nzeBiddle: If we keep sacrificing competence on the altar of pre-mordial ties ie your tribes, religion etc (which we all know are 'biologically artificial') re: judging electoral candidates, then I'm afraid, mediocrity, just like is largely the case with the country's leaders today will continue to be the order of the day for many years to come. To think that many folks on here have conveniently avoided bringing up more salient matters such as his agenda, his antecedents, community involvement etc over the years and went straight to banter about whether he is 'lagosian enough', half this quarter that, igbo mum yoruba dad, cross-river heritage delta heritage and all that nonsense is appalling to say the least. Evidently with nairaland as a sample of a significant proportion of nigerian youths and their views, our political culture has barely moved an inch from what it was in the 50s, 60s and 70s -this in spite of the fact that today's nigerian youth is supposedly far more exposed and literate than what the case during those early post-colonial years. Sadly furthermore these same folks on here are the leaders, voices, opinionists and electorates of tommorow. Yet we keep complaining of failed leadership that has marred the nigerian space across-board throughout the post-independence era. The future looks bleak indeed. Smh

django1:
Shut up fool, do you simpleton know how many yorubas are in the world? Nonsense.

On nairaland here we know who have been the biggest tribalist. Stwepid idiat!

django1:

As I suspected, most of you guys talking thrash are PDP, I was starting to wonder when my yoruba people learn to be senselessly tribal? Its all clear now, eyin oloshi.

Asoozy:

Mortal inheritance made Omotola Jalade and propelled her into prominence. The movie was directed by Fred Amata and released in 1995.

superstar1:

To some, the lack of worthy history and lack of canaan land-like ancestral land, makes them want to always advocate others to jettison their past for them.

Any competent whatsoever, should go back to either sambisa or gully erosion or oil land and turn it into dubai and not our forefathers land.

They should show us what 8th wonder of the world they have achieved on their soil before they can aspire tp.lead others. The blind is aspiring to lead the full sighted. What an aberration.

shymexx:

Utter tosh!

His antecedents show he's a fraud, and someone not to be trusted. Evidently, he has absolutely nothing to offer, apart from personal gains - and to continue the pilfering nature and the systematic failure of the average Nigerian politician.

1). He has never aligned himself with the identity of those he's trying to lord over. So, you have to question if he can relate to his community, since he never publicly claimed them.

2). Why did he suddenly change his name, now that it's time to seek favours? - that right there screams fraudster and someone who isn't trustworthy.

He goofed and committed self-inflicted suicide from the get-go. You can't do that in a tribal society with so many fault-lines. The fault-lines might be oblivious to folks living in denial, but those looking from the outside can see them. He's a stupid negro!

Asoozy:

Produced, I meant to say.

Zeb Ejiro produced the movie and not Fred Amata as I had erroneously suggested

Zeb Ejiro as I'm sure you know, is not one if yours; he is Edo. At least the name gives it away. So that debunks your claim that the first five movies featuring Omotola were made by ibo movie makers.

Ibos at that time were not prominent in the movie business ( the authentic English movies). It was firmly under the control of the Then Bendel people and they had a nationalistic outlook unlike the tribalistic of today's so called Nollywood English movies.

tupacshakur:

Shymexx, My man!

DesBaba na Yoruba guy o and he's very proud of his yoruba lineage.

You claimed he didn't align himself with his people, but how could he have done that when there was no opportunity to do so until now.

He and all all his siblings attended the state school, LASU based on their citizenship status and his Dad was one of the Lagosians the government had to resettle from the Island to Surulere (New Lagos) in the 80s. His Mom still lives in their Dad's house in Surulere.

He didn't change names! He has always been Shola and trust me, his folks and those who know him from way back call him "Shola" and not "Desmond"...

DonaldGenes: Hmmph! He should have start from councillorship position to test his popularity before. . . . . . . .
To be cont'd

Collynzo17:
Please provide a proof that Zeb Ejiro produced the movie, you keep jumping from pillar to post.
Smacks of confusion and lies.

Asoozy:

And what is the morale of this story?

That in private he is Yoruba but in public he is ibo?

Did he forget to tell the editors to add his Sola name in the credits?

django1:

What's the meaning of all these nonsense?

focus7: his father or his mother don't have to be a yoruba for him to answer a yoruba name, I know of many igbos who gave a yoruba name to their children and both couples are from the east, beside Desmond Elliot is not an igbo, he is a calaba guy either from Akwa-Ibom or Cross-River.

tupacshakur:

He has always been Yoruba, every time and everywhere!

Did he ever state in public that he's Igbo?

You get sense so?

Evergreen123:

I bin dey tell you say your people dey do one kind one kind.
The poor guy has a Yoruba dad and Igbo mum.
As far as am concerned, he can benefit from both sides whether nollywood, politics, business, etc as the case maybe.

tupacshakur:
Shymexx, My man!

