₦airaland Forum

jumobi1:
Umm. Igbos voted for Abiola heavily.

Lies!!! igbos did not vote for abiola

Let us first separate and see.

Arda1000:
referendum all the way

But really, how can a country like Nigeria not have referendum in its Constitution? We speak different language and practice different culture for damn sake!!! This country was created by the British not by us, therefore any ethnic group that want to leave should be allowed to.

Restructuring will not change anything. It will only bring ethnic tension. It once failed before and it will fail again. What i want is for Nigeria to split once and for all so that we will know where we are heading. Just like other African countries, Nigeria was built on a faulty foundation. And when a building has a weak foundation, then other blocks laid on that foundation is a waste. Nigeria was never meant to be. There is a reason why the country keeps failing in every aspect. Is it power supply, roads, health care, education system? just name it. Now don't tell me things were better many years ago because that is a pure lie. Remember 40 years ago, Fela sang the song "suffering and smiling". That alone should tell you that Nigeria has and will never be great. The world have left the black man behind. Nigeria will never work unless you lie to yourself. Some people saw how Nigeria would look like 60 yrs ago, but many chose to ignore it. We should not make the same mistake our fathers made. Let the three majority ethnic Yoruba , Igbo and Hausa live apart. They are a large nation on their own

Nigeria has never been united right from its creation. It is a country filled with pretenders.

KOBOJO:
Come 2019....


Its going to be a collabo of ...

..North East
..North West
..North Central
..South East
..South South.


against


...South West.


Its actually going to be a humiliation of the southwest if a northerner is to contest against..


N/B...North will always vote for their own but i cant say same for the south because antecedents have proven otherwise.

Baba, vote for who you want to vote for. Yoruba do not need you. We share nothing in common with you. We do not feel regret for not voting Jonathan. I can assure you that if Jonathan contest again he will loose!!!

izombie:
you will soon care. How do you deal with us in SW? Please enlighten me. Hypocrites like you. You want to eat your cake and have it. Come and win se/ss vote. Akpa amu like you. Igbos have never voted tribally. We voted obasanjo, not because he's yoruba but because we liked him. The internet has opened our eyes to the fact that the yorubas just hate the igbos for no reason.

Yes we dont like you. Just stay your lane. We dont need you in anyway.

Yoruba do not need your vote. Keep it to yourself. You can keep crying about an election that took place 2years ago, but know this very well. We dont give a damn!!!

Yoruba people dont give a damn about anybody!!! We dont need southern unity!!!

ProWalker:
Ordinarily I don't support it because I believe there is strength in number, however a situation where we have highly unpatriotic citizens tearing at the fabrics of what makes a nation, I'm left with no choice but to give my support.

You see bro, nigeria can never be united. Right from the day this country was created till now. During awolowo time, tribalism was as high as this. It is something that can never end in nigeria. I will not want the future yoruba generation to face all of these wahala. I want them to live with people threy share similarity with. A country where leaders are chosen not with sentiment but competence. I believe it is high time yoruba people push for nigeria separtion. Believe me, we will do far much better that nigeria.

ProWalker:
Just two years out of mainstream Nigeria politics and the Igbos are becoming excessively restless in Nigeria and looking for any means to run away from Nigeria.
The Yorubas that played that part of Nigeria opposition politics for the better part of the last fifty years in Nigeria must be super -humans.
I genuinely support your quest though, it's becoming excruciating sharing the same passport and nationality with unwilling citizens like most of you.

Bro do you support the disintegration of nigeria?

He should never have sacked that man. He could get impeached if truly he has ties with russia. That man bahaves like a kid.

Afam4eva:
Anybody devoid of tribalism will agree that Jonathan's regime was fair to everybody. The only problem some of you had with the presidency is that he took away the powers of people who had an overwhelming grip on the country's commonwealth. Just because for the first time, Igbos were made to feel like Nigerians again, it became a problem for some of you. it may even interest you to know that there were actually more Yoruba appointees in Jonathan's regime than Igbos and infact there were way more Hausa/Fulani appointees than everyone else. They were only sad that they did not have the overwhelming grip on the country like they currently have with Buhari in power. Sometimes, i'm forced to support the call for disintegration of the country because some of you are just incorrigible and it's nauseating to say the least. The country is not yours to determine what happens and that is why we've been calling for true federalism so that everyone can answer their papa name and APC rode on that, only to get there and change their dance tune from jazz to apala.

