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Taking this letter with a 'bag of salt'.

Fayose saying it like it is.

More groups have joined their voices to condemn the hate speech by some youth groups in Northern Nigeria which gave a deadline for Igbos in the north to relocate from the area on or
before October 1.

Among the groups that lend their voices to condemn the hate speech on Sunday in Benin, Edo State, were the Niger Delta Equity Forum (NDEF) and the National Youth Council of Nigeria.

The Coordinator of the NDEF, Ejoor Mukoro, in a statement he made available to journalists, also tasked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be mindful the kind of characters it uses in its anti-corruption activities.

“The Niger Delta Equity Forum condemns in strong terms, the ultimatum given by some faceless Northern group, that the people of south eastern extraction should leave the Northern part of Nigeria. Niger Delta believes that this is unnecessary, uncalled for, divisive and a veritable fertile ground for the dismemberment of the Country, with associated death of some of the best of us.

“The Forum believes the problem of Nigeria is not Biafra, and it is not the Nigeria entity, the North, South, East or West. Our problem is the inequitable distribution of wealth and resources. Our national problem is a high corruption index which is evidently manifested in a highly profligate National Assembly, who will hang on to office and share our collective patrimony, even with corruption charges hanging on their neck.
“The Forum commends the effort of El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna who has asked that the perpetrators, should be arrested.

The Forum also commend the Northern Governors Forum and other highly placed well meaning Nigerians, who have condemned this hate and divisive speech.

“We implore the police and other law enforcement agencies not to relent in their duty of quenching all such inciting statements. The police should not wait for a state governor to mandate them before carrying out their duty. Corruption should be fought on all fronts.

“The EFCC should be above board and come to equity with clean hands. They should discontinue the use of people with corrupt charges on their neck, as facilitators or key note speakers in their various anti-corruption campaign seminar,” Mukoro said.

On his part, the Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Edo State Chapter and Vice President, South-South Zone, Mr. Innocent Ajayi, called on Nigerian youths to embrace peace and avoid making statements that could heat up the polity.

He made the appeal in Benin City when reacting to the recent ultimatum issued out to citizens of Igbo origin to vacate the northern part of the country on or before October 1, by youth groups in the area.

Ajayi said the peaceful coexistence of Nigerians in all parts of the states is not negotiable adding that the constitution has already made provision for that.

“Let me first of all say it clear that the constitution allows its citizens to live in any part of this country and to be law abiding to the law that makes to us be Nigerians. Those giving a quitting order must understand that we are all one Nigeria and that no matter their grievance and what pushed them to where we are today, the best way is for us to dialogue. And I believed that through dialogue, the solution to any problems will come out,” he said.

He said the present administration should revisit the resolutions reached at the confab and implement them to resolve some of the causes of this call for secession.

“No matter how some people looked at the confab. Some said it was political and I said no. Every group was fully represented. My advise is, the president and our national assembly should go back to those documents, look at it properly and I think with the confab, the solution of this country is already on our table. All what we need, is implementation.

“I know at the confab, the issue of restructuring Nigeria was really deliberated on. Let us fall back to true federalism and with it, Nigeria will move to a greater height,” he said.

He applauded the notable northern leaders who have come out openly to criticize the quitting order while suing for adequate protection of the lives and property of the non indigenes living in their states.

He called on the youths to avoid inciting statements that could further plunge the country into more crises.

“To the youth, we are 69.9 percent. If anything gets to happen, we are the persons who are going to pass through the pains.

“I appeal to us to understand that we must protect Nigeria. We must understand that we are one Nigeria and what has made us Nigerians as an entity, we must do our best to preserve it,” he said.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/06/11/knocks-northern-youths-ultimatum-igbos-leave-domain/

debokaz:
Never knew this guy is this dumb!

Well, I think he just gave his thoughts on the matter.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele
Fayose, has advised the Federal
Government that the ultimatum
given to Igbos living in the North
could lead to anarchy, if not
checked.

According to him, the trend of
statements credited to some
elements in the North has shown
clearly that Nigeria is no longer
one.

He said this while reacting to a quit
notice served on the Igbos in the
north by the Coalition of Northern
Groups, and which was recently
backed by some northern elders,
including a former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
Prof. Ango Abdullahi.

Fayose said the unity of the nation
was threatened like never before
in the history of the country.

