slimghost:

Well I still have a little respect for u, so I will address you accordingly.

Then its cordial, make it remain so.

So you honestly think Igbos are not working towards it? Sure we are, and you will see that come 2014.

look, my comment is based on the opening post. If there is anything they seems to be doing then say it. based on what was presented so far, its like they were making demands from the new group. who does that? besides the APGA (that has its root in the east) has already come out not in support of the new union. making such demands to me is ridiculous. I wish them luck in whatever they may be doing in acheiving this but making demands from a group they arent part of is silly

Again why are guys saying that APC do not need Igbos to wrestle power from GEJ? Is that joke or what?

because the majority of Igbos no matter how useless the retardeen is will still vote for him. Even if APC has an IGBO candidate for president, the retardeen will still have the show there so why waste time for what has already been settled. instead, i believe its wise for the new union to try their luck else where in making sure the retardeen/killer party is booted out

All Ohaneze is saying is this, "if u want our help, bring something to the table".

Did APC ever came out requesting for help at all from Ohaneze? If there wasnt any then why their demand? That is the crux of the matter. deal with it.

After Nigeria is all about looking out for ur own people's interest before the Nation as a whole!

If u are to look at it from this point of view then the new union also is looking out for their own people's interest. why should they ignore that and hand over the presidency to another interested party not in their union? thats suicidal

Iykopee: Are we planning to vote out criminals and vote in anoda set of criminals? Rochas shud beta stay of APC coz those hawks in there wont even allow him to mouth on d podium....let dem fight PDP alone.

inufele2:

Look yourself in the mirror now and tell us what you see! The problem with you guys is your superiority complex you moan about others but fail to take a look at yourselves. Contrary to what many thinks I don't hate Ibos but I joined NL because of the bigotry that some ibo posters here potray everytime they post.
If an Hausa man held a post it must be because he's a Hausa but if an ibo man head a post it must be on merit, Ibos look in the mirror this country does not revolve round you, display some humility and engage with others otherwise you are doomed. A word is enough for the wise.

One_Naira:

Dalu oooo!!!!! That's the question I've been asking for so long and none of our opposition party members wants to answer.

slimghost:

You must be a deluded fellow if you don't know that the ofemmanus are the real bigots on Nairaland. Truth is, after everything we went tru in this Country, we are still better than most of yall, so why shouldn't we hold our heads high? You cowards blab about not needing Igbos around, so why not just let them leave? Dude,yorobers need to remove the blank in their eyes b4 trying to help Igbos with the spec of dust in theirs.

Demdem:

i for one will prefer a "criminal" type of [b]Buhari/fashola combo of APC to that of retardeen/sambo combo of killer party. Afterall, none are saints. besides one group has been tested and currently failing while the other hasnt but has enough potentials.[/b]

Onlytruth:

But come to think of it, how come Igbos are the heartbeat of Nigeria in almost EVERYTHING, except politics?
Don't you see an anomally there?

For me I think it is only a matter of time before we snag politics too. Don't blame us. Blame God. He gave us this "winner mindset".

Demdem:

i for one will prefer a "criminal" type of Buhari/fashola combo of APC to that of retardeen/sambo combo of killer party. Afterall, none are saints. besides one group has been tested and currently failing while the other hasnt but has enough potentials.

Kemet:

In your dreams, a Muslim/Muslim ticket after sharia and BH crises. Please do a re-think. You just lost the MB with that one.

Paschal007: The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndi’gbo, has told the newly formed All Progressives Congress that it will only support a political party that picks its presidential candidate from the South-East geopolitical zone.

The APC is a product of the merger by four opposition parties – All Nigeria Peoples Party; All Progressives Grand Alliance; Congress for Progressive Change; and Action Congress of Nigeria.

The Publicity Secretary of the Ohanaeze, Mr. Osita Oganah, in an interview with our correspondent on Friday , however, said the group would not restrict its lobbying to a political party, adding that presidential aspirants from the region would be encouraged to realise the Igbo presidency ambition.

Oganah also berated the Young Igbo Christian Ministers Congress for asking the region to forget about the presidency until after 2019.

President of the congress and General Overseer of the House of God International Church, Mr. Athan Azubuike, reportedly cautioned Igbo politicians that no aspirant from the South-East would be President of Nigeria until 2019 and beyond.

