9ja_I_hail: Honestly i pray that Southern Nigeria find common unity withing their self i will be glad but it look like it won't happen in this present generation.

I don't want to be a judge here but i will say yoruba's started the division in southern Nigeria.

ifyalways: @Afam, are you talking about offline or online unity ?

Our igbo and Yoruba senators, governors, ministers are very much united in looting our collective funds, mind you. Seems this division and fight mode is only existing "online", IMO.

afam4eva:
How? Do you mind explaining?

Mr. Globe:

Awolowo started the division not Yoruba, as stated by the senate president David Mark!

9ja_I_hail:

You asked why? Now let me explain but remember i said i don't want to be the judge but i am gonna explain. Afam if you are my brother truly as we claimed to be, i will rather die on gun point than to join hand with outsiders to fight and kill you. After fighting and killing you i your brother made burst of the war i waged against my brother by making some statement to get credit, starvation is part of the war etc how would you feel as my brother?

afam4eva:
I will feeel bad surely and it will hurt me more to know that someone i considered a brother will actually do such to me.

PointB:

And will you invite him to your house a second time for brotherly chat?


Even as I write this, I realize why Yoruba's hardly venture into SE - it's guilty conscience!

9ja_I_hail:

Yes awo did but 85% of yoruba's supported him right?

afam4eva:
Brothers will everly be brothers. If we want to move our family forward, i will definitely invite him to my house but i will be careful so that history doesn't repeat itself.

Okija_juju: If Ndi Igbo can grow pastthe following;

- Biafra

- Awolowos alleged Betrayal/genocide


Then Yes.. We and the Yorubas can be friends and get along..

However, its engraved in the psyche of ndi Igbos not to trust a Yoruba person.. I wonder if its all about Awolowo or if there is more. And itt seems the Yorubas have sensed this and are reciprocating..

I wonder if Yorubas are also raised to dislike/distrust Igbos?!

Dede1:



It will be nice if you can cut your fixation on Biafra and Awolowo’s alleged betrayal/genocide and concentrate on the contributing factors that led to Biafra and Awolowo’s alleged betrayal.

Probably, you were raised to distrust/dislike Yoruba which made you to insinuate that every Igbo person was raised in the same manner. It was while in Lagos as a very green Nigerian that a Yoruba told me to “go back to my country”. I wondered aloud what this goofy fellow meant by “go back to your country”. Anyway, I did not pay any mind to the lapper.

Igbo and Yoruba can never forge a sociopolitical unity. It is not only between Igbo and Yoruba but other ethnicities in the cesspit called Nigeria that would want Igbo diminish in every human endeavor or possible die because Igbo had gained slight advantage on certain fields over them when the playing ground was set at equilibrium.

I personally want and will continuously advocate for the Republic of Igbo Land. It will better we go our different ways than parked together in retrogressive entity such as Nigeria.

Dede1:



It will be nice if you can cut your fixation on Biafra and Awolowo’s alleged betrayal/genocide and concentrate on the contributing factors that led to Biafra and Awolowo’s alleged betrayal.

Probably, you were raised to distrust/dislike Yoruba which made you to insinuate that every Igbo person was raised in the same manner. It was while in Lagos as a very green Nigerian that a Yoruba told me to “go back to my country”. I wondered aloud what this goofy fellow meant by “go back to your country”. Anyway, I did not pay any mind to the lapper.

Igbo and Yoruba can never forge a sociopolitical unity. It is not only between Igbo and Yoruba but other ethnicities in the cesspit called Nigeria that would want Igbo diminish in every human endeavor or possible die because Igbo had gained slight advantage on certain fields over them when the playing ground was set at equilibrium.

I personally want and will continuously advocate for the Republic of Igbo Land. It will better we go our different ways than parked together in retrogressive entity such as Nigeria.

afam4eva:
I will feeel bad surely and it will hurt me more to know that someone i considered a brother will actually do such to me.

afam4eva:
Brothers will everly be brothers. If we want to move our family forward, i will definitely invite him to my house but i will be careful so that history doesn't repeat itself.

