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I am an igbo guy, born and bred in Yoruba land(Lagos).
I grew up amongst the Yorubas and 90% of my friends are Yorubas. I did my primary and secondary education here in Lagos, except my university education.


I got a job years back and left my family house in Lagos and got an apartment of my own, where the settlers around are predominantly Yorubas.


Because I am a jolly fellow and I love hanging out, I discovered a place close to my new apartment, where I could hang out with people and gist over some bottles. I made friends with some aged men and some younger guys in my age range. I often prefer to hang out with older people because of their wisdom and knowledge. So I often go to this bar close to my house where we all hang out, drink and gist, mostly on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.


We all live very close and gist like close friends and brothers, even the aged men among us. The ones in my age range were not more than 3, the other 9 were aged men in their late 50's or early 60's.


I'm sure we are all aware of the tribal wars and hatred, most especially the biafran struggle. Recently, the youths of the Arewa Consultative forum gave the igbos an ultimatum of 3 months to vacate the north. And some south eastern Governors met and decided to evacuate igbos, but the kaduna state Governor; mallam El rufia intervened.


Now, the crux of the matter. This night I was with them and one of the aged men brought up the issue and said the igbos should ALL be killed for wanting to split Nigeria. And he looked at me and said, "yes, I know you are an Igbo man, you should all be killed"! And immediately, I was shocked!


I summoned courage and I told him that how could you ever wish a fellow "innocent" Nigerian like you to be killed? For what reason exactly? He said for wanting to split Nigeria. I replied and I said: "I cannot deny my tribe. My people feel that they are being marginalised in their own country. All the major positions in ministries, parastatals, Govt agencies and even major political roles are given to hausas and yorubas. If my people feel they are being marginalised then they have the right to protest and show their grievances in their country.


I also reminded him of the video footage that went viral online, about biafrans that came out in a field to pray for the departed biafran souls, and all of a sudden, buratai's men came into the field and started shooting and killing these innocent souls. About 200 biafrans! These biafrans never destroyed any property, they never disturbed the peace of the society, they were only carrying out "civil duties" as an aggrieved people who are being marginalized in their own country.


This man replied me and said; that if i decide to be part of them, and in fact from what I'm saying, I'm already part of them and that I'll die too. I'll be killed! I was so shocked! This is a man I see as a father. I take him out at times and drop him at home after the groove.


So I asked him a question. I said, so "daddy" if they start chasing and killing igbos in Lagos, you would actually betray me, and he said YES! YES he would! He hates biafra!!


And then I told him that during the biafra war, my dad was in the Nigerian police and he was asked to leave the Nigerian police and go home, even with his high rank. He resigned but didn't leave Lagos. So one day, the soldiers started killing igbos in Lagos. He told me that it was a Yoruba man, his closest neighbour that saved him. He was hidden in the roof by his Yoruba Neighbour and the soldiers ransacked his house, they didn't see him and they left. He was saved by a Yoruba man he trusted and the man never dissapointed him. Then I told him that I'm shocked that you could say this after all we've done together and shared together.


While all these were going on, the other Yoruba aged men and those of my age range were all laughing and supporting him. I was shocked to my bone marrow! So this is actually all they had in mind all these while.


Ab initio, I never wanted to tell them my tribe cos normally you would never know my tribe, reason being that, I write and speak Yoruba fluently. I speak igbo very well too, but I made it hidden. So, one day I decided to let them know because of the closeness and the trust I have in them.


It would interest you to know that I was even present during the "eyo festival". I know so much about the tradition and I say the "eyo incantations" very well!



(Just a tip: eyi wa gbo, wa to, wa molowo, wa molese, wa gbo timo'n timo)
(I also know the igbo masquerade well.....odo ma'gana)



I am not in support of the secession, I actually want one Nigeria. I want the major tribes to be represented equally in government. I want peace. I want a better Nigeria and I want a better life. Now, I am so confused with what happened this evening and I have vowed never to go there again or hang out with them or any other Yoruba man.


I want you all to know that there's a big problem in this country. We are actually not living as one. some tribes hates some tribes so much. I am so much in shock.
That someone I have been with for years could actually wish me dead because of biafra. A struggle I never supported from the outset, because I want one Nigeria.


Why the so much hate?

This has made me so afraid and I can't even sleep.

I want matured response!

If you think I'm just trying to put this up just to aid the biafran struggle, please I beg you not to conclude yet. check my posts and threads, even the ones that have made it to the front page.

