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The Mayor Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Ibos On Planned Biafra Protest In Lagos / Senate President, Bukola Saraki Reads Riot Act On Unremitted Funds / Amaechi Begs For Forgiveness, Sues For Peace During Guber Poll (2) (3) (4)
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Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by faith2ogesco(m): 6:04pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
God...smh...whether did is true or not.I jux learnt something..pple can b sooooo tribalistic. Even in dis age...leaving b4 I get irritated... |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by faith2ogesco(m): 6:07pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Adegbodolu1:smh...seriously how old re u |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by isalegan2: 6:11pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
tpiadotcom: Too scared to quote me again. Does your family know you've run mad? There is help for paranoid schizophrenics out there, you know. Stop suffering in silence. Life is short. Tell us where you live and a good samaritan will get you the help you need. Very amusing ghoulish gruel is this Tpianutjob. NduChucks is my hubby's good pal. Chucky has 3 wives already. But if you beg, he might take pity on you. You can be the washerwoman in his household. (Kidding, Chucks, all. Tpia gets this bouts of psychosis frequently and comes to the Nairaland market to act out. Just doing my charitable deed for the month. Crazy witch has derailed the thread.) 1 Like |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by isalegan2: 6:13pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
tpiadotcom: Hey, Tpia. Why don't you come back to that thread you keep stalking? Let's cure your malady once and for all. I have a few minutes to amuse myself at your expense. B!tch. Let's go there. Waiting for you. |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by lyricalz: 6:18pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
isalegan2: They have started to twist the statement, people who were present @ the meeting attested to the statement. They know it will not sound well for the party they are now twisting it. For me no1 can threaten me, am a nigerian I have the right to vote, 4 who I wish, n 2 live anywhere in my country. Although I must respect d laws of d community whr I find mysef, but I most not 4get 2 uphold the constitution which supersede all. 1 Like |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Nobody: 6:18pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
And why will Igbo boys stoop low to fight for jimi? Igbos will vote him then the fight will be between his thugs who are of course yorubas and ambode's touts. Thou your foolish Oba just proved to Nigerians that the Igbos decide what happens in his land....... If he is truly in charge,why rant? . Alcatraz001: |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by ejisky: 6:26pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
He said it oooo.... see the link here https://soundcloud.com/chxta-bee/oba-akiolu-speaks-mp3?in=chxta-bee%2Fsets%2Foba-akiolu-issue 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by tpiadotcom: 6:33pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
isalegan2: blah, i wonder who is dragging men with you, see how you are are so vulgar like someone raised in a gutter. 1 Like |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by tpiadotcom: 6:34pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
isalegan2: do you own the thread? Go and wait there for me, I'm coming. |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Neplusultra(f): 6:41pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
postmann:People like u shud be d type commenting from d side of our counterpart! Not d ones dat bath in d morning, sag jeans with one earing and loiter d whole streets in d slums wia dey leave while typing and shouting war and genocide from deir cheap fone wia dey've lost touch wit reality!! U spoke well and very unbiased. Yorubas are at fault as well as igbos wen it comes to Lagos. 1 Like |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Slym5: 6:41pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
The victory of General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress over President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party was the perfect catalyst for the democratic rebirth of Nigeria. An incumbent was voted out by the people largely for non-performance and the message was clear; mess up and we will vote you out. It was the first true Presidential contest in this democratic dispensation and the world marvelled as this great Country (admittedly, an amalgamation of several nations), once thought to be a failed project, spluttered back to life. A new man was coming into office and he had promised to eradicate (or more realistically, reduce) that most vile of Nigerian vices; corruption. As a Nigerian who means well for this country, you could only harbour positive thoughts for the future. Unfortunately, this new wave of optimism is about to be traded for despair because the two tribes that constitute the brain box of this great country have once again managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with their constant bickering, the type only rivalled by insufferable housewives in a polygamous home. On the surface, there really shouldn’t be any cause for such ethnic baiting and chest-beating. Both tribes have made their mark. In sports, the Yorubas have produced Segun Odegbami, Olapade Adeneken, Rashidi Yekini, Segun Toriola and others. The Igbos have produced Adokie Amaisemaka, Davidson Ezenwa, Emmanuel Amuneke, Chioma Ajunwa and a host of others. In Literature, for every Wole Soyinka, there is a Chinua Achebe and for every Ola Rotimi, there is a Christopher Okigbo. In Politics, for every Nnamdi Azikiwe, there is an Obafemi Awolowo and for every Ojukwu, there is an Obasanjo. In that fantasy world of the filthy rich, for every Arthur Eze, there is a Mike Adenuga and for every Emeka Offor, there is a Femi Otedola. In that vocal utopia of political word-smiths, the Igbos can point to Chuba Okadigbo while the Yorubas can point to Bola Ige. Both ethnic groups have shown remarkable resilience in a country largely dominated by the North (which has constantly played these two as pawns or more appropriately like that little girl that has two dolls and bashes them against each other at will). I sometimes shudder at the potential earth shaking impact that a Yoruba-Igbo alliance would have. That remains a pipe dream however as each ethnic group seems to be more interested in emphasizing the faults of the other. Naturally, the Igbos perceive the Yorubas as lazy, conniving, stealthy, dirty, cowardly and as unrepentant tribalists. The Yorubas, in turn, see the Igbos as selfish, greedy, fraudulent and perhaps a tad bit domineering. The Igbos probably fuel this perception with their ‘in your face’ attitude. There is nothing wrong with that as I consider it to be self-pride. To a highly traditional society like the Yorubas however, where age is respected, an Igbo man is perceived as lacking respect. The recent election has not helped matters as Buhari’s victory is now attributed to the Southwest while the Southeast is perceived as having miscalculated politically by supporting the incumbent who lost. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Yorubas did not return 1.4 million votes for Buhari and even if it is true that the Igbos supported President Jonathan, are we suggesting that they should go to the political wilderness because of that? Whither democracy and your right to vote for a candidate of your choice? These are highly unnecessary infractions which if unchecked could plunge the South into another unnecessary blood-letting orgy. I have in the past few days gone through websites and engaged in conversations with friends, acquaintances and colleagues from both sides of the divide and I have marvelled at the unguarded statements coming from supposedly educated people. Make no mistake, we are sitting on a keg of gun powder. When a supposedly educated Igbo man tells you that an Igbo man is superior to every Yoruba man, you simply must worry. When a supposedly educated Yoruba man dismisses all Igbo men as fraudulent cheats, you cannot ignore it. When a Yoruba man, who works in an Igbo dominated environment is regularly baited and finally forced to buy into the Igbo ‘superiority’ and denounces his own tribe, you know there is something sinister in the offing. Ditto for Igbos who work in a Yoruba dominated environment. In fact, the very worst characteristics of these two tribes come to the fore when they are in the majority. The afore-mentioned examples had greatly disturbed me but by far the last straw was the news that the Oba of Lagos had royally coerced Igbos in Lagos State to vote APC at the forthcoming Gubernatorial Elections. I have not confirmed the authenticity of the report but I am concerned at the cyber heat that it has already generated. Yorubas and Igbos have found another avenue to vent their spleens. Yorubas see themselves as Omo onile and Igbos see Lagos as No man’s land. Whatever the case might be, no one can force anyone to vote for a particular candidate and I really hope the respected Monarch did not make that incendiary statement. It appears to me as though both tribes do not wish to understand each other. They are unwilling to see beyond their prejudiced perceptions. In Lagos, the Yorubas see the Igbos as invaders while the Igbos see themselves as part of the family. For them, it is too late in the day for the Yorubas to complain. The phrase ‘laches and acquiescence’ comes to mind. The way I see it both tribes need to come to grips with the fact that they have been forcefully joined together. They must therefore learn to live together and get rid of some of these pitiful stereotypes. In order to peacefully co-exist, particularly in Lagos, I believe Igbos and Yorubas need to imbibe these Rules of Engagement: For the Yorubas, 1. The Igbos must be commended for their industry. Admit it, you admire them secretly. If you have bought substandard materials from one of them or have been cheated by one, chalk that down to inexperience and perhaps a tad bit of stupidity and move on. Next time, shine your eyes 2. Yes, the Igbo man is aggressive. Live with it. Blame it on the painful integration he has undergone since the Civil War ended. He thrives on competition and will remorselessly incinerate any competitor in his path. If you have an Igbo man directly below you in an organisation, rest assured, he is thinking of ways to edge you out. He is ambitious and cannot stay still. He does not rest on his oars and he is not going to look the other way simply because you are older than him. His mind does not work that way. There! Now you know! If you find yourself on the wrong end of the stick, gird your loins and compete! Quit whining. 