omonnakoda:
That i your opinion. The fact is that the food that was being sent to those so called innocent women and children was being appropriated by Biafran Troops That had to STOP. So let us stop the emotionality and deal with reality.It was a war not inter-house sports. War is not meant to be fun so once you go to war you expect a lot of bad things to happen.

illiad:


I don't know where exactly you people think from, but I suspect it must be from your anus.

So we should all have joined apc?
Why not ask the national assembly to draft a resolution on making nigeria a one party state. Yorubas keep amazing me.

iamrealdeji:

The fault is on Ojukwu that refused to concede defeat,don't blame anyone but Ojukwu

jpphilips:


Igbos gave him a title when he returned from exile!! You need to see the crowd at his coronation ceremony, shameful to say the least.

jpphilips:



Are you kidding? you seriously think it is justified for Nigeria to stop relief materials from reaching its target, do you know that it amounts to war crime today!! whose war account did you read that told you that nonsense?
Food donations abroad were flown in and dropped at red cross relief centers, it never came from Nigeria why did Nigeria stop it?

The soldiers had their rations likewise the women and children, it wasn't like Nigeria cared about the women and children and stopped food because the soldiers were denying them their rations, at the relief camps, everyone's line is different.

You also forgot that those women and and children were sisters, wives and kids of the soldiers who normally take their ration home.

Bros I am not a fan of ojukwu, but you are more evil trying to justify the evil of Gowon and Awolowo.

asala1:


If so why the bitterness and Inferiority complex. Even as Obama is the president of US, African-Americans are still bitter and feel inferior. All those anger is just a manifestation of inferiority complex.

You guys are just hurting no one really cares. You guys need to move on.

Chanchit:
The problem with Igbo is that they(most) plays the victim.
Yesterday a security man came to buy eba(garri) #100, the man now said that the woman should give him two pure water instead of the soup.
Sincerely, I've never heard of such deal In my life, the woman said he can't give him two pure water cos its #10 each, the man was ready to make trouble so I told d woman to give him the water.
The man didn't even remember to say thank you, all he could say is "is it because I'm Igbo" my jaw dropped.

iamrealdeji:

Smh,so sad

moderatorr1:
PROBLEM OF THE IGBOS
No matter how you look at it, The Igbos have not quite recovered from the devastating loss at the Biafran war.
6 million Igbo people died.

Thats 3 times larger than the number of people in most states.
Thats 2 times larger than the number of voters APC used to Win PDP (in this case considering that most PDP voters came from the south)
These are 6 million men and women that could have by now given birth to lets say (6 million times 3 children each) making it above 20 million extra people in the east. This figure would flawlessly win any election.

These are 6 million men and women who could be senators, governors, professors holding positions all over Nigeria.
Wikipedia put the figure at 2 million. But then, that's still a very huge loss.
The rest of the survivors were thrown into abject poverty when Gowon leveled all the bank accounts of all igbos to only N20 after the war and declared that all properties owned by igbos outside Igboland have been officially abandoned.
It was a fatal blow, the problem of the Igbos is not any of the things most people mention.
So when you see that most igbos are traders, its because of that - no other alternative. Most Igbos you see today are the first persons in their family to make any cash.
When you see Igbos traveling all over the world doing all sorts of businesses, its because they are on a do or die state. No road backwards, no inheritance from the earlier generation, they were almost wiped out.
No matter how you look at it, that war was totally wrong. And should have been stopped after 6 months. Full blown out war was not the best solution at that point.
May take upwards of 100 years to recover. So when you see all these other parts of the society threatening war and violence, detonating IDEs and other shitty stuff, its because they have not seen war. They have not witnessed an entire adult population wiped out and the rest automatically rested to far below UN poverty level. Carrying guns around on camera and shooting a few people is called skirmishes and incidences, its nothing close to war.

But i don't see Igbo presidency in 2019, 2023.
In 2023, an Igbo may successfully emerge as Vice.
Then before 2030. We could have a president.
But who really cares where the president comes from if they perform well.

Source: Dave Ozoalor https://m.facebook.com/daveozoalor

Turbocharged:
What u just mentioned now are not really the problem of the Igbo people. The Igbos has put the civil war behind them and are moving forward. I know their prpblem but due to security reasons I will not say it here.

1. You said "Ígbos have not been favoured in federal projects" and you said again down in your argument "I don't see any maginalisation anywhere"

This is the definition of maginalisation "The process whereby something or someone is pushed to the edge of a group and accorded lesser importance. This is predominantly a social phenomenon by which a minority or sub-group is excluded, and their needs or desires ignored".

