₦airaland Forum

SEFAGO:
You must be retarded, there are lots of excellent schools that are not Ivies. Even moreso, there are so many that are way better than the public school system called UMD.

Trust me, when I apply for a job and you do, I will always get a lot of preference. Anywayts forget about y undergrad, I was boasting of passing waec

Name the school you dunce!  

Are you that much ashamed of your university. You keep on talking crap about the University of Maryland which is a quality institution for the right price while no one knows about the university you attended.

Either put up or shut up.

SEFAGO:
You guys are effing inconsistent

Hold on

SEFAGO,

You will never hear an Igbo man giving praise to Awolowo. And we all have remained consistent with our message.

Awolowo was only a champion to the Yoruba people, not Nigeria as a whole. Anyone who says otherwise is being naive and foolish.

FL Gators:
That hurts my feelings. For a minute there, I thought I went deep.

Sorry but the truth hurts. But find solace, SEFAGO thought it was deep so that should be some consolation.

SEFAGO:
I dont go to college. I did a long tym ago. But trust me it smashes UMD. Not even in its class at all

However, please stop insulting my kinsman

The Title is very misleading you know. The Afenifere leader did not affirm that what the Oba did was good.

Then name you university or shut up. If it is not an ivy-league institution, then it will NEVER get respect from me taxi driver. . .


"On his part, the leader of Afenifere, who is also a prominent indigene of the Akure, Chief Rueben Fasoranti, said the monarch was free to do whatever he liked."

Free to do whatever he liked? Seems like he does not care what happens to this woman. Tacit support if your ask me.

FL Gators:
Look dude, I'll never insult you, so dont do the same to me just because you two have some issues going on. Respect me, I respect you.

Anywayz, think about it.

Where in my post did I insult you? 

I simply said your statement is not deep. Your quote is simply an allegory for t i t for tat. It doesn't ask a person to look deeper into a perceived meaning that requires deep thought.

If you are so intelligent, allow us all to know what private college you go to.

It is probably a university I have never heard of. At least people recognize the University of Maryland.

SEFAGO:
My baby is so deep, not like the low IQ igbo kid

If you call that deep then you seriously deluded.

SeFaGo, are you insecure? I already know you are insecure about your masculinity. Most likely, you are insecure about your so called intellectual prowess.

Didn't know there were many female virgins in Naija. . .

I learn something new everyday

w/e

Back on topic,

It is disgusting what this traditional leader to his wife.

And it is even more disgusting that people are supporting him.

Nigeria is a messed up place. Child marriages and women getting beaten everyday. Disgusting! I am glad that I left. Wicked country!

FL Gators:
Like seriously, who takes bkbaybe seriously? Nice to know that you let ppl shape you. Learn to shape yourself

Not just him, Nairaland. People speak ish on the internet because it gives them anonymity.

Now I know what many of your PEOPLE think and wont say to my face or to other Igbos. 

FL Gators:
But you seriously bring tribe into everything?

I had to, I could not resist.

Bkbaybe brought this out of me. I was never a tribalist until Nairaland turned me into one.

This man was a tribalist. . . Pure & Simple.

Only the Yoruba give him praise.

Is this how it is done in Yorubaland?

No wonder Yoruba women are running to me.

SeFAGo hush your mouth you ignoramus.

What happened in this thread while I am gone?

I see some people love to discuss me. . .

SEFAGO:
^ really? How did that come to your mind?

Think about it. I do not think after 40 years of marriage, will someone divorce unless something drastic has happened. I think Al Gore is going to come out and say he is a homosexual.

You never know.

Maybe he is finally coming out of the closet. . .

I do not know why people are agitating for "Aba" State. Good Lord!

I don't care about Bankole brawling but Aba state. . . These Ngwa people! 

And people still believe in One Nigeria?



Deluded people. . .

^^^^^^^^

lol

Igbo: A People In Search Of A Leader: Further Commentary

by Sabella O Abidde (Non-Igbo(

The bulk of this essay was first published in the summer of 2004. However, after reading Mr. E Ejike Anyaduba’s exposition, “Igbo: A People In Search Of A Leader,” (Daily Independent, Thursday May 15, 2008), I thought I revisit a subject that has confounded me for several years. Although Anyaduba’s essay has an historical undertone, his starting point was the failed abduction of a sitting governor, Dr. Chris Ngige. The writer went on to chronicle some of the “anomalous situations” and the “comical nonsensical act” that has come to characterize the Ndiigbo. He went on to take a swipe at the “avalanche of political jobbers who masquerade as Igbo leaders.” Either way one looks at it, Anyaduba is correct, but he did not tell the whole story.

Some observers of the post-1983 Nigerian political scene have come to the conclusion that the Igbo are their own worst enemy. Indeed, one cannot but be perplexed at the miscalculations and self-immolating tendency of the Igbo elites. A once proud people, a once proud nation has allowed itself to be the ball to be dribbled every which way. I wonder: what are the average Igbo farmers, housewives, teachers, traders and miners saying about the disruptive behavior and rascality of their current political leaders. Beginning in the 1930s through the 1970s, the Who-Is-Who of Ndiigbo were men at the top of their class. When they spoke even the heavens listened. The reverse is the case today. The mighty is falling, the light is dimming.

