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Why does the violent group called MEND have to appeal to Amnesty International? These Niger-Delta terrorists are now on the run. But, they are responsible for killing police officers in the Port Harcourt area.
quote:Chevron in Nigeria: Claiming Rights and Resources
Ten years after the internationally condemned executions of the “Ogoni 9,” including Ken Saro-Wiwa, the legacy of human rights violations in the Niger Delta continues. Amnesty’s recent report, “Claiming rights and resources: Injustice, oil and violence in Nigeria,” calls particular attention to the human rights violations and failures of the Nigerian government, Chevron Corporation and Shell Oil.
Join with Amnesty’s Corporate Action Network (CAN) to call on Chevron to accept its responsibilities, as detailed by the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. The Voluntary Principles were drafted by and in consultation with numerous corporations, NGOs, and several governments. The Principles, while voluntary in name, are an essential tool for Chevron and other corporations to fulfill their mandatory obligations to live up to international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Chevron attests that it “participated in and supported the process of developing the U.S.-U.K. Voluntary Principles,” yet it has clearly failed to implement the Principles. Call on Chevron to live up to its promise to ensure that its security forces act lawfully and in accordance with human rights standards!
Notwithstanding all that talk about Ken Saro Wiwa, these MEND cowards are nothing but terrorists.
quote:N-Delta: Tension As Troops Parade Creeks Vanguard (Lagos)
January 19, 2006 Posted to the web January 19, 2006
Victor Ahiuma-Young With Agency Report Warri
THE massive deployment of soldiers in Niger Delta waterways in the wake of the kidnap of four oil workers is already taking its toll on economic activities in the area where residents now complain that the security patrols are preventing access to the creeks.
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) are also threatening to withdraw their members from the region on account of increasing threat to their lives.
A previously unknown group calling itself Brigade of Martyrs in a statement yesterday in Port Harcourt threatened more attacks and sought an alliance with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) which claims to be behind last week's abduction of four foreign oil workers.
However, MEND in a swift reaction slammed the Brigade of Martyrs as a "fake group created by Shell and the Rivers State government to undervalue its (MEND's) activities.
Human rights activists expressed fears yesterday that the massive deployment of troops on the waterways and a possible bloody crackdown might spark a broader wave of violence in the region.
Joseph Evah, leader of the Ijaw Monitoring Group, said army and naval patrols were preventing access to the creeks of the Western Delta swamps between Warri and Bayelsa State. "Soldiers are now moving en masse into the Niger Delta. We have been trying to persuade them to let us have access to the riverine areas to see what is happening," he said, as military helicopters flew over the city.
Warri residents fear the latest surge in violence could lead to a return to the dark days of 2003, when clashes between soldiers and rival ethnic gangs in and around the city left hundreds dead and thousands homeless.
"This dispute should be sorted out by dialogue, not by fighting. Things have been better here, but there are still no jobs. So many of the expatriates and their oil companies have left," said Ijaw boatman. Henry Imhanlenjaye.
The latest violence has caused shock even in the Delta. On Sunday Victor Ejuk, who works for a catering company contracted to Shell, was sleeping in the workers' camp at Shell's Benisede flowstation on the Bomadi creek when he was woken by gunfire.
"We came running, there was shooting everywhere, the military's houseboat was in flames. The militant youths came into the place, shooting, killing a lot of people, army and civilians," he said.
Ejuk and his surviving colleagues ran into the jungle or dived into the river and hid out until sunrise. They were later evacuated, along with at least 10 seriously injured colleagues, to Warri.
On Tuesday, President Olusegun Obasanjo met top-ranking security chiefs and the Delta's political leaders, later announcing that a team had been set up to secure the release of the hostages.
PENGASSAN, NUPENG threatens
Meanwhile, PENGASSAN and NUPENG are asking government to guarantee the security of lives and safety of their members within the shortest reasonable time if they must continue to work in the region.
