₦airaland Forum

Raiders:
If care is not taken APC might lose Lagos in the governorship election

CaptainOjemba:
Nwanne nsogbu adighi, mgbe obula ina akpa nkata ebe umu Igbo no, gbalia na akuziri ha maka ndoro ndoro ochichi obodo nigeria, mu onwe m na eme nka mgbe obula, amakwa m na I bu ezigbo nwa afo Igbo ji eme onu Ka Chineke gozie Umu Igbo nile na agba mbo oganihu Igbo. Still that Aba boy

nduchucks:
I'm sorry sir, but I am simply posting raw news. This does not give you the right to call me a bigot when you don't even know anything about me. You sir are the bigot who got bent out of shape simply because you saw the word "Igbo" in the article. Why do you feel threatened by that?

Sir, the political clout of Igbos in Lagos is growing, whether you like it or not. That is the reality, deal with it.

laglo:
True talk! While not being unnecessarily sentimental about issues, let us learn to appreciate one another strength and applaud it for a better Nigeria rather than creating cracks in national unity through promotion of unhealthy rivalry&things that divides.
I would rather agree the the Yorubas has displayed more maturity in being tolerance of other tribes and practise modern democracy devoid of tribalism and ethnic affiliation than just assuming the victory of the other tribes in emerging House of Rep is their being dominance in place.
When you check the campaign and the voting across the geo-political zones, you observe the same thing. GEJ had to do repeated campaigns in SW post election postponement when he was told that if he loses SW and NW landslide, he can't win. Now see the response in less than 2months, winning margin btw APC and PDP in SW is very close with PDP succeeding in clinching Ekiti despite the SW be classified APC stronghold. This is the maturity and lack of tribalism we are talking about when people face issue-based campaign rather than being dogmatically stalked to a party or candidate for any particular sentiment. If you look at the election result across most of the states in other geo-political zones, the voting pattern of landslide victory foor candidates in area of the zones with opponents having less than 20% represent elements of nascent and immature democrazy. We are not yet there but would get there someday.
Let rise as individual to the task of building our nation by applauding one another strengths and completing the areas of our weaknesses irrespective of our tribes and tongues

Onegai:
If GEJ miraculously wins now or the election is declared inconclusive, the tribal genocide that will happen will make the run-up to the Biafran war seem tame. Because it's clear he's lost. GEJ cannot pull 1 million votes each in Edo, Bayelsa and Delta and get 599, 000 votes in Enugu and less than 1 mil in Abia and Anambra. That's saying those states are bigger than Enugu (which is ridiculous, I know that for a fact).

Igbos should have come out and given him almost 1mil votes from each state, then he can pad it and be getting numbers up to 1. 5mil (like Northern states did, Kano did that and it seems plausible because they have the 3rd largest city in Nigeria) and he would be in a better position. Even him miraculously winning Lagos will be met with disbelief and violence.

If you know you want to reduce the Igbo population, by all means keep encouraging this line of though. I'd advise you however to start grooming a candidiate to be ready in the next 8-10 years.

OBJ should have picked Donald Duke and PDP would have had more years on the seat. Oh well...

jcmaiah:
Chuks hapu onye ofe nmanu a ka ona akotori onu.

christopher123:
our people will say in igbo.... anu na ngwo maka na nkwu na abia..
relax dont worry, INEC is there, so they have their permutation, it is now abut how many votes you have but how many states you win....if BUHARI HAS ONE BILLION VOTES in 5 states and GOODLUCK has 1 million votes in 10 states, good luck wins by the virtue of Majority states not majority votes.
For you to win this election you must be acceptable in two third of the states and from the look of thing BUHARI is only acceptable in North not even in south West cos Ekiti is PDP, SOUTH EAST IS PDP, we are awaiting south south
LOL

ibedun:
Ojukwu lead you people into a senseless war that nearly costed your whole existence.

Irrational, emotional people like you still full Igbo land

Sadly this country is not one and would never ever be one. The stubborn Nigerianist like OBJ, David Mark dem are just deceiving themselves. I see bloodshed along the way and it would start in Lagos. Igbo bombasticness and chest beating will almost certainly trigger it like it did in the North in the 60s.

NB - Yesteday I told my caretaker to give all my tenants (90% Igbos) quit notice. He responded that he can only replace them with Igbo people and that if they leave Lagos, many Yoruba landlords will starve. Its a real quagmire.

