From CHIDI NNADI, Enugu
Today, November 26, is one year after the Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu died in a London hospital. Ojukwu was buried by the Federal Government in a state burial at his Nnewi ancestral home after week-long burial activities that took place across many states in southern Nigeria.
Besides, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), an organization, Ojukwu promoted while he was alive, opened condolence registers across the globe where it has offices.
As his death was announced, the members of MASSOB took charge of his homes in the South-East with the MASSOB leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike receiving those who came to pay their condolences at the Ikemba Nnewi Enugu residence.
But surprisingly when Ojukwu was to be buried, the MASSOB leader and his members were conspicuously absent.
In this exclusive interview with Daily Sun to mark the one year anniversary of the departure of the Igbo leader, Uwazuruike revealed that they struck an agreement with President Goodluck Jonathan that paved way for the state burial given to the Ezeigbo Gburugburu which was the major reason MASSOB accepted to back down on its own burial arrangements.
He also disclosed that MASSOB had already contracted an helicopter that would have flown Ojukwu’s corpse across seven states in Southern Nigeria for N49 million per day had the Federal Government decided not to give him a state burial.
He also revealed that though the Federal Government gave Ojukwu a state burial, the inside of the golden casket he was buried in was draped with Biafra insignia with his head resting on the Biafran rising sun crest.
Uwazuruike also spoke about how he made a sudden appearance at the Nnewi home of Ikemba shortly after his burial in Biafran camouflage and how Ojukwu had instructed that he be crowned the Igbo leader to replace him. Excerpt:
MASSOB without Ojukwu
I must confess that we missed him a lot and every day we wonder if he is really not around with us. I never knew it is up to one year because it was just like yesterday. It was only some days ago when we celebrated his 79th birthday in Lagos that it dawned on me that I will actually not see him again. During his second to the last birthday we had on November 4 last year in Enugu, we thought he would be with us in his next birthday; so, when we had it in Lagos the other day and he wasn’t with us and when people started to refer to him in the past, it dawned on me that actually we will not see him again. MASSOB misses him a lot and we will continue to miss him for many years to come. I feel that we must be doing things to remember him annually, that was why I said in Lagos that we must be celebrating his birthday annually so as to be able to remember him every day; not only his birthday, but also the day he died. So, it will be an understatement if I tell you that we just miss him only, we miss him more than any other thing; we feel he should be around because there are so many problems he used to solve for us, he used to be a pillar of support for me and when I wake up in the morning I feel that I am empty without someone like him and it is clear to me now that he is no longer here and won’t be here anymore.
Ojukwu solving our problems in MASSOB
To be very frank with you, not only in MASSOB, but also in my family affairs; each time I was detained he would be the first person to send people to my wife to help them, he would want to know if there was food in the house, if the children were still going to school, he would ask if there was any role he could play. So, I miss him very much in my family setting and in MASSOB, yes, each time my members felt I was a little bit hard on them they usually ran to him to complain; he would summon me, caution and advise me; all these we are now missing. More than that he used to be our chief judge when there were attempts by some members to break away into factions; so, each time we had such problems, all the factions will go to his house and he would admonish and advise us; and now we are missing all of these and if I tell you that it is not rubbing off on us negatively, it is a lie.
MASSOB taking charge of Ojukwu’s houses in Enugu and Nnewi and my absence during his burial
Yes, I will tell you that I was the first person his wife, Iyom Bianca told when he passed on in London, that was around 1a.m or 2a.m and we talked all through that night on phone. She later broke the news to other people around 6 O’clock in the morning. So, it was on phone that Iyom said that I should go to Enugu to start receiving visitors there and also position people in their Nnewi residence.
