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The metal cables on the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge is for reinforcement and NOT for fancy or fashion.

oyonu:
Seriously, our government are scammed na. Even the ikoyi bridge is never a suspension bridge, it's not held by the suspension cables but by piers under the bridge: the cables are just for fancy in my opinion.

I always laugh each time I see this fly over with the cracks and the funny clippers meant to make it look like a suspended bridge.

LegendHero:
Lol. Is that a suspension bridge like someone claimed?

This Governor is a comedian and I think they love mediocrity over there.

So he just built a bridge, then add something that look like suspension to scam his people that he build a suspension bridge.

Or maybe it’s just for fashion tho.

How exactly does this write up concern Tinubu?

The Movement for the Actualization of Democracy (MAD) boys who hijacked the plane in 1993 weren't members of NADECO.

National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was formed in 1992 long before the Jun-12 election to force the Babangida military Junta to honour it's promise to return Nigeria to democratic rule and include prominent non-Yorubas like Commondore Dan Sulaimon, Authur Nwankwo, Ndubuisi Kanu, Pa Alfred Rewane, Frank Kokori etc.

The Babangida and Abacha military juntas were illegal self imposed governments who arrested, jailed or even killed anyone that opposed their existence or harshly criticized their policies without regards for the rule of law.

Deepthoughts:
did you listened to the broadcast of Radio kudirat at all?,are you were that the guys that hijacked a plane in 1993 n were deceived into landing it at ndjamena Chad were part of the struggle to actualize june12?,if the activities of NADECO N RADIO KUDIRAT were not a threat why were NADECO Leaders arrested and detained while many ran into exile n why was Radio kudirat operating secretly?, although the past is gone but it's important for justice to be done.

You so much cherish propanganda and like to shift the goal posts after I have debunked your falsehoods.


In buikd up to the 1999 APP, convection the leading presidential aspirants were Dr Olusola Saraki (who was shouting that he was a bridge between the North and the South), Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Gamaliel Onosode, Bode Olajumoke.

At the Kaduna convection of the party, however the presidential primaries didn't hold but the APP Chairman , the late Sen Mahmud Waziri announced that Dr Ogbonnaya Onu who was never in the presidential race has been chosen as an interim presidential candidate peddling the finalization of their alliance with the AD.

The APP/AD alliance was never allowed by INEC but the Politicians circumvented the bottleneck by reaching a comprise with this sharing formula;

APP=> Vice Presidential candidate (Shinkafi).

AD=> Presidential candidate (Falae).

Both were adopted to contest under the APP to meet INEC guidelines.







Anyway, feel free to use the same behind the scene moves to cede power to the S/East in 2023.

Anago55:
. You believe this now?

So you think there was no behind the scenes agreement to cede the power to Southwest including the opposition parties to field westerners only? Ogbonnaya Onu was even forced to step down to pave way for Falae's emergence in the opposition party

Anyway, believe in your own lies if it makes you feel alright

You can belong to any ethnic group you like but that doesn't change the truth which we ought to uphold.


Where and how did NADECO or Radio threatened Nigeria?

The two organizations were campaigning against Abacha military Junta and de-annulement of the Jun-12 election.




I am in 200% in support of an Igbo candidate becoming the president but NOT in support of revisionism and deliberate distortion of events that happened as recent as 1998-1999.

Deepthoughts:
look I'm not igbo matter e fact I'm from the NC, but it amazes me that people like you feel so unconcerned n in fact happy that a strategic part of the country is been sidelined,after the injustice done to Abiola in 1992 the SW formed NADECO N RADIO KUDIRAT n tormented the country but the whole country accept that an injustice has been done hence even the conservative north saw the signs n the SW was compensated in 1999,why can't this be done for the SE?

Obasanjo was released from prison by Abdulsalam Abubakar in July,1998 around the same time the PDP was registered as a Political party, eventhough members of the G-34 who transformed into the PDP has been active in the politics of the country a little earlier.



