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SEFAGO:
LOL, why would anyone want to have property in igboland , seriously, think about it

Sjeezy is in the mid-atlantic region. Here we are undergoing a snowcalypse. Infact MandingoII is probably in the mid-atlantic region from his posts.

Yoruba are hospitable FL Gator, we love other ethnic groups while other ethnic groups dont like us

Thousands of Yoruba are living and investing in Igboland. I can give a few examples. If you personally do not want, your concern, and please stop moaning about your personal concern which is at best irrelevant here.

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=394472.msg5468247#msg5468247 date=1265575654]the only thing that worries me about this victory,is that the south east lacks any governor with gravitas to be president come 2015. Enugu gov is doing fine

nowadays in nigeria,the president is normally a former governor who performed ok. Wrong, Yardua did not perform Ok.

i cant find one south east Governor who is actually doing a good job. . .

i would personally have preffered soludo to win. Me too

a lot of anambra intellectuals also would have preferred soludo to win

with the thinking of grooming him for 2015

the problem with us igbos is that we are too short sighted

everyone wants to be oga pata pata. . .thats why u have 25 ppl contesting for one Governor seat Wrong. Only 9 people did, eventually
peter obi should know that paying salaries on time and paving a road here and there is not what being a great leader is about

he should think outside the box and find new ways of improving infrastructure in anambra state like fashola is doing in lagos

i actually now fear for the hope of a igbo presidency come 2015. You do not need to be a gov to be a president
if the east is not careful,with jonathans presidency assuaging the south south
dont be surprised if the west gets the presidency with someone like fashola Not possible, the SS will complete its own 8 years first
and the north gets VP with the east shut out again

thats what short sidedness causes. . .and i will gladly vote for fashola for president. Suit yourself. Fasola is not in PDP; The loss of Ngige means PDP is irrelevant in national politics.[/quote]

Even before Zik and Awo wahala Ojukwu's father and other Igbos were already owning properties in Lagos and the North. What stopped the Yoruba from doing so then?

SEFAGO:
Maybe its because other cultures are less hospitable than the Yoruba? I have a feeling if I go and invest in enugu I will not be well received.

There are thousands of Yoruba in Enugu and thousands more in other Igbo states. We have shown something to that effect here. The Yoruba are just plain unable to compete with the Igbo even in Lagos and Ibadan, how much more in Enugu, an Igbo turf? Lazy incompetent nincompoops

Ted Bundy:
And who told you that those "Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria winners" are indeed beautiful? Just because they can parade their nudity infront of judges does not make them beautiful. Most of them lack pretty faces.

Post the pics. The Yoruba ones are usually far uglier. They also parade their own bodies too, which is part of the beauty pagent process.

sjeezy8:
so . . .

so+

sjeezy8:
Yoruba ladies are fine and I like them with all their flaws, bianca I dont want to marry her, just f"" her a lil bit ya know.

Shut up, Yoruba girls are ugly. Make a list of the most beautiful girl in Nigeria winners. It is like 10 Igbo, 1 Yoruba.

The next ''civil war'' will be in Yoruba states during next election. Watch out for the number of deaths that will be recorded.

Anyways, people all this one we are blowing na grammar. The important thing be say nobody die for the election unlike our Yoruba states of Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Lagos and Ondo.

SEFAGO:
These mannerless omoibo that are all over Nairaland

You really do not have the right to personally insult someones father. And its even more silly when you draw parallels between criticizing a leader and personally insulting someones relations. I know its part of igbo culture to be rude and mannerless, but at least do it amongst yourselves. Eziachi if you want go and slap mekusxyz's father no one is stopping you. However, know that some cultures revere there elders even when we simultaneously criticize them.  

Ikemba ko Ikebe ni

I know they didn't teach you english in FUTO or Nsukka but biko, read well now.

