₦airaland Forum

abu12:
http://www.punchng.com/columnists/etcetera/igbo-leaders-a-disgrace/

I was told that every Igboman who heard Ojukwu’s speech after the Biafran war was filled with a renewed sense of pride and hope. A hope that one day the Igbo nation will rise and become a force of reckoning not just in Nigeria but in the entire black world.

I have read that speech over and over and each time I read through, I am filled with pride and imagination of how those who heard the words pouring out of the mouth of the warlord himself must have felt. Before going any further, let me recount a little part of what the late sage said while addressing the press:

“In the three years of the war, necessity gave birth to invention. During those three years of heroic bound, we leapt across the great chasm that separates knowledge from know-how. We built rockets, and we designed and built our own delivery systems. We guided our rockets. We guided them far, we guided them accurately. For three years, blockaded without hope of import, we maintained all our vehicles. The state extracted and refined petrol, individuals refined petrol in their back gardens.

We built and maintained our airports, maintained them under heavy bombardment. Despite the heavy bombardment, we recovered so quickly after each raid that we were able to maintain the record for the busiest airport in the continent of Africa. We spoke to the world through telecommunication system engineered by local ingenuity; the world heard us and spoke back to us! We built armoured car tanks. We modified aircraft from trainer to fighters, from passenger aircraft to bombers. In the three years of freedom we had broken the technological barrier. In three years we became the most civilised, the most technologically advanced black people on earth.”

Ojukwu, with those few lines, defined the ingenuity and never-say-die spirit God has embedded in the marrows of the Igboman. But my question for Ndigbo is, where has this ingenuity for which the entire world has given them a standing ovation, gone? Why can’t it be used today to enhance the cause of Ndigbo? Can’t we re-enact the same war time feat to launch ourselves back to reckoning again in Nigeria and in the entire black world?

Since Ojukwu died, Ndigbo have been like sheep without a shepherd. Those who we thought could take up the mantle of leadership are nothing but selfish entities who care for nothing but their personal interest.

As I am writing this article, I just got words that a senator in Imo State has been discovered as a saboteur working against the interest of his people because he has been promised to be made Senate president in the new political dispensation which begins on May 29. What is it with Ndigbo and greed? How long are we going to kill ourselves? Isn’t it a gargantuan shame that a tribe as populous as Ndigbo can’t provide a single individual that is seen to be credible enough to be elected president of Nigeria? A casual observation of the performances of the governors of the south eastern states will reveal their level of under-performance since 1999. Case point, take Aba which has failed to enjoy any meaningful development since the 1929 Aba women riot. The place is a total mess.

What have the governors done with what has been accruing to the state in the last 16 years of democratic rule? The fact that these individuals who have mismanaged fortunes of the state consider themselves fit to even contest election is a slap on the faces of Ndigbo. Ndigbo, are we cursed?

The red-cap goons known as Ohaneze do nothing but crawl from one place to another offering themselves for sale and for use. This has been their money-making scheme for too long and it can no longer hold water. Can’t we take a cue from the style Dangote adopted and made a kill? The Yoruba have already adopted it and it is working. We have to restrategise to become that economic power house we crave.

The idea that every Igboman who makes money whether through his ingenuity or by accident becomes misguided and begins to push for political office even though they are clearly not professional politicians should be discarded.

We hear of Dangote, the Dantatas, Otedola, Mike Adenuga, the Okoyas, where are the Igbo equivalent in terms of their organisational set-up?

Most of our businesses are largely one-man businesses and whenever the founder dies, the whole thing dies. Ndigbo must do away with their selfishness and personal greed, otherwise we will continue to languish as a people. We must redirect our thoughts away from the deeply engrossed notion of “to make it in life,” “we must make money at all cost.” What Ndigbo should learn from the just concluded elections is that without a harmony of opinion, all our efforts will yield nothing. Igbo kwezuenu.

Ojukwu was a dreamer....he spoke things that exist in the mind but never in realization. You cant reproduce what you never had....even though the mind of Ojukwu conjured up these fantasies that he hoped would one day become Ibos.

The only people in Nigeria left to profess love and brotherhood with Ibo are the Ijaws. No other region or people want any kinship with Ibo. Both are joined in a partnership of mutual deceit.

