ChetaNwaeze:
continue to laugh and expose your amala and ewedu stained teeth. I dont know what concerns you yoloba people with Biafra. You better go mind your business in your brown roof kingdom of oshogbo

obailala:
Bros you wicked oo! 3000 topics

Truth is that the whole Biafran buzz was/is just emotions at play and it's devoid of any critical reasoning. In 1967, Biafra was a necessity for survival, in 2015, mbanu, it's just bitter emotions because GEJ lost an election to a born-to-rule hausa-fulani man. A psychopathic director then comes in the picture and spreads massive head spinning cargoes of inciting propaganda to make Igbos hate their very existence especially in a Nigeria. Sometimes these agitators make it seem like Buhari will rule Nigeria forever, for all we know, PMB may only be there for 4 years. But the emotional outbursts of these misguided ones has set the Igbo nation 50 years backwards in the political arena of Nigeria; it's really sad.

Perceptor:

Those brown roofs must be luxuries in the east if ur pple prefer to stay in d west!

Rayhutar:

Nigeria is volatile country, nobody can predict what will happen to Nigeria in next 50 years, currently the sharing of oil money bind us together as a nation, there is no love between the people of Nigeria but hatred, nations that hate their self cannot last, Nigeria will divide one day, when people like you believe that your follow country people should relegated to background for 50years and you think that you will have peace, Boko haram, IPOB; Niger Delta militant, Shiite uprising is loading, people will die, even you are not save because you did not tie your life to a tree, People that die in motor accidents, Boko haram bombings, Armed robbery attacks are all human beings, nobody is save in Nigeria. Politicians in Nigeria are all criminals that are just after their pocket both APC and PDP because they know that Nigeria is no mans land.

Rayhutar:

They are merchant, haven't you read about merchant of Vernice, they make their money in muddy waters, traveling the length and breath of the Earth.

Rayhutar:
Nigeria will divide one day, the earlier Yorubas accept that, it will be better for them, Lagos which is their only hope may be taken from them by the Hausa fulanis if they continue to use all their energy to shout one Nigeria. The way Nigeria is structured shows that it must surely collapsed one day. Amodu Bello made it clear to Hausa fulanis that they must reach the Atlantic ocean and conquer it, the last mile 12 fight in Lagos is a message showing that they are the landlords in Lagos. The disintegration will come as a surprise, Nigeria is a volatile country.

obailala:
My thinking is this, the myriad of problems facing Nigeria are very well known to all. Like you rightly mentioned, politicians in Nigeria are criminals and these criminal politicians are not restricted to any tribe or religion, they cut across the entire divide and I believe this dearth of patriotic leadership is the biggest problem. So in view of this, what I do not understand is how someone starts a movement preaching more hate along tribal lines as the solution to the problems. How on earth can dividing the country into a million parts solve these problems you've just highlighted?... Why do Africans always think that further division is a solution to a problem even when from history, it is a known fact that division only leads to further division?

To then compound it all, it is the tribe with the widest economic spread that is calling for this further division; it is a known fact that if there's a division in Nigeria today especially in the way the separatists are calling for it, the biggest economic and social losers would be Igbos but I just wonder why the principal agitators seem to ignore this fact. Sometimes it drives me to believe these main agitators are just never-do-well 'bad-belles' who want to pull all their 'doing-fine' brothers down. We have not sorted our leadership problems in the grassroot (States govts, LGAs and representatives), but someone thinks a division is an automatic panacea for all our problems?

obailala:
My thinking is this, the myriad of problems facing Nigeria are very well known to all. Like you rightly mentioned, politicians in Nigeria are criminals and these criminal politicians are not restricted to any tribe or religion, they cut across the entire divide and I believe this dearth of patriotic leadership is the biggest problem. So in view of this, what I do not understand is how someone starts a movement preaching more hate along tribal lines as the solution to the problems. How on earth can dividing the country into a million parts solve these problems you've just highlighted?... Why do Africans always think that further division is a solution to a problem even when from history, it is a known fact that division only leads to further division?

