Senior Elders Forum of the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, yesterday, said the continued agitation by the South-East to become president of the country in 2023 will remain an ‘illusory ambition’, until the present structure is restructured.

The elders, who spoke through a former National president of the forum, Samuel Agbede, said: [b]“All the problems we are having today can be traced to 1959, when Nigeria was put on the table for creation, direction and for administration.

“Elections came, no party won and Obafemi Awolowo saw the writing on the wall. This is the auspicious portion of history that the decisions taken in 1959 would cast a permanent structure of the whole story on the administration of Nigeria.

“He (Awolowo) went to Enugu with his team to see Nnamdi Azikwe, for them to team-up. Awolowo went to the extent of telling Azikwe that he (Awolowo) was ready to cede the prime ministership of Nigeria to him (Azikiwe) and that he (Awolowo) would be contented with the Minister of Finance.

“Azikwe considered it and gave him a seemingly positive answer. They came back home, only to discover, shortly after, that Nnamdi Azikiwe went to his ‘boss’ in Kaduna. That was the end of restructuring of the configuration of Nigeria, and that was how they ceded power to the North.

“That is how the North got hold of power, till date.

The North were appreciative and they named Abuja Airport after Nnamdi Azikwe, because it was Azikwe, on a platter of gold, who gave them the power which the same South East is now trying to wrest from them. Is that possible?

“There is no way they (South East) can get there. The South East is just in the illusory ambition of being the president of Nigeria. For as long as our present mode of politics is in place, I cannot see, in the foreseeable future, the South East getting to the presidency, because they gave their presidency to the North."[/b]

Declaring that YCE would not support Afenifere’s position of a South East presidency, when a Yoruba man is jostling for the same position, he said: “How would it sound in the ears of Oduduwa that our son, who is a Vice President in an arrangement, will be left and we now vote for another person? If we do that, it means the way we have been marginalized since 1959 will continue.

“That’s why we have decided in YCE that we cannot leave the waist of our son, who is in dire need of decorative beads empty, and decorate the waist of another.”
When asked if denying the South East the access to the presidency would not stoke the fire for segregation, he said: “That is everybody’s business.

That is why we are saying let us sit down and talk about it because we are different nations birthed together in 1914.

“I don’t know who gave them (North) the knowledge to say let us put this down and sign for 100 years. It had a limitation. It has expired.

“Nobody is talking about it except now that some elders, like Afe Babalola, are just waking up. We are not the same and I don’t know how you will now glue us together. It is political slavery. The East undid themselves, they can’t wipe out history.

“For as long as we practice this mode of democracy in Nigeria, it is impossible; another thing is that they (South East) can’t agree with themselves.”

Differs from Afenifere on S-East presidency
Faulting Afenifere on South East presidency, he said:

“We, members of the Senior Elders of YCE, are not necessarily following Afenifere’s agenda because Afenifere is a social-political organization and YCE is a social-cultural group.
“When Olu Falae was aspiring to be president, that was when all of them engaged in the mother of betrayal. That was how YCE emanated. The YCE and Afenifere have hardly harmonized their agenda in the political spectrum.

“During the second term of Olusegun Obasanjo, Afenifere said they would never support him and they didn’t but made peace with the East to support Falae. Today, they are now paying back what South East did for them by supporting Falae then. But, YCE sees things differently.”

SoNature:
These people should stop telling us what happened in the 1950s. People are more interested in what we should do now to fix this hellhole. The suffering is unbearable.

SoNature:
These people should stop telling us what happened in the 1950s. People are more interested in what we should do now to fix this hellhole. The suffering is unbearable.

Abdul05:
Signifying that,
Every tribe should fight for their own political right...

