Albert Horsfall was the first Director General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) and was a DG of Department of Security Service (DSS). He told Daily Trust on Sunday the position on the South-South on the renewed agitation for Biafra.



The Biafra agitators last week ordered their supporters to sit at home in commemoration of the declaration of State of Baifra by Ojukwu 50 years ago. Do you think Baifra dream is still achievable?

Baifra is a name derived from a goddess from Kalabari River. That river leads you very close to Abonnema. It is called ‘Ereya- toru’. Abonnema is Akuku- torlu proper. Ereye- toru is where Baifra derived its name. We The Kalabaris, the Ijaws, don’t need Baifra State, country or whatever you call it. So whatever is happening there in Baifra is a fight. They are finding a way of addressing their agitation. As far as I am concerned this is a democratic dispensation. In Nigeria, everybody is entitled to agitate, to argue, to discuss issues which they think are dear to them. But if it on the issue of Baifra that we fought for during the civil war, it has been defeated and is dead and gone.

What is your view on those that want it resurrected?

And for anybody to now try to resurrect it, I will advise those involved in it to pursue other more serious issues to channel their energy. When they talk of Baifra and include part of Rivers State, Port Harcourt and other parts is non starter. River State before it became a political entity had been a socio-cultural entity where the Ijaw communities and all the riverine communities, such as Kalabari, Bonny, Okrika, Andoni and the upland communities, including the Ogonis and so on interacted; we have been brothers and sisters. We intermarried hundreds of years ago. For instance, I have blood relations in Ogba\egbema\Ndoni and we are happy living side by side with our friends.

Are you saying that Baifra is dead?

The Ojukwu Baifra is dead and gone. We fought a civil war here and I led a special security delegation here alongside the military. We represented Nigeria’s united interest which General Gowon represented. We all served here and the war was fought and it was over and Gowon declared no victor no vanquished verdict and that concept is still there. We are living very happily with everybody. Port Harcourt is the capital of Rivers State from time to time, the issue of Port Harcourt has been a subject of agitation. Port Harcourt was one of the issues the so-called Biafra demanded and this matter was discussed in Kampala.

I don’t know why people are bothered about Baifra and want to resurrect it and create tension which is totally unnecessary. Those that are staking interest in Port Harcourt have no locus standi whatsoever. We don’t want to resurrect things that will create tension in this country. Like I said earlier, everybody has a right to agitate but to agitate on somebody else’s territory is wrong. So, if anybody wants to cede Port Harcourt, the person is looking for trouble. We should not look for trouble anymore. Those of us who were old enough and saw the Civil War which was unnecessary, created by Ojukwu who wanted to separate from Nigeria. The Civil War took a lot of innocent lives. We don’t want to see it repeated. The agitation for Biafra should stop. I’m not saying that they should not agitate but they should not do it in somebody’s territory. They should remove Port Harcourt from it.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/count-port-harcourt-out-of-your-biafra-albert-horsfall/200426.html

Hmmmm

Retired Horsefall is fighting to keep his pension coming in 'one nigeria' while the ewedu muslim monkey are jumping for joy without reading between the lines.

0b100100111:
[s]Albert Horsfall was the first Director General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) and was a DG of Department of Security Service (DSS). He told Daily Trust on Sunday the position on the South-South on the renewed agitation for Biafra.



The Biafra agitators last week ordered their supporters to sit at home in commemoration of the declaration of State of Baifra by Ojukwu 50 years ago. Do you think Baifra dream is still achievable?

Baifra is a name derived from a goddess from Kalabari River. That river leads you very close to Abonnema. It is called ‘Ereya- toru’. Abonnema is Akuku- torlu proper. Ereye- toru is where Baifra derived its name. We The Kalabaris, the Ijaws, don’t need Baifra State, country or whatever you call it. So whatever is happening there in Baifra is a fight. They are finding a way of addressing their agitation. As far as I am concerned this is a democratic dispensation. In Nigeria, everybody is entitled to agitate, to argue, to discuss issues which they think are dear to them. But if it on the issue of Baifra that we fought for during the civil war, it has been defeated and is dead and gone.

What is your view on those that want it resurrected?

And for anybody to now try to resurrect it, I will advise those involved in it to pursue other more serious issues to channel their energy. When they talk of Baifra and include part of Rivers State, Port Harcourt and other parts is non starter. River State before it became a political entity had been a socio-cultural entity where the Ijaw communities and all the riverine communities, such as Kalabari, Bonny, Okrika, Andoni and the upland communities, including the Ogonis and so on interacted; we have been brothers and sisters. We intermarried hundreds of years ago. For instance, I have blood relations in Ogba\egbema\Ndoni and we are happy living side by side with our friends.

Are you saying that Baifra is dead?

The Ojukwu Baifra is dead and gone. We fought a civil war here and I led a special security delegation here alongside the military. We represented Nigeria’s united interest which General Gowon represented. We all served here and the war was fought and it was over and Gowon declared no victor no vanquished verdict and that concept is still there. We are living very happily with everybody. Port Harcourt is the capital of Rivers State from time to time, the issue of Port Harcourt has been a subject of agitation. Port Harcourt was one of the issues the so-called Biafra demanded and this matter was discussed in Kampala.

