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ARIZONA123:
. Ejike michael. Is that really you? I have already classified you into d yorigbo group but this ur post surprised me ooo

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Okolo Chyke, The ugly old fool with boobs. Keep calling people names of those that raped your mother, you are cursed already.

nduchucks:
Pa Eziachi, good to see your write-up.

It is interesting to note that you craftfully left out the people of the oil rich areas of the SS in your criticisms (I will not name them here). Could it be because, come what may, you are ready to claim these people and their land as Biafra? Please remember that the entire country routed you people to prevent such abuse and domination back in the mid sixties, and will do it again if you people continue this Biafra crap. nuff said.

Stop this nonsense of Igbos wanting to steal ur oil while northerners have stolen; killed ur people and decimated ur land; polluted ur water.
Igbos have treated S/S as good neighbors, instead SS still treats Igbos with suspicion and disdain. They took over Igbos properties after the war. They allege that Igbos want to steal their while northerner are miliking and stealing their resources.
They allege that Igbos want to annex them while it was Alex Ekwueme who created SS be region and entrenched it in our national politics
Northerners called Alex a Biafra sessionist and that cost him the election in 1999.
Chuba Okadigbo and Igbos NASS members all voted to pass NDDC in 2000
Igbos helped is creating Bayelsa.
Igbos voted overwhelmingly for GEJ
Igbos inter-marry most with SS.
Igbos have done a lot more for SS!!! Time for SS to show how Igbos haven't been good neighbors or stop this character assassination

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ARIZONA123:
. Ur leader and king(falae) was kidnapped recently but you guys denied that those behind it aint fulanis but igbos. What do we call that type of hipocracy? COWARD!!!!

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Fulani raped your foolish mother and many of your women in ENugu, Ebonyi and Imo but you are here making noise, Igalas are doing the needful in Anambra but you are here chest beating. You will surely end up like your foolish father.

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ARIZONA123:
. Our interest on yeribaland is to take over lagos. Already we have succeeded on naming it NO MAN's LAND. Next is to produce the No 1 citizen of lagos. Ashavvo!!!

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Chyke Okolo, no one take yeebhoes serious, you all have been cursed. Worthless and useless people.

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ARIZONA123:
. What is this yorubastard biatch with mango head saying? You mean the yeribas with certificate of cowardcy? Go and dye. Ezi!

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Ojuku remains the only coward ever liveth, the bearded animal ran away in the middle of the night, he is a shameless and pathetic coward, may his wicked soul rot in hell.

superstar1:



Really!!!!!

The same way they kidnapped your village head and cut off his head and you guys were making mouth

. Yeriba demi-god awoleowo drank rat poison AKA otapiapia__ IBB

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ARIZONA123:
. You are making noise you this yeriba bingo. Go and revoke it now and watch the biafran war 2.0 start on yerigba land. Aturu dika gi

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Chyke Okolo, Ogun kill your mother before December. You need to do surgery cos of your big boobs. Ba.stard

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ARIZONA123:
. Yeriba demi-god awoleowo drank rat poison AKA otapiapia__ IBB

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Ojuku of cursed memory is a coward, died deaf, dumb, senile and crippled.

baby124:
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Nice one. As you know, the world has also advanced in that one bomb can kill thousands. You want to repeat the follies of the Biafran war again. When you start, know that we won't stop until the last man is dead. You think the silence of the Yoruba is stupidity?! Try to attack us and see the result. We will not stop or listen till you are all finished. UN will only observe, they will not be able to save you.

You are a big coward, go and tell your story to ogundipe, Ransome kiting and Diya

ARIZONA123:
. Yeriba demi-god awoleowo drank rat poison AKA otapiapia__ IBB

Ojukwu died paralysed and he was watching someone romping his wife in his vegetative state.

Zik was drooling on himself before his death.

Achebe?? One should not even talk of that bitter bed ridden shameless old man.

superstar1:


Ojukwu died paralysed and he was watching someone romping his wife in his vegetative state.

Zik was drooling on himself before his death.

Achebe?? One should not even talk of that bed ridden shameless old man.