On the issue of the burial, I was absent because I reached an agreement with President Jonathan that I should play that role. You know initially some people put up a motion in the Senate that Ojukwu should be given a state burial which the Senate threw out; so, MASSOB prepared to give Ojukwu a befitting burial. We had contacted a guy who is in charge of an helicopter, we had an arrangement with him to lift Ojukwu’s body for seven days round seven states in the South; the five South-East states, Delta and Rivers. We had even made advance payment; but along the line Jonathan came up to say that he wanted to give Ojukwu a state burial and we started discussing. It was only Iyom Bianca that knew about this discussion, no other person knew about it and that discussion was centred around Iyom Bianca, myself and the presidency. Initially, I refused, but when I looked at it a second time, I asked myself, what do you want? This is your leader, your mentor, your father; now if I give Ojukwu a burial it wouldn’t be like that of the entire Nigeria giving him a state burial. So, I came back to myself because even when I insisted that I would not opt out, Iyom Bianca supported me; she didn’t want me to be out, but I slept over it and said, if the whole Nigeria wanted to bury my leader, it would be louder, the international community will hear more of it than when I do it by myself; so, I agreed at the last minute and said fine, if you people, Nigeria will give him a state burial on the condition that MASSOB will not participate, I agree provided you will give him the type of burial that I wanted because in Enugu I had said that his burial will be the best in Africa, not knowing that it will turn out to be the best in the whole world. So, Jonathan stepped in and I am happy that he even did more than I expected. So, my absence during the burial was an agreement because it was agreed that MASSOB should give way and that was why throughout the burial you didn’t see any member of MASSOB, any Biafran flag, nothing. I kept to my words, I assured the president that I won’t be present, MASSOB members won’t be present, but unfortunately, most Igbo leaders didn’t know about this agreement; at a time General Ihejirika, Chief of Army Staff and the state director of SSS in Enugu State were part of the discussion held for almost four days.
Why we were prevented from attending the burial
MASSOB is a phenomenon and everybody is afraid and afraid of Uwazuruike too. Not only that, the Igbo leaders were afraid because they thought that MASSOB will capitalize on Ojukwu’s burial to become more popular and all that. But on the part of President Jonathan, I gave it to him as a mark of respect because as the President of Nigeria if I come to Ojukwu’s burial people will also see me as the President of Biafra and there might be a clash of interest because I wouldn’t go there without the Biafran flag and all that and my men will dress up in their Biafran uniform and might clash with the Nigerian security men. So, I envisaged the apprehension, so I agreed with Jonathan.
Was there any Biafran insignia buried with Ojukwu?
Yes, the rising sun was there! Before Iyom Bianca arranged for the casket, she told me; except for my appearance during the burial proper, there was nothing about that burial I didn’t know. Even in the casket where his head rested, there was the rising sun crest, Iyom Bianca told me everything; and there were other Biafran features in Ojukwu’s casket as he was buried. Before the casket was made, Iyom and I agreed, even the undertakers I brought them, they were the same people that buried my mother. So, I was part of everything except in the area of putting up appearance during the burial and other areas some people blacked me out because they felt I would take the shine out of them.
How we planned to bury Ojukwu before Federal Government stepped in
Though I agreed that the Nigerian state burial would sound louder, but MASSOB would have given him the same type of burial; already an helicopter was contracted for N49 million per day which I had paid an advance. So, we were prepared to bury him state by state, in the seven designated states.
My appearing at Ojukwu’s Nnewi home shortly after the burial in Biafra camouflage
That would have been the same way I would have appeared at his burial because Ojukwu believed so much in Biafra, he suffered for Biafra, he went on exile because of Biafra, he spent all his father’s money on Biafra, he lived and died for Biafra. So, that insignia must be there, that was why I put on the camouflage to remind people what Ojukwu lived and died for. And that was the first day I was wearing that camouflage just to show my last respect to him and I know he would be happy in his grave to see me in that camouflage. Actually, I had wanted to wear the same camouflage to his burial, but when I agreed with Jonathan that I shouldn’t be around, I decided that I should go to his grave to lay a wreath in the Biafran camouflage.
Igbo leaders struggle to step into Ojukwu’s shoes and my Ijele Ndigbo title
Do you know that even on the last time we had his birthday at the national stadium in Lagos, the man who read the keynote address, Solomon Asimota (SAN); he was Ojukwu’s lawyer, he said that Ojukwu told him that when he dies I would be the one to step into his shoes, I was surprised to hear that from him. Ojukwu’s Chief of Staff, Bob, also told me that Ojukwu told him too that if he is no more he should tell people that I am the one to replace him. Also the Eze Nri of Ancient Nri Kingdom told me that while he was fasting for the annual Igu Aro that the gods told him that I am the one to step into Ojukwu’s shoes and I believe it was the spirits that guided him. So, how do I feel about this? Well, that has been the cross I have been carrying without anybody giving me a pat on the back. And now that people have given me a pat on the back, I should continue and be more courageous to serve the Igbo nation. And that, in fact, was the path Ojukwu himself encouraged me to thread on; as I said, the other day during his 79th birthday that if as a father he played a prominent role in my life, then I have to do things to keep his name going, that is, to keep alive his ideals and to continue from where he stopped. So, all the things I am doing that pleased Ndigbo or Eze Nri to recognize me as the person to step into Ojukwu’s shoes, I must continue in that direction, I have no choice than to continue to do good things for our people Ndigbo. I feel pleased and challenged in doing this onerous task.
