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| Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Coldie(op): 10:34am On May 03, 2025 |
It’s a fact that, in the south, no region has supported and backed the southsouth more than the southeast. Since the days of amnesty to militancy to this day, southeast people have stood with the south south people, giving them our 100% support. Southeast people supported Goodluck Jonathan a southsouth man presidential ambition, when the southwest was against it. After Jonathan lost, the southeast people were made to suffer for it. I remember how everyday, Yoruba ronu people were calling, Jonathan a drunk, his wife an illiterate and all sorts. Southeast people never relented in our support for Jonathan. They told you people igbos are trying to take your oil, but if you go to the oil companies, anybody who has been in the oil industry knows Yorubas dominate the oil industry, they didn’t stop there, the oil is produced in the Niger delta but the oil company headquarters are all in the southwest. Southeast people have joined the southsouth people to advocate that the oil companies headquarters be moved to the Niger delta. Look at Rotimi Amaechi, a south south man who was amongst the founders of Apc, a major sponsor. After Apc removed Jonathan, what next. The Southwest cornered all the benefits to themselves, southwest just finished serving as VP. Instead of to at least allow another region taste aso rock too, they cornered presidency again, even after a southwest man has ruled Nigeria for 8years already in 1999. Even if they said they don’t want to give it to an easterner let us be fair let a south south man taste aso rock too. Instead they cornered president to themselves again. They are trying to gaslight all of you that igbos are the problem, but when u ask how, they will tell you igbo people have a Biafra agenda. I ask you who is reading this, the receipts are there, the people that have the loudest voices against ipob and Biafra, has it not been Igbos. Go to twitter and see Igbos vs ipob, it has even gotten to the extent that Yoruba ronu now support ipob and its activities, always hailing them whenever they bomb police stations in the east. Concerning igboid tribes in the southsouth, this has been going on for ages, but has igbo made any attempt outside social media to try to grab anybody’s land? From asaba to port harcourt to any other place? The igbanke/bini crisis, the stand of every igbo man out there is neutral, we leave the people of ika to solve their problem and leave us out of it. Don’t let yoruba ronu people deceive you people with their politics of deception, they will tell you don’t follow omo Igbo when it suits their agenda, but when it comes to the benefits they will brand southsouth omo igbo. In 2023 elections, when they were stopping igbo from voting in Lagos did they allow southsouth people vote? Didn’t southsouth people suffer the same situation as Igbos? Yoruba ronu people didn’t touch northerners, but they came hard for every southerner, on that day every southerner that wasn’t Yoruba became an igbo man. But today they are trying to deceive all of you. Tomorrow when Tinubu is done, he will serve his 8years and handover to the north, then he will pick another southwest person as VP, then Yoruba ronu people will tell you it’s because you people don’t know how to play politics, by that time just as Amaechi was used and dump, that’s how they would use Wike and dump him too. Be wise |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by mrvitalis(m): 10:47am On May 03, 2025 |
Coldie:Oga it's politics let South South do what's best for them... If they are ok with Tinubu presidency let them vote him South South owes South East nothing |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by pazienza(m): 11:01am On May 03, 2025*. Modified: 12:32pm On May 03, 2025 |
mrvitalis:I tire brother. Imagine the weak beggie beggie attitude. The SS is free to do whatever they want, we will also react accordingly. Nah game of thrones. And he is dead wrong on Igbanke issue. As long as Igbanke kings maintain that they are Igbos every well breastfed Igbo son will stand with them and against Oba Bini hegemony interest in Igbanke. The Bini people can do whatever they want, they can all vote APC or whatever, we will all enjoy the dividends together. No one, I repeat no one is doing Ndiigbo a favour by voting or supporting Peter Obi. Ndiigbo will not be blackmailed because you voted and want to vote Peter Obi. If you are not voting Peter Obi because he is the best candidate available, then you can as well vote APC, we go all enjoy well. We have 5 states that will continue receiving monthly allocations from FG irrespective of who is the president, all we need is to hold them accountable by ensuring we vote the right governors and we will be fine. Peter Obi himself will be fine too, his Fidelity bank just declared profits few days ago. All these Igbo Obidients rolling on the floor for minorities are beginning to annoy me like IPOB people. Obi political ambitions is not bigger than Igbo national interests. Minorities he is talking about, Bayelsa voted for APC last elections, GEJ was seen moving around with Tinubu before the elections, this was a man we all died for in two election cycles, yet the ingrate couldn't even lend Obi support, Akwaibom voted PDP, Rivers voted APC( anyone can claim it was rigged, but it only happened because Obi didn't have fanatic support there, like GEJ had in Igboland), Obi barely won Cross River, Obi won Edo, but the margin of victory was hardly "sweeping". Juxtapose this half hearted support Obi got from those places with the fanatical 90% plus support that we gave to GEJ in 2011 and 2015 and you see where our problems lie . We must eschew from appealing to people emotions when it comes to politics and learn to meet them exactly where they are willing to meet us. Wickedness must be matched with wickedness, tribalism with tribalism, hate for hate, resentment for resentment, that's the way to go. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by mrvitalis(m): 11:12am On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:Oga I even want Peter Obi to step aside |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by pazienza(m): 11:25am On May 03, 2025 |
mrvitalis:He can continue contesting if he wishes, I would vote for him if I were in Nigeria. But it must be spelled out clearly to non Igbos that voting for Obi doesn't equate to doing Ndiigbo a favour, and Ndiigbo cannot be blackmailed by their votes for or against Obi. The worst they can do is vote APC and we will all continue enjoying the dividends of democracy APC is offering, it's that easy .Obi is contesting for himself, not for Ndiigbo. This is important to state , because I noticed that the common trend by minorities and even non Igbos that claim to have voted for Obi in the last elections is that they seem to have the delusional belief that they did Ndiigbo a favour by voting Obi and that Ndiigbo must walk around the egg shell with them, just to make sure they vote for Obi next elections, we should accept all sorts of rubbish from them and dare not speak out. You can imagine the delusional complex from these lots. Well newsflash to them, they should be grateful to Ndiigbo for giving them Obi as an alternative to APC, the gratitude should be from them to Ndiigbo, and not the other way round. ![]() |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Igirigimercenar: 11:27am On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:. Ahhhh! The legendary pazienza,see tears rolling down my eyes God bless you Nnam, if we get people like you to lead the igbo nation, to God nobody go fit match us for this country For me, you are the igbo leader on this forum since 2010. God bless you again for reechoing my sentiment exactly. This is the only survival route for us in this contraption |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Igirigimercenar: 11:32am On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:. Oga pazienza,I am not happy as you decided to play shadowy role in this platform, we need more of your inputs here, even though kids here no longer allow intelligentsia like you to properly assess thread and give meaningful comments without derailing the thread. We shouldn't give up, igbo nation is still at war ooo. I don't know if you know that |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by pazienza(m): 11:40am On May 03, 2025 |
Igirigimercenar:Nwanne thanks for the compliment. Nigeria issues can be tiring, and then we still have Igbo issues. I use to think our people were a wise people, but the more I dug deep into our modern day behaviour and handling of our position in modern Nigeria, the more I saw folly and it messed up my mental health. I needed some break to concentrate on my personal goals. That's why I became scarce here. I do look around once in while here to chip in one or two contributions. There is only so much we can do individually. Ya gazie. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Igirigimercenar: 11:46am On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:. Nke bu eziokwu is that, politics is not our thing,we attach too much emotions to it And we have also shown too much emotions and attachments to the south south. We have to move away from this and join the rest of the big three to eat what is left of the country |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by fergie001(mod): 11:59am On May 03, 2025 |
Let SS do what is excellent for their region and the SE fashion out ways for them to excel as well. Like I have said before and will say now.... Peter Obi, do not listen to others, drop your 2027 ambition and focus on humanitarian activities that will last forever in our hearts. I know why...... |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by pazienza(m): 12:29pm On May 03, 2025 |
Igirigimercenar:Yes we have. If I knew what I know now in 2011, there was no way I was going to allow us give GEJ the kind of support we gave him. You would have thought our people would have learnt from that experience, but obviously we haven't and it's very annoying. Someone is bragging about how Igbos joined SS to walk out over oil derivation percentage, how exactly is that something to be proud of? You are supporting a people who wouldn't support you if the roles turn and you are doing so not out of written agreement or any agreement of any kind, but simply out of emotions and need to play righteous politics in a land of thieves? You wonder why no one is taking you seriously anymore. That's stupidity and something we shouldn't be proud to be saying. It's something we should be reflecting on in silence and