₦airaland Forum

Izumarock70:
There's a massive protest ongoing at EU headquarters in Brussels organised by IPOB, Ambazonia and Yoruba Nation group

Yoruba Nation on my mind!

AntiMahdi:
You liar.

The OPC was funded by the likes of Tinubu to cause as much social strife to discredit the then president Obasanjo as being weak and incompetent.

You dont know what you are talking about. Tinubu and OPC do not see eye to eye.

Patrioticbreed9:
Th hausa-fulani have been victim of circumstance. Deep down a hausa/fulani person want to have a taste of friendship with that igbo person he see's on screen everyday.
He wants to meet that yoruba person he listen to his song everyday on cool fm.

Few politicians are making it seem as it a yoruba vs igbo vs hausa something when its not.

Its so unfortunate that some chunk of the masses have been brain washed. You can still meet an hausa kid that will secreatly smugle food to a less privilage southern even if know he will get into troble if his dad finds out.. That is love.

We all want to meet ourselves.

Hausa/fulani are not pharoah looking people always wanting to attack! Okadas,politicians and some bad egg are not the hausas representatives.

Let learn how to single out. This election is between Tinubu vs Atiku vs Obi not yoruba vs hausa vs igbo.

I will like to drop a song for us all that paint hausa in a differnt angle. Zeepretty ft Adam.a.zango:Baban yaro.

One love my sweet people.

After hausa/fulani spent 7years kidnapping, killing, raping, butchering Yoruba and Ibo and the hausa/fulani president turned a blind eye. Hausa/fulani governors turned a deaf ear. Dangote that uses South as his market and income bed remained aloof. Your rule is ending and you want us to now see you as a angel.

Anyway, I stand on Yoruba Nation. You and your fellow Nigerians can sort your differences out.

Coolbreeze1988:
I pity this country, abeg make we divide make everyone dey dem region

Yoruba Nation on my mind.

joeyfire:
Some of us are old enough to remember the idi araba massacre, ajegunle massacre and isolo massacre. We just chose to move on...

I remember too. OPC went there to protect Yorubas that were endangered. They remain heroes.

.A muslim-muslim ticket in a religous sensitive country like Nigeria also has its own demerits and would turn off most Christians in Tinubu's own region of the SW which hosts the headquaters of some of the most influential churches in Nigeria and Africa.

Stop patronizing Yoruba with concocted sentiments. The religion in SW is YORUBA. We do not reason like rest of you Nigerians that kill people because they are different than you. In our history we have had administrations that are christians and succeded christians, also muslims succeeding muslims. We do not see issue with it. Stay over there in your intolerant regions and kill each other off over a foreign practice. We value our Yorubaness and our interwoven family and differences in practices and faith. Identity and family in Yorubaland surpasses identity of religion in Nigeria. We will not kill a Yoruba muslim because Ibo say so and we will not kill a Yoruba christian because hausa/fulani say so. To hell with all of you.

OP, if you think madam will leave a global prestigious leadership to come and serve in a decrepit society led by deranged men you need a brain retrofit.

Zikojukwu:
Dear Lovely Yoruba People,
It will be stating the obvious that Yoruba and Igbo are great brothers. Naturally, brothers quarrel and disagree over a number of things and settle at the end. Now, we say a big no to Tinubu as a president not for fear of losing in the presidential election but for the interest of all, our children and the entire Nigeria. Tinubu is a bad choice capable of destroying our lives, our future and our destinies. They're millions of reasons not to mention that name to a sane person. If you want to test the fairness of an Igboman, bring Mike Adenuga or any Yoruba you think is better than Obi, we will ask Obi to step down. That is the way we are. We go for the best and avoid calamities. We warned you against supporting Buhari not because he is a northerner but because of leadership shortcomings which we have seen. But to spite us and our Ijaw son, you went against that brotherly advice and the country is plunged into unprecedented pains, chaos, hunger and bloodshed which affected all of us. Buhari as a person has his strong points but age was his most setback. To you it's politics but to us it was inconsideration and lack of vision.
Similarly, we are warning you against the presidency of Tinubu. Buhari's government will even be better than Tinubu's if he wins. Things will be so bad that survival will be impossible. Buhari was sold to Nigerians on the account of morality, prudence, integrity and sternness, Tinubu has none. Everything about Tinubu is staring negative including his health. Challenge me with facts not propaganda.
Why would you risk the lives of Nigerians because of tribalism? May I tell you that Igbos do not support Obi as much as the northerners do right now. Northerners donate free houses for Obi's campaigns but igbos do not. They campaign every day for Obi just as some Igbos campaign for Atiku. Igbos form the majority of churches owned by Yoruba while you have a handful of Yoruba in Igbo owned churches. We don't mind because we are not tribal people. I am not supposed to be making these references but to deconstruct the idea that Obi is an Igbo project which has become common among our Yoruba friends. Can we understand how battered and shattered Nigeria is right now and the dangers of placing it in the hands of a frail, dying man like Tinubu? Can we be intentional in fixing Nigeria for the benefit of all. Vote Obi to save our future. Make it happen. The biggest structure of democracy is the will of the masses. Don't twist the narrative. When two brothers kill themselves in a fight, only the vulture will rejoice.

