₦airaland Forum

lielbree:
You can't eat your cake and have it! The sw are facing the karma for their betrayal of the other so[b][/b]uthern regions.
We supported obj twice. When it became their turn to support us they used propaganda , malicious lies and their 30 pieces of silver in the form of vp slot to betray us...
Karma is a b!tch!

To think that they thought there jagaba could control buhari is truly laughable.

Get this right bro, you didn't support the course of yourba when you supported obj. Falae actually represented the interest of yoruba during the 1999 election. In fact, you people actually worked against the interest of yoruba, and it was a mere coincidence that both candidates were from the yoruba stock.
More so, obj paid back by bringing gej. The entire yoruba supported him in 2010, also in 2011 but the same sabi sabi made u people monopolised him, ill advised him. He bit the fingers that fed him, chose to work with d wrong people and today he is somewhere liking his wound.

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CSTR2:
YOU lots are illiterate. The civil war was the only reason why the igbos had to take a back bench to the Yoruba in education.
Ask yourself why the heads of all the educational institutions in the south were mostly igbos before the civil war.
Look at this country today, and tell me if Yorubas are still the most educated. Imo state alone probably has more professors and PHD holders that three Yoruba States put together, atleast according to the NUC.
btw, you are not only a tribalist, you are an ethnic supremacist.

I think the Igbos were more into academics then while the Yorubas were more into other professions like law, accounting etc.

And can bishop Kukah confirm to us that Catholic was the church established by the Lord? I doubt it. Catholicism is a total departure from the Bible and when you engage them in dicussion they'll resolve to using irrelevant Bible passages to justify their unscriptural practices. I do not have time to go into argument today, but just this one; if it is recorded that Apostle Peter ("the first pope" got married and raised a family, then why the celibacy oath among the catholic priesthood?

kernel504:
I kind of understand your fears and the miseries you're currently passing through, that the thing you most dreaded is about to happen in your life time when you least expected. That even without a gunshot from NK many of your ilks are already dying from terrible nightmares, heartaches and madness.
The Igbos defended themselves against world powers-backed Nigeria with Egyptian bombers, and the war lasted about three years but when the big mouthed Yoruba tribe tried their gra-gra in 1993, it did not even last two days.
And it took just one Abacha to silence the most successful man from the suffersticated and diabolic Yoruba tribe, MKO Abiola - the Field Marshall of Odua Kingdom and nothing happened. Fact#
After 45 years of the Biafran war, the entire Yoruba tribe that is filled with loudmouthed, suffersticated and diabolic cowards dare not think of it, not to mention trying what a 30 year old Ojukwu did. Are you not bloody cowards? Aren't you ashamed that it took over 200 ethnic nationalities in Nigeria and the Western powers to stop a 30 year old brave man?
Need I remind you also of how a Yoruba Army General, Oladipo Diya, wept like a kid before a junior officer because he was afraid of his life...after wilfully and knowingly plotting a coup?

Lol. You are wrong, though most of these issues you raised have been addressed in other threads:
1. Abiola saga led to the abrupt end of IBB regime, heated pressure on Abacha and subsequent emergence of Obj (when all Nigerians were begging any available Yoruba to rule Nigeria). What did Igbo bravery achieve ?- waste of over 2 millions lives, political backwardness etc.
2. Diya on his part was one of the soldiers who executed the civil war, and rose through the ranks to become a general. If emotion betrayed him at a crucial moment in his life, that should not be enough label him a coward, let alone his entire tribe. But for every Diya, there are thousands of Benjamin Adekunles (the black scorpion) who wiped your ancestors ass. The only hero on the Biafran side was even a Yoruba (Banjo). It is on record that there were few soldiers of Yoruba stock in the Army before the war, but by the end of the war, after Ojukwu your hero had fled in wrapper, and his course vanguished, there stood tens of thousands of veterans of yoruba stock who executed the war. These were men who enlisted voluntarily into the Army as against the cases of conscription of your ancestors into the Biafran Army. Do you call a people that massively joined the Army during a war cowards? You must be kidding.
3. As regards external support, both sides got external support, so that is not an issue. The truth about war is that you deploy every resource at your disposal including goodwill. Do you call for war and still decide how your enemy fights you?
4. If there is any fear to be entertained, it should be on your side because you stand to lose more than any other tribe. For your information, the yorubas have been the leading voice in support of fiscal federalism/resource control. So, what is your point?
So, so senseless bragging. Always overestimating their capability.

dragonking2:
Wetin concern ipob with Nupes killing thevyorubas?? Honestly, can't you guys just leave out other tribes from your issues and face the Nupes/Fulani's that are causing mayhem.

dragonking2:
Funny enough, you guys are the one that started it.... From nnamadi KANU, to ipob to even non related issues...You can't be disregarding other tribes and expect them to be looking....That's why the Nupes are also retaliating now in kwara...

