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Basic Statistics

Population (2022): 7.5M
Area: 24,464 Km2
Largest City: Benin City
Demonym: Bendelese or Bendelites
No. of Provinces: Seven
Ports: Benin River Port

Comparisons

Population: Equivalent to Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 (104th Globally)
Area: Equivalent to North Macedonia 🇲🇰 (145th Globally)

Justification

If Yorubas have Oduduwa, Igbos have Biafra then, Edoid-speaking people should have Bendel.

No be lie

Who go start the madness nain we dey wait for like this since the agenda don fall out.

I dey with una oh full time.

Landlocked animals just like igborillas

BloomingDale:


Delta state extends to the sea. No one is giving up territory for no one. Keep wailing.

States are just political creations, wether the ethnic groups want to come together to form a seperate country is a different issue

Yorubaland will just invade your republic and exterminate all the men, and keep the women to fvck

ed, Nigeria must be divided

Lamentation:
Yorubaland will just invade your republic and exterminate all the men, and keep the women to fvck

We Yoeubas them we have no reason to invade any region.

Nomercie:



We Yoeubas them we have no reason to invade any region.

I just dey play oo

What happened to Niger delta republic?

Una dey fear to form country with ijaw people

Esan people want to be free from Oba of Benin, so they won’t

Lamentation:
What happened to Niger delta republic?

Una dey fear to form country with ijaw people

We keep telling them that Niger delta republic is dead on arrival, reality is hitting them on the face. Ijaw no send them and they now want create a mini empire for their Oba.

Odingo1:

We keep telling them that Niger delta republic is dead on arrival, reality is hitting them on the face. Ijaw no send them and they now want create a mini empire for their Oba.

Nigeria will divide according to tribal lines that is the fact. Civil war will happen under 3months if anything like Niger delta republic comes to fruition

Good a thing you removed Anioma from it.
Nice. If you keep it this way, Ndiigbo will not only be your friends but will partner with you too.

pazienza:
Good a thing you removed Anioma from it.
Nice. If you keep it this way, Ndiigbo will not only be your friends but will partner with you too.

landlock Biafrans like their bendel counterparts

Lamentation:
landlock Biafrans like their bendel counterparts

Insecure Yaribas, stop forcing Unity on others just because you are scared you can't make it alone. Only parasites do that

Lamentation:
parasites?

When it is you animals who keep begging minority tribes to your cursed biafra

No well breastfed Igbo man wants to share a future country with anyone not speaking an Igbo dialect in SE, SS and NC.
Only confused IPOB want such a useless multiethnic Biafra with Minorities and they don't represent the wishes of Ndiigbo.

BloomingDale:


Delta state extends to the sea. No one is giving up territory for no one. Keep wailing.

Are you aware that the Itsekiri nation headed by the OLU of Warri is more of cousin to the SW than the 'Bendel State'. In real cases of referendum, the Itsekiri nation (and maybe some parts of Ijaw nation too, that control the southern parts and the waters) would if given a choice, align with the SW.

Come to think of it. How come Warri has a Yoruba TITLE for her King.

Hear his full name before he was Styled OGIAME ATUWATSE III. Before ascendancy, his real name is Omoba Tsola Emiko.

And, it is in their tradition to use the appellation 'Omoba' for their princes!!!

BloomingDale:


Delta state extends to the sea. No one is giving up territory for no one. Keep wailing.

Are you aware that the Itsekiri nation headed by the OLU of Warri is more of cousin to the SW than the 'Bendel State'. In real cases of referendum, the Itsekiri nation (and maybe some parts of Ijaw nation too, that control the southern parts and the waters) would if given a choice, align with the SW.

Come to think of it. How come Warri has a Yoruba TITLE for her King.

Hear his full name before he was Styled OGIAME ATUWATSE III. Before ascendancy, his real name is Omoba Tsola Emiko.

