Mozegee:
Never you compare Wao with Tinubu. Despite that we igbo's suffers betrayal from Awolowo during the civil.But he is far more better than Tinubu.Those of them then we're not corrupt like ds ones we have now.

You only prefer Awo to tinubu because he's dead. Nobody really cares about the opinions of you flatin0s seriously.

It’s too late to revise history, Awolowo was not a bigot rather he was focused on his region. On the other hand Azikiwe was the two-timer who acted as a friend to both Awolowo and Sir Ahmed Bello, as a matter of fact he spoke both Hausa and Yoruba and courted both of premiers of the western and eastern regions while back biting both and stabbing both men in their backs. Both men were being penned down for execution by his kinsmen in their bloody coup.

Juliusmalema:
Awolowo thought he could poke nature without consequences, of course he died shamelessly by taking rat poison ( Personal and inflicted suicide) regretting his actions...

Not only did he introduced ethnic politics, he also introduced the use of sniper as a sharp way to ending ones life...

Generation of cowards. In Yorubaland, suicide is a mark of honour. O se bi okunrin. He acted manly. Kings, warriors, famous people prefer to die fighting not feeble hearted people like Zik, Ojukwu, Nnamdi Kanu. You remember Adekunle Fajuyi? Those are really Yoruba sons. If anyone behaves otherwise, he could be a bastard, an Igbo man with Yoruba names.

Tajbol4splend:
Why should Awo care about an Igbo man, what is the business of werey and asinwin together, Awolowo was representing Yorubas and only Yorubas and fighting for their interest.

You don't have to be an ethnic bigot because your only concern is the people you represent

It literally makes you the man of your people and not that of someone from Nnewi or Sabon Gari

Aka foundation of tribalism over nationalism.

Did you every hear of George Washington fight more for his village over the intrest of the freedom and future of the United states?

Or Jefferson push only tribal sentiments (and make no mistakes there are tribes, beliefs, traditions, and cultures within the US as trump has managed to bring out).

Bottom line is Nigeria was doomed from inception because we had founding fathers who belived more in the importance of the part than the whole.

And That's the definition of tribalism

Goke7:


The igbos prefer very weak yoruba leaders like bode george, fayose, ffk and their ilk to very brave and cerebral yoruba leaders like awo, tinubu, fashola, osinbajo and co.

Their matter don tire person. Any yoruba person or leader that can put the yorubas at a very strong political advantage they will accuse of tribalism. Honestly this is just inferiority complex

True.

They won't talk about the nepotism displayed by Azikiwe in choosing the VC of UI etc.

When something doesn't favour them they start crying.

You see, I've always said it that there are only two ethnic groups in Nigeria that have used the word DOMINATE with respect to their intentions in Nigeria and relationship with other ethnic groups in Nigeria. The Fulanis and the Igbos.

When the Igbos saw that their plan to dominate everyone in Nigeria won't come to fruition they decided they wanted to secede.

They were all happy when the Igbo coup happened.

They will tell you it wasn't an Igbo coup. Ask them how many high ranking Igbo politician or military officer was killed? Azikiwe was tipped off and that one ran to another country.

Leave them. We are trying to rid our nation of Fulanis first. When we are done, we will discuss what we do with these Igbos for real.

BSdetector:


May God help you mind your fvckin business and help you remove the log in your fvckin eyes....

I Let me sing you a verse from Bob marley.

" Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
non but ourselves can free our mind".
Duel on this word and see if you are worthy to have a better country with your way of thinking.
Remember this is how the northerners/South west people thought about Buhari before 2015. Even when they knew he once failed in the 80s they still accepted the package of Tinubu and forgot who he was in the 80s..Now he is the greatest mistake of our very existence. This man was picked on Nigeria by your precious Tinubu, who he is known for sourcing for technocrat ended up givings us a complete failure, becos he was too blind to win at all cost. I am sure Buhari is your one and only sai baba and you still think he is the best thing that has happen to Nigeria.

Badorey6:
Lol.

What do you expect from an Igbo man?

They all hate anyone the Yoruba cherish and love those within us that are enemies to the Yoruba race.

So I’m not surprised with this!

This same yeeboz have benefited a lot from SW..

Such an ingrate they’re ..