To then compound it all, it is the tribe with the widest economic spread that is calling for this further division; it is a known fact that if there's a division in Nigeria today especially in the way the separatists are calling for it, the biggest economic and social losers would be Igbos but I just wonder why the principal agitators seem to ignore this fact. Sometimes it drives me to believe these main agitators are just never-do-well 'bad-belles' who want to pull all their 'doing-fine' brothers down. We have not sorted our leadership problems in the grassroot (States govts, LGAs and representatives), but someone thinks a division is an automatic panacea for all our problems?

macluvph1:


@Obailala, I like your write up(I like people who criticize and give reasons for their criticism) but our opinion differs here because i am of the opinion that we will do better as a divided nation,my reasons are as follows:

Our present country has been designed to favour some regions in terms of employment(Quota system)making the other region to be a conquered territory and this alone cripples patriotism and morale of people from that region.

Our present country has made policies that indirectly made the operations and activities of the seaports/airports in the marginalized region to be less attractive compared to the other regions that rapour with the so called super region(Hausa/Fulani).

We will do better as a divided nation because competition among the separated country will come up especially between the old eastern region and old western region and these competition will lead to more developments in the two different countries.

We will do better as a separate countries because we can easily hold our representatives accountable and tell them to their face whatever they are doing wrong(Okorocha speech at chattam House a case study), but if we remain one the corrupt leaders will be jumping all this atrocious act easily because once their tenure elapse they can easily settle in Abuja or leave the country because they know once they go back home that his people doesn't tolerate rubbish(Especially south eastern region, Ezeife of Old Anambra state can attest to this because of what happened to him by his kindreds because he couldn't construct a single road in his village while he was constructing other village roads when their administration were cut short by the military) but as a multi ethnic group made politicians to escape prosecution easily because they can easily instigate their people that he wasn't permitted to work because of other tribe attitude in his ministry/department/portfolio/designate.

As a divided country, i think people will be closer to the government because the area square metre to be governed will be minimized and it will make everybody to easily identify with the federal/state/local govt to sort out the various problems they have(Eg someone from PH can go to Enugu for an occassion/appointment and still return back to PH that same day)been facing as a citizen of that country.

Industries will be promoted more as a divided country because tribalism will be relegated or minimized to the lowest level,if not outrightly eliminated and the government will always promote policies that will favors his people because they have same belief(Eg Igbos are egaliterian in nature while the northerners are oligarch in nature).

As a divided country, ministries(Embassies and federal government structures/offices)will be nearer to the people which will reduce the amount people spent on going to either lagos or Abuja for their visas to travel outside the country.

Lastly, but not the list to be continued later is that as a separate country hidden good talents will begin to emanate/come out because now tribalism is not longer the cankerwarm that will make their God given talents not to be hidden is gone,both the quota,nepotism et al will be gone and when this has taken place you will observe that inventions will begin and technologies will also improve.

So the summary of what am saying is that TRIBALISM has really eaten deep that no remedy can salvage the situation.

macluvph1:


@Obailala, I like your write up(I like people who criticize and give reasons for their criticism) but our opinion differs here because i am of the opinion that we will do better as a divided nation,my reasons are as follows:

Our present country has been designed to favour some regions in terms of employment(Quota system)making the other region to be a conquered territory and this alone cripples patriotism and morale of people from that region.

Our present country has made policies that indirectly made the operations and activities of the seaports/airports in the marginalized region to be less attractive compared to the other regions that rapour with the so called super region(Hausa/Fulani).

We will do better as a divided nation because competition among the separated country will come up especially between the old eastern region and old western region and these competition will lead to more developments in the two different countries.

