Ikenna0b:

You're a complete 1mbecile

Nowenuse:


It's quite surprising. I have rarely seen full blooded Igbos who are not sympathetic to IPOB cause. ......

Honestly I respect Igbos so much as a people. Without you guys in this country, we wouldn't have had a lot of developments in some areas as we do now. So, I take the Igbos in high esteem, but my esteem was seriously questioned when I saw the manner at which many Igbos were behaving in respect to IPOB. The high display of rudeness, arrogance, Stack Ignorance........and the fsct that they were gaining more numbers by the day.

I only wish the cause would be more intellectual and developmental, based on sound and objective principles. If it was like this, many of us from other regions would have gladly joined the movement.

Ogashub:
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Ever since President Buhari won the 2015 Presidential elections he was destined to win having labored in 2003, 2007, 2011 and then 2015 a very vast preponderance of South South and South East indigenes have descended on the President, pouring invectives, calling him names, abusing his person and his exalted office, preaching hate, and ethnic divisions. I have followed this dangerous trend over a year now, and it is not abetting. It is growing like wild fire everyday. In recent times the South-South people whose son lost the election have moved on except the criminal avengers who are fighting for their pockets only and destroying their environment.

I have seen spirited and genuine efforts being made by the leaders of South-South to bring peace to the Niger Delta, and I heartily commend them for this. It is in their own interest. But in the South East, our people have refused to move on. In the diaspora, in Nigeria, in schools, in the markets, on the streets, in Churches, in Town Meetings etc Igbo have refused to move on. Every move the President makes to rebuild and reposition the country is abused, castigated and ethnic meaning read into it. The dangerous trend has become so embarrassing that one is compelled to speak out. While leaders of South-South have made interventions to make way for harmony and peaceful co-existence, Igbo leaders have maintained a deafening silence but this silence is no longer golden. Ethnic bigotry and hate speeches our people both at home and abroad dish out everyday endanger our people living in all parts of Nigeria. President Buhari belongs to a section of Nigeria and must not run away with the thinking that his people will be happy and clap for us when we malign and abuse one of their own.

No ethnic group in Nigeria moves and settles in any part of the country like the Igbo. They settle and do business in almost every part of the country, and when we throw stones to other Nigerians, we endanger their lives and their businesses. The worst sets of Igbo guilty of this dangerous trend are those living outside the country. While some of them are engaged in meaningful employment, many of them are unemployed. They have become economic refugees and cultural savages. They have formed an association of hate preachers and wailing bigots. They have through actions and deeds created millions of enemies for Ndigbo in Nigeria while they waste their precious gift of time abroad doing nothing.

Last week the Vice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Afe Babalola University Ekiti State as Guest Speaker during the University’s Convocation ceremony. In the cause of his speech, he told his capacity audience the Niger Delta Avengers are not freedom fighters but those fighting for their pockets only. I saw the story on facebook and other sites on the internet. The one on Facebook caught my attention because of nearly 400 reactions as at the time I read it. I took mental note of the reactions and the names attached to it. 95% are Igbo names and they abused and called the Vice President unprintable names for speaking the truth. This is a shame. Ignorance should not be a virtue. Ignorance is a disease. Foolishness is a tragedy. This is ignorance stupid. This is mental darkness. A roaring lion kills no game. It is only a river that wants to get dried up that forgets its source. A Chinese proverb tells me that “He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is half way there. He who blames no one has arrived.”

Now, it is time for the Igbo to move on and join other Nigerians to begin the process of rebuilding Nigeria. I want Igbo Governors, elected Senators, elder statesmen, House of Reps Members, House of Assembly members, political leaders, traditional rulers, Igbo intellectuals, professionals, market leaders, town union leaders, village heads, etc. to rise up to defend the integrity and honor of Igbo race. Are these ignorant ones who preach hate speaking for us? Are they representing us? Are they our brightest and bests? Are those asking for Biafra and using it as business venture speaking for all of us? Have we taken a look at the situation in South Sudan today? Shall we continue to sleep pretending that all is well? Can we be honest enough to see the real danger ahead? For how long will our leaders continue to be silent on these weighty issues? Can elders continue to sleep while the kids wear snakes as necklaces? Can the young teach tradition to the old? Who will bell the cat in Igboland? Who will call the ignorant kids to order?

Did the Yoruba go to war when June 12 1993 Presidential Election won by their illustrious son Chief MKO Abiola was annulled on June 23rd 1993 on a sheet of paper by IBB? Did Yoruba go to war when Abiola’s wife Alhaja Kudirat Abiola was murdered in Lagos in the morning of Jun 4 1996? Did Yoruba go to war when the winner of that historic election was poisoned on July 7 1998? Did Yoruba go to war when those who killed Abiola imposed Obasanjo on them as President in 1999? Did Yoruba accept Chief Ernest Shonekan when IBB made him to head the interim government in 1993? Yoruba rejected OBJ and Shonekan because this unique race has never been slaves to public office and yet they have remained number one in Nigeria in almost everything. This is wisdom and strategic thinking at work.

Those of us who have lived in Yoruba land for years should not only learn how to wear Aso Ebi, eat Ewedu soup or dance Owambe, music.

We must have also learned other unique things from them like sharing property to both male and female children, religious tolerance, ethnic tolerance, transferring legacies from generation to generation. Do you know that APC National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s wife is a Christian? Do you know that former Governor Fashola’s wife is a Christian? We can learn a lot from Yoruba. Yoruba too can learn from Igbo in areas of thinking home, business enterprise, self-help, apprenticeship, etc.

