NotGej:
Kindly apply caution in comments you make to avoid heat the polity.

spearman:
Shut up. Nobody is stealing anyone's property

Ofodirinwa:
Now that I have your attention, here are 3 reasons why the seizing of properties is and has always been economic suicide for those that attempt it. You will notice that throughout history's biggest wars wars (WWI, WWII for example) there are no examples of seizing of private property even during or after an occupation. But this is not because of love or friendlessness, rather, logic.

1. Property Value: Property is only as valuable as what people are willing to pay for it. There are huts in choice locations that are worth more than mansions in desolate or isolated locations. Why. Because property is only as valueable as what people are willing to pay for it.
So lets say we have a city where 30% of the property is owned by Igbos. That 30% is removed from their homes and the homes are distributed for free. Why will you, with free houses and mansions are being offered up, go and buy or build a home? Why would you rent? What will happen is those selling their own will no longer be able to sell them until the free homes are occupied. Once they are occupied, they can only sell them at a severely decreased rate (30% lower than market value = not a profit). Remember, no city in the world is growing by more than 30% annually, especially cities that evict 30% of their population the year before. This means it will take years for the free houses to be filled. 2-3 years if you give them to any and everyone 10-15 if you're being selective and matching to income. 10-15 years where an entire city cannot sell property, find renters, markets lose 30% of their customer base for a decade, and nobody is building homes will be a slum by the time you're done with the project. If you chose 2-3 years, they will also turn the place into a slum because if someone was homeless the year before, they will not have what it takes for basic maintenance (retouching, repainting, plumbing, facility repairs, sewage, water, reroofing, gen, keeping the home modern) Go to old Port Harcourt if you don't believe me.

2. Property Incentive: Those who did not build or buy a home, cannot afford to keep and maintain it. The person waiting for a free home will not have what it takes to maintain a mansion. If they had the money to build or even maintain a mansion, why would have one, or they would not be waiting for a free home because they will likely have something. Unless the cities of Nigeria are teaming with homeless people who are also well employed, handing rich homes to poor people out of ethnic sentiment will make poor people and poor homes. Go to old Port Harcourt if you don't believe this basic economic principle. I used 30% in the last estimate but the truth is in come cities, especially choice locations, 50-70% Igbo ownership is not abnormal. Take Lagos and Festac or VI for example. If you don't believe me, look at old PH.

3. It doesn't matter: There is nobody who built 1 mansion who cannot build 2. Property is the result of your income. If you have the ability to produce the income to build a home and the home is taken, you can produce another one. Many look at the rapid recovery of Igbo cities after the Biafran war as some sort of miracle but it's basic economic logic. A person with a 5 story in Onitsha, if he loses the building, can quickly build another one. Everything it took for said Igbo person to build their home is still intact. 90% of Igbo ppl with mansions outside of the east have a mansion in their village that they already call home.

Vaughanlanrewaj:

Never again will this nation experience war. The people who will seize other people's property are not on Nairaland and at no time was PH ranking next to Lagos, not now and not in the past. I have awesome Igbo friends and I love my Igbo brethren so much and nobody will ever steal their hardwork or shall we allow them become war victims in the same country we all inherited as a legacy of our forebears. Those who want to cause war between the Igbos and others are the ones who will leave Nigeria for us to become fugitives like the IPOB terrorists leader .
Never again will there be war! All the enemies of Nigeria will lose las las. They always lose. God bless Nigeria.

heniford2:
go and start saving money for passport because you will need it soon to come visit your friends in East soon for war is either we separate peaceful or bloody two things inbtwen

Vaughanlanrewaj:

Do you think I am talking about jobless youths who don't come from successful backgrounds and resent and hate other Nigerians sir?
Sir, I am referring to real stakeholders who will rather chase terrorists out of the SE than leave Nigeria . They are the descendants of those wise men, our Nigeria patriots of Igbo extraction who double as founding fathers of Nigeria, who saw this map and knew the Igbo nation vision is bigger than becoming a Lesotho that won't even have a navy.

Have you not wondered why Nigerians of Igbo extraction living outside the SE are not fleeing other parts? You guys must think they buy this your terrorism.

Ofodirinwa:
Abandoned Properties, Old Port Harcourt Township, Modern Day (once considered a rival to Lagos)

heniford2:
i usually use to see you as a smart dude but my mistake in putting high hopes on empty vissul you disappoint me, any igbo man that do not want Biafra is selfish and stupid with nothing to offer I will not waste my time arguing with you is waste of time believee me, u don't deserve my time.

