madamoringo: Let ibos integrate themselves. It is not the job of any part of Nigeria to babysit or spoon feed the ibos. Ibos can go to APC or PDP, what is integration there? Is any other part of Nigeria asking to be integrated, when it is their job to belong where they want? When will Ibos stop this feeding bottle liability complex?

Igbos are well integrated in PDP. What the man is saying is that if APC wants Igbo votes they should reintegrate them into APC. It is the function of APC to woo voters, not the other way round. Enough of having shallow mentality like the one you expressed here.

iiichidodo: Ilugun boi's man servant why didn't you mention cross river and Akwa Ibom to embellish your utterly ludicrous permutation?? The SS out of which igbos consist a majority and a following knows where their bread is buttered.. an Anti-igbo nay anti-christian nay anti-south south party has no structure whatsoever in GEJ's power base....'cept your Warri living room.

Which one be anti-igbo, anti-christian, anti-south south party?

AkinEgba:
Igbos are well integrated in PDP. What the man is saying is that if APC wants Igbo votes they should reintegrate them into APC. It is the function of APC to woo voters, not the other way round. Enough of having shallow mentality like the one you expressed here.

Are you saying the APC should go down on their kneels and beg the masses to come join them? The people has a choice to either reject or accept any political party they want. The case of Anambra readily comes to mind where APC was called Anti-Igbo and Awolowo party so as to discourage people from voting for them. The Igbo people should stop preaching hate about other tribe to their children and open up their region to other tribe and party.

larride:


The Igbos really need to gather themselves together and build the bridge that is widen between the rest of nation and not stay isolated and claim that they are being ignored. Nothing will be given to them on a plattar, they need to work for it. Its our son, its our time noise won't do the trick rather political strategy will do, if they expect that GEJ will hand over to them when he finishes his second term if elected means they are being dissiluisoned about themselves. The time to stay building that bridge to reach out to all other tribe is NOW.

The civil war is gone and i'm sorry for all the lives lost, the time to rebuild is NOW!!!

This is the truth. Even sensible Igbos see and say this. Yet don't expect the Igbos of Nairaland to be of the sensible category. Many of them are simply deluded and vengeful folks who have joined online forums to fight other ethnic group in a proxy contest they feel atones for the loss of the civil war they seem unable to move on from.

Many intelligent, progressive and pragmatically Igbos out there have identified and articulated the issues with Igbos and what they need to do to begin truly getting on with their lives. Sadly, those sort of Igbos are not Nairaland members to drum some sense into the obdurately self-deluding variants who make their way here to post nonsense. Below is an excerpt from an interesting article from an Igbo man which highlights what many are saying while Nairaland Igbos continue to beat the drums of hate and divisiveness. Many will continue to delude themselves because of egotism, empty vainglory, unobjective hatred of others and a sentimental approach to everything and every situation. They can keep calling the Yorubas "slaves" and the Northerners "terrorists" et al yet it is obvious their obsession with fighting and alienating everyone, which they foolishly interpret as "bravery", is self-destructive and counter-productive if making genuinely progress is what they crave most.

http://www.naij.com/23626.html

Planning for Oblivion

The prevailing attraction to readymade power testifies to a growing political culture of self-sabotage, individual greed and the absence of foresight among many in the Igbo community. It’s a clear path to political oblivion.

The West presents a sharp contrast to this attitude. When a Yoruba man had presidential power thrust on him in 1999, Yoruba people, rightly suspicious of the machinations that brought about that state of affairs, contemptuously delivered a crushing defeat to the PDP in the West, coalesced around the Action for Democracy as a deliberate measure in asserting their regional autonomy and projecting a unique vision of their proud place in Nigeria. When they were duped and almost crippled in 2003, they took the hard knock with exemplary courage, returned to the drawing board and rebounded in a most spectacular fashion in 2011.

