chuksanambra:



Lol. Yorubas are slaves?

Ogun State alone has had more prominent political leaders than the entire Igboland can have in 100 years.

2 Presidents: Obasanjo, Shonekan

2 VPs: Diya, Osinbajo

One Speaker of the FHR: Dimeji Bankole

Two CJNs: Ademola, Elias

Out of the first 3 SANs in Nigeria, 2 are from Ogun State.

When the entire Igboland can achieve half of what Ogun State alone has achieved, we can continue this conversation.

Diya the crying General? You've just summarised your Afonja syndrome......

BuariCopyPaste:


Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/nigerias-problems-started-awos-introduction-tribal-politics-unongo/

www.nairaland.com/attachments/4959346_awolowo_jpegfc9d706f1535123f6e81a96846b17c32 Dr. Paul Unongo

1. NCNC was the only political party in Nigeria prior to 1946. It was lead by Macaulay. Its members became the first set of political elites in Nigeria, firmly in control of the political space.
2. 1946 Richard constitution broke the southern Nigeria into east and west, same year Macaulay died and Zik assumed leadership of ncnc. Zik inherited the party structure left behind by Macaulay, thereby massive support from the ncnc yoruba elites. The new constitution had granted more political powers to the regions
3. There after, Egbe Omo oduduwa was transformed to a political party AG, Awo assuming leadership, but the political elite, most of whom were in ncnc never gave him a chance.
4. Awo worked assiduously to gain popularity amongst the Yoruba masses, but the elite thought he was joking, particularly as he was not from the core Yoruba tribe.
5. Awo realising the elite factor working against him decided to empower some youth politically against the power that be. The game became brutal.That was the genesis of the death of Bode Thomas and the deposition of Alaafin Adeyemi(father of the present Alaafin).
6. Now the constitution tried to address the status of Lagos, and the Yoruba insisted that Lagos should remain part of west, in fact, it must be represented in the western house. So Zik was representing one of the Lagos constituencies in western house.
7. Now, the ncnc elite of the western extraction were
loosing out as they could not match the popularity of Awo, so the only option for the ncnc was to support Zik who was the only popular figure to challenge Awo for the premiership.
8. In fact, some Yoruba traditional rulers supported Zik against Awo, and some ncnc members decamped to AG. Some aggrieved AG members left the party. A lot of intrigues, but in the long run, Awo emerged.
9. So, was it wrong for Awo to have garnered more support from his people than Zik? Why did Zik not chose to be opposition leader in the Western house?

Diademk07:


Lmao..

The question should be why didn't Zik contest in the place of his birth which is the North? LOL! That's if he would live to see the end of the election. Stupid manipulative people, cry me a river.

Are with Ur senses
Or wait u think m igbo?
U must be a bubbling fool

Answer my question

Who introduced tribalism?

Awolowo?

If u can't when swerve to a nearby lagoon

Arondizuogu:


Intelligent but Northerners used him and he drank rat poison afterwards and died. My dear Awolowo was not a nationalist. He believed in tribalistic politics.

the same way Hausa fulani used your leaders b4 and after the independent and at the end of the day wasted 3million of your people, damn you guys are absolutely senseless.

NIGERIA IS THE MOST DIVIDED COUNTRY WORLD OVER! LET US JUST SPLIT ABEG. SAVE US THIS HEADACHE. GOING BY THE WAY WE ARE,NO NIGERIAN WILL MAKE HEAVEN.....I MEAN IT

RonJeremy:
The mayor of Enugu was an Hausa man, check your history before talking in ignorance. Awolowo behaved exactly as Afonja did a 100 years previously and your people are still slaves to Shehu Alimi's descendants......

Who are truly the slaves to the north.. Yoruba or Igbo?.
Now think well with your brain and don't respond with your programmed Biafran brain ..
Yorubas the slaves never keep on crying daily that they are marginalized in their own country. yoruba's are living large , we have a president that ruled for 8years from 1999 till date . We have a sitting Vice President also . Name any Pres/VP Igbos produced and still you will keep on shouting Yorubas are slaves . I sometimes don't know the difference between the educated illiterate igbo's and the Illiterate almajiris..

