Ossie Ezeaku

The absence or lack of political will to implement a true nation-building blue print was Nigeria's major nemesis, compounded by the fact that her past and present leadership have continued to pay lip service to the very important subject of nation building...

Events preceding the Nigerian civil war, and the part played by some Ijaw leaders at the time, and immediately after the war, especially in Port-Harcourt, have come to define the modern Ijaw political philosophy. A propaganda philosophy that could be said to be rooted in the fear of Igbo vendetta...