He made a senseless remark not expected of somebody of his status. He failed look at the issues on all sides. He didn't look wide enough to notice that not all Yorubas view the declaration in the same way. He didn't think deep enough to know that Yorubas are sophisticated voters.

Anyone can say anything

However

With the timing of this honour to MKO

it seems buhari is up to something sinister

Clever tho

and Strategic

But I see through that

decatalyst:
So many people on this table this man is shaking ooo



Afonjas rushing to get on the bus to this thread in order to hammer the writer and the Op

Shut ùp
Frustrated Osu people always pained

Nnnana was too emotional to make such derogatory comment. Well, we all make mistake.

cbrass:
Why is it that when Yorubas try to decide their own part, most SE folks call them names. Is it your decision? Are u the ones that will surfer it? Why can't u let them be

Probably because EVERYONE, irrespective of tribe or geopolitical regions or political affiliation, get to suffer the consequences of your region's action(s)....just saying.

Yyeske:
I visited his page on facebook and the guy is already eating back his words, how can someone of his status be that careless, he'll still be called out and a sack letter handed to him or even prosecuted for hate speech.

he could not control his emotions, if you know Igbos very well you will know they are naturally bitter people , and no matter what happened they will always hate the Yorubas, only God knows which part of the Bible they read , they are the majority Christians but it does not tell on them with their hatred and bitterness in their soul ... May God give them the spirit to overcome 2015 election...

[quote author=rubyjan post=68316585][/quote]lol,thanks

omenka:
Check out what an Igbo leader of thought said about Igbos.

What position or post has uwazuruike occupied in Igbo land? What is the name of the news tabloid carrying your online article? NEWS!

There is not sophisticated regarding any tribe in Nigeria, let stop repeating that nauseating word abeg.. We are all crude in this country..

sokera:
he could not control his emotions, if you know Igbos very well you will know they are naturally bitter people , and no matter what happened they will always hate the Yorubas, only God knows which part of the Bible they read , they are the majority Christians but it does not tell on them with their hatred and bitterness in their soul ... May God give them the spirit to overcome 2015 election...

I think you should be praying spirit to overcome 2019 election

Saintsquare:
If an educated Igbo could be this bitter, I don't expect less from illiterate ones.

It is his personal opinion. He did not speak for Igbos but himself. But why are you guys excited over honoring a dead man?

Prince Sam Amuka Pemu, the founder of Vanguard Newspaper is a man of honour. A journalist of high reputations & ethics. Vanguard has been very neutral even when people expect a little bit of variation in his editorial content.

During June 12 struggling of 1993 to 1994 & NADECO struggling of 1993 to 1999, Vanguard was never part of the struggle, very neutral. Even when Pa Rewane was assassinated, Vanguard was neutral. Pa Alfred Rewane & Prince Sam Amuka are from Sapele Area.

Any individual is entitled to his opinion. His kinsmen said Awolowo drank poison because of a failed coup to avoid Babangida's coup plotters trial. No Hausa man will ever come up with such falsehood & blackmailing of a statesman, except embittered generation. Some of us were in the service, Cmdre Ukiwe has resigned & retired as the CGS about 2 yrs before the death of Awo. There was no intelligence report of coup plot & IBB was very close to Awo family. In fact, the POP of 7th RC of Naval College was shifted because of Awo's state burial ceremony. The Ibos take the poison story as their revenge on Awo. Late Prof China Achebe attacked Awo in his last book ' there was a country'. Many notable Nigerians (non ibos) condemned the attack, but Prof ABC Nwosu defended him because the book was released after Prof Achebe's death.

They are embittered against Nigeria. GEJ is a good man, but a minority who brought them to government. They intentionally looted all the oil money and depleted the reserve as a vengeance against Nigeria.

The Bible says, out of the abundance of the mind, the mouth speak. Thank, God Nnana has vomited what he has kept in his mind, at last, his mind can have rest.

Mr Ochereome Nnanna is the Chairman Editorial Board of Vanguard Newspapers. He is also apparently an ethnic bigot who could not hide his hatred for the Yoruba race due to the June 12 recognition of Chief MKO Abiola, GCFR.
In a comment on Facebook, Mr Nnanna referred to the Yorubas as “Sophisticated Morons”! I wouldn’t have made an issue of this because I understand that emotions were rife but considering the sensitive position he occupies, I feel it is dangerous for this nation for a man who directs the editorial board of a national newspaper to be this hate filled.
The management of Vanguard Newspapers need to call Mr Nnanna to order or reconsider his fitness for such a sensitive role. With this level of unveiled disdain for a race, it is difficult for anyone to expect any neutrality or fairness from Vanguard Newspapers.
If this nation means anything to you, please share this until the Management of Vanguard Newspapers does something about Mr Nnenna’s attitude. We should stop condoning bigots in positions of authority. Nigeria belongs to ALL of us! "

Arysexy:




Opadokun, Yoruba Leaders Collected Dollars From Abiola’s Killers – Al-mustapha by ALOWONLE419(m): 1:19am On Jun 13, 2017
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha(rtd), ex-Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Military head of State, General Sani Abacha has alleged that Yoruba Leaders, led by Chief Ayo Opadokun collected bribe from the killers of the late acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola in Aso Rock Presidential Villa.

