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[b] what is wrong with this people and "if you did not witness the war" thing they keep talking about? We did not witness the war but most of us have recieved first hand account of what happened from our parents and relatives. It's not like we don't know all that happend. " please forget Biafra agitation, it will lead to war,starvation, loss of property and investment, suffering and death! Kanu will lead people astray and run back to Britain! Biafra died in 1970! The people agitating for Biafra never saw the war!" What is wrong with Nigerians these days that they cant think objectively? People will see a house burning, instead of asking what caused the fire, they will ask why the house is burning even though they can see it is burning. People will see a dead Biafran protester and say 'if she/had not come out to protest it would not have happened' but the same people don't ask why the police is shooting unarmed protesters when there are rubber bullets,water spray and teargas that can do the same job without loss of life. People say 'Kanu is a hate preacher and terrorist' yet no act of terrorism can be attributed to him and all he did was excercise his constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech. People will say 'Biafra brought war' while it is Nigeria that came down to the East to start war. People will say 'little kids starved to death' without questioning why Gowon would not allow food to get to people. People say 'all is fair in war' but many people are standing trial in the international court in The Hague for war crimes exactly because they were not fair in war. People will say 'why should Ojukwu declare Biafra?' but they never ask why a white man should declare us all Nigerians. People say 'one Nigeria' but we all lived alongside each other for thousands of years before Lugard created Nigeria 100 years ago. Are we happier together today than we were when we were not together? This myopic level of reasoning by Africans is why the continent is not moving foward. We keep asking the wrong questions and lying to our selves. It's a shame Self determination is a right, not a privilege [/b] 3 Likes 1 Share |
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kITATITA: The above would have made sense if Nigeria was a civilised country. Unfortunately, it is not. |
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If he actually came up with 10 reasons why Igbos are Nigerians, there would have been something to talk about "As the massacre of Igbos continued in the north of Nigeria, a certain Ikwere man who was confident that nothing would happen to him stayed indoors, while other Igbos were fleeing, until his neigbours informed a mob of Northerners about him. The mob broke into his house armed with machetes and other dangerous weapons and the Ikwere man shouted 'please don't hurt me! I am not Igbo! The leader of the mob came up to him and the following happend: Mob leader: Kai menini! where are you from! You look Igbo?! Ikwere man: please I am an Ikwere man from Southern Nigeria! I am not Igbo! I don't even know where Igbo land is! Just then, the mob leader sees the Ikwere man's work ID card on the table and picks it up Mob Leader: 'Your name is Uchechukwu Amadi?' Ikwere man: 'Yes that's my name, I'm Ikwere not Igbo! Mob leader: Usman! Bring our sharpest cutlass! The moral of the story is, never reject people you have a common destiny with because when chips are down, they might be all you got. 22 Likes 1 Share |
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StOla: The so called 'one Nigeria' that the northerners used in taking over 80% of Southern oil? These people are still beging for 13% derivation when they had 50% in eastern Nigeria. Your Nigerian invaded Biafra long before Ojukwu invaded the Midwest |
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I'm not saying a person can't be rich via legitimate means and enjoy the good things of life, I just wonder how he made his money. 1 Like |
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StOla: How did the sea belong to Nigeria? That body of waster was called the bight of Biafra. It belonged to Biafra long before there was anything like Nigeria. Even if the sea belonged to Nigeria, British warships should not have been there. Britain should have stayed out of the Nigerian/Biafran matter which was not their business. Mercenaries fought in both sides of the war, what won the war for Nigeria was the British warships which prevented Ojukwu from selling oil and bringing in food and ammunition. You think Gowon could have fought the war with Groundbut pyramids? The Biafran army that went to the Midwest did that after Nigeria started war. Ojukwu declared Biafra not war. Gowon was the person who declared war. Go and learn history 3 Likes |
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StOla: This cheap propaganda is only for the gaulible. Did the report also state that Nigeria is a result of the illegal amalgamation of unconsenting indigenous ethnic nationalities without their consent? Did the report state that Biafra was the direct result of breaking the confederal agreement the Government of Gowon signed in Ghana? Did the report state that after Biafra was declared, Nigeria could have chosen other peaceful ways of resolving the dispute than rushing to war? Finally Did the report state that it is the inalienable right of man or a people to self determination? Personally, I think that Britain is still ashamed of its role in the Biafran war saga. Britain should have stayed neutral. Instead, Britain supplied ammunition to Nigeria, discouraged other countries from recognising Biafra, blockaded the sea to prevent Ojukwu from bringing in food and ammunition. Britain won the war for Nigeria. 8 Likes |
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Thats the real meaning of change, not someone who is flying around the world at tax payers expense and deceiving people that he knows what he is doing |
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chrisblack: Nkiru is gone, who shot her dead? The very people who swore an oath to protect the defenceless. Nigerians don't like to face the truth because the truth is bitter 1 Like |
