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sauceny:
Hit like if you feel the oba is barking like a toothless dog.

Hit share if you feel the oba was suffering from a Juvenile delinquency.

Quote me if you feel the oba has to be thrown into the lagoon 1st.

nzeadachie:
WHO IS HIM? WHICH PROBLEM? MARK MY WORD THE MAN WILL DIE IF HE TRY ANY NONSENSE

Chukwugekwu:
Oba Akiolu you will face the anger of God soon. .....

babyosisi:
He already swore for himself should they vote for Agbaje
Let them vote Agbaje so he can go ahead and perish in the water
Only God knows how many people he killed and ate as a policeman

cococandy:
I still don't grasp what their hatred for agbaje is. Is he not a Yoruba man like them? Or is it only because he's PDP?
So they believe no Yoruba man will vote agbaje. I laugh in Chinese. When did PDP turn to Igbo party?

babyosisi:
The oba is a useless man
Just two months ago he had his tongue up Jonathan's rectum
These so called traditional rulers will say anything to put food on the table
Ambode is merely a continuation of the Ra,pe of Lagos
U no wan make e chop?
He probably has 4 wives, 44 concubines and 120 almajiris to fend for

babyosisi:
The oba is a useless man
Just two months ago he had his tongue up Jonathan's rectum
These so called traditional rulers will say anything to put food on the table
Ambode is merely a continuation of the Ra,pe of Lagos
U no wan make e chop?
He probably has 4 wives, 44 concubines and 120 almajiris to fend for

nzeadachie:
THE MAN IS A USELESS MAN FOR SURE, HE THINKS THAT IGBOS WILL FEAR HIM, LET HIM COME UP WITH ANY NONSENSE

cococandy:
he's more than useless. His foolishness is not surprising to me. I don't really expect better than that from such an imbecilic fellow.

What's more shocking is the number of supporters he has on this forum alone chanting "death to the Igbos"
Later they will pretend like they like one Nigeria.
Well anyway like fathers like sons.

Highly disappointed.

Yorubas are the Problem with Nigeria – By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Via Elombah.com. Wed, 05/27/2009 – 11:01

By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Prospective Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria

In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.

i. The Yoruba elite and area-boy politics;
ii. Igbo marginalisation and the responsible limits of retribution; and
iii. The Yoruba Factor and “Area-boy” Politics.



My views on the Yoruba political leadership have been thoroughly articulated in some of my writings, prime among which was ” Afenifere: Syllabus of Errors” published by This Day (The Sunday Newspaper) on Sept 27, 1998. There was also an earlier publication in the weekly Trust entitled ” The Igbo, the Yoruba and History” (Aug. 21, 1998).
In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.
The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country. In 1966, it was the violence in the West which provided an avenue for the putsch of 15th January. After Chief Awolowo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the South-West which led to the Buhari intervention.
When Buhari jailed UPN governors like Ige and Onabanjo, the South-Western press castigated that good government and provided the right mood for IBB to take over power. As soon as IBB cleared UPN governors of charges against them in a politically motivated retrial, he became the darling of the South-West. When IBB annulled the primaries in which Adamu Ciroma and Shehu Yar Adua emerged as presidential candidates in the NRC and SDP, he was hailed by the South-West. When the same man annulled the June 12, 1993 elections in which Abiola was the front-runner, the South-West now became defenders of democracy.

When it seemed Sani Abacha was sympathetic to Abiola, the South-West supported his take-over. He was in fact invited by a prominent NADECO member to take over in a published letter shortly before the event. Even though Abiola had won the elections in the North, the North was blamed for its annulment. When Abdulsalam Abubakar started his transition, the Yoruba political leadership through NADECO presented a memorandum on a Government of National Unity that showed complete disrespect for the intelligence and liberties of other Nigerians.
Subsequently, they formed a tribal party which failed to meet minimum requirements for registration, but was registered all the same to avoid the violence that was bound to follow non-registration, given the area-boy mentality of South-West politicians. Having rejected an Obasanjo candidacy and challenged the election as a fraud in court, we now find a leading member of the AD in the government, a daughter of an Afenifere leader as Minister of State, and Awolowo´s daughter as Ambassador, all appointed by a man who won the election through fraud.

Meanwhile, nothing has been negotiated for the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self-succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation.

