₦airaland Forum

muykem:
Igbo method of politics will make it difficult for them to succeed in Nigeria politics. Buhari defeated GEJ and years after south south has made adjustment to work with government in power, Igbo is still nursing hatred.

You have never said one thing good about them, but we know that even your own tribe and the other that has kept Nigeria where she is today with their emptiness in governance are geniuses. If you people had transformed the country after many years of incompetent and visionless leadership we won't be in the sorry state we are now. So no one takes your comments serious because you are worse than the Igbos.
Tribal bigot.

EquitableTech:
THE TRUTH MUST BE TOLD.

During the 30 month long Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970, Col Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, the sessesionist leader and Biafran war lord, carried out an air attack on Lagos. The attack on Lagos was unnecessary and it was that incident that drew the Yoruba into what was essentially a war between the southeastern Igbos and Northern hausa/fulani.

Ojukwu knew for certain that the Yorùbá had no stomach then for war, and also was not going to allow any assault on the East from the West. The key Yoruba Generals, after trying their best to mediate on both sides, and after Col Musa Yar'Adua a fulani military officer shot Col Benjamin Adekunle a Yoruba military officer without any consequences, have told General Yakubu Gowon the military head of state, to fight his own war.

The Igbos were winning at the initial stages of the East-North war. The East had taken all what the Federal Government had in the eastern Nigeria and destroyed them. They had defeated all the Generals from the North completely, and all Ojukwu needed to do was shift from a defensive mode to attack against the North, and he would have gained ground, shifted the battle ground to the North proper and put the civilians under pressure, forcing Gowon to negotiate the exit of the East from Nigeria. But that was not what he did. He instead saw it as an opportunity for the Igbos to conquer the whole south, expand territory and impose their rule on the Yorùbá. Even though Yorubaland nurtured Ojukwu as it nurtured many frontline Igbos including Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chinua Achebe and most of the Igbo leadership, he repaid us with contempt.

As a very senior member and commanding officer of the Nigerian Army, and indeed military governor of the then Eastern region, he knew the Yorùbá's had no weapons base, complement of the British that deliberately and strategically diverted all the military arsenal to Kaduna in the North and left the West completely unprotected from attacks by the other tribes, because the British feared the Yorùbá's more. Ojukwu knew this, and Chief Obafemi Awolowo also alluded to this at their last meeting in Onitsha (Awolowo was making a last- ditched effort to persuade Ojukwu to rescind his declaration of secession and not go to war) - a conversation that was secretly recorded and the tape transcribed. So why was it that it was the Yorùbá's the Igbo leadership chose to attack instead of pursuing the hausa/Fulanis that attacked them. The answer can be deduced from Ojukwu' s letter to Col Banjo (a Yoruba military officer trapped in the East and who became Ojukwu's second in command) promising to make him the governor of the southwest and answerable to him.

But Ojukwu was foolish, his contempt for the Yorùbá's made him forget our tenacity when threatened.

Col Benjamin Adekunle rose up and formed a new Fighting Battalion made up of Yoruba soldiers and called the 3rd Marine Commando with the approval of Gowon and the North. Gowon was powerless, already facing certain defeat. The Yorùbá's taxed themselves and bought new weapons for the new Battalion but the weapons were not purchased from the British. Adekunle's wife and children were caught on the battle frontline by the the sudden attack by Biafra. Incidentally, Adekunle was the one who rescued most of the experienced Igbo fighting men from the North and feom certain annihilation, yet Ojukwu went after Adekunle's family in Warri.

At that time, the Yorùbá's have had a long historical relationship with the Calabars than the Igbos. There was a Yoruba town in Calabar then, so Adekunle sneaked to Calabar and formed the second front made of south south fighters who had already been rubbished by the Igbos when they thought they would win the war. It was those East-West assaults on Biafra that led to the Biafran demise. Adekunle sunk Ojukwu and Biafra. He attacked their Western front which was already at Ore and advancing towards Lagos (after overrunning Benin with the military Governor Col David Ejoor escaping capture on bicycle) with speed boats operated by Ijaw boys that he recruited for that purpose, deterring the Biafran advancement, forcing them to retreat back to Benin crushing them, and continued to move them to Asaba and across River Niger back to the East. Ojukwu set up defenses across river Niger expecting Adekunle to follow and fall into a trap, but he didn't. Instead, he went after the Biafran Navy making sure that the Igbos will never threaten the Yorùbá's again from the sea.