MightySparrow:

Generation of cowards. In Yorubaland, suicide is a mark of honour. O se bi okunrin. He acted manly. Kings, warriors, famous people prefer to die fighting not feeble hearted people like Zik, Ojukwu, Nnamdi Kanu. You remember Adekunle Fajuyi? Those are really Yoruba sins. If anyone behaves otherwise, he could be a bastard, an Igbo man with Yoruba names.

Sincerely I don't understand this delusional fools.....Awo put aside his ambition and went the honourable way instead of running like a stupid coward like ojukwu, this practice was widespread in Yorubaland back in the day when obas failed to protect his people he was given the calabash or parrots eggs and forced to commit suicide, even in japan samurais who fail at war are forced to commit suicide. Awo is no egotistical greedy coward who is willing to toss 3million of his people for personal interests... it's why I'd mark any Igbo man for death who insults this man to may face. God punish all this igbos, they're simply animals.

143WaZoBia:

I agree with you 100.
We all don’t need tribalism. I have only met a few igbos that share this sentiment, rest i only online. I have many igbos friends that has many Yoruba friends.

You see ehn, before I stumbled upon Nairaland, I didn't give tribal sentiments any thoughts at all. We all see Igbos around in Yorubaland everywhere. I'm Catholic, I see them in my parish, we sit together on the same pews, we shake hands, we commune together etc.

Then I stumbled upon Nairaland and realized that I hadn't been listening to the Igbos I met offline.

The subtle remarks, the quiet blame, the continuous comparison and struggle to feel superior to the Yorubas suddenly burst here on Nairaland.

The good thing about Nairaland is that it is anonymous.

Your very good Igbo friend may be posting complete trash about Yorubas here and you won't know.

The two of you may be cursing each other here on Nairaland and you'd still meet offline and be friends.

Once in a while when their elders come out to say stuff like this man has done, it reminds you that all is not well.

Whatever your relationship with the Igbos are, just understand that in their hearts, they will always blame the Yorubas for their loss of the civil war.

That's why online and offline, they mock Yorubas as cowards because they thought we chickened out and didn't support them to fight the senseless war. A war chief Awolowo cautioned Ojukwu to dialogue instead of war.


When they use the words betrayers, chameleon etc to describe the Yorubas, it's because of the lies their parents have told them.

Ibos are terrible people. The moment you don't allow them to lord it over you, you are seen as a tribalist. It is the same Ibos that ruined Jonathan government by taking advantage of his numerous weaknesses

They are the cause of the woes Nigeria is facing today. They laid the evil foundation in Jan 1966

waleadeagb:
Nigeria has always been a very complicated country right from inception. To the students of history, they could remember that it was Nnamdi Azikwe that started politics of ethnicity in Nigeria and even joyfully dashed leadership to the north cos of his greedy and selfish interest....not even the interest of the Ibos but a personal interest which later boomeranged to the level of killing millions of Ibos during the civil war. Northern region from beginning never wanted to be part of Nigeria but Zik subtily like a snake sneaked out to meet and consolidate arrangement with the northern region abandoning the scheduled meeting he called for at Asaba with Awolowo western group.

Zik was afraid that if he should agree to team up with Western region who are as educated or even more than the eastern and northern region, more exposes and politically smart, he assumed and believed that he wouldn't be able to push or ride the western region as compared to the educational backward, lack lustre and politically illiterates north but advantageously more populated. So the crazy Zik eloped with the Hausa Fulani and agreed to team up with them during the referendum for independent which worked very well in their favour by Zik becoming the decoration sit down look inactive ceremonial president of Nigeria while Tafa Balewa became the prime minister who really called the shots and infact the British ordained leader of Nigeria. Mother fuckker Zik was happy and satisfied that his aspiration was fulfilled been a ceremonial president without power of action but just fronting and nothing more. Awolowo and western region which included Delta and Edo then were shocked by this let down but the Ibos were happy and celebrated it openly that they are owner of Nigeria by the position of Zik.
Let me summarise please.....the Northern agenda started manifesting right from here like Hausa Fulani filling all the civil service jobs , the military etc....without being qualify due to the position of the prime minister as a northerner with a mind to fulfil Northern agenda. Severally they had cabinet meeting without allowing the Zik of Africa to be part of the meeting. Zik was frustrated and torn into pieces which also manifested in the Ibos cos the Ibos became vindictive and angry. This anger gave rise to the first military coup called Ibo coup by the Hausa Fulani cos they killed the prime minister and the Northern premier.....and my brothers and sisters.....if you need to know more....try and do research and read very well..... Ibos were betrayal right from onset and were never a sincere tribe which is even reflecting in their way of lives today....they can't live in their place cos they will kill themselves before you know it but we Yorubas knows this facts and that's why we accommodate them in our lands and importantly we have more in common with them than the Hausa Fulani but Yorubas still know that a half killed snake is more dangerous......please do research and study before you abuse any tribe.... Ibos are the most ethnic bigots we have in this country even though nobody give a damn about that any longer but all we need and want now is separation..... Thanks