Obasanjo who chosen ahead of others because the Norther power brokers (the largest power block in the then PDP) trusted him more than others, having worked together during the Military rule.


Nwobodo even refused to step down for Ekwueme and splitted the votes of the S/East.

Anago55:
. How then did Obasanjo who just returned from the prison few months to the election got chosen ahead of Ekwueme and Nwobodo who are the co-funders and sponsors of the party?

tell me the magic he performed to clinch the ticket

you afonjas are not stable with the truth

Please name the Igboman that running for the presidency in 2023 (not just an Igboman in which APC) which the Yorubas are to support in APC .

lexxwiz:
I quote again. “Igbos supported Obj a Yoruba man”. What is stopping you from supporting an Igbo man in APC? Like I told you, greed is all that I see here. It will consume!!!!

“If war can be started by lies, they can be stopped by truth”

Lies from the pit of hell .

The BOT of the PDP haven't been constituted in 1998, few months after the party was formed.


Ekwueme, Jim Nwobodo, Don Etiebet, Philip Asiodu and Graham Douglas all bought forms and campaigned vigorously at the convention to convince the delegates to vote for them.

Nwobodo even addressed the convention in Hausa language, to convince the Norther delegates that he will protect their Interests.

Anago55:
. Ekwueme contested for formalities

The BOT already gave the ticket to Obasanjo whom they picked from the trashbin

Then go for it and stop disturbing the rest of us.

ludd2018:
So Nnamdi kanu is doing the right thing. He is fighting the right course. Main stream Igbos are with Nk . All we want is Biafra

You have to work towards your success and not to be threatening your neighbours, family, friends and even your enemies to work and ensure your success.

Ojiofor:
We are not just going to contest rather we are contesting to win in 2023.The rest of the country should make it happen.

Is any Yoruba man stopping you from contesting the presidential election?

lexxwiz:
Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa.

The south has an advantage to have 2 presidents before the north.

Yoruba’s, you all have to support the igbos to rule. If you narrow it down to just North and south, we have successfully cheated ourselves down south.

Eliminate greed guys, you must find the inner strength to fight greeD.

but then, if the push comes to shove, igbos don’t like to be cheated, they’ll 100% fight back trust me. Anyhow you look at it, it will end in tears except the south comes together.

Yoruba, this is your turn to support igbos. Igbos gave OBJ 100% support. They are asking you to reciprocate.

This na democracy o but then, we know that our own democracy has been faulty from day1.

Embrace peace..

“War does not determine who is RIGHT, only who is LEFT”

My 2 cents.

You are just betraying your frustration online.

Yorubas didn't commit anything against the Igbos and the Igbos didn't commit anything against the Yorubas.
Each tribe is trying to protect it's own interests.


The Awolowo Family is already a blessed family and the name still open many doors till tomorrow.

The incumbent Vice President is Awolowo's grandson in-law and his Newspaper company , The Nigerian Tribune (Est. 1949) is the oldest surviving Newspapers in Nigeria and about the only indigenous company on the NSE being ran by 3rd Generation Nigerians.

He who God has already blessed, you can not curse.

You should work hard to leave a great legacy for your descendants so your name can open doors for them too.

Franklinn1:
Yorubas are more illiterate than the Northerners, they're always played by the north like football.. Yoruba will regret the atrocities they committed against the igbos.. It shall never be well with Awolowo and family

You are making a very wrong assumption and replying to the wrong post.



I am a Yoruba man.

basybasy:
Be deceiving ur self. APC ticket is going to Swest. Tell ur people to lobby pdp's ticket. Leave Swest alone. Face ur political misfortune. It is ibo's arrogance that is affecting ibo, go and check history.

Is any body saying they should not contest?
Or you wish an Igboman should just be appointed as the President?

Deepthoughts:
The truth is the igbos made a couple of terrible mistakes in 1966 through nzeogwu n Ironsi but so has other parts of the country also made mistakes up till now,the circle should not continue, let's find a middle ground to put the past behind n solidify our country for peace progress n unity, it's only fare for the presidency to go to the igbos in 2023.

