The Congress of Yoruba Sons and Daughters within the Peoples Democratic Party say they are outraged by the insults allegedly hauled on the Yoruba by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.

They said they took a strong exception to Wike’s comment that the Yoruba were inconsequential and had no practical political importance in the PDP.


According to them, Wike also described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a failure.

The group at a press conference addressed by its chairman, Dayo Ogunjebe, in Lagos on Wednesday lamented that Wike’s comment was a reflection of how much the Yoruba in the PDP had been “pushed to the edge of the cliff” and relegated in the opposition party’s scheme of things.


The group in a statement titled, “The Yoruba people: Time for reflection,” read by Ogunjebe said the Yoruba in the PDP had been cheated by the party’s failure to elect a Yoruba man as the national chairman of the PDP.

He said, “Our leaders are being mocked. Our symbols of truth and sincerity are now being derided, snubbed, treated with contempt and disowned.



“The irreverent, scandalous, arrogant and most myopic statement of the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike, is the crowning of all insults upon our people.

“Wike, in his most arrogant and selfish swagger, openly derided our people as being inconsequential and of no practical political importance in the PDP.

“This is rather scandalous and very benighted. He even insulted our former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, as a failure. This is an aberration.


“We, at the Congress of Yoruba Sons and Daughters within the PDP fold, are outraged, angry, disappointed, very sad and sickened about this very primitive utterance of Governor Wike.

“We demand an immediate and full apology from Mr. Wike for his gutter language against our people,” Ogunjebe said.

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He said the Yoruba did not deserve to be unfairly treated in the PDP having “worked assiduously for the growth and development of the PDP.”

He said, “In both financial and moral terms, the Yoruba people have been selfless, making tremendous sacrifices. (They have been) consistent and devoted to the growth of our party.

“But we have been cheated. We have been maligned. The chairmanship position that rightly belongs to us has been taken away. It has been sold to the highest bidder.



“Let Wike and the Yoruba betrayers at home know that we will never play the role of a second fiddle to anyone. We are proud of our heritage. We are proud of our achievements across this nation. We do respect the feelings and the tradition of other people. Surely, we will never sit idle while anyone attacks the collective interest of the Yoruba race.”



The group insisted that Wike must apologise for “his indecent statement.”

It argued that with the failure to give the PDP national chairman’s position to a Yoruba man, the opposition party had “slowly dwindled into a regional party with Wike swaggering like an overlord.”

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higherpower:

The Congress of Yoruba Sons and Daughters within the Peoples Democratic Party say they are outraged by the insults allegedly hauled on the Yoruba by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.

They said they took a strong exception to Wike’s comment that the Yoruba were inconsequential and had no practical political importance in the PDP.


According to them, Wike also described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a failure.

The group at a press conference addressed by its chairman, Dayo Ogunjebe, in Lagos on Wednesday lamented that Wike’s comment was a reflection of how much the Yoruba in the PDP had been “pushed to the edge of the cliff” and relegated in the opposition party’s scheme of things.


The group in a statement titled, “The Yoruba people: Time for reflection,” read by Ogunjebe said the Yoruba in the PDP had been cheated by the party’s failure to elect a Yoruba man as the national chairman of the PDP.

He said, “Our leaders are being mocked. Our symbols of truth and sincerity are now being derided, snubbed, treated with contempt and disowned.



“The irreverent, scandalous, arrogant and most myopic statement of the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike, is the crowning of all insults upon our people.

“Wike, in his most arrogant and selfish swagger, openly derided our people as being inconsequential and of no practical political importance in the PDP.

“This is rather scandalous and very benighted. He even insulted our former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, as a failure. This is an aberration.


“We, at the Congress of Yoruba Sons and Daughters within the PDP fold, are outraged, angry, disappointed, very sad and sickened about this very primitive utterance of Governor Wike.

“We demand an immediate and full apology from Mr. Wike for his gutter language against our people,” Ogunjebe said.

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He said the Yoruba did not deserve to be unfairly treated in the PDP having “worked assiduously for the growth and development of the PDP.”

He said, “In both financial and moral terms, the Yoruba people have been selfless, making tremendous sacrifices. (They have been) consistent and devoted to the growth of our party.

“But we have been cheated. We have been maligned. The chairmanship position that rightly belongs to us has been taken away. It has been sold to the highest bidder.



“Let Wike and the Yoruba betrayers at home know that we will never play the role of a second fiddle to anyone. We are proud of our heritage. We are proud of our achievements across this nation. We do respect the feelings and the tradition of other people. Surely, we will never sit idle while anyone attacks the collective interest of the Yoruba race.”



The group insisted that Wike must apologise for “his indecent statement.”

It argued that with the failure to give the PDP national chairman’s position to a Yoruba man, the opposition party had “slowly dwindled into a regional party with Wike swaggering like an overlord.”

