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Do Igbos share a border with islamic northern Nigeria?
Will the Tiv, Idoma, Igala, Igbira (mostly Christians) and other northern ethnic groups with whom the Igbos share boarders and who have no love lost for Hausa/Fulani not be conquered first before it gets to the Igbos?

Will Igbos be sleeping, while those ones are being conquered?

jason123:
It makes you wonder, "What did Azikwe see in a united Nigeria"? Mehn, questions upon questions.

In addition to Zik, what did Awo, Gowon, the Sarduana, Obasanjo, etc see in a united Nigeria?

Rhino.5dm:
He said "Drunken Fisherman". Though i dont expect you to know what he said, since you only feed on what is coloured with ethnic bigotry.

Erm. . .3 million Igbos are urgently in need of evacuation from kano. Understand?. Yes, thesame Kano, . .you heard me rightly, that "backward northern state" called Kano with full of Almajiri. Please organize Dan Dollars Or GUO Okeke or Young shall Grow for rescue mission. Else, Boko Boyz are in short of suya meats. Looolzzzzz.

3 million Igbos in just one northern state . . .we now know who are thr real parasites.

How many Yorubas are in Kano?
How did anyone arrive at a mere 3 million Igbos in Kano? I think it is actually 9 million.

If you hated the Igbos, why did you not let them go when they left?
If you still hate them now, why not let them go now?
What is the point living with an enemy?
I for one will not live with an enemy
If I have a wife and she becomes a source of problem to me
I will either let her go or walk away myself
Nigeria and Nigerians (minus a few) are plain confused.

UK Bobo, the bloody Nigerian living in the UK and claiming to be white. BTW, white (whareva that means) is no longer fashionable.

I did not know some Lagos YORUBA people are also fishermen. And Tinubu, the asiwaju of Lagos, calls somebody from Bayesla (GEJ) a fisherman?

Makoko: Marooned In The Lagoon…
Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:00 By David Ibemere and Olushola Ricketts News - Metro
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MAKOKO slum is seldom visited by anyone from outside. [/b]It is dangerous to go in without a guide.

Living in houses built on the murky waters of the lagoon, the community of over 30,000, has over the years, endured lots hardship.

Their houses are still built on stilts stuck into the lagoon bed.

Most of the residents live in makeshift houses built with ordinary wood and zinc.

[b]According to the Baale, Chief Emmanuel Shemede, the Makoko population of over 30,000 people has been disadvantaged in nearly every way.

“We are educationally disadvantaged as not many among us have received formal education.

“My people are more concerned about feeding their families and training their children to be better fishermen and women than about going to school.

“ For most of them, sending their wards to school on the mainland is a dangerous venture and so they try as much as possible to avoid it.

“They feel the time spent in school could be better used teaching the children to fish so that they can fend for themselves and their families in the future,” Shemede said.

But gradually, things are beginning to turn around for the better for the Makoko community.

The only English-speaking school, Whayinna Nursery and Primary School, was established. (#3)

The headteacher, Noah Shemede, a brother to the Baale, told The Guardian: “Having an English-speaking school established in our community has been a dream come true.

“ It has given more children the opportunity to acquire education and learn to speak English rather than the local dialect and French.”

Shemede, who said he was the only privileged child of his family to have formal education, noted that though three years old, the school already boasts over 200 pupils with about 400 more waiting in line for admission.

“Though modern ways of life have been slow in catching up with the community, things are beginning to pick up, thanks to the Yaba Local Council that has taken keen interest in the area as well as non-governmental organizations such as Change-A-Life which has also sustained its interest in the plight of the community.”

Worried by the constant threat of malaria to residents of the community, Change-A-Life, has touched the lives of the residents, especially nursing mothers and pregnant women with their bi-annual Malaria Prevention Campaign in Makoko Water Community.

It was a carnival-like atmosphere as Change-A-Life visited the community with medical doctors and peer educators who talked to residents of Makoko about the dangers of Malaria, how it can be prevented, and the advantages of using Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN).

