Igbo Progressives Beg Yoruba In Lagos To Overlook Provocation



A political group, South East/Igbo APC Progressives Roundtable (SIAPRO) has appealed to the Yoruba and compatriots in Lagos State to overlook any provocation, disrespect and or insult that they may have endured flowing from the last election cycle in the state.

The group said, “Lagos State is no less Yoruba land as Anambra State is Igbo land just like Lagos is not a no man’s land, just like Ebonyi State is not a no man’s land.”

Addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja, the convener, Dr Uche Diala, said any contrary view to these is as irresponsible as it is provocative, adding that these are facts that must be stated clearly.

Diala said Igbo have been known for ages to be noble guests who do nothing but add value to their hosts in a symbiotic relationship, adding that Igbos have never been known to be a burden to their hosts.

He explained that was the reason why regions, states, villages, hamlets, and families across the length and breadth of Nigeria (South, North, and West) are filled with noble, peace-loving, and hardworking Igbos, a multitude who have fully settled in and have no plan of leaving.

Diala said nowhere else in Nigeria is that bond of friendship, deep integration, and all round success more pronounced and enduring than in Lagos State.

“It is therefore heartbreaking what happened in Lagos recently where largely misguided Igbos with little or altered sense of history embarked on a fight that was needless, tactless, and profitless.

“An Igbo proverb says ‘obiara be onye abiagbula ya’ – a visitor should not be a burden or source of misfortune to his host. Unfortunately, some of our brother Igbo Lagosians allowed external negative influences to drive them to almost remove the seats from their own buttocks,” he said.

As progressive democrats, he said the group believes that every Nigerian has a right to aspire to any political office that he or she is qualified for and to vote and be voted for wherever one resides and pays taxes and will not support any action to deprive anyone of such rights but the place of ‘ako na uche’ (tact and wisdom) must always be preserved.

“In view of all the above, with every sense of sincerity, and responsibility, we hereby publicly appeal to and urge our Yoruba brethren and compatriots in Lagos to overlook any provocations, disrespect, and or insults that they may have endured flowing from the last election cycle.

“Friendship is a burden that weighs both ways. The mutually beneficial and long-term relationship between Igbos and Yorubas in Lagos is cemented in intertribal marriages, long-term, intricate, and rewarding business relationships, and decades of successful political collaboration cannot be jettisoned because of some individuals who have no or poor sense of history,” he said.

He noted that the group is aware of some recent unhealthy and unproductive utterances by some individuals of significant standing in Igbo society.

“It is trite Igbo wisdom that age and status compel a certain level of responsibility and restraint in words and conduct.

“We condemn such comments that seek to deepen the divide and create unnecessary tension and bad blood and responsibly urge such individuals to desist forthwith in the interest of peaceful co-existence and national unity,” he added.

He lamented the gradual and shocking decline and recession of the Igbo nation and the southeast geopolitical zone since the 2015 general elections that saw the electoral loss of President Goodluck Jonathan and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

“This is due to a combination of factors, including wrong political calculations, deception, lies, and fake news and propaganda amongst others. The consequence of this is a gradual and continued isolation of the southeast and Igbos in the politics of Nigeria,” he said.

Source: https://leadership.ng/igbo-progressives-beg-yoruba-in-lagos-to-overlook-provocation/

Cooked up story from the accommodating landlords propaganda machine

Naso we Yoruba too beg the Akwa Ibom and the Govt when the Yorubas dere misbehave so nobody is above begging make dem retrace derr steps na him b Koko nd everybody's go dey alright...

ALARA

imaginary progressive Igbos

APC with another RIPOB and DPOB
Faceless group.
Oya APC clap for una selves

Smart people

Dafresh:
APC with another RIPOB and DPOB
Faceless group.
Oya APC clap for una selves

Hahaha
You are on to something there.

Still...apologies accepted.

President Muhammadu Buhari prays God’s comfort for Dr Uche Diala, Coordinator, Buharist Hang Out, on the loss of his father, Sir Gervace Diala, aged 85.

The President says the departed left his footprints on the sands of time, being survived by accomplished children, who would keep the flag of the Diala dynasty flying.

Sir Diala, who hailed from Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, was a renowned educationist, devout Christian, community leader, mentor, and man of integrity – virtues which President Buhari urges those he left behind to approximate.

He enjoins the family to be comforted by the fact that their patriarch lived a life worthy of emulation, and his good deeds would follow him.