Leading MASSOB and the Igbo larger group
There is no difference. My style of leadership of MASSOB is non-violence and it would have become a problem if my attitude has been different, that is, if I have been promoting violence, taking to gorilla warfare, staying in the bush and organizing my boys to go on gorilla attack, that is when you can then ask how I can combine the two things. Mine is non-violence and on the leadership of Ndigbo, I have been with Ojukwu all along. And as a matter of fact, I can say that Ojukwu in his later days led Ndigbo through Iyom Bianca and myself. During his last days, Bianca and I were doing the whole work, so, it is not going to be strange to me to lead Ndigbo because there was nothing Ojukwu did not teach me and I don’t think that there will be any issue that will crop up today that didn’t come up when I was with him.
Some people believing that realising the sovereign state of Biafra is dead without Ojukwu
No, it is not dead. I said it at the national stadium Lagos the other day, I told them because Solomon Asimoto in his address said that I should soft-pedal in Biafra agitation; and I told him that I won’t soft-pedal in anything. Inasmuch as the marginalization of Ndigbo is a continuous thing in Nigeria, the struggle for Biafra will remain a continuous thing, the only thing is that I won’t resort to violence because I don’t want any Igbo man to die again because of Biafra, but the struggle must continue until something is done about Igbo freedom, we need freedom, not only for Ndigbo, but also for everybody. You see now the Ijaws are talking about freedom, having their own constitution, flag and all that; the Yorubas are also talking about the same thing, what everybody needs is freedom.
If the freedom doesn’t come
We will continue in the struggle, but what I will always advocate is non-violence. It might take time, even if it doesn’t come during my time I’m not bothered. But I want my children to continue in it, I want Ndigbo to continue in it, we are not born in Nigeria as slaves, they can do everything by giving the Igbo man the president slot, additional state, but this doesn’t solve the problem; the problem is; is the live of an Igbo man guaranteed in Zamfara or Maiduguri, are his property guaranteed without recourse to hatred or animosity,does an Igbo man has the right to contest elections in Maiduguri and win? In Lagos State, the Igbo constitute the second largest tribe; still they don’t have even a councillorship slot in the Lagos State government, that is what I want to see. It is only when they begin to do all these things that they can now convince me that Nigeria is one and that Ndigbo can settle anywhere. It is not when we stay in your place and develop your place for you and when it comes to pecuniary interest you block it; so, I don’t believe in one Nigeria.
Ojukwu on different reaction over Boko Haram if he were alive
No, such people don’t really know Ojukwu. Ojukwu before he died had warned me severally not to engage in anything that will take the life of any human being, he was very bitter that so many people died during the Biafran war. The last thing Ojukwu would have done under this Boko Haram thing was perhaps to want Ndigbo to retaliate because when you talk of retaliation, you have to be proactive; you have to think of the welfare of your people. How many Hausas reside in the South-East and how many Ndigbo reside in the North? So, think about it, you kill one or two Hausa men here; they kill 300 or 1,000 Igbos in the North, what have you gained. Or you kill one shoe-shiner here, Almajiri or one selling sugar-cane and they kill one managing director or chairman of a company in the North. How many Hausas have houses in the East, how many Igbos have houses in the North? So, you have to consider all of these things; you do not come out blindly to say let’s retaliate, you have to put so many things into consideration and know the consequences of your action. Number two, our brother is the president, Jonathan is our brother. I can tell you, the type of burial Jonathan organized for Ojukwu, if an Igbo man were to be the president he wouldn’t have organized such a burial for him. So, we have to see him as our brother. And there were so many discussions I had with Ojukwu about Jonathan; so, all these people that are saying that Ojukwu would have done this or that did not know what is happening. I know what Ojukwu would have done in a circumstance like this; Ojukwu wouldn’t have encouraged violence as a balance to Boko Haram insurgency.
