Chris525:


In the advent of a Niger Delta republic, they just need resource control, then the idea of Biafra becomes less appealing. Biafra will be offering the same Nigerian setup where resources from one region will be used to develop the whole country. I doubt if any oil producing state will want that after Nigeria. All the talk about seaports and whatever I consider bullocks. The possibility of Biafra being landlocked is not a disadvantage. There are landlocked countries doing quite well. Whatever the case, however they break, all the countries will still have to work together one way or the other whether they like it or not.

The Ijaws may have the numbers but in the reality of a Niger Delta Republic, the power bloc will most likely be the Edos and say Deltans. I say this because the Edos are just a state and contribute about the least oil from the Niger Delta but are still such a force at national level, they know the game. They were a force way before oil, they know how to play politics thats not hinged on ‘my oil’. Something I can not say for the Ijaws and some other tribes from the SS.

The Ijaws are a large number but lack a united and formidable front. Give them resource control, they’ll walk away from the centre, they may even turn on themselves.

Ekealterego:

Wgen you people talk about oil, I see it as people without vision and have nothing else to offer. Do you know that Imo and Abia by legal definition of the NigerDelta are a part of it. Do you know that Abia and Imo state are both oil producing states (Also with very large deposits... even Anambra now... However, if you notice, they never talk about it, all they fight and bicker about themselves is about who is performing best in WAEC and JAMB and who is opening more industries, companies and innovations... They bicker about who has more big businessmen and who are putting up infrastructures and building houses.
The sooner Africans start thinking this way, the better for their advancement.

PHijo:


That is also wrong!

No matter how "indigenous Igbo" is drawn it is not close to 40 percent.

Where do you place the Ijaw and Ogoni?

Chris525:


In the advent of a Niger Delta republic, they just need resource control, then the idea of Biafra becomes less appealing. Biafra will be offering the same Nigerian setup where resources from one region will be used to develop the whole country. I doubt if any oil producing state will want that after Nigeria. All the talk about seaports and whatever I consider bullocks. The possibility of Biafra being landlocked is not a disadvantage. There are landlocked countries doing quite well. Whatever the case, however they break, all the countries will still have to work together one way or the other whether they like it or not.

The Ijaws may have the numbers but in the reality of a Niger Delta Republic, the power bloc will most likely be the Edos and say Deltans. I say this because the Edos are just a state and contribute about the least oil from the Niger Delta but are still such a force at national level, they know the game. They were a force way before oil, they know how to play politics thats not hinged on ‘my oil’. Something I can not say for the Ijaws and some other tribes from the SS.

The Ijaws are a large number but lack a united and formidable front. Give them resource control, they’ll walk away from the centre, they may even turn on themselves.

PHijo:


The Jaja you know is a fictional character that exists in mazi Nnamdi Kanu's podcasts and perhaps in fictional papa Benji peppersoup joint!

Jaja the first amayanabo of Opobo was known to history as an Ibani Ijaw.

Omuaro38:

Nothing defines the identity of a people more than their language, culture, and to a considerable extent their names. The Igbos didn't colonize these Igbo speaking subgroups in Rivers state, and I'm definitely sure those Igbo speaking tribes didn't just wake up one morning and magically started speaking variants of the Igbo language... just apply common sense from a prism of rational reasoning, and it makes things less complicated.

Logan23:


Any talk about crude oil is pure stupidity...From 2014/2015 till now, that's 6 - 7 years, the price of crude oil has been very low in the intl market and that is because solar technology and electric vehicles are massively been produced, thus the market for crude oil will keep shrinking n shrinking until its price drops permanently to less than 15 dollars per barrel.

As for crude oil, Anambra,imo and Abia are already oil producing states AKA niger delta state....Crude oil was found in the Benue troph last year and Edda in Afikpo was where crude oil was found in nigeria for the first time (1927)......It's no brainer to know that there is crude oil on Enugu state.

