"When you go to Rome, behave like the Romans" is a popular saying, and until the Igbos of Nigeria understand how to behave like their neighbours, how to play the Nigerian brand of politics, they cannot dominate the political space like they have done in other fields. The Igbos are a very ambitious, very talented and industrious set of people who have proven to themselves how efficient their positive drive can be.

But Nigerian politics is dirty, filled with the scums of society rather than the best of achievers. That is why the Igbos need to change their tactics. The most popular attraction to Nigerian politics is not a desire to solve societal problems, but a way to worsen it, as long as you benefit from the chaos, while you drop crumbs to your cronies who help you loot. Nigeria is practising lootocracy as a system of government.

It will be better if the Igbos throw reason out of the window and start voting with their greed, rather than rational reasoning. Afterall, every other person does it.

For the love of Mike, how did the Igbos end up voting a better and more educated Jonathan, rather than a Buahri who we all know is no good. The best thing was for the Igbos to abandon Jonathan when it seems clear he will lose, jump into the doomed wagon of Buahri and vote like all the other mad men. And if the governors of the SE are all PDP, they can hold a meeting and change to APC overnight, all five states!

We should play amala and ewedu politics, jump onto the bandwagon and scream sai baba so loud that the original chanters will be afraid, and drop their microphones for us to take over, arrive APC meeting before others and flow with the tide, even if the tide is sweeping the whole country into the sea, don't worry, we won't die first.

We should start praising all the mistakes of APC, tell them they are the best and massage their bloated ego till the whole country falls into where its destined to fall into. Igbos should await the next election with greed in their eyes, vote for the worst candidates, as long as you think he will win, damn the consequences, and if the shiitt hits the ceiling fan, don't bother to duck. We cannot lose more than others.

Remember, "When you go to Rome, behave like the Romans"

Sprumbabafather:
"When you go to Rome, behave like the Romans" is a popular saying, and until the Igbos of Nigeria understand how to behave like their neighbours, how to play the Nigerian brand of politics, they cannot dominate the political space like they have done in other fields. The Igbos are a very ambitious, very talented and industrious set of people who have proven to themselves how efficient their positive drive can be.

But Nigerian politics is dirty, filled with the scums of society rather than the best of achievers. That is why the Igbos need to change their tactics. The most popular attraction to Nigerian politics is not a desire to solve societal problems, but a way to worsen it, as long as you benefit from the chaos, while you drop crumbs to your cronies who help you loot. Nigeria is practising lootocracy as a system of government.

It will be better if the Igbos throw reason out of the window and start voting with their greed, rather than rational reasoning. Afterall, every other person does it.

For the love of Mike, how did the Igbos end up voting a better and more educated Jonathan, rather than a Buahri who we all know is no good. The best thing was for the Igbos to abandon Jonathan when it seems clear he will lose, jump into the doomed wagon of Buahri and vote like all the other mad men. And if the governors of the SE are all PDP, they can hold a meeting and change to APC overnight, all five states!

We should play amala and ewedu politics, jump onto the bandwagon and scream sai baba so loud that the original chanters will be afraid, and drop their microphones for us to take over, arrive APC meeting before others and flow with the tide, even if the tide is sweeping the whole country into the sea, don't worry, we won't die first.

We should start praising all the mistakes of APC, tell them they are the best and massage their bloated ego till the whole country falls into where its destined to fall into. Igbos should await the next election with greed in their eyes, vote for the worst candidates, as long as you think he will win, damn the consequences, and if the shiitt hits the ceiling fan, don't bother to duck. We cannot lose more than others.

Remember, "When you go to Rome, behave like the Romans"

Dullardism is when you are in Nigger Area, but writing seriously about ancient Rome LMAO

cc lzaa onyeoga

What kinda suggestion is this? Igbos, from one misstep to the other. Igbos should just forget about politics and face their spare parts business. Honest advice.

resurgentxtian4:
What kinda suggestion is this? Igbos, from one misstep to the other. Igbos should just forget about it politics and fave their spare parts business. Honest advice.

