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Yes i agree . NL does not translate in real life how yoruba and igbos co -exist . Me for an example , a yoruba helped me to travel to overseas and up till now we re still good friends and currently i am helping a yoruba girl to acquire her green card over here . I think it more of rivalry than hatred . As a person an igbo if a yoruba person relates to me in good way naturally i am bound to reciprocate.

crossover: Some of the commentators in this forum are childish and inexperienced. I doubt if they ever crossed others’ paths in their life. Why should we express our pure ignorant in public in ways that absolutely irritate the fabric of our moral inclination. Instead of using our God given privileges to do things that will bring us together and bring development, we are coarsely being twisted to take the path of self destruction.

Being an exploration Geophysicist, I have had the privileges of working in so many places in Nigeria and I can tell you that most of the negative opinion being assuaged here are mere childish. THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOME OF US THE READERS MAY BE CHILDISH TOO. Invariably, it may start to influence our state of minds. This is very dangerous considering the fact that the string of goodwill could be destined to fall into either side. Imagine a Nairaland made biased medical doctor that is called for emergency hearing the name of the patient to be from the other side. Will he care? Or, a Nairaland made biased mobile police/military personnel that have the chance to determine your fate?

For instance, I was stuck while driving through east – west road in the early ninety with a vehicle’s plate number that clearly showed my place. Even though many commercial buses from my place drove along the road at that time and most of the drivers recognised the plate number but they only blew their horns to see my face. None stopped to help me out. Then, a Peugeot 505 station wagon with five well dressed passengers on their way to Port Harcourt saw me and pulled by, and all of them entered the mud with their shoes and pushed the car out. Alas! They were all from Ibo.

Thank God for the opportunity I have had to assist those that came my way even at the risk of my career without having to go west and bring my brothers. By the way, someone from the other side also helped me to get there!

Why should there be distraction at the time the Ibos are having it robust? Name it; the army, police (until recently), navy, legislative, Civil Service, Finance, and so on. The next level should be the assignment for every kin and kith. The only person that knows the reason for this memoir and why it is necessary now but not then is Prof Achebe himself. Without prejudice, I doubt if the Prof was in good term with the late Ikemba after the war.

Already, there is resuscitation of the civil war borne out of acute race - based revulsion from all sides since May 29, 1999 with the way our resources are sundered every minute. Why? It is because the Military did for the North and Gen. Obasanjo did it for the West. Now, others must do it, even in multiple, even quickly before the country is set off.

Though, the constitution guaranteed freedom of speech yet we may still need to exercise little discretion. At least, we need our sleep when the time comes.

THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE YORUBAS AND THE IGBOS
AS YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN, I AM FROM RIVERS STATE AND MARRIED AN IGBO WOMAN FROM UMUAHIA. THE ATTITUDE OF MY WIFE AND MY INLAWS TELL ME A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT THE IGBOS. I CAN CONFIRM THAT GOD IS WITH THE IGBOS. MY WIFE AND MY INLAWS ARE FANTASTIC PEOPLE. I HAVE 8 CHILDREN , FOUR BOYS AND FOUR GIRLS FROM MY DEAR WIFE. THEY ARE THE PRIDE OF MY COMMUNITY TODAY. MY SECOND WIFE IS FROM IS FROM AKURE AND SHE HAS 3 CHILDREN FOR ME. SHE ALWAYS COMMENDS THE IGBOS. SHE IS STILL WITH ME AND ALL OF US LIVE IN HARMONY TOGETHER.
YORUBAS LISTEN. IT IS US NON-IGBOS THAT DID WRONG TO THE IGBOS DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LIES GOWON AND HIS BROTHERS TOLD US IN THE RIVERS STATE AT THAT TIME. THEY TOLD US THAT IF WE LEAVE THE PROPERTY OF THE IGBOS, WE WOULD BE THE GREATEST LOSERS. CEAZE THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE MEANS TO SURVIVE AND YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT. THEY TOLD US THAT THE IGBOS ARE BAD AND WOULD BUILD ALL OVER THE STATE AND OUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE NO PLACE TO BUILD IN FUTURE. WE BELIVED THEM AND SEAZED THEIR PROPERTY. WE SACKED THEM FROM OUR STATE. THEY WENT TO THEIR STATE, SOUTH/EASTEN STATE. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE DYING. THEY SURVIVED MORE THAN US WHO WERE DECEIVED BY AND AWOLOWO. PLEASE DO NOT BE ANNOYED BECAUSE I MENTION AWOLOWO HERE. WE NIGERIANS OWE APOLOGY TO THE IGBOS BECAUSE WE DID THEM WRONG BY THE WAY WE TREATED THEM DURING THE WAR. I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU WILL FEEL IF THE BUILDINGS YOU IN ONITSHA , OWERRI, ENUGU WERE TO BE SEAZED BY THESE STATES ESPECIALLY IF ANOTHER PERSON FROM ANOTHER STATE WERE TO INSTIGATE THAT SEISURE. IF YOU ARE FROM LAGOS , AND HAD BUILDINGS IN IBADAN, AKURE, ONDO OSHOGBO WERE TO BE SEIZED BY AN INSTIGATION FROM SOMEBODY FROM THE NORTH. YOU ARE FROM THE WESTERN REGION AS THE IGBOS WERE FROM THE EASTERN REGION. WE WERE THE SAME REGION UNTIL GOVWON DECEIVED US TO DO WHAT WE DID.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU HAD £2,000,000, IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND SOMEBODY CAME AND SAID YOU HAVE RIGHT TO ONLY £20? THINK ABOUT IT. SURELY YOU WILL FEEL VERY BAD. DURING AND AFTER THE WAR ONE OF OUR BROTHERS, A WRITER WOULD NOT LET IGBOS TO REST. HE PAID FOR IT. YOU CANNOT SLAP A BABY AND AT THE SAME TIME TELL HIM NOT TO CRY. I AN NOW 84 YEARS OLD AND WHAT I SAY IS TRUE BECAUSE I WAS AROUND WHEN MEETINGS WERE HELD TO SEE WHAT TO DO WITH THE IGBOS. I DID NOT KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS UNTILL SOME FEW YEARS LATER. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE BETTER THAN THE IGBOS. WERE NOT.
MY DEAR PEOPLE FROM YORUBA LAND, CHINUA ACHEBES WRITE-UP DID NOTN INSULT THE YORUBAS. HE TALKED ABOUTG ONE PERSON LATE CHIEF AWOWLO. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN IT AS IF ACHEBE INSULTED THE YORUBA RACE. YOU ARE WRONG. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY AND WRITE. THE HOUSAS ARE LAUGHING AT US HERE IN THE SOUTH IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT. THE OTHER DAY A FRIEND OF MINE TOOK US TO HOTEL PRESIDENTIAL IN PORT HARCOURT. THIS WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE YORUBAS AND THE IGBOS CAME UP. ONE ALHAJI AND HIS FRIENDS WERE ON A DIFFERENT TABLE EATING AND DRINKING. I HEARD THEM SAY THAT IF THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE THE YORUBAS AND THE IGBOS FIGHT, THAT THEY IN THE NORTH WILL BE VERY HAPPY. I WANTED TO CHALLNGE THEM BUT MY FRIEND RESTRAINED ME FROM DOING SO. THE WRITING OF ACHEBE SHOULD NOT CAUSE THIS TYPE OF ACRIMONY. MY PEOPLE SAY NOW THAT IF THE IGBOS ARE ELIMINATED, IT WILL BE VERY EASY FOR THE NORTH TO OVER RUN THE SOUTH TO FULFILL WHAT AHMADU BELLOW SAID. THAT PUSHING THE SOUTH INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. YORUBA PEOPLE, PLEASE STOP THIS WAR.
TO THE IGBOS
YOU SUFFERED HUMILIATION AT THE INSTANT OF THE NORTHERNERS. YOU DID NOT DIE RATHER YOU CAME UP STRONGER THAN YOU WERE. I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO FORGIVE AND FORGETWHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. LOOK AQT THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS. THEY SUFFERED AND NOW SEE HOW STRONG THEY ARE. MY FATHER USED TO TELL ME THAT IGBOS HAVE JEWS ORIGIN. MY SON WHO WENT TO ISRAEL LAST MONTH TOLD ME THAT SOME NAMES THERE ARE LIKE IGBO NAMES. A BOOK I READ SOME FOUR YEARS AGO SAID THAT THE IGBOS HAD THEIR ORIGIN IN THE HEBREW. THEY ARE GOD’S PEOPLE. PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS WAR OF WORDS TOBRING SOMETHING NASTY IN THE SOUTH. THE HAUSAS ARE LAUGHING AT US IN THE SOUTH. YORUBA/IGBO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. LET US IN THE SOUTH FORGE AHEAD TOGETHER. NO MORE RANCOUR, NO LOVE LOST. LET US LIVE TOGETHER. WOLE SONYINKA, PLEASE ADVISE YOUR PEOPLE. CHINUA ACHEBE, PLEASE ADVISE YOUR PEOPLETO STOP AND FORGIVE THE INJURIES THEY SUSTAINED. GOD WILL HELP THEM.
LONG LIVE YORUBA, LONG LIVE IGBO, LONG LIVE US IN THE RIVERS STATE. I SAY RIVERS STATE BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY TIBES HERE. SO I PREFER TO USE THE WORD RIVERS STATE.