Monkey. You dot not know if Ojukwu is my father, uncle or kinsman. Why do you insult him? The quesion remains, why is Ojukwu described in a different way than the other rich Nigerians of then? Why is the probability (by use of perhaps) not extended to others? Yo claimed your father fought during the war, why not go ask him who was richer between Ojukwu Snr. and the others.u

olafolarin:
History lessons.so we just learnt that there were indeed millionaires in Nigeria (especially among the Yoruba folk)before ojukwu Snr earned his 1st thousand.so the notion that Ojukwu Snr is the 1st millionaire in Africa is TOTAL FALSE.
However, Obi won the election on merit despite INEC's incompetence.
Ojukwu's support might swing a little vote in his favour but not enough to decide the election.
Obi is a man I admire so much for his fortrightness and that in addition with his outstanding performance definitely endeared him to the mind of the populace.Hence the re-election is success perfect.

On Ekiti,there was violence and unrestricted rigging by PDP because OBJ and YAr'Adua wanted to curtail AC's progress and success in SW.All state machineries were employed to satify the Abuja masters but they completely undermined AC's investigative intelligence.The rigging,ballot box snatching,thuggery and violence was captured/recorded by a pen-sized camera pinned to every AC and infiltrated PDP agents pocket.All these made good and tenable evidence at the ongoing tribunal.
It is just a matter of time before Fayemi will be declared governor and Ekiti can join the league of progressive states after Lagos,Kwara,Anambra,Rivers and Edo states.
PDP must be wiped out of Nigeria's politics and polity for Nigeria to move forward.

1. Who said Ojukwu was the first millionaire in Africa?
2. Who are the nigerians who became millionaires before Ojukwu? Please give dates. Thanks.

Obi becomes the first elected gov in Anambra to win a re-election. This is significant on its own.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=394472.msg5467987#msg5467987 date=1265573160]the article said,one of the first millionaires the country produced.does that translate to him being the richest? besides he has a low profile in the leagues of other millionaires[/quote]And the same article says ''Ojukwu was perhaps, the wealthiest Nigerian of his generation: a multi-millionaire businessman''

What do you mean by low profile? Do you care to explain? Thanks.

Sjeazy8,

Try as hard as you can, you will not give victory to an AC party in Anambra. You did not vote in Anambra and you are in no position to know who rigged and who did not. Is AC now a party full of saints? So Tinubu, Atiku and Fasola are now saints? How again did Fasola become the gov of Lagos? Please remind us.

OluEmperor and others

Ojukwu is somebody's father and grandfather. If you do not want your own fathers insulted, then stop insulting an almost 80-years old man (Ojukwu).

Ezenwenyi:
At the mention of Ojukwu non-igbos go to the next dimension,

Because people like you want it so. The last time you created a poll ommitting Obi, an incumbent. Now the same Obi wins the election and you allege that it was because Ojukwu was involved. Did you not know that Obi belongs to a party headed by Ojukwu?

1. ''Like Odutola, Louis Ojukwu attained prominence as an astute businessman and one of the first millionaires the country produced.''

2. ''Ojukwu was perhaps, the wealthiest Nigerian of his generation: a multi-millionaire businessman''

No other persons listed on that website was described in such a manner. Now if you believe the story you posted about the Yoruba pioneer rich men, why would you not believe this one? They are from the same website.

More insight below"

''As a transport operator, he was a tireless worker and meticulous to detail; he was usually the first to inspect his transport vehicles for oil and leakages. Apart from his work ethic, his success was also oiled by the economic boom after World War II, working with the West African Railway Company and the newly inaugurated produce boards; he provided his fleet for commodity transportation and for other traders’ use. During the 1950s, he diversified his interest, bought some industries, invested heavily in the real estate sector and became a director in numerous major corporations. He was a member of the board of Nigerian Coal Corporation, Shell Oil D’Archy, and African Continental Bank. Ojukwu was perhaps, the wealthiest Nigerian of his generation: a multi-millionaire businessman, who was chairman of UAC (West Africa), the Nigerian Stock Exchange, director of Shell-BP with vast ownership of investment property in Lagos, Kano, Port-Harcourt, Enugu, Onitsha, among others. He owned controlling shares in many top blue-chip corporations that still operate in Nigeria today. Until his death in 1966, the multi-millionaire remained a titan in the nation’s business community.''