And the people who voted for a mistake are now talking with ewedu filled mouths

resurgentxtian4:
What kinda suggestion is this? Igbos, from one misstep to the other. Igbos should just forget about it politics and fave their spare parts business. Honest advice.

u better continue with ur plans on how to run away like a coward afonja that u are

As in eh! Foolishness is when you make a political blunder and applaud youself for being astute

Fatherofdragons:
u better continue with ur plans on how to run away like a coward afonja that u are

I would oo. If you think I would engage an igbo man in an online slugfest again you must be mad. You igbos get a hard on when others hate on you but Nigerians are tired and we have moved on to tackling Buhari and his fulani Islamic extremists.

My point? Igbos have been condemned to history. You can keep hating all Nigerians but that won’t remedy your situation in Nigeria. Only Biafra can help igbos. I advice igbos to go home and build the SE so they can have a place to call home when Biafra comes.

resurgentxtian4:
What kinda suggestion is this? Igbos, from one misstep to the other. Igbos should just forget about it politics and fave their spare parts business. Honest advice.

The funny thing about your statement is that you gave good advice without intending to. I know your sacarsm and ways of throwing subliminal jabs.

That said,

Money=power=respect

The igbos are working their ass off accumulating wealth in Nigeria.

In a post oil economy, Nigerian economy will be firmly in their hands.

This means that they will have the money to influence the political atmosphere the way they choose.

"He that pays the piper calls the tunes"

horsepower101:


The funny things about your statement is that you gave good advice without intending to. I know your sacarsm and ways of throwing subliminal jabs.

That said,

Money=power=respect

The igbos are working their ass off accumulating wealth in Nigeria.

In a post oil economy, Nigerian economy will be firmly in their hands.

This means that they will have the money to influence the political atmosphere the way they choose.

"He that pays the piper calls the tunes"

Ok, good luck with controlling Nigeria. I wish igbos well in their new found mission.

op u are right Nigerians do not appreciate us, the only language they understand is suffering and violence, they reason with their a$$, so the best way is for igbos to play dirty to get what we want, and let the rest of Nigeria rot for all we care.

resurgentxtian4:


I would oo. If you think I would engage an igbo man in an online slugfest again you must be mad. You igbosget a hard on when other hate on you but Nigerians are tired and we have moved on to tackling Buhari and his fulani Islamic extremists.

My point? Igbos have been condemned to history. You can keep hating all Nigerians but that won’t remedy your situation in Nigeria. Only Biafra can help igbos. I advice igbos go home and build the SE so they can have a place to call home when Biafra comes.

Close that your ewedu filled mouth there, when we move for Biafra now you will be the first to cry more than others. Afonja.

mabea:
As in eh! Foolishness is when you make a political blunder and applaud youself for being astute

I tire oooo. They are not very good in politics at all and it is so sad for such an enterprising people.

Fatherofdragons:
u better continue with ur plans on how to run away like a coward afonja that u are

resurgentxtian4:


I would oo. If you think I would engage an igbo man in an online slugfest again you must be mad. You igbosget a hard on when other hate on you but Nigerians are tired and we have moved on to tackling Buhari and his fulani Islamic extremists.

My point? Igbos have been condemned to history. You can keep hating all Nigerians but that won’t remedy your situation in Nigeria. Only Biafra can help igbos. I advice igbos go home and build the SE so they can have a place to call home when Biafra comes.

LMAO

LZAA, onyeoga please let us encourage resurgentxtian4 to proceed on this his self-exile to Libya.

Fatherofdragons:
op u are right Nigerians do not appreciate us, the only language they understand is suffering and violence, they reason with their a$$, so the best way is for igbos to play dirty to get what we want, and let the rest of Nigeria rot for all we care.

That's what am talking about. We need to play dirty politics for once, the space called Nigeria is dirty enough.

imhotep:




LMAO

LZAA, onyeoga please let us encourage resurgentxtian4 to proceed on this his self-exile to Libya.