So if crude oil is what ND have to add to biafra, then they are a heavy liability, cuz the north will finish up the crude oil in the niger delta and leave them with polluted land, polluted water and polluted air.......Is pollution what u have to offer biafra?

Ekealterego:

When you people talk about oil, I see it as people without vision and have nothing else to offer. Do you know that Imo and Abia by legal definition of the NigerDelta are a part of it. Do you know that Abia and Imo state are both oil producing states (Also with very large deposits... even Anambra now... However, if you notice, they never talk about it, all they fight and bicker about themselves is about who is performing best in WAEC and JAMB and who is opening more industries, companies and innovations... They bicker about who has more big businessmen and who are putting up infrastructures and building houses.
The sooner Africans start thinking this way, the better for their advancement.

AdakaBoro8:
guy ask your elders why they refused to tell u igbo generation now about ther ugly histories?

i have notice, the only history they tell u is just passed 1970 genocide and abandoned properties..

u were use product of exchanges in goods.. ijaw remain una masters. we sold una for cheap rate of 1manila.

"...The village, which is the first one in the Oru country, is named Agberi, and the chief, called Agbekiim, had been on board as we passed on our ascent. Since that time he had been on a pilgrimage to A'ro, to inquire why his wife had no children, and from this place he had but just returned....."

gidgiddy:


Language may not be enough but it is a big factor. If there is a referendum, would you rather go with those you speak the same language with? Or stay with those you dont understand anything they are saying?

That question must be put to that 45% indigenous Igbo speaking people when Biafran referendum comes, lets see what they say.

Chris525:

You don’t leave today to fly into the future. You build the future from today. Oil is still a thing as at 2021 and will be till the next 10-15years if not more.

If you are more broadminded and read more you will notice asides the Igbos, there’s other tribes making strides as well, in many endeavors.

If the Igbo states have these deposits why forcing others to join then? Its got to be by choice. You cant force a people into your agenda, you buy them into it, if it doesn’t work you leave them alone.

Chris525:

Haha! Crude oil talk is stupidity in 2021? Really? Electric cars & solar tech is why the price of crude has been low? You are such a hilarious fellow.

How many barrels are being pumped in Anambra, Imo and Abia? Compared to Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom & Cross Rivers?

You know nothing about nothing.

Ekealterego:

Guy nobody ever forced you... Why are you guys sticking to false statements. It is actually some youths amongst you that are pushing to join now. When the struggle resurfaced, people just assumed that the old Biafra will be in place but right now, nobody ever forced you. In fact, I have always pushed for your exclusion and many other people share the same sentiments.

Secondly, you were the ones raising the issues of oil as if we do not have it in abundance. No other place in the whole of Nigeria had more coal deposit than Enugu but you see, asides from the historical name attached to Enugu, they do not talk or brag about it because they know that ultimately. that is not necessarily the most important thing.
We care more about our human resources and potentials despite our oil and other resources.

Ekealterego:

Guy, there is no crude oil in Cross River state, at least now, they are not an oil-producing state.. But those are the people we are going along with and not the Ijaws.

Chris525:

What potentials do the south east have that are entirely theirs and are a birthright that are not obtainable elsewhere? You think too highly of yourself.

With all your wisdom and potentials, asides Ebonyi, nothing exciting is happening in the south eastern states. Is it a yoruba or hausa or ijaw man that is your governor?

Abi all these potentials are not for you lot to better your own good?

Chris525:

Okay noted. So they are the ones you are going with. Lol, okay.

Ekealterego:

Guy nobody ever forced you... Why are you guys sticking to false statements. It is actually some youths amongst you that are pushing to join now. When the struggle resurfaced, people just assumed that the old Biafra will be in place but right now, nobody ever forced you. In fact, I have always pushed for your exclusion and many other people share the same sentiments.

Secondly, you were the ones raising the issues of oil as if we do not have it in abundance. No other place in the whole of Nigeria had more coal deposit than Enugu but you see, asides from the historical name attached to Enugu, they do not talk or brag about it because they know that ultimately. that is not necessarily the most important thing.
We care more about our human resources and potentials despite our oil and other resources.

