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Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by OAUTemitayo: 11:56pm On Sep 14, 2014 |
Asoozy:Alhajrem na dung smoker. |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by coolscott(m): 12:07am On Sep 15, 2014 |
When Nigeria becomes such that people that are not originally from a certain state can win elections in that state, that can happen. But the Igbo man's affrontal approach will keep on driving that day further and further for him. One reason other ethnic groups do not do this is because they come from a historically and anciently organized heritage, with which they find modern day peace. So they have no appetite for meddling in other people's ancient ethnic sovereignty. Igbos did not have any ancient sovereignty so it is possible they do not even know how offensive it is to meddle in that of others 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by arresa: 12:09am On Sep 15, 2014 |
coolscott: I am a Rivers Ijaw from the south-south and this is a note I put up on facebook about the igbos This lack of sense of identity, self worth and belonging is why they care less about their land and care more about other people's land and way of life, this is why there's still no formidable political structure or rallying point, this is why instead of projecting a strong and viable political force to represent and fight for their collective interests, they get self destructive and fold up easily. They care more about my own life, my own state, my own governor and people than they do about theirs, it's as if theirs doesn't exist. Freedom for every man and woman in that region means leaving that land for Lagos or anywhere in the SW or the North, it's anywhere but their own land and environment. AGPA as the only traditional political party in that region capsized before their eyes and they care less, the adults are powerless and it's every man for himself with the elites. The same lack of self worth and sense of belonging manifested the impending doom with their Ijaw/SS attachment. Politics of convenience and relationship doesn't change history or make people forget past pain and aggression against them so today's political tolerance doesn't mean it's going to be business as usual after GEJ's term in office. After GEJ's term, they are back in the wilderness in a more hostile environment that they created, they have to deal with reality and the bridges they burnt. 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by Asoozy: 12:15am On Sep 15, 2014 |
arresa: Truer words have not been said. 3 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by aljharem(m): 12:16am On Sep 15, 2014 |
Asoozy: whether PDP will do the same or not is not the issue. The reasons for their appointments are different. PDP will do the same based on merit and not based on acquiring power for Tinubu APC. These are two different things Well not that it matters now. APC is still a tribal party and we REAL indigenes of Lagos are tired of them. 1 Like |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by Asoozy: 12:17am On Sep 15, 2014 |
aljharem: If I understand you correctly, you are saying Ben Akanueze is not meritorious of his position? |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by aljharem(m): 12:18am On Sep 15, 2014 |
OAUTemitayo: Just shut up and remain in Osun |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by aljharem(m): 12:19am On Sep 15, 2014 |
Asoozy: If you understand me very well, you know Ben's appointment is based on politics NOT MERIT |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by Asoozy: 12:22am On Sep 15, 2014 |
aljharem: So PDP will have appointed a more meritorious ibo man? |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by ibedun: 12:38am On Sep 15, 2014 |
Deputy governor of Lagos state? Na so madness dey start 4 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by ElekeNtioba: 12:55am On Sep 15, 2014 |
jayonpoint: Just because ur pple lack d courage and initiative to seek political positions in other states doesnt mean other groups shuld follow suit. Not everyone was born a coward like ur pple. The grouse of Igbos against Awolowo is justified. He spear-headed d starvation strategy of d Nigerian Govt against Biafran civilians. Note i said Awolowo not yorubas unless u imply dat Awolowo is another word for yoruba. Igbos dont hate yoruba, they only detest their chronic feeling of insecurity, uncouth display of inferiority complex and perennial desire to backstab. Aside these, there exists a healthy competition in all sectors. Lagos is an No Man's Land. First it was the war camp of Bini warriors who gave its first name 'Eko'. Then it was discovered by d portuguese who gave its present name 'Lagos'. The yoruba were slaves who d Bini brought from surrounding areas. The coming of d portuguese emancipated d yorubas. Eminent yorubas (some whose descendants are very prominent in Lagos today) rose to make untold riches selling their kith and kin to d portuguese. This is hw ur pple came to be 'indigenes'. It was simply down to ur pple's dominance in slave trade on d african west coast being dat Lagos was a major transit point. I can only imagine hw painful it is when d Igbos make a play for what u consider ur crown jewel. Calling them animals wont ease d pain. Learn to live with it. 1 Like |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by Nobody: 12:58am On Sep 15, 2014 |
