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Onlytruth:

I couldn’t help but notice that I still polled a whopping 45% of votes even though I asked to be allowed to retire, and of course without putting up a campaign for re-election. I was both happy and sad because of that: happy that you love me so much and will miss me, and sad also because you seem to be apprehensive of the incoming leadership. I presume that most of my voters are not sure of what the new Eze may bring to the office; however I wish to double assure them that we shall ALL help our new Eze to be the way we want him to be. Our new Eze is also a member of ENYI. I won't say more about that for now. I will advise the incoming Eze to continue in the line that we (he and I and the council members) have already laid down (defending Igbo position and interest without apologies).

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dayokanu:

May Amadioha impregnate you and your cohorts with albino triplets.

Despite the attempt by the useless PointlessB and the electoral committee to force you on electorates you were still roundly rejected.

Did you not tell ppl you werent going to contest? But in your duplicitous, cowardly and inability to keep ones word you came back for election and was summarily defeated.

WHat your defeat means is that Igbos dont value anything in your leadership style, they dont see any good in you, Your last one year has been a complete waste, even the powers of INEC failed to do anything to help, despite the slander of Odumchi by your supporters he still won the popular votes.

Look at Odumchi and your own profile pictures and see which one propagates Igbo cultures

https://www.nairaland.com/onlytruth

https://www.nairaland.com/odumchi

Obviously Odumchi is a real son of Igbo land and proud of his culture while the self hating Onyeoshi called Onlytruth could only put a picture NOT depicting his culture and root. I am certain people like Odumchi would bear their native Ibo names with pride while useless Onlytruth would hide behind adopted foreign names like ROACHAS, SULLIVAN, PETER obi, MARTIN elechi and THEODORE orji just like your Igbo names hating governors


In your miserable existence on this forum have you ever opened a thread that enlightened both Igbos and non Igbos about your culture like Odumchi does on the regular?

Let us check the list of topics opened by you and Odumchi in the last 1yr and let anyone tell us who has given NdYIBOS a better name on this website

Below is an example of odumchi type topic https://www.nairaland.com/1029728/ndi-igbo-come-show-us below is an example of an Onlytruth type topic https://www.nairaland.com/1036481/islam-non-oil-exports-true-then

Looking at the two topics one can already see the mindset of the two and definitely Odumchi is way more cerebral than Onlylies can ever hope to be in this life and the next

dayokanu:

May Amadioha impregnate you and your cohorts with albino triplets.

Despite the attempt by the useless PointlessB and the electoral committee to force you on electorates you were still roundly rejected.

Did you not tell ppl you werent going to contest? But in your duplicitous, cowardly and inability to keep ones word you came back for election and was summarily defeated.

WHat your defeat means is that Igbos dont value anything in your leadership style, they dont see any good in you, Your last one year has been a complete waste, even the powers of INEC failed to do anything to help, despite the slander of Odumchi by your supporters he still won the popular votes.

Look at Odumchi and your own profile pictures and see which one propagates Igbo cultures

You will just kill yourself for nothing. This guy you are insulting is well respected by 90% in this Nairaland
You seem to be jealous of him

https://www.nairaland.com/onlytruth

https://www.nairaland.com/odumchi

Obviously Odumchi is a real son of Igbo land and proud of his culture while the self hating Onyeoshi called Onlytruth could only put a picture NOT depicting his culture and root. I am certain people like Odumchi would bear their native Ibo names with pride while useless Onlytruth would hide behind adopted foreign names like ROACHAS, SULLIVAN, PETER obi, MARTIN elechi and THEODORE orji just like your Igbo names hating governors


In your miserable existence on this forum have you ever opened a thread that enlightened both Igbos and non Igbos about your culture like Odumchi does on the regular?

Let us check the list of topics opened by you and Odumchi in the last 1yr and let anyone tell us who has given NdYIBOS a better name on this website

Below is an example of odumchi type topic https://www.nairaland.com/1029728/ndi-igbo-come-show-us below is an example of an Onlytruth type topic https://www.nairaland.com/1036481/islam-non-oil-exports-true-then

Looking at the two topics one can already see the mindset of the two and definitely Odumchi is way more cerebral than Onlylies can ever hope to be in this life and the next

Okija_juju:

Nne no o...

odumchi:

Nne, o bu gini?

O bu eziokwu na adi m afo iri na isii. Kedu kwanu ihe ozo?