Building memorial centre for Ojukwu
All I am doing today were practically what Ojukwu asked me to do when he was alive like the houses I built for ex-Biafran soldiers; we discussed it. About five years before I started building those houses I was sending foodstuff every month to them at Oji River; even when I was in detention I made sure that my men were sending food to them. And it got to a time when these people told me that they were encountering difficulties there from armed robbery and accidents and I told Ojukwu and he said if we had resources the best thing to do will be to rehabilitate them and that was how I started thinking about their rehabilitation. Again one of his ideas was that Ndigbo do not have a place they can sit down and talk, meet together except hotels or public buildings. That was why when he died I said okay I will use his name to do it; these were things we were discussing when he was alive. Ndigbo should have a place they can come to discuss and no other external body will hear what they are saying. That is why I am doing the Ojukwu Centre and to make sure that his name is immortalized. It will be a reference point as anybody that is coming here will say I am going to Ojukwu’s Memorial Library; all over the world now whenever any head of state dies they use the library to immortalize him; so, that is why I am using the library option. We have just done the foundation of the library, but what we are doing first is the conference centre. It was Iyom Bianca that told me, Okenwa look, why not finish this conference centre first before the library instead of having abandoned project, so, I took the advice and soft-pedaled on the library project, but everything will definitely come up and be completed gradually.
Why can’t u people develop the south east and leave the north for aboki. Should igbo man go dip into pit toilet(danger zone) just to make money? Empty we come, empty we must return. Yoruba hate them, hausa hate and what are they still doing there?
The govt of Nigeria did not build any federal institution in the south east,every thing is sited in those areas that is why they are there.tell govt of Nigeria to build industries,bring embassies,ministries, woof,sea port,intl airport etc,i assured you that Igbos will go
Tell your governors, senators, reps, etc to ask FG for federal projects. You do have them in Enugu. Besides, stop developing other states and go back to your land to develop yours. Charity begins at home. If you want Biafra so bad, this is your best opportunity to show that you are serious!
We will not show it more now because Jonathan i sthere as Uwazuruike said and we will only go to our places when you agree that all should be oj their own.
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Rubbish! This man is just seeking relevance where non-exist. Any way, as long as the Nigeria state remain so weak and dysfunctionally inefficient, all forms of independent agitation – even if such hardly enjoy the support of the people would remain part of Nigeria’s politics
It is baffling that a rational human being is willing to pay N49m x 7days (N343m) to fly Ojukwu’s corpse from one state to the other. How much does a brand new helicopter cost? How would such a waste, improve the life of an average Ibo man? I believe that the Ibos are too enlightened to have this man, that has no sense of priority, to be their leader. Anyway, even if it is true that Ojukwu wanted Ralph to replace him; it will never have been as the Leader of the Ibos, as Ojukwu himself was not the leader of the Igbos. Otherwise, Ojukwu would have won the 1983 Onitsha Senatorial zone election. This is not to imply that some Igbos do not hold Ojulwu in high esteem.
If Ojukwu spent all his father’s money fighting Biafaran war (as Ralph claimed), how come his brothers and children are fighting over Ojukwu father’s property today? This man should look for relevance elsewhere – maybe practising Law if his Indian law degree has any value.
I think Okon is correct, The most beautiful houses and chioce lands in most south west states are owned by Igbos through sweat and hardwork, but my people d should always remeber the abandoned property and £20 for your wealth policy after the war and act accordingly. Remember if wealth gets home it speaks about who made it. For any business you do make sure you have a strong branch east of the niger. Shalom
You guys (Igbo) are empty headed. Where is the statistics that show that the best houses, and choice of land in SW belong to Igbos? The Yoruba land must be very hospitable to you, and yet you hate this people badly. It is time that you guys pack your garbage and head back SE to develop it! Are you guys so afraid of your own land?
Gideon, I think you should join agitations and protests to allow Igbos to go. Why is it that whenever Igbos want to break away from Nigeria all nerves will start shaking? You are among Igbo haters, yet you cant live without them.