kkkp: Dis people always like dominance...they should stay in the eastBe quiet there. No be you dey struggle for one nigeria? |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by meforyou1(m): 12:59am On Sep 15, 2014 |
The truth be said, an igbo man deserves to be the the deputy governor of lagos state in 2015 |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by olugbengak4(m): 1:05am On Sep 15, 2014 |
hehehehehe dis ibos always overstep their boundary.even when i was schooling in esut,a non ibo man dear not contest for the post of a class rep talkless of a departmental chairman.cos they will neva allow dat to happen in their state.let them go to their biafra state to become a deputy governor.not lagos state.they will trade lagos state for money 5 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by Nobody: 1:06am On Sep 15, 2014 |
ElekeNtioba:Nice one bro. 1 Like |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by ElekeNtioba: 1:11am On Sep 15, 2014 |
coolscott: When Nigeria becomes such that people that are not originally from a certain state can win elections in that state, that can happen. But the Igbo man's affrontal approach will keep on driving that day further and further for him. skewing history just to take potshots at Igbos.....smh not meddling in other's etnic sovreignty....what world are u living in. Hw do u think d Usman dan fodio caliphate came to nigeria.....did he beg d den pagan hausa kingdom to accept him. Hw do u think that at some point in history d oyo empire was paying tributes to sokoto....do u call dat generosity or waht?? When d whitemen came calling and forced his tradition on u....do u call dat love or wat?? We dont have any feudal system of master-slave tradition that ur pple had for ages. That why we are adventurous. The boundaries u set for urself do not apply to us. Feel free to come up with another word for it. Meddling its so lame....smh |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by ElekeNtioba: 1:33am On Sep 15, 2014 |
coolscott: am talking abt what predated d oyo empire and ur giving me a link to d oyo empire. So much for reading! Why dont u try and read whats relevant to what am saying. Hw does rise and spread of oyo empire imply dat yoruba didnt come out from d bini?? And what insight does ur coming from d south-south give u as to d history of yorubas. Did u live around d tym of d oyo empire Pls dont quote me with a half-azzed comment again. U speak like sumone enlightened bt all i hear is bullshit. |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by coolscott(m): 3:14am On Sep 15, 2014 |
ElekeNtioba: That is my point. In the past, all the meddling has been done. Now everyone respects everyone else's space. Yorubas meddled to expand their empire. Usman dan fodio meddled. South-south kingdoms too. It would seem the only people that did not do any of that are Igbos because they never were one political unit. So others have done that and gone past that, have had conquests and defeats, done good and done bad things in the past. Today, they are at peace with their history accepting all that happened. Igbos do not have that because things that happened to them never happened to them as the Igbo kingdom. There was no Igbo Kingdom. So I say that is probably why they do not have respect for other people's ancient kingdoms - because they did not have theirs. They culturally do not understand that kind of respect for large scale organizational heritage preserved through the generations They just think it is alright to try to lay cultural claim to Lagos. Other ethnic groups are there and do not feel the need to do so because other ethnic groups have their own ancient kingdoms too and it does not need to be explained to them the absurdity of such desires. 10 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by coolscott(m): 3:38am On Sep 15, 2014 |
ElekeNtioba: Please go here and get an insight into the origins of the of the yoruba people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Yoruba_people According to wiki, "The documented history of the Yoruba people begins with the Oyo Empire, which became dominant in the early 17th century. Older traditions of the formerly dominant Ife kingdom are sparse and unreliable." It further goes on to say "The African peoples who lived in Yorubaland, at least by the seventh century BC, were not initially known as the Yoruba, although they shared a common ethnicity and language group. The historical Yoruba develop in situ, out of earlier (Mesolithic) Volta-Niger populations, by the 1st millennium B.C.E." Now the question is what people constitute the Volta-Niger Populations? Below is a breakdown based on the language spoken 4 Likes
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Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by coolscott(m): 3:56am On Sep 15, 2014 |
ElekeNtioba: The Akpes language has its origins traced down to present day Ondo state, Ayere–Ahan is traced down to present day Kwara state, the Gbe language is traced down to south eastern ghana with distribution spanning across Benin, Togo and into Nigeria. The Fon language is traced down to Togo. The Ewe language is traced down to Ghana and Togo. Yoruba is traced down to Nigeria and Benin Akoko language is traced to preesent day ondo state. Of course Igbo origins are easily traced to eastern Nigeria. Of all the launguage (and by extension people) groups that make that Volta-Niger population, only one, Edo is has origins with the Benin people Now tell me, not forgetting the language they speak, do you still claim that Yorubas originated from Benin? The map below shows the Volta-Niger region 4 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by coolscott(m): 4:00am On Sep 15, 2014 |
