North, South-West Shouldn't Fight, They're Like Husband And Wife, Slave And Master —Arewa United Consultative Forum


The group said the North and South-West should not be engaged in such disputes, likening them husband and wife or slave and master relationship because of their "similar traditions and religious beliefs".


The Arewa United Consultative Forum has called on northerners across the country not to retaliate against southerners following the recent clash between Yoruba and Hausa communities in Shasha market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The group said the North and South-West should not be engaged in such disputes, likening them husband and wife or slave and master relationship because of their "similar traditions and religious beliefs".

AUCF also condemned the crisis which has claimed lives and resulted in the loss of properties worth millions of naira, describing as the handiwork of the enemies of the country.

This was contained in a press statement released by the group and made available to SaharaReporters on Tuesday.

In the statement signed by its President, Alhaji Ado Shuaibu Dansudu, the forum recalled how the country had produced great leaders across ethnic lines working together to promote the unity of the country, which the present generation must imbibe.

Dansudu, however, said in the statement that the crises in Nigeria should be blamed on the enemies of the country who always fan embers of disunity, as it was with the past leaders.

“We call on all northerners not to retaliate following the unfortunate crisis that broke out in Shasha, Ibadan. We know that there are some elements who are trying to cause problems between the North and the South-West, but Insha Allah, their plans will be destroyed.

“The North and the South-West are just like husband and wife or slave and his master because we share similar traditions and religious beliefs. Besides, we are both accommodating but we don’t know what brought about the hatred and misunderstanding that is playing out between the northerners and the southwesterners.”

According to him, northerners and southerners have specific businesses they are known for which promote economic growth in the country, and ethnicity should not be allowed to destroy it.

“The northerners did not take over their businesses or their places in work. Anywhere you see 100 northerners in the South-West, they are only there to sell what they labour for. They also create jobs for the southerners like the abattoir.

“There are thousands of southerners working there and there are millions of them selling fresh meat all over the South-West, and there are thousands of them dealing in perishable food items and there are thousands of market women who buy from the market. Some even buy on credit. There are many markets in the South-West where there are no northerners because they don’t sell their items there. So there is a good understanding between northerners and the southerners right from independence.

“Sir Samuel Akintola was appointed by Sir Ahmadu Bello as the Premier of the South-West. General Yakubu (Gowon) appointed (Chief Obafemi) Awolowo as minister of finance. Then, Nigeria relied on the resources of the North before the discovery of oil. General Murtala (Mohammed) picked Obasanjo as his second-in-command.

“Also, General Ibrahim Babangida picked a southerner as his second-in-command just as General Buhari picked Tunde Idiagbon. Similarly, General Sani Abacha picked Oladipo Diya as his second-in-command just as Buhari picked (Prof. Yemi) Osinbajo as his running mate in the recently concluded presidential election.

“Right from the time of Nigeria’s struggle for dependence at that time, Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the most popular and one of the dogged independence fighters. Some people who didn’t want the progress of the nation sabotaged him and instigated him to form a tribal political party.

“These same people caused misunderstanding between Chief Awolowo and Samuel Akintola who later became rivals and when Sir Akintola became the premier in the then Western Region, the same people told lies against Sir Akintola and Awolowo that he attempted a coup during Tafawa Balewa's regime.

“In the Second Republic, these same people instigated Awolowo to form a political party along tribal lines after the assassination of Sir Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa. Chief Awolowo was the strongest and the most popular politician at that time and the same people sabotaged him from becoming the President of Nigeria.

“Once again; the same people prevented Chief MKO Abiola from becoming the President of Nigeria and the same people rejected (Ernest) Shonekan as the Head of Interim Government and the same people rejected Obasanjo for the Third Republic and the same people tied the hands of the five South-West states to give the Peoples Democratic whereby only Lagos State survived with the efforts of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and now the same people are trying to sabotage Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambition of becoming President. It will not be surprising if they turn round to blame the Northerners.

Dansudu also urged Nigerians to be wary of the enemies of the country trying to use ethnic and religious differences to cause havoc.

“It is the same set of people who are instigating the misunderstanding and problems between the Southerners and Northerners. Therefore we need to be very careful. Buhari is a northerner and Osinbajo is a southerner and they are taking coffee together and the Senate and House of Representatives' members are taking coffee together. Ministers and ambassadors are taking coffee together; we the masses, why are we fighting and killing one another? When they send enforcement agents, they send three major tribes and when there is a religious crisis, they send Muslim and Christian enforcement agents to stop the crisis.