Gowon was furious that Adekunle did not pursue Biafra to crush then completely, so he brought Col Murtala Mohammed to Benin to do the job. However, Murtala was a disaster. Apart from sacking the Central Bank and stealing all the money, he was a resounding failure. He was defeated repeatedly by the Biafran army over, destroying the lives of many soldiers. Yoruba soldiers refused to fight with him totally.
Meanwhile Adekunle continued his foray and captured Bonny, sacked Port Harcourt and then went after the Biafran stronghold in Owerri. He attacked Owerri both from Portharcourt and Calabar, in a fierce inch by inch engagement. The Igbos best fighting men and women and their officers were in Owerri and that battle was the bloodiest.

When Adekunle conquered Owerri, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time, and the war would be over.

The story of the war was documented by foreign press, expecially Military Press, who came to witness the incredible fighting skills and strategies displayed in Portharcourt and Owerri. Adekunle had already made International news and reputation as one of the best warrior-generals of modern warfare, and the best to emerge from Africa. Every news outlets wanted to interview and document his troops. He had the best officers Nigeria ever produced, trained by him. They led their forces from the front and created magic that brought the whole world press to the Nigeria battle field.

Gowon did not defeat Biafra, the Fulanis did not defeat Biafra, it was the Biafra leadership disrespect and contempt for the Yoruba people and their misreading and misunderstanding of our character and attitude that defeated Biafra.

Yes, towards the end of the war, it was also the Yorubas that came up with the reconciliation plan, and the famous phrase of "no winner, no vanquished". The Yorùbá of Lagos who owned the land and developed Surulere were made to give up their ownership of those buildings up to Lawanson to resettle the Igbos. Primary and secondary schools in Lagos were expanded to create spaces and accommodate the resettled Igbos, depriving the Yorùbá's in the process. The people were not initially happy, but the leadership went around to create the awareness that the Igbos were our cousins and that the war was a family feud and over. That is the nature of the Yoruba - compassionate, accommodating, fair-minded, generous, always putting themselves in the position of others. We do not take what does not belong to us and we have no expansionist tendencies. We will not crowd the space of others or attempt to take it. We are a fulfilled and contented people. We will rather engage in dialogue and reasoning, embrace peace than engage in strife. Other tribes take this for timidity and fear. No, far from it. The events after the annulled June 12 elections of 1993 and the frontal and pivotal role of the Yoruba have proved otherwise. We are a painstaking amd resilient people, who will not shy away from a war but will rather fight with superior intellect, well thought-out strategy and persistence. That approach brought back the Yoruba into the mainstream of Nigerian politics and frontline player in our national life. Not the in-your-face, brazen and aggressive approach of the Igbos that have consistently made other ethnic nationalities to be wary of them and view them with suspicion.

But look at the version of history that the Igbos feed their own children! Still filled with contempt against the Yorùbá's and purposefully calculated lies just like before the war. Now Igbos claim that Lagos is not only a no-man's land but that they actually own it. What a double talk, what a cheeky audacity! They have expanded their claim to include Ibadan, that they built everything in Yoruba land. That is what they teach their children.

But can you blame them? What are the stories we the Yorùbá are telling our children especially those that were born after the Biafran War, the so called Gen Y and Gen Z? The starry-eyed one-way idealists, with no knowledge of the history and antecedents of their ethnic nation, whose world view and actions are controlled and shaped by the social media? Do your children know the truth about events in your lives when you were young? Have we not failed in our individual and collective responsibility? History is no longer taught in our schools one of the ways to make us ignorant of events while others are rewriting the narratives. The Igbos and indeed other ethnic nationalities and foreigners are welcomed in our land but they must know their limits. They do not and cannot have the same right as the indigenes. Unless by conquest or first settlement you cannot claim to be the indigenous owner of land. Equity dictates that what you cannot give to others you cannot expect others to give to you. It is common knowledge that non-indigenes cannot own land anywhere in Igboland. Not even leasehold. They are fierce and violent about this. How can they now come to another man's land and claim ownership? They are migrants pure and simple.

What did you tell your children? Do they know these truths? Let us begin to tell the true stories to our children.

WE OWE THEM THAT MUCH

I have read over 6 books written about the Nigeria/Biafran civil war, detailing the events that culminated to the outbreak of the conflict ranging from Omogui, Forsyth, Gbulie, Ademoyega and one of the most compelling "in Biafra Africa died" never have I seen a tribally warped account as this. I stopped reading this ethnically biased bullcrap the moment I saw colonel Y'ardua. Was he a colonel before the war? Of course not. This write up can only be convincing to minions who don't read.

raskymonojendor:
Obidients won't like this news. I am sure they would say Falana has been bribed by Tinubu

You guys are dumb skulls. You lack content and incapable of comprehension.

flokii:
Nigeria rising..

