Ereolamide:
I don't intend to mock Igbos, Igbos have the right to self-determination; whatever ways they choose to pursue it and its consequences are none of my business.
Our elders say that 'Ogbon ologbon ko je ka pe agba in were', 'Agba to jin so koto o ko ara yoku logbon'

Some months ago a young man released a video claiming to be the chosen leader of Yoruba youths ready to fight the Nigeria government with chemical weapons and other war thingamajigs for Yoruba's self determination, some people recognized him as Adeyinkas grandson, the internet went agog, a lot of jest was thrown around about how cowardly the tribe (Yoruba) the man claimed to represent, some even dared him to come down to Nigeria since he was domiciled abroad.

Here on Nairaland, many well known Yoruba monikers tapped into his rage, they started insulting Yoruba elders 'they're too docile, they're cowards and so on.'

The question these Yoruba youths should ask themselves are: during June 12 protest who led the protest, who fought Abacha government, who sponsored Radio Kudirat?

Simple answer: our fathers and mothers did, not just any Yoruba father and mother; well known and popular Yoruba bigwigs, politicians, some kings, lawyers and human right activists; they all came out to embrace the bullet, they dared the evil in human form Sani Abacha; how many Yoruba youths were killed, how many elders were killed? Many, but not as much as it would've been without the support of our elites.

They turned up the heat so much that a terrible military dictator couldn't step into the southwest, the beast died like a dog at the end, you may wonder why that was so?

Yoruba elite supported the masses and vice versa, for the injustice meted on Yoruba tribe, the region was chanting the same pledge, that is the power of a stable culture and tradition, our culture should keep having a stronghold on our lives, let our leaders and elders be the one to talk first, like they have done at the recent Ibadan conference which was a perfect example of the Ogboni conference of ancient times, it is not a sign of cowardice if we obey them, we have this system of checks and balances that won't allow a single person no matter how right he might be, lead us astray into quagmires.

We all know the proverb that says: what an elder sees when sitting a child will not see even if he's atop a tree; our elders have the foresight and ancient wisdom, let them lead us gently, with their international recognition they'll get us out of this useless contraption called Nigeria when the time comes, as we too become elders let us embrace the virtue of patience and tact.

Weeks have passed, so many dawns and dusks, what have we heard about the grandson of Adeyinka?

emmasege:
@OP Ereolamide, I didn't actually get the message you were trying to pass across. What lessons are there for us Yorubas to learn from the current agitation of our Eastern neighbours?

The only lesson or message I got from your post is actually meant for our Eastern neighbours. They should sustain the agitation and make their region out of bounds for the deaf man of Aso Rock like we made the s/west for his brother Sani Abacha during his evil reign.

emmasege:
@OP Ereolamide, I didn't actually get the message you were trying to pass across. What lessons are there for us Yorubas to learn from the current agitation of our Eastern neighbours?

The only lesson or message I got from your post is actually meant for our Eastern neighbours. They should sustain the agitation and make their region out of bounds for the deaf man of Aso Rock like we made the s/west for his brother Sani Abacha during his evil reign.

shukuokukobambi:
Very true. Edumare bless you

I want a full restructuring of the country but i'll be happier if we can go our separate ways like Awo wished when he asked for the secession clause to be inserted into the constitution at he and Azikiwe's London debate according to Zik himself in his 1979 interview. We are too different to stay together and make progress but some are too myopic to see it. I didn't see this myself before until less than 3 years ago when it dawned on me that we are better off as separate entities. Eventually, we will confront this issue whether from this ipob skirmish or another one
if we don't sit down and talk.