I have got a lot of vital information from NL . This thread should throw more light on the topic as some comments here have been interesting and informative not on tribe making unwarranted claims or comparing other tribes .

OP stop allowing comments that favour yoruba and hide the ones that appears opposite.

It is amazing that the article mentioned igbo and yoruba then an inferior tribe yoruba made claim of the discovery and dropped igbo . this sis a clear case of inferiority complex . Seeking relevance where it matters not . It is up to the yorubas to prove their worth in Nigeria and uplift the country instead of claiming carribeans .Whether igbo is spoken there or not , it does not improve our condition in nigeria where igbos reside . This is a discovery that people should comment freely, objectively and maturely without making it bigotry . This is clear of yorubas always seeing igbos as a threat even where unnecessary as in this thread . Probably is likely that other nigerian languages ( minority) are spoken there . Some people should grow up.

some of u who are not in support of Orji mediating are idiots . do u think it is easy for a high profile and a rich person to volunteer to mediate for boko . it takes a lion and a brave person to offer to take such a responsibility . A coward will not accept such offer.

Is good that Obama won for the black race . If he was kicked out , the white and other race will conclude that black people are not good leaders as shown in Africa and as many people globally had been brainwashed to beleive that black race is good for nothing . Obama and family are pride of black race . They have proved that black is force to reckon with globally . we that re residin in abroad is very very good for us as other race always look down on us . People should know as black people, we re gifted and we have potentials ' It depends on individuals to harnes those potentials . White people are only scared by blacks because they know what we can do . In America, black is only 13% of the population but their impact is felt in all ramification despite oppression , racism and discriminations.

THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE YORUBAS AND THE IGBOS
AS YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN, I AM FROM RIVERS STATE AND MARRIED AN IGBO WOMAN FROM UMUAHIA. THE ATTITUDE OF MY WIFE AND MY INLAWS TELL ME A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT THE IGBOS. I CAN CONFIRM THAT GOD IS WITH THE IGBOS. MY WIFE AND MY INLAWS ARE FANTASTIC PEOPLE. I HAVE 8 CHILDREN , FOUR BOYS AND FOUR GIRLS FROM MY DEAR WIFE. THEY ARE THE PRIDE OF MY COMMUNITY TODAY. MY SECOND WIFE IS FROM IS FROM AKURE AND SHE HAS 3 CHILDREN FOR ME. SHE ALWAYS COMMENDS THE IGBOS. SHE IS STILL WITH ME AND ALL OF US LIVE IN HARMONY TOGETHER.
YORUBAS LISTEN. IT IS US NON-IGBOS THAT DID WRONG TO THE IGBOS DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LIES GOWON AND HIS BROTHERS TOLD US IN THE RIVERS STATE AT THAT TIME. THEY TOLD US THAT IF WE LEAVE THE PROPERTY OF THE IGBOS, WE WOULD BE THE GREATEST LOSERS. CEAZE THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE MEANS TO SURVIVE AND YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT. THEY TOLD US THAT THE IGBOS ARE BAD AND WOULD BUILD ALL OVER THE STATE AND OUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE NO PLACE TO BUILD IN FUTURE. WE BELIVED THEM AND SEAZED THEIR PROPERTY. WE SACKED THEM FROM OUR STATE. THEY WENT TO THEIR STATE, SOUTH/EASTEN STATE. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE DYING. THEY SURVIVED MORE THAN US WHO WERE DECEIVED BY AND AWOLOWO. PLEASE DO NOT BE ANNOYED BECAUSE I MENTION AWOLOWO HERE. WE NIGERIANS OWE APOLOGY TO THE IGBOS BECAUSE WE DID THEM WRONG BY THE WAY WE TREATED THEM DURING THE WAR. I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU WILL FEEL IF THE BUILDINGS YOU IN ONITSHA , OWERRI, ENUGU WERE TO BE SEAZED BY THESE STATES ESPECIALLY IF ANOTHER PERSON FROM ANOTHER STATE WERE TO INSTIGATE THAT SEISURE. IF YOU ARE FROM LAGOS , AND HAD BUILDINGS IN IBADAN, AKURE, ONDO OSHOGBO WERE TO BE SEIZED BY AN INSTIGATION FROM SOMEBODY FROM THE NORTH. YOU ARE FROM THE WESTERN REGION AS THE IGBOS WERE FROM THE EASTERN REGION. WE WERE THE SAME REGION UNTIL GOVWON DECEIVED US TO DO WHAT WE DID.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU HAD £2,000,000, IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND SOMEBODY CAME AND SAID YOU HAVE RIGHT TO ONLY £20? THINK ABOUT IT. SURELY YOU WILL FEEL VERY BAD. DURING AND AFTER THE WAR ONE OF OUR BROTHERS, A WRITER WOULD NOT LET IGBOS TO REST. HE PAID FOR IT. YOU CANNOT SLAP A BABY AND AT THE SAME TIME TELL HIM NOT TO CRY. I AN NOW 84 YEARS OLD AND WHAT I SAY IS TRUE BECAUSE I WAS AROUND WHEN MEETINGS WERE HELD TO SEE WHAT TO DO WITH THE IGBOS. I DID NOT KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS UNTILL SOME FEW YEARS LATER. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE BETTER THAN THE IGBOS. WERE NOT.
MY DEAR PEOPLE FROM YORUBA LAND, CHINUA ACHEBES WRITE-UP DID NOTN INSULT THE YORUBAS. HE TALKED ABOUTG ONE PERSON LATE CHIEF AWOWLO. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN IT AS IF ACHEBE INSULTED THE YORUBA RACE. YOU ARE WRONG. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY AND WRITE. THE HOUSAS ARE LAUGHING AT US HERE IN THE SOUTH IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT. THE OTHER DAY A FRIEND OF MINE TOOK US TO HOTEL PRESIDENTIAL IN PORT HARCOURT. THIS WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE YORUBAS AND THE IGBOS CAME UP. ONE ALHAJI AND HIS FRIENDS WERE ON A DIFFERENT TABLE EATING AND DRINKING. I HEARD THEM SAY THAT IF THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE THE YORUBAS AND THE IGBOS FIGHT, THAT THEY IN THE NORTH WILL BE VERY HAPPY. I WANTED TO CHALLNGE THEM BUT MY FRIEND RESTRAINED ME FROM DOING SO. THE WRITING OF ACHEBE SHOULD NOT CAUSE THIS TYPE OF ACRIMONY. MY PEOPLE SAY NOW THAT IF THE IGBOS ARE ELIMINATED, IT WILL BE VERY EASY FOR THE NORTH TO OVER RUN THE SOUTH TO FULFILL WHAT AHMADU BELLOW SAID. THAT PUSHING THE SOUTH INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. YORUBA PEOPLE, PLEASE STOP THIS WAR.
TO THE IGBOS
YOU SUFFERED HUMILIATION AT THE INSTANT OF THE NORTHERNERS. YOU DID NOT DIE RATHER YOU CAME UP STRONGER THAN YOU WERE. I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO FORGIVE AND FORGETWHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. LOOK AQT THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS. THEY SUFFERED AND NOW SEE HOW STRONG THEY ARE. MY FATHER USED TO TELL ME THAT IGBOS HAVE JEWS ORIGIN. MY SON WHO WENT TO ISRAEL LAST MONTH TOLD ME THAT SOME NAMES THERE ARE LIKE IGBO NAMES. A BOOK I READ SOME FOUR YEARS AGO SAID THAT THE IGBOS HAD THEIR ORIGIN IN THE HEBREW. THEY ARE GOD’S PEOPLE. PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS WAR OF WORDS TOBRING SOMETHING NASTY IN THE SOUTH. THE HAUSAS ARE LAUGHING AT US IN THE SOUTH. YORUBA/IGBO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. LET US IN THE SOUTH FORGE AHEAD TOGETHER. NO MORE RANCOUR, NO LOVE LOST. LET US LIVE TOGETHER. WOLE SONYINKA, PLEASE ADVISE YOUR PEOPLE. CHINUA ACHEBE, PLEASE ADVISE YOUR PEOPLETO STOP AND FORGIVE THE INJURIES THEY SUSTAINED. GOD WILL HELP THEM.
LONG LIVE YORUBA, LONG LIVE IGBO, LONG LIVE US IN THE RIVERS STATE. I SAY RIVERS STATE BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY TIBES HERE. SO I PREFER TO USE THE WORD RIVERS STATE.

