…Violent attacks in North not targeted at Igbo –ACF
From CHIDI NNADI and PETRUS OBI, Enugu
The Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and its northern counterpart, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), yesterday in Enugu rekindled hope in the continued existence of Nigeria as one indivisible entity.
Chairman, National Executive Council and head of the delegation of ACF to a meeting between the two groups, Alhaji Aliko M. Mohammed, had arrived in Enugu on Tuesday with Senator J.K.N Waku, Senator Ladan Shini, Major-General Lawrence Onoja, Brig-General Mohammed Umar, among others, ahead of their meeting with Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to inaugurate the South-East chapter of ACF.
The meeting proper held yesterday at Universal Hotel, Enugu was presided over by the two leaders of the organisations: Alhaji Mohammed (ACF), and Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General, Ambassador Raph Uwechue, who attended the meeting with former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme; and former Ebonyi State governor and health minister, Chief Sam Egwu. Others are Senator Offia Nwali; Nweke Anyigor; Eze Ozobu; former Ohanaeze PG, Prof Joe Irukwu; Ohanaeze Secretary, Nduka Eya; First Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazuluike Amechi; Professor Chinedu Nebo; Professor Uzodimma Nwala; Chief Onyeso Nwachukwu, among others.
After the meeting, the two groups in a communiqué said they had a big brief discussion where they underlined “the imperative of national unity dialogue and consensus, based on the principles of equity, justice and cooperation among the various people of Nigeria.”
They, however, agreed that since the visiting ACF raised some weighty issues in its address, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo would need some time to study its presentation and then make its own response for discussion in a future meeting.
In the ACF presentation, Alhaji Mohammed had noted that the meeting had deep historical significance as it was the first time in recent times when leaders from Northern Nigeria and their counterparts from the South sat down together on a common table as one extended family to discuss.
He told their Ohanaeze Ndigbo host that they requested for the meeting in their belief that all the ethnic nationalities have a duty to dialogue with one another and search for solutions to the major issues of concern to the country.
“We have no doubt that these interactions will go a long way in helping to promote understanding, clear misconceptions and eliminate any suspicions we may have about each other.
“And we also believe there is no better time for these interactions than now, considering the widening differences in understanding, as well as apprehensions over the future of Nigeria,” the ACF leader said.
He noted that the country was passing through difficult times due to several challenges of development.
“We have frequent outbreaks of conflict accompanied by violence. At times, the brunt of such violence had been borne by relatively well-off members of the community which unfortunately, in many urban centres of the North, includes your members, Ndigbo,” he observed.
Mohammed pointed out that as a result, allegations have been made which suggested that Southerners, especially the Igbo were deliberately marked out for such attacks.
“Even more distressing is the damning propaganda that the violence that have taken place in the North are masterminded by Northern leaders supposedly for political reasons.
“That is why ACF is under pains to reassure Nigerians, especially our brothers, the Igbo, that leaders of the North do not, and will never condone violence, let alone those targeted at specific groups of Nigeria,” he said.
He noted that violence takes the country back as it destroys whatever assets that have been acquired by the people and government, saying that the “Igbo people promote the concept and spirit of one nation through their settlement in larger numbers everywhere in Nigeria.”
Buttressing his point, Mohammed said: “If, for example, the over one million Igbo that live in Kano State were to leave today, there is no doubt that the economy of Kano would be affected.”
The leader of the ACF delegation also touched on some issues in the country in which opinions differ between the North and South, particularly the Boko Haram insurgency.
Hear him: “Every Nigerian desires that we wake up tomorrow morning to hear that the Boko Haram crisis in the North had disappeared. But it is unrealistic. The opinion of ACF in favour of dialogue with the insurgents is in line with what history teaches us.
“Hard power of military might has never been known to completely and quickly subdue terrorism anywhere in the world… ACF has also long cautioned Nigerians not to associate Boko Haram with any religion, region or tribe. Their modus operandi has since shown that they are fighting on behalf of no one other than themselves and their sponsors, who are probably non-Nigerians.”
According to him, the ACF regretted that some people were spending valuable time and energy they would have invested in redressing the problems facing the country in campaigning for “the creation of pigmy republics out of Nigeria.”
“We hope that those who are agitating for the break-up of Nigeria do realize that once the process starts, no one can maintain control over it. There can be no knowing how far or in what direction it will take.
Not even the Ndigbo, who could arguably lay claim to being monolithic, can be sure of staying undivided. In social mathematics, when one is divided by two, the result is not always half,” he stressed.
my poeple igbo make una be carefull no going back for igbo president 2015
let we Igbo reason well, we can’t win any president without Hausa Behind us, democracy is government of majority carry the vote, let us reason with Hausa’s because if we did not reason with them yorubas will reason with them give them vice after that we will get back sit again let us reason with them well i trust hausa than yurobas.
This people are Northerners not Hausa’s even Igala, Idoma, Birom are part of ACF
@Okoye, I travel all over Nigeria I can see that Igbos have big problem and their are the major tribe who should not be talking of Biafra or separate Nigeria I visited the major town in Yoruba like Lagos, Ibadan, Akure, Ikare Owo, Okene, Ado, Ile-ife, Ore, Ondo Town, Oshogbo etc and my research proof to me that Igbos are the largest visitors in those area and I began to ask myself if Nigeria divided where Igbos will go with all their investment and I want Igbos to know that the best friends to have is Yoruba tribe they should forget about Biafra war which Ojukwu cause and my the soul of people who died rest in perfect peace.
ACF are insinsere.What they need seriously is re-orientation,that Nigeria belongs to all. They should purge themselves of “borne to rule” mentality. Bcos i know they are hungry for power again, not minding that they are insulting Igbos with their insensitivity. By the way why was Gowon, Buhari and Rabies Kwankwusu not in the ACF delegation ?
Their visit and interaction will be meaningless if the current goings-on of tensions and insecurity are not abated.
This should not be a two party meeting or even tripartite with Oduduwa in, but the whole ethnic groups must be involved to fashion out agreeable and workable solution on whether we want to continue to cohabit together or go our separate ways. The sooner this is resolved the better for everyone otherwise I concur Achebe’s latest treatise ‘once upon a country’ will unfortunately become the case.
I congratulate ACF for this bold initiative which should be emulated by other ethnic groupings! As Nigerians, we should continue to talk with each other until the Nigerian question is resolved.
What question? Please enlighten us?
Dont be deceived,ohanaeze ndiigbo,that visit has an undertone,after slaughtering many igbos in the north,Nigeria must break up in 2015,love u biafra the promise land,igbo kwenu
Dont be deceived,ohanaeze ndiigbo,that visit has an undertone,after slaughtering many igbos in the north,Nigeria must break up in 2015,love u biafra the promise land,igbo kwenu o
Dont be deceived,ohanaeze ndiigbo,that visit has an undertone,after slaughtering many igbos in the north,Nigeria must break up in 2015,love u biafra the promise land,igbo kwenu ……
A great move so to say, Thumb up to the ACF and OHANEZE. However let me quickly advise the ACF that Igbo will never play a second fiddle in Nigerian Presidency again. Let them support Ohaneze quest of equity and justice of Igbo producing the next President of Nigeria. Igbo will bring development and empowerment because they are the only true Nigerian scattered everywhere. An alliance of APGA/CPC not Buhari is welcome and i assure you Nigeria will witness a turn around. Igbo seek no expansion but justice and fair play. Am encourage by these move to be a Nigerian in as much it will usher in a new Order for prosperity to all Nigerian irrespective of tribe or religion. Rochas for President.
its too late, having meetings wont help at this moment, they could have dreamt up a better defence to halt the redeclaration of Biafra come november 5 2012.. Arrangements has been in top gear for the declaration, and we will dare anyone that might try to stop us. We are not one nigeria and cant be one, when our Igbo brothers are being bombed and killed in the north on daily basis by misgrunted, unscrupulous, misguided and misled moslems called bokoharam. Those igbos that went for the meeting, ur lucky this time, next time they will get you all bombed and killed and that will be your lessons for being a sycophant.!!!
Long live FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA. IN GOD WE TRUST.
Yes we accept that when two is divided the answer is not always one but we want to be left alone, why is Gowon not in attendance, is he afraid of Enugu, he must apologies to the Igbos for his actions during the civil war that claims over 2million of our loved ones. Pls ACF shld think on how this country can be divided for better tomorrow period.
I pray that the decisions they took during their meeting should not be breached from any of two groups.
