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Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by Igboid: 12:02pm On Jun 15, 2021
Who killed Adaka Boro?

Who Killed Adaka Boro? Why the Blame on Igbo Accusing them of Betrayal? Was Adaka Boro Betrayed?

I have read many false history that breeds hatred against the Igbo, regarding Adaka Boro. Majority of Ijaw believe the Igbo betrayed Adaka Boro and killed him. This makes me laugh. Ignorance is a disease. Lack of history, Maazị just shuddering in disbelief that people can be so gullible to peddle falsehood for what gain?

Let's go to history.

Who is Adaka Boko? Isaac Adaka Boro was a University of Nigeria, Nsụka's student. He was also the SUG president of the said university. He failed election two times before he won, then blamed his failure on Igbo, claiming he lost because he was Ijaw and suffered tribalism in his region. Remember, Adaka Boro was enjoying the scholarship of Eastern Region Government. He was on free education. He hailed from Oloidiri, Bayelsa. He was the first person to declare secession in 1966 at the age of 27.

Adaka Boro's rebellion was sponsored by the Tafawa Balewa government. Tafawa Government believed that the NCNC and AG were sponsoring the Tiv unrests and the UMBC led by Joseph Tarka. To deal with NCNC, Adaka Boro was sponsored to caused insurrection with his boys. They began to destroy things. Adaka Boro used his father's backyard as a training ground to arm his boys.

As Ironsi took over, through MD Yusuf, CID chief, he noticed that the Adaka insurrection was a Balewa's plan, he issued military order and Boro was arrested and incacerated for 2 weeks. Remember he was causing this unrest before the coup. After the January coup where one of his key sponsors— Tafewa Balewa was killed, Boro was very angry. He called Tafewa Balewa "the projector of Ijaw".

Adaka Boro declared Ijaw Republic on February 1966, a month after the coup. He was so radical and courageous that as a student, he dragged the Federal Government to court seeking the nullification of the 1963 general election. When he proclaimed the Niger Delta Republic in February 1966, Boro argued that the region where the nation’s wealth comes from had suffered years of neglect and underdevelopment. But scholars believed this was not the main reason of declaring the Niger Delta Republic.

Have you asked yourself why the Niger-Deltan elders including his father didn't support him? See the reasons according to reviews by scholars.

South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar, Ruth First as quoted by Kathryn Nwajiaku, states that Boro and his men were in league with senior Northern officers, and had wanted to use the threat of revolution to trigger the imposition of a state of emergency by the Northern-led Federal government prior to the first coup. Before the January coup, Adaka Boro and his men were already sponsored by the Fulani caliphate to cause insurrection. His brother confirmed this.

David, his younger brother during an interview with Punch said that his brother received support from the North before the declaration of Niger-Deltan Republic, “Isaac Boro did not just start the 12-Day Revolution and decided to declare a Niger Delta Republic. There was some degree of encouragement from the North.” Boro himself admitted to having close ties with the Balewa government.

The question is, how did 27 year old undergraduate student had funds to secure weapons, mass out thugs and militia? Was he being supported by the elders of Ijaw?
David his brother continued: "Our father advised him against it and told him to face his studies because he was a student".

Adaka Boro did not just declare Niger Delta Republic, he was fighting the Federal Government under the leadership of Agụiyi Ironsi through his Niger Delta Volunteer Force. He believed that the regime must be dissolved. The Northern leaders funded him to attack the government.

NDVF and the Nigerian forces which is widely known as ‘The Twelve-day Revolution’ led to the death of over 150 people. The armed militia led by Boro was overpowered by the Nigerian forces, while Boro and Samuel Owonaru who was the Chief of Staff of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force and other leaders of the militia group were arrested and charged for treason. When they appeared before Justice Phil-Ebosie of the Port Harcourt High Court. They were sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to life in jail. Remember, they didn't just declare independent, but fighting federal forces and killing people.