And, it is in their tradition to use the appellation 'Omoba' for their princes!!!

pazienza:


No well breastfed Igbo man wants to share a future country with anyone not speaking an Igbo dialect in SE, SS and NC.
Only confused IPOB want such a useless multiethnic Biafra with Minorities and they don't represent the wishes of Ndiigbo.

but your God nnamdi kanu thinks otherwise

Yorubas are coming for you they fear Nigeria breakup Ebola

gidgiddy:


There are over 15 countries in Africa that are landlocked including, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Niger, Burundi and others.

They are surviving

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I believe the guy you responded to might be a toddler.
A lot of countries in Europe that Nigerian youths are japa to are majority landlocked and are doing fine.

Odingo1:

We keep telling them that Niger delta republic is dead on arrival, reality is hitting them on the face. Ijaw no send them and they now want create a mini empire for their Oba.

Ijaws are still the best bet for minorities. Anyone ditching any alliance with the Ijaws are setting themselves for subjugation. The Ijaws are the only group that has unified their house and exerting unified power outside their traditional domains.

The issues with the minorities is the lack of unity and without unity you can't survive. Believe me, life is never for the weak and when the time comes, weaker nations will be subdued.

I can give a case for each bloc in the Delta as to why they can have their independent country but when you fragment these people, they become weak and vulnerable. Also, these individual bloc are yet to put their house in order, this lack of unity is why the Efik/Ibibio bloc can't command dominance in a region they have the sheer numbers, far exceeding that of the Ijoid and the Edoid. The Edoid bloc are also struggling to come under a single umbrella. The sole largest group there-the Urhobo haven't done anything in the last decades to bring every related group under a single umbrella.

Thankfully, the Ijaws have, and now have a united front. It's this united front that has enabled them fought fircely for the interest of the Niger Deltan people. It's also this united front enabled them wrestled the central government until they conceded to the demand of the people whose land they have exploited over the last five decades. Whilst they achieved very little success with their fight, you can agree with me that their voice is very important for other minorities and hence everyone must rally behind them if they want to survive a hostile country like Nigeria.

Also, the Ijaws seems to share ancestry and link with just every groups present in the Delta, giving them more link to bound and form and unbroken bond.

gidgiddy:


There are over 15 countries in Africa that are landlocked including, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Niger, Burundi and others.

They are surviving

Rwanda and Botswana too. Both countries are leagues better than Nigeria right now.

At least, well managed

Efewestern:


Ijaws are still the best bet for minorities. Anyone ditching any alliance with the Ijaws are setting themselves for subjugation. The Ijaws are the only group that has unified their house and exerting unified power outside their traditional domains.

The issues with the minorities is the lack of unity and without unity you can't survive. Believe me, life is never for the weak and when the time comes, weaker nations will be subdued.

I can give a case for each bloc in the Delta as to why they can have their independent country but when you fragment these people, they become weak and vulnerable. Also, these individual bloc are yet to put their house in order, this lack of unity is why the Efik/Ibibio bloc can't command dominance in a region they have the sheer numbers, far exceeding that of the Ijoid and the Edoid. The Edoid bloc are also struggling to come under a single umbrella. The sole largest group there-the Urhobo haven't done anything in the last decades to bring every related group under a single umbrella.

Thankfully, the Ijaws have, and now have a united front. It's this united front that has enabled them fought fircely for the interest of the Niger Deltan people. It's also this united front enabled them wrestled the central government until they conceded to the demand of the people whose land they have exploited over the last five decades. Whilst they achieved very little success with their fight, you can agree with me that their voice is very important for other minorities and hence everyone must rally behind them if they want to survive a hostile country like Nigeria.

Also, the Ijaws seems to share ancestry and link with just every groups present in the Delta, giving them more link to bound and form and unbroken bond.

Interesting. A typical Urhobo man and butt licking the Ijaws. But when you are asked to share a country with the Ijaws after all these great commentary, you'll begin to blabber giving reasons why it's not attainable. Can't the Urhobo muster the strength as the bigger group to coordinate all Edoid groups from Akoko-Ondo to Degema in Rivers into one big ethnic group?

