McTobe:
My friend I don't think you have visited Aguleri before. Honestly speaking there are more duplex in AGULERI than there are in Ajao estate Lagos. yet AGULERI is suppose to be a village, that town have express roads down to the Omambala River. Not minding their devastating tribal war AGULERI is well developed even before Obiano the present Governor of Anambra state who happen to be from Aguleri won the election. A beg o no go near that town. so get your facts right

PDPwayoo:

[s]
oboy that name Auleri, aro is part of igbo early existence. If you read about igbo history, u will come across aguleri aro chukwu or any aro many times than any other or city town.

Aguleri or Aro is only known to you and other igbos not to the entire world. I have never seen a Nigerian/Biafran saying im relocating to Aguleri or i got new job in Aguleri.
WITH THE LEVEL OF IGBO EXPOSURE, EDUCATION, TRAVEL, ABILITY EVEN THE NOISE MAKING, THEY HAVE NO CITY LIKE PH, LAGOS OR ABUJA. Its very shameful.

Most cities and villages in east are sparsely populated with no sign of foreigners. This is a big issue that need to be addressed as well as high unemployment in the region. Most igbos have better job and businesses outside their region.

Charity begins at home. Build your home first before dreaming of building a country.
[/s]

Zinicc:
Every reasonable Igbo person should wake up and lend his surport to IPOB youth now in any way he can to encourage those who are willing to risk there lives to actualize this life long truth to continue this fight.
As for me I shall continue to credit their account monthly.
My tithe is to the IPOB!!

Pls, Stay off my mention if you are not IGBO!

12inches1:

Mr, Is this really the way forward? Think deeply. When you eventually get your biafra, oh yes you can. The "Igbos" will still fight amongst themselves. We have delta ibo, real ibo, imo ibo etc. Why dont we all just settle all our differences and build good country comparable to America

cabaliciouscabal:




Coward u ar on Nairaland ranting, I Bet u ar even in lagos with ur shop opened and u ar here running ur useless mouth.

POTUT:


How do you support... Please share.

Zinicc:



We desperately need to shift away from ppl like you that divides us, unreasonably pointing out what? for political reasons.....''are they not Yorubas in Kogí, Gwari in nasarawa, Ňupe in Abuja, Hausa in Bauch, Fulani in Sokoto.. real Hausa, fake Hausa, real Musilem like the Hojusa and fake Mulims like the yorubas..........Bros, be careful, you one of the reasons I changed my mind from evérything that is happening to Igbos.
Is it not better to fight among ourselves for something than fight among ourselves for nothing like it's is currently.

12inches1:


A fight is a fight. A war is a war. War brings little benefits. While other countries are building, youre destroying. I just recently moved to the u.s for schooling. Truly, Nigeria needs to move forward. Settle differences and DEVELOP. We finally have a leader that truly believes in Nigeria and shows prospects. As big and diverse as the u.s is, they still manage to settle their differences forge ahead to be the greatest country right now. I was talking with someone from Tunisia and guess what he said. In his words "If Nigeria could only settle its differences, it would become a major world power" And that is a fact. If Nigeria and Biafra fight a war, we would regress another 20 years as Nigerians, Biafrans or Africans. Is that what we need as a country? A lot of country look up to us as a country. Nigera. The Giant of Africa. It's only when you leave the shores of the country that you fully understand the intensity of what I'm talking about. Look at the World Powers today, China, U.S, U.K, Russia. Are they big country or small states? Well at the end of the day nobody really cares on the world scene where you come from. It's either, black, asian, european, american etc. If you want to break. It shall not be by force. It shall be by concession because throughout GEJs tenure, we never heard much of Biafra. Only when an Hausa man rules, or a Yoruba man rules. The key is live and let live. GEJ screwed up. Give Buhari a chance. If Buhari screws, then you field a more viable candidate from your region. That is what is called democracy as practiced in the great U.S.A that you all look up to. Atleast you know this. Yoruba people dont care where you come from East or West. Nigeria is not perfect but trust me, you dont know what you have till is gone. I love Nigeria. I love Yoruba. I love Igbo and every black person alive. This is not what our forefathers fought for. Not another African war. Not Martin Luther King. Not Nnamdi Azikiwe. Not Ahmadu Bello. Not Obafemi Awolowo. They didnt fight for another war. I rest my case

bugzbunny:
Its not only one Cos dats hw all ur generation will end up.. Only this time... For nothing Bloody corpse frm d wasteland

noblezone:


We can not build nation with Jihardists.
It is as simple as that!

wealthmi1:
I don't have problem with people who feel they will fair better if they pull outr of the present entity called Nigeria,and not Zoo.My problem is the fact that some ibos not all,cos majority of my friends are igbos families,who have expressed their reservations in respect of this ill-timed agitation,are pretty myopic as in being narrow minded.Some of them are not telling themselves the truth.Quote me,if they secede today prematurely without a proper arrangement they will live to regret it. Yes.My reasons are obvious and pragmatic.
From my empirical study of the nature of the south easterners they don't even love themselves.Hard truth? They are more of individually centred kind of peoples,not cohesive like other major tribes in Nigeria.Will Anambra politicians allow the lmo politicians to take the centre stage if they were to stand as an independent nation? Will the Deltan and Rivers' ibos be fully integrated among the larger igbos community? Will the Catholic igbos allow the Anglican igbos also call a shot if they became independent? Remember,the recent happenings,where Ahiara priests and laity rejected Bishop Okpaleke,a papal approved shepherd,though from Anambra? Did we not see songs of hateful ethnicity play out ? Yet same igbos Catholics we shout the Church is one globally,that's if the odds favour them.I don't mean to be biased,l have lots of igbos friends who Catholics. It amazes me when l travel to other of this country and see ,in God's house,where the ibos the majority and choke other tribes out.Discrimination,right? Summarily they would be more worse than the Hausas and the Yorubas if they had the opportunity to rule this nation. They've a domineering spirit too like the rest of the other tribes.Yesterday,the Ijaws or Niger Deltan pple just cautioned them against staging any protest in PH again.If Nigeria is a zoo,then one would expect the IPOB to relocate NOW from all the Nigerian territories to the Southeast. I bet you,they will end of killing themselves,owing to a land tussle.Real ibos know Wat am talking about. I think will should all sit down and discuss,have a proper arrangement,written by every tribe in the country on how best we can govern ourselves without any acrimony. Or better still,choose a date,year when will expect to break up peacefully. But if wishes were horses l would say to stay together through a new agreed arrangement would v been the best. Sai Naija !

onatisi:
even if the bail conditions are right it will be very unwise for the DSS to release him now. He has now become a security risk. If his presence can influence ppl to stage protests imagine what will happen If he is released from prison now into a heated tensed environment. Some fifth columnist may assasinate him then blame ut on the government and that will turn the whole nation upside down and if that doesn't happen if released to his people he will be seen as a leader and anything he says will continue bringing more and more ppl to his group which may eventually degenerate the whole situation. The best thing to do now to allow the tension subside then find a way of shipping him back to uk

Mekus68:
Wether Pa Buhari, head of the zoo country likes it or not, Biafra is around the coner.

Kyase:
Just one? Why na

moscow37d:
So recent Biafran protests have got me thinking, but I have been skeptical about airing my views because of perceived reactions.

DISCLAIMER: THESE ARE PERSONAL VIEWS, AND I, IN NO WAY CLAIM SUPREMACY OF KNOWLEDGE. FOR THE "GREYS" WHO THINK I AM TOO YOUNG TO SPEAK OF THIS SUBJECT, PLEASE PERMIT THIS CHILD TO SPEAK, THEN CORRECT HIM IF HE IS WRONG. FOR IGNORANCE CAN ONLY BE KNOWN IF IT IS AIRED, AND CAN ONLY BE CORRECTED IF IT IS KNOWN.

My points are as follows:

1. According to worldometers the median age of Nigeria is 17.8, hence an "average " did not experience the civil war.

2.This is the age statistics of Nigeria as at 2014 is as follows:
0-14 years: 43.2%
15-24 years: 19.3%
25-54 years: 30.5%
55-64 years: 3.9%
65 years and over: 3.1% (indexmundi.com)
In simpler statistics 93% of Nigerians were 5 and below in 1967.

3. According to Wikipedia, youth age range is between 18-35. Hence no present day Nigerian youth saw the civil war.

My first question: since over 90% percent of us neither saw the civil war nor participated actively, and our youth were born 10 years after the war, where is all the hate and agitation from?