“The gap has widened beyond
measure because of the body
language of President Muhammadu
Buhari-led administration. We are
more divided than ever. The
elements are emboldened because they believe their person is in
office and nothing would happen.

“This is not surprising to some of
us as the herdsmen set the tone
and became notorious under the
watch of Buhari.

“If this continued, it would
further heat up the already tensed
situation and promote distrust
among ethnic groups in the
country.”

Fayose urged the federal
government to accept
responsibility for trend and called
for a decisive action to stop it.

“Buharis government has not
taken responsibility; no responsible
government would encourage this.
It is an empty threat that if not
checked would snowball. This is
why people are calling for restructure.

“The government should take
responsibility and take decisive
actions on those promoting war
situation in our country.

“It is disheartening that a
personality like (Ango) Abdullahi
would support that; that’s
danger lurking in the country.

“He should be invited for
questioning by security agencies.
Leaders should rise up and
condemn this instead of giving
tacit support to the ultimatum

“So many lives have been lost
due to the lackadaisical attitude of
the Federal Government. All these I
saw when I warned that Buhari
would leave our country worse
than he met it in 2015.”

www.dailypost.ng/2017/06/11/ultimatum-igbos-anarchy-waiting-fayose-advises-fg/

Very interesting times.

NNO (New Nigeria Order) on the way. Power has already changed hands. We all shall be witnesses. We (the leaders and the masses) have held ourselves down for too long. Something's forcing us to stand up and walk. And stand, we must. March into our greatness, we will.

No expense is too much for us to realize our potential as a nation.

Our brothers should seriously consider returning home. At least relocate some of your investments.

Interesting times still ahead.

Governor Yahaya Bello speaks out
over 3-month quit notice to Igbo
people

- The three-month notice
handed Igbos in the north to
quit has continued to cause
tension across the Nigeria

- Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi
said his state is very safe for
Igbo people just as he promised
to ensure their security

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has
urged Igbo people in the state to
remain calm as sthey remain
partners-in-progress.

In reaction to a three-month
notice on the people of the south-
east to quit the north, Governor
Bello also promised to continue to
protect the interest of the Igbo
people in the state.

Speaking through his
spokesperson, Kingsly Fanwo, in
Lokoja, the capital of the state,
Bello said: “As a nation, our
strength has always been
embedded in our unity in diversity.

Governor Yahaya Bello said he
would ensure Igbo people in Kogi
state are protected

“Nigeria is home to all and we
must continue to see ourselves as
brothers and sisters in a united
nation.

“Ethnic segregation is
unacceptable to humanity and we
must continue to wax stronger
and unbroken as a nation. The God
that created Nigeria is a God who
believes in the strength of unity.

“The Kogi state government
under the leadership of Alh
Yahaya Bello wishes to assure all
Igbos that they are not only safe
in the state, but that the
administration will continue to consider Igbos resident in the state
as partners in the ‘New Direction
Agenda’ of the government.

“Igbos should go about the
legitimate businesses in the state
as they continue to contribute to
our economy as a state and a
people.

“With the appointment of Igbos
into strategic positions in Kogi
state, we are making a strong case
for social integration in Nigeria.

“Let me once more salute the
courage and nationalism of the
Kaduna state governor who has
shown with his recent actions that
Kaduna will remain the home of all
nationalities,” he said.

Asking the leaders in the north to
continue to defend the interest of
the country by securing the lives
of the people of other tribes, Bello
said: “As we strive to move out
of the economic recession in Nigeria, bloodbaths would only
compound the situation.

“We are the same before God
and we should always play up the
factors that unite us. We can only
be strong when we are united.”

He also begged Nigerians to
continue to pray for the full
recovery of President
Muhammadu Buhari.

“President Buhari has sacrificed a lot to ensure we remain a
respected nation in the comity of
nations.

“Nigerians should pray for his full recovery as he is determined to tame corruption and drive the
nation toward prosperity,
responsibility and respectability."

https://www.naij.com/1108990-governor-yahaya-bello-speaks-3-month-quit-notice-igbo-people.html

Interesting times ahead.

Beautiful woman.
Confused folks won't let this FFK ''ish'' rest.

Interesting times ahead.

Our people should start thinking home, whether or not El Rufai plans to arrest those youths.

I personally don't see anything unusual with what they said.

