Recently I was discussing the role many prominent Igbos played in helping GMB to the presidency and many never believed they did much.

1. Fr. Mbaka: The voice from the pulpit aimed several serial political attacks at GEJ with wreckless abandon. His abbatoir was the adoration ground that had earlier anointed the wife of the president in an elaborate program...but within weeks he was his biggest critic. His sermon were laced with anything ANTI-GEJ.

Father Mbaka was a constant torn the GEJ's never got an answer to silent him. Was he working for the APC or was He under the influence of the holy spirit as he claimed? Only time will tell. Watch him talk below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UR5g69sx9E

2. Oby Ezekwesili: The former minister took the #bringbackourgirls crusade to a new height. A constant nuisance depleting the rank and file of the GEJ government's lilly liver fight against the dreaded Boko Haram sects. Locally and internationally, she highlighted all that was wrong with the GEJ's regime.

The height of her campaign was laying siege at the national assembly. Many believed that her campaign was bore out of political sentiment than sincere concern for the kidnapped girls. However she never missed any opportunity to rub on the failure of the GEJ's government whenever she speaks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2pMxHCNavY

3. Rochas Okorocha: This is the real deal for the Igbos. A flawless orator and the new face of the Igbo nation. He was the lonely voice of the APC in the East...this was a man who had been members of almost all the major political parties in Nigeria, from APGA to ANPP, AA to PDP and now APC. He stood firm in the face of adversity as the PDP threw their weight unhindered in the South East. He was the strongest APC henchman in the East that gave them public appeal as a true National party. He may one day rule Nigeria if his kinsmen rally round him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd0ufl9aPKs

4. Ogbonnaya Onu: A political arrow head of the APC, He was a key factor in the creation of the APC. The only authentic address the APC his in the east is the home of the former governor, a loyal leader that Buhari and co holds in high esteem. He was involved in many of the failed battles in the east to garner support for Buhari during the election.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTKcm3S4Sqk

5. Dr Chris Ngige: A former governor and a progressive to the core...many of his political battles are well documented with sometimes too weird to fathom, but his role as the APC foot soldier from the east provided the necessary arsenal the APC needed to dislodge the ethnic/religious tanthrum the PDP threw at them... He was a stabilsing factor from the east doing the mop up whenever Lai Mohammed releases his missles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeKruUWYGZk

6. Charles Soludo's: last ditch effort to rubbish the economic power house of the GEJ's administration led by Ngozi Iweala was a terrible punch below the belt. It was a destraction they never expected. He charged GEJ for leadership failure and enumerated on many political and economic indices bothering on sustained systematic corruption leveled against the government. He challenged the defacto prime minister Ngozi Iweala to an economic debate that never materialised.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PagyuS6Q6OY

Rev Mbaka is the man,but without Ameachi your list is not complete

All in All na ONECHANCE we enter.
GOBE: is when you enter onechance vehicle and start requesting for change.

all this Igbo men sef dem b kpomo men ooo. y dem go help person wa no get vision nor ambition for dis country to become president.omo nawa ooooo

Baawaa:
Rev Mbaka is the man,but without Ameachi your list is not complete

Ameachi is not an Igbo man.

GMB my HERO!
AMEACHI my ROLE MODEL!!

splashbaby:
Ameachi is not an Igbo man.

I guess d name amaechl is kanuri name

omo nawa for dis Igbo men oooo dem b kpomo men

Sure they played a part or the other but given the fact that GMB didn't get 25% in any SE state betrayed those guys' efforts.

All the same, good job to those guys.

ahaz:
I guess d name amaechl is kanuri name

.... And eeeem Rotimi is Yoruba right? So he's an Igbo Yoruba abi. Lol I no fit laugh.

splashbaby:
Ameachi is not an Igbo man.

Oh,because of Rotimi that is in his names,don't get it wrong Ameachi is confirmed"omo Igbo"

Baawaa:

Oh,because of Rotimi that is in his names,don't get it wrong Ameachi is confirmed"omo Igbo"

He's an Ikwere man... They don't call themselves Igbo though, even if they share name and have language similarities.

ahaz:
I guess d name amaechl is kanuri name

we know he 's a yoruba man

Ibos shamefully trying to steal themselves in through the back door after Yorubas birthed the vision, mobilized and built bridges of alliance to the north, middle belt and parts of the SS but only ibos were myopic and declined progress for their usual tribalistic and insular reasons. Anyway, the APC will do what is in its plan for and with these non-typical Ibos but the local ones still on their villages and doting the landscapes of the SW angling for something they worked against on the basis of quota system will be disappointed. Give Iboland what it deserves constitutionally but that is it because they worked hardest against today, against APC, against Buhari, against Tinubu, even Amaechi and must never benefit for what they didn't work for! They like the chop sand syndrome and I hope they are made to choke on it!!