The Ohaneze should know that ACF is in a tight Conner come 2015 and the Igbos, they have killed time with out number should not set them free. Christians from the north have said that presidential slot is for them in2015.It is reprehensive that the ACF of Northern Nigeria have never staged a protest against the killings of Igbos in the North. Not in Jos in 1945. Not in Kano in 1953. Not in Kano in 1980. Not in Maiduguri in 1982. Not in Jimeta in 1984. Not in Gombe in 1985. Not in Kaduna & Kafanchan in 1991. Not in Bauchi, Kastina, & Kano in 1991. Not in Zango-Kataf in 1992. Not in Funtua in 1993. Not in Kano in 1994. Since 1999, no year passes without killings of Igbos in Northern Nigeria. Even the January 10, 2001 riot in Maiduguri, which was inspired by Luna eclipse, did not necessitate a protest against such lunacy. But when America bombed Afghanistan on October 15, 2001, the North gathered enough crowds in Kano to protest, carrying the picture of Osama bin Laden. They also used that opportunity to kill more Igbos. If the bodies of Igbos killed in the northern Nigeria are lined up it will make a distance of from Lagos to Maiduguri. And the ACT is saying that these killings are not targeted at the Igbos, it a lair
Tnk u vry much Justiche sm pple dnt use their brain at all,nobody av ever complained even whn our children were slaugtered in d north,pregnant women butcherd lk cows n thier child removed 4rm thier wombs,oh GOD av mercy,our families bombed in several churches,n nw hauz to hauz killing of our prominent men n women n dose hypocrites who called dem selfs AGF did nt say anytin n nw dey cm to our land thinking dey wl decieve us noway,we ar tired of living in pretence.enough is enough period.united we fall n break our legs n dies in d hand of dose heartless islamist so lets divide these country once n 4 all,dis d jst d rite time.
Justiche, I love your comment. If ACF is serious, let them organize rallies throughout the North with all their Emirs and protest the killings of Igbos every day by their people. Number 2, Let them pronounce openly over the Radio and TV that Igbos have suffered untold injustice in Nigeria since Independence, 3 Let them support Igbo President in 2015. 4 Let them support one extra state for South East to balance with what other zones have. 5 Let them support a people oriented Constitution not a toilet paper constitution made by their self-acclaimed Generals. Anything short of this is FAKE!
OHANEZE NDI-IGBO, do not sell your conscience! This is a trying period.
Justice, your history lesson is pretty comprehensive but you left out May, July, September 1966! Which according to The panel of GCM Onyiuke there were about 30, 000 deaths in those few months alone, mainly Igbo in Northern Nigeria
I very much commend this peace and reconciliation initiative.It could not have come at a better moment and above all I must commend the speech of sincerety by the acf delegates which inspires hope,humility and acknowledgement of the fact that indeed,Igbo nation have been at the receiving end and have also equally demonstrated maturity in their handling of the provocations which has gone to confirm that Igbo is a peace loving nation and have no intention to levy war on any fellow citizen.I congratulate the north for this initiative and hope that this will result in mutual resolution of the issue of 2015.
The Ohaneze should know that ACF is in a tight Conner come 2015 and the Igbos, they have killed time with out number should not set them free. Christians from the north have said that presidential slot is for them in2015.It is reprehensive that the ACF of Northern Nigeria have never staged a protest against the killings of Igbos in the North. Not in Jos in 1945. Not in Kano in 1953. Not in Kano in 1980. Not in Maiduguri in 1982. Not in Jimeta in 1984. Not in Gombe in 1985. Not in Kaduna & Kafanchan in 1991. Not in Bauchi, Kastina, & Kano in 1991. Not in Zango-Kataf in 1992. Not in Funtua in 1993. Not in Kano in 1994. Not in Mubi in 2011, Not in Bauchi in 2011. Not in Mubi in 2012. Since 1999, no year passes without killings of Igbos in Northern Nigeria. Even the January 10, 2001 riot in Maiduguri, which was inspired by Luna eclipse, did not necessitate a protest against such lunacy. But when America bombed Afghanistan on October 15, 2001, the North gathered enough crowds in Kano to protest, carrying the picture of Osama bin Laden. They also used that opportunity to kill more Igbos. If the bodies of Igbos killed in the northern Nigeria are lined up it will make a distance of from Lagos to Maiduguri. And the ACT is saying that these killings are not targeted at the Igbos, it a lair
Justice,can send me drop your phone number here.i want to speak with you.
There is no doubt Igbos have paid dearly for this Nation, but lets give peace a chance, if is sincere, i hope the will call a spade a spade.
Ibo man sense at work again.With all the sense the Ibo man claims to have,look at where they are in the scheme of things in Nigeria.NOTHING GOOD WILL EVER COME OUT OF ALLIGNING YOIRSELF WITH SAVAGES.MARK MY WORDS.
the meeting between ohanaeze and acf is a master piece. it rekindles hope, peace and unity of the dieing nigeria. may god almighty sustain the tempo in jesus name. amen.
ohanaeze should not take arewa serious they should study there recomandation verywell befor any decision are reach they should to use long spoon when dinning with devil arewa has being longtime enemies of ndi-igbo with there yoruba cuson we are more bitter without this two ethinic groups
well i have not much to say or to rith on this,let me tell north of nigeria this early now,north why are you coming to igbo land to do what,honestly no going back in our plan be who ever in nigeria will stop this plan,we are coming dow to nigeria,igbos world wide have a plan not only ohaneze ndigb,have north acf,see igbo Zionist,mossab, igbo deadly gorulars mens,any thing that is not nigeria president or biafra is not going to work.
please the ohaneze should know that this is a trick to subdue our ambitions come 2015 or 2019. the first thing the Acf should do is to make a public apology through media broadcast to the Igbo who have been receiving the axe of the housa/fulani people.
i solicit the need for a mutual co-existence if they should apologize to the Igbos and supports us massively creating of additional state and 2015 or 2019 presidential election. if north let them stay away of persuading the Igbos. and besides ohaneze can not speak for the Igbos, they only represent thier pocket. Nigerian and Yoruba also owe the igbos an apology.
Ohaneze should make this weighty issues raised by ACF known to all Igbos, cos it concerns all of us. They should not sell out this time around. They should learn from the south south peoples assembly, which stood its ground in 2011 presidential election in-spite of ACT threat and subtitle maneuvers
They are at it again trying to trick those that will carelessly believe them. The 2015 is fast coming and they now remember to initiate a peace mission. I thank God they acknowledged the Igbos are truelly non-segregational creatures. Mind you, those generals present at the meeting cannot exneorate themselves of shading the Igbo blood at any time. How would they now tell us they are not in support of the killing of the Igbos at all times. Honestly, they have indirectly come to build support for 2015.
Acf are not ready for the truth.
I keep posting this same comment every day and I will keep on until I get answer. If I may ask, why it sound like forbidding idea to talk about diving Nigeria? Instead of Boko Haram and Nigeria Force keep killing innocent people and destroying properties. Please why can`t Nigeria peacefully Divide the country? With peaceful agreement, I think it will help Boko Haram to succeed their sharia plan within their zone. We have lost every spirit of togetherness, love and Unity that kept us as one nation, so let go for option.
Nigeria is heading the way of Yugoslavia and will inevitably split into 6 or even 7 separate nation states. I fear bloodbath and tragedy – so many have already suffered and died as it is.
BLOODSHED MUST BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS. NO MORE BLOODSHED PLEASE!
The only peaceful solution is to give the Nigerian people the right to decide their own destiny, in the form of a referendum. The referendum must be free, honest, fair and open to the rigours of international observation and supervision.Whatever the people decide in this referendum must be OBEYED. Those regions that vote for breakaway (if any do) must be allowed to do so non-violently and without reprisal. The regions that vote to remain with Nigeria must also be allowed to remain with Nigeria.
It is the only solution
THE PEOPLE MUST BE OBEYED!!!
It should not be a YES or NO referendum, the people should first be sensitized on the issues at stake and the consequences of any decisions they are to take.
Personally, i don’t know the direction of our leaders outside self interest.
LOOK AT BAKASSI, what was the bases of the green tree agreement and was the people’s interest truly considered ‘not in principle’.
My brother, Gowan and Awolowo sold Bakassi to Cameroon in return to total blocked of relief food and medicine meant for Biafran civilians. When they blocked all the sea-ports, Bakassi Peninsular was the only route which RED CROSS and CARITAS were using to deliver relief materials.That was the cause of starvation that killed millions of Igbo future generation. Please get Chinua Achebe’s war memoir.
I totally agreed with you, there is no one Nigeria and if we continue to live as one…am sorry we are deceiving our self. So the earlier we start a peaceful break-up the better for us and for the future of our children cos from the way things are going now..north, south, east, west is terrible to mention. So lets sensitize our people on this, a very peaceful one.
I suggest Ohaneze to form committee of diplomats to help Igbos meet presidents in foreign countries to as campaign about referendum. I believe that westerners and international communities will understand our bothering and our situation now.
