Rabbi Hamelberg,
Here you go again sharing the dual faces of a Saint and false prophet. I am not going to be a victim of a false prophet because I have been forewarned in Mathew 24 : 11-12, "And many false prophets shall arise and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, love of many shall wax cold."
Oh Rabbi, you think because you lived with the Igbo for close to four years and they helped you to transfer your hard earned money from Nigeria to Sweden, that should make you a better friend to the Igbo than me who grew up with them from birth, went to school together and worked together with them? Your claim is false and my Igbo comrades who are not Biafrans will urge you to go and perform what genuine Igbo call UKPU ALU!! This is more so because they know that Biafran agitators are xenophobes. Proverbs 17: 4-5 must have had you in mind when it stated, "The wicked enjoy fellowship with others who are wicked and liars enjoy liars."
Concerning the forced Lugard's amalgamation, why is it just now being recognized as a problem by you and your Biafran ally? When Nnamdi Azikiwe returned from the Western House of Assembly in 1951 to the East and drove out Eyo Ita, an Ibibio, from the leadership of the government of the Eastern Region and personally replaced him, Lugard's amalgamation was good. When Azikiwe relinquished the premiership of the Eastern Region in 1959 to become President of the Senate, there was no complaint against Lugard. When Azikiwe handed over premiership of the Eastern Region to Michael Ihenokura Okpara, instead of an Ibibio or Ijaw person in 1959, Lugard's sin was unseen. When Azikiwe left the President of the Senate to become Governor General in 1961, he handed over the office of the Senate President to Nwafor Orizu and nothing was thought to be wrong with Lugard's forced marriage. When Azikiwe became President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1963, Lugard's amalgamation was considered a blessing. After Aguiyi Ironsi had taken over power as head of state in January 15, 1966, he cemented Lugard's forced marriage with Decree No. 34 of May 24, 1966 and complaints by other ethnic groups were shoved aside. By virtue of dates of enlistments in the Army and dates of promotions to the rank of Lieutenant Colonels, Nwawo (Midwest Igbo), Kurubo (Eastern minority), Imo (Eastern Igbo), Effiong (Eastern Minority) and Njoku (Eastern Igbo) were senior to Ojukwu who was appointed Military Governor of the Eastern Region by Ironsi and nobody talked about forced amalgamation. After the war, all important positions in Nigeria, except the President, have been held by the Igbo in the forced Lugard's amalgamation of Nigeria. What the above tells us is that those who misgoverned Nigeria can be found across all ethnic groups in Nigeria and the victim of miss-governance are the masses of all ethnic groups.
If Kanu wants an Igbo republic, he should just form a political party which would win majority of all the seats to the five Igbo states' house of assemblies as well as majority of the seats to the National Assembly. Thereafter he can withdraw the representatives of his party from the National Assembly and refuse to collect revenue allocations from the federal government. That is the best referendum and the easiest way to achieve an Igbo Republic out of the present day Nigeria.
S. Kadiri
Skickat: den 3 juni 2017 19:12
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Ogbeni Kadiri,
"Officially, Biafra is a xenophobic Igbo country that hates other ethnic group in Nigeria. It is a Biafra that celebrates the Nazi-like supremacy of the Igbo over other ethnic groups in Nigeria" ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
There you go again, throwing words around as if words have no history.
Please !!! I don't want to quarrel with you.
This is the holy month of Ramadan. Take this to heart : al-Ma`idah 5:8
"O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. Deal justly, that is nearer to your duty. Observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do."
Unlike you, I have lived with Igbos for close to four years and not found them to be anything like what you would like xenophobic and all the rest of the ugly that you to ascribe to them. On the contrary, Igbos are friendly, accommodating and welcoming to even a perfect stranger like me. Don't forget: Igbos live all over Nigeria !
There's a theologian that translates the first sentence in the Hebrew Bible to mean
"In the beginning God separated the heavens from the earth"
So what could be so terribly wrong if some people want to separate themselves from your heaven?
Or if some people would like to have their own country, so that they can decide over themselves - or do you think that they should be forcibly made to continue under the Oyibo Lord Lugard's colonial amalgamation , known as Nigeria - as if the Igbos were consulted or took any marriage vows to the effect that " till the end of the world," do they never depart from Nigeria?
I'm sure that after Nnamdi Kanu you could be one of the first to admit that " Nigeria is not functioning " - perhaps because it is such a vast country, certain Muslim elements in the North who want their Caliphates for example. The list is long.
There are questions you could be asking, such as how the referendum should be conducted , which states before all the chatter about borders.
On Friday, 2 June 2017 21:13:27 UTC+2, ogunlakaiye wrote:
Officially, Biafra is a xenophobic Igbo country that hates other ethnic group in Nigeria. It is a Biafra that celebrates the Nazi-like supremacy of the Igbo over other ethnic groups in Nigeria. The loving memories of the South-South ethnic nationalities that you envisaged would be brought back was recorded by Philip Effiong thus, "In May 1968, Port Harcourt fell to the federal troops. ...//.. The problems posed by the collapse of the periphery towns around the Igbo heartland caused enormous problems of human suffering and rehabilitation.
Refugees from the minority areas were not readily welcomed into the Igbo heartland. In fact, a number of refugees, particularly those coming from Uyo, Ikot Ekpene and Abak , were attacked and killed as they tried to cross into Aba and other Igbo towns (p.226, Nigeria and Biafra : My Story, By Philip Effiong)." The non-Igbo ethnic groups of Biafra were never trusted and were actually branded as saboteurs and traitors. Does it make sense for the Igbo to leave multi-ethnic Nigeria to create Biafra first before consulting others to build a multi-ethnic Biafra?
S. Kadiri
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Skickat: den 2 juni 2017 13:42
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Ämne: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's QuoteAny consultation around the new "Biafra" as you stated would be a non-starter. I doubt if the name brings loving memories to the South-South ethnic nationalities.
Sbaba
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's QuoteThe inclusion of the South-South ethnic nationalities into the new Biafra must follow the process of consultations and consensus.--
CAO.
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