DesBaba na Yoruba guy o and he's very proud of his yoruba lineage.

You claimed he didn't align himself with his people, but how could he have done that when there was no opportunity to do so until now.

He and all his siblings attended the state school, LASU based on their indigeneship status and his Dad was one of the Lagosians the government had to resettle from the Island to Surulere (New Lagos) in the 80s. His Mom still lives in their Dad's house in Surulere.

He didn't change names! He has always been Shola and trust me, his folks and those who know him from way back call him "Shola" and not "Desmond"...

estinjohn:

Mind your grammar....

"He should have started..."

shymexx:

Utter tosh!

His antecedents show he's a fraud, and someone not to be trusted. Evidently, he has absolutely nothing to offer, apart from personal gains - and to continue the pilfering nature and the systematic failure of the average Nigerian politician.

1). He has never aligned himself with the identity of those he's trying to lord over. So, you have to question if he can relate to his community, since he never publicly claimed them.

2). Why did he suddenly change his name, now that it's time to seek favours? - that right there screams fraudster and someone who isn't trustworthy.

He goofed and committed self-inflicted suicide from the get-go. You can't do that in a tribal society with so many fault-lines. The fault-lines might be oblivious to folks living in denial, but those looking from the outside can see them. He's a stupid negro!

Asoozy:

http://estarstv.telly4africa.com/?p=477

Collynzo17:
Your initial assertion that Igbo producers only took advantege of her fame is still a lie because her very first role was given to her by an Igbo man, even the mortal inheritance was directed by an Igbo man and directors even play a greater role in choosing the casts (which is the theme of our discussion here) than a producer.
www.aprokocity.com/omotola-says-omosexy-pet-name-home/
www..com/talk/?action=gallery;sa=view;id=37873
www.zoominfo.com/p/Reginald-Ebere/921648958

shymexx:

Is that 0merta the thugification? What's good bredrin?

I believe folks on here are just mad because the public image he chose never represented his identity. However, now that he needs them, he remembers them and decided to add a Yoruba name, to his name - ain't that biitch? You can't be a normal negro at home, be an Uncle Tom in public view - and now when you need favours from black folks that you never aligned with in public, he suddenly realised you're one of them. Who does that? Especially in a space that's contested in a tribal society - and somewhere other folks are trying to lay claims to.

He should've done that from the get-go, even if not in an overly overt way - but at least with his name, especially since he had political ambitions. He looks more like a fraud now, to be honest - and he'll need a massive PR campaign to sway most people.

Regardless, he's Yoruba but that nyggah goofed. And personally, I don't like disloyal, fraudulent, and phony folks. Be who you're and rep your identity, no matter the adversities that come with it because at the end of the day, how you're able to overcome those adversities are what would make you a man - against all odds (Makavelli the don right there lol).

Asoozy:



Shit! You must have hated reading my link.

Who says truth isn't bitter?

Your response is tame this time around. Wassup Emeka?

tupacshakur:

I also think he fuccked up by not coming out with his Yoruba name from the onset!

Well, like some Motherfuckers postulated on this thread, I think he wanted to endear himself to the Movie producers who were mostly Igbos, but he sure didn't consider the long-term consequences...

I'm cool, bro! How your side na?

Thug Life!

nzeBiddle: Do not get me wrong. I am not advocating for him. I only voiced my opinion on what I beleive should shape our views on folks that are voted into power today (much unlike what the situation was in the past) ..and in fact you veered towards that at the begining of your reply (re: his lack of competence or therebouts) and up to your point on 'number 1'. If there is any evidence on ground to suggest so then fine, that I believe should predominantly guide opinion or views on his eligibility for the post -which primarily is my point on here. This is 2014, and while I very much admit that tribalism and politics in these parts are very much inseperable, the nigerian society can only genuinely advance when we begin to focus more on competence re: voting folks into power. You cannot continue to justify what has always been obtainable just because its a 'tribal society with many fault-lines' unless we'd rather remain stagnant as a society.

Collynzo17:
Well you are a fuçking nobody and have no say in the grand scheme of things outside here.
At the end of the day, you have just one vote.
He has more stake in Lagos than you.
Period.

Collynzo17:
I didn't even read your link. In my last post, I gave you good reasons why your asserrtion remains false.
It seems you are the one who has ran out of points after running from pillar to post.

Asoozy:

Very far from the truth. I denounce PDP with every fibre if my being. But in saying that I will not be rail roaded into accepting a chameleon as my rep only because he's an APC candidate. Ko jo!

ibedun:

Abeg stop your igbotic preaching jare nobody is falling for that poo.

Who told you we are one nation? Abbeg

And charity begins at home jaro not Yorubaland.

If you want to experiment all these your liberalism go and do it at home first.

Ngbo bia........