The Only Peace we need in Nigeria is divided , since Igbo is always obeying this North , what have we gain ? The North Kill our children wife’s and brothers and sisters , what have we don to deserve all this killings, We need Biafra , because we have all to run it , we have our flag, we have our currency , we will not runaway from u people , we will still co-plating together , look at south Sudan and Sudan’s, Pls Nigeria Give Us Biafra , or Igbo President , are we not the same Nigeria , give us our right Northern , the early is batter , because in 2015 , if Jonathan wine the election again , i know u people will like to kill him , that one is sure , and if Jonathan loss the election , the nija delta will come for war , hmmm, 2015 is do or die , is batter u people start to talk on how to divide this so call Nigeria , u people even have the got to come to igbo land and preach nonsense , if Ndigbo come to north as u people come , i know u people will kill them , we know u people all .
It is simple come 2015 and Igbo son or daughter not occuypaying Aso Rock, then to your Tents Oh Nigerians.
Let me also say it here that non of those Ohaneze who attended that meeting is to be trusted, they are still the same Bunch of sale outs. We have ORJI UZOR KALUS, ROCHAS, ANI OKONKWOS to put our Trust in for the 2015 project not those Ohanezes, they have always fail us starting from the military areas. They should retire and leave the stage for OUK, AO, ROA ETC.
.@MR GREEN, I disagree with u because u did not base ur comment on resonable conviction but rather on sentiments, change ur mind set pls
GOOD CITIZEN,
WHAT MR GREEN SAID IS CORRECT. SENTIMENT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE FROM WHAT YOU ARE TALKING. IF THE IGBOS ARE NIGERIANS THEN THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THE PRESIDENTIAL SLOT IN THE NEXT DISPENSATION, OK!
IT EITHER THE IGBOS ARE SUPPORTED TO RULE OR THEY SHOULD LOOK FOR ELSEWHERE TO PITCH THEIR TENT
@ uyoma, how do you mean or don’t u understand simple English word sentiment
Good citizen I don’t understand you. The guy is saying that he doesn’t trust members of that Ohaneze and suggested those he can rely upon. I think he explained himself. Remember this is forum for personal comments.
lets hope they are sincere in their pledges..
enough of talk talk more of action
IF ACF IS SINCERE IN CLEARING THEMSELVES FROM THE COMPLICITY THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS HAVE CAUSED BY TARGETING NDI IGBO FOR EXTINCTION, THEN THEY SHOULD CANVASS, CAMPAIGN, CONSTITUTE AND SUPPORT TO INSTITUTE a nigerian president of igbo extraction COME 2015.
THAT IS THE ONLY HEADWAY FOR NIGERIA.
If the violent acts always perpetuated in the north were not targeted at Igbos so who were they targeted at?If they must seek reconcilliation then telling ourselves the truth is a good springboard.Igbos have always been their targets and are still their targets.The north cannot be trusted!They want power back with every means possible-legitimate and illegitimate.The only thing that will make Igbos trust the north is their unalloyed support for a president of Igbo extraction first then we can talk.No more no less!Ohaneze pls show Aboki you have coconut.
@prakash, nobody will give you your right unless you take it. If you want to be great in life stop asking for permission all the time.
Acf can not be trusted.
Arewa or no arewa what ever u r doing with those non recognize ohanaeze elders is not 4 the igbo nation, ur coming to Igbo land is just for mere visit the said have been passed no other peace can be asepected than to divide the country.
@JUSTICH:Well the igbos may not be the target of northern periodical killings but, it is only that the igbos always made themselves available to blood-thirsty wolves that were among the northern populace. The move by ACF is welcome but they should move further to tame the blood thirsthy wolves in their enclave.
That meeting sounds nonesensical.people should know how to stand on their feets. Instead of staying together in a room and getting suffocated,why not make a shift so as to have fresh air? Instead of staying together in a house and got burnt,why not stay apart? How can you tell me that we are one and at the same time, you are using one way or the other to colonize me. You hunt me and get me killed as if iam a rat or chicken. You use religion to brand me an infidel and based on what your religion teaches you, the only thing that serves an infidel right is death and you use this to come after me everytime. The question is : Why can’t each side stay on it’s own and do as it pleases? We can still have diplomatic relations and co-operative agreements on trade. This can go a long way to preserve the lives of innocent people that are being slaughtered everytime in the so called north. Why is it that attempts are being made to turn nigeria into afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran , Somalia etc. They are carrying out the injuction being given to them by their imams. Please stay on your own and let the other person stay own his own period. There will still be diplomatic co-operation as independent nations. All the whole countries that came out of the former soviet-union, are they not surviving on their individual selves?. By the time you are on your own, yuo plan well and move at your own speed towards development than staying together and people will be using religion interest to kill others.
There is no need of dis whole thing cos it will never come to a gud end… The cat and the mouse can never negotiate to stay in the same whole. It is very simple let’s call a spade a spade…
ACF from northern Nigeria, just left their bloody land to lgboland for an acrimonious mission. Igbos beware of the self centered northern indigens for they are just poisonous snakes(VIPERS)
Ohanaeze and Ndigbo at large should be very careful of this unholy and dangerous romance from the so called ACF and the north who over the years are only interested in the votes from Ndigbo to rule us and when political power is out of their hands they will begin to kill us in the name of Boko Haram.
If the north has sincerity of purpose and genuineness of hard and thought for Ndigbo, let them not present any presidential candidate in 2015 and rather support and vote for an Igboman to become the president of Nigeria.
Those Ohaneze members who were at this deceitful meeting with the ACF should have a rethink. We have marked them. To the inglorious north, Ndigbo have a far better presidential materials than them to rule Nigeria. Orji Uzor Kalus, Rochas Okorochas, Pius Anyims, Chris Ngigis etc are available.
What have the ACF said concerning the innocent blood of Ndigbo spilled in the street of the north. Let them leave us alone. We don’t need rather they need us. Nigeria belong to all of us. Good help Ndigbo!
Then the devil took JESUS to a high mountain and showed him all the beauty and splendor of the earth and said ” if only you will bow down to me; I will give you all”. The rest is history. How can you start to address the issue of equity and justice among other atrocities today, after 42 years of daily implementation of government cruel and genocidal policies against the Igbos.Abuja alone, gets allocation more than 5 Igbo States put together. Who is fooling who? When Ekwueme was there , what did he do, other than build the biggest prison in Africa in his home town? My heart is bleeding for my folks who are like sheep without a shepherd that can be slaughtered at will. The hand writing on the wall is clearer than ever ; LISTEN to what it is saying now, that is: THINGS FALL APART. TO YOUR TENT O! ISRAEL. Real opportunity comes but once , especially now that the criminal act of mr. luggard of 1914 is coming to its fatal end by 2014.O King Solomon why has thy wisdom departed thee? LORD , the harvest is plenty , but there is no laborer in THY vineyard .
when the harvest is ready, the lord of the harvest will provide the laborers, it’s in your Bible.
History can be thwarted but the common wisdom can never be hidden if you look closely.
At the right moment, events will provide solutions, just don’t get lost.
Lets pray the moment doesn’t get bigger than us.
What have we gain since this so called one Nigeria?nothing than lose,killing of our brothers and sisters, destruction of our properties in the north,and these enemies of god people of igbo has the gost to come down to igbo land to preach nonsense.where are they when our brothers and sisters where been slunter like goat? Is it by force to live as one? Capital NO.our ohaneze should be very careful so that they will not decive them as they decived our great hero zik.they are green snake in green grass.wise up ndigbo.god bless biafra.
At 52,we are talking about national unity when d r more pressing issues to focus on,like unemployment,insecurity,power.e.t.c,i wonder when we wil wake up,n dose claiming 2 lead us talk sense.
This is wisdom.
wisdom can only be determined by the outcome and effect of their delibrations, not by the movement of the mandibles.
extending an olive branch does not entail asking for peace, it might be a move to know your perception of events.
You are correct my brother, they are just trying to test our brain.
Igbos should shine their eyes well well,for all dis northernan born to rule,all they care for is power/ they are not ready for peace but power.
I thank Nigeria for bringing the conciseness of the Igob’s to the Igbo world!!! I will never thank them enough.Yes we have loss million’s of lives b/4 actualizing this,but for me no regret !!!!
We must study their points very well and arrive to a resolution bicos the northerners has been wasting igbo’s blood since 1953 in kano up till today they are still killing looting their properties therefore igbo presidency come 2015 is not negotiable on aburii we stand
After all, he threatened the Igbos by telling them this: “We hope that those who are agitating for the break-up of Nigeria do realize that once the process starts, no one can maintain control over it. There can be no knowing how far or in what direction it will take.