According to Al-Mustapha who spoke in Kaduna State on Monday after a meeting to broker peace between the North and South-Eastern part of country over the quit notice issued to Igbos by Arewa Coalition groups, Opadokun led others to the villa to meet Abiola’s killers, but came out laughing after receiving dollars, just a day after their leader (MKO) was killed.

He said he had a video tape how Opadokun and others collected bribe over Abiola’s death said, saying that he had since submitted a copy to a Lagos High Court, presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada.

“Chief Opadokun is someone I respect so much as an elder. But what came out in the newspaper is his own imagination and falsehood against me. If you know my character, you will know that I will not be scared to say the truth, it doesn’t matter who, it does not matter where, but you will later realise that I told you the truth. I initially didn’t want to reply him, but now that you have asked, I will tell you what happened."

[b]“When Abiola died, a day after, he (Opadokun) was invited to the Presidency, and he came to the villa alongside his friends. He came with anger into the villa. Those who killed Abiola invited him to the villa. At that material time, they came to fight the government, they wanted to set the country ablaze, considering the tone they came with.

They went into the meeting, they came out laughing, yelling and gearing as if nothing happened in the country.


A day after Abiola’s death if you remember, the country was on the verge of collapse. But seeing what was going on and the things around Abiola led me to suspect them, I had not handed over the villa to Abdulsalami

Abubakar government then, so I decide to video-tape what they were doing and I have the tape and I have tendered the tape before a court of law, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court,” he stated.


Al-Mustapha added that in the tape, money exchanged hands and that they traded with Abiola and “that is my anger. The tape is in that court, anybody that wants to watch it can get it and watch, it is now a public document. I didn’t want to talk about it before, but money was brought from CBN in my presence and it was shared[/b]

So, if I talk about Abiola’s well being and safety, and that of his family, I am telling Nigerians what really happened. Why should a person from the same South West, who is supposed to protect Abiola’s interest, now be seen to be angry with me? He should be happy with for saying the fact, so that it will not happen again in Nigeria.

“Now, they have forgotten about Abiola but the moment I talk, they will come to the pages of newspapers and start insulting me, I didn’t want to respond to them, but since you have asked, I have to say this. All they have done is that they took money and the moment you talk about Abiola, you become their enemies and they will abuse you in the papers, that is what they are doing to me, but I don’t care,” he added.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/06/12/opadokun-yoruba-leaders-collected-dollars-abiolas-killers-al-mustapha/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

I honestly appreciate your matured response but i beg to differ, Opadokun doesn't constitute the entire Yoruba hegemony, he might have been a loud and prominent voice but that has not given him any authority to represent an entire race, every ethnic group has people how can sell their soul for peanuts. it is so unfortunate that Opadokun is one of them.

ocelot2006:


Probably because EVERYONE, irrespective of tribe or geopolitical regions or political affiliation, get to suffer the consequences of your region's action(s)....just saying.

if Yorubas are not suffering from their region actions why are the everyone else suffering from it ? You are wrong , when Gej was in power yoruba suffer a lot but we didn’t spread hate speech , all we did was to wait for the right time to vote our choice ... that is how politics is played , not by hatred and bitterness ... igbos love Fayose but they failed to learn From Fayose on how he respect Tinubu no matter what, you can see that ? That is how we play politics in the South- west , it’s not a game of bitterness ... igbos are trying to also cause confusion by labelling yoruba Muslim and yoruba Christian... Igbos let me warn you , that kind of game can’t work in south-west ...

Paperwhite:
-OBJ betrayed Awo to grant Shagari the presidency.
-Abiola was betrayed by Yorubas to trade away his hard earned national mandate when Abacha bared his fangs.
-Oladipo Diya & co were condemned by their kits & kin even before Abacha unveiled his real intension in the phantom coup of 1995.
-OBJ betrayed Afeniferi even insulting them only to shamelessly come back to same people recently as the case of the chicken coming back to roost.
-Tinubu was being undermined by the like of Fashola,Fayemi,Amosu to consolidate their grip on power in the present government.
-Same race is telling Nigerians that Buhari who leagued with Abacha to deny Abiola his mandate & even killed Kudira is a hero because he actualized June-12?
So much for us as a nation.