Yours sincerely,

Zik Ojukwu

In the just concluded APC Primary, delegates from Iboland had opportunity to elect able bodied Igbos but decided instead to nominate Tinubu. Umuahi got zero votes, Okorocha got zero votes, Ogbonnaya Onu got 1 vote. Yoruba delegates were less than a thousand, so how did Tinubu got over1,000 votes?

Because Igbo delegates believed in him and preferred the unhealthy Tinubu to the healthy Umahi or Okoro or Ogbonnaya.

Tinubu is not your problem. Your SE delegates are your obstacles. They have expressed their choice. Now sitdown and shut up!

OyigboUpdate:
lol this was broadcasted by dos yesterday. since i left nairaland for a month haven't ugm actvities been reported? always looking for who to blame. don'tvforget to blame tinubu before u sleep 2nyt

Get out!

Security need to pick this guy up and check him thoroughly. If this oyigboupdate dude is not ugm i dont know anyone else that could be. They need to rendition this guy and get him to reveal his sponsors.

That time is coming. Soon as he comes out with his VP. No rush...

ponishah:
My tuwo abi?
Ethnic profiling , like your tribal bigot tinubu. He hates Northerners because the military rulers were from there., so he extended that bloody hatred to innocent northern citizens reciding in lagos.

Could Buhari be guilty of that, now that bandits massacre innocent Northerners right there in your own region?

VoteObi2023:
Northern Youths are accusing Bola Tinubu of Killing their brothers in Lagos as Governor.

We heard about Yoruba massacre of innocent Hausas in Lagos in the early 2000s. It was gruesomely perpetrated by OPC but some Northerners blame Tinubu and has vowed to repay him at the polls.

I was able to get some screenshots from BBC Hausa and Husna Abdul Facebook page. Go to those pages and laugh small abeg

Do you think Bola Tinubu is innocent or guilty?

Tinubu is innocent of the false accusations.

OPC was a defense force, not an attack force. They were created to protect Yoruba and uphold our principles. They are heroes!

SarkinYarki:
I was somewhere and I heard some northerners suggesting portfolio for Jagaban Capo MC Oluomo once the lion of Bourdillon clinches the seat

1 .DG Nimasa

2 . Minister of Transport

3. NURTW National Chairman

4.Chief of Staff to the President

What do you think he will get ?

Tell the Northerners MC Oluomo is a peer of Issa Pantami in political weight.

MC Oluomo is to Tinubu what Pantami is to Buhari. Did Pantami not get a ministerial position?

ponishah:
Tinubu used them negatively in 1999 elections, I was there.

In which 1999 election?

Dude, go and sit in corner and finish your tuwo abeg.

nameo:
Lolz... you think Tinubu will Imo or even Ebonyi will vote

Some of you are just delusional

Would it not be delusional if one had predicted that Ibo delegates would support North against their own brethren in PDP? But it came to pas, did it not...that Ibo gave victory to Atiku against their own kin? Nothing is normal anymore!

absoluteSuccess:
Savage.

I just believe that a great future is ahead of us. It does not matter where we find ourselves.


Leyin okuukun biribiri imole a tan.

Lagbara Edumare! Ire lo ma gbehin.

