Prior to the build up to the 2015 general elections, many allegations were propagated nationwide about a supposedly Igbo domination of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. While notable Igbos were appointed in ministerial and other functions, the evidence provided in this thread will prove that the allegations of Igbo hijack of Jonathan's regime were false.

Today all those who accused Jonathan’s of favoritism to the Igbos have done far worst than any government in the history of Nigeria when it comes to appointment and the application of federal character. Since emerging victorious in 2015, the same group who sponsored all forms of victimization and media attacks on Jonathan held major positions in Buhari’s divisive government. Today, with Tinubu as President, it’s becoming obvious that Buhari’s nepotistic rule is child’s play to what is obtainable today. If Buhari was a learner, Tinubu has show himself a Professor in his tribal laden appointments.

However, this thread seeks to nullify the lies told about the so-called Igbo domination of Goodluck Jonathan’s government.

From the forgoing, we’ll see the top positions in GEJ government as well as the military, paramilitary, judiciary, and executive. We’ll also look at the appointees and their states of origin. I might also summarize the appointments for time sake into their geo-political zones.

Top 5 Positions
President: Goodluck Jonathan - Bayelsa

Vice President: Namadi Sambo - Kaduna

Senate President: David Mark - Benue

Speaker: Aminu Tambuwal - Sokoto

Chief Justice of Nigeria: Aloma Mukhtar - Kano (Succeeded by Mahmud Mohammed - Taraba)

Note: No Igbo among the top 5 positions.

Military Positions
Chief of Defence Staff: Air-Vice Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin - Osun (Succeeded by Vice-Admiral Ola Ibrahim - Kwara and later Succeeded by Alex Badeh - Adamawa)

Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Mohammed Umar - Kano (Succeeded by Air-Chief Marshall A.S. Badeh - Adamawa and later Succeeded by Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu - Lagos)

Chief of Naval Staff: Real Admiral Ola Ibrahim - Kwara (Succeeded by Rear Admiral Dele Ezeoba - Delta and later Succeeded by Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin - Kogi)

Chief of Army Staff: Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika - Abia (Succeeded by Lieutenant-General Kenneth Minimah - Rivers)

Paramilitary
Inspector General of Police: Mr Hafiz Ringim - Jigawa (Succeeded by Mr Mohammed Abubakar - Nassarawa and later Succeeded by Mr Suleiman Abba - Jigawa)

DG SSS: Ita Ekpeyong - Cross Rivers

Customs Comptroller: Abdulahi Dikko Inde - Katsina

Immigration: Rosemary Uzoma - Imo (Succeeded by David Parradang - Plateau)

Nigerian Prisons: Aminu Saleh - Bauchi (Succeeded by Peter Ekpendu - Imo)

NSCDC: Ade Abolurin - Ogun

National Intelligence Agency: Ayo Oke - Oyo

FRSC: Osita Chidoka - Anambra, Appointed by Obasanjo in 2007 and later Succeeded by Boboye Oyeyemi - Kwara

CBN Governor
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi - Kano (Succeeded by Godwin Emefiele - Delta)

Head of Service of the Federation
Oladapo Afolabi - Oyo (Succeeded by Danladi Kifasi - Taraba)

Minister of Finance
Olusegun Aganga - Lagos (Succeeded by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who had Coordinating Minister of Economy to her portfolio - Abia

Secretary General of the Federation
Anyim Pius Anyim - Ebonyi

Chief of Staff
Mike Oghiadomhe - Edo (Succeeded by Maj Gen Jones Arobofa (Rtd) - Ondo

Minister of Petroleum
Diezani Alison-Madueke - Bayelsa

Judiciary
President of the Court of Appeal: Ayo Salami - Kwara (Succeeded by Zainab Bulkachuwa - Gombe)

Supreme Court Judges by Jonathan
Hon. Justice N. S. Ngwuta, South East, Justice of Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Mary Peter-Odili, South East, Justice of Court of Appeal and Hon. Justice O. Ariwola, South West, Justice of Court of Appeal.