Remember, u cant cuase him (Igbos) whom God has blessed.
Give your own statistics that show that he is not saying the truth.Your ancestors shamelessly murdered innocent women and children because they knew that you can not develop on your own.Moreover,Yoruba policies/through the Hausa/Fulani crude military establishment starved them of developmental projects so that they will use it as a push factor that will make them to migrate out of their region and pull them to theirs in order to melt their culture of interdependence,inherent creativity and high principled value system which they reckoned to be the source of their strength and self pride.When ever Yoruba hears about Biafra,they jump because they have nothing and lack the grit to embark on any long term entrepreneurial initiative.They prefer One Nigeria where they loot through serving the Hausa/Fulanis but it is changing very fast and they are begging for togetherness but it is too late.
To all d scum-head, big-mouth & lousy ibo/igbo. U’re nothing but a laughing stock on the surface of earth. Who is stopping ur biafra now? Nobody. Yorubas want u to go with ur biafra, hausas want u to leave, we SS also prefer u go. But u will never go (only blowing mouth here&there) bcos u are cowardly, full of uncertainties and cannot stand on ur own without trying to force SS to ur side. If u’re not cowardly, this is d best time to declare ur biafra – 1. GEJ is not strong enough to oppose u. 2.Ur son is d head of army. 3.The head of Navy is there 4u. 4.Ur daughter, madam boobs expo, d head of aviation can help u fly-in weapons. 5.U hav SGF, Deputy Senate Pres., Deputy Speaker etc etc.
Don’t wait until a Yoruba or hausa becomes President or Chief of Army Staff and use that one as an excuse. ibo/igbo/ndigbo what are u still waiting for? Declare ur biafra now or u 4ever keep quiet and remain 2nd class citizen till eternity! Animals!
our people are selfish and very stupid…. develop aba owrerri umuahia, ph onitsha enugu, bayelsa those housa will start looking for you …..anyamiri
I agree, your people are selfish and stupid. We have been telling them to develop their own area. That is the only time that the rest of the country would know that you are serious, even about your elusive Biafra.
Uwazulike, is using Biafra struggle to enrich himself, Is high time people depart from him, he is an agent of Nigeria government, he is using MASSOB as campaign team for Jonathan 2015. Uwazurike is using MASSOB to kidnap Biafrans who accused him of insincerity in the struggle.
Uwazulike, is full of deceit, he claimed he filed a case on behalf of Biafrans in UN & AU, he further stated that he had secured observing status all this are bloody day lies.
He claimed, he wouldn’t resort to violence to avoid killing of Biafrans, since Uwazulike started this his deceit in the name of struggle since over 10 years ago, how many Biafrans has lost their lives in his hand?
Uwazulike should stop talking about anything Biafra now, he has deceived our people enough or he will regret it.
“How many Hausas reside in the South-East and how many Ndigbo reside in the North? So, think about it, you kill one or two Hausa men here; they kill 300 or 1,000 Igbos in the North, what have you gained. Or you kill one shoe-shiner here, Almajiri or one selling sugar-cane and they kill one managing director or chairman of a company in the North. How many Hausas have houses in the East, how many Igbos have houses in the North? So, you have to consider all of these things; you do not come out blindly to say let’s retaliate, you have to put so many things into consideration and know the consequences of your action”
OJUKWU LEARNT THIS FROM THE CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCE.
THERE IS A YORUBA SAYING THAT SAYS “IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SWORD IN HAND YOU DON’T ASK FOR THE PERSON WHO KILL YOUR FATHER”
IGBOs NEED TO REFOCUS THEIR KNOWN STRENGTH AND ENERGY INWARDS.
Foolish teacher,may be they don’t kill Yoruba unless you are suggesting as usual that there lives are invaluable.Go and consult your people on how to deal with your own deaths instead of crawling out like your forebear to be an expert in other people’s affairs.May be the Oni and other Obas are still going to beg in the night to stop killing them while using OBJ to call for action in the day.The time of reckoning is here Mr teacher.