Unlike the Ijaws, Ibo sons and daughters don't stay home, they are deeply invested in hostile territories where their daily struggle is spent defending other people's land that they faithfully believe will one day magically become theirs. They are not prepared to leave those lands voluntarily and had rather be thrown in the lagoon to drown, or slaughtered like a goat than pack up and return home. Therefore Nigeria is sweeter to Ibo than SE. Ibo does not desire to be independent....their action conflicts with their talk. A people wanting independence for their land will empower the land demographically, economically, politically and culturally. We are not seeing this in Iboland but we hear the noise when they shout they want independence. If they get independence they will want to repeat in their land wha they succeeded doing in foreign land....but their land does not support that scale of success. They did not know this in the 60s, it is etched in their conscience now.

Ijaw on the other spend their daily struggle in defense of their abundantly wealthy land and do not want any form of mixed ownership preferring to have sole ownership and independence over the land. They have therefore made their land a hostile territory for non-Ijaws and they act militantly and politically to drive this message home. In action, Ijaw does not want an uncontrollable influx of Ibo on its land, they fear a domination.

Ijaw is not going to succeed in its demand for larger control of oil or portion of the proceeds from it. This is because if that were to happen then Ibo will no longer be a majority in the Eastern sector. As it is currently Ijaw has displaced Ibo's political majority....it will only get worse. Likewise, Ijaw does not want Ibo to return home, they are happy Ibo is distributed in foreign lands in West and North because if they were not then the South, particularly Ijaw land will be their refuge and all the nuisance and filth of Ibo will be dumped in Ijawland. Ibo will become a burden on Ijaw.

So we have two conflicting agendas professing to be united in kinship. The only thread that united them is a temporary one....the reelection of Jonathan and PDP!
Outside of that what other cooperation exist between Ijaw and Ibo? In fact, Jonathan's government was top heavy with Ibos and is why his whole six years in rulership turned out the way it is....bad!

Moreover, what exactly is a SS/SE cooperation going to accomplish? What political gain is Ijaw hoping to extract out of alliance with a people that are politically underdeveloped? If its a economic relationship, what economy exist on the Ibo land that will attract investors?

Look before you leap...

vislabraye:
Don't know about Bayelsa, though. But i can assure you that we will look into it.

It's an indisputable fact, it carries no ambiguity. The parties to the fraudulent conversion are still alive, make haste! Start the advocacy for rights of return beginning now!

Rivers and Bayelsa people are championing a reunion with their SE neighbors, who they call brothers. Some of them have turned to new tricks, like evangelizing their new awakening on the political landscape and casting regrets on their rebellion against Ibo domination. They seek now to form a reunion and cooperation of the two groups.

I dont like to spit unecessarily, I prefer to conserve and reserve my barbed spits for deserving occassions when an erring soul needs to be agonized. To that effect I will not be lengthy on this seemingly altruistic opinion. Besides, the topic speaks to its own message.

Those who have robbed the Ibos but now seek their partnership and alliance must first return the loot criminally in their posession.

Congratulations to mother and child.

Did they say Christian? I thought I saw Ibo..

Lagoon things!

Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, on Wednesday said the Yoruba in the South-west were behind the successful outing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the recently concluded general election in the country.

The governor made this statement at the Presidential Lodge in Lafia, the state capital, on Tuesday night while receiving the Yoruba community in the state led by their President, Alhaji Afees Adigun.

In making this assertion, the governor stressed the role played by Yoruba elements during the merger process of opposition political parties which transformed into the  APC saying their contribution “could not be quantified in naira and kobo.

“I cannot forget the role our Yoruba brothers played during my reelection campaigns and I will forever remain grateful to them. Despite that you, the Yorubas People are not originally from Nasarawa State, you have appreciated the projects executed by this administration in the past four years and have given us your supports,” Al-Makura further stated.

The governor went on to say that apart from the monumental achievements of APC-led governments in various states, which saw the party triumphed phenomenally at the polls, Nigerians were truly yearning for change due to the confidence and trust they have reposed on the president-elect,  Muhammadu Buhari.

Earlier at the occasion, the leader of the Yoruba group, who  is also the Special Assistant to the governor on national integration, Afeez Adigun, said Al-Makura’s commitment to the development of the state prompted the Yoruba community to give him and other APC candidates unflinching support during the election.

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State Chief Buruji Kashamu, says the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is his role model.

Mr Kashamu who is also a Senator-Elect of Ogun-East senatorial district and chairman of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP in the South-West, made this known via an open letter.

He described the former Lagos State governor as a true hero to be emulated by every Nigerian.

