A socio-cultural group in Akwa Ibom State, Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, has protested against the reported inclusion of the state in an imaginary Biafran map.
The group accused the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, of including Akwa Ibom and other states within the south-south region of Nigeria on the Biafran map without consulting them.
It said it considered the inclusion an act of disrespect and provocation.
“We wish to remind the concerned Igbos that this senseless arrogance and callous disrespect for the Ibibio person, an endemic and pathological trait of their extraction has been at the core of the differences of our two nationalities,” the group said in a statement signed by its President, Monday Etokakpan, and Secretary General, James Edet.
“And so as it was in the first republic, so it is now and so shall it be in times to come. Ibibio has nothing in common with Igbo. To wit, we differ in ancestry, culture, beliefs, character traits, language, food, names, dressing and all.”
The group said if Nigeria were to break up today, Akwa Ibom would be “at home and in league with our kin and kindred in the proposed Atlantic Republic consisting of present States of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, and Rivers.
“Our Capital City shall be Port Harcourt, our Currency and Language shall both be Lanti.”
The group said that Akwa Ibom, for now, prefers to stay within the Nigeria federation.
“If the Igbos will be honestly desirous, sincerely determined and eventually successful in breaking away from Nigeria, we the Ibibio people in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States will be totally indifferent and will only be here to bid them fare-well.
“As a distinct and independent-minded people of over seven million in population we will continue to weigh our options in the Nigerian chase board and make the right moves the way we want it, in the direction we want, at the time we want and will partner with whomever we want to, if we must partner with anyone, to serve our best interest,” the group said.
The group said it was “unfortunate though not surprising” for the northern youth to order the Igbos to leave the north before October 1. It blamed the situation on the country’s refusal to start a process of restructuring the federation.”
The call by the northern group has been condemned by state and federal officials.
“We call on Northern Nigeria opinion leaders, elders, religious and political leaders and indeed the Federal Government to do the needful in reining in this mindless radicalism from their youth,” the group said.
“Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio would like to remind the northern Nigerians that no one, youth or elders, in the country has the monopoly of violence and that the lives and legitimately acquired property of the Ibibio person means the world to us.
“Therefore, no harm must befall them wherever they have chosen to live in Nigeria and indeed anywhere on the surface of the earth. Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio believes and will ensure that the Ibibio people exact pound for pound, flesh for flesh and life for life if necessary,” the group said.

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/south-south-regional/235058-not-biafrans-akwa-ibom-group-says.html
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It should be noted that Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio is one of the apex socio-cultural groups in Akwa Ibom State that has the mandate to speak for Ibibio people. This denouncement of Biafra by Ibibios is coming after the recent denouncements by Urhobos (UPU & Sen. Omo-Agege), Itsekiri (IPC) and Ijaws (IYC). It may be connected with the tensed ethnic atmosphere ushered by the careless statements of secessionists concerning the status of the southern minorities in the Biafran struggle. This is just to set the records straight.

Location of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria

As an Akwa Ibom youth, I join hands with Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio to say NO to Biafra! We may have been in the first Biafra but things have changed since then. Biafra has nothing to offer to the average Akwa Ibom man other than Igbo domination.

I created a thread sometime ago concerning why ND minorities will not join Biafra but guess what? IPOB youths derailed it as in their usual fashion. These people are worst than Boko Haram. They cannot be reasoned with and these are the same persons you want the peaceful and easygoing going Ibibio man to share a country with?

Never!

AkwaCross Republic or Niger Delta Republic for us!

Atikke Akpenyong Nanga bAnyong, Usen Anie Inwang Amayem, Asuk Anyunyuk Akibbe.

Ipob jews right now

this is my first time of hearing a name like this,make una no worry,when biafra finally comes by then it will be too late for you people

edochie12:
this is my first time of hearing a name like this,make una no worry,when biafra finally comes by then it will be too late for you people

You need not to have heard the name. Many Akwa Ibomites may not have heard of IPOB before but that doesn't in any way negate its existence.