Thus, Senator Tinubu, the national leader of ACN, emerged as the most significant power broker in this nation since the era of military hegemony. But in order to lead this renaissance, Lagos State paid a particularly heavy political price. The leadership of the West remained resolute, understood the task at hand, and had a winning strategy and foresight. If the West continues in this manner, it will ultimately become the dominant force in Nigerian democratic power play for a generation to come.

iiichidodo: Igbos cannot be party to gang up, that is not equitably distributed,for power.Simply put,we cannot be led by the nose to join a political rat race instigated by those who continue to bear ill-will,religiously and idealogically against the SE/SS thus are willing to exploit these people for their clannish interests,We cannot continue or be part of the run of the subjugutation of the Northerners via percieved rhetorics over the Southerners as can be aptly recognized in the master to slave relationship btw the Hausa fulanis and the yorlobars.....It is best we stand together above all things, become a power bloc that will interest candidates who are ready to incorporate our own interests into an electoral manifesto,agenda or ideaology thus indirectly we take charge our destiny........APC hasn't shown interest to the igbos but we cannot be bothered when we have Goodluck Jonathan at the helm from now till 2019 with all the perks and all.

when d merger started all opposition parties were given level playing ground but d major igbo party apga(except okorocha ) rejected d idea. d likes of tinubu had always bin vilified for being a local champion and not able to form a strong opposition party. But when he did, Igbo power brokers gave d new party no chance instead dey are just happy with d mediocre pdp presidency whose only achievement in d south east in d last 15 yrs is a 'second niger bridge's( only God knows wen it'll be completed) nd a renovated airport. It was a chance for d igbos to have a say in d political landscape. But d threw away d chance at d masters table to feed from crumbs. incredible

Gbawe:
This is the truth. Even sensible Igbos see and say this. Yet don't expect the Igbos of Nairaland to be of the sensible category. Many of them are simply deluded and vengeful folks who have joined online forums to fight other ethnic group in a proxy contest they feel atones for the loss of the civil war they seem unable to move on from.
Many intelligent, progressive and pragmatically Igbos out there have identified and articulated the issues with Igbos and what they need to do to begin truly getting on with their lives. Sadly, those sort of Igbos are not Nairaland members to drum some sense into the obdurately self-deluding variants who make their way here to post nonsense. Below is an excerpt from an interesting article from an Igbo man which highlights what many are saying while Nairaland Igbos continue to beat the drums of hate and divisiveness. Many will continue to delude themselves because of egotism, empty vainglory, unobjective hatred of others and a sentimental approach to everything and every situation. They can keep calling the Yorubas "slaves" and the Northerners "terrorists" et al yet it is obvious their obsession with fighting and alienating everyone, which they foolishly interpret as "bravery", is self-destructive and counter-productive if making genuinely progress is what they crave most.
http://www.naij.com/23626.html

Interesting read!!! I have said it and will continue to say it, the electorate won't because you lost the civil war gives you the presidency on a platter, even the North that has been termed Born-to-rule has a machinery in place that reaches out to very tribe to try build bridges because it will come handy when the times comes. Its only the Igbo people who think they can do it all by themselves and so isolate themselves from the political landscape and still yet claim discrimination. The earlier the Igbo youth and populace in general start reaching out to others political the better for them.

larride:

Are you saying the APC should go down on their kneels and beg the masses to come join them? The people has a choice to either reject or accept any political party they want. The case of Anambra readily comes to mind where APC was called Anti-Igbo and Awolowo party so as to discourage people from voting for them. The Igbo people should stop preaching hate about other tribe to their children and open up their region to other tribe and party.

Should Igbos (or any other group for that matter) be the one going around asking a political party to accept them? How does campaign work in the US and elsewhere? Do Latinos go begging the GOP to accept them, or it's the other way round? If APC wants Igbo votes they should work for it. Otherwise keep your party.

On the colored, is PDP an Igbo party too? Has anybody stopped you from coming to Igboland?

iiichidodo: Ilugun boi's man servant why didn't you mention cross river and Akwa Ibom to embellish your utterly ludicrous permutation?? The SS out of which igbos consist a majority and a following knows where their bread is buttered.. an Anti-igbo nay anti-christian nay anti-south south party has no structure whatsoever in GEJ's power base....'cept your Warri living room.

You are indeed a kid. Pls consider porting to romace section.

larride:

Which one be anti-igbo, anti-christian, anti-south south party?

He's too da.f.t

AkinEgba:
Should Igbos (or any other group for that matter) be the one going around asking a political party to accept them? How does campaign work in the US and elsewhere? Do Latinos go begging the GOP to accept them or the other way round? If APC wants Igbo votes they should work for it. Otherwise keep your party.
On the colored, is PDP an Igbo party too? Has anybody stopped you from coming to Igboland?

