I talk nicely to you; therefore, I hope you’d reciprocate. That being the case I’d appreciate you don’t call my CIC Ikemba a warlord, and using Ibo instead of Igbo – thanks in advance.

Now, I see you elegantly tried to belittle my analogy with Germany; instead you referred to the US. Permit me to disagree with you. By share coincidence, I saw an article written by an Igbo brother whom I hope would not mind me picking some of his assertion.

On the pace of development 32 years after, he went through memory lane how as a toddler he experienced Biafra. Hear him: “Yesterday it was the telephone circuitry. Last year it was the putting the entire Alaigbo into darkness for several days. It took the threat of legal action by the Enugu Chamber of Commerce before power was restored to the Southeast. And now we have lost very young people under an avoidable circumstance. And I look back and I ask, how much price remains to be paid? Sometimes, I ask, was this not the land where as a toddler, Okoko Ndem's voice never went off the air even amidst air raids? I ask, was this not the land where as a toddler, I witnessed water flowing and electricity shinning in new locations within 24 hours of relocating operational commands of the War of Survival efforts? Was this not the land where as a toddler, I could look across from what remained of my ancestral compound (after those mean Egyptian Pilots dropped their agents of death on us), and see fumes in the air, from those ingenious mini refineries, assuring our folks that they will have fuel for their campaigns the next day? If our forebears did all that, in very difficult times, why can't we do more in these times?” He forgot it was a feat that the Biafrans could produce SALT.

Did you notice it was 32 years ago?

On energy supply, he wrote: “…South-East as always, was getting the least from the load allocation based on the limited generation. For those who do not know, NEPA system is a grid one. All generations from Afam (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv); Egbin in Lagos State, Delta (i) and (ii), Sapele Power Station, Kainji and Shiroro are pulled to the National Control Centre (NCC). The NCC is based in Oshogbo, a town that more people will get to know about with time on account of the revelations of a 'Fryo.' At the NCC all the generations are synchronised and from here loads are allocated to various transmitting stations around the failed State. The chaps who work at the NCC, you can guess where they are predominantly from, are like lords. So they can knock your area off if you exceed your load allocation.”

Bature, you might start wondering how come I have not addressed Asika contra Ogbemudia et al. Although I am not a great fan of his, and I am handicapped for data (remember I left Nigeria in 1973), nonetheless, one thing stands clear; unless the agenda changes the East will continue to remain the beggar zone of Nigeria.

From what I am told, the north will always on account of the many local governments (correct the term) get a major portion of the federal fund. The west is already sitting on the economy. The east gets a handout.

Unless, you can prove otherwise, I dare contend Asika got the crumps after his masters have had theirs. Back on the energy issue, fact is the north will always protect their interest hence it was important to remove Ige, after he removed the Sokoto-born MD that BTW was there to protect the interest of his people. The west on account of NCC based in Oshogbo Nigerian style of rational would protect the interest of their people. So the load allocation to the South -East is usually grossly inadequate leading to massive load shedding.

Who gets the crump? Southeast will be a good guess. My source further wrote, “That state of affairs has not changed. This is why more areas in the South-East are usually in darkness than any other part of the country.” Indeed Umuahia, the State Capital is always in darkness.

Are you getting my drift Bature? Like I said in my last posting, try and wear their shoes, else you can never comprehend their frustrations. For the simple fact that the energy/power strategy of the Nigerian state in the Southeast, hopeless infrastructure etc, frustrates every effort of any administration in the Southeast. You don’t need to be an Economic guru to realise they are all key parameters and very critical infrastructure required for industrial, agricultural and domestic applications.

While there, I made friends--Ibos, Ijaws, Kalabaris, Ibibios, Edos, Itsekiris, Yorubas, Nupes, Ogonis, Ishans, Kwales, and many other ethnicities--too numerous for me to mention. I learned a lot.

The good part is, most of the friends I encountered at Nigeria National Supply Company, are here in the United States, doing the best out of a very bad situation, just to make ends meet. And that struggle continues which leaves one with wondering how to overcome the predicament of a troubled nation.

But I still give it to you, though. Listen to Amanda and Anu nti researching to find out what I am all about. Don't they have other things to do rather than following my foot Steps? A big time fraud as in Anu Nti is calling one a fraud. How amazing?

Clearly, I am no Ugali Shaga nor Adamu. That should settle the score.