And who or what exactly is stopping the Igbos from holding the presidency?

Deepthoughts:
I'm not igbo but let's be realistic,I remember vividly after 1992 the yorubas formed NADECO RADIO KUDIRAT n tormented Nigeria yet in 1999 they were compensated,let the igbos too hold the presidency for once, igbos stand to loss more if they should start any problem in the country n I'm very certain they will never do such.

Indomie generation spotted.

The SDP contested in 1993 and was dissolved in Nov,1993.

The 1999 election was APP (Olu FAlae/Shinkafi) Vs PDP (Obasanjo/Atiku).

Ezemust:
u still dont get it:in 2023 pdp and apc MUST have two igbos contesting against each other.in 99 pdp and sdp was the major parties,their tow slot was yoruba.simple agreement.in 2007 pdp and anpp was still the major parties,their two slot was in the north.everybody was happy.in 2023 any other thing is a shady biznes

Bros, OBJ contested the PDP Primaries and won.

Let an Igbo contest and win the the same PDP primaries, rally round him and he will win.

The political future of the Igbos is NOT tied to the S/West

Anago55:
. Did Southwest not play this kind of politics in 1999 when Obasanjo was picked from the trashbin to compensate you bittersouls?

What were your investment in the party to deserve PDP ticket

Igbophobe is real

Both contested and won.


Nobody was given any ticket because 'they deserved it'

UdechiHD:
The SW won’t answer the question? Or rather, what did Atiku do to deserve the 2019 PDP ticket?

At the PDP 1998 Jos convection,the following people contested for the party's ticket;

Olusegun Obasanjo

Alex Ekwueme

Jim Nwobodo

Don Etiebet

Graham Douglas

Philip Asiodu.



There has never been any presidential primaries in which only members of one tribes/Geopolitical zone participated.

Anago55:
. Preacher preach on!

we didn't hear any of these sermons when Obasanjo was picked from the trashbin to compensate you bittersouls

hypocrite

igbophobe is real

Explain what you mean by'the contest should just be a mere formality'?

Are you suggesting that your opponents shouldn't take the election serious enough for you to win or what?

Actions have consequences.
When you were shouting 'I am Atikulated' and 'Back to Daura' in 2019, did you know that 2023 is your turn or the gods just revealed it to you?

Will 2023 still be your turn,if your preferred candidate, Atiku had won 2019 election?

Ezemust:
in 99 the whole nigeria know it was south west turn.ekwueme contesting the primary with obj was a mere formarlity.obj major oponent was olu falae.everybody agread and peace reigned.in 2007 it was turn of the north.many pple contested but the all abide to their agreement.the igbos have been queit coz we know our real turn is 2023.we will contest with other nigerians and just like 99 and 007 the contest should just be a mere formality.other wise nigeria is playing a shady game

Try to convince Atiku to step down for Peter Obi so an Igbo candidate can get the PDP ticket and contest.

But if you are all shouting 'I am Atikulated' in Feb 2023 and now shouting Biafra or death in March, 2023 because you didn't clinch the vice presidential post you bargained for, nobody will take you serious.

UdechiHD:
This is the truth that a lot of people are joking with. 2023 will make or mar the country. The unity of this country is in the hands of the Igbos.

Who was supposed to feed those children abinitio?

VLTA:
Can not be compared to starving of little children to the point of marasmus and nearly exterminating a tribe

By contesting with others.

Anago55:
. Remind me how Southwest took theirs in 1999

Boko Haram will be a child's play in YOUR REGION.

You can destroy your cities and States if you like but when the Government respond to this your threat , don't start calling on Trump, UN or ICC.

Ezemust:
The 2023 election will be a historic one.it will make or mar Nigeria.the eastern elite are just waiting patiently for the d day to take dia position.i believe igbo presidency will calm alot of things down and the biafra agitation will naturaly die away.but if nigeria try to play any shady game in 2023 then boko haram will be a child play

But you are the ones always coming online calling Nigerians from a certain region of the country 'slaves'.