How did the Anambra election pans out? Wasn't APC labelled an anti-igbo, islamic, awolowo party? Whether the Igbos vote for APC or PDP is their own concern, they should just stop shouting about margnilization or disintegration anymore.

larride:

How did the Anambra election pans out? Wasn't APC labelled an anti-igbo, islamic, awolowo party? Whether the Igbos vote for APC or PDP is their own concern, they should just stop shouting about margnilization or disintegration anymore.

Anambra is 1-fifth of Igbo. Nairaland Igbo is not even 0.000000000001% of Igbos. What has APC done to counter the situation in Anambra for the coming 2015 elections? What are they doing in the other 4 Igbos states?

Now tell me, why are Yorubas not voting for PDP, let alone APGA? Why are Yorubas anti PDP?

AkinEgba:

Igbos are well integrated in PDP. What the man is saying is that if APC wants Igbo votes they should reintegrate them into APC. It is the function of APC to woo voters, not the other way round. Enough of having shallow mentality like the one you expressed here.

How should APC inetgrate the igbos?

We all remeber the Anambra election, we knew how you lot rejected Chris Ngige the APC candidate. We knew how you called him an efulefu an other derogatory names.

Rochas Okorocha is the only APC Governor in the southeast and he has a probable chance of becoming the APC' vice presidential candidate, why cant you igbos support him instead of denigrating relentlessly as the case is here on Nairaland

lakhadimar: How should APC inetgrate the igbos?

We all remeber the Anambra election, we knew how you lot rejected Chris Ngige the APC candidate. We knew how you called him an efulefu an other derogatory names.

Rochas Okorocha is the only APC Governor in the southeast and he has a probable chance of becoming the APC' vice presidential candidate, why cant you igbos support him instead of denigrating relentlessly as the case is here on Nairaland

How did PDP integrate Igbo, so much that they easily disregard APGA, a seemingly Igbo party, to support PDP? Or is PDP an Igbo party? How many pre-election meetings and campaigns have APC done in Igboland to try to turn things around?

SOME YORUBA'S AND SOME HAUSA'S ON TOP OF THIS PAGE WITH MULTIPLE MONIKERS ,KEEP DECEIVING YOUR SELF . YOU ARE THE MOST

USELESS TRIBE . YOU ARE THE MOST USELESS AND SENSELESS TRIBE TRYING SO HARD TO DRAG EVERY BODY DOWN WITH YOU ,YOU

ARE SO BACK BACKWARD ,DIRTY AND YOU CLAIMED TO BE THE MOST EDUCATED AND SOPHISTICATED,YOU ARE SO CORRUPT AND

SO HEARTLESS AND VERY WICKED . YOU ALL HAVE SKELETON IN YOUR CLOSET'S . WICKED TRIBE'S .GOOGLE IS AVAILABLE TO YOU

GORILLA S WITH BIG SKULL BUT TINY BRAIN ,IT IS NOT MADE FOR YOU TO THINK ,BECAUSE YOU LACK MEMORY BANK . SO ALL YOUR

ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REDUNDANT I'M NOT SURPRISE . YELL LIKE YETI'S ANIMALS. ARABS DON'T EVEN LIKE YOU [ABBS} BLACK MUSLIM'S

BUT YOU ARE KILLING YOUR FELLOW BLACKS . THE ARABS CALL YOU ABB INFERIOR . USELESS FOOLS.

AkinEgba:

Now tell me why are Yorubas not voting for PDP, let alone APGA? Why are Yorubas anti PDP?

Yorubas voted for PDP as the case is with the just concluded Ekiti election.

Yorubas have their political tentacles spread across the PDP and APC, same for the Hausas. The igbos are the only who seems to have all their eggs inside the PDP basket

AkinEgba:
Anambra is 1-fifth of Igbo. Nairaland Igbo is not even 0.000000000001% of Igbos. What has APC done to counter the situation in Anambra for the coming 2015? What are they doing in the other 4 Igbos states?
Now tell me why are Yorubas not voting for PDP, let alone APGA? Why are Yorubas anti PDP?

Sorry brother, but Yoruba anti-PDP? where did you get that from? Yoruba are only tired of underdevelopment which the South West PDP has fed us with and we decided to try our luck with the ACN now APC. Maybe you have forgotten that PDP just won Ekiti State in the last election. Yoruba people don't vote party, rather we vote personality. Tell me why almost all the states in South West voted for APC massively in the state election and then vote for GEJ in the presidency election?