However, Oganah said although the cleric had the right to express himself, such should be done with caution.

Meanwhile, Second Republic governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said the region was set to negotiate the 2015 presidency with President Goodluck Jonathan.

He said the Igbo would vote for the President if he seeks re-election on the condition that he would also support the South-East presidency after serving his second term.

In a separate interview with our correspondent, the elder statesman said the region would play “a game of cooperation” with Jonathan.

Ezeife said,  “If Jonathan will go for a second term, we will meet with him. If he will contest without destroying the democratic structure, we will support him. If he wins, we’ll ask him to support us. Then, it will be win-win, not win-lose or lose-lose.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/field-igbo-presidential-candidate-ohanaeze-tells-apc/

slimghost:

You said that APGA is an igbo party and that igbos will surely root for GEJ no matter how incompetent he seems. GOOD! Since APC knew all that before hand, why did they drag in APGA by all means into their merger even though it was clear Rochas came on his own account?

Now, lets get this straight. No one is dragging anybody. Its a union of like minds who desires change and working towards achieving it and not sitting down making demands.
That APGA is split is a fact. that Rochas faction is the smaller one is also a fact however Rochas is also in APGA no matter how u want to look at it. When announcement was made, it was naturally for APGA to be mentioned because Rochas who is in APGA supports the union. what else have the union done again to suggest that they are desperately dragging APGA into their fold? its a personal deciosion of Rochas and to me is a wise one. No one is dragging APGA at all.


My point is, if they truly need our votes, they should do things properly.

Naturally, they need votes all over the country but realistically it wont happened. Rochas came on its own volition and he wasnt forced to. APC has done nothing wrong so far. the name APGA was mentioned because of Rochas and of cos its appropriate because Rochas is in APGA.


It might shock you to know that a good number of igbos want a change but not from these desperate crooks coming together.

A good number wants change but will still stick to the retardeen no matter what right? that doesnt make sense to me. besides like i said earlier i prefer these crooks headed by the ones i suggested to the current ones.


Its ok if they feel they dont need igbos, but let them not cry "rigging" when the time comes. thank you.

Get this straight, the Igbos has already made their decision so why whining? Ebele their son is their man. They will have to live with that. Now u are talking about rigging as if its appropriate but when another talks about the dog and the baboon, u all will be fidgetting. who is deceiving who?

slimghost:

Dont you think the North has made it impossible to sell a muslim/muslim ticket to the SE and SS! common man, be honest with yourself.

Demdem:

i for one will prefer a "criminal" type of Buhari/fashola combo of APC to that of retardeen/sambo combo of killer party. Afterall, none are saints. besides one group has been tested and currently failing while the other hasnt but has enough potentials.

Demdem:

To the ignorant and brainwashed, of cos its near to impossibility. I have been living in this region for over 10yrs now and i know what i am talking about. the very wise and enlightened have gone beyond this crap. what they want are efficient people not based on sentiments that will bring the desired change and not the kind u are bringing up now. besides, who will see fashola and his governmental styles and still worry about its Islamic background. A man who will not even think twice before demolishing a mosque constituting a menace.

Even with a xtain/moslem on board now, what do we have to showcase? Nations cup? Goodluck to u.


Thats where you are ignorant. Let me tell you something, there is lack of mutual trust between Christians and Moslems in this country. Xtians(especially Igbos) have gone through a lot in the hands of Nigerian Muslims, eg the slained coppers in the post election violence and the daily killings by Boko haram. Now to think that they will put that pain away just because you just woke up to the fact that Nigeria should be one reeks of total ignorance. Am a realist and i say things the way they are. SIMPLE. Take a trip down to the SE and SS and try selling ur Muslim/Muslim ticket and see the kind of response that awaits you. Even though i don't support that, but you cant blame the people for that mind set, there is a valid reason for it. Go figure

Demdem: ^^^^

Even with the above Buhari/fashola is still a better choice. An insincere, dumb and focusless leader whose friends in government includes killers the likes of Tompolo, Ateke etc Liars like Abati, okupe etc subsidy thieves like Wogu, stella etc is a turn-off for me. Above all, the killer party must be booted out. wont even bother to start listing their atrocities. Goodluck to u.

slimghost: Thats where you are ignorant.

Crap.