Was it not the late Eze Aro, Maazi Kanu Oji VII, that was coronated Eze Aro at the age of 17? Age is but a number and I don't believe people should be prejudiced because of it. For all I know, there's no way for you to verify my true age since we're online, so I don't see why such a negligible factor should be even considered when anyone can make up any age for themselves.

ogugua88: My dear brothers and sisters,
I would like to thank you all for your time and support, from the nomination stage, to the voting period, and until now. I would like to thank my supporters: berem, ifyalways, tchidi, High_Chief, and many more of you. I noticed you all and want you to know that your advocacy is poignant, encouraging and motivating.
Commissioner PointB, Afam4eva, 9ja_I_hail, and UjChief, a big thanks to all of you. I know that what you did is not easy. Like the rest of us, you have your personal lives, but still made time to monitor this election, late into the night on some occasions. Thank you again for volunteering your time and successfully conducting this election in a steadfast manner.
As for those who did not vote for me, I would like to thank you as well. Firstly, for humbling me and reminding me that I do not have everyone’s approval. Secondly, for motivating me and conveying that, with my election, there are great tasks at hand.

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Finally, congratulations are in order for Odumchi, our Eze-Elect of Nairaland. I trust in you to lead us in the best of directions. I, too, look forward to collaborating with you to adequately and properly represent our people.
As the great Chinua Achebe said, “It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle. It is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors”. Umu Igbo, let us continue to write our story and make our mark. United we shall prosper.

Ogugua.

ifyalways: Nice acceptance speeches by eze and eze nwanyi elect, odumchi and ogugua. I thank you both for accepting to serve ndi Igbo and may the gods of our lands give you both the wisdom to lead us well.

Okija Nwanne, you did well too. Let us all throw away our differences and grudges, rally round this new government and forge ahead. Ka ihe nile bere na abali buru anwunta, inu?

Igbo Amaka.

Ngwakwe:

See the enemy of the Igbos. How come you suggest this abomination as a way forward.

How come you didn't observe we had Lastpage (Yoruba Gburugburu 1 of Yoruba Kingdom) as an independent Observer.

Okay, in the next election for Lagos State LGA's. Fashola should hire Abia State Electoral Commission to join Lagos State Commission as to make it more credible.

You hear, good thought.

ilugunboy: I wish to congratulate the new Eze Igbo Nairaland Odumchi and the Eze Nwanyi Ogugua. Your guys won fair and square like they say.

To the Election body ably led by my friend PointB...you are a tough guy, I honestly respect you, you have a tough skin, wish you are like this in real life.

Your tenacity of purpose, calmness in the midst of huge provocation and good organizational skill are unmatched.

To the rest of the Election team..you guys are great, the team work exhibited by you guys was awesome and your loyalty to PointB was exemplary.

To Umu Igbo on Nairaland...Congrats!

If in the course of the NOMINATION THREAD and this ELECTION THREAD I've annoyed or rub anyone the wrong way, I sincerely apologize, all I did was to add some fun to the whole process and never my intention for a second to derail the election.

Once again..a huge congratulation to everybody involved in making this year election a great success.

lastpage:
Stop being mischievous, my friend!!

I know where he is coming from and beleive me, he means no harm!
All he has in mind is that the "electoral process" not just to be "pronounced fair" but TO BE SEEN TO BE FAIR!
There is a world of difference between those two!

Like the Yorubas will say: Kiise gbogbo aso la'nsa l'orun!

Even l, as the "official observer" has to keep mute on "certain things" l observed, which if "raised", are very legitimate concerns but may be misconstrued as "an attack" on your election or trying to stir up trouble (especially when most of you are still operating in the "YORUBA IS MY ENEMY MINDSET"! ....and l am patently Yoruba!

Librate:
*clears throat*

Igbo kwenu !
Igbo nghurianu !!
Igbo kwezuo nu o !!!

Obi dim uto maka nhoputa ahoputara na enweghi ntupo
Ndigbo si na "nwata kwocha aka ya o soro ndi ogaranya rie piom" (wen a child washes his hands he dines wit noble men).
CONGRATS to our new gburugburu Odumchi n lolo Ogugua.
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Special appreciation to d electoral body; Ozo PointB, Nze Ujchief, Nze 9ja i hail, Nze Afam4eva, we thank u
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on behalf of Umuahians,

I Mazi Librate
onyechinaemeru 1 of Abia,
ugo mere oji ji abara ọjị mba 1 afikpo,
nwoke tachie odumuodu 1 of umuahia,
CHAIRMAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE liberty tripods.

§ CONGRATS§

nosa gold: Chai our new eze nwanyi U̶̲̥̅̊ look so beautiful, thank God I voted 4 U̶̲̥̅̊ nd I also thank God Ŧħåϯ U̶̲̥̅̊ won Ŧħåϯ police-woman, I don't like police people becuz of †ђξ fact Ŧħåϯ they re too corrupt lol

Pls our new eze odumchi, could U̶̲̥̅̊ pls upload ur pix? Ogugua has her pix on her profile, I wil appreciate it if U̶̲̥̅̊ wud do d same........muitu obrigado


Nosa gold
Okija's campaign manager

Okija_juju:


Umunne Biko unu ewe na iwe.

