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MayorofLagos:
The North pushes forward in disregard of an Oba in Jebba and the Yoruba majority to claim Kwara as a Northern State. They invite them into political deliberations in Kaduna.

How many times has Yoruba invited its majority in Kwara to a political deliberation in Ibadan? Are you aware Kwara used to be known as West Central State?

Yoruba need to show leadership and reorient its position in reference to the center. The constitution of Nigeria is not a Holy grail....it can legally be compromised and we ought to do that.

Now your talking Yoruba agenda
Let's stretch hand of friendship to them

dayo2me:
do u want nigeria break up and why?

on ur view, i think yoruba population outnumbered that of fulani in ilorin, which means, the fulanis there, would have no option than to become yoruba fulani. #myview

I'm indifferent on Nigeria
If it breaks no shaking cause truth be told not everyone is not happy in Nigeria
Yes it has potential
But it's not structured to maximise its potential
Yoruba wants Kwara Kogi ND true federalism
ND wants resource control
Today we have none of that

I don't even want them
We need a monotholic nation

And now everyone is threatening violence I expect Yoruba leaders to be well prepared just incase

Hello all,people have accused me of Igbo bashing so I want to ask my Yoruba brothers
How are we going to sort the issue of having out Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi get back to a new country should we break up

I have also been to Jebba in Kwara which is the last Yoruba town they have an Oba adebara even though he's constantly discriminated

There are no emirs in any of the Yoruba town in Kogi so it should be easy to get back
Kwara is the hot spot
Over 30 Yoruba towns
And 1 as an emir ilorin - ilorin is also in the centre of Kwara so geographically it must go with the Yorubas
How are we going to solve it
It's a nasty stain we have a gmabari in ilorin till date and of all the Yoruba sub groups ilorin are the least advanced
It will take all the Yoruba group to wrestle the last batch of Yorubas into their fold

Afam4eva:
Maybe they're waiting for the Biafra to come first and even if they don't want to relocate you can't force them. They'll only become foreigners in Nigeria just like Ghanians.

Nope remember Ghana must go ?
Biafra must also go
And their will be no Nigeria as it will disintegrate

Since they want to destroy the zoo they should relocate

Only one tribe calls Yoruba cowards
It's due to their pull them Down syndrome

kingzizzy:
Really? Did Lugard ask for the creation of Nigeria legally? Nigeria is the illegal and enforced creation of thw white man. As such, nobody is bound to go to any Nigerian Senate or Housr of reps to leave an illegal union.

The Government should meet the agitators to map out when and where a referendum should be held

But when your attacked you remember you have legal rights and human rights now we are asking you to do something legally you remember illegally
Confused bunch

Original article

The National Chairman of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) has shortlisted 11 names of northern politicians it endorsed as potential presidential candidates for the 2019 general elections.

Leader of the group, Comrade Elliot Afiyo, who disclosed this, said five of the 11 persons, namely, Senator Bala Muhammed, former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State and Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto emerged as respectable presidential candidates from the North.

Others are the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State, former Kano State governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former Borno State governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, Governor Ibrahim Shettima of Borno State and Governor Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara State.

The group said it is disturbed by the ‘scheming’ and ‘maneuvers’ in the country suggesting southern interest in the 2019 presidency and reiterated that the north should retain the presidency in 2019, a position it had communicated to the south-west political leaders during a meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on June 6, 2017.

Comrade Elliot said: “We want to reiterate and clearly warn that the North will not, and will never allow presidency to move to the South in 2019.

“As much as we can tolerate or pay any sacrifice for the unity of this country, we remain committed to a northern president in 2019.”

Afiyo said the group has forwarded the names of the endorsed persons to its patrons and the leadership of the 42 affiliated organisations to Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) for screening and for the endorsement of only two candidates who will be considered during its 15th Annual National Convention coming up in September, 2017, in Kano.

“We want to send a message to all political parties that may field southern presidential candidates in 2019 election that such action will amount to committing a political suicide,” a statement by the group said.

It warned northern leaders to desist from supporting candidates from the South and insisted that such action would be counter productive to their irreversible decision for a 2019 northern presidency. The group further called on all northern youths to embrace dialogue and peace, and not to allow themselves to be swayed by those who use religion and ethnicity to divide the north and gain political advantage.

Afiyo said NYLF was strongly instrumental to the emergence of “Olusegun Obasanjo, Musa Yar’adua and Goodluck Jonathan as well as current President Muhammadu Buhari as presidents in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015, respectively, without regional bias.

The group said its actions are always guided by national interest far above any other interest.

On the quit notice to Igbo by some sections of the Northern youth group, Afiyo said the agitators were angry members who felt they were used and abandoned by the All Progressives Congress (APC) politicians.

“We consider the quit notice as ill advised, ill-timed and uncalled for.

We strongly believe the groups of northern youths were motivated, encouraged and sponsored by some individuals who felt cheated by both the federal government and some state governments controlled by the APC.