What structure does APGA has on ground in South West? When have they produced a candidate to fight for an election and was termed Igbo party or christianity party as was witnessed during the Anambra election which made sway the masses vote away from the APC candidate Chris Ngige even terming him other unprintable names just because he decided to join APC.

madamoringo: Let ibos integrate themselves. It is not the job of any part of Nigeria to babysit or spoon feed the ibos. Ibos can go to APC or PDP, what is integration there? Is any other part of Nigeria asking to be integrated, when it is their job to belong where they want? When will Ibos stop this feeding bottle liability complex?

You've effectively said all that needs to be sad on this topic!!

TRIBALSTOOGE: SOME YORUBA'S AND SOME HAUSA'S ON TOP OF THIS PAGE WITH MULTIPLE MONIKERS ,KEEP DECEIVING YOUR SELF . YOU ARE THE MOST
USELESS TRIBE . YOU ARE THE MOST USELESS AND SENSELESS TRIBE TRYING SO HARD TO DRAG EVERY BODY DOWN WITH YOU ,YOU
ARE SO BACK BACKWARD ,DIRTY AND YOU CLAIMED TO BE THE MOST EDUCATED AND SOPHISTICATED,YOU ARE SO CORRUPT AND
SO HEARTLESS AND VERY WICKED . YOU ALL HAVE SKELETON IN YOUR CLOSET'S . WICKED TRIBE'S .GOOGLE IS AVAILABLE TO YOU
GORILLA S WITH BIG SKULL BUT TINY BRAIN ,IT IS NOT MADE FOR YOU TO THINK ,BECAUSE YOU LACK MEMORY BANK . SO ALL YOUR
ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REDUNDANT I'M NOT SURPRISE . YELL LIKE YETI'S ANIMALS. ARABS DON'T EVEN LIKE YOU [ABBS} BLACK MUSLIM'S
BUT YOU ARE KILLING YOUR FELLOW BLACKS . THE ARABS CALL YOU ABB INFERIOR . USELESS FOOLS.

Your username says it all. Bigotry is bad for the health though.

lakhadimar: Yorubas voted for PDP as the case is with the just concluded Ekiti election.

Yorubas have their political tentacles spread across the PDP and APC, same for the Hausas. The igbos are the only who seems to have all their eggs inside the PDP basket

So Ekiti election was no longer rigged in favor of PDP? Hahaha! Tell me more

How many PDP states do you have in SW? 1
How many APC states do they have in SE? 1

How is Yoruba behavior to PDP different from Igbo behaviour to APC? Please tell me. You people fought tooth and nail to stop PDP from making any gains in SW, but for the grace of the superior ''stomach infrastructure'' of Fayose v Fayemi, Ekiti would still be APC today.

madamoringo: Let ibos integrate themselves. It is not the job of any part of Nigeria to babysit or spoon feed the ibos. Ibos can go to APC or PDP, what is integration there? Is any other part of Nigeria asking to be integrated, when it is their job to belong where they want? When will Ibos stop this feeding bottle liability complex?

You've effectively summarised in these few lines all that need to be sad on this topic!!

larride:

That some Yoruba men/women in mockery corrupt Igbo to Ibo doesn't mean you should go that route with them.

The reaching out/ branching out i meant is not just about survival or business, I mean politically, You guys need to reach out to others in the nation and bid your time, making unnecessary noises or making yourself the victims won't solve nada, The Igbo people need to come gather, reach out to others tribe, Even the South South that GEJ comes from has a large presence of APC as party there, terming a party islamic or hause-yoruba and thus won't join your lot is going to hinder you guys in the long run. Don't get me wrong, i'm not campaigning for you guys to dump PDP or GEJ for APC but its been proven that its not always good to put all your egg in one basket. I think the Igbo youth should start reorienting themselves, the time to start telling themselve the truth is now. Politics is a game of numbers and emotions doesn't win you any post. The civil war has been fought and lost, both the Yoruba, Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, and other tribes definitely have differences but we can overcome that differences to build a stronger nation for us. If Igbo want the Presidency, then they should work for it, the same people you guys claim to hate you will be the one to vote for you when the time comes for an Igbo presidency, the time to start building those bridge is NOW.