In the open letter addressed to Tinubu, Kashamu said, “Truth be told, men like you are made up of sterner stuff and are rare to come by in every generation.

“Little wonder you are called the Asiwaju and Jagaban of Borgu. I doff my hat.

“I hope that in spite of our membership of different political platforms, we would be able to collaborate for the upliftment of Yorubaland in particular and Nigeria as a whole.

“My sincere prayer is for the Almighty Allah to keep you and give you good health and long life to be able to see the Nigeria of your dream.

“For me, I join other Nigerians in wishing you the best, even as we aspire and pray Almighty Allah to make us – the younger ones – be like you, the Jagaban of Borgu.”

Kashamu described Tinubu as the architect of modern Nigeria, who, he said, made history by leading an opposition party for 16 years and then grabbing power at the centre.

He noted that without Tinubu, the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, would not have won the March 28 election.

He said, “Although I now belong to the opposition, your achievements transcend political divides and I am not ashamed to publicly acknowledge them. There is no denying the fact that your place in the history of the Yoruba race in particular, and, in Nigeria in general, is well etched.

“The fanatical support that the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, enjoys in his homestead was matched with your commanding influence in the politics of the South-West and indeed the Yoruba race to produce the results we witnessed during the elections.

“By your sheer wit and unwavering commitment to democratic ethos, true federalism and economic prosperity, you led the Alliance for Democracy from a one-state party to a regional party and now a national party that is about to form the government at the centre.”

ANALYSIS

By Luke Onyekakeyeh
DEPENDING on where one is standing, in Nigeria, the name Igbo is a compound word that includes many ethnic groups heaped together.

The perception of who constitutes the Igbo varies from place to place and could determine, to a large extent, how one is treated outside Igbo land.

While, in the strict sense, the Igbo refers to one of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria found East of the River Niger; in a broad sense, the Igbo includes, in one angle, all the ethnic groups in southern Nigeria (if one is in the North), or the ethnic groups found in the defunct Eastern Region of Nigeria (if one is in the South-West).

The Igbo cut this image because they are very vibrant and industrious, always conspicuous.

Geo-politically, the Igbo do not refer only to the ethnic group that bears that name. The broad perception of the Igbo is due to misconception rather than hatred.

There are over 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria out of which three are outstanding, namely: Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. This was what most of us were taught in the primary school.

Therefore, depending on where you are, every Nigerian is seen as Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba. The other ethnic groups were subsumed under these three.

For instance, to a typical Hausa man in Northern Nigeria, the Igbo refer to all non-Hausa speaking people from Southern Nigeria. The Northerners call the Igbo nyamiri, which is concocted from the Igbo phrase nyem miri, meaning, give me water.

To a Northerner, nyamiri refers to everybody from Southern Nigeria, irrespective of the ethnic group. A typical Hausa man doesn't know that the Igbo are distinct from the Yoruba. Similarly, our common perception in the South-East is that everybody in North is Hausa. We call the entire North Ugwuhausa, meaning literally, the hill country of the Hausa.

Similarly, a typical Yoruba in Southwest Nigeria sees all non-Yoruba as Igbo, excluding, perhaps, the Hausa. Therefore, when a Yoruba says omoIbo, he is not just referring to the Igbo-speaking ethnic group but all non-Yoruba-speaking people, excluding the Hausa.

Nevertheless, the Igbo are often at the centre of the discourse because of their early predominance. The Igbo, who bear the ethnic tag, often take exception to any mention of Igbo anywhere, especially, if it is for bad reasons. By so doing, the Igbo often bear the brunt of ethnic profiling in Nigeria.

I decided to take a closer look at this issue following the hullabaloo over the recent statement credited to the Oba of Lagos, Alhaji Rilwan Akiolu. The Oba was reported to have threatened the Igbo to vote for Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, or perish in the lagoon.

Since the news broke, the Igbo of Southeast extraction have taken it very seriously and made representations to the Oba and other key stakeholders in Lagos. But the Oba's Palace issued a statement that the royal father was misrepresented in the press and pleaded for understanding.

I am not out to analyze the import of the statement, but to examine what the Igbo means in the statement. As I said earlier, the Igbo could refer to all non- Hausa-speaking people in Southern Nigeria if one is in the North, or all non-Yoruba-speaking people if one is in the South-West.

Therefore, as far as I am concerned, the Igbo in the statement did not refer to Igbo-speaking people in Lagos alone, but all non-Yoruba-speaking people. This includes people from the Niger Delta and beyond.