A year later, following the 1966 Igbo pogrom in Kano that killed over 50,000 Igbo and after the series of counter-coup which killed the First Military Head of State— Agụiyi Ironsi, and also after the Aburi Accord disobeyed by Gowon, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu declared Biafra as he was being forced by the Eastern Region Consultative Committee.

Remember at this time, Ijaw elders supported BIAFRA. The name BIAFRA was given by na Ijaw man from Adaka Boro's tribe and state— Opiogo.

Gowon saw Boro an important tool in his campaign of "quelling Ojukwu's rebellion" and the opportunity of ingraining the Northern "love and anchor" for the oil Rivers they claimed were "suffering Igbo domination and subjugation". Gowon released Isaac Adaka Boro from prison and recruited him into the Army in order to fight Ojukwu and the Igbo.

What did Adaka Boro do?

He recruited 1000 Rivers men into Army to fight Biafrans. The Nigerian military led by Adaka Boro killed all their chiefs and elders who were Pro-Biafrans and install young people like Diette Spiff 23 as the governor.

Many of Ijaw elders ran away to exile and never returned because of Adaka Boro. Most of his boys and Federal troops would kill Biafran soldiers, strip their camouflage and used it to constitute different mayhems in the region that people of that place would later accuse it on the Igbo Army. Adekunle the Black-Scorpion committed a lot of atrocities. And you know what? He was working with Adaka Boro.

Adaka Boro led the Federal troops to Igbo hinterland and many places in Rivers and kill the Pro-Biafrans. The worst of Adaka's atrocity was the Opobo incident.

What happened?

Boro led the Nigerian military to kill a lot of people in Opobo, exiled their chiefs. He believed they are Igbo people. This incident made a lot of people in Rivers to start changing their names from Igbo to something else.

The first doctor from Etche was killed by Boro led army. He did a lot of things. He took Nigeria troop into Eastern heartland.

What happened was that he started making noise, bragging how he has defeated Biafrans, that was when Nigerian military felt he's no more important and deleted him. Many fingers pointed at Adekunle who was called the Black scorpion as an instrument for Adaka Boro's elimination in May 9, 1968 at Okrika, Rivers State. Remember, by this time, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Calabar, Bonny and many other oil rich areas have been captured, there was no need for him anymore. He helped the federal troops conquered these places and of course they ended him just as they ended Ken Saro Wiwa who did the same with Adaka Boro.

The how did Igbo kill Adaka Boro whereas everywhere had been captured before he died? How did Igbo betray Adaka Boro? Someone who killed his people and was used by the Fulani caliphate against himself. Someone who forced Ijaw-Pro Biafran chiefs to exile, dethroned and killed them. How did the Igbo betray him? How and how? Someone who dealt with Chief Opiogo his kinsman for supporting Biafra. Ken Saro Wiwa also used abandoned property to seize Chief Opiogo's properties in Port Harcourt. Chief Opigo's (who named Biafra) property is where Rivers State College of Art and Science is currently located.

Like Adaka Boko like Ken Saro Wiwa— then joined outsiders to kill their own out of hate, jealousy and strife; the same outsiders killed them because they don't trust anyone who killed his own.

In Obasanjo's Book: "My Command" Olusegun Obasanjo described Boro and his 1,000 soldiers as “ill-disciplined, hurriedly and poorly trained Rivers men,”.

Alabi-Isama's book paints picture of his death in Okrika to be a clean off from scene. Use and dump. Someone who organised barracks to train Nigerian military and use paddling techniques and many more to lead federal troops to kill the Igbo. That was how Adaka Boro destroyed himself by betraying himself, betray his people and got killed by the people he joined to kill his people. Nobody betrayed him.

