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OLODO RABATA!

Everfrank:
AJAYI TEMITOPE WRITES:

Two days ago, a very good egbon wrote here in a Facebook post that the Igbos have been mindlessly marginalised in Nigeria. After reading the post, I asked him to explain how the Igbos are marginalised.

I am well aware we have many who binge on elite conspiracies which are just mere grand design to pollute the waters for personal advantage. With an open mind, I asked my good egbon to educate me on how the Igbos have been marginalised because I really want to know. Let me say I am still waiting to be well schooled on how badly Nigeria has treated Igbos.

For decades, many people, including the media have perpetuated wrong narratives in this country because of the way falsehoods have been mainstreamed. There is no part of Nigerian history from 1958 when we had the first all Nigerian cabinet headed by a Nigerian elected Prime Minister, preparatory to independence in 1960, that supports the false narrative of marginalisation of Igbos.

For those who may not know, the first indigenous Federal Permanent Secretary even before independence was an Igbo man, Mr. Francis Nwokedi.

Mr. Nwokedi and Dr. S.O Wey, who later in 1961 became the first Secretary to the Government of the Federation, were the first two indigenous Federal Permanent Secretaries in the colonial government. The two men were the doyen of Nigerian civil service. Mr. Nwokedi was promoted as Permanent Secretary about two weeks ahead of Dr. Wey.

To make Aguiyi Ironsi the General Officer Commanding of Nigerian Army, Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa broke rank with his Northern People Congress colleagues and Sir Ahmadu Bello. NPC and Ahmadu Bello, Premier of Northern Region wanted a Northerner as the GOC.

The last British General Officer Commanding of Nigerian Army, Major-General Christopher Welby-Everard in his recommendation to the Prime Minister raised a number of issues against the then Brigadier Aguiyi Ironsi who at the time was the most Senior Nigerian Army Officer and concluded Brigadier Ironsi was unfit to lead the Army of a brand new country.

For fairness and to preserve the tradition of seniority in the Army, Balewa ignored General Welby-Everard’s recommendation. He appointed Ironsi as the first indigenous General Officer Commanding of Nigerian Army.

A stubborn fact of history is that the Igbos dominated the top echelon of the Army and Federal Civil/Public Service for many years from 1958. Till date, Abia, Anambra and Imo State have largest number of indigenes in Federal Civil Service.

If we all agree our country has historical animus we must, therefore, be honest to acknowledge them and confront them. If it is about trading blame of who did or caused what in Nigeria, no tribe or group will smell like roses.

In confronting our demons, we must also reject this persecution mentality many Igbos have carried for far too long. It is distorted version of history that is fueling anger in Igboland since the civil war broke. However we choose to dice it, Nigeria has been good to all tribes. Each tribe can only complain of not having enough but no one can honestly complain of having the short end of the stick. Like other countries, our union is not perfect. It remains a work in progress.

Let's go back to our history and let history guide us. There is no strong argument to support the marginalisation of Igbos in Nigeria beyond what exists in the imagination of those who constantly mine the Biafra franchise to amass private wealth from brainwashed people and politicians who use same for political bargain.

I can conveniently say that Igbos have had the best of Nigeria more than any other tribe. Blackmailing the country with victim mentality is not a strategy. Today, many Southern politicians and so-called activists built their public credentials on constant agitation for restructuring of Nigeria. If indeed there is anything wrong with the current political structure of the country, the blame should be more on Igbos.

Who promulgated the Decree 34 that abolished 1963 Federal Constitution and unitarised the Federal structure? It was Major-General Aguiyi Ironsi as Military Head of State. With scant regard to other tribes, Igbos dominated the security agencies and the Federal civil service in the first Republic.

Professor Ben Nwabueze who is now the chief priest of restructuring drafted the unification decree as Legal Counsel to General Ironsi. Igbos who literally ran the Federal Government then executed the unitary arrangement for domination and ethnic advantage.

Who plotted first coup that decimated South West and Northern political establishment? The fallout of that misadventure led to the civil war in 1967. The mainly Igbo officers who masterminded the coup didn't kill any political leader from their tribe.

Some Igbo leaders talk about the Civil War as if Nigeria started the war against them. Colonel Emeka Ojukwu started the war not Major-General Yakubu Gowon. Gowon had a duty to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Nigeria.

