Antivirus92:
the reason why ironsi is always on the lips of the Yorubas is something I don't know....
okay , let's agree ironsi introduced the unitary system,
how long was ironsi in power?
after ironsi's death l,why was it not reversed?
you have been aligning with them from time immemorial, from the days of afonja.
stop giving excuses...
the reason why ironsi is not a hero or popular among Igbo people today is because he refused to listen to his people and gave more ears to the northerners who later killed him

Antivirus92:
the reason why ironsi is always on the lips of the Yorubas is something I don't know....
okay , let's agree ironsi introduced the unitary system,
how long was ironsi in power?
after ironsi's death l,why was it not reversed?
you have been aligning with them from time immemorial, from the days of afonja.
stop giving excuses...
the reason why ironsi is not a hero or popular among Igbo people today is because he refused to listen to his people and gave more ears to the northerners who later killed him

olas24u:


HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF HATRED

By Dr Adenike Marinho

I had the privilege of attending some meetings of the Yoruba and Igbo Leaders. I was not a leader but a youth who knew how to wash his hands. At one of those meetings in Owerri, I think in 1989, I think, I listened to Uncle Bola Ige and other Yoruba Leaders take the likes of Mbakwe, R. B. Okafor and others to the cleaners when the Igbo said the Yoruba were betrayers, citing that Chief Obafemi Awolowo led them into secession with a promise that if the Igbo left Nigeria, the Yoruba would follow suit. They accused him of not following up on his promise. Trust Uncle Bola Ige! He pointed to Chief Mbakwe and said, "you were there in the meeting between Awolowo and Ojukwu as I was. Is that statement correct?".He turned to two other Igbo and two Yoruba Leaders who were at that meeting and asked the same question, saying he had transcripts of the meeting between Awolowo and Ojukwu. They kept quiet while the Yoruba Leaders affirmed that Awolowo never promised to follow the East into secession. What he said was that if the Igbo were "driven" out of Nigeria the Yoruba would take it seriously and reassess their own position. Igbo Leaders DID NOT CONTEST this version. Then Chief Bola Ige threw in the clincher! "Who are you to accuse the Yoruba of betrayal?" he roared, and continued:

1. At Independence Awolowo offered a joint government between the NCNC and AG, with Zik as Prime Minister and Awo as Finance Minister. Awo and Zik "were still negotiating" when it was announced that Zik would be President in a coalition with NPC of the North. The East then collaborated in destroying the West and unfortunately Awolowo got charged was sent to prison for an act of Treason and Felony and his leutenants to jail!

2. What of the 1965 elections which the West and the East agreed to boycott? We met all night and reached agreement about 3am on the day of the election. In the morning, while the Yoruba boycotted the election, the Igbo went to vote

3. After the 1979 elections Yoruba (UPN) and Igbo (NPP?) Leaders were still at the negotiating table for a coalition when to their surprise, an announcement was heard that the Igbo (APP) had agreed to a coalition with the North (NPN)

4. After the 1983 elections, 1979 repeated itself. Not giving up, Awolowo reached out to Azikiwe again for cooperation. Talks started and they met in Benin where Awo pleaded passionately that only a collaboration between The Igbo and the Yoruba could save Nigeria. They didn't reach agreement but promised to meet again. Before the next meeting, the Igbo had again teamed up with the North
Uncle Bola paused and then continued "we can go on and on. So how dare you accuse the Yoruba of betrayal? How many Igbo have been killed in Lagos, Ibadan, Akure, Oshogbo (he mentioned other Yoruba towns)? You have your businesses in the West and went to Western schools. Yet you count the Yoruba as your enemy. You get killed in Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi, Zaria etc and have your goods looted yet you consider the Hausa/ Fulani your friends. It's your choice. If you want to be slaves for ever, we can't help you"
I had never been so scared in my life. I thought the roof was going to fall. There was a pin drop silence and no Igbo dared interrupt Uncle Bola Ige because he was telling the truth. The Yoruba Leaders ended the meeting at that point and left. I hope Chief C. O. Adebayo's memoirs will give more details of those exchanges.

Now to make three points from all this:
A. The Yoruba have been stretching their hand across the Niger for a handshake for a long time. The Igbo refused to take it for a long time until recently.

B. Many Igbo Leaders of the 70s, 80s and 90s deliberately perpetrated the legend of Awolowo's role betraying them into the civil war and his role in prosecuting the war, to rally the Igbo population behind themselves. The Igbo agreed on Yoruba hatred than on any other issue. So it was the fabric that held them together for a long time.

C. Time heals all things. Many Igbo reading this will be hearing for the first time that their leaders of old knew for a truth that Awolowo did not break his word to Ojukwu as alleged.

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Antivirus92:
this is laughable....
article written by a Yoruba..... would you mind me giving you one written by an Igbo man?
if you want to know the truth of what transpired those days.........go and read books written by white observers and missionaries....

olas24u:


Ironsi did not prosecute the coup people,was so quick to procedure Issac Ada Boro the ijaw leader that declared independence,he later showed the Nigerian military around the creeks.They drew a map without their consent.

olas24u:


That is the Doctor version ,where is your own ,let's read it.there are documented evidences from Bola ige.,that is the truth.

Ishilove:

That is how I was typing something on my phone this morning and typed 'obidient'. The editor flagged it as incorrect. I was now wondering "how come?" I went online and that's when I remembered that the correct spelling is 'obedient'.