See Supreme court link below
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/05/jonathan-nominates-odili-2-others-as-s-court-justices/amp/

Appeal Court Judges Appointed by GEJ
Hamma Barka (Gombe State), Joseph Jella (Taraba), Bitrus Sanga (Bauchi State), Muhammed Mustapha (Borno), Yargata Nimpar (Gombe), Sa’idu Hussein (Kogi) and Mudashiru Oniyangi (Kwara), Amina Wambai (Niger), Rilwan Abdullahi (Nasarawa), Tani Hassan (Kano), Muhammed Shuaibu (Jigawa), Kadi Alkali (Kaduna), Jamilu Tukur (Katsina), Paul Elechi (Ebonyi) and Ugochukwu Ogakwu (Enugu), Nonyerem Okoronkwo (Imo), Joseph Ekanem (Akwa Ibom), F.E. Oho (Delta), Abimbola Adejumo (Edo) and Bolokuromo Ugo (Bayelsa), Biobele Georgewill (Rivers), Oludotun Adefope-Okojie (Ogun), Misitura Bolaji-Yusuf (Oyo), Olubunmi Oyewole (Osun) and O.E. Williams-Dawudu (Lagos).

See Evidence of the Appeal Court Appointment in the link below:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/156906-jonathan-approves-appointment-25-new-appeal-court-judges.html?tztc=1

Breakdown of Cabinet in a Nutshell

Cabinet
Of President Jonathan’s 42 ministers, there were only 12 women compared to 30 men. The North had 22 ministers to the South’s 20. The South-East produced only five ministers. North-West and South-South top the ladder with eight ministers each while South-West, North-East and North-Central each has seven ministers.

Breakdown By Zones
South-South
The south-south produced the Majority Leader of the Senate, Chief of Staff, CBN Governor and six core ministries – Works, Petroleum, Niger Delta Affairs, Science & Technology, Culture & Tourism and Lands & Housing.

North West
The North-West, produced the Vice President, Chief Justice of Nigeria and Speaker of the House of Representatives and was in charge of six core ministries -Defence, Mines & Steel Development, National Planning, Education, Environment and Sports.

South East
The South-East produced five core ministers – Finance & Economy, Labour, Aviation, Health and Power in addition to having the Deputy Senate President, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

North Central
The North-Central in addition to producing the Senate President and President of the Court of Appeal, got five core ministries such as Interior, Justice, Youth Development, Information & Communication and Water Resources.

South West
The South-West which produced Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, was in-charge of five core ministries, namely: Foreign Affairs, Trade & Investment, Police Affairs, Agriculture & Natural Resources and Communication Technology. Jones Arobofa spent GEJ last year as Chief of Staff after the resignation of Mike Oghiadomhe.

North East
North-East produced Deputy Chief of Staff, and only three core ministers – Transport, FCT and Women Affairs.

Other Appointments
The North-West and South-South also led the park in appointments into top positions such as service chiefs and leading government agencies with nine slots each. The South-East has eight; North-Central, seven; South-West five; and North-East, two. Figuratively, out of 865 top positions, North-West has 218 (25%); North-Central cornered 154 (17.80%), North-East, 139 or 16.07 %; South-South, 158 (18.27%), South-West, 167 or 19.31%; and South East 123 slots (14.22 %).

Evidence from Vanguard Newspapers see link
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/how-nigeria-is-shared-under-jonathan/amp/

From the list above,all part of the nation was carried along

Apc has nothing to offer besides igbo phobia, it is almost N1000 to a dollar and litre of diesel is now above N1000 buy you won't hear anything other than igbo phobia

Yoruba Ronu lying demons and political criminals are known for lying shamelessly to defend their criminal druggie cum mandate thief

Don't mind them. They will count all south south appointments as igbos to spite the igbos. But when Ipob claims that south south is part of igboland they will all start saying it is not. That they are Niger Delta

franchasofficia:
Yoruba Ronu lying demons and political criminals are known for lying shamelessly to defend their criminal druggie cum mandate thief

Easy with the foul language. To be fair to the South-West they didn’t get any top 10 appointment beside the military and paramilitary positions. The North-West actually got large share of positions in Goodluck Jonathan’s government. Perhaps, some neutral tend to blame Tinubu for the shenanigan in the House of Reps where he sponsored Tambuwal against Mulikat Akande to the Speakership position. But even at that, Jonathan should have still find ways to compensate them especially the PDP faithfuls with perhaps another position where external hands can’t influence, something he didn’t do.