Yoruba have never been impulsive about most things particularly anything that requires brute force or violence. we've always known that Discretion is the better part of valor and i don't care about any idiot who calls us cowards because of that. centuries of external and civil wars under the Oyo empire taught our fathers valuable lessons that they never forgot. A Yoruba proverb says "ti owo eni o ba ti to eku ida, aki bere iku to pa baba eni". No matter the provocation, until you're sure of your strength to last the distance, exercise restraint!! The biggest calamity that can befall a man is self delusions. believing your own lie is madness that destroys and it's a lesson we all must learn. Then very importantly is the truth that when the chips are down, you have no one to hang on but yourself so stop planting with the rain of another person. Don't run your race with another man's promise

Also, don't despise the wisdom of elders. At the Ibadan conference last week, i saw a picture of Gani Adams, leader of the OPC sitting in an obscure corner at the back and i smiled. The man knew he had elders and had to stay behind them. He has more clout and money than a lot of those seated in front but Yoruba training mandates he sits behind his kings and elders. No upstart can come out of the blues and expect to become the spokesman for a tribe that has been politically exposed and organized for more than 700 years!! Tani baba e?!!

Nigeria isn't working and i agree with ipob. Something has to change about the way this country is run irrespective of who is president. The fulani herdsmen madness for example must be resolved because there'll be reprisals very soon. What i won't agree with are the insults, abuse, threats and empty braggadocio they unleash on other tribes. You don't have to like me but respect is reciprocal. pikin wey say his father is a lazy poor man who doesn't know how to make money will have a chance to prove his mettle eventually

Only a madman takes a catapult to a gun fight. This i assume should be common sense but who knows? i might be wrong

PrecisionFx:



Keep dreaming that restructuring will be granted to u by the Hausa. Dream on bro, dream on.

ideologies:
a typical coward u are...

shukuokukobambi:


I know. That's why I want kanu and ipob to continue their foolhardiness with the soldiers. The fracas will surely lead to something good for the rest of us

PrecisionFx:



check the fracas well, it's not a restructuring fracas, it's an exit fracas.

u can enjoy nigeria with ur beloved Awusa brothers wen biafra goes.

shukuokukobambi:
Very true. Edumare bless you

I want a full restructuring of the country but i'll be happier if we can go our separate ways like Awo wished when he asked for the secession clause to be inserted into the constitution at he and Azikiwe's London debate according to Zik himself in his 1979 interview. We are too different to stay together and make progress but some are too myopic to see it. I didn't see this myself before until less than 3 years ago when it dawned on me that we are better off as separate entities. Eventually, we will confront this issue whether from this ipob skirmish or another one
if we don't sit down and talk.

Yoruba have never been impulsive about most things particularly anything that requires brute force or violence. we've always known that Discretion is the better part of valor and i don't care about any idiot who calls us cowards because of that. centuries of external and civil wars under the Oyo empire taught our fathers valuable lessons that they never forgot. A Yoruba proverb says "ti owo eni o ba ti to eku ida, aki bere iku to pa baba eni". No matter the provocation, until you're sure of your strength to last the distance, exercise restraint!! The biggest calamity that can befall a man is self delusions. believing your own lie is madness that destroys and it's a lesson we all must learn. Then very importantly is the truth that when the chips are down, you have no one to hang on but yourself so stop planting with the rain of another person. Don't run your race with another man's promise

Also, don't despise the wisdom of elders. At the Ibadan conference last week, i saw a picture of Gani Adams, leader of the OPC sitting in an obscure corner at the back and i smiled. The man knew he had elders and had to stay behind them. He has more clout and money than a lot of those seated in front but Yoruba training mandates he sits behind his kings and elders. No upstart can come out of the blues and expect to become the spokesman for a tribe that has been politically exposed and organized for more than 700 years!! Tani baba e?!!

Nigeria isn't working and i agree with ipob. Something has to change about the way this country is run irrespective of who is president. The fulani herdsmen madness for example must be resolved because there'll be reprisals very soon. What i won't agree with are the insults, abuse, threats and empty braggadocio they unleash on other tribes. You don't have to like me but respect is reciprocal. pikin wey say his father is a lazy poor man who doesn't know how to make money will have a chance to prove his mettle eventually

Only a madman takes a catapult to a gun fight. This i assume should be common sense but who knows? i might be wrong

shukuokukobambi:
Very true. Edumare bless you

I want a full restructuring of the country but i'll be happier if we can go our separate ways like Awo wished when he asked for the secession clause to be inserted into the constitution at he and Azikiwe's London debate according to Zik himself in his 1979 interview. We are too different to stay together and make progress but some are too myopic to see it. I didn't see this myself before until less than 3 years ago when it dawned on me that we are better off as separate entities. Eventually, we will confront this issue whether from this ipob skirmish or another one
if we don't sit down and talk.