Whiteangel1234:
Biafra Agitation will take a very dangerous angle after 2023 if igbos are deny the President .. We cannot be a slave and our children slave in Nigeria better everything scatter to your tent oh israel

You are right but a good number and activities of aspirants from the S/East will it difficult to ignore the region in whatever political calculation the parties take.




However, going by the feelings from the PDP, the party will not give It's ticket to the S/East. Gov Wike's interview on Channel T.V Sunrise programme on Sept 04, 2020 was a pointer to that.

EagleNest:
Yes, but the direction the party wants to tow is very important as regards aspirants and votes. This will save time and money. Such an early clarity will help alot!

The civil war ended in 1970 and there were Secondary School students (15-17yeas) whose schooling were disrupted by the war but were constripted into the Biafran Army by Ojukwu and his commanders.

Goodmarlian:
biafran soldier my ass how old is he? If he truly fought in the war he should be older than this even the child soldiers should be in their 70s or 80s freedom is coming. a war that was fought 60 years ago...oga collect your bride and go once we get independence we shall put you all in your place...

There are some inaccuracies in this Vanguard Story.

1) Zik was the leader of the NCNC and was elected as a member of Western Regional House of Assembly.
Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and NOT Adegoke Adelabu was to be the Premier of Western Region if NCNC had had the majority members in the House because he was the leader of NCNC.

In the parliamentary system,the leader of the party that has the majority members becomes the leader of Government while the leader of the party with the next majority becomes the leader of opposition.

Zik the President-General of the NCNC wasn't going to be a floor member in the House while Adelabu, the Western Secretary of the party becomes the Premier. That wasn't what really happened.


2) Key players and eye witnesses in the events in the Western Regional House of Assembly , including Adegoke Adelabu himself ,Pa Ayo Adebanjo, Anthony Enahoro and many others have written books about the events to correct wrong perceptions and dangerous assumptions.

Please read 'Africa in Ebullition' by Adegoke Adelabu, 'Who won the 1952 Western Regional Election' by Ayo Adebanjo to have a balanced view of the events from both sides of the divide.

3) Hon Adegoke Adelabu was a great and beloved politician in Ibadan, however he seems to have some dictatorial tendencies.

He was the Vice Chairman, the most vocal and charismatic member of the 7 honourables elected on the Platform of THE IBADAN PEOPLE'S PARTY, the local party in Ibadan that appealed to the grassroot but nevertheless was NEVER a branch of the NCNC.

He had a right to join the NCNC in the House of Assembly but it was wrong to assume that other members of this lbadan People's Party have no right to join other parties or they must follow him to the NCNC.

Other legislators elected on the platforms of small parties/Town Unions like Ondo Improvement League, Edo Tax Payers Association, Etu'Edo etc joined either the NCNC or the Action Group without anybody calling them backstabbers/betrayers like Adelabu is trying to portray.

Dedetwo:
I have equally bookmarked the above paragraphs. These were perfidious indictments of cradle of tribal politics in Nigeria. I say shame to the initiators. This is totally against the backdrop of what certain characters would want us to believe. I knew Adelabu was to become the first Premier of western region not Zik. I had preached this sermon on this forum but to no avail

Hon Yekini Ideiye is an Edo man and the incumbent Deputy Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, so what concern the Yorubas?

wonder233:
Yoruba spineless stooges will be having multiple orgasms by now

Instead of Obaseki to use brain, he was using muscles. He ought to have learnt from Lucky Igbinedion and Babatunde Fashola on how they were able to managed their Godfathers without major crisis.


His fight with Comrade Adams Oshiomole could have been avoided if he had been a little bit more humble and patient.

Obaseki's decamping into the PDP few days to the party's primaries and hijacking the Governorship ticket of the PDP have grave political consequences.
There are so many people in the PDP that aren't happy with that move and they will easily betray Obaseki at the polls. . .just watch out.

MakindeSam:
With the way things are progressing, Obaseki might lose the election. I won't be happy about it though.