Igbo Issues According to Terhemba Osuji

Whenever the viability of a republic of Biafra is discussed detractors always claim the south south will not be part of the republic and they will post maps showing that the present day south east is landlocked. That political map however fails to understand that several Igbo communities were folded into present day Rivers state through boundary adjustments with the intent of marginalization Ndigbo typical of how the Tiv, they former 5th or 6th largest tribe in Nigeria has been marginalized by having its vast population split into Cross River, Taraba and Nasarawa States.  Many Igbo communities in Rivers close to the Atlantic Ocean will in the end by default be folded into any Biafra through natural affinity and agitation and will intrinsically increase its access and proximity to the Atlantic coast through its network of creeks flowing into the Atlantic.  Secondly many maps used in those discussions are political maps not marine maps, they do not show the confluence of rivers ...