Even the North East didn’t get top position besides the military appointment. Perhaps, that was why some politicians decided to use Boko-Haram and the Chibok girls kidnap to make Goodluck Jonathan’s government ungovernable.

Eastlink:
To be fair to the South-West they didn’t get any top 10 appointment beside the military and paramilitary positions. The North-West actually got large share of positions in Goodluck Jonathan’s government. Perhaps, some neutral tend to blame Tinubu for the shenanigan in the House of Reps where he sponsored Tambuwal against Mulikat Akande to the Speakership position. But even at that, Jonathan should have still find ways to compensate them especially the PDP faithfuls with perhaps another position where external hands can’t influence, something he didn’t do.

Top 5 Positions
President: Goodluck Jonathan - Bayelsa

Vice President: Namadi Sambo - Kaduna

Senate President: David Mark - Benue

Speaker: Aminu Tambuwal - Sokoto

Chief Justice: Aloma Mukhtar - Kano (Succeeded by Mahmud Mohammed - Taraba)

Note: No Igbo among the top 5 positions.

Military Positions
Chief of Defence Staff: Air-Vice Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin - Osun (Succeeded by Vice-Admiral Ola Ibrahim - Kwara and later Succeeded by Alex Badeh - Adamawa)

Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Mohammed Umar - Kano (Succeeded by Air-Chief Marshall A.S. Badeh - Adamawa and later Succeeded by Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu - Lagos)

Chief of Naval Staff: Real Admiral Ola Ibrahim - Kwara (Succeeded by Rear Admiral Dele Ezeoba - Delta and later Succeeded by Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin - Kogi)

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika - Abia (Succeeded by Lieutenant-General Kenneth Minimah - Rivers)

Paramilitary
Inspector General of Police: Mr Hafiz Ringim - Jigawa (Succeeded by Mr Mohammed Abubakar - Nassarawa and later Succeeded by Mr Suleiman Abba - Jigawa)

DG SSS: Ita Ekpeyong - Cross Rivers

Customs Comptroller: Abdulahi Dikko Inde - Katsina

Immigration: Rosemary Uzoma - Imo (Succeeded by David Parradang - Plateau)

Nigerian Prisons: Aminu Saleh - Bauchi (Succeeded by Peter Ekpendu - Imo)

NSCDC: Ade Abolurin - Ogun

National Intelligence Agency: Ayo Oke - Oyo

FRSC: Osita Chidoka - Anambra, Appointed by Obasanjo in 2007 and later Succeeded by Boboye Oyeyemi - Kwara




How did Igbos dominate Jonathan's government from the above appointments and key positions under Goodluck's regime?

You don't need to go that far. They run government with propaganda thinking it's that time they claim to dominate the media

@seun this is FP worthy..

It was all propaganda by Yorubas against the people the love to hate.

chiagozien:
It was all propaganda by Yorubas against the people the love to hate.

Propaganda is the oil with which Yoruba people use to eat their yam

Eastlink:
To be fair to the South-West they didn’t get any top 10 appointment beside the military and paramilitary positions. The North-West actually got large share of positions in Goodluck Jonathan’s government. Perhaps, some neutral tend to blame Tinubu for the shenanigan in the House of Reps where he sponsored Tambuwal against Mulikat Akande to the Speakership position. But even at that, Jonathan should have still find ways to compensate them especially the PDP faithfuls with perhaps another position where external hands can’t influence, something he didn’t do.

So why was children filled with hate accusing Igbos of taken over Jonathan government?

Couldntfigurean:
Propaganda is the oil Yoruba people use to eat their yam

They always think others Nigerians are dumb.

Isobug:
You don't need to go that far. They run government with propaganda thinking it's that time they claim to dominate the media

I know about their media propaganda. It’s quite unfortunate.

chiagozien:
They always think others Nigerians are dumb.

Tinubu is now President and the appointment so far is the worst in the history of Nigeria. Buhari’s government is looking like child’s play in nepotism.

chiagozien:
So why was children filled with hate accusing Igbos of taken over Jonathan government?