Boss13:
I want to use this opportunity to draw the attention of APC chieftains. They should not neglect the wishes of minority groups. You can ask the Republicans. These groups can form a political party and challenge the majority so that their voices can be heard. Also, you cannot fight them with arms because it is a criminal offence and jail time awaits such person(s).

APC should begin to create political positions for these groups in order to calm their nerves and ambition. They should know they are dealing with very ambitious tribes, who are creating a niche for themselves. The Presidential election have shown that they have a voice. The Governorship election might even spring a surprise just because they feel their voices need to be heard.

Respect their wishes, their decision and their voice. Do not ignore them on the premise that they are non-indigenes. You might escape 2015; but 2019 would be tougher.

bobcharly:
My little experience in politics has taught me
that most people are more emotional than
rational when it comes to who leads. Even
when the evidences r cristal clear, they can't
still live above sentiments. Now its time to
wake up to reality. No matter how I am
tempted, I refuse to sacrifice the destiny of
this nation on d alter of sentiments.
Personally, I'm convinced beyond doubt that
this country needs change. How d change
will turn out, I don't know. But I dare to take
d risk.

christopher123:
but you can see that your submission doesnt hold water. these white coller jobs are still businesses that started small like MTN, COSCHARIS, PHARMECEUTICAL, ORANGE DRUGS, SWIFT, SMILE AND these are people businesses and they are firms today. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS THOSE THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO OPEN UP SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES TODAY WILL DICTATE THE PACE OF ECONOMY TOMORROW BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE FUNDS AND POWER TO FIRE AND HIRE. And above all tey have cash


So i think that the best thing for yorubas is to venture out


NO VENTURE NO SUCCESS


The war tought igbos a lesson and the igbos became good student of that war and lesson and they are applying it, justv 4 decades after the war


one nigeria

psalmlolese:
I doubt it if this can happen in the northern part of the country like kano or kaduna. This really shows how libral yoruba people is in this country. Igbo kueun

muhamm3d:
One sad thing about this is that yoruba people are the most tolerant in Nigeria. This will nver happen in any igbo state, they would rather kill the yoruba candidate than see him win any position. Even the beggars in eastern states are igbos.kaduna and kano are filled wd yoruba pple and other tribes. . Really dnt lik d igbo breed, they will do anyfin against u in their states then want to take over ur own state. Imagine d fo.ol that wants to b gov of lag and cnt speak a word of yoruba. Just imagine d mu.mu.

christopher123:
the yoruba man should summon courage and live in south east, invest there and learn the culture, otherwise yoruba cant contest, lagos was developed with oil not gbegiri so it is for all Nigerians

tochimas:
Sweet heart, it appears you have never stepped outside your village before.
Igbos are not kill and bury like you and yours
Try visit and interagrate yourself which is what we do most of the time.
It is only then you can come and authoritatively talk on nairaland
Not some myth and folklore
First hand experience.

CaptainOjemba:
I was thinking you gonna reply intelligently

muhamm3d:
One sad thing about this is that yoruba people are the most tolerant in Nigeria. This will nver happen in any igbo state, they would rather kill the yoruba candidate than see him win any position. Even the beggars in eastern states are igbos.kaduna and kano are filled wd yoruba pple and other tribes. . Really dnt lik d igbo breed, they will do anyfin against u in their states then want to take over ur own state. Imagine d fo.ol that wants to b gov of lag and cnt speak a word of yoruba. Just imagine d mu.mu.

mcdc:
LAGOS BELONG TO NO ONE. 70% of investment in lagos state belong to non lagosians. up jimi agbaje.

GoldHorse:
Yeah! I can see that you are very very "intelligent" now.

Onegai:
Oghene Egboh is from Urhobo and I voted in Festac. Most Festac (Igbos) people didn't know him and his supporters were Yoruba (and they campaigned for him till that day). His opponent didn't get that kind of support from anyone.

I wouldn't call this Igbo clout just yet. Igbo clout just failed GEJ. Compare the massive turnout Buhari got in his base to the meagre turnout GET got in what he thought was his power base. GEJ's power lies in Delta (where for example Asaba, Uwvie and Ika boys were willing to rig for him for free ; D )