Yoruba have never been impulsive about most things particularly anything that requires brute force or violence. we've always known that Discretion is the better part of valor and i don't care about any idiot who calls us cowards because of that. centuries of external and civil wars under the Oyo empire taught our fathers valuable lessons that they never forgot. A Yoruba proverb says "ti owo eni o ba ti to eku ida, aki bere iku to pa baba eni". No matter the provocation, until you're sure of your strength to last the distance, exercise restraint!! The biggest calamity that can befall a man is self delusions. believing your own lie is madness that destroys and it's a lesson we all must learn. Then very importantly is the truth that when the chips are down, you have no one to hang on but yourself so stop planting with the rain of another person. Don't run your race with another man's promise

Also, don't despise the wisdom of elders. At the Ibadan conference last week, i saw a picture of Gani Adams, leader of the OPC sitting in an obscure corner at the back and i smiled. The man knew he had elders and had to stay behind them. He has more clout and money than a lot of those seated in front but Yoruba training mandates he sits behind his kings and elders. No upstart can come out of the blues and expect to become the spokesman for a tribe that has been politically exposed and organized for more than 700 years!! Tani baba e?!!

Nigeria isn't working and i agree with ipob. Something has to change about the way this country is run irrespective of who is president. The fulani herdsmen madness for example must be resolved because there'll be reprisals very soon. What i won't agree with are the insults, abuse, threats and empty braggadocio they unleash on other tribes. You don't have to like me but respect is reciprocal. pikin wey say his father is a lazy poor man who doesn't know how to make money will have a chance to prove his mettle eventually

Only a madman takes a catapult to a gun fight. This i assume should be common sense but who knows? i might be wrong

anaton:


I'm an Igbo man and I support Biafra.I agree with your submission 101%.

Sall:



Wise contributions from u. RESTRUCTURING ALL THE WAY.

shukuokukobambi:


Nigeria is a 3 legged stool. Once you remove one leg, the stool crumbles. That was the message Awo passed in 1967 but your fathers were too dumb to get it

Continue your exhibition bro....plenty good will come out. I'm counting on you

PrecisionFx:



I just noticed ur username, I won't go down that mouth action insulting lane wit u.

shukuokukobambi:


While the 'brave' were sipping and swimming inside muddy water yesterday under the guidance of Hausa koboko

Ride on biko

ideologies:
it takes the brave to dare a lion knowing the consequences.

An afonja can't even ask tinubu for his right,
History has always proven that the struggle for freedom will not come on a plate of Gold, at several time the brave ones will lay down their lives for what they belief and stand for

A coward can shout restructuring from now till eternity but won't fight for it

shukuokukobambi:


That is why the whole Nigeria stood still in 1999 for 2 Yoruba men to contest the presidency to compensate for Abacha's madness

That's why ojukwu ran away after 3 million died like fowls

Truly only the brave dare the lion....and succeed eventually

ideologies:
abeg where are the 1992 election winners. Hahahhahha

Ojukwu fought, but he knew he needs to live to fight another day.
His legacy lives on while Gowon lives in regret.

Biafra struggle did not start today, and as long as blood has been spilled it will not end till it is achieved mark my words unless the world comes to an end

shukuokukobambi:


The 1993 winner refused conditional bail and died after his jailer was expired. This made the entire Nigeria to stand aside for his kinsmen to take the throne, rule for 8 years, be godfather for the next 8 and acting President for 2 immediately after that. Just because of 1 man!

What did you get for the 3million of 1967?