When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses.

For so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals.

Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists.

Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other “nationalities” that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances.

To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities. This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood.

I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation-building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys.

iii.The Igbo Factor and the Reasonable Limits of Retribution.

The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation. They led the first successful military coup which eliminated the Military and Political leaders of other regions while letting off Igbo leaders. Nwafor Orizu, then Senate President, in consultation with President Azikiwe, subverted the constitution and handed over power to Aguiyi-Ironsi. Subsequent developments, including attempts at humiliating other peoples, led to the counter-coup and later the civil war. The Igbos themselves must acknowledge that they have a large part of the blame for shattering the unity of this country.

Having said that, this nation must realise that Igbos have more than paid for their foolishness. They have been defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated, kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity.

The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set for the primaries, every gentleman´s agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate. Things went as far as getting the Federal Government to hurriedly gazette a pardon. Now, with this government, the marginalistion of the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb.

After the First World War, the victors treated Germany with the same contempt Nigeria is treating Igbos. Two decades later, there was a Second World War, far costlier than the first. Germany was again defeated, but this time, they won a more honourable peace. Our present political leaders have no sense of History. There is a new Igbo man, who was not born in 1966 and neither knows nor cares about Nzeogwu and Ojukwu. There are Igbo men on the street who were never Biafrans. They were born Nigerians, are Nigerians, but suffer because of actions of earlier generations. They will soon decide that it is better to fight their own war, and may be find an honourable peace, than to remain in this contemptible state in perpetuity.

The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos. For one Sardauna, one Tafawa Balewa, one Akintola and one Okotie-Eboh, hundreds of thousands have died and suffered.

If this issue is not addressed immediately, no conference will solve Nigeria´s problems.

By Sanusi Lamido SanusiBeing Excerpts from A Paper Presented At The “National Conference On The 1999 Constitution” Jointly Organised By The Network For Justice And The Vision Trust Foundation, At The Arewa House, Kaduna From 11th –12th September, 1999.

Read the full essay here:

http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/Essays/BalaUsman/Sanusi_Restruct uring.html

REALODUA:
igbo don't know nigeria politics, we Yoruba hold our respected obas in high esteem, I mean respected ones not the jona dollars one, oba of Lagos is the real definition of first class oba. Mark my words, watch ibo obis and politicians come beg him in days. igbos can't joke with their shops this oba is fighting for his unborn generation just before you make a mess of Lagos like your aba and onisha.

14DUI:
In as much as I don't support what the Oba said, the Igbo people need to learn to respect those in authority, the statement is taken in literal meaning and I don't need to tell them what it mean and in the context the Oba is using those statement.

Learn to make your statement and leave, don't insult the king and you have no right to do so, let us be civilize in our disagreement.

All the rant over this issue will severed the already fragile relationship between the Yorubas and igbos not only in Lagos but the entire southwest.

Is it an abomination for the Oba to apologize even if you feel what he said is not ok, king remains king, the insult going around town will not do well for us all.

If you want to vote for Just Kidding, go ahead, I even urge all registered Igbos in Lagos to vote PDP so we can all know their support base and population so we know how many they are.

Just on a last note, Whatever the outcome of the election come Saturday, things in Lagos will never be same again, Igbos have all to loose, and if you think otherwise, wait and see.

Ayatullah:
MAJORITY OF IBOS ARE GREEDY AND UNGRATEFUL!
The Oba of Lagos should be commended for putting the ungrateful Ibos where they belong. I have not seen a group of wicked, greedy and ungrateful group of people.

Indeed is it possible for any ethnic national to enjoy in Ibo land what the Ibos are enjoying in Lagos?

They always complain of being marginalised, yet they dominate a lot in many spheres of economic activity across Nigeria.

El-Rufai as the FCT Minister then confirmed the Ibos has the largest plot of land in the FCT.

Give the Ibos a chance they will want to dominate, yet they will keep complaining of being dominated.

Kudos to the Oba of Lagos, he is indeed a Great Yoruba Leader of our time.