These guys should cover their faces in shame!

They deliberately forget Azikiwe and how he sold the South to the North, or how he was conveniently out of the Country when Ibo soldiers massacred the leaders of other regions.

Is this not stupidity?

How did Awo introduce tribalism?

He was sold out again in the 1980s by same people, bringing Shagari into power.

So what's the schizophrenic rant all about

Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo was a good man

Duplexxx:
Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo was a good man

He was. That's why his legacy lives on in Yorubaland.

He is revered. I'm sure very soon he will join the pantheon of Yoruba gods.

Igbo wailers , biafrians always wailing till eternity, since when I saw this man Chidoka the formal minister taken the bail and personally driving Nnamadi Kanu from prison few years ago, I knew his stance in the Nig set up, he's in PDP to deliever Nig to the Igbo for Biafria.

ObJ made him from nowhere as the boss for FRSC, since then, his inordinate ambitions to deliver Biafria is monumental, this is anoda Goodwill the Igbos re loosing, we re wiser, all their products are tribalistic.

Anyone that has Igbo as frds can attest to their tribalism, it's in built. Meanwhile, about Awolowo, he had to do what was necessary, his wit won the war for the Federal govt, he suggested u don't feed someone at war with you, and route to supplies were cut and the war was lost, that's the singular offense the sage Awolowo committed that made them condemn him at will, anybody in the shoes will do the same, when the Igbos killed Sardunna and many other tribes n left their own , what do u expect from the rest region, the better they get senses.

codemaniacs:


see what you wrote...

Thanks. That was an error of course.

kettykin:


No because of the platform he used to achieve that, he overnight caused all yoruba speaking members of the party to cross carpet

Of which party?

Name one member of NCNC that crossed carpet in 1952.

All those who decamped were members of Ibadan Peoples Party (IPP) led by Adisa Akinloye.

Both AG and NCNC were banking on the support of the IPP to have good majority in the house of assembly even though AG still had more elected members than NCNC but should IPP support NCNC, the alliance would have got the majority.

IPP decided to support AG because Azikiwe was not thinking of allowing a yoruba leader in NCNC to be the Western Nigeria Leader of Government Business (an equivalent of Premier then) and the igbo party started the propaganda of ethnicity having lost out.

Nonsense ! He introduced "ethnic politics" because he did not allow Azikiwe,an Igbo man from the East to become a Premier in the West ! Their greedy obsession with Yoruba land did not just start today. Obviously, Mr Azikiwe did not think much of his people and their erosion ravaged land and that's why he had his greedy eyes on the western region. It is the same senseless obsession with Yoruba land that made a whole ex Governor of a state in the east to refer to himself as a mere "Lagos boy" and he was even proud of saying it !

Azikiwe,the greedy idiotic "one Nigeria" campaigner foolishly thought he could corner all the resources of Nigeria for his equally greedy Igbo people by being half smart with his dubious unity campaign ! He wanted one Nigeria that would be dominated by his people alone. How on earth would you (Azikiwe) leave your own people and prefer,in stead to govern in a different region and over a different people ?

The truth is that Igbo people - Azikiwe,Nzeogwu,Ironsi,Ojukwu etc laid the foundation for whatever and everything that's wrong with Nigeria today. This is a well known fact that's clear to all Nigerians;sensible Igbo inclusive. Awolowo this,Tinubu that,Yoruba that ,blah,blah,blah ! What is wrong with most of you Igbo guys ? You hate us yet,you're all over Yoruba land ! What an irony. You're all mad !

bolaayenimo:
ishi ewu...Was this one born when Awolowo was premier of Western region?