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ademusiwa8: The Nigerian security agencies were raining down bullets on unarmed protesters, the girl was running for her life along with others, but you think this is the time someone decided is a good time to go and kill her? Search Nairaland to know how many unarmed protesters have been killed in Onitsha alone since the uprising began. 1 Like 1 Share |
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OJUcrook: Interesting, the only thing that list shows is that in terms of killings, the Igbo are the only ones who show restraint. Igbos led you into a civil war? Wasn't it you Nigerians that came down to the east to start fighting while we were enjoying our new found independence? 2 Likes 2 Shares |
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excellencyabia1: The essence is for all to know that "one Nigeria" is story for Vultures in the desert. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
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Nobody likes to be a tenant forever, a times comes when everyone would like to build their own house. Somewhere they can call home. The Igbo man has felt like tenant in Nigeria for many years. Despite the so called "we are one Nigeria" "Nigeria is for us all" "we are first Nigeria before anything else". We are tired of Nigeria. Before Lugard came to bastardise us all with the name 'Nigeria' we all had our history and our sovereignty. The Yorubas were self Governing under the Oyo empire, the Hausa/Fulani were self Governing under the Sokoto caliphate. The Igbos were a very lose confederation of clans. It is interesting that these 3 major ethnic groups did not kill each other before Lugard, because they were not together. But since Lugard brought them together , they have killed each other in the millions. It's plane to see that all three groups should call it day and return to how they were before Lugard came, if there is to ever be peace 2 Likes |
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BiafranPrince: Can you blame him? He is just another Yoruba guy who has no sense of self determination and is angry that the Igbos have it. 1 Like |
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abiolert: Thanks to your Nigeria, Kanu has got the world publicity he needed. Everyone from Aljazeera to CNN have talked him. When he gets out on bail, he will take the Biafran struggle to a whole new level. It funny how the man achieved so much by fearlessly returning to Nigeria 1 Like |
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Endless calls for restructuring that will never happen as long the North has anything to say about it. 5 Likes |
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chosen04: Really? May Chukwu Okike be praised! 1 Like |
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I wonder how the anti-Biafrans would have thought the protests would stop like that? We haven't even started real protest yet! With that 'sabo' called Uwazuruike out of the way and the new leadership of of MASSOB AND IPOB, the real protest will start soon 1 Like 1 Share |
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Tpave: It is now I see why the Nigerian judicial process takes a long time. The police just clog up the system with frivolous cases. How can chanting war songs be construed as waging war? How can peaceful protest be termed as treasonable? Nigeria still has a long long way to go |
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QuotaSystem: And what are Kanu's crimes exactly? Because he called called the prison created by Lord Lugard a zoo? Unfortunately for Kanu's detractors, they still don't understand that "talking" is not a crime 2 Likes |
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orunto27: You will be alive to see Biafra return |
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The man should be in jail for personally killing Ironsi and Fajuyi. It is northerners like him that used "one Nigeria" to corner 80% of the Niger-Delta people's Oil 28 Likes 2 Shares |
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So they want Kanu to stay in jail even though he has met his bail condition just because he asked for the price of a Gun? Well, even the Nigerian police once charged a Goat for armed robbery so anything is possible 41 Likes 2 Shares |
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Story for the Vultures! After Buharis 8 years, they will say that Osibanjo should carry on. But I'm confident that long before 2023, there will be no Nigeria and the Biafran sun would have risen in the east |
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finniblinks: The Nigerian mentality is just too backward for the 21st century. Police just murdered an unarmed girl, instead of questioning why their police force did this, they blamed Kanu who is in jail. That is how they blame Ojukwu for the war even though they all know it is Gowon who came down to the east to fight. Nigerians never question who is doing the killing, they only question the person being killed 9 Likes 1 Share |
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Uwazuruike is a disgrace to the Biafran struggle. No Igbo man worth his salt ever bows down to the Yoruba man or the northerners. Northerners have been killing Igbos since 1945, how many times have they apologised? Have they apologised for slaughtering over 50,000 Igbos in 1966? Have they apologised for all the churches they have burnt in the North? One mosque and a few Dangote trucks go up in flames and everyone is making noise. Uwazuruike is a lost man. 6 Likes 1 Share |
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bloodyBLOGGER: Your Nigerian a Police just murdered an unarmed girl and you are calling Nnamdi a Kanu who is in detention in Abuja? 42 Likes 1 Share |
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Killed by the Nigerian security agencies who shot at unarmed protesters. Other civilised countries use rubber bullets,water canisters and tear gas which are not life threatening. But backward Nigeria used live ammunition on unarmed protesters. Later they will tell us we are "one Nigeria". Story for the Vultures 97 Likes 4 Shares |
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