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Date: Jun 20, 2017 15:21
Subject: AN IGBO VOICE ON THE QUIT NOTICE GIVEN TO NDIGBO IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
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AN IGBO VOICE UPON THE QUIT NOTICE GIVEN TO NDIGBO
It is no longer news that all the Igbo sons and daughters resident in
Northern Nigeria has been served a ‘quit notice’ by Northern youths
which notice has been subtly reiterated through a letter to His
Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo SAN, GCON, the acting president,
Federal Republic of Nigeria.
THE HOT BUTTON
It is already fourteen days since some Youths of Northern Nigeria
issued what they term ‘Kaduna Declaration’ by which they believed to
have served a quit notice to all person of South-Eastern origin
resident in Northern Nigeria. This so called quit notice came as a
surprise to many people, both Igbos and non-igbos alike, as no well
meaning Nigerian expected this at a time Nigeria is trying to overcome
two major challenges namely insecurity and recession. It is no
surprise that Nigerians are already overwhelmed with the above
mentioned two challenges but the surprise however is on how a
particular tribe of the Nigerian nation has been singled out as the
whipping boy on whom this Northern Youths intends to vent their
frustration.
GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSES
This hot button, termed ‘quit notice’ to the Igbos has been greeted
with rejection and criticism from several quarters of the Nigeria
system. The Kaduna State Government was swift in condemning the so
called declaration and many other Northern leaders joined in
condemning the actions of the Northern youths. Subsequently, The
Acting President Prof. Yemi Osibanjo spoke eloquently on the matter
and called on all Nigerian Youths to be law abiding as no group will
be allowed to destabilize the peace in the country. The Acting
President has matched his words with action aimed at entrenching
lasting peace by painstakingly consulting with Northern leaders and
subsequently with leaders of South-Eastern Nigeria.
THE SUBTLE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUIT NOTICE
Ordinarily, it was expected that the Northern Youths would have
softened their stance to the extent of pursuing dialogue as a way to
discuss their grievances, but despite the call for unity by the Acting
President and all well meaning Nigerians, the Northern Youths have not
changed their mind on the quit notice. Rather they have, through the
letter addressed to the Acting President, persuaded him to see things
from their perspective.
ISSUES RAISED BY THE QUIT NOTICE AND THE LETTER TO
PROF. OSIBANJO
This hot button, being the quit notice to Ndigbo resident in Northern
Nigeria, as well as the subsequent letter addressed to The Acting
President, by Youths of Northern Nigeria have, in summary, raised two
major issues namely:
*That the 1966 military coup involved much of Igbo soldiers among
other things, and
*That Ndigbo are tenants in Northern
Nigeria and are no longer wanted by the youths.
As an Igbo youth, I want to identify with the Northern youths in
regretting the occurrence of the 1966 military coup. As we are all
familiar with the modus operandi of men in khaki, it couldn’t have
been a plot by Ndigbo entirely and infact, records show it was an
action orchestrated by few soldiers some of whom are of Igbo origin
but were blinded by overzealousness and quest for power. I wish it
did not happen. If time is reversible, I would have added my voice in
calling for reversal of that unfortunate coup that has not done us any
good but damage.
THE HIGH COST OF THE COUP ON NDIGBO
1. The murder of Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi in the counter coup may be
defensible on the fact that some Igbo soldiers orchestrated the 1966
coup (even though Ironsi was not seen to be part of the coup);
2. The killing of non-count Igbo sons and daughters in Northern
Nigeria sequel to the counter coup may be defensible still on Igbo
involvement in the 1966 coup. That mass killing is what the Northern
youths now call mob action in their letter to Osibanjo;
3. The death of millions of Ndigbo during the civil war and the
absence of remorse from fellow Nigerians for the brute visited on
Ndigbo using weapons and hunger, has as well been defensible on the
1966 coup;
4. The somewhat ostracism which Ndigbo had to undergo after the civil
war, which placed them under a special ceiling so that both militarily
and politically they could not ascend to certain heights has also been
because of the 1966 coup;
5. The continued campaign against Ndigbo which aims at eliciting more
hatred against the Igbo race as a people and which seeks to vilify an
Igbo person as the worst of all the components making up the Nigerian
nation, the same approach the Northern youths have employed now, is
according to them ‘because of the 1966 coup’.

POSER QUESTION
Can every act of aggression against Ndigbo be justifiable indefinitely
because of a coup involving some Igbo soldiers some fifty years ago?
Fifty years after, with the few Igbo soldiers involved late and
forgotten, and millions of innocent Igbo sons and daughters having
paid the ultimate price with their lives for the wrongs they did not
commit; Youths of Northern Nigeria conveniently declares that people
who are cohabiting peacefully with them in Northern Nigeria who has
Igbo blood in them are banished to South-East Nigeria. Justifying this
action, the youths say it was Ndigbo that led the 1966 coup.


