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YORUBAS ARE THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA - Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.
The Yoruba elite and area-boy politics;Igbo marginalisation and the responsible limits of retribution; andThe Yoruba Factor and "Area-boy" Politics.My views on the Yoruba political leadership have been thoroughly articulated in some of my writings, prime among which was " Afenifere: Syllabus of Errors" published by This Day (The Sunday Newspaper) on Sept 27, 1998. There was also an earlier publication in the weekly Trust entitled " The Igbo, the Yoruba and History" (Aug. 21, 1998). 

In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude. 

The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country. In 1966, it was the violence in the West which provided an avenue for the putsch of 15th January. After Chief Awolowo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the South-West which led to the Buhari intervention.

When Buhari jailed UPN governors like Ige and Onabanjo, the South-Western press castigated that good government and provided the right mood for IBB to take over power. As soon as IBB cleared UPN governors of charges against them in a politically motivated retrial, he became the darling of the South-West. When IBB annulled the primaries in which Adamu Ciroma and Shehu Yar Adua emerged as presidential candidates in the NRC and SDP, he was hailed by the South-West. When the same man annulled the June 12, 1993 elections in which Abiola was the front-runner, the South-West now became defenders of democracy.

When it seemed Sani Abacha was sympathetic to Abiola, the South-West supported his take-over. He was in fact invited by a prominent NADECO member to take over in a published letter shortly before the event. Even though Abiola had won the elections in the North, the North was blamed for its annulment. When Abdulsalam Abubakar started his transition, the Yoruba political leadership through NADECO presented a memorandum on a Government of National Unity that showed complete disrespect for the intelligence and liberties of other Nigerians.

Subsequently, they formed a tribal party which failed to meet minimum requirements for registration, but was registered all the same to avoid the violence that was bound to follow non-registration, given the area-boy mentality of South-West politicians. Having rejected an Obasanjo candidacy and challenged the election as a fraud in court, we now find a leading member of the AD in the government, a daughter of an Afenifere leader as Minister of State, and Awolowo´s daughter as Ambassador, all appointed by a man who won the election through fraud.

Meanwhile, nothing has been negotiated for the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self-succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation.

When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses.

For so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals. 

Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists.

Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other "nationalities" that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances.

To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities. This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood. 
I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation-building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys. 
iii.The Igbo Factor and the Reasonable Limits of Retribution. 

The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation...

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princdebola201:
Keep foaming in the mouth mr long epistle

xtrorse:


Frustrated àgbámétá, keep having terrible sleepless nights and terrible nightmares on IPOB until you meet your Waterloo...

princdebola201:
The way 3 million of ur ancestors meet their Waterloo

xtrorse:


The same shameful way the Yoruba bigots and braggarts like Bode Thomas, Benjamin Adekunle, Awolowo, MKO Abiola, Kudirat Abiola, Bola Ige and others died in a most miserable manner even without considering the multitude of Yorubas your Fulani masters have been hunting for sports for decades now...

princdebola201:
Did they die of Hunger and Malnutrition like ur ancestors..?

princdebola201:

Middle East(asia)-- ISIS, AL QEADA,

North East(nigeria)-- Boko haram


South East (Nigeria) -- IPOB and Massob


East africa- Al shabab


Until the the whole world Eliminate Easterners from the four cardinal points of this world ,the world will know no peace

princdebola201:


Did they die of Hunger and Malnutrition like ur ancestors..?

basilo101:
Middle east is not east, East are the asian tigers. Japan, China, Taiwan, THailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Phillipines, Hong Kong, etc Aba, Nnewi, Onitsha etc have a lot in common with these places i.e. indigenous technology

imhotep:

Wise men came from the EAST to see Jesus.
East is associated with WISDOM . . .check am
Don't beef Easterners, LEARN WISDOM from them

princdebola201:

Middle East(asia)-- ISIS, AL QEADA,



North East(nigeria)-- Boko haram



South East (Nigeria) -- IPOB and Massob



East africa- Al shabab


Until the the whole world Eliminate Easterners from the four cardinal points of this world ,the world will know no peace

ndasogu:



The 3 wise men that came on the day Jesus was born were from the east... Yoruba people and jealousy for the progress, growth of Igbos go pari-pasu. My friend Igbos are blessed, it's just God and not their making, just hide your face in shame use your time to mourn Yoruba people's foolishness and lazyness. God will always be great. Please don't kill yourself of what you can not change.

princdebola201:


How has this change the fact that easterners re the problem of the world currently

imhotep:

Those who refuse to learn WISDOM from the East are the trouble
1) Jesus was from the East
2) Buddha was from the East
3) Confucius was from the East
4) Hinduism is from the East
5) Moses was from the East
6) Isaiah/Elijah/Elisha were from the East.

Bend down and learn from the Easterners

princdebola201:

All these events occurs in the past we re talking about the current situations

imhotep:

China is in the East
Japan is in the East
South-Korea is in the East
India is in the East
Singapore is in the East
[These are powerful Asian-Tiger economies]

Obama is from East Africa

Bend down and learn from the East

princdebola201:


Even if God Almighty is from te East does dat erase these facts that the problem the world is facing now was started by Easterners

Middle East(asia)-- ISIS, AL QEADA,

North East(nigeria)-- Boko haram

South East (Nigeria) -- IPOB and Massob

East africa- Al shabab

imhotep:

1) Hom0sexuality - West
2) Abortion - West
3) Invasion of other countries (West, Europe etc)
4) HIV- West
5) Ebola - invented in the West
6) First and Second World Wars - Fought in the West
7) Atheism - West
8] Bestiality - West
9) P$$nography - West
10) Lesbi@nism - West
11) Divorce -West
12) Gun violence -West
13) High suicide rate -West

princdebola201:


Relax ur high blood pressure is too high

All these things never threaten the existence of Human Race most of them re being Curbed

Unlike terrorism that is threatning the existence of human race which is the Cancer of the World presently
It can't just stop spreading May God save us from the Easterners that want to bring the World to an End prematurely

princdebola201:


Relax ur high blood pressure is too high

All these things never threaten the existence of Human Race most of them re being Curbed

Unlike terrorism that is threatning the existence of human race which is the Cancer of the World presently
It can't just stop spreading May God save us from the Easterners that want to bring the World to an End prematurely

imhotep:

1) Nuclear war - West
2) Biological warfare (Ebola, Anthrax) -West
3) Global epidemic like HIV/AIDS/Bird Flu/MERS/SARS - Planned in the West
4) Global arms trade -West
5) Colonization - West
6) Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade -West
7) Racism -West
8] Eugenics - West

BEND DOWN AND LEARN WISDOM FROM THE EAST

princdebola201:


I can see how re fighting tooth and Nail to defend ur terrorist brothers

It's a Pity all these cannot cure or heal the present CANCER OF THE WORLD which was Caused by the Easterners..?

Let's pray ur brothers don't End the world prematurely