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Re: . by Truckpusher(m): 10:58am On Oct 24, 2015 |
kettykin:Like you wouldn't do the same thing if you had the same opportunity like they had. Huh! You think we are stupid? no we are not and we know you and we also know them - You're all the same,you have the same agenda which is to loot and plunder. The North and the hypocritical South West simply beat you at your own game and we became the victim. So, why are you even crying more than the bereaved? when the death of the diseased was as a result of your shortfalls, greed and disrespect for the diseased or are you simply feigning ignorance even as the truth stare you in the face ? 2 Likes |
Re: . by Dhugal: 10:58am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Truckpusher:First,they were jobless Igbo touts brought from the east mixed with those already on ground.Now,it's that their true identity cannot be known unless they're dead. Let me know when you make up your mind on which to believe. Denial is not that river in Egypt,you know. 5 Likes |
Re: . by Truckpusher(m): 11:00am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Dhugal:You need a babalawo to understand that one too? 1 Like |
Re: . by DMerciful(m): 11:02am On Oct 24, 2015 |
I mentioned Ijaw nation....why not focus on that and leave others to speak for themselves. Like I said I am delta igbo Truckpusher: 3 Likes |
Re: . by Nobody: 11:03am On Oct 24, 2015 |
naijaking1:Bonny and Opobo were not in Owerri province like P/H. There inhabited the same Degema province as Kalabari if my information is correct. |
Re: . by kettykin: 11:04am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Truckpusher: My problem is not the north and south west but niger deltans themselves 2 Likes |
Re: . by Truckpusher(m): 11:04am On Oct 24, 2015 |
DMerciful:Why would I even speak for the Ijaws when I'm not one of them - I'm a part of all that you've mentioned ,hence my interest. 1 Like |
Re: . by Truckpusher(m): 11:06am On Oct 24, 2015 |
kettykin:And what's the Igbo man's obsession with them or some part of it? 1 Like |
Re: . by kettykin: 11:15am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Truckpusher: Because there are igbos in niger delta, igbos have age long affinity with niger delta an igbo ex slave founded opobo. Niger delta states of Rivers, cross rivers, akwa ibom and bayelsa were once part of the eastern Nigeria. 4 Likes |
Re: . by Truckpusher(m): 11:18am On Oct 24, 2015 |
kettykin:Then it should be on their own terms and not being coerced or emotionally blackmailed into it. Don't you think it is the most appropriate thing to do? 2 Likes |
Re: . by TonyeBarcanista(m): 11:21am On Oct 24, 2015 |
ishiamu:Bro, this subject is not one we'll be killing ourselves for. It has been repeatedly said that Portharcourt is Portharcourt as accepted by the owners. Igweocha is not Portharcourt and should not be used as substitute name for Portharcourt. naijaking1:This is nonsense Sir! DMerciful: I don't even know your point. My position remains that Portharcourt is Portharcourt and owned by Ijaws(Okrikans) and Ikwerres. Also, the agitation for OLD Rivers state even started before the Civil War. The name was conceived by the elders of present day rivers and bayelsa state. Not Hausas! Gowon only approved our demand. The Niger Delta led by Great Boro were even the forst secessionist movement of post-independent Nigeria. The Republic of Niger Delta was birthed 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: . by Dhugal: 11:24am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Truckpusher:Oh,I quite understand it's not a pretty sight twisting yourself into a pretzel.I do wish you goodluck with that. It's your inalienable right to believe what you believe,hold what position you do,but don't claim to be speaking for others.They can speak for themselves,as some have done,going by their names and the ethnicity OFFICIALLY ascribed to them.Whether that part is false is not for you to say,you have no contrary proof,nothing. Again,speak only for yourself and mayhaps,your kindred.Don't assume to speak for others when they haven't given you the go-ahead to so do. I'm done with you. 4 Likes |
Re: . by Truckpusher(m): 11:28am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Dhugal: 1 Like
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Re: . by Noneroone(m): 11:29am On Oct 24, 2015 |
TonyeBarcanista:Hopeathand what do you have to say about the statement in bold |
Re: . by Nobody: 11:30am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Truckpusher:It shall be on their terms. Independent of Igbo and Ijaw influence. Their decision shall be respected good or worst. |
Re: . by Truckpusher(m): 11:36am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Chiwude:Where,when and how was this agreement reached? just a figment of your imagination even as your kin and kith keep yelling and calling them Igbos, rewriting their histories and abusing the living daylight out of anyone of them who dare to question the rational behind such careless and callous statements over a people and showing this enormous anger and disdain for a people they called their own while calling them traitors too? .....And you think these people haven't read the handwriting on the wall as to what awaits them if they should under any circumstances walk into such trap? Every man to his own tent. 2 Likes |