“Chief Shemede, in appreciation, thanked the body, saying: “Today is a happy day for me and the entire community. Though we receive visitors once in a while, never before have we had this number of insecticide nets as we are experiencing today.”

“Asked if he would like the community to be relocated, he said: “No, we do not want to be relocated because we are fishermen by profession, and we need a riverine area to dwell in.

We implore the government of Lagos State to provide the community with bigger and better-equipped hospitals and health centres to enable our women and children have access to proper healthcare.

“We need facilities to clean the waters and reduce the rate of malaria and other ailments in the community. We also need bigger schools, up to the secondary level because nobody knows if the next Lagos State Governor will come from this area”, he added.

Other things, which the Baale said the community needed include bigger boats and life jackets for the fishermen.

The Executive Director of Change-A-Life Foundation, Ms. Jumoke Giwa, said Change-A-Life is borrowing a leave from the Millennium Development Goals, which seek the reduction of child and maternal mortality due to malaria parasite.

“One common disease threatening the inhabitants of Makoko, is malaria. This is as a result of the humid and aquatic nature of the environment.”

Ms. Giwa went further to state that this year Change-A-Life plans to visit other rural areas to spread the word on the malaria parasite and also distribute Insecticide Treated Nets to the communities.

She added, “We are committed to changing lives and bringing succor to the less-privileged; although the 100 nets distributed is a far cry from the number needed, with the help of other organizations and group more lives will be touched.”

“The Change-A-Life Project intervenes in the lives of people with potentials, yet in great need. Its objective is to act as a bridge between the most needy people and the people, agencies and organizations that have the capacity to help and are willing to help these people.”

Makoko women expressed their appreciation to the group

One of them, Mrs. Kadija Abum, said she and her three- year-old baby had been at the mercy of mosquitoes:

“Though we know the meaning of malaria, we could not prevent it , ”

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74498:makoko-marooned-in-the-lagoon&catid=3:metro&Itemid=558

Separate the damn country now. They want a sharia country and have shown their seriousness to attain that objective by felling a lot of southerners, with no punishment meted to anyone yet. So why not allow them have it?

From all indications, southerners (Igbo, Yoruba, Ijaw, Edo, Ibibio, etc) are a confused set of humans: one is waiting for the other to make the first move.

What will the North do if GEJ declares that the south is pulling out? Get the North out first and then we (the south) can sit down and talk about the way going forward, at least not with bombs and cudgels (like the North is wont to do), but with our senses.


So far all the those killed by BH have been inconsequential people in the larger realm of things in Naija politics. Perhaps when one big man is downed, southerners will begin to reason with their heads.

Na so so mouth we southerners get. Ojukwu would be turning in his grave now wanting to get up and do something.

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Ranks007:
I believe the Enugu State Governor won't be so mumuish to set up a Ten man committee to see his funeral done just li[b]ke his abia counterpart did when Sam Loco Efe died![/b]

May his gentle soul RIP. But where did you read that from? You are wrong; prove yourself right and earn 100 USD.

O ti bere ni yen

So Yorubas are also killed in the North? I thought they said only Igbos are.

I have no relation in the North even from the 4th generation. My younger sister was deployed for NYSC there mid last year. I pulled the strings from here and she was redeployed immediately. I or any of my relations will not cross River Benue (not even Abuja) for any reason. The ones in Lagos are already selling off.

I am a strong advocate of Igbos investing in Igboland.

Igbo Made Yorubas Lose Election In Kano State
« on: March 10, 2011, 03:00 AM »

The political permutation of the Yoruba resident in Sabo-Gari, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State failed them in the just-concluded local government election in the state. Kola Oyelere reports that the Igbo in the community were the beneficiaries of the loss which is now causing ripples among the Yoruba.

SABO-GARI is a well known area in the ancient city of Kano. It was exclusively carved out by the host community several years back for people regarded as non-indigenes. It has been in existence for long under Fagge Local Government Area of the state.