Perhaps, as someone said, the Igbo leadership never bothered about countering the media propaganda and onslaught. The individualist attitude of the Igbo politicians then allowed the attack to go unchallenged. Infact, Igbo bond and group political sense died after the coming of democracy in 1999. The PDP and Obasanjo help create that wedge. However, since the emergence of Peter Obi in the last election, the greedy businessmen political system and docile politicians in the South-East seems to have been pushed aside from Igbo political decision making. They have no say anymore. The people now have the say.

Eastlink:
Tinubu is now President and the appointment so far is the worst in the history of Nigeria. Buhari’s government is looking like child’s play in nepotism.

The most tribalistic tribe in Nigeria.



I know them too well

Yoruba people


If a Yoruba man accuse you of stealing just know he stole something or about to steal something within



,tufiakwa

chiagozien:
The most tribalistic tribe in Nigeria.

I know them to well

You don’t need to call them tribalistic tribe. You don't group everyone together in one umbrella. Many, perhaps in the minority are nationalistic in philosophy and outlook. Before the coming of Awolowo, the South West had a national outlook which was championed by the likes of Herbert Macaulay, Davis, Alafin of Oyo etc.
Perhaps, from the time of Awolowo till now, the South-West became tribally inclined and pushed for their regional interest over national interest.

While the north is religiously political, the South-West is tribally political. Only the South-East, perhaps is nationally political.

Yoruba propaganda.

Accuse them of that which you are guilty of.

While under Tinubu's Government we have

1) Chief of Army Staffs -Yoruba.
2) Inspector General of Police- Yoruba.
3) Immigration Boss -Yoruba.
4) Customs Comptroller - Yoruba.
5) CBN Governor - Yoruba.
6) Minister of Finance - Yoruba.
7) FIRS Boss - Yoruba.
8 )Accountant General- Yoruba.
9) Minister of Communication, Innovation and
Digital Economy- Yoruba.
10) Marine & Blue Economy Minister- Yoruba.
11) National Inland Water Authority -Yoruba.
12) NIMC Boss -Yoruba.
13) Minister of Solid Minerals -Yoruba.
14) Minister of Interior - Yoruba
15) Petroleum Minister- Tinubu
16) Chairman Tax Reforms Committee -Yoruba
17) Head of service of the federation-Yoruba
18) Chief of Staffs- Yoruba
19) Attorney General- Yoruba
20) Minister of Justice-Yoruba
21) Minister of Power-Yoruba
22) Minister of Tourism-Yoruba
23) EFCC Chairmen - Yoruba
24) Minister of Health & Social Welfare (state)-
25) Minister of Environmental and ecological
Management (state)- Yoruba
26) Minister of Youth (state) - Yoruba

All the ronu people are . avoiding this thread like Corona.


Pquaver I can see you peep

killsmith:
Yoruba propaganda.

Accuse them of that which you are guilty of.

I can agree with you. Accuse them of what you’re guilty of.

Nonny95:
All the ronu people are . avoiding this thread like Corona.


Pquaver I can see you peep

The thread needs their rebuttal. The facts are starring in their faces.

ImmaculateJOE:
@seun this is FP worthy..

You will have to tag nlfpmod

joshjc:
From the list above,all part of the nation was carried along

This post is coming at a right time. May God bless the OP.

ImmaculateJOE:
@seun this is FP worthy..

Yeah, it’s front page worthy. @Mods

I think the man at the helm of affairs in this country wants to empower his people to be power brokers just like he used the state he governed to gather resources he used to ascend to power. An average man should braze up for hardship as all the means to gather liquid (money) for solidification of power must be utilised to the fullest. Petrol, gas, diesel are increasing in price at the benefit of few that run the biz. Tax will increase too. People have to understand how cartel men work. Common man, sorry o; pele.

Mynd44 OAM4J

@Mods, OAM4J, Mynd44. This deserves front page. Perhaps, we need to hear from more nuetral. Nairaland has lacked post like this with backed up evidence as this for a long time. Educational post like we see here are what used to drive traffic here in the past.
@Seun, this needs your attention.