How do I know this? The statement was based on the voting pattern in the March 28 presidential election. The results showed that the states in the defunct Eastern region comprising the South-East and South-South zones voted overwhelmingly for the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

Here in Lagos, the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) tally was quite overwhelming, with 632,327 votes, while the APC had 792,460, giving a marginal difference of 160,133 votes. This close tally was attributed to the votes of the Igbo, i.e., non-Yoruba-speaking people from the South-East and South-South zones, who favoured President Jonathan in the presidential election.

Pundits in the South-West had reason to be worried. They reasoned that this was a dangerous development. A situation where the Igbo (non-indigenes) could sway the voting pattern to almost give victory to their opponent was unacceptable. What is at play is geo-politics. No ethnic group wants to be dominated. Am sure the Igbo don't want domination.

Apparently, Oba Akiolu's outburst was meant to forewarn non-indigenes to desist from swimming against the tide in Lagos. Though undemocratic, it bared the mind of a ruler who cherishes the geo-political integrity of his jurisdiction.

How many Igbo traditional rulers care about Igbo being dominated? We need Ezes in thelk of Oba Akiolu in the South-East.

Granted that Nigeria has not developed to the level where "non-indigenes" are allowed to dominate the political power in an area, our democracy is maturing towards that, but not yet. Until we get there, ethnic cleavages still dictate who wins and who loses elections. As expected, the APC candidate, Akinmunmi Ambode, won the election. That settles the matter.

It is important for the Igbo of South-East extraction to understand that whenever the name Igbo is mentioned outside Igbo land in Nigeria, it does not refer only to them (Okoro), but all non-natives of the area.

Since the statement was made in Lagos, the Igbo, therefore, refer to all non-Yoruba, who voted for the PDP. This includes people from the South-East, South-South, Edo and Delta. The Igbo ethnic group should not assume that they are the only ones being referred to. That would automatically make them the scapegoat.

That was exactly what happened during the Nigeria-Biafra war. Whereas the war was waged against the defunct Eastern Region and part of Mid-West, comprising the present South-East, South-South and part of Delta State, the Igbo ethnic group bore the brunt, to the extent that many saw Biafra as Igbo personified, which is incorrect,

70% of any market is an economic monopoly. This is revealing!

Tinubu needs to do one of three things, or all;

1.Establish an anti-trust panel and get recomendations from them to chop up the monopoly.

2. Create business zoning for Abuja and write tax laws for the zone. Establish an IGR regime with tiered tax codes. If you are outside the zone you pay a higher steeped tax.

3. Appoint a Babaloja to make sure there is peace and harmony amongst traders.

jayfolarin:
Did you even read what you wrote up there. 'English' nollywood movies, emphasis on English. At least yorubas have a movie industry that the yoruba people watch, support and enjoy. Where are you indigenous igbo movies?? Even the hausas have a thriving indigenous industry. While the yorubas are leading the pack!

If not for the good for nothing set of backstabbing id.iots that only thrives on stealing from others by pirating their work to sell them cheap, i'm sure my yoruba actors will be way up there financially. There are far better actors in the yoruba industry than you can imagine. Dare I say some of our actors are as good as their hollywood counterparts.

Eddie Redmayne's acting in 'the theory of everything' that received several awards and nominations for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking albeit excellent is nothing special as compared to what i'v seen odunlade adekola, muyiwa Ademola do outstandingly in various yoruba movies.

I believe it's a new Era of change now where impunity will not be allowed to thrive, we ll see how you lots will survive in a society with strict laws and orders.

Now entertainers will be allowed to reap the proper rewards for their hardwork. And thieving bas.tards will run out of business or rot in jail. Bye

1Mega Likes for you!

tonychristopher:
The first commercial car firm was Ford then Japanese came with Toyota to surpass it

Never dwell in I get am before

Rediscovery is the key

Compete

Do u know why Yoruba actors are broke ..its simple economics .they have Limited appeal and market. Ibo saw this and changed to English movies but with igbo culutral settings so the early u start understandn this better

Let me break it down for you.

After the war, the rehabilitation of Ibo was sponsored by Yorubas. Yorubas took great care and self sacrifice, we bent backwards and accomodated Ibos far above the accomodations given to you anywhere else and by any other group.

In essence, when we build a new shopping complex funded by our state, where situation demands that we give 70% of the stalls to propser Yoruba trade and commerce, we gave the 70% to Ibos instead, and we were left to share 30% with other ethnic groups.

