[size=18pt]The North, South-West, And The Stealing Of Nigeria’s Common Patrimony[/size]

Posted by: Our Reporter on March 11, 2013 in Articles & Opinions Leave a comment

By Sam C. Oveje, March 11 2013

Over the years we heard and read of how the North has cornered Nigeria’s oil blocs, and of recent Wikileaks has revealed that the Yorubas have monopolized and cornered most of the juicy oil industry jobs for their own while alienating other Nigerians begging the question: does Nigeria belong to only the North and South West? Is Nigeria not supposed to be a democracy? Why do I get the feeling that we are still living in the dark days of military dictatorship where cronyism and open and blatant nepotism was the order of the day? What is happening to my country Nigeria? When are we ever going to outgrow this self-destructive behaviour? It is blatant nepotism, greed, and avarice such as this that brought down the First Republic. The difference is that today’s nepotism, greed and avarice seems to be exponentially worse than was the case during the First Republic. All indications point to the fact that we have not learnt from our past as a nation. We appear to be rolling down the self-destructive slope again.

What makes this sorry situation even sadder is the fact that Nigerians have continued to suffer and smile while their commonwealth is usurped by a greedy but tiny select few. What will it take for Nigerians to realise that our country belongs to us ALL and not to the Hausas, Fulanis, Yorubas, Military/Ex Military, or any other select group? Funny enough, Nigerians were recently characterized as the happiest people on Earth. But the truth is that we must be the saddest happiest people ever. Our timorous nature allows us to accept whatever treatment is meted out to us by a narrow self-imposing minority and yet we are ‘happy’, as they say, to ‘siddon look’ – which is another one of our favorite Nigerianisms used to describe our helplessness at the sad predicament we find ourselves as a nation. Well, happy people read on and see how you have been continuously raped by your so-called countrymen and deprived of your own commonwealth. I doubt that our much-vaunted, albeit misplaced happiness, will last longer than it sadly has after recent events recounted below are unfolded.

A sad scene played out on Wednesday March 6 2013 amid a raging debate on the Petroleum Industry Bill, when Chairman of the Senate Committee on Business and Rules, Senator Ita Enang, revealed that 83 per cent of oil blocks in the country are owned by Northerners.

“There should be equity and federal character in the allocation of oil blocks in this country. Eighty-three per cent of all present oil blocks are held by northerners,” Enang said on the floor of the Senate, without any of the senior lawmakers contradicting him.

The Nigerian Tribune of March 9 2012 featured an expose on how the country’s oil blocs, which should be a national resource used for the good of all, has been shared amongst some cabal of buddy buddies that can best be described as a Northern Army Arrangement. Of course our usual siddon look populace paid no attention to it. There was no outcry.

According to documents exclusively obtained by the Nigerian Tribune, most of those to whom the nation’s juicy oil reserves have been conceded are individually richer than some African oil-producers such as Ghana and Sudan. (How North Cornered Nigeria’s Oil Blocs, Nigerian Tribune, March 9 2012)

The Tribune went on to elaborate that for instance, Cavendish Petroleum, the operators of OML 110 – with good yielding OBE field was awarded to Alhaji Mai Deribe – the Borno patriarch, by General Sani Abacha on the 8th of July, 1996. OML 110 has a proven oil reserve in excess of 500 million barrels (more than the entire 300milliom barrels reserve of Sudan) with capacity to produce about 120,000 barrels of crude oil daily from its OBE 4 and OBE 5 wells. At current production levels, the Mai Deribes net an average of N4billion monthly in crude oil sales (using oil price estimates of $100 p/b). Deribe, a man known for smuggling petroleum products to neighbouring Cameroun and Chad even as there is endless scarcity of the product in Borno, will even in death remain the richest man in the history of Borno state.

Another major partaker in the oil and gas sector is Mallam (Prince) Sanusi Lamido, a cousin of the Central Bank Governor, who is a key shareholder and director in Seplat/Platform Petroleum, operators of the Asuokpu/Umutu Marginal Field with a capacity of 300,000 barrels monthly and 30mmfcsd gas plant capable of feeding 100MT of LPG.

