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Ironsi's broadcast to the nation - May 24, 1966.


"The Regions are Abolished': Ironsi's Broadcast to the Nation banning
Political Parties and introducing Decree No. 34, 24 May 1966.



Fellow Nigerians:
During the past two weeks I presided over meetings of the Supreme
Military council and the Central Executive Council at which many
important state matters were considered. . .
It is now three months since the Government of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria was handed over to the Armed Forces. Now that peace has
been restored in the troubled areas it is time that the Military
Government indicates clearly what it proposes to accomplish before
relinquishing power. The removal of one of the obstacles on the way
is provided for in the Constitution (Suspension and Modification)
Decree (No. 5) 1966 which was promulgated by me today and comes into
effect at once.
The provisions of the Decree are intended to remove the last
vestiges of the intense regionalism of the recent past, and to
produce that cohesion in the governmental structure which is so
necessary in achieving, and maintaining the paramount objective of
the National Military government, and indeed of every true Nigerian,
namely, national unity.
The highlights of this Decree are as follows:
The former regions are abolished, and Nigeria grouped into a number
of territorial areas called provinces
Nigeria ceases to be what has been described as a federation. It now becomes simply the Republic of Nigeria.
The former Federal Military government and the Central Executive
Council become respectively the National Military Government and the
executive Council. All the Military Governors are members of the
Executive Council. A Military Governor is assigned to a group of provinces over which and subject to the direction and control of the Head of the National
Military Government, he shall exercise executive power. In order to
avoid any major dislocation of the present administrative machinery,
the grouping of the provinces has been made to coincide with the
former regional boundaries. This is entirely a transitional measure
and must be understood as such. The present grouping of the
provinces is without prejudice to the Constitutional and
Administrative arrangements to be embodied in the New Constitution in
accordance with the wishes of the people of Nigeria.
The National Military Government assumes the exercise of all
legislative powers throughout the Republic subject to such
delegations to Military Governors as are considered necessary for
purposes of efficient administration.
The public services of the former federation and regions become
unified into one national public service under a National Public
Service Commission. There is a provincial Service Commission for
each group of provinces to which is delegated functions in respect of
public officers below a given rank. This rather drastic change will
probably involve a reconstitution of the existing commissions, and
the National Military Government reserves the right to do so in the
manner stipulated in the Decree. Until this is done, the present
Commissioners continue to act in their posts. Every civil servant is
now called upon to see his function in any part of Nigeria in which
he is serving in the context of the whole country. The orientation
should now be towards national unity and progress. I expect all
civil servants to co-operate and to consult at all levels, vertically
and horizontally, between groups of Provinces and between Provinces
and the Centre.
People are aware that Study Groups have been set up to look into
various aspects of governmental activity. One of them is concerned
with problem relating to the Constitution........Read More here:

https://www.dawodu.com/irons2.htm

Ezeama400:
The bolded is not true.. Gowon abolished regional government and created 12 states.. Your lies and propaganda can never be true despite repeating it million times..

[b]Before Gowon became head of state in August 1966, Nigeria was a federation of

1) 4 semi-autonomous Regions
2) Each Region had resource control
3)Each Region kept 50% of whatever accrued within it, paid the Federal Government 25% and the rest 25% went into a General account that all the Regions including the Federal Government could use for developmental purpose.
4)Because the 4 Regions were semi-autonomous, it made the centre week and prevented any Region from dominating another

Today, we have

1)36 states that have little or no resource control
2) A powerful Federal government that now pays the states
3)Fiscal federalism is dead

How did we get here? It was Gowons promulgation of Decree 14 on the 27th of May 1967 that caused it all. It was this same decree that forced Ojukwu to declare the Eastern Region a seperate country called Biafra 3 days later and this led to the war. It should also be added that decree 14 was a violation of the Aburi agreement that both Gowon and Ojukwu signed in Ghana.