Even with all the noise about all that is supposedly wrong with Nigeria, who are the biggest beneficiaries of Nigeria's diversity today? It is still igbos. Every part of this country welcomes them.

They prosper more across the country outside their ancestral homeland. Igbos are probably the biggest real estate owners among all Nigerian tribes. In fact records show they own more than 60% of houses, Plazas, hotels and housing estates in Abuja.

They play big in Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, and Port Harcourt - every part of Nigeria. I need someone to tell me the number of Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Ijaw, Kanuri, Tiv man or woman etc that currently have lands, houses or any business that can employ 50 people in any part of South Eastern Nigeria the same way Igbos do in South West, South South and in the North. Do they sell land to non-Igbos in South East same way they freely buy land and own properties in other parts of Nigeria?

Under President Jonathan, the government they seem to have invested heavy emotions more than Jonathan's own Ijaw tribe, Igbos got key federal appointments through Senator Pius Anyim as Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

Did other tribes bitterly complain the way Igbos now do over appointments? In any case, which statutory appointments have they been denied by current government despite rejecting President Muhammadu Buhari and his party in 4 elections? Let’s get real here.

Igbos really want to get all top appointments in a government they rejected and have shown unimaginable hostility despite the government offering them the best deal in Nigeria in terms of real development no administration offered them since 1960. It is on record Buhari, in two presidential contests, made top Igbo politicians his running mate. Let’s face it.

Which government in Nigeria has taken on the quantum of Federal government-funded infrastructural projects that are going on in the South East than this current FG since 1960? If we analyse the Federal Budget from 2016 when President Buhari presented his first budget, the current FG has possibly spent more money developing SE in 6 years than it has done in Buhari's own North West if we consider FG's spend on Infrastructure per region.

It will appear Igbo elites prefer appointments that only benefit individuals and their hangers-on more than real development that benefits majority of citizens of that region.

They covet appointment of an Igbo person as Chief of Army Staff more than Second Niger Bridge, Enugu-Port Harcourt Express, Awka-Enugu Express, Owerri-Port Harcourt Express, Port Harcourt-Aba and other dead Federal highways that are being reconstructed across the region.

For all the special intervention supports by Federal Government to all States of the Federation, I am not aware President Buhari denied South Eastern States what is due to them because Igbos didn't vote for him.

Question: how did all the appointments held by Igbos before the Buhari administration including Chief of Army Staff, Comptroller General of Immigration, Deputy Senate President, Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Inspector General of Police, Minister of Aviation, Director-General of Pension Commission, Executive Chairman of National Electricity Regulatory Commission, Minister of Power etc improve the lives of Igbo people.

Stella Oduah and Osita Chidoka as Ministers of Aviation couldn't even fix Enugu Airport in 5 years or did Dr. Sam Amadi, Professor Bath Nnaji and Professor Chinedu Nebo who superintended over the power sector for 6 years supply more electricity to Onitsha, Aba and Nnewi?

Having Igbo sons leading the power sector for 6years could not even resolve the legal logjam between Emeka Offor’s, Enugu Distribution Company and Geometric Power owned by another Igbo man to supply regular electricity to Aba.

Whereas a Federal government being led by a man they rejected in every election since 2003 has done, in 6 years, what the Igbo adopted political party could not do for them in 16 years. It was Buhari that gave Ariaria Market, the biggest market in the region uninterrupted electricity supply.

The main point here is the fact that Igbos cannot continue to claim they are the only good people or tribe in Nigeria while others are the evil people holding them down. Certainly, hate and insulting other tribes can't be a strategy for engagement in addressing any grievances if at all there are genuine ones.

Even though the Nigerian constitution does not allow for referendum, let the Federal Government allow it to see if majority of Igbo people will vote to leave Nigeria. I am sure majority wants to remain citizens of Nigeria because they know Nigeria serves them better.

If the Nigerian government won’t allow a referendum, can the South East governors agree and fund an informal referendum to even give us a scientific basis to know if the Igbos want to live as citizens of Biafra, after all, Lagos State, in 2003 or so, conducted its own census independent of the Federal Government.

The Igbo elites must summon courage to counter the IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu's hate mongering. Igbo elites have tolerated Kanu too much without considering their own hard work, sweat and investments in Nigeria. Whatever our country is today is what we all made of it.

If we now need to press the reset button it should be done in a manner we all can listen to ourselves. We must not yield the space to the mad man and his specialists in IPOB..."