No to colonialists meddling in our affairs.

They hid Diezani from Nigerians despite all the atrocities she committed in Nigeria, they kept quiet when Kanu was inciting hate through his radio biafra transmitted from UK, they only came when Nigeria's State Secret Service nabbed him.

Who do these folks really think they are?

But if an Igbo man had said this the narrative would be different. Shame on you hipocrite.

Corridon:
As an indigene of Ogun, I must confess that this is our culture so no qualms.

I doubt you.

blabulu2000:
Keep wallowing in your foolishness ....

Bro. I have my own mind ... I can't be manipulated by someone opinion

You are an oaf. Thought I was talking to a human.

Kayode1979:
YES WE ARE VERY USELESS PEOPLE

I never knew you people are such.

blabulu2000:
And this is according to your interpretation of the court documents


Keep.labouring in vain

What he posted was right. If you want to read the whole stuff I can send you the link😄😄😄 But people like you would still argue after reading the whole story. It quite unfortunate that sometimes certain things we did as youngsters can catch up with us at old age.

JAMO84:
The twin evil of PDP and LP will finally crumble when Asiwaju is sworn in. The next APC government will not treat the useless opposition with kid gloves, Tinubu is not going to be gentle with them like Buhari.

You have just stated what we already know, and why BAT will never rule us. People like you are animal only fit to exist in a colony of hyenas where no one challenges the decision of the matriarch.
You are indeed an animal in human skin.

nikky5:
Too many fingers have been pointing unfounded accusations on the President elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu since his presidential victory. All these accusations by people who didn't know Asiwaju was born out of hatred for the Yoruba people and Tinubu.

I was privy to see online the letter sent by the American government to Tafa Balogun in 2003 when he was governor of Lagos State concerning Asiwaju and narcotics. He was given a clean bill of health.

The questions that begs go answers are:

1. In what year was he arrested with narcotics?
2. What was the nature of the narcotics and quantity.
3. In which American state was he arrested?
4. Which court convicted him?
5. How many years did he spend behind bars?
6. Are there supportive documents to these allegations?

Agbado has really transformed this one's brain.
Chai!

[quote author=dustmalik post=122071991][/quote]Hahaha! 😄😄😄
This is the side effects of that trending drug conviction document. Bring it on. 🤣🤣🤣

Boomkalakuta:
These ones still wan paint Enugu governor good 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Take a look at your first pic , where is the drainage?

The governor and his works commissioner are both dumb skulls. They build roads without drainages yet OPHIUS or whatever his name is comes online to advertise such nonsense.

leksite120:
Wow, really?

Yes it's true.

SpecialAdviser:
Nobody got induced. LP won but PDP used Nkanu East result to rig it. Simple

That was why it took days before result was announced. A lot went under the dark.

PDP actually did. A friend told me that in his PU at Enugu east LGA, that PDP shared 2k per voter but unfortunately the guy contesting for HOA who was the culprit still lost to the LP candidate because those who collected the money, still went ahead to vote for the LP; that eventually won when the ballot papers were counted.

habsydiamond:
Devilish people in Yorubaland. Na bastRd pikin this one be oo. He sell him papa give ritualist. What's this world turning into

This is the height of ritualism. Haba! What is going on in the wild wild west? Oloun maje Organ predators masquerading as humans.

CXLVII:
Just check the names of those making comments and you will arrive at a conclusion!

Never seen pained and bitter souls in my entire existence!

Why are so much believe the research that, these lots are the offsprings of the demons God banished from heaven, and fell into River Niger, later to settle in Onitsha and started procreating

No! It's you who condone the anomaly in Nigeria who's actually a descendant of demons.

duduade16:
He lost in osun Tribunal, stop fake news, If I may ask is there any lawyer that have not lose any case before

The Court of Appeal upheld Adeleke's victory today.