Decree 14, abolished the 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 states, took away resource control, reversed fiscal responsibility and made the federal government all powerful

It was seen for what it was by Ojukwu and the Eastern Region, a calculated attempt by Gowon and his Northern cohorts to dominate everyone.

Suddenly, the North that was one Region, had 6 states while the South that was 3 Regions had to share 6 states between them. This effectively made the North the dominant partner[/b]


Subsequent military administration's led by Northerners subdivided the 12 states Gowon created, and gave the North more states and local governments than the south

Today, the North that was one Region has overwhelming advantage over the South that was 3 Regions

1) The North has 19 states while the south has 17

2)Of the 109 Senators in Nigeria, the North has 59 while the south has 50

3) Of the 360 house of rep members, the North has 191 while the South has 169

4) Of the 774 Local Governments in Nigeria, the North has 419 while the South has 355

This undue advantage given to the North, starting with Gowons decree 14 which changed the structure of Nigeria, is what led to war and created the mess Nigeria is in today

Know your history..

I am done with you.. Bye

If it wasn't Ironsi that dismantled the regions with Decree 34, then how come in going to Aburi summit, the first item on the agenda was the abrogation of all Ironsi's decrees?

Secondly, if Ironsi didn't dismantle the regions through his Unification Decree, then why did he throughout his May 24 1966 national broadcast keep on referring to the regions as "former regions"? Also, why did he argue in that broadcast that regional system had caused tribalism and had to give way to a system that would engender nationalism spirit in the citizenry?
Why did he change the official name of Nigeria from "Federal Republic of Nigeria* to just "Republic of Nigeria"?
Removing the adjective "Federal" from the official name meant he no longer recognized the regions.

On the Gowon angle: he (Gowon) on getting to power immediately began to reverse Ironsi's demolition of the regions. In fact he had restored the regions and returned their autonomy to them half way but had to halt it because of Ojukwu's intransigence about Biafra.
Mind you in addition that Gowon's states creation was not out of place as the non-wazobians of the three regions had been agitating for their own regions in order to free themselves from wazobia domination.
Moreover, Gowon's states enjoyed autonomy hence weren't really different from the regions unlike the groups of provinces which Ironsi broke the regions into and stripped them completely of their autonomy by unifying their civil services, imposing governors on them whom he asked to be reporting to him at the center thus killing the spirit of federalism in the country.

In further confirmation that it was Ironsi that dismantled the regions, here is a link to an interview granted by Philip Asiodu revealing how Ojukwu told him of the plan of him and Ironsi to abolish the regions within six months of their Igbo dominated government:

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/impunity-killing-nigeria-phillip-asiodu/



Please note where the report reads:

Emeka Ojukwu and myself were very good friends in school, Kings College, Lagos, and Oxford University. In fact when the coup happened, he wanted me to join him in Enugu and I told him that I was not a regional man. And Ojukwu told me ‘we shall abolish the regions within 6 months

NB: Philip Asiodu who made this revelation is an Igbo man and the Sun Newspaper which carries is owned by another Igbo man - Orji Uzor Kalu hence the usual accusation of Yoruba (Western) Press propaganda will not hold water here.

Please also check my next comment below and explain what exactly Ironsi meant with the bolded lines of his May 24 national broadcast if you insist he didn't abolish the regions.

FuckThaMod:
1 billion times better than buhari..
The only strong sensible yoruba man.. If only his people are more like him that vegetable won't be the president now.

You seem to have forgotten that he was among those who brought Buhari to power in 2015 as your likes say.
Moreover he did to Odi and Zakibiam people the same thing you allege Buhari did to your folks that made you hate him and see him as unintelligent.
If anything, this is the man who laid the foundation for all the insecurity problems currently facing you and me as a country. You recall when he said Boko Haram started in his time but that he deliberately left them unattended to for political capital? Also recall that he started political godfatherism and political assassination? So what exactly is sensible about him going by facts?