3. Igbos are scattered all over the Southwest and they will always dominate certain localities and businesses until you are bold enough to compete. If you have a lot of them in Lagos, try and populate their own states too. Open a bush meat centre in Aba and sell! Better still, stop selling your properties to Igbo people. A lot of your problems are of your own making. 4. The Igbo man does not prostrate and he rarely bows. It is not a slight; it is just the way he is wired. The fact that we love to jam our bellies on the ground does not mean everyone has to like it. Stop frowning your face when he does not. 5. Not all Igbo girls are prostitutes and they are no less chaste than our Yoruba girls. Our girls are just better at ‘coding’. They will nack you and still call you ‘broda’. So please get a grip on yourself. You insult Igbos but go after their tall, light-skinned, beautiful girls and because they are less pretentious, you call them prostitutes? Who is fooling who? 6. Forgive the average Igbo man for always yelling and resorting to his fists when he cannot win an argument with his intellect, it is a hangover from the Civil War. Not all Igbos are like that by the way but it is important that when an argument gets rowdy, you walk away, because you do not have his muscles (ishan). Do not engage, I repeat, do not engage. If e nack you for ground, I no dey o. 7. Try and define who an omo onile is. Does that exclude other Yorubas in Lagos? What about Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Ogun? Why am I asking? They seem to populate the Government in Lagos. 8. How does an Igbo man differ from Lagosians who are from other states? 9. Where were you when Igbos were elected into the House of Reps from Lagos? Were you drinking beer and pepper soup? Were you eating eran igbe and drinking emu? Were you patting your round Amala tummy? You opened the door just a little but that is all an Igbo man needs. Soon an Okechukwu will contest for Governor of Lagos and what’s worse, he might win since we are so accommodating. I am waiting for the day an Olusola, born and bred in Onitsha will arise and say he wants to contest in Anambra. That is the day the Igbos will tell him that Amadioha is not Sango. 10. Finally, do not envy the Igbo man’s success, worry about yourself. You say you defeated him at the Civil War. You say he comes from Onitsha or Aba, with his thick Igbo accent and terrible English and yet he makes more money than you in Lagos! Haba! Something is seriously wrong with you! Some Omo onile you are! For the Igbos, 1. Yorubas value integrity more than money and they often wonder how money can be a man’s sole motivation. They also abuse people and gossip a lot. The less you say when you are with them the better. So when you beat you chest and brag in that loud voice about the number of containers that you have on the high seas or how much money you have, they are more amused than jealous and you are the news item for that day. 2. Stop saying you developed Lagos. If you did, Aba, Onitsha, Abakaliki and the likes would have been developed too. In fact, try and fix your homeland with your wealth. The rate at which Uchennas and Ifeanyis berth at Lagos every second is scary. 3. Lagos is a Yoruba state. Ask the Dosunmus and Agbajes. You do not insult your host all in a bid to lay claim to his property. If you have a stake in Lagos, then Yorubas have a stake in your oil. Seriously, once again, do not insult your hosts. Yorubas have accommodated you. Appreciate the fact that they have not given you the ‘aboki treatment’. It is this domineering attitude that motivates the unforgiving Northerners to kill Igbos at every opportunity. It is a good thing the Yorubas are not that savage. 4. Try not to be so aggressive all the time. The Civil War ended 45 years ago. No one is coming to get you. Stop poisoning your children’s minds. Let them discover the new Nigeria by themselves. Stop the hate message. That argument can be settled verbally without recourse to Ishan Igbo. No be fight. The fact that your colleague from the office has refused to do business with you and has done so with someone else at a lower rate (obviously) does not make him your enemy. 5. While acquiring wealth, tell your guys to acquire a little education on their way too. All that money and no education... The way many of them butcher English... Yeah, we know Yorubas and their ‘Yoruba English’ but yours is just priceless. This fuels the perception of an igbo man as one who is after money and nothing else. Happily, I have met several educated Igbo people but there is still an overwhelming number of rich but uneducated and unrefined Igbos. 