mighty2:
Senior Elders Forum of the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, yesterday, said the continued agitation by the South-East to become president of the country in 2023 will remain an ‘illusory ambition’, until the present structure is restructured.
The elders, who spoke through a former National president of the forum, Samuel Agbede, said: [b]“All the problems we are having today can be traced to 1959, when Nigeria was put on the table for creation, direction and for administration.
“Elections came, no party won and Obafemi Awolowo saw the writing on the wall. This is the auspicious portion of history that the decisions taken in 1959 would cast a permanent structure of the whole story on the administration of Nigeria.
“He (Awolowo) went to Enugu with his team to see Nnamdi Azikwe, for them to team-up. Awolowo went to the extent of telling Azikwe that he (Awolowo) was ready to cede the prime ministership of Nigeria to him (Azikiwe) and that he (Awolowo) would be contented with the Minister of Finance.
“Azikwe considered it and gave him a seemingly positive answer. They came back home, only to discover, shortly after, that Nnamdi Azikiwe went to his ‘boss’ in Kaduna. That was the end of restructuring of the configuration of Nigeria, and that was how they ceded power to the North.
“That is how the North got hold of power, till date.
The North were appreciative and they named Abuja Airport after Nnamdi Azikwe, because it was Azikwe, on a platter of gold, who gave them the power which the same South East is now trying to wrest from them. Is that possible?
“There is no way they (South East) can get there. The South East is just in the illusory ambition of being the president of Nigeria. For as long as our present mode of politics is in place, I cannot see, in the foreseeable future, the South East getting to the presidency, because they gave their presidency to the North."[/b]
Declaring that YCE would not support Afenifere’s position of a South East presidency, when a Yoruba man is jostling for the same position, he said: “How would it sound in the ears of Oduduwa that our son, who is a Vice President in an arrangement, will be left and we now vote for another person? If we do that, it means the way we have been marginalized since 1959 will continue.
“That’s why we have decided in YCE that we cannot leave the waist of our son, who is in dire need of decorative beads empty, and decorate the waist of another.”
When asked if denying the South East the access to the presidency would not stoke the fire for segregation, he said: “That is everybody’s business.
That is why we are saying let us sit down and talk about it because we are different nations birthed
together in 1914.
“I don’t know who gave them (North) the knowledge to say let us put this down and sign for 100 years. It had a limitation. It has expired.
“Nobody is talking about it except now that some elders, like Afe Babalola, are just waking up. We are not the same and I don’t know how you will now glue us together. It is political slavery. The East undid
themselves, they can’t wipe out history.
“For as long as we practice this mode of democracy in Nigeria, it is impossible; another thing is that they (South East) can’t agree with themselves.”
Differs from Afenifere on S-East presidency
Faulting Afenifere on South East presidency, he said:
“We, members of the Senior Elders of YCE, are not necessarily following Afenifere’s agenda because Afenifere is a social-political organization and YCE is a social-cultural group.
“When Olu Falae was aspiring to be president, that was when all of them engaged in the mother of betrayal. That was how YCE emanated. The YCE and Afenifere have hardly harmonized their agenda in the political spectrum.
“During the second term of Olusegun Obasanjo, Afenifere said they would never support him and
they didn’t but made peace with the East to support Falae. Today, they are now paying back what South East did for them by supporting Falae then. But, YCE sees things differently.”
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/2023-presidency-s-east-chasing-illusory-ambition-yce/
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BBBmall25:
Ohaneze ndigbo, Ipob members NL wing, what do you have to say about this?? Matter don tie rapper oo....!

Abdul05:
Signifying that,....

Every tribe should fight for their own political right..

To be honest,

Azikiwe fvck up big time.. he should have size the gotten opportunity to install at the federal level...

Not the British at all...

He was the one , Zik himself that political set up the north to be bigger the south ..as if the Southerners were forever slaves to the North



Read the theory below..


.No ibo man can ever rule this country....

SoNature:
These people should stop telling us what happened in the 1950s. People are more interested in what we should do now to fix this hellhole. The suffering is unbearable.

ZombieTAMER:


Don't mind them

After Obasanjos eight years in office and another eight years of Osibanjo VP, these so called elders and their region can't support the south East.

that's selfishness and greed if you ask me, if there can't be a zoning arrangement in the South, then on what ground should a southerner request for zoning in the country.

My dear friends,
And the North gets it,
for keeps.

CYBERSOLDIERSre:
Yirubas always attacking Igbo political interests.


Yoruba will never ever become president of Nigeria.


Why are Yoruba's always against Igbo's getting anything in Nigeria?

Igbo's, behold your real enemies " YORUBA "

know this and know peace.

ZombieSlaughter:
So is yoruba presidency as it stands.

There will be no yoruba president until the SE takes their turn. Till then power remains in the North.

Kdon2:


Na una still go cry last last

ZombieSlaughter:


We've been crying since 1970s. Nothing to cry about again but to show una akpor. Water don dry tey tey.
Nothing our eyes go see for nigeria wey go make am bleed.

There will be no yoruba presidency until the East equitably takes their turn.

Kdon2:


We don already get. Na una no go get. Una betrayal na I'm dey hunt una!