₦airaland Forum

Ever since President Buhari won the 2015 Presidential elections he was destined to win having labored in 2003, 2007, 2011 and then 2015 a very vast preponderance of South South and South East indigenes have descended on the President, pouring invectives, calling him names, abusing his person and his exalted office, preaching hate, and ethnic divisions. I have followed this dangerous trend over a year now, and it is not abetting. It is growing like wild fire everyday. In recent times the South-South people whose son lost the election have moved on except the criminal avengers who are fighting for their pockets only and destroying their environment.

I have seen spirited and genuine efforts being made by the leaders of South-South to bring peace to the Niger Delta, and I heartily commend them for this. It is in their own interest. But in the South East, our people have refused to move on. In the diaspora, in Nigeria, in schools, in the markets, on the streets, in Churches, in Town Meetings etc Igbo have refused to move on. Every move the President makes to rebuild and reposition the country is abused, castigated and ethnic meaning read into it. The dangerous trend has become so embarrassing that one is compelled to speak out. While leaders of South-South have made interventions to make way for harmony and peaceful co-existence, Igbo leaders have maintained a deafening silence but this silence is no longer golden. Ethnic bigotry and hate speeches our people both at home and abroad dish out everyday endanger our people living in all parts of Nigeria. President Buhari belongs to a section of Nigeria and must not run away with the thinking that his people will be happy and clap for us when we malign and abuse one of their own.

No ethnic group in Nigeria moves and settles in any part of the country like the Igbo. They settle and do business in almost every part of the country, and when we throw stones to other Nigerians, we endanger their lives and their businesses. The worst sets of Igbo guilty of this dangerous trend are those living outside the country. While some of them are engaged in meaningful employment, many of them are unemployed. They have become economic refugees and cultural savages. They have formed an association of hate preachers and wailing bigots. They have through actions and deeds created millions of enemies for Ndigbo in Nigeria while they waste their precious gift of time abroad doing nothing.

Last week the Vice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Afe Babalola University Ekiti State as Guest Speaker during the University’s Convocation ceremony. In the cause of his speech, he told his capacity audience the Niger Delta Avengers are not freedom fighters but those fighting for their pockets only. I saw the story on facebook and other sites on the internet. The one on Facebook caught my attention because of nearly 400 reactions as at the time I read it. I took mental note of the reactions and the names attached to it. 95% are Igbo names and they abused and called the Vice President unprintable names for speaking the truth. This is a shame. Ignorance should not be a virtue. Ignorance is a disease. Foolishness is a tragedy. This is ignorance stupid. This is mental darkness. A roaring lion kills no game. It is only a river that wants to get dried up that forgets its source. A Chinese proverb tells me that “He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is half way there. He who blames no one has arrived.”



Now, it is time for the Igbo to move on and join other Nigerians to begin the process of rebuilding Nigeria. I want Igbo Governors, elected Senators, elder statesmen, House of Reps Members, House of Assembly members, political leaders, traditional rulers, Igbo intellectuals, professionals, market leaders, town union leaders, village heads, etc. to rise up to defend the integrity and honor of Igbo race. Are these ignorant ones who preach hate speaking for us? Are they representing us? Are they our brightest and bests? Are those asking for Biafra and using it as business venture speaking for all of us? Have we taken a look at the situation in South Sudan today? Shall we continue to sleep pretending that all is well? Can we be honest enough to see the real danger ahead? For how long will our leaders continue to be silent on these weighty issues? Can elders continue to sleep while the kids wear snakes as necklaces? Can the young teach tradition to the old? Who will bell the cat in Igboland? Who will call the ignorant kids to order?

Did the Yoruba go to war when June 12 1993 Presidential Election won by their illustrious son Chief MKO Abiola was annulled on June 23rd 1993 on a sheet of paper by IBB? Did Yoruba go to war when Abiola’s wife Alhaja Kudirat Abiola was murdered in Lagos in the morning of Jun 4 1996? Did Yoruba go to war when the winner of that historic election was poisoned on July 7 1998? Did Yoruba go to war when those who killed Abiola imposed Obasanjo on them as President in 1999? Did Yoruba accept Chief Ernest Shonekan when IBB made him to head the interim government in 1993? Yoruba rejected OBJ and Shonekan because this unique race has never been slaves to public office and yet they have remained number one in Nigeria in almost everything. This is wisdom and strategic thinking at work.