Let me tell you something, there is lack of mutual trust between Christians and Moslems in this country.

It has always been there or did it start today?


Xtians(especially Igbos) have gone through a lot in the hands of Nigerian Muslims, eg the slained coppers in the post election violence and the daily killings by Boko haram. Now to think that they will put that pain away just because you just woke up to the fact that Nigeria should be one reeks of total ignorance. Am a realist and i say things the way they are. SIMPLE. Take a trip down to the SE and SS and try selling ur Muslim/Muslim ticket and see the kind of response that awaits you. Even though i don't support that, but you cant blame the people for that mind set, there is a valid reason for it. Go figure

hehehehe do u know agree with me that it will be a waste of time and resources for APC to even think of getting Igbo votes at all? It wont happen. what u said up there isnt new and i aknowleged it with this statement of mine:

To the ignorant and brainwashed, of cos its near to impossibility.

The wise among them know their real enemies and they know its the privilege few up there and not the entire mass. Nothing is wrong with muslim/muslim ticket as long as they are competent. Igbos should go ahead and vote the retardeen 2015 and Ohaneze should shut the ffuck up and stop making stupid demands from what they arent part of or deep inside them, what they will never support. later.

slimghost:

Buhari/Fashola ticket is a good one no doubt, but still Igbos would find it very difficult to give them their votes against someone who is trying to integrate them into the political mainstream of this country. We have had it rough with Fulani/Hausa/Yoruba leadership in the past, so what makes you think we can trust these ones? What APC need to do is show Igbos that they have their interest at heart and that they would be given EQUAL opportunity to excel in all fields of life in this country!

Demdem:

Abegii, free me with ur igbo cause. Let the Igbos do whatever they want to do (vote the retardeen) and leave the rest of Nigeria to do whatever they want to do. The rest of Nigeria has no issues with such (muslim/muslim) but the Igbos has, so because of that u expect us to jettison it even if we are much convinced that this is the best alternative for now.
APC has no obligation to Igbos but to Nigeria first, his loyals second and igbos. Igbos will not be given any preferential treatment not even in an arrangement they intend dismantling with their support for the retardeen and his killer goons.

Demdem: ^^^^

Even with the above Buhari/fashola is still a better choice. An insincere, dumb and focusless leader whose friends in government includes killers the likes of Tompolo, Ateke etc Liars like Abati, okupe etc subsidy thieves like Wogu, stella etc is a turn-off for me. Above all, the killer party must be booted out. wont even bother to start listing their atrocities. Goodluck to u.

peckhamboi: Igbos are really a pitiable lot, it is obvious they don't have what it takes to rule the country, obviuosly from the state of underdevelopment and insecurity in biafra, coupled with inability of igbos to build a meaningful party of opposition right from independence that igbos have no agenda except that of grabbing power.

they hobnob and play political prostitute with who ever is in power, because they have no vision either for their region or the nation, that was y zik joined NPC, and all of a sudden the vision of NCNC a party founded by a yoruba man who made zik his secretary was taken over by igbos and destroyed with the usual igbo leadership visionlesness, selfishness and greed. thank God yorubas abandoned NCNC for them cos that was the end of igbo voice on the national political scene...igbos cant build a real party..

u can see that the igbos dont mean well for nigeria, that is why they want to support this failure called pdp and jonathan that has no direction just because they hope after jonathan they will be allowed to rule.

am not suprised zik and ekweme did the same thing, and joined with a party that had no vision whilst yorubas remained in opposition, after they will start crying marginalization

igbos have the worst leaders in the world, can you see this mumu, saying they will support jonathan so that jonathan will support them in 2019, even if jonathan wins in 2015 doesnt he know that power will go to the north in 2019 and will remain their for atleast another 8 years?

you see how igbo leaders right from zik, ojukwu, ekweme etc always lead igbos to military and political defeat and confusion,

igbos are not ready to rule ... the one that i was even thinking was different ie rochas has showed himself a typical igboman with trader mentality, and mindless grab for power,,. even before he was inaugurated as gorvnor, he wrote to all banks freezing to freeze imo state account and had to be warned by inec that he yet to be inaugurated as gorvnor after election, he keeps fighting and showing his power all over the place, the last time it was with senator anyanwu,

just behaving like a typical igboman that sees money and position as a means to lord it over others... fashola does not use siren, he stays in hold up no matter how serious like other lagosians. awo never stayed in govt apartment or take govt benefit, he always said what he cant enjoy at the level of his personal wealth he wont accept in public office

igbos cant rule, they dont know the purpose of politics or power, that is why they dont understand the beauty of opposition politics, they have never been in power yet they have never been in opposition, always begging complaining and whining,

the opposition may one day win power, or have a strong bargaining power, like when the nation was forced to vote for yoruba men in 1999, but when you play political protsitute like igbos, [people always use and dump u.

