Yes, Nigeria is at war in the Benue and the Niger Delta. Upto 10 major cities are under militarised occupation, and curfews. The militarisation of the Niger Delta and oil installations is old news, likewise the ban on meetings in the south south zone.

Sounds like Democracy Nigerian style.

Nigeria is in effect at war WITH HER OWN PEOPLES; look at the jos and kano riots: where the eye accounts were of Nigerian soldiers participating in the mass murders, so much so the Ibekwe the leader of the igbos in kano stated: " The people who were sent to save us, turned against us."

There were similar eyewitness accounts from Jos, that people ran to the military only then to be executed by them.

The story of the military in Benue is more publicised, but as usual when an igbo man is killed, every one hushes up, and the igbo leaders collude with these massmurderers.

Is it surprising? No, it is not, all that we see is that this society is quickly plunging into chaos, it is not quite far from Somalia, and I think the Us is aware of this.

Yoruba land is quickly plunging into chaos, and my guess is that things in the west are going to spiral out of control: mind you that always means that there will be a considerable number of igbo scape goats: What did we have to do with the murder of Bola Ige? Next thing youre history... just like with Osama, where the Biafrans asked, what did we ahve to do with the bombing of Afghanistan? Remember, these people behave like sheep and goats, and dont think...

We have long predicted this chaos, we are surprised that the events are quickly escalating out of control, rather soon, but then you see who can predict the future anyway.

Is it neccessarily bad for Biafra? No, actually, the more they fight themselves, the sooner will we have Biafra.

Tivs Vow to Defend Selves Against Further Attacks

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This Day (Lagos)

January 10, 2002
Posted to the web January 10, 2002

Bature Umar And Iyafu Adoba
Abuja

Demand withdrawal of soldiers from Benue, brand Tsav traitor

Disappointed by the lukewarm attitude of the Federal Government over the systematic brutalisation from neigbours and reprisal attacks from the Nigerian Army, the Tiv people on Tuesday in Abuja vowed to defend themselves against further attacks.

Speaking at a well attended press briefing, President of the Tiv National Consultative For-um, Dr. Godwin Dabo Adzuana, complained that pleas for justice by the Tiv have consistently fallen on deaf ears, stating that they have now resolved to take their destiny in their hands.

Adzuana, who was accompanied to the briefing by People's Democ-ratic Party (PDP) Chairmen of the 14 Tivs' local governments in Benue state, said the entire members of the Tiv Forum including 120,000 Tiv indigene ex-service men have resolved that from last Tuesday,Tivs would "play a more decisive role in the protection and promotion of Tivs' peoples interest more decisevley and promptly, using the legal machinery available to all Nigerians, like the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) of the South West has been employing in the promotion and protection of Yoruba interest."

"We have resolved to take our destiny in our hands to protect and presereve the people without minding the consequences with effect from now. Those who have refused or ignored our pleas and tears must be prepared to take responsibility for the full consequences of our action henceforth," he declared.

Demanding that soldires, who were deployed to Benue State as a result of the crisis were withdrawn without delay, Dabo also asked for the removal of Defence Minister, General Theophilus Danjuma, for his complicity in the crisis.

Other demands of the Tivs from President Olus-egun Obasanjo, Dabo said, incude

the immediate inaguration of a Judicial Comm-ission of Inquriy into the crisis;

return of Tiv refugees to their ancestral lands in Nassarawa and Taraba States with assurance of the security of their lives and property;

the appointment of more Tiv people into Federal positions to reverse their marginalisation;

implementation by Tar-aba State of the 10-point agreement reached in 1992 with the Federal Gove-rnment; and

proper rehabilitation and full compensation of victims of the crisis by the Federal Government, Ta-raba and Nassarawa Stats Governments.

In an address entitled: "The Position of the Tiv Nation on the Judas of our Generation, Mr. Augustine Tsav, Alias Alhaji Abu-bakar Tsav and the Continued Unwarranted Destruction and Continued Genocidal Attacks on the Tivs by the Jukuns and Nigerian Army," an ultimatum was also handed down to the former police commissioner over his utterances.

Branding Tsav as a Judas of the Tiv people for his uncomplimentary remarks that the "Tivs deserve nobody's symapthy as they are responsible for their misfortune," Dabo said Tsav has up to January 14, 2002, to tender an unreserved apology to the entire Tiv nation or face total banishment from Benue State.

Dr. Dabo, who traced the genesis of the crisis between the Jukuns and Tivs to the creation of new states in 1976 when the Benue province was balkanised, alleged that deliberate attempts were made to down play and diminish the numerical strength of the Tivs whom he claimed are the fourth largest nation in the country.