The rest of the rich people then were just local champions in their regions whereas Ojukwu Snr had huge assets all over Nigeria. That is a big difference

Thanks. Now are these people millionaires? If so, is there are record that they were millionaires before Ojukwu senior? Note that it does not matter in which curency one is a millionaire (then). Most people back then will be very poor that the few rich ones in whatever currency can easily be distinguished.
[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=394472.msg5467725#msg5467725 date=1265570417]Adeola Odutola, late industrialist and
philanthropist had to deal in fishing nets for
the middle and lower classes in his town's
riverine areas. He sold gas lamps to
churches and damask materials to the upper
class. It was in those days when a modest
beginning was adjudged worthy
prerequisite to the good life. For Odutola, it
worked a timeless magic.
From the sale of fishing nets, gas lamps and
damask materials, he was able to build a
network of clients across theA various
social classes. Soon, he became notable
among his patrons and the rest of his Ijebu
Ode, Ogun State townsfolk, began to
depend upon the late businessman for their
needs.
Thus began the evolution of a Southwest
industrialist. Odutola's quest to better his lot
soon translated into success as he rose to
become a titan in the Nigerian business
community.
However, he started from humble
beginnings. “The society into which Odutola
was born on June 16, 1902, was by all
standards, a society in transition, torn
between traditional systems of authority
and the emerging influence of the
colonialists. It was, however, a different
time altogether. There was no electricity, no
pipe borne water and many of the roads
today were non-existent, noted Reuben
Abati, a journalist and late Sesan Ajayi in
Odutola: The Biography of T. Adeola
Odutola. According to the authors, at his
birth, no comets were seen, neither was
there any subtle indication of his birth to
the world. Save the shrieks of his parents,
the world was oblivious to the arrival of the
newborn.
Nevertheless, Sanni and Sabinah, Odutola's
parents had great hopes for him. As their
eldest son, they sought to educate him.
Thus when he turned seven, they registered
him at St. Saviour's School, Italupe; a
missionary school. Then, he proceeded to
Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode,
where he spent four years until he dropped
out. The death of his father during this
period put much pressure on him and his
family. He therefore, couldn't complete his
education. Consequently, he left Ijebu-Ode
to seek greener pastures in Lagos.
In Lagos, he worked a series of white collar
jobs until he got a job offer through Ade
Fowokan, his friend based in Ijebu-Ode.
Fowokan assisted his return to Ijebu-Ode to
work as a Tax Collector with the Ijebu
Native Administration.
Having established himself in his town’s
civil service, Odutola, eager for self
actualization in the world of commerce,
invested in the importation of damask, silk,
cloth, gas lamps and fishing nets. This gave
him the opportunity to establish a network
of customers and acquaintances. Gas lamps,
in particular, brought him much popularity;
in no time, he had almost virtually
monopolised the sale of gas lamps. It was
also by this time, in 1922, that Odutola took
a wife.
His foray into buying and selling soon
became more profitable as he expanded his
business to the exportation of cocoa and
palm produce. In 1925, he teamed up with
his younger brother, Jimoh Akintola
Odutola. The two of them established
Odutola Brothers – a multi-purpose
company which, apart from general
commerce, also mined gold in Ilesha, Osun
State.
Odutola expanded his business by
venturing into the local sale and exportation
of palm kernel, palm Oil, Kola nuts and
Cocoa. His local clients included UAC, John
Holt, and A.K. Zard. He also exported produce
to Germany, the United Kingdom and the
United States. One of the companies with
which he had a meaningful and lasting
relationship at the time was Busi and
Stephenson Company of Liverpool. To this
company, until he withdrew from produce
business, Odutola sold cocoa.
By the late thirties, Odutola had built two
gigantic cocoa stores, off Degun Street in
Ijebu-Ode. The stores served as a storage
facility not only for cocoa but for all other
produce.
As a produce merchant, he was outstanding.
Through hard work, he had been able to do
well, and hold his own in an area where
foreign multi-nationals, like UAC and John
Holt, enjoyed a near monopoly. By then, he
was already wealthy; and well-known. He
was one of the very few Nigerians, apart
from foreign residents, who could boast of
owning a car.
A car was a status symbol then and Odutola
was one of the first few Nigerian
millionaires who owned cars. Others were
Sir Louis Odimegwu Ojukwu, father of the
ex-Biafran warlord, Emeka Ojukwu.
Odimegwu owned an Austin with
registration number L 7500; Alhaji Alhassan
Dantata had a Morris car registered K3. The
Emir of Kano also owned a car. There was
also Nnamdi Azikiwe who went about in a
small Austin. Rev. and Mrs. Ransome-Kuti of
Abeokuta Grammar School, Abeokuta, also
later acquired a car, a tireless Ford Prefect
with registration number AB 640. The more
usual thing then was that cars were owned
by the District Officers and key foreign
residents.
Odutola later diversified into timber
business and rubber plantation. He invested
in public transportation and tyre re-
threading business in Nigeria. In 1945, he
established the Secondary Commercial
College, with a total of 16 students, thus
sowing the seed for the Adeola Odutola
Comprehensive College, an Ijebu-Ode-based
school. The new school became operational
in February 1964.
In 1949, he registered a company known as
Odutola Tyresoles Company and set up a
factory in Ibadan. In 1967, Odutola became
interested in the manufacturing of bicycle
tyres and tubes. To take care of this, he set
up Odutola Nigerian Industries Limited in
Ijebu-Ode. The company manufactured
bicycle and motorcycle tyres and tubes.
Odutola continued to diversify. In 1979, he
set up a factory, again in Ijebu-Ode, known
as Odutola Food Industries Ltd. Odutola also
established Continental Breweries Limited,
manufacturers of "33" lager beer.
Until his death on April 13, 1995, Odutola
remained an embodiment of success and a
challenge to his peers and underlings.[/quote]