They stood by him because they believe in his political ideology.

Unfortunately, they supported him alone hence the failure in the whole of the SE and SS.

The North voted GMB en-mass. They will only enjoy the hard work of others.

Though i dont blame them, rather I blame the council of chiefs for putting their eggs in one basket.

madamoringo:
Ibos shamefully trying to steal themselves in through the back door after Yorubas birthed the vision, mobilized and built bridges of alliance to the north, middle belt and parts of the SS but only ibos were myopic and declined progress for their usual tribalistic and insular reasons. Anyway, the APC will do what is in its plan for and with these non-typical Ibos but the local ones still on their villages and doting the landscapes of the SW angling for something they worked against on the basis of quota system will be disappointed. Give Iboland what it deserves constitutionally but that is it because they worked hardest against today, against APC, against Buhari, against Tinubu, even Amaechi and must never benefit for what they didn't work for! They like the chop sand syndrome and I hope they are made to choke on it!!

To be sincere those names the op mentioned have very little impact during the electioneering, check the number of votes GMB got in SE & compare it to that of 2011 & its also shows that all Igbos don't think the same, some have put the civil war behind them & embracing a better Nigeria while some are still bitter about what happened 30years ago to the extend of brainwashing their offsprings that GMB is behind the civil war.

That has remained the igbos waterloo. They dont speek in one voice. While some are here many will go there.I wonder the type of region God create them.

splashbaby:
.... And eeeem Rotimi is Yoruba right? So he's an Igbo Yoruba abi. Lol I no fit laugh.

Does his father have a yoruba name or his uncles or even his children.
Chike Obi named one of his sons Mustafa and Zik named his son Chukwuma Bamidele does it make them less. IGBO?

Ojiofor:
Does his father have a yoruba name or his uncles or even his children.
Chike Obi named one of his sons Mustafa and Zik named his son Chukwuma Bamidele does it make them less. IGBO?

amaechi is not igbo..he is a south south man..ikwerre to be precise...just because igbos have similarities to ikwerres does not make them the same thing...must every SS be igbo?

babyfaceafrica:
amaechi is not igbo..he is a south south man..ikwerre to be precise...just because igbos have similarities to ikwerres does not make them the same thing...must every SS be igbo?

You must have been hopelessly lost in the jungle when Chibuike Amaechi was going around Nigeria and announcing to every dumbass such as you that he, Amaechi, is Igbo and GEJ was not Igbo.

madamoringo:
Ibos shamefully trying to steal themselves in through the back door after Yorubas birthed the vision, mobilized and built bridges of alliance to the north, middle belt and parts of the SS but only ibos were myopic and declined progress for their usual tribalistic and insular reasons. Anyway, the APC will do what is in its plan for and with these non-typical Ibos but the local ones still on their villages and doting the landscapes of the SW angling for something they worked against on the basis of quota system will be disappointed. Give Iboland what it deserves constitutionally but that is it because they worked hardest against today, against APC, against Buhari, against Tinubu, even Amaechi and must never benefit for what they didn't work for! They like the chop sand syndrome and I hope they are made to choke on it!!

You are always a shining disappointment. I am not surprised that intellectual midgets such as you will tend to foolishly arrogate any form of election victory to the unfounded Yoruba acumen. Any acumen discovered after 16years of electioneering campaign drought is no acumen. Yoruba have seen uncountable births and deaths of political parties in Nigeria more than any section of the country. What this trend means is better left in the circle of intelligent people than junkies such as you.

omolami:
That has remained the igbos waterloo. They dont speek in one voice. While some are here many will go there.I wonder the type of region God create them.

Igbos do not speak with one voice yet they voted unanimously for GEJ.Make una talk one jare

PassingShot:
Sure they played a part or the other but given the fact that GMB didn't get 25% in any SE state renders their work very inconsequential.

If you take away the votes of GMB in SE from his total, he still wins hands down.

For the record, GMB was "allocated" less than 200,000 votes in the entire SE region. So go figure it out.

My guy its not really as simple and as insignificant as you made it seem.
I may be being too patronising,but the east in 2015 was d game changer and where GEJ's defeat and GMB's victory were sealed.
How? Remember in 2011 GEJ was recording incredulous tallies of average 1m in the 5 seast states.This time around he lost a total of about 2.8m votes(average this time was about 400,000).GMB won this election by about 2.3m votes;2.8 -2.3=500,000 advantage GEJ if d 2011 figures were returned for him because GEJ maintained his average vote tally in every other zone with a slight dip in the north central.
If APC stalwarts in d southeast had kept their eyes off d ball or played along with d PDP rigging machine as happened in 2011, believe me,those rigged figures of 2011 would still have been produced,despite the use of the pvc and card reader.
So eventhough all regions played a part in the victory of GMB, to which we give God the glory, the role of the southeast apc stalwarts and even ordinary voters becomes very significant when u consider the 2.8m GEJ lost there,not d on-the-surface poor numbers GMB recorded there.

