Constitutional lawyer and Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) on Thursday came down hard on proponents of the agitation of Biafra Republic, saying they are doing so for selfish reasons.

Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent on why the agitation for Biafra became so serious after former president Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure, Sagay said those clamouring for Biafra are doing so in order to intimidate President Muhammadu Buhari into giving the Igbos positions they don’t deserve having rigged themselves out of contention in the present administration.

Describing the Igbos as die-hard loyalists of Jonathan, he said the Igbos who occupied 50 percent of federal positions in the country under the Jonathan administration resorted to rigging for the PDP in the last general elections.

According to him, having lost out due to their lack of principle, opportunism and rigging, the Igbos decided to resurrect Biafra as a ploy to negotiate with the federal government for appointments they don’t deserve.

“I have been studying elections very closely in this country since 2007. The Igbos were committed to Goodluck Jonathan. But they didn’t leave it at that just convince people to vote for him”.

“They decided to rig for PDP and Jonathan. They did that yet, the party still lost out at the federal level. So, they lost out”.

“If you look at Jonathan’s government, the Igbos were in almost 50 percent of positions in this country. But they lost out because of their rigging and opportunism and lack of principle”.

“And now they want to take it out on Buhari by resurrecting Biafra. They want to intimidate Buhari so much. They will now want to negotiate with them and start giving them things and positions they don’t deserve. That is intimidation and threat for no just cause”

“In summary, they rigged themselves out of contention in the present administration and they are not prepared to accept the consequence of their own actions” he said.



http://dailyindependentnig.com/2016/01/igbo-intimidating-buhari-biafra-get-appointments-sagay/

Sensible Nigerians have seen the recent upsurge in pro-biafra shenanigans for what it is - a fraudulent business venture that is aimed at exploiting gullible ibo masses and to blackmail the present administration.

They can't eat their cake and have it. They will fail!

“In summary, they rigged themselves out of contention in the present administration and they are not prepared to accept the consequence of their own actions” he said

Even the quoted above, Muhammadu Okechukwu EnyiKaNwanne Buhari has shown us magnanimity in Victory by appointing/Still appointing our Sons and Daughters into Strategic and Important posts in this administration.

Just Take A Look At The Ones Below:

Chris Ngige (Minister Of Labour): He is going take care of the teeming Jobless IPOB Youth residing On Nairaland, who still dwell on the fantasy Country of Nnamdi Kanu.

OkeChukwu Enelemah Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment): Now all the indigenous and local industries dotting the land of South East and beyond owned by the Igbos will receive the financial and technical supported needed to compete with their counterparts abroad.

Geoffrey Onyeama- (Minister of Foreign Affairs) This automatically put Ndigbo in the World map. At least we now have something to brag about.

Ogbonnaya Onu (Minister Of Science and Technology) All the craftsmen, local technicians, and all the local fabrication companies abound in ABA and Onitsha will be giving a lift courtesy of our son (ONU).

So I ask again just like Buhari: What else do the IPOB want?

You don mean it?

Myopic brain

50% indeed. Liars

In the voice of a deluded biafran

''Professor Itse Sagay is a Yoruba man''

If that is their motive, they have failed and will continue to fail.Nnamdi Kanu will rot in Buhari's gulag. I laughed when I heard their leaders defrauded them of N500m through useless passport that is not recognised anywhere in the world, NOT even in Aba

Hope this interview will not be disclaimed.

EdCure:
They can't eat their AKPU and still have it.

FIXED

At least Kanu got an appointment in Kuje prison, thanks to buhari.

Not all Igbos though.

But let the silly ones among them (IPOB) know that they cannot they cannot give Buhari 5% and expect 90% from him.

To be sincere, Buhari has given the Igbos some juicy positions in this govt.

The big question is what do they want exactly? They don't even have any direction

the Sagay of a man is a scumbag

another fool on rampage.