Akwa Ibomites know this organisation very well and if you are familiar with Uyo, you would know where their major hall is located at Udo Udoma Road, Uyo.

fratermathy:
It should be noted that Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio is one of the apex socio-cultural groups in Akwa Ibom State that has the mandate to speak for Ibibio people. This denouncement of Biafra by Ibibios is coming after the recent denouncements by Urhobos (UPU & Sen. Omo-Agege), Itsekiri (IPC) and Ijaws (IYC). It may be connected with the tensed ethnic atmosphere ushered by the careless statements of secessionists concerning the status of the southern minorities in the Biafran struggle. This is just to set the records straight.

Map of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria





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God bless you my brother.

the way this news sweet for my Body ehnnn..

Abasi sosonghor ke Mboho mkparawa Ibibio enyangha Uyo esio from ubok nditor Uneghe.

fratermathy:


You need not to have heard the name. Many Akwa Ibomites may not have heard of IPOB before but that doesn't in any way negate its existence.

Akwa Ibomites know this organisation very well and if you are familiar with Uyo, you would know where their major hall is located at Atiku Abubakar Road, Uyo.

The Mboho Mkparawa Ibibion hall is located at Udo Udoma Avenue.. close to inspiration Fm, and a stone throw from the Tropicanna.

And fratermathy is now the conveyor of the news for and on behalf of the Akwa ibomites?

Yeye dey smell.

NtoAkwaIbom:


The Mboho Mkparawa Ibibion hall is located at Udo Udoma Avenue.. close to inspiration Fm, and a stone throw from the Tropicanna.

But there is one hall like that in Atiku Abubakar. Do you know that one?

I've seen the one close to Tropicana too. Just beside the House of Assembly complex. I never thought it was Mboho Mkaparawa's building but I knew an Ibibio group owns it.

Mesiere o!

Look at these fools
Masturbating over biafran affairs

Meanwhile they have a missing president
Who just allegedly addressed the nation in Hausa language via an audio tape

This country is finished

vanbonattel:
And fratermathy is now the conveyor of the news for and on behalf of the Akwa ibomites?

Yeye dey smell.

Yes! I released the press statement on behalf of Ibibios. I sent it to Premium Times for publication and then I brought it to Nairaland to taunt and torment Igbos and IPOB youths.

...FRATHERMATHY the SOBO MAN...you left all the miserable happenings in your URHOBO & ISOKO land come go carry ibibion matter for head...i sorry for people wey get you, for their mind them don born pikin.
...

as for your post

...there are igbos too who are against BIAFRA as we speak, but the question is are they in the majority? THE ANSWER IS NO!

...JUST JOIN US TO ASK YOUR GOVERNMENT TO PUT BIAFRA TO A REFERENDUM ONCE AND FOR ALL!
...so you can die once the result is announced, instead of all this sleepless days and nights you are suffering over biafran matters!

These are the kind of news that spread the fame of Biafra, instead of killing it. Let us all continue opening thread upon thread on biafra opposition, but from statistics, the movement is gathering momentum, growing larger than anyone has ever thought.

Biafra is not to be forced on anyone, and a referendum will state in clear terms who wants to join.

ndoeyopbennet:
As an Akwa Ibom youth, I join hands with Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio to say NO to Biafra! We may have been in the first Biafra but things have changed since then. Biafra has nothing to offer to the average Akwa Ibom man other than Igbo domination.

I created a thread sometime ago concerning why ND minorities will not join Biafra but guess what? IPOB youths derailed it as in their usual fashion. These people are worst than Boko Haram. They cannot be reasoned with and these are the same persons you want the peaceful and easygoing going Ibibio man to share a country with?

Never!

AkwaCross Republic or Niger Delta Republic for us!

Atikke Akpenyong Nanga bAnyong, Usen Anie Inwang Amayem, Asuk Anyunyuk Akibbe.