© Maazị Ogbonnaya

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by Kriss216: 12:05pm On Jun 15, 2021
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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by limeta(f): 12:06pm On Jun 15, 2021
It was Buhari
Buhari killed him
Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by donbachi(m): 12:19pm On Jun 15, 2021
Na boro adaka..kill am
Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by SoBright101: 12:21pm On Jun 15, 2021
A lot of untold stories would be revealed during this Buhari regime

I wonder why history was removed from schools curriculum

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by OutOfContext: 12:35pm On Jun 15, 2021
Another rubbish from the anus of an IPOB Biafravd miscreant undecided

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by zeuss: 1:00pm On Jun 15, 2021
OutOfContext:
Another rubbish from the anus of an IPOB Biafravd miscreant undecided

Wallowing in ignorance is indeed a matter of choice.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by BKayy: 1:38pm On Jun 15, 2021
Mr Igboid.
The question should be, what did Adaka Boro achieve?
Why did he drag the good people of Ibibio, Annang and Efik into this madness?
Why did he strip them of their 50% loyalty from Eastern region to begging for 10% weeks into Nigeria in 1968 to grovelling for 13% now?
Adaka Boro was a fulani puppet

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by nthony10: 1:55pm On Jun 15, 2021
What was he thinking that they would welcome him to the high table.

Obasanjos description of him says it all.

My joy is that everyone is beginning to know their history now, and there is an awakening in the minds of the people where everyone is begining to get back to their true identity, not the one given to us by some idiots in Europe/Cattle herders.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by BKayy: 1:58pm On Jun 15, 2021
nthony10:
What was he thinking that they would welcome him to the high table.

Obasanjos description of him says it all.

My joy is that everyone is beginning to know their history now, and there is an awakening in the minds of the people where everyone is begining to get back to their true identity, not the one given to us by some idiots in Europe/Cattle herders.
Adaka Boro betrayed the entire oil producing nationalities not Just Eastern Region.
I don't see why people should be asking who betrayed him. He betrayed everybody.
Imagine falling from 50% to begging for 13% because of one man's hate, stupidity and hunger for power

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by BiafIntel: 2:21pm On Jun 15, 2021
Adaka boro is what anyone can describe as a daft and dumb moronic, jealous little slowpoke that was used and later dumped and rightfully killed by his fulani masters. We Igbos saw fulani and their agenda way earlier before all of you slowpoke nigerians. Come to think of the fact that Igbos made it possible for these ungrateful elements to be getting the 13% oil derivative they are being paid today.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by nku5: 2:24pm On Jun 15, 2021
Boro was an agent of northern Nigeria.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by Ariani: 2:41pm On Jun 15, 2021
BiafIntel:
Adaka boro is what anyone can describe as a daft and dumb moronic, jealous little slowpoke that was used and later dumped and rightfully killed by his fulani masters. We Igbos saw fulani and their agenda way earlier before all of you slowpoke nigerians. Come to think of the fact that Igbos made it possible for these ungrateful elements to be getting the 13% oil derivative they are being paid today.

Modern Ijaw nationalism is centered around Adaka Boro hero worshipping.

How exactly do you intend to have Ijaws in your multi ethnic BIAFRA when you don't see their hero as a hero? grin

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by EdoDefence: 2:45pm On Jun 15, 2021
All this epistle, just to forge a lie grin

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by Ariani: 2:49pm On Jun 15, 2021
nku5:
Boro was an agent of northern Nigeria.

There is no doubt about that.
He and Dappa Harold were in alliance with Balewa and Saraduna to do to Eastern region what they did to Western region via Akintola.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by Sirjamo: 2:54pm On Jun 15, 2021
All I know is: Ironsi ordered his arrest for trying to secede, Ojukwu carried out the arrest. Ojukwu later tried to do the exact thing Boro was trying to do.

Ironsi and Ojukwu were two faced hypocrites, you can twist history all you want, everyone knows that Igbo never take responsibility for anything, they always blame others for their woes.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by RobbStark(m): 2:54pm On Jun 15, 2021
Point of correction, there was no time the Opobo people of today's rivers state bear Ibo names.
That is a lie from the pit of hell.