Not even the Ndigbo, who could arguably lay claim to being monolithic, can be sure of staying undivided. In social mathematics, when one is divided by two, the result is not always half,” he stressed. Telling the Igbos that they cannot withstand unity. Ohaneze, please, be careful. They have come again with their deceptions. Boldly, telling you indirectly that you cannot withstand war again and even if you divide that you cannot be in unity.
Lte us not be deceived, ACF does not get involved with issues if they dont have something coming up. Initiating this move is enough reason to be more careful. Ohaneze beware!
Well, this meeting is a welcome development.. I like this initiative wether nigeria remains one or not , whichever direction it is going.. i think it is very important for this get togather of both parties get a very strong support.. the both parties have a lot in common except religion. I believe the northerners can be trusted more than others ..if u can ask any igbo man to say in sincerity among all other tribes in nigeria who can be more trust in an agreement .. i tell u many will say hausa man is more trusted than any other tribe ..this is a fact.. but the core issue Ohaneze should ask the north to find out is the key reason igbos r always been killed at will in northern nigeria in every slightest issue in this country even when things happens outside nigeria and even when the igbo man,woman and children does not know or is not in anyway involved in such issues.. U know when u identify ur problem u can now find a way to deal with it.. the north should be able to identify the reason for this attitude if really they meant and embrace this hand of friendship both parties are extending to each other… if this is done i think the north is and will be the best friend of Ndi igbo bcos i know igbo believe the north are trusted irrespective of religious differences..Let them try as much as they can to identify why this killings always happen in north..this is the only problem igbo have with north and never problem of trsut.. Do not over look this advise … take it into account and deal with it and everything will be ok i assure u.
it is very clear to every dick and harry of this nation that the Igbos has always been the scape goat of this nation, the visit of ACF to Ohaneze ndi Igbo which they never did over the years, at least for once has shown an atom of concern but then should not be treated with kids gloves, lots of alliances on the way with ndi Igbo, few weeks ago it was South South Peoples assembly with the South East ; and ofcourse the Yoruba leaders and the Igbo leader in pursuance for a way forward for Nigeria. the point is that the Igbos should not be carried away or be flattered over, but must be focused on whatever agenda they have for the interest of the entire Igbo race thereby chosing alliance with any group that will best suit the agenda of the Igbo race, there is nothing wrong in the visit of ACF must adequate measures and steps must be taken to drive home our agenda ..
Goodwill, please tell me when Yoruba leaders came to meet Igbo? I would be so grateful to know as I must have missed it!
So what have they (/Arewa) be doing since better late than never. I wish Buhari and Babaginda was among these elders, I would have said they meant business. No compensation can bring all those murdered back. Too late Arewa. Just too late
Honestly, our leaders should learn from history. they have come with an olive branch, but we should be carefull of the guns in their bags.
When they wanted to fight the Igbo’s, they discredited us to our south-south brothers. Today they want to fight the south-south, they are trying to feign friendship with the south-east.
THE IGBO’S SHOULD KNOW WHERE THEIR LOYALTY LIE and what is in it for them in the long run without cowardise.
Igbo patriots should distance themselves from this fake meeting. The northerners are looking for the Igbo elements that are ready to collect cash and sell out come 2015 for them to clinch the presidency. Hausas will continue to massacre the Igbos at the slightest opportunity until igbo realizes that not everything is about money, get united and respect their leadership.
But Tunde, I am surprised that you can concern yourself with another person’s issues? Hausa meet with Igbo? Good for both of them, we saw it before in 1959 and 1979, so it is not unusual for great political minds to meet!
We pray no live in interesting times!
ACF Tanks 4coming..ACF u ar on ur own.. OHANEZE u ar on ur own..u can nt tel d rest of the ibos wat 2do ok..we nw kn beta…am vry sure dat sm of u the Ohaneze if nt all, wil nt hesitate 2betray d ibos wen d tym cms..i kn dis visit is smhw related 2 2015 bt u guys ar waistin ur tym..ohaneze and acf u ar on ur own.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The true Igbo man is yet to emerge.
Hahahaha Hahaha Hahaha i laugh because this is the same way the serpent decived Eve, Why are they coming for peace now after killing the igbos and christians in the north? the truth of the matter is that we the igbos are tired of the so called one Nigeria. We want to go and not even the ohaneze can stop us.
Any igbo man clamouring for one nigeria is nothing but a fool.
We dont need ohaneze to speak for us now because non of those Ohaneze who attended that meeting is to be trusted the only way we can consider is the ACF to meet the families of those that lost their relatives from 1967 to 2012 and if they say we should still go ahead as one nigeria then we can move on or let all the ohaneze members that attended the meeting bring one of their children for boko haram to kill then we can move ahead as one nation.
I WONDER WHAT THIS AUGUST MEETING IS ALL ABOUT. I DON’T FOR-SEE ANY MEANINGFUL SUCCESS COMING OUT OF THIS GATHERING.
THE OHANEZE SHOULD BE TALKING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ON HOW TO OPEN A PLEBISCITE TO ASCERTAIN OUR EXISTENCE IN NIGERIA JUST THE SAME WAY IT WAS DONE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN BEFORE IT WAS PRONOUNCED INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC.
A toad does not run out in the afternoon for no just cause. If the ACF thinks that the Presidency will ever get to them through their visit, that’s a lie. Just because a Southerner is the President even by divine intervention, the Northerners have become very unsettled. It means that all along they have been deceiving everyone that we belong to one Nigeria. O.K. fine, now that they are talking peace, they must accept that their divide and rule tactics has come to an end. They must give other sections of the country chance to sit on that chair so that the thing will go round all the regions enough of this deceit.
Few Nigerians are yet to learn from the past. Why on earth people still believe their kinsmen should occupy aso rock, when the incumbent do little to alleviate their sufferings. As a yoruba man, I didn’t see any impact Obasanjo’s eight years have in my life. Why should i vote for yoruba man, instead of a credible person (even from unknown bush in Nigeria)
Good move from Acf. But they should have started within their region to protest against the killing of innocent Igbos and others, preach the gospel of love, peace and unity and say no to crime and killing by supporting our security angencies. Finally lets shun criticism and give our leaders support til 2014 before wil reckon
As much i diply hail d acf peace mov, i hail d ohanaeze 4 nt bin fast to rply 2. But havin bin brot up in d not 4 ova 27yrs i stand sure in d fact dat most kilin in d not hav bin tageted at igbo ppl. Its jst 1 cowadise metod of reducing pasivd enemis. Bt wat abt d N8.5trilion of Abia, Imo ebonyi, kept in d escrow acount…anoda secret plan to kip Ndi-igbo in weaknes, its no longer news dat we’nt one nor is it a new profecy dat naija wil divide,bt d questn is wen… God knows.
This visit of ACF is the hand work of the number one sell-out(orji uzor kalu) we have in the east. The question is why now? when boko haram started their satan appointed work, the killing of Ibos, in churches, in market, in town hall meetings, etc why didn’t ACF organise mass rally to condem these killings. What will it take ACF to organise a mass rally of 2million people in Kano to say no to the activities and ultterances of boko haram.
A man once wrote and I quote: brutal acts of commission and yawing act of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.
The only solution to nigeria’s problems is for the country to divide.
I wonder why people subscribe to the phrase ” One Nigeria” We are not one at all both in religion,mentality,killing, culture,dressing and language.They don’t want Igbos to rule.They don’t also want Igbos to gain Independence.Igbos are the most killed in this country.ACF or whatever u are called,plz never u come to Igbo states again seeking for peace.U people are deceivers.Nigeria will never be favourable to d masses unless it is divided.I strongly pray for d existence of BIAFRA the great Nation! U people should leave us alone.When Pharoah refused to let the Isrealites go,God showered them His supremacy.NIGERIA,LET BIAFRIANS GO!
It’s very pathetic and it dishearten me so much whenever i hear the names of the governors of the five states in the eastern region. Why do they abandon us? What are we to do that we have failed to do? Why should they betray us as if it wasn’t us that gave them the mandates they holding on to? Everyday their brothers and sisters are killed in other regions yet they can’t hold emergency meeting to tell whoever that cares the conditions by which we will continue to live as one nation. They all kept quite because they don’t want offend Joathan, but it the same Jonathan that has failed to fulfil his electioneering campaign to the region. Recently i read that the second Niger Bridge will be build by private organisation, why ? Why not FG. As regard the meeting of ACF and Ohaneeze, why is that people like Orji Uzor Kalu and Rochas are not present? The war has ended on paper but in practical it hasn’t. The dead bone shall rise again
We all know wat this August visit by the ACF means but woe be unto the Ohanaeze Ndigbo whom ACF want to use to to sabotage Igbo president come 2015.I wonder whom do they think they are deceiving becouse we Igbos are not stupid so my Igbo brother make una shine una eyes welu welu becoure Vultures have started gathering come 2015
Lions in sheep clothing. Ohaneze Ndigbo Beware of these Boko Haram people … Very soon Igbos will be the ones crying again…There is nothing good to come from these Northerners and their leaders Beware! Beware!!, Beware!!!
