₦airaland Forum

PapaBrowne:
Can you jejely explain how the strength of Nigeria lies in the South West.

The only strength the South West had previously was the press. And they used it very well.

Fortunately or unfortunately, social media has torn the print media apart. And that's the biggest problem of the South West today.

The North can use the military to hold Nigeria down.
The South South can use the pipelines to hold Nigeria down.
The South East, well Trade and threat of Seccesion.

The South west's only two leverages would have been the ports and the Banks. But half Nigerian banks are owned by people of the SE. And any attempt to hold the Lagos ports would result in an instant boom of the Southern ports.

Like I said, it's literally a checkmate. Very terrible miscalculation by the Southwest in 2015. The hatred towards the SS and SE by the SW was very unnecessary. Till today, we cannot understand it.

Rants of an Igbo coward
Is it not the same kaduna declaration that's making your leaders move up on down
Rather trade is the weapon Nigeria has used to tie you down by telling you they will seize it on Biafra exit
Brainless NYAMARI
Which dirty half of bank do igbos own lool guy wake up from your fantasy
What strength does se have ?
Despite all of Kanu's noise is Nigeria on standstill ?
It not your Igbo leaders wearing Fulani outfit up and down looool

Ogbuefi2020:
see this mumu, who cares if you lick hausa nyash? And why do you all make noise about kaduna declaration. Igbo/hausa fight in the north started since the 40s, yet Igbos outnumber others in the North. Please, if hausa shits, go and eat it so that you will hurt igbos. Ode

Is it paying you I'm saying the truth
Everything you have done to spite Yoruba comes back to hunt you
From zik who went against seccesion only for karma to hit his people he did just to spite awolow
To today causing chaos between Yoruba and Hausa and guess who's under threat
Who's leaders are begging and denouncing kanu
Wearing Fulani outfit up and down

Yorubas are simply paying back hate speech to Igbo
They want Hausa and Yoruba to fight so bad
But today na dem dey suffer from kaduna declaration

fatiaforreal:
You think we're as stupid as you're?
Yorubas cannot fall victim to your propaganda. How many times will Buhari die according to you idiots? Is Bukola Saraki not a Yoruba man? Was is not Buhari that saved Saraki from Tinubu?
Now listen, I think the erosion in your land is beginning to erode your thinking capacity. Who told you all these power struggle is for the benefit of any region? The politicians are pursuing their respective personal interest. They only appeal to the sentiments of fools to achieve their aims. Mind you, they're together! I repeat, they're together. Hausa/Igbo/Yoruba/ SS are lines of divisions for poor people like you. From Sokoto, they'll fly helicopter to your village to grace an occasion on invitation by your people while you're typing rubbish from inside the shop you're sleeping in Lagos. They'll always settle.

Saraki is not a Yoruba man

TimeMod1:
You will agree with me unequivocally that Igbos are the bane of themselves, won't you?.
This was the same Abike Dabiri who was far more vocal during the xenophobic attacks largely targeted against a great population of Igbos in SA, sending shivers down the spines of the SA's govt through strong worded warnings regardless of the docility & sheer incompetence of Geofferey Onyeama.
And now the same woman and the government she represents have turned an object of ridicule. .

Please, No one should cry for the Igbos, No one.

The igbos are like ugly step sisters who envy the beautiful Yoruba
In as much as they are nuisance they are southerners they are needed

ColonelDrake:
God bless you man. I have always maintain that yorubas are not peaceful. we are only trying to act peaceful because we fear fight and are not ready to out put our lives on the line for any Yoruba cause. Hence we hide our cowardice by claiming peaceful.

@topic..Truth hurts. Yoruba is confused at the moment. The yoruba muslims are busy supporting and kicking the assess of the north. They are the docile slaves of the north. And the north depends on them to betray the Yoruba cause to protect their interests. The yoruba Christians and others are just confused, laid back.

Yoruba is least prepared in the case of any emergency.

What a cowardly and laid back tribe

Complete bullshit

Akanbiedu:
Opinions are like ass--es, everynobody has got one.