Those of us who have lived in Yoruba land for years should not only learn how to wear Aso Ebi, eat Ewedu soup or dance Owambe, music.

We must have also learned other unique things from them like sharing property to both male and female children, religious tolerance, ethnic tolerance, transferring legacies from generation to generation. Do you know that APC National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s wife is a Christian? Do you know that former Governor Fashola’s wife is a Christian? We can learn a lot from Yoruba. Yoruba too can learn from Igbo in areas of thinking home, business enterprise, self-help, apprenticeship, etc.

A Yoruba woman, a Pastor Mrs. Eunice Olawale Elisha of the Redeemed Christian Church of God old NEPA Road Phase 4 Kubwa, Abuja was killed by unknown persons on Saturday morning of July 9, 2016, while preaching the gospel around 5.30am. I have followed the reactions on the internet and Yoruba do not behave like the Igbo. They have been speaking but not preaching hate. They have called for the culprits to be fished out, prosecuted and punished. If Mrs. Eunice Elisha had been an Igbo hell would have been let loose. There would have been abuses and abuses. But Yoruba are not Igbo. This is civilization. This is strategic thinking. I hope our people can learn from this. Civility is not a sign of weakness. He who fights and run away lives to fight another day.

To have ears is not to listen, to listen is not to hear, to hear is not to understand, to understand is not to put to practice. I know that writing this may not get me many friends among the Igbo, but it always gets me the right ones.

Case Rested!
Joe Igbokwe
Lagos.

Jirate:
Nothing special about him here, he has never and will never be Outstanding in any thing reasonable. Infact he looks more like a Cattle Rearer here.

You and your kinsmen will definitely look like the cattle. Let's see your picture or better still your family picture.

It appears the blow was on the right eye and not left eye as reported in the story.

Sunexy:
Name Checkers Association will be so disappointed

No , we are not disappointed. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and Stella Oduah are like Asaba and Onitsha :

Buhari is in the room watching - see his picture.

globe16:
A reconciliation meeting of PDP is going on and as you can see, every zone in the country is ably represented in the meeting. Compare this with the evil and satanic northern party called APC..

Interesting , so PDP is a the UNITED SAINTS PARTY? Wailers make me laff!!

tonididdy:
thanks for the post sir but how do u guys mean when u on about achievments and skills?

Achievements do not mean formal employment. A young applicant like you cannot suddenly have so many skills, we all know that.
I know a young man who had this as the most catchy and most important statement in his CV and his application was successful because of it.

" in the last one year I have been supporting my mother with her poultry farm business, the purchasing of feeds, feeding the birds, sales of eggs and keeping the account".

Wishing you the best of luck.

A President and commander in Chief can wear any of his nations'military uniform.

Who gave this hooligan the President's phone number?

Beamborla:
Can you just quit playing the victim already.
It makes you more pathetic than you already are.

I'm surprised you mentioned objectivity. Where you being objective when you called her a prostitute and asked her to go to hell? How on earth is your statement related to suggestion and not pure condemnation. You just called her a prostitute in this very post of yours yet to still claim you suggested... What a contradiction from one who is not dull and ignorant.


Talk about being dull and ignorant, you would know that even if a 16year old shows you affection, it is against the law to penetrate her if you are not the living definition of dull and ignorant.

Like I mentioned earlier, you are a joke! There is no way you can justify your words. If the girl was a Northerner, would lives and property not have been destroyed by now considering the fact that the guilty one is one of you.

They attacked his religion and you proved them right with your words. His generation, that I do not support. But is not better than going out to slaughter any Northerner in sight?