4. The major driving force of Biafra is the igboland, but the Biafran map includes states like Cross river, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom state. This makes Biafra a culturally diverse state. I am igbo and i currently live in Akwa Ibom state, and we share no similarity in custom or language. How then can we live together as "one Biafra" when we can't tolerate the cultural diversity of Nigeria.

5. The Igbo tribe would become the majority tribe in Biafra, while the others who constitute the oil producing states hence the 'rich boys' would become minority. "How can the wealth most especially that from oil be distributed, when the majority is in power and the minority have the resource?"
So therefore, a time may come when the "minority" may decide to be free, because no man wants to live in another man's shadow.

6. Igbos are generally regarded as traders, and the lifeblood of their markets like Onitsha Main market and Ariaria international market is found in Lagos seaport where most of the goods come from. In Biafra, Lagos becomes another country hence tax and import/ export levies would increase drastically and logistics would become more difficult.
The other option is to trade via the Calabar Port, Delta Port or Rivers Port at Port Harcourt, and Onne. These ports are only found in the non-igbo states, hence another potential challenge.

7. What happens to Biafrans that have their livelihood rooted deeply in non biafran states? What happens to the igbos that constitute the majority of Alaba international market?
Would naturalization take place or would they liquidate assets and return to Biafra and start afresh?

8. Finally, the question of rulership. Who rules Biafra?
Currently, most Igbo people especially those in Abia and Imo state are dissatisfied with the condition of their states. They complain of bad government, massive looting, poor infrastructures etc, and they are currently ruled by Igbo governors.
If Biafra is formed who would rule then?
I believe it would be the same people that they complain of, and as you can see the cycle of pain and complaints would continue.

Problems are fixed by inward reflections not outward projections and blame shifting.

PLEASE BEAR WITfH ME, FOR A CHILD WHO DID NOT SEE THE WAR HAS SPOKEN

FisifunKododada:


Mallam, no need to shout too much. Just declare war and we shall see who will be torn into 777 pieces. Walahi.

wealthmi1:
I don't have problem with people who feel they will fair better if they pull outr of the present entity called Nigeria,and not Zoo.My problem is the fact that some ibos not all,cos majority of my friends are igbos families,who have expressed their reservations in respect of this ill-timed agitation,are pretty myopic as in being narrow minded.Some of them are not telling themselves the truth.Quote me,if they secede today prematurely without a proper arrangement they will live to regret it. Yes.My reasons are obvious and pragmatic.
From my empirical study of the nature of the south easterners they don't even love themselves.Hard truth? They are more of individually centred kind of peoples,not cohesive like other major tribes in Nigeria.Will Anambra politicians allow the lmo politicians to take the centre stage if they were to stand as an independent nation? Will the Deltan and Rivers' ibos be fully integrated among the larger igbos community? Will the Catholic igbos allow the Anglican igbos also call a shot if they became independent? Remember,the recent happenings,where Ahiara priests and laity rejected Bishop Okpaleke,a papal approved shepherd,though from Anambra? Did we not see songs of hateful ethnicity play out ? Yet same igbos Catholics we shout the Church is one globally,that's if the odds favour them.I don't mean to be biased,l have lots of igbos friends who Catholics. It amazes me when l travel to other of this country and see ,in God's house,where the ibos the majority and choke other tribes out.Discrimination,right? Summarily they would be more worse than the Hausas and the Yorubas if they had the opportunity to rule this nation. They've a domineering spirit too like the rest of the other tribes.Yesterday,the Ijaws or Niger Deltan pple just cautioned them against staging any protest in PH again.If Nigeria is a zoo,then one would expect the IPOB to relocate NOW from all the Nigerian territories to the Southeast. I bet you,they will end of killing themselves,owing to a land tussle.Real ibos know Wat am talking about. I think will should all sit down and discuss,have a proper arrangement,written by every tribe in the country on how best we can govern ourselves without any acrimony. Or better still,choose a date,year when will expect to break up peacefully. But if wishes were horses l would say to stay together through a new agreed arrangement would v been the best. Sai Naija !

NAIJASOM:
For me personally, it's fundamentally about what type of country will I leave for my children and grandchildren. Sadly, Nigeria embodies the opposite. 