Fact.

kettykin:


You are a big coward, go and tell your story to ogundipe, Ransome kiting and Diya

Shut up ediot, why did you run away from the fulani thread where they raped your mom. Ugly coward, they will continue to rape and kill you people while you blame yorubas for your own problem. Animals.

It's mind-boggling to see the same folks that supported militants,MEND and Co call Igbos names like greedy land-grabber, sessionist, unpatriotic...

EUROBOMBER:


How can you say he should let bygones be when there is an unwritten law that Igbo will not be allowed to rule Nigeria again? How can you accept a nation that don't want you to rule?

The only people making it impossible for Igbos to rule Nigeria are Igbos themselves. We cannot expect other ethnic groups to do all the politicking, win the coveted price and then hand it over to the Igbos. If igbos must rule Nigeria, we need to play superior politics and we need to grab the trophy (not wait for it to be given to us) and in order to do this, it surely should involve building solid bridges with at least one other major ethnic group. Instead of doing this, we seem to be burning the remaining bridges we still have by hating and accusing everyone else.

The simple reason the Igbos have been unable to produce a president and the reason this feat may be difficult even in the near future is because we always make wrong political choices. Without going too far into the past, an igbo presidency should have been actualised in 2015 if GEJ did not break the PDP rotational presidency principle. I remember vividly when former senate president Ken Nnamani and Vincent Ogbulafor were championing this cause and preaching against Igbos supporting the emergence of GEJ as PDP candidate in 2011. These 2 men warned of the consequence of this move on the planned Igbo presidency of 2015. But we all dismissed their advice, supported GEJ and even Ogbulafor was sacked unceremoniously as the PDP chairman; I think Ogbulafor had to even resign from politics after that incident.

Fast-forward to 2015, Igbo presidency now seems like a mirage and here we are blaming others. Just like I mentioned earlier, politics is a game of numbers and it's a game of 'winner takes all;' Nobody will work hard, play superior politics, win the coveted trophy and then hand it over to Igbos. Now is the time for Igbos to start building bridges and playing superior politics but instead, we are busy bombing all existing bridges by attacking all other major ethnic groups. Even if all other groups in Nigeria decide to give the presidency to Igbos today, 10 years may not be enough for us to unite and choose a consensus candidate. In all past elections in Nigeria, Igbos have always produced the highest number of candidates, albeit from mushroom parties.

Please can someone tell me I am wrong in this simple analysis?

obailala:
The only people making it impossible for Igbos to rule Nigeria are Igbos themselves. We cannot expect other ethnic groups to do all the politicking, win the coveted price and then hand it over to the Igbos. If igbos must rule Nigeria, we need to play superior politics and this surely should involve building solid bridges with at least one other major ethnic group. Instead of doing this, we seem to be burning the remaining bridges we still have by hating and accusing everyone else.

The simple reason the Igbos have been unable to produce a president and the reason this feat may be difficult even in the near future is because we always make wrong political choices. Without going too far into the past, an igbo presidency should have been actualised in 2015 if GEJ did not break the PDP rotational presidency principle. I remember vividly when former senate president Ken Nnamani and Vincent Ogbulafor were championing this cause and preaching against Igbos supporting the emergence of GEJ as PDP candidate in 2011. These 2 men warned of the consequence of this move on the planned Igbo presidency of 2015. But we all dismissed their advice, supported GEJ and even Ogbulafor was sacked unceremoniously as the PDP chairman; I think Ogbulafor had to even resign from politics after that incident.

Fast-forward to 2015, Igbo presidency now seems like a mirage and here we are blaming others. Just like I mentioned earlier, politics is a game of numbers and it's a game of 'winner takes all;' Nobody will work hard, play superior politics, win the coveted trophy and then hand it over to Igbos. Now is the time for Igbos to start building bridges and playing superior politics but instead, we are busy bombing all existing bridges by attacking all other major ethnic groups. Even if all other groups in Nigeria decide to give the presidency to Igbos today, 10 years may not be enough for us to unite and choose a consensus candidate. In all past elections in Nigeria, Igbos have always produced the highest number of candidates, albeit from mushroom parties.