I am not abandoning Tinubu. Where his agenda is a conflict with Yoruba Nation Im going to be patriotic, but where the two aligns, not supporting him will translate to unpatriotism.

GreyLaw:
Ah ah. Is Tinubu's victory still in question at this time of the day? Please educate me on this particular matter. The primaries appeared quite transparent.

Review my latest analysis earlier today. The version you quoted has been overtaken by new streams of events.

AntiMahdi:
Do you want to swear that you never heard of the great OPC riots of the early 2000's that targeted northerners in places like Ijora, Mile12 and Ebute-Meta?

I repeat, OPC never targeted or killed any ethnic group at anytime. They were formed for defense, not attack....and they were heroes, uptil today!

AntiMahdi:
OPC during Abacha?

There was not one single agbero on Lagos roads during Abacha era. Abacha had all the national and state chairmen of NURTW and RTEAN locked up.

Abacha's govt was the most peaceful as crime was at its lowest during that govt.

Maybe you are talking of the chaotic brief period of Abdulsalami.

Abacha , OPC?

Abacha for all his criminality was hard and tough on crime and did not for one second even tolerate their usual religious riots in the north. If in doubt about the last statement , ask Sanusi how Abacha did not waste time to lock his ass up for instigating religious riot in Kano. Sanusi escaped after much pleading by a delegation of emirs. His coconspirators however where not so lucky as they were all hung in Sokoto Prison.

For you to say OPC existed during Abacha means you are either a liar and bad one at that or you are not smart at all.

You need to dial back to NADECO days. There you will find how OPC emerged.
Stop yarning shit.

AntiMahdi:
The Ijaws had long since settled in places like Ajegunle and Apapa where they carried out their fishing activities.

When the Wharf was built, Ijaw laborers worked in the ports as load bearers carrying bags of groundnut meant for export.

The ijaw word "Apapa" means groundnut and that is how Apapa got its name.

So the Ijaws had been living in Ajegunle for years prior to British colonial rule but were confined to Ajegunle after the British made it a Government Reserved Area for their expat staff.

The whole Ijaws and Yoruba fight started over who owns Ajegunle as Jakande had installed Yoruba stools where they never existed after Lagos was granted state status in 1979.

I say stop turning its history on its head.

Before changes to land use decree under General Obasanjo in 1977, Ojora family owned Ajegunle. Oluwa family owned Apapa. Apa is the original Awori name. Colonists mislabeled and called it Apapa. Infact, Apa is recited as an Oriki for many of Royal Heads in Idungaran. The reason for that is a story for another day.

Chief Tijani Amodu, Oluwa of Lagos took the colonists to court and charged them with criminal infringement for seizing lands in Apapa to build port without his approval. Herbert Macauley defended Oluwa in London in 1920. They returned home with victory. The Queen recognized and acknowledged Dosunmu had no right to cede lands in Lagos to colonists and Oluwa remained the sole owner of Apapa. He was compensated. This precedent ruling confered land ownership and authority on the 11 Idejos of Lagos.

Ajegunle was a swamp, it was landfilled. It was not a fishing ground.

Dont come in my face to give a false history of Lagos. I will humiliate you.

OPC never killed anyone. Their job was protection of Yoruba, and they did a very good job.

joeyfire:
OPC killed northerners, Ijaw and Igbos in large numbers when Tinubu was governor. Everybody just chose to move on

OPC protected Yoruba, they did not kill anybody.

AntiMahdi:
Liar!

It was Obasanjo that dealt with OPC after they began killing northerners which saw to a major pogrom in the north targeting southerners and Christians .

You are still wrong on history. OPC existed and policed the streets of SW while Abacha was still alive. They did not begin killing Northerners or anybody at anytime. Their objective was protection of Yoruba and Yorubaland, and they carried out their responsibility faithfully. We are proud of them and owe them a debt we can never pay back.

OPC! OPC!! OPC!!!

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Stop deceiving yourself Kwankwanso would win Kano and Northwest.They wont leave their son to vote tinubu for your own reasons

You already know Obi will pair with Kwankwaso, and you are confident of Kwankwaso's advantage.

Don't conclude how effective Kwankwaso would be until Tinubu reveals his own pair.

Always theorize when dealing with variables, and wait for values to emerge before you prove.