“If the people are saying Nigeria is not a good country, then we spoilt it together. But I know that the enemies of peace, since independence have been trying to use ethnicity and religion to cause a problem. Our question is 'is it only Nigeria that has different tribes and religions?'

“What surprises us is that there are many southwesterners facing trial for killing their fellow southerners and there are northerners facing trial for killing their fellow northerners and there are easterners facing trial for killing their fellow easterners, likewise the South-South and there are Muslims facing trial for killing their fellow Muslims and Christians facing trial for killing their fellow Christians.

“Why not take the matter to the authorities or settle it amicably? If it is inter-tribal or inter-religious, it turns to violence. What happened in Shasha is very sad because innocent people lost their lives and properties. We must warn our people. To our surprise, most of the northern and southern boys are drug addicts, and the children of the drug dealers don’t use the drug so we have to do something about it.

“So we should not be killing one another on the basis of language because there are many northerners in the South who cannot locate their towns in the North. Likewise, there are southerners who cannot locate their towns in the South. They have naturally become northerners. I want to advise Nigerians to be their brothers’ keeper and to live in peace and harmony with one another."



http://saharareporters.com/2021/02/17/north-south-west-shouldnt-fight-theyre-husband-and-wife-slave-and-master-%E2%80%94arewa-united

“The North and the South-West are just like husband and wife or slave and his master -Alhaji Ado Shuaibu Dansudu,[CHAIRMAN,Arewa United Consultative Forum)2021





I no wan talk wetin dey my mind...na laff I still dey laff

We know who is the slave and the master.
What an insult

Yorubas shey una don see wetin all these useless tolerance don cause us, please share Op message to all Yorubas worldwide....God punish diplomacy and tolerance,we need to change our ways totally

Samson0599:
Yorubas shey una don see wetin all these useless tolerance don cause us, please share Op message to all Yorubas worldwide....God punish diplomacy and tolerance,we need to change our ways totally

AWON MALA NOR EVEN DEY HIDE AM AGAIN

Ohhhh...it is finished..

Imagine insult!

Damn niggar...
Local Yoruba man cannot can... Chaii..
Unbelievable, he cannot believe what he is reading..

I really don't blame them,
Once you accept to be Nigerian,
You are their slaves,
You can argue all you want

See all these hypocritical ibos that were all over Fulani Atiku's dick, with Obi as his vice. And they are still going to vote for him again in 2023. Na dem dey laugh at and taunt yorubas o. Meanwhile they are lining up to play second fiddle to the same Fulani. Smh.

If you allude to Yorubas as the slaves, then ibos are dying to take their place.

AmbaliJ:
See all these hypocritical ibos that were all over Atiku's dick, and are still going to vote for him abusing Yorubas, when they are lining up to play second fiffle to the same Fulani. Smh.

GBAGURA THE AUTHOR OF THAT ARTICLE WASN'T AN IGBO MAN. COMMON SENSE YOU NOR GREE GET.

AmbaliJ:
See all these hypocritical ibos that were all over Atiku's dick, with Obi as his vice. And they are still going to vote for him again in 2023. Na dem dey laugh at yorubas o. when they are lining up to play second fiddle to the same Fulani. Smh.

If you as are the slaves, then ibos are dying to take their place.

The thread has absolutely nothing to do with Igbos but typical in your nature you had to drag Igbos into it... face your Aboki daddy, husband and master and stop been a senseless coward.

Inconsequential group

IJOBA11:
GBAGURA THE AUTHOR OF THAT ARTICLE WASN'T AN IGBO MAN. COMMON SENSE YOU NOR GREE GET.

Are you a mumu? You no see your brothers wey dey poke fun at yorubas, the same una wey dey 'Atikulate' behind another Fulani.

AmbaliJ:
See all these hypocritical ibos that were all over Fulani Atiku's dick, with Obi as his vice. And they are still going to vote for him again in 2023. Na dem dey laugh at and taunt yorubas o. Meanwhile they are lining up to play second fiddle to the same Fulani. Smh.

If you allude to Yorubas as the slaves, then ibos are dying to take their place.

BUT WAIT O GBAGURA, E BE LIKE SAY YOU DEY FEAR MALA

EzeAro:

The thread has absolutely nothing to do with Igbos but typical in your nature you had to drag Igbos into it... face your Aboki daddy, husband and master and stop been a senseless coward.

EzeWerey, if you call Yorubas Aboki slaves, e mean say we learned from you guys, coz na una papa Azikiwe first choose to form alliance with Fulani, in spite of Awolowo's overtures to him for a Southern alliance. Then in 1979 and 1983 una still choose to be their 'slaves' again (when Ekwueme chose to be Shagari's VP). So Yorubas are only following in ibo footsteps. I see as una no like the arrangement, since una don begin plan how to take una original position as 'first slave'.