I know my igbo brothers will bash me too, but I still want one Nigeria.

This experience to me, is so disheartening!

#Which way Nigeria?

It's good to know that you know those who hate you. They may laugh with you but don't be mistaken about their true mission...to see you dead.

I'm one unrepentant Igbo person and anytime i come across anybody who i thought was a friend or acquaintance tell me he that he hates Igbos but tells me that i'm different. I'm cutting off that mofo because my loyalty to my people is most paramount.

I was watching a political program yesterday where they discussed the ultimatum given to Igbos in the north. From the presenter who pretended to sound neutral to one of his guest who spent the length of the interview to tell us how Igbos were the cause of the trouble to the mostly Yoruba callers who were obviously in support of their northern brothers, i just saw hate and i was wondering where all this hate is coming from if it wasn't there before. It has always been there but some will hide it or be subtle about it. There's a reason why a lot of Yoruba landlords don't rent their houses to Igbos. It was not because of IPOB or Massob. They're just using the whole Biafran shenanigans to mask the purpose of their hate. Atleast now they have something to tie their hate to...Afterall Igbos started it..

We are ready for them. . We aint cowards like those conehead afonjas.we are biafrans and biafra have come to stay.

Read my signature and don't forget it

The hate amongst Nigerians is real. This is an eye opener for you bro. Watch your back, nobody got it except you.

As for me, what I have are professional colleagues, hang out mates and neighbors. I ain't got no friends, and nobody can really tell you he or she knows me too well or my next move.

Why would you support "One Nigeria" with people who want you dead?

It makes no sense.

I pity you Igbos who were raised outside of the East.

It is well

I just they look una, when all of u kill each other I find my way out of this country.

Roflmao

You suffer from a severe lack of Igbo cultural identity that is why when the yoruba showed his true colors you became confused and scared.
A yoruba is a yoruba wherever you find him in this world. My advice to you is give them a wide berth.

Never in my life av I experience my people (Yoruba) hating d igbos, sometimes wenever I heard d news abt yorubas hating d igbos, I ask myself am I part of dis country.

I summoned courage and I told him that how could you ever wish a fellow "innocent" Nigerian like you to be killed? For what reason exactly? He said for wanting to split Nigeria. I replied and I said: "I cannot deny my tribe. My people feel that they are being marginalised in their own country. All the major positions in ministries, parastatals, Govt agencies and even major political roles are given to hausas and yorubas. If my people feel they are being marginalised then they have the right to protest and show their grievances in their country.

This in itself shows how you created a lie and then believe in the lie you created. ... all eastern states have ministers but Kogi and Gombe state do not have ministers. Do you hear the people of Kogi and Gombe shouting marginalization? The problem with you started because you assumed this govt will give like Gej the same positions some people from the east got during gej presidency and which had no bearing on the life of the average igbo man.

I am certain the old man you were talking to got put off by your living in denial of the horrible ipob rhetorics of ipob which led to the burning of a mosque and their continued promotion of death threats against other people.

While his statement is distasteful and condemnable that is if you story is credible. There is need for you to tell yourself some home truths. One of which that groups like ipob only tarnishes the image of other igbos who behavs nothing like ipob.

So you never know why people call them Afonjas hypocrites/betrayers/snakes?
if not for Islamic extremism, Hausa man is not that bad, Hausa man's movement if always clear, but for Afonjas especially the Muslim ones,,, they hate the Easterners with passion.



they will delete this thread.

You can never hear other countries say One Ghana, One US, One Canada, One Egypt. Only in Nigeria people keep shouting nonsense

In a nutshell, stay away from the Yorubas or you will be betrayed when you least expect it. Thank God your eyes are now open

This isn't 1967 and in the event of a secession, I don't think a deportation of Igbos from the west will be successful. Where will Yoruba people start from if they want to start deporting Igbos?

Op run. Those people hate your guts. Find your igbo brothers and be friends with them. Stay away from afonjas(yoruba moslems)

Theirs an igbo proverb that says "you dont tell a blind man that war has started" Nigeria has never been one and can never be one. Hatred between the ethnic groups is not something we can manage. Biafra Or Nothing.

My friend now that you know....do all things possible to relocate back to the East. You can start a business there.