President of NUPENG, Comrade Peter Akpatason, who made the position of the two unions known to Vanguard in a chat, however, advised government to be cautious in handling efforts to secure the release of the four expatriate Shell workers that had been kidnapped by militant youths in Bayelsa State, to ensure that no harm befalls on them.
Comrade Akpatason had said the two unions, under the umbrella of NUPENGASSAN, a fusion of NUPENG and PENGASSAN was issuing a joint statement on the matter yesterday in which they condemned in its entirety the attacks on oil flow stations\ facilities in general and particularly, the workers, irrespective of the nationals. The statement was yet to reach Vanguard at press time.
West According to him, "collectively, NUPENG and PENGASSAN, under the aegis of NUPENGASSAN, we are issuing a statement later today (yesterday) on the renewed violence in the Niger Delta. We see the hostage taking and the increasing loss of lives as very unfortunate developments.
'For us, it is unacceptable because it endangers the lives of our colleagues and makes the working environment very unfriendly and unsafe for our members."
The government should do all that it can to capture and punish those MEND terrorists.
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Daud, When it comes to the Arab insurgents' killing of Israelis and other innocent victims under the guise of fighting for their land, you are all for it. The Niger-Deltans have decided to take their fate in their hands by hitting the government where it hurts most - oil, now you have donned your local imperialist toga and have gone on all four cylinders to condemn the "terrorists", what a world we live in!
Joseph Evah, leader of the Ijaw Monitoring Group, said army and naval patrols were preventing access to the creeks of the Western Delta swamps between Warri and Bayelsa State. "Soldiers are now moving en masse into the Niger Delta. We have been trying to persuade them to let us have access to the riverine areas to see what is happening," he said, as military helicopters flew over the city.
Just as I predicted the government is moving fast to try and remove any obstruction to the flow of oil from the Niger Delta. It has no choice in this because without oil revenues, the government can't pay its bills. The resistance groups are going for the jugular, and the beast knows it, and will now be screaming bloody murder as it seeks to commit the same. Look to see all-out offensives against the resistance groups, indiscriminate killings of anyone suspected, and a blood lust comparable to the campaigns of Attila the Hun. It is a good time now for resistance groups to avoid contact with their enemies.
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People like you should understand that our country fought a war for three years to settle the issue of oil ownership in Nigeria. The oil belongs to all Nigerians, and the Niger Deltans have elected representatives through whom they could make any case they have regarding the distribution of income from oil. If it is local imperialism, it is an imperialism that started and was enforced between 1967 and 1970 by two Yoruba colonels in the Nigerian army: Col. Benjamin Adekunle and Col. Olusegun Obasanjo, and their men who captured and secured the oil fields located in the Niger Delta Region for the benefit of all Nigerians. I might point out that Adekunle and Obasanjo had the full support of the Ogonis, the Ijaws, the Urhobos, and their leaders, including Ken Saro Wiwa.
No nation should tolerate terrorism and thuggery even if it is disguised as a "fight for their land" and "their resources." The land is Nigerian land, and the resources are Nigerian resources.
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"I might point out that Adekunle and Obasanjo had the full support of the Ogonis, the Ijaws, the Urhobos, and their leaders, including Ken Saro Wiwa." -- Daud
Daud:
Yap! This is payback time for Ogoni, Ijaw, and others in the niger delta area who joined hands with the hausa/fulani and their junior yoroba partners to sabotage Biafra. They were sleep-walking in 1966/67 and had no idea what was going on, blinded by their bizarre hate for ndiIgbo. Thirty something years later, the chickens have come home, the wisdom of Igbo/Ojukwu is apparent even though Ijaw and Ogoni are still clearly sleep-walking with hate and anger for Igbo.
But they will wake up and find that they have nowhere else to run. For their own good, they must bury their blinding, misleading dislike for the Igbo way and Igbo competitive business culture, form a healthy cooperative partnership with the Igbo to send yoroba/awusa packing from Igbo, Ijaw and Ogoni lands.