Please can someone tell me I am wrong in this simple analysis?

Are you Igbo? If you are then you will know that no matter how much the Igbo man builds bridges with the hausa and yorubas, there will forever exist this mistrust and envy towards the igbos by this groups.I dont want to talk about the So called south south(Ijaws, edo,itsekiri, urhobo especially), they have proven time and time again that they cannot be trusted to align fully with the Igbos without sentiments... Our only hope for sustenance in this contraption is Biafra..

obailala:
The only people making it impossible for Igbos to rule Nigeria are Igbos themselves. We cannot expect other ethnic groups to do all the politicking, win the coveted price and then hand it over to the Igbos. If igbos must rule Nigeria, we need to play superior politics and we need to grab the trophy (not wait for it to be given to us) and in order to do this, it surely should involve building solid bridges with at least one other major ethnic group. Instead of doing this, we seem to be burning the remaining bridges we still have by hating and accusing everyone else.

The simple reason the Igbos have been unable to produce a president and the reason this feat may be difficult even in the near future is because we always make wrong political choices. Without going too far into the past, an igbo presidency should have been actualised in 2015 if GEJ did not break the PDP rotational presidency principle. I remember vividly when former senate president Ken Nnamani and Vincent Ogbulafor were championing this cause and preaching against Igbos supporting the emergence of GEJ as PDP candidate in 2011. These 2 men warned of the consequence of this move on the planned Igbo presidency of 2015. But we all dismissed their advice, supported GEJ and even Ogbulafor was sacked unceremoniously as the PDP chairman; I think Ogbulafor had to even resign from politics after that incident.

Fast-forward to 2015, Igbo presidency now seems like a mirage and here we are blaming others. Just like I mentioned earlier, politics is a game of numbers and it's a game of 'winner takes all;' Nobody will work hard, play superior politics, win the coveted trophy and then hand it over to Igbos. Now is the time for Igbos to start building bridges and playing superior politics but instead, we are busy bombing all existing bridges by attacking all other major ethnic groups. Even if all other groups in Nigeria decide to give the presidency to Igbos today, 10 years may not be enough for us to unite and choose a consensus candidate. In all past elections in Nigeria, Igbos have always produced the highest number of candidates, albeit from mushroom parties.

Please can someone tell me I am wrong in this simple analysis?

This is the reason we have to do away with these ungrateful ss minorities and team up with the other two big tribes to play this game like the tribe we are. The ijaws/ss are a trachrous group of people.

thekingsmen:


Are you Igbo? If you are then you will know that no matter how much the Igbo man builds bridges with the hausa and yorubas, there will forever exist this mistrust and envy towards the igbos by this groups.I dont want to talk about the So called south south(Ijaws, edo,itsekiri, urhobo especially), they have proven time and time again that they cannot be trusted to align fully with the Igbos without sentiments... Our only hope for sustenance in this contraption is Biafra..

This is paranoid behavior; the paranoid person feels grandiose and out of his grandiosity attacks people but does not expect those he attacked to defend their selves by attacking him. And when in self-defense they attack him he tells the world only about what was done to him while ignoring what he did to people. The paranoid person sees his self as an innocent victim of those who attacks him when in fact he stimulated their attack by his constant insults for people.

They always provoke other folk's hatred of them; they verbally abuse Nigerians and Nigerians hate them to the point that they are now ruled out from seeking important elective office in Nigeria at the federal level; who wants to vote for a man who verbally abuses him?

Yet, they do not see how their stupid behaviors have brought this sad situation into being; they continue seeing their selves as innocent persons persecuted by wicked Nigerians!

Paranoid persons feel totally insecure; they want to obtain some security; one way they attempt to do so is to try predicting folks thinking; in the process they generally misinterpret folk's motives and attribute false motives to people.

They say something and say that it is what one says and behave as if what they think that one said is in fact is what one said.

http://chatafrik.com/articles/psychology/paranoid-igbos-look-for-the-weakest-point-in-what-one-wrote#.VjDtA_NViko




Paranoia and victim mentality is what's killing you people...

aresa:







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http://chatafrik.com/articles/psychology/paranoid-igbos-look-for-the-weakest-point-in-what-one-wrote#.VjDtA_NViko




Paranoa and victime mentality is what's killing you people...