You know, most of the Igbos raised in Lagos have this mild contempt for their homeland. In their bid to assimilate another's culture they also got into the belief that their homeland is nothing but a place to only roost for the festivities and notin more. they always fail to see the concealed and not always subtle hate thrown to them by the 'Others'. I had a friend ( a Lagos born') who said squarely to my face that Igboland is too Igbotic for him to make a living there. IMAGINE. He prefers to speak Yoruba and basks in the fact that he can do so fleuntly and when I try to make a conversation in our mother tongue....He frowned, looked ashamed and even joined his 'Other' friends to call me Igbotic.

The point is, despite this Biafran Struggle, Most Igbos up there in Yoruba land live in a Soap bubble and they believe it could neva burst.

OP, this a a f.ucking Eye opener to you. Join the struggle and lets have our own Country. WE may not be Richer than Nigeria but wont you rather live in a country where you actually count and not one where you constantly, subconsciously have to toady up to the 'Other' so that you will feel accepted. Wont you rather have a Country where You would actually be a first class citizen?

This is nothing but a cook-up story, I am a Yoruba man from Akoko in Ondo State, most of my Igbo friends never support the way and manner Kanu the leader of Ipob is handling this issue, to them there are better way to go about it which to me I supported my friends ideology!

Just wait till 2019 general election, all of you will surprise to see Mazi true color!

Some people don't feel hate because they don't go about looking for love.

I remember back in university. This huge igbo boy was boxing the life outta this hausa boy. when asked what the matter was, we were told the Igbo guy warned the hausa guy to stop speaking hausa in his presence and he was ignored. This happened in a neutral Edo state.

So stop wondering where the hate you felt come from because Igbos too are all over the place offering a lot of it. I sincerely hope you get what you're looking for.

I summoned courage and I told him that how could you ever wish a fellow "innocent" Nigerian like you to be killed? For what reason exactly?

@ op, can you share with us where this marvelous sense of judgement of yours was when your Supreme leader said this.. .

Afam4eva:
It's good to know that you know those who hate you. They may laugh with you but don't be mistaken about their true mission...to see you dead.

I'm one unrepentant Igbo person and anytime i come across anybody who i thought was a friend or acquaintance tell me he that he hates Igbos but tells me that i'm different. I'm cutting off that mofo because my loyalty to my people is most paramount.

I was watching a political program yesterday where they discussed the ultimatum given to Igbos in the north. From the presenter who pretended to sound neutral to one of his guest who spent the length of the interview to tell us how Igbos were the cause of the trouble to the mostly Yoruba callers who were obviously in support of their northern brothers, i just saw hate and i was wondering where all this hate is coming from if it wasn't there before. It has always been there but some will hide it or be subtle about it. There's a reason why a lot of Yoruba landlords don't rent their houses to Igbos. It was not because of IPOB or Massob. They're just using the whole Biafran shenanigans to mask the purpose of their hate. Atleast now they have something to tie their hate to...Afterall Igbos started it..

Shameless HYPOCRIT! Some of you are just the reason people are taking it out on the entire igbos. When it was all good and comfy for you, here was what you said..

KahlDrogo:
@ op, can you share with us where this marvelous sense of judgement of yours was when your Supreme leader said this.. .

Fake facebook ID and impersonation!

op read and and decode.......onye ndi iro gbara gburugburu na eche ndu ya nche....thats all

austinosita: There are still good Nigerians. It's the evil ones that make things so bad. When good men sleep, evil rears its head. I'm pessimistic about one Nigeria. Many other pessimistic people have left Nigeria. Sure, there are many examples of solidarity here and there but people are still tribalistic even the youths.

I think it is very unfortunate some Yorubas have not learnt from history. Maybe the relative success they have enjoyed has beclouded them. The major beneficiaries in the civil war were and are still the Northern peoples specifically their theives in power who are still living today. If the South and Middle Belt regions must break the burden of a regressive Northern political class it must be via unity which I do not see.

Meanwhile, please keep hope. It's all we have got.

I can feel your pain bro but as a yoruba I can tell you not all yorubas are against the bia*** agitation or even igbos, I for one. Since the hegemonists of fmdan fodiyo has starkly refused restructuring, they leave the south with no other options.

As for the yoruba unity beggars like your old friend there, I can also tell you they are in the minority. Let us all keep the faith and watch this thing unfold. I strongly believe southern liberation from these suckers up north is around here.

God bless the South.....

austinosita:
I am an igbo guy, born and bred in Yoruba land(Lagos).
I grew up amongst the Yorubas and 90% of my friends are Yorubas. I did my primary and secondary education here in Lagos, except my university education.