This is not 1967 when Britain, USSR and others in the civilized West world fought on the wrong side to install yoroba/awusa rule over Biafra. The western nations have learned their lessons; they are not about to support incompetent awusa/yoroba rulers who have misused all the money and abused all the opportunity they recieved from London and Washington as part of their share of oil money meant to transform the economy of the oil regions and to make Western oil operations in the area look fair.
It is not over; Igbos will fight again when the time comes to prove to you that the oil fields in the East belong to those who own the land. It is not a community property to enrich lazy alhajis or "Pa" this and that and the holy-cow culture in yorobaland. But this time the equation will be vastly different.
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Listen Daud, listen to the voice of reason and wisdom coming from Addy. You need to go into your inner self and reflect.
quote:Daud, When it comes to the Arab insurgents' killing of Israelis and other innocent victims under the guise of fighting for their land, you are all for it. The Niger-Deltans have decided to take their fate in their hands by hitting the government where it hits hard- oil, now you have dorned your toga of local imperialist and have gone on all four cylinders to condemn the "terrorists", what a world we live in!--Addy
Thank You Addy. Daud, you cannot eat your cake and have it. And you know that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Let me remind you of your stand on such issues as posted by you on BNW
quote: Two days ago Al-Qaeda in Iraq attacked Jordan, killing scores of people. The message in the attack is clear; al-Qaeda has decided to return terror for terror, indiscriminate killig for indiscriminate killing. Like the al-Qaeda attacks that brought down the government in Spain, the Jordan attacks communicate that Al-Qaeda is at war with America and its allies.--Daud posted November 12, 2005 03:01 PM
Reflect on this your post and find that quite similarly, the message of the multitude of Niger Delta Attacks is clear; Niger Deltans have decided to return terror for terror, and just as similar attacks brought down the goverment of spain (as you say) so will they bring down the goverment of nigeria, and ofcourse the Niger delta attacks communicate that Niger Delta is at war with Nigeria and its allies.
So while the al-Queda, under similar circumstances, are to you freedom fighters, you are reffering to the niger deltan freedom fighters as "terrorists". Can you honestly say that you are using the same yard stick or that you are being objective? Or is this double standard?
quote: If it is local imperialism, it is an imperialism that started and was enforced between 1967 and 1970 by two Yoruba colonels in the Nigerian army: Col. Benjamin Adekunle and Col. Olusegun Obasanjo, and their men who captured and secured the oil fields located in the Niger Delta Region for the benefit of all Nigerians. I might point out that Adekunle and Obasanjo had the full support of the Ogonis, the Ijaws, the Urhobos, and their leaders, including Ken Saro Wiwa--Daud
Great thinking Daud. Although, I dont understand how the oil field in niger delta could have been "captured and secured" with "the full support of the ogonis, ijaws, urhobos etc". If there was full support from these owners of the land why would the land then need to be "captured and secured"? (where does the owner of a land or property give "full support" for his land or property to be "captured and secured" by a third party???)
Be that as it may, if you grant that the land was captured and secured by force of arms as you have done, and you grant the right of possesion to the victor based on violent use of arms, then you will automatically also grant the right to resits by violent use of arms to the vanquished (as you have done in the case of Al-queda but refused to do for Niger -Deltans under similar circumstances).
If you say the niger delta was "captured and secured" with the full support of the tribes and leaders there, then your argument falls to pieces and is exposed as the garbage it is, because the very attacks you mention and describe as terrorism in this thread are the proof that the "full support" can only be in your imagination.
Daud wake up and do away with this your double standard life style that will get you no where here on BNW or take it to your awusa pr websites.
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Hopefully, Ndi Igbo can begin to see the beauty in the strategy of those of us who advocate the ‘Peaceful Actualization’ method.