Anything that sails your boat. Nigerians don’t have time for igbos again. We are now focused on Buhari and his Islamic horde. You can continue fighting an imaginary enemy. No time nwanne!

resurgentxtian4:


Ok, good luck with controlling Nigeria. I wish igbos well in their new found mission.

It's not actually about controlling Nigeria. The average Igbo man want to make money and live a decent life.

But mark my words, in a post oil economy, the people who have wealth to invest will call the political shots. That's how it is all over the world and Nigeria won't be an exception to that.

resurgentxtian4:


Anything that sails your boat. Nigerians don’t have time for igbos again. We are now focused on Buhari and his Islamic horde. You can continue fighting an imaginary enemy. No time nwanne!

Fighting which Buharri which your lord and saviour, Tinubu just sold you to yesterday, you are owned

horsepower101:


It's not actually about controlling Nigeria. The average Igbo man want to make money and live a decent life.

But mark my words, in a post oil economy, the people who have wealth to invest will call the political shots. That's how it is all over the world and Nigeria won't be an exception to that.

Ok. No problem. I wish igbos well.

Sprumbabafather:


Fighting which Buharri which your lord and saviour, Tinubu just sold you to yesterday, you are owned

Me ke? Wetin concern me. My mind no even dey naija but I won’t just like it being turned into an Islamic hell hole.

As for igbo issue and hate, you would notice that Nigerians are tired already. The strength to keep hating is not there so people have shifted to something else. You can continue hating others sha if it makes you happy.

resurgentxtian4:


Ok. No problem. I wish igbos well.

Wish us well or not, it doesn't really matter, we are already blessed to be great.... and in Nigeria now there is no tribe greater than the Igbos and so shall it continue.

resurgentxtian4:


Me ke? Wetin concern me. My mind no even dey naija but I won’t just like it being turned into an Islamic hell hole.

As for igbo issue and hate, you would notice that Nigerians are tired already. The strength to keep hating is not there so people have shifted to something else. You can continue hating others sha if it makes you happy.

Hate, was the only single factor which made Yorubas vote Buharri in 2015. You all hated Jonathan because Igbos are enjoying under him, now see where it has gotten yorubaland to. Don't run away o, just buy weaponns and wait to reap what you sowed.

ChilledPill:

Wish us well or not, it doesn't really matter, we are already blessed to be great.... and in Nigeria now there is no tribe greater than the Igbos and so shall it continue.

Lol. Delusions of grandeur. Abeg lemme jaree, I no get strength for fight this time around.

I can’t fight with igbos online again. It is pointless.

Sprumbabafather:


Hate, was the only single factor which made Yorubas vote Buharri in 2015. You all hated Jonathan because Igbos are enjoying under him, now see where it has gotten yorubaland to. Don't run away o, just buy weaponns and wait to reap what you sowed.

God will help all of us.

Sprumbabafather:
"When you go to Rome, behave like the Romans" is a popular saying, and until the Igbos of Nigeria understand how to behave like their neighbours, how to play the Nigerian brand of politics, they cannot dominate the political space like they have done in other fields. The Igbos are a very ambitious, very talented and industrious set of people who have proven to themselves how efficient their positive drive can be.

But Nigerian politics is dirty, filled with the scums of society rather than the best of achievers. That is why the Igbos need to change their tactics. The most popular attraction to Nigerian politics is not a desire to solve societal problems, but a way to worsen it, as long as you benefit from the chaos, while you drop crumbs to your cronies who help you loot. Nigeria is practising lootocracy as a system of government.

It will be better if the Igbos throw reason out of the window and start voting with their greed, rather than rational reasoning. Afterall, every other person does it.

For the love of Mike, how did the Igbos end up voting a better and more educated Jonathan, rather than a Buahri who we all know is no good. The best thing was for the Igbos to abandon Jonathan when it seems clear he will lose, jump into the doomed wagon of Buahri and vote like all the other mad men. And if the governors of the SE are all PDP, they can hold a meeting and change to APC overnight, all five states!