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we Yoruba muslims just want to bow down and adore our caliphate masters

imhotep:

we Yoruba muslims just want to bow down and adore our caliphate masters

Unfortunately, am neither Muslim nor from Caliphate. Am a Nigerian

higherpower:

Unfortunately, am neither Muslim or from Caliphate. Am a Nigerian

but you are in the same camp as the Yoruba Muslims abi

imhotep:

but you are in the same camp as the Yoruba Muslims abi

Your comment isn't helpful. We are one Nigeria

higherpower:


Your comment isn't helpful. We are one Nigeria

One United and Indivisible Nigger Area

Summary Please?

imhotep:
One United and Indivisible Nigger Area

You should take extra care to be specific in your attacks on individuals instead of swiping a large collection of people who may not necessarily share what their noise making leader looter is saying.
Alienating any group, no matter how small is not a good political strategy for winning in a multi-faceted country.
Cheers

anonimi:


You should take extra care to be specific in your attacks on individuals instead of swiping a large collection of people who say not share what their noise making leader looter is saying.
Alienating any group, no matter how small is not a good political strategy for winning in a multi-faceted country.
Cheers

ok. fair enough

higherpower:
The Congress of Yoruba Sons and Daughters within the Peoples Democratic Party say they are outraged by the insults allegedly hauled on the Yoruba by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.
They said they took a strong exception to Wike’s comment that the Yoruba were inconsequential and had no practical political importance in the PDP.
According to them, Wike also described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a failure.

The group at a press conference addressed by its chairman, Dayo Ogunjebe, in Lagos on Wednesday lamented that Wike’s comment was a reflection of how much the Yoruba in the PDP had been “pushed to the edge of the cliff” and relegated in the opposition party’s scheme of things.

Dayo Ogunjebe is obviously an IMPOSTOR who has been paid by Asiwaju Asiwere national leader of the All Poverty Congress, APC to create confusion among PDP supporters.
How much does it cost to organise a press conference and pay journalists to give the statements prominence in their newspapers?
A google search for Dayo Ogunjebe shows that he is a non-starter in PDP until this obnoxious statement, sponsored by Ogbeni Ojuyobo JagaBandit.

https://www.google.com.mm/search?rlz=1C1CHMO_enUS568US569&ei=fv8yWqWGEYnT8QWV0KmwCg&q=dayo+ogunjebe+pdp+apc&oq=dayo+ogunjebe+pdp+apc&gs_l=psy-ab.3...3737.9888.0.10400.10.10.0.0.0.0.202.1434.0j8j1.9.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.6.978...0i13i30k1j33i160k1.0.WhNGPaVEAeo


Meanwhile, is Ebola Owu not a failure?
Politically, he did not win his ward, state and south west in 1999 and swindled AD members into a fake coalition to win in 2003 before he was beaten black and blue in 2007.
He is also a failure in governance, being characterised by massive corruption.

Nigerian deals 'wasted billions
14 March 2008

Some $2.2bn-worth of Nigerian energy contracts were awarded without a bidding process by the former president and his energy minister, officials say.
One was to a company with less than $200 of base capital at the time, a witness told a parliamentary committee.

It is investigating why $16bn of investment in the energy sector during Olusegun Obasanjo's eight years in power failed to end power shortages.

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Sirniyeh:
www.agendang.com/index.php/multimedia/photos/item/319-obasanjo-shared-74million-halliburton-bribe-okiro-panel-says-obj-also-pocketed-another-5-million-with-pdp-interim-panel-report-disappeared-in-aso-rock

http://saharareporters.com/2010/05/18obasanjo-
shared-74million-halliburton-bribe-okiro-panel-says-
%E2%80%A2-obj-also-pocketed-another


President Olusegun Obasanjo, who led Nigeria from 1999-2000, during which time he swore to fight corruption in the country, obtained considerable helpings of the infamous Haliburton bribe money, the Special Investigation Panel headed by Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, has declared in an interim report.

President Olusegun Obasanjo, who led Nigeria from 1999-2000, during which time he swore to fight corruption in the country, obtained considerable helpings of the infamous Haliburton bribe money, the Special Investigation Panel headed by Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, has declared in an interim report.

According to the document, which was submitted to *President Umaru Yar’Adua in May last year by Mr. Okiro, Obasanjo shared the sum of $74 million USD between 2000 and 2001 with his Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, as well as Funsho Kupolokun and Gaius Obaseki, who were successive heads of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation during the government’s early years.

During that same time span, said the interim report, Obasanjo and the ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party, also pocketed $5m from the Halliburton slush funds. Other major beneficiaries included General Sani Abacha, got $40 million in 1994-95; Ibrahim Aliyu, $11.7million in 2001-2002; Former Minister, Dan Etete, $2.5 million 1996-1998; Abdulkadir Abacha, $1.8 in 1998; and M. G. Bakari, $3.1 million

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