May you have more runaway heroes who bail after leading millions to their deaths lime ojukwu in Jesus name. Oya say amen

I don't care if you all die in the isiala ngwa muddy pool or the ezzu river like those gej killed in 2014. Hasten it is what I advise

ideologies:
in your head, the whole Nigeria stood for Yoruba's, draft thinking, know this today, politics is for the politicians
And average Igbo man is not interested , but minds his business.

U can rigged elections as u want and claim u are smart, a typical Yoruba mentality.

Whether u like it or not, one day Biafra will be

You are just afraid of the unknown, that is why u can not face your fears

shukuokukobambi:


IBO daft thinking that doesn't know that only 2 Yoruba candidates contested 1999 because Nigeria had to make amends

I want Biafra to happen today. At least all those rickety buses bringing economic refugees from your region will reduce

Afam4eva:

Do you really believe what you just wrote? Lol..abeg make i laugh small.

Here's why Yorubas wil not tow the path that IPOB and supporters of IPOB have towed. It's not necessarily because of the cowardly nonenclature being bandied around. It's because Yorubas have not been pushed enough like the Igbos have. As a matter of fact, Yorubas are not really having it that bad in Nigeria. They have enjoyed the spoils of war along with the Northerners. It seems the Igbos are alone in this because even the Niger Delta region have a bargaining chip, which is OIL. If they didn't have oil, they would have even suffered worse fate than Igbos. So, nobody should castigate the Igbos for doing what they're doing He who wears the shoe knows where it pinches.

ideologies:


Hahhahahhaha idiot because Atiku accepted to be Obj's running means the whole Nigeria stood down for Yoruba's.

As at 1999, how many political interest & awareness Nigeria had.

That is y Tinubu has been used and dumped, because Yoruba's always think they are smart.

For those that will be part of your lawless bigotic country, by 2019 the north will use you again.

ideologies:
Shukuokukobambi, abeg where is your Lord Tinubu, is he still alive?

Fayose take ti over

shukuokukobambi:


Ekwueme was chased away from the party he formed because a Yoruba man had to be President so crippling sanctions etc could be lifted from Nigeria. I know you were eating okpa under your mother's brest then so you dont know




Right after zik in 1960, Ekwueme in 1979, ojukwu in 1983, Ekwueme again in 1999. You're the harlot of Nigerian politics according to azikiwe and shagari in 1979. You should agree with them



You'll still be here in 2019 and you'll vote for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for President. No matter how many ipob are killed between now and then, its your destiny to serve abok.I

.You'll still be here in 2019 and you'll vote for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for President.

ideologies:
see how stupid u sound, who votes during elections.

Did u visit south east, they don't turn up.

You rigg your elections and claim you are smarts.

Igbo don't have any business with elections if you have a few selfish politicians dancing around, that is their business.

Note this again, Igbo don't turn up for elections you can even research 2015 elections.

Idiot good nite.

Afam4eva:

Do you really believe what you just wrote? Lol..abeg make i laugh small.

Here's why Yorubas wil not tow the path that IPOB and supporters of IPOB have towed. It's not necessarily because of the cowardly nonenclature being bandied around. It's because Yorubas have not been pushed enough like the Igbos have. As a matter of fact, Yorubas are not really having it that bad in Nigeria. They have enjoyed the spoils of war along with the Northerners. It seems the Igbos are alone in this because even the Niger Delta region have a bargaining chip, which is OIL. If they didn't have oil, they would have even suffered worse fate than Igbos. So, nobody should castigate the Igbos for doing what they're doing He who wears the shoe knows where it pinches.

GavelSlam:


So if igbos neither have oil nor the population size, seaport nor economic power on what basis do they expect to be treated special?

I'm not saying they don't have right to seek self-governance but choosing to do so without the civility, diplomacy and acuity for such an endeavour only means more days of bitterness.

Severally on this forum, many have given advice as to how this self governance could be achieved, but no, it is only Nnamdi Kanu, a young man with no past record of achievement, a lunatic on the mic who has displayed an air of narcissism that can navigate the way for the Igbo nation.

Honestly, I've always held Igbos in high esteem, but with this Ipob issue, na complete falling hand.