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Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by stanech: 6:45am On Jul 16, 2015
Igbo change agents how far?

Okorocha How far?

When I told you guys that you are electing a man that will rather die than see you progress you thought I was just talking. Una see una self now?

This is just the beginning tougher times ahead for the Igbos. We have to brace up because the duara dullard will throw everything he has on us..

Just get ready.

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Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by Bobbystanley(m): 7:02am On Jul 16, 2015
Gravanno:
But it's ok for another ibo man to replace another as super eagle's coach?

Ibos are the most tribalistic animals out there.


Your Father is a bastard

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Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by gratiaeo(m): 7:04am On Jul 16, 2015
Yorubas are the worst thing to happen to this country Nigeria. Their hypocrites stink!

Marginalisation: Yoruba Leaders To Storm Aso Rock Again



INIEDO2:
The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has for the second time sought audience with President Goodluck Jonathan to protest the “political marginalisation of the South-West.”

The Yoruba leaders, who had earlier visited Jonathan on the same issue, said they were not happy that the President had not taken any action to rectify the “anomaly” in the nation’s political structure, which they had complained about.

A leader of Afenifere, Senator Femi Okunrunmu, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the group had already made request for the second visit, and were waiting for the President’s response.

He said, “We (Yoruba leaders) had met with Jonathan to complain about the marginalisation of Yoruba, but he has not done anything about it. So, we have decided to pay him another visit. We have already made our intention known to the Presidency. We are now waiting for the President to give us an appointment.

“We have the details of the situation which we intend to present to the President. It is as if the South-West has been excised from the country. If you look at all the top political positions and appointments in the country, it is not hard to see that South-West has been marginalised in this administration.

“Check from number one, which is the President, to number 15, you won’t find a Yoruba person there. Look at the people controlling the economy, the finance minister, the Central Bank governor, no Yoruba person is there. The first lawyers in this country were Yoruba. Today, Yoruba are marginalised in the judiciary. In the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Representatives: Yoruba people are not in leadership position. It is bad. It’s as if Yoruba are not wanted.”

Similarly, another prominent Yoruba leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo told our correspondent that Jonathan had been very unfair to the South-West even in the repair of federal roads in the country.

He noted that while the roads in the North, the South-East and the South-South were being repaired with funds from government coffers, the federal roads in the South-West were given out to concessionaires who would collect toll from users. He cited the Lagos-Ibadan expressway concession as an example.

“That means that while others would be enjoying roads built with money from our national treasury, we, in the South-West, will have to pay for the repairs of the federal roads in our region. That is unfair. Why are there not roads under concession in the North, South-East and South-South? Yoruba people have been marginalised,” he said.

http://www.punchng.com/news/marginalisation-yoruba-leaders-to-storm-aso-rock-again/
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by babyfaceafrica: 7:28am On Jul 16, 2015
Dem never start....wailing wailers how far?

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Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by Remarkable: 7:31am On Jul 16, 2015
bigtt76:
People should please understand this recent appointment was made with a sole purpose of using the locals to fight off Boko Haram scourge. BH is a product of Borno states, who is in a better position to fight this than one who hails from there? Putting an igbo or Yoruba man there would be of no use. Try and understand this is a wartime appointment and not peacetime. sad


I guess I can take this explanation as a good reason/consolatory explanation... nice first comment.
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by kettykings: 7:42am On Jul 16, 2015
The hypocrites are busy going around supporting the recent lopsided appointments.

If buhari deemed it proper to transfer boko haram prisoners to the east why is he deeming it not necessarily to appoint an Igbo to the nation's top military post.

It is not as if igbos need military posts in the government but it is necessary to point out to people who buhari really is.

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Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by mbolajide2010: 7:59am On Jul 16, 2015
eighTHREAD:
This thing is fast becoming nauseating. You claim the SS are your brothers in a biafran struggle, yet you are not happy a rivers man got appointed.