If you see d names those Ipob miscreant have called me ehnn, if you see the curses dem dong place on my head, the threats even,...
E jus be say me na staunch eyen AkwaIbom wey no dey shake anyhow for troubled waters.

Ipob brainwashing is worst than Boko Haram., Boko haram own na God dem use wash dia brain, Ipob na Nnamdi Kanu Bleach dem use, and NK na fello human ooo, but dem dong d worship am already.

vanbonattel:
These are the kind of news that spread the fame of Biafra, instead of killing it. Let us all continue opening thread upon thread on biafra opposition, but from statistics, the movement is gathering momentum, growing larger than anyone has ever thought.

Biafra is not to be forced on anyone, and a referendum will state in clear terms who wants to join.

Will you FORCE a referendum on people that have not asked for one? Was that how Scotland forced Wales or Ireland to take a referendum? Was that how Britain forced France to take a referendum?

You guys should assess your priorities. No one made you saviours sent to liberate minority groups from Nigeria. Liberate yourselves first!

fratermathy:


Yes! I released the press statement on behalf of Ibibios. I sent it to Premium Times for publication and then I brought it to Nairaland to taunt and torment Igbos and IPOB youths.

Is that above what a desperate soul can do?

When the new country is achieved, we shall honour you as one of the most determined fighters who promoted Biafra matters and converted even the most neutral biafrans to support this new country.

zombieHUNTER:
Look at these fools
Masturbating over biafran affairs

Meanwhile they have a missing president
Who just allegedly addressed the nation in Hausa language via an audio tape

This country is finished

them wan derail the thread now, wetin concern PMB HAUSA broadcast with us ? what's the use of Acting president ? or is there a Lacuna u want to fill.

fratermathy:


Will you FORCE a referendum on people that have not asked for one? Was that how Scotland forced Wales or Ireland to take a referendum? Was that how Britain forced France to take a referendum?

You guys should assess your priorities. No one made you saviours sent to liberate minority groups from Nigeria. Liberate yourselves first!

hahahahaha
I tell u say Ipob brains dong lock, and Kanu dong troway key, even in the midst of glaring evidence, dem still go put their head for mud to evade the truth.

The kind bleach Wey Kanu use for una strong ova, no smol sense remain.

vanbonattel:


Is that above what a desperate soul can do?

When the new country is achieved, we shall honour you as one of the most determined fighters who promoted Biafra matters and converted even the most neutral biafrans to support this new country.

I am honoured and flattered. Rest assured that I shall promote Biafra by constantly being against it.

fratermathy:


Will you FORCE a referendum on people that have not asked for one? Was that how Scotland forced Wales or Ireland to take a referendum? Was that how Britain forced France to take a referendum?

You guys should assess your priorities. No one made you saviours sent to liberate minority groups from Nigeria. Liberate yourselves first!

Who is forcing who? I came here because you opened a thread to deny on behalf of Akwa Ibom people, now, show me anywhere Biafran agitators have forced any tribe to join?

You will see you are crying more than the bereaved. While biafra is the direct beneficiaries of your campaign.

fratermathy:


I am honoured and flattered. Rest assured that I shall promote Biafra by constantly being against it.

That's my prayer, God will bless you and Ipodexposed for us You are doing a fantastic job. Even if they pay me N300k/month, I may not do as much as you are doing for us.

vanbonattel:


Who is forcing who? I came here because you opened a thread to deny on behalf of Akwa Ibom people, now, show me anywhere Biafran agitators have forced any tribe to join?

You will see you are crying more than the bereaved. While biafra is the direct beneficiaries of your campaign.

