₦airaland Forum

davidif:
In other to answer your post, i will refer you to Truthtopower he had a fantastic quote earlier. You should read it. Here it is below.

ELKHALIFAISIS:
and the questions is why you cowards so paranoiac and don't hear anything Biafra or KANU why are you guys this pained with the secession... if its bcux of the Lagos we developed for u guys, don't worry we are not Aliens
we will still accommodate some of u that will refuse to go, These are the facts -the key points: why Yoruba's will never support Biafrans in their struggles
1. In 1966 when it became clear that the amalgamation was a ruse, the Igbos at the helm of affairs pointed it out and wanted a split.
2. The Yoruba, initially accepted to pull out also from the alliance whereby the north was causing every other region retardation.
3. But, the Youruba hatched a different plot and made a volte-face and united with the north. Aim -to crush the Igbos. Reason -competition and envy as I explain below:
4. It is on record that the white man (civilisation) came through Lagos colony which existed before 1900 and was, in 1906 merged with remaining southern territories under the British, and the territory was officially renamed the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. In 1914, the Southern Nigeria was joined with Northern Nigeria Protectorate to form the single colony of Nigeria. But as time progressed, under pure, clean and fair competition, the Igbos had shot ahead of the Yorubas and all other tribes in Nigeria to be leading in the military, trade and commerce, civil service, transport and real estate. Igbos were the most educated and most widely travelled, existing in all parts of the country at the door steps of Nigerian independence in 1960. This is a long established fact.
5. The reason the Yoruba betrayed the cause and joined the Hausa/Fulani to crush Igbo in 1966, was a way, in their mind, to crush the competition and their envy of the tribe of Igbo.
6. And they succeeded...... The Igbos best brains and youths were mercilessly and brutally crushed in the 30month Biafran war. While the Hausa/Fulani led the brutal edge of the onslaught and genocide, their Yoruba allies provided the brain, the policies and tactical support for complete subjugation of Igbos. These include horrid programmes like economic blockade that led to hunger and malnutrition, the popular 20pounds and the abandoned property policy. Many children, that should have been the brains of today, wasted under hunger and kwashioko. The surviving Igbo males were made to be grateful for not being completely annihilated as proposed actually, and started life all over again with only 20pounds a head.
7. But it was only temporary.....
8. The Igbos defied all odds, all ill-treatments and the age-long marginalisation and survived the conspiracy.
9. It remains a wonder to the Yoruba, that the Igbos they thought they had finished off forever, is now competing with them on equal level in Lagos of all places. The Igbos have even found themselves to be leading with a great margin in some areas like real estate investments (Abuja as a case in point). In politics, education, commerce, transport, etc. the Igbos are more alive today than ever.
10. The Yorubas who thought and expected the Igbos to give up in 1970 and become their house servants and slaves have now become even more bitter.
11. Above is the reason for the ferocious attack on the new rising wave of Biafran agitation. Guess who attacks is the most -Yorubas. They won't attach Niger Delta struggle, they won't ever comment on the killings in the middle belt. They are obsessed with Biafra and IPOB.
12. Many of them (Yorubas) actually know that their alliance with Hausa/Fulani is not working. Today, Nigeria is stagnant as a result. But they are divided. Many are practically ashamed to admit it. Many are very bitter that the Igbos survived. But a few are beginning to wake up to stark reality -IT IS NOT WORKING!!!!!!!

davidif:
First of all, this has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read. First of all, we are in this mess today because of the first coup plotters led by Major Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna. This guys and their counterparta ruined and destabilized the country and led us down the path where we are today. Where it not for the cold blooded assassinations of the democratically elected leaders and there commanding officers we would not have had the pogroms that led to a civil war years later.

Secondly, Zik who was the President of the young republic and the so called "Lion of Africa" could have stepped in and intervened at any time but he did not. To make matters worse, Aguiyi Ironsi the tyrant who could have restored order and United the country decided to use the opportunity to seize power and become the dictator and imposing "Decree 34" the most infamous decree ever passed in this country changing Nigeria from a federal republic to a unitary govt with everything being centralized. For all you clowns who keep shouting true federalism this, true federalism that should remember that we were once a republic after the ratification of the constitution in 1963 only for Afuiyi Ironsi to ruin all that.