Stop the blame game which is your trademark and be objective for once.
You blame Yorubas for starting everything but just consider yourself: the thread says "clash between Yoruba and Nupe", but you, an Igbo person came up and retitled it "Nupes are killing Yorubas", even though no such thing was mentioned.
Another point, Kanu of IPOB started with hate campaign and you all said he is representing your interest, but by the time the people he instigated hatred against started returning the fire, you accused them of starting it.
Just one more from the archive; Ojukwu led his people to the civil war without seeking alliance from any tribe, but by the time it backfired, you guys started blaming Awo for your woes.
And lastly, the Igbos have never supported their own for the presidency but by the time another tribe emerged, they will be forming marginalized.
You guys need to look inward for your problem and stop forming "victimize".

T8ksy:
Gbosa! This is atypical ibo "smartness" been manifested.

It was the ibos who were all for One Nigeria right from the onset, whilst at the same time telling the rest of us, how the intend to dominate us in the new country.

They formed alliance with the same northerners who just loved to Suyanise their impish obdurate flat heads at will, in the first republic , and in the process dominated the rest of their so-called "southern brothers" till they started to lose their grip on power when Akintola decided to follow in their footsteps and kowtow to the mallams . As usual, "smart ibos" killed everyone who could oppose their nefarious selfish agenda from the other regions leaving their own leaders alive then viola! They figured what the country now needs is centralised govt with them making decisions that impact on our lives without our input, for us.

However, just barely 3 months later when they were out of power, the same garrulous Ojukwu who was filled to the brim with joy when his homeboy forced Decree 34 on us, now wants confederacy. It's unfortunate that what they perceive as " cleverness" is clearly discern as bare mischievousness in sane clime.

Ah ah ah! U sabi!

Tkester:
I know you're Igbo. But you know we want to leave Nigeria, so we're doing everything possible to achieve our goals. If protesting in Lagos and constituting nuisance will give us Biafra so be it. For me, anything that will quicken disintegration of this contraption called Nigga area is highly welcomed.

The easiest way to go about it is to summon all Igbos outside Igbo land back home. Then ensure all your states Govs and states assemblies work together. Then, other things will follow. It is achieveable!

Rossikk:
Because you are prejudiced, simple minded and thoughtless.

I choose to ignore the bashing, but I now understand your position. Am particularly humbled by the response of @Proudlyngwa and a couple of other guys. Positive minded igbos should speak more.

adebisi96:
am a girl,and who are 'this people'? igbos or d british?

Sorry my sister. I was referring to the igbos.

Proudlyngwa:
The percentage of igbos that believe in biafra is different from the percentage that believes in IPOB, and the are both in the minority, unfortunately they are more vocal, that is why people like me dedicate my time for issues like this, even though i end up being insulted most time.
As for igbos identifying with IPOB, look at it this way, all kkk are whites, but not all whites are kkk (am not equating IPOB to kkk).
Most easteners just want to get on with their life

Kudos guy, I never believed we have sensible people like you among the Igbos. Nobody is against the right to self determination of any group, but when you result to unwarranted hate campaign, you reap antagonism from people who hitherto should be your ally or at worst neutral.

dragonking2:
Wetin concern ipob with Nupes killing thevyorubas?? Honestly, can't you guys just leave out other tribes from your issues and face the Nupes/Fulani's that are causing mayhem.

I only reponded to a post by a yoruba brother.
But counsellor, when your igbo fellows jump into yoruba issues, you don't see the need to caution them.

adebisi96:
dnt u get tired of these tribe wars. why do we hate ourselves so much? i still dnt understand....personally i tink we should all divide,let there be biafra,let d hausas go deir way too(with their no western education? and let yorubas stay on deir own instead of pretending to be one stupid Nation.mayb all dis unnecessary death will stop

Why are you disturbed my bro? This people have a plan - to instigate hatred/disaffection. The aim is to achieve cheap secession in either of these two ways:
1. Provoke other tribes especially the one they consider a threat (Yoruba) into attacking them so that they could run to international bodies.
2. Cause so much trouble till everybody will just give up on them.
People like you are already falling for the later.
Remember, neither the Hausas nor the Yorubas were so keen about the Nigeria project during the agigation for independence. The Igbos coerced/ blackmailed us into it, thinking they could manipulate other tribes easily (especially the North who were educationally disadvantaged).
But just six years into the game, when they realised things were not going their way, they distrupted the system on flimsy excuses.
My bro, "we talked" this nation into a collective indepence, and if any group wishes to go they should be displomatic about it. But if they think they are wiser, and stronger than the whole of the country, they should embark on the perilious journey and see "how far".
Personally, I am not against IPOB Secession!

