miiraaj:

Everyone of them will rule over the likes of Chinua Achebe!

gramci:

Your people don't have to pass in school, they get pushed

nagoma:

And we will know who the drug couriers and kidnappers are. There are 28 drug couriers facing death sentence in Indonesia right now . Can we bet what part of Nigeria they came from?

aurenflani:

But your people don't go to school nah. The whole population of youth in the east are given automatic pass results in WAEC. Everyone knows that.

aurenflani:

Just as your story teller elder, you are not a good student of history. Talking about violence, who started to point their rifles against their fellow countrymen?

safarigirl: Haha, the fear of the Igbo man is the beginning of wisdom.

So tey dem do Sovereign Regional Conference on top our matter.

Theze Niggas "HATE WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, FEAR WHAT THEY CAN'T CONQUER!" guess that's just the fear of the Northerners for Igbos.

spywareczar: I know, ϊƒ not sheik gumi then who wil infuse such crappy idea in their empty headed skull,, thre was a time I stood near the mosque he's passing a message during one jumaat prayer along gamji gate here in kaduna, Ɣøµ shud hear the kinda crap he's vomiting, sometimes I wish I had super powers, so many pple wud hve been history by now

HAH: Never trust an igbo man in anything and that is why they will never Rule Nigeria.

They are given a position for first time in 45 years and they are coming with same antecedent that led to their denial.

Godman_n: When a child refuses to learn from history; he repeats the mistakes of his fathers.

GEJ and his advisers are daily trying to drags us back to the mistakes of 1966. Each time I think of the emergence of GEJ and the way he runs Nigeria; I see too many similarities with 1966 events.

I am an Igbo and proud. I believe the Igbos are special breed of people and believe Nigeria is different from other countries in Africa mainly because of the cultural influence of the Igbos and Southern Minorities. This does not mean to belittle the Hausas or the Yorubas.

I love the Hausa-Fulanis in particular, for their humility and frankness. The Yorubas surely, I call the English of Nigeria: with both the positive and negatives attributes of the English; for those that understand what makes and Englishman.

As an Igbo, I know the "IGBO-ENWE-EZE" spirit in us, made us unique. It enable us to believe in ourselves and to positively confront any challenge. It enable our poors, to work hard enough in order to challenge the rich. As a result there is no status-quo in Igbo land. Everyone is competing and rising. We have no kings (Forget the warrant Chief and 419 chief of later days). We share no hindrance to progress. We are always on the move for a better life. We have dragged Nigeria along and I am proud of this, even when other Nigerians failed to see this.

But a negative consequence of our culture is our lack of diplomacy, humility and decency. Study a typical OMATTA (a name for Igbo traders) and you see these traits. You cannot be a leader and lack decency and diplomacy. If you must rule, you must carry others along. At times, you must bend your back for those you lead to climb. That is leadership; that is the price that forerunners pay for those they lead.

Igbo achievers must learn this. While not trying to justify the wicked reaction of our northers brothers during the evil days of 19566 and after, Igbos would have guided Nigeria better if we have adopted some level of diplomacy then. Zik tried to do this, but could not succeed; he remain the best open-minded Nigerian leader when it comes to tolerating other tribes. The carriage of the Igbo elites made things difficult for him.

I hate GEJ with every passion because he has proven not to be intelligence and a non-student of history. I see him as another Ironsi in power. He is daily dragging Nigeria into another war, in a confused state of things; in the manners Ironsi did. While secretly posting his trusted person into positions, he still pretends to carry everyone along. This was Ironsi's strategy that back-fired. The day I say the last military postings, I shouted because it was obvious pro-south and not pro-Igbo as alleged.

The problem with Nigeria is that the Yorubas and Hausas see anybody that is not Hausa or Yoruba as Igbo. The persons GEJ is empowering are not all Igbos. They are mainly his South-South brothers. In the process, because we have shared close links with South-south, Igbo names must emerge. Afterall majority of the so-called south-south are Igbos that were cajoled to denounce Igbo after the war. The Ikweres, Kwales, Ogoja are glaring examples. Even the Igedes in Benue sound Igbo. I am sure some names from kogi also sounds Igbo. So we end up having names from Delta, Bayelsa, River, Cross river, Benue, Kogi; all sounding Igbo. Whenever the Huasa and Yorubas lose out to any of these people; becomes Igbo domination.

We Igbos must tread very carefully. GEJ does not represent out interest. He cannot set us up, against other tribes ion Nigeria. If we choose to fight another war; it must not be another man's war. It must be a war for an interest not anti-Igbo in the first place. I suspect GEJ interest in power is anti-Igbo. His interest is purely for personal aggrandizement and nobody should allow himself to be used.

