Such support and sympathies were absent from the pages of the exuberant and spirited internet forum of the Edo Community in North America, arguably one of the most active discussion groups in the internet. On the contrary, support for President Olusegun Obasanjo's invasion was quite high. To be fair, details of the atrocities at Odi were not in evidence at the point in time when support for the President was most strident. But the Federal Government's position that a military invasion was necessary was largely adopted in these pages. Furthermore, there were open attacks against Peter Ekeh and Andrew Edevbie for their letters to the President. Such views were remarkably scaled down when Dr. Kienuwa Obaseki cautioned that the Edos might be facing the same problems of exploitation of their resources as the Ijaws currently face.  The debates that followed were important in shedding some light on the complexity of the situation in the Niger Delta. In reading the initial reactions from the Edo Community, it is important to take into account a disclaimer that Dr. Nowa Omoigui has entered into these discussions suggesting that if there was an official and representative position from his group it is in the Edo National Association's letter to President.

The messages exchanged on this score were numerous. Many of them were abusive and probably not fit for reproduction here. But a good number of them were thoughtful and added analytical insights to discussions of Nigerian politics. While they do not directly help us in understanding the conduct of the Nigerian Federal Government in its invasion, we will benefit in our knowledge of Nigerian politics and of Nigeria's military behaviour from reading these documents.