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Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by Ukpaka(op): 10:32am On May 29

Yoruba-Igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds the Southwest to Real Security Threats
https://247ureports.com/2026/05/yoruba-igbo-rivalry-how-political-scapegoating-blinds-the-southwest-to-real-security-threats/
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A viral outcry in LAGOS highlights ethnic profiling and political scapegoating, particularly against the Igbo, while ignoring real threats from armed groups.
Historical distrust between the Yoruba and Igbo dates back to colonial politics and the Nigerian Civil War, complicating current relations.
Political elites amplify ethnic rivalries during elections to distract from governance failures, using scapegoating as a strategy.
The primary threat to the Southwest comes from armed herders and bandits, not from the Southeast, affecting local agriculture.
To address security issues, the region must focus on confronting criminal networks rather than allowing historical grievances to dictate priorities.

Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by DomPerignon: 10:34am On May 29

Una go dey drag Yoruba who no send Una .

Which kind inferiority complex dey worry Una?

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Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by banku: 1:36pm On May 29

This generation of Igbo must realize that their best friends inside and outside Nigeria are the Yoruba, even before Independence.

All Igbo old millionaires made their money in the West especially Lagos. All your political heroes were trained by Herbert Macaulay and the NCNC Party that propelled your leaders was formed by the same Herbert Macaulay, a Yoruba.

The Bible which you pride your foreign religion on was translated into your language by Samuel Ajayi Crowder, Yoruba

Has Yoruba ever dragged anything with you from your land or people?

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Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by flokii: 2:12pm On May 29

You can't gaslight us anymore.. what belongs to Yoruba must stay with Yoruba. Igbos have their politics that they shut other Nigerians out from.
So Igbos won't come to South West to disenfranchise Yorubas by dragging our political posts with us. That's greed and wickedness.

If you think you're too smart, go home and represent/lead your people, stop coveting what belongs to others.

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Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by CorrectionFLuid: 3:00pm On May 29

banku:
This generation of Igbo must realize that their best friends inside and outside Nigeria are the Yoruba, even before Independence.

All Igbo old millionaires made their money in the West especially Lagos. All your political heroes were trained by Herbert Macaulay and the NCNC Party that propelled your leaders was formed by the same Herbert Macaulay, a Yoruba.

The Bible which you pride your foreign religion on was translated into your language by Samuel Ajayi Crowder, Yoruba

Has Yoruba ever dragged anything with you from your land or people?

Disregarding the other nonsense you wrote, how can one translate a language he does not speak or understand? You people should take it easy on propaganda naa. And the saddest thing about this is that you believe your lies.

Anyway this thread is talking about the security of your region, but it is Igbo Igbo Igbo you choose to reply. Na curse?

Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by CorrectionFLuid: 3:02pm On May 29

flokii:
You can't gaslight us anymore.. what belongs to Yoruba must stay with Yoruba. Igbos have their politics that they shut other Nigerians out from.
So Igbos won't come to South West to disenfranchise Yorubas by dragging our political posts with us. That's greed and wickedness.

If you think you're too smart, go home and represent/lead your people, stop coveting what belongs to others.

I don't know if you Yoruba commenters read a different post, cos this is not what was written about on this post. There's nowhere in this post I read about anyone trying to take anything from anybody.

The post is literally about security in your own region. Nawa

Una obsession is legendary.

Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by banku: 5:07pm On May 29

Ignorance is a disease. You are dishonest if you are informed or even half educated. There is no excuse, since you can Google or AI on your finger tips.

You guys do not know when to stop until you are sent back to pre Independence, stark naked without without clothes.

CorrectionFLuid:
Disregarding the other nonsense you wrote, how can one translate a language he does not speak or understand? You people should take it easy on propaganda naa. And the saddest thing about this is that you believe your lies.

Anyway this thread is talking about the security of your region, but it is Igbo Igbo Igbo you choose to reply. Na curse?

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Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by CorrectionFLuid: 5:13pm On May 29*

banku:
Ignorance is a disease. You are dishonest if you are informed or even half educated. There is no excuse, since you can Google or AI on your finger tips.

You guys do not know when to stop until you are sent back to pre Independence, stark naked without without clothes.

Can one translate a language he neither speaks nor understands?
Simple question, you dey yarn incoherently.

The only literally work was a 17 page pamphlet titled Iso-ama Ibo. The title alone doesn't mean anything that I an Igbo can understand. And people who actually read the work couldn't make head or tail of what he was writing there.

It took him a whooping 34 years to translate the bible to his own Yoruba. And you're here propaganding. There's a reason Google ai could only get data on his so called Igbo works from Yoruba centric Facebook groups.

Also a quick reminder that this topic is supposed to be centered on security of Yorubaland, and the same people are proving the op right by leaving the issue only to be fixated on Igbo.

Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by Counterigbolies: 5:17pm On May 29

Ukpaka:
Yoruba-Igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds the Southwest to Real Security Threats
https://247ureports.com/2026/05/yoruba-igbo-rivalry-how-political-scapegoating-blinds-the-southwest-to-real-security-threats/
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A viral outcry in LAGOS highlights ethnic profiling and political scapegoating, particularly against the Igbo, while ignoring real threats from armed groups.
Historical distrust between the Yoruba and Igbo dates back to colonial politics and the Nigerian Civil War, complicating current relations.
Political elites amplify ethnic rivalries during elections to distract from governance failures, using scapegoating as a strategy.
The primary threat to the Southwest comes from armed herders and bandits, not from the Southeast, affecting local agriculture.
To address security issues, the region must focus on confronting criminal networks rather than allowing historical grievances to dictate priorities.

what is blinding south Africans, Ghana, Cambodia, India and co?

When everyone points to one person as the problem then everyone can't be wrong at d same time

That person should change his ways instead of playing victim

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Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by CorrectionFLuid: 5:28pm On May 29

Counterigbolies:
what is blinding south Africans, Ghana, Cambodia, India and co?

When everyone points to one person as the problem then everyone can't be wrong at d same time

That person should change his ways instead of playing victim

Those countries and the people they are pointing at isn't the reason you should be proving the op right by fixating on Igbo, even on a thread that's supposed to be finding ways to expunge those who are actually kidnapping and beheading you in your own region.

You still said nothing about the security of your region. That's the point the op is making

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Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by T9ksy(m): 5:45pm On May 29

Counterigbolies:
what is blinding south Africans, Ghana, Cambodia, India and co?

When everyone points to one person as the problem then everyone can't be wrong at d same time

That person should change his ways instead of playing victim

Unfortunately, their old dog is incapable of learning new tricks so they resort to the same victimhood which has been casted decades ago.

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Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by T9ksy(m): 5:51pm On May 29

[i][/i]Op, why are you dissipating valuable time and resources on the security problem of those, whom you claims HATES an hence, your enemy?

Is their no problem in your region that you can channelled all these efforts on?

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Re: Yoruba-igbo Rivalry: How Political Scapegoating Blinds The Southwest To Real Sec by banku: 2:57am On May 30

This is 2026, they are still battling Soludo for trying to stop Monday Monday ritual killing. One would think they might be more concerned about what is happening in their community.

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