Yoruba Nation: The cabal, Tinubu and the sword of debacle.

The Irohinoodua Editorial August 31, 2019

There are grave unseen but visible undercurrents in the storming sea of Nigerian politics. This time, the host is the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). The signs are obvious only to critical minds. Since the regime assumed a second term of four years, after winning the Presidential election in March, the tempo of political intrigues has more than tripled.

At the epicenter is power and the bitter but covert struggle and maneuvering within. There are three critical elements. First is the conspiracy towards 2023; second is the desperation and high-pitched plot by the Fulani North to retain political power at the centre and also to determine who governs the country’s most strategic outposts; third, is the desperation to retain power and the chess game to destroy any formidable political bloc, especially the Yoruba leadership profile in whatever manner it might raise its head through a conscious subversion of the solidarity, political heritage and unity of the people.

Let us take the first track. The Fulani North is not ready to compromise on retaining power beyond 2023. That Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu or any other person from the South West will not be allowed to smell Aso Rock is a hidden secret. Such revelations have come in the form of statements threatening fire and brimstone from devotees known to be speaking the mind of the cabal.

Apart from leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN) that have made this know, the Coalition of Northern Nigerian Youths has spoken in the same manner.

Again, the new cabinet indicated nothing but largely a Presidential campaign team ahead of the 2023 election, rather than a policy team considering that a change of cabinet is unlikely in the next three years when the Presidential campaign commences albeit unofficially. This clearly shows the preference of the Fulani North for power rather than policy.

Why this might be presented as the itinerary of the APC, it is better understood as the agenda of a powerful and very intelligent Fulani team within, which purpose is primitive accumulation of power to be dispensed at will to rookies and to those ready to implement the self-serving programmes of the ruling clique one of which is the preservation of the interests of the Fulani North.

For instance, it is instructive to observe that the choice of the Ministers was designed not by regional blocs but right from the Presidency. The implication is that the majority of the Ministers will be loyal to the dictates of the powers at the centre. In reality, efforts were made to cut the wings of powerful regional interests leaving such to gnash their teeth in regret.

President Buhari made the situation worse when he figuratively created the office of the Prime Minister. He asked all his Ministers to report to the Chief of Staff. Also, the security architecture of the country has been retained in the hands of core North elements.

While former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu made tremendous contributions to the emergence of President Mohammadu Buhari, everything has been done consistently to thwart his heritage and humiliate him. The stratagem, once closed, now open has always been to hang on the assumption of Tinubu’s misdeeds which have been overemphasized while in reality, the attacks against Tinubu merely symbolizes a hidden game to ensure every potential rallying figure in the South West is destroyed. We are not aware of Tinubu’s ills that are so large as to dwarf the iniquities of Fulani leaders who since 1960 have produced the worst leaders in its midst that rule and consistently ruin Nigeria. If anything, Lagos which modern foundation Tinubu laid remains the most striking reference point in Nigeria since 1999.. Yet, none of the current political class made the tremendous sacrifices Tinubu made during the bloody campaign against military rule. His offence in reality is that he is the most influential Yoruba politician and it will be in the interest of the Fulani North to see the South West as one black sky without a single star that also limps towards the North for candles.

By rubbishing the most prominent Yoruba politician, it will lead to a divided regional bloc in perpetual conflict with itself, without a clear political leader, while putting the cabal in a strategic position of influence and the decider of fate. Those SW people who rise to openly and viciously attack Tinubu fail to realise this all important point that while they may have some clear logic, as no man is infallible, they at the same time fit into the design of the cabal whose eternal wish is to wreck the Yoruba nation and subvert any possible force that can make the people come forth as a united political unit. They realise that Tinubu is fearless, courageous and daring. These are threatening qualities that provoke a combination of hate and fear in the North.

The cabal may appear to be fighting Tinubu today, but in reality, their disdain for him is for the entire Yoruba nation including individuals in the South West who currently eye the Presidential ticket thinking this would be best achieved by licking the booth of the cabal.

For instance, none of the Ministers was allowed to be picked at Tinubu’s beckon, not even Mr Sunday Dare, who was his aide. A source told Irohinoodua that Dare, an indigene of Ogbomoso, who speaks Hausa fluently had lobbied his pathway, through the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam El Rufai. Last week, Dare paid a courtesy visit to El rufai in his office in Kaduna in what observers see as a demonstration of unalloyed political loyalty while Momora was said to have been picked by the former Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi whose covert political war against Tinubu is legendary. Allies of both Dare and Mamora describe the two as ‘sly, cunny and self-serving.”