When we admit children into schools and is only 200 space available, we reserved 100 or more for the poor people from East.

Everywhere in Yorubaland there were prosperity and people were partying every weekend.

In 1980 Yorubaland, the cost of aso ebi + food + gifts + chair, table and tent rentals + drinks, for one person for just one party already will feed five Ibo families. Thats how much Yorubaland was awash in prosperity. On average, one person attends three parties on Saturday...thats three aso ebi and all the other cost factors times three! This is not adding the cash in pocket that they spray on the dance floor!

So all the costs associated with hosting and attending a single party anywhere in Yorubaland when tallied, is enough to feed an Ibo village for a week or more.

In fact at those parties, guess who were the people lined up and begging for amala? Ibos and their nylon bags. They pack food home and store for feeding their children till next Saturday. They scoop up left over and everything they can find.

So in such a state of enrichment we saw Ibos as a disadvantaged class of people that Yorubas should pity and help advance.

If you go to North, all the Ibo properties abandoned over there in the war are converted to Hausa ownership. The Hausas in turn blocked Ibo from building new houses when they returned after the war, thereby turning them into tenants in houses they abandoned just few months prior. Also when Hausa built shopping complex located within proximity of their city walls, they block access to Ibos, and if the complex is in Sabon Gari they first reserve a high percentage to themselves and give rest to Ibo. Even the percentage of stalls reserved to Hausa they turn around and sub lease to Ibo.

Now, let's go to Port Harcourt. .... After turning Ibos out and confiscating their properties then they subjugated Ibo to third class citizen on their soil.

So everywhere you go in Nigeria, the only people who took Ibo out of their under priviledged social class and tried to push them up to self dependency was Yoruba.

We thank God, today Ibo is self dependent! We the Yorubas can beat our chest and brag on doing a darn great job and a succefful one as is evident on where you are today socially.

We pioneered Nollywood.
We pioneered public media, tv, radio, print.
We pioneered music entertainment
We pioneered city and urban dwelling
We pioneered savings and loans (eesu and ajo)

.....as you can witness, Yorubas are at a point we recognize you are no longer under priviledged or disadvantaged, you are self dependent now.
So guess what Yorubas must now change the social policies to reflect the realities on the ground.

The call for MoryWood is part of that conscience to abandon Ibo and the legacy we created for you in Nollywood so we can focus now on self evolution, bringing the memory of our ancestors and legends to cohabit in our spirit as we trudge on with the rest of humanity waiting to receive and appreciate the contributions from our pioneering culture.

Chew on this!!!

chipmunkey:
It's time to plan and not entertain visits from political jobbers.


Anyone baba snubs should simply GO AND DIE.



Sai Buhari.

lmao....
You are nuts!

Any Ibo interest group that want a protective clause extended to them under Buhari Administration will need to go talk to TINUBU, period!

SirShymexx:
The more they keep extending it, the bigger the slums they're going to keep creating - with all kinds of folks moving there. Don't be surprised if in the next few years, when half of naij's population must have moved to the two states.

A state like Akwa Ibom and its humongous allocations for example should take at least 3 million heads from that region, away from Lagos. Too bad the governor is utterly corrupt. Apparently, the fvcker doesn't even live in the state he governs - he and his family live in Lagos.

They need to spread that population around - Lagos doesn't even need half of that population to thrive. The place is a huge mess, and I'd wager that a lot of the folks there are more of a nuisance, than anything, to be honest. They messed up that beautiful landscape so bad that even the air there stink.

Duke,
were these mofos blind to know they had 99.95% economic control of Abuja on March 28th when those with 0.05% were voting for APC?

Economic majority has lost its stake to political minority....these dolts should stop braying for Chineke sake!

Igbo investors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to consider them when appointing a minister for the FCT, saying they control over 70 per cent of investment in the territory.

Speaking on behalf of the investors during a media briefing in Abuja, the chairman of Zaudan Pazeri Property Owners Association, Elder Friday Ugoala, said the interest of Igbos who have massive investments in the city should be considered when appointing a minister.

Ugoala said a situation where people who are not key stakeholders are appointed to oversee the wellbeing of residents negatively affects investors who are mainly Igbos.

He recommended that an Igbo man should be either be made a minister with an indigene as the minister of state or vice versa.

“It is on record that Igbos are key players in terms ownership of property, merchandise and hospitality outfits in the territory, and can lay a claim to over 70 per cent investment in the FCT.