AntiMahdi:
kayode Ogundamisi, who is currently on self exile in the UK after jumping bail for instigating civil unrest and riots in the early 2000's was the one who led a mob of Yoruba thugs and miscreants to target Northern traders and artisans across Lagos way back in the early 2000's.

The OPC was funded by the Lagos State govt to tackle growing insecurity and was known for its extra judicial mob justice that involved burning to death of people they deemed to be criminals .

The OPC was as barbaric and brutal like the SE Bakassi boys which existed at the time.

It is widely agreed upon that these two vigilante groups were bankrolled by the newly sworn in civilian governors in the SE and SW as a tribal militia in waiting to tackle any future coup by the military to seize power back.

From its vigilante status to an actual Tribal militia the OPC will later morph to become an ethnic cleansing terrorist organization that specifically targeted northerners in the SW most especially in Lagos.

Kayode Ogundamisi was arrested alongside Dr Federick Fashenu and Gani Adams for inciting public riots and murder.

Kayode Ogundamisi was granted bail but fled the country to the UK were he remains till this day as a fugitive on the run.

Never forget that Tinubu financed this Yoruba Ethnic cleansing terrorist organization to target and kill innocent law abiding northerners residing in Lagos.

You always get your history upside down.

Tinubu killed OPC in Lagos because they became a people police force and operated parallel to statutes. In other words, in case you don't know what it means to run parallel to statues, they were unregulated.

absoluteSuccess:
A very great insight as usual. The last part is food for thought indeed. I must tell you that the Yoruba nation is dynamic and will always finds its path like a river that cannot be hemmed down.

The agitators and the stakeholders in Nigeria polity from South West can always exist side by side. In fact, you can't kill Nigeria right away, so you must learn to love, live and cohabit with your "enemies".

At last, in the process, a greater Yoruba nation is born within or without the borders of Nigeria. We will overcome the challenges ahead by facing the present challenges with the crop of people and ideas we have.

We are a dynamic people. Such people can't be cornered by their adversaries, however they tried. Let us hope for the best in years to come, as we hope our value will work for us.

I appreciate the consolation brother. The advocates will still be here tooting Yoruba Nation. Holler when you need us.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
SW votes alone can't make tinubu win.And those Governors will align with Atiku when the time comes.

In the North, NW is the mainstream power brokers. They are looking for a new vanguard, one that is conservatively pro sharia but also possess accomplishments that can rival Southern in the field of academics and technocracy. Atiku is not in that grade. If Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was running or Issa Pantami, he will fit that role and they will definitely have a pole to lean on for that alignment you suggested. In the absence of such force they will stick with Tinubu and bid their time and opportunity for a next cycle.

Buhari should have also invited Obasanjo and Atiku. Since Goodluck was there, Namadi Sambo should also have been there.

Democracy Day is not property of APC.


Abeg scatter this nation and its yeye democracy day.

Give me a real Democracy, give me Yoruba Nation.

The political landscape continues to change rapidly and throw up new values and options.

Honestly, for Tinubu to beat Atiku, he must pair himself with a Muslim North. He finds himself at the mercy of Northern governors now since their proactive interference was instrumental in his victory at primary. They will demand from him what he demanded from Buhari...the reward of rescuing him from defeat. All of them, with exception of Lalong of Plateau are muslims. If Southern governors had acted proactively and did the right thing Tinubu would have not been indebted to Northern governors. I hear Bagudu of Kebbi was the arrowhead that turned the table in Tinubu favor. Bagudu is in Malami's camp. Could he force Malami on Tinubu?
Could the history of Osinbajo repeat here? Osinbajo was not a member of the governor corps but ascended to VP. Malami is also not a member of that corps....could he be paired with Tinubu? Malami is pro-sharia and a hard core sharia north conservative. He is instrumental in consolidating pro-North tendencies in Buhari Administration. He is also anti-South and quick to use constitution as cover to shut down opposition against fulani interests. Malami will not influence any voter below the Niger but he can be counted on to deliver North massively.

Malami was eyeing gubernatorial seat to succeed Bagudu but they pulled him back from that ambition and told to stay put as Attorney General.

With Malami as VP Tinubu will defeat Atiku hands down...but there will be challenges ahead.


