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The Igbo are not harmless and blameless

BusinessDay

Tochukwu Ezukanma


At a wedding party in Washington DC, an Igbo DJ and a Yoruba band, alternately, entertained the guests. The beat and rhythm of the band’s music was Juju, but the lyrics were in English. The leader of the band attended the same church with the bride. So, on this exceptionally memorable day of the bride, he came, with his band, to celebrate with his sister in the Lord. The bride is of Igbo parentage but born in the United States of America. The gathering was predominately Igbo. At a point, the Master of Ceremony of the occasion, a crude Mbaise man, blurted: this is an Igbo wedding and we do not want a Yoruba band here; he ordered the band to leave. Flustered and dispirited, the band members started packing their musical instruments.

I went over to the band leader, and asked him not to feel too bad for this is the Nigerian reality: ethnic diversity laced with tribalism. I told him that I, like some other guests, was totally indifferent to the ethnic makeup of the band playing. And that some other guests may have been offended by the presence of a Yoruba band but could tolerate it, and then, there were others, like the MC that could not tolerate it. Similarly, if this were a Yoruba wedding, and an Igbo band played, some Yoruba may not mind, some will mind but stomach it, and others will not tolerate it, and may insist on its departure. While there is strength and virility in Nigerian diversity, it is inevitably associated with that pesky, exasperating albatross: tribalism. To varying degrees, all the major tribes of Nigeria are guilty of tribalism.

As the Nigerian information minister (during the civil war), Anthony Enahoro, denounced Igbo hegemony; he accused the Igbo of having boasted of dominating Nigeria and the entire Africa. To me, his statement was inconceivable; I could not imagine that the Igbo were ever that boastful. However, on further research, I found his statement factual. In 1945, Daddy Onyeama, at an Igbo Union meeting, said that the Igbo will not only dominate Nigeria but the whole of Africa. In 1949, Nnamdi Azikiwe said that the gods of the Igbo that have given them the domination of Nigeria will also give them the domination of Africa. That was verbal flamboyance that must have hurt the feelings and wounded the pride of other ethnic groups of Nigeria.

Interestingly, although the Igbo made conceited statements that insulted other peoples’ sensibilities, they lament tactless blusters by other Nigerians that piqued the Igbo. For example, they were unsettled by a statement attributed to the Suarduna of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello, which said: it was the British that interrupted our (Hausa/Fulani) jihad. When the British leaves, we will continue our jihad to the south, and ultimately, dip the Koran into the Atlantic Ocean. Both the Igbo and Hausa/Fulani rodomontade were culpable of arrogance, insensitivity and thoughtlessness. They were overconfident and indiscreet statements that bruised the insensitivity and injured the pride of others. The Igbo leaders talked about domination in business, education and the professions, as dictated by enviable Igbo cultural skills. The Hausa/Fulani leader talked about religious domination, as determined by the jihadist unhinged murderousness and proselytizing barbarity.

Rattled by the outcomes of the January 1966 coup, the decimated the Hausa/Fulani leadership and a power shift from the Hausa/Fulani to the Igbo, the Hausa/Fulani unleashed carnage against the Igbo; they murdered thousands of Igbo. The Igbo ran to their home region and declared their own independent state of Biafra. Biafra was a reckless and impetuous enterprise that had no chance of success. As Biafra, inescapably, faltered, and tethered towards a collapse, the Igbo needed someone to blame. They sought and found scapegoats in the “sabotaging” and “back-stabbing” minorities of Biafra. They mass-murdered the minority peoples of Biafra, killing thousands of them.

Presently, most Igbo are angry, bitter and feel persecuted by other Nigerians and every Nigerian government and its policies. For example, although, since 1999, no Igbo politician has made a serious run for the presidency, many Igbo already believe that there is a conspiracy amongst other peoples of Nigeria against an Igbo presidency. Although, most heterogeneous countries of the world have quota system, in one form or another, the Igbo consider quota system in university admission an anti-Igbo policy. That this is a national issue (with advantages and disadvantages) that, also, adversely affects the Yoruba, Edo and all southerners, are facts the Igbo do not want to get in their way. And incredibly, many Igbo think that the Fulani herdsmen, despite their ravages of communities in Benue, Kaduna, etc are primarily targeting the Igbo, and that their attacks on none Igbo communities are just ploys to give an orchestrated anti-Igbo onslaught a coloration of a national problem. Clinging to the lies we were fed in Biafra, we believe that we are a blameless and harmless people surrounded, hated and victimized by murderous and vengeful peoples of Nigeria. And, as such, our only saving grace is in secession. It is this groundless belief that is fuelling the neo-Biafran lunacy and the muddled enthusiasm for it among many Igbo youths.