Most people resident in this area are Igbo, Yoruba, the South-South people as well as some Northern minority ethnic srock like people from Kogi State, Benue State, Plateau State, Southern Kaduna and a host of others. Towards the end of his first tenure of four years, Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, appointed three non-indigenes as special advisers on intercommunity relations. This position was spread across three blocs. Alhaji Adebayo Adeniyi Mikail represented the South West; Chief Chris Azuka, the South East; and Dr. Ahmed Salahudeen, an Ebira from Kogi State, represented the minority tribes from the North.


The gesture was hailed especially by non-indigenes resident in the state as a development that would make them feel the impact of government as well as make government know the problems they faced. The position given to non-indigenes really assisted in stabilising peace in no small measure. It not only gave the non-indigenes room to express their feelings, but also brought them various financial assistance from the government. It is on record that a segment of the community of non-indigenes, through Alhaji Mikail, got funds from the state government to assist either in renovation or completion of their mosques, while others were given buses. Some hajj slots were also benefitted from the government.


When Malam Shekarau got re-elected, to the delight of the non-indigenes, he re-appointed the special advisers. However, recent development, especially as regards the last local government election in the state, is causing ripples within members of the non-indigene community in the state. Before the election, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) members in the state felt that the best way for the party to capture the two seats in Fagge Local Government Area was to present common candidates who would have the backing of every tribe or, at least, reflect the arrangement in the previous election in which the Igbo and Yoruba shared the seats .


Sabo-Gari, Under Fagge Local Government, has two councillorship seats which are Sabo-Gari West and East. During the first tenure of Malam Shekarau, the two seats were shared between the ANPP and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While an Igbo emerged candidate for ANPP in the East, a Yoruba got the West. But the popular view at the beginning of Shekarau’s second term was that the ANPP should capture the two seats. Those who were of this view expressed the belief that it would show their appreciation to his administration over its encouragement of peaceful co-existence of tribes in the state during his first tenure.


Investigations revealed that politicians from two blocs in the ANPP; the Yoruba and the Igbo, entered into an agreement that since the Igbo had produced the candidate for Sabo-Gari East, the Yoruba should produce that of Sabo-Gari West as previous elections had always gone along this arrangemet. However, unknown to the Yoruba, a member of the House of Representatives hsd a contrary plan which he had allegedly been making underground.


It was disclosed that the lawmaker, who was allegedly nursing moves to undemine Shekarau’s powers, believing that the governor constituted an impediment to his governorship ambition in 2011, decided to use the councillorship seat allocated to the Yoruba to settle a political score. He was reported to have said that the Yoruba might campaign against him in support of Shekarau’s candidate ”because of a Yoruba man very close to the governor.


He then told the aspirant to the Igbo slot not to go into any alliance. He also reportedly directed his foot soldiers to ensure that a primary election was conducted to elect his candidate for Sabo-Gari West, having equipped them financially and promised them tangible positions if they should ensure the failure of the Yoruba aspirant, Alhaji Abduljelili Soga, to emerge. Eventually, his candidate emerged for Sabo-Gari West, thus paving the way for the Igbo to grab the two seats.


However, the President General, Yoruba Community in Kano, Dr. Jimpat Aiyelangbe, wrote a letter dated October 29, 2007 to the state chairman of the ANPP, Alhaji Sani Hotoro. Entitled: “ANPP Councillorship in West Ward of Sabo-Gari”, the letter complained of the emergence of candidate of a single tribe for the two councillorship seats “despite the gentleman agreement previously reached.”