With many of the Ministers handpicked by the cabal within, where the pendulum of loyalty will swing remains predictable, leaving the caliphate at a higher position of negotiation while the Ministers are expected to see loyalty to their own people or regional leaders as secondary.

There are emerging fears that certain policies may undermine the future of the Yoruba nation if fully implemented one of which is the Rural Grazing Area, (RUGA). The cabal wants the policy because of its intrinsic link with the retention of power. With RUGA in place, the fundamental change in Nigeria’s demography and voting tradition will be permanently altered. In the past few years, the migration of people from the Margreb region and the sahel will serve no purpose than to fuel the numerical strength of a section of the country which is critical in the coming elections. Yet in Nigeria, voting is gradually becoming rentier venture that attracts poor people eager for the immediate stipend offered to voters than for any seek for life transformation. For the South West noted for her vast industrial base, this new voting culture will only mean dwindling interests by the workforce who are gradually abandoning voting to largely poor people. This continue to reflect in the low voters’ turn out in the entire Yoruba territories to the advantage of the Fulani North. The lack of creativity and the passion for vain projects in place of livelihood projects by a large section of the political leaders will further keep many Yoruba away from the polling units.

With this slur, ahead 2023, all the Fulani North needs to do is to pick a running mate among its cronies in the South to secure full control of the machinery of political power in all future elections. The Fulani also appear better endowed in terms of their recognition of what they want, the ability to organize itself and its prowess for deep, futuristic thinking backed with a super network of local and international intelligent think tank. However, the Fulani strategy of rabid self-preservation, preference for power instead of development has not helped the Nigerian cosmopolitan nature. At least, it is responsible for the growing extremism in the North which has bred, for the first time, Hausa-Fulani clashes and the rise of fundamentalism all of which threaten to consume the Fulani ruling elite itself.

We recommend for the Yoruba to seek greater understanding of that is going on. The Yoruba political class must first create a viable think tank beyond the current self-seeking and ruinous adventures founded on individual economic and political security rather than on the security of the people. The Yoruba political class should realise that its unity is crucial. Even if it is the desire of your foes to see you scatter, common sense on the need for regional unity should not be far-fetched.
To produce the next President of the country, the Yoruba political class should seek a common ground and unite behind only one candidate. That candidate can come from any part of Yorubaland including Kogi, Kwara and Itesekiri land. The Yoruba have a rich array of stars qualified to contest the 2023 Presidential election. The Yoruba need to sit down to analyse the person in the best strategic position to throw the hat into the ring. This should also involve an alliance with the South East, South South, Middle Belt and liberal elements from the Fulani North.

However, the 2023 Presidential election is the least of the woes facing Yoruba people. There are far more serious challenges. Without restructuring of the country, every step of development comes to nothing. For millions of Yoruba people, restructuring is far more important than electoral politics. Restructuring of the country largely solves the fundamental afflictions of the people. Restructuring should be the slogan. It should be the clarion call. It should be the basis for a Yoruba united front irrespective of differences in political affiliations.

Sword of Damocles ..

in as much as I want Yoruba presidency. I would vote any northern candidate or eastern candidate against your asiwaju. yorubas are not hypocrite to overlook the sins of your asiwaju because he is a Yoruba man. His issues with APC is not yorubas problem. our problem is not his problem. someone that can transfer money to himself with bullion Van when we have many poor Yoruba tout in the street of Lagos who he use during the time of election. He disgrace himself @ Epe because I'm sure EFCC investigating ambode has alot to do with jagaban, to the extent they wanted to plant a blue bag in his house. Lautech student numerous protest, he did not say anything not untill election time when it was getting obvious APC would loose before he started pleading with oyo people to vote APC again. Obasanjo was also a criminal but now retired why not tinubu retire so his sins be forgiven.

must he become president? so he could pocket Nigeria the way he is trying to pocket Lagos , which he has not actually succeeded . Don't inform us distorted history because of tribalism, if APC don't have better candidate we'll vote another party simple. asiwaju of APC problem with APC is his headache Tori olorun .

