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ElSudani:
Why would you face Lagos and not Enugu or Awka? There's a deep seated inferiority complex affecting you guys when it comes to issues regarding the SW.

But Lagos is the sixth Igbo state already.

Empiree:
The brother up there already told you the reason they came to Africa. It is very childish and uneducated approach to have asked me which church came to Africa with army. British govt was a Christian govt whether they used religion as a camouflage or not.

When Arabs came to Africa they didnt bring Muslim army or guns either. They came with trades. But the British came with force and intention to colonize Africa.

You got it wrong, the British army was not a Christian army. Again as I told you, the missionaries were not the same as the Army. You really need to read your history. Was Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowder a soldier? Was Mary Slessor in the Army? You really need to get your history right
While the British colonized Nigeria, most of the early missionaries were not even British. The Catholic, Methodist, and Baptist are not British. The Anglican was the only original British church that had Missionaries in Nigeria. So it's easy to see that Missionary work and colonial rule had nothing in common.
Today, the Catholic is by far the biggest of these early churches in Nigeria. So you see there is no relationship between the British rulers and the European missionaries.
The Muslims invaded as much as the Europeans the only difference was that the European army was superior.
To date, Illorin, Kano, Sokoto, and Borno are still Muslim colonies, ruled by a Muslim Emir.
Kano is a Hausa city, Illorin is a Yoruba city, and Borno is Kanuri City yet all of them are ruled by their Islamic capture.

[quote author=Empiree post=115316366][/quote]This is just a political statement, not a fact. Read your history, the missionaries did not come with guns it was the British gov. Please tell me the name of the church that sent an army to Africa.

Lukuluku69:
Now you are getting the gist. One Army came to Convert a people and leave the locals to ruke themselves while the other came to take resources but hid under Religion.

I know you have never come across it in the Bible that a NATION WILL FIGHT YOU FOR THE SAKE OF GOD

Let me look for it in your Bible. I will post it for you to see

Illorin is Yoruba land, till day it's ruled by a Muslim emir. The British freed their colonies but the Muslims did not.

Lukuluku69:
Now you are getting the gist. One Army came to Convert a people and leave the locals to ruke themselves while the other came to take resources but hid under Religion.

I know you have never come across it in the Bible that a NATION WILL FIGHT YOU FOR THE SAKE OF GOD

Let me look for it in your Bible. I will post it for you to see

You are saying the Muslims did not take resources in the captured lands? You are wrong. The Muslims levied taxes on the captured people.
The British missionary and the British army were 2 very different organizations.
In fact while the British army captured Nigeria, it was the non British Catholics that were more successful with missionary work.

Lukuluku69:
Castration was the practice of Europeans not of Arabs. They call them Eunuchs. The invading powers practiced it on the male population of a conquered people simple to reduce the ability to procreate and reduce the production of conquered people.

Like I said, ALL Nations of the world took slaves but here you are justifying one and villiying another to suit an agenda.

And what are the Europeans estimates? How many did they take?

All nations practiced slavery but the Christians ended it.
The British gave independence to all their colonies but the Muslim world never returned power to their colonies. Till date, northern Nigeria is ruled by Muslim emirs and sultans.
This was not so 500 years ago.
Please read about the Arabs in Zanzibar.

To learn more about the Muslims and slave castration. Here is a link. https://newafricanmagazine.com/16616/

Lukuluku69:
Very true. The Land Promised Abraham was the taken

So how are the Muslims better than the British? The only difference was 5hst the British had a stronger army and we're able to defeat the Muslims

Lukuluku69:
Most of what I wrote are iron cast fact of history. Do your research but then you can believe the version that suits your agenda.

If indeed the Arabs took more slaves as you would have me believe, then ywe should have more Blacks in the Middle East than the handful who are citizens thru naturalization or were they all killed off too?

Saudi aboliish slaver in 1962? Really really? Abeg give me link make I learn something new.

As for taking Slaves, every nation of the World took Slaves! Everyone of them. The Romans did, the Jews did, the Arabs did and the Europeans did? So?