See mr, i am not a "one nigeri" kind of yoruba guy. I stand 100% in support of the disintegration of this country. I do not like nigeria in any way neither do i want my unborn children to live in this country.
I stand by oduduwa nation, a country were there will be no ethnic difference. A country that will have a commone purpose and goal. A country that will have a common enemy.
I stand by oduduwa nation!!!

Afam4eva:
Do you people have proof of all these allegations you make or you just pull out stuff from your exterior. Which Yorubas lost which jobs to which Igbo people. Can you provide proof?

Baba all of these happened in faan

nku5:
Between 2011 and 2015 Jonathan appointed Yoruba to head sensitive ministries like Agriculture and Science & Technology among others. The real benefit that SW derived from Jonathan's government were the massive infrastructural projects like the Ilesha dam which has given Osun pipeborne for the first time since 1966. Tribalism is what turned SW leaders against him nothing more

So how come did he win 2011 election in yorubaland. I guess there was no tribalism then.

I do not want an omoluabi to rule this backward country. It is high time we carve ourselves from nigeria, start a new nation and start a new life for the betterment of our children and their children to come.

aribisala0:
Betrayed?
Was it a betrayal in 1960 or 1965 or 19 79 or 1983 when the Eboes and Ijaws went into government with the north. Maybe you are too young to know history. Yoruba have never been in political alliance with the north before now.The Eboe on the other hand always have.Yoruba never accused them on those FOUR OCCASIONS of betrayal. If you say the Yoruba made a political error we can talk but if you say betray then I am sorry that is a Very stupid thing to say. ?
In 1979 there were 9 states in the south when Awo contested as President
There were 4 states East of the Niger and 5 to the West. The then Rivers state and Cross River state voted for Shagari NOT ONCE DID I HEAR ABOUT BETRAYAL .Imo and Anambra went with Zik

Out of the five igbo eastern state, only 1 voted for abiola. In the south-south region, only akwa ibom, edo and calabar voted for abiola. Other ones including the four igbo states namely: enugu, imo, ebonyi, abia and south-south states like rivers, delta which all voted against abiola. So did yoruba cried "southern betrayal"?

OAUTemitayo:
Yoruba betrayed GEJ?
You need to grow a brain. When Abiola contested for President did Ibos vote for him?
Did Ibos vote for Awolowo?.What then is the connection between us?
Suffice to say that we even voted for GEJ in 2011 and yet got nothing in return!

I don't know why Ibos keep crying betrayal, we are not Siamese twins for goodness sake.

Thank you! Out of the five eastern state, only one voted for abiola. While the four voted against him. The truth is we share nothing in common with these peole. Absolutely none! So what do they mean by betrayal? Mehn let this country split. I would not want my kids to grow up in this type of country.

nel123:
That was a lovely write up, very thoughtful and informative.. Haven't read such political opinion in a longtime so let me chip my own opinion .

Of a truth this is the status que in the mind of many yourbas esp the Tinubu machinery and let me say its not a bad thing to wish for in a political situation but the thing about these set of Yoruba leaders (Tinubu and co) is that they lack intelligence and over estimated.. Don't understand how they don't know that the SE and SS will be out for them in any political game from now on, cause the truth is this , the northerns understands politics and once they know the SW is all alone, they will not call them a threat.

Even if anything happens to Buhari, don't be surprise if they collide with the SE and SS to change the constitution to suit them cause SW wouldn't have much support to gain.

So my point is this , instead of Bisi Akande and other Tinubu's men crying foul, they should find a way to start reconnecting with their south brothers and thus have a solid weight to plead their case.

yoruba people are not interested in forming any southern alliance with you. There is nothing like southern unity and there will never be. I support nigeria disintegration though but you guys should stay your lane while we stay on ours.
Simple!!!

lilytender:
And you did not remember all these while your brother Goatluck Jonascam was there looting and sharing our resources? How come you did not scream all these your pointless points then?

Baba i am yoruba

nku5:
SMH

After all GEJ did for the SW see ingratitude and bitterness

If gej did well for yoruba, our leaders would not have complained of being marginalized.

