₦airaland Forum

Rgp92:
Dont turn this into a tribal war !!! This man is a nigerian nothing more nothing less !!!!

Why would there be a tribal war? I am just stating obvious in which the Igbo man is good at business.

Yes, they are making Nigeria proud, even though they would not be recognized for their achievements.

Nothing is more pathetic than grown men begging for positions that should be rightfully theirs.

The Igbo Nation should not have to beg, what should rightfully be ours!

aloy/emeka:
Abegi, igbos are hiring Chinese in China because they will help them penetrate the local market and attract Chinese customers. It is a symbiotic relationship and nothing more.

Of course! It makes perfect sense. Trust an Igbo man to make money anywhere. 

I predicted this to happen. . .

mikeansy:
I have no clue why someone who supported Buhari could be saying I told you so either?

What does any Nigerian stand to benefit from Buhari? let alone the South East?

Folks just chill. The newly elected Government is yet to be innaugurated.

The only person who can say I told you so, is I. 

I neither supported Buhari or GEJ in the beginning.

My anger was directed at all the Igbo elite for selling their birthright.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-643578.0.html

Let it be known I shared Eziachi's sentiment, but I would have liked for the Ndigbo to support an APGA produced candidate.

Eziachi supported Buhari, which is something I could not do. My own father supported Buhari for the same reasons.

alj_harem:
yes the elites

but no the masses do not care really

If you think the masses do not care, then you do not really know the southeast. Of course the southeast people are seeing this an insult, that all of people, a minority is backstabbing us after we gave him our support.

dayokanu:
Hope you have recovered from the blitzkrieg of Benjamin Adekunle in Aba

And now that decrepit old man Benjamin Adekunle lives not too far from where I stay in Washington DC, full of regrets and nightmares.

There is also not a whimper for your foolish uncle who was boy-boy for the Hausa.

What else is new from this region?

Onlytruth [/b]do not talk to [b]dayokanu. Look at his patronizing words. Like he hopes we have learned a lesson. Who the hell does this boy think he is?

He is not even worthy of a response. He still harbors resentment that his scar faced uncle was dealt with by our people, due to his corrupt nature.

Onlytruth:
^^
Actually I meant people like Ebitu Ukiwe (if he is still active). Of course he should gather men of like minds (and military background) in Igboland and form a "consultative forum" who would plan our survival in Nigeria, or exit from Nigeria. It must be one or the other.

Ebitu Ukiwe is still active and remains strong.

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Would you rather me call him a canoe maker instead of a fisherman? Does my words need tact. Sorry, but I do respect backstabbers. If you think I will accept this betrayal, then you must think I am a fool.

I have always been someone who is not known for my words. There is nothing diplomatic about my words. I have been accused on NL by some of my fellow Igbos, by not being a true Igbo due to my undiplomatic words.

Now people are starting to dance to my rhythm.

If the fisherman wants to betray us, then this polity will be in flames.

Onlytruth:
I must also say that we have a job to do in Igboland, and that is to educate our people about Nigeria.

I have never seen a group so naive and innocent about their own country as Ndigbo.
What they see as "being nationalistic" is what others see as being st00pid and naive.
I see them even on this forum, trying to tell us that Ndigbo are not being maligned and cheated openly in their own country. If an Igbo is not in consideration for any of the top 3 positions in Nigeria (as one of the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, YES WE ARE!) what makes you think that a minority customs officer at the wharf won't sit on your containers as if you can do sh^%t about it?
That is what these Igbo peeps fail to understand.

It is either we are treated as one of the MAJOR stake holders in Nigeria, or we should really go home and sit down to figure out how to leave Nigeria altogether.

Gbam! Gbam! Gbam!

Rhino.5dm:
^Foooool stop mentioning SW in a group with your poverty stinking region.

Go figure out if there is much difference between 718 and 933 to warrant your hypocritical classification.

Poverty stricken region? This has to be a cruel joke.

The s/east has the lowest poverty incidences in all of Nigeria. We do not have beggars like the ones found in the North and s/west. We already have the proof that shows the s/east has less incidences of poverty than any other region.