What did the hammer say that made you to start cursing him and the yoruba ppl. .I am Igbo like you and I, like most ppl don’t like it each time every topic turns to tribal sentiments especially between the Igbo and yoruba when the common enemy is still out there laughing, you all should be ashamed
You talk as if u have not lived in the north before. Yoruba muslims that ran into mosques in Tudun Wada, Kaduna, were slaughtered like rams during riots by hausas. You know what? Since they dont have liver to fight back, they ran to Kaduna south where they feel Igbos and Southern Kaduna pple will protect them and hid themsleves like bats.Well, maybe those Yoruba lives dont mean anything in ur land Itz a pity that you guys are jealous of Igbos; still cant survive without them. Pray for Igbos to break out of Nig, and see how u will fare in a year’s time. Olodo!
UWAZURIKE, YOU ARE NOW GENTLEMAN AFTER TAKING OVER EZEIGBO SEAT SHEE? if you dont know it you should better know it now, violence is only language nigerians can understand never do the same mistake our pastors are doing killing our youth moral because of they selfish interest (offering and tith) UWAZURIKE IAM SEEING YOU AS TEMPORARY EZEIGBO AND IF YOU ARE DOUBTING ME GO BACK TO EZE NRI. SO YOU SHOULD BETTER STAY AWAY FROM GOODLUCK AND NGERIAN POLITICS. THANKZ
I know only One leader of ndi igbo and he is dead
It is obvious that Igbos are the only true Nigerians because they are massively found in all the 774 LGAs and 36 states and FCT doing their transacting their legitimate trade with passion and even developing those areas they reside. They prefer owning properties both moveable and immovables ones there before considering having any in their own villages and towns. This has been their nature but other Nigerians like Hausas,Yorubas and the South South people prefer not to have anything to do with Igbos. They hardly own any business or houses in Igboland due to hatred. How many Yorubas and Hausas are landlords in any Igboland city? None is the answer yet we all claim one Nigeria. One Nigeria will only be realised when Nigerians irrespective of their state of origin will be free to contest election outside his/her state of origin and be accorded full rights as an indegene whereever he/she resides. Where this is not obtainable i advise all Igbos to come back to their roots and establishe firmly in their state because (onye ajuru aju anaghi aju onwe ya) the rejected can never reject him/herself.
Biafra must stand, destiny can be delayed and cannot be denied,no matter how long it takes,hausa will be walking freely in the south but the south cannot walk freely in the north my brothers and sisters IS THIS ONE NIGERIA?
even these yeye yorubas who are talking knows the truth in this country
Ibos have learnt their lesson, there is nothing like one Nigeria. We have tried all we could to make one Nigeria reality, we sand-fill south west swamps to build choice estates, we buy up northern barren deserts to build eyes have not seen neither ears heard type of houses yet all we get in appreciation is anti-semitism. Nigeria is doomed, they have murdered sleep and they will sleep no more.
Ibos will look inwards and it means Biafra.
I luv ur speach,mr uwazurike,pls do wht eva d late leader told u 2do whn he was alive,so dt dere will willbe no violence dt will take anybodys life.
No region in nigerian can attain maximum development without the support of the fedral govment. If nigerian past leaders, starting from gowon, had implemented the 3rs, like he promised to do after the war, igbos couldn’t have left the south east to migrate to other parts of the country. But gowon only announced the 3rs just to make the world to see him as a good person. Abuja was nothing but rocks and bushes, but the fedral government transformed it into what it is today in a twinkle of an eye, with the resources generated from the south. Lagos is what it is today, not because the yorubas made it so, but because it was a fedral capital territory. So when our yoruba brothers ask us to go and develop the east, i begin to wonder if it was yorubas that developed lagos. People accuse uwazuruike of enriching himself with the biafran struggle. But i dont know what this people that trow this accuses on uwazuruike has done for ndi igbo and biafrans in general. Uwazuruike has impacted positively on the lives of ndi-igbo, in so many ways. Uwazuruike rehabilitated our brave biafran war veterans, built houses befitting the sacrifices thay made for ndi-igbo for them. He pays their childrens school fees, takes care of their health bills. And durring the boko haram crises he sent free buses to the north to convey easterners and even the people of the south-south. Back to the east. If this good deeds, is what people want to see as corruption, then i my self would love to be corrupt also. We the true igbos know who our true leader is, and that person is non other but uwazuruike. And those of you who dont want to belive that ojukwu financed the war with his farthers money. May i use this opportunity to educate you on who sir Louis ojukwu was. He was ojukwus father, the richest African business mugul of his time.