...at this junction, I will take to the words if a wise man which goes thus: 'Do not argue with a fool lest he drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.'

I leave you to wallow in your foolishness like you demanded.

Yes, I will stop arguing with a fool - right now. Bye.

Beamborla:
Can you just quit playing the victim already.
It makes you more pathetic than you already are.

I'm surprised you mentioned objectivity. Where you being objective when you called her a prostitute and asked her to go to hell? How on earth is your statement related to suggestion and not pure condemnation. You just called her a prostitute in this very post of yours yet to still claim you suggested... What a contradiction from one who is not dull and ignorant.


Talk about being dull and ignorant, you would know that even if a 16year old shows you affection, it is against the law to penetrate her if you are not the living definition of dull and ignorant.

Like I mentioned earlier, you are a joke! There is no way you can justify your words. If the girl was a Northerner, would lives and property not have been destroyed by now considering the fact that the guilty one is one of you.

They attacked his religion and you proved them right with your words. His generation, that I do not support. But is not better than going out to slaughter any Northerner in sight?

...at this junction, I will take to the words if a wise man which goes thus: 'Do not argue with a fool lest he drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.'

I leave you to wallow in your foolishness like you demanded.

Yes, I will stop arguing wit

Beamborla:
Can you just quit playing the victim already.
It makes you more pathetic than you already are.

I'm surprised you mentioned objectivity. Where you being objective when you called her a prostitute and asked her to go to hell? How on earth is your statement related to suggestion and not pure condemnation. You just called her a prostitute in this very post of yours yet to still claim you suggested... What a contradiction from one who is not dull and ignorant.


Talk about being dull and ignorant, you would know that even if a 16year old shows you affection, it is against the law to penetrate her if you are not the living definition of dull and ignorant.

Like I mentioned earlier, you are a joke! There is no way you can justify your words. If the girl was a Northerner, would lives and property not have been destroyed by now considering the fact that the guilty one is one of you.

They attacked his religion and you proved them right with your words. His generation, that I do not support. But is not better than going out to slaughter any Northerner in sight?

...at this junction, I will take to the words if a wise man which goes thus: 'Do not argue with a fool lest he drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.'

I leave you to wallow in your foolishness like you demanded.

Yes, I will stop arguing with a fool.

One is an elegant pretty and charmin lady while the other is drab miserable stocky masquerade.

NCA Maiduguri branch. We are not disappointed.

TippyTop:
Every extremist is now headed for Nigeria courtesy of Bubu, they were on their way here at Bubu's invitation ja re.

I remember a week after Bubu assumed office a prominent Lebanese Imam was detained on his way to Nigeria to probably congratulate his mentor in person.

You must be from the east. They hate Buhari with a passion. He is clearly trying to prevent religious disharmony by sending these people home. And it is done quietly as they have not committed any offense so far and cannot be charged. We have to live in peace with the rest of the world including where these bearded guys came from.

Beamborla:
I agree with your last statement in bracket.
So you feel pained when the hot rod is in your anus but wouldn't think twice before inserting it into others. You are a big joke.
And hey, karma don't work like that. She's damn smart. So, get a map and a car and have a safe trip to hell... That's where your species belong.
I'm done with you!

You're daft. The insults since this story appeared were always on the man Yunusa , his family, his tribe and his region although you just admitted that no one is sure if it was lovers eloping voluntarily or abduction. The moment I suggested that the girl may be at fault , you came out charging like an injured goat. As if there are no little prostitutes like Ese in Portharcout and Yenagoa. You lack objectivity and you are dull and ignorant. You don't even realize it when the shoe is on the other foot, you just run mad and cannot hide your gutter upbringing.
Just leave me alone , brothels - where you work are not for me.

Beamborla:
Bros, I don't want to know if it was a love affair or abduction, walahi! I don't insult or curse people but for you I will make an exception.

You see the only thing I'm sure of is this, be it willingly or through abduction, all the females in your generation will find themselves exactly where Ese is today and the whole world would have nothing good to say about them except the above statement.