I am the one that denied Biafra abi? Sometimes you IPOB youths should take your time and read. Let me spoonfeed you now:


This is as it appears directly on Mboho.org (official website of the MMI):

OUR STAND ON CALLS FOR BREAK – UP OF NIGERIA
Added by Akan Nkweini on June 16, 2017.
Saved under Breaking News
Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, the foremost socio-cultural organisation in southern Nigeria of Ibibio Nationality, the fourth largest tribe in Nigeria, during our June 2017 Central Working Committee meeting, extensively reviewed developments past and present in the Nigerian geographical and political landscape and resolved as follows:

Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio considers it an affront, an act of extreme provocation and a stretch to the breaking point of the tolerance limits of the Ibibio people for some self-serving individuals in the cloak of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and indeed any bunch of avaricious persons howsoever called to wake up from an intoxication-induced sleep and agreed to hurriedly put out to the public a map of their dream Republic of Biafra.
Their utopian republic implicitly conscripted, without any modicum of respect to consult, our own prided land of heritage of Akwa Ibom State as well as those of our blood brothers along the Atlantic Coast of Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta and Rivers States.
We wish to remind the concerned Igbos that this senseless arrogance and callous disrespect for the Ibibio person, an endemic and pathological trait of their extraction has been at the core of the differences of our two nationalities. And so as it was in the first republic, so it is now and so shall it be in times to come. Ibibio has nothing in common with Igbo. To wit we differ in ancestry, culture, beliefs, character traits, language, food, names, dressing and all.
If the central issue militating against the viability of present day Nigeria is incurable and irreconcilable anthropological heterogeneity, then it would tantamount to a generational amnesia and insanity for us to contemplate re-constructing a similar monstrous edifice on quick sand in the South East and South South regions of Nigeria when a structure on such poor foundation, or no foundation at all, is sure to collapse in no time, especially given our not-too distant experience in events and circumstances of the last civil war.
If the Igbos will be honestly desirous, sincerely determined and eventually successful in breaking away from Nigeria, we the Ibibio people in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States will be totally indifferent and will only be here to bid them fare-well. As a distinct and independent-minded people of over seven million in population, Ibibio people will continue to weigh our options in the Nigerian chess board and make the right moves the way we want it, in the direction we want, at the time we want and will partner with whomever we want, if we must partner with anyone, to serve our best interest.
The reaction from the 16 Arewa Youth Organisations of Northern Nigeria as published on June 6, 2017 giving three months notice till October 01, 2017 to Igbos residing in the 19 States of Northern Nigeria to vacate that region and calling on Northerners residing in the South East to do likewise was unfortunate though not surprising.
Unfortunate because the persistent and hitherto suppressed call for restructuring of Nigeria is heating up to the boiling point as long foretold by observers within and without Nigeria, lending credence to the famous statement by John F. Kennedy that those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. Unfortunate again because the high levels of ignorance and illiteracy amongst the populace in the country leave many Nigerians incapable of discerning who is an Igbo person and who is not, when and if the bubble bursts.
We therefore call on Northern Nigeria opinion leaders, elders, religious and political leaders and indeed the Federal Government to do the needful in reining in this mindless radicalism from their youth. Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio would like to remind the northern Nigerians that no one, youth or elders, in the country has monopoly of violence and that the lives and legitimately acquired property of the Ibibio person means the world to us. Therefore no harm must befall them wherever they have chosen to live in Nigeria and indeed anywhere on the surface of the earth. Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio believes and will ensure that the Ibibio people exact pound for pound flesh for flesh and life for life if necessary.
Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio is totally in support of immediate restructuring of Nigeria to enthrone equity, justice and egalitarianism as necessary ingredients in every pluralistic union. But we quickly add that we are not averse to a break-up into smaller distinct countries where and if the above ingredients continue to prove elusive as has been endured mostly by us in present day Nigeria. Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio hereby places everyone on notice that we are at home and in league with our kin and kindred in the proposed Atlantic Republic consisting of present States of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Rivers and Edo. Our Capital City shall be Port Harcourt, our Currency and Language shall both be Lanti.
Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio hereby makes it clear that we share in the new World Order and the belief that our world has become a global village and human beings have become citizens of the world where people are at liberty to live and earn a legitimate livelihood in any country of their choice including Atlantic Republic, but this shall be strictly on the basis of equality of nations and diplomatic and economic reciprocity.


