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Who brought Sen Olamilekan Adeola from Ogun State to Lagos?

Do you know what you are saying at all?

So you that know that Sen Adeola (Yayi) was born in Alimosho,Lagos State and was a former Local Government Chairman of Alimosho LGA and a Member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Alimosho for 8years before he succeeded Sen Ganiyu Solomon in 2015?


It's obvious you that don't know anything about Lagos Politics sir.

fergie001:
The reason I quoted is...when you bring a man to become a Senator in a State, he isn't from..where does he start from?
Who would hold him accountable?
His people? from where?

It is not even like he has lived all his life in Lagos. He went to Ondo and travelled....how does he start?

I am not after where he is from, other than, he needs to be answerable to people.

As long as I would not be drowned in the Lagoon....I will consider it.

Thanks for the advice, and the heads-up.

So how did you now conclude that every other Nigerians hate Igbo?

Igbochief001:
Maybe because we travel and succeed ? ...and for your info not every tribe hate igbos ...middle belt have lernt their lesson and are open to igbos ...most south south groups are open to igbos ..so relax ...we saw your brothers calling tinubu to come and help them get land they sold to igbos ..that's how the hate start

You don't still get the point sir, it's not Tinubu's loss that matters but Nigeria's loss.

The country is not going to get the best by majoring in minor.
Why leaving the major matters in the land that should be thoroughly discussed, assessed and reassessed and concentrate solely on a private citizen for daring to aspire for the Presidency for his Country.

In advanced democracies, people concentrate on issues.



Tinubu is a Nigerian citizen, if I were him I will continue to aspire for the Presidency of my country and pursue it to a logical conclusion damning any consequences.

People that don't like Tinubu should contest the same election or support other contestants in the election against him.



Certain things need to happen (like contesting of a presidential election) to deepen democratic culture in Nigeria

bestdudes:
Because Tinubu brought it on himself.

You don't make demand for power, you contest for power.



Presently, none of these five Igbo Politicians appear to be making an move for the Presidency.

ODI444:
You are the clown. So an APC member will not make demands to his party simply because he is Igbo? You are a big fool

How did you know all these bro?

If an Igbo aspirant wins the APC primaries (without rancour and divisions) and they go into the election as a happy political family, he can win the general election.

gartamanta:
It doesnt matter if APC and PDP field Igbo candidates or not. Either way, the North and South West will never vote for an Igbo man to be President of Nigeria. They dont trust Igbos with power but they want to be with Igbos in one country because they need slaves.

What exactly do you mean by 'give' the ticket?

Are you saying that there will be no presidential primaries in APC but the Chairman of APC should just call one Igbo politician and hand him the APC ticket?



Don't you this can polarized the party and results in defeat if they go into the election with a divided house?

ODI444:
If APC fails to give the ticket to an Igbo man, they will lose. They know it.

Okay, we have heard and believe all you have said.


After Tinubu has been removed, what next?

OfoIgbo:
That is fair.

If the APC won't zone their presidential ticket to the SE, then zoning is dead. The SW can't do the slot of the SE. Any region can go for it. Don't be fooled by all this southern turn crap. It is the SE turn, failing which zoning is dead.

But also bear in mind that in 1999, the SW was not strong at all in PDP, yet OBJ was chosen, in spite of the fact that SW had no major presence in PDP. In fact at the moment, an Igbo state is APC, so basically there is more Igbo presence in APC, than there was Yoruba presence in PDP, yet OBJ was still chosen.

If the APC powers that be, choose to give the flimsy reason that the SE doesn't have a strong presence in APC as an excuse to deny the SE a chance, then zoning is well and truly dead.

We will also not forget the part that Tinubu played in killing zoning in APC. All this while, he could have insisted on the presidency going to the SE, just the same way a huge chunk of non-Yoruba PDP chieftains supported the notion of a SW president in 1999.
Tinubu's greed may well cost the south the presidency, but we will wait and see. Thank God a sizeable chunk of Igbos are insisting on Biafra. Igbos have options. Something will definitely give

Okay we have heard you and believe everything you said.


What exactly do you want sir?

dignity33:
I'm certainly you know that population of Yoruba is not more than Igbos in Lagos that is why Yoruba always scared during Election for any candidates Igbo will support may end up winning. as for Abuja if a population can share on tribe Igbos may made up 40% not even 30%. except you don't know that Igbos goes beyond South east region.

So what exactly do you now want sir?

dignity33:
You are far from the truth, go to some part of dilapidated local government in North and West and you will find Igbo doing business there.

Hmn, but why do you think the other 300 tribes will just hate one tribe(Igbo)?