Pls, I need a resounding Amen! From you since its a good thing and you are not ashamed to write this down.

Posterity will judge you heavily and if you dare quote me to insult me, Sango, will strike you with thunder, Ogun, will pierce you with a two edged sword and Oya would wash your remain to the place where vultures would have a filled day.

The world need to be purged of people like you.
IDIO*T

Mtcheeeew!

You think I give a damn about the heathen gods you worship? For insulting me , I will say; may your kettle never boil, may your knife not cut, may you be afflicted with the itch and not have the nails to scratch with. Amen

(It's good to know that insults hurt everyone)

chrysso83:
He has become a celebrity for them. I continue saying it. We and this people no be one eeeeeeeeeeeee

Your Heroes are on duty in baby factories.

The Ijaw goat rustlers!!

ATERI:
When you compare this with a situation where a defenceless, innocent civilian is pinned to the ground by uniformed policemen and executed there and then in your America, I wonder which is worse.

My America? Lagos should be better than America.

neocortex:
The rapist defender will soon be all over this thread to render moral
support to their brothers in faith.
Rape should be rape regardless of the perpetrator.

The little love peddlers of SE/SS like this Ese Oruru know more about f**king that Yunusa .

I am sure she was the one who raped the poor boy.

SeverusSnape:
This behaviour is not surprising, I know them well.

They support Yunusa for what he did, for furthering the cause of their religion. Even here on Nairaland, Didn't we see Islamic folks showing solidarity to this rapist abductor??. Yunusa is now a hero.

See the guy, who was hitherto a tricycle rider, Now looking fresher and fattened, He has the backing of the Northern oligarchs no doubt.

That little prostitute can go to blazes with her bastard child. She was supposed to be in baby factory anyway.

With the hundreds of policemen and women, dozens of courts of law, hundreds of lawyers and dozens of judges in the "center of excellence" , Lagos, it is the mob on the street that is making arrests, passing the judgement and dishing out the punishment to a suspect. And this is Lagos - many would say - the most civilized state in Nigeria!
You guys have a long way to go, perhaps you have changed your mind and you no longer want to go on the journey of development and civilization.

duvie92:
A doctor that didn't know about his condition could have prescribed that drug also.

Doctors are trained to take medical history of all patients before they prescribe drugs.

She didn't say whether those are hurriedly packed pillows to test men's lust for well endowed females or not.
Can someone answer that please ? Is it or is it not?

If Dambazau was found guilty jail him please, please , please!

I challenge Wailers to say that about Ihejirika , Minimah and a host of other criminals they worship because they happen to be their ethnic kinsmen and women.

Justice in the jungle. Are there no courts of law in the jungle called Delta State?

Ontarget:
Fresh from CBN vaults

Still having the buffoon in mind?

freecocoa:
What is this supposed to mean? I'm confused.

MEANING MOST NIGERIAN FAMILIES WOULD NOT ALLOW A MAID NEAR THEIR FAMILY PICTURE.

NOW THAT YOU SEE IT IN CAPITAL LETTERS , DON'T PRETEND THAT U DON'T UNDERSTAND.

TippyTop:
When is Bubu going to negotiate with Mrs Haliburton on how she plans to return our loot?
We were all sold a dummy.
How can a man who worked for Abacha (biggest looter to date) genuinely fight corruption?
Buhari should return all those loot he helped Abacha amass, until then he can shove his corruption fight up his anus.

The whole of Abacha's loot is what Deziani keeps as change. Abacha loot was in millions while Jonathan's men and women loot in billions.

Tolexander:
Mr man!

This is Niger Republic, not Nigeria

This is serious. Those weapons can be moved to and used by them in Nigeria!

SeverusSnape:
Environmental activists, Tell the Avengers how they are destroying their communities.

Anyways, That's by the way...

Buhari as commander in chief has failed in his duty of protecting the properties of the country. Buhari is a failure no doubt, If you can't protect pipelines, How can you protect human lives

You can't defeat him at the polls you resort to vandalism ; corrupt PDP freak.