Newray:
What always baffles me in this country is, why are the nothermners always saying and calling One Nigeria.. I don't understand..
I haven't heard
one Egyptian
One Ghanian
One USA
One canadian
One france.
Nigeria doesn't exist
That is my submission

one-Nigeria slogan was invented by a Southerner called Nnamdi Azikiwe at a time Northerners were warning against it and asking for secession from Nigeria.

DbitterTruth:
the tag ONE NIGERIA is such a fraudulent expression used to cover up the truth of a disunited contraption... Even nations who are united don't tag themselves that way.. u don't hear:- one Ghana, one Britain or one Mexico... everything about Nigeria is so deceitful & fraudulent.. too bad

Azikiwe originated that fraudulent slogan to deceive the people into accepting unitary system in place of federalism. But today his kinsmen are the ones complaining mostly against his one-Nigeria. What an interesting irony!

Nchenches:
What was in a name - Groups of Provinces and Regions - when the regional governments still functioned in the name of Groups of Provinces when Ironsi was killed?

Why even take powers from the regions at all in the first instance? Was the public complaining of too much concentration of powers at the regions? Contrary to your assertion, the regional governments no longer functioned as before when Ironsi had centralized the civil service. In secondary school Government textbooks it is clearly stated that the civil service is the only means by which any government operates in totality. A government generates revenue, collect taxes, deploys same to carry out projects, pay salaries and carry out all other statutory functions through its civil service. In short the civil service is the engine room of any government, so by centralizing the regional civil services Ironsi simply paralyzed the regional governments. It is like your mechanic removing the engine of your car in the process of repair, and just because he left the body intact you agree with him that he didn't destroy the car hence you accept it back from him. Imagine the Anambra State civil servants directed to now start reporting to Abuja henceforth. How will Obiano be able to run any government in Anambra State anymore under such a scenario?

Nchenches:
Truth is that Ironsi only took some little powers from the new Group of Provinces to the central government to forestall imminent break up of Nigeria then?

And you have still refused to answer the question of how the previous regional arrangement was a basis for disintegration. If anything, it was Ironsi's centralization of powers that sparked off agitations for disintegration as people began to fear that the entrenchment of the long suspected Igbo domination agenda was going to be officially implemented through the Unification and Anti-secession Decrees of Ironsi. Did the North ever talk of Araba Republic before Ironsi centralized the civil service?

Nchenches:
Regional governments still remained in the name of Groups of Provinces and functioned like regional governments when Ironsi was killed. Only little powers were taken by Ironsi from the regions he renamed groups of provinces.

You mean Ironsi made decrees and didn't implement them? Funny. How could regional governments which had lost power and control over their civil service institutions be said to have continued functioning as they did initially? Moreover, unlike the governors of the groups of provinces who were reporting to Ironsi at the center, the regional premiers were autonomous and didn't report to Balewa while the genuinely regional structure lasted.

Nchenches:
Call for restructuring: the present political structure of Nigeria was created by northern military dictators who wrongly used land mass as yardstick and proliferated too many states in the north, 19 states and Abuja; but left 17 states in the two southern regions.

And I guess the Ironsi who introduced military rule in the first instance was himself not a military dictator, right? Who and who did he consult before he began to make his anti-people decrees? Weren't his decrees as autocratic and dictatorial as the ones of his Northern successors? What parameters did Ironsi himself use to create his provinces if not the same landmass? The states you currently have are actually a reflection of the boundaries of Ironsi's provinces. Come to think of it, Ironsi created 35 provinces and we now have 36 states. Doesn't that tell you that those Northern military guys almost entirely followed Ironsi's template in creating their states?
Under civil rule we had three regions in the South and just one in the North, but the coming of the military ended up tilting the balance in favour of the North which now has 19 states against the South's 17. Now, who in the first instance introduced that military rule which caused all this?

Nchenches:
The political structure gives northern politicians undue overwhelming majority at the central government of Nigeria, including the Federal Executive Council, the Armed forces, the National Assembly, the National Council of States, and in fact, in every department of Nigeria’s political and economic development process. To have fair play for all the formative three regions that formed Nigeria at independence is part of the reasons for calls for political restructuring from the two southern regions, now called three zones.