“We have reasons to demand for the slot of a FCT Minister to ensure our investments are protected. If you consider the outgoing administration of Sen. Bala Mohammed, you will see a lot of litigations that has to do with our investments. We do not want such trend to continue. We even look forward to a situation whereby those issues in the court would be withdrawn and settled amicably.

“There are two major stakeholders in the FCT, the political and economic stakeholders; the indigenes fall on the political stakeholders because they control over 65 per cent of FCT population. So, it could be justice done to these two stakeholders, if the FCT ministerial slots are given to both of them with due respect to other residents.

“History has shown and events have shown that those ministers who come from areas that do not have so many stakes in the FCT do so much havoc to investments in Abuja because they do not have people who cry to them about the pains they feel. We are uneasy that if such era continues, our investments will continue to suffer and we do not want that to happen,” he added.

I have a straightforward answer for this nonsense.

THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT OFFER A PROTECTIVE CLAUSE ON RECOGNITION OF ECONOMIC, ACADEMIC, POLITICAL OR CULTURAL STAKE TO ANY ETHNIC GROUP.

THE FCT IS A POLITICAL STATUS, IT IS NOT AN ECONOMIC ZONE. THEREFORE THOS WHO CHOOSE TO INVEST IN IT DOES SO AT WILL AND MUST THEREFORE NOT SEEK TO CHANGE THE STATUS OUTSIDE OF PROPER PROCEDURAL CHANNEL, i.e. LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS IN THE CONSTITUTION.

Walkopet:
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has warned the former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Y. Danjuma and Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu to stop making cynical statements against the Igbos and their
leadership.
A statement issued by MASSOB leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike said that MASSOB would not keep its hand akimbo and watch the name of its founder being dragged to the mud in the name of playing politics.
Chief Uwazuruike was reacting to a statement
credited to Gen. Danjuma that the Nigerian /Biafran Civil war was prolonged because the Biafran warlord,
Late Dim. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, did not concede victory when Enugu fell.
The MASSOB leader said that Gen. Yakubu Gowon refused to abide by the Aburi Accord because people like Gen. Danjuma advised him not to abide by the
accord and thereby prolonged the war and caused the blood flow.
Uwazuruike who spoke through his personal
Assistant and the Nnewi North Regional
Administrator, Emmanuel Omenka said, “he has been insulting Ojukwu, what is the concern of Ojukwu in the conceding of victory to General Mohammadu Buahri
(rtd) by President Goodluck Jonathan”.
“If Danjuma and his cohorts did not support Gowon, the war would have been averted”, he declared.
On the statement which was credited to the Oba Rilwan Akiolu of lagos state that Igbos in Lagos would perish in the Lagoon within seven days if they failed to vote for the All Progressive Congress, APC gubernatorial candidate, MASSOB reiterated that the Oba’s threat was that of a dreaming man.
“The threat is null and void and of no effect because the Oba has no such power to threaten Igboman”, he
stated.


Source:-www.sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=114549

You all see where the arrogance and lack of tact witnessed in Nairaland Ibos emanate from...from the apex of their society!

rudedough:
I am not trying to be tribalistic but let's be truthful to ourselves. Yorubas cannot successfully run an enterprise because they cannot see the opportunities around them. I've come to realize that they can only tap into existing opportunities (i.e steal other people's business ideas). Sometimes they thrive, but most of the time they run down the already successful industry with their incompetence and lack of vision.

Let's compare Nairaland and Linda Ikeji blog for example. Nairaland has been existing for many years before Linda Ikeji blog started but see where Linda Ikeji is right now while Se.un still lives with his parents. Se.un diversified into celebrity gossips and also adopted advert placement on his "Nigeria No: 1 forum" only yesterday after Linda Ikeji bought her 3rd car, a 2014 Range rover Evogue (i.e Se.un stole Linda's business model).

MoryWood or whatever you choose to call it will be a failure whether you like it or not because there is no existing UcheWood blueprint to steal from. Like me or not, i will always stand for the truth whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, and please don't quote me because i won't reply.

What you just described is not a negative and neither is it a derogatory of Yoruba race. Nollywood and all its intrigues is new to other cultures in Nigeria but to the Yorubas we have been there, done it and saturated it.