We should play amala and ewedu politics, jump onto the bandwagon and scream sai baba so loud that the original chanters will be afraid, and drop their microphones for us to take over, arrive APC meeting before others and flow with the tide, even if the tide is sweeping the whole country into the sea, don't worry, we won't die first.

We should start praising all the mistakes of APC, tell them they are the best and massage their bloated ego till the whole country falls into where its destined to fall into. Igbos should await the next election with greed in their eyes, vote for the worst candidates, as long as you think he will win, damn the consequences, and if the shiitt hits the ceiling fan, don't bother to duck. We cannot lose more than others.

Remember, "When you go to Rome, behave like the Romans"

Some chidren are born as Ogbanjes or Abiku just like this thread is an Ogbanje thread without any sense

Eboes have been very successful in Nigerian politiics and their politicians are just as dirty if not dirtier than the others. They gave us the first kidnapping of a sitting governor lest we forget.

1 They went into coalition government with NPC in 1960 under the leadership of Azikiwe who was rewarded as ceremonial President and a partnerin a coalition government with the rght to select several Ministers from his party

2.They went into coalition government with NPC in 1965 under the leadership of Azikiwe who was rewarded as ceremonial President and a partnerin a coalition government with the rght to select several Ministers from his party

3 . They were big in NPN in 1979 (JUST 9 YEARS AFTER THE WAR) and produced the Vice President in 1979 . NPN did not have a majority in he Natonal Assembly and so again NPP Azikiwe's party entered alliance with NPN and was rewarded with the post of Speaker House of Representatives in Edwin Ume-Ezeoke

4. In 1983 again NPP Azikiwe's party entered alliance with NPN and was rewarded with the post of Speaker House of Representatives in Edwin Ume-Ezeoke by this time Ojuiku had been pardoned by President Shagari and he returneed and joined the NPN


On all these occasions the Yoruba were in opposition and the Eboes were happy. They were confirmed as the Official Boyboys of their Fulani masters and lords.
So what is the problem now? I really do not get it

The idea that Eboes need to start playing dirty is incomprehensible. Are they not dirty enough? Do they want to become pigs( my bad!!)

Do the Eboes want to overthrow their masters and start to eat cake and Ice cream? Can they digest it? Hmm What is now wrong with akpu?


If this is about Presidency then please that can NEVER happen. We ALL know this , Even the Eboe boy in his pregnant mother's womb knows this.

The number one problem of Eboes is BAD MOUTH They ALWAYS have something bad to say to EVERYONE. The same people that they would wish to make them president they never have ANYTHING good to say about ANYONE.
BAD MOUTH comes from a spiteful spirit. A tendency ALWAYS to never see anything good in anyone. If a man does anything good the Eboe man's immediate impulse is to start comparing himself and start beefing. He always talks about himself (to others) about how anything Eboe is the BEST ,The BIGGEST and so on . What drives this of course it is a profound inferiority complex and jealous spirit. We see it and we read it very easily because it is so transparent. The Eboe man need to learn one thing

If you have nothing good to say STFU. No one wants to hear how good you are. Just Shut up

Op I disagree with your suggestion. You always want to live a life that your future generations will look back at and be very proud of.

Here is my take. Let's leave do or die politics for Nigerians. Let's not compromise our cultural principles just because of power.

Let's always stick to the right candidates regardless of the outcome.

Ask yourself this question, why is it that those with political power all these years are not developed. In fact many parts of Igbo land is developing. Let's never compromise our cultural principles for gutter politics.

Our time to shine will come. Just be patient.

0monnak0da:


Some chidren are born as Ogbanjes or Abiku just like this thread is an Ogbanje thread without any sense

Eboes have been very successful in Nigerian politiics and their politicians are just as dirty ifnot dirtier than the other. They gave us the first kidnapping of a sitting governor lest we forget.