9ja_I_hail:

You see one of the reason this guy call okija juju will never lead any group in igbo land both online and offline. 90% of igbo's don't believe that Nigeria is one until injustice melted against the civilian igbo's is addressed, but here is our aspired eze is telling us to swallow the injustice unaddressed and welcome those who championed the agenda to wipe us out of the earth with open arms. What an Eze in making. Stupiid chameleon

Dede1:


I guess it was a matter of omission on the part of Okija_juju because it is very difficult to fathom what spurred Okija_juju to conclude Igbo are raised to distrust/dislike Yoruba.

Okija_juju:

Its funny how we Igbos seem to put the blame of Biafra on the Yorubas.. All they did was weigh the impact of a decision previously agreed upon and thought it too expensive a price to pay and reneged..

So;

- Yorubas and Igbos have an agreement to to secceed and the Yorubas changed their minds.. (Offense number 1.)

- Awolowo was blamed as being responsible for giving Gowon the idea of starving the Biafrans.. (Offense Number 2)

But..

* Gowon the HOD was not a Yoruba Man
* The Pogrom wasnt Started by Yorubas
* Some Yorubas also fought for Biafra.

I think its easy to simply carry out internal healing and just move on.. We have held on to this issue for too long.. The blame is on everybody.. Heavily on us Igbos as well..

Lets just move on. The dead from that war have since been buried..

ejifranks:

.History remains important for one reason, there are libraries and historical archives for this same reason and as far as man exists this reason will always hold; You cant forge ahead into the future without reflecting on the past and how you got where you are presently.. The igbo past retrospections on Nigeria remains one of agony and deprivation and till date the war against the igbo man is still on. Internal healing can only be possible when all parties own up to their faults and seek for real reconciliation but the Nigeria situation is far from that and hence the igboman is still being marginalized and treated as vanquished elements in this nation then we cant move ahead.. the root issues that prompted this grievances will always pop up.. so my brother okija juju it is not as easy as you see it, it was not goats and rams that were battered and massacred in the war but humans,my brothers and my sisters,my mothers and my fathers, a future generation that would have shaped a rising entity... The Yoruba man needs to apoligize to the igboman for his part in the Biafra genocide or else the distrust will continue...

Dede1:



It will be nice if you can cut your fixation on Biafra and Awolowo’s alleged betrayal/genocide and concentrate on the contributing factors that led to Biafra and Awolowo’s alleged betrayal.

Probably, you were raised to distrust/dislike Yoruba which made you to insinuate that every Igbo person was raised in the same manner. It was while in Lagos as a very green Nigerian that a Yoruba told me to “go back to my country”. I wondered aloud what this goofy fellow meant by “go back to your country”. Anyway, I did not pay any mind to the lapper.

Igbo and Yoruba can never forge a sociopolitical unity. It is not only between Igbo and Yoruba but other ethnicities in the cesspit called Nigeria that would want Igbo diminish in every human endeavor or possible die because Igbo had gained slight advantage on certain fields over them when the playing ground was set at equilibrium.

I personally want and will continuously advocate for the Republic of Igbo Land. It will be better we go our different ways than parked together in retrogressive entity such as Nigeria.

PointB:


lol. We are still saying the same thing. After the talk between Rochas and Tinubu, I bet you Tinubu will be the first to renege.

Where you not here the other day, when Fashola argued against amending the constitution in favour regionalism. A position actively canvassed by other Southern groups

9ja_I_hail:

You see one of the reason this guy call okija juju will never lead any group in igbo land both online and offline. 90% of igbo's don't believe that Nigeria is one until injustice melted against the civilian igbo's is addressed, but here is our aspired eze is telling us to swallow the injustice unaddressed and welcome those who championed the agenda to wipe us out of the earth with open arms. What an Eze in making. Stupiid chameleon

Bantering with you would be a collosal waste of time..

Look at your line of reasoning.. Okay, Please stay and dwell on the 'supposed injustice'.. Infact, Tell your kids the story of the injustice every night before they sleep.