eillyboss: If you are proud of yourselves like the Igbos are proud of themselves and feel that they can survive on their own without other tribes. Am beginning to wonder that Nigeria can't stand cos of them.The Igbos remain the best and favored tribe in Africa.How i wished that am an Igboman.I wonder why they envy them and mandate it that they must not rule.What type of Govt are we practicing if the won't rule,then let them be on their own.lets treat them with fairness,i read the book of Chinua Achebe and i cried for them.Upon all that happened to them,still see where the are in the Nigeria.We all know that they have the best graduate in all field of study,the best in business etc.It is a shame that we all have refused to tell ourselves the truth about them.See the killings in the north( is a fight against the Igbos).WHY?

God bless u . The truth is always bitter . Tell them as u appear non igbo

Lordave: Biafra is certain. But the problem wit the Igbos is that despite the fact that they have suffered so much oppresion under GEJ's regime than any other democratic regime, about 60% of them still assure GEJ of full support for another four year tenure of untenable freedom in Nigeria. Most of u guys are confused.

You re wrong . GEj govt favours igbo that is why we gona support him come 2015 in the absence of igbo presidency . GEJ to us is like one of us . igbos got chief of Army staff 42 yrs post biafran war etc

What about the quota system ? It appears that the falcon is 100% igbos

engineerd: Gosh i detest these Igbos with a passion!!!! My God!!!!!Ugly smelly grotesquely large nosed cannibals. Always whining like biatches.

U gona die one day if u continue to hate igbos because they are on the move and will continue to progress

According to Igbo tradition , before you bulid a house in any place or any town be it Bauchi, kano or Onitsha , you MUST first build a good house / mansion in your village thats why in igboland it appears that there is no more villages or bush . So who ever is sayin that east is not developed got it wrong ; that persom has not been in the east . Aku ruo uno meaning wealth gets home first . Whenever ever you buy a land it becomes urs any where in the world . Re we not one Nigeria ? Dancote, Adenuga and others have property all over nigeria , does it mean that they are leased ? What is the essence of one Nigeria? Hausas and yorubas are shouting one nigeria but in principles they are not living that one nigeria instead it is the igbos that actually live one Nigeria. That depicts that Hausas and yorubas are shouting one nigeria because they gain from Nigeria( reaping where they did not sow) but inwardly or inherently they dont beleive in one Nigeria hence why can we divide the country peacefully .

The bottom line is that Us does not trust yorubas in US army because of the nature of yorubas in terms of cowardice, bethrayal , saboatge and lack of stamina.

GEJ

If yorubas are recruited in usa army they will turn around and sabotage Us in the event of war . U think say Us no know yorubas.

Whao i de enjoy this thread . US knows the tribes in nigeria n they know africa history dated back to slave trade , british colonization of Africa and nigeria civil war hence they know the real warriors . Not people who use mouth to cut iroko tree- the yorubas .

Why Adekunle is not in nigeria he fought for ? bastards!

idowuswap: Igbos don start bombing again but God will punished them.just bcuz of money why igbo are showing thier poverty life 2 affect others.if they can not work then they should go 2 hell useless tribe.

it is obvious ur wana stir igbo bashing. u know within urself that an igboman loves his life and would not indulge in suicide bombing .and igbos being 99.9 christians wouldnt do such . u re making fool of ur self . Dickhead

Torch1: Ape!

No difference

@ geeez

You always comment where ever u see something against igbos . U hardly comment on other issues in NL . U snoop around looking for thread targeting igbos . I am sorry for you because of the hatred u have for igbos and bet u if continue this hate then one day u gonna commit suicide because igbos have got the momentum now in nigeria and nothing is stopping that movement ; not even you ; just face the fact and occupy ur mind with positive stuff . Anti igbo will drive you mad .