igbos are really pathetic, confused and primitive polticaly

The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndi’gbo, has told the newly formed All Progressives Congress that it will only support a political party that picks its presidential candidate from the South-East geopolitical zone.

One_Naira:

Well Goodluck to you on that. Despite not living in Nigeria, I have family members in Nigeria and I for one would want them to go to school without them resulting to criminal activities just to pay school fees. I for one would want a politician that would give an alternative to some people before destroying their means of livelihood. I for one would want a politicians that is going to improve the lives of both the poor and the rich, not just the rich. I for one would want a politician that would hold up his part of the deal rather than refusing to pay a very big part of a nation's economy (i.e: doctors). I for one would want a president that would not tax the sh1t out of my people and only show roads works instead of jobs despite all the taxes they collected. I for one would want a politician that will actually listen to his critics or those questioning his corruption rather than him trying to diverge attention away from himself and towards the "killer party". I for one would want a president that would show me the truth about my country, not sugar coat it online, give false impression and when an american musicians decide to show the world what that nation looks like, provides the opposite of what I'm being showed online on a forum. When I do get there to visit, face-palming myself, out of the deceit I received online about the damn place. I for one would want a politician that is honest. I for one would want a politician that isn't so desperate for power that he will ignore a terrorist group fighting for him just so he can disgrace the man that won over him. GEJ might not give me all this but Buhari/Fashola will definitely not give me any of this. Anyway goodluck with your vote and goodluck to everyone else that chose the opposite or similar with your vote.

kheart: Igbos again. U guys no no say na bench warmers una be wen it comes to nja politics. Mtcheeeew

Olaolufred:

YOU ARE INDEED NOT IN TOUCH WITH NIGERIA.
YOU ONLY LIVE ON "MY UNCLE TOLD ME".
A CHANGE IS IMMINENT.
BUT IGBOS HAS ALL RIGHT ON EARTH TO SUPPORT AZIKIWE FOR 2ND TERM.
APC WAS NOT OCHESTRATED BY NDI-IGBOS, SO THEY CAN'T DICTATE WHAT POSITION THEY GET FROM IT.
HOWEVER, APC WILL SIT TOGETHER AND FASHION OUT WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM.
NOTE THAT, NO UNIVERSITY IN THE WHOLE WORLD WILL ALLOW A STUDENT TO CONTINUE A 4-YEAR COURSE AFTER 14 YEARS OF GAINING ADMISSION.
THAT IS PDP.

slimghost:

GOOD! See you in 2015!!! . Dont cry "rigging ooo" . NB: I never asked for "preferential treatment" but an EQUAL opportunity which your Fulani/Hausa/Yoruba leadership have denied us for a very long time. Nna biko, i dont like GEJ's government as a Nigeria, but as an Igbo, am so loving it. SS/SE will never trust a merger full of selfish crooks. Go ask Oshiomole. See you in 2015

Demdem:

Abegii, free me with ur igbo cause. Let the Igbos do whatever they want to do (vote the retardeen) and leave the rest of Nigeria to do whatever they want to do. The rest of Nigeria has no issues with such (muslim/muslim) but the Igbos has, so because of that u expect us to jettison it even if we are much convinced that this is the best alternative for now.
APC has no obligation to Igbos but to Nigeria first, his loyals second and igbos. Igbos will not be given any preferential treatment not even in an arrangement they intend dismantling with their support for the retardeen and his killer goons.

One_Naira:

No I actually go by the articles posted on this website as well as "my uncle told me" and what my own eyes saw this December when I visited. That is what I go by.

Go and reread every single Igbo person post on this thread. Did any of us disagree that a change is needed? No. A change is needed but what use is it to remove a crook (PDP, only to add in another crook (ACP). Only in Nigeria does that make sense.