But the oldest of all northern-annexed oil and gas concerns is South Atlantic Petroleum Limited (SAPETRO), a Nigerian Oil Exploration and Production Company established in 1995 by General T. Y. Danjuma, who is also the Chairman of ENI Nigeria Limited. General Sani Abacha awarded the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 246 to SAPETRO in February 1998. The block covers a total area of 2,590km2 (1,000 sq. miles). SAPETRO partnered with Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd (TUPNI) and Brasoil Oil Services Company Nigeria Ltd to start prospecting on OPL246. Akpo and Egina the two main fields under OPL246 export over 300,000 barrels of oil/condensate daily (three times what Ghana currently exports).

Operators of OML 112 and OML 117, AMNI International Petroleum and Development Company, is owned by Alhaji (Colonel) Sani Bello from Kontagora, Niger State. OML 112 was awarded on 12 February, 1998 and OML 117 on 4 August, 1999 by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar whose eldest daughter is married to Bello’s son, Abu. AMNI produces twice as much as Cavendish Petroleum.

Furthermore, a former Petroleum minister, Rilwanu Lukman, another Fulani multi-millionaire with fronted controlling holdings in Afren Resources, a UK based Oil Prospecting Company, manages AMNI oil blocks and with very key interest in the NNPC/Vitol trading deal. Vitol is a London based oil trading company. Vitol, which lifts 350,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Nigeria, is owned by the former minister who has since gone on self-imposed exile to Switzerland. The Okoro and Setu fields in OML 112 which has about 50 million barrels in reserve is operated by Afren Resources.

Similarly, there is Oriental Energy Resources Limited, a company owned by Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, a close friend of General Ibrahim Babangida. Both are in-laws (IBB’s first son, Mohammed is married to Yakolo, Indimi’s daughter). Yakolo is a director in Oriental. Oriental Energy Resources Limited runs three oil blocks: OML 115, the Okwok field and the Ebok field. OML 115 and Okwo are OML PSC, while Ebok is an OML JV. All of them are crown offshore oil blocks.

Alhaji Aminu Dantata’s Express Petroleum and Gas Limited floated for the purpose of winning oil block(s) on November 1, 1995, got General Abacha’s approval to operate OML 108.

The Alhaji Saleh Mohammed Jambo-owned NorthEast Petroleum Limited, registered as NorEast Petroleum, is the holder of OPL215 license, covering an area of 2,564 square kilometres in water depths between 200 to 1600 metres. NorEast, which is the parent company of Rayflosh Petroleum, was awarded the blocks OPLs 276 & 283.The license was awarded to him by General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida in 1991 and then renewed in 2004 by former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

Intels, owned by the three families of Yar’Adua , Ado Bayero and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku is another major northern concern in the oil and gas sector. The Oil and Gas Free Zone and Oil Services Centres, as well as Support Bases operated from government-owned facilities, are leased to Intels under long-term agreements. Intels thus, runs a ‘private port’, as a counter venture to the Calabar, Warri and Port Harcourt ports. At the Port Harcourt’s facility of the company for instance, there are over one hundred major companies.

Does this story of how a section of Nigerians have stolen our commonwealth still make the impoverished majority a happy lot? Now let us turn to the situation in the local oil industry sector.

According to a wikileaks report – http://wikileaks.org/cable/2006/09/06ABUJA2423.html – a 2006 US Embassy cable with the subject title ‘A Yoruba Plot To Control Nigeria’s Economy?’ reveals the concerns of the Niger Deltans voiced by Chief David Serena-Dokubo Spiff, an attorney for the Halliburtonia’s Economy subsidiary contracted for the Bonny Island LNG cuss Bonny issues and the Delta situation in general. According to the cable Spiff said that much of the problem (Niger Delta) is the result of a “Yoruba plot.” He echoed the longstanding complaints that the Yorubas (from the southwest of Nigeria) control most of the workforce of the oil industry and much of Nigeria’s economy. Spiff blamed the Yoruba for scuttling an attempt to require more local content in oil services, a plan that should have put more business into the Niger delta and its indigenes. He also noted that while indigenes “know that the Yorubas are behind this,” the international companies are much more visible and provide the rallying point for the wide range of complaints from the region. The cable goes on to add that “Spiff’s analysis of the situation tracks with the general comments floating around the area for many years, particularly the accusations against the Yoruba tribe. The difference appears to be that the complaints are becoming much more public.”

In essence, the goose that lays the golden egg, the Niger Delta, has been marginalized both in oil well allocation and employment within the oil industry. So much for Nigeria’s style democracy.

If we are indeed a happy people, are we still happy? Or are we still going to prefer to ‘siddon look’? I have my doubts.