We will do better as a separate countries because we can easily hold our representatives accountable and tell them to their face whatever they are doing wrong(Okorocha speech at chattam House a case study), but if we remain one the corrupt leaders will be jumping all this atrocious act easily because once their tenure elapse they can easily settle in Abuja or leave the country because they know once they go back home that his people doesn't tolerate rubbish(Especially south eastern region, Ezeife of Old Anambra state can attest to this because of what happened to him by his kindreds because he couldn't construct a single road in his village while he was constructing other village roads when their administration were cut short by the military) but as a multi ethnic group made politicians to escape prosecution easily because they can easily instigate their people that he wasn't permitted to work because of other tribe attitude in his ministry/department/portfolio/designate.

As a divided country, i think people will be closer to the government because the area square metre to be governed will be minimized and it will make everybody to easily identify with the federal/state/local govt to sort out the various problems they have(Eg someone from PH can go to Enugu for an occassion/appointment and still return back to PH that same day)been facing as a citizen of that country.

Industries will be promoted more as a divided country because tribalism will be relegated or minimized to the lowest level,if not outrightly eliminated and the government will always promote policies that will favors his people because they have same belief(Eg Igbos are egaliterian in nature while the northerners are oligarch in nature).

As a divided country, ministries(Embassies and federal government structures/offices)will be nearer to the people which will reduce the amount people spent on going to either lagos or Abuja for their visas to travel outside the country.

Lastly, but not the list to be continued later is that as a separate country hidden good talents will begin to emanate/come out because now tribalism is not longer the cankerwarm that will make their God given talents not to be hidden is gone,both the quota,nepotism et al will be gone and when this has taken place you will observe that inventions will begin and technologies will also improve.

So the summary of what am saying is that TRIBALISM has really eaten deep that no remedy can salvage the situation.

Rayhutar:

At the bolded, I wonder why Nigeria government cannot build another standard Airport in Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt and make it very attractive so that if you are flying from Abroad to Nigeria, you fly directly to Kano, Enugu to East, Port Harcourt to SS and Lagos to the West that will create alot of Job, Build a standard sea and river port in Onitsha, Akwa Ibom,Imo, Kogi and Kaduna that will open up inland water transport and reduce the pressure on road transport, like goods and services can be transported easily from Onitsha to Kogi, Kaduna.

shachris02:
People ask me why i do not support Biafra even though i'm a proud Nwa afo; A homogenous igbo society would be as boring asf. Why? Let's overlook the pretenses for a second, and all the false sense of brotherhood. The bitter truth is that we hate ourselves. A typical igboman is more accommodatiing to a stranger he's met just for a day than a brother he's known his entire life. We feel we are in competition against ourselves always. A typical visit to any igbo village would confirm this truth. Most of the youngmen are running far away from home because most people at home would do anything to make sure they do not succeed. An igboman would prefer to help a foreigner get a job in his office than his own kin.
The crab mentality is the bane of the typical igbo society.

You do not need to look far to see this. You remember the Nairaland Biafrans boycott? and how many of us swore to never ever visit this forum again? and how we went ahead to start our own 'igbo' forums.

Those seemingly igbo forums are a typical example of what Biafra would look like if it ever comes to pass.

I followed those forums. From Biafra Republic to Ala Biafra and then Biafra town. The first few weeks every member was high on Biafra. People were trooping in like crazy. One of the forums even had up to 2000 signups in a day. Even Nairaland would be jealous of that stats. Promises were made. Loud members were ranting on how they were going to build a forum that would beat Nairaland hands down. They promised huge sums.

Few weeks down the line, the forum is still active. some members joined, some couldn't bear it and bummed off. The forum remained active. More promises made and none kept.

2 months down the line, the forums have turned to graveyards. All the flare and plomp are gone. people start wondering what the hell they were doing here in the first place. all members flee and return back to the Nigerian forums they all love and leave the wonderful biafran forums to die a slow and painful death.

Biafra republic that used to have 3000 members online can't even boast of 3 users online. Biafratown is really pathetic but i must commend the admin. Dude posted 3000 topics all by himself . Ala biafra is dead and gone.