First, lets concentrate on the South east Zone, politically, we must carve out South East and make our point known to other Zones. without this, we are still foolling around. We need to hold our leaders responsible for what ever that is happening in the South East now. lets look inwards and forget about the entire Nigeria for now. With this, other political zones will now know we are serious and focused before we can launch our request to the Nigeran Nation.
uwazulike was asked what he have to say to the killing of the igbos living in the north, he said that he have nothing to say becouse his mentor dim just died and he want to concentrate on giving him a befitting burial, it is only after the burial that the boko-haram will hear from him becouse nobody has monopoly of violence..his present statement is a 360 degree turnaround..in as much as it is necessary to avoid the waste of life by retaliatory actions what is his plan to stop the ones being wasted on a daily basis in the north? or are those not someones relatives? i,m beginning to believe the radiobiafralondon statement that uwazulike have already sold out as he is nowadays on cotract seeking mission in abuja always on a first class plane tickets which is unbecimming for a freedom fighter…
Just as the late Ikemba Nnewi is my hero so, Uwazulike is my hero as well.
Pls Ndigbo respect your leader and stop making mockery of ur self…
Iphy, you’re entitled to your opinion. However, if your rationality is subjected to clinical analysis, it will not be difficult to show that you lack what you think you have – patriotism. That is, if you are an Igboman. What is your take about the reality that many if not most of our “leaders” each wastes 343 million naira almost daily? If you really know Dim Ojukwu’s sacrifice to Igbo, then, at be best, you have celebrated naked ingratitude.
Ndi Igbo , remember that all ur mansons, estates ,companie outside Igbo land are alaba aghara or tomorrow’s aboundoned property .think east , think home .Remember , no place is like home.
Uwazurike has nothing relevance to say. He is a failure. The igbos keep complaining of marginalisation, hatred by yorubas and Hausas.Whereas they are the ones that hates other tribes. They are so self centred and woould do anything stupid and wicked for money, Lagos and the south west keep accomodating them and showing real hospitality to them and yet they are never grateful. It is extremely difficult to see a non-igbo leaving in igbo land building a house or doing business due to there tribalistic and ethnicity sentiments to other races. It is high time they go back to they bush and continue to live there animalistic nature in the east.
@Obi. Trust ndigbos, they will never go to their homeland. none of those ibo can leave Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, PHC, Calabar etc for his enclave and comfortably spend 3 days without developing HBP as a result of fear of being attacked by armed robbers or kidnappers or ritual killers etc. Even their Igwes, obis, red-cap chiefs etc have abandoned their thrones and now leaving in Lagos. The whole of SE is den of criminals.
You just betrayed the name you chose thereby betrayed yourself and that is the worst betrayal, tell me, what did you intend to achieve by your comment?
HAUSA/FULANI WITH THEIR ABOKI SENSE IS KILLING US. FG SHOULD CREATE FEDERAL ESTABLISHMENT AND SEE IF ANY IGBO MAN WILL NOT BE TARGET FOR BOKO HARAM. OJUKWU FORESAW ALL THESE BUT WAS BETRAYED. REST IN PEACE DADDY!! TIME WILL TELL. IGBOS, DON,T CRY.
@Obi, it was yorubas that assisted the hausas in keeping nigeria one. But today majority of them (the yorubas) are complaining that ndi igbo should live south west. And i now ask if yorubas say they love one nigeria, and joined the hausas in killing igbos to keep nigeria one. Why then are they complaining today about the migration of igbos to the south west. For if they had let igbos to have their biafra. No body would be complaining today about the presence of igbos in nigeria today. And obi if you are looking for who to blame because of the presence of igbos in the south-west, blame your fathers who fought to keep ndi igbo in nigeria, against their wish.
All these things sound funny. Does it really mean we cant develop our place. What ever magic we have used and it worked far away north cant it work at home. I still believe we can develop igboland to international standard like Dubia or Swiz. Looking inward is my suggestion.