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/articles-opinions/the-north-south-west-and-the-stealing-of-nigerias-common-patrimony/

Smh!!! It's shame reading this article. some sold our souls out so SS have no one to blame but itself.

Thank goodness, the debate is now in public domain.

Sooner or later, Nigerians will know the partial or whole truth.

Let the game continue.

Next

I hope every Yoruba reads the below.
This is the kind of false accusation Hitler threw at the Jews.
And the rest is wicked history.
Yorubas, one and all, must be ready for the fight that is to come.
We know who had control of this country for decades.
And we know those who are currently parasitically feeding on the Niger Delta.
Thank God that those who know have spoken about who really controls what in Nigeria.
Yorubas as a group supported the resource-control struggle of the Niger Deltans.
Now that they have the center they have forgotten about resource-control.
The stuppor of ephemeral power is not allowing them to see the danger ahead.
Behaving like the kind of ingrates they are capable of being.
Yorubas must not take this kind of lies and innuendo lying down anymore!!!

According to a wikileaks report – http://wikileaks.org/cable/2006/09/06ABUJA2423.html – a 2006 US Embassy cable with the subject title ‘A Yoruba Plot To Control Nigeria’s Economy?’ reveals the concerns of the Niger Deltans voiced by Chief David Serena-Dokubo Spiff, an attorney for the Halliburtonia’s Economy subsidiary contracted for the Bonny Island LNG cuss Bonny issues and the Delta situation in general. According to the cable Spiff said that much of the problem (Niger Delta) is the result of a “Yoruba plot.” He echoed the longstanding complaints that the Yorubas (from the southwest of Nigeria) control most of the workforce of the oil industry and much of Nigeria’s economy. Spiff blamed the Yoruba for scuttling an attempt to require more local content in oil services, a plan that should have put more business into the Niger delta and its indigenes. He also noted that while indigenes “know that the Yorubas are behind this,” the international companies are much more visible and provide the rallying point for the wide range of complaints from the region. The cable goes on to add that “Spiff’s analysis of the situation tracks with the general comments floating around the area for many years, particularly the accusations against the Yoruba tribe. The difference appears to be that the complaints are becoming much more public.”

^^^ Don't mind them, shameless bunch. So someone's ramblings since '06 is what the writer is basing his accusations of SW on. 'The Yoruba Plot'; LWKMD
Everyone knows the region that is controlling the Nigerian petroleum sector; the percentage of oil blocks they own is a clear indication. The writer mentioned not less than 10 northerners, no S/westerner was mentioned in the entire biased article, so what is he basing his allegation on the headline on? Some ramblings on wikileaks? SMH

Rubbish

You mean the author couldnt name a single Yoruba man who owns an OML and yet the SW are the ones stealing the common Patrimony

Or he meant people who went to look for jobs and are employed by multinationals are the ones stealing their patrimony

dayokanu: Rubish

LOL TOTAL TRASH------- i combed the article to find if any yoruba person was mentioned, nothing.

its laughable actually

are they still fighting over who owns the oil blocs?

now it is clear why yorubas keep defending the north in oil blocks ownership. hahaha am lafin in obj style. i said it both north and yorubas are partners in this evil.

the secret evil of yorubas will soon be revealed soonest. minorities now lost hope in yorubas bcus it is clear yorubas are slow poinson and cameleon. whenever they speak fir minorities look clearly their fulani reletionship has sone cracks. i save this info already.

“Yoruba plot.” He echoed the longstanding complaints that the Yorubas (from the southwest of Nigeria) control most of the workforce of the oil industry and much of Nigeria’s economy. Spiff blamed the Yoruba for scuttling an attempt to require more local content in oil services,

read well . the guy said yorubas dominate nigeria oil industry workforce.
it is pure nepotism.

the writer also gave yorubas soft landing bcus of southern brotherly feelings in us SS/SE.

You have lost your mind - ignoramous buffoon.
At least you should learn to read and assimilate instead of regurgitating the hate they have being stuffing in that square head of yours since birth.
Were - the new generation of Yorubas will teach you a lesson you will never want to re-learn!

9ja voice: now it is clear why yorubas keep defending the north in oil blocks ownership. hahaha am lafin in obj style. i said it both north and yorubas are partners in this evil.

the secret evil of yorubas will soon be revealed soonest. minorities now lost hope in yorubas bcus it is clear yorubas are slow poinson and cameleon. whenever they speak fir minorities look clearly their fulani reletionship has sone cracks. i save this info already.