Pls, stop littering every page on nairaland with this trash, we've seen it. Thanks.

the perpetual war between east and west

I love all my nigerian bretheren and sisteren

Haters can die

Igbo and Yoruba should form a block

Bang eachother ad inifinitum and become YoruGBo tribe

Peace from the Yoruba/Hausa-Fulani Moorish scientist pyramid architect from the eastern lands of Sabe

Alariiwo:
Nnanna and his vanguard crew are fools..

Are Yorubas the ones stopping you fools from getting biafra? Useless nincompoops

What did you say about the oba of lagooon?

Let the Ibos continue
Let them continue hating
Let them continue to be bitter, sentimental and resentful
Let them continue to spread falsehood and lies
Let them continue burning bridges
Let them continue to think others can only do as they wish/want.
Let them continue to play the victim card while they stoke up heat
Let the Ibos continue

History will never be unjust to them in anyways.

Yyeske:
I visited his page on facebook and the guy is already eating back his words, how can someone of his status be that careless, he'll still be called out and a sack letter handed to him or even prosecuted for hate speech.

he didn't said Yoruba are sophisticated morons, OK
What's moronS? And sophisticated?

This thread indicates the average state of Nigerian minds. It's show the atom of unity is so minute in this country. If someone with reputable profile that auger such ridiculous statement, it speaks more of what will runs in others' heart.

Mind you, I condemn any tribalistic words made against any tribe but sometimes one might be tempted to act.

Nnanna called them 'sophisticated morons' only ooo.

buhariguy:
Who take that intellectual lazy idiotic pig of Biafra serious.

Because of these idiotic pig I stop reading vanguard for the past ten year.
I was actually expecting this from these pig.
I knew he won't be able to sleep since the pronouncements.

I think maybe you should take your English language class seriously.

omenka:
Yeah.. I am back from an unjust lengthy ban. I'm am back, let you people's misery continue.

Meanwhile, while I was away and couldn't even get to like comments, let lone make one, I was still causing so much pains to you and your hateful brothers as seen in the number of times y'all wake up with my name on you minds.

Welcome back.

It's a good thing you weren't butchered

Bring it on; keep the fire burning

babaolofin:
Prince Sam Amuka Pemu, the founder of Vanguard Newspaper is a man of honour. A journalist of high reputations & ethics. Vanguard has been very neutral even when people expect a little bit of variation in his editorial content.

During June 12 struggling of 1993 to 1994 & NADECO struggling of 1993 to 1999, Vanguard was never part of the struggle, very neutral. Even when Pa Rewane was assassinated, Vanguard was neutral. Pa Alfred Rewane & Prince Sam Amuka are from Sapele Area.

Any individual is entitled to his opinion. His kinsmen said Awolowo drank poison because of a failed coup to avoid Babangida's coup plotters trial. No Hausa man will ever come up with such falsehood & blackmailing of a statesman, except embittered generation. Some of us were in the service, Cmdre Ukiwe has resigned & retired as the CGS about 2 yrs before the death of Awo. There was no intelligence report of coup plot & IBB was very close to Awo family. In fact, the POP of 7th RC of Naval College was shifted because of Awo's state burial ceremony. The Ibos take the poison story as their revenge on Awo. Late Prof China Achebe attacked Awo in his last book ' there was a country'. Many notable Nigerians (non ibos) condemned the attack, but Prof ABC Nwosu defended him because the book was released after Prof Achebe's death.

They are embittered against Nigeria. GEJ is a good man, but a minority who brought them to government. They intentionally looted all the oil money and depleted the reserve as a vengeance against Nigeria.

The Bible says, out of the abundance of the mind, the mouth speak. Thank, God Nnana has vomited what he has kept in his mind, at last, his mind can have rest.

Achebe said d bitter truth, pls live with it. the same Achebe attacked azikiwe with d same venom, go read the trouble with Nigeria!!!

2LESS:
Nnanna called them 'sophisticated morons' only ooo.

And they are wailing!

But their Oba wished igbos to drown in lagoon if they don't vote Ambode and APC, they cheered and hailed him. Stinking hypocrisy.


Do we forget the one Dr Ariyo said? Or the one Wole soyinka said?

Yoruba sons and daughters tho

We have our internal issues

Our other brothers in the country sure hate/are somewhat jealous of us

But we need to come together and clean up our mess and all the s.hit in our once great civilization

Then we can lead this country in love and true authority without looking down on our countrymen

We have a mandate

Send me a message let us start the revolution

Other tribes are free to reach out too

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Arysexy:


And they are wailing!

But their Oba wished igbos to drown in lagoon if they don't vote Ambode and APC, they cheered and hailed him. Stinking hypocrisy.


Do we forget the one Dr Ariyo said? Or the one Woke soyinka said?

don't mind them