Lagos state student protested severally for non payment of bursary but the 1d1ots in Lagos national Assembly and their baba don't regard Lagos student as relevant since they share our money to party members and family. don't preach hypocritical topics to blind enlightened young yorubas in this technology world when almost every enlightened youth has access to information

what has your jagaban single handedly contributed to technology in the past five years, or how many charity deeds could be traced to him? if it is not Politics and political parties it can't be anything. anything that has beginning has end. If his end has come its not our business. he's not Awolowo or MKO.

Trash does that change the fact Tinubu used to be a drug lord in Chicago and loves bullion vans.
We are talking of finding a leader to give us 24 hour electricity and jail 99% of the fantastically corrupt politicians in APC,PDP and APGA and you're writing essay about one of the greatest looters in the history of country.

Sword of Damocles. Too much geesi. Sword of debacle ko, sword of Davido ni.

Another Tinubu's thread..

Let the writer name one person from other regions that have brought developments to his region than Tinubu.

To my best of knowledge, he hasn't declared any intentions of running for presidency in 2023.

Osinbajo is the potential presidential candidates from SW based on arrangement on ground.

Anyways, we are keeping our cards close to our chest towards 2023.. No drums loudness

ChiefkeefGB4:
Trash does that change the fact Tinubu used to be a drug lord in Chicago and loves bullion vans.
We talking of finding a leader to give us 24 hour electricity and jail 99% of the fantastically corrupt politicians in APC,PDP and APGA and you're head writing essay about one of the greatest looters in the history of country.

Tinubu giving Pdp supporters an acute headache since 18bc

Ogun kill all of them
Tinubu,Cabal, and all fvcking leaders

Sword of Damocles. OP take note.

I will give your father a billion dollar if he can name the newspaper that published the deceit you posted.

ChiefkeefGB4:
Trash does that change the fact Tinubu used to be a drug lord in Chicago and loves bullion vans.
We talking of finding a leader to give us 24 hour electricity and jail 99% of the fantastically corrupt politicians in APC,PDP and APGA and you're head writing essay about one of the greatest looters in the history of country.

This essay is a subtle campaign for Tinubu. It assumes that Yoruba is the only tribe deserving of the presidency in the next dispensation. Just a psychological preparation of grounds for Tinubu candidacy. The writer want us to believe that the Fulani have problems with a Tinubu presidency. That is blatant lie. They are all eating from the same pot.

Your household is about to lose a billion dollar just show the name of the newspaper for God sake.

ChiefkeefGB4:

Hypnotism:
Your household is about to lose a billion dollar just show the name of the newspaper for God sake.

American news media Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nigerian-pres-svengali-tied-to-heroin

helinues:
Another Tinubu's thread..

Let the writer name one person from other regions that have brought developments to his region than Tinubu.

To my best of knowledge, he hasn't declared any intentions of running for presidency in 2023.

Osinbajo is the potential presidential candidates from SW based on arrangement on ground.

Anyways, we are keeping our cards close to our chest towards 2023.. No drums loudness

It's a shame you didn't read the OP before commenting

Guestlander:
Sword of Damocles. Too much geesi. Sword of debacle ko, sword of Davido ni.

Abi

You are either a non Yoruba or a Yoruba with slave mentality, no free born Yoruba will talk this way. None of the excuses you gave even if true is worth selling one's child over unless of course you are an impostor or a hopeless slave.

tollyboy5:
in as much as I want Yoruba presidency. I would vote any northern candidate or eastern candidate against your asiwaju. yorubas are not hypocrite to overlook the sins of your asiwaju because he is a Yoruba man. His issues with APC is not yorubas problem. our problem is not his problem. someone that can transfer money to himself with bullion Van when we have many poor Yoruba tout in the street of Lagos who he use during the time of election. He disgrace himself @ Epe because I'm sure EFCC investigating ambode has alot to do with jagaban, to the extent they wanted to plant a blue bag in his house. Lautech student numerous protest, he did not say anything not untill election time when it was getting obvious APC would loose before he started pleading with oyo people to vote APC again. Obasanjo was also a criminal but now retired why not tinubu retire so his sins be forgiven.

must he become president? so he could pocket Nigeria the way he is trying to pocket Lagos , which he has not actually succeeded . Don't inform us distorted history because of tribalism, if APC don't have better candidate we'll vote another party simple. asiwaju of APC problem with APC is his headache Tori olorun .

