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2015!
Goodluck Time!

the only good apc is a dead boko haram.

this man should be sent to yaba left with baba obasanjo.
his mama must be from egba.

xklucvG:
I must kill 2 custom officers for this.

why naw?
why you want to behave like this?
why kill 2 customs?
why not kill 1000?

Onyi42:
Pls nairalanders in ihiala local government of anambra should help me vote my uncle

and who is "your uncle"?
is he a moslim?
is he in pdp?

ibedun:
Start by being there first! and stop the fixation with Yoruba land!

Vote in serious government (Not the Kalu type)

Developments starts with the people.

Igbo unruly, uncouth behaviour will never attract investment.

Friendly brotherly advice.

top marks 007.
for your 1st 2 posts here.

Elslim:
D tin looks like photoshop. Buh sha weldone to d Nigerian millitary

the first pic looked surreal.
but the pic with him sitting down is 100%.
no wonder buhari ran to london.
his secret has been exposed.

good news

MRLINGTON:
Osinbajo....u're a good nd generous man...may ur days be long....

when buhari is disqualify,
osinbajo will make a good presidential candidate.
He will pick Hel Rufia are vice-president.

tilli today, buhari never bring his certificate comot oo.

MayorofLagos:
Op,
Why wasnt Ahmadu Bello and Akintola's portrait on Biafran currency...Ademulegun, Balewa, Okotie Eboh?
Your people slaughtered them....give them honor!

excellent write-up

jingh:
see you creating rumours as usual.

wait
aren't you hearing Bianca moan.

ask cramjones.
Turai and HID they make plenty noise in bed.
even though they are not heavy, the bed is shaking with FFk all the time.

chamboy:
When Pdp is at fault it's "APC Propaganda"
When Apc is at fault it's " APC is a devilish Party"

God bless you.
You got it right.

jingh:
na bianca jare
one ojukwu wife is FFK LovePeddler

Has FFK told you of how he finger Turai and HID Awolowo?
Hmmm,
see gist.
He put his right hand in one and put his left hand in the other
to check the temperature.
bianca told him to hurry up and come!

The tree of Liberty is watered by the blood of this great patriot.

TiffanyJ:
Sorry to say this sis, but your choice of words is disgusting. You are a lady, a future mother for Godsake.

you calll our First Lady derogatory names and you expect me to respect you?
you never begin.

it is me and you all for this market.

So she is not qualify to be first lady?

Chaiii.
see badluck.

you see how obasanjo is behaving.
ridiculing Nigeria Army and scaring away foreign investor.
that is what you get when you take a village champion to township.
He will start thinking he is actor.

coollabman:
Wow! I'm actually serving in efon alaaye town in ekiti state. I never knew such sh*t went down here. Na wa o! God help us all.

watch your head oo.
some of this people are still around.
keep your head in a safe place before you sleep.

kendrick9:
so the wife too is a fraud?

even her toto is fake.
amechi finger her.
she give abuhari goat own at night.

This apc people will killed all of Yoruba people.

no picture of the captured french foreign legion?

this is what tinubu, osinbade, bakare have brought Yoruba to.
A man who brings ant infested firewood will be accused of betrayal

Buhari!
Are you dead?
I hear you just went to treat catarrh!
Can you roger that for all Nigeria to hear?
Sai Buharimarchpasttodaura!

professor you better go learn how to sew grand-nut.
if asari cash you for port harcourt, you go hear am.

scantee:
if I see Alao-Akala today, I am going to
apologise to him. A five kilometre of road
awarded for N50m which I frowned at, is now
awarded for N1bn.

ha!
are you a learner?
APC is boko haram.

Beamborla:
They would soon be here to insult the Yorubas. Seems that is their only source of Joy

thank you my sister.
some people is just wicked all the time.

His Yoruba name is "Ole".
That is what they call Buhari in Daura.
He is a very good thief.
If he thief you ehnnn,
you will never know.
That is why they hail him with "Ole".

Ok.
just enjoy the headline.
It is not me that write it like that.
It is trained journalist from correct Nigeria newspaper.

Make una no band me oo.
I have plenti news to release this matchbuharibacktoDaura!

JK should call a spade a spade.
Do not makes me angry!
Fashola is a thief!
He should be stoned in Tinubu square.
with Amoda Tetanus Tinubu the gbomo gbomo killer

no be you dey say i no know book?

i even cut am into thiree

Yorubas now live with treachery, lies for gratifications – Iyantan




Diran Iyantan, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs in Ondo State, is President of the Yoruba Ronu Group, a socio-cultural body, which intends to reclaim the lost ideals of the Yoruba race. In this interview with our Correspondent, NKASIOBI OLUIKPE, he reveals how the Yoruba ethnic group has been highly marginalised in terms of benefits of governance at the federal level, the rampant deviation from the people’s cultural norm, and other issues of national interests. Excerpts:

Iyantan
Iyantan
What exactly is the founding ideology behind the Yoruba Ronu Group?