Re: . by Nobody: 11:50am On Oct 24, 2015 |
TonyeBarcanista: Lie, the people of the North were first to state that they wanted to leave the Nigerian Union. Get your facts right. When was Isaac Adaka Boro even born? Must you cook up info to support your claim? ...and why are you guys bent on giving yourselves sleepless nights over Biafra? All we need to do is sit the observation period out. 1 Like |
Re: . by BALLOSKI: 11:59am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Trillyonaire:I can't hold back my tears after reading this. Igbo are heartless! 2 Likes |
Re: . by BALLOSKI: 12:10pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
Truckpusher:God bless your mum! |
Re: . by Noneroone(m): 12:14pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
TonyeBarcanista:you are very mischievous. The original name of port harcourt is Igweocha. This is not an Igbo imposition. if it was an igbo imposition, it would have been Ugwuocha which is central Igbo dialect. Nnamdi kalu does not refer to it as ugwuocha but igweocha. this is the honest truth which any human with integrity shouldnt dispute.you said we should respect your position but your position is fraudulent. port harcourt is not your land your land is okirika and nobody is chasing you away. you like us to call igweocha portharcourt but call okirika okirika to protect your identity. it is not honorable TonyeBarcanista:mischief is written all over your post. BTW you aare entitled to your own opinion. nevertheless, i must say your statement is not true. you are accusing igbos of forcefully taking minorities into biafra while at the same time attempting to speak on their behalf. the truth is SS is not one. other SS groups see Ijaw as aggressive pugnacious and dominieering. ijaw fight with urhobo and itshekiri over ownership of warri, fight with ikwerre over portharcourt (as you are doing) "fight" with Efik and Ibibio over who the fourth largest ethnic group is. even saro wiwa an ogoni regretted fighting for the creation of rivers state because of ijaw dominance. TonyeBarcanista:stop using other groups to fight for your ijaw interest. 1 Like |
Re: . by pazienza(m): 12:22pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
lygn19: Hmm, |
Re: . by pazienza(m): 12:29pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
You're all the same,you have the same agenda which is to loot and plunder. The North and the hypocritical South West simply beat you at your own game and we became the victim. This is quite disturbing. What exactly did Ndiigbo ever do in history to suggest they planned to exploit the non Igbo ethnicities in the Eastern region? We never had empires that harassed these non Igbo groups, neither did we ever forcefully assimilate any one of them. Eyo ita was the leader of the Eastern region once, Obong of Calabar was the leader of the Eastern house of chiefs, ahead of prominent Igbo kings like Eze Nri, Eze Aro and Obi of Onitsha. The mainstay of the Eastern region wealth before oil discovery in Oloibri was Coal in Enugu( Igboland) and Palm oil, which were found mainly in Igboland and Ibibio/Annang/ Efik parts of the Eastern region. Yet the profits from such were well distributed across all board. Where exactly is all these accusations of Igbo expansionism and coveteousness coming from? 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: . by pazienza(m): 12:48pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
It isn't today that these people started levelling false accusations against Ndiigbo. Whatever we did to them to warrant the sort of character assassination we get from them, I can't phantom. If you set up proper investigation now and invite this Ijaw man to repeat his account, you will find out that all he is spewing are all lies to paint the Igbo black. My Ogidi community was ordered to be evacuated to neighbouring inner Idemili and Anambra towns by the Biafra. Army, when the Arewa-Oduanistans(AO)managed to break through the Onitsha bridge barricades, this was initiated to preserve civilians from getting caught in the line of fire between Biafran Army and the AO Army. It was done to preserve precious Biafran lives. Ogidi was too close to Onitsha. This was done everywhere in Igboland, but when a similar thing was done in non Igbo areas, these people interpreted it as Igbo Biafrans moving them out of their ancestral lands, so as to replace them with other Igbos after the war. I mean, can you imagine how fu.cked up these people mindsets are? Now I can imagine some of their illiterate and uneducated fore runners fabricating such stories, but for the modern well educated ones amongst them with deductive reasoning capabilities to not only believe such stories passed down to them, but to uphold and defend them as absolute and sacrosanct truth is really tragic. 4 Likes |
Re: . by Nobody: 12:51pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