At the end of the day, you can blame Buhari, Abacha, IBB and co For all their bad policies all you want but the truth of the matter is that this guys would probably have never left the military barracks in the first place had it not being for Emeka Ifeajuna and his band of igbo officers who murdered 22 innocent people (including some of their wives) and unleashed chaos. You reap what you sow.

davidif:
First of all, this has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read. First of all, we are in this mess today because of the first coup plotters led by Major Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna. This guys and their counterparta ruined and destabilized the country and led us down the path where we are today. Where it not for the cold blooded assassinations of the democratically elected leaders and there commanding officers we would not have had the pogroms that led to a civil war years later.

Secondly, Zik who was the President of the young republic and the so called "Lion of Africa" could have stepped in and intervened at any time but he did not. To make matters worse, Aguiyi Ironsi the tyrant who could have restored order and United the country decided to use the opportunity to seize power and become the dictator and imposing "Decree 34" the most infamous decree ever passed in this country changing Nigeria from a federal republic to a unitary govt with everything being centralized. For all you clowns who keep shouting true federalism this, true federalism that should remember that we were once a republic after the ratification of the constitution in 1963 only for Afuiyi Ironsi to ruin all that.

At the end of the day, you can blame Buhari, Abacha, IBB and co For all their bad policies all you want but the truth of the matter is that this guys would probably have never left the military barracks in the first place had it not being for Emeka Ifeajuna and his band of igbo officers who murdered 22 innocent people (including some of their wives) and unleashed chaos. You reap what you sow.

davidif:
First of all, this has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read. First of all, we are in this mess today because of the first coup plotters led by Major Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna. This guys and their counterparta ruined and destabilized the country and led us down the path where we are today. Where it not for the cold blooded assassinations of the democratically elected leaders and there commanding officers we would not have had the pogroms that led to a civil war years later.

Secondly, Zik who was the President of the young republic and the so called "Lion of Africa" could have stepped in and intervened at any time but he did not. To make matters worse, Aguiyi Ironsi the tyrant who could have restored order and United the country decided to use the opportunity to seize power and become the dictator and imposing "Decree 34" the most infamous decree ever passed in this country changing Nigeria from a federal republic to a unitary govt with everything being centralized. For all you clowns who keep shouting true federalism this, true federalism that should remember that we were once a republic after the ratification of the constitution in 1963 only for Afuiyi Ironsi to ruin all that.

At the end of the day, you can blame Buhari, Abacha, IBB and co For all their bad policies all you want but the truth of the matter is that this guys would probably have never left the military barracks in the first place had it not being for Emeka Ifeajuna and his band of igbo officers who murdered 22 innocent people (including some of their wives) and unleashed chaos. You reap what you sow.

ELKHALIFAISIS:
If Yorubas couldnt declare Oduduwa in 1967, they will never have the backbone to do it again.
There are many things that happened in that era that should have encouraged Yorubas to seek self determination, but they didnt
1) The Northerners went to Ibadan and killed the Governor of the Western Region, Lt Colonel Fajuyi. This singular act of sacrilege on Yoruba soil, to such a highly placed Yoruba son should have been the final straw for Yorubas. They should have risen up against the excesses of the North along with the Igbos, but they did nothing. When the Northerners realised that Yorubas had no fight in them, it emboldend them to do much worse.
2) Brigadier Ogundipe officially became 'acting head' of state with the disappearance of Ironsi. He should have been confirmed head of state with confirmation of Ironsi's death as the highest ranking military officer after Ironsi (Ogundipe was the only Brigadier-General in the Nigerian Army at the time). The Northerners drove Ogundipe out of Lagos, Yoruba land, and banished him to London where he was summarily retired. Again, the Yoruba nation should have risen up in defence of their land and son. They did nothing. Today, if Igbos call Lagos 'no mans land', the average Yoruba man will be offended. But when Brigadier Ogundipe was been harrased out of Lagos by the North, no Yoruba man said a word.
3) Colonel Adebayor replaced Fajuyi as Governor of the western Region. Adebayor never slept in Government House because he was afraid that the Northerners would come and slaughter him like they did Fajuyi.
Yorubas were held hostage in their own land. 20 years later, the Northerners kidnapped and slaughtered MKO Abiola. As usual, nothing happend.
I laugh when Yorubas talk about Oduduwa Republic, I dont think they realise that it takes more than 'mere talking' to achieve independence. Ojukwu was a super hero who took just one look at Nigeria and discovered that it will never work. He used diplomacy, no way, he stood up and fought, and it was the same yorubas that stabbed him at the back when he was already decimating the north.
Pray that you can born someone like Ikemba Odumegwu Ojukwu or Nnamdi Kanu.... come up with clear facts and stop telling me old stories how civil war started

