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[quote author= post=111535279]SOUTH EAST: IS IT NOT TOO LATE?

I have read the recent transmissions by Senator Bukola Saraki directed at my Igbo tribe. I have deliberately kept mum on this as I had earlier resolved to speak less on Igbos as regards the 2019 Elections and 2023 Presidency having said quite a bit. 

However seeing as some of my brethren have swallowed the cheap bait, I will chip this in just to keep the reality before us, at least for posterity sake. Truth is bitter but it's still the best medicine. 

My people say; 'He who does not remember where the rain started beating him, will not remember where it stopped'. 

REWIND TO 2014. 
A new National Party was being conceived. Political Parties, political players and Regions were being wooed to the new alliance. 

'We' Igbos (read South East) vehemently refused to touch it even with a long pole. We packaged, sold to ourselves and bought the baseless propaganda that it was an Islamic alliance that would birth an "Islamic" and "Hausa" Party. Simply because those our brethren heavily invested in the PDP at the time were afraid of losing their vested selfish interests.
Till today I'm still trying to fathom the basis for that wicked and twisted deceit especially as many of those Igbo elites who sold that dummy have since ported to the same APC.

We failed to even identify with that new Alliance. Hence the Party, APC was birthed without any remarkable input from us or presence. The few amongst us who aligned were called all kinds of names and abused to high heavens by us even when they were proven right afterall.

Thus the few Igbos who were part of it were at best fringe players as they didn't have the required clout to make serious demands and do the necessary political wheeling and dealing required in Politics to strike the hard bargains since politics is all about interests and numbers. They were even suspect, so much so that it was only their personal political sagacity that gave them whatever they got.

That Party went on to win the Presidential Election which in truth, most of us never believed it could or would, because of our half baked permutations and poor understanding of Nigerian politics. But it did. 

Curiously we turned up at the fore front of telling this same Party how it should share it's 'spoils of war'. We became hypocritical moral champions with an over bloated sense of entitlement. Who does that, in all political reality and practicality? But we did, even while vehemently and vociferously still refusing to shift our position, style and rhethoric.

We dug in. Supported every bad thing and person against the Party, the elected President and the Administration while denying any and every good done to and for our Region.

Fast forward to where we are today. Almost four years after the 2015 misadventure, we have stayed put at 2015, refusing to move forward, refusing to shift grounds, refusing to play pragmatic politics, telling ourselves the same lies we cooked and bought in 2015 and some more. 

Now barely 5 months to another election, we have started again saying "APC cannot give Presidency to Igbos in 2023". "Buhari cannot hand over to an Igbo man because Buhari hates Igbos". "APC is deceiving you", bla bla bla.

Of course. We will believe Saraki, who has only but a fanthom dream of becoming President and whose only known record is selfishness but we can't believe Buhari who's already President and who has a record of voluntarily picking two great Igbo sons as running mates in the past? Chukwu aju.

It is interesting and vital to note here that the PDP which many of us still proudly support and adore was in power for 16 solid years and in those years there were 4 Presidential Inaugurations and on none of those was an Igbo man found worthy by the PDP of even Vice Presidency and we are still bold to say it is the APC that has not even finished one and a half tenure that doesn't want to give power to Igbos. Odi nma. 

NOW; Seriously, let's be sincere. As things stand today politically, why would the APC even hand power to us Igbos in 2023? 
On what grounds? 
On what records?
On what politics?
Is power given to anyone? 
Is it an appeasement or a gift? 

The APC is a political party. The main focus of a political Party is to hold power and keep it to enable it deliver on its agenda. So if the APC reads that the SE does not want the Presidency or does not have the capacity to help them win and keep power, they will stick with the regions that can and work with individuals who are interested. 

Make no mistake, I have always said, I do not blame us Igbos for the decision majority of us took in 2015. It's our right. But continuing to pretend that it was other regions, Buhari or the APC that made us do what we did then or remain where we are today is purely self deceit and I refuse to play that ostrich game. 

As far back as 2014, I and many others made that argument that Igbo Presidency was very feasible in 2023, ONLY under under the APC, ONLY IF we did a couple of things right politically. I personally continued to speak loudly on that even after the 2015 elections until when I realized that we were not ready to play the politics that was required and now I dare say it may be too late. Or is it not? Time will tell.

For now, we can continue to tell ourselves that we cannot hold the Presidency of Nigeria. I heard and read many of our brethren go from PDP to Biafra/seccesion (read IPOB) to Referendum to "Igbos do not need Presidency but Restructuring" etc forgetting that all that didn't lie squarely with us alone. We think other regions are not reading our body language?

I really don't care what Saraki writes or says because they've all come to realize that it's very easy to play us like a flute. So like Saraki, like Fani Kayode, like Fayose, like Atiku, even Jonah Jang of all people, they keep playing us.

