fx45:

Spot on! U just made my day... These people don't know what they've brought upon us. We're already in a reverse mode and it might take up to decades before we recover from it(unless something divine or extraordinary happens)

I wept when Jonathan lost the election because I understood the implication of such a disaster. The Fulani oligarchy/hegemony is back and they're not going to let go anytime soon.

nwadiuko1:
am sorry to say this: tinubu's exit or continued stay in APC will make little or no impact on the success or failure of the party as far as buhari, saraki and dogara remains the president, senate president and speaker respectively,,,, they have simply neutralized him....and will not hesitate in empowering other south western politicians against him

chukwudi44:


You de mind dem!!!!Bunch of idiots You expected a Fulani retired army General to take orders from Tinubu? una never see anything yet

lokoloko84:
Fasola and Fayemi to take over SW?I think you are a joke.
Without Tinubu,these guys are nothing. You think the politics we play in this country is for the weak the minds.
Look mister,I do not know you but remove Tinubu from APC,then the party is finished.
In as much as I do not not like Fayose that much,the truth is that he is more popular and well loved than fayemi.
The same Fashola that refused to support the SW agenda will now take over the political structure of the region.
The only politician that is well respected in SW today is Tinubu whether you like it or not.
Despite that,we do not have real leaders yet. But the next political leaders are on the way and will be more radical than the current ones.
Do you not know also that there are some politicians who are also unknown Tinubu loyalists that are watching what is going on presently.
When these individuals get to power one of these days, what do you think will happen?

Shymm3x:


Lmao @ "deathly afraid of them". I know that man is a coward. However, in as much as I'm not his biggest fan, but based on the scholarship I've been able to gather - at least he did try to contain them a bit. Something no other person has ever been able to do. Awolowo understood them, but he was a typical Ijebu man, and he thrived in isolationalism. Akintola was comfortable in playing a lieutenant. Zik was perpetually an appendage and he wore the ceremonial badge of honour with pride. MKO was fvcked in the arse. Who else? So, I'd give OBJ a C+ for doing something in the new era.

GEJ was an utter failure - even his name sucks. He drove the country into the mess that's unfolding. Let's just see how it plays out.

BackDatAssUp:



How? Jonathan beat them in 2011.

It was the SW betrayal that gave the north clout.

While the northern cabal promoted and exploited the terrorist acts of their Boko Haram, you in the SW continued to circulate their lies.


We warned you but you did not listen.


Your ITK and "nah we sabi pass" mentality is what is causing your humiliation.

atlwireles:


Not in my world, when you sell yourself for cheap . Fulanis should not be blamed for people's stupidityy. Their vote count has not changed since 2003. They just found more ediots to add to their ranch.

MrPresident1:


Fulani men from firsthand knowledge I have of them are very capable men, with a religion that encourages scholarship, a culture that promotes conquest and brutal vengeance, and a herd mentality where the Sarki can never be wrong, Obasanjo fears those people like shiit!

The south failed to unite, primordial sentiments triumphed over collective purposefulness, there was/is no rallying point. This will continue to be our bane, and why we will always be subservient to them.

luvmijeje:


That's more reason why a true politician must never play tribal politics and politics of hatred. What the OP is suggesting is tribal politics which contributed majorly to the ouster of Jonathan.

mcino:

Don't you think you are supposed to tell us your own definition of betrayal? Betrayal in the context that I used it aptly depicts how you got us into the present mess, while claiming job existent sophistication and bravery. Go ahead and tell me how I lost my argument

meccuno:
nothing......the North are people who do not play gentleman politics....they play dirty....

Shymm3x:


Lol, I understand the dynamics of their culture and mentality, from an historical POV - and I know how they operate. Heck, I told Eurobomber last week that they're just warming up with their vengeance. Seriously, who among the Nigerian elites doesn't fear them? Even the normal people folks fear them, judging by the way their bororos (the pikeys among them) go around killing/maiming folks with impunity. The first law of power is to put fear in people and they've mastered it. Anyway, I honestly don't know how folks can be shiit-scared of people who bleed just like them, to be honest.

Unity in the South is a pipe-dream based on how the country was structured from the get-go. The overly aggressive and emotional temperament of Igbos will never be able to unite properly with the peaceful and jolly temperament of the Yoruba. More like a cat and mouse game. And that will always play into the hands on the Fulanis, the owners of Nigeria - with just basic divide and conquer strategy.

Shymm3x:


Lol, I understand the dynamics of their culture and mentality, from an historical POV - and I know how they operate. Heck, I told Eurobomber last week that they're just warming up with their vengeance. Seriously, who among the Nigerian elites doesn't fear them? Even the normal folks fear them, judging by the way their bororos (the pikeys among them) go around killing/maiming folks with impunity. The first law of power is to put fear in people and they've mastered it. Anyway, I honestly don't know how folks can be shiit-scared of people who bleed just like them, to be honest.

