OROSUNBOLB:


Fool,calm down ! I know what Odumakin said is beyond what your mouse like primitive brain could decipher but I'll break it down for you.

Simply put, if for not for the Yoruba that stopped the rampaging land grabbing fulani marauders at Osogbo,the whole of alaigbo would have been overrun easily without any resistance. There would have been emir of Onitsha,emir of Arochukwu,emir of owerri etc.

Alimi did not conquer Yoruba before installing himself as the emir of Ilorin. Afonja was consumed by the unholy alliance he entered into with a complete stranger he knew nothing about. What happened in Ilorin was a classical example of act of treachery and betrayal. It was a palace coup and Afonja fought gallantly like a war General that he was; he did not run away even though he was grossly outnumbered.

You can't give what you don't have kiddo. We have fought against the fulanis on several occasions and came out victorious. We have enough experience to fall back on. You guys don't have any ! You're a people without any inspiring history when it comes to war and even social life - mere savages from Arochukwu !

So why should we enlist the assistance of any ESN,the commander of which dares not step on the Nigerian soil as we speak ? I will take you seriously if KANU can move about freely as Sunday Igboho is doing now. We are dealing with those dirty fulanis openly ; we ain't coding it ! Why don't you pay a visit to some Yewa forests in Ogun state now and witness some real actions ?

Since you hate Yoruba that much,why don't you pair up with those murderous fulanis so that you can partake in the slaughtering and raping of our people ? To hell with you and your cowardly handout !

tesppidd:
This Yinka Odynmakin has turned the renouned and respected Afenifere into something else with his consistent political stance on issues.

preacherz:


The Igbos fought d Civil war for 3years
They fought against Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, and the British all combined.
Then U honestly think they’ll give a hoot about a fight against just d Fulani?

Like seriously??

Sammy07:


Story long oo.
But

1. After the ikirun war, the Ibadan troops would have overtaken Ilorin but the British stepped in.

2. In 2000s or so OPC invaded Ilorin with the single action to raid the palace, depose the King and install an Oba. Along the route heading to Kwara their movement in such large number and convoy was suspected and the Police command in Ilorin was notified. When they got to border to Kwara they met tanks and battle ready army and police, they were denied entry into Kwara. No confrontation, they turned back. (OBJ was a mastermind of it)

3. The then governor of Kwara state. Lawal was against the emir and saraki father.
He was denied 2nd term as a governor and he was killed too

babaolofin:



Young man. The story you are being fed that is now on different online media is fake. Ordinarily, the Fulanis cannot withstand Afonja if they had come for war. They came as helpless people looking for survival. Afonja hosted them .They became friends, but inwardly, they have another agenda.

It was a falsehood that they supported Afonja to defeat Oyo soldiers. Ilorin was a war outpost of Old Oyo empire where battalions of soldiers were stationed for frontline war activities. Afonja was the head (Chief of Defence Staff or General or Aare Onakakanfo ) of Oyo empire soldiers but stationed at Ilorin. Oyo had battalions of soldiers in many towns, Afonja was the overall head. He became very powerful and famous, he had disagreement with Alaafin .

Kwara1stson:
so sad to read this, the Yoruba antagonist will always be Yorubas. do you think the Yorubas can still overtay ilorin? am from kwara state

We have not forgotten so soon that when Nigeria had a misadventure of a civil war the heroes of that war were Benjamin Adekunle, Olusegun Obasanjo, Alani Akinrinade, Alabi Isama and others from Yoruba land. At the same time, some of their compatriots from Arewa land led troops which perished in the rivers as they had no war plan but followed the instructions of marabouts.

If that mistake is repeated today there would be wars on many fronts and those who are not capable of formulating war plans will have no competent commanders to hide behind.

Kriss216:
Stop chest beating!

Illorin was under Oba before, today Illorin is ruled by an Emir.

The fulanis are slaughtering your people and raping your mother, daughters and aunties and you're here chest beating.

Leave talk and enter bush and chase these demonic herdsmen out of your lands. Swallow your pride and beg ESN for handouts.

Mokason288:
I HOPE I MADE SENSE

Sammy07:


Story long oo.
But

1. After the ikirun war, the Ibadan troops would have overtaken Ilorin but the British stepped in.

2. In 2000s or so OPC invaded Ilorin with the single action to raid the palace, depose the King and install an Oba. Along the route heading to Kwara their movement in such large number and convoy was suspected and the Police command in Ilorin was notified. When they got to border to Kwara they met tanks and battle ready army and police, they were denied entry into Kwara. No confrontation, they turned back. (OBJ was a mastermind of it)

3. The then governor of Kwara state. Lawal was against the emir and saraki father.
He was denied 2nd term as a governor and he was killed too

pazienza:


How exactly were Obj and Alani Akinrinade the heroes of civil war? He included Benjamin Adekunle too? Same mad man that was shooting at anything that moves in PH and was disgraced out the army later?

Alabi Isama is an Ukwuani man from Delta state.