Nnamdi KANU And The Cry For Biafra By Femi Fani Kayode I am not a Biafran and neither am I igbo. I do however believe that it is the inalienable right of any human being or ethnic nationality to aspire to be free and to be able to determine their own destiny. The right of self-determination is enshrined in international law and it is guaranteed by every moral stricture known to man.It is a right that has been exercised successfully over and over again in world history and it has led to the creation of new nations which were carved out of older ones. The denial of that right and the suppression and persecution of those who attempt to exercise it leads to nothing but defiance, dissent and resistance and, if not properly managed, it eventually spills over into war and carnage.This has been the primary cause of most of history’s most brutal civil wars, including the American, Russian, French, English, Indian, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Nigerian, Angolan, Congolese, Zimbabwean, Yugoslavian, Ukrainian, Nicaraguan, Cuban, Irish, Syrian, Libyan, Indonesian, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, Iraqi, Italian ones and countless others. I do not believe in violent change and neither do Ibelieve in war, revolution, terror or the use of arms in the pursuance of even the most noble causes.I do however believe in the power of ideas and the right of any man, woman or people to yearn to be free from bondage and to peacefully and freely express that yearning. It is in this context that I situate my belief in and support for those that view the Nigerian Federation as an oppressive entity which has effectively enslaved its people in an attempt to create what is essentially an artificial and unworkable state.Those that believe in Nigeria have every right to continue to do so and to voice their resolve to keep Nigeria one. What they do not have the rightto do is to refuse to offer the same degree of freedom of expression to those that do not believe in a united Nigeria and who instead believe in the peaceful dissolution of our nation to speak their minds and voice their views. What is good for the goose is surely good for the gander. You cannot grant one side of the divide freedom of expression whilst you deny it to the other.This is all the more so because freedom of expression is the lifeblood of any democracy. It must be accorded in equal measure to those thatbelieve in Nigeria and to those that do not. It is in this light that we must consider the plight of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra and the man that has been described by the Igbo World Assembly as ”Buhari’s first political prisoner”.We may not like his style, we may not like his radio station, we may not share his views or approve of his methods but one thing that we cannot take from Mr. Kanu is his right to hold such views and to express them in a peaceful and lawful manner no matter how distasteful those views may be to some. To deny him this most basic human right is not only an act of intellectual terrorism but it is also the most graveand barbaric manifestation of what is essentiallyan evolving police state where different or contrary views cannot be accommodated by those in power.When Mr. Alex Salmon and his Scottish Nationalist Party began the agitation for the dissolution of the United Kingdom and for the establishment of Scottish independence many years ago they were not charged to court, locked up indefinitely or murdered by the British authorities but instead they were eventually given the opportunity to participate in a referendum and test their ideas. The same thing happened in the Catalan region of Spain where the agitation for the establishment of a new nation is compelling and very popular.Sadly President Buhari who, like most in his generation, are still stuck in the mindset of a civilwar general, has refused to learn from this. The biggest mistake and miscalculation of his administration so far is not the ruthless implementation of its patently and monstrously unapologetic northern agenda but rather its absurd resolve to lock up Mr. Kanu indefinitely and to effectively throw the key away simply because he dared to call for the establishment ofBiafra.As far as I am aware Mr. Kanu has not used or advocated the use of violence whilst expressing himself and neither have any of his supporters. One therefore wonders what has panicked the Federal Government to such a point that they notonly have to lock him up but that they also have to violate the law of the land by not allowing him to see his lawyer and by not presenting him before a court of law and charging him within theconstitutionally-prescribed three days. State-sponsored violence and intimidation, the violation of human rights, illegal incarceration, the murder of innocents and the vicious suppression of legitimate ideas leads to nothing but hardened hearts, greater defiance and the spread of anger and dissent. The principle is simple and clear: the more you fan the flame of tyranny and repression the more the passion andfire for liberty