Mind you the fake Ijaw fight for Niger-Delta is a scam. Why is it that no other ethnic group benefits from this so-called Ijaw fight for minorities in the Niger-Delta except them. From the ministry of Niger-Delta, Amnesty, to the NDDC, the Ijaws cornered all to themselves. They used the fight for minorities to push Ijaw agenda to the extent of luring Obasanjo to pick GEJ as Vice to Yar'adua and luckily to the Presidential seat after Yar'adua's death.

Secondly, they enriched themselves with amnesty and made criminals like Tompolo, Asari and Ateke overnight billionaires. They also used the money gotten from the Ministry of Niger-Delta to promote their IYC/INC agenda in a bid to covet and landgrab other non-Ijaw seafaring tribe as part of them. We see this happen in Ndoki, Obolo, and even now to Oron. Please spare us this fake Ijaw whitewashing.

Eastlink:
Interesting. A typical Urhobo man and butt licking the Ijaws. But when you are asked to share a country with the Ijaws after all these great commentary, you'll begin to blabber giving reasons why it's not attainable. Can't the Urhobo muster the strength as the bigger group to coordinate all Edoid groups from Akoko-Ondo to Degema in Rivers into one big ethnic group?

Mind you the fake Ijaw fight for Niger-Delta is a scam. Why is it that no other ethnic group benefits from this so-called Ijaw fight for minorities in the Niger-Delta except them. From the ministry of Niger-Delta, Amnesty, to the NDDC, the Ijaws cornered all to themselves. The used the fight for minorities to push Ijaw agenda to the extent of luring Obasanjo to pick GEJ as Vice to Yardua and luckily to the Presidential seat after Yardua 's death. They used the money gotten from the Ministry of Niger-Delta to promote their IYC agenda in a bid to coveat and landgrab other non-Ijaw seafaring tribe as part of them. We see this happen in Ndoki, Obolo, and even now to Oron. Please spare us this fake Ijaw whitewashing.

The task of unifying all related groups under a single umbrella is no small feat. You can agree with me that even the two major ethnic groups in the Southern religion have failed to unify some of their related groups scattered across various regions. If theso called majority with their large numbers are struggling to, why do you think it will be easy for the Urhobos to unify all related groups? Or do you want me to dwell on the disunity of these majority groups?

In the Niger Delta, the largest groups are the Urhobo-Esan-edoid bloc, the Efik-Ibibio-Akwa-cross bloc. The ijaw numbers are highly disputed but these groups I earlier highlighted have failed to come under a single umbrella and push for something, so the Ijaws with their unified strength have automatically assumed the largest in the region.

In the case of split up, lots of these groups will be vulnerable. In life, there is never a vacuum. Either you come together or you will be chopped separately and consumed. In the civil war, we all saw how the Midwest was easily overran and a leader imposed on them.

Same with the Efik-Ibibio bloc. Theirs is even more saddening because they are the largest and could easily become a voice of the region, but they have failed to unify. In all of these vacuum, the Ijaw quickly emerged and despite their disputed numbers, they became a voice the region where we have other majorities.

If Nigeria eventually split without these groups putting their house in order, they can easily be overran. This is a sad reality of life and reason no reasonable person will want a fragmented region. These groups need each other to survive a hostile territory where weakness is not needed. With the minorities all in one basket, it will be hard for any external force to overrun and dominate.

Lamentation:
Yorubaland will just invade your republic and exterminate all the men, and keep the women to fvck

Lol. Yorubas are trying to 'declutter' bruv. Not add more baggages and liabilities. We want to be on our own, free to chart our way forward, in the SW.

"To your tent O Israel" is Yoruba outlook today. We leave the Throwback expansionist immodesty, that will surely be challenged and cause bad blood in the near future, to Igbos and Fulanis