Now show all of Nairaland where it is said otherwise. Or as usual, are you just speaking from your arse?

All you do is spew crap, which means you are full of shyyyyttttt

Onlytruth:
I have to start by first apologizing to my Igbo brothers for my strong support of a GEJ presidency on this forum. I feel your pains, but in the true spirit of Ndigbo, we must soldier on.

What we need now more than anything else is to remain united, resolute and without emotions as we plan our way forward. At least we achieved unity of purpose in this election, and no one can take that away if we don't let them.

All SE PDP members at the NA should decamp and join APGA. Even if it is just for the heck of it. When PDP loses the majority in the house of reps, maybe sanity will start to set in. Of course there will still be few selfish folks like Ekweremadu who would stay in PDP, but he will be there alone and conspicuous.

Meanwhile the new APGA should caucus with ACN and other parties to elect a new non-PDP speaker. There are other permutations which can even pay us more, but let's wait first.

Nigerian politics is really simple. We took the higher road because we felt we needed to support a minority from the SS whom a northerner termed "unelectable". But that is in the past now. You cannot shake hands with one hand. It takes two to tango. If GEJ has any plans for SE (which I really doubt) he should shout it to the rooftops now, else PDP is dead, along with his true base.

It is alright my Igbo brother. We all were swept by the joys of lending support for our so called brother. I doubted him from the beginning, but I finally became optimistic about him and this eased by hard line stance against him.

We all hoped that he would correct past wrongs, but he has shown that he is untrustworthy. There were warnings, in which he was not afraid to sack Igbo ministers and leave ministers from other regions in their place.

The time is now to pull our support from him. How can he can manage a political terrain, where he is not wanted by the North and the s/west does not give a damn about his presidency?

He needs us more than we need him. If he wants to play this game, then so be it. He can take all of his ministerial positions and other fancy titles to someone else.

^^^

Who said I wanted to be in a nation with your people? Reread my response before you comment. "While my people and the Yoruba people can form our own nation-states and progress." What do you think I mean by nation-states? Isn't that plural dumb arse?

I can see grammar is not your friend.

archive:
it's a bad idea to split i'm telling you. the country had enough wealth for everyone to have a decent standard of living and most tribal resentment comes from frustrations of poverty.

We shall not continue to wait for other sections of this country. Why should other regions in the country have the shoulder the burden for other sections. It is not like we are the same people.

Self-determination is our God given right and no one can take it away from us.

Festus Mbisiogu [/b]and[b] Emma Ojukwu is making us proud.

Now this thread should be on the front page.

I wonder why it isn't?

kasiem:
The first step of attaining our political emancipation is to come out openly and disown any self acclaimed that betrays ndiigbo in the name of representing them. 2ndly, we have to go all out and apologise to people like ekwueme, nnamani, nwosu and co for insulting their foresight. 3rdly, we have to look for a way to lure the likes of atiku into joining in APGA, for a strong national that have base in the north and with a clear constitution on how will be shared. 4thly, we have to embark on massive political education to arouse the conciousness of the masses. 5thly, we have to abstain from key positions in Gej's government to send the message clear to him, so that he wldn't nurse the feeling of trying to run in 2015.

I don't want any dealings with the North. We must focus on our own region and our own problems. Inviting outsiders is not in our best interest.

archive:
oh alright, then you try to separate a country that has oil and see what that creates? oh wait, we already know what happens. don't be silly. like i said, 150 million people is a great advantage in terms of manpower. africa needs a potential nation-state. it doesn't need more economically small countries which certain parts of it will be if it splits up now. sometimes you need to work with what you have got.

i am not saying we should all be holding hands and sing kumbayah. i am saying we should be smart and stop fighting amongst ourselves because for now, and the foreseeable future we are stuck together.

I leave you with a few words, because this is derailing the topic:

SOUTHERN SUDAN did it, why can't we?