Chris525:

There’s no abundance of oil in the SE. The two south eastern states are the least producing in Nigeria.

You cant talk about these things, secession and all and not mention oil. Oil is crucial my man.

Ekealterego:

However, this is not what the history books say.
The Ijaws were also called Oru, Udso, Ejor, etc.

It is on record here in the 1800s that you were paying homage and going on pilgrimage to Aro people. Here is an account by Baikie.



CC: Omuaro38, Logan23.

Logan23:


Ijaw and ogoni are sparsely populated in rivers state. That's why an ijaw man or ogoni man will never ever have the numbers to win gubernatorial elections in rivers state. Igbo in rivers covers about 60-70 percent of the state, try n visit ph to understand this first hand

Logan23:



Okonjo, Soludo, Ezekwesili.....just to mention a few do not smoke snuff.


Now list those ijaw culture that igbos copied or are copying

AdakaBoro8:
this history look like self fabricated one. cownu must have hand in this..

Oru the ancient tribe of africa never will pay homage to aro strangers.. abeg stop rewriting history like brain dead cownu.

PHijo:


Our juju cap is the first you copied. Now you are copying Feni. Copying our words like ama, ala etc

Copied Ijaw ogele

The list would be endless if I have to write everything down.

PHijo:


Port Harcourt or villages located in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre LGAs?

If you know where is called Port Harcourt you won't make this statement.

Even if you empty the WHOLE Igboland and relocate them to Rivers state, the day the Ijaw decides you have overstayed your welcome not one you will remain.

Keep deceiving yourselves!

Ekealterego:


If we say you people are dumb now, una go say we dey look down on you. You could see all through that I have been digging historical records from the 1800s to support my assertions but the only thing is being rude and wild.
You cannot even bring historical evidence...

Now, go and read
"Narrative of an exploring voyage up the rivers Kwóra and Bínue (commonly known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854. With a map and appendices. Pub. with the sanction of Her Majesty's government. by William Baikie.

While you are at it, check out the sketch of Prince Chukwuma... On the record, that cloth was homemade.

Chris525:

Haha! Crude oil talk is stupidity in 2021? Really? Electric cars & solar tech is why the price of crude has been low? You are such a hilarious fellow.

How many barrels are being pumped in Anambra, Imo and Abia? Compared to Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom & Cross Rivers?

You know nothing about nothing.

Ekealterego:


If we say you people are dumb now, una go say we dey look down on you. You could see all through that I have been digging historical records from the 1800s to support my assertions but the only thing is being rude and wild.
You cannot even bring historical evidence...

Now, go and read
"Narrative of an exploring voyage up the rivers Kwóra and Bínue (commonly known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854. With a map and appendices. Pub. with the sanction of Her Majesty's government. by William Baikie.

While you are at it, check out the sketch of Prince Chukwuma... On the record, that cloth was homemade.

Logan23:


Pls upload pics of the ijaw juju cap that igbos copied from Ijaw.

And present ur proof that igbos copied Ogene, Ama and Ala.


And what is Feni?

Logan23:


Pls upload pics of the ijaw juju cap that igbos copied from Ijaw.

And present ur proof that igbos copied Ogene, Ama and Ala.


And what is Feni?

Ekealterego:

Ok. We are on top when it comes to educational performance consistently for the past 10 years in the whole nation...
That for us is more than enough...

BabaOwen:
An Igbo man was the president of Nigeria as at then. He should have let Niger Delta seced.

If he had done so, there might not have been another civil war in Nigeria.

PHijo:


You can see the juju cap in the YouTube clip below. That's the coronation rituals of the amayanabo of Ogu kingdom in Okrika clan of the Ijaw nation, Rivers state.

Feni is what you guys are now calling "isi agu"



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxqWDqYBis8&t=1145s