Long live the king!

adorable29:
No wonder I respect the OBA OF BENIN! That is a wise, peaceful, educated and knowledgeable Oba! He can never be partisan! His position is too sacred for him to be.
He blesses all candidates but insist and reiterates that they do not create anarchy and blood shed in the land with their political pursuits. That he will not tolerate! His Royal majesty settles disputes and gives advices to all who seeks his counsel. Oba gha to kpeye! Ise!
But some other Oba is the ones spurring for unnecessary bitterness and war and laying curses on people in his land because of their selfish. political standing!
But wait o! By extension, If you are yoruba and vote for JK, you will also be thrown in the Lagoon for going against the Oba's handpicked politician !

babyosisi:
This is why I make no pretense when I say trust them at your own peril
They have always been backstabbers
It's their default setting
Every nigerian knows that anyway,I am not saying anything new
Lamido Sanusi put it nicely in his piece about the problem with Nigeria, everyone who hasn't should find it and read it,it's a thought provoking piece



The agbero came out with a disclaimer forgetting journalists were there and he was being recorded
If a man can be this eediotic on camera ,imagine what he's like behind closed doors
If they dig around the palace they may find rotten bodies of missing Lagosians
People,who rubbed him the wrong way

Ayatullah:
MAJORITY OF IBOS ARE GREEDY AND UNGRATEFUL!
The Oba of Lagos should be commended for putting the ungrateful Ibos where they belong. I have not seen a group of wicked, greedy and ungrateful group of people.

Indeed is it possible for any ethnic national to enjoy in Ibo land what the Ibos are enjoying in Lagos?

They always complain of being marginalised, yet they dominate a lot in many spheres of economic activity across Nigeria.

El-Rufai as the FCT Minister then confirmed the Ibos has the largest plot of land in the FCT.

Give the Ibos a chance they will want to dominate, yet they will keep complaining of being dominated.

Kudos to the Oba of Lagos, he is indeed a Great Yoruba Leader of our time.

Long live the king!

babyosisi:
This is the article I speak of

babyosisi:
Not when you make a motor park tout an oba
He deserves no respect

Ilekeh:
Benin you say?

What till you guys start disrespecting Benins on Benin land and you'll see a tiger bare its claws.

babyosisi:
The only group angry that Igbos are hard workers are Yorubas,it is pathetic
So what if my people own most of the real estate in Abuja
Get off your lazy behind and ask how it is done instead of hating
You can't live in a one room and throw lavish owanbe and close the street at your every fart and expect to have money to purchase real estate.
Common sense 101
If you are serious people will show you the ropes
The ijebus that are the industrious yorubas know how it is done
Go learn from them instead of hating

My younger brother fresh out of college,first job in an oil company,didn't run out to live in a mansion
He didn't throw owanbe or impregnate 5 girls and do naming ceremonies for 5 kids
He lived in a small one room like a man that drank his mother's milk ,took public transport and by end of that year bought plots of land at the age of 22
That is how to be a man

14DUI:
Like I posted earlier, let learn to make our point without resulting to abuse, I hope you know the weight of your statement, I don't condone unruly statement and behavior especially if you talk to my king in that manner. If the statement was not taken literally, why can't the Igbo representatives object what the Oba said when they were there instead of laughing and clapping.
They are making fuse of it when they reach their brethren. Pls refrain yourself from those statement young lady.

14DUI:
Like I posted earlier, let learn to make our point without resulting to abuse, I hope you know the weight of your statement, I don't condone unruly statement and behavior especially if you talk to my king in that manner. If the statement was not taken literally, why can't the Igbo representatives object what the Oba said when they were there instead of laughing and clapping.
They are making fuse of it when they reach their brethren. Pls refrain yourself from those statement young lady.

TolaniLuv:
Oba Rilwan. You are a very big fool. Na God go punish u sir!!

cococandy:
I assume that's why ijebus are hated too.

adorable29:
Hav you asked yourself why always Lagos? Is Lagos the only South western state? Lagos was built to its enviable state by ALL Nigerians! Especially with our oyel money. If not for Nigeria, lagos would not be better than Oyo or Osun. Now what EXACTLY has those igbo guys done to you! All over social media, you insult them and they ofcourse insult you back. So who gave you the right to be "the pained one"?


Concerning the topic at hand, this is a typical example of the yorubas being the first to strike. When the igbo strike back, they start yelling "insult". Some of una too like quarrel and raking.

Nigerians should just let this people be. You will not allow them be president, yet you won't leave them alone. Its annoying.

Am Proudly NigerDeltan by the way.