The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation. They led the first successful military
coup which eliminated the Military and Political leaders of other regions while letting off Igbo leaders. Nwafor
Orizu, then Senate President, in consultation with President Azikiwe, subverted the constitution and handed
over power to Aguiyi-Ironsi. Subsequent developments, including attempts at humiliating other peoples, led to
the counter-coup and later the civil war. The Igbos themselves must acknowledge that they have a large part of
the blame for shattering the unity of this country. Having said that, this nation must realise that Igbos have more than paid for their foolishness. They have been
defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated,
kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced
them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity.
The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of
things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set for the primaries, every gentleman´s
agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate. Things went as far as
getting the Federal Government to hurriedly gazette a pardon. Now, with this government, the marginalistion of
the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they
brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb.
After the First World War, the victors treated Germany with the same contempt Nigeria is treating Igbos. Two decades later, there was a Second World War, far costlier than the first. Germany was again defeated, but this
time, they won a more honourable peace. Our present political leaders have no sense of History. There is a new
Igbo man, who was not born in 1966 and neither knows nor cares about Nzeogwu and Ojukwu. There are Igbo
men on the street who were never Biafrans. They were born Nigerians, are Nigerians, but suffer because of
actions of earlier generations. They will soon decide that it is better to fight their own war, and may be find an
honourable peace, than to remain in this contemptible state in perpetuity. The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos. For one
Sardauna, one Tafawa Balewa, one Akintola and one Okotie-Eboh, hundreds of thousands have died and
suffered. If this issue is not addressed immediately, no conference will solve Nigeria´s problems. By Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi.

SOURCE.........

Wonderful submission by HRH Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Nigeria is sitting on a time bomb. But OP why don't you post the whole article of that speech rather than just this excerpt. I suppose that speech was given in 2001 or thereabout.

Hmmm

Dey deserve to suffer more

God forbid igbo issue becoming a matter of discussion in the North.
The childness should stay online.

SUFFERING IS AND WILL BE YOUR PORTION

NOBODYY:
Dey deserve to suffer more

Thoughts?

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NOBODYY:
Dey deserve to suffer more

Comments like this without regard for the millions murdered, will be the reason why the next civil war will be fought in SW. Mark my words...boys are angry!

You've spoken well sanusi, you 've outlined the condition for the actualisation of Biafra that have existed for almost three years. Sorry, that is your own point view not of international community.you mentioned your leaders that died as a result of Nzeokwu's coup. What of the counter coup that eliminated ;Ironsi, the head of state,col c. I okoro, commanding officer 3rd Battalion Kaduna.

NOBODYY:
Dey deserve to suffer more

Heheheheheheheheheheheheh

Guy, Igbos are NOT suffering , while your so called bourgeoisie cares about their familes alone, the wealthy sons and daughters of Igbo extraction cares about their communities, that is why it is difficult to see any community in Igboland without electricity or a school without Chairs and it is hard to see an Igboman that didn't finish secondary school. It is true that Igbos are not in political power but they don't have Polio, they don't have alamajiri and Igbos don't have pako bridges.
Do u knw that Ten Millionaires are better than one Billionaire?

wordcat:


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Guy, Igbos don't suffer, while your so called bourgeoisie cares about their familes alone, the wealthy sons and daughters of Igbo extraction cares about their communities, that is why it is difficult to see any community in Igboland without electricity or a school without Chairs and it is hard to see an Igboman that didn't finish secondary school. It is true that Igbos are not in political power but they don't have Polio, they don't have alamajiri and Igbos don't have pako bridges.
Do u knw that Ten Millionaires are better than one Billionaire?

That's wrong! Hundreds, tens and units..

Mcleo007:



That's wrong! Hundreds, tens and units..

A community that have Ten Millionaires is better than a community that has just a Billionaire--word!

NOBODYY:
Dey deserve to suffer more

Just the way you've been suffering

Is Sanusi Lamido Sanusi not part of the Northern Bourgeoisie that he is castigating here??

The guy is a joker! A recalcitrant politician in disguise.