The renowned American diplomat, John Galbraith, once wrote that, “Every human endeavor is geared towards the acquisition of power and glory”. Power, in this context, is protean; it includes political power, the power of a teacher over his students, a wife, over her husband’s patience and bank account and a toddler, over the mother’s time and mood. Essentially, we are all driven by the same basic interests – power and glory. Secondly, no one is really angelic or totally demonic. In their song, Ebony and Ivory, Paul McCarthy and Steve Wonder sang, “There is good and bad in everyone”. Like any other group of humanity, the Igbo have their strengths and weakness, with the capacity for both good and bad. Like other major ethnic groups of Nigeria, the Igbo, have, in the quest for power and glory, been insensitive and arrogant, exploitative and inconsiderate, and vicious and murderous. And, like the Hausa/Fulani, we have massacred, in thousands, those that stood in the way of our political ambitions.

The Igbo desperately need to appreciate that they are not blameless and harmless, and that the other peoples of Nigeria are not a band of the vengeful and murderous united in a common plot to annihilate the Igbo. This will enable us to value the good in other Nigerians, and thus, resolve to live in peace, and forge a common future, with them in a united Nigeria.



Tochukwu Ezukanma

Sepukku:
Another long epistle which is just spinning round and round in circles. This case is very simple to diagnose. An Igbo Nigerian man wanted to travel to South Africa and obtained a passport likely fraudulently from Nigeria with a Yoruba surname. When he got to South Africa and was registering his information it is very probable that the T in Adeshina was a mispelling on the part of the South African authorities as I have seen this error occur many times with Nigerians in foreign countries. It is notoriously difficult to do a name correction in South Africa so most people just go with the spelling they have.

All this one you are calling interpol to come and investigate is long story and has hints of tribal sentiments. The relevance in a Yoruba man bearing an Igbo last name has no bearing or significance to this case.

Thats my take on it.

Sepukku:
This your long epistle is of no consequence to her case. Whether her father is Yoruba or Igbo doesn't matter to the South Africans. It however will matter to ethnic bigots who are hell bent on destroying Nigeria with their retarded primordial sentiments about whether a Yoruba man can name his child an Igbo name, case in point the late Ifeanyi Adeleke.

Somandla:
Do you guys understand her mom committed identity fraud? She stole someone else identity and misrepresented herself and registered a child for 23yrs, while the original person could not get ID documents, open bank account, school registration not register births if their kids?

Chi Chi was asked to step down as she should, SA does not have citizenship by birth, so she is not considered South African, there might be a pathway for her as she has been in SA over 18yrs and born here, [b]however it still raises questions regarding her identity regarding Igbo & Yoruba names in the mix

Iamgrey5:
We had similar experience in London 2012

We finished with no medal.

Our best experience was 1996 when we finished with 2 golds, 2 silver and 3 bronze


It has been down hill from there.

officialwdhtv:
Throwback video of popular Abuja Cross-dresser “Area Mama” allegedly murdered in Abuja last night.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yawS0w3xIB4

Popular Nigerian Crossdresser, Abuja Area Mama, has been reportedly killed by yet-to-be-identified persons in Abuja.

His lifeless body was found by the roadside as he was allegedly beaten to death.

Few months ago she was attacked by an unknown person who stabbed her.

#wetindeyhappentv

yoruboid:
https://www.thecable.ng/onne-port-berths-largest-cargo-vessel-second-time-in-3-months/

Throwback:
OP does not even know that these are the SouthAfricans whose Dutch and French Huguenot ancestors formed the country, before the British then came later to forcefully colonize both the Blacks and the Dutch/French Whites, and then, brought along Indians to cpme work for the British colonial service.

You never hear of Apartheid?

Simply put, na dem get the country. They were the ones who kept the Blacks in the Soweto township ghetto, while they were living a luxury life in Sun City and the likes.

They are as original a SouthAfrican, just as the English and French are Canadians, or just as the English, French, Dutch, Irish, and Scots are Americans, or just as the Portuguese are Brazilians.