What if they weren't any credible ibo man for the job?

You claim boko haram is a northern problem that they should deal with it. Now that they have appointed mostly northerners, you kicked against it.

When they took boko haram prisoners to the east, you rejected it. Now that they have given appointments to fight boko haram, you want in. You only want to share in the gains of nigeria and not its pains.


It's either the ibos do not reason or they are just irritants.


This attitude of being irritants will bring you pains o.
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You have spoken the bitter truth may God bless you.1000000 likes for you.

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Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by Candyrain(m): 8:48am On Jul 16, 2015
azzima:
See them crying now. I thought all igbos want is Biafra Let's stay consistent here.

You are just being so impossible. The Igbos want Biafra but you said NO, they want appointments and to feel a sense of belonging in Nigeria, you still say NO. So what do you want Igbos to do? Kill themselves for you? That ain't going to happen.

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Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by madenigga(m): 9:05am On Jul 16, 2015
bigtt76:
People should please understand this recent appointment was made with a sole purpose of using the locals to fight off Boko Haram scourge. BH is a product of Borno states, who is in a better position to fight this than one who hails from there? Putting an igbo or Yoruba man there would be of no use. Try and understand this is a wartime appointment and not peacetime. sad
But a Yoruba man from ekiti and a ss man from cross rivers state made d list or are they locals?
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by Eastlink(m): 9:35am On Jul 16, 2015
gratiaeo:
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari sacked service chiefs inherited from the former President Goodluck Jonathan ad­ministration last Monday, and replaced them with new ones. The new appointees, who are coming on board in acting capac­ity until they are confirmed by the Senate are: Major-Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olon­ishakin, Chief of Defence (Staff); Major- Gen. Tukur Y. Buratai, Chief of Army Staff and Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff. Others are Air- Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Monday Riku Morgan, Chief of Defence Intelligence and Maj.- Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.) as National Security Adviser.


The appointments, which are expected to rev up the war against terrorism and possibly reform the military, have been received with mixed feelings by Nigeri­ans, especially the Igbo nation, which is not represented in the appointments.


While the appointment of service chiefs is well within the rights of the president, the absence of any officer of Igbo extraction among the appointees is generating consternation in Igbo land. Although the president alluded to the fact that the appointments are based on merit, this exclusion of the Igbo indicates that they are not representative of the ethnic composition of Nigeria. In the appointments and others made by the president since he assumed office on May 29, there is a glaring distancing of the Igbo ethnic group, either from the South-East or South-South.

This unsalutory development will not augur well for an administration that was voted in on its mantra of change. The ex­clusion of the South East in the president’s appointments, so far, is also contrary to Section 14 (3) of the Nigerian Constitu­tion, which provides that “the composi­tion of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote na­tional unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few states or from a few ethnic or other sec­tional groups in that government or in any of its agencies.”

The composition of the new service chiefs cannot be said to reflect adherence to federal character, as stipulated in the Constitution. The poor representation of the Igbo at the upper echelons of the Nigerian military has, for decades, sign­posted their continuing marginalisation in many areas of national life.

Since the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970, very few Igbo citizens have been appointed as service chiefs in the country. Vice Admiral Alison- Madueke briefly held the position of Chief of Naval Staff, while Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika also only served as Chief of Army Staff in Good­luck Jonathan’s government for a short period before he was relieved of the ap­pointment. Mr. Ogbonnaya Onovo was ap­pointed Inspector General of Police for a brief period during Umaru Yar’Adua re­gime, while Ambassador Thomas Aguiyi- Ironsi was the Minister of Defence for a short time during the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Aside these tokens, the Igbo have not really been taken into the mainstream of Nigerian military in terms of appoint­ments since the end of the civil war. Po­litically, the South East appears to have been emasculated to the extent that no­body from the area has been considered capable of being trusted with the leader­ship of any of the arms of the military for a reasonable period.