The Opobo people are true and true Ijaws. You can say Nigerian troops used the bonny Opobo river routes to enter Ph, don't try and change the real story.
All my life growing up, I have never heard elders from Opobo say they changed names from Ibo to Ijaw. Lies.

Ojukwu the cunt was ill advised to start a war he wasn't really prepared. He lost and ran away like a coward he was.

Now, you want to be writing long epistle of how you dots were betrayed.
Truth be told, you dots were the ones betraying the people of the South South.
War was going on and all you dots were thinking was how to claim Port Harcourt and other places in the south as yours.

Continue lying about Boro and whinning.
We will continue telling you dots the truth of your own betrayal.
Rubbish

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by Ariani: 3:02pm On Jun 15, 2021
Sirjamo:
All I know is: Ironsi ordered his arrest for trying to secede, Ojukwu carried out the arrest. Ojukwu later tried to do the exact thing Boro was trying to do.

Ironsi and Ojukwu were two faced hypocrites, you can twist history all you want, everyone knows that Igbo never take responsibility for anything, they always blame others for their woes.

How exactly did he try to secede?
He was more or less causing an insurrection.
Looting the area with his rag tag boys and was arrested.

So if I gather a few people in my village and declare independence for entire Igboland out of the blue sky, and start looting shops and property belonging to outsiders in my village. It would be recorded that I tried to secede from Nigeria and was stopped by Nigerian Army?

Did Boro have consensus support from Ijaw people (commoners) and leaders before he declared his insurrection?

Was Boro not working with Balewa to destabilize the Eastern region before Ironsi came to power? cry

Is there any evidence to prove that Ijawland was being marginalized in the Eastern region?
We still have Willink commission report, remember?
Boro himself was a product of Eastern region equity in form of scholarship.

What did Boro do to Ijaw leaders like Opigo who were not in support of him?

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by Ariani: 3:15pm On Jun 15, 2021
RobbStark:
Point of correction, there was no time the Opobo people of today's rivers state bear Ibo names.
That is a lie from the pit of hell.

The Opobo people are true and true Ijaws. You can say Nigerian troops used the bonny Opobo river routes to enter Ph, don't try and change the real story.
All my life growing up, I have never heard elders from Opobo say they changed names from Ibo to Ijaw. Lies.

Ojukwu the cunt was ill advised to start a war he wasn't really prepared. He lost and ran away like a coward he was.

Now, you want to be writing long epistle of how you dots were betrayed.
Truth be told, you dots were the ones betraying the people of the South South.
War was going on and all you dots were thinking was how to claim Port Harcourt and other places in the south as yours.

Continue lying about Boro and whinning.
We will continue telling you dots the truth of your own betrayal.
Rubbish

Stop writing nonsense.

When Boro entered Bonny and Opobo, the people were speaking Igbo and Boro got angry and lined up everyone of them who would not give up their Igbo affinity and wasted. Even Asari Dokubo spoke of the Massacre that happened in his native Buguma town when Boro troops arrived. His grandfather had to go on exile and vacate his throne because he was pro Ibo/Biafra.

No where in history before 1970 was Opobo or Bonny addressed as Ijaw towns.
If you say otherwise, bring colonial reports that addressed Bonny or Opobo as Ijaw towns.

The Boro story had to be revisited because recently some unscrupulous Ijaw elements has been going about writing stupid long essays about how Igbos betrayed and killed Boro.

When in truth, it was Boro who Betrayed Eastern region, a Region that gave him free education.
He connived with Gambaris to bring mayhem in the region and when his Gambari masters died in Nzeogwu coup, he became more desperate and started causing trouble in his hometown, looting and killing non indigenes and had to be arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.
History had to be set right! Because when lies are left unchallenged for long, it starts taking the form of the truth.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by Kinematics: 3:18pm On Jun 15, 2021
This your thread is dead on arrival. Ipig miscreant bedwetting upandan on nairaland..
Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by RobbStark(m): 3:35pm On Jun 15, 2021
Ariani:


Stop writing nonsense.