1 They went into coalition government with NPC in 1960 under the leadership of Azikiwe who was rewarded as ceremonial President and a partnerin a coalition government with the rght to select several Ministerss from his party

2.They went into coalition government with NPC in 1965 under the leadership of Azikiwe who was rewarded as ceremonial President and a partnerin a coalition government with the rght to select several Ministerss from his party
3 . They were big in NPN in 1979 (JUST YEARS AFTER THE WAR) and produced the Vice President in 1979 . NPN did not have a majority in he Natonal Assembly and so again NPP Azikiwe's party entered alliance with NPP and was rewarded with the post of Speaker House of Representatives in Edwin Ume-Ezeoke
4. In 1983 again NPP Azikiwe's party entered alliance with NPP and was rewarded with the post of Speaker House of Representatives in Edwin Ume-Ezeoke by this time Ojuiku had been pardoned by President Shagari and he returneed and joined the NPN


On all these occasions the Yoruba were in opposition and the Eboes were happy. They were confirmed as the Official Boyboys of their Fulani masters and lords.
So what is the problem now? I really do not get it

The idea that Eboes need to start playing dirty is incomprehensible. Are they not dirty enough? Do they want to become pigs( my bad!!)

Do the Eboes want to overthrow their masters and start to eat cake and Ice cream? Can they digest it? Hmm


If this is about Presidency then please that can NEVER happen. We ALL know this , Even the Eboe boy in his pregnant mother's womb knows this.

The number one problem of Eboes is BAD MOUTH They ALWAYS have something bad to say to EVERYONE. The same people that they would wish to make them president they never have ANYTHING good to say about ANYONE.
BAD MOUTH comes from a spiteful spirit. A tendency ALWAYS to never see anything good in anyone. If a man does anything good the Eboe man's immediate impulse is to start comparing himself and start beefing. He always talks about himself (to others) about how anything Eboe is the BEST ,The BIGGEST and so on . What drives this of course it is a profund inferiority complex and jealous spirit. We see it and we read it very easily because it is so transparent. The Eboe man need to learn one thing

If you havenothing good to say STFU. No one wants to hear how good you are

Trash as usual.

horsepower101:


The funny thing about your statement is that you gave good advice without intending to. I know your sacarsm and ways of throwing subliminal jabs.

That said,

Money=power=respect

The igbos are working their ass off accumulating wealth in Nigeria.

In a post oil economy, Nigerian economy will be firmly in their hands.

This means that they will have the money to influence the political atmosphere the way they choose.

"He that pays the piper calls the tunes"

Nairaland is filled with jokers!!!

horsepower101:
Op I disagree with your suggestion. You always want to live a life that your future generations will look back at and be very proud of.

Here is my take. Let's leave do or die politics for Nigerians. Let's not compromise our cultural principles just because of power.

Let's always stick to the right candidates regardless of the outcome.

Ask yourself this question, why is it that those with political power all these years are not developed. In fact many parts of Igbo land is developing. Let's never compromise our cultural principles for gutter politics.

Our time shine will come. Just be patient.

Do you really see Nigeria getting better anytime soon? What then is the basis of patience?

Lot13:
Nairaland is filled with jokers!!!

Oh really. Read this Yoruba man complains. This will give you a hint


Just got Whatsapped this by a prominent young Yoruba traditional ruler.... (I say all non-Igbos are in same plight of our own doing as the Yorubas Kaabiyesi focuses on!)

Did the Igbos put guns on anybody's head before buying up Alaba, Ajegunle, isolo and Oshodi in Lagos?

Did they use juju before the Ibadan surrendered Iwo Road to them?

And what were we looking at before the Igbos took over Isida and Adeti in Ilesa?

Where were the YORUBAS when the Igbos thrived and built 90% of the Hotels at Abuja. Was there a law that excluded the YORUBAS from selling building materials? Dei Dei building materials market in Abuja is 90 % Igbo owned.

So the more we point one finger at the Igbos, the more we have the other four fingers pointing at our laziness and lack of initiative as a society.

The YORUBAS should have been better with all our education, but we may be worse that the Fulanis who just roam around the bush.

Why? Because we lack the entrepreneurship spirit. We just want salaries from doing 8am to 5pm job. We proceed in foolishness and we persist in hoping to reap plenty without showing hard. The Igbos are different, hence we are now jealous and envious.