Beside Malami, Zulum would be next best option considering Buhari leans favorably to people of Borno heritage. Zulum is a liberal and not a religious bozo like Malami. He respects diversity and acknowledges merit. He went to school in UI. Minorities in sharia North, liberals in North Central will follow Zulum. He will dissect NE and break Atiku's default. SE hate Tinubu but will follow Zulum to vote APC. Twice in Borno Zulum has acted as a voice for the voiceless and in each case the voiceless person was an Igbo. The story is still fresh how he visited a secondary school early one morning and the only staff attending productively to students was an Igbo lady. The principal and vice principal were not in school, most of the teachers were no where to be found. Zulum was so appreciative that after giving cash reward to the lady he also promoted her and she became principal in the school. There was another story of an Igbo couple accused of kidnapping children in Maiduguri. This followed shortly after the Kano incident. Situation report got to Zulum, he attached aides to study and get facts to him. If it was not his intervention those couples would have been killed in jail for a phantom accusation that turned out to be a false charge. In addition, while NW governors were still dilly-dallying on keeping Presidency to North, Zulum had long been an advocate of returning power to South after Buhari...and he had firmly been a pro-Tinubu.


On PDP side, the best position for Atiku would be Soludo, Ambode or.....lure Amaechi back to PDP with VP offer.

Ambode is a loyalist to core and would not abandon APC easily, not even for a rosy position as a VP, the man is very principled and transparent. Tinubu fckd up by removing him. Ambode will be a tough nut to crack but his constituency can make him switch. He loves Epe people and listens to their opinion on his political direction. Ambode could disrupt APC in Lagos and bring along dissenters in SW.

Soludo is a new governor but an experienced politician. YarAdua had put actors in place to make sure Soludo become governor but his sudden death disrupted that plan and delayed emergence of Soludo as Anambra governor.
Soludo is bright and would help Atiku succeed in areas of economy and productivity. He and Madam Ngozi, first Black and woman to head WTO, often have disagreements on monetary policies....but if Soludo ascend to VP, Madam would put those differences aside and partner with him and the Atiku administration to gain international respect and credibility.

Atiku was the head of nPDP that steered rebellious governors and party stalwarts like Amaechi to APC. Amaechi is ambitious. He is competitive but not loud. For chance to be PDP VP Amaechi will decamp back to his old party. He has huge following as the APC primary has shown. He cannot influence SW voters but he is a surety for SS and SE.

Kul3ger:
Off-thread:: Since Osibanjo lost the ‘battle’, the ‘war’ hasn't been so interesting [to me].

But last last, I go gats de OBIdient

Back to thread:: Baba de subtly hustle for V.P slot

For naija, na only petty thieves get shame. The more you steal, the more [seeming] immunity and boldness you have to ask the masses for another ‘stealing tenure’.

See them, agbayas

I beg if you must show Osho and Obaseki together in same picture find a beautiful image to include for dilution and appeal. Those two together dey strain my eyes.

DenreleDave:
I still don't get.. Are men built to work and not enjoy?

My first instance: A very popular nairalander loves to show her kids all time which is not bad but she doesn't even mention her husband.....
What baffles me most is this statement; "my money is for me and my kids"...

Does it Mean a wife cannot even treat her husband well too?

I guess this is the main reason some men ignore their wife and kids to enjoy their lives... They know that most kids grow to love their mother..

I don't blame such men.... But I don't hope to have such a wife that have the mentality of my kids and I ALONE?


2ndly, I feel most women are not happy in their marriage which is why all they live for is their kids.. The only reason why most ladies are still under the same roof is because of the kids and their lack of financial resources to stand alone... Most are just having sex, doing mommy and daddy bcoz of the kids but the true essence of marriage between has long dissappeared...

If not, in my own perception, a happily married woman should be proud of her husband. She should happily treat her husband well. She should say wonderful things about her husband.

Marriage dey fear me walahi....

A man's role is to procreate, this comes with strength. A woman's role is to nurture, it requires love. If I say more than this housewives will jump on my throat this afternoon.

I leave you to interprete.

Good job! I like what Tinubu is doing.


Who is that in green arrow?


Scatter Nigeria, I want Yoruba Nation.