IGNORAMUS

Juliusmalema:
Awolowo thought he could poke nature without consequences, of course he died shamelessly by taking rat poison ( Personal and inflicted suicide) regretting his actions...

Not only did he introduced ethnic politics, he also introduced the use of sniper as a sharp way to ending ones life...

YOU ARE RIGHT
AWOLOWO WAS A BIG TRIBALIST
VERY SHAMEFUL

waleadeagb:
Nigeria has always been a very complicated country right from inception. To the students of history, they could remember that it was Nnamdi Azikwe that started politics of ethnicity in Nigeria and even joyfully dashed leadership to the north cos of his greedy and selfish interest....not even the interest of the Ibos but a personal interest which later boomeranged to the level of killing millions of Ibos during the civil war. Northern region from beginning never wanted to be part of Nigeria but Zik subtily like a snake sneaked out to meet and consolidate arrangement with the northern region abandoning the scheduled meeting he called for at Asaba with Awolowo western group.

Zik was afraid that if he should agree to team up with Western region who are as educated or even more than the eastern and northern region, more exposes and politically smart, he assumed and believed that he wouldn't be able to push or ride the western region as compared to the educational backward, lack lustre and politically illiterates north but advantageously more populated. So the crazy Zik eloped with the Hausa Fulani and agreed to team up with them during the referendum for independent which worked very well in their favour by Zik becoming the decoration sit down look inactive ceremonial president of Nigeria while Tafa Balewa became the prime minister who really called the shots and infact the British ordained leader of Nigeria. Mother fuckker Zik was happy and satisfied that his aspiration was fulfilled been a ceremonial president without power of action but just fronting and nothing more. Awolowo and western region which included Delta and Edo then were shocked by this let down but the Ibos were happy and celebrated it openly that they are owner of Nigeria by the position of Zik.
Let me summarise please.....the Northern agenda started manifesting right from here like Hausa Fulani filling all the civil service jobs , the military etc....without being qualify due to the position of the prime minister as a northerner with a mind to fulfil Northern agenda. Severally they had cabinet meeting without allowing the Zik of Africa to be part of the meeting. Zik was frustrated and torn into pieces which also manifested in the Ibos cos the Ibos became vindictive and angry. This anger gave rise to the first military coup called Ibo coup by the Hausa Fulani cos they killed the prime minister and the Northern premier.....and my brothers and sisters.....if you need to know more....try and do research and read very well..... Ibos were betrayal right from onset and were never a sincere tribe which is even reflecting in their way of lives today....they can't live in their place cos they will kill themselves before you know it but we Yorubas knows this facts and that's why we accommodate them in our lands and importantly we have more in common with them than the Hausa Fulani but Yorubas still know that a half killed snake is more dangerous......please do research and study before you abuse any tribe.... Ibos are the most ethnic bigots we have in this country even though nobody give a damn about that any longer but all we need and want now is separation..... Thanks

God bless you for this piece!

Even Micheal Okpara said he regretted advising Zik to join forces with the North against Awo

What's this humdrum criticism about Awolowo? Chinua Achebe chided him for his economic blockade against the Igbos during the civil war,saying because it was brothers at war,Awo shouldn't have done that.Cry me a river! It was enemies against enemies.Brothers don't draw swords against one another.Under such circumstances,I would have done the same.
Awo introduced the first TV station in Ibadan in 1959; built The Liberty stadium,Cocoa House-all with cash crops money.And,in 1964, introduced the Universal Free education.Some of the idiots criticizing him are indirect beneficiaries,as their fathers,even from other ethnicities benefitted from the project.
Awo was first amongst equals.Even Ojukwu described him as the best president Nigeria never had.Former British PM, Harold Wilson, also said Awo would have become a great British PM.
The British were very scared of losing their hegemony and imperialism in Nigeria- that's why they asked the unresourceful North to seize the military.
History,in a flash,concedes to Awolowo.No leader within the Nigerian political space- dead or alive- could/can compare to Awo. What we have now,but beginning with the despicable incursions of the military into politics,are accidents of history.Gowon, Buhari,Abacha- all northerners- are accidents of history.They shouldn't have had anything to do with power.

omoharry:
I Let me sing you a verse from Bob marley.

" Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
non but ourselves can free our mind".
Duel on this word and see if you are worthy to have a better country with your way of thinking.
Remember this is how the northerners/South west people thought about Buhari before 2015. Even when they knew he once failed in the 80s they still accepted the package of Tinubu and forgot who he was in the 80s..Now he is the greatest mistake of our very existence. This man was picked on Nigeria by your precious Tinubu, who he is known for sourcing for technocrat ended up givings us a complete failure, becos he was too blind to win at all cost. I am sure Buhari is your one and only sai baba and you still think he is the best thing that has happen to Nigeria.

Stfu you stupid fool.....my family and I campaigned for Jonathan in the last election in ibadan, financially speaking we had more to gain from the jonathan administration than buhari and same as alot of Yoruba's like me, tinubu's only mistake was supporting a failure called buhari to power....should we crucify him for that? This man built Lagos, a non oil producing state even to what it is now even when obasanjo denied him federal allocation, he may be a thief but he didn't take his loot to Switzerland or Spain, he raised technocrats and governors who have done quite exceptionally well....should we in the SW support PDP or criminals like bode George, you idiots seem to always have hot takes and advice for south westerners when your Niger delta region is an embarrassment to Nigeria, your leaders are known career criminals who steal community wealth and bring it to lagos to flex, their kids are either attending schools in the south west or abroad, the lakes, rivers and natural habitat of your stink hole of a region has been destroyed by oil spills and bunkering leaving your fishermen with no source of livelyhood, you guys earn 13% from oil revenues but don't have anything to show for it....the igbenedion family bleeped, raped and ruined Edo state via lucky, Alamieyeseigha, ibori likewise ruined and passionately ruined their respective states beyond redemption, the south east is basically a shithole. Focus more on your damned region maybe it would reduce the number of economic rats coming into the south west.

FrLukas:


You see ehn, before I stumbled upon Nairaland, I didn't give tribal sentiments any thoughts at all. We all see Igbos around in Yorubaland everywhere. I'm Catholic, I see them in my parish, we sit together on the same pews, we shake hands, we commune together etc.

Then I stumbled upon Nairaland and realized that I hadn't been listening to the Igbos I met offline.

The subtle remarks, the quiet blame, the continuous comparison and struggle to feel superior to the Yorubas suddenly burst here on Nairaland.

The good thing about Nairaland is that it is anonymous.

Your very good Igbo friend may be posting complete trash about Yorubas here and you won't know.

The two of you may be cursing each other here on Nairaland and you'd still meet offline and be friends.

Once in a while when their elders come out to say stuff like this man has done, it reminds you that all is not well.

Whatever your relationship with the Igbos are, just understand that in their hearts, they will always blame the Yorubas for their loss of the civil war.

That's why online and offline, they mock Yorubas as cowards because they thought we chickened out and didn't support them to fight the senseless war. A war chief Awolowo cautioned Ojukwu to dialogue instead of war.


When they use the words betrayers, chameleon etc to describe the Yorubas, it's because of the lies their parents have told them.

More Yoruba's should be encouraged to join nairaland, this place gives you quality political education for free.

Mozegee:
Never you compare Wao with Tinubu. Despite that we igbo's suffers betrayal from Awolowo during the civil.But he is far more better than Tinubu.Those of them then we're not corrupt like ds ones we have now.

I hope a day will come when y'all in the east of Nigeria realize that you have been and are being constantly fed lies and propaganda about what occured before and during the war.

I hope y'all will be able to open your hearts and receive the truth because only the truth will set you free.

Awolowo did NOT betray you.

He never ever said the Yorubas will support you in your war.

He categorically advised the younger and hotheaded Ojukwu to dialogue with FG instead of going to war.

Awolowo said and I quote/paraphrase, "if the Igbos were ALLOWED to leave Nigeria, then there is no reason for the Yorubas to stay".

Were the Igbos ALLOWED to leave?

Awolowo was an astute leader.

BSdetector:


More Yoruba's should be encouraged to join nairaland, this place gives you quality political education for free.

I swear down.