Nigeria as a country was built on a foundation of anarchy, lies and falsehood, the rule of law does not exist in Nigeria. Violence is the only language that Nigeria understands, and by going the barbaric way, you play into the hands of the vandals who control the ‘British Birthed Abomination’ Nigeria. The leaders of the Western world do not give a hoot about the welfare of nations that make up Nigeria as long as oil continue to flow, if necessary, they will continue to supply Nigeria with all the arms she needs to keep the oil flowing.
The question becomes how do you topple that abomination? You look for her ‘Achilles heel’ – The Rule of Law. The simplicity of the plan and its strategy is breathe taking, and few years from now, we will all look back and shake our heads in astonishment at the doing of Chi Ukwu Okike, the Mighty Yah.
Is it a pipe dream or is it achievable?
One is reminded of Thomas, who even after seeing Maazi (son of Yah) Yehoshua (known as Jesus Christ by Christians) after his resurrection, still refused to believe what was before him until he had physically verified the truth.
Of course the peaceful actualization of Biafara is possible, and is it easy! “Ama Ama Amasi Amasi”, the Mighty Yah has given Ndi Igbo both the knife and the yam, it is a question of knowing what to do with it.
For the sake of those who continue to think it is impossible and a pipe dream, it is important that they be reminded that at least by the time peace method proves unworkable, WE WILL HAVE PREPARED Ndi Igbo for any other alternative.
Here is the challenge and a deal that the serious ones amongst us cannot refuse:
JOIN YOUR BRETHREN WHO NINE PLUS YEARS AGO WORKED OUT THE STEPS REQUIRED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VERY EASY AND BLOODLESS STEPS REQUIRED FOR THE PEACEFUL ACTUALIZATION OF BIAFARA.
If after a time period agreed on, you set the time, Biafara has not been actualized, Ndi Igbo will be ready to back you completely on any other method you propose.
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Recommended reading for Ochiwarlord: "On a Darkling Plane," (1989) by Ken Saro Wiwa. You don't have to take my word for it. Let Wiwa tell you himself.
Saro Wiwa saw nothing wrong with federal control of oil in the Niger Delta until he was no longer in power as the administrator who guided federal control of Nigerian oil in the Niger Delta. Then, he resorted to violence, committing gruesome murders in his own Ogoniland, while pretending to be a peaceful activist in MOSSOP. Thankfully, Abacha was ready for him, and Wiwa and his fellow murderers (the Ogoni 9) were promptly sent to the gallows.
We must learn to distinguish between the actions of freedom fighters from the opportunism of terrorists. The Arabs did not invite anyone to invade their land. Ken Sarowiwa left the safety of his job at Nsukka and travelled to Lagos to pledge his loyalty and invite federal forces into Ogoniland to take control of the resources there. There was not a single protest lodged by anyone in Ogoni, Ijaw, or urhobo land.
Not long ago, an Ijaw thug named Dokubo Asari picked up arms simply because Rivers State governor, Peter Odili, allegedly did not pay all the money Asari was promised for his services as thug in the 2003 elections. It was not long before a bunch of ill-informed people started addressing Asari as a "freedom fighter" fighting for Ijwaland. I advised the government in Aso Rock to apprehend Asari, try him, and if found guilty, execute him. The process has started. So, it will be with the killers in "MEND."