It is fake publication . Do u trust Sahara . It is just political . Boko is 100% norhtern agenda . In this present situation in the north ; there is no how Igbos will join with BoKo to kill igbos and other nigerians since igbos have seen Boko as enemy instead igbos are becoming more and more stronger and united to fight the enemies. It is just polical ;OP NL always dig out out false story to dent the image of igbos given the dimention of igbo vs yoruba bashing in NL . A right thinking person will not beleive it. An average igbo man loves his life hence will not want to indulge in terrorism as displayed by Boko . This story can be likened to where they said church members bombed the churches in the north which was a politacl way of exonerating the BOko to point fingers in the wrong direction.

exxell: And for y'all talking rubbish here, that Yoruba guy should go and make name in Havard... His excellence in dat school is just like when you take a third class student of UNN to LASU... Wouldnt he or she bag first class there? Of course, he or she will, because LASU is a mediocre school! Again lets not forget THE PART OF NIGERIA these LEARNED AND ERUDITE NIGERIANS came from; PHILIP EMEAGWALI, CHARLES SOLUDO, CHINUA ACHEBE, OKONJO IWEALA, DORA AKUNYILI, BLESSED MICHEAL IWENE TANSI, CARDINAL FRANCIS ARINZE... And to imagine that they all came from one state which I PROULDLY REP: ANAMBRA!

u forgot to mention ojukwu, Zik of Africa, Alex ekwueme , Okadigbo , and others

This is great and thats nigerians' trade mark irrespective of where he comes from . Anyway it is boost to yoruba people falling credentials in NL.

advocate666: We are not talking of anybody's daughter here.

This is Chief MKO Abiola himself. The Bill Gates of yorubaland.
ITT Vice President, Africa and Middle-East
Chairman ITT Nigeria LTD
Founder of Abiola Farms, Abiola bookshops, Radio Communications Nigeria, Wonder bakeries, Concord Press, Concord Airlines, Summit oil international ltd, Africa Ocean lines, Habib Bank, Decca W.A. ltd, and Abiola football club.
Chairman of the G15 business council, President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Patron of the Kwame Nkrumah Foundation, Patron of the WEB Du Bois foundation, trustee of the Martin Luther King foundation and director of the International Press Institute.
Conferred with 197 traditional titles by 68 different communities in Nigeria
His financial assistance resulted in the construction of 63 secondary schools, 121 mosques and churches, 41 libraries, 21 water projects in 24 states of Nigeria

Whao! i dont know Abiola had this kind if CV.

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of yorubaland.

What happenned to all the family money? Yoruba PEOPLE!

His daughter is begging for £50000 in UK.
Half a day fasting by GEJ will pay double that amount. So put it in perspective. Not that big an amount. Won't even buy a good 4x4.

Whao! i dont know Abiola had this kind of CV

[quote author=cap28]Can someone please tell me what this girl has done that is so ground breaking?

first of all look at her background - she attended a private girl's secondary school in london, she then went on to study law at Oxford, she eventually practised as a barrister in a prestigious chambers, now i wonder how much of this was down to her late father's connections or her own hard work?

This girl is only where she is today because of MKO Abiola who was nothing more than a criminal coup plotter who is largely responsible for the sh.it state that nigeria is in today.

Do you seriously think the average nigerian will ever get the kind of opportunities that this girl has been given in life, despite the fact that Abiola had more children and wives than he could count he still made sure all of them were provided for, this is why this girl was able to get a fancy education in one of the most prestigious universities in the world, this girl's education was paid for with looted funds which has now given her the kind of opportunities in life that many nigerians can only dream about.

Man! u re on point . Some people are too smart . U just opened another meaningful angle to this thread or debate . If she is an ordinary girl from unknown family is laudable. Ur thread is the best so far. U actually engaged this thread constructively and in a more unnigerian approach. Kudos

Many of you seem to have very short memories and have completely forgotten the ITT fiasco that her father created which led to nigeria being the only oil rich nation without a properly functioning telecommunication system for over 20 years.

Instead of people on this forum to see this girl for what she is ie the child of one of nigeria's most prolific criminals who is only where she is because of all the money her father looted many of you heap praises on her as if she has done something extraordinary.
Abiola was an unmitigated criminal who colluded with the likes of IBB and other bandits that have destroyed nigeria and therefore i cannot understand why so much praise is being heaped on a young woman whose education was paid for with looted money.