Ife me nu bu na, Ndi uka anyi nwe Crusade ubochi 2nd a'nwa.

CHESSBOARD:

Pls be mindful that you r using CHINKO phone and chinese words are not IGBO, ur write up is giving me headache.

Onlytruth: Cha cha cha Igbo kwenu!
Muo nu!
Zuo nu!
Baa nu!
Bie nu!
Rie nu!

Kwezuonu!

Umunne m,

Firstly, I congratulate our newly elected Eze Odumchi for a worthy “fight” and for winning fairly. I thank the Almighty God for a day like this! Our newly elected Eze has always been one of the people I would like to replace me (as a member of my current council). My special joy is that my wish was granted me in that a member of the council succeeds me; I would not need to “debrief” him on much, because he already knows the vision and strategy we mapped out for our people's emancipation and empowerment. My brother Odum, I look forward to giving you the keys to the office of Eze Ndigbo, which is essentially the password to the email address of the Eze. I will do so at the end of this year (per our tenure rules, and in order to avoid chaos).

HAIL TO THE NEW CHIEF!

I also wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to you all fair participants of this process (Igbo and non-Igbo) for a mature, focused and conclusive exercise of your “civic duties” - to elect our new Eze, the man to will lead Igbo opinion in this website from January to December 2013. This “civic duty” is crucial, and you executed it excellently! This is a HUGE achievement by all of us, and a special achievement by this current Eze and his current council members. I wish to specially thank PointB, 9naija I hail, and ujchief for bringing this election to a decent conclusion. You all are the true leaders of Umu Igbo in this day and time. You represent our best qualities. Thank you very much and may God bless you immensely for your selfless service to your people!

I wish to thank all my supporters and all those who share my vision for Ndigbo. My brothers and sisters, I wish I would have found the time (next year) to continue in this work, but I have to move on to other things, both in my own life, and in the service of Ndigbo (ENYI for example); I indicated that earlier in the nomination thread. I understand your fears (expressed in the numerous emails I received) about ensuring that we continue to speak strongly and with one voice on this and other social media sites; however, I want you to understand that it is my personal wish to “retire to my dacha” because I have earned my “retirement”. The incoming Eze is essentially my protégé, and I hope he will raise his own protégé at the end of his own tenure. That way, we have continuation and in the process produce great future leaders of our people Ndigbo! You are in safe hands! Odum means lion in Igbo.

I also want us to realize that what makes us Igbo (democracy and smooth change of leadership) is perhaps more important than any need to achieve other things. Our tested culture of democracy and peaceful transition of power is paramount, because it fosters our unity. It is important to understand, that only when we stand united do we stand a better chance of defeating our enemies, no matter how big or strong they may be. Throughout my tenure, I worked tirelessly to ensure that we Ndigbo speak in unity.

Before I came to this office, there was constant snipping between Igbo from different states in Nigeria. I fought that to a standstill, made so many enemies, but glad that it yielded some fruits. I am very proud of that achievement. Our unity is also made stronger by a sense of equal access by every Igbo to the highest office in the “land”. Part of what threatens our unity is the feeling (whether justified or not) that some Igbo are marginalized in Igbo politics. We need to give those types of feelings a death blow, and we must never miss an opportunity to build our unity. This exercise represents one of such opportunity and we must grab it with both hands. It was in that spirit that I personally turned down all entreaties to contest this election and to seek a second term.

I couldn’t help but notice that I still polled a whopping 45% of votes even though I asked to be allowed to retire, and of course without putting up a campaign for re-election. I was both happy and sad because of that: happy that you love me so much and will miss me, and sad also because you seem to be apprehensive of the incoming leadership. I presume that most of my voters are not sure of what the new Eze may bring to the office; however I wish to double assure them that we shall ALL help our new Eze to be the way we want him to be. Our new Eze is also a member of ENYI. I won't say more about that for now. I will advise the incoming Eze to continue in the line that we (he and I and the council members) have already laid down (defending Igbo position and interest without apologies). I am not saying that he has to respond to EVERY lie or disinformation, but we want to see him TRY his best to correct some of the disinformation. We live in an information age, and what we are actually doing here is waging a war of information. He, the Eze, must lead that war; that is his job. If we lose that war, we will certainly lose all other wars that may face us –political, cultural, economic, social, international, etc (if ever). So, this is a very important job. I have to say these in order to calm down my supporters and to give our new Eze the opportunity to first show his hands after taking over the office. Our legacy of maintaining a strong voice in this site must be preserved. Nuff said on that.

I also wish to address those who accuse us of towing a militant line in our defense of Ndigbo and Igbo interest in this site. I want to state without any equivocation, or fears of contradiction whatsoever, that I was made Eze mostly because of my methods and my opinions in the first place! When I was campaigning for the office in 2011, I promised NEVER to change my views or methods (provided of course that Nigeria remain unchanged -where Igbo interest is constantly sabotaged). I did not change, and it served Ndigbo very well during this ending tenure! We can all see the results by the fact that our people are speaking up more and challenging our situation in Nigeria.