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bro amadi.o! quote: Yap! This is payback time for Ogoni, Ijaw, and others in the niger delta area who joined hands with the hausa/fulani and their junior yoroba partners to sabotage Biafra. They were sleep-walking in 1966/67 and had no idea what was going on, blinded by their bizarre hate for ndiIgbo. Thirty something years later, the chickens have come home, the wisdom of Igbo/Ojukwu is apparent even though Ijaw and Ogoni are still clearly sleep-walking with hate and anger for Igbo. ...........................Amadi.0 single mindedly you are right, but broad mindedly you are Dead wrong!!, although i was of the same opinion b4 like you until Dokubo Asari opened my eyes. really many igbos are yet to realise this eye-opening truth. you see the History of agitation,and struggle for self-rule in easthern nigeria did not start in 1967! or with the so called what the igbos/ojukwu saw in 1967 no! there has been agitation, struggle and violent campaign including War against the illegal entity called nigeria embark upon by niger deltans mostly Ijaws before 1967.the agitation has lead to a recorded 3 wars of self succession altogether, 2 of it- the most bloody!, was against the british colonialist, and one was against the nigerian Parasites, that was shortly after the british left. which was led by isaac Boro. all these happen before 1967! wao! the question you amadi.o and all igbos should ask themselves is: were and on which side were the igbos and their leaders during these several decades of cold and hot wars against the british illegal entity called nigeria. were Azikiwe led igbos on the side of british/nigeria fighting to crush the genuine desire of self rule by Niger deltans?? the answer is YES!. did the igbos offered them any support during the struggle- ofcourse not, else the struggle would have made a head way. when Boro delared the idependence state of niger Delta and declare War on nigeria, igbos were at the helm of affairs in nigerian armed forces which crush the Rebellion and make it the most short-lived of all the wars. all these happend b4 1967!! so u see all these sing songs of what Ojukwu saw in 1967 for self rule does not hold waters at all, because what ojukwu saw in 1967, ordinary Niger deltans saw it in 1867! .......... self succesion becomes popular among the igbos after the pogrom that follows the killing of Ironsi in 1966. were it not be, maybe there will not be such a thing like Biafra and self rule talk in igboland. Igbos then became "new converts" of self rule in the eyes of niger deltans who have been fighting for generations for it. of course nobody should blame some of them of doubting the sincerity and geneuity of the "sudden new converts", this is natural, again most of them are bitter, that the igbos have been on the side of their enemy, fighting and killing them. ................................. i hope i have clear you amadi.o ................................... but you see, this is a new dawn!, and people have learn from their mistakes.their is a need for authentic repentance and reconciliation among all easterners. the Bond of live together, fight together and die together should be re-established among the nation that make up the easterner region.
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It's strange logic to me how some folks can support Al-Quaeda when it is obviously a terrorist organization carrying out murderous attacks on foreign soil; yes, going to other countries to kill and maim their citizens, while the same folks call the resistance groups in the Niger-Delta terrorists, who are fighting for the rights to their own land. I hope the western governments realize that the vast majority of those who control Nigeria's oil are in fact sympathizers of Al-Quaeda, like the person who started this thread.
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quote:Recommended reading for Ochiwarlord: "On a Darkling Plane," (1989) by Ken Saro Wiwa. You don't have to take my word for it. Let Wiwa tell you himself.--Daud
so it is Ken Saro Wiwa that now gave the "full support" of not only ogoni but also Ijaw and Urhobo?
quote: There was not a single protest lodged by anyone in Ogoni, Ijaw, or urhobo land.--Daud
If there was no protest then (which is obviously not true, see ISAAC BORO), there is certainly enough protest now. Daud , if the fedral forces where invited to come and capture niger delta with the full support of its indigenes as you claim, then that invitation has since expired and the support has been withdrawn as evidenced by numerous peacefull and violent protests. Now that the federal forces are obviously no longer invited or welcome, why dont they just leave?
quote: The Arabs did not invite anyone to invade their land.---Daud
Is that so? Have you conviniently forgoten the saudi`s and kuwaiti`s crying in 1990 for americans and British to come and invade their land inorder to save them from Saddam? Have the invaders ever left since then? So according to your argument, since the americans where invited by the saudi monarchy to invade saudi arabia, they have every right to be there just as you claim for federal troops in the niger delta. That being the case, what is osama bin laden and al-queda`s beef then and why do you continue to support them?. They should go and rest.