This tends to suggest that Igbo are not considered worthy of being entrusted with military power, or trusted by Nige­ria’s leaders, past and present. But, we know that this is not the case with Presi­dent Buhari. He is a well known lover of the Igbo ethnic group and the absence of the Igbo in the recent appointments is more likely to be an oversight on the part of his administration, and should be cor­rected in his future appointments.

Naturally, all major appointments ought to take cognizance of our ethnic diversity and ensure some measure of balance and sensitivity in ethnic representation. We say this considering the fact that the Igbo is one of the major ethnic groups in the country like the Hausa and the Yoruba. Short-changing the ethnic group in these appointments does not bode well for Ni­geria’s unity.

With these appointments, there is no doubt that most Igbo will rightly feel that the tribe has not been forgiven for tak­ing part in the Nigerian-Biafran war, over four decades after the end of hostilities. The earlier gains made through the ap­pointment of Madueke, Onovo and Ihe­jirika now seem to have been reversed. The continued distancing of the Igbo in the nation’s top security composition is not only symptomatic of marginalisation, it may be interpreted as an unconsciona­ble orchestrated alienation.

The exclusion of this major ethnic na­tionality from the national power equa­tion will not augur well for a government that has equity and fairness to all parts of the country as part of its mantra.

This inexcusable oversight should be corrected in subsequent appointments by the president. As a friend of the Igbos and somebody that has had a good relation­ship with notable Igbo leaders, we believe that it is not too late to make amends in future appointments.

All the same, we congratulate the new service chiefs and urge them to discharge their duties with utmost dedication. No, doubt, the war on terrorism is still on course and the results so far show that there is still much to be done. With the appointment of the new Chief of Defence Intelligence, there is no doubt that the war on terrorism will naturally assume a new dimension, with more verve and im­petus. Those involved in the war against the insurgents must of necessity up their game on intelligence, which to a large ex­tent has not been sufficiently deployed.


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/service-chiefs-the-igbo-and-case-for-fairness-equity/
Inasmuch as I agree with the OP, I still think he should have differentiated between the Igbos in general (who have held top military portfolios) and the quest of our South-Eastern Igbo brethren being marginalized in GMB's government.
In all fairness, it appears that the writer of this article and other SE Igbos are misinformed or do I say have selective amnesia when it comes to recalling distinguished officers of Igbo extraction (SS Igbo) who have headed Military and Para-Military formations. It is also important to note that there exist officers of Igbo extraction (of which I'll mention) who have never for once had cause to deny their people. Let me spell out the list so that some myopic SE Igbo can be well informed.

1) Mike Okiro - 1st Post-Civil war Igbo I.G of Police. My towns man and an indigene of Egbema (ONELGA Rivers). He his a member of Ohaneze Ndigbo.

2) Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike. 1st Post-Civil war Igbo Chief of Air Staff and subsequent Chief of Defence Staff during the tenure of both Pres. Obasanjo and Yar'adua. (He is an Aboh man from Ukwuani Delta State.

3) Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba. 2nd Post-Civil war Igbo Chief of Naval staff after Admiral Madueke of the SE. Dele Ezeoba hails from Oshimili Delta state.


The above shows that the Igbo ethnic nation are not found wanting when it comes to holding Military positions. So my advice to my fellow SE Igbo is that there are many of us in the SS who have never denied our Igbo origin. So please always see it as a duty to defend the interest of your close brothers in the SS because the Nigerian government hardly differentiate between SE/SS Igbo when it comes to marginalization. Biko Ndigbo Onye aghala nwanne ya.
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by spanishkid(m): 9:50am On Jul 16, 2015
Gravanno:
But it's ok for another ibo man to replace another as super eagle's coach?

Ibos are the most tribalistic animals out there.

are you just realising? But yet na their wide pass.
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by spanishkid(m): 9:54am On Jul 16, 2015
kishimi8:


You just echoed what was on my mind.
They say SS are their brothers, yet someone from the SS gets appointed and they complain. There are many ethic groups in nigeria that are not crying about appointments, you dont hear an igala man crying nor a tiv or jukun or even fulani??.