Vaughanlanrewaj:
You're too hasty in your judgement and intolerant of opposing views. I will just let your uncouth remark slide. Good night sir.

Ofodirinwa:
Now that I have your attention, here are 3 reasons why the seizing of properties is and has always been economic suicide for those that attempt it. You will notice that throughout history's biggest wars wars (WWI, WWII for example) there are no examples of seizing of private property even during or after an occupation. But this is not because of love or friendlessness, rather, logic.

1. Property Value: Property is only as valuable as what people are willing to pay for it. There are huts in choice locations that are worth more than mansions in desolate or isolated locations. Why. Because property is only as valueable as what people are willing to pay for it.
So lets say we have a city where 30% of the property is owned by Igbos. That 30% is removed from their homes and the homes are distributed for free. Why will you, with free houses and mansions are being offered up, go and buy or build a home? Why would you rent? What will happen is those selling their own will no longer be able to sell them until the free homes are occupied. Once they are occupied, they can only sell them at a severely decreased rate (30% lower than market value = not a profit). Remember, no city in the world is growing by more than 30% annually, especially cities that evict 30% of their population the year before. This means it will take years for the free houses to be filled. 2-3 years if you give them to any and everyone 10-15 if you're being selective and matching to income. 10-15 years where an entire city cannot sell property, find renters, markets lose 30% of their customer base for a decade, and nobody is building homes will be a slum by the time you're done with the project. If you chose 2-3 years, they will also turn the place into a slum because if someone was homeless the year before, they will not have what it takes for basic maintenance (retouching, repainting, plumbing, facility repairs, sewage, water, reroofing, gen, keeping the home modern) Go to old Port Harcourt if you don't believe me.

2. Property Incentive: Those who did not build or buy a home, cannot afford to keep and maintain it. The person waiting for a free home will not have what it takes to maintain a mansion. If they had the money to build or even maintain a mansion, why would have one, or they would not be waiting for a free home because they will likely have something. Unless the cities of Nigeria are teaming with homeless people who are also well employed, handing rich homes to poor people out of ethnic sentiment will make poor people and poor homes. Go to old Port Harcourt if you don't believe this basic economic principle. I used 30% in the last estimate but the truth is in come cities, especially choice locations, 50-70% Igbo ownership is not abnormal. Take Lagos and Festac or VI for example. If you don't believe me, look at old PH.

3. It doesn't matter: There is nobody who built 1 mansion who cannot build 2. Property is the result of your income. If you have the ability to produce the income to build a home and the home is taken, you can produce another one. Many look at the rapid recovery of Igbo cities after the Biafran war as some sort of miracle but it's basic economic logic. A person with a 5 story in Onitsha, if he loses the building, can quickly build another one. Everything it took for said Igbo person to build their home is still intact. 90% of Igbo ppl with mansions outside of the east have a mansion in their village that they already call home.

Ofodirinwa:
Now that I have your attention, here are 3 reasons why the seizing of properties is and has always been economic suicide for those that attempt it. You will notice that throughout history's biggest wars wars (WWI, WWII for example) there are no examples of seizing of private property even during or after an occupation. But this is not because of love or friendlessness, rather, logic.

1. [s]Property Value: Property is only as valuable as what people are willing to pay for it. There are huts in choice locations that are worth more than mansions in desolate or isolated locations. Why. Because property is only as valueable as what people are willing to pay for it.
So lets say we have a city where 30% of the property is owned by Igbos. That 30% is removed from their homes and the homes are distributed for free. Why will you, with free houses and mansions are being offered up, go and buy or build a home? Why would you rent? What will happen is those selling their own will no longer be able to sell them until the free homes are occupied. Once they are occupied, they can only sell them at a severely decreased rate (30% lower than market value = not a profit). Remember, no city in the world is growing by more than 30% annually, especially cities that evict 30% of their population the year before. This means it will take years for the free houses to be filled. 2-3 years if you give them to any and everyone 10-15 if you're being selective and matching to income. 10-15 years where an entire city cannot sell property, find renters, markets lose 30% of their customer base for a decade, and nobody is building homes will be a slum by the time you're done with the project. If you chose 2-3 years, they will also turn the place into a slum because if someone was homeless the year before, they will not have what it takes for basic maintenance (retouching, repainting, plumbing, facility repairs, sewage, water, reroofing, gen, keeping the home modern) Go to old Port Harcourt if you don't believe me.