Unity in the South is a pipe-dream based on how the country was structured from the get-go. The overly aggressive and emotional temperament of Igbos will never be able to unite properly with the peaceful and jolly temperament of the Yoruba. More like a cat and mouse game. And that will always play into the hands on the Fulanis, the owners of Nigeria - with just basic divide and conquer strategy.

MrPresident1:

Bros, you have summarized it all. There is no common rallying point in the south, that critical zone of continuity where we all can converge and see reason is just not there, unlike in the north where they have the Hausa language and the Islamic religion.
Fulanis like the Somalis, are a learned, proud and warlike people, and a people with deep and longstanding heritage. They are not lost people per se. They are the owners of Nigeria, and until there is that point of convergence in the south, they will continue to rule us. Of course with their knowledge of subterfuge and divide-and-rule, give the Yoruba man plenty amala for jollyment, give the Igbo man big title and let him be a bit above his people, and all forms of rally dissipates.

We are back to the past bro. Smh.

I think the Yoruba race should forever be grateful to the warriors of Ibadan who stopped them at Osogbo in the 1800s, if not? hehehe, we for don hear am.

MrPresident1:


Bros, you have summarized it all. There is no common rallying point in the south, that critical zone of continuity where we all can converge and see reason is just not there, unlike in the north where they have the Hausa language and the Islamic religion.
Fulanis like the Somalis, are a learned, proud and warlike people, and a people with deep and longstanding heritage. They are not lost people per se. They are the owners of Nigeria, and until there is that point of convergence in the south, they will continue to rule us. Of course with their knowledge of subterfuge and divide-and-rule, give the Yoruba man plenty amala for jollyment, give the Igbo man big title and let him be a bit above his people, and all forms of rally dissipates.

We are back to the past bro. Smh.

I think the Yoruba race should forever be grateful to the warriors of Ibadan who stopped them at Osogbo in the 1800s, if not? hehehe, we for don hear am.

lokoloko84:
Go and study the political history of South west.The so called Fulani cannot play dirty politically than a typical thorough breed Yoruba politician.

kritikali:
Lol, igbo's trying so f.ckin hard to convince yoruba that they are both one from the south, forgetin how often the word betrayal jumps outa their mouth when 'yoruba' is mentioned..keepin trying u flat headed buffalos.

tawa89:
Like I said before Woman, take your grievances to the appropriate quarters.

hansad:
Selfish Pursuits - all of them:

Baba Awolowo was promised by Fulani that he would succeed Yakubu Gowon. For that, Baba Awo advised Yakubu Gowon to jettison the Accord made in Aburi which was agreed upon by Nigeria and the rebel Eastern region in the presence of Internationale mediators.
The result was a nasty civil war that claimed nearly 2 million innocent lives, mostly children.

The kernel of the Aburi Accord was reintroduction of Regional government system with fiscal federalism.

Unarguably, the Southwest region, and indeed all parts of Nigeria, should have advanced by far with development, more than what they are today, if Aburi Accord was honoured.

A7:
Another bitter hypocrite!

This writer never like Tinubu in the first place, and his words shows he hates Apc. Infact he is rejoicing that Apc candidates lost because of Bukolas action, this Jonathanian is fooling no one but himself, last weeks events contradicts all that he wrote.

The fool keep talking about fulani this fulani that, yet refuses to touch on the 51 Apc senator's pledge who are mostly Hausa/fulani/northerners to support Tinubus candidates . He also refuse to tell us wheither Yakubu Dogara is Fulani or not. Infact both the candidates the Apc supported are neither Hausa nor Fulani.

In his retard.ed mind he is thinking and wanting people to see Tinubu as a failure who fail to see through conspiracies by "northerners" to sabotage his efforts, and therefore has to be ridiculed. What this id.iot fail to understand is "any gang up by whatever force to oppose Tinubu as long as it is Apc's subject, Tinubu will certainly overcome and shame it", and this is one reason why Saraki and Dogara connive with outside stooges like the Pdp to get what they wanted.

In the end Pdp is the butt of the joke, only 7 Apc lawmakers voted for Saraki the rest 50 are from Pdp. If anyone have to be laughted at it's certainly the docile Pdp who is unable to think of ways to reach to atleast 5 more senators to retain Sp seat

prettyboi1:
These kinda writers irritate the freaking shiiiit out of me. People who never see beyond sentiments and stupid bias. What happened at the NASS had/has nothing to do with ethnic group or religion but the greed and selfishness of some certain individuals. There's no need bringing bias into it....because most people irrespective of ethnic group felt just as bitter as Tinubu and most APC chieftains felt except the ones who played the greedy/selfish games. Please nobody should follow this writer's efforts at stirring up undue sentiments.

God Bless Nigeria. Amen.