Think and think and see who the real slave are.
Keep crying for your Biafra like we care in the southwest.
The reason for the hatred of the Yorubas by the Igbos is because we don't support them and they know that if the Yorubas decide to make Nigeria break today it will be a reality because we have the diplomatic approach and we are morally sound.

...it's a bloody lie. Forget the rhetorics,ppl talkin lik this are old flames who are part of the confusionists. Nigeria's problems started with brutal abortion of the republic of 1966.
...those culprits shifted the citizens' focus from being unanimously objective abt national issues to being divisively sentimental with tribe and religion, so tht they bcom life rulers to keep siphoning the nation's wealth to themselves and cronies perpetually without doing anything to grow the nation economically or socially . They are always on escapism habits of travelin to USA,Dubai,UK. E.g we hav heard words lik life president, no limit for senator seat, ex presidents immunity fr prosecutions of failed projects under their govt.same still persist everywhere even from 1999 govts till date . These culprits are there,their children are succeeding them and the ignorant poor masses gets poorer chasing non-issues lik Igbos,succession,miltancy etc.

the Solution is money. Nigeria political office holders should not be richer than the nation, it is an aberration. There should be a cardinal law to collapse all manner of pays from presidency to national assembly and state assembly members to pay them using civil servant salary scale. This will refocus the citizens mindset on objectivity to build this nation's pool of revenue to establish steady power,education,technology, security and justice system, so tht everyone can benefit, quash the oppression and manipulations of the common men who die for nothing.

Marcelo290:
Atimes I blame those who scrapped history from our curriculum...just look at the sheer ignorance you are displaying.

Azikiwe that was a renowned nationalist and insisted on one Nigeria even at the expense of his own brothers during the war, he used his newspaper to propagate African liberation from the colonists, unlike Awolowo who focused more on regional politics which landed him in prison...

Is it not the regional form of goverment Igbos are clamouring for now? Awolowo was more interested in the welfare of his kinsmen. If you cant appreciate that, then sorry to disappoint you as every politician has a right to his/her ideas

HzRF:

Are with Ur senses
Or wait u think m igbo?
U must be a bubbling fool

Answer my question

Who introduced tribalism?

Awolowo?

If u can't when swerve to a nearby lagoon

Ask your stupid Zik in the Grave.. Weasels who wants to lord over people's land. Na your papa property? Go find something to chew on, manipulative weasel.

And let me remind you that your Zik Lord and his fellow eediots bastardized the chance given to them in the West by turning UI to their father's property. It even beats me why we allowed these selfish weasels to perpetrate their evil acts for long. They would have been beheaded if it were in the North.

Yes, we will forever be grateful to awolowo for doing this.

Why should the western region before independence have an easterner as its first premier?

I'm very sure the Emeka's and uchenna's would have been mocking us here on nairaland by now

But Nigeria's real problem is that it's citizens are corrupt or that almost all of us are corrupt, so that there is no justice, righteousness, truth or mercy in the land. And if we are corrupt then forget about progress and prosperity but braise up for more pains, for we are wicked and our wickedness in Nigeria is great. Or if more of uq are corrupt then no good thing can come to us or from us.
So unless we turn from our wicked ways to the good are right ways before God can help us and before we can move forward.
The worse thing for us is that we don't know the cause of our problems and who are the cause because we are wicked, and because we don't want to turn from our wicked ways, and we quickly point to wrong things and wrong people as the causes of our problems. But we are the causes of our own problems because we are wickedly corrupt.
We are bunch of fools who listen to fools, vote for fools, protect thieves who looted all your wealth and threw us into poverty. We are very corrupt and even protect corrupt people and corruption.

ettybaba:
Dr. Azikwe had told Ahmadu Bello: “Let us forget our differences…” to which the latter replied: “No, let us understand our differences, I am Muslim and a Northerner. You are a Christian, an Easterner. By understanding our differences, we can build unity in our country.”
Bello was further quoted as admitting that the amalgamation of northern and southern protectorate as “mistake of 1914.”
From the above it is clear Nnamdi Azikiwe was a unity beggar.