be shuddering at the amount of lack of pragmatism we have displayed in our relationship with non Igbos in Nigeria since 1999 and be thinking of how we can reverse it to start getting better deals nationally by acting ruthlessly in national issues to protect our own interests irrespective of whose horse gets gored. Imagine how low we have sunk that I saw some Northerners talking about a new alliance with GEJ as president and a Northerner as VP. They are probably calculating that the emotional senseless Igbos are going to support GEJ again, even when GEJ has remained an ingrate who has done nothing to reciprocate the huge support Ndiigbo gave him, his Bayelsa people couldn't even vote for Obi last elections. That's how low we have sunk as a people, the rest of Nigeria don see us finish, a finished emotional people incapable of playing politics of interests, always eager to play the foolish Messiah and righteous role and be left with short end of the stick. Our wise ancestors must be turning in their graves over what have become of modern Igbos. We are in deep trouble. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by lamentor78(m): 12:35pm On May 03, 2025 |
Coldie:To respond to your shallow analysis, how many North East politicians have ruled, politics and power and election are different separate things. Olodo |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Igirigimercenar: 12:38pm On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:. The trouble is very deep I am of the opinion that if the north comes with alliance talk with the east,obi should deputize Atiku or any other northern candidate. It's no longer a gentleman's game Fuq southern unity. What do you think? |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by ShinjaWWest: 12:48pm On May 03, 2025 |
Hahhahaha.... When Ur southeast brothers were busy Insulting every tribe in Southsouth you didn't caution Ur brothers now you want Southsouth to stand and support you guys... Never!!! Igbos insulted Akwaibom people bcus they hated akpabio... Igbos insulted edo people who voted massively for obi... Igbos even insulted Yoruba's that voted for obi... We r now wise..Igbos don't wish well for other tribes. I voted for obi in 2023..But will never do that again.. God bless the good people of Southsouth and southwest |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by lamentor78(m): 12:51pm On May 03, 2025 |
Abuse him or like him, Seyi Tinubu has been given instructions by his parents to enter the youth arena, Tinubu wife , Remi is going up and down to schools donating freebies. This family knows how Nigerians hates them, but they have turned that hate to love. Now tell me, where is Atiku son and wife, where is Obi son and wife. Kastina this week look at what happened, Tinubu visited troops at the Frontline to boost their morale, he promised them good welfare, who do you think they will vote for. Politics is about negotiations and persuasion not slandering. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by helinues: 1:20pm On May 03, 2025 |
Consolation epistle after reality dawning ![]() |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Dalohad: 1:22pm On May 03, 2025 |
Coldie:I thought you joined APC the other day. Wetin dey sup? ![]() |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Agbegbaorogboye: 1:23pm On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:Reading through this, it sounds like you're accusing others of not doing the very same thing you require from them |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Dalohad: 1:26pm On May 03, 2025 |
ShinjaWWest:Na lie...you did not vote Obi. Stop deceiving your self. You can't gaslight anyone here with empty propaganda. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Dalohad: 1:37pm On May 03, 2025*. Modified: 1:48pm On May 04, 2025 |
Make everybody vote who they want. At the end water will find its level. Those of us wey get sense, have built our personal successes and achievements to a level where it can never be pulled down. I hated Buhari but he made me rich. I knew he was a dunce immediately he came in. So I changed 80% of my naira liquidity into dollar while it was still priced @ $300 in 2016 and waited for the dunce and his supporters like Lordviccodaguru and the other vvulture griller to knock themselves out defending the dullard for crumbs. Today, the former is running around one Abuja fake pastor for chopmoney, while the Suya man can't afford Yaji pepper anymore. ![]() Dollar is now $1600, close to 400% ROI due to the Daura man's ineptitude. Yes, I became richer, got an earned Doctorate, paid for international courses and certifications, and got International appointments. Buhari's regime paid me, but can I say the same for his lackeys? ![]() Who lose? ![]() If majority wan damage Nigeria, they are welcome, but Ichaka Ike must be rich, government good or e nor good. ![]() |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Igirigimercenar: 1:40pm On May 03, 2025 |
Agbegbaorogboye:. He is right you know |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by pazienza(m): 1:52pm On May 03, 2025 |