When Boro entered Bonny and Opobo, the people were speaking Igbo and Boro got angry and lined up everyone of them who would not give up their Igbo affinity and wasted. Even Asari Dokubo spoke of the Massacre that happened in his native Buguma town when Boro troops arrived. His grandfather had to go on exile and vacate his throne because he was pro Ibo/Biafra.

No where in history before 1970 was Opobo or Bonny addressed as Ijaw towns.
If you say otherwise, bring colonial reports that addressed Bonny or Opobo as Ijaw towns.

The Boro story had to be revisited because recently some unscrupulous Ijaw elements has been going about writing stupid long essays about how Igbos betrayed and killed Boro.

When in truth, it was Boro who Betrayed Eastern region, a Region that gave him free education.
He connived with Gambaris to bring mayhem in the region and when his Gambari masters died in Nzeogwu coup, he became more desperate and started causing trouble in his hometown, looting and killing non indigenes and had to be arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.
History had to be set right! Because when lies are left unchallenged for long, it starts taking the form of the truth.

Say what you like to give you joy, my forefathers didn't speak Ibo.

They were Ijaws.

Slaves bought were the ones speaking Ibo.
Biafra is dead
Say otherwise that is your cup of tea

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by meccuno: 3:36pm On Jun 15, 2021
OutOfContext:
Another rubbish from the anus of an IPOB Biafravd miscreant undecided

Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by flamingREED(m): 3:37pm On Jun 15, 2021
Thia needs a very careful and objective study. Please, Op, if you have further links to a balanced history, post it here.
Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by BiafIntel: 3:45pm On Jun 15, 2021
Ariani:


Modern Ijaw nationalism is centered around Adaka Boro hero worshipping.

How exactly do you intend to have Ijaws in your multi ethnic BIAFRA when you don't see their hero as a hero? grin
Why should their modern nationalism prevent me or any sane person from saying the truth? Was Adaka Boro not used and dumped and later killed? The same thing his fulani masters are still doing up to date. They did the same with that one that calls himself Saro Wiwa and also with many Igbo fools like the slowpoke called Ukpabi Asika.

Under the Eastern region, his Ijaw people were getting 50% derivation, and after the war, it went down to zero% and it was the Igbos that helped them to be getting the 13% that their fulani masters managed to let them have today. This is the definition of penny-wise, pound foolish. Moreover, we Igbos are not begging anyone to join Biafra and free yourself. If you are foolish enough not to know that you are slaving under nigeria, perhaps because of your Igbo hate, then goodluck to you.

Biafra is subject to a referendum and if the Ijaw majority vote not to join, that's absolutely their prerogative. But let it be known to you that we are not begging anyone to join Biafra and will never beg or force anyone. We are only campaigning and telling you that Biafra will be better off for you than in nigeria, but if you wish otherwise as Adaka Boro did then, then good luck to you. But one thing must be made clear, Truth must be told about Adaka boro and he is everything and more that i explained above.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by BiafIntel: 3:47pm On Jun 15, 2021
EdoDefence:
All this epistle, just to forge a lie grin
You IleUbinu slowpoke, read the news here and free yourself from hate,

https://punchng.com/northern-nigeria-encouraged-isaac-boros-12-day-revolution-brother-david/
Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by EdoDefence: 3:51pm On Jun 15, 2021
BiafIntel:

You IleUbinu slowpoke, read the news here and free yourself from hate,

https://punchng.com/northern-nigeria-encouraged-isaac-boros-12-day-revolution-brother-david/

Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by BiafIntel: 3:55pm On Jun 15, 2021
Sirjamo:
All I know is: Ironsi ordered his arrest for trying to secede, Ojukwu carried out the arrest. Ojukwu later tried to do the exact thing Boro was trying to do.