FELLOW CITIZENS! WHY IS IT THAT THE ”ACF” ARE KEEN FOR THE NONE SPLITTING OF THIS NATION? EVERY DICK AND HARRY SHOULD REASON THEIR COMING TO ENUGU DEEPLY, BECAUSE SUCH HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN NOR HEARD SINCE IN THE ANAL OF HISTORY.ALL I MUST CONCLUDE IS THAT THEY WANT TO USE THIS TO SEE IF THEY CAN DECEIVE THE IGBOS AND GAIN BACK THEIR POWER. FOR DONKEY YEARS THEY SAT ON THE MANTLE YET SUCH A NOTION HAD NEVER PLUNGED INTO THEIR MIND,TILL NOW THEY FEEL THAT POWER IS NO LONGER WITHIN THEIR REACH!.HEAR ME YOU ACF,YOU CAN NEVER BEAT A CHILD AND ORDER HIM NOT TO CRY! YOUR ERNEST DESIRE IS TO SEE IF YOU CAN USE THIS TRICK TO GAIN POWER, THE ANSWER IS ”NEGLIGIBLE!!
I am not sure there is any region in Nigeria that frankly speaking believes in one indivisible Nigeria as the Igbo nation. For the Igbos it is a way of life to live in any part of Nigeria they choose to.
The Igbos fought the Nigeria-Biafra war as a PROTEST & REACTION to the unfortunate and sad events of 1966/67.
However if today, all the regions decide that Nigeria should continue to exist as one nation based on mutual respect, equity, freedom of religion & association without let or hindrance & most of all based on true fiscal federalism as practiced in the United States where we copied our system of govt, the Igbo nation will be the last to oppose it. But if any one is suggesting that Nigeria should continue to exist in a state of anarchy shielded in all forms of betrayal and deception, then it is only a matter of time.
Ndigbo, Ndigbo, we have seen dozens of this type of meetings in the past, what has the outcome been? What we get is killing of our people in the North and destroying of our properties.. please stop this meeting with these people. The Igbos have never suffered in any other part of Nigeria the way they suffer in the hands of the northerners. We should think of other usefull political allignments than this type, it has never paid us positively. Igbo elders should put on their thinking-caps and avoid being used.by anyone to achieve selfish goals.
The internal crisis all over the country will humble those that arrogated themselves as owners of Nigeria.They are now conceding that Igbos are contributing to their economy while they use to say that they are helping them as they can not stay in their region.I said it, and and i will say it again that we will not collaborate with any group as the dynamic of the political reality presently will open the space for all to decide.
ACF can came to Enugu? So we are no more irrelevant to them,i think free and fair election is making everybody to accept the proper numerical strength of each group and arewa’s knows that we have it.They can see the moves by our leaders and understand that the hand writing on the wall is not pleasant to them and they do not have monopoly of the instrument to enforce violent anymore.
We are in a serious interesting times ahead of us and we must take maximum advantage of the space that is opening up without emotions because we suffered for a long time while our fellow citizens tuned the other way.Every body is no win a tight corner but we will concede nothing to any group.
For whatever reason the meeting of ACF and Ohaneze was held. The fact remains that Ndigbo is an endangered specie in Nigeria. Almost all tribes Hate Ndigbo for whatever reasons. But that can not change our destiny. We shall continue to develop Nigerian villages wherever we find ourselves. If the meeting is towards 2015 Election. I believe Ndigbo has made their STAND very clear, and that is; If President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is not interested, which I doubt because if he is able to deliver on giving Nigerians, Regular Power Supply, Restoring Railway System, Fixing the refineries thereby reducing the pump price of petrol, diesel and kerosene, bringing back quality education, making us relatively self sufficient in food, etc. If he does all these within 4yrs, he MUST do another 4yrs and Ndigbo will support him again. After that 8 yrs, it will then be the turn of Ndigbo to produce a President for Nigeria. If Equity, Fair play and Justice is the reason for Power rotation then after GEJ it will be the turn of Ndigbo before it can go back to a Northerner. This is the stand of Ndigbo. Let every Nigerian work towards it and make sure that they will support only candidates from Igbo who can perform when the time comes. On one Nigeria, we have come to stay. We fought for one Nigeria we shall remain one. God bless Nigeria.
IGBOS HAVE LOST THEIR LEADER, IKEMBA IS GONE. ALL THESE SO CALLED OHANEZE ARE NOT TRUST WORTHY. I DID NOT SEE ANY TRUTH IN THIS MEETING.
They (acf) did same wit d s’south thru shagari at d wee hours of OBJ’s regime,when d s’south was laying (right n just) claim to d presidency,and by d time yaradua got there,the evil acf forgot everything and everybody, and it was north all d way at aso rock and top fed positions. Look,our mumu don do,these acf are CAPITAL EVIL!JOSEPH WAKU!JEEZ! This is dinning wit ur numba 1 DIE BY FIRE ENEMY. They are only concerned when they have their always satanic stake. Why r they neva concerned over other nigerian issues?like Bakassians fate? Wher they not d ones that raised false alarms over declarations of independence by Bakassi and Ogoni simply cos they want a one north dominated nigeria?see d lot of bakassians,now!they r saying fed govt shud dialogue wit purposeless nd aimless bloodlettin boko haram,but told yaradua to wipe out the entire Niger Deltans during their legitimate agitation,for 2 million,said they,was a small sacrifice to pay for peace in d nation. A callous lot. Its either true federalism,resource control or we split.
SEE HOW THE SO CALLED IGBO LEADERS DRESSED LIKE THE BOKO HARAM FATHERS THAT VISITED THEM.
we are fast in judging ohanaeze when we have not know the out come of the meeting what of if they have come to give there votes to igbo candidate?
This people will never in there life give Igbo there vote , bear it in mind , what we igbo need is biafra , we dont even need igbo president in 2015 , we need biafra, is better we sufar under biafra than been one Nigeria.
If they are in Enugu to support Igbo President, then will know that we are now one Nigeria. But I doubt if such would ever happen.
TO HELL WITH THOSE boko rams/mallams entity, who do they want to fool? days were gone when we listen to their hypocrites preaching, their foot soldiers are not after IGBOS and they are destroying our property and killing our people down there. ANY TAMPER BY OHANEZE TO BETRAY(FUCKUP) MUST BE DEAL WITH…OUR EYES DON OPEN. UMU IGBO BIRIKWENU ISEEE!
I believe if these arewa can make use of those times they say they are coming to preach for peace and preach to their Children it would better for them because our blood is too Hot to idle preaching or sermon, what do I mean, No young Igbo man or woman will leave his or her business to come and listing for nonsense preaching, did we inform them that we are lacking peace or we are not united (biko ha ga gbara ogwu ha nwuo, onye oku na agbaa ulo ya ona chu oke) Our fathers should learn to resist them when ever they enback on this kind of journey please, We don’t need their preaching.
Let them go and educated their Children on how to get themselves beusey and moral behavior because “idle man is a devils workshop” upon all their rulings and our money they have been squandering yet they are not better than us.
Nigeria is in geopady today is from them. If I may say, this people always carry their witchcraft come any time they figure out that Igbos are about to poseur their target or their cause they wil come with their distractions in the name of dialogue,
they should go and dia-logue themselves in their place.
Infact, I believe its the spirit of the Land is posueing those Northern Elders and they think they can find peace in Igbo land by pretending they are coming for dialogue liars!!, I pray the spirit of the land will give them no rest until the right of Igbos are given in this entity called Nigeria in Jesus Name (all Igbos say amen).
please, the only representatives of the Igbos as for now is Dr Orji Uzor Kalu and his team. Ohaneze or no ohaneze, we are not with you people again because you elders only reprents your selfish interests.
please be warned, Anything meeting between you people and the North is your business and for your information, you are not representing the igbosn, rather your selves and family
ON ORJI UZOR….WE TRUST
The foolish ohaneze will believe the ACF that igbos are not targeted, igbos since independence had been the lamb of sacrifice for the notherners when ever they wanted to suck blood. Well ACF this bunch of ohaneze elites are not strongly bind together, if you doubt me kill one of them and the lest will flee without defending thier brother. I believe in one Naija where justice and equity abounds but it is even more crime crying out about equity where it is not. Igbo taa bunu gboo,ka anyi jikonu onu maka nnweru onwe anyi.