This Obidient nonsense has become really irritating.

Antivirus92:
which coup people should he prosecute again?.
some of the coup plotters were killed immediately they were arrested, one was even buried alive.
the rest were locked up.....so ironsi's offence was that he didn't kill the remaining ones in the prison immediately?
Nigerians have a screwed way of reasoning right from time

olas24u:


We don't live in a jungle,it's a country and you act as it's leader of a multi ethnic, multicultural, multilingual, multireligious country,well they came back for him and the rest destroyed the country.

tamdun:

Am sure u were in hibernation when ur people attacked brymo for supporting Tinubu

olas24u:


That is political ,muric is a one man business.he his the only one issuing typing, photocopying ,emailing is own statement.He is tolerated and he his not the best of brains we have ,I have read his thesis and degrees, a bachelor degree holder in a stem field is better than all his degrees .

Hussein035:


Why are Igbos so greedy, Jonathan ruled for 6 years, followed by buhari. For you to allow Yoruba to take their turn you begin to claim obidience, something that you cannot accept.

I will advise Igbos to leave Lagos and go and do business in their village, criminals wanting to take Lagos that you did not build. RESPECT YOURSELF

2016easy2017:



Look, an ALL ibos hate yorubas with passion.

Its not Tinubu they hate but the yorubas .An ibo man wants his tribe first then Fulani 2nd. They would NEVER EVER vote a Yoruba man. Majority overwhelmed them in the case of M.K.O and those who stood against him was ibos.

Awolowo called Zika for joint of their parties so either of them can be president and the other be the prime minister.
Zika asked Awolowo to meet him in Owerri, on getting there the 2nd day, Awolowo found uk had left for Sokoto. He paired with the Sardauna and that eventually consumed him and his people.
They lost their grip on
The army
Navy
Air force
Port
Railway
Ministries and all. They once hold ALL these positions.

They live, feed and cloth on Yoruba land and HATE their hosts with passion.

Now, I'll go against ANY ibo man. No matter what hez got.

EmekaBlue:
maybe u cant read to understand well

You are just a hater of Obi and maybe because he is igbo

Continue. I've clearly explained how it can improve power supply. The high tech Egyptian company will have that to worry about when awarded the project

Ishilove:
Kwantinue. Na so dem use Buhari deceive una. 7 years on we are still paying for our naivete. All politicians are the same. Know this and never be hoodwinked again

I respectfully disagree. All politicians are not the same. I used to believe otherwise too until Obi. He has raised the bar.

He is not a saint, but neither he is a fraud given to sycophancy or using sweet words to sway the masses. He doesn't play popularity and camera gimmicks his kind are used to. Doesn't grovel at anybody feet, or has his head stuck up someone's ***. He is not greedy also.

So many more things about him I am personally convinced of, dear. I am not being hoodwinked.

Bawsse:


Going from what he said he understudied from Egypt, he said the Egyptian federal government had no intermediaries... Between they and the contractors of the plant (Siemens, who we also have a relationship with but its going nowhere)

A person like Peter obi will seat and meet with Siemens on the board, they will have his direct contact, and everything about their problems and hindrances he will be the first to know.... Rather than this Nigerian way of raising the committee to raise a committee that will oversee raising the committee on power.


He said he spoke to Siemens on why they are not doing this same thing in Nigeria, and Siemens said for the last 3 years its only meeting meeting Nigeria have been doing with them.....

How will it not be only meeting when a poor committee member suddenly gets rich and buys house in ikoyi.... And you expect the committee member to work and finish he's means of still being a committee member? Nawao

Magnoliaa:


I respectfully disagree. All politicians are not the same. I used to believe otherwise too until Obi. He has raised the bar.

He is not a saint, but neither he is a fraud given to sycophancy or using sweet words to sway the masses. He doesn't play popularity and camera gimmicks his kind are used to. Doesn't grovel at anybody feet, or has his head stuck up someone's ***. He is not greedy also.

So many more things about him I am personally convinced of, dear. I am not being hoodwinked.

Tingotoe:
And we're supposed to take his word for it? I want to know the technical and financial details of his plan and not the political grandstanding he's doing by visiting electricity plants. Tell us his plans!

Bawsse:


The campaigning haven't started yet... We'd know more in the coming months...

Tingotoe:
Okay let's know when that happens

Ishilove:

You are funny

All these things you say Peter Obi is not doing is exactly what he is doing. Your fav's whole popularity is based on media hype, selling nonsense like I have only one watch, my son has no car etcetera etcetera. That's the same nonsense that both Goodluck Jonathan and Buhari sold and looked how they turned out. Goodluck Jonathan had no shoes, but that did not help you and I in any way. Do you remember the picture of Buhari with sachet milo and milk? How did that help Nigerians?

Look, all the candidates have their serious faults and they are all the same. I am yet to see any vote worthy person among all of them.

I refuse to be be swayed by media hype and PR. I made that mistake in Buhari's first tenure. Never again.

Bawsse:


Yep yep keep an open mind

Ishilove:
You are funny

All these things you say Peter Obi is not doing is exactly what he is doing.

Okay... Your belief and choice.

Magnoliaa:


Okay... Your belief and choice.

GloriousGbola:


Magnoliaa is prolly voting for the first time na. Youthful idealism and unpopped cherry.

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