Realman87:
YORUBA ronu. Yoruba Marginalization during GEJ regime is NOT enough reason to sell the whole South. The middle belt people have suffered at the hands of the fulanis but they still identify with north during elections. What have yorubas gained in this govt to justify the blatant betrayal of the whole south. Recent comments on this thread only confirm what we already know- that yorubas are innately selfish. Because of appointments, yaribas voted evil. Now that you have betrayed the south and have a false romance with the north, where do yorubas stand in current geopolitics. In a short while, Buhari may go and osibanjo sworn in as president but can he hold power without the support of the north and SS/SE. can only the sw sustain him in power. The north would be mad at buharis death and the SS/SE is still hurting. I predict that Osinbanjo's humiliation and fall will take the SW down for the next 50 years. Wait and See.

Shut your dirty mouth!!! Yoruba people did not betray anybody. When jonahan took over, you felt you were on top. Many yoruba people lost their job which were all replaced by the igbo people. You can cry from today till tomorrow, but know this, yoruba people dont feel sorry for you!!!

TheKingdom:
How can the three largest tribes in the continent all be under one quack "nation", when they themselves are already nations larger than most in Europe and Africa. Even Gilbratar has national team at EURO qualification, yet we are here calling ourselves Ni.gger Areans.

Shame

Lovely comment!

There they go blaming their leaders.

loomer:
I no get power to dey do this one bros.

Bros you no fit get power na. Are you telling me that the traditional rulers taught their people to hate other tribes? When and how? Baba the reason why we can not be united is very obvious. Something you cant just deny. It is simply because we do not share anything in common. Why do you think tribalism exist? It is because every ethnic group in nigeria is sentimental and will want the best for their tribesmen. No be leaders cause am ooo, it is just nature.

What does the writer hope to achieve with this stupid article? What benefit will this dumb article bring?

What does the writer hope to achieve with this stupid article?

loomer:
Try understand wetin I dey talk.

Our leaders don already make us get hate for each other.

Igbo hate Hausa, Yoruba hate Igbo, Hausa hate all.

Urhobo no wan see istekiri, tiv and idoma nko?

And bros, when I talk of leaders, I no dey refer to presidency, governor or senators alone. I mean traditional leaders, religious leaders, community leaders.

If that what you mean then how did the leaders turn us against each other?

loomer:
Na we first be people with different language and culture to dey one country?

Truth be told, our elite don make us hate one another.

I remember years back if you go market beg aboki to dash u pepper, them go gladly do so.

But now we no fit live with them cos our leaders made it so

Three months ago, yoruba abd hausa fought. Na leaders cause am?

CandyDiamond:
Yorubas crying like a baby,if you people where like Igbos that was giving N20 to survive with their properties seized and are marginalized now for nearly 50 years now,I wonder by now what yoruba race will look like,only 6 years of Igbo domination you people are still crying about it even after more than 2years that their administration is gone,what a shame

yoruba people are not crying. It is your peole who have been bitter since gej lost the election. In every thread, they insult yoruba people by calling them slaves because they did not vote for your "son". I believe the reason why this thread was brought forward is simply to remind you people that yoruba people did not betray anybody and to justify why yoruba people resisted gej in the 2015 election. Besides who has been marginalizing you for the past 50 years?

What Stella oduah did against Yoruba will never be forgotten. This woman converted Faan into something else. I cant mentioned how many of her tribesmen she gave automatic employment and promotion at the detriment of the Yoruba people. What about the Yoruba Gms that were sacked? The people controlling Faan then were also all Igbos. The Tolls gates were sold to her people. What a shame!! I am confident that Yoruba people will do better without Nigeria. This country is dragging us backward.

femolacqua:
The colonial masters brought this on us from the first day of bringing different tribes to form a nation call Nigeria. I will say this is where their selfish interest has brought us to.

Exactly!!! Unfortunately, the average African will choose to ignore the main problem but instead focus on the sub-problem which is spending time blaming their leaders, when in fact the leaders are as a result of the society. Most European countries are not structured like this. Many of their countries are almost mono-ethnic that is a particular ethnic group occupy at least 95% of the country's population. Look at Russia, which is the most ethnically diverse country in Europe with almost 150ethnic groups and a population of 140million. Yet the ethnic Russians occupy about about 83% of the country while minorities occupy 17%. Are many Africans not aware of this? yes they are but due to their mental laziness, they will choose to ignore it. The way the Europeans structured and left africans 50yrs is the same way they are today. What is stopping us from creating our countries? That i will never understand.
Unfortunately our ignorance is the reason why we will never move forward.