One week on Nairaland and they understand what's going on.

The reason some of them still don't support a YORUBA nation is because they be thinking, "awwww...so I won't see my Igbo friends again. We will now be in different countries, blah blah blah..."

They need to listen to Nnamdi Kanu's rhetorics, they will wake up fast.

IgweOfNnewi:
That is true, he planned a coup in 1966 and kill all responsible people in Igbo land

Isn't this statement dumb?

Same Awo that was in prison in 1966?

Azikiwe had conveniently left the country, when Nzeogwu killed off leaders of other tribes except his own.

You people are just horrible

georgeakins:
Ibos are terrible people. The moment you don't allow them to lord it over you, you are seen as a tribalist. It is the same Ibos that ruined Jonathan government by taking advantage of his numerous weaknesses

They are the cause of the woes Nigeria is facing today. They laid the evil foundation in Jan 1966

Thanks for saying this, even GEJ knows how they ruined his govt and chances for a second term reason you don't see him fraternizing with them any more. But he caused it by saying the igbos were the backbone of his govt. They guy learnt the hard way. From pius ayim to stella oduah, they plundered his govt like tomorrow no dey.

Juliusmalema:
Awolowo thought he could poke nature without consequences, of course he died shamelessly by taking rat poison ( Personal and inflicted suicide) regretting his actions...

Not only did he introduced ethnic politics, he also introduced the use of sniper as a sharp way to ending ones life...

You are a bastard of 3 fathers

Sirjamo:
What useless tribal politics is this one talking about?


Regionalism means every region should govern itself, why would a Igbo man leaves his region and want to be premiere in another? Must be greediness and longer throat.



That single act of kicking Azikiwe back to Nnewi was the best thing Awolowo did in his life time. Igbo of today would have been mocking us, telling us that their forefathers colonized our ancestors on our own land. God rest your soul Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo.






I AM DONE TALKING

How shocking that I agree with everything here

kettykin:


No because of the platform he used to achieve that, he overnight caused all yoruba speaking members of the party to cross carpet

That's called politics. Wake up.

IF I MAY ASK, WHY IS CHIDOKA COMING UP WITH THIS STATEMENT?

Answer: because he understand the blaming game in Nigerian political terrain to cause DIVIDE AND RULE.

Most of us here on this platform are youth defending where we comes from without proffering solutions to the problems which has bedevilled our dear Nation.


Awo, Zik and the rest has played there roles either good or bad.

NIGERIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN, what are you doing to make it great?

IT BEGINS WITH YOU, YES, YOU READING THIS.

FrLukas:


You see ehn, before I stumbled upon Nairaland, I didn't give tribal sentiments any thoughts at all. We all see Igbos around in Yorubaland everywhere. I'm Catholic, I see them in my parish, we sit together on the same pews, we shake hands, we commune together etc.

Then I stumbled upon Nairaland and realized that I hadn't been listening to the Igbos I met offline.

The subtle remarks, the quiet blame, the continuous comparison and struggle to feel superior to the Yorubas suddenly burst here on Nairaland.

The good thing about Nairaland is that it is anonymous.

Your very good Igbo friend may be posting complete trash about Yorubas here and you won't know.

The two of you may be cursing each other here on Nairaland and you'd still meet offline and be friends.

Once in a while when their elders come out to say stuff like this man has done, it reminds you that all is not well.

Whatever your relationship with the Igbos are, just understand that in their hearts, they will always blame the Yorubas for their loss of the civil war.

That's why online and offline, they mock Yorubas as cowards because they thought we chickened out and didn't support them to fight the senseless war. A war chief Awolowo cautioned Ojukwu to dialogue instead of war.


When they use the words betrayers, chameleon etc to describe the Yorubas, it's because of the lies their parents have told them.

The igbos covet all they see with the yorubas. Drag them to one corner and they will vomit the truth. Their problem is that they cannot innovate and be original hence they want to copy and have everything the see and hear about the yorubas.

For me I don't loose a sleep whenever they come with their rhetoric. I only wish them well to have a future generation that will be original and be proud of their identity instead of trying to be what they cannot and have what cannot be theirs. Their older generation really did lots of damage and most times I sympatesize with them. Blaming others for your woes only shows your level of strength and lack of innovation.