Isn’t it trite and redundant to vilify a people for
a fifty years old wrong they know nothing about and which they
solemnly regret? Will the youths of Northern Nigeria not consider that
it’s about time they stop visiting Ndigbo with abhorrence especially
those dwelling peaceably with them? Justifying abhorrence on a people
because few of their kind orchestrated violence fifty years ago is
trite. Times have changed in Nigeria and people whose region has bred
unprovoked violence in the country has been receiving developmental
attention of the government and that is the right thing now. But how
is it that a violence of past fifty years remains fresh with
retribution still being called for against a people?
BIAFRA AGITATION AND IGBO LEDERS OF THOUGHT
First and foremost, the only reason why the Biafran agitators still
find space to do so is because they operate non-violent. Being
non-violent makes them beneficiaries of the constitutional provision
of freedom of thought and expression. That few Igbo persons keep
speaking out of their obsession and believe in erstwhile struggle does
not mean it is an Igbo slogan or an Igbo agenda. Common sense goes to
prove that if Ndigbo has an evil agenda against the Nigerian state,
the sons and daughters of Igbo origin would not be seen buying landed
properties and building mansions and estates in addition to factories
and institutions across all the nooks and crannies of the Nigerian
nation. Who else among the components of Nigeria has done like Onye
Igbo in developing a land in which he knew is not his father land? The
experience of insecurity in North-East Nigeria has not deterred the
Igbos from operating in the region despite the high toll of casualties
recorded as a result of the direct and indirect murders on the Igbo
people. Properties lost to the menace are beyond countable.
Even at that, Ndigbo have not abandoned North East Nigeria but rather
identifies with the people of the region also in the suffering and
loses of lives and properties with readiness to continue identifying
with the North in this trying time of that region. Numerous epitaph
abounds in the South Eastern Nigeria to show that Ndigbo has paid
costly for having being in the North East and for remaining in the
region in the face of ruthless insecurity.
When will Nigeria appreciate the dogged spirit of the Igbo person who
even though he has stayed under the special ceiling restricted by
manmade limitations, but yet has contributed to the development at the
North, at the West, at The South and least at the East-his home land.
Some of the leaders of Nigeria cannot be said to have appreciated this
patriotic spirit and ingenuity of Ndigbo. One could hope for future
leaders, but we now have our youths from the North, supposedly future
leaders towing the path of retrogress as a convenient option and this
is unfortunate. The Northern youths says their reason is because of
the Biafra agitation. Yet we know that the agitators for Biafra have
not killed any Northerner.
On the other hand, those who are agitating for a caliphate in the
North East had killed a lot of Ndigbo at churches, markets, schools,
residences, etc, their epitaph scattered across the South East; yet
Ndigbo did not banish northerners in Igbo land, neither did Ndigbo
blame all northerners for allowing unprovoked violence spiral out of
control under their watch and before their own eyes. Could it have
been convenient if Ndigbo called for a Northern-referendum to allow
the north decide whether they go with caliphate or not?
Well Ndigbo couldn’t have called for that because it would have
depicted insensitivity and even the youths of Northern Nigeria could
have asked what is wrong with the Igbos for bringing such numb
proposal. This supposition goes to showcase the fact that what is not
good for the goose is not good for the gander.
IPOB/MASSOB OBSESSION
Nnamdi Kanu et al who are agitating for Biafra under the guise of IPOB
or MASSOB are not significant enough to becloud the entire Igbo race
to the extent all acts and deeds of Ndigbo across Nigeria becomes
insignificant except the activities of few inconsequential persons who
have chosen to agitate for secession. The Northern youths are
obviously obsessed with the activities of Biafra agitators, but they
must diffuse the obsession by paying heed to well meaning Igbos both
in the South-East and in the Northern Nigeria in order to ascertain
the true position of Ndigbo. Let not the agitation by few Igbo persons
be construed as the agenda of the entire Ndigbo.
NDIGBO AS THE WHIPPING BOY
A novel was published in 2014 titled the “The Whipping Boy”. The
content of that book is, to an extent a clear position of the Igbo
people as members of the Nigerian nation who wants better relation
with fellow Nigerians, especially the Northern Nigeria. I implore the
Northern youths to take the content of that book as opposed to the
agitation for secession because what the true Igbo man wants is a
better Nigeria for all Nigerians and not a small country made up of
homogeneous people.
Ndigbo are use to a large population and a great land mass as it is in
Nigeria and not a small land mass that restricts and inhibits the
industrious spirit of the Igbo person. We rather have better and
prosperous Nigeria for all Nigerian where Ndigbo is one of the major
players as endowed by God, than to have a small country where the Igbo
ingenuity will be inhibited.
DENOUEMENT,
FAUTE DE MIEUX
In conclusion, there is nothing better than peace and unity. On behalf
of the well meaning Igbo youths, I plead for peace between Ndigbo home
and abroad with the entire people of Nigeria, especially the people of
Northern Nigeria whose youths are now showing symptoms of impatience
against the Igbos in their land. In the spirit of sincerity let the
Northern youths accept the Igbos to stay with them in peace and unity.
However, if the initial stance of the Northern youths remains
steadfast, such that they cannot rescind their “declaration” I urge
them to sincerely voice it out one more time as an act of sincerity
devoid of deceit so that they shall still be honour bound. Then I urge
them to take the matter to the National Assembly where the matter, if
legislatively expressed successfully, shall have a force of law.
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria provides, as I
assume the Northern youths know already, that Nigeria shall be one and
indivisible. The declaration made by the Northern youths is only an
attempt to do the impossible. A declaration by some youths anywhere in
Nigeria whether South or North cannot supersede the written
Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, neither can it usurp the
grundnorm.
The Northern youths can only succeed in this onerous quest if they
convince the National Assembly to do their set goal of cutting out the
Igbo people out of Nigeria. Where this becomes a reality, all Igbo
sons and daughters will gladly go home. We are known for being ‘home
inclined’ after all, therefore it shall be a pleasure. Here in the
South-East, we shall accommodate all law abiding Nigerian irrespective
of region, tribe or creed.