Yoruba people did, Igbo did, Asante did, Hausa did, The Binis did. So, say something new

The Christian nations were the first to stop slavery.
And yes the Muslims were the most brutal slave masters, castrating male slaves and killing whole slave populations.

Two rough estimates by scholars of the numbers of just one group - black slaves held over twelve centuries in the Muslim world - are 11.5 million and 14 million, while other estimates indicate a number between 12 and 15 million African slaves prior to the 20th century.

Lukuluku69:
Bros stop repeating the tripe handed over to you by those Europeans. The Muslims went to Eygpt and the Northern part of Africa to drive out those Idol worshipping European. Read Genesis. God said He will give Abraham and his descendants ALL the Land between River Euphrates and Nile to them. If the Muslims came to steal, the Europeans would have found nothing to steal when they arrived centuries later. The Europeans usurping powers were expelled or are you saying the Greeks and Romans ruling over the North of Africa when the Arab forces came were blacks?

The Jews cooud not do it, it was the Muslims that accomplished that. That the Muslims will occupy that place was foretold in your Bible. And plaese no black were killed and if any were killed so we're the Europeans that opposed them.

I can see that you are a person of Letter, take time out to read World History too. You will learn a lot more.

And please who sold more blacks to the Arabs than they did to Europeans? Who?

The Transatlantic Slaves Trade remains a blight on Europeans and Christianity till date but you won't get Christians condemning it because it was done by their Master who preached heavens and salvation to them.

Yes Arabs took slaves, they bought slaves what of the European Christians? What of the so-called Children of God?

Aside Usman Dan Fodio, tell me of any Islamic Military campaign in Sub-Sahara of Africa.

Bro, you can learn more about Islam and Muslims if you take time out and research on your own and not what one ignorant prejudiced and obviously a bigot says about it

Military campaigns did occur from the 14th century CE against the Christian kingdoms of Nubia, for example, while in the 18th century CE the Muslim Fulani launched a holy war in the Lake Chad region. There were also sometimes violent resistance by supporters of traditional African beliefs such as animism and fetish, spirit and ancestor worship.

Lukuluku69:
Bros stop repeating the tripe handed over to you by those Europeans. The Muslims went to Eygpt and the Northern part of Africa to drive out those Idol worshipping European. Read Genesis. God said He will give Abraham and his descendants ALL the Land between River Euphrates and Nile to them. If the Muslims came to steal, the Europeans would have found nothing to steal when they arrived centuries later. The Europeans usurping powers were expelled or are you saying the Greeks and Romans ruling over the North of Africa when the Arab forces came were blacks?

The Jews cooud not do it, it was the Muslims that accomplished that. That the Muslims will occupy that place was foretold in your Bible. And plaese no black were killed and if any were killed so we're the Europeans that opposed them.

I can see that you are a person of Letter, take time out to read World History too. You will learn a lot more.

And please who sold more blacks to the Arabs than they did to Europeans? Who?

The Transatlantic Slaves Trade remains a blight on Europeans and Christianity till date but you won't get Christians condemning it because it was done by their Master who preached heavens and salvation to them.

Yes Arabs took slaves, they bought slaves what of the European Christians? What of the so-called Children of God?

Aside Usman Dan Fodio, tell me of any Islamic Military campaign in Sub-Sahara of Africa.

Bro, you can learn more about Islam and Muslims if you take time out and research on your own and not what one ignorant prejudiced and obviously a bigot says about it

A military invasion, some seven years after the death of the prophet Mohammed in 639, under the command of the Muslim Arab General, Amr ibn al-Asi. It quickly spread West from Alexandria in North Africa (the Maghreb), reducing the Christians to pockets in Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia.

Lukuluku69:
No you won't be arrested. The guy is on a Private Property. Ask Nairalander who are based in America.

What are you talking about, the same America I lived in? You never pull a gun on someone for knocking. Knocking means he is seeking permission. You either let him in or send him out.
If you attack someone for knocking your door, you would do to jail for a long time.