You should be thankful to Nnamdi Kanu who asked Igbo youths no to go out and vote and that clearly manifested in the number of accredited voters in the whole of south east.

if the south east had voted in their numbers like they used to do, would you be here today talking trash.

the vote cast in the whole of the south east was not up to those of some boko haram ravaged states in the north yet you say they rigged the election, did they rig the election for Jonathan in the north or west.

was there snatching of ballot boxes or violence in the south east during the presidential elections, Just thank Nnamdi Kanu and enjoy the benfit of his instructions while it last.

stupid parasite

CreampieAngela:
FIXED

Oh, thanks!

Who would've thought biafrauds are allergic to cakes

Sagey the fool

Hope this interview won't be denied again . . . .

Truth hurts.

It's all about negotiation for a better deal under the Buhari government, trying to use 5% contribution to get 50% reward.

What is a Sagay? Anything from the South wesrern part of Nigeria that Breaths, sees and worst of all talks. Mistakenly made a SAN and is now a nuisance to real learned people.

Kk

This guy is a fool. How were Igbo 50% of GEj administration, unless you are including all from the "south-south" as Igbo.

The northerners have intimidated every southern HOS with Sharia, Boko Haram, and ISLAM, which has gotten them the majority of states, governors, senators, ambassadors, OIL BLOCKS, military positions, parental chairpersons, etc...

The Yorubas have for the most part gone along with being the house slaves and have gotten a sizable allocation since 1970 (even though not much to show as far as development outside of Lagos)

Nonsense

I agree with sagay completely.

thank God Prof Itse sagay is from delta state and south south.\
This further proof South South are not willing to be part of crazy Biafra.
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Igbo Marginalisation is a Big Fat Lie. It is Just a Propaganda[/size]

There has been a lot of shout of marginalisation by South East part of Nigeria since after May 29th, 2015. This is a lie that have been said too long which is now looking like true because others have refused to come out and correct this big lie. I will like to address most of the points use in spreading this lie. What we have in Nigeria is tribal competition and not Marginalisation.

1. They Claim Igbo need to score like 70% while the North need to score 5% to gain admission to Federal govt Secondary School

This point is highly flawed. First of all, the requirement of high cut off mark for admission in Federal govt Secondary School is not limited to South East. South west (Yoruba) and South South also require high cut off to gain same admission. This in itself is not marginalization. This in itself is an inclusion policy in order to ensure the educational weak North still have access to Federal govt College. Despite the cut off differences, South east, south west and south south still dominate the federal govt colleges admission. I believe it would have been marginalisation if we subject the north to the the same cut off as us in the south. Because they would not have been able to compete because they are weak in educational capacity. Policy of inclusion and diversity is a global practice. Multinationals companies are compelled to include people of all race, disability, religion, sexual orientation and gender in their workforce. This is a United Nation mandate. This means there is a minimum percentage of a group of people that must be in the workforce even if there are more capable people in another group to fill up the space. A society that have no space for the weak is not a fair and just society.

2. The North dominate Federal Civil Service due to quota system

This is another big lie. It has been proven than Imo State has the highest number of federal civil servant followed by kogi and Ogun state in Nigeria. By geopolitical zone, south west has the highest, followed by North central, south south third, south east fourth, North west and north east are the last two. The south is 61% of the total Nigeria federal civil servant while the north is 39%. The only thing I may agree with is that some northerners may have risen faster than some of their southern colleagues. However this has been highly corrected in the last 16 years of Democracy. In the last 16years the South has been in Position of President for 13years and the North 3years. As at May 29th, 2015 there were more permanent secretaries of southern origin than northerners. Currently the head of civil service is a southern woman from Cross river State.

3. Federal road in South east are bad because of marginalization.

This is another lie. Marginalization is not responsible for bad state of south east federal road. Two factors are responsible. Soil type and corruption. In the last 16years almost all the ministers of work have been from south south. From Tony Anenih, to odion Ugbesia to Mike Onolimemhen. Who among this people will want to marginalised south east? To bring my point home on the issue of soil type and corruption, Onitsha -Owerri road was completed less than 8years ago, today the road is already dilapidated. if you spend the same money used for that road in a northern road, it will last 20years or more. Instead of the contractors to do the road by putting the soil type into consideration, because of corruption the roads are poorly done and money are pocketed. If you go and find out who the contractors are you will discover that there are a lot of southerners involve in sharing the money.