6. Not all Yorubas are dirty or lazy and they like their oily stew. Ororo ati epo. They know you don’t joke with your soup and yes, they go after your ogbono soup but biko, leave them with their oily soup. 7. All that talk about Lagosians starving if you leave Lagos is mere hogwash. Your empty shops and supermarkets will be filled and very quickly too. You are a part of Lagos but you are not indispensable. 8. Not every Yoruba is a jazzman! Some of them are good Christians. They also know a lot of you profess to know God more than anybody else and still engage in all sorts. 9. The Yoruba man secretly admires you. He wonders how an Igbo man can come to Lagos with slippers, a T-Shirt and shorts and 5 years later, he is made. We know you are still astounded at how easy it is to make it in Lagos and how easily your brothers have colonised Alaba Maket and Ladipo Market. Blame the Yoruba man. He too dey fear competition. He thinks his age or seniority will save him. 10. The Yoruba man likes the way you have developed Lagos. Could you please try and develop Yobe or Borno State as well? They are just DYING to be developed. Know these rules and follow them by heart and get along with your Igbo or Yoruba colleague, friend or acquaintance. I believe conflicts arise when we break them. The Yoruba and Igbo tribes are the thinkers who drive Nigeria forward with their ideas. Unfortunately, this mindless competition for relevance has on several occasions threatened our very existence and is doing so now. It is imperative that these stereotypes and lazy assumptions are eradicated so that these two great tribes can go back to what they do best; thinking for Nigeria. 4 Likes |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by gymer(m): 6:46pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by sunepa4one(m): 7:01pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
[quote author=Remarkable post=32393192] nobody will report anybody... they will use their pVC and show him that after God, power belongs to the people. this is too bad for the Oba to do, for him to say that I'm not voting for akinwunmi again ...... |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by sweetgala(m): 7:01pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Montaque: JK speaks well, but when you see his record and experience you understand he can not do as well as Ambode a man well placed in Lagos politics and management over the last 8-10 years. This is a man who has come up from the grassroots and is on the verge of leading the state. JK on the other hand was born with a silver spoon and through providence was hand picked by Afenifere God fathers and mentored, yes we can agree he loves his people, state a d has some very interesting ideas , he however is disillusioned , his character does not match that of his association in PDP; look at the people behind JK in Lagos , Obanikoro, Bode George etc Once he wins the PDP may use him as a tool to disrupt FG policies and Lagos is just too crucial to the country to have such disruption there. Some of his policies are ridiculous he wants to reverse some of development plans set in stone in the state because they are APC ideas. Lagos stands to gain from an alliance with FG and coalition of efforts not a struggle with it. APC would win and resoundingly so , but the Igbo may find themselves at the mercy of the APC afterwards. |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Nobody: 7:10pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
isalegan2: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/vote-for-ambode-or-perish-inside-the-lagoon-oba-akiolu-tells-igbos/206050/ Will you believe this day? |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Sibrah: 7:13pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Ymodulus:You Harsh Oh! 1 Like |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Goodnuel: 7:47pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Ymodulus:Ymodulus is this you?? Honestly, I'm so disappointed. |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by christopher123(m): 7:49pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
[qyuote author=Slym5 post=32417772]The victory of General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress over President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party was the perfect catalyst for the democratic rebirth of Nigeria. An incumbent was voted out by the people largely for non-performance and the message was clear; mess up and we will vote you out. It was the first true Presidential contest in this democratic dispensation and the world marvelled as this great Country (admittedly, an amalgamation of several nations), once thought to be a failed project, spluttered back to life. A new man was coming into office and he had promised to eradicate (or more realistically, reduce) that most vile of Nigerian vices; corruption. As a Nigerian who means well for this country, you could only harbour positive thoughts for the future. Unfortunately, this new wave of optimism is about to be traded for despair because the two tribes that constitute the brain box of this great country have once again managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with their constant bickering, the type only rivalled by insufferable housewives in a polygamous home. On the surface, there really shouldn’t be any cause for such ethnic baiting and chest-beating. Both tribes have made