Lukuluku69:
Tolerance is just looking away when that man/woman knock on my door. I take it as a practice of their faith. Tolerance is sitting down calmly in that bus and let the guy finish with his dross. Despite the fact that these acts infringe on my privacy, you will see us taking a listen to it all. That is tolerance.

Go to the same Western World and go knocking on every door and see if some would not pull a gun on you.

And how have you guys been taking the issue of Hijab for Muslims kids? I leave you to answer your conscience.

When someone knocks on your door, you send them away if you don't want them. When someone blocks the road do we also apply the same?
It's illegal in every western county to pull a gun at someone knocking at your door. You would be arrested if you do that.

Lukuluku69:
Bros stop repeating the tripe handed over to you by those Europeans. The Muslims went to Eygpt and the Northern part of Africa to drive out those Idol worshipping European. Read Genesis. God said He will give Abraham and his descendants ALL the Land between River Euphrates and Nile to them. If the Muslims came to steal, the Europeans would have found nothing to steal when they arrived centuries later. The Europeans usurping powers were expelled or are you saying the Greeks and Romans ruling over the North of Africa when the Arab forces came were blacks?

The Jews cooud not do it, it was the Muslims that accomplished that. That the Muslims will occupy that place was foretold in your Bible. And plaese no black were killed and if any were killed so we're the Europeans that opposed them.

I can see that you are a person of Letter, take time out to read World History too. You will learn a lot more.

And please who sold more blacks to the Arabs than they did to Europeans? Who?

The Transatlantic Slaves Trade remains a blight on Europeans and Christianity till date but you won't get Christians condemning it because it was done by their Master who preached heavens and salvation to them.

Yes Arabs took slaves, they bought slaves what of the European Christians? What of the so-called Children of God?

Aside Usman Dan Fodio, tell me of any Islamic Military campaign in Sub-Sahara of Africa.

Bro, you can learn more about Islam and Muslims if you take time out and research on your own and not what one ignorant prejudiced and obviously a bigot says about it

Most of what you say is not true.
Let's talk about slavery.
Just so you know the Muslims were taking African slaves much before the west started it.
And the west stopped much before the Muslims were forced by the west to stop.
Global slavery was stopped by western Christians. The first nations to end slavery were all Christian nations at the time.
It was not until 1962 that Saudi Arabia and much of the Muslim world abolished slavery only because they were forced.

Lukuluku69:
Read #2 again. If we can tolerate Christians knocking on our doors when not invited without doing unpleasant stuff, if we can tolerate you guys stuffing your Tracts in our face and I'd we can tolerate the so many Preachers that disturb our Trips/Journey without them asking us if we want to hear their messages, bros leave that occasionally one hour road closures. Tolerate the practice.

There is nothing indecent about knocking on your door. You have the right to send the visitor away but do we have that same power to kick out Muslims from our roads?

Lukuluku69:
No you got it all mixed up. The British came for one purpose only. To steal resources and making the subjects Christians was an easy route to actualizing that agenda. The British know that once a people become Christians, they become docile to the Empire Agenda of stealing Resources. That is why they excluded the Muslims of that time from their so-called Education.

Many Muslims had to adopt europen/christian sounding names to get access the the European Schools and some had to pretend they were Christians.

Just so you know, the British only met a Military resistance in the North and the whole of the South were content with the Colonial Masters ruling them. When Europeans appeared on the coast of West Africa, they met Muslims and the Traditionalists alone and no Christians. Yes, Usman Dan Fodio applied some Military excercise but Islam was brought here thru the Trans- Sahara Trade.

And the Btistish never really want a Military confrontation within the Colony for it will send a signal that others can revolt too. They can't sustain a Military campaign and from Experience, they know that the Muslims are a formidable people unlike the converted Christian Locals who are majorly docile because he/she want to go to the Christian Heaven as painted by the Conqueror who are Christians. Before coming to West Africa, the Europeans have had Centuries of conflict with the Muslims. So, they readily allow the North to rule themselves while they continue to steal the Resources of the Land.