I've learnt not to bother myself anymore to avoid unnecessary mentions from nonentities.
As some of us have said, it's good governance we want, even if only one village will be producing the Presidents. So be it.

Ka Chineke mezie okwu. [/quote]Yeye Afonja man. Igbos are not 2-faced bastards. our words are our bounds. we hated APC then we still hated APC even more now. At least there is truth in our hate as the whole world can mow see how stupid and demonic APC and her members are. Respect igbos decisions Mr Man. we never made decision out of emotions but facts and truth as you yourself can now testify. 2023 is also around the corner if you like go and vote an old man Tinubu as you people did of bihari in APC, na una go tire and suffer past.

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Eneye4me:
A terrorist like U, need to be slaughter like pig.

To slaughter is something beasy by you fools but you and all your Muslims terrorists likes will be extinguished from the surface of the earth. China have already started it. Soon enough, USA and Israel will join the party same with Russia. You people deserved no mercy and sympathy

Eneye4me:
Then U don't understand what terrorism is all about, Crusaders, American Government, Europeans that killed and enslaved ur father, IPOB, Hitler's , Russia aforementioned are terrorist organization and country.

Them only you and your families are angels. Foolish Islamic confused terrorists

FoolishBoy419:
Typical Nigerian idiot who assumes everyone is stupid enough to believe in some diety above. You are more powerful than the bastard son of the prostitute, Jesus that you worship, you dumb fool.

You are your name "Foolishboy" and a "419". EFCC will soon arrest you

FoolishBoy419:
This is long overdue. This is RESISTANCE. I can see some dumb religious fellows crying above but they were nowhere to be seen when Israel was doing 10x worse to them and kicking them out of their homes. More resistance please, dear Arabs. Show the IDF the same mercy that they show your brothers and sisters. Kill all IDF terrorists

I blamed USA for covering the arses of this Muslim people when China is masacreing them. Islam should be scrapped from the surface of the earth. It's a religion where regions of demons in human clothing abide.

Ever since APC and Buhari enter Nigeria nothing good has ever happened to Nigeria

IrepChrist:
These Ghanians doesn't have respect for thier big brother.

Actually they are our big brothers. They senior us. There was Ghana before Nigeria came to existence. Ghana is one of the first country that gained Independence in Africa

Dalil8:
Dummy. Is Russia a Muslim country?

Bigger Dummy... Am not referring to Russia but all Muslim countries

It set ves Agonjas say no be Dem dey pull this kind of stunt. Dey go still go do their own. watch out. Na copy copy Dem be but will be opening mouth wide in their usual hypocrisy way to condemn igbos while dey set die of jealousy

Dalil8:
It won't be long before these mfs get nuked.

I laugh at those comparing Ukraine with Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq. Ukraine has a quite sizable, NATO trained modern army with enough weaponry. Coupled with Ukraine's massive landmass. Ukraine is Germany and half of France put together.

Plus the terrible weather conditions in Ukraine isn't really helping the Russian troops. Many Russian soldiers have lost their fingers or toes to frostbite.

It took the US over $3 trillion and 20 years to achieve anything meaningful in Afghanistan but just look at what Russia has achieved in just a month in Ukraine. It's impressive.

All this Muslim terrorists. Keep comparing Almighty USA slaughtering of Taliban terrorists with senseless Russia invasion on a sovereign country Ukraine. Las Las USA go still invade any of una Muslims terrorist country million times again if una pose any security threat to the world

Urbanchampion:
Normal talk, no politician doesn't spend money to get into elective position, including Buhari himself. However Ibos will twist that innocuous statement, and conclude in their paranoid mind that Buhari was referring to Asiwaju. As if whoever emerges wouldn't spend money

Chai! this afonja muslim still have hope. Be coming, the primary election will soon come and go. Maybe that time your eyes go fly out of your socket

Cryofigbos:
He has influence everywhere.....anywhere he goes he get welcome by d governor of that state and if not an APC state he get welcome by d top party members even when his not yet d president........its only u and ur father in abakaliki that thinks otherwise...everybody knows his d highest stakeholder in APC.....during d convention every speaker acknowledged him including d president...umahi had to run to him to save his seat...his intervention birth d take over of party structure for ganduje and it has been well established that his behind d second term of ganduje.n...ur inconsequential opinion does not matter here coz ur foolish head is full of nothing but hate

Any idiotic as presidential aspirant that is entering any state will also get a welcoming ovation cos nobody knows tomorrow, the person might win. It's a foolish governor that will underate any aspirant. It's just politics dude and not love or influence nothing more

Eneye4me:
The same way Christains terrorist are killing themselves in Eastern Europe.