Those people that call themself ohaneze or whatever, they should be very careful on how they sit and eat with those northern elders because they are very dangerous, they are more poisnous than snake. What they are telling you is not what is in their mind, i knew them very well.
@Dennis ,Ekwueme couldnt do much cos It was just 9 yrs after The war.l expected you to urge t hem( North) to support us for presidency for once as we ve been doing for them.
stop deceiving yourselves, people are tired with Lugards idea and the Gowons one Nigeria. Not only the Igbos. Devide peacefully and be at safer side.
Leadership of the Igbos by Ohaneze, I am not disputing. But they MUST find a way to bring down their PRODUCTS to the grass root and take their WISDOM from the grass root, otherwise no business. Trust my people (Igbos).
the north knows wthat they want & how to get it. the 1st is to tame the east who is now insisting on presidency. 2nd is to buy up theri so called leaders – every has got a price especially in nigeria. acf is good @ tht. they have done it several times before. them acf & their pple will never nevr accept any indigbo to be president but they have to play it cool for now. easy does it. those ohanee will sing different songs soon. acf is too arrogant ( even when they shld cover thier faces in shame) they dont come to no one for no reason. hope igbos are wise enough to call the bluff of any leader tht claim to be talking wisdom when in fact they talking bondage.
God forbid, Orji uzor kalu does not worth any thing. He is a failure. He could not do any thing for his state. He is an arewa stooge. He will sell igbo people to islam. I doubt if he is a christian in the first place. The igbo youth knew this, thats why he was chased out from enugu recently. Enough. Umu igbo, sachanu anya.
9ja most shine up 4 Unity,cos dats the Only way forward.
it is very hard to forsee peace in a conutry where bible and koran… existing.
“OJUKWU DESCENDED DAT IGBOS MAY ARISE”. Is 2015 d promise land (Igbo presidency or Biafra)? Acf is coming 4 reconciliation to Holy thieves n betrayal(OHANEZE), which Alex is dia chairman. Alex n ohaneze ur betrayals n profiles are dia, ndigbos hv learnt frm dia mistake(u’re on ur own). Middle belt hv learnt dia mistake, Northern Christian are clamouring 4 dia slot bcos of ur hatred. Is it south west, majority are Christian. Is it d south south, is nt possible. Let me ask u, wat was ur reaction wen ur pple wia killing ndigbo in d north. Any protest, sorry its too late. Let me go bk to agreement btw Ndigbo, APGA n Gej during his campaign, he says only ONE TENURE n we gv him our mandate, now nature hv made it so. We hv supported all d tribe of dis country since 42yrs ago, its d right time 4 NDIGBO to take wat belongs to dem. Gej should personally honour OJUKWU, by handing ova to NDIGBO. And if he dont want honour our leader(OJUKWU), NDIGBO wil nt support him. NDIGBO EKENEMUNOO.
“OJUKWU DESCENDED DAT IGBOS MAY ARISE”. Is 2015 d promise land (Igbo presidency or Biafra)? Acf is coming 4 reconciliation to Holy thieves n betrayal(OHANEZE), which Alex is dia chairman. Alex n ohaneze ur betrayals n profiles are dia, ndigbos hv learnt frm dia mistake(u’re on ur own). Middle belt hv learnt dia mistake, Northern Christian are clamouring 4 dia slot bcos of ur hatred. Is it south west, majority are Christian. Is it d south south, is nt possible. Let me ask Acf dis question, wat was ur reaction wen ur pple wia killing ndigbo in d north. Any protest abt d killing? No, sorry its too late. Let me go bk to agreement btw Ndigbo, APGA n Gej during his campaign, he says only ONE TENURE n we gv him our mandate, now nature hv made it so. We hv supported all d tribe of dis country since 52yrs ago, its d right time 4 NDIGBO to take wat belongs to dem. Gej should personally honour OJUKWU, by handing ova to NDIGBO. And if he dont want to honour our leader(OJUKWU), NDIGBO wil nt support him. NDIGBO EKENEMUNOO.
Strange bed fellows. Pretenders, see their faces.
ACF has nothing to offer, let us ignore them please. They only want one Nigeria presided by fulani man and oil money shared by unhabitated Desert. They want to continue manipulating others. Please it is not good to make killers you friend because they can kill you latter. Look at what they are doing to jos people that accepted them.
I call on terrorists and their sponsors, to renounce violence, and give peace a chance, Reprisal attacks in Kaduna should be an eye-opener, that nobody or any group of persons! Has monopoly of violence. Let the Northern leaders, including traditional rulers, be sincere in ending wanton destruction of lives and property in the North. Those disgruntled hypocrites, who aid and abbet violence, should desist from that, if they want Nigeria to remain one. And not when they have wrecked havoc, they start shouting, “One Nigeria”. Visit: http://www.powertrumpeter.org.
Ndiigbo udodili unu,please let take it easy if the north want pease we will give them but if they want trouble we give then trouble.what am saying is if they have come to surpot igbo president come 2015 no problem but if not then we shall all go our saplet ways.am in suppot of annie okonkwo orji uzor,IHEA BU OGE ANYI KA ANYI JIKO AKA ONU,AYUKO NWAMILI ONU OGBA UFUFU,IGBO GA DI;
Nigeria is too big for one person to control pls un help us to split dis country. In biafra I stand.
Their message is clear: let Nigeria not devide. They saw imminent break-up of Nigeria soon. My question is the essence of One Nigeria when north is bent to cheat the rest of country. What are benefiting from north? Killing of our people. The don’t want this country to split because of Oil in the south.
I am not comfortable with ACF visit to Igbo land. For what? Is it to commiserate with thousands of bereaved families whose men, women and children were killed by their Boko Haram sect or to negotiate power? Why were they offered chairs in the first place? This people have insulted our dignity as a human race. My blood is rising!
NO QUALMS…COME 2015.IGBO PRES…VP MAY BE ABOKI…NOT NEGOTIABLE
Please the igbos must becareful of the so called snakes (arewa) coming to visit in our motherland for plea. The yorubas should not think we igbos are fools, they are fooling themselves, igbo blood have been shed in this country, so many tribes hate the igbos, here in lagos, we here **omo igbo***, what does that mean, we have been abused in so many ways, when ojukwu died, where was obasanjo,?. Obasanjo has hippocritical sent the arewas to plead, the igbos must not accept this, it is either we become president or we seceeded, chinua achebe has written a book on biafran, their guilty consciences could not rest that is why they are tackling him. Enough of Nonsense. The Arewa should be sent to their grave, they should go to hell. To hell with them
The ACF came to our land to plain how and where their boko haram brothers will bomb. Why didnt they make the visit when the peoples Generial our HERO – Late Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu was alive? Where were they during the funerial & burial of LATE EZEIGBO? There is every year rituals going on in the North & the blood of the Igbo sons & daughters re been used. My pp, d North cannot & wi nt be trusted. If they want d way forward in Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon shd apologize to the Igbos or face ICC for the genocide he commited againest the Igbos, they shd identfy d elite who re behind d boko haram. Am sure sm of those ACF who came re members or financers of the boko haram. The Igbos & the Northerns hv nthing in common both physically, spiritually; materially, financerally & accademically. It is too late bco they came at the 11th hour when d country is about to be parted. Nigeria as a country wi soon sized to exist. The Norths “na ebighilizi aka”. What pains me most is our Igbo leaders, when de c money, de sale & betray us. Ohaneze Ndigbo be careful of these agwo who called desf d Northerns. Igbo, our focus now shd be on d fulfilment of the STATE called FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA. LONG LIVE FRB.
Please Igbos
Igbo Kwenu!!!
If i were in Enugu state, on seeing this pythons coming to visit, i would have gone for my cutlass and chase after this so called arewas or the arewa pithons whatever
igbos forward forever, backward never, Biafrans forward, Nigerians backward
BIAFRANS FORWARD
NIGERIAN/AREWANS BACKWARD
GO AWAY FROM ENUGU STATE PYTHONS (AREWAS). DEVILS
BIAFRANS FORWARD
NIGERIANS BACKWARD
NO GOING BACKWARD, NIGERIA MUST DIVIDE, ENOUGH OF BLOOD SHED, ENOUGH OF “OMO IGBOS”, ENOUGH OF “IGBO LIKE MONEY”, “ENOUGH OF IGBO NO GET RESPECT”. WE IGBOS/FEW YORUBAS ARE TIRED OF CORRUPTION, EMBEZZLEMENT, SO MANY VICES. PLEASE 2015 COME NEAR. EVERYONE IS IN SUSPENSE.
