warripekin:
I may not necessarily want to form a republic with Igbos in the south east, but I believe the call for Biafra is coming at the right time for the following reasons:

Resource control: They call for resource control started at the height of the Niger delta struggle culminating in the death of ken sarowiwa in 1995 and later championed by the likes of James ibori and Alamesigha( may his soul rest in peace). At some point we believed we could get the derivation formula raised to 30% after the implementation of 13% but subsequent constitutional conferences as held by obasanjo and Jonathan the northern cabal at the conferences, vehemently opposed anything resource control and the conferences never saw the light of the day. Those of us in the Niger Delta must take a definitive stance on what we want and how to go about it but that's where my fears lies in that the Niger delta hardly ever speaks with one voice and in most cases do not even have a voice at all. Therefore, the quest for Biafra is the quest for the neglected, downtrodden, exploited, people in this carapace called Nigeria. We can work with the Biafran team to achieve our goal besides, I can hardly see the Niger Delta struggle coaxing into a force like the Biafran struggle. MEND and the likes tried but sold out at the end and likes of Tom polo became emergency billionaires while Oka languishes in jail in SA. Ogoni as a people made impact too but everything died down with the death of ken sarowiwa. I remember Sarowiwa approached Ojukwu in Enugu sometime in 1994 but thats by the way. But with Biafra, we have a large ethnic group with their grieviances who are determined as it were to make a head way. We can join forces with them to achieve our own goal and while doing that, i will not mind a Bendel repulblic or a restructured nigeria where equity and fair play is obtainable in addition, as a member of the lower Niger area and from what I have seen, most ethnic group from rivers, cross river and akwa ibom will most likely root for Biafra because of ethnic affinity than a core Niger delta republic with no compass or bearing

Lopsided Nigerian structure;
Those of us in the lower Niger area believe for Nigeria to survive, we need to restructure into a regional a government something close to what obtained in the first republic or a confederation where even the south east region can even adopt the name Biafra and the Niger delta will take up their name as well. Canada has this kind of autonomy, same as the UK with even Scotland agitating for secession but narrowly failed after a referendum. We are also planning for a referendum come 2017 in the lower Niger area and we hope to achieve our objective of either outright secession or a restructured Nigeria where equity and fairness obtains.

Which way Nigeria;
The truth is Nigeria can not continue in this present trajectory unless we become a Yugoslavia of Africa.

obailala:
The only beneficial and the only achievable thing anyone from the southern regions of Nigeria should be fighting for is a return to regionalism; it comes with all the benefits of a secession and it avoids the numerous dangers of an outright break-up. Secession is an ill-thought suicide mission and it is obviously being championed by people who are incapable of deep thinking.

EUROBOMBER:


If you want them to stay neutral them stop insulting them on your radio Biafra is that not common sense

This is part of the lack of tact and strategy with kanu and your type reason why you are not taken seriously anymore.

Kestolovee95:


Did we insult the brutish British before they mixed us up with some gworo-chewing Islamic aliens that thirst for Christian blood in 1914.
Did we insult them before they before they rolled in their tanks on innocent Biafran women and children?
Did we insult them before they enforced a blockade on Biafraland effectively killing off millions of our forebears.

Biafra was Britain's biggest shame and Britain needs to be told the truth, they went around destroying peaceful nations from india to pakistan to kenya down to nigeria the biggest zoo of africa and they be rightfully looked in the face told to go to the raw undiluted truth, the Biafran way.

basilo101:
Niger delta ppl are not wise. the so called resource control u claim u want will forever be destroyed by hausa and yoruba, ur only hope is to make some compromises with igbos to have a larger body and negotiate with them to dump biafra and join the resource control struggle.

obailala:
The only beneficial and the only achievable thing anyone from the southern regions of Nigeria should be fighting for is a return to regionalism; it comes with all the benefits of a secession and it avoids the numerous dangers of an outright break-up. Secession is an ill-thought suicide mission and it is obviously being championed by people who are incapable of deep thinking.

EUROBOMBER:
unfortunately we live in an imperfect world controlled by super powers like Britain.

You will hardly achieve anything reasonable by insulting Britain, you should have remained silent on that.

That is what tact is all about my friend. There is a time to keep quiet even when you know you are right.

I thought We Igbos are very wise people, how come we don't understand some of these things in life?

vicenzo:
That was and remain the policy upon which one Nigeria was built, economic and political strangulation of Igboland was the agenda of the "victors".

[b]Whenever you see an Igbo man shouting one Nigeria, 3 things are involved:

 1. He is mentally retarded and should in that case be forgiven.

 2. He has selfish interests to protect in Nigeria, it doesn't matter if the rest of his people burns and are denigrated, as one Nigeria must be preserved to serve his selfish interests, which might range from political, emotional( love) , economic and other senseless interests

 3. He has no knowledge of his Igbo history. You know they don't teach history in Nigerian schools. His Nigerian education system failed him, and worst still, his parents failed him, for not teaching him about the history of his people. He ultimately gets to learn the  history of his people through outsiders and detractors, and of course the version of history they give him is a false one albeit anti- Igbo, so he develops self hate for himself and his group. We have many of them on NL. This happens more to Igbos born and raised in Lagos and other non Igbo parts of Nigeria.