Like I already said, had Ironsi never brought the military into power and politics, all these wouldn't have ever happened. May I ask you why Ironsi felt he alone had the solution to Nigeria's 'problem' hence refused to swear in the Dipcharima who was the democratically nominated replacement for Balewa? That was the beginning of all the structural problems you now complain of today.

Nchenches:
If you don’t know that north was asking for “Araba” - north separating from Nigeria when problems erupted in the southwest region, go ask your elders. That’s why Ironsi tinkered with taking powers from the regional governments to save Nigeria from disintegration.

It seems you enjoy rewriting history. Problem erupted in the Southwest from 1962 to 1965 under Balewa government while the North's demand for Araba began in 1966 during Ironsi's rule. In fact Araba agitation was sparked off by Ironsi's tamper with the constitution and not the other way round as you try to paint it. Go and study your history very well.

Nchenches:
Most of the senior army officers of Nigeria’s armed forces were Igbos when the 1966 military coup took place. Did you not expect most of the senior army officers to be from the north or SW? The coup was collectively planned and executed by senior army officers from all major ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo was majority in the armed forces, so as expected, the senior officers in the coup should be Igbo.

The coup is dubbed an Igbo coup not because of the ethnic composition of the participants but by the ethnic pattern of the casualty. How come no Igbo politician was killed? Or were the allegedly existing and corrupt political heavyweights then only from the North, West and Midwest? Were the Igbo politicians of those times saints hence free of the alleged corruption and misgovernance?
Why were Azikiwe, Okpara, Mbadiwe, etc spared unlike their Northern, Western and Midwestern counterparts? Those in the coupists hit list that escaped being actually hit were all Igbos. Why? And you call that a pan-Nigeria coup?

Nchenches:
The coup was also foiled by Igbo army officers.

Foiling of a coup means to prevent the coup from achieving its aim of having soldiers take over government. How did Ironsi's foiling of the coup prevent military take over of government? If anything, Ironsi's so-called foiling of the coup ended up producing exactly the same outcome (military take over of power) as the Nzeogwu/Ifeajuna coup would have done, so what difference did it make? A thief robbed you of your money at gun point, and on his way away a second thief waylaid him, collected the money from him and went with it. Then you the original victim begin to celebrate the second theif for foiling the robbery attack on you when the second thief didn't return the money to you. That is how this defense of Ironsi foiling the coup looks like.
In fact a school of thought argues that an Nzeogwu military rule would have been better for Nigeria than the Ironsi's military rule since Nzeogwu and co never planned to tamper with the Independence Constitution the way Ironsi did. Secondly, an honest Nzeogwu in power would have later found ways to balance up by arresting and killing Azikiwe, Okpara and Osadebey hence putting paid to the Igbo coup perception thus forestalling the revenge coup and the unfortunate civil war which it all
later culminated in.

lekki1444:
bros are you arguing with what was printed in national newspaper in 1966 ?

Don't mind that guy that wants to rewrite history just to absolve his kinsman and tribe of responsibility for the Nigerian tragedy.

Nchenches:
Seun ma dear, Zik was a one Nigeria man. Did that plunge Nigeria into a dark path?

Zik's one-Nigerianism was a euphemism for preference for unitary system which Ironsi eventually helped him impose and which has led to the failed state status of Nigeria till today.

Nchenches:
Ironsi took some powers from the regional governments in order to save Nigeria from disintegration. Was that a dark pathway?

If we are to follow your logic, then the present calls for restructuring (which means a reversal of Ironsi's centralization of powers) will cause Nigeria's disintegration hence the FG is right for not heeding the calls for restructuring.
May I ask you whether there was any section of the country asking for disintegration as when we practised regional government before Ironsi came to the scene? You must be a comedian.