This is a true reflection of what biafra would look like. After the pomb and flare, the reality starts to bite and people go back to their vomits. But this time around, they might not be as lucky and the vomit might no longer be available to swallow back.

Biafra is boring and i want no part of it.

shachris02:


Everything I warned you and kanu about is happening right now. How about that, bro?

mandax:


shachris02;

You are a typical Yoruba. I regret ever condescending to reply you as I did above.

You are one of those Yoruba who don't understand yet that one Nigeria is a hindrance to development in entire Yoruba land. U are one of those Yoruba who see only Lagos high rise and urban sprawl and refuse to see the severe underdevelopment in rest of Yoruba land.

Sorry ma dear, an average Igbo man understands that one Nigeria is a hindrance to development in Igbo land and is willing to have Igboland freed from one Nigeria.

Abagworo:
Partly correct but the problem of Igbos is from some particular sections. Remove them and the rest of Igboland will be at love and peace. I in particular will never be part of anything they are involved and so is it for everyone with full knowledge of their antecedents God bless every Igbo man that stands for the truth.

HopeAtHand:


@bolded, you shud be deliberate and mention names. That is what makes you a man. No need to hide them. Anambrarians seclusion tendencies is the bane of igbo unity. Period.

Biafra is Dead on Arrival especially as they are banking their hopes on SS.

Fadekebisola:

then i was correct wen i mentioned anambrarians as the ones responsible for igbo unity...am no igbo but i schooled in the east.....by far anambra people are the most tribalistic beings i have ever seen....they even tell Nsukka and abakaliki people that northerners are their brothers ....how can they expect this sub-group to feel wen they malign them..

i just de laugh wen una ipob youths begin rant about biafra up and down

lakhadimar:
This is the part I dont understand. It is obvious that the OP is ibo just like them, instead of them to address the article, they started shouting yoruba yoruba yoruba. Its as if their noise about biafra is not always complete untill they include yoruba

Fadekebisola:
i even heard Nsukka, Ngwa and Abakaliki people are not regarded as pure igbos..

just try and zone 2019 presidency to Abia, Ebonyi or Nsukka and u will realise how the sharp divisions will be

dont ask me how i know...i schooled in UNN and over there in Enugu i virtually noted all these....i stayed for 5years in Enugu and once u are referred as from Nsukka or Abakaliki u will see how people will deny their place bc of the classification amongst igbos..

one day in class one anambra lecturer asked 'how can fools be given state' referring to Nsukka people seeking for adada state...heard he's now late..may his soul rip


go to north u can never know who is from kano or katsina or kaduna bc they relate as one or even my home place south west...but in south east they will usually classify themselves based on state..

let me stop here...i know igbos too well and thats why i dont give a fvck about their chest beating...

Fadekebisola:

then i was correct wen i mentioned anambrarians as the ones responsible for igbo unity...am no igbo but i schooled in the east.....by far anambra people are the most tribalistic beings i have ever seen....they even tell Nsukka and abakaliki people that northerners are their brothers ....how can they expect this sub-group to feel wen they malign them..

i just de laugh wen una ipob youths begin rant about biafra up and down

Fadekebisola:

am not igbo but am almost 100% sure the odd people who bore the main hate and tribalism amongst u is anambra state....i heard in igboland some are senior igbos while others are lesser igbos.....i wonder the kind of tribe igbos are...too hateful of themselves..

saintneo:

WRT bold sentence, I must say that, this is the reason why I don't want Biafra. Our people can be very wicked, cheats and selfish; however, if these acts can be curbed I will prefer Biafra to Nigeria.

HopeAtHand:


@bolded, you shud be deliberate and mention names. That is what makes you a man. No need to hide them. Anambrarians seclusion tendencies is the bane of igbo unity. Period.

Biafra is Dead on Arrival especially as they are banking their hopes on SS.