I pity south south people wallahi.. any tribe that follows igbos into biafra should be ready to be marginalised and treated as second class citizens
exactly. Exactly my point. I pity any south south state that joins them. Their own don finish be that.
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by Nobody: 9:56am On Jul 16, 2015
gratiaeo:
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari sacked service chiefs inherited from the former President Goodluck Jonathan ad­ministration last Monday, and replaced them with new ones. The new appointees, who are coming on board in acting capac­ity until they are confirmed by the Senate are: Major-Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olon­ishakin, Chief of Defence (Staff); Major- Gen. Tukur Y. Buratai, Chief of Army Staff and Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff. Others are Air- Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Monday Riku Morgan, Chief of Defence Intelligence and Maj.- Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.) as National Security Adviser.


The appointments, which are expected to rev up the war against terrorism and possibly reform the military, have been received with mixed feelings by Nigeri­ans, especially the Igbo nation, which is not represented in the appointments.


While the appointment of service chiefs is well within the rights of the president, the absence of any officer of Igbo extraction among the appointees is generating consternation in Igbo land. Although the president alluded to the fact that the appointments are based on merit, this exclusion of the Igbo indicates that they are not representative of the ethnic composition of Nigeria. In the appointments and others made by the president since he assumed office on May 29, there is a glaring distancing of the Igbo ethnic group, either from the South-East or South-South.

This unsalutory development will not augur well for an administration that was voted in on its mantra of change. The ex­clusion of the South East in the president’s appointments, so far, is also contrary to Section 14 (3) of the Nigerian Constitu­tion, which provides that “the composi­tion of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote na­tional unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few states or from a few ethnic or other sec­tional groups in that government or in any of its agencies.”

The composition of the new service chiefs cannot be said to reflect adherence to federal character, as stipulated in the Constitution. The poor representation of the Igbo at the upper echelons of the Nigerian military has, for decades, sign­posted their continuing marginalisation in many areas of national life.

Since the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970, very few Igbo citizens have been appointed as service chiefs in the country. Vice Admiral Alison- Madueke briefly held the position of Chief of Naval Staff, while Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika also only served as Chief of Army Staff in Good­luck Jonathan’s government for a short period before he was relieved of the ap­pointment. Mr. Ogbonnaya Onovo was ap­pointed Inspector General of Police for a brief period during Umaru Yar’Adua re­gime, while Ambassador Thomas Aguiyi- Ironsi was the Minister of Defence for a short time during the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Aside these tokens, the Igbo have not really been taken into the mainstream of Nigerian military in terms of appoint­ments since the end of the civil war. Po­litically, the South East appears to have been emasculated to the extent that no­body from the area has been considered capable of being trusted with the leader­ship of any of the arms of the military for a reasonable period.

This tends to suggest that Igbo are not considered worthy of being entrusted with military power, or trusted by Nige­ria’s leaders, past and present. But, we know that this is not the case with Presi­dent Buhari. He is a well known lover of the Igbo ethnic group and the absence of the Igbo in the recent appointments is more likely to be an oversight on the part of his administration, and should be cor­rected in his future appointments.

Naturally, all major appointments ought to take cognizance of our ethnic diversity and ensure some measure of balance and sensitivity in ethnic representation. We say this considering the fact that the Igbo is one of the major ethnic groups in the country like the Hausa and the Yoruba. Short-changing the ethnic group in these appointments does not bode well for Ni­geria’s unity.

With these appointments, there is no doubt that most Igbo will rightly feel that the tribe has not been forgiven for tak­ing part in the Nigerian-Biafran war, over four decades after the end of hostilities. The earlier gains made through the ap­pointment of Madueke, Onovo and Ihe­jirika now seem to have been reversed. The continued distancing of the Igbo in the nation’s top security composition is not only symptomatic of marginalisation, it may be interpreted as an unconsciona­ble orchestrated alienation.