Aiyelangbe said the ward was the only one won by the PDP in 2003 and that it was won by a Yoruba politician. “This will give you an idea about the majority held by the Yoruba in that ward. “After the kindness shown all the communities in Sabo-Gari by Governor Shekarau, everyone should be given the opportunity to reciprocate. I know that you are an able, honest and just chairman. Please rectify this issue before the end of the time limit.” he said. The letter was also copied to state governor and party state secretary, but nothing was done to rectify what the letter portrayed as at then. Even, another group, Yoruba Political Forum, (YPF), headed by Alhaji Ahmed Oni, had written to the state ANPP chairman complaining that even the position of supervisory coucillor promised the Yoruba had also gone to the Igbo.


Findings revealed that despite the fact that notable non-indigenes resident in the state sent emissaries to the ‘powerful lawmaker’ to implore him on the need to see reason with the planned allocation of the position of supervisory councilor to another tribe, he had been unbending. He was alleged to have said that his goals had been achieved and that he had cleared his opponents “by having full control of Fagge under my armpit.”


However, if the lawmaker should be blamed for scuttling the chances of the Yoruba in Sabo-Gari West, what would one say to the Yoruba themselves? It was clear that they would have won the election, but due to greed, selfishness and over-ambition, the three Yoruba candidates of three different political parties; Seyi Oloruntola of the Action Congress (AC); Alhaji Musibau Morindoti of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP); and Samuel Fadeyi of the PDP, saw no reason to forge a common front and support one of them to victory. They went out like a house divided against itself and lost collectively.


According to a member of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Mr. Femi Adegoroye, had the candidates joined forces in support of one candidate, the election would have reflected different results. He said when the results were announced, Oloruntola got 221 votes, Morindoti got 285, while Fadeyi had 271. The ANPP candidate, Chibuzo Onyeaso, polled 670. Adegoroye added that “a concensus candidate among the three Yoruba men could have polled 777 to defeat the woman elected on the platform of the ANPP, Mrs. Onyeaso.”
He said no one could blame the Igbo community for what happened, adding that rather, “the Yoruba who failed to read the handwriting on the wall were to be blamed.


He said the Yoruba had to wait for another three or four years when another election is expected to be held. He said the question that should be agitating their minds was if they had learnt the mistakes now and were determined to correct it in future. Gladly, it has been learnt that it was not over yet for the Yoruba. The peace-loving governor of the state, Malam Shekarau, would find a way of thrusting some “good things” towards them, because, as a source who asked not to be named put it “he believes in fairness and justice.”

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-620431.0.html

Yoruba poulation in Kano is large enough to compete with Igbos for elective positions.

Yoruba in Kano tasked on unity

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Written by Kola Oyelere Tuesday, 20 September 2011 Notice the year
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THE life patron of Yoruba Association in Kano  State, Alhaji Ganiyu Akanbi Bello , has called on Yoruba residents in the state to be united and guard against any act capable of causing unnecessary political bickering among them

He also urged them not to forget their home town, as according to him,  there is no place like home, hence the need to save for the rainy days.

Making the assertion, while speaking with the Community News in Kano , Alhaji Bello, said whatever your differences, be it religion or tribe they should remember that they all belong to the Oduduwa family .

Bello, who admonished  them to be their brother’s keeper, said ‘’we are here in Kano today, nobody knows where Allah would take us tomorrow.’’

He, however, tasked them to always contribute their quota to the development of the society, saying wherever one finds him/herself, was to the knowledge of Almighty Allah.

Bello then called on the wealthy individuals among the Yoruba to use their wealth to assist their fellow human beings, saying this became imperative because God knows the reason He made them to be rich.

He also called on members of the National Assembly to look inward by addressing the economic hardship the people were  facing.

Bello, charged all elected lawmakers in the National Assembly to see themselves as one, irrespective of political affiliations, making sure the Yoruba were not relegated to the background.

‘’It behaves on them to make sure they lobby for the creation of another state from the present Oyo state, as its realisation would help in bringing government nearer to the people.

So after killing 100s of Yorubas in kano and others fled, the Yorubas still went back to the North?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/405118.stm

1999 World: Africa [b]notice the year[/b]

Yorubas flee Kano after fighting



Hundreds of Yoruba people are reported to be seeking transport out of the northern Nigerian city of Kano, which has been rocked by ethnic fighting since the weekend.