AmbaliJ:


Are you a mumu? You no see your brothers wey dey poke fun at yorubas, the same una wey dey 'Atikulate' behind another Fulani.

NAIRALAND IS A PUBLIC FORUM AMBALI. FACE YOUR IMMEDIATE ENEMY FIRST

IJOBA11:
BUT WAIT O GBAGURA, E BE LIKE SAY YOU DEY FEAR MALA

Fear Amala ke? I dey chop amala steady, with correct gbegiri and ewedu. Talk another thin.

AmbaliJ:


[s]EzeWerey, if you call Yorubas Aboki slaves, e mean say we learned from you guys, coz na una papa Azikiwe first choose to form alliance with Fulani. In 1979 and 1983 una still choose to be their slaves. So Yorubas are only following in ibo footsteps. I see as una no like the arrangement, since una don begone up to take una original position as 'first slave'. [/s]

*YAWNS* Incoherent nonsense, I'm not interested in your revisionist and conjectural garbage stories that touch. The discourse of the thread now is that your Northern daddies audaciously calling you their wives and slaves, they assertively established that relationship dynamic before the press and that's the status quo of things.

When the North dares to diminish the East as they boldly do to you guys, then we will have the appropriate reply for them.

Lalasticlala, come and see o

AmbaliJ:


Fear Amala ke? I dey chop amala steady, with correct gbegiri and ewedu. Talk another thin.

FEAR FEAR HE DON DIVERT AM TO AMALA EWEDU AND GBEGIRI. NA SO YOU WAN TAKE FIGHT IGBOS ENU E PO

EzeAro:

*YAWNS* Incoherent nonsense, I'm not interested in your revisionist and conjectural garbage stories that touch. The discourse of the thread now is that your Northern daddies audaciously calling you their wives and slaves, they assertively established that relationship dynamic before the press and that's the status quo of things.

When the North dares to diminish the East as they boldly do to you guys, then we will have the appropriate reply for them.

Lol. E pain am. Point out the lie in my comment na. I know wetin dey pain you sore losers. Una serve as 'slaves' under Fulani through Azikiwe and Ekwueme, yet una still no smell the Presidency. And Yorubas wey no even do reach una don taste Presidency more than 3 times, and are at the verge of clinching it again. Na hin make una wan Atikulate again to claim una 'first slave' position. Abi no be so?

SilverNorGold:
Lalasticlala, come and see o

Which side u dey sef?.. Why you dey shout lalalasnakelala for person ear

IJOBA11:
FEAR FEAR HE DON DIVERT AM TO AMALA EWEDU AND GBEGIRI. NA SO YOU WAN TAKE FIGHT IGBOS ENU E PO

Come out straight and talk wetin dey your mind I go answer you.

SilverNorGold:

AMBALIJ OYA GO AND FIGHT THIS MALAM WEY DEY CALL LALASTICLALA

THE COWARD DON VAMOOSE

IJOBA11:
AMBALIJ OYA GO AND FIGHT THIS MALAM WEY DEY CALL LALASTICLALA

Why I go fight mallam? Because of wetin Arewa people talk? Mschew. You for kuku say make we go begin kee all of dem wey dey yorubaland. Na dem get their mouth so dem fit use am talk anything dem like. If na to dey fight everybody because of wetin dem dey talk, Yorubas for don fight all you ibos in our land for being in the habit of talking crap and oloshi talk against us all the time. Only a slave would be bothered about such talk because last time I checked, nowhere in the SW is under 'mallam' occupation. We don't speak mallam language, our governors and obas are not mallams. Neither do we dress nor eat like mallam. Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. So there you have it.

Imagine the insult.. Thunder fire una papa

no be small thing o

I don't understand why Igbos on Nairaland are crying and mourning all over this post, igbos were sent packing out of the north for mere insulting the north just because they are inconsequential and insignificant to the north, but in the south west, there was destruction of lives and properties but the unscrupulous elements referred can only refer to the north and south west as husband and wife or slave and master anyhow you see either husband and wife or slave and master, it show there is still significant added to the south west rather than the south east that north wanted to throw into the trash bin, that was why your men and women were taking from Oyigbo to death camp and sex slave. Muhammad referred to MUSLIMS as slaves, the comprehension of the group might be shallow on the issue of slavery

Lol...
See as aboki na dey use Yoruba dey catch cruise