their mark. In sports, the Yorubas have produced Segun Odegbami, Olapade Adeneken, Rashidi Yekini, Segun Toriola and others. The Igbos have produced Adokie Amaisemaka, Davidson Ezenwa, Emmanuel Amuneke, Chioma Ajunwa and a host of others. In Literature, for every Wole Soyinka, there is a Chinua Achebe and for every Ola Rotimi, there is a Christopher Okigbo. In Politics, for every Nnamdi Azikiwe, there is an Obafemi Awolowo and for every Ojukwu, there is an Obasanjo. In that fantasy world of the filthy rich, for every Arthur Eze, there is a Mike Adenuga and for every Emeka Offor, there is a Femi Otedola. In that vocal utopia of political word-smiths, the Igbos can point to Chuba Okadigbo while the Yorubas can point to Bola Ige. Both ethnic groups have shown remarkable resilience in a country largely dominated by the North (which has constantly played these two as pawns or more appropriately like that little girl that has two dolls and bashes them against each other at will). I sometimes shudder at the potential earth shaking impact that a Yoruba-Igbo alliance would have. That remains a pipe dream however as each ethnic group seems to be more interested in emphasizing the faults of the other. Naturally, the Igbos perceive the Yorubas as lazy, conniving, stealthy, dirty, cowardly and as unrepentant tribalists. The Yorubas, in turn, see the Igbos as selfish, greedy, fraudulent and perhaps a tad bit domineering. The Igbos probably fuel this perception with their ‘in your face’ attitude. There is nothing wrong with that as I consider it to be self-pride. To a highly traditional society like the Yorubas however, where age is respected, an Igbo man is perceived as lacking respect. The recent election has not helped matters as Buhari’s victory is now attributed to the Southwest while the Southeast is perceived as having miscalculated politically by supporting the incumbent who lost. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Yorubas did not return 1.4 million votes for Buhari and even if it is true that the Igbos supported President Jonathan, are we suggesting that they should go to the political wilderness because of that? Whither democracy and your right to vote for a candidate of your choice? These are highly unnecessary infractions which if unchecked could plunge the South into another unnecessary blood-letting orgy. I have in the past few days gone through websites and engaged in conversations with friends, acquaintances and colleagues from both sides of the divide and I have marvelled at the unguarded statements coming from supposedly educated people. Make no mistake, we are sitting on a keg of gun powder. When a supposedly educated Igbo man tells you that an Igbo man is superior to every Yoruba man, you simply must worry. When a supposedly educated Yoruba man dismisses all Igbo men as fraudulent cheats, you cannot ignore it. When a Yoruba man, who works in an Igbo dominated environment is regularly baited and finally forced to buy into the Igbo ‘superiority’ and denounces his own tribe, you know there is something sinister in the offing. Ditto for Igbos who work in a Yoruba dominated environment. In fact, the very worst characteristics of these two tribes come to the fore when they are in the majority. The afore-mentioned examples had greatly disturbed me but by far the last straw was the news that the Oba of Lagos had royally coerced Igbos in Lagos State to vote APC at the forthcoming Gubernatorial Elections. I have not confirmed the authenticity of the report but I am concerned at the cyber heat that it has already generated. Yorubas and Igbos have found another avenue to vent their spleens. Yorubas see themselves as Omo onile and Igbos see Lagos as No man’s land. Whatever the case might be, no one can force anyone to vote for a particular candidate and I really hope the respected Monarch did not make that incendiary statement. It appears to me as though both tribes do not wish to understand each other. They are unwilling to see beyond their prejudiced perceptions. In Lagos, the Yorubas see the Igbos as invaders while the Igbos see themselves as part of the family. For them, it is too late in the day for the Yorubas to complain. The phrase ‘laches and acquiescence’ comes to mind. The way I see it both tribes need to come to grips with the fact that they have been forcefully joined together. They must therefore learn to live together and get rid of some of these pitiful stereotypes. In order to peacefully co-exist, particularly in Lagos, I believe Igbos and Yorubas need to imbibe these Rules of Engagement: For the Yorubas, 1. The Igbos must be commended for their industry. Admit it, you admire them secretly. If you have bought substandard materials from one of them or have been cheated by one, chalk that down to inexperience and perhaps a tad bit of stupidity and move on. Next time, shine your eyes 2. Yes, the Igbo man is aggressive. Live with it. Blame it on the painful integration he has undergone since the Civil War ended. He thrives on competition and will remorselessly incinerate any competitor in his path. If you have an Igbo man directly below you in an organisation, rest assured, he is thinking of ways to edge you out. He is ambitious and cannot stay still. He does not rest on his oars and he is not going to look the other way simply because you are older than him. His mind does not work that way. There! Now you know! If you find yourself on the wrong end of the stick, gird your loins and compete! Quit whining. 