Nchenches:
Ironsi NEVER dissolved regional government system. He was killed in the company of the REGIONAL GOVERNOR of SW region.

What Fajuyi (with whom Ironsi was killed) was governing wasn't a region but the Western Group of provinces which Ironsi replaced the regions with after destroying them with his Unification Decree.
Go and read his May 24 1966 national broadcast and see how he repeatedly described the regions as "former regions" and declared that "Nigeria ceases being what is called a federation but has become simply The Republic of Nigeria". If with all these you still argue that Ironsi left the regions as intact as he met them, then you are simply being tribalistic.

Nchenches:
Nzeogwu coup was a coup of Nigeria armed forces by soldiers from all the major ethnic groups in Nigeria. If that was setting a dark path, how about the many other military coups in Nigeria?

Apart from the 5 majors which composition was 80% Igbo, all the other officers who participated in the coup were merely junior officers who could not have disobeyed the orders of Nzeogwu no matter how much they wished not to have participated.
Moreover, how come a purportedly pan-Nigerian coup recorded casualties of political heavyweights from every other region while those of the Eastern Region were unhurt despite they were major facilitators of the allegedly corrupt government that was accused of leading Nigeria to the doldrums?

fergie001:
It is obvious the "powers-that-be" facilitated Obaseki's victory in September, at the expense of Oshio for obvious reasons.
It depends on their agreements.

I don't know for perjury, but for forgery, Yes.

It happened to "Mad Lion" who was sacked by the Supreme Court for a forged doc he presented 4 years before then and didn't re-present the following election cycle.

The SC still insisted, they won't close their eyes to obvious forgery.

Many Govs have run away with obvious perjury cases, though.


This is Obaseki's SSCE Certificate, can't find the fundamental errors.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/11690567_20e151f46e9_jpegada6909a2c30063a5683650eff824241

The issue is the UI Cert Obaseki submitted in 2016.

The Court has stated it that there is no law that mandates anyone to submit Certificates, all you need do is show that you attended Secondary School or swear an affidavit.....

A testimonial shows that.

I believe APC would have brought up the issues if there was no WASSCE that year.

Evidence of qualification is not same as evidence of attendance.
David Lyon's running mate showed evidence of attendance but the court ended up declaring him unqualified on account of discrepancies in certain contents of his evidences of attendance.

fergie001:
When this case was tendered for Ayade.....the SC ruled that it doesn't aid his qualification because Ayade needs just SSCE and he is a Professor...so how does it aid his qualification!?

The same when Atiku challenged Buhari...the Court said Buhari was eminently qualified based on his candidature status as ex-Head of State.

Obaseki needs just SSCE, but UI has confirmed he graduated there so how does it aid his qualification?

It is a difficult case.

Obaseki's SSCE certificate is full of fundamental errors that cast doubts on its genuineness. Philip Shaibu did not submit any SSCE certificate to INEC. He only submitted a testimonial purportedly issued against a graduation year of 1989 in which no one actually graduated from any secondary school in Nigeria courtesy of the extra one year spent by 1989 set on account of the introduction of the 6334 system that year.

DMerciful:
All these tribes you mentioned, did they loose 3 million souls to leave Nigeria? We fought to leave Nigeria while you fought to keep us here so the situation is incomparable! Igbo group is the ethnic group with the second highest population in Nigeria so we deserve to be treated as a major ethnic group! This is not a threat, when the Serbians were misbehaving in Yugoslavia against the Croatians, they were warned but bluffed it until it dawned on them! The North has got it coming!