There is nothing like Christain terrorists. it doesn't exist in the dictionary but we have Islamic terrorists all over the world. Islam is the gathering, the conglomerate of demons to destroy the world via Jihad

nomenclature:
Anybody against your opinion is a muslim ,how can you call a south southerner a muslim....mumu

No Christian with conscious cos I know most Christian's have conscious, or anyother religion hated USA, Israel and the west as Muslims world wide. Bro you are a chronic Muslim or a heartless and condemned Christian

All Muslims terrorists will soon come here to shout progangada and west lies especially this Yoruba Muslims but they forgot that Yoruba media are the master of propaganda and lies

Yoruba media is the master of propaganda and fake news...

Someone that is afraid of an old fool is not qualified to rule a country of more than 200million people. Oga Osinbajo you are not qualify

Dollarremix:
Oga abeg shift.na only mouth u get no single action.

Somebody that placed the most costly sanctions on your Lord and savior and his country is starving to death is the person you said "get mouth no single action". Weldon o disgruntled terrorist muslim

Befii:
Trust me - Something is actually going on down there. And Russia isn't just there, they're fighting for a cause. This war is one the world will never forget. It's a fight between US/NATO Vs Russia.

If it is true then Russia is afriad to confront USA or NATO fave to face but rather conceited to fighting a powerless Ukraine, her sister. What a shame on Russia?

nomenclature:
How long did it take america to fall afghaistan ?
10 years and we are still waiting

Brain dead blindedfolded Muslim. USA did not fight Afgan but terrorists. Russia is fighting a sovereign nation and her innocent citizen. Pls get sense

SwissMass:
Mazi Bola Ahmed Tinubu the slayer of baby factory criminals and drug traffickers developers IPOB miscreants mkpurumiri addicts and IPOB cannibals. ride on baba agbalagba
Even Igbos that hate you will soon bow under your authority

Madman... You are not ashamed of yourself and your people. So Tinubu is the thing you want to sell to Nigerian and Nigeria. I am ashamed of your shame

Have said this before and I will say it again. Islam is a gathering of demons in human clothing. I blame USA for still allowing these demons breath. USA save the world and give it true peace by killing all this demonic motherfuckers

Na God save Russia, if dey even dream to fight USA. Na pepper soup USA to use them do. USA don't joke with wars with fellow world powers. they will want to disgrace them

Sultty:
firstly u have to learn proper English

Hope you fool knows English is wetsern

Sultty:
sure their world status makes them feel so
but are they really relevant? America is a loser

Says a chronic pained Muslim terrorist. Hope you have raised your placard today and chanting to Oblivion "dead to America, dead to Israel"

Sultty:
us trying so hard to be relevant, they will ginger u to start what they themselves won't be there to help u out. Sorry o Ukraine for not being sensible

US trying to be Relevant. Go back to school and collect back your school fees cos you just wasted your time and money not knowing what relevant is. USA is "not trying to be", they are always

IMEI:
which world?

on this thread for example, you're the only one obsessing over Islam and muslims

not everyone is blinded like you

Then that's means am the only one with senses cos no sane person will ever see Islam as a religion but a gathering of blood suckers and America and Israeli haters. Isn't what they preach in your mosque every Friday?

IMEI:
You're just a typical ipob sympathizer

you have no points other than to attack Islam and muslims

you can't even engage anyone who questions your claims here

you chose to comment severally on a thread about geopolitics and all its complexities, but the only thing you can think of is Islam and muslims on a thread that absolutely has nothing to do with them

smh

The world will keep talking about you people bc you people are demons in human clothing. Just last 3 weeks a Pakistani bombed mosque and it's worshipers to death for what? Imaginary 72virgins. In Nigeria is a regular occurrence. All over the world same thing.

alphabbey1:
Hope you know the US sponsored and created donation for the terrorists you are talking about....

Hmmm!like seriously, you Muslims should upgrade una reasoning faculty. It's too archeic. So America will sponsor terrorists Taliban to fight their country. America will sponsor terrorists to be condemning their education system (west). So America will sponsor terrorist to be raising placard and be chanting dead to America

Kemistri4:
You're hilariously delusional. Vietnam fought the french in the 1950s and gained independence by defeating them. Defeated the Americans and captured South Vietnam. Fought the Chinese to a stalemate.


And you're so stupid to compare a Vietnam that became independent in the 1950s and had to fight three world powers for decades, to an America that has been independent since the 1700s and gained from the duapolization of the world economy (together with USSR) after the WWII

If you have no knowledge of history and international relations, shut your trap


America lost woefully and shamefully to the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. EOD

That's why I say you are mumu... If at all any country have ever defeated America before, that country will automatically become world power. But that is a lie that's why no country will fear Vietnam. It's just like Nigeria - Biafra civil war. Nigeria clearly won the war but declears it "no Victor no vanquish" as a way to end the war completely so is Vietnam case. Nigeria only will defeat that your Vietnam ok. If they actually did defeat all those world powers they too must have ruled the world but in my records of world powers they are missing. So take your stupid lies of one Vietnam defeating Almighty America.