4. South east is marginalized because of Unemployment and poverty
This is another twisted statement. I believe there are more poverty and unemployment in the North than in the South. The truth is that unemployment in Nigeria is a national problem. There is poverty everywhere in Nigeria. Unemployed youth are all over the country.

5. There are more northerners in NNPC than Southerners
This is another big lie. There are no more northerners in NNPC. Actually there are slightly more southerners in NNPC. NNPC usually recruit many of their staffs by quota system. Today we have 19 northern states and 17 southern state. This will make it appear you will have slighty more northerners. This may be true before 1999. But since Gaus Obaseki from Edo state became NNPC GMD, he changed the recruitment structure. While about 60% of recruitment are still base on quota system, about 40% are base on merit. This has greatly changed the statistics of NNPC staffs. And also in general in the Oil and gas industries, more than 70% of the staffs are southerners. Yoruba and Igbo dominate the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Those of us from south south even feel marginalized by Yoruba and Igbo when it come to oil and gas Job

6. South east is marginalised because they have five(5) states while others have six (6) states.
This is more of political competition than marginalization. About 13 Northern states each are bigger in size than all the South East states combined. Kogi state is the 13th biggest state in Nigeria. Kogi State size is 29833km sq. If you add up the size of all the south east state it is 29095km sq. Thus the whole south east combined is approximately the same size with Oyo State, the 14th biggest state in Nigeria. The whole of south east is one-third of South south. The argument mostly put forward by Igbo on this topic is that state should be shared by population only and size should not be considered. With the small size of south east in relative to other region, south east is suppose to have maximum of 3 states. It is the consideration of the population and their political strength that makes it 5 states. I believe the population has been strongly considered.

7. Igbo Presidency
This is another area where you hear plenty lie on marginalization propanganda. In other to fully discuss this issue we need to look at Nigeria history briefly. In the beginning of Independence in 1960, Nigeria politics was dominated by Igbo and Hausa/Fulani. The Yoruba were the one who were playing Opposition. From 1960 to 1966 before the first coup, Nigeria federal govt was more Hausa and Igbo government at the centre. While Tafawa balewa was prime minister , Nnamdi Azikiwe was President (though ceremonial but he was number one citizen of the country). Then came the first coup which made Igbo man the First Military head of State of Nigeria. After that, it became from one coup to another which was dominated by the North. This in itself was not marginalization. It was simply dog eat dog affair and purely military affair and power struggle. Then came democracy in 1979 to 1983, this again became Hausa and Igbo government. Yoruba was now the opposition. after that came coup. Yes the military govt became northern dominated. but I cant call it marginalization because this were simply power struggle among opportunist. Then came 1999 and democracy. There was a kind of gentleman agreement or understanding of power sharing from south to North. We must understand that the power sharing was not by geopolitical zone but by region. Obasanjo who is from south did 8 years, the govt moved to North in the name of Yar adua. from North it came to south through Jonathan who did approximately 6 years. From Jonathan it went to the North through Buhari. If Buhari do his 8 years it will come to the South again in 2023. This in itself have been very fair and just. Nigeria democracy from 1999 has been fair to both North and South. By 2023, South East need to play the right politics for them to get presidency in 2023. Because 2023 presidency is for the south not for the south east. As far as the Northern part of Nigeria is concern, 2023 should be southern presidency. The truth is that South East, South West and South South will compete for it. Nobody will just give you the presidency just like that without you playing the right politics. If Igbo continue to make almost every other part of Nigeria their enemy, south south or south west will get 2023 presidency. Should South west or South South win 2023 presidency nobody can call it marginalization. It is the same Igbo that are claiming marginalization who are Supporting Wike an Ikwrere man in Rivers state. From Omehia, to Amaechi to Wike are all Ikwerre. Ikwerre and upland have been ruling rivers state for 17 years now (Since 1999). Yet the greatest supporters of Wike (an Ikwerre and upland) are Igbo in rivers state. This is one big hippocracy. You claim you are politically marginalised yet you are promoting exactly the same thing in rivers state. Just as I said, losing in a political competition is not marginalization. Wike (upland) winning dakuku (riverine) is not marginalization but political competition.