We shouldn't become complacent. Its not Eldorado just yet.

The centre has become rickety and things will soon fall apart only for them to come back together stronger and primed for greatness. By then Igbos will reclaim their God-given position in Nigeria.

Some things must happen for some other things to happen. Nigeria's faulty foundation will soon be shattered and a powerful one put in place that will be able to carry Nigeria's soon to be revealed greatness.

Critical-cum-interesting times ahead.

I don't want to believe this man is as foolish as he sounds. He's just trying to be controversial.

Deep down he knows the statement is senseless.

Sheer class.
Nice one, Op.

Editor's note: For quite an age, the Igbo people in Nigeria have
cried fowl regarding how they are
allegedly being marginalized.
Though endowed with great skill,
strength and talent, still the Igbos
seem unable to maximize their potentials. In this opinion, Reno
Omokri takes a look at the
challenges that prevent Ndi'Igbo
From Fulfilling her potential.

Background

It is true that the Igbo are
marginalized in Nigeria, however,
I am of the opinion that a lot of
the blame for this can be laid at
Ndi'Igbo's doorstep.

In my opinion, the major undoing
of Ndi'Igbo is their
misunderstanding of the term
strength.

1. Lack of discretion

As a general rule, to the Igbo, all
strength is physical. They do not
seem to realize that strength is
your ability to assert your will on
earth and that that ability may not
always be physical.

The proverb-discretion is the
better part of valor-is not
understood by the Igbo.

They tend to be reactionary and
consider pausing to study a
situation before you respond (not
react) as cowardice. One or two of
them may get it, but as a race in
general they do not. They do not consider diplomacy as a first step.

To them it is weakness and makes
you an efulefu! If they have an
enemy, they are not able to
suppress their emotions and work
with those they do not like.

2. They arm their enemies
before the battle

They must make their hostility
obvious to the person they do not
like and being aware of the dislike, the person is armed against them.

In an organization, others may be sublime and discrete in their
scheming, but the Igbo are more
likely to be obvious and in your
face about theirs and end up
causing unity amongst their enemies in plotting their downfall.

3. Lack of humility

As a general rule, they have very
little humility and are very proud
individually though there are few,
very few exceptions.

In my opinion, they are also
individually more intelligent than
their neighbors but they hardly
use their intelligence to unite and
have one leader, one goal and one destiny.

Because of this, even though they
are more intelligent, they are
almost doomed to serve those
that are wiser than them because
wisdom is superior to intelligence.

4. Regard wealth over wisdom

The Igbo also appear to value
leaders because of the leader's
personal attainments in life and so money gives you more leadership
credentials than wisdom or age.
They forget that a rich man may have more clothes than an elder
but cannot have more rags than
him.

They overestimate the power of
money and underestimate the
power of wisdom. It is very easy
to spot an Igbo man who has
money because it easily
intoxicates him.

They are more likely to see
relationships from a commercial
point of view whether it is
marriage, friendship or politics.

If the Igbo can learn humility and
practice diplomacy and discipline
themselves to have one leader
that they listen to in good and bad
times not because he is always
right but because he is their leader, their marginalization will
end and their dominance will
begin. But of course, I may also be
wrong.

https://www.naij.com/1107347-opinion-4-crucial-reasons-igbos-fulfilled-destiny.html

Op would make a great detective.

Pertinent questions too.

I will just say: your suspicions are not far from the truth.

evy1:
His foolishness has no bound,no be today him start,post nudes pictures of himself and his clique in Calabar Na so Dem be oo.
I just shake my head when I see them.

I wonder what motivated this move. cheap fame? Money? Nawa o.

This guy is stretching the limits of his foolishness.
Someone should call him to order.

The good he did decades ago just came back to ''haunt'' him.
Bless his soul.

Good one.

Chikelue2000:
Bro this man is humble, politics aside

And also over-flowing with common sense.

Some folks are already saying they don't like the news.

Oh, have they stopped denying us? I wonder what made them change.

It's all good.

Igbos and their brothers everywhere must unite for what lies ahead.

Ok.

Hmm..

What's she so excited about?

We should therefore take our destiny in our own hands.

This Is why the new economic plan initiated by our people is the right way to go.

Onye ajuru aju adighi aju onwe ya.

Sweet gyal rocking steady.

Good one.