CzarChris:
You had my undivided attention on your write up, until you played the 1967 card.
I am an igboman and I have always seen the biafran agitation as a waste of time, because it's way too late in the day to divide Nigeria now. In my opinion these are the reasons for the current upsurge in the call for Biafra.

1) Jonathan ignored the biafran agitators and in his actions as president he included all parts of the country in his appointments(much to the chagrin of the northern oligarchy) that alone spoke volumes in calming down the polity, unlike our current president who through his actions and inactions sidelined a particular section of the country and his 5% comment only added more fuel to the fire of marginalisation burning in the east. His arrest of Kanu only made the young man more popular.

Never play that 1967 card again, because lightening never strikes the same spot twice.

Agreed we have huge unexploited oil fields in the east, why haven't the government encouraged exploitation? It's simply to get a strangle hold of Eastern economy and deprive us of the accruing benefits. All the seaports close to the east have been killed to suppress the igboman and make him go to faraway lagos to get his goods. Why did the North and West go crazy when Jonathan made Enugu airport an international airport or when he started building a deep seaport in Ibaka, Akwa Ibom? Why is Tinapa free trade zone comatose till this day? Don't get me started on the much publicised gift of £20 to every igboman no matter the amount you had in the bank prior to the Nigerian Biafran civil war. But the west and the north still can't phantom how the igboman can still rise and flourish with all the obstacles your likes put in our path. Owerri, Awka, Onitsha, Enugu, Aba, Umuahia where razed to the ground during the civil war, but I make bold to claim that no other path of this nation is as developed (apart from Lagos and Abuja) as these places I mentioned. Never in the history of Africa has a group of people contributed to build an airport not to talk of an international cargo airport, but Imo airport was born through self help contributions, donations and taxes, but the government out of fear reduced it to an airport. I believe it was Prof. Wole Soyinka that said that "it is only an Igboman that can squeeze water out of a stone". We build our own roads, provide our own water what has this contraption called Nigeria done for the East?
I believe in one Nigeria, but never see the gentle strides of Lion as a sign of weakness. Oil is the thin thread holding this country together, let's hope that by 2035-2040 when oil will become obsolete that that thread won't break.

Vutseck:

with merit of course
after spending years in prison and still standing on the cause he believes in
can you muster the courage to dare the FG...we know your answer.. NO .

KingsJohnson:



My friend we are not in d courtroom or in any official gathering, so don't expect me to use words dat u n odas can't comprehend. Hweva d main purpose of language is communication, once u understood d message am trying to pass through, dat purpose is achieved..



Datz why I detest you guys some much always resort to personal abuse n looking for tinx we dey are not

Nightwolf1:


U are a cakewalk as opponent on matters arising.
This morning sign ur death warrant

mazimee:
Jonathan ignored them, but Buhari didn't.
He arrested Kanu, that worsen the whole issue.

OkunrinMeta:


I am glad nobody wants a war.

Can you name one Yoruba man in the top 5 of Jonathan's administration? I don't think the Yoruba Nation started a protest for that.

You said, what has Nigeria done for the east? I ask what had Nigeria done for any part of Nigeria. The average Igbo man is still much better off than the average Hausa Man. Has the decades of rule really favored the North or any part of Nigeria. The only difference is that maybe the people embezzling the funds are more from a part of the country, not that the fund is being used to develop a single part to the detriment of the others.

My point is, we are all victims. We all share in the fate of Nigeria and have suffered enough so we should not shoot ourselves in the foot by trowing political stability into the wind.

Any protest must be peaceful and strategic.

EgunMogaji:


Because Jonathan was keeping their mouth sealed with money?

Yyeske:
Lol, with all ears and please wake up those other IPOB miscreants, we all have a night meeting now

Yyeske:
I didn't insult you in any way, I only said incitement to violence or whatever you call it in law will still be used against him because violence occurred few years back, Search for the thread even with pictures. Most of us were perplexed for Christian to Christian hate due to tribe all because of IPOB.
I'm sorry if you feel offended though

Yyeske:
He might know law, his grammar though but he doesn't know what happened and when it happened.
Search nairaland for the thread some years back

Adminisher:


You are unstoppable but Nigeria is indivisible so all I see is bloodshed and misery for your generation. Some of you will waste your entire lives fighting and Nigeria still won't divide .

komekn:


Rubbish.