Igbochief001:
Igbo man doesn't do something half half ...we go in or we are out

After the war they said no Victor no vanquished ...the Igbo man believed n went back to Nigeria ...but met another thing ...that's what lead to the ipob agitation today

How many hausas invest in South south or south west ...let's leave south east they would say we are hostile .....about from factory u have no option than to build near the sea what else ?

How many yorubas have investment in South south and North even with the high population they have here ? ...makinde made his money in Port Harcourt ...whats his investment there ?


Nigeria is just fully of pretens ...the only thing that unite Nigeria is just hate for igbos

You wrongly assume that Tinubu is like a good that determines everything.

There are several people from Ogun State that have been contesting (long before Tinubu) and will continue to contest elections in Lagos State( Long after Tinubu).



By the way, why don't you aspire to run for Lagos West Senatorial election to correct all these anomalies you have pointed out?


In advanced democracies, citizens who desire certain changes sometimes decide to run for elections to effect these changes.

fergie001:
Your comment will still carry same weight without this.


He is from Lagos West and the Senatorial district doesn't look like part of Lagos?
Its an indictment on his person, so to speak.

He now brought in the Ogun man as Senator for Lagos West, and his wife is now at Central where he concentrated his 8 years on. It is safe to say he picked Ikeja (West)

So he finished from Lagos West and took it to Central ....then gave East one term, and returned it to Central. Wow!

The ways many people discuss and analysize political issues is quite funny.

Why is it that the single topic for discussion about the 2023 election is Tinubu?



Why don't we talk about the candidate that can diversify the economy, reduce unemployment, tackle the security situation or things like electoral reform , Nigerian refineries and the Biafran agitations?

After all these, what next sir?

Dpharisee:
I can't imagine that the mediocre CPC under which Buhari never won any election in 16 years has now fully taken over APC and dismantled the formidable ACN built by Tinubu and other progressives.
Many of us including Tinubu knew that Buhari can never be trusted but they just wanted power and deceived many people in the SW with media propaganda about a man who claims fake integrity.

I am happy that at least many Igbos and South South people never fell for this Taqqiya deception of Tinubu and Buhari, they showed it in 2015 and repeated it in 2019 despite the Nepotism thrown at them by this Govt.

Bros, I don't know anything what you are discussing and besides it's not necessary that i get involved in every polical discussion.



Thanks.

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If Nigeria is going to disintegrate ,it won't be into two (Igboland Vs the rest of Nigeria) but into many smaller Republics.



Different parts of Nigeria were existing indepently of each other before 1914, so if the union is dissolved, every parts will revert to how they were before the union.

needanswer:
good then let that yes be yes and let's stop pointing accusing fingers at each other. if you play your peaceful part and other tribes choose not to, at least you aren't part of the problem.

Ps: if the ibos that is the SE ever leave, the equilibrium scale of the north v south will never be balanced. it will forever tip in favour of the north, they have the size and they have the numbers to eclipse both the SW and SS combined together. northern nepotism will be the order of the day, the north will become a dictator in Nigeria against the SW and SS. to win any major political role in Nigeria the SW or SS will have to gather massive votes from the NORTH which may never materialize. and if ever they let the ibos go, they can't let the SS (cause of oil) and SW( with Lagos being the economic capital of Nigeria) go without a hard civil war fight. it's dicey.

Do you know anything about Lagos politics at all?

Tinubu is from Lagos West and was even a Senator representing Lagos West during the ill fated Third Republic while Senator Kofoworola Akerele-Buknor represented Lagos Central and Senator Abraham Adefuse represented Lagos East.

fergie001:
Which election?

....mtchew

Everything is Central (Tinubu, Fashola, Sanwo-Olu), Ambode (East)...
Abeg Sir Tinubu.....Lagos West no be Senatorial District for Lagos again?

Alimosho is the power House of Lagos West.

I am surprised that you don't know this sir.

Sheggy13:
Don't mind Tinubu and his winner-takes-it-all mentality. That's what he's trying to export to the national scene that has got his fingers burnt now. Imagine the level of marginalization of my Lagos West zone. We are only good for deputy governorship. Its so shameful to even think the Senator representing Lagos West now, Adeola Yayi, is an Ogun state indigene that has no affiliation whatsoever with Lagos West. He was born in Island and grew up in Alimosho, all in Lagos central.

PDP structure is weak in Lagos, their leadership are not ready for serious contest and some of them seems to be friends ( or even moles) of Tinubu.

After any election, they start fighting, then go to sleep and only come back few months before another election.

Most of the votes they get are more like protest votes.

BERNIMOORE:
Obaseki must have boosted their resolve and with the Disbanded NWC... PDP can try their luck

Please delete this post.

This is very unfortunate.

DEROX:
peopl from that region are just Less humans

Do I want Igbos to be part of Nigeria?