I have to say this with every emphasis, that there is really no other job for the Eze here except to stand up strongly (in his comments of course) in defense of Ndigbo whenever men of ill fame start peddling lies against us here. For many years (before the internet age), we suffered a form of marginalization in the hands of Nigerian news media dominated by a section of the country. We could not get our stories and arguments out. Our voices were blocked; yet our voices include our joys, and (YES) our angers and bitter feelings about our situation in Nigeria. IMHO any Igbo who fails to understand the need for our voice to be strong here has failed the most basic test of wisdom, and understanding of issues relevant to us. Ultimately, what would ensure that we continue to speak with one voice is that the Eze must speak the people’s mind, always, or most of the time. If he does not do that, then the people will likely go out and speak for themselves, and the result would be cacophonous Igbo opinion in this site. That will return us back to square one, and is undesirable.

I wish to thank all the decent non-Igbo who followed this exercise to its logical conclusion. I noticed that Katsumoto was ALWAYS viewing this thread throughout this exercise, without making a single comment. I figure that he is particularly interested in this exercise as part of his continuous research into Igbo mindset and culture, maybe with the aim of learning a thing or two. Katsumoto, you now have a new Eze to interact and contend with. I will warn you though that I and other Igbo “egg heads” will not allow you to gain the upper hand in those “interactions”. The same message goes to all non-Igbo here. We welcome (as always) hands of true friendship and comradeship (not fair weather friendships that throw Igbo interests under the bus at the slightest signs of danger or uncertainty). We can always do with more friendships. We would not think twice before standing up militantly to defend our interests if we feel that they are being undermined or destroyed by anyone in this website. I thank ndu_chucks for remaining a true gentleman throughout this process. I also thank him for his endorsement of my work here.

I urge Okija_juju and all other energetic Igbo sons and daughters in this site to offer their services to the new Eze. The shortest cut to gaining recognition and followership here is to join the council of the new Eze, and take up a role. Perform that role selflessly and people will take note. No matter what anyone may say, we know ourselves in this site. We know what each Igbo son or daughter can do for Ndigbo. So, grab one role (assigned or supported by the Eze of course) and run with it! This role will prepare you for a greater role in ENYI in the future.

Lastly, I enjoin umu Igbo to pray for our new Eze and to accord him MAXIMUM support, because the forces that used to follow me around will now migrate to him. We are a special people, and we have enemies (FACT), and those enemies are not interested in fairness or justice. They love us only when we are under them. It will only end when we stand up to upstage them and take our rightful place; and it will not be by apologizing or playing dead where our interests are concerned. Freedom is taken, not given.


Thank you all and God bless,

Congratulations once more to the incoming Eze Odumchi!

HAIL TO THE INCOMING CHIEF!

Signed,

Yours truly,

Onlytruth, Ikenga Dike Anaedo (Nnewi), Ndu di n’eziokwu 1 of Igboland. (out going Eze Ndigbo Nairaland).

lastpage: @nosa gold:

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Suggestions: Install your updates (especially those of office 20xx), update your Anti Virus, cleanyour system with an utility like "TuneUp 2008/2010/2012.

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Lastpage!

CHESSBOARD:

In Politics there is no permanent Enemy but Permanent interest, Your apology is highly welcomed . Get ready to get one chieftaincy title from me

nosa gold: Chai our new eze nwanyi U̶̲̥̅̊ look so beautiful, thank God I voted 4 U̶̲̥̅̊ nd I also thank God Ŧħåϯ U̶̲̥̅̊ won Ŧħåϯ police-woman, I don't like police people becuz of †ђξ fact Ŧħåϯ they re too corrupt lol

Pls our new eze odumchi, could U̶̲̥̅̊ pls upload ur pix? Ogugua has her pix on her profile, I wil appreciate it if U̶̲̥̅̊ wud do d same........muitu obrigado


Nosa gold
Okija's campaign manager

Sam_Ikenna: I believe Odumchi is a mature, level-headed, and politically adept fellow who knows when to talk and when to put his tongue back in. Irrespective of my likes and/or reservations regarding his emergence, one lesson to be learnt during the whole process is - those who wish to serve in Igboland henceforth should learn to be mild tempered, less confrontational on irrational issues, put our collective interest over and above theirs, talk less and act more, and most importantly, dont be fixated - know when to cut a deal politically and go home. I say to future Igbo leaders - learn, learn, and learn.

lateef4me: PointB has conducted this election successfully for two years . I'm suggesting he shd put also contest next year and let other credible folks like Afam take charge of the election next year .