ariesbull:
We are not here to compare ..we are here to say the tribes globally that stood up for something ..which u gave him an instance that would have made the world to respect Yoruba but they cowed ...abiola died, wife murdered so thats it



Ogoni fought a terrible fight and that's its on record yet they are minority

But we are yet to see Yoruba in any modern confrontation.. What we heard was 18th century oyo bows and arrows wrestling bout

Your perception of confrontation is what makes the difference. Yorubas have taken up different military regimes on different issues in the history of Nigeria. IBB had dribbled the high and the mighty of this country during his reign, but the day a yoruba man (Abiola) showed interest on his seat, he had to leave. Abacha could have be in a better position to tell us about the impact of NADECO and Kudirat Radio.

Though the outcome might not be 100%, none-the-less, the game changed, so much that by 1999, practically all Nigerians were begging any available Yoruba person to come and rule Nigeria. Now, did the civil war and the senseless waste of lives by the Igbos achieve near that? I heard that even Ojukwu once said if the Yorubas decide to leave Nigeria today, they will achieve that without firing a shot.

Chinom:
What Blaine Harden wrote is what we know already. The Yoruba's are loud mouthed cowards with very little scruples. Their sexual morality is also the lowest amongst all Nigerians. Maybe at par with that of the Calabars and Idomas.

And we also know that as at July 1967 there were a handful of Soldiers of Yoruba stock, but by Jan 1970 after the REAL COWARDS (Igbos) had been vanguished, there stood a record of tens of thousands of Veterans of Yoruba stock. These were men who enlisted voluntarily as against the cases of conscription recorded in the East.

I guess that is your definition of cowardice.

halfcurrent:
Nice cars, however they lack maintenance plan. Innoson cannot even fix/repair the cars they make when they breakdown. I writing from a first hand experience. Customer service is also a shame

But we must still support them. Things are going to get better with time. This is an opportunity for Nigeria to rise again. Let the first republic kind of competition among the regions be rekindled. Nothing must stop us.

zuchyblink:
I was with this man in his magnificient palace in
Owerri today. He is the custodian of the Yoruba
people's culture in Imo state. He is the crowned king of the Yorubas in Imo state and he has a
palace in Owerri where he attends to his subjects,
and nobody has ever threatened his peace and
security here, neither had anyone threatened that
of his subjects.
. Flash back; can you recall when the story of a
crowned Igbo monarch in a Yoruba state
inundated the cyber space? Can you remember
how the Yorubas threatened to drawn the Igbos in
their lagoons for having an Igbo traditional ruler in
their land. They claimed it was a taboo, not knowing that they have their's here. [b][/b]Now, what
would you make of those hypocritical Yoruba
people who have allowed tribalism to over-ride
their sense of reasoning? I have always said that
the hypocrisy of the Yorubas is the reason for
Nigerians division - the Yorubas are the problem of one Nigeria. I maintain my stand.

I beg to diagree with you on this. In 1956, the Hausas in their calculations felt they would be marginalised in the "one Nigeria". Also, in 1959, the Yorubas felt the "one Nigeria" as packaged would lead to marginalisation in the future. But the Igbos never presented any objections. Six years into the game, a crop of Igbo officers struck, killing leaders from the North and West only, on the allegation of corruption, even though the only politician indicted for corruption among the first republic politicians was Zik in the "ACB deal". That was the water shed of Nigeria crisis. It sounds funny when the Igbos blame the consequencies of their actions and inactions on the Yourubas. Need I tell you about the short spell of Ironsi, the arrogance of Ojukwu? Please identify your problem and face it accordingly.

plaetton:
Interesting indeed.

But what could have been in the accord that horrified the northern elites

For Nigeria to operate a true Federal system or confederation ?
What did they, or anyone for that matter, stand to lose?

I wonder how many Nigerians remember that it was Gowon, as young head of state, in his sincerity, went on air, to say the following state " There is no basis for a united Nigeria ".
Later, his advisers prevailed on him to retract that statement.
It is a matter public record.

I wish I could interview Gowon today and ask him to tell the nation, in sincerity, what made say those things way back in 1967 , even before the civil war.

But was it not Ironsi who abolished the regional system, and introduced unitary system? Then when it no longer favoured the igbo, they want a reversal.

chesterlee:
This kinda proves that IMO state produces more graduates yearly than other states..



Proudly IMO Star!!!!

Employment should be based on quota system and not on the number of graduates produced by each state. I believe that in naija of today, every state can fill its quota if academic qualification is followed. However, it is normal to have such imbalances here and there once in a while. The only problem is when some people think they must bring hell down whenever they feel marginalised.