Whatever you wish to call it... feel free my brother, but the truth must be told. i grew up in the north and i know the hausas dont trust the igbos one bit. They dont hold the yorubas in high esteem either but just have to pawn with you guys to achieve their greater aim, which is to rule continously...

thekingsmen:


Are you Igbo? If you are then you will know that no matter how much the Igbo man builds bridges with the hausa and yorubas, there will forever exist this mistrust and envy towards the igbos by this groups.I dont want to talk about the So called south south(Ijaws, edo,itsekiri, urhobo especially), they have proven time and time again that they cannot be trusted to align fully with the Igbos without sentiments... Our only hope for sustenance in this contraption is Biafra..

Are you for real?

What are you or what do you have that others are not or do not have?

Part of your delusional thinking that gives you false sense of superiority that others see as inferiority complex.

double post

thekingsmen:


Are you Igbo? If you are then you will know that no matter how much the Igbo man builds bridges with the hausa and yorubas, there will forever exist this mistrust and envy towards the igbos by this groups.I dont want to talk about the So called south south(Ijaws, edo,itsekiri, urhobo especially), they have proven time and time again that they cannot be trusted to align fully with the Igbos without sentiments... Our only hope for sustenance in this contraption is Biafra..

Now that is the exact defeatist attitude that will continue to keep us backwards. Who told you it is only the Igbos that are not trusted?.. Do you think the yorubas trust the HAusas and vice versa?... DO you think the middle belt or SS trusts any other group in Nigeria and vice versa?... It would do us good to understand that nobody trusts nobody and there are no brothers in a jungle. In politics, if an alliance must be formed, the terms of agreement have to be agreed in such a way and manner that the benefits to both sides are known before hand; it is like a simple contract. There is no way in which a proper political alliance would be formed between 'A' and 'B', and then after 'A' rules, he hands over power to 'C.' This continuous paranoia of Igbos have prevented us for ages from forming proper alliances and that is exactly why we cannot produce a president. But instead of coming back to the drawing board to strategize, many minds have given up and believe the only way out is a divorce. That's unfortunate!

EUROBOMBER:

This is the reason we have to do away with these ungrateful ss minorities and team up with the other two big tribes to play this game like the tribe we are. The ijaws/ss are a trachrous group of people.

No I disagree with you! The Ijaws and the SS are not treacherous people. You need to understand that surviving in a country like Nigeria is like a rat race; everyone cares only about himself and everyone does what they think is expedient to protect their own interests. If the Ijaws/SS are as treacherous as you claim, the truth then is that they are not more treacherous than we Igbos or the yorubas or the hausas or any other group. Everyone is just looking out for himself, all man for himself.

Alliances are for mutual benefit and for it to work, both sides need to compromise on some of their requirements in order to fit into the demands and expectations of the other party. Doing away with the SE+SS alliance will not be a good idea because no alliance is ever a waste. However, if the SE must get to the top, we need more than just an alliance with the SS.

obailala:
Now that is the exact defeatist attitude that will continue to keep us backwards. Who told you it is only the Igbos that are not trusted?.. Do you think the yorubas trust the HAusas and vice versa?... DO you think the middle belt or SS trusts any other group in Nigeria and vice versa?... It would do us good to understand that nobody trusts nobody and there are no brothers in a jungle. In politics, if an alliance must be formed, the terms of agreement have to be agreed in such a way and manner that the benefits to both sides are known before hand; it is like a simple contract. There is no way in which a proper political alliance would be formed between 'A' and 'B', and then after 'A' rules, he hands over power to 'C.' This continuous paranoia of Igbos have prevented us for ages from forming proper alliances and that is exactly why we cannot produce a president. But instead of coming back to the drawing board to strategize, many minds have given up and believe the only way out is a divorce. That's unfortunate!