As someone who grew up in all the four regions of the country -- and having been a witness to the brilliance of the Igbo Nation -- I never knew a day would come when they essentially would give their opponents the tool with which to curtain and weaken their significance in the Nigerian enterprise. It is hard for me to imagine Nigeria without the Igbo. It is even harder to imagine what the Ndiigbo have allowed their elites to do to them. What happened to the Igbo? Well, I am not capable of such critical analysis. I leave that to people like Okey Ndibe, Peter Claver Oparah, Levi Obijiofor, Moses Ebe Ochonu, Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo, and Ozodi Thomas Osuji. They can tell us why the Igbo, collectively, are where they are today. It is not pretty. I guess that is one of the facts Ejike Anyaduba was getting at.

[b]The Igbo nation had attributes most other Nigerian nationalities can only dream of; and are what most other nations were not. The Igbo made Nigeria better. Any wonder then that the Igbo can do without Nigeria ; but Nigeria and her myriad nationalities cannot do without the Igbo? [/b]Take the Igbo out of the Nigeria equation, and Nigeria will be gasping for air. How did a people this intelligent, this savvy, and this contributive got shut out of the corridor of federal power and continually being deprived the chance to attain the highest seat of Nigeria ’s political power?

I begin by summarizing some of the reasons (I have been given) as to why a Nigerian of Igbo lineage have yet to be elected the executive president of Nigeria: (1) that the Igbo seem to be suffering from Germanic Complex; (2) that they easily succumb to the Hausa-Fulan/Yoruba politics of divide-and-conquer; (3) that they are ferociously independent and so do not want to follow the command of a single leader; (4) that the persistent political infightings and betrayal amongst the Igbo elite and centers of power has been a hindrance to their goals; and (5) that the Igbo are content with dominating the economic arena and have therefore given up all hope and struggle for political power.

There are no empirical evidences to support all of the aforementioned reasons; and even most of the anecdotal evidences, as presented to me, are weak. The exception is reason number four: the infighting amongst Igbo elites and between centers of power, plus the psychological issue. This psychological factor has two related components: mistrust of the Igbo by other ethnic groups, and the unspoken determination of the Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani to deprive the Igbo of their rightful place in the Nigerian polity. In other words: the North and the West have a deep-seated mistrust of the Igbo and so are hell bent on restricting, containing, and denying the Igbo their political right. Added to this is their subtle message to other minority groups: the Igbo, as a group, are not to be trusted!

The West doesn’t think much of the North and the North has contempt for the West; yet, both regions have found a way to engage in “political prostitution” to the detriment of the Igbo. This unholy alliance has its root in the 1966/67-1970 Nigerian Conflict. Essentially, the North and the West have not rid themselves of their prejudices and hatred of the Igbo. They have been using their jaundiced perception and misreading of history to thwart the Igbo presidential aspiration. It is this psychological rut, in addition to the infighting and unnecessary wrangling between Igbo power centers that adequately accounts for why the Igbo have been denied the presidency.

It doesn’t help that the Igbo have all these centers of competing powers that seems to be doing Kaduna , Kano , Sokoto and Minna’s bidding. And yes, it is admirable that the Igbo are building what may someday rival the successes of Taiwan and South Korea . But that is not enough! It won’t be enough!  It also doesn’t help when they cut proven leaders like the great Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and many others all in the name of politics. How many Northerners are sticking knives, pins and arrow into Abacha and Babangida? Both men are not even in the same class as the Ikemba Nnewi -- one of the rarest of all men -- yet, some Igbo take pride in dressing him down!

At the individual level, some Hausa-Fulani have great relationship with some Igbo. Same can also be said of Yoruba elites with fruitful relationship with some Igbo. But that is not enough. These friendships and relationships should be extended to the presidential arena. The Igbo have made significant and measurable contribution to every community they have settled in. And Nigeria became what it was because of the Igbo. The Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba have been at the helm of Nigeria ’s national affairs and the result has been dismal. It is time the Igbo take control and command of Aso Rock.

This article is not suggesting that the colluding groups covertly met and agreed to stop an Igbo from become Nigeria ’s President. This scheme is borne out of an unspoken accord, an unconscious collusion, if you will. Nigeria cannot be greater than what it is if the Igbo are excluded from the Presidency. It is injurious to continuously point -- consciously or unconsciously -- to the unfortunate events of 1966/67-1970. Come to think of it: the Igbo suffered the most and are owed a world of apology.

I prefer Chibuike Amaechi as the Best Governor. Never lived in Lagos so I wouldn't know but I spent years in Port Harcourt.

FL Gators:
I wonder who you dont dislike in this world.

I don't dislike women. I love them all no matter what race or ethnicity.

I bet the Muslims in the north are starting to get riled up. . . Even though the people of that region do not give a damn about them.

None of our concern.

Israel is surrounded by Muslim terrorist so what do you expect them to do?

Humanitarian aid could be another form of the shipment of weapons into Gaza.