If the condemned is your kinsmen, u won't rope the entire ethnic group.

adekolaelect:
Developers' Tribe will develope heaven through Hanging.

Totally agree with you!

franchasofficia:
Ronu miscreants and OPC terrorists will never scream foul play because it's their masters doing this, let it be from Southeast or Southsouth and watch them start bleating from their wide mouths

You asked the fundamental question: who dey drag am with Una?

Another question: how does who started Nollywood or not improve the basis life of average Nigerian — especially that of her Yoruba kins(wo)men? The average Yoruba is Ndigbo-obsessed but Yoruba-survival blind.

Divide this shithole & all these unnecessary fight will end.

Babaken:
Who dey drag am with Una, una think say na everytime person dey get time dey argue for waiten no get head.

How do u know that Igbo states are a pile of crab?

HBB1:
Is that why your States are a pile of crap and you lot jump on every bus going to the S.West?

Why did u had to inject IPOB? U could have made ur point without robing IPOB. If this issue was about Hausa/Fulani, u most likely wouldn’t have tarred them with Fulani herdsmen/Boko Haram. I tire for una!

Ola9ja23:
This people and their nonsense argument

We are proud of our Yoruba movies as it promotes our culture and heritage that's why you see many of them doing great on Netflix and attracting international attention. I can't remember any ibo movie on Netflix that gain attention as Yoruba language in Africa.

We don't need to brake into local English movie of IPOB 😂 the way we started our Afrobeat and Afromusic that's recognized internationally today is the way we want Yoruba movies from Africa to the world.

Yoruba is greater than Africa

Nigeria is not a nation but a MERE GEOGRAPHICAL EXPRESSION

Vinnie2000:
In this Life, it's good to know your History, so that you can learn from it.

Nigeria has carrying all this Unnecessary IgboPhobic Practices for too long.

And it has NOT Produced any Results.😏😌

Even Jonathan faced same issue when he Appointed Azubuike Iherijika as Chief of Army Staff. 😕😒

We will NOT prosper as a Nation, if we continue like this!

How?

Ebubu3:
Please let all these revisionism die.

Discussion like this are what fuel biafra agitation

Yorubas were hailing him even when the daft policy was hurting them and killing their border economy.

slimfit1:
Really, what if it was Buhari that was there what would have happened? Buhari left the borders opened with Niger and close the one to Benin what did you say about that?

OLODO RABATA! We went home in 1967 and separated from Nigeria when we declared Biafra. Yoruba went to war to stop Igbos from leaving and force them back to Nigeria.

Una not get SHSISHI shame!

sammirano:
Kidnapping is different from beheading. We are not asking you not live your life in east, pls you people should start going home, I can't work 10km without seeing Dem.

Totally agree with you!

horsepower102:
But if you follow Nigerian news and social media, you will think the south east is the worst place affected by kidnapping. Anything negative that happens in the south east is over broadcasted. Some people celebrate as if they are having a party just for the chance to taunt igbos.

Educate us what Ironsi did specifically to turn Nigerian into unitary system.All the regions, not just WR, spent their “cocoa” wisely and prudently.

banku:
Western Region was the richest in the country. They spent Cocoa money prudently.

All Africans in the Western Region including the Mid-westerners benefited.

Igbo should not start what they cannot finish in their favor. From the first Coup, Ironsi Unitary Government to the foolish war; they end up denying everything.

They never learn.

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gidgiddy:
People talk about decree 34 because they have never read it. Decree 34 was a civil service matter

What is a necessary evil? Second, what is ur ethnicity?

Burob:
The first legislative passed the law, Nigeria became a Republic in 1963, even Tafawa Balewa & Co visited Yankee, hosted by JFK in 1963 to understand the system more, but unfortunately couldn’t implement it, due to tribalism, nepotism & what have you, the military came in, & did it by decree.

It was a necessary evil, because the major tribes of the regions, Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba were oppressing the minority tribes too much, ie, revenue from their resources, where going to Kaduna, Enugu & Ibadan.

First, what is your ethnicity?

Second, can u substantiate how Ironsi ,previous head of state created unitary federalism before Gowon expanded it. I want u to present specifics — not regurgitate talking points.

Thanks!

tommy589:
He expanded on unitary federalism created by the previous Head of State

So true.

kettykin:
The south east, the only zone in the country that has coal , gas , crude oil , uranium in commercial quantities.

