SLAP44:
He should be man enough to pick up his phone and call Nnamdi Kanu and lobby him.

Where the Great Nnamdi stands is where we stand.

YorubaMyKids:


Don't mind them, they are opportunists.
Just with the help of Buhari they are now at the helm of affairs we no go hear word for them, but forgetting that 2023 will be another ball game all together cos there won't be Buhari in the picture no more, it's all man to your tent, that's when they will realise their true level in the scheme of things in this country..

alfredilly:


Shut the Bleep up. Which political bridge is Ibo building across Nigeria. Is it in their total apathy to a movement that depose military? or their complete rejection of the generally accepted MKO Abiola. In fact, Ekwueme has no say in 1999 game, everyone new quit well that after a Yoruba chance of president was denied due to June 12 annulment, and the discontent that gave birth to pro democracy movement and sectional uprising in Odua people Congress (OPC), Yoruba must be placated with presidency in 1999. How do you explain it that the two major presidential candidate in 1999 were Yoruba, Obasanjo and Olu Falae.

This is the bitter truth, Jonathan lost out because of his cluelessness, corruption and poor performance. The Igbo eternal love affair with Jonathan is born out of their selfish interest and one of the reason, I have stated earlier. He was pro Igbo and anti Yoruba.

NaijaRoyalty:
Lol Yoruba people won't like this .


With Oshiomhole out of the way, it is safe to say that Tinubu presidential ambition is dead and buried

SLAP44:
He should be man enough to pick up his phone and call Nnamdi Kanu and lobby him.
Where the Great Nnamdi stands is where we stand.

LegendHer0:


Understood. That is what I am trying to make the guy see. It's not that the SS owe the Yorubas any allegiance to vote for us, but politics is a game of interest and re-alliance. No permanent friend or foe in politics.

Witcher:
Hahahaha

We will vote PDPs candidate if APC decided to go for Tinubu. Southwest contributed nothing for Buhari's reelection, Tinubu is nothing people wants us to believe like he is something. Buhari almost lost Lagos

SLAP44:


And you rushed in as usual to bleat because your life has no meaning without the SE ?

richie240:
Lolz, diverting d narrative. Typical!
Biko, can u pls address what shettima said now, and stop playing d ostrich.
Daalu!
Strike 1:


Strike 2:


Strike 3:


These are what u shd face/address.
Of all shettima said, its 'afonja' and 'tinubu' dt registered in ur brain? Later ur type will say slay queens are air-brained.


#offp0int!


I taya o.
Biznaze sense nor be commonsense o

SLAP44:


And the brown roofs and mud shanties in your retrogressive enclave will reduce?

Presidency will make you poorer just like in 1999 till 2007.

ityP:



You seriously don't know the south south bro. No need for long talks. 2023 will clear your eye

Excuzeme:


Just imagine!

Northerners dont make agreement on Presidency with anyone!
Just imagine that they did not honor their agreement with Yorubas since 2015, how come do you then expect them to honor any greement with Igbos, who have even more less clout, compared to Yorubas.

Igbos need to understand, and l say this with all honesty, that even if they dont like Nigeria and want Biafra, THE ONLY PATH for an Igbo presidency, lies in an alliance with the South West.
Nnamdi Kanu has agreed to this much, when he tried forming a rapport with Omoyele Sowore.
The Northerner will NEVER give an Igbo man the Presidency, Never, not with all the agreements of this world
How the Igbos chose to burn the bridge they need to cross this river, while seething with hatred, is beyond human logic!

AnanseK:


Can you sincerely describe Nnamdi Kanu as a man? A person on the run, someone who could not be man enough to come home and bury his mother? Are all your men like that? Same way Ojukwu ran away when things were too tough.

SLAP44:


Last time I checked, Ethiopian air dropped passengers who are citizens of China inside Owerri airport. I guess they are also economic refugees. Those Igbo who troop to Lagos-Ibadan always come back richer and better at the expense of some lazy people.

goodnessme1:
Which mean they have used and dump we Yoruba.

Stevecovey:

You said it all. The only way igbos could have won is the way Jonathan won in 2011(see election map).

But they imploded & burnt dt bridge wt all their insults in 2015. Funny enough, this same Tinubu would have bn their strongest ally for bringing out a SE presidential candidate under A PC.
All I kept thinking about during the 2015 elections is 'why are these pple sabotaging themselves', it felt almost spiritual, because pdp had already showed their hand saying they're zoning to the north. So why just focus on dt basket. Like wtf

jneutron4000:
You will be shocked come 2023. You think all those attachment SE is always doing to drag SS will influence SS best interest? Keep dreaming. I tell you again go back to history and study the SS voting pattern.