All I advocated was for us to heal ourselves internally and forge ahead. Thats what progressives do. Keep waiting for the Yorubas and Hausas to come and sit with you and address the injustice. Ewu Ohafia..

Okija_juju:


Bantering with you would be a collosal waste of time..

Look at your line of reasoning.. Okay, Please stay and dwell on the 'supposed injustice'.. Infact, Tell your kids the story of the injustice every night before they sleep.

All I advocated was for us to heal ourselves internally and forge ahead. Thats what progressives do. Keep waiting for the Yorubas and Hausas to come and sit with you and address the injustice. Ewu Ohafia..

ejifranks:

.History remains important for one reason, there are libraries and historical archives for this same reason and as far as man exists this reason will always hold; You cant forge ahead into the future without reflecting on the past and how you got where you are presently.. The igbo past retrospections on Nigeria remains one of agony and deprivation and till date the war against the igbo man is still on. Internal healing can only be possible when all parties own up to their faults and seek for real reconciliation but the Nigeria situation is far from that and hence the igboman is still being marginalized and treated as vanquished elements in this nation then we cant move ahead.. the root issues that prompted this grievances will always pop up.. so my brother okija juju it is not as easy as you see it, it was not goats and rams that were battered and massacred in the war but humans,my brothers and my sisters,my mothers and my fathers, a future generation that would have shaped a rising entity... The Yoruba man needs to apoligize to the igboman for his part in the Biafra genocide or else the distrust will continue...

Katsumoto:

It is either you are a dishonest fellow or you lack comprehension.

Fashola did not argue against amending the constitution; Fashola advocated for personal introspection on the part of all Nigerians to achieve better socio-political objectives rather than just changing rules.

9ja_I_hail:

Can't you set a limit to your stupidity? It take only a coward as yourself to conclude that we igbos are dwelling in the war.If truly we dwell in the past how come we made progress as we did so far? Are you saying because we are progressing even better than those who aim was to wipe us out of earth we should no more seek justice for the pass? Can you tell Israelis to stop remembering the Holocaust because it happened million years ago? Stop fooling yourself mate. You can go on to speak in a way to please your yoruba allies who you usually hire to disrupt igbo progress and agendas, still we igbo's know where you rightly belong until you redeem yourself out of cowardice.

PointB:

Is that a for or against regionalism? Is it a filibuster or a typical Yoruba fellow not standing for anything?

Okija_juju:


[b]Nwanne..

The arguement of 'addressing and reconcilation' is one that I cant argue against. In an ideal society, thats the best method of conflict resolution. However, The principal actors in this war are all dying off one after the other. Ojukwu is dead, Awolowo is dead as well, Gowon according to official records just turned 78 this month and is just a few miles to the grave, Murtala Mohammed is dead, many others are either dead or close to the grave..


I am not ignorant of the lives that were lost during that war, thats why I have always said it that the price we paid for a failed secession was not worth it at all.. Even if we had succeeded, it still was too freaking expensive.

The war and the back and forth accusation and rivalry between Yorubas and Igbos on the one hand and Hausas and Igbos on the other hand has really contributed to putting us at a disadvantage politically.

I honestly feel that the rest of Nigeria has since moved on past that war. For Biafra to ever be revisted again would have to be done by prolly and Igbo President. However, I think its foolish of us to sit back sulking and holding on to the past, waiting for those who have moved on to come back and dialogue with us. Mba.. Its time to restrategize.. Form new alliances. Learn from the past mistakes and take steps to make sure it never repeats itself. But to isolate ourselves, is not the solution sir.


If the Yorubas dont apologise, does that mean we would continue to remain like this?!! I hope not..


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Katsumoto:
Now tell us the Igbo men who have put themselves in harm's way for others. Fighting for Biafra doesn't count cos they were fight for freedom and survival.

Please don't disappoint.

Some of you take this Yoruba are back stabbers or betrayers thingy too far. It is time you start engaging your brains and thinking for yourselves.