NO LIGHT
NO JOB
NOTHING TO SHOW THAT NIGERIAN IS 52 AND WE CALL OUR SELF COUNTRY
NO LIGHT
NO JOB
NOTHING TO SHOW THAT NIGERIAN IS 52 AND WE CALL OUR SELF COUNTRY NIGERIA
TOO POOR
WHAT WE SEE ARE:
KILLING
RELIGIOUS CRISIS
UNTIL WE HEAR THE OUTCOME
I SEUN LATEEF OGUNBIYI AND SO MANY YORUBA BORN HERBY DENY EKITI STATE AS MY STATE, I NOW BELONG TO THE BIAFRAN AS A NATION WHICH WILL EVERLY BREAK UP FROM THIS SO CALLED COUNTRY NIGERIA
Igbo kwenu! I am overwhelmed to read what d great people of Igbo Race have said through this medium concerning d satanic visit of d bokoharm fathers (acf). The blood of our slain, murdered & sluaghtered little igbo children, igbo boys & girls, igbo men & women, igbo pregnat women whom there stomach were opened wit sluaghter knife and baby removed and killed are crying for vengence. They are crying 4 vengence. If nothing is done now, who knows the next person? It could be any of us still alive. My people Arise, confront & conqurer. God has disorganise our enemies.
igbos don suffer, i no go lie, i dey sympathize with my igbos, as God delivered the people of Israel from the hand of Egypt, God will deliver the Igbos by making them become the president of this country for 10 years and the true realization of Biafra. Amen and Amen
Please their is a devil editor who does not love the truth, all he does is to delete what will make a deep meaning on this country. Please stop that editor. OK or you will rust in hell.
Igbo kwenu! Shine your eye ooo. Ogwu ka ora m n’onu….
@ Obi Ken , my dear brother, the only LEGACY we can leave for our younger generations is for them to live FREELY in THE REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA. IGBO president in 9ja? What a big joke. It will never happen. Even if it does, things will get worse. According to Wole Soyinka , whom I admire so much ; THE MAN DIED who keeps silent in the face of TYRANNY and OPPRESSION. My heart is bleeding even in my own comfort zone because every IGBO blood shed today is your own blood weather you believe it or not. Don’t be contented with mediocrity . You deserve better than the present dispensation. LISTEN to what the hand writing on the wall is saying now. GOD helps those who helps themselves. When Things Fall Apart , the CENTER cannot hold. We are NO LONGER AT EASE. Come out of your comfort zone and see that you no longer need to bend down to see ABA NGWA clearly. The choice we make today will determine the future of our children and children’s children and son and so forth. Think SERIOUSLY about this , my brother.
Hear o ye Igbo-Hebrws of Nigeria, return to God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through Jesus Christ or else disaster is ahead. No amount peace alliance will stop the doom coming except we obey the word of God in 2Chronicle 7:14.
ndigbo should understand that northerners used this type of meeting to jail pa awo,make the yorubas hate ibos and then struck the same deal with the west to destroy biafra.the new found romance between se/ss that produced jonathan as president is troubling them.don’t forget they worked so hard to destroy the love the two shared through lies etc.that strategy have worked for them b4 so probably they believe it will again.so this warning is not only for ibos but southsouth and southwest as well. Acf knows well how good the disaggreement in the south as a whole has been to nothern politics.its also noteworthy that britain still have interest in maintaining the aboki in power.so expect some advanced political maneovre cortessy of western interests.
This group of Igbo men and think tank can never seem to get anything right. Return this leadership to Dr. Dozie Ikedife. Joe Irukwu was a disaster, and now this group of leaders are on the same path. You are hanging out with Arewa while our own blood are being killed by their children whom Arewa tacitly gave a nod- they still have not come out to condem the butchering of Igbos by boko haram. Ohaneze have continued this trail of embarasement, they seem to be like the bunch who couldn’t shoot straight. Very soon, you will be talking for yourself instead of on our behalf.
justiche you are a good historian. History always repeats itself. Let the sycophants that never did anything good for igbo go and line up with arewas in a bid to be given vice President. I do not care where the president is from as long as he does well.
what matters is that that arewa is not wishing igbos good. why did they back away from more states creation for us.
Our elders must be honest to their old age and think of the future unborn igbos.
IRU ERE WO NI AJA N BA EKUN SE, HAUSA KNOW WHAT THEY WANT NO HAUSA MAN CAN VOTE IGBO FOR PRESIDENCY WATCH OUT THEY STILL PREFER YORUBA THAN IGBO. DNT LET THEM DECEIVED EACH OTHER.
yes ‘bright andrew’ we’re in great time.free and fair election has esposed a well known but hidden truth about nigerian population.lagos and kano has 50% of their respective population from southeast,ndigbo is the largest non-indigene in any state in nageria.but we had never attacked our hosts.the case is not the same in prateur state and it capital jos where the hausa/fulanis are in big number.if the middle belt people want to drive those rats away and gain peace,then they must vote the ibos since no northerner will ever do it.
What this stupid Arewa people are making people to believe is that Nigerian is divided along North and South. They are trickishly trying to evade the issue of seperate regions. Not willing to accept that the Middle Belt is not part of the so called North. That things are no longer what it used to be.
WEIGHTY ISSUES of course and Ndi igbo will study it before responding of course. The ACF has no place to run to again and the deed has been done as rightly said broken bottle has no mekwatarism by ZIK. ACF is broker and battered by all mighty God and for them to swallow they born to rule pride and venture into this en devour they is fire on the mountain so they running down the mountain to meet ndi ibgo. i dey laugh. ooo .igbos are watching OHANEZE STUDY IT VERY WELL
ACF is now caught between a rock and a hard place. Now they turn to the ever willing “One Nigeria” mongers, the Igbos. The self anointed Igbo leaders, haven’t you heard about retirement? Take a breather. You are all spent forces. Youths take over leadership and stop these characters from embarrassing the living day light out of us.
ACF AND OHANENZE INDIGBO SORRY FOR THOSE TRUST YOUR SELFISH MOVES. MAY THE ALMIGHTY REVEAL YOUR SECRETS TO THOSE WHO IGNORANTLY BELIEVE YOUR ANTICS FOR 2015, WHERE IBO MAN WILL BE OFFERED VICE PRESIDENTIAL SLOT ALONG WITH HAUSA/FULANI PRESIDENCY. DOES IT WORTH TRUST ACF THAT STATED IN ENUGU THAT GOVERNMENT MUST DIALOGUE WITH BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC TERRORIST SECT? BOKO HARAM IS A FOCUS LESS TERRORISTS GROUP THAT THEIR DEMAND TO ISLAMISE NIGERIA TO ME AS A YORUBA MAN VERY ANNOYING AND INSULTING, SO IS GOVERNMENT GOING TO DIALOGUE WITH THEM ON THE WAY THEY WOULD ISLAMISE NIGERIA OR WHAT? OHANEZE INDIGBO, MAKE UNA SHINE YOUR EYES OOO!!!
Deceit,Deceit and deceit. This meeting has no meaning. Watchout for the real meaning.The North think they are catching on the seemingly recent accusation between the west and the south, the truth is millions of meeting can not stop the killings of non natives and non muslims in the north. question to be asked, since civil war is there any time in a single 10yrs stretch that there wont be blood letting in the north.
OH! MY GOD,IF I MAY ASK,IS IT A TABOO FOR AN IGBO MAN TO HANDLE THE PRESIDENTIAL SADDLE OF THIS GREAT NATION? THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU THE SO CALLED ”ACF”? MIND YOU THAT IGBOS ARE NOT PUPPETS.ASK YOURSELVES THE FLEETS OF YEARS YOU HAVE PRESIDED OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS OUR GREAT NATION ”NIGERIA”? THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF CONVINCING ETHICS YOU WOULD USE TO LOG OF AN IGBO MAN FROM TAKING THE MANTLE OF THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL RACE.SO YOU PEOPLE BETTER REFRAIN AND DERAIL FROM FROM ANY PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP FOR LIFE! FOR THE SO CALLED OHANAEZE NDIGBO,THE IGBO YOUTHS ARE WATCHING,AND IF ANY OF YOU VENTURES TO BETRAY WE THE IGBOS THE WRATH OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD WILL ERASE YOU ALL.
How can We Trust ACF? After all they have don to us , Chai God where are you , we have sufar too much in this so cal Nigeria , God pleases we Need Biafra , pleases God , let it happen in 2015 , God put confusion in Aso Rock in 2015 , let Biafra stand,
Nigeria pls let my people Biafra go if not what happened to the egyptians will happen to you.
Ohanaeze why didn’t you invite Orji Kalu, Owelle Rochas,Chris Ngige and Ebitu Ukaiwe if you meant good for ndigbo?