The first black race to build a refinery without foreign assistance or technology.

The first black race become the president of an independent African country, liberia

The first black race to build a war time technology that obliterated a whole army division. Ogbu na igwe

The first race to fight a military backed by 4 empires of Egypt, british, Russia, United States and survive the encounter. No other military has fought the 4 empires, Germany only fought Russia and united states.

The first race black or colored race to produce 2 vice chancellors in Nigeria universities and British .
universities across continents and regions.

The first race in the history of mankind since creation to have a total convergence of opinion on slavery by preferring to drown than become slaves. The Jewish slaves did not drown in disobedience.


The first race to be freed from slavery, olaudo equinoh.

The first black race to reach the north pole.

The Most intelligent black race.

The first black race to build a 100% locally produced car, the z 600.

The first black race to build a modern car assembly plant , ivm. Innosson.

The first black race to pioneer cross continental trade via Jajah of opobo trade with the Portuguese, british and other Europeans

The first black race to rule vast nations without forming an empire, Aro confederacy

So what is ur point?

LegendHero:
Lol, the lady did some delusional tactics well. Most of the things she stated there are lies for USA or she probably live in the extreme suburb where she has to take 2hours ride to get to the nearest city.

—Consistent internet which will give Wi-Fi for a home for instance should be within $60-$100 monthly. Your phone bill could be $30, but it’s not gonna power most of your household gadgets and etc coz that $30 won’t be on an unlimited data plan.

—How can 2bed rent be $9600 per year? Does she mean in Houston for example, you’ll get a 2bed apartment for $800? She’s probably hallucinating.

In ATL for example, house rent in the city area for that 2 bed are usually within $1500-2500 per month. On top of that, you pay Light bill, gas bill, and the apartment monthly charges on sewage and common area if you live in an Apt complex. That could be additional $250 on it.

If it’s now mortgage, no way in hell will you get that monthly payment.

On average, in a city, you’ll pay nothing less than $18k yearly and that’s even being conservative. It could go up to $28k in total for most cities.

—I agree with her groceries of $700 monthly. That still make sense if you’re only spending on food.

However, to go out to a restaurant for 2 people, you spend nothing less than $80-100 in one sitting especially for Nigerian food restaurants. To the lounge, you spend nothing less than $100-$150 if you factor hookah and drinks for 2 people.

Except if you be get inside person will you even spend that monthly. Coz me I count jollification with food price.

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What is your ETHNICITY?

DeepThroater:
Many an Ibo will lie boldly to your face and tell you that there exist imaginary cultural ties between them and people of western Cameroun.


This is of course all a big lie.

When you ask them where all that brotherly love was in the Plebescite of 1961, they will either lie again and tell you the UN conducted Plebescite was rigged or that western Cameroun parts in the then old eastern region were a victim of propaganda by both the British and northern Nigeria to leave the old eastern Nigeria.

The truth is that western Cameroun people trapped in the old eastern Nigeria were victims of oppressive and marginalising policies of neglect and disenfranchisement carried out by the majority Ibo populace on ethnic minorities trapped in the British drawn colonial borders of eastern Nigeria.

This was not only the plight of just the people of western Cameroun but that of every non Ibo tribes trapped in the British administrative region of the then old eastern Nigeria.

Under southern Nigeria protectorate, there was no clamour for a return to Cameroun as the British administered the whole protectorate through direct rule in a fair and equity manner.

The clamour to leave Nigeria began only when the southern region was split into two and semi autonomous direct rule was introduced by the British.

The minute the majority Ibo got power in 1953, agitations by not only western Cameroun but also other ethnic minorities in the eastern region to be free from the Ibo dominated east began.

So what we have here is evidence of Ibo arrogating and no apologies oppression and marginalisation of ethnic minorities trapped with them in the British created eastern region.


The then Eastern region was the only region that was so restive in terms of ethnic nationalities wanting to be free from it.

HOW DID U ARRIVE AT MILLIONS OF NDIGBO. CAN U SHOW US CENSUS FIGURES OR ANY DATA TO SUBSTANTIATE UR CLAIM. UBA GO JUST COME ONLINE AND VOMIT TRASH

IbileIfe:
Port Harcourt was under the region of Eastern Nigeria under Dr. Michael Okpara.
Michael Iheonukara Okpara // (listen)(25 December 1920 – 17 December 1984) was a Nigerian politician and Premier of Eastern Nigeria during the First Republic, from 1959 to 1966.

