Muscomide:
Going through the posts on this thread, it is clear that the average Igbo man/woman still harbours a lot of deep seated resentment against their perceived enemies, the Northerners. This is very unfortunate. It is also evident that the Igbo are wary of the Yoruba for seemingly forming a coalition with the North to remove Jonathan from power next year. In a way, this is the whole First Republic scenario playing itself out again. We all know where that ended - a civil war that lasted for 30 months with the loss of an estimated two million lives.

For those now beating the drums of war in Nigeria again, war no be 'beans' o.

From the posts on this thread, it is obvious that a lot of Igbo and people from the South-south never want to entertain the notion of a President of Northern extraction in Nigeria ever again. To such people, I urge restraint and pragmatism. Democracy is a game of numbers. Combined, the peoples of the core North and the South-west outnumber the Igbo and South-south combined. Where in the world does the minority rule over the majority?

One's fear is that the intransigence being shown by the Igbo and South-south peoples towards a Northern Presidency does not bode well for Nigeria. Is it realistic to expect that no Northerner ever rules Nigeria again in the future? Can the minority continue to lord it over the majority indefinitely?