I have finally accepted that we are not one and will never be. I have a higher chance of being killed in Nigeria by a fellow country man than outside the country. In other countries, if I become very successful, I am a role model but in Nigeria, they will porposefully create policies to attack my success. One Nigeria indeed.

CreamyBanana:
That is nothing but the truth. I am a Yoruba man from Ondo state but I must say that Yoruba are the most wicked and hypocritical tribe in the world. Don't take their smile as love. They are the devil himself.


A Yoruba man will be laughing with you and be killing you at the same time. All the lecturers I ever had problems with were not only Yoruba but from the same state with me. They will be showing you around as their own brother but behind your back, they will be planning on how to destroy you and make sure you never reach their standards.

Yorubas prefer to destroy their own rather than help them. They don't want those below them to succeed. They always promise and fail. If a Yoruba man promise you a job, just forget it. You will just be wasting your time reminding him.

I have got more helps from Igbos and Hausas than even those that claim to be uncles. The only thing they are good at is making promises that they will never fulfil.

When I was looking for admission, it was an Igbo man that I did not even know from Adams that helped simply because he thought I was Igbo. A Yoruba man will never do that for his brother. Instead, they will be looking for every possible ways to bring him down.

My sister had problems with her supervisor who was a Yoruba man. But I never had a problem with my own supervisor who was a Hausa man.

I don't hate my people. I just hate their hypocrisy. People from other tribes are busy building their people and taking over our lands while we scheme on how to destroy ourselves.

I am in Ife. Please, anyone in Ife should go to Lagere now. All Igbos and Hausas have opened shop while my brothers are still sleeping and scheming evil against one another.

In Ilorin, Igbos, Hausas and Chinese have taken over everything because they keep on grooming and helping their brothers. Yorubas do not know how to build. They only know how to destroy one another.

Yoruba e ronu.

CreamyBanana:

You know I am telling the truth.

Do you know Igbos secrets of how they are taking over Lagos? Because, they will own a shop, train their clansman for a while and help him set up his own business. They are spreading while we are shouting instead of helping ourselves.

dominique:
I'm Yoruba and I painfully agree to some of the things said by the Op. When it comes to being your brother's keeper, most Yorubas are lacking in that regards. My mum told me of an experience she had when her car got stuck in mud. It was the Yoruba guys that told her to pass that area that the road is not that bad. When she did and got stuck, they demanded to push out the car for a fee. She got angry and told them that rather than pay them, she would look for other people to push out the car and pay them. While she was still tongue-lashing them, two Igbo (not sure of their tribe sha) guys came out from their shop and helped her push out the car. She offered them money and they declined. She felt so ashamed for her people, I also felt ashamed. I won't say my people are evil tho. Evil knows no tribe or religion. 

Yoruba e ronu tunwada (think and change your acts)

bakynes:
Am Yoruba and you can confirm from my previous comments. I agree with the OP on the point that we don't help ourselves. Even while I was in the UK, I could notice the trend among Yorubas. Indians, Jamaicans, Ghanaians help their brothers and sisters to come to the UK and help them get papers but We Yorubas even report our fellow brothers to the Home office, we don't accommodate our family members new in a foreign country for more than 6 months. WhIle in Nigeria I met with a lot of family friends who had companies but they kept on promising on helping me secure a job. Majority not all like to see you down and want you to keep begging them for money than helping you stand on your own. Igbos on the otherhand setup their brothers to stand on their own.

wisdomguy4u:
The Bayelsa State Police Command today in Yenagoa arrested 83 members of the Biafra Movement during what their “One Million Man March.”

The Bayelsa State Police Command today in
Yenagoa arrested 83 members of the Biafra
Movement during what their “One Million Man
March.”

Those arrested comprised 78 males and 5 females
who carried and unfurled Biafra flags as they
marched peacefully demanding the release of
detained Radio Biafra director, Nnamdi Kanu.
Command spokesman Anisim Butswat said the
people were arrested during a flag-raising ceremony of the Biafra Movement on the Mbiama-Yenagoa road.