 Any mentally stable, unselfish Igbo man who knows the history of Igbo people in Nigeria, is innately Biafran to the core.

 He might disagree with methods used by Igbo groups to achieve Biafra, but he is never pro Nigerian, Never! [/b]

cocoduck:
You are the one incapable of deep thinking here. HOW YOU THINK THAT, THE NORTH WILL AGREE TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOU IF YOU DON'T FORCE THEM TO? WE HAVE TO ASPIRE FOR SOMETHING HIGHER, AND BE READY TO MAKE COMPROMISES DURING THE NEGOTIATION, IF YOU WANT TO SELL SOMETHING TO A PERSON, AND THERE IS NO FIXED PRICE, AND FOR EXAMPLE YOU WANT 2000, WON'T YOU TELL THE PERSON EVEN 5000, SO HE CAN NEGOTIATE TO HIS OWN POCKET, IF YOU TELL HIM 2000 DIRECTLY, HE WILL NOW BE NEGOTIATING 500, ARE YOU NOT THE LOOSER HERE?

Obiagu1:
People get wiser as they grow old.
If there's any growth intellectually in the SS, they should have learnt one thing or another from Nigeria and dangers the future portends.

You have asked for resource control for over how many years now, asking from people that should not in the first place be in control of your destiny and your resources.

Unfortunately, there seem to be no wisdom in the SS.
How many of them know how long Nigerian oil are meant to last? If they do, they will know they don't have time. It's either they make full use of their resources now or suffer down the line.

You are asking for 30% from an Hausa man when you can get 100% from Biafra.
There's no wisdom, there is none.

Rather than grow old and get wiser, SS people grow old and get dumber.

PointB:
@Op,

Everyone must fight for their cause. If our cause converges, all well and good. But you must make a stand, and it just a single spark to light a fire!

warripekin:

I agree with you. But the last time we had that spark, it became an ijaw affair. Mend and co were promising at the on set but soon sold out. U can see the result today. No movement no direction. Turncoats like EK Clark in his old age is already romancing with the government of the day.

obailala:

Now this is the genesis of the problem, the bolded part of your statement is exactly what the problem is; thinking that it is only by force that you can achieve certain milestones. I'm sorry to say this, but this is purely the evidence of a person or group of persons who are incapable of deep thought or strategic thinking, hence they always resort to the gra-gra approach which is never effective The problem has never been the north, the problem has always been the foolishness of the southern zones to unite in a single purpose to break the northern hegemony. The SW, the SS, the SE and a large chunk of the NC have always clamoured for regionalism but the stumbling block ERRONEOUSLY APPEARS to have always been the north. But bro, a closer observation will reveal to you that the TRUE problem since 1966 till date has always been the inability of the southern zones to work together and speak with one voice.

obailala:

Now this is the genesis of the problem, the bolded part of your statement is exactly what the problem is; thinking that it is only by force that you can achieve certain milestones. I'm sorry to say this, but this is purely the evidence of a person or group of persons who are incapable of deep thought or strategic thinking, hence they always resort to the gra-gra approach which is never effective.

The problem has never been the north, the problem has always been the foolishness of the southern zones to unite in a single purpose to break the northern hegemony. The SW, the SS, the SE and a large chunk of the NC have always clamoured for regionalism but the stumbling block ERRONEOUSLY APPEARS to have always been the north. But bro, a closer observation will reveal to you that the TRUE problem since 1966 till date has always been the inability of the southern zones to work together and speak with one voice.

warripekin:
[b]
Please you can tone down your insults. We asked for upwards of 30% or more at the constitutional conferences held by OBJ and GEJ but we found out it was not going to work. As someone privy to the last national conference, the little we achieved was ably supported by the south east then then south west but northerners were vehemently in opposition. I believe we should aline with the south east and fight for a just course but to achieve that, we must define the tenets of our struggle together besides, most of us in delta state will rather form an alliance with Edo, and illages in ondo state and
get our own country. Let's say Bendel republic. From some of the meetings we attended in the port Harcourt on the lower Niger area, I got to find out that most ethnic groups especially the igboid once would rather be Biafra than Niger delta republic should the case arise. Infact, an Ogoja man says he understands and buds well with ebonyi and efik people than an Itskeri like my self and therefore he would rather be Biafran. But those of us here in delta south is afraid of Igbo dominance in a Biafran state. But I believe in building alliances for survival. The Niger delta as it were has no voice or direction yet. But we are watching[/b]

EasternLion:
Igbo dominance kwa?

An Igbo man cannot even dominate his grown up son, an igwe can't even dominate someone in his community talkless of Igbo dominating anyone.


You people make a mountain out of an anthill.

warripekin:

You may not believe it, the fact remains the fear of Igbo dominance is real among us and I believe igbos have to do a lot to douse that fear.

coogar:
i cannot believe people still dream of biafra. it can never happen. you guys should channel your energy into something more productive rather than having lucid dreams.