A Yoruba woman, a Pastor Mrs. Eunice Olawale Elisha of the Redeemed Christian Church of God old NEPA Road Phase 4 Kubwa, Abuja was killed by unknown persons on Saturday morning of July 9, 2016, while preaching the gospel around 5.30am. I have followed the reactions on the internet and Yoruba do not behave like the Igbo. They have been speaking but not preaching hate. They have called for the culprits to be fished out, prosecuted and punished. If Mrs. Eunice Elisha had been an Igbo hell would have been let loose. There would have been abuses and abuses. But Yoruba are not Igbo. This is civilization. This is strategic thinking. I hope our people can learn from this. Civility is not a sign of weakness. He who fights and run away lives to fight another day.

To have ears is not to listen, to listen is not to hear, to hear is not to understand, to understand is not to put to practice. I know that writing this may not get me many friends among the Igbo, but it always gets me the right ones.

Case Rested!
Joe Igbokwe
Lagos.

http://ogashub.com.ng/igbo-ethnic-bigotry-hate-campaigns-worry-jeo-igbokwe/[/s]

KingsleyTMTTM:
[s] whydidnt NK asked for biafra during GEJ time... biafra is legitimate but biafra under NK and IPOB is a fraud [/s]

PentiumPro:
[s] High time the NBA withdraws this ejiofor legal membership.
He is clearly a secessionist [/s]

Amarabae:
Irrelevent,
whether they sing it or not,
next please

Throwback:
[s] Even this petition is filled with religious and ethnic bigotry. They keep on mentioning Muslim as if the UN is Isreal, and mentioning Hausa-Fulani as if the UN is populated by Igbos.

Would it have cost IPOB to employ a sane human being to write this petition on their behalf?

Lastly, they forget that the UnderSecretary General of the same UN is a Fulani Muslim from the same Nigeria, and she was a minister under this same Buhari regime.

Shame on the anarchy seeking beast called Kanu.[/s]

Cinkq:
[s] THIS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE REFUSE TO PLAY OPPOSITION POLITICS as the yorubas did when jonathan was in office. Nobody is happy about the tension in our country today but you people should not try to rope the yorubas into a fight that does not concern us in any way. Yes it does not concern us because we warned you from the start that hate speeches can lead to chaos,but you people call it MEDIA WAR. ipob is winning the media war is what we are hearing all over the place,hope you can now see the trophy of the media war? THE YORUBAS ARE PEACE KEEPERS AND THEREFORE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR ANYWHERE THEY RESIDE, let those who heat up the tension face the result of their actions.[/s]

Cooly100:


Coward.. peace loving people my foot. You are now recoiling back into your shell, after jumping up and down supporting killing of unarmed civilians.

OlanreJohnson:


The truth about the anti+-Kanu campaign is what is documented here.

Have you noticed the pro-almajiris anti-Kanus are running away from the thread?

The thread is like insecticide to the cockroaches.

Gourdoinc:
[s] When the elite refuse to speak up in the face of oppression and misrepresentation, soonest they will be paraded and shot on the street like a commoner. I hate the IPOB and everything it represents. I hate it because it's a group of idiots who can't reason for themselves but rather are filled with emotional bias. yet as much as I hate the IPOB, these are my fellow igbos. young men suffering from the marginalization of their race, young men who are confident enough to face the malaise hindering Nigeria's development head on (Fulani /muslim dominance). igbo people with genuine concerns about the state of their region. yet I still feel hatred for them because it's not their fault. the elite igbos caused all this. how could we all keep quiet for months when the radio biafra rubbish started taking shape and never directed that deluded boy to pursue his noble demands with decorum and subtlety. why did we allow him to sew hate propaganda in the heart of vulnerable igbo youths who are seeking a purpose in their purposeless existence.

today that seed of hate and blind followership has blinded millions that common sense has gone out the window as opposed to brash statements and hateful agenda. this brings me to the question, why was Nnamdi Kanu released in the first instance. why wasn't he killed or injected with delabitating illness while in prison, since it was obvious what his detention and subsequent release will mean to the already vulnerable mind of the idle igbo youths. igbos aren't terrorists, rather we fight percieved oppression. the death of Kanu would have ended the IPOB agenda as many of his followers would have fizzled into thin air .

a carrot and stick approach would have surmised if implemented by the govt, I suggest they undertake this measure as its not yet late. find Nnamdi Kanu wherever he might be hiding and publicly execute him with an igbo man assaliant (paid). then engage in massive investments and inclusion of the igbos in national affairs to arrest the current marginalization they are facing. this will surely kill off this IPOB none sense fast. because python dance will simply lead to the death of many hapless bottle carrying igbos and cause bad press.

lessons to be learnt include:

1.never allow a small fire subsist for long as it could one day become a larger and more difficult to control flame.

2. never trust a psycho with nation affairs whether in sustenance or in building. he will create enemies everywhere and destroy a noble cause

3. nigeria is non -negotiable, it will be restructured into its self governing units with a true federal structure, but it will never cease to exist.

4. the United Nations will always have alot on their plate Eg North Korea aggression, Myanmar genocide on rohigha Muslims, natural disasters etc than to waste resources on a hateful propaganda or the agitations of any deluded group.

be warned, be wise.[/s]

Israeljones:
[s] person was just busy videoing the entire exterior and interior of the house breathing heavily(sign of fear) shouting 'you can hear the Nigerian army shooting' 'You can hear the the Nigerian army shooting aimlessly' 'Hope the whole world is seeing this' (wtf are yu talking abt,,,, the whole world? who gives a hoot,,, Call that ur brother kanu to order this wont have happend in the 1st place.. .

Senseless beings[/s]

PentiumPro:


[s] Stop spaming and soaking Nairaland with your cries.
Nairaland can never be ipob or biafra mouthpiece
Let that sink into your head[/s]

Alcatraz005:


You are not wise and you are a bad ambassador of the igbo. I would leave you to your folly for now.