Ironsi and Ojukwu were two faced hypocrites, you can twist history all you want, everyone knows that Igbo never take responsibility for anything, they always blame others for their woes.
Adaka Boro was a muguh who tried to do the bidding of divide and rule of the fulanis in Eastern Region and when his fulani grandmaster Balewa was killed, he went gaga with only 25 men as his foot soldiers and was rightfully arrested and jailed. He was lucky to have died later than immediately after his arrest, He is what I will term as a grandmaster saboteur fulani willing tool.

Good that his younger brother opened up the truth which we never knew happened because his masters hide history from the nigerian slowpokes who in their miserable lives can never rise up to question their masters, but will be here and there attacking Igbos that always ask questions. Read below.

https://punchng.com/northern-nigeria-encouraged-isaac-boros-12-day-revolution-brother-david/

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by BiafIntel: 4:03pm On Jun 15, 2021
RobbStark:
Point of correction, there was no time the Opobo people of today's rivers state bear Ibo names.
That is a lie from the pit of hell.

The Opobo people are true and true Ijaws. You can say Nigerian troops used the bonny Opobo river routes to enter Ph, don't try and change the real story.
All my life growing up, I have never heard elders from Opobo say they changed names from Ibo to Ijaw. Lies.

Ojukwu the cunt was ill advised to start a war he wasn't really prepared. He lost and ran away like a coward he was.

Now, you want to be writing long epistle of how you dots were betrayed.
Truth be told, you dots were the ones betraying the people of the South South.
War was going on and all you dots were thinking was how to claim Port Harcourt and other places in the south as yours.

Continue lying about Boro and whinning.
We will continue telling you dots the truth of your own betrayal.
Rubbish

You can die if you like. Fact remains that both OPOBO and UBANI/BONNY island are Igbo areas and peoples.

https://www.nairaland.com/2468393/people-opobonkoro

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by laiperi: 4:07pm On Jun 15, 2021
OP, you wrote all this to discredit yourself and nullify your point!

Which school did you attend?

Since the beginning of Nigeria, the old Rivers never trusted the Igbo. So Northern Parties did well there. Moreover, to dominate the Northern Government, Ndi Igbo has always formed coalition with Northern Parties.

Until Tinubu!

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by ivolt: 4:11pm On Jun 15, 2021
See them hypocrites trying to destroy Adaka Boro's image.
They are calling Boro thief, looter and insurrectionist while worshipping at the stable of the runaway coward Kanu.
Some are even saying that Boro's father did not support him when Kanu's father attributed his outbursts to mental illness.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by BiafIntel: 4:14pm On Jun 15, 2021
laiperi:
OP, you wrote all this to discredit yourself and nullify your point!

Which school did you attend?

Since the beginning of Nigeria, the old Rivers never trusted the Igbo. So Northern Parties did well there. Moreover, to dominate the Northern Government, Ndi Igbo has always formed coalition with Northern Parties.

Until Tinubu!
Another afonja LIAR. Under Michael Okpara, the then Easter Nigeria has the fastest growing economy in the whole world and budgeted its 45% GDP on education alone. Adaka Boro the saboteur was himself a benefactor of Easter Region scholarship.

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Re: Who Betrayed Adaka Boro? by BiafIntel: 4:18pm On Jun 15, 2021
We Are Igbos- Dakuku Peterside grin grin



*2015: NDIGBO JOIN PRESIDENTIAL RACE As Ndigbo in Rivers State restates their Igboness.

By: kenechukwu Amazuoke

The race for the 2015 Presidential elections took a different twist with the declaration of Ndigbo that they will contest the 2015 Presidential elections. Speaking during the inauguration of the State Executives of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Rivers state at the Elekahia Stadium Port-Harcourt, the President-General of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo Chief Garry Enwo-Igariwey stated that “Ndigbo must seek the Presidency of this country at the expiration of the tenure of the South-South. This is in keeping with our stand that equity, justice and fair-play demand that we, the only zone remaining to hold the prime position in the country, should be allowed by our fellow Nigerians to occupy it in an unbroken succession after the South-South....we cannot afford to play second fiddle forever.”