In summary, there is only one form of marginalization in Nigeria. That is the marginalization of the masses by the political class. Where the political class eat fat while the masses are left to die in squalor.

This isnt the sort of thing that should be said in public.

mensdept:
This guy is a fool. How were Igbo 50% of GEj administration, unless you are including all from the "south-south" as Igbo.

The northerners have intimidated every southern HOS with Sharia, Boko Haram, and ISLAM, which has gotten them the majority of states, governors, senators, ambassadors, OIL BLOCKS, military positions, parental chairpersons, etc...

The Yorubas have for the most part gone along with being the house slaves and have gotten a sizable allocation since 1970 (even though not much to show as far as development outside of Lagos)

Nonsense

Prof Itse Sagay is from Delta state and south south Nigeria. he is more of a Brother to jonathan than you.

Redfruit:
What is a Sagay? Anything from the South wesrern part of Nigeria that Breaths, sees and worst of all talks. Mistakenly made a SAN and is now a nuisance to real learned people.

So Professor Itse Sagay, an Urhobo man from Warri in Delta state is now a South Westerners. You biafrans are just too ignorant

obailala:
This isnt the sort of thing that should be said in public.

Yes. But someone has to give some people the reality test-check.

how did dis mosqito who calls himself prof sagay became a SAN is dat quack lawyer aware dat d right to self determination is enshrine in d united nations chatter on human rights of which d zoo is signatory of d way some pipul talk will one wonder weda some pipul were born with half brain.
how will dis prof feel if he moves in to his uncle's house but began to be treated like a second class member of d family how will he feel if members of d family keep giving him crumps n is made to work day n night like a slave will he like to continue living in dat house when every member of his uncle family treat him like a slave no amount of propaganda will stop d Nnamdi Kanu n ipod from achieving their goals. if Nelson Mandela was treated like an ANC criminal n was listed on america's terrorist list, yet came out bigger than he went to prison, what more of Nnamdi Kanu.

mensdept:
This guy is a fool. How were Igbo 50% of GEj administration, unless you are including all from the "south-south" as Igbo.

The northerners have intimidated every southern HOS with Sharia, Boko Haram, and ISLAM, which has gotten them the majority of states, governors, senators, ambassadors, OIL BLOCKS, military positions, parental chairpersons, etc...

The Yorubas have for the most part gone along with being the house slaves and have gotten a sizable allocation since 1970 (even though not much to show as far as development outside of Lagos)

Nonsense

Omo na wa o. Yoruba people don do una strong thing. Wetin concern Yoruba inside wetin Prof Itse Sagay talk now. For your information, the man is an Urhobo from Delta state

Saygay, leave thrast for lawma

GEJisBOKO:
Omo na wa o. Yoruba people don do una strong thing. Wetin concern Yoruba inside wetin Prof Itse Sagay talk now. For you information, the man is an Urhobo from Delta state

Anyone that says what annoys their sense of sight and hearing is Yoruba, regardless of what the person's name says.

ify2016:
You don mean it?

Myopic brain

50% indeed. Liars

If this publication is true . . . .Watch Sagay credibility erode away in a gully like fashion . . . . . Bridling his tongue to help inspire confidence in his anti-corruption stance with the FG is lost on him . . .. Assuming this nonsense is true . . . . . .

CreampieAngela:
In the voice of a deluded biafran

''Professor Itse Sagay is a Yoruba man''

Sagay Itsejuwa Esanjumi is an itsekiri man..... probably a yoruba migrants like many of them.