The BBC's Barnaby Phillips: Police admit they lack manpower
Thousands more Yorubas - who are an ethnic minority in the Hausa-dominated north - are said to be sheltering at police stations and military barracks in the city, fearing further attacks.

Police have announced that a police station was attacked during riots on Sunday night.

Press reports said many people had been killed in a stampede as those seeking shelter - most of them Yorubas - fled the attackers.

Police sources say at least 70 people have died in the recent conflict between Yorubas and Hausas - Nigeria's two largest ethnic groups.

The city is now reported to be calm, after troops were called out to help quell the fighting.

BBC Nigeria Correspondent Barnaby Phillips says the extent of the violence is clear in the northern suburbs of Kano, where many Yoruba-owned shops, houses and cars have been burnt and destroyed.

Hospitals are treating injured members of both ethnic groups. Some of the victims bear gruesome machete wounds.

The police have blamed the violence on what they call hooligans, driven more by the desire to loot than by ethnic hostility.

Regional dominance

Hausas are the largest community in Kano, northern Nigeria's largest city, while Yorubas dominate the south-west of the country.

But both regions contain substantial minorities.

Most Yorubas are Christian, while Hausas are mainly Muslim.

Tension between the Hausas and Yorubas has been high since fighting in the southern city of Sagamu 10 days ago, in which at least 50 people died.

After the fighting in Sagamu, which is in a predominantly Yoruba area, many Hausa people fled to Kano, adding to the tensions there.

Fighting broke out in Kano on Thursday, and flared up again on Sunday after Yorubas began venturing out of the police stations and barracks where they had sought refuge.

Jenifa_:
what a silly thread. are they held hostage?
besides, there isn't a tangible number of yorubas up there as there are igbos.

Another self-denying, decrepit liar enters the stage.

sheyguy:
If u and your likes dont feel inferior why chase yorubas all over NL. Yoruba this Yoruba that u no dey tire?

I cant believe you are talking about chasing people around on NL? You of all people? Remember what I told you a few days back?

Igbos have a fair idea of how many Igbos have been killed in the North. This is because we care and make some ''noise'' about it. Yorubas do not know how many of their people have died because they simply don't care and live in denial while their people are being slaughtered.

Following the attack, many Yoruba women and children took refuge in Bukavu Barracks, NAF Base, Police Headquarters and divisional police stations. After receiving assurance of their safety and security from the state governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and the state Commissioner of Police, most refugees returned home. Their return was short-lived as another violence broke-out the next day spreading to other outskirts and satellite towns like Rijiyar-Lemo, Kurna Asabe, Bachirawa. A big storied building known as Gidan Dan Buzu in Gwammaja quarters owned by a Kano Business man was completely razed down because Yoruba people occupied it.
For three days, Kano was held hostage by these rampaging youths. The Police reported 20 killed, while the media reported between 30 and 50 killed. Eyewitness and Hospital sources believe that [b]about 200 Yoruba people might have been killed in the crisis. [/b]Hundreds of people were injured while properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed.

http://hussainiabdu.info/mydocs/Ethno-religious%20Crisis%20in%20Northern%20Nigeria.pdf

Jos crisis: We lost all say Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, Yoruba   
Written by Chioma Gabriel, (Deputy Editor, Lagos,) Taye Obateru, Jos, Uduma Kalu, Lagos   
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Igbos: Spare parts, timber shed, motor market, shops burnt*

Hausa: N2bn worth of cars *

Yoruba: 113 lives,house, businesses lost


All Nigerians, not just natives of Jos, capital of Plateau state, were victims of the last  November 27 described by the people as the worst ever in the city investigations have revealed.

Yet, another crisis may erupt in the city as the victims count their losses. To nip this in the bud, the victims are asking the federal and the state governments to come to their aid.