On the spate of insecurity across the nation, the Afikpo Prince stated that Ndigbo has endured enough casualties and called on the perpetrators of the heinous crime of bombing across the northern part of Nigeria to cease forthwith, while the federal government should deploy resources and materials aimed at bringing the menace to an end, and compensate those who have been adversely affect by the wanton destruction of lives and properties.

In his address, the Deputy Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Engr. Issac Wonwu expressed great joy, as the occasion marks a watershed in a bold declaration of the re-integration of the Igbo elements in Rivers state with their kin across Nigeria since after the balkanisation of the Igbo ethnic nationality by the military junta at the wake of the Biafran civil war. ( Continues below….. )

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Photo Above: Chief Garry Enwo-Igariwey, President-General Ohaneze Ndigbo-Left; Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze National/Worldwide Youth Leader-Right

Chief Wonwu who also doubles as the leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the South-South also re-iterated on the need for an urgent value re-orientation amongst Ndigbo through cordial intra-national relationship aimed at bringing their present marginalisation to an end. He further stated that Ndigbo are committed to rediscovering and repositioning themselves within the Nigerian context, hoping that through concerted planning, respect for one another, stopping their selfish approaches, and the emulation of their past heroes and their selfless approaches to the service of the people, the Igbo dream of occupying the Presidency will be materialised.

For the National youth leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, he thanked the Igbo of Rivers State for coming out en masse to identify with their original roots, as this signifies an end to their suppression by their enemies who have been using the fractured nature of the Igbo in Rivers State as political tool against them in the politics of the state. According to Isiguzoro, “Ndigbo has made a bold statement and this will surely change the face of Rivers state politics”

Frowning at the psychological relics of the Biafran war, Isiguzoro called on the Igbo of Rivers State to stop using the name “Liberation Stadium” for the Elekahia Stadium as they were at no time “liberated” from the hands of their brother Ndigbo, rather that period (1968) marked the beginning of a dark era in the history of the Igbo of Rivers state and other Niger Delta ethnic groups leading to the economic plundering of the region by those who pretended to be their friends and the killing of both the Igbo and the minorities of the South-South region, an act which necessitated the rise of freedom fighters whom the Nigerian state wrongly termed “Militants”.

The President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Rivers State Prince Igo Okparamma, in an interview with odenigbo.com stated that “We, the Igbo of Rivers state have made a loud statement, and it is our belief that from now it is clear to all concerned that we are no longer in doubt of where our true roots are... we are Igbo and this is without doubt.

In a shocking revelation, the member representing Opobo-Nkoro Federal constituency Hon. Dakuku Peterside declared that the Opobo people have their roots in Igboland as the founder and first king of the Kingdom is an Igbo man. Hence Opobos are Igbo. He called on other Igbo elements within the state to identify with the greater Igbo cause.

In her vote of thanks, the Chairperson of the Organising Committee of the inauguration, Mrs Uju Nwanneka called on Ndigbo to return to their “Value Driven” efforts and relentlessly stand for justice and equality for all. The aspirant for the post of Deputy National Woman Leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo called on Ndigbo to make Igbo interest their guiding principle in all their pursuits while eschewing individualism.

The occasion which was blessed with heavy shower had in attendance notable Igbo people and friends of Ndigbo who defied the rains to be with Ndigbo. Among the dignitaries at the occasion were Senator Magnus Abe who represented the Rivers state Governor Hon. Rotimi Amechi, Hon Dakuku Peterside (Representing Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency) represented by Hon. Richard Nwoka; the former PDP Chairman Ikwerre Local Government Area, Chief Innocent Mbah; Deputy President Ohanaeze Ndigbo Rivers State, Amb. Anosike Onuowa; Vice Chairman Rivers State Petroleum Monitoring Committee.

Others present are the Chief Ambrose Owuru; Member Ime-Obi Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Lady Love Chimezie, Odozi Nwodozi: National Vice Leader Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, Arthur Obiora Obiora: Deputy National Leader Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing among others.


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