This writer seems to be struggling to prove to other tribes that Yoruba is no coward. He has believed the repeated lies and it's getting to his/her psyche. LOL.

Although the Yoruba is very cautious when approaching crisis period, but Yoruba can always rise to the occasion if need be.

His point is not calling Yoruba people cowards
His point is our leaders are falling hands and failing to inspire the people

FeloniousFelon:
If wishes were horses then every fool will ride.

"We want", as if you are in any position to negotiate or hand ultimatums.

Yoruba cowards, the only way you are getting Ilorin is the same way Fulani took it.

We want kor

I just went through your thread and saw your article on Yorubas it seems you suffer from Yorubaphobia was your mum fuvked by a Yoruba demon in your front when you are young?

FeloniousFelon:
Ilorin and kabbah is a closed deal.

Fulani own those lands and the Yoruba serfs dwelling there.

The funniest thing is the Yoruba serfs in these two conquered territories will rather remain slaves to the house of Sokoto than join any useless afonja nation.

Even the pro Nigerian afonjas from core Yoruba states are against seccesion not merely for the financial implications of losing subsidy from Abuja but because their Muslim brains have been hot wired to serve Sokoto without question.

Uncle only Ilorin is under Fulani kabba is a free town
And focus on your BIAFRAN issue

ABUJA — Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said, yesterday, it was worrisome that the Federal Government has deployed the Armed Forces in more than 28 states of the federation. Speaker Dogara In an address presented at a Capacity Building/Needs Assessment Workshop with Security Sector Related Committees in the House of Representatives, organised by Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, PLAC, the Speaker said he was concerned that the Armed Forces had taken over routine police work. He said: “It is worrisome that Nigeria is permanently in a state of emergency as the Armed Forces are deployed in more than 28 states of the federation in peacetime. ADVERTISING “The Armed Forces have virtually taken over routine Police work in Nigeria. It is no longer acting in aid of civil authorities but has become the civil authority itself.” Dogara said the National Assembly, as an arm of government, made efforts to ensure that budgetary needs of the security sector were met. “At the inception of the 8th House of Representatives in 2015, we adopted a Legislative Agenda to guide the work of the House and therein, committed to taking legislative initiatives to respond to the various security challenges being faced by the country,” he said. In his remarks, Executive Director of PLAC, Mr. Clement Nwankwo, said members of the National Assembly had a critical role in championing popular demand for increased security sector accountability, in a way that preserved constructive relationships with institutions and help improve their capacity to deliver effective, responsive and responsible services to citizens.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/deployment-armed-forces-28-states-worrisome-dogara/

Each minority will decide what they want
Arewa can't force central
Igbo can't force niger delta

Warship:
Every one who rose against the Igbos ended in disaster

Muritala: Killing of Asaba men

Awolowo: Encouraged the shooting down of international food agencies aeroplanes. His partner in crime was Adekunle

MKO: Said he can do without the Igbos and sunk 2 million bibles.

Abacha: Threaten Igbos with a much brutal civil war

Buhari: Unleashed Fulani herdsmen terrorists against the Igbo people while killing peaceful IPOB members





@ Oladimejyy. you can now comment

Everything is about Biafra Biafra to you chai !

eshietIntrepid:
keep dreaming parasite

I won't engage in insults get a life

emi14:
Look at how selfish your mind could be. Just money from airport and seaports built and maintained by oil money from south South? When SS protest Yoruba will be the first to suggest....kill them shoot them brutalise Tompolo.

British built the ports not oil money
Yorubas have access to sea via lagos Ogun and ondo

Niger delta has 4 states with access to sea

Go and build your ports no one is holding you back there's one in rivers already

eshietIntrepid:
good but you will never have that as long as this government you Yoruba people imposed on us, we in south south and south east are desperate to get rid of you people

Nonsense

Kogi west and Kwara wants out of central ! They want to join south west back

Warship:
You mean the elites and not the youths


Igbo youths have made their stand clear through Kanu their chief youth leader.

Are dele momody and Lai not elites ??

Warship:
What of the Yoruba youths online and offline supporting them.?