3. Igbos are scattered all over the Southwest and they will always dominate certain localities and businesses until you are bold enough to compete. If you have a lot of them in Lagos, try and populate their own states too. Open a bush meat centre in Aba and sell! Better still, stop selling your properties to Igbo people. A lot of your problems are of your own making. 4. The Igbo man does not prostrate and he rarely bows. It is not a slight; it is just the way he is wired. The fact that we love to jam our bellies on the ground does not mean everyone has to like it. Stop frowning your face when he does not. 5. Not all Igbo girls are prostitutes and they are no less chaste than our Yoruba girls. Our girls are just better at ‘coding’. They will nack you and still call you ‘broda’. So please get a grip on yourself. You insult Igbos but go after their tall, light-skinned, beautiful girls and because they are less pretentious, you call them prostitutes? Who is fooling who? 6. Forgive the average Igbo man for always yelling and resorting to his fists when he cannot win an argument with his intellect, it is a hangover from the Civil War. Not all Igbos are like that by the way but it is important that when an argument gets rowdy, you walk away, because you do not have his muscles (ishan). Do not engage, I repeat, do not engage. If e nack you for ground, I no dey o. 7. Try and define who an omo onile is. Does that exclude other Yorubas in Lagos? What about Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Ogun? Why am I asking? They seem to populate the Government in Lagos. 8. How does an Igbo man differ from Lagosians who are from other states? 9. Where were you when Igbos were elected into the House of Reps from Lagos? Were you drinking beer and pepper soup? Were you eating eran igbe and drinking emu? Were you patting your round Amala tummy? You opened the door just a little but that is all an Igbo man needs. Soon an Okechukwu will contest for Governor of Lagos and what’s worse, he might win since we are so accommodating. I am waiting for the day an Olusola, born and bred in Onitsha will arise and say he wants to contest in Anambra. That is the day the Igbos will tell him that Amadioha is not Sango. 10. Finally, do not envy the Igbo man’s success, worry about yourself. You say you defeated him at the Civil War. You say he comes from Onitsha or Aba, with his thick Igbo accent and terrible English and yet he makes more money than you in Lagos! Haba! Something is seriously wrong with you! Some Omo onile you are! For the Igbos, 1. Yorubas value integrity more than money and they often wonder how money can be a man’s sole motivation. They also abuse people and gossip a lot. The less you say when you are with them the better. So when you beat you chest and brag in that loud voice about the number of containers that you have on the high seas or how much money you have, they are more amused than jealous and you are the news item for that day. 2. Stop saying you developed Lagos. If you did, Aba, Onitsha, Abakaliki and the likes would have been developed too. In fact, try and fix your homeland with your wealth. The rate at which Uchennas and Ifeanyis berth at Lagos every second is scary. 3. Lagos is a Yoruba state. Ask the Dosunmus and Agbajes. You do not insult your host all in a bid to lay claim to his property. If you have a stake in Lagos, then Yorubas have a stake in your oil. Seriously, once again, do not insult your hosts. Yorubas have accommodated you. Appreciate the fact that they have not given you the ‘aboki treatment’. It is this domineering attitude that motivates the unforgiving Northerners to kill Igbos at every opportunity. It is a good thing the Yorubas are not that savage. 4. Try not to be so aggressive all the time. The Civil War ended 45 years ago. No one is coming to get you. Stop poisoning your children’s minds. Let them discover the new Nigeria by themselves. Stop the hate message. That argument can be settled verbally without recourse to Ishan Igbo. No be fight. The fact that your colleague from the office has refused to do business with you and has done so with someone else at a lower rate (obviously) does not make him your enemy. 5. While acquiring wealth, tell your guys to acquire a little education on their way too. All that money and no education... The way many of them butcher English... Yeah, we know Yorubas and their ‘Yoruba English’ but yours is just priceless. This fuels the perception of an igbo man as one who is after money and nothing else. Happily, I have met several educated Igbo people but there is still an overwhelming number of rich but uneducated and unrefined Igbos. 6. Not all Yorubas are dirty or lazy and they like their oily stew. Ororo ati epo. They know you don’t joke with your soup and yes, they go after your ogbono soup but biko, leave them with their oily soup. 7. All that talk about Lagosians starving if you leave Lagos is mere hogwash. Your empty shops and supermarkets will be filled and very quickly too. You are a part of Lagos but you are not indispensable. 