The Muslims never claimed the ownership of any Road, they contributed to building of that Road and they can use it. Allowing them to use it is Tolerance. Also, the Traditionalist in Ikorodu, Lagos usually have a Day where Women are not allowed to come out at all and the government allowed it. When they parade in the Night, and you are not an initiate, there are penalties for being caught.

People block road for parties, Crusade and Revivals, you won't see anything wrong with that because you are one of them. If taking over a road for an hour is uncivilized, I guess using Classrooms for Prayer Meeting is when clearly their is a Church Auditorium available.

You see my friend, this is what Tolerance means and you are not showing it.

Before the British the Muslims came to Africa with the purpose to steal and convert Africans to Islam.
In case you don't know more slaves were sold to the Arab world than to the west.
Just so you know, northern Nigeria was captured by Muslim Fulani.
Egypt, Morroco and the rest of north Africa were capture by Muslim Arab forces and most of the black Africans killed.
What stops the Muslims from praying in their mosques. Why must they be the only religion to block out roads.
It's very uncivilized and shows no regards to other road users.
The British met their most stubborn resistance in the South east. By 1903, northern Nigeria was captured. It was not until 1920 the Igbo land was finally completely under British rule

Lukuluku69:
Check #2.

To do not take over the road in the name of religion.

Ibkhaleel:
Attacking people on social media cant win Election

CAN supported Jonathan, And He Failed
CAN supported Atiku, And He Failed
CAN supported Osinbajo, And He Failed
who ever the church support s will fail

This new holier than thou behavior of the Tinubu fan boys is interesting.
You guys Attacked Jonathan nonstop. You continue to attack Obi. But because the Obi gang overshadow you, you begin to complain and act like you did not throw the first stone.

james078:
As soon as they wake up it's already in the trash
That's NL forum for you

It's a shame but what can we do?

Lukuluku69:
You are correct that during the time of the Prophet, Friday was never a work free day. In fact Muslims are enjoined to leave off work and trade to answer the call of Friday Prayers but that does not preclude the fact that a Nation or a people can choose that day not to work or work. As a matter of fact, I like and prefer that day to be a working day. Because staying at home doing nothing actually negates that injuction to leave work and trade and answer the call.

The fact that most people decide to rest on Sunday wodwide doesn't make it right not should it be an example for me. The tolerance in it so so allow people choose what suits them and not impose it on them.

And the British can't ask us, they came here with an agenda which includes converting everyone to their Faith. So, setting aside a " Lord's Day" is part of that agenda.

It is true that some mosque block roads on Fridays but I believe blocking a road for an hour or so should warrant the noise we are getting. Tolerate it. It won't kill you as a matter of fact it will endear them to you.

And no the British did not established British Law. They established a pot pouri of many Laws. Canon, Islamic and many Laws to serve their Agenda. I hope you know that thru Indirect Rule adopted for the North, the Shari'a Codes was tactfully endorsed while it was not so for other parts of Nigeria

You got it all wrong, it was the Muslims like Usman Dan fodio who sort to make everyone Muslim. The British did not force their subjects to be Christians. That is why you and most in the north are Muslims. Your ancestors were not compelled to be Christians.
Just so you know, the British were more successful in capturing and ruling over northern Nigeria before they got full control over the southern colonies. Yet they never compelled the Hausa Fulani to be Muslim.

Taking over a road for even a minute is uncivilized and should not be tolerated. It's not done in any civilized country.

Also, why only Muslims. No other religion in Nigeria does this.
Both Christians and traditionalists avoid such trouble. They show respect for others.
The Nigerian Muslim are notorious for this behavior. Why should a religion claim ownership of the road even for a minute and expect the rest of us to tolerate it.

The Nigerian Muslims are the most pampered and tolerated religion.

sanusideunifier:
A liar and his paymaster gets the biggest disgrace. See the details of the Belinda Gate award and the link.

You keep lying, getting busted and disgracing Tinubu the drug thief. We will always allow you go naked before we bust you. Now who is lying?