Stevecovey:

You said it all. The only way igbos could have won is the way Jonathan won in 2011(see election map).

But they imploded & burnt dt bridge wt all their insults in 2015. Funny enough, this same Tinubu would have bn their strongest ally for bringing out a SE presidential candidate under A PC.
All I kept thinking about during the 2015 elections is 'why are these pple sabotaging themselves', it felt almost spiritual, because pdp had already showed their hand saying they're zoning to the north. So why just focus on dt basket since its ur turn next. Like wtf

[quote author=Yaribanzaonic post=87503740][s]Chai...

This 1 na small pikin ohh!!.....

Go and drop your elders phone and go outside to play with sand!

sophisticated Child.....that loves a Mouth odored Coward!

ezenwajosh:
Take the presidency shove it up your ass


I AND MY FAMILY WILL NEVER PARTICIPATE IN ANY ELECTION THATS NOT REFERENDUM


IGBO PRESIDENCY NOR RESTRUCTURING WILL NEITHER SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM


ANY IGBO MAN GOING FOR PRESIDENCY MUST BE A WILLING TOOL TO WORK AGAINST HIS PEOPLE AND REGION AND MUST BE WILLING TO UPDOLD AND PROMOTE THE INTEREST OF THE CALIPHATE AND AFTER FEW YEARS HE WILL BE CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION AND SENATE WILL VOTE IMPEACHMENT

luluman:
After depending on another man's land to succeed? If yoruba land were not greener for your goaty brothers they will not come there.

ityP:



Tinubu would have been their strongest ally? Is it weed that's making u to say this? Same tinubu and his family that hates igbos with a passion. Lmao. Abeg, don't make me laugh

Kennyprince:
Eastern votes don't count. They are grossly insignificant

Racoon:
Always talking shitcrap.Born to rule have come again.Ndi SE over to unu.

YorubaMyKids:


Shut up you people are betrayers and Igbos are not, it might favour you in African politics but trust me it is only in African politics!! Other nations are progressing because they deliver on their campaign promises and frown on "game playing" politics.. Igbos would by far develop more than you Yorubas if Given Biafra cos they'd practice their decent politics of service delivery and accountability not your "political smartness and games" that you double faced useless sophisticated Afonjas are known for..

gwafaeziokwu:


You are really a disappointment. Oya read and be educated.



How NADECO was formed, by Osoba
July 3, 2019



Elder statesman and veteran journalist Aremo Olusegun Osoba, has reflected on the formation of the umbrella pro-democracy organisation, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), saying that members of the group made enormous sacrifices for democracy.

He said the die-hard democratic fighters took a risk by rubbing shoulders with the dreadful dictator Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, who he said, oppressed, intimidated, repressed and molested members of the organisation.

Osoba told the story of NADECO’s emergence and its titanic struggle for the revalidation of the annulled presidential election won by candidate of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP), the late Chief Moshood Abiola, in his 341-page memoir: ‘Battlelines: Adventures in Journalism and Politics,’ published by Diamond Publications Limited. The book will be presented to the public next Monday as part of activities marking his 80th birthday in Lagos.



The former two-time Ogun State governor recalled that as pro-democracy forces mobilised against the Abacha regime, it was realised that there was no united front or an umbrella organisation to coordinate the onslaught.

He said before NADECO was formed, he operated in a small group with former Anambra State Governor Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, his Edo State counterpart, Chief John Oyegun and Dr. Doyin Okupe, former national secretary of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC).

Osoba noted that Abacha security goons were monitoring the activities of the pro-democracy and civil rights groups all over the country, particularly in the southwest.

He said the pro-democracy agitations climaxed when Abiola returned from the inauguration of South African President Nelson Mandela, where he reportedly received a hero’s welcome, to the embarrassment of the Nigerian delegation, led by Gen. Abacha.

Osoba recalled: “The major organization that emerged in this period, which helped to shape the anti-military and pro-democracy movement, was the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). NADECO was roughly a product of another organization, which existed before the June 12 crisis. This was the Committee for Unity and Understanding (CUU). The overriding motive of CUU was the campaign for power shift from the North to the South.



“It was started not long after the Babangida transition-to-civil-rule programme started. Founders and key members of the CUU included Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, Chief Sam Mbakwe, Mr. Ayo Opadokun, Chief Edward Kobani, Chief Lulu Briggs, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, Alhaji Abdulazeez Ude, Ambassador Tanko Yusuf and General Theophilus Danjuma.