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If the Kuwaitis and the Saudis invited America to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia repectively, then the Americans should confine themselves to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. But, for your information, Kuwait invited the UN to help free it from Iraqi occupation. That conflict ended in 1991. So, stay on the issue. Besides, where are the bodies of the thousands of so-called "Niger-Deltans" killed in the fight to take control of the resources, or the bodies of federal troops killed in the resistance? Was Niger-Delta labor not used to build pipelines from Port-harcourt to kaduna, where the oil refinery was built? Were the leaders of the "Niger-delta" not Sarowiwa, Diette Spiff, Melford Okilo, etc? They were Ijaw, Ogoni, etc. Did they protest? No!
The thing that you are calling "Niger-delta" did not exist in 1967-70. That name is a collective name for a group of opportunists who wish to steal Nigeria's resources in that area for their selfish interests.
Did you say Adaka Boro? Are you begging for another history lesson? Why don't you tell us how Adaka Boro fought his friends (his Yoruba friends) in the Nigerian army that he invited to his land, who, by the way, liquidated him when he started acting funny. Or are you confusing Boro's rebellion against Ironsi or your Ibo people with his pro-federal role in the war? Was that rebellion really about oil? Go get your facts straight before you start throwing names around. While you are at it, tell us how Boro died. Who killed him, and why?
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Daud, I have the inclination to take the historical route (like you did) in order to expose the hypocrisy in your writings, but i see that like in everything Nigerian, you have introduced the ethnicity card into this argument, and not surprisingly, some here have taken the bait and are attempting to turn this into a celebration of sorts of the wisdom of Ojukwu vs the stupidity of the Niger Deltans. I am repulsed by this warped logic and in as much as i will like to remain civil, this discourse will eventually turn rowdy, and in the hoopla, logic will be lost. I will say however; I fully UNDERSTAND the conditions that gave rise to the DOKUBOS, MEND, and MOSOP,and untill those conditions are ameliorated or outrightly corrected, these uprisings and rebellions will continue to carry with them such legitimacy and honor the likes of which are not obtainable in the hallows of the Abuja National Assembly nor the corridors of Aso Rock. Let the Niger-Deltans use any means possible to reclaim their livelihood and in spite of my love for Nigeria, i say let them raze the country to the ground, if need be!.
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quote:Let the Niger-Deltans use any means possible to reclaim their livelihood and in spite of my love for Nigeria, i say let them raze the country to the ground, if need be!. – addy
lolololololololol!!! I share your frustration, my brother.
addy, Greg, Amadi O., Ochi, Oha etc, you guys are wasting good breathe, why bother? You don’t have to travel far to see their Islamic culture written all over their foreheads, just visit the listed threads to uncover what influences them to always act barbarically even the tutored amongst them are no different. The list is inexhaustive but these would do:
Ochi, you’re what in scientific terms is called a PREPARED MIND, ride on brother!
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All of these attempts at revanchist land and resource grab must be crushed. The unity and joint ownership of resources has been sanctified by the blood of those who fought and died in the war to preserve the corporate existence and unity of Nigeria.
Now, that the term of Mr. Obasanjo is coming to an end, we should not be surprised to hear his tribesmen calling on others (always others) to "raze the country to the ground." It is a refrain that Soyinka incited not too long ago with his "back to the trenches" outburst.
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I pledge ignorance of that part of eastern history, althought I totally agree that Nnadi Azikiwe failed in his responsibility to Igbo by working for one-nigeria. It's hard to figure out what he was trying to achieve by creating a common country with islamists from the north. He could have read the koran or studied the culture of the people to understand that you don't build a liberal democratic country with a growing scientific economy with people who have no respect for rational or scientific thinking.
The mistake has been made, but we in the East ie the Igbo, Ijaw, Ogoni, Urhobo, can unmake it by cooperating and building trust among us to dislodge hausa/yoruba control of resources on our lands.
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Maybe if other parts of Nigeria could show what they bring to the national pot-luck, we might have some peace, but the fact is that the North in particular brings precious little to the national table. Instead it takes the lion's share of the resources of others so that a life of having 5 wives, two or three mercedes cars, sprawling homes, funny money in foreign bank accounts, you name it, it is possible. How do these alhajis and and otherwise jobless parasites support such a lifestyle? The whole world knows about the corruption in Nigeria that allows for these economic abberrations. How is it that those who live there do not.