For one to grab the price, 'superior' politics has to be played in which the terms of agreement

I don't buy all these bridge building, superior politics nonsense. The benefits never go to the ethnic groups involved but solely to individuals. Buhari is the second Katsina indigenes elected as president in the last 8 years. How has that benefited the common man in Katsina?

Nigeria is structurally dysfunctional. Instead of thinking about how to correct its basic defect, you're thinking about how one individual that bears an Igbo name will take his turn in raping the common will. You should be talking about building a better nation where the ethnicity of an individual is secondary to his ideas and general competence.

obailala:
The only people making it impossible for Igbos to rule Nigeria are Igbos themselves. We cannot expect other ethnic groups to do all the politicking, win the coveted price and then hand it over to the Igbos. If igbos must rule Nigeria, we need to play superior politics and this surely should involve building solid bridges with at least one other major ethnic group. Instead of doing this, we seem to be burning the remaining bridges we still have by hating and accusing everyone else.

The simple reason the Igbos have been unable to produce a president and the reason this feat may be difficult even in the near future is because we always make wrong political choices. Without going too far into the past, an igbo presidency should have been actualised in 2015 if GEJ did not break the PDP rotational presidency principle. I remember vividly when former senate president Ken Nnamani and Vincent Ogbulafor were championing this cause and preaching against Igbos supporting the emergence of GEJ as PDP candidate in 2011. These 2 men warned of the consequence of this move on the planned Igbo presidency of 2015. But we all dismissed their advice, supported GEJ and even Ogbulafor was sacked unceremoniously as the PDP chairman; I think Ogbulafor had to even resign from politics after that incident.

Fast-forward to 2015, Igbo presidency now seems like a mirage and here we are blaming others. Just like I mentioned earlier, politics is a game of numbers and it's a game of 'winner takes all;' Nobody will work hard, play superior politics, win the coveted trophy and then hand it over to Igbos. Now is the time for Igbos to start building bridges and playing superior politics but instead, we are busy bombing all existing bridges by attacking all other major ethnic groups. Even if all other groups in Nigeria decide to give the presidency to Igbos today, 10 years may not be enough for us to unite and choose a consensus candidate. In all past elections in Nigeria, Igbos have always produced the highest number of candidates, albeit from mushroom parties.

Please can someone tell me I am wrong in this simple analysis?

Your analysis is interesting. Not wrong. It's a point of view so cannot be dismissed as wrong.

Here's my point of view.

I say without any apologies to anyone and with a strong sense of conviction that it is not in the best interest of Ndigbo to aspire to the presidency of Nigeria in its present structure!.

If by any accident an Igbo person were to become president of Nigeria in 2019, the recent misadventure of Jonathan in Aso rock would be like child's play compared to what he'll have to contend with! There would be an explosion of discontent, accusations of corruption and nepotism, counter accusations of tribalism, screams of marginalisation from North, West and South, blackmailing from the media and escalating unrest and chaos, calls for a military coup etc to the point where he would either be forced to resign from office or end up disgraced out of office before the end of his tenure!

This may sound far fetched or even a tad paranoid but any really discerning follower of the dynamics of power and politics in Nigeria will tell you that such a scenario cannot be completely dismissed if a president of Igbo origin were to occupy Aso Rock.

I believe that the reasonable thing to do for those Igbo politicians who still believe there is a role for them to play within the Nigerian space, would be for them to stop thinking of the presidency and start focusing on political and economic integration of the Igbo speaking areas of Nigeria. This is the only way they can achieve a semblance of respect. And paradoxically this would be the easiest way for them to broker themselves into more power at the centre.

We don't need to look too far down the well of history to see who this approach has worked for.

But hey, you can dismiss this point of view as it is without doubt biaised and has been proferred by someone who makes it clear he no longer believes in project Nigeria. . .

EUROBOMBER:

This is the reason we have to do away with these ungrateful ss minorities and team up with the other two big tribes to play this game like the tribe we are. The ijaws/ss are a trachrous group of people.