The exclusion of this major ethnic na­tionality from the national power equa­tion will not augur well for a government that has equity and fairness to all parts of the country as part of its mantra.

This inexcusable oversight should be corrected in subsequent appointments by the president. As a friend of the Igbos and somebody that has had a good relation­ship with notable Igbo leaders, we believe that it is not too late to make amends in future appointments.

All the same, we congratulate the new service chiefs and urge them to discharge their duties with utmost dedication. No, doubt, the war on terrorism is still on course and the results so far show that there is still much to be done. With the appointment of the new Chief of Defence Intelligence, there is no doubt that the war on terrorism will naturally assume a new dimension, with more verve and im­petus. Those involved in the war against the insurgents must of necessity up their game on intelligence, which to a large ex­tent has not been sufficiently deployed.


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/service-chiefs-the-igbo-and-case-for-fairness-equity/
Rubbish write up, I know is a non igbo indigene that wrote this. An average igbo dude doesn't care about this we don't need federal government appointments to survive
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by madenigga(m): 10:03am On Jul 16, 2015
kishimi8:


You just echoed what was on my mind.
They say SS are their brothers, yet someone from the SS gets appointed and they complain. There are many ethic groups in nigeria that are not crying about appointments, you dont hear an igala man crying nor a tiv or jukun or even fulani??.

I pity south south people wallahi.. any tribe that follows igbos into biafra should be ready to be marginalised and treated as second class citizens
LoL... all of a sudden u guys have declared d ss ppl there brothers, but d moment u hear B before they would say iafra u guys wud start being d one tk draw the boundary between Igbos and SS calling them oil thieves and d rest...lol''' yoruba ppl.
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by kishimi8(m): 10:20am On Jul 16, 2015
madenigga:

LoL... all of a sudden u guys have declared d ss ppl there brothers, but d moment u hear B before they would say iafra u guys wud start being d one tk draw the boundary between Igbos and SS calling them oil thieves and d rest...lol''' yoruba ppl.

I'm not yoruba.. I'm a hausa man, I made this comment since recently I've seen posts here on nl and since asari also said they are your brothers, what view do you think we should have?.

Honestly I don't care if nigeria splits or not.. oil is not my concern.
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by banki(m): 10:26am On Jul 16, 2015
the irony is that if an Igbo man is given an appointment the same people will call him or her a traitor on this same forum many of those clown supporting the Biafra movement were majorly supporters of pdp and jonathan

they called oby ezekwesili names
they refused to vote ngige because he was in a hausa party
they said rochas was traitor and he was non performer....
they almost killed dora akunyili because she stopped their fake dug business

they loved the ibo nation so much and voted Theo orji as a senator.When atiku contested the pdp presidential primaries against jonathan, he picked Charles soludo as his vice, the ibo states voted for yaradua and jonathan .....they forgot soludo was from anambra, they voted for obasanjo against ekwueme ....now they are making noise about ekweremadu as deputy senate president a position ekwrmadu has held for the past 8years and couldn't succeed in doing anything significant for ndi Igbo...not even the 2nd niger bridge

the woman that led people to scatter and harass the bring back our girl campaign movement was an ibo woman, mbu the commissioner of police that banned their gathering was an ibo woman.

when ojukwu contested presidential election against yaradua/jonathan against obasanjo/atiku in 2007 and 2003 he was not voted or given block votes by the ibo people Maurice iwu an ibo man was the head of inec,...

is realy a shame....
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by betty202020(m): 10:42am On Jul 16, 2015
Gravanno:
But it's ok for another ibo man to replace another as super eagle's coach?