Crackles,

Your forbearer is a thief. Deal with or take a dive. Incompetent village urchin.

Shoot2Kill:
Mekus did you read this part in your link ?

After 13 years in exile, the Federal Government of Nigeria under President Shehu Aliyu Usman Shagari granted an official pardon and opened the road for a triumphant return in 1982. His people of Nnewi gave him the now very famous title of “Ikemba,” while the entire Igbo nation called him “Dikedioramma” (Beloved hero). He was indeed a beloved hero. His foray into politics was disappointing to many, who wanted him to stay above the fray. Afraid of his supposedly overbearing and enigmatic influence, the ruling party, NPN, rigged him out of the senate seat, which was purportedly lost to a little known state commissioner in then Governor Jim Nwobodo's cabinet called Dr. Edwin Onwudiwe.

I was not talking about Ojukwu jnr. My reference was on the little part of the article about Ojukwu snr. Thanks.

MrCrackles:
You are a celebrated fuc./ktard. . .
Were you there at the time when Ojukwu's father was making the so called millions?
Put hard facts up here or nosedive into a pile of cow dung, you raaasclat!!
Vagabonds and oxymorons are fond of chatting poo on a public forum. . . .
Dingbat!

I have shown you links. slowpoke. Read them or if you cannot ask your father where he was when Ojukwu senior was making his millions. Ode omo ole.

Ojukwu Jr. was among the few students and certainly the only Nigerian student riding an impressive car back then at Oxford university.

MrCrackles:
What silly millions are you talking about?
Are you insane?
Millions in cowries or pebbles?

Imbe-cile. Nigeria was using British pounds as far back as after 1914. Was Ojukwu's father doing business with Shell and other multinationals back then with cowries and pebbles? Bloody eediot

Sefago, Bluetooth, Roadstar, etc
Seriously, jokes aside, do you know of any Yoruba milionaire during the time that Ojukwu's father was making his money? Please educate us so we know. No harm in knowledge sharing. Thanks.

SEFAGO:
No, its not true except it is documented. The problem is that this is quite common- nigerians of all ethnic groups claiming to be the first africans. Of all the countries in Africa, it is always the yoruba and the igbo claiming to be the first millionaire, the first doctor, the first lawyer, the first cab driver, the first 419 artist (Of course we chop that one), the first bicycle rider, the first African  owner of a TV- they are always claimed by Nigerians

What about Egypt, Ghana, Senegal and a host of other African cultures- na u dey all be the first.