A survey of the city last Thursday by Saturday Vanguard indicates that the fear now is that the level of loss suffered by people may  lead to another crisis at the slightest excuse. They are therefore crying out for assistance.

Some of those asking for help are the Igbo, Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba and Benue citizens. Regrettably, most of the victims who were killed knew nothing about what went amiss.

A young man who lived around Rikkos area lost his life when the Hausa community burnt his house.

When asked to leave his house as a crowd was gathering because of the local government elections, the young man asked why he should run when he was not a politician and had nothing to do with the election. The house was burnt by the assailants. His young wife  and kids are now without a bread winner.

Many more examples abound of how people died innocently in the mayhem while those who managed to escape with their lives lost life investments and other property. For a number of others, it was multiple tragedies as they lost children, homes and business places all to the crisis.

Homes, shops, cars and other economic property were burnt, or destroyed on both sides in retaliatory moves designed to inflict as much pain as possible. Stories were told of when groups saw the destruction done to their own property or economic interests also mobilized and descended on those belonging to those believed to be responsible for their own loss.

The riot began along political party lines but took  ethno-religious dimension later, resulting in the death of over 500 people, with properties worth billions of naira burnt,  looted and destroyed.

And it is not only natives of the city that are counting their losses but all Nigerian of all ethnic groups.

That all Nigerian were victims of the loss could be gleaned from Laranto Market, hitherto a perfect setting of Nigerians from various parts, who together pursued their economic interests without let or hindrance.

This largest timber market, mostly run by the Igbo, also had the second hand clothing and large scale foodstuff business run by the Hausa-Fulani, the building materials shops,  run by the Igbo as well as the palm oil, small-scale foodstuff business, etc, which was a mix of Nigerians made the  place popularly known as ‘Katako’ bubble.

The Igbo also suffered serious losses in the crisis because many of their shops and businesses were targeted by the hoodlums during the riot. Apart from the timber shed in Katako which was completely razed, the second hand vehicle parts market at Farin Gada where they sold vehicle engines, spare parts and other things was attacked, torched and looted. Many of their shops in other places were also not spared.

Today, Laranto Market is now reduced to rubbles, more like an open field, as it was razed down and levelled in what could be described as mutually assured destruction or what in Nigerian parlance is called ‘do me, I do you’. It was learnt that victims of initial attacks fought back to ensure that they all suffered the pain.

Saturday Vanguard also gathered that the recent Jos  mayhem was worse than the September 7, 2001 version in terms of human and economic loss.

“The one that occurred in 2001 is nowhere near this. Many more lives were lost in this one and more property and businesses were destroyed”, Jude Sylvester, a businessman told Saturday Vanguard.

His view was supported by Mrs. Roseline Okonkwo, a petty trader at the destroyed Laranto market who said many businesses might have been permanently ruined unless assistance comes from government or from other quarters.

“Where do we begin from? Even the little money we had was left in the store and all were either burnt or looted. We have not even paid for some of the goods we collected that were destroyed. I don’t want to think about it”; she said amidst sobs.

Calls for compensation have been coming from various quarters to assist the victims to start life again.

Chairman of the second hand vehicle dealers association, Alhaji Yahaya Kega who said his members lost vehicles worth almost N2b in the mayhem urged both the Federal and State governments to come to their aid in view of the incalculable loss they suffered. The timber dealers in Laranto have also made a similar appeal.

Perhaps most pathetic is the situation of the Yoruba who got caught on all fronts of the divide and suffered heavy human and business losses in the crisis. Since the crisis took a religious dimension, the Yoruba who are almost equally divided along both religious lines were attacked from both sides.

Christian and Moslem Yoruba alike were attacked, killed and had their houses and property burnt.

According to President-General of the Yoruba Community Council in the state, Chief Toye Ogushuyi, the losses suffered by his people were heavy.   About 113 Yorubas, he said, lost their lives in the recent crisis.