2. Property Incentive: Those who did not build or buy a home, cannot afford to keep and maintain it. The person waiting for a free home will not have what it takes to maintain a mansion. If they had the money to build or even maintain a mansion, why would have one, or they would not be waiting for a free home because they will likely have something. Unless the cities of Nigeria are teaming with homeless people who are also well employed, handing rich homes to poor people out of ethnic sentiment will make poor people and poor homes. Go to old Port Harcourt if you don't believe this basic economic principle. I used 30% in the last estimate but the truth is in come cities, especially choice locations, 50-70% Igbo ownership is not abnormal. Take Lagos and Festac or VI for example. If you don't believe me, look at old PH.[/s]

3. It doesn't matter: There is nobody who built 1 mansion who cannot build 2. Property is the result of your income. If you have the ability to produce the income to build a home and the home is taken, you can produce another one. Many look at the rapid recovery of Igbo cities after the Biafran war as some sort of miracle but it's basic economic logic. A person with a 5 story in Onitsha, if he loses the building, can quickly build another one. Everything it took for said Igbo person to build their home is still intact. 90% of Igbo ppl with mansions outside of the east have a mansion in their village that they already call home.

Ofodirinwa:
Abandoned Properties, Old Port Harcourt Township, Modern Day (once considered a rival to Lagos)

Vaughanlanrewaj:

Do you think I am talking about jobless youths who don't come from successful backgrounds and resent and hate other Nigerians sir?
Sir, I am referring to real Nigerian patriots of Igbo extraction who are stakeholders in the Nigerian project who will rather chase terrorists out of the SE than leave Nigeria . They are the descendants of those wise men, our Nigeria patriots of Igbo extraction who double as founding fathers of Nigeria, who saw this map and knew the Igbo nation vision is far bigger than becoming a Lesotho that won't even have a navy. They are truly wise men and women.

Have you not wondered why Nigerians of Igbo extraction living outside the SE are not fleeing other parts back to the SE ? You guys must think they buy this your terrorism. They are bona fide stakeholders in other Nigerian communities outside SE! Some are even community heads, elders,religious leaders and opinion leaders outside SE ! They built Nigeria with others and won't throw all their hardwork away because of you sir.

Ekpeitit:
This is how you know that a tribe is foolish.
Only a fool will go and build his house on his enemy's land.
Mumu Biafrans.
Of course all your properties will be burnt or confiscated.
Idiots.

Graysons:
Nobody steal any properties in old port harcourt, those properties once belongs to the whites and when the whites left, they hand it over to the locals.
Stop spreading lies told by your fathers.

Graysons:
Nobody steal any properties in old port harcourt, those properties once belongs to the whites and when the whites left, they hand it over to the locals.
Stop spreading lies told by your fathers.

History555:



Bla bla bla. British properties yet david mark was chairman of the committee. You mean British people lived in face me i face you. Properties in ikwerre not gra. Properties in untarred strrets and open gutters. Go back to school of lying, you obviously did not finish your course

Asgard73:


Yoruba man ... so this is the lies your Yoruba father told you..,

I know many igbo chiefs that build from scratch and their building taken over after the war..
They’re still much alive.., spiff help one retain his house a close ally to zik.

You people will just make useless statement to deceive people because una think say ., history no Dey school

Nonsense

Oyibo place ... why dem no take M from oyibo .. and have to wait for the war before claiming it

Shameless

Graysons:
Where is your evidence that your properties were stolen? Igbo people and double standard!
When we told you that your biafra soldiers raped, killed and kidnapped our people durning the war,you were all screaming that it is a lie that we should bring evidence and not my father say this, my father say that crap!
Now it is your turn, you want me to believe your father say this, your father say that crap?
No fvcking way!

Asgard73:


Yoruba man ... so this is the lies your Yoruba father told you..,

I know many igbo chiefs that build from scratch and their building taken over after the war
They’re still much alive.., spiff help one retain his house a close ally to zik.

You people will just make useless statement to deceive people because una think say ., history no Dey school

Nonsense

Oyibo place ... why dem no take M from oyibo .. and have to wait for the war before claiming it

Shameless

SaintBishop:

There's noting like Abandoned properties in town Port harcourt!
All thoes Abandoned properties nonsense are all lies told by your lazy igbo fathers who can't seems to do anything right!
The so called Abandoned properties belongs to the British people!
And after Nigeria indepedence, the British people (true owners of those properties) hand it over to the indigenes of that Area.

Asgard73:


Now talking gibberish
Next.

Thinking I was talking to human.

Graysons:

And you have no idea what ur talking about, go to old township (town) port harcourt, no street, house or Area that was renamed! All of them still bears the name they were answering before the war.
Eg. Churchill steet, Bishop johnson and co.