Ibos are the most tribalistic animals out there.

u are a kid. go and sin no more
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by madenigga(m): 10:48am On Jul 16, 2015
kishimi8:


I'm not yoruba.. I'm a hausa man, I made this comment since recently I've seen posts here on nl and since asari also said they are your brothers, what view do you think we should have?.

Honestly I don't care if nigeria splits or not.. oil is not my concern.
Brother Nigeria won't split, just because one igbo hates someone doesn't mean d entire igbos do. U personally have seen igbos defend the Nigerian cause, u personally know some igbos supported Buhari, but y black list all of dem for ur mouthlash?
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by kishimi8(m): 10:50am On Jul 16, 2015
madenigga:

Brother Nigeria won't split, just because one igbo hates someone doesn't mean d entire igbos do. U personally have seen igbos defend the Nigerian cause, u personally know some igbos supported Buhari, but y black list all of dem for ur mouthlash?
madenigga:

LoL... all of a sudden u guys have declared d ss ppl there brothers, but d moment u hear B before they would say iafra u guys wud start being d one tk draw the boundary between Igbos and SS calling them oil thieves and d rest...lol''' yoruba ppl.

Which one you de, one minute u are saying something the next you are saying another
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by madenigga(m): 10:55am On Jul 16, 2015
kishimi8:



Which one you de, one minute u are saying something the next you are saying another
My point is dat stop dz ur useless campaign against igbos. FULLSTOP.

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Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by bigtt76(f): 11:27am On Jul 16, 2015
The Ekiti man you are referring to is the Chief of Defence Staff who is the head of all service Chiefs. His choice may have been based on seniority to the others. Question we need to ask is if there are any igbo officers fit enough to meet the president's requirements for that position and was overlooked? Same with the Cross River man. We all must also note that rotation would take place. All tribes cannot at all times or same time be service Chiefs


madenigga:

But a Yoruba man from ekiti and a ss man from cross rivers state made d list or are they locals?
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by kishimi8(m): 12:07pm On Jul 16, 2015
madenigga:

My point is dat stop dz ur useless campaign against igbos. FULLSTOP.

Pls Identify the campaign I'm running against igbos?.
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by kettykings: 12:51pm On Jul 16, 2015
banki:
the irony is that if an Igbo man is given an appointment the same people will call him or her a traitor on this same forum many of those clown supporting the Biafra movement were majorly supporters of pdp and jonathan

they called oby ezekwesili names
they refused to vote ngige because he was in a hausa party
they said rochas was traitor and he was non performer....
they almost killed dora akunyili because she stopped their fake dug business

they loved the ibo nation so much and voted Theo orji as a senator.When atiku contested the pdp presidential primaries against jonathan, he picked Charles soludo as his vice, the ibo states voted for yaradua and jonathan .....they forgot soludo was from anambra, they voted for obasanjo against ekwueme ....now they are making noise about ekweremadu as deputy senate president a position ekwrmadu has held for the past 8years and couldn't succeed in doing anything significant for ndi Igbo...not even the 2nd niger bridge

the woman that led people to scatter and harass the bring back our girl campaign movement was an ibo woman, mbu the commissioner of police that banned their gathering was an ibo woman.

when ojukwu contested presidential election against yaradua/jonathan against obasanjo/atiku in 2007 and 2003 he was not voted or given block votes by the ibo people Maurice iwu an ibo man was the head of inec,...

is realy a shame....


Have heard about electoral fraud before, I beg you to read.
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by ManMountain(m): 12:55pm On Jul 16, 2015
With these appointments, there is no doubt that most Igbo will rightly feel that the tribe has not been forgiven for tak­ing part in the Nigerian-Biafran war, over four decades after the end of hostilities. The earlier gains made through the ap­pointment of Madueke, Onovo and Ihe­jirika now seem to have been reversed. The continued distancing of the Igbo in the nation’s top security composition is not only symptomatic of marginalisation, it may be interpreted as an unconsciona­ble orchestrated alienation.