Are there not igbos against restructuring and biafra

nototribalist:
it's funny how you cowards of Nigeria always hide under the table to make noise. Wait until your gods Fulanis catch you.

I won't engage in name calling this time

nototribalist:
have you taken permission from your god thiefnubuu to release you from your Fulani masters?

We are here to discuss intellectual issues

AmuDimpka:
Do we have Yoruba in middle belt
What about Ilorin

Ilorin is a Yoruba town that has a forced Fulani king we do t want him and will send a clear signal to them

Yorubas in middlebelt will join their kiths in south

We Yorubas want control of Kwara and Kogi west back
We cannot live in a country and be colonised by local tribes
We want to control wealth generated in our land our ports and airports
We want freedom to refine our educational system and enjoy dollars remitted by citizens abroad Yorubas are responsible for 80% of remittance which goes mostly into real estate

Please feel free to add more

Warship:
The Yoruba Nation is like a divided house with no clear majority.


They are neither here or there

Majority of Middle Belt have taken a stand that they are not going with Arewa.

Likewise Igbos, NigerDeltans and Arewa people.

Unfortunately today, Yorubas have not articulated were they stand

Yorubas support restructuring and want Kwara and Kogi back in their folds along side control of all resources in Yoruba land

victorDanladi:
The same cowardice that:

-,couldn't make the cowardly ekweremadu move the motion for referendum of their beloved biafra at the floor of the house.

-that couldnt make southeast governors speak the mind of an average Igbo man.

-the same cowardice that couldn't make ken nnamani,Anyim pius Anyim and Aldophus wabara replied prof Ango Abdulahi and junaid Muhammad.

-the same cowardice that made ken nnamani and kalu joined APC after PDP loss relevance

Please read

victorDanladi:
YORUBA MAN INDEED.

The OP is a cowardly Igbo boy who didnt have the courage to attack his nemesis,the AFONJAS but had to masquerade as yoruba man for a while before he started attacking them.

Calm down and stop acting like a BIAFRAN who thinks everything is about Afonja

ettybaba:
This is a very senseless article. It reeks of bigotry,ignorance and jealousy.
I pray this remains the mist stupid thing I will read all day.
For those that has not read it please don't waste your precious time doing so like I did.
Shame.

Hey calm down it was written by a Yoruba man and posted by me who is Yoruba

The issue now is what is our stand ?
We will be delusional to say the partnership with north is working cause it's not
They are caging Yemi from working simple cause he's not a northerner

So what is our stand ?
Enough of the diplomacy
Let's make a strong statement
Also why is tinubu so quiet about everything
Why is it only Fayose that's saying what Yorubas don't want to say out?
Enough of insults from others on Yoruba

borrowed the title of my article from the expression “sick man of Europe commonly referred to the Turkish Empire.” In the 19th century, it was believed that Turkey had fallen under the financial control of other nations. In the 1920s, Turkey was a typical Muslim hellhole with a long record of atrocities, ethnic cleansing, genocide, massacres, overwhelming and pernicious influence of Mullahs, inefficient government, bribery everywhere, and oppression of women.


The expression equally applies to Nigeria and of course Yoruba political space: corrupt and inefficient government, recklessness, lawlessness everywhere, failed system, corrupt judiciary and broken criminal justice system, brazen robbery and endless looting of the treasury, violence here and there, fear, panic, strife, grieve, by citizens from day and night marauders on our streets, our roads, and in our communities who kill at will. Unyielding overt and covert hostilities and tensions between the federating parts that will ultimately bring Nigeria into her knees.

It's easy to hide from the fight for survival if the fight is mythic in scale. And at this particular time in our history, things feel apocalyptic. The Yoruba deal makers who made possible the merger and alliance of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Congress for Political Change (CPC) which became All Progressives Congress (APC) that produced Muhammadu Buhari as the president, have become cartoonishly immobilized by playing second fiddle in national affairs particularly the future of Yoruba race vis-a-vis on-going debate on the possible breakup of Nigeria. The Hausas have made their position known on the breakup of Nigeria when the northern youths gave three-month ultimatum to Igbo to vacate their region. Similarly, Igbo people continues to agitate for Biafra. Only Yorubas among the three could not agree with one voice on where they stand on the future of Nigeria and most importantly, on the future of Oduduwa people.

