The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Front, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo has said that contrary to the perception in most quarters that the name Biafra which was adopted by the then breakaway Eastern region is Igbo, the phrase is Ijaw.
He also noted it was an Ijaw man, who suggested the name at a meeting convened by the late leader of the defunct Republic of Biafra, Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu to decide on the way forward for the Eastern region after the 1966/1967 pogrom.
Dokubo, who said this in a statement stated that the late Niger Delta activist, Maj. Isaac Adaka Boro affirmed that Ijaw is Biafra in chapter six of his autobiography entitled: Twelve Day Revolution.
He further said that the ties between Igbo and Ijaw ethnic groups are inseparable, adding that It was another Ijaw Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson, who first played the Biafran national anthem during the proclamation of independence on May 30, 1967.
His words: “Ignorance can be a terrible disease but it is curable if the sufferer is ready to humble himself to learn and accept the cure for his sickness. Biafra is a Kalabari Ijaw phrase Bia fulo meaning not properly cooked.
The Kalabari of Kula named the estuary of Santa Barbara Bia fulo because of the turbulence of the sea at the estuary. The Portuguese like they did to many other names, words and phrases which they could not pronounce properly named the area Biafra. Later the coastline from the estuary of River Nun to the coast of Gabon was named the Bight of Biafra.
“The doyen of our struggle Isaac Adaka Boro clearly affirmed that Ijaw is BIiafra in chapter six, page 57 of his autobiography ‘Twelve Day Revolution’. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, before the declaration of secession, convoked an Eastern Nigerian consultative Assembly to decide on the direction and way forward for the Eastern Region after the 1966/1967 pogrom against Easterners in the north.
The assembly debated on many names put forward by delegates and chose Biafra which was put forward by Frank Opigo an Ijaw.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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So how does that affect the life of a Biafran? I mean this idiot telling us useless history. So what if it is Ijaw? We should not be talking about Ijaw or Igbo or Hausa, we should be discussing issues and how to make our lives better not about one idiotic history that does not add value in any way.
ReplyDeletePlease why call him an idiot for teaching us some useful history?
DeleteIts because you also an idiot...You better start using your brain.
DeleteSince you betrayals have just woken up from snoring what next?asari you Don dey drink ooh
ReplyDelete'Not properly cooked'
ReplyDeleteWhat a name! The nation is cursed from birth.
For the first time, Dokubo is making sense. As for the us being "inseparable," I disagree with you. We share no affinity whatsoever with the igbos, except for being territorially contiguous in some geographic areas.
ReplyDeleteMy man u re 100percent correct carry dey go I always like vocal nd May God of our great biafra contiunin keep u life.
ReplyDeleteSo what?
ReplyDeleteUna never break away from Naija quarrel don't start! Biafra is a failed project.
ReplyDeleteOh brother, I dey laugh in Ijaw n Igbo. The whole project is actually 'Not properly cooked'
DeleteThis man don drink so tey, I con dey talk rubbish
ReplyDeleteForget about these useless pple
ReplyDeleteAsari is confused as usual. The word Biafra is not even from any Nigeria ethnicity, but was coined somehow by the British. That was why we had Bight of Biafra for a long time even before the amalgamation of Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteBiafra Buffalo and Bua Fulo, this explains the characters of these folks
ReplyDeleteIt is only in Nigeria that choosing to segregate is seen as insane,people calling others names.lets wake up from this slumber.Such debates are thrown to referenda for people to chose what they want.Wake up my people! The world is moving! Children don't live with their parents forever!
ReplyDeleteBUA FULO and all you could do is to extort money from Ijaw land and went as far as the republic of Benin to build a university, today you are still talking for this same people who were not good enough to benefit from your stolen funds, who cares you can lead a revolution no body would follow u!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI want to leave Nigeria for Biafra. Nigeria have failed me, my family, my town, my LGA,my state and my ethnic nationality. OK look at this.. Buhari had just appointed anther Northerner as the Executive Secretary of NEITI leaving the Igbo man who was acting Exec. Sec. Dr ORJI OGBONNAYA ORJI. Because he is Igbo man. We want to go to our own country BIAFRA.We have a country. period.
ReplyDeleteI want to leave Nigeria for Biafra. Nigeria have failed me, my family, my town, my LGA,my state and my ethnic nationality. OK look at this.. Buhari had just appointed anther Northerner as the Executive Secretary of NEITI leaving the Igbo man who was acting Exec. Sec. Dr ORJI OGBONNAYA ORJI. Because he is Igbo man. We want to go to our own country BIAFRA.We have a country. period.
ReplyDeleteIs Nigeria really working? Is it working in paper or in reality? Why is Nigeria so corrupt that Nigeria is sinking? Look at the economy of the country after more than 50 years of independence. Is it supposed to be so? The system started to be crumbling right from the start because things have never been in their proper perspective. When do you think Nigeria will be better than as it is today? WRONG FOUNDATION! Buhari talked about change. Where is the change?
ReplyDeleteTHIS DOKUBO OF A PERSON IS REALLY INSANE. WHO CARES ABOUT NAMES OF TOWNS AND PEOPLE GIVEN TO AFRICANS BY THE COLONIAL MASTERS? WHO NAMED US NIGERIA? WHO GAVE THESE NAMES: BIGHT OF BENIN, BIGHT OF BIAFRA, BIGHT OF/GULF OF GUINEA? WHATEVER THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME BIAFRA WHAT ROLE DID THE IJAWS PLAY IN THE DEFEAT OF THE BIAFRAN NATION? WHAT ROLE HAVE THEIR LEADERS BEEN PLAYING SINCE 1970 TO KEEP BIAFRANS SUBJUGATED SINCE THEN? ENOUGH OF THESE STUPID DISTORTION OF HISTORY BY THESE HALF BAKED ETHNIC JINGOISTS.JUST BECAUSE THE IGBOS SUPPORTED JONATHAN AND ALL HIS FLAWS? DO THE SO-CALLED NIGER DELTANS NOT HATE THE IGBOS MORE THAN THE HAUSAS? HAVEN'T THEY FOLLOWED AND SIDED WITH THE HAUSAS AGAINST THE IGGOS SINCE 1970. ENOUGH OF ALL THESE TRASH PLEASE. WHO IS FOOLING WHO? Jay 2,Abuja.
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