“However, when the June 12 election was annulled, the CUU, in conjunction with such groups as the Movement for National Reformation (MNR), led by Chief Anthony Enahoro, Egbe Ilosiwaju Yoruba, led by General Adeyinka Adebayo, Afenifere, led by Chief Michael Ajasin, the Progressive Alliance for Justice and Unity (PAJU), Justice Forum and National Patriotic Front (NPF) and several other pro-democracy and human rights groups like Beko Ransome Kuti’s Campaign for Democracy came together to form NADECO in General Adeyinka Adebayo’s house, GRA, Ikeja.”

Osoba also recalled that, on May 15, 1994, the old school principal, First Republic federal parliamentarian, last President of Egbe Omo Oduduwa, and Second Republic governor of old Ondo State, Pa Ajasin, emerged as the leader of the new group, which now included politicians and activists from 49 groups, who were committed to the validation of the June 12 presidential election results.

He said the 49 signatories to NADECO treaty were: Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Mallam Lawal Dambazzau, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, Chief Anthony Enahoro, Major General Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd.), Chief Bola Ige, Commodore Dan Suleiman, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Prof. Anya O. Anya, Col. Yohanna Madaki, Rev. Fr. Moses Adasu, Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, Rev. Tunji Adebiyi, Chief Ade Ojo, Chief Ralph Obioha, Chief Empire Kanu, Chief Michael Anyiam, Dr. Sola Soile, Vice Admiral Akin Aduwo, Chief E. Duru, Mr. Nick Dazzang, Mr. Labaran Maku, Dr. A. A. Akingba, Mr. Babas Eko Oyekanmi, Mr. Alex Ayatolla, Mrs. Sarah Jubril, and Alhaji Ganiyu Dawodu.

Others were Mr. O. P. Edodo, Mr. A. Barber, Otunba Olabiyi Durojaiye, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Chief John Odige-Oyegun, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, Alhaji Mohammed Siraj Hamza, Dr. Wahab Dosunmu, Otunba Aboyade Cole, Major General Olufemi Olutoye (rtd), Chief Sobo Sowemimo, Dr. Steve Achema, Chief Olaniwun Ajayi, Chief Olu Falae, Brigadier-General Jonah Jang, Chief Abraham Adesanya, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Mr. Alao Aka-Bashorun, Mr. Emmanuel Njiwah, Chief Vincent Nwizugbo and Dr. Uma Eleazu.”

Osoba said NADECO later invited Abiola to a meeting where he was asked to confirm if he was ready to actualise his mandate and lead the struggle.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said, following the formation of NADECO, he was arrested by the police, adding that he called the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) correspondent on his mobile phone to announce it to the world.

Narrating his ordeal in detention, Osoba said: “My arrest which was immediately relayed live on the BBC Radio World Service as I was being driven to the Police Headquarters in Kam Salem House, Lagos where I would be detained. The security agents were everywhere looking for other NADECO leaders to arrest.

“The man in charge of my interrogation was one Auta, a deputy commissioner of police. I was left in very humiliating condition in a large, rat-infested office where about twenty policemen had their desks. Once the policemen closed for the day, the big rodents took over. A combination of four desks served as my orthopaedic bed.

“However, I was lucky that one of the commissioners of police at Kam Salem House, then Prince Rilwan Babatunde Akiolu, who later became the Oba of Lagos, gave me the key to his office and asked me to sleep there every night. I was grateful for this but was apprehensive that I could put Akiolu in trouble if found to be aiding and abetting an “enemy” of the regime. He asked me not to worry. I also used his office phone to contact my colleagues in the struggle.

“Later, Commodore Dan Suleiman and I were charged to court for forming an “illegal organization called National Democratic Coalition (NADECO).” Interesting enough, the man who led our defence in court was Chief Abraham Adesanya, himself a leading member of that ‘illegal organization.’ Others like Chief Enahoro and Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti of the Campaign for Democracy were also arrested. Former Governors Bola Ige and Balarabe Musa were also detained with us briefly.

“Justice Tajudeen Odunowo eventually granted us bail, but the government appealed. At the appeal, Justice Babatunde Mahmood Belgore, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, upheld the decision to grant us bail and we were subsequently released on bail while the case continued.” Osoba also reflected on the famous Epetedo declaration by Abiola on June 11, 1994, saying that he did not participate because it was when he was either in detention or in hiding

He said as tension engulfed the country, Abacha arrested, harassed and killed many protesters.

Osoba said following the Epetedo declaration, Abiola went into hiding.

He stressed: He first sought refuge in the house of Late Prince Supo Adetona, a leading member of the Hope Family, led by the late Chief Debo Akande. The members of the Hope Family were highly placed professionals who were not politicians, but were, nonetheless, committed to supporting credible people to secure public office.