I don’t know why people are bothered about Baifra and want to resurrect it and create tension which is totally unnecessary. Those that are staking interest in Port Harcourt have no locus standi whatsoever. We don’t want to resurrect things that will create tension in this country. Like I said earlier, everybody has a right to agitate but to agitate on somebody else’s territory is wrong. So, if anybody wants to cede Port Harcourt, the person is looking for trouble. We should not look for trouble anymore. Those of us who were old enough and saw the Civil War which was unnecessary, created by Ojukwu who wanted to separate from Nigeria. The Civil War took a lot of innocent lives. We don’t want to see it repeated. The agitation for Biafra should stop. I’m not saying that they should not agitate but they should not do it in somebody’s territory. They should remove Port Harcourt from it.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/count-port-harcourt-out-of-your-biafra-albert-horsfall/200426.html[/s]

Afonja and finding any inconsequential negative news they can lay their hands on out of desperation that their divide and rule is no longer working....you are wasting your time. Let IPOB Igwuocha catch you..I swear!

Why don't u come over to PH here and preach your one Nigeria gospel?
Mumu

DocHMD:
Retired Horsefall is fighting to keep his pension coming in 'one nigeria' while the ewedu muslim monkey are jumping for joy without reading between the lines.

Have you not noticed that DailyTrust a Hausa Fulani newspaper has transformed itself into the new anti Biafran platform



Don't believe whatever dailytrust writes

taylor88:
who's he to speak for us



Compromised mercenaries



here in ph BIAFRA is bae



we're tired of ancestral leaders



say no to grandfather's

we know horsfall

Who the fhuck are you? You are a nobody.

Just an internet troll.

Clinton9000:


Chai...e pain'm like spicy black amala served with hydraulic algae

Mongrel!

EvilMetahuman:
we know horsfall

Who the fhuck are you? You are a nobody.

Just an internet troll.

Gbam.

Very good one. Abi dem go carry me from obigbo join this unworkable union named Nigeria? I naturally would flow along ethnic lines. He shud count me out of anytin Nigeria aswell

taylor88:
who's he to speak for us



Compromised mercenaries



here in ph BIAFRA is bae



we're tired of ancestral leaders



say no to grandfather's

Don't mind all this old expired leaders. Who is he to speak for we the Ijaws? What are we gaining from Nigeria? I and my fellow reasonable Ijaws will definitely leave him and his likes behind when the time comes. Nonsense failed elders. smh

Weinberg:
Port Harcourt is an Ikwerre town and Ikwerre belongs to Igbo-speaking tribes in Rivers state. I am from Rivers state and proudly Biafran. Biafra will give us a better bargain.

Please don't bring confusion here. Not all parts of Port Harcourt is Ikwerre.

Weinberg:
Port Harcourt is an Ikwerre town and Ikwerre belongs to Igbo-speaking tribes in Rivers state. I am from Rivers state and proudly Biafran.
Biafra will give us a better bargain
.

Only wise people kno this.
They are speakin about OUR OIL but not in control of the oil...
I still dont undnerstand this.

EvilMetahuman:
we know horsfall

Who the fhuck are you? You are a nobody.

Just an internet troll.

horsfall I know not





rainfall i knoweth

bolanto24:



Please don't bring confusion here. Not all parts of Port Harcourt is Ikwerre.

See a yoruba man telling my fellow Ikwerre brother about Port Harcourt.

Bola please grow up mentally and look for something better to do.

0b100100111:


You re a fool!

Am I the newspaper that reported it? Why blame me for your impotence?

Go away unity beggar

macluvph1:



See a yoruba man telling my fellow Ikwerre brother about Port Harcourt.

Bola please grow up mentally and look for something better to do.

Not all part of portharcourt belongs to ikwerre. U won't find ikwerre in many areas especially abuloma, town and borikiri areas. The ijaws have it

reptile1:


Not all part of portharcourt belongs to ikwerre. U won't find ikwerre in many areas especially abuloma, town and borikiri areas. The ijaws have it

Bros these two towns you mentioned are not really happening city in Port Harcourt, they are just leaving by the past glory.

When we talk of Port Harcourt today all the Rumu's come to mind. atleast you know what i mean.

Thanks.

macluvph1:


Bros these two towns you mentioned are not really happening city in Port Harcourt, they are just leaving by the past glory.

When we talk of Port Harcourt today all the Rumu's come to mind. atleast you know what i mean.

Thanks.

It is not about happening areas. Its about where and who are owners of portharcourt. Portharcourt is jointly owned by ikwerre and ijaw. Kalabari and okrika people are ijaw speaking tribe ikwerre is a subset of Igbo.

Funny enough the ikwerres dont consider themselves Igbo by a vast majority. However, the kalabari and okrika man will tell u the ikwerres are igbos. So ikwerre man is always entangled with identity crisis

See F9?

Papa still want his pension money to be flowing from Fulanis.

I'm from Rivers state, Etche. We're Biafrans. Papa like this as he said he fought against my people (biafra) cos he was being paid by the Fulanis to kill his people. Shame.

We just dey observe things, when the time come, all men go know where them belong. But whatever it is, Fulanis and Rivers state have no business staying together

Clinton9000:


Afonja and finding any inconsequential negative news they can lay their hands on out of desperation that their divide and rule is no longer working....you are wasting your time. Let IPOB Igwuocha catch you..I swear!

ipob...

Afonja

bantudra:


ipob...

Afonja

conductor3:
AfonjaAfonja

uhhhhhh.......the game is on.....