June 12, 2014
Omar Bangura from Sierra Leone
I don’t think you guys know what you are playing with. You can call each other names and laugh about it now but when you end up inciting hate here as I read through your posts here and a real civil war start in your country you will regret what you are doing now.
Your religious and political leaders are trying to divide you between religious lines and you are helping them do that rather than standing up and say we are all Nigerians never mind our tribe, region or religion. That’s the only stand that will save your blessed nation.
The foreign powers pushing the government to take certain decisions will abandon you when you start killing each other and reject you from running to their countries so be careful.
Our 11 years war in Sierra Leone was not even based on religious or tribal differences and see what we did to our country. The worst conflicts are those based on tribal and religious differences. See Central Africa, Bosnia.
My heart bleeds when I read what you guys are saying because I know what this will lead to. You will be the losers!
All of you, whether Christian, Muslim, Ibo, Yoruba or Hausa, stand as one and save your nation together because you have only one Nigeria that has the potential to lead Africa.
PLEASE HELP SAVE NIGERIA AND SHARE THIS TO AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE.
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And notice that many of the commenters who call for the break up of Nigeria or a ethno-religious war are foreigners or you can never access their accounts. The accounts are even fake. Those who are Nigerians are either misguided or working for foreign interests. Besides, many of these people will help start a war they themselves will never fight.
To hear an igbo say this is very disappointing. Because someone wants Nigeria (a fake creation) to break up does not mean they want war! It just means that thy realise that Nigeria was created by a white man in 1914 and unless that white man is god then his creation HAS to end. To fight for that, or to even accept it is MADNESS!!
Well I certainly think differently. I know that if Nigeria were to break, it will be the greatest geo-political catastrophe of this century with the way the world is currently configured. Let me ask you this, don’t you think that the “white man” that you referred to that brought us together want us to break? Nigeria is a country on the rise contrary to popular belief. A country that is having homegrown companies take over oil fields once run by foreign companies, can sign oil field development and cement deals with Kenya, with Namibia to establish a refinery (even though we have problems with ours), start to manufacture military vehicles, and be the only African country to manufacture its own branded cars for consumer consumption is a nation that is about to become autonomous on the world stage don’t you think so? An autonomous Nigeria leads to an autonomous Africa. We are in a new scramble for Africa in a way that rhymes with the 1880′s. A Nigeria broken will make that job easier. China and the United States are competing for control of land and natural resources in Africa in case you have not noticed and Nigeria has some of the best quality oil on the planet. Nigeria’s unity is paramount from the way I see it but I don’t support the status quo. I want the country restructured into a true federal system.
These homegrown countries you describe are Hausa Fulani controlled companies, how does that benefit someone in the east? How can a country with 90% poverty founded as an economic experiment be allowed to continue. It’s not white man as I called it , that’s a fact. Lugard and his wife created Nigeria and for pride alone that is an abomination. In as much as 66-70 should not be allowed to happen it should not be forgotten and those mass murderers of your kith and kin are still ruling you and leaving Igbos in destitution. What industry does the east have, no sea ports or airports allowed to thrive. Let the emirs have the north, the Yurobas can have the west and let Biafra come. Then we can discuss the independence of those in Biafra. Our delta brothers etc they can stay or go. All anyone desires is independence. We were never a country before 1914. Why should we be one now?
Both sides were contributors to the deaths of the 1 to 3 million people depending on the estimates one uses. That is historical fact that I have just stated, not a theory. The deaths of so many people should never be forgotten but that fact of both the Biafran side, soldiers diverting food aid (I am not blaming Ojukwu for this) and Nigerian side ordering aerial blockade of food aid. Also the Biafran side rejected food deliveries on land due to the fear of the food being poisoned. The fear may have been justified, but it contributed to the mass famine. The ones ruling have marginalized the whole nation so you cannot say it is just the Igbo alone. You can’t tell me that all these years, the average person in the North got better electricity supplies, job opportunities, education than the person in the East. If so, the development index should be a lot higher there but that is not the case. The industry in the East you ask, have you heard of Innoson? That is the automobile industry I was referring to. There is an automobile industry that revolves around Innoson as well with the long standing spare parts industry. Besides, are you sure that the smaller countries will be better run? In recent history, it has been more of the exception than the rule. Secession turns to be a distraction and no one really focuses on governance or the root causes of problems. Just look at South Sudan and Eritrea. Nigeria may be a British creation, but it is an accidental blessing that could be taken advantage of. That is my stance. However, I continue to say we need true federalism in Nigeria.
So the politicians steal oil refine it abroad, make jobs for Kenyans and Namibians but leave nothing for those where the oil was taken from and you think that is a good thing??




Chukwuka Okoroafor