9ja voice: now it is clear why yorubas keep defending the north in oil blocks ownership. hahaha am lafin in obj style. i said it both north and yorubas are partners in this evil.

the secret evil of yorubas will soon be revealed soonest. minorities now lost hope in yorubas bcus it is clear yorubas are slow poinson and cameleon. whenever they speak fir minorities look clearly their fulani reletionship has sone cracks. i save this info already.

are you sick? why would minorities have in any hope in yorubas- are yorubas minorities Savior or something?

9ja voice:

read well . the guy said yorubas dominate nigeria oil industry workforce.
it is pure nepotism.

the writer also gave yorubas soft landing bcus of southern brotherly feelings in us SS/SE.

There is no southern brotherly love- I dont know what youre talking about at the end of the day SW will be SW.

SW doesnt need any brotherly anything in Nigeria from north or south, which is why they have been successful at keeping calm in the country called Nigeria, they will still remain businessmen in Oil sector, Banking industry, Insurance, Telecoms, etc.

What nepotism? The skill that allowed Yorubas to work in such positions were not acquired overnight.
It was the product of Awolowo's foresight. We can't but help it if that this put us ahead of others in these areas and almost every major commerce originates in Lagos. The local contents law has been on and working but you can't make skills overnight. Stop blaming Yorubas for your problems. You are the ones engaged in dangerous conspiracy and we will keep our eyes peeled.

Instead of others to educate their people like Awo did they were busy acquiring mansions and shifting money into swiss accounts only to come back with BS conspiracy theories when their people fall behind.

9ja voice:

read well . the guy said yorubas dominate nigeria oil industry workforce.
it is pure nepotism.

the writer also gave yorubas soft landing bcus of southern brotherly feelings in us SS/SE.

9ja voice:

read well . the guy said yorubas dominate nigeria oil industry workforce.
it is pure nepotism.

the writer also gave yorubas soft landing bcus of southern brotherly feelings in us SS/SE.

Can we also say its nepotism that makes SE dominate trading in Nigeria?

When Ibo dominates its on merit, when other do in other sphere of life its Nepotism.

Its the benefit of the free education we got from Awolowo

SW states do the second worst in education statistics, the north does the absolute worst

Imo, Anambra, Delta trade spots for top three, so i doubt it has anything to do with skill or awolowo. You can keep telling this lie of an 'educated SW' or you can pursuit real education like the rest of nigeria is attempting to do. Every SW uni is minimum 30-40% igbo while every SS SE uni is 12% yoruba maximum.

unless you feel that the oil industry in nigeria is being handled with 'skill'
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dayokanu:

Can we also say its nepotism that makes SE dominate trading in Nigeria?

When Ibo dominates its on merit, when other do in other sphere of life its Nepotism.

Its the benefit of the free education we got from Awolowo

name an area where igbos dominate that has been nepotism?

trade?
education?
commerce?
manufacturing?
sports?
entrepreneurship?


any merit based field in Nigeria is SS or SE dominated.

Ikengawo: SW states do the second worst in education statistics, the north does the absolute worst

Imo, Anambra, Delta trade spots for top three, so i doubt it has anything to do with skill or awolowo. You can keep telling this lie of an 'educated SW' or you can pursuit real education like the rest of nigeria is attempting to do. Every SW uni is minimum 30-40% igbo while every SS SE uni is 12% yoruba maximum.

unless you feel that the oil industry in nigeria is being handled with 'skill'

Where you people get your funny stats from is what amazes me. Just like they come up with owning 90% of lagos, Abuja 60% of Kano voters etc

Ibo 40% then maybe SS/MB another 30% That makes Yorubas the minority in the Ife, UI and UNILAG right? Are you that retarddded

I went to Ife, I can tell you we have more Bendel students than Ibos.

Ask any Ife graduate here, You need to speak Yoruba to be an Ife student confirmed.

The Oil industry is very competitive and the best Schools are in the SW. The top schools in Nigeria are UI, UNILAG and IFE all the 3 offer either petroleum Engineering, or CHemical Engineering.

Ikengawo:

name an area where igbos dominate that has been nepotism?

trade?
education?
commerce?
manufacturing?
sports?
entrepreneurship?

any merit based field in Nigeria is SS or SE dominated.