Since 1914 the British Government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the Nigerian people themselves are historically different in their backgrounds, in their religious beliefs and customs and do not show themselves any signs of willingness to unite … Nigerian unity is only a British invention” – Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, 1948.

“Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no ‘Nigerians’ in the same sense as there are ‘English,’ ‘Welsh,’ or ‘French,’ The word ‘Nigeria’ is a mere distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not” - Chief Obafemi Awolowo, 1947.

IPOB should erect Awolowo and Tafawa Balewa state in all cities in Igbo land.
They should burn the whatever is left of Azikiwe's family house for being a propenent of one Nigeria.

God bless for that quote as I have been trying to remember that quote in its exact words before I stumbled on yours. Reality was the Northerners never believe in one Nigeria especially when they wouldn't be at the top of the political spectrum. Awolowo was a realist rather than an idealist

obamabinladen:


OBJ's presidency is a case of dog eating his own meat. After the Hausas had killed MKO, they made OBJ the President just to pacify your people. This is the reason MKO's son said that the Yorubas killed his father and shared his meat. The Yorubas shouldn't have accepted that offer, they should have rather went for the killers of MKO.

you mean the almighty northern oligarchy pacify the coward yorubas because of the death of a single yoruba man and didn't bother to pacify the chest beating king Kong Igbos after wasting 3million of your fathers and mothers mmmmh, you guys are fools and nonentity.

No you got it wrong....HAUSA'S are Nigeria's problem...... rememer kanu riot

Marcelo290:
Atimes I blame those who scrapped history from our curriculum...just look at the sheer ignorance you are displaying.

Azikiwe that was a renowned nationalist and insisted on one Nigeria even at the expense of his own brothers during the war, he used his newspaper to propagate African liberation from the colonists, unlike Awolowo who focused more on regional politics which landed him in prison...

Which was the sensible thing to do!! Zik, if he had the chance, wanted to rule over Africa. what grandiose delusion!! Did your history not tell you both Awo and Sardauna wanted the regions to stand alone except your dear Zik of Africa? Now his eastern brothers are being killed over agitations for secession?

If Zik had seen the future, your relatives wouldn't be used as target practice today

The first person to introduce tribalism into Nigerian politics is Nnamdi Azikiwe during the race for the NYM seat between Samuel Akinsanya and Ernest Ikoli.
Awolowo supported Ikoli(an Ijaw) against Akinsanya(a Yoruba like him.)
How do you call this type of person a tribalist?
It's also worthy to note that this incident predates the crosscarpeting in the Western Region this man is refering to.
I found this online.
"Ernest Ikoli founded the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) with other prominent Nigerians like Hezekiah Oladipo Davies, James Churchill Vaughan and Oba Samuel Akinsanya (aka General Saki). The movement originally started as the Lagos Youth Movement; which was partly formed to voice concerns about the lackluster colonial higher education policy of the day. The movement was largely Lagos based but as varied members entered the organization, it metamorphosed to become the Nigerian Youth Movement; a political action group with a nationalistic flavor and outlook. Nnamdi Azikiwe, an important political personality joined the group in 1936 and brought in a large followership.In 1941, when Sir Kofo Abayomi, a Lagos leader of the movement, resigned his position at the legislative council, an election was held among NYM members to select a candidate to contest the seat. In the primary election, Samuel Akinsanya collated the most votes, second was Ernest Ikoli, but with the support of H.O Davis, Awolowo, Samuel Ladoke Akintola(Awo’s future nemesis) and a few others, the central committee of the organization which had the right to review the results presented Ernest Ikoli, who was the President of the movement at the time as the movement’s candidate. Though, Oba Akinsanya, who was Vice-President of the of the N.Y.M and Secretary of the Nigerian Motor Transport Union, immediately congratulated Mr Ikoli, he later reneged, alleging tribal discrimination against him and contested but lost the seat as an independent candidate with the support of his primary backer, Nnamdi Azikiwe.
Azikiwe and Akinsanya alleged that the latter was rejected and replaced by Ikoli only because the preponderant group of Lagos Yorubas, at the time, would not allow the nomination of an Ijebu man. But this cannot be true; giving that Ikoli was an Ijaw (Izon) man, not an Omo Eko (Lagos Yoruba man). Besides, his candidature was overwhelmingly supported by another prominent Ijebu Yoruba man, Obafemi Awolowo, .
https://godssonism./2012/10/29/ernest-ikoli-a-neglected-and-forgotten-hero/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C4788661291
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Personally,what I find amusing is that upon returning to the Eastern region,Nnamdi Azikiwe was quick to mete out the same tribalistic treatment he received in the West to Ita Eyo.
Being a nationalist who believed in one Nigeria,he should have enjoyed the ride while a non-Igbo helmed the affairs of the Eastern region.That wasn't the case.Eyo Ita got booted out!
So why is no one accusing him of tribalism as well?