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Just watch as the powers that be kick your thread to the 2nd or 3rd page.

mach7:
What kind of democracy are these "Obidients" hoping to bring onboard if successful? A democracy where any dissenting opinion must be ridiculed and silenced? One really has to start getting worried as this is getting out of hand.

A man wrote an article stating certain points from his own perspective, you might choose to agree with or not. But to go to the extent of calling him an insult to his generation or that his children should be ashamed of him has crossed all known extremes.

Many of you doing this online mob action and cyber bullying, thinking that you are anonymous, I really pity you all.

But the person I pity the most is the candidate you are all glorifying and on whose behalf you are attacking others. He is simply a politician and right now, he says things that tickles your ears, he seems to be the candidate with a difference as you claim. Yet he has spent all his political years doing the same things every politician has always done - which is to fight for his interest.

May God have mercy on you all, because when he does eventually lose the presidential election and moves back to his real political family, I hope you will have the courage and strength to move on from despair and repair whatever bridges you might have burnt in defense of him.

First in democracy, people are free to ridicule whomever.
Secondly, this man was planting hate and disunity among voters.
He was not attacking a political party nor it's candidates but ordinary Nigerians who choose to vote for a candidate.
He is a bully and deserves what he got.
Twitter isn't Nairaland.

Nairaland would do everything to make sure this thread is hidden.

Capitan99:
This is how foolish bigots qoute holy scriptures out of context,why can't you post the whole verse for clarity,mugaafal!!!

Oga post the whole verse. No need to insult. He posted some of the verse, post the whole thing let's be educated. I am enjoying the topic already.

judithjam:
Bad news for Obidient,they hope its in anambra

Lagos is also our land. We are so happy. It would serve us very well.

Lukuluku69:
No, the Church is on my street and they make a lot of noise. And I think an hour road closures (which only happens where you have a very big Masjid) shouldn't be an issue considering the fact that the Christians have a whole day to worship God. And the disrespect comes from the Colonial Masters who a majorly Anglicans Christians to impose Sunday as a work free day and leave the Muslim to go to work on Fridays. That is the disrespect. It is agelong and we Muslims don't complain.

Saudi Arabia and some Gulf Countries don't work on Friday, are you suggesting that business or businesses don't move smoothly in those countries?

Mosque burnt on Riots only? And you say it doesn't not have any religious undertones? So, please post me a link of any Church burnt in the East or South South during Riots?

If your Church was burnt, I am deeply sorry about that, but bear in mind that someone mosque was also burnt in the East too.

Most churches and mosques make noise. The streets do not belong to Muslims. The street was built with taxpayers' money, not Muslim money. Why don't Christians block the streets? The Sunday weekend is almost worldwide including in China. The British did not need our permission to choose a holiday. Also, Friday is not even a holiday under Islamic laws. In the days of Muhammad, Muslims did not take Friday as a holiday so let's not pretend that Muslims should be offended by a Sunday holiday.

As I said, I am not against a work free Friday but that is no reason to use the public roads as your worship site. It shows a lack of tolerance and respect for others. What happened to all the mosques? If you don't even see this as a problem, it shows you are comfortable with the continuous Muslim disregard of others.

Again, the British established British laws and not Christian laws. I don't see why the British would establish Arabian laws in their colony.

Lukuluku69:
You don't have an issue with Sunday being work free in Nigeria because you are a Christian had it been other way round, I am sure there would have been issues. It would have been the usual stuff: Islamization if Friday were to be declared a work free day the same way Sunday is. And I am not arguing to justify any Road Closures, what I am saying is, if you are really tolerant as you claimed to be, AN HOUR ROAD CLOSURE on Fridays should not be an issue for you.

Where I stayed presently, there is a Church right in front of my house. Sunday Service, Wednesday Prayer Meetings, Friday Prayer Meetings, Choirs Practice on Saturdays and many others like Namings, Weddings and Night Vigils. All on serious outdoor mounted speakers. We never complained but guess what? When the Traditionalists in the area sent emissaries that a certain Night Vigil will interfere with their Nocturnal parade, the church cancelled that particular month end Night Vigil. What am I saying? That is tolerance in a way and this was a church that the pastor said any one in the neighborhood who find them making noise should move away because we all met the Church there before we moved in

So, you have never heard of a Mosque burnt in the Eastern part of Nigeria before? Search here on Nairaland. I am sure you will see many stories.

