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AkinEgba:
You said its fake? Okay here's the full story below


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 and area-boy politics;
Igbo marginalisation and the responsible limits of retribution; and
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 Sanusi.

Being 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.http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/yorubas-are-the-problem-with-nigeria-by-sanusi-lamido-sanusi-elombah-com.111348/


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AkinEgba:
Imagine If an Igbo man said this about Yorubas
Imagine the hell that will be let loose by the Yoruba Obas, press and general public?
Imagine the lagoon that will await the Igbo man in Lagos?
But Sanusi said this and walked away freely.
And Yoruba rewarded Sanusi by helping to elect his brother the president
Yoruba people are truly awusa sophisticated slaves

AkinEgba:
Imagine If an Igbo man said this about Yorubas
Imagine the hell that will be let loose by the Yoruba Obas, press and general public?
Imagine the lagoon that will await the Igbo man in Lagos?
But Sanusi said this and walked away freely.
And Yoruba rewarded Sanusi by helping to elect his brother the president
Yoruba people are truly awusa sophisticated slaves

Sweetlemon:
God of Mercy! Can you guys just drop these jabs? Of what use are they?
STOP!
Jesus Christ!

chowlade:
why is ur moniker a yoruba name? is lamido not synonymous to igbo according to party? aren't them same thing? same pdp and everything. at-least is politics thing, not in total perspective of all the northerners.
so shame on you. Yoruba will never be hated like they hated the i.bos

Sweetlemon:
God of Mercy! Can you guys just drop these jabs? Of what use are they?
STOP!
Jesus Christ!

AkinEgba:
Imagine If an Igbo man said this about Yorubas
Imagine the hell that will be let loose by the Yoruba Obas, press and general public?
Imagine the lagoon that will await the Igbo man in Lagos?
But Sanusi said this and walked away freely.
And Yoruba rewarded Sanusi by helping to elect his brother the president
Yoruba people are truly awusa sophisticated slaves

dunkem21:
Did Sanusi really say that

Ovamboland:
Is this all your retarded brain can come up with?
Sanusi said so what? that is his personal opinion, when Yoruba interest is at cross road with Sanusi he will answer for his statements.
How what Sanusi said should make Yoruba vote against Buhari and vote for Goodluck beats any rational mind.

No wonder some people are able to separate issues from mundane hence referred to as sophisticated.

You can extend your campaign to ban marriage of any Yoruba to other SE because of Oba Akiolu's statement.
Your evolution seems to have missed one step.

OPCNAIRALAND:
Yorubas will always, proudly, be the problem of Nigeria.

We just proved over a six year period....when Turai and Atiku attempted to shunt the succession of power, who stood up for Jonathan and defeated the Northerners? Yoruba.

When Jonathan proved himself a nuisance and ruined the country with Ibos littered everywhere in his administration, who stood up to him and sent him and "the pillars of his administration" packing? Yoruba.

Who has run the opposition gauntlet of Nigeria, successfully, for decades? Yoruba.


By the Grace of Edumare, Yoruba shall continue to be the problem of Nigeria. We will be concerned the day Hausa or Ibo take our position and become the problem of Nigeria. On that day we shall become useless to this country. May God continue to make us usefull for the division and ruling of Nigeria, Ase!

Ovamboland:
Is this all your retarded brain can come up with?
Sanusi said so what? that is his personal opinion, when Yoruba interest is at cross road with Sanusi he will answer for his statements.
How what Sanusi said should make Yoruba vote against Buhari and vote for Goodluck beats any rational mind.

No wonder some people are able to separate issues from mundane hence referred to as sophisticated.

You can extend your campaign to ban marriage of any Yoruba to other SE because of Oba Akiolu's statement.
Your evolution seems to have missed one step.

Sweetlemon:
God of Mercy! Can you guys just drop these jabs? Of what use are they?
STOP!
Jesus Christ!

AkinEgba:
Lol! I have browsed the www using all search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, etc) but could not find any Yoruba response to this insult by Sanusi. They are truly afraid of another Ilorinization

anulaxad:
Nothing can help this disease that you possess to cause unnecessary trouble.

This news is clearly fake.

I'm beginning to really lose my patience with some people.

Yorubas can endure and perserve to a certain extent, but the fact remains that there are some troublemakers like yourself that has been set loose trying to divide the unity and prosperity our ethnic groups have shared before even our currents fathers were alive.

For the sake of Africa and our country please stop this attitude.

anulaxad:
Nothing can help this disease that you possess to cause unnecessary trouble.

This news is clearly fake.

I'm beginning to really lose my patience with some people.

Yorubas can endure and perserve to a certain extent, but the fact remains that there are some troublemakers like yourself that has been set loose trying to divide the unity and prosperity our ethnic groups have shared before even our currents fathers were alive.

For the sake of Africa and our country please stop this attitude.

Udmaster:
How on earth can the ewedu eaters challenge the hausas/fulani.. Do you want another ILORINIZATION to occur?

chowlade:
what is ILORINIZATION? you people will not wise up, since you have been living in Nigeria, ur Moniker knows nothing about Ilorin and kwara state at large. u r just being stupid like ur brothers that claim hausa/fulanis own ilorin.
d past three Emir of Ilorin were yoruba people also the present Emir of ilorin is a yoruba man he might be from fulani descendant (which alot of yorubas are) but he bears yoruba name, speak yoruba to the yoruba people so what is the different? 90% of the towns in kwara are being ruled by Obas. what is not yoruba people's problem why is it suddenly igbo man's people's problem? this has just proved that igbos are cowards big time and inferiority complex is killing you igbos badly

emir of ilorin speak yoruba
he has a yoruba name
he has always being in support of yoruba walfare in politics
he has never claim fulani
he's father was a yoruba man.
also yoruba people has a living Oba in Ilorin but not recognized politically
why do igbo refer to kwara state all the time? is it because they r mostly muslims? or d title Emir?

Udmaster:
TRASH.. Keep quiet and obey your Arewa Master, you tribal marked ewedu eater from a diabolic tribe.

chowlade:
that's why u replied unreasonably shame on you.
arewas are not Fulanis cause fulanis r different frm hausa. millions of yourbas bears fulani or filani as their surname and they are yoruba. (type it on facebook to check if i lie, likewise fulanis in Kwara are bearing yoruba names) for not knowing anything in Nigeria, Shame on you again. u must be an igbo boy picking up dirty bottles and metals on refuse dumps.

unity in amongs the fulani and yorubas in kwara is greater than that of igbo and yoruba anywhere in lagos e.t.c

i understand ur inferiority complex sorry bro.

Udmaster:
How on earth can the ewedu eaters challenge the hausas/fulani.. Do you want another ILORINIZATION to occur?

AkinEgba:
What has changed about the Yorubas to make him not to hold this view anymore??

AkinEgba:
Lol! I have browsed the www using all search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, etc) but could not find any Yoruba response to this insult by Sanusi. They are truly afraid of another Ilorinization

AnambraDota:
Ohhhh, it happened before 1999 so what about Arthur Nzeribe that your people deride because of June 12 and let IBB go scot free??

What should we call that

Moheat:
We already know that even before you post this and even before sanusi said it.

Moheat:
We already know that even before you post this and even before sanusi said it.

dunkem21:
Did Sanusi really say that

AnambraDota:
Go and sit down they call you inferior muslims, they don't allow your Alfa lead in prayers in their mosques, they kill your muslims in North when riot break out, if you came to pray in their mosques you will be allowed to be at the tailend, they don't even allow you sight the moon.

What else again do you want us to prove to you that your inferior to them

But if Igbos say Lagos is a no man's land you carry placards