Lagos state student protested severally for non payment of bursary but the 1d1ots in Lagos national Assembly and their baba don't regard Lagos student as relevant since they share our money to party members and family. don't preach hypocritical topics to blind enlightened young yorubas in this technology world when almost every enlightened youth has access to information

what has your jagaban single handedly contributed to technology in the past five years, or how many charity deeds could be traced to him? if it is not Politics and political parties it can't be anything. anything that has beginning has end. If his end has come its not our business. he's not Awolowo or MKO.

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wowcatty:
You are either a non Yoruba or a Yoruba with slave mentality, no free born Yoruba will talk this way. None of the excuses you gave even if true is worth selling one's child over unless of course you are an impostor or a hopeless slave.

go and ask true Lagos natives how they enjoy jagaban in Lagos and how it has impact their life, I mean native Lagos youth not later immigrant. move from badagry to epe and other places, because the voice of the natives are not heard does not mean all is well. the people making noise in Lagos are our brothers who see asiwaju connection as a privilege. asiwaju is a curse to us and blessing to you guys. I my
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wowcatty:
You are either a non Yoruba or a Yoruba with slave mentality, no free born Yoruba will talk this way. None of the excuses you gave even if true is worth selling one's child over unless of course you are an impostor or a hopeless slave.

go and ask true Lagos natives how they enjoy jagaban in Lagos and how it has impact their life, I mean native Lagos youth not later immigrant. move from badagry to epe and other places, because the voice of the natives are not heard does not mean all is well. the people making noise in Lagos are our brothers who see asiwaju connection as a privilege. asiwaju is a curse to us and blessing to you guys. I my
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wowcatty:
You are either a non Yoruba or a Yoruba with slave mentality, no free born Yoruba will talk this way. None of the excuses you gave even if true is worth selling one's child over unless of course you are an impostor or a hopeless slave.

go and ask true Lagos natives how they enjoy jagaban in Lagos and how it has impact their life, I mean native Lagos youth not later immigrant. move from badagry to epe and other places, because the voice of the natives are not heard does not mean all is well. the people making noise in Lagos are our brothers who see asiwaju connection as a privilege. asiwaju is a curse to us and blessing to you guys. I my fellow lagosians to share their views not people seeing Lagos opportunity as privilege

wowcatty:
You are either a non Yoruba or a Yoruba with slave mentality, no free-born Yoruba will talk this way. None of the excuses you gave even if true is worth selling one's child over unless of course you are an impostor or a hopeless slave.

Don't mind him, he is not Yoruba!

We will stand behind Tinubu whenever he declares to be president of Nigeria. We will no longer allow any outsider to blackmail us from throwing our son under the bus.

You are a true Omoluabi!

myobjective:


Don't mind him, he is not Yoruba!

We will stand behind Tinubu whenever he declares to be president of Nigeria. We will no longer allow any outsider to blackmail us from throwing our son under the bus.

The natives are Jagaban and Jagaban is natives, face your region, Yoruba can handle this among themselves.

Go and take care of yourself, see as you are losing your mind over Yorubaland, you had to type your comment three times over what doesn't concern you.

tollyboy5:
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go and ask true Lagos natives how they enjoy jagaban in Lagos and how it has impact their life, I mean native Lagos youth not later immigrant. move from badagry to epe and other places, because the voice of the natives are not heard does not mean all is well. the people making noise in Lagos are our brothers who see asiwaju connection as a privilege. asiwaju is a curse to us and blessing to you guys. I my
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go and ask true Lagos natives how they enjoy jagaban in Lagos and how it has impact their life, I mean native Lagos youth not later immigrant. move from badagry to epe and other places, because the voice of the natives are not heard does not mean all is well. the people making noise in Lagos are our brothers who see asiwaju connection as a privilege. asiwaju is a curse to us and blessing to you guys. I my
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go and ask true Lagos natives how they enjoy jagaban in Lagos and how it has impact their life, I mean native Lagos youth not later immigrant. move from badagry to epe and other places, because the voice of the natives are not heard does not mean all is well. the people making noise in Lagos are our brothers who see asiwaju connection as a privilege. asiwaju is a curse to us and blessing to you guys. I my fellow lagosians to share their views not people seeing Lagos opportunity as privilege

wowcatty:
The natives are Jagaban and Jagaban is natives, face your region, Yoruba can handle this among themselves.

Ignorance is your portion. tinubu is not a native and I'm facing my state for now , let other southwest state face their state and leave Lagos alone. Don't insult us with naming tinubu native. we are not FOOLS we know our history. till tomorrow okran of badagry would not stoop so low like akiolu of Lagos island. Epe natives are there go and fight them for blasting tinubu you that feel you're in control na. una Neva see anything every eyes are open if it would result to militancy we won't have better choice.