Did anyone claim Ojukwu's father was the first African millionaire? If so, that will be preposterous since we do not know much about other Africans as of prior to the 1960s. As for me I have always read that he is the first in Nigeria. I like to restrict myself to Nigeria except where the data is clear for the whole AFrica. This is unlike Yoruba-run Yabatech that claimed to be the third oldest in Africa and 27th in the world

More on Ojukwu here
http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=361&lang=en

Sefago,
I what currency were the other Nigerian millionaires of Ojukwu snr's time?

Some very great photos
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-393054.0.html

RoadStar:
Which fact do you want me to check ?
Post some pics my friend and stop perpetuating lies !
You self gratificating Illusionist .

Post some pictures of a Yoruba state minus Lagos and let those who care do so for Anambra and let's compare.

SEFAGO:
t.

Proof? Unsubstantiated statement What up will all these omoibo lies?

Was Forbes already in existence before the 1960's when Ojukwu's father was not only the first millionaire in Nigeria but also the only one at that time?

Something on Ojukwu snr:

Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu
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Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, OBE, (1909-1966) was a notable Nigerian businessman from Nnewi. Ojukwu was a director in various Nigerian companies and also won a parliamentary seat during the nation's first republic. He attended a primary school in Asaba and the Hope Waddell Institute for secondary education.

[edit] Life and career
Ojukwu started his professional career at the Agricultural department before leaving to join John Holt as a tyre sales clerk. He also incorporated a textile company in Onitsha to supplement his income during this period, already exhibiting a little bit of his entrepreneurial spirit. While at John Holt, he noticed the severe strain a lack of adequate transportation had on Eastern textile traders. He later left John Holt to create a transport company to improve the trading environment for Nigerian traders. As a transporter, he was a tireless worker and meticulous to detail; he was usually the first to inspect his transport vehicles for oil and leakages. Apart from his work ethic, his success was also oiled by the economic boom after World War II, working with the West African Railway Company and the newly inaugurated produce boards, he provided his fleet for commodity transportation and for other traders use. During the 1950s, he diversified his interest, bought some industries, invested heavily in the real estate sector and became a director in numerous major corporations. He was a member of the board of Nigerian Coal Corporation, Shell Oil, D'Archy, and African Continental Bank.

Ojukwu died in 1966, just a year before the Nigerian civil war. His son Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was the leader of the secessionist state of Biafra.

Folks,

There is really no way Yoruba here will be satified with anything Igbo:
If Soludo won, they would have said Igbos voted for a thief and for the incompetent PDP (even though there is no charge against Soludo yet)
If Ngige won, they would have said Igbos voted for an Okija juju man
Now Obi won, it became about Ojukwu

Yoruba peps? Highly insatiable.

Shoot2Kill:
Bro I did not mean it like, what i am saying is that he led IGBOS to fight against the north and it resulted in a senseless massacre that will forever haunt Nigeria and Nigerians. Is that the only thing he wants to be remembered for? Shouldn’t he all these years have done something more positive and violent free in IGBO land?

With the kind of clout he has in IGBO land he should have brought in investors and created jobs for IGBOS but he did not because he does not know how to go about it. On the other and there many young IGBOS like yourself who have great ideas on how to move IGBO land forward and these are the people who should be at the forefront of IGBO leadership not OJukwu is an Icon in IGBO land but he should be a deciding leader because in this modern age he lacks the right ideas to move Igbo land forward just like Oni of ife or afeni fere lacks the ideas to move Yoruba land forward.

When I mention Ekiti ,I am talking about how the Ekiti people do not give a rat’s azz about their leaders. My father ran away from Ekiti in 1983 when his house and brother’s palace was burnt down by angry mobs.

By the way I resent your statement about some Ekiti politicians being cannibals, i did not insult Anambra citizens or IGBOs so please retract your statement, it was uncalled for.

My argument on this thread is for the best man to lead Anambra state or any state of Nigeria and for Nigeria to stop following the leaders of the old era. As long as we dwell on the past we will not be able to plan the future properly. It is the memories of the past and the divide and rule politics played on us by our older generation of politicians that have divided us along tribal lines.

What makes you think Obi is not the best candidate to lead Anambra? Do you know that Ojukwu is the head of Obi's party? And if you know this, would you expect him not to support his candidate?