If you find that the Muslim environment up north is an impediment to the kind of life you want to live, you can move down south, for I can tell you for free that the Muslims up north will hold to their Shari'a and way of life for sometimes to come.

And on Sunday and FrIday being work free, don't you think for fairness sake both days should be work free considering the numbers of both Christians and Muslims in Nigeria?

The church service in your compound is held in a private residence. It's not nearly the same as taking over a road sir. I hear the Muslim call to prayer but I have no problem with that, but taking over the road is clear abuse and disrespect to all.

Why would I have a problem if Friday is work free. I am not really a workaholic. On the other hand, choosing a work free day implies much more than religion. Most of the world works on Friday, It would make us less competitive not to work on Friday. Imagine you get an email from another country on Friday, you don't get to reply to it till Monday. This would make Nigerian businesses and companies less competitive. So this goes beyond religion.

Mosques are burnt during riots and other properties destroyed but mostly have nothing to do with religion. On the other hand, the number of Muslim riots and destruction of Christian property in Nigeria is 10x greater. My very Church was burnt in Jos. From Kano to Kaduna, to Jos and even Niger.

Can you honestly say that there have been more Christian riots in Nigeria?

Lukuluku69:
You are still not get a grasp of a Fundamental here. You said Muslims are a Majority in the North (your stats says 70%). Well, I think that should be enough for any people to set a Rule on how they warn to be governed.

Like I told you earlier, the North is an Islamic terrain as such they are deeply conservative about their views about Life. What you call development is not development to them and what they development is not development to you. Know that and you will know peace.

If road closures on Fridays is an issue what do you say to the fact that ChrIstians Day of worship is a work free day in the whole of Nigeria? So, why take issue with an hour Road closure?

Leave the North and go to the East and see Muslims properties destroyed too. Mosques vandalized and sometimes demolished. I guess you never heard of that before. Go on the internet and read stuff.

About head covering and such, I have been to the North too. I stayed in Kano, Kaduna, Niger I see many uncovered ladies the way Muslims girls/ladies do, so I don't understand what you are saying here

On Road Closures, there is a Catholic Cathedral at Agnes Junction after Sabo inward Yaba, they impede traffic every Sunday and every other times they have a Church program. Have you seen a major complaint from anyone? You won't find any because of Christian complicity and Muslims tolerance.

Let me start with your last point. Do the Catholics at Yaba hold their meetings on the road like Muslims do all over Nigeria? I am talking about Muslims using the road for their meetings.

I agree that the Muslims in the north are free to do whatever they want with themselves but I am talking about they forcing the Christians to live according to their religion. That is where I disagree.

The South East is majority Christian but they don't hold prayers blocking the roads.

Your argument that the road should be closed because Sunday is a holiday, I am not sure I get it. Does Sunday being a holiday impede Muslims in any way? Does Sunday restrict Muslims? If that is the official Muslim excuse for closing roads then they have no excuse. Just imagine it, "We would close roads because Sunday is a holiday." does that make sense to you?

Again, as I said, the north is home to more than 70% of all Nigerian Muslims. The southeast and south south are the Christian part of the country. You will never hear of Muslims being treated like trash in these Christian communities.

Biggie82:
Great writeup. However, deeply engraved religious bigotry, 'holier than thou' attitude, unquestioned religious indoctrination will not allow a lot of people admit this truth. Tolerance is key, whoever wrote this piece has stayed nothing but the truth.

Great writeup but the writer might just be peddling lies. He claims that the university only employs Christian doctors. But he never told us how he came to know of this. What is his position in the university? Does he sit on the board of employment or is he just another liar trying to prove his case?

Lukuluku69:
Please list 10 out of 100s examples where Muslims have impeded on Christians rights and sometimes I. Life. And please the North is not the only place in Nigeria.