When it comes to theater and cinema, you are not in the class or rank of those who hold pedigree to make critical contributions to the pioneering instincts of Yoruba magic and drama. Suffice to share with you an entry in Encyclopedia Brittanica which chronicles that Yoruba has been in theater since 1944 and our women have been on stage, in studios and on screen since 1946. Now beat that!


http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/425901/Hubert-Ogunde

asadike:
Why can't we have our own identity? Must it always be wood? Must we copy foreigners? What is morywood for God sake? If u call it moremi industry, will d heavens fall? Abeg, make una amend una ways jor.

This is a very nice input.

The ways of humans is unique, in the sense that what we call mainstream is indicative of the direction in which a greater human population is leaning. It is unwise and self-defeating to flow against the grain of human conscience.

In the Yoruba phrase, t'oban gbo "gbe gbe gbe", yara gbe ti re!, is instructive of a need to flow with the majority.

Right now and around the world, " xWOOD" is the mainstream theme for cinema entertainment.

I agree we need to innovate and stand out but in areas like this we have to join them to win global credits.

Thanks for your nice input bro.

Yoruba should float a new cinema industry and name in honor of Moremi, our legend.

EUROBOMBER:
Everything that happened in the Oba's palace was rehearsed and well planned by the APC, Oba and the Igbo Ezes in Lagos. The only way Ambode could beat Agbaje was to pitch the Yoruba against the Igbo and that is exactly what happened. Who recorded the whole thing and why was it leaked to the public? If this whole Oba episode had not happened, a lot of Yorubas would have voted for Agbaje and it was common knowledge that the Igbos would vote in block for Agbaje being their party man. The APC saw this and decided to play the ethnic card which worked perfectly. They know our people well and that we will shout and bring down heaven when we see the video just like we reacted during the deportation saga. Alot of Yorubas who initially wanted to vote for Agbaje ended up changing their mind to vote for Ambode because they saw it as Yoruba vs Igbo and they wanted to prove to the Igbo their dominance in Lagos. The whole drowning in Lagoon speech was a carefully written and acted script. The governorship election in Lagos turned out to be about proving who owns Lagos and this alone pitched almost all the Yorubas against Agbaje whom they saw as another Afonja.

All this was part of Tinubu's game, wake up! Don't be surprised to go to the Oba's palace and find him drinking with those Igbo Ezes.

They successfully labelled Agbaje as Okeshuku.

You are missing a part, let me complete the script for you.


.....and so after the Oba speech was leaked, first in print, and then with the recorded video, Agbaje then came out in response and to further aggravate the Yorubas so that they will vote for Ambode instead of himself, and so he declared that he will promote the Ibo Ezes to First Class traditional rulers in Lagos and have equal power with the Yoruba Oba. On hearing this, no Yoruba wanted.to vote for.PDP and so the hatched plan to get Ambode in worked perfect as designed by Oba, the Ezes.and.Agbaje himself.


Kid.....go tune in to tv and watch some scifi adventure story. You dont belong here.

AreaFada2:
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That was the original title of the early Benin-origin rulers of Eko beginning with Ashipa/Asipa/Esikpa. During Akintoye & Kosoko time too.

Eleko wasn't considered the rank of an Oba as Alafin or Ooni for example under Benin influence until Dosunmu (called Docemo in British documents) signed over Lagos to the British.

Even in the 1922 Lagos crisis period, it was still mostly Eleko. Kosoko hated the British imperialist ambitions just like his kin, the Oba of Benin despised the British. It was more like a duke then. The Oba title was initially an elevation in name to be at par with other first class Obas.

Of course nobody would dispute the first class status of Lagos monarchy today and rightly so.

I know ethnic jingoists will soon descend claiming Oba of Lagos was first son of Ododuwa .

Luckily HRH Oba Oyekan was honest enough about the origin of Lagos monarchy when he was alive. His son was my classmate.

Oba had been in use since Ologunkutere.
The blade, the staff and the crown was used first by Gabaro. They were brought from Bini as instrument of office for the new throne.

In 1854 when Beecroft demanded Kosoko sign a treaty of friendship and trade partnership, which would see the end of slave trade and the beginning of new commerce, Kosoko declared I have no authority to do so, Im still waiting for my staff of office to arrive from Bini.

Meaning: King's staff is passed on only through death. Since Akintoye was overthrown and had not died his staff and crown were still in his posession in exile. No staff or crown for Kosoko to go through the coronation rituals and his request for replacement had not arrived at the time Beecroft requested partnership.