I got a job years back and left my family house in Lagos and got an apartment of my own, where the settlers around are predominantly Yorubas.


Because I am a jolly fellow and I love hanging out, I discovered a place close to my new apartment, where I could hang out with people and gist over some bottles. I made friends with some aged men and some younger guys in my age range. I often prefer to hang out with older people because of their wisdom and knowledge. So I often go to this bar close to my house where we all hang out, drink and gist, mostly on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.


We all live very close and gist like close friends and brothers, even the aged men among us. The ones in my age range were not more than 3, the other 9 were aged men in their late 50's or early 60's.


I'm sure we are all aware of the tribal wars and hatred, most especially the biafran struggle. Recently, the youths of the Arewa Consultative forum gave the igbos an ultimatum of 3 months to vacate the north. And some south eastern Governors met and decided to evacuate igbos, but the kaduna state Governor; mallam El rufia intervened.


Now, the crux of the matter. This night I was with them and one of the aged men brought up the issue and said the igbos should ALL be killed for wanting to split Nigeria. And he looked at me and said, "yes, I know you are an Igbo man, you should all be killed"! And immediately, I was shocked!


I summoned courage and I told him that how could you ever wish a fellow "innocent" Nigerian like you to be killed? For what reason exactly? He said for wanting to split Nigeria. I replied and I said: "I cannot deny my tribe. My people feel that they are being marginalised in their own country. All the major positions in ministries, parastatals, Govt agencies and even major political roles are given to hausas and yorubas. If my people feel they are being marginalised then they have the right to protest and show their grievances in their country.


I also reminded him of the video footage that went viral online, about biafrans that came out in a field to pray for the departed biafran souls, and all of a sudden, buratai's men came into the field and started shooting and killing these innocent souls. About 200 biafrans! These biafrans never destroyed any property, they never disturbed the peace of the society, they were only carrying out "civil duties" as an aggrieved people who are being marginalized in their own country.


This man replied me and said; that if i decide to be part of them, and in fact from what I'm saying, I'm already part of them and that I'll die too. I'll be killed! I was so shocked! This is a man I see as a father. I take him out at times and drop him at home after the groove.


So I asked him a question. I said, so "daddy" if they start chasing and killing igbos in Lagos, you would actually betray me, and he said YES! YES he would! He hates biafra!!


And then I told him that during the biafra war, my dad was in the Nigerian police and he was asked to leave the Nigerian police and go home, even with his high rank. He resigned but didn't leave Lagos. So one day, the soldiers started killing igbos in Lagos. He told me that it was a Yoruba man, his closest neighbour that saved him. He was hidden in the roof by his Yoruba Neighbour and the soldiers ransacked his house, they didn't see him and they left. He was saved by a Yoruba man he trusted and the man never dissapointed him. Then I told him that I'm shocked that you could say this after all we've done together and shared together.


While all these were going on, the other Yoruba aged men and those of my age range were all laughing and supporting him. I was shocked to my bone marrow! So this is actually all they had in mind all these while.


Ab initio, I never wanted to tell them my tribe cos normally you would never know my tribe, reason being that, I write and speak Yoruba fluently. I speak igbo very well too, but I made it hidden. So, one day I decided to let them know because of the closeness and the trust I have in them.


It would interest you to know that I was even present during the "eyo festival". I know so much about the tradition and I say the "eyo incantations" very well!



(Just a tip: eyi wa gbo, wa to, wa molowo, wa molese, wa gbo timo'n timo)
(I also know the igbo masquerade well.....odo ma'gana)



I am not in support of the secession, I actually want one Nigeria. I want the major tribes to be represented equally in government. I want peace. I want a better Nigeria and I want a better life. Now, I am so confused with what happened this evening and I have vowed never to go there again or hang out with them or any other Yoruba man.


I want you all to know that there's a big problem in this country. We are actually not living as one. some tribes hates some tribes so much. I am so much in shock.
That someone I have been with for years could actually wish me dead because of biafra. A struggle I never supported from the outset, because I want one Nigeria.


Why the so much hate?

This has made me so afraid and I can't even sleep.

I want matured response!

If you think I'm just trying to put this up just to aid the biafran struggle, please I beg you not to conclude yet. check my posts and threads, even the ones that have made it to the front page.

I know my igbo brothers will bash me too, but I still want one Nigeria.

This experience to me, is so disheartening!

#Which way Nigeria?