The Yoruba Ronu Group is basically out for the revival, renaissance and emancipation of the Yoruba race. This is because there have been so much deviations from the cultural norm and ideals of the Yoruba race, which has been inimical to the race. So, we had to sit down and appraise and look for an appropriate way out. This is what gave birth to the idea of this group, intended to sustain the founding ideals of the highly civilised and respected race, considered to be the pace setters in the country. The aim is also to advise the younger generation to work in tandem with the old philosophy of the virtues and civilisation of the forefathers of the race. But, most importantly, to highlight the marginilisation of the race and fight vehemently against it. This particular aspect of our struggle supersedes the rest, because, we don’t want to be carried away by the relegation and other maltreatments that are being meted to us by our brothers that are supposed to be our keepers.

You did say there is deviation from the original norm of the Yoruba race, what exactly do you mean?

The Yoruba were known to be highly virtuous and truthful. When then Yoruba man believes in a course, he stays glued to it. This is regardless of whatever form of inducement; be it money or whatever. He stands closely and passionately to his conscience. Although in the past, we had people who do not conform to the norm, the difference lies in the way they were treated. Few of the people who did so were appropriately sanctioned. In history, you find that people who did things contrary to the race were stigmatised. For example, they said Akintola did something wrong to the collective interest of the Yoruba race. The Yoruba disowned him and labeled him a traitor. It will take eternity to remove that toga. When we were growing up, if there is any crop that was destroying crops in the farm, they would call it Akintola. They gave him a lot of uncomplimentary appellation. But now there are some Yoruba that are living with treachery, lies and all sorts because of the gratifications that come with it. So, we have to draw the attention of these people to the original ideals of the race that all these things that they are doing are a complete deviation from the ideals of the Yoruba race. In recent times, we have seen examples of double standards displayed by certain individuals of Yoruba extraction.

You still talked about Yoruba being marginalised. Wouldn’t that be strange to an average Nigerians because people think they have been the luckiest race in Nigeria?

In the past six years, Yoruba have not only been marginalised, they have been brutalised. Considering the political antecedents of these people in government, I mean that a Yoruba man in the person of former President Olusegun Obasanjo played a key role in the emergence of the incumbent president, the best we could expect from such arrangement would be for the race to be adequately protected. But, when you look at the Nigeria of today, out of the first 40 positions, there is no Yoruba man there. By our own estimation, we have only two Yoruba men in the first 50 powerful positions in Nigeria. We don’t feel that this is good enough. In the legislature, same goes; the highest position we have is a domestic position that is the Chief of Staff to the President.

If you go on with this campaign, won’t you be seen as pursuing an ethnic agenda and that is exactly what Nigeria is trying to run away from?

No, we are only highlighting the marginalisation of our people. The Bible says, “Love your neighbour as yourself”, not “Love your neighbour more than yourself”, then you love your neighbour.

When Aminu Kano was accused of tribalism, he said tribalism can be a vehicle of development if properly harnessed. He said if he develops Kano, Obafemi Awolowo develops his Yoruba race and Nnamdi Azikiwe develops his own area, then, the whole place will be developed. So, there can be good in evil at times. But in this case, we are protecting our own interest because if you don’t do it, nobody will do it for you.

Look at what is happening in the Niger Delta today, President Goodluck Jonathan is turning miscreants, people who are supposed to be confined to a reformatory centre, to billionaires because he has access to power. He is even turning things upside down. All these things don’t work for the development of the nation.

What should be the right formula on how Nigeria should be led in terms of personnel structure, based on your argument on marginalisation?

I want us to build powerful institutions. When you build enduring institutions, every other thing will begin to fall in line. To complement this, we want a very strong and incorruptible leadership. If an incorruptible leadership is put in place, definitely, all these marginalisation will be corrected. The solution is putting the right person at the helm of affairs, so that discipline, patriotism and every other thing will emanate from the leadership and go down to the followership. That way, our fear will be assuaged.

If you are to advise, in spite of the fact that Northerners have ruled the country for most part of since independence, what positions do you think deserve to be rightly manned by the Yoruba?

There cannot be specific positions for a race because this is a continuous thing. At a particular time, a Yoruba man was the president, but we thank God that when he was president, he mobilised the other races to be partakers.

Source: dailyIndependent