The present makeup of Yoruba political leadership is populated by cowards. This is evident by its prevarication on the all important issue of whether or not Yoruba will stay or leave Nigeria. Their cowardice to stand up and articulate the fears and concerns of Yorubas as vocally expressed by the other two groups make Yoruba the sick man of Nigeria. Amazingly, Yoruba political leadership has not yet figured out how to respond to the issue. I believe they have two choices: they may either unify and rally Yorubas around a common cause, or express their support to one ungovernable, stunted, barbaric, primitive one Nigeria and see Yoruba dissolve into the political abyss.

This is not the time for Yoruba political leaders to play a wait-and-see game. As cowards, they are content to play the better of two evils without resistance when faced with a political dilemma. They have refused to move in the best interest of majority of Yorubas, too afraid to take a stand because it is politically expedient for them to drag their feet. There's no person among them with the spine, the backbone, the moral constitution to convince other groups and their lackeys that Yorubas are more than forging political mergers, alliances, or alignment. They too can be resolute in determining their own fate and destiny.

It seems to me they need a deeper understanding of what the word progressive means. Let me be clear: any leader or leaders who fail to take a stand on behalf of their people are not only sell-outs, but blindly ignorant at best and flatly dangerous at worst. They are content to hope that time will present an advantageous opportunity to resist the coming breakup of Nigeria. They are content to hope that they can continue to operate as though business as usual will be enough. Yoruba people demands this is the time for the political leaders to abandon politics as usual, and act boldly and swiftly. The most basic resistance from them is to say no to one Nigeria where our people are impoverished, bed ridden by disease, joblessness, hopelessness, and paralyzed by fear and insecurity, and pinned to a cul-de-sac where the pursuit of happiness is impossible. They should refuse to play nicely, but protest with radical fervor any advances that do not favor our cause and course.

To me, the present Yoruba political leaders are not leaders built for leading, not built to protect the rights of our people, but only to protect their political spoils. By the time they wake up from their stupor, however, there may not even be a Nigeria left to save. They'll only be able to thank their strategy of waiting for an opportune time to start resisting of being part a country that's fast vanishing before their eyes. They will regret that they have not started their own movement and preparation for the inevitability a long time ago. May be now they can join the rest of us who want to live without wondering if we'll ever survive this new hellhole they help put us in. The Yoruba leadership need to wake the hell up!

The cowardice of such leaders to declare their stand in unambiguous language will be an indelible and damning part of their legacy. But one thing I'm sure of : history doesn't forget the noisy voices once the dust settles, the winners and losers. When our history is written, we'll celebrate those who exhibited bravery, and we'll decide the aggressively malignant. We'll cheer the heroic. History tells us that leaders who let their people down at times like these are the ones who run and hide in the woods until the dust settles. Political self-preservation in dire circumstances is just about the same as cowardice.

We have a word for people who are dominated by fear. We call them cowards. J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote: “A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a shortcut to meet it.”


http://saharareporters.com/2017/07/03/yoruba-sick-man-nigeria-bayo-oluwasanmi

KahlDrogo:
That is why they keep attaching themselves by force. They have a mortal fear of life without oil from the SS.

Niger delta is their master

GavelSlam:
What is lame about how a nation would decide to conduct its affairs after much acrimonious separation?

Did you think it was going to be separation with hugs and kisses?

Looool

Pavore9:
“Already, extreme utterances and actions by some key elements in the agitation for Biafra are taking tolls on our goodwill, friendship, and the sympathy we enjoy. Insults hurled at religious and political leaders of other regions are not helping us, politically."..... Some are too fragmented to understand this.

Resentment against Igbo is ag at all time high

wizzakosh:
So you are this jealous of Lagos hahaha. Anyway, you are nobody, your jealousy has no folking effect on progressive oodua land.

They will soon claim development for Ogun state