The tym has come for us to go Igbo Kwen
Why have they come to seek peace and recouncilation now, after so many years of maseacre of Ndi Igbo?
Have they apologise to those Igbo’s that lost there family members during the maseacre?
Why is the south south not in support of the Igbo’s president?
Why have they {south south} not showing any concern during the Igbo maseacre in the north?
The south west nko! why are they so silent on the things that concerns Ndi Igbo?
Why are we so lonely in these struggle?
I only hope, the North is not cleverly courting the support of the Igbo for their hidden agenda of taking back power to the North. If the Igbo are not very careful this time around and fall prey to the deft moves of the North, then it will take a very long time for them to get to Aso Rock.
When all the killings of Southerners were taking place, why did the North keep quiet until now? When political schemings have started for 2015, it is then they remember that the Igbo are very important. I am not an Igbo, but for justice to be done, let the Igbo have a shot at the Presidency. They are part of this country and have a right to the rulership of this nation like any other tribe.
Igbo, SHINE YOUR EYES!
I am getting more and more confused with the so called ohaneze ndigbo leaders, these the old crooks we have in the first republic till today. when cannot lead us to a greater height why are they still leading.
Pls let these old folks relocate to arewa kingdom that is where the belong may the Boko’s can release little of their act on them. Will all these idiots stay and do to witness the death of there children?
Old men are good but these people does not represent the interest of the Biafrans why are they there? Watchout these fools have collected money and sold the 2015 allocation to the Biafrans again.
I think i support the idea of creation of more state in the East than, that of Igbo president 2015. Even if, we succeed getting the 2015 Igbo president without equal state creation then, its means the struggle is meaningless. We need two more state in the south-east. Lets join the Arewa’s in CPC and get our dreamed Igbo president, PDP will never fetch us anything good. I trust the Arewa’s more than the Oududuwa’s or even the Ijaw’s.
let us wait and see the out come of the agenda discussed before jumping the gun
Meeting with hungry lions hahaha, Boko Haram has entered East. I pray that these hungry Lions devour all of us since we are associating with them after bombing our poeple in their side. Igbos we are stupid to perish,
I am amazed by the responses of so many people herein before. Do we need to pour vetuperations on others to claim innocence or prescribe without medicum premonition? no. We have not been availed with the outcome of the meeting to ascertain the level of peaceful progress earmarked for this nation by the ACF and Ohanezes, so why running a submission on their behalf. It is disheartening for Arinze whose comment is the first on this page to have ascerted that ACF’s move at this point in time is belated for a parochial reason that Biafra republic is peaked for declaration and that he dares anyone that can stop them. What a claustophobic statement from a young Nigerian. Am very optimistic that he was not born when the civil war of 1966 to 1970 took place else he wont be agitated. who said the Hausas and other non Igbos were not bombed in the north. How can one foreclose his mind on a thing of natonal concern. I am pained by the way some young men and women of today reason. Is retired DIG of police Alhaji Ningi who was killed in the mayhem in Kano an Ibo man or a Christian? these people do not care about your tribe or religion but their own interest, so it will be wrong for anyone to join Islam/Muslims or Hausa in the current imbroglio. ACF, OHANEZE weldone, the step you have started is a good one in the right direction. I wont only say more greese to your elbows but more strenght to your vision. I urge Oduduwa and other well meaning sectoral groups to follow this initiative as it is a Godly wind that blows everyone every good. God bless Nigeria and its citizenry amen.
I am amazed by the responses of so many people herein before. Do we need to pour vituperations on others to claim innocence or prescribe without modicum premonition? no. We have not been availed with the outcome of the meeting to ascertain the level of peaceful progress earmarked for this nation by the ACF and Ohanezes, so why running a submission on their behalf. It is disheartening for Arinze whose comment is the first on this page to have asserted that ACF’s move at this point in time is belated for a parochial reason that Biafra republic is peaked for declaration and that he dares anyone that can stop them. What a claustrophobic statement from a young Nigerian. Am very optimistic that he was not born when the civil war of 1966 to 1970 took place else he wont be agitated. who said the Hausas and other non Igbos were not bombed in the north. How can one foreclose his mind on a thing of national concern. I am pained by the way some young men and women of today reason. Is retired DIG of police Alhaji Ningi who was killed in the mayhem in Kano an Ibo man or a Christian? these people do not care about your tribe or religion but their own interest, so it will be wrong for anyone to join Islam/Muslims or Hausa in the current imbroglio. ACF, OHANEZE well-done, the step you have started is a good one in the right direction. I wont only say more greese to your elbows but more strength to your vision. I urge Oduduwa and other well meaning sectoral groups to follow this initiative as it is a Godly wind that blows everyone every good. God bless Nigeria and its citizenry amen.
Ralph Uwechue is the greatest Ohaneze President ever!
Rochas for President or i vote Buhari
This is a pure piece of nonsense. We have no inheritance in the house of one Nigeria to our republic Oh Biafra. Good bye Nigeria and their Islamism. We have nothing in common. Ohaneze ndi Igbo should watch their back and be consciencious. It is too late for this hausanism of a thing, they should go home.
Even the US has predicted that Nigeria will break up
by 2015 and now the northerners are here in l ate 2012
to plead for unity.We should go ahead and claim our
independence .Their is nothing that makes us one people with these people and when that happens , you will see how our people will develope without these parasites .
The igbos has to reason now this pple u see has another agenda that wht they told u some body like waku&onoja don’t even know thire plan. the game is to clash us wht gej bcs they know tht he wil contest &win in2015, my no hausa wil gve us half of wh
My brodas of south east leaders or OHANEZE bcaful with these ppl ACF , they came to view and no hw far we are doing after the civil WAR and i thk God that they have seen that we are waxing stronger after the civil war , the tribe they think thhat will not exist no more are waxing stronger ad stronger with d kind of development they saw on ground in one state of the south east and theybare telling us that we can rule ourselves, CAPITAL NO, who says that we cant rule ourselves, that is an insult to NDIGBO in general and that statment shld be withdrn immeadiatly, 4 the past yrs they have ruled how far,are they better than us ?????????. i hve said it time without numbers that this entity called 9ija did not want us and its right time we start looking for the black goat b4 its get dark, either they like it or not we must go our seprate ways bcos we are not welcomed in this ABARACADABAR entity called 9ija.OUR ELDERS AND THE OHANEZE shld open their eyes now to avoid biting of thier teeths later. A WORD IS ENOUGH 4 THE WISE. LONG LIVE NDIGBO !!! BCOS GOD IS WITH US.
Woe to igbos, they are the only poeple in the wide world that laid down millions of there people for fredom but could not actualize it over forty years, let the igbos reflect what happened in the apathaid South Africa though not the same with the igbos but majority of the black south africans united with one vioce which the whole world heared. Igbos let us look at the things that made us one people to unite for a common cause, to liberate our self, we did it for the whole nigeria during British colonialism, what is wrong now that it is needful for our selves only.
Nigerian the best thing for us now is seprate ethno geographically because the foundation of our unity is built on the blood of innocent poeple some not even knowing why they died, no compasation for them. The earlier we realise this the better we become. This is a prophecy. A word is enough for the wise so nigeria should not perish in a twinkle of an eye.
Nigeria kwenu!!!! igbo kwenu !!!! The west and the north should allow the east to go not minding the oil, they should not doubt GOD that made it to be where it is found.
if the ACF is interested in the unity of this country they should condemn the killings of innocent ibos and christians in the north and atleast help the security agents by providing adequate informationtion. The people behind this killings are human beings and they live amidst people. Instead of helping the security agents, who are also being killed, these northern leaders will cry that the security agents are killing innocent Nigerians, what an irony? Let them go home put their home in order, cos security of life and property in the north from the onset is not gauranteed. A person whose house is on fire will first try to put of the fire not chasing after rats.
The ACF should also educate their children on the respect for human lives as they seem to derive special joy in destroying lives {especially the lives of igbos}. They should not come to deceive us about peace talk, the peace we need in Nigeria will have to come from the north. Cos over 2million igbos have been killed in the north, for the eastern part we are peaceful. But if these wanton destruction of igbos lives continue till 2015, i am also of the opinion that BIAFRA is the solution. Ohanezendigbo any agreement entered into or money colleected from these beasts parrading themselves as ACF is not bounding on us neither is it on our behalf. The days of laxity from igbo rulers, elders and reprensentatives is over. Therefore, we will make sure whosoever does that pays dearly. We are fedup with the wanton killings of our brothers and sisters.
Haba, why don’t u pave the path 2 negotiating with boko haram? The meeting will not yield fruits if lasting peace does not return to the north. Only a united north irrespective of religious and ethnic differences will do the magic.