GOD BLESS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.


GOD BLESS NDIGBO

GOD BLESS SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN NIGERIA.

Seun, Lalasticlala, et'al, pleases do the needful. God bless Nairaland!

Ah ah e too much to read nah

na new school physics be this

Homeboiy:
Ah ah e too much to read nah


na new school physics be this

Bros, the Nigerian issue has to be long, especially when it involves Igbos

eodavids:


Bros, the Nigerian issue has to be long, especially when it involves Igbos

My brother it is good to tell one''s self the truth. The villification of igbos is self inflicted. It's almost a tribal trait to be loud and irritatingly ill-mannered. You look down on all other Nigerians and believe you are better than everyone else. The only natural reaction to such traits is dislike. But instead of asking yourself why people dislike you, you tell yourself it's envy. It's not envy. It is irritation.

As for the Northerners, apart from the progrom in 1966 which was a reaction to igbo chest beating and boasting, they have been indiscriminate in their violence.

When violence breaks out in the north, every non Muslim is affected. Igbos, yorubas, efik, ibibio, ogoni, urhobo, even some non Muslim northerners e.g the Christian indigenes of southern kaduna state are all fair game when the almajiri go on a rampage. The violence in the North has always been religious, not ethnic.

honeychild:


My brother it is good to tell one''s self the truth. The villification of igbos is self inflicted. It's almost a tribal trait to be loud and irritatingly ill-mannered. You look down on all other Nigerians and believe you are better than everyone else. The only natural reaction to such traits is dislike. But instead of asking yourself why people dislike you, you tell yourself it's envy. It's not envy. It is irritation.

As for the Northerners, apart from the progrom in 1966 which was a reaction to igbo chest beating and boasting, they have been indiscriminate in their violence.

When violence breaks out in the north, every non Muslim is affected. Igbos, yorubas, efik, ibibio, ogoni, urhobo, even some non Muslim northerners e.g the Christian indigenes of southern kaduna state are all fair game when the almajiri go on a rampage. The violence in the North has always been religious, not ethnic.

I am an Igbo young man, but I agree with your view. Some Igbo people can have annoying attitudes to life. Sometimes I feel ashamed to be Igbo because of the display by some Igbo people.

Even as they have been served quit notice, if you see how those in the same northern Nigeria still live you will marvel.

Go to beer parlours, you stii see them in horde consuming more of the alcohol and making louder noise on the process. On the streets, many of our illiterate ones make traffic mistakes which translate to offences legally, but they will challenge even the traffic warden and argue the matter until they out of option.

Dignity and respect is fast disappearing from the Igbo person. God help the Ndigbo

eodavids:


I am an Igbo young man, but I agree with your view. Some Igbo people can have annoying attitudes to life. Sometimes I feel ashamed to be Igbo because of the display by some Igbo people.

Even as they have been served quit notice, if you see how those in the same northern Nigeria still live you will marvel.

Go to beer parlours, you stii see them in horde consuming more of the alcohol and making louder noise on the process. On the streets, many of our illiterate ones make traffic mistakes which translate to offences legally, but they will challenge even the traffic warden and argue the matter until they out of option.