Needless to say, and as you correctly pointed out, it wont have mattered.....Kosoko in Lagos and Oba Adolo in Bini had no sympathy for the British in fact looked down on them, preferring instead to trade with Portuguese who to them was a higher race than British and peers with the Coastal Kingdoms. Oba of Bini, Oba of Lagos both had diplomatic relations with Portugal.

Beecroft indeed returned after the staff had arrived and he had been coronated to offer the ealier proposal for partnership, and at which point Kosoko told him he desired no friendship with Britain.

So the title of Oba had been in use long before Britain had annexed the land.

SirShymexx:
Nice.

I don't even need to do to much analysis to know who this is. It is the big Chief - the NL custodian of Eko history. Alie? Loool. Not snitching, Sir. Educative as usual - nice.

Anyway, who was the last king with Bini lineage?

And I remember you said Oba Akiolu is half-Igbo one time. However, someone said he is isn't and that his mum is Ogun Ijebu. How true is that?

Lmao...you are a badt dude!
Hey, you getting the DSS top job when BUHARI take oath!

nduchucks:
Oga, it is not enough to make outlandish pronouncements without providing any evidence. Please site the federal laws which established the traditional council, if you'd like us to take your post seriously. Our constitution does not support your pronouncements either. Please correct me if I am wrong.

The Obas and their likes should not have more than ceremonial roles as glaringly displayed by recent acts of the Oba of Lagos.

The Native laws preceeded the Constitution. The Native laws were formally adopted in the Constitutiin and called Customary. The Constitution recognizes Customary laws and their courts.

Customary laws in Yotubaland are under custody of Ogboni, who report to traditional rulers. So by removing Oba you disturb a balance and therefore go against statutory mandates extended by the Constitution in recognition of Oba's power.

This picture is Prince Ladega Adele, not Oba Adele.

Please correct!

SirShymexx:
What is difference between Eleko of Eko and Oba of Lagos?

Asipa was not called Oba, he was titled Eleko.

Why?

When Oranmiyan left Ife to become King in Bini he was called Omo Oba, which became Omo n'Oba. Subsequently the Bini monarch adopted Oba for their title.

In Yoruba custom, it is sacrilege to have the father and son wear royal crown and Oba title at the same time. So the father retain Oba and the son is given a new title.

When Asipa left Bini he could not be called Oba, so he became El'eko.

Sons after Asipa, beginning with Gabaro bear Oba.

Just like in Bini where Omo n'Oba and Oba are interchanged and used at convenience, Lagos Royal House use both El'Eko and Oba as it pleases their fancy.

Alfamann:
I have read all those and most sound like fairy tales. You know that victors write the history of wars?

For example, if Biafra had won, you would today be rearing of the "Final Solution to the Igbo Question" by Gowon and Awolowo organised at the Lagos conference in the Presence of Adekunle, Obasanjo, Murtala, Danjuma, Shuwa, Buhari etc. And photos of starving and dying Biafran children would have been irrefutable proof.

There was Jewish hatred in Europe then and many did want them exterminated and they suffered grave persecutions but many things have been exagerated that I have just started taking things I hear with a pinch of salt.

Dont mind them.

When Jews entered Canaan what did they do to the race living there to take over the land? They commited genocide against the Cnaans, and they claimed God instructed them to destroy life and properties, women and children and the pregnant ones were not spared of their terrorizing bloodshed.

God talk to all of us, including Hitler. Even Oba of Lagos got his Lagoon thing from inspiration, we heard him repeatedly calling "in the name of God".

SeverusSnape:
Yeah, You're right, It's definitely going to resurface, But I just like the fact that this rule has been modified and a ban attached to it. I was very disturbed, Imagine someone suggesting of ways to eliminate a particular ethnic group,It made me rremember the judenfragen (The Jewish question) which was asked by the Nazis in the early 1940s, And a solution was proffered by Heinrich Himmler, That solution was the HOLOCAUST and I'm sure you know what happened, This is how it starts...So anything that is done to curb this menace is okay by me.

Before that humans have been commiting genocide. After that and all the new laws against genocide humans did not stop wiping one another out.

All these instructions are unecessary.

dridowu:
Ambode has won, how far about the igbo response ?

That post was before they realized their total population count in Lagos is less than 15%. When result of the vote came out they were shocked. Theyve now asked for police protection and are begging the governor they belittled to please cover them.

It is highly likely the car is owned by Nigerian.

Dont bother Chinedu,
Agbaje didnt win!