It was for the Free Education in Western Nigeria that millions of Igbos relocated to Lagos. And started breeding like rabbits to make the state congested
You a poor Igbo couple having 10 children in one room in Ajegunle, Ikate, Amukko and Oshodi.
What they could not afford to do in their Eastern Nigeria

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sTOP THIS FALSE IGBO NARRATIVE. ZIK DID NOT WIN ANY WESTERN REGION ELECTION.SHOW US EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE!

Penguin2:
Awolowo!

The first Nigerian tribalist.

Azikiwe’s party won majority in Western Nigeria which would have seen Azikiwe become the Premier of Western Nigeria. Awolowo went to all the Yoruba people that won election under Azikiwe’s NCNC and told them “Yoruba Ronu”. And that was how all of them defected from NCNC to Awolowo’s AG a night before inauguration which gave Awolowo’s party the majority and thereby helping him become Premier.

Again, when Benin and Delta was still part of Western Nigeria, Awolowo wanted to force Yoruba as Lingua Franca for the entire subregion even though the Binis and Deltans had their own languages.

Till this day, there’s no legacy project that can be attributed to Awolowo in Benin and Delta when they were part of Western Region. But Michael Okpara built the Presidential Hotel in Port Harcourt and also the Trans Amadi Industrial cluster in Port Harcourt when Rivers was still part of Eastern Region.

Awolowo was the most divisive character Nigeria has ever had. He’s the one that Tinubu learned from and is trying to even outdo.

Our fathers were right to reject him as president.

Thank you, my brother, for identifying the NUCLEAUS OF IGBO AGITATION!

agaba77:
Op most of your arguements are based on economics. What many non-igbo nigerians do not understand is that ndi-igbo's #1 priority in life is not about making money, rather it is the freedom to pursue their God given destiny without artificial hinderance as curently obtains in Nigeria. The second issue is lack of fairness, equity and justice. Igbo culture and mindest is very strong on these issues.

These two issues is what is driving the agitation. Igbo businesses lost billions of naira by oberserving the sit at home, if its all about money they would have ignored the order.

Keep in mind that Hitler confisticated billions of dollars in jewish properties and busineses. The Jews lost everything they had worked hard to accumulate all over europe. Today some of the richest people in europe and the entire world are jewish, from Zuckerberg of facebook to Sergei Brin of google. Ndi Igbo will start from scrath if need be and still prosper greatly because its the culture and in their dna.

The solution is more autonomy to the regions so they can chart their own course and control their destiny.

Thats One Nigeria you fought for!

God1000:
I'm heartbroken


My family survived the recent violence in oju, now this is another one

This is heartbreaking, such gory pictures

Why this bloodshed every now and then in Benue? Benue state used to be one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria

The federal government of Nigeria has failed the people of Benue state woefully in the area of security.

There's food crisis in Nigeria today because the food basket of the nation is bleeding.

From one crisis to another, oh my Benue

No civilized society will allow such unspeakable atrocities to continue, this is heart-rending.

Totally agree with you!

afube:
When I tell people that these tiger clawed faced hamites are worse than abokis,they often doubt me ! fear any man that derives joy from the perceived misery of others, its the same spirit that overcame Awo to starve millions of Biafrans. The indigenisation decree,the 20 pounds policy,and this policy to economically strangulate the south east is all part of the "containment policy" hatched by ndiyoruba and sold to aboki supporter of APC but our God pass una...............with a mighty hand The Most High Yah will presently free his people from this evil tribes. Tufiakwa How we got mixed up with these savages is beyond me,,,,,,,,,,,,you are comparing Lagos to onitsha,you no see Accra,Kigali or even Dar es salaam to go and measure power with.