Dignity and respect is fast disappearing from the Igbo person. God help the Ndigbo

Really so that you would be seen as being detribalized and patriotic? Better continue to feel ashamed of being igbo that is if you are. waiting for your northern and south western friends to come and congratulate you. Mr ashamed -igbo

eodavids:


I am an Igbo young man, Sometimes I feel ashamed to be Igbo because of the display by some Igbo people.

You are free to join Hausa Fulani
Where you will feel proud

But put this in your skull if you have any
No nation is without ills
No tribe is perfect
Igbo can be great without you or your useless rants

lloydtruth:
Really so that you would be seen as being detribalized and patriotic? Better continue to feel ashamed of being igbo that is if you are. waiting for your northern and southern friends to come and congratulate you.

I know where the dude is coming from
He was told by his mother that his dad is Igbo

lloydtruth:
Really so that you would be seen as being detribalized and patriotic? Better continue to feel ashamed of being igbo that is if you are. waiting for your northern and south western friends to come and congratulate you. Mr ashamed -igbo

Jioyi, nwanne chill.

Anyi ga nekwu nkebu eziokwu. Kanyi bidonu chuba ewu ojii tupu Chi ejinari anyi

lloydtruth:
Really so that you would be seen as being detribalized and patriotic? Better continue to feel ashamed of being igbo that is if you are. waiting for your northern and south western friends to come and congratulate you. Mr ashamed -igbo

lmao

eodavids:


I am an Igbo young man, but I agree with your view. Some Igbo people can have annoying attitudes to life. Sometimes I feel ashamed to be Igbo because of the display by some Igbo people.

Even as they have been served quit notice, if you see how those in the same northern Nigeria still live you will marvel.

Go to beer parlours, you stii see them in horde consuming more of the alcohol and making louder noise on the process. On the streets, many of our illiterate ones make traffic mistakes which translate to offences legally, but they will challenge even the traffic warden and argue the matter until they out of option.

Dignity and respect is fast disappearing from the Igbo person. God help the Ndigbo

honeychild:


My brother it is good to tell one''s self the truth. The villification of igbos is self inflicted. It's almost a tribal trait to be loud and irritatingly ill-mannered. You look down on all other Nigerians and believe you are better than everyone else. The only natural reaction to such traits is dislike. But instead of asking yourself why people dislike you, you tell yourself it's envy. It's not envy. It is irritation.

As for the Northerners, apart from the progrom in 1966 which was a reaction to igbo chest beating and boasting, they have been indiscriminate in their violence.

When violence breaks out in the north, every non Muslim is affected. Igbos, yorubas, efik, ibibio, ogoni, urhobo, even some non Muslim northerners e.g the Christian indigenes of southern kaduna state are all fair game when the almajiri go on a rampage. The violence in the North has always been religious, not ethnic.

No body gives a Bleep about ur Opinion.
anyone who is not Happy about The way Ndi Igbo live their live should Go and Die.
or Better still.
Gather ur family together with u and go die in a Road accident

eodavids:


I am an Igbo young man, but I agree with your view. Some Igbo people can have annoying attitudes to life. Sometimes I feel ashamed to be Igbo because of the display by some Igbo people.

Even as they have been served quit notice, if you see how those in the same northern Nigeria still live you will marvel.

Go to beer parlours, you stii see them in horde consuming more of the alcohol and making louder noise on the process. On the streets, many of our illiterate ones make traffic mistakes which translate to offences legally, but they will challenge even the traffic warden and argue the matter until they out of option.

Dignity and respect is fast disappearing from the Igbo person. God help the Ndigbo

honeychild:


My brother it is good to tell one''s self the truth. The villification of igbos is self inflicted. It's almost a tribal trait to be loud and irritatingly ill-mannered. You look down on all other Nigerians and believe you are better than everyone else. The only natural reaction to such traits is dislike. But instead of asking yourself why people dislike you, you tell yourself it's envy. It's not envy. It is irritation.

As for the Northerners, apart from the progrom in 1966 which was a reaction to igbo chest beating and boasting, they have been indiscriminate in their violence.

When violence breaks out in the north, every non Muslim is affected. Igbos, yorubas, efik, ibibio, ogoni, urhobo, even some non Muslim northerners e.g the Christian indigenes of southern kaduna state are all fair game when the almajiri go on a rampage. The violence in the North has always been religious, not ethnic.

No body gives a Fvck about ur Opinion.
anyone who is not Happy about The way Ndi Igbo live their live should Go and Die.
or Better still.
Gather ur family together with u and go die in a Road accident

zombieHUNTER:

You are free to join Hausa Fulani
Where you will feel proud

But put this in your skull if you have any
No nation is without ills
No tribe is perfect
Igbo can be great without you or your useless rants

Hausa Fulani complex affecting biafrans since day 1

Markfemi2:


Hausa Fulani complex affecting biafrans since day 1

I don't reply trolls