Femi Adesina

Source: https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/president-buhari-condoles-with-dr-uche-diala-coordinator-buharists-hang-out-on-loss-of-father/

Rascals with their new round of obsession with Igbos

It is very good that they have noticed


Imagine Simon Ekpa in Finland thinking he can be Issuing orders in Yoruba Lagos and be sending his Ipob Terrorists to enforce them

Brain, it's all about the future outcome.☺️

Which one is SE Igbo APC

I even watched that on TVC News

Hahahhahaha

Nonsense

DaddyJapan:


Source: https://leadership.ng/igbo-progressives-beg-yoruba-in-lagos-to-overlook-provocation/

This is an insult and uncalled for.
Why we advocate for peaceful existence,it must be stated here, that no tribe or section is inferior to any other.
Look at the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, irrespective of your population, you just have 3 seats at the Senate, this is the way to go.
The IGBOS, in Lagos, have no business, begging the Yorubas, when there's no need for that.
Those who are undertaking this useless venture on behalf of the IGBOS, what did they do, when in 2019,Oba of Lagos, humiliated the leaders of Igbo community in Lagos State, by summoning all of them to his palace, only to tell them, that all IGBOS, should be thrown into the Lagoon, if they fail to vote for Ambode.
This act was again repeated this year, by various traditional rulers in Lagos State, who toed the same line of Oba of Lagos.
This useless set of people offering the apology, where were they then?
How many Yoruba group came out to offer any apology to the IGBOS, over that humiliating act.
As an Igboman, I condemn the act of these good for nothing group of people, masquerading themselves as the leaders or representative of the IGBOS.
I'm not against any meaningful reconciliation, but I'm against it, when the agrieved and offended, seems to be at the receiving end.
IGBOS are Nigerians, until it stated otherwise. We are free to live anywhere of our choice, do our businesses, quietly and lawfully, without offending the laws of the land.
On this issue,I have not seen any law of the land that the IGBOS as a group, have broken, that will demand an apology for us a people.
We're not inferior to any tribe in Nigeria.

Wiseandtrue:
imaginary progressive Igbos

people like u no even get bicycle tyre to your name.. so we understand where the
yam pepper scatter scatter attitude and bitterness is always coming from when it's about progressiveness 🥴

Another group formed on lai Muhammad computer
Just like ripob, tripob, diopb, d fictional character called iziguruzo acclaimed president of ohaneze world wide

Hahaha, APC and floating of fake everything including fake groups, fake clergies, fake tribal associations, presidential candidate with fake origin, fake income source, fake family and educational background, even take fake votes, from a fake election, supervised by a fake referee in the mould of inec chairman. Now they have created fake lbo, tueh!!!

inoki247:



Naso we Yoruba too beg the Akwa Ibom and the Govt when the Yorubas dere misbehave so nobody is above begging make dem retrace derr steps na him b Koko nd everybody's go dey alright...

This group must be led by Jeo Igbokwe and his likes. Mitchew

DaddyJapan:


Source: https://leadership.ng/igbo-progressives-beg-yoruba-in-lagos-to-overlook-provocation/

I know the cursed individuals that did this. They are well known political jobbers who collected a paltry sum of 800k to sell their region. Cursed fools.

if only all will be of this mind, nigeria will be great again.

a new nigeria is not affiliated to any regional settlement, religious believe, political party or specific individuals. a new dawn in nigeria is a thing of the mind, if only all(the leaders and the leds) can acknowledge that they are not above mistakes and will be ready to make amendment and resolution. nigeria shall be great sooner than anyone can project

All these so called Ibo technocrats and leaders of thought sit back and watch events unfold when their ibo people have the upper hand. They never speak up or warn their people to desist, and soon as the balance change and ibo is at receiving end of the stick then they come out as if they were powerless earlier to restrain their people.

Even in this statement release there is nothing restraining or reprimanding Ibos, and everybody agree that they clearly went over the line and offended Yoruba generally. It is not specific to the election, it has been a recurring issue. Yoruba has held up under pressure for long but they finally blew their cap this time and let the anger gushed out.

You know how they say the quiet ones are the most dangerously violent because their passion and provocation rise to the surface at once and in a rush. Yoruba has shown a mild outburst, and capacity to be dangerously violent. Ibo must take cue from that and guide its utterances and actions in Yorubaland going forward. Yoruba might consume you in its response, and still be justified under legal examination....incase you do approach ICC to seek justice.

Begin begi. They don't want trouble. They are to invested in Lagos for one boy from The South East to come and be giving them problems.