"The truth about it all is that the Aburi agreement prevented Gowon and his fellow Northerners from getting that which they wanted most, the economic and political control of Nigeria"

You said it all!

gidgiddy:
Poor student of Nigerian history. The January 15 1966 coup is not what caused the civil war, many countries in Africa went through coups and did not fight civil war. The civil war did not start until 18 months after January 15 coup anyway

What caused the civil war was the inability of Gowon to implement the agreement him and Ojukwu signed in Aburi, Ghana

Gowon and Ojukwu reached a 12 point agreement in Aburi, but when they returned, Gowon started denying the agreement, and broke the agreement entirely with Decree 14 which abolished all 4 Regions and created 12 states, then followed it up with Decree 15 which ended resource control

Item 7 on the Aburi agreement expressly forbade Gowon from tampering with the 4 Regional structure Nigeria had at the time unless "all 4 Military Governors of the time were in agreement that he should do so"

The truth about it all is that the Aburi agreement prevented Gowon and his fellow Northerners from getting that which they wanted most, the economic and political control of Nigeria

So when Gowon broke the Aburi agreement, Ojukwu had only two choices, accept the situation and bow to the North in slavery, or declare your freedom and fight for it, no matter the cost

What did anyone think an Igbo man like Ojukwu was going to do?

OLODO RABATA!

AmotekunSW:
Igbos have been ruling Igboland since 1999. What has come out of it?

The idiot called Peter Obi who igbos are carrying on their heads, he's the least educated and the least accomplished of all the top 3 contestants. In fact, he doesn't have a single legacy project in Anambra where he ruled for 8 years.

I can show you pictures of Igbos complaining about his tenure. The same hypocrites turned around to proclaim him their messiah because he's contesting again a Yoruba man.

Oga, CBN has lifted withdrawal limits for Dorm accounts and Igbo businesses will flourish. If you like, keep supporting a 3rd class idiot who used a decade to study a 4 year course

U ARE A LIAR

Ofemmanu1:
IGBO in their confusion, infusion and frustration arising from pride and over estimation of themselves leading them to a series of saboteur maniac syndromes.
Igbos broadly divided other Nigerians into three broad categories- Those they hate, those they deride and those they fear.
Those they hate are the yorubas whom they call traitors, tribalists and cowards. Yet no race in Nigeria have been more tribal than the IGBOS.
There are historical facts to prove this. If something is ten and igbos are not allowed to take 15, so that the rest of us can share minus 5, lgbos will cry marginalisation and label the rest us tribalists.
However there is no race in this country that have been more accommodating of the lgbos than the Yorubas, there is no single igbo leader that did not grow up in the South West or is a beneficiary of Yoruba largesse.
Zik went to CMS GRAMMAR SCHOOL, Adolphus wabara went to AHMADIYA COLLEGE AGEGE, Ken Nnamani went to LOYOLA COLLEGE IBADAN, Ojukwu and Ekwueme went to KINGS COLLEGE, Okpara went to YABA TECH while Phillip Emegwali went to AQUINAS COLLEGE, AKURE. Even my brother Anadu went to IMADE COLLEGE OWO, Peter OBI made Lagos Home after 8years of Ruling Anambra etc.
All major Igbo politicians cut their political teeth in the West. Their major religious leaders cannot thrive outside the West.
Pastor Muoka, Pastor Ezekiel of Four Square and Okonkwo of TREM are examples.
I remember that after the civil WAR, Igbos who came back to ILE IFE were allowed TUITION FREE while the YORUBAS in NSUKKA were rusticated. Example is Pastor Adeboye.
Yet lgbos reserve their greatest hatred for the Yorubas for reasons being that the yorubas refused to be dominated by the yebbos to confront the North.
As to the label of cowardice, had there been any war between the yorubas and the lbos in which the lbos defeated the Yorubas? In the whole ancestral history of Ndigbo, which war has the forefathers or great forefathers fought? Any empire in their history? Yet the yorubas have worsted the lgbos FIVE times in the political history of Nigeria.

As to the label of treachery, had there been any agreement the yorubas signed with the yebbos and they reneged? The answer is no. Yet the yorubas have records of Igbo treachery on the two occasions they formed alliance with them. In 1964 to fight the federal election, the yorubas formed an Alliance called UPGA with the Ibos to be led by Okpara because major Yoruba leaders were in jail.
There was an agreement that the election must be boycotted. The Igbos sabotaged it, went and contested election while the West kept to the agreement.
In 1979 the West went into alliance with the lbos and formed PPA - PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE ALLIANCE.
Again Igbo sabotaged it so that they can produce Speaker house of Representatives. Who then is traitor?