He stated this at a meeting between Governor Jonah Jang and community and religious leaders on Wednesday saying most of their corpses have been taken to their states for burial.

With tears in their eyes, including the state Deputy Governor, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, Ogunshuyi narrated how his people were hacked down or burnt over a crisis they knew nothing about.

He said many of the victims were caught unawares because their assailants wore military uniforms. He said Yorubas were peace loving adding,“We have been carrying out legitimate businesses in Jos since 1891 and we built the first church in Jos but we have been living peacefully without fighting to rule Jos”.

The Yoruba leader said those who unleashed the violence should be identified and punished to restore the confidence of people in government’s ability to protect lives and property.

“We, the Yorubas, have suffered a great loss. Like I said at the meeting with the governor, over a 100 and something of our people have died, and they are both Moslems and Christians.

Houses and businesses were destroyed and right now we are collating the losses of our people to be sent to the governors of the Yoruba states for possible assistance. An elderly man of 72 years Alhaji Hassan had his house and business places burnt.

Another elderly Yoruba, Alhaji Alasinrin also lost four shops where he sold grains completely razed. This is not to talk of those who were killed indiscriminately whether they were Christians or Moslems,” he told Saturday Vanguard in an interview.

Ogunsuyi expressed disappointment with some members of the National Assembly whom he said had been making emotional outbursts based on ignorance and bias as if only a particular ethnic group or religion was affected.

“They should come here and see what our people suffered before making provocative statements that will only cause more problems,” he said.

As the crisis lasted in Jos, the nation was also seized by tension. Last Thursday, newly elected president of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Ralph Uwechue, in a telephone interview with Saturday Vanguard said the group is trying to get inventory of the Igbo affected by the crisis as it does not know the extent Igbo were affected in the mayhem.

Uwechue who served as both ex President Olusegun  Obasanjo’s Special Envoy on Conflict Resolution in Africa and as Head of the Economic Community of West African States Mission in Cote d’Ivoire (ECOMICI) said the group has therefore despatched some people to Jos, through various Igbo groups to take inventory of Igbo involvement in the crisis.

He added that Ohanaeze will decide on what action to take on the matter once the inventory is made, adding that the Igbo should project a common cause, and not to act on individual basis in the new dispensation.


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-205394.0.html

As we speak 1000s of Yoruba still reside in Jos.

Shagamu Reprisal Attack
This is one of the first crises since the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. While the previous crisis could be associated with military authoritarianism and their manipulation of ethnic and religious identity to enhance their continue hold on to power, the transition to civil governance has not change the character of violence in the country.
On the 22nd of July 1999, Hausa youths consisting almajirai, Yan’daba and other unemployed and social miscreants launched a reprisal attack on Yoruba community in response to the three days mayhem that led to several deaths and displacements involving some Hausa and Yoruba in Sagamu, Ogun state.
The movement of displaced victims from Sagamu, particularly children and women many of whom had lost their bread- winners was what resulted to the crisis. The victims of Sagamu riot were transported in large trucks and off-loaded in Konar Gogau, between Fagge and Kofar Wambai. In retaliation hundreds of rampaging Youths trouped to the street razing down several houses and compounds. Many commercial drivers were forced to disembark Yoruba commuters for instant justice, properties worth millions of Naira were looted and many lives lost and injuries of varying degrees were sustained. Unlike the previous crises, Sabon Gari was not affected; instead it became a safe heaven for Yorubas who trooped in there for refuge.

http://hussainiabdu.info/mydocs/Ethno-religious%20Crisis%20in%20Northern%20Nigeria.pdf

Negro_Ntns:
. . . .ibo feeling vulnerable and looking for approval and co-victim.   checked!