Music is dominated by the SW I guess its also nepotism, Banking is dominated by the SW. Let me leave you to your delusions. You need it to maintain your identity

dayokanu:

Where you people get your funny stats from is what amazes me. Just like they come up with owning 90% of lagos, Abuja 60% of Kano voters etc

Ibo 40% then maybe SS/MB another 30% That makes Yorubas the minority in the Ife, UI and UNILAG right? Are you that retarddded

I went to Ife, I can tell you we have more Bendel students than Ibos.

Ask any Ife graduate here, You need to speak Yoruba to be an Ife student confirmed.

The Oil industry is very competitive and the best Schools are in the SW. The top schools in Nigeria are UI, UNILAG and IFE all the 3 offer either petroleum Engineering, or CHemical Engineering.

Are you going to tell me then that Igbos don't constitute nearly half or more of the student body in these schools?
Compared to their population (30 million) yorubas are only seen in these schools, which are some of the most mixed school in nigeria. the difference is you'll see igbos in schools all over the country but not yorubas and their population is less. So when you do the math the facts are obvious. If you want I can post jamb scores and acceptance rates per state


You can't bend reality in Nigeria to suit ethnic sentiment. If you're saying yorubas are overrepresented in the oil industry because of education you're lying to yourself only because we all know that the SE is the most educated region in Nigeria. I'm not saying it because i'm Igbo, I have nothing to prove to you. When did government appointed jobs in Nigeria start using merit?

that's that what you're telling me?
-SW schools don't have enormous Igbo populations?
-Nigerian government jobs are appointed by merit?

forget about your ethnic sentiment and listen to yourself


www.nairaland.com/attachments/692088_nigeria_literacy_624_gifee62fbe655d4bfd078fe422b75d85c21
www.nairaland.com/attachments/692110_Youth_Literacy_Levels_jpg3c554a7a26bdd5829d2be5c76b820a78
(most literate state: Imo)

These are some statistics of the JAMB UTME 2012 exams. You can check the JAMB results here
1,503,931 candidates wrote the 2012 UTME
States With The Most JAMB Applicants


123,865 applications came from Imo State
88,876 from Delta
84,204 from Anambra
73,935 from Osun
71,272 from Oyo
71,173 from Ogun


Universities With The Most Jamb Applicants

University of Lagos had 83,865 JAMB Applicants
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Akwa had 82,148
Uniben had 80,048
UNN had 79,398
Unilorin had76,276
OAU had 64,702
ABU had 56,708
Uniport had 48,439
UniUyo had 44,397
IMSU had 43,353
UI had 40,011


http://www.informationng.com/2012/03/jamb-utme-2012-result-statistics-904-score-above-270.html

Of the top 5 school people want to go to 2 are in the SW and 2 in the SE.


applicants from Imo state alone: 123,865
applicants the top two yoruba states (Osun, Oyo) combine: 145,207

(mind you both Osun and Oyo are more populated than Imo)

Ikengawo:

name an area where igbos dominate that has been nepotism?

trade?
education?
commerce?
manufacturing?
sports?
entrepreneurship?


any merit based field in Nigeria is SS or SE dominated.

I can't think of any field that Ibo dominates with merit except trading and kidnapping. And of course, propaganda.

childish insults when you opponent presents you with facts, figures and mature debate. must be awolowo's training.

Ikengawo:


Are you going to tell me then that Igbos don't constitute nearly half or more of the student body in these schools?
Compared to their population (30 million) yorubas are only seen in these schools, which are some of the most mixed school in nigeria. the difference is you'll see igbos in schools all over the country but not yorubas and their population is less. So when you do the math the facts are obvious. If you want I can post jamb scores and acceptance rates per state

Ibos nearly half in Ife UI and UNILAG? So assuming Ibos are nearly half say 40% how many percentage are SS/MB and How many Percentage are Yorubas? fill in the gaps as you wish

You can't bend reality in Nigeria to suit ethnic sentiment. If you're saying yorubas are overrepresented in the oil industry because of education you're lying to yourself only because we all know that the SE is the most educated region in Nigeria. I'm not saying it because i'm Igbo, I have nothing to prove to you. When did government appointed jobs in Nigeria start using merit?

Most oil industry emplyment are by MNC and nothing to do with govt. So spin another lie.

Back to the discussion.

Truly am disapointed with yorubas for partnering with hausa/fulanis in all of these.
But i must say that its better now as y8rubas are coming out to stand with their actions no matter the consequence,
Time has gone when they stay hidden and act behind the curtain.

