When it comes to being industrious, only a few
tribes would rub shoulders with Igbos. They
are the most resilient people in Nigeria. They
are found in almost every nook and cranny in
Nigeria. They are the most travelled ethnic
group. They are number one when it comes to
trading. They believe in themselves that they
can attain whatever they aspire in life. They
control a lot of businesses. They are people
you can depend on when it comes to churning
out huge profits in business investment. There
is a saying that if you go to any town in
Nigeria and you do not find an Igbo there, it
means such a place is not favourable to
inhabit.

Igbos are called the Jews of Africa. They are
believed to have an ancestral connection with
the Jews. Igbos are highly intelligent just like
the Jews. The Igbos are not just endowed with
business skills. They are dexterous in inventing
and making things with their hands. This is
evident when you go to Aba in Abia state,
Onitsha in Anambra state and a lot of other
places in the South-East. This proficiency was
displayed during the civil war when they
invented the “Egbuneke.” The Egbuneke was a
locally invented bomb.

1. Images from the civil war
The agitation for secession by the Igbos
affected their political fortune. This made them
not to have their feet on the political
landscape of Nigeria as a formidable force.
The late Aminu Kano said: “If you don’t blow
your own trumpet, who will blow it for you.”
The Igbos really wanted to blow their trumpet,
but it was wrongly blown.
The two main actors in the Nigerian-Biafra war
were: General Yakubu Gowon and General
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.
Gowon was born on October 19, 1934 at
Pankshin in present day Plateau state. He
became the youngest ever head of state of
Nigeria at 32 years after the July 1966 military
coup.

On the other hand, Odumegwu-Ojukwu was
born on November 4, 1933 at Zungeru in Niger
state. He was appointed the first military
governor of the Eastern Region in 1966.
The Biafran protagonist voiced his mind
regarding keeping Nigeria as one. However, he
later led the secession movement of his region
under Biafra. This led to a 30-month civil war
from 1967 to 1970. The Biafran warlord’s
troops later fell to federal might. This ended
the war. He went into exile in 1970. He spent
12 years in exile, before he returned to the
country after Presidential Shehu Shagari
granted him state pardon.
There is still the mindset by some political
bigwigs in Nigerians who feel that it is still
early for an Igbo president to emerge under the
present democratic system.

2. First military coup
Lt. Colonel Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna
Nzeogwu was a major player in the first ever
military coup in Nigeria. This coup took place
in January 1966. A good number of Nigerians
then saw it as an Igbo coup. This was
because no Igbo politician was killed. The likes
of Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa,
Sir Ahmadu Bello and Chief Samuel Ladoke
Akintola were among the major politicians
assassinated. They were all non-Igbos.
The intention behind the coup was said to be
based on the level of corruption and impunity
among the political leaders of the country.

3. Monopoly
Some Nigerians believe that the Igbos are
domineering in nature. They perceive them as
a tribe who loves only themselves. Some even
call them with an acronym IBO meaning, ”“I
Before Others.”” The Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir
Ahmadu Bello granted an interview to a white
journalist before his assassination in January
1966. In that interview, the one-time Premier
of Northern Region aired his view about the
Igbos. He said: “The Igbos are more or less a
type of people whose desire is mainly to
dominate everybody. If they go to a town or a
village, they want to monopolise everything. If
you put them in a labour camp as a labourer,
they would like to be the head man of that
camp.”.

4. Discordant tunes
Igbos have been known to be republican in
nature. They do not really have a leader like
Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe again. There is no
known person that can coordinate the affairs
of the tribe as a single force. During the days
of Zik of Africa, his influence span not just
across the Eastern-Region, but beyond. Igbos
do not have such an influential national figure
now. A person like Dr Ogbonnaya Onu could
have fit this stature, but his political clout in
Nigeria is minimal.
In addition, the political parties since 1979
have not really favoured Igbos when it comes
to picking presidential candidates. Chief Alex
Ekwueme could have emerged as the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)’s flagbearer in 1999.
He was however schemed out by the powers
that be.
Also, Igbos have so many pressure groups
springing up these days. These groups are not
really for the interests of the ethnic group.

5. Double standard
The unity of Nigeria should be paramount to
every citizen. The issue whereby there is still
clamour for secession by some Igbo groups is
not in the interest of all. The Arewa
Consultative Forum (ACF) chairman, Alhaji
Ibrahim Coomasie in Kaduna on Tuesday,
August 25 spoke about this as captured in The
Punch newspaper of Wednesday, August 26,
2015.

Coomassie said: “The agitators for this unholy
division are in their safe abode outside Nigeria
and the most painful aspect of this agitation
by the young Ndigbo elements is the silence
from the elders who experienced the bitter pill
of the succession attempt, the 30-month Civil
War and who knew the consequences of such
a futile agitation.
“As you will recall, the issue of Biafra was
settled in 1970 after the war. It is therefore
sad and unfortunate that 45 years after, when
Nigerians are now united in a democratic
system of governance, that some elements are
now busy drumming up support for another
war and secession through ”Radio Biafra” and
Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign
State of Biafra (MASSOB) activities.

“Only just over a week ago, an elder statesman
from the South-East celebrated his birthday in
Abuja with the launching of his two books. A
good number of leaders from the South-East
attended the event and as the activities
progressed, it was nothing but Biafra with
inciting and provocative speeches by one
speaker after another.”

Oladele Hakeem, a content editor with
Naij.com, holds a BSc (Hons) from UNILAG, a
PCWC from NIJ and an MSc in Epidemiology
and Medical Statistics from UI. He writes from
Ikeja, Lagos.

the akpu-eating chestbeating flattheads have never been political savvy. That's why they will always remain slaves to the amala-eaters and Northern bokoharam animals.

Don't worry about an igbo president. It doesn't really matter. The igbos are not doing bad relatively.
And given the political structure of Nigeria , i doubt if an igbo president would do much for the igbos anyway.
Worry about the fact that less deserving people are your presidents.

Story story story. ;DStory story story.

IamAtribalist:
the akpu-eating chestbeating flattheads have never been political savvy. That's why they will always remain slaves to the amala-eaters and Northern bokoharam animals.

Of course, we can see how our ''masters'' have developed their land to first world standard during the OBJ and the yaradua presidency.
The same OBJ that turned tinubu his own kinsman to a punching bag during his tenure and starved lagos of its allocations.

No. 3 and 4 though.... Defines the tribe!

@OP

Why are you wailing louder than the Igbos
If Yolobas don't DIE of high BLOOD PRESSURE because of IGBOS eh!

AMALA ati EWEDU reasoning at its peak.

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the fear of BIAFRA.............................
well in the end, BIAFRA WILL COME
my goodness me
eziokwu CHINEKE

What is he saying? Summary plz