spreads.It follows that the biggest favor that President Buhari’s security agencies could have done for the Biafran cause was to lock up Mr. Kanu and thereby transform him from being a little-known secessionist into the living symbol of the Biafran struggle, a respected freedom fighter, a champion of the Igbo people and an internationally-acclaimed political prisoner.It is no wonder that leading politicians from all over the world, including the former Home Secretary and former Leader of the Labor Party in the United Kingdom, Mrs. Harriet Harman, have called for his release. President Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel have done the same.Their call was the right and proper thing to do and I add my voice to that call. I have never met or spoken to Mr. Kanu but I am moved by his passion and courage. I am also persuaded by the logic and force of his public assertions. He has made a compelling case for the establishment of Biafra and millions of young Igbos from all over the world have bought into it.It is left for those that do not agree with him to make a better case and to stem the Biafran tide. That is the monumental challenge that those thatdo not agree with Mr. Kanu’s views or his methods have. I have not always been on the same page with our Igbo brothers yet despite that one thing is clear: only the callous would deny the fact that they have suffered immeasurably in the Nigerian Federation over the last 50 years.Only the uninformed would deny the fact that they have been butchered, murdered, persecuted,broken, humiliated, insulted, cheated and treated with contempt and disdain more than any other ethnic group in the country since July 1966.What the Nigerian state is confronted with in the new generation of igbos who refuse to be cowed is a time-bomb. Unlike their fathers they cannot be appeased or intimidated. They are not fearful of the prospect of a second civil war. They are not prepared to settle for crumbs and neither do they fear death, conflict, defeat, incarceration, butchery or persecution.They are imbued with a spirit that cannot be suppressed and the more they cry ”Biafra” the more the spirits of the millions that were slaughtered on the Biafran side during the civil war are invoked. The more they cry ”Biafra” the more the souls of the hundreds of thousands of their people that were butchered during the barbaric pogroms in the north in the mid-60’s areremembered. The worst thing that the Nigerian authorities can do is to treat them with levity or contempt.They are angry, they are fed up, they refuse to be enslaved, they want a brighter future and they have come to realise that they have nothing to lose. The most inappropriate thing that PresidentBuhari can do is to continue to underestimate thepower of their resolve or the clarity of their intent.The worst thing that they can do is to begin to jailthem, to shed their blood and to take their lives.The more you lock up the Biafrans, the more theywill rise up. The more you mock them, the more they will shout. The more you kill them, the more their anger will be kindled. The more you deny them, the more they will wax stronger. The more you treat them with disdain, the more they will defy you. You cannot resist an idea whose time has come.This is a fact that we must all accept and it is with this in mind that I urge President Buhari and the Federal Government to not only release Mr. Nnamdi Kanu but also to tread with the utmost restraint and caution when dealing with those that are agitating for Biafra. By Femi Fani- Kayode http://www.thebreakingtimes.com/nnamdi-kanu-and-the-cry-for-biafra-by-femi-fani-kayode/ 1 Like |
Re: . by pazienza(m): 12:54pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
[b] WILLINK REPORT 1958 THE FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM A THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED TO “ENQUIRE INTO THE FEARS OF MINORITIES AND THE MEANS OF ALLAYING THEM”, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE WILLINK COMMISSION REPORT OF JULY 1958” January 4, 2014 News 224 Views THE HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND. 1. “More than 98% of people who inhabit this area (the ‘Ibo Plateau’ of the Eastern region) are Ibo and speak one language, though of course with certain differences of dialect. There are nearly five million of them and they are too many for the soil to support: they are vigorous and intelligent and have pushed outward in every direction, seeking a livelihood by trade or in service in the surrounding areas of the Eastern Region, in the Western Region, in the North and outside Nigeria. They are no more popular with their neighbours than is usual in the case of an energetic and expanding people whose neighbours have a more leisurely outlook on life.” 2. “Though there has been no great kingdom or indigenous culture in the Eastern Region, the coastal chiefs grew on their trade with the (European merchant) ships and they adopted customs, clothing and housing more advanced than those of the peoples of the interior on whom they had at first preyed for slaves. They came during the 19th Century to regard the people of the interior as backward and ignorant, and it was therefore a blow to their pride, as well as to their pockets, when the Ibos began to push outwards into the surrounding fringe of the country and particularly into the Calabar area, to take up land, to grow rich, to own houses and lorries and occupy posts in public services and in the services of large trading firms.” “It was among the Ibos, formerly despised by the people of Calabar as source of slaves and as a backward people of the interior, now feared and disliked as energetic and educated, that the first political party formed.” [/b] 3 Likes |