We love wasteful parties and Aso Ebi. Just a little business without even making any profit yet, we usually call musicians to spay money like coffetti .

Where are all the Board Members of Ebenezer Obey today? Where is lawyer Omoyinmi and Lanre Badmus? Where is Oroki Social Club of Osogbo? Where is Felates of Ilesa and the likes whose trade mark was to bring Sunny Ade to Ilesa every Xmas, to waste all income gathered for the year?

The Yoruba society wasted their leading lights on excessive consumption and wasteful attitudes. We wasted our capital on frivolous social gatherings.

We took religion to ridicoulous levels, such that the wealthiest pastors and churches are now Yorubas. But all the wealth extracted by the churches from the Yoruba nation is also merely flaunted to show who's God is the most miraculous.

So we have become paupers and destitutes, as the Yoruba nation cannot now pay salaries. Pensions are owed for years.

Tell me, is Osun State filled with human beings or goats to have tolerated Aregbesola, when they rejected Akande. Say it loud, is the Constituted Authority of Ibadan sane to just bring about 21 Obas from nowhere to receive salaries, where there is no money to reopen Ladoja Akintola University?

Are the Ondos so wise to have allowed Mimiko to devastate their terrain as to be now saddled with 12 months salary arrears? What of Ekiti with rabble rousing Fayose and the intellectually arrogant Fayemi?

Even Lagos, there is nothing to write home about it, despite all the hype.

But the Igbos are hard workers. Let us not continue to deceive ourselves. 20 of their young boys can live in the shop from where they sell goods. There is no place too dirty or remote for them to hibernate and incubate their ideas. Give them 5 years, you will see them buy and take over all shops and lands.

True, some of them are criminals, but majority of the Igbo youths build and build physical structures away, while the YORUBAS are content with looking for salaried jobs, so that they can have siesta in the afternoons and then attend parties on Saturdays. Then spend Sundays in church wishing and praying for divine miracles.

How foolish, as the Igbo people are meeting and strategizing on Sunday, so that they can gather money and come and buy the houses and lands owned by our Yoruba fathers.

Whether we like it or not, Obokungbusi Town Hall will soon be on concessional PPP sale. The Igbos will buy it. The proceeds will be used to pay backlog of salaries owed to impoverished Ijeshas. It will come willy nilly.

It will happen even in a declared Oduduwa Republic. Afterall, the Chinese, the Lebanese and the South Africans are buying us out with reckless abandon. See how ShopRite is buying up everywhere. I heard that they bought Owena Motel estate in Akure. How come we did not sell it to the Igbos?

We shall continue to grumble and hate the Igbos until eternity. Unless we spy on them, copy their ways and imbibe their can do attitude.

The Yoruba nation and society have been pauperised and destituted. In desperation, we shall soon start to behave like the Almajiris' in the North.

In grinding poverty and out of jealousy, the Almajiris of the North regularly loot Igbo shops and businesses. Very soon Yoruba urchins will start looting too to show that they hate the Igbos.

Even some of us here will defend it to show our hatred for the Igbos. Whereas, the looting is as a result of hunger and uselessness of our society.

How sad for the Yoruba Nation. cry cry cry cry cry

resurgentxtian4:


Lol. Delusions of grandeur. Abeg lemme jaree, I no get strength for fight this time around.

I can’t fight with igbos online again. It is pointless.

Believe what you want but what I stated is nothing but the truth... we are the greatest.

resurgentxtian4:


I tire oooo. They are not very good in politics at all and it is so sad for such an enterprising people.

Who exactly are you referring to. I guess you got a VP at the detriment of all nigerians. I didnt see any special thing yorubas did other than helping Tinunbu to boost his political career because they are naturally wired to do so.

Sprumbabafather:


Do you really see Nigeria getting better anytime soon? What then is the basis of patience?

It will never get better that's the reason we should just get wealth from it before it finally sinks to the ground.

What's the point of us having political power in a shithole while no real development comes from it. My mission and so many others is to make money and rebuild the east with it, while other regions with political power have brown roofs everywhere.