How did you arrive at calling tens of millions of people treacherous because they chose to protect themselves. How many Ijaw people have you met in real life and how have they practiced their treachery on you?

obailala:
Now that is the exact defeatist attitude that will continue to keep us backwards. Who told you it is only the Igbos that are not trusted?.. Do you think the yorubas trust the HAusas and vice versa?... DO you think the middle belt or SS trusts any other group in Nigeria and vice versa?... It would do us good to understand that nobody trusts nobody and there are no brothers in a jungle. In politics, if an alliance must be formed, the terms of agreement have to be agreed in such a way and manner that the benefits to both sides are known before hand; it is like a simple contract. There is no way in which a proper political alliance would be formed between 'A' and 'B', and then after 'A' rules, he hands over power to 'C.' This continuous paranoia of Igbos have prevented us for ages from forming proper alliances and that is exactly why we cannot produce a president. But instead of coming back to the drawing board to strategize, many minds have given up and believe the only way out is a divorce. That's unfortunate!


For one to grab the price, 'superior' politics has to be played in which the terms of agreement

My brother i am a realist and i say things the way they are. It is not defeatism but being real to the true situations around you. My People say If you dont know where the rain started beating you you will not know where it will stop. Like you rightly pointed out, the mistrusts in this nation between all ethnic sections is rife and the igbos are at the receiving end of a large chunk of it from collective others.Shall we continue like this?

Since 1970 the igbos are viewed with an eye of mistrusts and disgust by other Nigerians, in the north and mid belt where i have stayed for many years you easily come across kids and teens proudly mouthing that an Iyamiri can never be the president of this nation.. The No victor no vanquished declaration after the war was just a charade and was never taken seriously... i am not against the igbos aligning with any of the other ethnic groups, but pertinent remains this question, WHAT IS IN FOR US AND HOW CERTAIN ARE WE THAT THIS ALIGNMENT and ALLIANCES IN THE MIDST OF DEEP MISTRUSTS OF THE IGBO NATION CAN PROMOTE THE IGBO INTREST? . Isnt Jonathan a case study, will an Igbo man survive in the seat as the first citizen of this country without unrelenting backlash and sentiments.

Curlieweed:



I don't buy all these bridge building, superior politics nonsense. The benefits never go to the ethnic groups involved but solely to individuals. Buhari is the second Katsina indigenes elected as president in the last 8 years. How has that benefited the common man in Katsina?

Nigeria is structurally dysfunctional. Instead of thinking about how to correct its basic defect, you're thinking about how one individual that bears an Igbo name will take his turn in raping the common will. You should be talking about building a better nation where the ethnicity of an individual is secondary to his ideas and general competence.

I totally share your sentiments, I am absolutely not an advocate of a president or any leader coming from my tribe because I totally understand it's worthlessness. The northerners ruled Nigeria more than any other group yet they remain the most backward and most poverty stricken. OBJ ruled Nigeria for 8 years but that did not help his people in any way and likewise GEJ who ruled for 5 years, his leadership did not positively affect the common man even in his immediate hamlet (except for the politicians and militants who received mega bucks).

Now I have only decided to speak on the issue of Igbo presidency because there are many people out there who actually think it matters; I was only addressing a comment raised by one of such persons, not that I really care whether where a leader comes from.

thekingsmen:

My brother i am a realist and i say things the way they are. It is not defeatism but being real to the true situations around you. My People say If you dont know where the rain started beating you you will not know where it will stop. Like you rightly pointed out, the mistrusts in this nation between all ethnic sections is rife and the igbos are at the receiving end of a large chunk of it from collective others.Shall we continue like this?

Since 1970 the igbos are viewed with an eye of mistrusts and disgust by other Nigerians, in the north and mid belt where i have stayed for many years you easily come across kids and teens proudly mouthing that an Iyamiri can never be the president of this nation.. The No victor no vanquished declaration after the war was just a charade and was never taken seriously... i am not against the igbos aligning with any of the other ethnic groups, but pertinent remains this question, WHAT IS IN FOR US AND HOW CERTAIN ARE WE THAT THIS ALIGNMENT and ALLIANCES IN THE MIDST OF DEEP MISTRUSTS OF THE IGBO NATION CAN PROMOTE THE IGBO INTREST? . Isnt Jonathan a case study, will an Igbo man survive in the seat as the first citizen of this country without unrelenting backlash and sentiments.