Rayhutar:

Big lie ,The north have more division than the entire Nigeria, fulani gerji kill fulani gida, fulani gergi are yellow in completion while fulani are blacks, Hausa hausa have 9 divisions with no intermarriages between the divisions, Kanuri cant marry Fulani or Shuwa, infact they dont enter the same mosque to pray, fulani have their own mosque, Kanuri have their own mosque, in Kaduna people of northern kaduna and southern kaduna kill each other, in SW; Oworis and Egun kill each other, the rest of yoruba dont marry Ijebu people and Ondo Yorubas. Ogbomosho yorubas see their self as more superior and sophisticated and rest of yoruba hate them, Igbos are the most united tribe in Nigeria, that is why people like you don't have peace in your miserable life, you are always on Internet day and night opening thousands of hatred threads against the Igbos, the more you hate them the more they progress why you are dying of heart attack on top of Igbo people matter.

Rayhutar:

You are a liar, Abakiliki and Nsukka people are not discriminated to the extent the Yorubas are discriminating against the Oworis, Egun, Illejas, Ijebus and Ondo yorubas, infact Yorubas don't intermarry them, instead of that Yoruba will prefer to marry Igbo girl.

Rayhutar:

The same way Ogbomosho Yorubas see their self as senior yolobas and rest of yolobas see Oworis, Egun and Illajes as conquered sub Yorubas that are pigs, Ijebu Yorubas are seen as snakes and vampires by the rest of Yorubas, Ondo Yorubas are seen as dejected people.
At least in Igboland Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi intermarry, but Yorubas are divided within their self that they don't intermarry among Yoruba states like Igbos.

Rayhutar:

You are a liar, Abakiliki and Nsukka people are not discriminated to the extent the Yorubas are discriminating against the Oworis, Egun, Illejas, Ijebus and Ondo yorubas, infact Yorubas don't intermarry them, instead of that Yoruba will prefer to marry Igbo girl.

Rayhutar:

The same way Ogbomosho Yorubas see their self as senior yolobas and rest of yolobas see Oworis, Egun and Illajes as conquered sub Yorubas that are pigs, Ijebu Yorubas are seen as snakes and vampires by the rest of Yorubas, Ondo Yorubas are seen as dejected people.

At least in Igboland Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi intermarry, but Yorubas are divided within their self that they don't intermarry among Yoruba states like Igbos.

mandax:


Are you not brain-dead to believe that Igbos bank hopes on SS for Biafra?

It's going to be a country of the most willing groups in the old southeast region. You can take your Ikwerre region or wherever you come from to whatever country you want to be, including a new country of Arewa Sharia republic.
Have you heard of Beira Corridor? You shall be paid money to have the new country a corridor to the Atlantic ocean.

Be educated. You are not indispensable.

One Nigeria has dwarfed development in your SS land.

Only a mugu from the SS does not understand that the SS is supposed to be as developed as Dubai today if one Nigeria is truly one country

shachris02:


sometimes silence can be expensive.

Dante said "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality"

OneNaira6:


One hopeathand is NOT ikwerre nor from Rivers state. He's equivalent to the shachris nigga. The dude rarely even knows much about Ikwerre talk less River state he claims he's from. He's been taught repeatedly about the two things he claims he is on this NL and I've that shit with my own two bloody eyes. If you doubt me, go through Ezepromoe post especially during his discussion with that hopeathand. The dude has repeatedly proven what a wannabe that the hope whatever dude is till the point he now avoids the ezepromoe guy just to shameless be the pathetic ikwerre wannabe. Its equivalenf to shachris avoiding pazienza and co for repeatedly dragging him during his igbo wannabe claim....i swear when i tell you this people are pathetic. They are truly pathetic!!!!

While I'm at it, the attack on SS is not warranted. I'm from SS and I support Biafra and there many of us like me. Afterall, we protested way more than SE, excluding aba, did. Next time use SOME during your attack.

Fadekebisola:

bros no be fight ooo....i schooled in unn so am sure of what i wrote up there.....give a reasonable defence not this petty defence