Re: . by pazienza(m): 12:58pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
[b] 3. “It is important to remember that of this (Ogoja) Province’s 1,082,000 inhabitants, 723,000 are Ibos, almost entirely in Abakaliki and Afikpo (Divisions), while the census classifies 350,000 as “Other Nigerian Tribes.” 4. The Rivers Province …includes the two divisions of Brass and Degema, both overwhelmingly Ijaw, and the Ogoni Division. The former Rivers Division also includes over 300,000 Ibos of whom 250,000 are in Ahoada Division and 45,000 in Port Harcourt. Port Harcourt is a town of recent growth and of rapidly increasing importance; it is built on land that blonged originally to an outlying branch of the Ibo tribe, the Diobus, but is largely inhabited by the Ibos from the interior who have come to trade or seek employment….Of the total 747,000 in the Rivers province, 305,000 are Ibos, 240,000 are Ijaws and 156,000 are Ogonis.” 5. “The strip to the south of the Ibo block, is physically, divided by a block of Ibo territory, tipped by the important Ibo town of Port Harcourt and tribally divided between the Ijaws and the Ogonis.” 6. “In the whole of this non-Ibo area there is present in varying degree some fear of being over-run, commercially and politically, by the Ibos….. if Ahoada and Port Harcourt, which are really Ibo, are considered with the solid centre of Ibo population, there are 54 seats for the Ibo area and 30 for COR (Calabar, Ogoja and Rivers) in (Eastern Regional House of Assembly).” [/b] This their false accusations against Ndiigbo didn't start today. Even the colonials clearly noted and documented this fact. All this Ijaw man false accusations like those of his fore runners if investigated now will found out to be pure undiluted lies concocted to victimize the Igbo. 5 Likes |
Re: . by Nobody: 12:59pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
u guys are the ones doing those ones with them, we igbos have been far too peaceful since the end of the civil war that some people are beginning to take us for granted, a tribe like idoma or nupe or igala cant talk when northerners are talking even if they like let them call thereself middle belt or Northcentral or anything, we igbos at d nearest confrontation with our host which we try our best to avoid we pack our bags and run back to the east, but look at the fulanis they dictate to there host how they want things to be, if problem starts they would fight u squarely, if things gets out of hand they order for more backup from there brothers in the far away north, u would see fulanis fighting to there last blood over a state or land thats not theres look at plateau what happened there some days ago, over the years there has been various cases of fulani attacks on locals but everybody shuts up but if its igbos yorubas would become warriors from cowards over night, all these noise these minorities are making would there cups would full soon, if they attack we igbos we wont run again we would go and bring backup and teach them a lesson, highest thing Nigeria would do is declare a state of emergency or arrest fighters from both sides this rubbish is becoming too much, some southsouth people organised a protest the stup1d ppl said it was igbos and where threatening brim stone, when the names of the people came out they were still southsouth people they still insist they are igbos, very soon una cup go full. |
Re: . by pazienza(m): 1:00pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
[b] THE FEARS AND GRIEVANCES OF MINORITIES 7. “It was suggested (by non-Ibo petitioners) that it was the deliberate object of the Ibo majority in the Region to fill every post with Ibos (in public post and services).….when, however we came to consider specific complaints about the composition of public bodies, we found them in many cases exaggerated or unreasonable.” 8. “The allegation was put forward by counsel (to petitioners) that the Judiciary (when not European) was predominantly Ibo, with the implication that this caused fear among those who are not Ibos. But it was clearly stated in evidence by Dr. Udoma, the leader of UNIP, that no occasion could be adduced of the judiciary acting with partiality. The fact is that the legal profession is largely Ibos and the reasons for this do not seem to be Government action. It is therefore inevitable that there should be an Ibo preponderance among Judges and Magistrates. Further, it is the declared policy of Government that the Judiciary should be federal and this does not indicate a desire to control it. Again, the operation and composition of Public Service Commission here, as in the West, appeared to us in no way open to reproach.” [/b] Just Negodu, how some people will wake up one morning, and start brewing lies to tarnish the imagine of a hardworking group like Ndiigbo. SS people, why? 5 Likes |