shukuokukobambi:


The same way Ojukwu abandoned the 3 million mofos he sacrificed to his fulani masters? or the same way you abandoned ojukwu and voted instead for Yaradua in 2007? or the way Azikiwe abandoned biafra to be singing one naijeriya in lagos with his ewedu eating friends? Continue blabbing. your slavery in Nigeria has just begun

Have your unity begging elders left Borno state yet?

Not sure if the unity begging elders have left Borno or not but all I know is that history is about to repeat itself on the general coordinator of Nigeria take it or leave it.

Unongu said nothing but the truth,Awo was a tribalist and regionalist unlike Zik who was the definition of a true nationalist but unfortunately for him the northerners had an imperial agenda and as such with the help of the British,they hijacked the system and manipulated it in their favour paving way for the monopoly of power and resources which are not rightfully theirs, what we have today is a unitary system in form of federalism which is the best form of government for a heterogeneous people like us,an all inclusive and fiscal one at that.

Daddyis:
you mean the almighty northern oligarchy pacify the coward yorubas because of the death of a single yoruba man and didn't bother to pacify the chest beating king Kong Igbos after wasting 3million of your fathers and mothers mmmmh, you guys are fools and nonentity.

E pain am

.

janykute:

Not sure if the unity begging elders have left Borno or not but all I know is that history is about to repeat itself on the general coordinator of Nigeria take it or leave it.

And what is the history? that he won't be allowed to be president? who wants him to be president? after OBJ 8 years? Only ibo dey get that kind greed. Take your presidency and chop it pls

todayboy:
Why yorubas like division

Na Igbos like togetherness?

obamabinladen:



The question is not why he ran for that post in SW but why your people in SW nominated and voted for him. For Awo to annul his victory is the height of tribalism but thank God for karma who paid the Yorubas in their own coin in June 12.

How did Awo annul his election? You better go back to school

Harris2:
Unongu said nothing but the truth,Awo was a tribalist and regionalist unlike Zik who was the definition of a true nationalist but unfortunately for him the northerners had an imperial agenda and as such with the help of the British,they hijacked the system and manipulated it in their favour paving way for the monopoly of power and resources which are not rightfully theirs, what we have today is a unitary system in form of federalism which is the best form of government for a heterogeneous people like us,an all inclusive and fiscal one at that.

of course. The nationalist that wanted to come and rule as premier in the west but refused Eyo Ita from being premier in the east even though Ita was also from the eastern region

So the north had an imperial agenda even before independence yet Zik mumuishly went into an alliance with them? continue deceiving yourselves

Dedetwo:

Yari.ba was a thing manufactured in 1945 and grew very large after 1951 general election. The formation of Omo Egbe Oduduwa was the birth of tribal politics in Niger-Area. I have repeatedly tried to educate some head-cases on the forum but they choice the ignorant way and loudmouth.

Before Egbe Omo Oduduwa there were Ibibio State Union and Pan-Igbo Federal Union.
So what's your point?

ettybaba:
Dr. Azikwe had told Ahmadu Bello: “Let us forget our differences…” to which the latter replied: “No, let us understand our differences, I am Muslim and a Northerner. You are a Christian, an Easterner. By understanding our differences, we can build unity in our country.”
Bello was further quoted as admitting that the amalgamation of northern and southern protectorate as “mistake of 1914.”
From the above it is clear Nnamdi Azikiwe was a unity beggar.