I could even give you personal examples. I would list major roads even federal roads that are closed when Muslims pray on Fridays.
Also, the North comprises of more than 70% of the country's Muslim population so it's the best place to source examples.
Here is a list of cities where I have personally witnessed Muslims take over a government-built road on Fridays.
Kano
Kaduna
Birnin Kebbi
Even Jos a Christian city.
I have even witnessed this in Lagos island.
Again in the North, the Muslims harass Christians and even destroy property in the name of stopping alcohol sales and consumption.
They forget that not everyone is Muslim and not everyone should live by their rules.
I have seen men harassing ladies for not covering their faces even though these ladies are Christians.
There are many Muslim communities in Nigeria where a Christian lady is not safe if she goes out without a face covering.
If these are not impending Christian rights, tell me what it is.
What makes it very bad is that it happens every day but Christians never complain. Christians are tolerant to a fault.

Randy100:
THE BATISTS ARE QUITE FRUSTRATED AGAINST THE IGBO RACE

All for laziness, owanbe and vanity. You sold your ancestral lands to the Igbos who then turn them around for greater value.

They invest in businesses ranging from hospitality, trading, shipping, property development, import & export amongst others while our people sit all day partying and few reasonable ones used same proceed to advance their children's education abroad.

Partly due to their cultural history and brotherhood code they have imbibed into every child while growing. The Igbos see themselves as one anywhere they find themselves around the world and can easily integrate their brothers into the secret/way of business for them to flourish together.

From Onitsha, to Ariara, to Douglas, to Alaba etc. You will find Igbo traders sharing stalls and selling similar goods and product in same market without the fear or envy of stiff competition.

Go to any agent in Ibadan, Abeokuta, Akure and make enquiry about renting a shop. The first question they would ask you is on what you want to sell or trade in. Reason? An average Yoruba doesn't like competition which also reflect in their trading or business value.

Ask a Yoruba man anywhere you get him around the world to show you the secret of his business success or even integrate you into an opportunity for you to thrive alongside with him. You will understand why a lot of us are not thriving like the Igbos.

Walk into the office of your family member who holds top position in any of the federal or state government MDAs or who has access to fix you up with opportunities or even seek for employment in same ministry he heads. He/she will tell you why you need to go back to school and get your Masters which is the only condition he can fix you up.

Go back to him after completing your Msc degree and hear them tell you to wait until better opportunity shows up for your kind of qualification. The next thing you would hear from them is that they are retiring in the next few months and he can do little or nothing to help you.

Don't get it twisted. He has successfully used your Masters degree as a bait to squash your future. An average Yoruba simply don't like another person match up with him. They want to simply be the only one in the family to be called, "omo ologo" who everyone will reference and defer to.

Flip the case to an Hausa boy who only managed to pass out of secondary school with bad or no WASSCE and has an uncle in one of the ministries. An average top connected Hausa would rather fix his brother first as a file career in same ministry until a better opportunity shows up. Any further education he would get along his career will be done on that job while he continues to help him climb the ladder of success.

The same thing applies to the Igbos. A made Igbo trader would assist his apprentice with monetary help after some years of learning the trade. Not only that, he would then take him to the source where he can get same goods at wholesale price and on credit. This is why it's very easy for a Chinedu who just finished apprenticeship in two years to make it faster in business than a kamoru who had finished same with his oga mechanic boss and still looking for huge sum of money for freedom as they call it.

Fast-foward to 2022, all for election, you turn around saying that same ethnic group that added great value to your economy have suddenly become a pest and should be checkmated.

Please show me a Lagos without the GDP contribution of the Igbos and I will show the carcass left of your Lagos.

Is there a level of low the Tinubuists won't go to sell their rotten candidate?

Taylor Akin-Alade writes from Ibadan




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What's the purpose of this. What are you trying to achieve? Is this your own style of campaigning for your candidate or you just want the world to know you are another tribal bigot.
I advise you to think before posting.

Empiree:
silver worry about YouTube or whatever I posted. I have told you to go to RCCG and make your inquiries

You and fake news