PassingShot:
Sure they played a part or the other but given the fact that GMB didn't get 25% in any SE state renders their work very inconsequential.


If you take away the votes of GMB in SE from his total, he still wins hands down.

For the record, GMB was "allocated" less than 200,000 votes in the entire SE region. So go figure it out.

It is an insult for you to say the bold against the people of the southeast who voted for Buhari. Your statement also implies that Igbos like me who supported Buhari,my support is incosequential and probably useless.

If only you knew the massive rigging PDP did to favour Jonathan in the southeast,you would appreciate the southeast APC leaders for their efforts.

MzJackBaueress:
It is an insult for you to say the bold against the people of the southeast who voted for Buhari. Your statement also implies that Igbos like me who supported Buhari,my support is incosequential and probably useless.

If only you knew the massive rigging PDP did to favour Jonathan in the southeast,you would appreciate the southeast APC leaders for their efforts.

I didn't mean to make you feel that way. I have always given respect to any SE/SS person who supported and voted for GMB. However, the outcome betrayed their effort.

Ojiofor:
Does his father have a yoruba name or his uncles or even his children.
Chike Obi named one of his sons Mustafa and Zik named his son Chukwuma Bamidele does it make them less. IGBO?

do yu want them to start crying and shouting?i mean the ikwerres?
Now they will come out and say we re claiming them again..
pls,dont allow hopeAthand to start writing an epistle of ikwerre not being igbo and he will succeed in derailing this wonderful thread..
So ikwerre is not igbo ok...

The op said how igbo prominent leaders helped buhari to achieved his political dream and l'm happy how she excluded rotimi ameachi among the list one...
the ikwerre can open their own thread on how the ikwerres as an ethnic group helped buhari

We re waiting....

biafranking:
do yu want them to start crying and shouting?i mean the ikwerres?
Now they will come out and say we re claiming them again..
pls,dont allow hopeAthand to start writing an epistle of ikwerre not being igbo and he will succeed in derailing this wonderful thread..
So ikwerre is not igbo ok...

The op said how igbo prominent leaders helped buhari to achieved his political dream and l'm happy how she excluded rotimi ameachi among the list one...
the ikwerre can open their own thread on how the ikwerres as an ethnic group helped buhari

We re waiting....

I made my point and I moved on.TAMAM?

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PassingShot:


I didn't mean to make you feel that way. I have always given respect to any SE/SS person who supported and voted for GMB. However, the outcome betrayed their effort.

I am surprised you could reason like this! For your information those people he mentioned with some of us On Nairaland did more work for GMB than most Yoruba4 and Hausas Folks. You need to weigh the Figures allocated to Jonathan and PDP in 2011, to really appreciate our work down here. The fact, is that Jonathan would have won the election, without those people he mentioned! It was a total war during the March 28 election in the South East, most of APC supporters properties were destroyed, they were humiliated, just because they stood their ground and didn't allow PDP, write the results as they wanted.

As a fact, I will like you to watch out for 2019 elections in the South east to really appreciate the effort of 2015.

In conclusion, don't use the figures allocated to Buhari to judge our efforts! Only Buhari could appreciate!

NgeneUkwenu:


I am surprised you could reason like this! For your information those people he mentioned with some of us On Nairaland did more work for GMB than most Yoruba4 and Hausas Folks. You need to weigh the Figures allocated to Jonathan and PDP in 2011, to really appreciate our work down here. The fact, is that Jonathan would have won the election, without those people he mentioned! It was a total war during the March 28 election in the South East, most of APC supporters properties were destroyed, they were humiliated, just because they stood their ground and didn't allow PDP, write the results as they wanted.

As a fact, I will like you to watch out for 2019 elections in the South east to really appreciate the effort of 2015.

In conclusion, don't use the figures allocated to Buhari to judge our efforts! Only Buhari could appreciate!

What more can I say? You have said it all.

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madamoringo:
Ibos shamefully trying to steal themselves in through the back door after Yorubas birthed the vision, mobilized and built bridges of alliance to the north, middle belt and parts of the SS but only ibos were myopic and declined progress for their usual tribalistic and insular reasons. Anyway, the APC will do what is in its plan for and with these non-typical Ibos but the local ones still on their villages and doting the landscapes of the SW angling for something they worked against on the basis of quota system will be disappointed. Give Iboland what it deserves constitutionally but that is it because they worked hardest against today, against APC, against Buhari, against Tinubu, even Amaechi and must never benefit for what they didn't work for! They like the chop sand syndrome and I hope they are made to choke on it!!

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Senseless ileke ike idi the nairaland who.re

Ojiofor:
I made my point and I moved on.TAMAM?

dsame too.MAMAM?