Bruv, you speak well but you are wasting your time. Aside Pa Eziachi, Berem, Obiaghelli, CFCfan and Abagworo, virtually all Igbo members of Nairaland are here to vengefully 'beef' other ethnic groups they feel they have post civil war 'grievances' with. This leaves them unable to confront or accept the truth of what they do that is wrong. The APC issue is fairly easy to talk about decisively because, unlike the civil war, events happened before our very eyes.

I was one of those who urged Igbos to embrace others and to rise above pettiness to key into what will uplift Nigeria when many of them took to demonizing the APC and calling it "Yoruba/tribalist" Party. Check the Nairaland archives. From that point, and in confirmation everything is about the hatred of other ethnic groups for some Igbos, many Igbo Nairalanders simply transferred there unobjective hatred and false slandering of the ACN unto the APC at the stage the merger was happening when they had every chance to get involved. From calling the ACN a "Yoruba/tribalist/regional" Party they simply moved on to labelling APC a "Yoruba-Hausa/terrorist/boko haram" Party as if the PDP, when GEJ is taken out of the equation, is not actually even the real "Northern Party" with many rich and influential members capable of sponsoring Boko Haram far more than the penniless Buhari they love to attack senselessly.

This noise urging the APC to 'reach out' to the Igbo is dishonest and ignorant of the reality on the ground and the ethnocentric/prejudiced actions of Igbos themselves. If Igbos are genuinely after progress for their people this will manifest in them facing and telling the truth online rather than the self-delusion, empty chest-beating, needless obsession with competing with others and grandiose spin of reality we have now come to associate many Igbo Nairalanders with. Let the Igbos vote for GEJ. It is their choice but they should spare us the deceit of playing "scorned victims" again when events playing out before our eyes show them to be the ones disinterested in putting ethno-religious prejudice aside to support what is right.

AkinEgba:

How did PDP integrate Igbo, so much that they easily disregard APGA, a seemingly Igbo party, to support PDP? Or is PDP an Igbo party? How many pre-election meetings and campaigns have APC done in Igboland to try to turn things around?

Are you for real? Do you want to tell me that Chris Ngige did not hold his election campaign in Igboland? Is Rochas Okorocha not the Chairman of APC' governors forum anymore?

Overtures were made to APGA to join the merger of ACN, CPC and ANPP in forming APC but APGA blatantly refused, it was only Rochas Okorocha that joined the alliance

barcanista:
iiichidodo Wrote

...Simply put,we cannot be led by the nose to join a political rat race instigated by those who continue to bear ill-will,religiously and idealogically against the SE/SS thus are willing to exploit these people for their clannish interests,We cannot continue or be part of the run of the subjugutation of the Northerners via percieved rhetorics over the Southerners as can be aptly recognized in the master to slave relationship btw the Hausa fulanis and the yorlobars


Mr Man, It's like you are yet to get the message? It is all region for itself. You Igbos can keep hating APC for all "I don't care" but leave SS out of your hate. It is on record that SS is not a political hateful region. Today APC is a Major force in SStthern states of Rivers, Edo and Delta States. Even The President's Home state Bayelsa have APC structure on ground led by Timpere Sylva. So you should restrict your hate to your region.

I have noticed something abt some bigoted igbos on dis forum on how dey are quick to align / merge themselves with d south south. I live in ss and I've never seen/heard a southerner align ss with d southeast

When June 12 election was cancelled, the SW was assuaged by allowing only Yorubas (Obj and Falae) to contest in the two parties at that time.
Igbos have been crying of marginalization since after the war, and PDP has tried to address that issue by zoning the presidency so that at some point in Nigeria's future an Igbo man will be a president via PDP. It would just be a matter of waiting for the zoning to reach them.

What has APC done to assuage Igbos? Have you made Ngige or Okorocha or Ogbonnaya Onu your APC presidential candidate and Igbos refuse to fall in line? What is in APC for the Igbos?

Gbawe:

This noise urging the APC to 'reach out' to the Igbo is dishonest and ignorant of the reality on the ground and the ethnocentric/prejudiced actions of Igbos themselves. If Igbos are genuinely after progress for their people this will manifest in them facing and telling the truth online rather than the self-delusion, empty chest-beating, needless obsession with competing with others and grandiose spin of reality we have now come to associate many Igbo Nairalanders with. Let the Igbos vote for GEJ. It is their choice but they should spare us the deceit of playing "scorned victims" again when events playing out before our eyes show them to be the ones disinterested in putting ethno-religious prejudice aside to support what is right.