davidif:
Wrong!!!!! There you go again with your alternative facts. You carefullly decided not to respond to any of my points and decided to create your own revised history to fit your bigoted narrative.

Where do I even begin with rubbish you posted?

First of all, I and a lot of Yoruba people DO NOT believe in any stupid oduduwa republic. Those are the delusions of some bitter and loud mouthed politicians who do not speak for me and the majority. FFK and those other loud mouthed politicians don't speak for me.

Secondly, you still have not addressed the treason of Aguiyi Ironsi by altering the destiny of this great country. You also conveniently ignored the cold blooded murderers like Ifeajuna who killed innocent people and the fact that Aguyi Ironsi who was supposed to be in charge did not even punish them but look the other way.

Thirdly, Fajuyi being killed by T.Y Danjuma does not mean that I and many other Yoruba have problems with the entire North. All I see is a power play between power hungry millitary factions which does not concern me or the average guy in the street and I would like to think that most Yoruba people are smart enough to know that and not to conflate the actions of a few people on everyone from that entire ethnic group. It's called objective reasoning. So the fact that Danjuma and co killed Fajuiyi does not mean this a North vs. West issue but a Danjuma vs. Fajuiyi issue. Big difference. Fajuiyi and Ironsi played their cards and they lost. It's like the game of thrones, you either win or you die.

A lot of Yoruba's don't have that siege mentality that everyone hates us or is trying to get us so a lot of us dont see anything bad that is done to a yoruba by someone of a different tribe as part of some eternal struggle between our tribe and their tribe. It's called being able to see clearly. I would like to think we are a lot smarter than that.

Lastly, I would never EVER pray to give birth a charlatan or an ego maniac who leads his own people to slaughter to satisfy his own ego and fly out of his country leaving hunger and famine in his wake. I would rather have a kid who would have the courage to finish what he started and not run away leaving disaster in his wake.

ELKHALIFAISIS:
exactly the same thing I'm saying, typical Yoruba man will never allow Biafra or secession because he can't stand alone, he need other tribe to survive, we are not slaves like them, u can choose to be licking Fulani wounds but count us out ,

davidif:
Dude, does it look like I am holding you back? Why don't you just go ahead and leave and stop disturbing us with your "we are being marginalized...blablabla nonsense. Go and start your own country and be on your way. I am sure there are a lot of people who will be willing to help you pack.

ELKHALIFAISIS:
until u stop carrying Biafra matter like agege bread... what is there for u guys to lose if they actualise Biafra u beta stop bcux nah so Awolowo carry Biafra for head and died a very lonely, painful slow death, infact he died unrecognized fellow

davidif:
Who cares about Awolowo and what does that have to do with this arguement? Stop evading and just pack your things and leave for goodness sakes. Stop talking about it and be about it! Be on your way.

ELKHALIFAISIS:
so you need abandon properties before u succeeds in life blame ur poor ancestors , bcux nah them put u in this mess

davidif:
Dude, are you ok? who said anythng about abandoning property? Do you have any comprehension skills? I have never come across anyone with such an inability to read and comprehend things like you. Just stop talking, pack up and be on your way!!!!!!

davidif:
I see you are still posting memes uh. Don't you wanna move? Please be on your way.