"Those arrested are at the criminal Investigation
Department, CID for Investigations and
interrogations,” he said.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/11/06/83-biafra-activists-arrested-bayelsa

12inches1:


A fight is a fight. A war is a war. War brings little benefits. While other countries are building, youre destroying. I just recently moved to the u.s for schooling. Truly, Nigeria needs to move forward. Settle differences and DEVELOP. We finally have a leader that truly believes in Nigeria and shows prospects. As big and diverse as the u.s is, they still manage to settle their differences forge ahead to be the greatest country right now. I was talking with someone from Tunisia and guess what he said. In his words "If Nigeria could only settle its differences, it would become a major world power" And that is a fact. If Nigeria and Biafra fight a war, we would regress another 20 years as Nigerians, Biafrans or Africans. Is that what we need as a country? A lot of African country look up to us as a country. Nigera. The Giant of Africa. The first country to get independence from the white man through diplomacy without a shot fired. It's only when you leave the shores of the country that you fully understand the intensity of what I'm talking about. Look at the World Powers today, China, U.S, U.K, Russia. Are they big country or small states? Well at the end of the day nobody really cares on the world scene where you come from. It's either, black, asian, european, american etc. If you want to break. It shall not be by force. It shall be by concession because[b] throughout GEJs tenure, we never heard much of Biafra[/b]. Only when an Hausa man rules, or a Yoruba man rules. The key is live and let live. GEJ screwed up. Give Buhari a chance. If Buhari screws, then you field a more viable candidate from your region. That is what is called democracy as practiced in the great U.S.A that you all look up to. Atleast you know this. Yoruba people dont care where you come from East or West. Nigeria is not perfect but trust me, you dont know what you have till is gone. I love Nigeria. I love Yoruba. I love Igbo and every black person alive. This is not what our forefathers fought for. Not another African war. Not Martin Luther King. Not Nnamdi Azikiwe. Not Ahmadu Bello. Not Obafemi Awolowo. They didnt fight for another war. I rest my case

12inches1:
It's simple. The Igbos should not act like they dont understand the game of politics. They did not vote for Buhari. Why should they be the first to benefit from his administration? That to me is absurd. Democracy itself is a game of numbers. The government of the majority. You satisfy those who put you there first to stay there. The Eastern part had 4 years. Perhaps they were not convincing enough of the whole Nigeria. In the end what we are saying is that, there is no homogenous "Biafra" In fact what is keeping the word "Biafra" is opposition to Nigeria and if that eventually happens or succeeds, the resultant clash among "Biafra" themselves will be told for centuries. lol

Emekamex:
Nigeria Police Force never seem to learn from their mistakes; by killing Yusuf Mohammed, Boko Haram metamorphosized to what it is today; shooting anyone that protests isn't the way forward.

Aystarz:


No, the Police shouldn't have killed Yusuf when they had him; they should've served him some juicy pieces of meat and refreshments. Ode!

PDPwayoo:


oboy that name Auleri, aro is part of igbo early existence. If you read about igbo history, u will come across aguleri aro chukwu or any aro many times than any other or city town.

Aguleri or Aro is only known to you and other igbos not to the entire world. I have never seen a Nigerian/Biafran saying im relocating to Aguleri or i got new job in Aguleri.
WITH THE LEVEL OF IGBO EXPOSURE, EDUCATION, TRAVEL, ABILITY EVEN THE NOISE MAKING, THEY HAVE NO CITY LIKE PH, LAGOS OR ABUJA. Its very shameful.

Most cities and villages in east are sparsely populated with no sign of foreigners. This is a big issue that need to be addressed as well as high unemployment in the region. Most igbos have better job and businesses outside their region.

Charity begins at home. Build your home first before dreaming of building a country.

Emekamex:
Nigeria Police Force never seem to learn from their mistakes; by killing Yusuf Mohammed, Boko Haram metamorphosized to what it is today; shooting anyone that protests isn't the way forward.

atama27:
mechi onu there, don't correlate Yusuf Mohammed's story with IPOB, did you ask why the one man guy was shot? Or did the news come with details? Biko allow the Nigerian police force.

Aystarz:


No, the Police shouldn't have killed Yusuf when they had him; they should've served him some juicy pieces of meat and refreshments to wash down... Some big 'Ode' this one!

atama27:
mechi onu there, don't correlate Yusuf Mohammed's story with IPOB, did you ask why the one man guy was shot? Or did the news come with details? Biko allow the Nigerian police force.