MrPresident1:


Bros, you have summarized it all. There is no common rallying point in the south, that critical zone of continuity where we all can converge and see reason is just not there, unlike in the north where they have the Hausa language and the Islamic religion.
Fulanis like the Somalis, are a learned, proud and warlike people, and a people with deep and longstanding heritage. They are not lost people per se. They are the owners of Nigeria, and until there is that point of convergence in the south, they will continue to rule us. Of course with their knowledge of subterfuge and divide-and-rule, give the Yoruba man plenty amala for jollyment, give the Igbo man big title and let him be a bit above his people, and all forms of rally dissipates.

We are back to the past bro. Smh.

I think the Yoruba race should forever be grateful to the warriors of Ibadan who stopped them at Osogbo in the 1800s, if not? hehehe, we for don hear am.

PabloAfricanus:

[s]
@bolded I would say political masters of Nigeria.
If you had said the British effectively handed over the military and numerical strength at the center to them...I'd agree.
The real secret of the Fulanis is their adoption of anything Hausa.
The Hausa language, Hausa lifestyle, Hausa kingdoms and states.
Infact few people in the South have no clue as to who the Hausas really are.
For some funny reason, the Hausas in Kano,Kaduna, Zamfara and the rest of the old cities seem to find Fulani rulership cool...can't figure it out.
If Kano were to be Igbo,I bet the typical Igbo man won't find it funny that their royal family is not even Igbo to being with!
Even the Yorubas in Ilorin still have their unspoken resistance to Fulani hegemony.
They whole Islamic emirate thingy is seen by the Hausas as divine and a part of their heritage.
I think its the day the REAL HAUSA peoples stand up to reclaim their ancient thrones and heritage, that we'll see
the Fulanis for what they really are. A hard, militaristic wandering nomads who have perfected the art of usurpation and conquest.
But you have to give them that respect...its no small feat to usurp Gwandu, Kano,Kaduna, Adamawa and all the old emirates.
I really admire their political astuteness.

As for the Igbos and Yorubas...they are still learners.
Shortsighted thinking, lack of long term political strategy, tribalistic emotions and lack of exposure to "advanced" politics remains
their greatest challenge.[/s]

PabloAfricanus:


Not just Awo, but Ayida and all the civil service and foreign service crew still cringing from the cold blooded murders of January 1966.
Awo with the benefit of hindsight was relatively naive and a bit blinded by his unapologetic tribal politics.
The Igbos were more than willing to have a working relationship with the Yorubas...as most of the Igbo nationalist leaders
had Yoruba leanings, spoke Yoruba or lived and schooled in then Western Region.
I think the Yoruba leaders generally did not like the domineering and pushy attitudes of the Igbos.
The Igbos undoing was their lack of political and diplomatic experience...plus not factoring in London's response
to the deaths of Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa and the rest.
If Awo had chosen the path of secession, there was nothing stopping the Westerners from forcing
the remaining Northern soldiers out of their region.
By the time of the Aburi meetings, majority of soldiers in the divisions had been relocated to their various regions.
It was an opportunity passed on.
The then Western region would have been had a chance of being a model of an organized African country.

Gowon was used, Awo was used both by the British and the Fulanis and they never realized it.
They were rather tolerated by the oligarchs.
As I have commented earlier, the Yorubas played a game of convenience...it was what it was.
But the real masterminds were not even Fulanis or Yorubas...the stakeholders were the old colonialists in London.
Nigeria was likely their checkmate to any oil production instability in the Arabian gulf and elsewhere they had planted puppet rulers.
Even the Soviets and France had to back down on Biafran support when they realized what the game was all about.

The British had decided that only the Hausa/Fulani sufficiently had the political, cultural and military experience to
secure their investments in their former colony.
The Igbos proved too smart and headstrong to play "civilized" politics with.
The Yorubas typically thrived in chaos and educated tribalism...not enough to handle international politics.
The other minorities were just not visible enough.

The only anti-dote to the Fulani (not Hausa/Fulani as some suppose) hegemony while Nigerian remains a nation is the Orkar formula.
Or a complete dismantling of Ironsi's unitary style of govt and a return to the former regions.
Unfortunately the strategic positioning of allies across all ethnic groups by the Fulani would have to be broken first.

My not necessarily correct opinion.

Shymm3x:


Well, tribal politics is the bread and butter of Nigeria - and the Fulanis just scored one against Tinubu. The dynamics of Nigerian politics right now, with what happened in the parliament and a lot of things unfolding (they just selected a another Northerner to be the Accountant General of the country - after taking the executive, judiciary, and legislative arms of government) in this current government is akin to GEJ's government - the bastion just shifted to the North.

Tinubu needs to play smart and understand that the interests of a bloc is on his back. I don't know how he's going to go about it - but he can't get overly friendly with them, and let them keep using his bloc to achieve whatever they plan to achieve.

carnegiefan:


Please mourn your loss alone. Jonathan's defeat and Yoruba connivance in that defeat is perhaps the best thing that happened to Eastern Nigeria since the end of the war.

For the first time, we can all of us (SE and SS) see clearly what the game has been about.
So please leave Igbo out of this mess.
Our next bus stop is BIAFRA.