Since 1914 the British Government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the Nigerian people themselves are historically different in their backgrounds, in their religious beliefs and customs and do not show themselves any signs of willingness to unite … Nigerian unity is only a British invention” – Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, 1948.

“Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no ‘Nigerians’ in the same sense as there are ‘English,’ ‘Welsh,’ or ‘French,’ The word ‘Nigeria’ is a mere distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not” - Chief Obafemi Awolowo, 1947.

IPOB should erect Awolowo and Tafawa Balewa state in all cities in Igbo land.
They should burn whatever is left of Azikiwe's family house for being a propenent of one Nigeria.
Ibos start looking inwards.

Gbam!! perfectly said bro

shukuokukobambi:


Which was the sensible thing to do!! Zik, if he had the chance, wanted to rule over Africa. what grandiose delusion!! Did your history not tell you both Awo and Sardauna wanted the regions to stand alone except your dear Zik of Africa? Now his eastern brothers are being killed over agitations for secession?

If Zik had seen the future, your relatives wouldn't be used as target practice today

Before you jump into people's mention, you have to check where the argument started to avoid sounding stupid, the poster I quoted was doubting the known fact that it was Awolowo who brought in tribal politics into Nigeria, my afromentioned statement was to correct his assertions when he was saying Zik started it.

My aim was to make corrections, so you can now run along with your tribal e-war cos am not part of you guys.

shekauvsbuhari:
what is ur point now? That awolowo didnt do it? Sure u kno he did it. U re just trying to justify de evil he did.

It was a very good thing Awo did. If only Zik had been more sensible to pay more attention to his homeland instead of trying to come rule over Yorubas in the west, there wouldn't have been any need for him to run away from biafra during the war to be screaming one naijeriya all over Lagos.

I LOVE WHAT AWO DID!!

jargo89:
Is it not the regional form of goverment Igbos are clamouring for now? Awolowo was more interested in the welfare of his kinsmen. If you cant appreciate that, then sorry to disappoint you as every politician has a right to his/her ideas

Before you jump into people's mention, you have to check where the argument started to avoid sounding stupid, the poster I quoted was doubting the known fact that it was Awolowo who brought in tribal politics into Nigeria, my afromentioned statement was to correct his assertions when he was saying Zik started it.

My aim was to make corrections, so you can now run along with your tribal e-war cos am not part of you guys.

Marcelo290:
Before you jump into people's mention, you have to check where the argument started to avoid sounding stupid, the poster I quoted was doubting the known fact that it was Awolowo who brought in tribal politics into Nigeria, my afromentioned statement was to correct his assertions when he was saying Zik started it.

My aim was to make corrections, so you can now run along with your tribal e-war cos am not part of you guys.

Before you start hyperventilating next time, learn to comprehend issues above your level of intellect. What is tribalistic about Awo asking Zik to go back to his homeland to rule? Have you called out Zik's wickedness in preventing Eyo Ita, a non-ibo esterner from being premier of eastern region? If you and Paul Unongo call it tribalism, it's your cup of garri. I endorse it fully!!

Zik was the ultimate tribalist and it started a long time before 1959. Read up on the politics of the Nigerian Youth Movement, NYM, and stop embarrassing your education in public

Dedetwo:


This is an epitome of inherent tribalism yet this deluded poster would deceitfully support the hypocritical call for restructure of Nigeria. It is total disintegration of Niger-Area or perpetual war of attrition.

Lmao.

The same weasel who was praying to the mountains when it was rumoured that Trump would send the blacks packing is clamouring for war? Wonders shall never end!

You know what, I will pray for you to get deported to Nigeria so that you can lead your fellow Igbos to their promised land. LOL.

Guestlander:


You make me laugh, there were many. There was a speech he made in 1948 at Igbo state union in which he spoke about the god of igbo eventually giving the leadership of Nigera and Africa to igbo, that is not how Nkruma and Julius Nyerere spoke. There was a particular article he wrote, again in the 40s that he titled football illiad. Please find it and tell me if he sounded like a nationalist.

Can you kindly furnish me with any available sources for the speech and/or the said publication titled football illiad.
I've searched extensively but can't find it on Google.
Cheers.