Nigerians will keep looking at Igbos with suspicion until you cure yourselves of your Biafran mentality.
You will keep paying the price of that mentality for calling Nigeria a zoo, why do you want to hold military position in a zoo?
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by madenigga(m): 1:37pm On Jul 16, 2015
banki:
the irony is that if an Igbo man is given an appointment the same people will call him or her a traitor on this same forum many of those clown supporting the Biafra movement were majorly supporters of pdp and jonathan

they called oby ezekwesili names
they refused to vote ngige because he was in a hausa party
they said rochas was traitor and he was non performer....
they almost killed dora akunyili because she stopped their fake dug business

they loved the ibo nation so much and voted Theo orji as a senator.When atiku contested the pdp presidential primaries against jonathan, he picked Charles soludo as his vice, the ibo states voted for yaradua and jonathan .....they forgot soludo was from anambra, they voted for obasanjo against ekwueme ....now they are making noise about ekweremadu as deputy senate president a position ekwrmadu has held for the past 8years and couldn't succeed in doing anything significant for ndi Igbo...not even the 2nd niger bridge

the woman that led people to scatter and harass the bring back our girl campaign movement was an ibo woman, mbu the commissioner of police that banned their gathering was an ibo woman.

when ojukwu contested presidential election against yaradua/jonathan against obasanjo/atiku in 2007 and 2003 he was not voted or given block votes by the ibo people Maurice iwu an ibo man was the head of inec,...

is realy a shame....

Mbu an igbo man, d moment u said that I knew reading ur post was useless.
Mbu is from Cross Rivers state if u are to know
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by sheymoni(m): 3:49pm On Jul 16, 2015
The wailing wailers are not to be taken serious at all. You claimed bokoharam is a northern problem & a northerner has been appointed to fight the insurgency in that region . I really do not understand what these people want
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by midolian(m): 4:04pm On Jul 16, 2015
eighTHREAD:
This thing is fast becoming nauseating. You claim the SS are your brothers in a biafran struggle, yet you are not happy a rivers man got appointed.

What if they weren't any credible ibo man for the job?

You claim boko haram is a northern problem that they should deal with it. Now that they have appointed mostly northerners, you kicked against it.

When they took boko haram prisoners to the east, you rejected it. Now that they have given appointments to fight boko haram, you want in. You only want to share in the gains of nigeria and not its pains.


It's either the ibos do not reason or they are just irritants.


This attitude of being irritants will bring you pains o.
I ld say they are just irritants. Or they are both Or they are always more confused than I am right now angry

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Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by eazysally: 4:12pm On Jul 16, 2015
These people sef....what really do they want??, they complain virtually everything nawaooo
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by ChimaAdeoye: 4:32pm On Jul 16, 2015
Abeg, we don't need service chiefs from Buhari. he is obviously too inexperienced to believe he can sideline a whole major ethnic group.Even Adolf hitler also thought he could sideline people based on their ethnic origin

let him appoint only northerners in every position in nigeria. it is to no avail. grin grin grin grin grin grin
in the end, he will end up like Abacha. They often think they are tough and can do as they wish, eventually they will realize that the war between fire and water, in time the water always wins.
You cannot hold the food of a child and raise your hand, in time your hand will hurt and you will shamefully bring down your hand grin grin grin
Re: Service Chiefs, The Igbo And Case For Fairness, Equity by azzima(m): 9:38pm On Jul 16, 2015
gratiaeo:
Back in 2013 it was Yorubas wailing uncontrollable about marginalisation in federal appointment, now they are calling others name for doing the same thing.
Yorubas Decry Marginalisation in Federal Appointments -Chief Olu Falae
Tunde Sanni



http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/yorubas-decry-marginalisation-in-federal-appointments/138685
consistency is key here. Are you grieved because pmb chose your fellow SS brother and not igbo? Do you want Biafra? Or do u want to be included in NIGERIA'S plan as Nigerians? ?. Pick 1!!!

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