Per the bolded, you seem unaware of the fact that Igbos' decision to exit Nigeria was an afterthought that occurred to them after they too had held virtually all other tribes from leaving Nigeria at a much earlier time. In fact Igbos invented the fraudulent, demonic and self centered "one-Nigeria" philosophy against the glaring contrary reality back then. Why a people saw white clearly but chose to call it black, and later turned around to admit that it is white but started accusing others of their own inconsistency is one puzzle I have still not been able to solve about Igbos.
What exactly was your intention for originating the idea of one Nigeria at a time when all indications pointed clearly that Nigeria was not one and was never likely going to be?

donphilopus:
Yet Otaru is the recognized King of Igarra/Akuku clan who has a staff of office right? Besides, when did Eshimozoko, Anoyete and Anona become Eziobe or Ezidowo? Stop confusing yourself. You have nine families yet no incumbent Governor has ever visited any of your Chiefs.

When did Eshinavaka, Eshinogu, Andede, Andiba and Eshinagada become Eziezu? Governor's visit doesn't change the truth that Otaru is the head of only these five families and that the gazzete of 1979 was forged.

donphilopus:
Yet Otaru is the recognized King of Igarra/Akuku clan who has a staff of office right? Besides, when did Eshimozoko, Anoyete and Anona become Eziobe or Ezidowo? Stop confusing yourself. You have nine families yet no incumbent Governor has ever visited any of your Chiefs.

Otaru's recognition is in error as it is a product of a falsified gazzete which is presently being challenged in court. One of the greatest evidences that the gazzete was falsified is the fact that it lumps Igarra with Akuku yet Akuku people and Igarra people are of different tribes and speak different languages coupled with the fact that Akuku is not contiguous with Igarra as there is Enwan between Igarra and Akuku. So how did you people jump over Enwan to claim Akuku as being same clan with Igarra? Where on earth do towns which speak entirely different languages and have different
cultures and different ancestrall origin make up a clan?

sulakishop:
The place will be interesting ; are there lodgings where strangers can stay?

How can someone get a vehicle to the town from Benin City please

Yes you can find a lot of affordable hotels to lodge in Igarra.
From Benin City at Ikpoba slope take a vehicle going to Auchi and on arrival in Auchi take a bike to Igarra park where you will get a vehicle to Igarra.
In Igarra you lodge in any of the hotels and from there you can be visiting Somorika Ososo and Igarra hills and return to the hotel in the evenings.

Ogbuu101:
Oga,you mustn't argue everything.
Most of you have never spent more than 2 weeks outside your state but una go de pontificate on things you don't know.
There is a sizeable population of indigenous Yorubas in Edo state.
I shared a flat wt one of them once and got to know many of them.

You exactly are the one who has never travelled out of your state. There are no indegenous Yorubas anywhere in Edo State.

Dedetwo:
This is the plank of Nigerian history which kept my eyes rolling for a long time. The jackasses made utmost sacrifice to keep Ndigbo in the silly One-Nigeria against the wishes of Ndigbo.

But wasn't it Ndigbo that invented the silly one-Nigeria doctrine in the first instance?

TheLionofLasigi:
He was right, but his people are doing exactly what he blamed the igbos for...even worse

But Igbos killed him unjustly.

DamnnNiggarr:
but when Igbos said they're not Nigerians, nobody wants to here that, why??

Because Igbos actually invented, propagated and practically coerced all other tribes into the one-Nigeria philosophy. It was Igbos who argued that the unity of Nigeria was perpetual and non-negotiable as at when all other tribes wished that the marriage broke up. So Igbos can't later suddenly turn round to deny Nigerianism without first explaining their intention behind their initial rabid quest for one-Nigeria.

okwusdidi:
There are many tribes in Nigeria.But one tribe Nigerians are obsessed about are the Igbos.Why?

Because Igbo is the only tribe that is obsessed with baseless hatred for every other tribe.

AbijaJ:
There are indigenous Yorubas in Edo state. They are known as the Akoko Edos. They share same cultural and linguistic affinity with their kin (the Akoko) in Ondo state.

You are very wrong. There are no indegenous Yorubas anywhere in Edo State and Akoko-Edos are not Yorubas. The Akoko tag in the name doesn't connote Yorubanness but only indicates that they are geographical neighbours with Akokos. This thing has been repeatedly trashed on NL threads.
https://www.nairaland.com/2097102/brief-historical-origin-ibillo-community

GarangDeMabior:
Face bini young man

Igbo no need your commendation, condemnation or thing of sort.