They were all busy sharing national cake.

Now there is no national cake to share they have remembered Biafra.

I have often wondered who is sponsoring Nnamdi, it's definitely not the hungry ill informed hallelujah crowd that run around him.

Nightwolf1:

My question is waiting for answer. Or u wanna cower as usual?

Eastfield1:
lol see dream. you guys have no idea the plans we have for Nigeria

KingsJohnson:

Eastfield1:
lol
see dream.
you guys have no idea the plans we have for Nigeria

Yyeske:
Which is?

Yyeske:
Was that an insult? Sorry if something I felt and noted but it really didn't go down well with you.
My apologies

Kazim88:
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You northerners lack the brain capacity to withstand the heat. I understand.. I really feel for you guys.

If you are looking for war... BH is battle ready. take on them.

If fighting with bullet was better, Nigeria would had been Down since...

But we know the Law... international laws...

we know our bounds... but you know nothing.

God would punish you all if Oct 1st come and go and nothing happened after all ur online chest beating.

KingsJohnson:



You kip on emphasizing on dis ur peaceful protest n war, don't worry broda cus d Igbo's I know are not d violent type expect wen dey had no option

KingsJohnson:



Lol, is not an insult, rada a cow and onions from d North

Yyeske:
Not violent but harassing Obiano and other politicians in Anambra state

KingsJohnson:



Violent and harassment are two different tinx brodaly

Adminisher:


You are unstoppable but Nigeria is indivisible so all I see is bloodshed and misery for your generation. Some of you will waste your entire lives fighting and Nigeria still won't divide .

Abagworo:
PDP is behind Radio Biafra and IPOB which is purely a party affair trying to create war between Igbos and Nigeria. There's been agitations in the past including MASSOB that still exists but those ones were based more on Igbo interest than PDP interest.

Reinvented:
In my opinion, Jonathan's CONFAB gave hope to many 'marginalized ' groups or people. The decision by Buhari to 'park' the CONFAB report meant ststus quo remained, which is false hope for a diverse nation like Nigeria.

ocelot2006:
Because there was a sense of inclusion and fair play among the Igbos. The administration wasn't perfect, but it tried to ensure that the Igbos indeed felt that they belonged.

That changed under Buhari.

sorom4:
What makes you think that you or any relative of yours (Wherever they may be) will not be a victim of war whenever it happens?

jpphilips:


So once igbos are excluded, Nigeria must break up right? You guys are junkies.

OkunrinMeta:
One would imagine that in five years that Jonathan was in Power, if these protests and loud requests for secession was brought forward and it was this loud, It might have been easier for the Igbo nation to get what they seem to want.

Of course there is also the question of whether the agitators actually speak the mind of the Igbo Nation. This is because in my corner of the country, the Igbo men I know do not seem to be very much in support of Master Nnamdi. Still, these issues should be addressed by way of logical two way discussion.

So my questions are:

why is the demand for Biafra more pronounced now?

Did the agitators forget what they wanted before?

Did they not want it at the time?

What exactly is the reasonable expectation currently?

Do you want the Hausa man to go and face his onions and cow while leaving the oil for only the east to enjoy because they are very selfless like Jesus?

Would it not have been easier to ask Jonathan to do that?

Are we willing to go back to 1967 to make it happen?

OkunrinMeta:


I am glad nobody wants a war.

Can you name one Yoruba man in the top 5 of Jonathan's administration? I don't think the Yoruba Nation started a protest for that.

You said, what has Nigeria done for the east? I ask what had Nigeria done for any part of Nigeria. The average Igbo man is still much better off than the average Hausa Man. Has the decades of rule really favored the North or any part of Nigeria. The only difference is that maybe the people embezzling the funds are more from a part of the country, not that the fund is being used to develop a single part to the detriment of the others.

My point is, we are all victims. We all share in the fate of Nigeria and have suffered enough so we should not shoot ourselves in the foot by trowing political stability into the wind.

Any protest must be peaceful and strategic.

mazimee:
Jonathan ignored them, but Buhari didn't.
He arrested Kanu, that worsen the whole issue.