My (PERSONAL) ans: Capital YES.





However, my personal opinion is inconsequential to what Igbos want themselves.
If they want to leave, I think we should all respect their decision.

needanswer:
every tribe is at fault, Ibo, Yoruba, Hausa etc. no tribe is a total saint in this matter. but let me ask you, do you still want Ibo's as part of Nigeria or do you prefer they leave? please no sitting on the fence, a yes or no is preferred.

If most of the comments of young Igbo online is limited to criticism of actions and inactions of Government, nobody will call it hatred but they set out to demonize other Nigerians and whimp up sentiments against them especially the Yoruba people.


Be sincere and read their posts on Facebook, Twitter and Nairaland with an open mind.

Commonsense99:
First, telling me an igbo man was made vice is an insult to ndi igbo! We just need to go our seperate ways either peacefully or otherwise.. it's a blunt reality !

Do you know Rwanda? do some research about their post genocidal policies Let's use that as an example, then you be the judge.

And what you call the Internet hatred of an igboman is actually a retaliation of what is beign done against him, the Internet gave voice to the voiceless igbo to air their views, [b]harsh truth is not hate bro,..[/b]will you swear that the policies have not been designed to undeveloped the igbos? Why can't the federal government allow us to import from SE and SS? Why do they keep more than 50 check points from lagos to East? What about the recent $22billion loan?

If an igbo man harbours hate, why did he freely buy your land while the, hausa Fulani business man who doesn't harbour hate refused to even rent ordinary apartment to from SE n SS?

The only company the yoruba man brings to igbo land is Pentecostal Church(for tithes) and perhaps banks, while greater % of igbo man's company is built outside igbo!

Now from all these body language, who harbours hate?

Please check TwitterNG and see the the avalanche of abuses and very derogatory posts they made about Tinubu and the Yorubas in the last 72hrs just because of the crisis I the APC.


Ironically, they don't have any Igbo politician in the same way and level they hate Tinubu.

Guestlander:
Nonsense, 12 years after the war, the second republic came and one Ibo man was already the vice president of Nigeria. Ojukwu, the man who brought the war on his own people who caused the deaths of millions was allowed to come back to Nigeria without any repercussions.
No Ibo mad has ever been denied to please check Twittercontest for a higher office just because he is Ibo. No Ibo man has ever been prevented from doing his business anywhere in Nigeria.
Nigeria is not perfect, there are structural issues which are affecting all Nigerians equally not matter where you come from.
But the Ibos harbor deep animosity against other Nigerians which was subtle and not very apparent until the coming of the internet.
It gave us a glimpse into the type of orientation ibo children got from their parents. You can all see it in Nnamdi Kanu and his army of hate mongers, and even here on Nairaland.

Why do you always tag every Non-Igbo politician in Nigeria is an evil man who karma always visit?

gartamanta:
Looking at Shehu Yaradua here, one would not know that the man was amongst the biggest mass-murderers and coup plotter Nigeria ever produced. He was literally Murtala Mohammed's right hand man and when Mohammed was assassinated, Yar'adua was double promoted to become a Brigadier and Chief of General Staff. He spent the rest of his years in power amassing wealth and became one of the richest men in the North when he retired. He was CEO of Hamza Holdings. But Karma has a way of coming back to bite all evil men. He died crying of pain in Abakiliki Prisons.

Roads especially roads that are being heavily used like this don't last forever.
There's need to repair or sometimes reconstruct them.

RuudVanNisteroy:
NGpatriot are Igbos responsible as well for the 42 year construction?

Hmn,

How many Harvard or Cambridge returnee Nigerian author succeed like Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, JP Clark, Prof Ake Claude, T.M Aluko.

In the Banking sector, Tony Elumelu, Jim Ovia, Fola Adeola, Tayo Aderinokun are locally trained.

obaaderemi:
The ones who had their secondary school education here are more well grounded than the ones who schooled abroad and must have experienced a sort of disconnection from their background in their formative years. The local ones understand the system better and thus can make better applications of their study and time here.
An Igbo proverb says: if you want to know about the ground,ask the squirrel he lives there.

It's crystal clear that most Igbos online hate Tinubu with passion, however they don't display the same level of hatred towards any Igbo politician.

Akosxxx:
I don't know what's with Nairaland IPOBians and Tinubu.
Their obsession and hatred for Tinubu is portraying them as fools. They keep shouting Tinubu upandan on every politics thread. People with no electoral relevance that can never create or even meet the kind of dynasty the man has created.
SMH

Some people will still wail and complain bitterly about this news and most of them will be from a certain part of this country.

aminulive:
https://politicsnigeria.com/seyi-tinubu-wife-welcome-baby-boy/

Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal, Amaechi and so many people also supported Buhari in 2015 but we don't hear people mentioning their names everyday.