There is a lot of money in Nigeria, oil money, easy money, and it finances the mafiaoso-type associations that run various parts of the country like little fiefdoms, while the majority of the citizens live in squalor and watch the big men with their 72 hummers rampage through the country like demi-gods, corrupting everything with easy money, whether it be economics, politics, societal values, young women, young men, children, you name it. It horrifies me how some people turn a blind eye to these excesses made possible by the illegitimate distribution of another people's heritage, citing civil war as the defining event of status-quo justification, forgetting that foreign powers contributed the guns, ships, planes, pilots, intelligence, and military hardware that turned the tide of that war and put the oil fields into the hands of those who had no right to them...and why? because those foreign powers wanted the oil, and they did not want to deal with the indigenous population because they knew there would be environmental issues, and they also knew that the North and West would not give a rat's rear about ruining Niger-Delta lands and fisheries, which would keep the oil flowing at a maximum regardless of the levels of pollution, and which is(or was) exactly the case today.
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One of the guiding principles of this revolution designed to finally bring about the just and eminent death of the ‘British Birthed Abomination’, Nigeria, and the rebirth of the real African Republics (AREAWA, ODUDUWA, BIAFARA, ETC) that have been enslaved by this British trickery, is one simple strategy:
EVERY NATION MUST SPEAK FOR ITSELF OR MUST FOREVER REMAIN SILENT.
After numerous pleas, supplications and deliberation with the slave-masters of Nigeria, it has finally dawned and continues to dawn on nations in Nigeria that the point of no return has been reached. When we hear the excuse that since we are all so called Nigerians, we have the right to continue to steal the wealth of our brethren in the process impoverish them, continue to rape and pillage their lands, convert their lands to waste lands and pollute their wasters, how can we then be surprised when they decide to defend themselves by using any and all means available to them. When we continue to marginalize, murder and enslave fellow country men/women because they do not belong to the master nation who have been ordained as ‘born to rule’, why are we now surprised that these nations have now decided to take their future into their own hands, and have now opted out of the abomination – Nigeria.
Because the Western nations turned a blind eye and deaf eye to the continuing and endemic injustice in Nigeria, as long as oil continued to flow, these governments are now saddled with a problem of their own creation – ANARCHY, in the mirage of a country that was created by Britain for one and one reason alone, the continuing rape and pillage of mother Africa.
These Western nations that have no problem proposing and working towards real solutions when WHITE nations are involved, viz, Poland, USSR, etc, even when the populations of these nations are less than a million, and they have no natural resources, but when BLACK nations are involved, they turn a blind eye, must now step forward and do the right thing, that is they know what the right thing is.
I welcome the stance taken by the Ijaw, it is a decision that they have been forced to make, they have spoken as a nation. Now that the eye of the world is completely focused on Nigeria, other nations must step forward and make their position known to the world. The GENOCAUST (genocide and holocaust) against Igbo/Biafra is a crime against humanity that the world is yet to recognize and the perpetrators brought to justice. This is the time for the Igbo to step forward and set the wheels of justice in motion, thereby re-enforcing the grievances raised by the Ijaw.
The final chapter of the British Birthed Abomination, Nigeria is now being written. Long live the New and Real Africa Republics born out of the death of that abomination.
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quote:I welcome the stance taken by the Ijaw, it is a decision that they have been forced to make, they have spoken as a nation. Now that the eye of the world is completely focused on Nigeria, other nations must step forward and make their position known to the world. --Oha Ka
Oha Ka:
I'm surprised you have NOT taken the credit for what the Ijaw people are doing. I was hoping to read that it was the brain child of two master strategist in Chicago who founded the whole Biafra movement more than nine years ago. You disappoint.
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos Posts: 2644 | From: United Kingdom | Registered: Apr 2001
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