Statsocial:
God bless you. See one of the hindrances to southern unity is social media but I would keep warning as many fellow Yorubas that would care to listen-we need to choose alliance carefully. We as a region also wants to grow and there is no way the North won't pull us back with their religious extremism especially if the ibos exits Nigeria. It would reduce and stem the political influence of the south west. If the SS joins the SE then we are more in trouble. How do we in the SW carry the weight of the entire North-how would we make them grow when they wield more politically. Admitting that the exit of the Igbos makes Yorubas politically weak on this country is not cowardice but pragmatism. If the north can oppress all of us even with a full south then they would destroy us with an incomplete south.

Secondly, the religious diversity in the south west works to our disadvantage because even though we are very tolerant people, we can't deny that sometimes we may tilt towards religious bias rather than ethnic one. And if we ever go alongside religious bias we are then in trouble because it would make us vulnerable.

Now concerning the issue of biafra I believe also in self determination for the SE, SS, SW- however pending the time of secession we need to join forces to form a powerful political bloc that can resist the North. I would have called for a southern secession but the SW cant commit to that because of the religious diversity hence the SW is better off on its own.

shullamite:
From all your statements in this forum, it is clear that the unity of the south lies in the hands of the southerners.

The truth has been said by igbodiffender that we the southerners need to unite. If the easterners were treated nicely as our brothers and as fellow Nigerians they will not struggle to break away to form Biafra. But come to look at the whole issue on ground politically, the south is disadvantaged. I am from the Niger delta but I am very very angry to see how disunited the entire south is.

I will commend the igboes for their support for goodluck Jonathans administration and it made a lot of Niger deltans to value and see the igboes as their true brothers, but we still need the south westerners to join the fold so that the unity in the south will be complete. We have the numbers, we have the brains, we have the strength, we have the wisdom.... But why can't we unite once and for all to become strong.

Let us forget what happened in the past and forge ahead, let us forget the pains we felt during the civil war, let us forget how goodluck Jonathan lost the last election, let us forget the treachery of one another against us in the past and unite the entire south. United we stand and divided we fall.

The journey toward uniting the south has already started by the way fani kayode, fayoshe and some other westerners supported nnamdi KANU during his prison days and the love they showed him after his release from prison.

Let the great leaders of south south arise, let the great leaders of the south east arise, let the great leaders of the south west arise and unite with one another and see themselves as southerners. All southerners should know that WINTER IS COMING and we need each others help to face it. Yorubas need igboes, the Niger deltans need igboes, the igboes need yorubas, the igboes need the Niger deltans, we can only succeed if we help one another and forgive one another of our past deeds. We all have made mistakes and we should not allow our mistakes to keep repeating itself. With tears in my eyes I am writing this message. Southerners wake up.

7lives:


Join forces with who, every man for himself God for all of us.

Statsocial:
God bless you. See one of the hindrances to southern unity is social media but I would keep warning as many fellow Yorubas that would care to listen-we need to choose alliance carefully. We as a region also wants to grow and there is no way the North won't pull us back with their religious extremism especially if the ibos exits Nigeria. It would reduce and stem the political influence of the south west. If the SS joins the SE then we are more in trouble. How do we in the SW carry the weight of the entire North-how would we make them grow when they wield more politically. Admitting that the exit of the Igbos makes Yorubas politically weak on this country is not cowardice but pragmatism. If the north can oppress all of us even with a full south then they would destroy us with an incomplete south.

Secondly, the religious diversity in the south west works to our disadvantage because even though we are very tolerant people, we can't deny that sometimes we may tilt towards religious bias rather than ethnic one. And if we ever go alongside religious bias we are then in trouble because it would make us vulnerable.

Now concerning the issue of biafra I believe also in self determination for the SE, SS, SW- however pending the time of secession we need to join forces to form a powerful political bloc that can resist the North. I would have called for a southern secession but the SW cant commit to that because of the religious diversity hence the SW is better off on its own.