Face bini and yorubas., as both are tied and bonded by history.

Face your Biafra and leave Nigerian affairs alone.
Who has time for those who destroyed the beautiful foundation laid for Nigeria at independence let alone commend or condemn them?
Your inverted accusation is at best laughable as prehistory ties Igbos with Yorubas more than any other tribe as recently confessed by Obi of Onitsha that Igbos were the first settlers in Ile-Ife.

Monday60655:
APC keep on making Nigerians to suffer. Increasing petrol and electricity price only to use the storing and I'll melted money to bring celebs to campaign, but God will surely disappoint you all.

Your beloved PDP increased petrol price ten times under Obasanjo and it came across to you as enjoyment back then as you never complained. So why complain now that APC is only giving you more of the enjoyment?

GarangDeMabior:
Face bini young man

I guess Bini is not part of Nigeria? Why not face your Biafra young baby and leave alone the Nigeria you claim you are no longer interested in being part of? Hypocrite!

kingzizzy:
Yeah of course. Obasanjo from the SW was the candidate of the SE. Jonathan from the SS was the candidate of the SE. Even Buhari and late Yaradua were candidates of the SE. Since 1999 the SE has been ruling Nigeria through different people

Lol

Thank God you are honest enough to have admitted that Obasanjo, Yaradua and Jonathan were the candidates of the SE which was always the first region to endorse them before their own home regions. Come to think of it, only Igbos are known to always credit these three figures with good leadership despite their abysmal failures in governance.

kingzizzy:
Lol pure greed

Some zones such as the South East have not produced president of Nigeria in more than 50 years

The South West that have had the presidency are now complaining that they didn't get their preferred candidate?

Two men are complaining that they are tired of walking and want to drive a car. One man is given a car and he is now complaining that it is not the right model. Meanwhile, the other man is still walking

Greediness

So if you claim you want a car and you are given the one with a knocked engine you will accept it just because it has the body of a car? If 1999 election was meant to compensate Yorubas over June 12, should the same Obasanjo who mocked the symbol of that very June 12 be the beneficiary of the compensation? You have still not answered why Ekweme ever contested the PDP primary with Obasanjo if we have to believe you that the ticket was conceded to Yorubas over June 12.
If anything, Obasanjo was the candidate of the the Igbos and Northerners in that election hence he ruled on behalf of Igbos who till today still dub him a hero. Likewise, Igbos also ruled again through Jonathan whom they declared as their adopted son in the build up to the 2011 and 2015 elections.
Igbos didn't care that Jonathan actually usurped their turn in 2011 so why the hue and cry now? The South-South too needs to complete their remaining four years first before Igbos will be considered if at all. Igbos have always cried over Jonathan's 2015 loss more than the SS which own him, so it therefore becomes a moral question of walking the talk for Igbos to support the SS' 2023 bid to complete their remaining four years for which Igbos have cried more than the bereaved since 2015 till date.

kingzizzy:
There is something called equity. If there are 3 of pieces of meat in a plate of food that 3 people are eating, one person cannot eat one meat and reach for another when the other 2 have not had their own.

The South West have had their 8 years with Obasanjo. The South South have had one term with Jonathan while the South East has had nothing. Both the South East and South South are yet to equal the South West's 8 years.

Now that power is expected to come South in 2023, the South West is coming for another piece of meat again

In 2023, if the Presidency is not going to the SS to enable them complete their 8 years, or to the SE, to enable have at least 4 years, then it is better that power stays in the North.

What constituted equity in Igbos deliberately choosing to vote for Obasanjo in 1999 just to spite the Yorubas whose preferred candidate was Olu Falae? Yorubas view Obasanjo as a sell out to Yoruba interests, so if at all any Igbo man shall be given the APC ticket it must be the likes of Joe Igbokwe whom Igbos see as a traitor and efulefu in order for them too to feel the "equitable" gesture they extended to Yorubas by voting for Obasanjo.