But, coming to the point that you raised regarding me calling Ojukwu a warlord which seemingly raised your eyebrows wondering why in heavens places I uttered such a word or stereotype, normally used by Anu Nti, does it ever occur to you that the Ojukwu you have envisioned as your leader is just running a show of his own interest?

On the other hand, Amanda has engaged herself in figuring me out. Fine. But, I bet you, her digging would lead to no result.

On Anu Nti, again, his best choice is to quit dribbling before it becomes too late.

Is this meaningless rigmarole of a diatribe against Anu Nti your reply to Nkem's thesis? Characteristically mediocre. Chasing shadows in this case, my humble self. The honorable thing to do is match Nkem fact for fact, point by point. This time, he was joining issues with you on energy generation and distribution in Nigeria, stupid.

Seriously, I am really getting tired of your diatribe. You have accused me of being a threesome, which means, I am Ugali Shaga and Adamu. You are dead wrong; and you need to look for other options in your quest to identify who the Bature is.

But Bature, as a matter of fact is one who knows you Ibo radicals as being vulnereable and gullible to a point engaging yourselves is becoming an epidemic.

Anu Nti, the bastardized Ibo intellectual who refused to see clearly a mandate in a quest for his struggle would try to convince other Ibos that, he is indeed making all efforts to come to terms with the new Biafra Republic.

Who is fooling who?

But I came to conclusion, though, that you are as fake as your portrayal can tell when you indeed do have problems matching my like to Adamu and Ugali Shaga. On that note, there is no question you derided yourself as a buffoon. And you still claim to be an intellectual.

So, what is it about all these intellectulism? Am I missing something? Intellectual, my ass. Think deeper and make a sense of your intellectualism.

In yet another pathetic display of the fact that you are congenitally bereft of originality, you have incredibly gone on to parrot my first sentence above, unbelievably yet true, as your first in the, for want of a better word, rebuttal. I will let that ride though, and leave others to place the mettle of which you are made.

However, what you cannot escape in spite of all the now tiresome insane inanities that you are wont to recycle over and over again, is this simple task: match Nkem Ejiofor's treatise with a well thought-out response. It requires no special abilities to curse and swear. Motor park touts who subsist on ganja and ogogoro are actually the experts in that. However, it takes a certain level of intelligence that has been nurtured into discernment to coherently articulate a viewpoint. Why can’t this get into your dense gray matter?

Thanks for urging restraint. One replies to the garbage that these folks spew forth as a matter of expediency, not necessarily because they are that engaging. No. As you will find out as time goes on, some of them even quote their own previous conjectures as if they were time-honored facts of history. Nothing is too lowly for these people.

Here, we do not speak in tongues. Say it as it is (apologies OU), not minding whose ox is gored. However, there's no Uncle IBB, Buhari, Abacha, Abubakar, etc. under whose apron strings you could hide. The flak would be yours and yours solely. As the saying goes, everyone pushes his own darn cart (as Gowon rather belatedly found out at Warwick).

When Bush starts the bombs flying over Kano, I pray the lord the innocent to spare. My Igbo brothers are fundamental to the existence of Kano and Kaduna as so-called cities. If your psychos start again like during the last riots, you'll start to understand that the concept of self-defence holds true. More muslim fanatics were killed in the north...... by people fighting for their lives. We CAN take the odds.

WE JUST WANT TO BE FREE FROM YOU NIGERIANS SO WE CAN START RIDDING OURSELVES OF OUR OWN PEOPLE WHO DRAG OUR NAME AS BIAFRANS IN THE MUD!!!!

By the way, your name is quite very unsual for a Mallam and seems like one of those target christian names for the Fulanis. Are you actually Hausa or just a confused christian like the rest of you in North?

Until that day of true remorse, understanding and respect for us as human beings, WE shall bear the standard espousing our independent status as Biafrans. Some of us especially the younger shall exalt in every demise that befalls your people, and pray for the hand of GOD to strike down upon our enemies until the tally is paid. 2 million to a few thousand is the scoresheet as of now. The tally however shall be nullified if the likes of Obasanjo, Danjuma and other war criminals within that backward and pathetic entity called Niggerhoea are brought to justice.

This comes from I who vehemently opposes violence of almost any sort but I shall merry whenever an outbreak of Meningitis occurs in the North because it's one way of the people figuring out that they follow morons of immense proportion.

Realise however that I firmly believe that EVERY black man on this planet is my brother and THAT'S why it hurts us Biafrans so much that it was YOU ALL that perpetuated GENOCIDE.

JUSTICE SHALL PREVAIL!!!