They discovered where "primitive" people were existing and chased them deep into the jungle, while they built up a country of their own in the good terrain and still included the jungle and the jungle people, then started to kill the jungle people to take more land and built the countries you all know today that the jungle people coukd never have built.

USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa.

Same origin of nationhood.

budaatum:
I couldn't get over the irony of the he's fired signs. Its like they were mocking him with his imminent future.

ednut1:
Tobi Amusan didn’t qualify for the final 🥱

cococandy:
A lot of the simmering resentment theory is true and I know all about it because me self na omo naija from the east. I know darn well.

That guy I was quoting is just an insincere rable rouser in that he was trying to pass off this particular incident as an unprovoked attack by Muslims on their host countries. Rather than actually stating what led to it.

Muslims most certainly need to assimilate to the culture of their host countries but he’s not even the kind of person to have a root cause conversation with because his bias can’t let him address issues objectively.

bobby007:
this is the reason every tribe in Nigeria hate igbo, what the Bleep

Macphenson:
This is one of the companies Peter Obi helped to stand. Now it is stepping up to help Nigeria.

Biodun556:
https://saharareporters.com/2024/08/08/innoson-vehicle-ceo-chukwuma-meets-tinubu-set-supply-cng-buses-government#google_vignette

fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj3VE4lw-14
Dismantle your Lagosian core, they are useless - Onokpasa


Barr Jesutega Onokpasa, an APC chieftain was a member of the now-dissolved Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council and also a member of Tinubu's legal team during the tribunal and Court cases in 2023

Kuginzi:
By Emmanuel Egobiambu



https://www.channelstv.com/2024/08/08/most-protesters-in-nasarawa-were-almajiris-didnt-know-reason-for-rallies-sule/

Olachase:
A lot of works need to be done on those guys

They also need to change those name Mallam and Aboki here in the south it's like calling someone MUMU

But when you call those Alaji with money Mallam them go change ham for person 🤔🤔

Masterstroke4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5pucdzrdvc?si=V0lCLlDeayG5DjgJ



https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timeslive.co.za/amp/news/world/2024-08-08-doesnt-feel-like-home-liverpools-muslims-shocked-by-uk-riots/

OLAADEGBU:
Kamala Harris' first significant political role was an appointment by her powerful then-boyfriend Willie Brown, three decades her senior, to a California medical board that has been criticized as a landing spot for patronage jobs and kickbacks.

1stGenAmerican:
All facts! Sir, where have you been? Don’t try to sneak away that fast!

nlfpmod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acuZkucUcYE



https://saharareporters.com/2024/08/05/video-chris-uba-nigerian-politician-physically-assaults-artisan-who-demanded-payment#:~:text=A%20video%20has%20surfaced%20showing,residence%20but%20was%20not%20paid%22.

Fineman2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iei-I43Fow




https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/muhammad-yunus-takes-oath-as-head-of-bangladeshs-interim-government

Odingo1:
That is wrong, there are other indigenous ethnic languages in Lagos like Egun, Ijaw and Awori. They should carry them along instead of making it look like Lagos is only indigenous to Yorubas.

chopnaira:
If you go to the twitter post. you go laugh tire. The same usual suspect have been crying and crying.

INDOMIE9090:
Tears have been flowing under the comment section

TMKsouth:
Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/ewn.co.za/v/s/ewn.co.za/2020/05/20/bianca-schoombee-withdraws-miss-sa-entry-agency-asks-public-to-forgive-her/amp%3famp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%253D#ampf=

DatoDatuk:
Ayra Starr displays curves in carnival outfit as she joins Rihanna at Crop Over Carnival in Barbados.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os1y4EMv8ik

Estello:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/12/23/tinubu-no-matter-how-long-you-protest-ill-remove-subsidy/&ved=2ahUKEwjjzKq04OSHAxWiXUEAHUjEOVEQFnoECB4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw232Fqgvp6wOJLNKyrkJ7vH

ednut1:
There is no need for African nations asides Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa going to the Olympics

Image123:
E try. Aside from Tobi Amusan and maybe our female weightlifters, don't expect much. The other countries are simply better. We beating other African countries is different from world stage. Except we invest in other competitions where countries like SA and East Africa dominate, maybe we can compete. But to compete with the world, we need to be world-class. Miracles or magic alone are not sustainable for topping the world.