sukkot:
The fact that a peter obi is being entertained in Nigeria points to the Unseriousness and low IQ levels the country has fallen into. This is an unserious country. In china peter obi would have been picked up and either locked up in a prison cell somewhere or committed to a mental institution. Why is he being entertained in this country by all the arms of government ? Is it the new woke culture has swept into government too ? Alright let's examine the stupidity of the whole thing. The whole thing is like a comedy clown show that would have been nipped in the bud in a serious country . This clown show could lead to an insurrection and rebellion but these woke government is not treating it with the seriousness it requires. Let's examine the unserious nature of this clown show, a man loses an election woefully and comes third and did not make the required spread of 25 percent, yet declares that his mandate is stolen. He states that the election is rigged and this is the premise of his dissatisfaction. Eventually they grant him full access to the whole electoral process and collations and he and his team of experts pour through the whole thing meticulously and discover no rig actually happened and then he changed his accusations from RIGGING to tinubu did not get 25 percent in the FCT and he is not qualified to contest and therefore should be banned and you should do a fresh election between me and the guy who came second. Now it is at this point that a serious country like china would declare this man as mentally inept and would arrest him for time wasting and making a joke and jest of serious government procedures. He would be committed to a mental institution or locked in prison for trivialising the government. But what does WOKE UNSERIOUS Nigeria do ? They still go on to entertain this clown show. The man is trivialising the whole country and making it look like a show of clowns. I mean are there no serious people in government who can pull him aside and tell him that the FCT is counted as a 37th state and it's not a legal requirement to get 25 percent in it, we just count it as part of the 37 entities that you need to get the 25 percent spread in but that particular FCT is not a must, just make sure you get the 25 percent in 24 out of the 37 entities presented. Are there no serious people who can explain this to this man so he can stop wasting everybody's time and trivialising our country into some clown show ? What's going on here ? Is the zoo being controlled by unserious low IQ humans ? It's times like this I wish serious men like tunde idiagbon still existed. Do you think you can run this clown show with a tunde idiAgbon in government ? You would be arrested immediately and confined to a mental institution. And finally you know what takes the cake with this clown show ? They say name the states where you think you were cheAted, this man didn't mention a single eastern state where he was getting 95 percent of the votes but mentioned Lagos state where he won. Basically this clown believes he was cheated in any state where he didn't get over 90 percent of the votes. What a clown show. Do we have any serious people in the government to nip this clown show in the bud and confine this man who is trivialising our democracy into some mental institution ? The man is clearly sick and we are dancing to the tunes of a mad man. And he is turning the country into an insane asylum. Coincidentally he said he gets his advice from a mad man when he was anambra governor. This is what we are entertaining ?

Sorry.

Fahdiga:
Tinubu wants to set Nigeria on fire.

You are correct.

Creamcrest:
Bullcrap.

All tribes have areas they dominate in terms of achievements.

Buying and selling in a shop is not the only areas of achievement in life.

Y[b]orubas lead in education,it is said every family in ekiti has a professor.
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Yorubas lead in real estate,oil and gas, insurance, aviation, telecoms, ICT

The message is for oafs like you who can't comprehend a well thought out article like this. @ the bolded (not anymore) your reaction gives you away as someone this message was directed at.

SpecialAdviser:
Obi, you are too big to reply that rifraf killer of an i.diot Nnamani.

And a cultist who employed violence to silence critics.

TOPMAN4LIFE:
As you lie against the man of God, God will raise people that will lie against you.
pastor Adeboye was never part of occupy Nigeria protest .
It was pastor bakare,
If your brain doesn't remember things again, use your Google.
It's the church of God, God will continue to bring his own to his church.
Ibo should not allow their hatred for Yorubas to consume them

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10220037599029275&id=1202901411&set=a.1963275760562&source=57&__tn__=EHH-R

Above is the link to cure your ignorance, below is the video of your messiah leadering protesters and you are here shamelessly defending him.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dpkay0hqPn5A&ved=2ahUKEwizps69-uz9AhWncfEDHXyACCEQtwJ6BAgYEAI&usg=AOvVaw0cdoN2XiFxndw843p_RWNY

God will judge you for defending evil. Google vanguard 11/10/2010 and verify yourself.
Tribal bigot like you.

Wasted life.

LagosG:
Obi caused everything. Everyone knows how liberal Tinubu is. Obi tried and failed to divide Yorubas along religious lines. Something we Yorubas would never do to one another. After the presidential elections, it became glaring. It was his tactic to garner Yoruba votes. Obi visited all the large capacity churches as campaign ground. Something if Tinubu had done, would have been labelled a terrorist by IPOB. Pastors, infact the Christian Association of Nigeria backed him (They were quick to congratulate the Jagaban, something PO has refused to do).

Yorubas are liberal, naturally. We live in absolute peace regardless of our neighbors' religion. You will never find religious extremism amongst our Muslim brothers. We're sophisticated. Never again will we allow an outsider to cause division in our ranks.

So my guy, it's Igbos that are obsessed with Yorubas. The ratio of Yorubas in Igboland against the ratio of Igbos in Yoruba land backs up my claims. Have a good day

@ the bolded.
You ain't seen nothing yet. There are no liberal Muslims. Wait until the overtake the population of the christians.