Thank you, Whether the Igbo people chooses to accept APC or another party or they choose they cast their lost doesn't really affect me. They should just stop making themselves the victims. No one is against them maybe except themselves.

clevadani:
I have noticed something abt some bigoted igbos on dis forum on how dey are quick to align / merge themselves with d south south. I live in ss and I've never seen/heard a southerner align ss with d southeast

its so pathetic

iiichidodo: igbos are reaching out everywhere as evidenced of their migratory signatures,ironically Nigeria is very uncormfortable with these folks politically so you hear people mostly yorubas say an igbo will never become president (but it took a dead yorobar to pave the way for Obj),That perception has forced the igbos to come together in vote for those who would rule Nigeria like an igbo would or at least something close to that.Good that we have swayin numbers and in conjunction with those in the SS we can turn a tightly contested electoral process on its head thus like the military strategist mao tse tsung we are better served standing aloof to watch proceedings closely before throwin our lots and not become sheeps to the slaughter led by Tinubu. By the way since most yorubars refer to igbos as 'ibos' we have taken the liberty to corrupt yoruba into 'yorobars" 'yeribas' and so on and so forth

y are u attaching urself to d ss

AkinEgba: When June 12 election was cancelled, the SW was assuaged by allowing only Yorubas (Obj and Falae) to contest in the two parties at that time.
Igbos have been crying of marginalization since after the war, and PDP has tried to address that issue by zoning the presidency so that at some point in Nigeria's future an Igbo man will be a president via PDP. It would just be a matter of waiting for the zoning to reach them.
What has APC done to assuage Igbos? Have you made Ngige or Okorocha or Ogbonnaya Onu your APC presidential candidate and Igbos refuse to fall in line? What is in APC for the Igbos?

Sorry brother, wait till the time PDP will give you gives the presidency on a platter and keep forgetting that the core North which you guys depise are in the Majority in PDP. Nothing is in APC for Igbos if you are not ready to come to the table and contribute, APC will not give you anything on a platter neither will the PDP.



Shalom!!

lakhadimar: Are you for real? Do you want to tell me that Chris Ngige did not hold his election campaign in Igboland? Is Rochas Okorocha not the Chairman of APC' governors forum anymore?

Overtures were made to APGA to join the merger of ACN, CPC and ANPP in forming APC but APGA blatantly refused, it was only Rochas Okorocha that joined the alliance

In Nigeria, state elections and governance are less important than national election/governance. That much you would have gleaned from Okorocha being an APC governor in Imo State and yet Imo people care less about APC. Just like Labor party in Ondo, yet 90% of Yorubas go for APC.

What has APC national leadership done in Igboland to turn the fortunes of the party there?

larride:

Sorry brother, wait till the time PDP will give you gives the presidency on a platter and keep forgetting that the core North which you guys depise are in the Majority in PDP. Nothing is in APC for Igbos if you are not ready to come to the table and contribute, APC will not give you anything on a platter neither will the PDP.



Shalom!!

The same PDP gave Yoruba the presidency on a platter of gold. I do not see any reason Igbos will not be treated same way AT THE RIGHT TIME.

larride:

Which one be anti-igbo, anti-christian, anti-south south party?

Its very funny
The same PDP they gullibly term as a south south party has more than eleven of its Governors from the North

infact, PDP's ''strongest stronghold'' is in the North. Jonathans 2015 election victory would be hinged on the support he garners from the North

larride:

How did the Anambra election pans out? Wasn't APC labelled an anti-igbo, islamic, awolowo party? Whether the Igbos vote for APC or PDP is their own concern, they should just stop shouting about margnilization or disintegration anymore.

That, ultimately, is my opinion too. The Igbos should do what pleases them but they need to stop "running with the hares and hunting with the hounds". Pointless attempting to make out as if the APC did not 'reach out' to the Igbos when we have all seen that it is the Igbos who were never interested in giving the Party a chance.

I too believe, like the popular adage, that "the worst lies are the ones you tell yourself". this is what many Igbos are doing. I.e lying to themselves and publicly trying to claim the position of victim to hide their own fondness for ethno-religious prejudice, clannishness and discriminatory behaviour. The sort that made them deliberately shun and reject the APC only to now, once again, claim the Party 'marginalised' them.