JewelStone:
He’s notorious for supporting the emergence of the brain dead cattle rearer who’s currently occupying Aso Rock; which has consequently caused untold suffering and hardship for Nigerians since 2016.

He’s also notorious for his brown teeth and for having Lagos state in his pockets.

You don't seems to understand me;

British Colonial Government weren't fools or handicapped during the Colonial era. They had the resources both human and minerals at their disposal but used it for the development of Britain while giving us peanuts in return.


Humanbeings are rational beings and don't do things without reasons

1) In the first instance, why the need for Britain to leave their homelands ,sail thousands of miles to Africa to colonize millions of people they know nothing about?

2) Who benefitted most from the British Colonialism?

(a) Nigeria
(b) Britain

3) If Colonialism was so sweet why did the natives resisted it and started demanding for freedom?



4) If you think Nigeria would have been better off if British Colonialism had continued till 1990, this betterment will be for whom exactly?

(a) Native Nigerians
(b) White Nigerians.




Your assertion is like saying Black people in America would have been better off, more well fed, more hardworking and more disciplined if slavery had lasted till 1900

miketayo:
My point is that we had done far better for ourselves than what the Colonial Masters had done for us.
doesn't make sense
they had till 1960 and we haven't even found oil in the country, name one country that its previous 100 years is more developed than its future 100years?
my point is the future from 1960 - 1990 would have developed better if we were still colonized

It's most unfortunate that many young Nigerians don't read deeply let alone study History to fully understand what British Colonialism meant for Nigeria and Nigerians to the extent that some are even wishing it had lasted longer.


If slavery is regarded as the theft of the labour and life of an individual, then Colonialism (especially the British Imperial Colonialism) was actually enslavement of the whole Nation on their own land.

Britain ,France , Belgium and indeed most parts of Europe would most likely not have been this developed if European Colonialism didn't occur.

The wealth and experience gained from slavery and Colonialism with reverberating consequences contributed greatly to make Europeans and America what they are today.



A child that will walk must first lean how to crawl.

Some of the problems confronting Nigeria are actually our developmental challenges as a Nation.
We make mistakes like most Nations do but it is OUR OWN mistakes and we will learn from them.


The right to govern ourselves is an inalienable right and nobody needs a master.

miketayo:
Young Man, if u still don't get it at this point, I can't help you.
inferiority complex is wat we are having now, they break d law as they like and get away with it.
I have been to Namibia and those people don't take shits from d whites, infact most of the blacks there r racist.
Wateva we built from 1960 till date would have been done better, same way it was done in southern African countries, it's laughable u r impressed with wat u have seen so far.

You are changing the narrative.

What exactly is your point, that Nigeria would have been better off if British Colonial Masters had stayed longer?

I have just pointed out the fallacies of this most unfortunate suggestion based on the records and 'achievements' of the Colonial Masters IN NIGIERIA over at least 60 years 1900-1960.

The British Colonial Masters had a record of abysmal failure in the development of Nigeria over the 60years under review (Colonialism had actually started about 40 years earlier in Lagos and some other coastal towns) because development of Nigeria WAS NOT THEIR PRIORITY.

Looting the resources of Nigeria and other African Countries to develop Britain was the primary aim of British Colonialism in Africa.

If the past is a reliable predictor of the future, then it will be safe to tell you NATIVE NIGERIANS would have been worse off. White Nigerians and where they live may be better off but this may cover just about 5% of Nigeria.

If commercial exploration of crude oil had started in Nigeria before 1960, the British wouldn't have gone until around 1985 and we would have had to fight war of Independence against them to free ourselves.



My argument is NOT whether Nigerians had done well compared to what they should have done to develop their Country.

My point is that we had done far better for ourselves than what the Colonial Masters had done for us.



The truth is that Nigeria can not develop faster than the level of education and enlightment of her citizens.

Namibia and South Africa had about 80-150 years headstart ahead of Nigeria as at Oct-1,1960.

miketayo:
Young Man, if u still don't get it at this point, I can't help you.
inferiority complex is wat we are having now, they break d law as they like and get away with it.
I have been to Namibia and those people don't take shits from d whites, infact most of the blacks there r racist.
Wateva we built from 1960 till date would have been done better, same way it was done in southern African countries, it's laughable u r impressed with wat u have seen so far.

This mean there will be no more political problems in Nigeria

neoclassical:
Although I didn't understand this your grammar, but let it be known to you that Tinubu's time is up. Even VP Osinbanjo has acknowledged the APC NEC meeting tomorrow and equally cancelled the meeting he was supposed to chair. Move on man!