Re: . by pazienza(m): 1:02pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
[b] 9. “In the Police, which in this region alone is wholly Federal, the number of Ibos in the higher appointments is not out of proportion to the Ibos in the region. The force is now federally controlled and although there are a large number of Ibos in the lower ranks, this is due to the fact that it has for long been a tradition among the Ibos to offer themselves for recruitment in this force in far greater numbers than any other tribe.” 10. “we noted that in five years, 1952 – 1957, from a total of 412 secondary scholarships, 216 were awarded to persons living in the COR areas, while the figures for post-secondary scholarships were 211 out of 623. The latter is about the right proportion of one-third, the former considerably in excess. It was suggested that scholarships awarded to non-Ibos were of an inferior kind and that the best scholarships went to Ibos, but we were, unable to see that this claim held any validity. On the evidence before us, we conclude that the allegations of discriminations in the matter of scholarships are unjustified.” 11. “It was further suggested that loans by the Eastern Regional Finance Corporation, the Eastern Region Development Board, and the Eastern Region Development Corporation were made with some degree of preference to Ibos. It did appear that most of the loans made by these bodies were to Ibos, but that is not to say that this was necessarily improper. Ibos constitute two thirds of the population of the region and have a bigger share of financial and commercial responsibility than their numbers warrant.” [/b] Look at more false accusations coming from these same people. 3 Likes |
Re: . by StOla: 1:04pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
By the way, in May 1968, my uncle (my mother's younger brother) was shot in his Warri street residence in Port Harcourt, his corpse butchered, his flesh sold as Biafra meat in Mile 1 market. That same day the Nigerian Army opened up and started shelling Port Harcourt, which was ultimately liberated I wonder what Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB youths have to say about the above? 3 Likes |
Re: . by pazienza(m): 1:07pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
[b] 12. “That there should be modern streetlight in Onitsha, and not Calabar, was also quoted as example of discrimination; it proved however that Onitsha Urban District Council had financed this measure from their own resources.” 13. “The question of land was repeatedly raised, it being resented by the Efiks and Ibibios that the Ibos should acquire land at all in their territory while the methods by which it was obtained were also questioned. There is no doubt that on the Ibo Plateau there is insufficient land for the people and the Ibos ate thrusting outwards where possible they acquire land and use it either for cultivation or building…..This is a matter which will require legislation sooner or later and it will be delicate to handle, but the economic process is in itself healthy and we had little sympathy with a witness who remarked that there is much undeveloped land in district and he was anxious that it should not fall into the hand of the Ibos….We believe that Governments in Nigeria should be careful not to try to protect minorities by introducing measures that would restrict development.” 14. “A group of miscellaneous grievances and charges against the Ibos from Calabar may be treated together; we were told that the Ibos did not observe local customs in the markets….We formed the impression that jealousy of the Ibos successes in the markets was the main factor.” [/b] Look at the last part of this particular report. Why can't these people be happy for once for our progress. Look at how we were happy for the emergence of one their own GEJ, sticked out our neck and supported him through and through. If GEJ were an Igbo man, would we get the same level of support from them? I doubt, all we would get is jealousy, suspicion, disrespect, image assassination, everything other thing but support. 3 Likes |
Re: . by Nobody: 1:08pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
StOla: What correlation has that got to do with a people seeking self-determination? Did you bother to ask who killed Isaac Adaka Boro and Ken Saro-wiwa? Did you care to ask who almost wiped out the inhabitants of Odi destroying their land with bombardment? Did you care to state that you and your elites have been plundering their land for decades and looting the commonwealth to better your regions and religion leaving the oil producing areas polluted and their primary means of livelihoods destroyed? 1 Like |
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