Remember the great sons of our land, the people first giants–Zik, Okpara, Ibiam Osadebay and their able and loyal leutenants- Orizu, Ikeotunye, Mbadiwe, Ojike, Nzeribe Mokwugo and others? One thing common to them is that the word ‘leadership’, Ochichi, was never in their dictionary or vocabulary.. To be a leader- a good and great one at that, one should have all marks, quality and characteristics of such a leader but one thing would be missing; the people to be led. Once the people discovered and embraced the characteristics then a leader has arrived.
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my brothers the biafarian, though it’s possible to, but yet it’s very rare to grap such a freedom in a platter of gold. you guys most do something b4 this biafara stuff turns out to be folk tells from igbo people. igbo kwenu
The worst a man can do is to lie against the dead , to achieve a selfish aim.
MR. RAF UWAZURUIKE GOD GAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU WHICH I SENT THROUGH THE IGWE OF AGWU IN ENUGU STATE. I BELIEVE WITH WHAT YOU SAID CONCERNING NON VIOLENCE YOU GOT THE MESSAGE. ANOTHER THING IN THE MESSAGE WAS THE GOD FORBIDEN SACRIFICES CONDUCTED BY EZE NRI TO CROWN YOU EZE IGBO IN PLACE OF OJUKWU. NDIGBO AS DESCENDANTS OF ANCIENT HEBREWS ARE COVERED UNDER GOD’S ORIGINAL COVENANT WITH THE ANCIENT HEBREW PARTRIARCHS ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB. OUR EASY MONEY MAKING IN BIZNESS, OUR POSSESION OF THE GATE OF THOSE WHO HATE US, OUR LIVES OF ADVENTURE AND ENTERPRISE AND I CAN DO ATTITUDE ARE GOODS SIDES OF THE COVENANT WE ENJOY. THEN OUR LOST OF HISTORY OF OUR HEBREW ORIGIN, THE UNPROVOKED ENVY AND HATRED AGAINST US, THE FOOLISH NATIONS AROUND US RULING OVER US AND IGBO LIVES AND PROPERTIES BEING WASTED ARE HAPPENING AS A CURSE. THE BIBLICAL PROOFS ARE THERE. NOW TO THOSE OUR FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS WHO ARE CALLING THE IGBOS TO GO BACK AND DEVELOPE SE, LISTEN WELL. THE SAME WAY IGBOS ARE IN EVERY HABITABLE PLACE OF THE EARTH DOING BIZNESS AND DEVELOPING OUR HOST COMMUNITIES IS THE SAME WE LIVE IN OTHER PARTS OF NIGERIA. I CHALLENGE ANY OF YOU TO GO TO IGBOLAND TO SEE THE ONLY SELF DEVELOPED PART OF NIGERIA. SELF ELECTRICITY, ROADS, WATER, AND ABOVE ALL WHERE YOU SEE THE MOST EXPENSIVE MANSIONS IN THE INTERIORS OF NIGERIA. YOU CAN ASK YOUTH CORPERS WHO SERVED IN IGBO LAND. NOW AS PAR DOING BIZNESS IN OTHER PARTS NIGERIA ESPECIALLY SW AND SS THE NIGERIA GOVT AFTER THE WAR MADE SURE THE IGBO NATION IS TURNED INTO LANDLOCKED NATION CUT HER OFF FROM HAVING ANY ACCESS TO SEA FOR MARITIME TRADE. THE IGBO KIT AND KIN IN SS WHO HAD ACCESS TO SEA WERE BRAIN WASHED TO DENY THEIR IGBO HERITAGE. THAT IS WHY YOU COULD SEE A MAN BEARING CHIBUIKE, OMEHIA, AMADI, ODILI SHAMELESSLY TELLING YOU I NO BE IGBO I BE RIVERS. THE GOVT POST WAR POLICY TO LANDLOCK IGBO MAINLAND WAS TO MAKE SURE THE IGBO EVER REMAIN DEPENDENT ON OTHER SEA BORDERED PARTS OF NIGERIA FOR MARITIME TRADE. THE POLICY PUSHED THE IGBOS TO MIGRATE FOR BIZNESS AND OTHER PARTS NIGERIA HAS BENEFITED FROM IGBOS AS AGENTS OF DEVELOPMENT. SO IF YOU HATE IGBOS SO MUCH YOU WANT THEM TO LEAVE YOUR LAND TELL THE GOVT OF ONE NIGERIA TO THROW THE JONAH OUT OF THE BOAT