Agbegbaorogboye:Nope, I'm not accusing anyone of anything. I'm just saying that everyone is acting according to their own interests and not out of emotions ( good will, returning a favour, or other sentimental issues). Ndiigbo should learn to do same, no body owe us anything, they didn't ask us to be emotional in supporting them, we should recalibrate how we relate with other Nigerians and behave towards them exactly how they behave towards us. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Antivirus92(m): 1:55pm On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:perfectly said! |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Antivirus92(m): 2:07pm On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:our people can be so foolish a times. Remember how we fought this war in the years past even as a fearless teenager I was then. We started from our history, language, culture, uniting our people and so on. Some igbos are so insecured with a touch of low self esteem that they judge themselves with what they heard from others. Our politicians are nothing to write home about in terms of fighting for a united course. Our people so scattered. Our women nko?, especially those ones born outside south east, they're terrible. I read a post on Facebook sometimes ago from a supposedly Igbo woman talking trash about our sacred marriage tradition. She was of the opinion that we usually take marriage so serious in the East. She was like we should copy from Yorubas where a woman would be married and still be having children and affairs freely outside her marriage. Imagine the mentality. I read another post from another supposedly Igbo lady talking down on Igbo men. How rigid, intolerant, unromantic and stingy they're. Sometimes the character of some of our people will just weaken you.. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Antivirus92(m): 2:16pm On May 03, 2025 |
Igirigimercenar:you cannot do that. Let's be realistic here, the scars of the civil war and its resentment still lingers till date. No Matter how much you try to deny it. There's a gang up against us. That's why some people will look u in the face and tell you that an Igbo man will never rule this country. The mindset is there. Those of our people who left our "clannish" politics to join North and south west only have a limited height they are meant to attain. You don't cross that height. One of the major reasons Jonathan was resented was his public declaration that igbos were the backbone of his government. It stung them so much. I thank God for our business and academic prowess. We do not feel Nigeria as much as they wanted us to feel it. This is not about victim mentality, this is just telling you the truth. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Elusive001: 2:16pm On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:Igbos vote character and not emotions. Tell me whom igbos votes for based on emotions. Do you really know igbos? So not voting for buhari was based on emotions? Supporting GEJ ahead of Buhari was based on emotions? Not voting for Tinubu was based in emotions too? Igbos vote competence, honesty, uprightness, good leadership, etc. They want a functional free, fair, and just society. Tell who among those the voted against represent any of the interest of Igbos? They don't vote for the sake of it. Did the vote for Dim Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu when he contested? Why didn't they vote for him massively considering his status in igboland. Bros go and research about the Igboman please. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Agbegbaorogboye: 2:18pm On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:But you accused Rivers people of not being fanatical enough You accused Cross River of not giving Obi a wide enough margin ditto Edo All the while you couldn't help GEJ to retain his seat I don't understand why you think others should go beyond what you claim you did for them |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Elusive001: 2:18pm On May 03, 2025 |
Antivirus92:Bros don't mind those importers or efulefus who know not of their history. Ask him the reaction of his people after IBB said that the 1966 was not an Igbo coup. Ask him what happened to Ogbonnaya Onu, Amaechi, Orji Uzor, etc who embraced other tribes. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by pazienza(m): 2:20pm On May 03, 2025 |
Elusive001:Nnaa it's emotions. Intelligence is knowing the right thing, wisdom is knowing when to do the right thing. We can't be voting on morals in a nation not built on morals. We can't be playing the self righteous game in a land of thieves. Ndiigbo have to recalibrate our approach to Nigeria and Nigerians. It's a crime to play the Messiah in a land of thieves. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Agbegbaorogboye: 2:22pm On May 03, 2025 |
Igirigimercenar:No he isn't |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by ALTERNATEID: 2:24pm On May 03, 2025 |
fergie001:Peter Obi must contest in 2027. |
| Re: Southsouth People, Don’t Let Yourself Be Used by Elusive001: 2:25pm On May 03, 2025 |
pazienza:Bros, go and rest. No one in his right senses will vote for Buhari or Tulumbu. We don't want t status quo. We are not brought up to support corruption, incompetence, etc. No matter how hungry a lion is, it does not eat grass. Igbos DO NOT support anything or anyone bad or evil. It is in our DNA bros. We are not like your people. Anything does not go for us. We don't follow herd mentality. Go and learn about the Igboman. |
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