I know two oil companies on that list practicaly owned by our se brother Orient oil and gass and Afren oil. It is a shame that non of them come to point lt out for correction, because it is about damaging another ethnic group. We all know orient oil is controled by fomer comonwealth secretary general with partnership with chinese company, while Afren oil is controle by enugu born man.

As a NC man i accept it bcus it is no more secret that nigeria oil wells and oil sectors is dominated by north and SW pple,

Two things pains me much in these action:
1) yet our northern youths has nothing to show in all of these , the elites holds to themselfs this wealth.
2) we ended up corrupting our society bcus everyone see gov as a way of making money alone not service to the masses.

Our elites actions in one or more ways impose suffering to the people of old biafran state bcus we still hold unto our war mentality.
My suprise is why only us the northerners bore the bad name attached to these acts and Sw stay as if they are saints meanwhile we are all into these together.
For me let there resourse control in this nation since wd the masses of the north suffers equally as the biafrans.

Its time to let this biafrans rule this nation in peace maybe they will restucture this country for the good of all of us.
But the next time peple call us the north bad names let them include the SW , bcus the SW should not gain when it is gain and refuse loose when it comes.

As a northern minority we are also not deeply involved like hausa/fulani, yet they call us bad name too.
So SW are also involved therefore must come out with us to solve it.

I use to think SW are free but now am convinced. So since a southern majority is there among us in these issue people should stop calling us bad names,
Afterall oil is a war spoilt to us the winner of the war bcus i think had we lost the war ibos would have done the same as we are doing now .

Awake9ja: As a NC man i accept it bcus it is no more secret that nigeria oil wells and oil sectors is dominated by north and SW pple,

Two things pains me much in these action:
1) yet our northern youths has nothing to show in all of these , the elites holds to themselfs this wealth.
2) we ended up corrupting our society bcus everyone see gov as a way of making money alone not service to the masses.

Our elites actions in one or more ways impose suffering to the people of old biafran state bcus we still hold unto our war mentality.
My suprise is why only us the northerners bore the bad name attached to these acts and Sw stay as if they are saints meanwhile we are all into these together.
For me let there resourse control in this nation since wd the masses of the north suffers equally as the biafrans.

Its time to let this biafrans rule this nation in peace maybe they will restucture this country for the good of all of us.
But the next time peple call us the north bad names let them include the SW , bcus the SW should not gain when it is gain and refuse loose when it comes.

Another greedy bastard from east claiming to be from NC? Just yesterday, you greedy bastards are laughing at them because some blood sucking fulani killed 2 people from Benue. You called them slaves and you are not ashame to say you are from NC to write lies.
No one is going to let you rule again, after showing us your greedy nature when you greedy bastards went on ethnic cleansing killing Sardauna, Tafawa Balewa, Akintola to pave way for Aguiyi Ironsi to rule.

by seunfly: 6:41amI know two oil companies on that list practicaly owned by our se brother Orient oil and gass and Afren oil. It is a shame that non of them come to point lt out for correction, because it is about damaging another ethnic group. We all know orient oil is controled by fomer comonwealth secretary general with partnership with chinese company, while Afren oil is controle by enugu born man.

Wat i see people talking abt is not that SS/SE pple has no oil block but that the north/SW dominate it instead of the owners of the land which is true.
Lets stop these denial afterall it is done by our elites not the common man.

Awake9ja: Back to the discussion.

Truly am disapointed with yorubas for partnering with hausa/fulanis in all of these.
But i must say that its better now as y8rubas are coming out to stand with their actions no matter the consequence,
Time has gone when they stay hidden and act behind the curtain.

Shut up again!
Was Zik not the power monger that went and aligned with Sardauna, Tafawa Balewa to alienate Awo? Just yesterday Ojukwu was busy calling you greedy bastards to support IBB against Jonathan.Were you greedy bastards blind when your leader openly said you should vote for IBB against Jonathan? We are going to keep on matching you word for word, action for action.

dayokanu: Rubbish

You mean the author couldnt name a single Yoruba man who owns an OML and yet the SW are the ones stealing the common Patrimony

Or he meant people who went to look for jobs and are employed by multinationals are the ones stealing their patrimony

ok, I choose to help the writer with the names: OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, OTEDOLA, MRS. ALAKIJA, AHMED Tinubu, MIKE ADENUGA, WALE TINUBU AND LOTS MORE.