Akparawa (Elder) Monday Etokakpan, JP, FCIL Akparawa Jame Edet, NPOM

International President Secretary General Uyo, June 11, 2017

http://www.mboho.org/our-stand-on-calls-for-break-up-of-nigeria/

vanbonattel:


That's my prayer, God will bless you and Ipobexposed for us You are doing a fantastic job. Even if they pay me N300k/month, I may not do as much as you are doing for us.

Of course. I am doing my job as a patriotic citizen of Nigeria.

.Igbos are land grabbers. Akwa ibom nor gree make ipob come develop their land.Ipobareslaves

fratermathy:


I am the one that denied Biafra abi? Sometimes you IPOB youths should take your time and read. Let me spoonfeed you now:


This is as it appears directly on Mboho.org (official website of the MMI):




http://www.mboho.org/our-stand-on-calls-for-break-up-of-nigeria/

You still failed to show me anywhere in the article where any Biafran forced them to join the struggle?

fratermathy:


Of course. I am doing my job as a patriotic citizen of Nigeria.

Good for you. Nigeria has been getting better because of people like you

ipobarecriminals:
.Igbos are land grabbers. Akwa ibom nor gree make ipob come develop their land.Ipobareslaves

The only land grabbers I know of, are those who allocated Akwa Ibom oil wells to northerners and those who chased Ijaws and Agatu people from their ancestral homes.

vanbonattel:


You still failed to show me anywhere in the article where any Biafran forced them to join the struggle?

I will show you how Biafra has FORCED them into her struggle now. Look at the images below which were released by IPOB as the proposed Biafran republic map and structure and see why minorities are angry:

[img]http://4.bp..com/-REk3IMlg9oQ/VlQcxNkh6II/AAAAAAAAMfQ/e0gelrqN7vU/s1600/biafra.jpg[/img]

[img]http://1.bp..com/-eyOWaPQoaUo/WLVsGDv6WQI/AAAAAAAAFCM/q_26CY9nxq4nNmcbg_fywPdzZZ6EaE0EQCLcB/s1600/FB_IMG_1488284641602.jpg[/img]

fratermathy:


I will show you how Biafra has FORCED them into her struggle now. Look at the images below which were released by IPOB as the proposed Biafran republic map and structure and see why minorities are angry:

[img]http://4.bp..com/-REk3IMlg9oQ/VlQcxNkh6II/AAAAAAAAMfQ/e0gelrqN7vU/s1600/biafra.jpg[/img]

[img]http://1.bp..com/-eyOWaPQoaUo/WLVsGDv6WQI/AAAAAAAAFCM/q_26CY9nxq4nNmcbg_fywPdzZZ6EaE0EQCLcB/s1600/FB_IMG_1488284641602.jpg[/img]

That is a proposed map, and only a referendum can say who stays where. The people can vote for or against it. Their own case is even fair, who did Lord Lugard consult before lumping me with Urhobos for instance?

vanbonattel:


The only land grabbers I know of, are those who allocated Akwa Ibom oil wells to northerners and those who chased Ijaws and Agatu people from their ancestral homes.

What about the Ifeanyi Ubah, Tony Elumelu, Emeka Offor, Okey Nzenwa, Tony Ezenna, Nicholas Okoye, Ndi Onyiuke Okereke, F.A. Njoku, J.O. Amaefule, A.C. Uzoigwe, A.B.C. Orjiako, Ikechukwu Joseph, Arthur Eze, Emmanuel Ojei, Oscar P. Udoji, P.E Udoji, and E.E. Nwosu, AMONG MANY MANY OTHER IGBO OIL WELL OWNERS?

Are they not also Igbos exploiting the Niger Delta region? Why are you operating double standards? You think Igbos are absolved from the Niger Delta exploitation because you want Biafra?