The Interest of the Igbos is in a progressive and working Nigerians. The other tribes in Nigeria must get this. The Igbos must try to pass this message across because even when you have a mad brother (assuming the North and West are?), you must try to carry him along. One that fights a mad man is also mad. If Igbos fight other tribes; we all will die and no one will come out unscathed.

In the final analysis whatever problem in the army promotion is a problem with GEJ. He is a manipulative leader that has failed to be fair to all; Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and all the other minorities including Ijaw inclusive. Empowering few Ijaw men is not for the best interest of Ijaw nation. The best interest of Ijaw nation is for Nigeria to work.

Our best interest is a nation where all of us can reach our full potentials. This is not a difficult task. It is the criminals that govern us that denied all of us these. The Nigerian cake is good enough for all of us. Our problem is corruption and not tribalism.

Let the wealth of the nation go round; to all and sundry. To all Igbos; to all Hausas; to all Yorubas; to all minorities. My usage of minorities does not mean they are inferior to us in any way. It only mean that today we happen to be more in number. Tomorrow, they can be more.

safarigirl: Haha, the fear of the Igbo man is the beginning of wisdom.

So tey dem do Sovereign Regional Conference on top our matter.

kettykings: It irks me how short sighted Nigerians can be and how short memory they can display,
People have forgotten so soon how Biased Fulani/Hausa soldiers were in Jos during the K=Jos crises how they would be on duty and herdsmen will go an kill innocent people.
Nigerians have also failed to ask what happened to the fulani militants caught.
how ever i have taken the pains the refresh you memory so that you can allow reasoning prevail over sentiments


Save us from Fulani herdsmen,Yoruba farmers plead
http://www.punchng.com/feature/save-us-from-fulani-herdsmen-farmers-plead/

http://www.ngnewspapers.com/fulani-herdsmen-rape-newly-wed-lady-ogun-state/
Fulani herdsmen rape newly wed lady in Ogun State

http://usaveone..com/2012/03/oyo-state-farmers-protest-rape-of-women.html
Oyo state Farmers Protest Rape Of Women By Fulani Herdsmen

Fulani herdsmen kill 10, injure 15
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/fulani-herdsmen-kill-10-injure-15/


How I was almost killed by Fulani herdsmen – Motorcyclist
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/how-i-was-almost-killed-by-fulani-herdsmen-motorcyclist/


http://www.punchng.com/news/berom-seeks-ejection-of-fulani-herdsmen-from-plateau/
Berom seeks ejection of Fulani herdsmen from Plateau

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/southern-kaduna-suspected-fulani-herdsmen-kill-father-and-son-set-home-ablaze
Southern Kaduna: Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill Father And Son, Set Home Ablaze

http://www.africanquarters.com/index.php/entertainment/item/2811-fulani-herdsmen-kill-pdp-chieftain-wife-and-kid-in-plateau.html
Fulani herdsmen kill PDP chieftain, wife and kid in Plateau


http://mosvinbami.com/2012/10/16/suspected-fulani-herdsmen-kill-21-tiv-in-benue/
Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill 21 Tiv in Benue


Topic: Jos: Youths arrest herdsman in army uniform (Read 463 times)
http://www..com/talk/topic,60318.0.html


They Emerged From The Bush, Killing People, Including A Family Of Four •Survivors Speak On Fulani Herdsmen Attack On Benue Villages
http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/features/7514-they-emerged-from-the-bush-killing-people-including-a-family-of-four-survivors-speak-on-fulani-herdsmen-attack-on-benue-villages.html

Saintp: I have been following this thread with keen interest. What is happening in Nigeria among ethnic groups today is not peculiar to Nigeria but to the Black people all over the world. Go to Kenya, Rwanda,Ghana etc, it is one tribe against the other. This is a black man disease. Even in Europe and America,everything is racism even when it is not because our minds
have been condition with division.

Let me tell you all,division of the country is not even the solution because it will continue.The only thing that will happen is that new enemies will be created.This is when you will see the real division in yoruba, igbo, Niger delta etc That is when you will know that Oyo people will be shouting marginalization against the Ogun, Osun and Ondo will quarel, Ananmbra and Imo will start, Abia and Enugu etc. The division starts again in another form. The cycle continues. Do you think Ghana, Kenya etc are united? Forget it.

The only soulution is for blacks to look beyound skin clour, language , tribe etc and pursue development in science, technolgy and other things beneficial to mankind, then we will not even remember we dont speak the same language.

Ozichim:

I dought if U are an Igbo Man. wake up before it is too latew for. Ur thibking about GEJ is cpmpletly wrong!

Godman_n:

How explain? Is he Igbo? Is he intelligence? is he governing Nigeria the way you want?