“These individuals were used and dumped; no recognition or appreciation was extended to them.

They are, therefore, bent on destabilising the government,” he said.

The forum also inferred that the coalition of northern youth’s reckless action might have been incited by “our Igbo brothers insult and abuse of other nationalities, especially the northerners, calling us cows and parasites.”

The statement further said: “We condemn in strongest terms, the approach of our brothers in issuing an ultimatum to Igbo. No nation or ethnic nationality can survive on its own without the support and help of another.

“Northerners need the Igbo, the Igbo need the Yoruba, and Yoruba need the Hausa. We are totally against the balkanisation of Nigeria. We know the price the North paid for the unity of this country. We are more determined, committed and willing to continue to pay the price to keep this country one;

not because we are afraid of our brothers from the east, west and south, nor are we afraid of the future, but for the labour of our heroes past.”

The forum said advised all groups to operate within the ambits of the rule of law and strongly condemned the use of violence and hate speech in the country.

It also called on the federal government and the Inspector General of Police to, “withdraw, forthwith, the directive to arrest the signatories of the Kaduna declaration.”

“We believe our brothers in the South have said more than what our brothers said and were not arrested. There is, therefore, no justification for the arrest.”

The statement went on to appeal to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to call for a meeting of genuine leaders of the northern youths and southern youths to find a way forward for the country.

The group challenged the presidency to release the reports of the past constitutional conferences and constitute a committee to look into the recommendations of the conferences with a view to charting a way forward on restructuring the country.

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Don't die over south west matter o

There are more than 15 Igbo senators with a deputy Senate President
And 30 south east house of reps ?
As oppose to noise making and chasing our more investments out of Ibo land
And creating a sense of awareness on who's Igbo outside SE. Cause as we speak other ethnic groups are identifying who's Igbo or not and are simple irritated even though we know it's not all of them that are under remote control of Kanu

So what happened to the simple process of house of reps and senate ?

When Nigeria wanted independence it didn't go about abusing everyone it simply asked for it legally to be more precise Anthony and Fani kayode requested for our independence

To expect a Yoruba hausa or non Igbo legislators to raise your motion will be too expect Ghana or Togo to raise independence motion for Nigeria

Let us know what is Biafra
Where is Biafra
Who wants to join
Position of other regions on Nigeria moving forward

Till then all will be noise
And nothing will happen

zombieHUNTER:
You are free to join Hausa Fulani
Where you will feel proud

But put this in your skull if you have any
No nation is without ills
No tribe is perfect
Igbo can be great without you or your useless rants

Hausa Fulani complex affecting biafrans since day 1

Division before Igbo Jew and Christain is real

mightyhaze:
so u guys shd stop spewing malicious lies dat ppl don't sell pptys to u. Just own up to ur timid nature of travel aversion

We love to travel but we just rather invest home than other places why is it paining you ?

FKO81:
IBB owns global com and James Ibori major share holder in Oando oil and gas

IBB owns out of conoil
Tinubu owns oando
Obj owns dangote and MTN

durangokid:
see how you are filled with hate and envy, you are just spewing rubish that is why you people cant and will not progress, you will also envy those who are successful with hatred

Envy of what's Biafra land this ones ?

ExpiredNigeria:
How much do you even have to invest in Igboland you think its oshogbo N200,000 land?

N200,000 will buy half of Ebonyi state

GavelSlam:
I see.

So no Yoruba person owns property in Port Harcourt.

You are correct.

It's paining then we don't invest in their land
It's boring

Yorubas love to invest in Calabar

Yoruba owns the 1st and 2nd largest rice farm in the country and the land is in north
Nigerians consume more than 5 million metric tons of rice every year, with a significant portion of its consumption needs sourced from imports. Rotimi Williams, an ambitious 35 year-old Nigerian entrepreneur and rice farmer, is on a quest to change that.

Williams, a former journalist, is the owner of Kereksuk Rice Farm, the second largest commercial rice farm in Nigeria by land size. His farm, which is situated in Nasarawa state in northern Nigeria, currently sits on 45,000 hectares and employs more than 600 natives of Nasarawa.

ExpiredNigeria:
Bro stop ranting, Op put a simple question there you didn't invest in Igbo what that's south east what stops your from investing in South South? where else in the entire universe does yoruba man has investors in landed property? No where because you guys are not investors to even say that Igbos don't sell properties to other tribe.. you simply don't have the money

I think we have listed where our investments are outside Yoruba land

And we prefer to invest in ourselves than outside and that's what we are the wealthiest tribe why is it paining you we don't want to sink our money in erosion Biafra

Cooly100:
What about Kaduna Nzeogwu, the Igbo coup leader. Where was he from?

What concerns coup with real estate ??

FKO81:
Mike Adenuga is Ijebu, Ijebus are not Yoruba

Ok Ijebu is igbo choke on that

You wicked