And there is no hope in sight. These people will continue to practice their backwards customs for many more centuries to come. That is why I say leave them to their own problems, while my people and the Yoruba people can form our own nation-states and progress.

archive:
and we are playing into their hands do you not see that?? redrawing the map is not the bloody problem. if that was going to happen it would have by now. we just haven't been bothered to do much since they left.

it may have been a good idea a while back but we didn't do it then so forget about that now.

now we need to mmove on. 150 million people in a country is a great advantage in terms of man power. the cultural diversity could be a great asset to the country. but no, we jut moan and fight and naughty woman and stay stagnant

super!

If you think redrawing the map is not a problem, then you need your head examined. That is like saying that the Germans or French should be in one nation or the Japanese and Chinese should be in one nation. Do you know how idiotic that sounds? So why should it be different for Africa, on Nigeria to be specific. None of the major groups like each other for obvious reasons. Heck, my people lost 2 million souls in order to keep this crappy country one.

People act like, because we all have black skin, that we should be united. There has never been in our history in pre-colonial Africa or Nigeria in its 50 year history as the people who lived in this nation has ever been united. If you can give me one time period where all of our people have been united, I would like to see.

No, we are not moving on. A fool at 50 will always be a fool. How many of my people have to be killed to keep this nation one? Answer this simple question.

archive:
well i have to say, you are all a colonialists dream. keep on fighting amongst yourselves children.

The colonialist dream was to keep Nigeria one, without any concern for the people who lived within the region.

One day Africans will learn that the map of Africa needs to be redrawn instead of keeping this relic of a colonial legacy.

It is time to for the Ndigbo to heat up this polity. We have been quiet for far too long. We have taken insults ever since our inglorious defeat of Biafra.

As I said before, there will be a reckoning.

^^^

Who is this buffoon?  What business does it concern you about Igbo affairs? Learn to stay out of our politics.

And when was the last time you heard any Igbo giving a damn about s/west politics?

The fisherman is just making it easy for us Igbos to unite. We were united in propelling him to Aso Rock. Now he is uniting us against Nigeria's PDP experiment. How many times must we Igbos be mocked, even when we do something right, by allowing a minority from the Niger Delta to see the presidency? How many times does the Ndigbo have to bare the brunt of Nigeria's tribal politics, when we support a candidate who is not our own? Enough is enough my brothers.

We the Ndigbo must take our own destiny by the horns. Have we forgotten the bravery and courage of our great people? Have we forgotten the lessons our ancestors have taught us, which took a millennium to create.

The time is now my brothers! We must rise up from our slumber and make sure that we will not be kicked around any longer.

And like I said, the silence coming from the so called 'South-South' is starting to piss me off. When we lent our support to one of their own brothers, they now support people who did not support their own brother. We acted like friends to these people only for them to stab us in the back. Now it is time for us to put these ungratedful bastardds in their place and start claiming what is our own.

We the Ndigbo own half of the Niger Delta. The 'South-South' is majority Igbo. And we shall not allow for the balkanization of our people to happen any longer. We tried to be diplomatic wit these people. We tried to be friendly with these people, and now look at them.

It is Igbo first and Igbo only. If you have a problem with that, then go drown yourself in sorrow.

I am playing the same politics that my predecessors wouldn't. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Aguiyi-Ironsi refuse to play the tribal politics game and we the, Ndigbo, lost out. And are still suffering for their optimism. I only care about my people. I should have never had changed my views on this fisherman. I knew from the beginning he would betray us.

And now we have some foolish Igbos on this thread who continue to have a nationalistic view. How dare you tell us true Igbo sons and daughters that we are being tribalistic, when other regions practice it more than us.

I also think it is hypocritical for the Ndi Yoruba to concern themselves with our issues. Stay in the damn s/west and allow us Igbos to sort out our own affairs. That is a WARNING.

I really hope these so called Igbo leaders do decamp to APGA.

And by one insult, the Ndigbo will make PDP a minority party. Brilliant!

Beaf, as long as OBJ continues to be involved in PDP and has Jonathan's ear, we the Ndigbo will not be respected. Jonathan has chosen to side with OBJ, and therefore must suffer the consequences from his betrayal.

And there is nothing wrong with being the underdog. Watch out for our uppercut.

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