The part that really got me was when she regaled those dragons with that fake story about her father being all about democracy and how he was detained and then murdered by the powers that be in nigeria - she forgot to mention the role that he and IBB played in removing buhari from power and placing nigeria on a downward economic spiral that we are yet to recover from.

dont get me wrong i admire hard work and graft but to say that someone who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth is where she is based purely on hard work is stretching the truth, had this girl come from a poor or even average background and worked her way to the top i would understand but not someone who all throughout her life only needs to mention her father's name and doors are instantly opened.

@ Cap28
Man! u re smart . U opened up another angle to this debate . U engaged this thread constructively in an unnigerian approach . U re right , if this lady had come from a poor background it is laudable . Given her background is not a big deal . It is expected . I dont want to dwell on the looting part by her father unfortunately thats nigeria way. Kudos cap28.

Tafugo: Monkey you have a complex and are jealous of the Yoruba race bushman without history.mark my words and read my lips another Yoruba man will be president before an Igbo man period.when you are tired you will pack your bags and lieave the federation then you can elect Nziribe, Orji Kalu,Pius Anyim or Soludo as your President.Ewu.instead of you to use your brains and work towards an Igbo presidency you are here allinieating Ndigbo from everybody.This thing is not by force no be gragra use your brain,time is going.Your town union should henceforth ban stupid comments that further alinieates Ndigbo from the rest. Watch this and learn. http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=_WSosECbcmM

I wonder how the west can win presidency without block vote from SE and SW . Abiola won because he got block vote from the East .The real yoruba peole has been revealed to the younger generation . Yorubas are now fighting GEJ for nothing hence attracting further hate from the SS. let see how people gona get the presidency before igbos . igbos are now comfortable in nigeria as we re every where making our money . if one nigeria we dont ve problem , going our separate ways is equally good . Obj is all you people were able to have as president despite ur free education .Obj is most smartest yoruba person . shameless people who cannot acheive any thing with their education .

logica: Look here dumb-azz. No smart Yoruba believes holding the presidency will magically turn around the woes of our region. Obasanjo was there for 8 years (plus the previous 3 years making 11 years). That must be an Igbo thing. I suppose you guys are still reminiscing on the good times during the Ironsi regime when he took nepotism to new heights.

you dont even know how long OBj ruled nigeria that goes to show u dont know the nigeria recent history talkles of know what happened during the war . i cant even contunue this with u . Your comments are childish . Obj ruled Nigeria for more than 11 yrs cumulatively . So dont tell mi ani thing about civil that was older than u .liar! and back stabber

Just only 2 yrs of GEJ in power yorubas are shouting ethnic cleansing. what abot igbos who has been suffering that for the past 45yrs ? just note is gonna be long before a yorubas smells presidency . Anyway we know that u guys re waiting for the north to take over again so u continue taking nigeria backwards shameless people

logica: Mugu, should I once again outline events for you?
Here goes:

1. July '66 counter-coup and pogroms; Igbo masses slaughtered in the North. Eastern soldiers are moved to the East; Northern soldiers to the North. Only the West still had Northern soldiers.
2. Western leaders start the agitation, maneuvering and politicking to get the Northern soldiers moved from the West to the North.
3. While this was going on, the East (who were supposed to be the allies of the West) without coordinating with their so called allies in the West begin a push towards Lagos and annex the Mid-West; and committed all kinds of atrocities - r@pe, murder, looting, etc.
4. The Western leadership begin to doubt the "alliance" with the East and realize they may after all be ignorant of the intentions of the East.
5. The West decide to resist the Eastern push to Lagos and as they say, the rest is history.

Now given the chronology (please feel free to present any refutations), who here was the traitor?

Ur story is what u were told . U intentionally avoided an important part showing that u re bias , Who started the war ? did ojukwu just decide to attack ? he was attacked first and the quickest way to end the war was to capture lagos being the capital so that gowon and co would surender and obey the aburi accord thinking that the Yoruba peolpe would cooperate . Anyway it had happened , we all learnt and unfortunately the yorubas got on the bad book of igbos and that is the fact . Yorubas knew what they did that is the reason u hardly see them in the east meanwhile the igbos are welcoming to any tribes . What alliance are u talking about ? Fake alliance with awolowo who wanted the fall of igbos at all cost . If the alliance was there , why u didnt yorubas support the aburi accord ?