What happened in 2001 in the North?
How many Yorubas were killed in retaliation for hausa/fulani deaths in Sagamu and Ketu?

http://www.nigerianbestforum.com/blog/?p=104187

Non Nigerians in Lagos flee SW

It was gathered that the aliens from Niger Republic and Chad, who engage in menial jobs, ranging from operating commercial motorcycle, shoe mending and security guards, are startled by telephone text messages that members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) are planning to attack Hausa in Lagos, to avenge the killing of Yoruba in the North by Boko Haram.
One of them said that their decision to make haste while the sun shines was in order not to be caught in crossfire, as people mistake them for Hausas from the North. The panic stricken Nigeriens told Saturday Sun in Pidgin English that since Boko Haram asked northerners living in the South to come back to the North while southerners living in the North should return to their areas, they have been following development. According to him, they have heard that northerners in Igboland are going back to the respective states and therefore, they would be foolish to remain in Nigeria.

The best path is for all Igbos to relocate and find something to do like I enumerated in a previous thread

Saturday Sun gathered that women and children of northern origin have been sent home for safety, while the men (Husbands) remain to monitor the situation.
Suya sellers of northern origin were seen at their business posts at Ama Hausa and the Central Mosque area. At Mbaise Road/Douglas Junction Owerri, Saturday Sun observed some Hausa youths selling their wares.

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Speaking to Saturday Sun, Hausa Nuhu, a trader, expressed worry over the activities of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
He said: “We have been living peaceful with the natives over 30 years without any disturbances and one cannot understand this ugly situation. We want the government to arrest the ugly situation, so that we will continue to live in harmony with our neighbours.
“It is a pity that one will begin to maintain two families at these hard times. We should start to learn how to tolerate each other and this unprovoked attacks by the Boko Haram are uncalled for.”

Mallam Maggai Mohamed, a father of seven, said he has no option but to remain Owerri, to continue his lace business in order to feed his family.
“To me, I believe I have no problem with anybody in area having lived here for more than 40 years. It will not be easy for me to adjust if I relocated to my home state, Sokoto State. The Igbo have been accommodating and we are pleading with them not to embark on any reprisal attack.
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From all indications, muslims in the North have a problem with Igbos living in the North. But Igbos have no problem with muslims living in Igboland

The Hausa/Fulani leaving the East were asked if they would like to return and they said yes.

Do some googling, people.

Negro_Ntns:
. . . you are ibo, you can't understand the why, even if it was explained to you from now till christmas.

You are a fo/ol. Show me the Yoruba that has adapted anywhere they live outside Yorubaland. I even gave the Yoruba muslims the benefit of the doubt, but I exaggerated. How many Yoruba muslims lead prayers in Northern Nigeria? How many of them adapt to Igbo, American, UK, Ijaw, etc culture where they live? Yoruba problem is living a life of denial. There is nothing on earth that goes wrong with you that you accept responsibility for. We will keep whipping your backside until you change.

Ubah himself also will expose the others. Unless he is a mugu which his photo does not indicate he is.

banku:
I think there is a feeling that Yoruba are not that much of a threat in the North. They respect their hosts and even adapt. So there is a false sense of security. Many even refused to go back to the North after each crisis, so there are less of them after each of the crisis. It does not mean they should not be evacuated in time like this.

It must be pointed out that Yoruba Youth Service Corps were evacuated promtly.

There are probably more Yorubas in the North than Igbos. And the statement in bold is only partially correct for Muslim Yorubas. Christian Yorubas adapt nada. But why should you adapt to another culture? The Hausa/Fulani in Igboland (and am sure elsewhere in the south) still live their normal lives. Nigerians in the USA still eat their akpu and amala.

Obiagu1:
Are you surprised?

Surprised? That is a daily occurence in Yaribaland.

bashr8:
This is not the time for ethnic bashing remember we are talking of Christians and fellow southerners here, am just curious maybe someone from southwest can tell us why nobody is doing anything about it, yesterday about 10 buses came from Ph and warri plus other contributions to move southers put from north to less volatile areas for now but am yet to see any effort from yorubas

The Yorubas claim only Igbos are being killed in the North. If that claim is correct, why do they need to evacuate their people?