Did you really see the postings in the army? I saw it and shouted even before this argument. It was completely insensitive. I only saw one Muslim name. The names were not even Igbos mainly; it was mainly Minorities.

We must understand that Hausa's will one day rule Nigeria again. We must be fair to them in order to demand fairness from them.

I concede we are more advanced in terms of schooling than them, just as they are more advanced in political organisations than us. We must try to carry them along.

Have you ever imagined that 9 years after the war (A war that should not have been); the people we fought against appointed one of us as Vice president (Alex Ekwueme. That is advanced leadership; trying to give a sense of belonging to all.

If you can think very well about history; you should have seen the roles played by our south south Brothers and Yorubas during the war. They simply used the Huasas (Who were somehow annoyed because of Nzeogwu's coup) to displace us.

After the war, who ceased our life savings and gave us 20 pounds? Yorubas. Who ceased our properties and positions? Yorubas and South South.

These very people have said it to my hearing so many times even before the emergence of GEJ that an Igbo man will never rule Nigeria. An Hausa-Fulani man has never said that to me.

We can say we had a fight with the North during the war. But we had no case with Yoruba and South South. Why did they act the way they did.

You can begin to see that what we have in Nigeria is just people struggling for positions and pulling other down. We have sheer envy and not Hausa domination say to say.

I am sorry to say it. I have stayed in the North and do not think their leaders are worse than our leaders. Our leaders are worse.

In my own local government, since I was born, the allocation has always been diverted by as little as one or two individuals. These are money meant for local villagers to take care of themselves. Even fertilizers have been diverted by the very people who will first call us for tribal wars.

I have seen these people stole from our people. I have seen them lie and loot. I have seen their arrogance and stupidity.

In the North, I have seen real humility of leadership. Even when they stole in the North, I have seen them share the money in crude ways.

Ask any copper that served in any local government in the north. They get shares. You can see that the problem in the north is more like a misconception of governance and developement whereas what we have in the East is sheer wickedness.

Away with these tribal wars. Away with Inept GEJ and his likes. Away with corrupt and stinking Atiku, IBB, Abdusalam.

What we need is good governance and equal opportunities for all.

Come to think of it. All humanity is same. Come to think of it. It is possible our forefathers crossed-road when they were migrating to the extent that you may have a blood link to one so called Hausa man than the Igbo man you want to die for.

In essence; we are one people and enough of tribalism

shymexx: Interesting... I've been following this story since week and I honestly don't really want to comment on this topic, however, I'll just do it for the sake of it....

There are 36 states in Nigeria - 19 in the North and 17 in the South... Hausa/Fulani dominate the North with Hausa being the lingua franca - while there are different languages in the South, so it's just common sense to expect Hausa sounding names to dominate the army based on federal character.... However, it's problematic to try and correct the malpractices that have been going on for 40 years within 2 years, without setting yourself up... Northerners have every RIGHT in the world to be suspicious because of the history of the country - and Nigeria has never been one.... If you want justice and equality - you have to restructure the country, and make all the stakeholders feel like they're part of the establishment, which isn't the case right now...

With that being said - according to the propaganda against the COAS, the most affected are the other non-Igbo Southerners... So, God forbid, if whatever happened in 1966 in the Army(between Northerners and Igbos) happens again, I don't think other Southerner officers in the Army will support the Igbos... They'll most likely stay NEUTRAL - and all Igbos need to read the handwriting on the wall before they start singing their "Southern betrayal tune" again... You aren't carrying other Southerners along now - so don't expect them to support you when it's time for the 'BLOWBACK'!!

The country has never been one, anyway...

miiraaj:

When talking of the middlebelt,you should be specific cos the middle belt have ruled the country longer than any region since independent, and u still say its d north.


As for the middlebeltans,you should know that these dumbos are just using you guys to play politics with u. They don't distinguish a middlebeltans frm the core northerner. Everybody frm d north is just mallam. They keep shouting the north has ruled for 38 years and not counting the 18 yrs spent by the middle beltans. Better be wise or else,hmmmmmm!

Ozichim:

I dought if U are an Igbo Man. wake up before it is too latew for. Ur thibking about GEJ is cpmpletly wrong!

kettykings:
I dont think Igbos or SE/SS will ever expect any yoruba support in case of any Eventuality , however just as the support of Yorubas are not Expected yorubas should also not Expect any Support from the Support base of the Retardeen in Future there is nothing really like Southern Solidarity Everyman to his tent.

arewaboy: How comes a minorities like igbos with a mere population of 16 million less than that of kano and kaduna or lagos and oyo states dominates a quota reserved for the majorities. WICKEDNESS AND SELFISHNESS IS YOUR NO 1 PROBLEM IGBOS!