8. Not every Yoruba is a jazzman! Some of them are good Christians. They also know a lot of you profess to know God more than anybody else and still engage in all sorts. 9. The Yoruba man secretly admires you. He wonders how an Igbo man can come to Lagos with slippers, a T-Shirt and shorts and 5 years later, he is made. We know you are still astounded at how easy it is to make it in Lagos and how easily your brothers have colonised Alaba Maket and Ladipo Market. Blame the Yoruba man. He too dey fear competition. He thinks his age or seniority will save him. 10. The Yoruba man likes the way you have developed Lagos. Could you please try and develop Yobe or Borno State as well? They are just DYING to be developed. Know these rules and follow them by heart and get along with your Igbo or Yoruba colleague, friend or acquaintance. I believe conflicts arise when we break them. The Yoruba and Igbo tribes are the thinkers who drive Nigeria forward with their ideas. Unfortunately, this mindless competition for relevance has on several occasions threatened our very existence and is doing so now. It is imperative that these stereotypes and lazy assumptions are eradicated so that these two great tribes can go back to what they do best; thinking for Nigeria. [/quote] |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by christopher123(m): 8:13pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
chigoizie7: Don't mind them ..if they want us to burn it down we will do it. The war will be here not east....who will lose ? Thry should take a cue from us . We have been there done that Somebody should petition the oba to icc and watch him denounce the dtatement |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Nobody: 8:13pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Yet they said they aren't tribalist? Igbos always giving them headache. |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Neplusultra(f): 8:20pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
bukatyne:Witout bias!!!! Thank God for u. |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Neplusultra(f): 8:22pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Febcom:I join my faith with yours |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Neplusultra(f): 8:27pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
VolvoS60:Dat guy is pathetic! |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Nobody: 8:37pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Omololu007: Maybe... But the most importantly a message has been sent,The oba should be very careful with his utterances that may bring more cold wars between the igbos and yorubas in lagos. He should continue eating the proceeds from the revenues he enjoys, and keep his mouth sealed. With all due respect! |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Montaque(m): 8:38pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
sweetgala:you have judged the candidates well, in your opinion you have a preferred candidate. I won't trouble you about it,nor threaten you,cos its ur right. That is the beauty of democracy. But it is unacceptable when someone wants to force his choice on people, a traditional ruler for that matter, that is what we call reprehensible. It also a shame that people re-echo what he said in support,and they call themselves democrats. Vote your candidate and leave others to their choice. |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by zicoraads: 9:00pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Goodnuel:Well, I too had the same reaction when I came across a certain comment of his. He doesn't know that I know him. Which was one of the reasons I was. |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Nobody: 9:05pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
hedonistic: Please post the audio recording of the animal issuing threats The man is an embarrassment to whatever throne he sits on |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Cutehomie22: 9:06pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
Yoruba s na them get mouth pass. .... Oba this politics in a democratic government. ... Play urs and let another play his... .. For all I care this is just an empty threat |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Nobody: 9:07pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
customized13: On one hand Igbo votes won't make any impact yet they issue threats on how we must vote Why should any intelligent person waste previous time on those whose votes don't count Confused people Like I said every lover of democracy in Lagos state for this threat ought to come out en masse and vote against the candidate he said he tabled before a shrine in Mecca. Let him jump into his Lagoon |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by Neplusultra(f): 9:20pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
christopher123:Lmao!!! Dis is 200% true!!! Reason I said dat We r al at fault!!! No one's right and none wrong either! !! Ur head dey dere! !!! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Guber Poll: Oba Of Lagos Reads Riot Act To Igbo... The Sun by omohj: 9:21pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
nduchucks:Information is power... |
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