It looks to me like Yorubas are merely reminding Hausa-Fulanis the good times they both had together committing genocide in Igbo land in the name of civil war. They are trying to bring them back to negotiation table by reminding them that they use to hunt together before.

I hope IPOB and Nnamdi KANU don't repeat Ojukwu mistakes by thinking we have allies in Yorubas, because obviously we don't.

I have noticed one theme in Nigeria.
Whenever the Fulanis start hammering any Nigerian group , be they SW, NC or SS. They always first to try to buy their pity by reminding them how they helped them against the Igbos during Biafra war. They are therefore indirectly reminding them that Ndiigbo would still start another resistance in the future and that the Fulani would do well to remember remember that they would still need their help to defeat the Igbos again.

Any sensible Igbo watching this trend should be worry of any talk of alliance with groups from these regions as many of them only see such alliance as a tool to force the Fulanis to call them back to table for negotiations after which they could leave the Igbo in the Lurch again.

Kwara1stson:
so sad to read this, the Yoruba antagonist will always be Yorubas. do you think the Yorubas can still overtay ilorin? am from kwara state

Samunique:
These ibop guys always have their brain absent, honestly !!!

Kriss216:
Stop chest beating!

Illorin was under Oba before, today Illorin is ruled by an Emir.

The fulanis are slaughtering your people and raping your mother, daughters and aunties and you're here chest beating.

Leave talk and enter bush and chase these demonic herdsmen out of your lands. Swallow your pride and beg ESN for handouts.

femijay8271:


You are right, I heard that a governor then was against the emir shit!

shaboti:
Sunday Igboho is a bloody terrorist and must be brought to book!

shaboti:
All this chest-beating is for who?? Better face your masters up north

shaboti:
Sunday Igboho is a bloody terrorist and must be brought to book!

GeneralPula:
This OP is an IGBO guy..

The only reason he created this thread is to start another Tribal war..True talk.He just brought one yeye history to bring disunity in nairaland forum.

Sammy07:


There was NEVER a time Yorubas ask for alliance or help with Igbo's.

Prove me wrong.
We do things in our own way.

By the way, we are only reminding the Fulani's that, the tactics and the war spirit is still there.
They should never take us for you guys.

We've had history and series of wars with them, we're only reminding them that its been long BUT the spirit and tactics didn't die.

Samunique:
These ibop guys always have their brain absent, honestly !!!

Bar1941:


You are too young to know about the wars the Yorubas fought, ask grandpa, am sure he will educate you better about Yoruba warriors, the only issue is they fight reasonably.

Salewa97:


Yes you did!

preacherz:


The Igbos fought d Civil war for 3years
They fought against Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, and the British all combined.
Then U honestly think they’ll give a hoot about a fight against just d Fulani?

Like seriously??

pazienza:


Nope. You're reminding them that Biafrans are still threatening to leave Nigeria and that like in the past, if they hope to keep Biafrans contained, they need your help.

You are basically using Biafra to blackmail the Fulani into leaving your forests. Its a cool game if you ask me.

And yes, you are not asking Igbos for alliance , but some misguided IPOB people have it in them that there is an alliance between them and Yorubas which is why Nnamdi KANU is deceiving himself with Dele Momodu.
I believe Dele is on the plan too. Just create a loose enough suggestion of possible alliance with Biafra, enough to scare the Fulanis into conceding to your demands, but insufficient for Biafrans to claim you ever supported their secession agenda, when you finally get your concessions from Fulanis and suddenly start supporting them and their one Nigeria agenda of subjugation and gang up against Biafrans. I have seen this game before.

I understand your game perfectly. I'm just not convinced IPOB and MNK understand.

Sammy07:


Lol, igbos fought war

Is that a war you fought?

A war that just 3 Yoruba soldiers command

A war that Awo just made a simple statement "by denying you food" and that was your downfall is that what you called war?

A war that less than 500 Yoruba soldiers at ore made Biafra soldiers turned and push them back is what you called war?

If awolowo sitting in his office could do make the war won by Nigeria soldiers, I wonder what would happen if it were Igbo - Yoruba war.
You guys never fought a single war before, you don't have tactics.

That's why awolowo was able to change things around by just Making simple statement.


Ask Benin/Edo people they know what they call war, they've been there before.

preacherz:


And they held on for 3 years.
That June 12 drama couldn’t bring u guys to act is enough
To respect what d Igbos did in the Late 60s.


That Awolowo induced strategy cost Nigeria the Oil rich Bakasy
So u have unconsciously agreed with me that that war wasn’t just
The afore mentioned( Yoruba,Hausa, Fulani, Britain) but also Cameroon
And U still say it’s not a war.

No it’s a Riot.

preacherz:


The Igbos fought d Civil war for 3years
They fought against Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, and the British all combined.
Then U honestly think they’ll give a hoot about a fight against just d Fulani?

Like seriously??

preacherz:


The Igbos fought d Civil war for 3years
They fought against Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, and the British all combined.
Then U honestly think they’ll give a hoot about a fight against just d Fulani?

Like seriously??

KoshCAD:
Shut up, the civil war is never an Igbo fight.

Stop claiming a war that took place between military men.