of reality to those who are trying to equate Biafra to heaven:

1. Biafra will be a country and not paradise. The outcome of our decisions today will decide if the country will be better than what we have now or worse.

2. In Biafra, there will be sins like formication, adultery, armed robbery, heart break, corruption, etc. It depends on how you see it. Its a country of real people and not spirits, okay.

3. Igbo needs other tribes in Biafra. The many, the merrier. On a serious note, we need the sea access, we need the available market, we need the love of neighborhood and most importantly, we need the numbers. Igbo's thrive with numbers and if it goes the way it is planned, we are going to ecstatic by the number of Igbo's relocating from kano to warri and from Lagos to akwa ibom. People is money.

4. Biafra will meet some difficulties of which they will need time to solve. Yes, a new born baby will learn to crawl before walking. Do Biafra will pass through such process. The only difference is that it will not crawl on stone but crawl on a rug. So the knee will not peel. I assure, with a conglomeration of positive minded people who are looking for a better life, it story will always turn out better.

5. Biafra is not for you and I. Yes, this is the painful truth. The enjoyment that will come for Biafra will be fully enjoyed by our kids why you and I will work to make it better. Ours is to do the work when its fully actualized, they will just copy our template and live life to the fullest.

In all, when Biafra comes, it is going to be a reward of hardwork and no shortcuts.

We all need to come together with one sole purpose, to achieve equity and justice! Sometimes I ask where are fathers were when our freedom was seized by the northerners by making sure we can't achieve our peak in this entity and making us second class citizens in a country we call our own. I wonder!

Just like a new born, all parties must be open-minded and have it in mind at all times that only Equity and Justice will make any union successful

Develpeast:


Sometimes you all think Biafra is heaven instead of a new country. If you start choosing ppl that you want to share a country with, who will draw the boundary demarcation for you? Nnamdi KANU? I believe the only open minded ppl in this struggle are the ppl on top but the followers are killing it based on over patriotism.

I would be happy if someone like you is also among the thinking machinery of this great movement. You are truly knowledgeable and I'm hoping you contribute in your own little way.

PointB:


That is true.
The Ken Saro Wiwa case was also a missed opportunity. Eastern Nigeria folded their hands and watched as life was snuffed out of him and the struggle he represents. We (Igbos) didn't raise a hand to help, maybe because of his past treachery. Uwazuruike would have also felt alone and threatened while he was imprisoned at the peak of his struggle which I believe affected his strategy. In a similar way, NK 'shock and awe' Radio Biafra strategy is about to be replaced with a more subtly system to appeal more to the elite than the masses. I'm not sure how that will pan out.

Nigeria does not respect reason and logic, they respect any 'shock and awe' which threatens the system. So while a subtly and elitist approach will appeal to some, the 'shock and awe' element is still important an element in this struggle for self-determination. It appeals to many.

Sun Tsu, Art of War, Chapter 2 verse 16 says


This was the strategy used by NK during his Radio Biafra days to get the people to this point. That strategy must always be deployed and to its maximum effect. In the journey to Biafra, Nigeria is the enemy, and strategy as such to force self determination is fair. The pressure must be sustained and increased, and there must be no let-up. As often as can be possibly arranged, IPOB must come up with options to keep the fire burning, they should not waste to much time over analyzing it. Some IPOD action should be compelling others confounding, even ambiguous.

Even Nigeria government will find it difficult to afford the cost of maintaining order in multiple cities and town across a united better south.

Sun Tsu, Art of War, Chapter 2 verse 19 says


When there is no idea of what next to do, street protests and rallies are always available. We must make haste. No one can kill an idea whose time has come.

Yea, if you ignore them and not retaliate they naturally will get tired and just exit the thread. No need exchanging banters with them because it is so easy to create a moniker in any name and impersonate. Since this is a civil thread devoid of abuses, Amarabae tried as usual to claim Igbo and distract us but my ignoring her sent her packing.

mekuzi09:

You are very correct. If not for the "we South South crew" on this forum that attack Igbos with ferocity, I don't think the average Igboman will have a problem sharing the same country with ND tribes. After all, Rivers State is a composition of different ethnic group, including Igbos and Ijaws, but the state is peaceful.

I am believing that at the appropriate time, people like myself would be at the heart of an agitation done with brains, calculation and objectivity which is already building up massively

slivertongue:


you could be the finger behind them
if you know those behind Kanu you will give those guys a chance
there are no perfect leaders anywhere

It should never be a battle of supremacy between Igbos and the other tribes in the South South but a coming together of people with the SAME AGITATION, justice and equity!

YorubaForum:

Oga God will bless you for this post.. I have been saying this, ones any tribe doesn't speak nor understands Igbo, abeg swerve.. After, the will start complaining of marginalization.. I know too well that most part of south-south speaks and understands Igbo but there are still some parts there, that finds it difficult to interact with plain Igbo.. To me ,i will say let's dump those ones and go our way.. Period.. Okwa maka ndu anyi oo

I intentionally ignored her saying Bonny is not an Igbo speaking people.

HiddenShadow:


Pls ask questions next time

Bonny has lots of indigenous Igbo population there


Stop talking like Berem


Did Ankio Briggs or Asari insult or embrace Biafra.?