Now you may disagree with me on this but the only reason why the propaganda and harassment of Jonathan was possible was because Jonathan himself lacked to a large extent, the required strength and leadership qualities to lead a complex nation like Nigeria; Jonathan himself was not cut out to be an administrator, he lacked courage and he had too many flaws which the opposition easily used against him. The Hausas hated GEJ from the word GO! because they feel he usurped their turn to rule and the SW and other regions lost faith in GEJ strictly because of his perceived incompetence.

Regarding the hatred and mistrust for Igbos, that is not a hidden fact; I served my NYSC in Kaduna and I experienced the 'iyamiri' and 'Igbo can never be president' taunts first hand but trust me, that is rubbish. Had Yaradua not died and had GEJ not contested in 2011, I can assure you that an Igbo man would have been the president of Nigeria in 2015 (or 2019 at most).

Ngwaukwu1:


Your analysis is interesting. Not wrong. It's a point of view so cannot be dismissed as wrong.

Here's my point of view.

I say without any apologies to anyone and with a strong sense of conviction that it is not in the best interest of Ndigbo to aspire to the presidency of Nigeria in its present structure!.

If by any accident an Igbo person were to become president of Nigeria in 2019, the recent misadventure of Jonathan in Aso rock would be like child's play compared to what he'll have to contend with! There would be an explosion of discontent, accusations of corruption and nepotism, counter accusations of tribalism, screams of marginalisation from North, West and South, blackmailing from the media and escalating unrest and chaos, calls for a military coup etc to the point where he would either be forced to resign from office or end up disgraced out of office before the end of his tenure!

This may sound far fetched or even a tad paranoid but any really discerning follower of the dynamics of power and politics in Nigeria will tell you that such a scenario cannot be completely dismissed if a president of Igbo origin were to occupy Aso Rock.

I believe that the reasonable thing to do for those Igbo politicians who still believe there is a role for them to play within the Nigerian space, would be for them to stop thinking of the presidency and start focusing on political and economic integration of the Igbo speaking areas of Nigeria. This is the only way they can achieve a semblance of respect. And paradoxically this would be the easiest way for them to broker themselves into more power at the centre.

We don't need to look too far down the well of history to see who this approach has worked for.

But hey, you can dismiss this point of view as it is without doubt biaised and has been proferred by someone who makes it clear he no longer believes in project Nigeria. . .

I may be wrong, but I can assure you that the misadventure of GEJ in aso rock was only possible because GEJ himself was weak, indecisive and he lacked public administrative skills to a large extent. He also committed several flaws which made it possible and very easy for the opposition to harass him. There is hardly any leader in a complex nation like Nigeria that will not be bamboozled with all those accusations and counter-accusations. But the way the leader reacts to them is very important, it will determine whether more bombs will keep coming or not and will also determine whether he will stay afloat or not.

I also subscribe absolutely to your recommendations of Igbo leaders concentrating on the local scene to improve the lives of Igbos at the local level. Never has it been heard that Igbo states did not receive federal allocations; if only our leaders and pressure groups can concentrate at the local level, scrutinise local leaders (governors, LGA chairmen and councillors) and force out excellent performance from the leaders at the home base, I can assure you that when the rest of Nigeria sees how wonderfully well the SE is doing in all economic and social indices, they would virtually beg an Igbo man to come and be president. However, instead of calling for accountability at the local levels, it seems our attention is always fixated at the federal; hence the complaints or marginalisation and the calls for secession.

Once again, I may be wrong, but this is just my personal opinion.

Chubhie:
I must say when I read the report on Itshkiri leaders of thought, It was a highly strategic move with timing apt. They checked their position and took a strategic posture of a united Nigeria. Now, the FG has a willing double edged sword to use against Biafra and Ijaw nation.

I'm enjoying all the game play as a neutral.

Ijaw in Biafra

Drchristian:
Ijaw in Biafra

how do you mean Milady?

Chubhie:
how do you mean Milady?

Ijaws are not igbos they have crude oil and acess to d sea