MelesZenawi:
Showing me screenshot of a website that I don't know that is it is existing really speaks more low of Edo people..


How can you use website designed by One person not even known to any as a proof..


Anybody seeing this will dismiss it with a wave of hand as petty and childish.


Edo is not needed in biafra.


Go back to Oduduwa and reconcile and register your people there. That's the right place for Edos and that's the truth...raw truth...


Izoduwa has nothing with an Igbo man.

Edo was an ancient empire which predates Biafra hence it is outrightly silly to suggest that Edo wishes to be part of Biafra.
If anything Edos rightly view Biafra as an expansionist agenda by which Igbos attempted to annex them in 1967 but resisted vehemently and successfully. This is what gave rise to the sour grape syndrome that has ever since then become your lot towards Edos.
You want to deny the website now created by your Nnamdi Cownu for his expansionism? Hahaha. There is nothing you Igbos can't deny when shamed with the evidence. Wave of the leg!
Oni of Ife and Obi of Onitsha have rightly agreed that you both share ancestors, and that is the raw truth as evidenced by the linguistic affinity between the two. The earlier you accept this fact the better for you.

donphilopus:
Stop misinforming the public. There's nothing like Eziobe Traditional Council. Whenever the Eziobe's are burying Oshidu (their head) or the eldest man (Idowo), are the Anona (the Otu's family) people allowed to participate? How then are they Eziobe?

However you wanna put it, the fourteen families are under the Otaru of Igarra and he's the recognised traditional ruler. He has his staff of office. Can the Otu show us his staff of office?

And you forgot that the issue of Igarra traditional rulership is a subject of controversy and therefore presently before the court?

Myvoiz:
I learned that the so called Traditional ruler is not recognised by his people of Igarra. They want Ize-Iyamu to recognise him because he is the father of Edo APC campaign chairman, John Mayaki. When young people don't want to live long, they allow power to becloud their reasoning faculty. To the point that they value their wishes more than the tradition of the land. EZIOBE is a minority group and they will remain minority in the land of Igarra. The former Chief of staff to Obaseki is from this same minority group of Igarra. You guys understand why EZIOBE is mentioned and not the people of IGARRA. I got this response from an indigene of Igarra on FB

Whoever gave you this information fed you with lies. There are 15 kindreds in Igarra and nine of them make up Eziobes while five make up Eziezus with the 15th one being neither of them. Eziobes are therefore the majority and they recognize the Otu of Igarra while Eziezus recognize their own head separately. That is how Igarra operates. The person who gave you the information above is obviously of the Eziezu stock. Please refer to page 36 of Last week Monday edition of The Nation Newspaper to see the facts set straight in response to a publication of lies which the Eziezus made and this person picked his point from.

Nchenches:
There is only one APC state govt in this part of Nigeria - the one imposed by Supreme Court on Imo State.

Who does not know that APC stands for penetration of Islam and Fulani stronghold to the south of Nigeria?

Only the Aliyu Oshiomwoles can permit that in Edo.

And you forgot that APC was robbed of Bayelsa by the same Supreme Court which imposed a PDP governor there?

Olichoke:
On a different development, what's is the relationship between the Igarra people of Edo state and the Igala people of Kogi state? There is Attah of Igala and Atta Igu of Igarra people. I love studying histories and cultures. Kindly clarify me if you know their meeting points and departure points. Or is it a coincidence of names?

It is all just a coincidence in sounds. Atta Igu is different from Attah while Igala is different from Igarra.

GudluckIBB:
Anyone noticed you cant amend Order in Morgan Capital Itrade ?

Not only not being able to amend but not even being able to send a fresh buy order except by luck.
When you send a buy order their system now subtracts it from your account balance which is displayed in negative and displays that your balance is insufficient. This started just yesterday and it has continued till this moment. So frustrating.