Hypnotism:
I will give your father a billion dollar if he can name the newspaper that published the deceit you posted.

billion dollar


does your father own a bicycle?

myobjective:


Don't mind him, he is not Yoruba!

We will stand behind Tinubu whenever he declares to be president of Nigeria. We will no longer allow any outsider to blackmail us from throwing our son under the bus.

Tinubu wont even win in the south. If you re rooting for him just prepare for 8 years pdp northern president. Just telling you the truth here

tollyboy5:

Ignorance is your portion. tinubu is not a native and I'm facing my state for now , let other southwest state face their state and leave Lagos alone. Don't insult us with naming tinubu native. we are not FOOLS we know our history. till tomorrow okran of badagry would not stoop so low like akiolu of Lagos island. Epe natives are there go and fight them for blasting tinubu you that feel you're in control na. una Neva see anything every eye are open if it would result to militancy we won't have better choice.

So, what do you want Mr epe?
Your rant shows you up to be a local champion crying for recognition, there is nothing you can do about the Yoruba demography of Lagos, Tinubu is a Lagos indigene and he will continue to direct the affairs of the state as long as he continues to live.

Captainrambo2:
Tinubu won't even win in the south. If you re rooting for him just prepare for 8 years pdp northern president. Just telling you the truth here

I am rooting for him. You people with very limited knowledge of Nigeria political landscape always overestimate the north as some kind of vote factory. Mark my wide, provided Tinubu wins the APC primary, will win the presidency against any northerner that PDP might present.

myobjective:


So, what do you want Mr epe?
Your rant shows you up to be a local champion crying for recognition, there I nothing you can do about the Yoruba demography of Lagos, Tinubu is a Lagos indigene and he will continue to direct the affairs of the nation as long as he continues to live.

oh! if you think so! lol everyone are lagosian by logic now. but that does not mean we acknowledge him. I don't have issues with him deceiving himself for fedral power any other Yoruba is a better candidate. tinubu influence at epe has limit we are not puppet that's why it's easy to bounce Efcc from their fraudulent act. other divisions in Lagos , their case is OYO. but i know Lagos native are not happy not now that two years bursary is still been hold. yet some foolish king are still ass liking for opportunities that is of their birthright ignorance is too BAD.

my message is to Lagos youth but I just want people to also know we are not happy and because we're quiet struggling like Niger migrant in Lagos does not mean all is well. Now face your STATE And leave Lagos if you have no solution to our marginalization

You dirtbag, Tinubu is a native of Lagos as any Yoruba, it's one Yorubaland, we are NOT southwest. Go back to your region and divide it as usual but leave my Lagos/Yorubaland alone. You have no history anywhere in Yorubaland and "okran"? Who knows him, who does he know? There's nothing called "Epe natives" Epe is Ijebuland, so much for history as being told by a desperate impostor who knows nothing about the history of the land he's an alien in. There's nothing strange in Tinubu and his boy Ambode having problems, even tongue and teeth fight. Your gourd has shown where to tie the rope on it, you can't form militancy to free Yorubaland from fulani and igbos but want to form one for Tinubu who is rescuing Lagos from fulani and igbos, you dumb impostor need to find another thing to push, like a wheelbarrow. I like the militancy part though if only you are Yoruba, we need to pull Lagos down so Yorubaland can be free.

tollyboy5:

Ignorance is your portion. tinubu is not a native and I'm facing my state for now , let other southwest state face their state and leave Lagos alone. Don't insult us with naming tinubu native. we are not FOOLS we know our history. till tomorrow okran of badagry would not stoop so low like akiolu of Lagos island. Epe natives are there go and fight them for blasting tinubu you that feel you're in control na. una Neva see anything every eyes are open if it would result to militancy we won't have better choice.

Captainrambo2:
Tinubu wont even win in the south. If you re rooting for him just prepare for 8 years pdp northern president. Just telling you the truth here

Lol just leave them. instead of sourcing for better Yoruba candidate that all south would accept its popular criminal like ATIKU and co. they want to enforce because of appointment.
they'll be shouting omoluabi upandawn.

if tinubu become President he would turn Lagos to his parlour, epe division will create lagoon state theyve always crave for. it won't be easy but we won't be asslicker to a greedy president

I think you meant to say 'sword of Damocles'!