Could this be in line with principle of giving only GBP 20 to all Igbos not minding how much they had as bank balance?

2. You want the SEasterners to shift with power? That is not politics. Politics is about ideology and principles. It is not harlotry.
I supported GEJ and I will still support him against Buhari any day because I know what he has done not because he is Igbo or from the SS. He stands for the economic liberation all Nigerians need.

i. GEJ failed because the US and the UK wanted him out,

ii. the north wanted power back such that even PDP governors in the North compromised. They either did nothing or rigged for Buhari in the North

iii. Jega was mandated to deliver Buhari by the North and the US. So he did what he had to do to disenfranchise GEJ's favoured area. He refused to authorise the use of mannual voting till late while my friend in the North told me they had no problem. They used manual accreditation from the start.

I really do not want to go into this bro.

omonnakoda:
It is useful for people to be able to say what they think without hindrance.So calling me evil does not further discussion.It is only a distraction as that would only lead to an unproductive exchange of abuse e.g where would it lead if I retaliated by wishing death on your mother and father. We need to learn how to debate without getting personal.That is how I see it and that should remind us there are always different perspectives.For that reason it is better to avoid violence of war or of chatrooms. Let us do things in a civil way.No one has a monopoly of lunacy

belabela:

H
Nice one.

First the calculation will only be true if both men and women give birth and excludes the possibility that people die from other causes apart from war. A reasonable estimate will be 2 million.

The interesting thing is that it is only in the South West of Nigeria that Igbos properties were not regarded as abandoned properties. Yorubas refused to follow that decree. Yes in the north and portharcourt especially most properties were claimed by locals as abandoned properties.

That is why I find it funny today when the Igbos in the South east are telling their kinsmen in Lagos to declare war over Obas comments as if they will win it.

Igbos could have got the chance if they played their politics well. All other major opposition parties joined APC except the "real" APGA. And now Igbos will not be senate president or even speaker of the house of reps. It's more like political suicide. Tact and planning is key to winning a battle. Just rushing to war because you feel aggrieved isn't going to solve any problem.

Now Igbos are about to marginalise themselves in Lagos. Tinubu started the appointment of non-indegenes to key positions in Lagos, many Igbos have benefited. Now Agbaje is promising Igbos that they will have a King of equal staus to the Oba of lagos and they seem to have swallowed another lie.

if APC wins how will Igbokwe be able to negotiate more things for Igbos when they are currently seen as Agabje backers. Igbos need to learn from history

Waspy:
Igbos might be successful, at least in business, but the truth is.... An average Igbo man has Inferiority Complex, hence the numerous defence mechanisms such as Anger tantrums, Being overtly selfconcious, sPlaying the victim, Trying to measure up/ standing up to unknown (unnecessary) competition.

Some are cool tho

EmmySparky:
and what does this rubbish u wrote mean...

italo:
you're wrong. The average 10 year old Igbo boy believes he is more sensible than your grand father and Oba Akio lunch put together.

That's superiority, not inferiority.

Chanchit:



I saw ur mention since yday but I don't feel like replying you, cos u r d fifth person quoting me on this, I knw sentiments has his vail over ur sense of reasoning, but I will tell you want I mean exactly.

Two pure water costs #20, the woman was not ready to part with two pure water, she prefers giving him the soup. During their argument the woman has asked him to drop d eba, but he's also not ready to drop it. So after offering to pay for the water I don't think saying "Is it because I'm Igbo" should come out from his mouTh cos its uncalled for.

Do you now understand?

Waspy:
Hmmm Bask in your pseudo-euphoria. Wallow in your delusion of grandeur and self aggravadicement. The sensibility that gets you guys nowhere other than another man's backyard.

EmmySparky:
and u think that applies to igbos alone...or u think all igbos are like that?....dude its u who needs a re orientation...I have met people of other tribes who did far worst things than this...yet I don't categorize the yoruba or hausa tribe as been aligned towards that part...dude go on line and read more on individual difference...u need some schooling to get this tribal disease outta ur blood...jeeez...

italo:
Even if you use big words that you cannot spell, the average Igbo 10 year old would still see himself as more sensible than your grand father and your Oba.

They generally feel superior, not inferior.

Chanchit:



That's why I dnt want to explain anything to someone that has a mind set already.

My main issh with the whole scene was "is it because I'm Igbo" that's what I dnt like hearing.

EmmySparky:
like I said its just that man..don't generalize it

lyntiffany:
you have time debating with these chameleons, you guys should allow them to wallow in their hatred.
If there is any tribe that's inferior is the Yoruba's that's why they live in fear, cos they can't stand firmly on their own to take decisions, always thinking of what people will assume about them.