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Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by OAUTemitayo: 5:41am On Sep 15, 2014 |
aljharem:Cow dung smoker 1 Like |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by ElekeNtioba: 2:15pm On Sep 15, 2014 |
coolscott: Am not here to debate d history of a cowardly people, just their ridiculous claims to Lagos. Again....u ar giving me whats irrelevant to d point i raised. What dat link talks abt is d ONLY documented/verifiable/ever recorded history of yoruba. Again...am talking of what predates d oyo empire....dat empire didnt just rise from nowhere. It swallowed smaller kingdoms to bcome wat it was. Even d yoruba call oduduwa their progenitor but they prefer d myth dat he fell from d skies rather than d more believable theory that he is a prince from d benin kingdom dat existed even before d oyo empire. |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by shiffynaani(m): 8:46pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
ElekeNtioba:Can't imagine the lavel of your ignorance! It will be very pathetic if discovered! Thought the Igbos claimed they are 45% of the population,then,if not for sheer cowardness,why were they DEMANDING the position?you folks should've just gone for it atleast you're 45% of the population,see?they have started again,empty chest beaters 2 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by papparatzzi2013: 10:05pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
ElekeNtioba: Who is this born slave of a chest beater? It is high time we let these slaves realise who they are in the Nigerian state. They are nobody in the equation of Nigeria. Tell us one war that your forefathers and fathers won. Tell us one established Kingdom that your chest beating fathers had apart from cannibalistic kingdom. Even minorities had empire, not to talk of a warring ethnic group like yorubas, or jihadist Hausa/Fulani extraction. Which empire can you point out that is part of your history, apart from the human beings all of you were feasting on. Lagos is a no man's land? Even your clueless Zik of hamlet attempted the dubious, we showed him the way to his red mud and surely history will repeat itself with this generation. Remember how all of you ran away during June 12 and it was not even you we had scores to settle with. How much more when it is you. It is either your blood will turn Atlantic Ocean to red Sea or you will part the Atlantic Ocean to escape the onslaught against you. Bunch of shameless cowards, lousy losers, they lack vision, they lack tact, they lack diplomacy and they are militarily bankrupt. they don't think before acting, they think with their akpu filled chest. Why won't they, when the brain cannot even stay in a flat.head. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by Pasca07: 10:20pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
papparatzzi2013:chai,so na only igbo ppl get all dis u just spewed out?pls easy on them..... 4 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by Pasca07: 10:20pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
papparatzzi2013: 2 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by papparatzzi2013: 10:30pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Pasca07: chai,so na only igbo ppl get all dis u just spewed out?pls easy on them..... They lack decorum and respect for others and it is high time they are made to realise they are the 5th class citizen of this country. They are war booty and even their generations yet unborn, except this country splits. Before then, they will remain a laughing stock of the nation. 4 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by ola6: 10:35pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
ElekeNtioba: Well, this is the internet. People can say anything. If these so call people are sure of themselves, they should please say this on an average day in Lagos via a protest. Then I can take them serious. However, the consequences will be far reaching.... It is only a man that has not seen trouble that will go looking for trouble. For them to say this on the pages of a newspaper rather than physically through a protest smacks of cowardice and fear. I will not say more than this. 2 Likes |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by ola6: 10:48pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
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Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by ibedun: 11:00pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
iya nla iya won! 1 Like |
Re: 2015: Igbo Demand Lagos Deputy Gov’s Slot by mrofficial(m): 11:32pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
ElekeNtioba: The quote below is for you. Read and put your thinking cap on. This is something that can never be achieved in Nigeria. We all know how much the Yorubas don't like the Igbos and how much Igbos do not like Yorubas. ...reason why they lost the war in 1967! 1 Like |
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