The second category are the Eastern minorities made up of present Rivers, Akwa lbom, Cross Rivers and Bayelsa. The igbos see them as subhuman with tidal brain. Until the creation of Rivers State by Gowon, no OGONI man can sleep on the hospital bed in Bori GENERAL HOSPITAL . As at 1977 only UYO ,PHC and CALABAR had electricity light. They were so underdeveloped by their Igbo overseers that you will think that you were in the Congo jungle.
Until Diette Spiff, there was no Ikwere named Street in Port Harcourt. To show how deep the derision is, the present Biafran agitatators changed the name of RIBISI (Phc) to IGWOCHA as if the IKWERES do not exist.

The third category are the Hausa Fulani.
The igbos pretend to hate the Fulanis but the truth is that the Igbo man is subservient to them. Ignore the noise. There are historical facts to justify this. Zik served under BALEWA, EKWUEME served under SHAGARI and EKEREMANDU zoned the PDP presidency to the North because he wants to be the VICE PRESIDENT to a Northerner.
After the civil war and OJUKWU was granted amnesty for his rebellion against constituted authority, he returned to Nigeria and he joined the Hausa fulani party (NPN) of those he accused of genocide against his Igbo people. It is Igbo tragedy that they hate and deride those who grow and sustain them while they cringe to those(the hausas) who kick them like balls.

Igbos are the only race in nigeria that celebrate failure. In 1982, the igbos celebrated the defeat of biafra by welcoming ojukwu with fanfare on his return from asylum haven been granted amnesty by the igbo overlords- the hausa fulani. He revelled in the fanfare and promptly married FFK leftover Kpekus(Bianca)- Forgetting the over 3million lgbos that died in the war and with many of them languishing at OJI RIVER CAMP.

The second celebration is the release of kanu with the most humiliating bail conditions ever granted an accused in the annals of Nigerian justice system.
A bail conditions targeted at the entire Igbo race and granted by an Hausa Fulani judge, i could not believe that with all the noise, such bail conditions will be signed. But he signed and in his eagerness to leave kuje he abandoned his two conspirators in kuje.
The bail conditions wiped out the Identity of the ibos and EKEREMANDU was made the enforcer of the conditions.
Now Kanu is back at kuje prisons eating watery beans and Ekweremadu is languishing away in UK detention.

Pandorra Obituary was encumbranced fair and square with Ewedu and Amala Politicking pricision engineered by no one but the Jagaban, yet yeebhoes are still crying marginalization with Nzogbu-nzobu headless mob.

FFK is a polemist like Femi ARIBISALA and Deji ADEYANJU etc. They have the capacity to argue both sides of the same point. The igbos regard them as their hero just like Ayo fayose the Eze gburugburu the second and a comedian -Mr. Macaroni.
I hope very soon the igbo will not start blaming them as they blamed Awo for everything that went wrong with their prosecution of the biafran war.
Now a certain Opportunist named Patrick Chinedu Rhodes-Vivor who's riding on the back of Tinubu tenant in Lagos- Peter OBI and supported by the Gala sellers association of Lagos is threatening to Remove Oba AKINOLU if he become the Governor, he forgot the Yoruba saying that says- A child that said when he grow-up, he'll make Rattle-snake' head his Favourite meat, y'all know the rest.
I rest.

Indeed a GENIUS!

SLAP44:
The Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Dr. General (rtd.) Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a genius.

The more Nigeria falls deeper into the abyss, the more we look back to see that he was completely correct in all the decisions he took then.

Yes o! They called us WAILING WAILERS! Today they are the one WAILING!

siaco:
We warned them, but the zombies called us wailing wailers.
Now they are repeating the same thing again, but God no go gree for this one, the mandate must be returned to who will gorvern sincerely.

You said it al! Gross incompetence and mediocrity. I don't blame Buhari, i blame the OLODO RABATAS who voted for the Dundee United.

CodeTemplar:
They were busy giving cheap forex to Dangote while he built his. Imagine that. I have said it, the agenda of he north is resource transfer from them(infidels) to us(core northerners).

The problem isn't lack of money but gross mismanagement of it.

You have been sacrificing since 1960 while your elites are living large.

Escapist:
Sacrifice is the word to use, not suffering. Sacrifice for a better future.

Agree with you!

Racoon:
A Buhari that openly said he will rule Nigeria based on a mathematically incorrect 97% and 5%? A man with the most nepotic & clannish appointments(esp.in the security sector) ever witnessed in this nation even defiling the constitutional Federal Character

The president talks before thinking or talks as someone whose brain is far away from him hence making the work of his zombies more difficult.