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As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Kwashiman: 8:54pm On May 04, 2022
I did a honest assessment of the political situation and future of Ndigbo in Nigeria and cane to the conclusion that we're the cause of our own problems politically in Nigeria. What is that problem? We no Sabi play politics the "Nigerian way", let's forget about these entitled rants about the SE been marginalized blah blah blah, the deeper and more salient plight that we face as a region is that we are too loyal almost to a laughable fault, and that's why the North and to some extent the SW will always be ahead of us politically, we're far too emotional than logical. For context, the SE has been giving PDP its bloc votes for years now and what have we gotten in return for years of unyielding loyalty? absolutely nothing! ordinary VP sef we no see to collect...meanwhile the SW knew better to play the game of opposition in all the years they were not in the corridors of power, they patiently waited and stalked for an opportunity to gain political traction and find their ways back in the swing of power...that opportunity finally presented itself in 2015 when they made alliances with the North by merging their opposition party (which was only strong in the SW) with the emerging popular party which was APC at the time, the reward of which produced a VP for them; thus positioning them among other strategic corridors of power along with the North. Even the South South under Jonathan leveraged on the strong loyalty of Igbos to PDP to massively vote Jonathan (an Ijaw man) into power, what stopped PDP from giving power to an Igbo man despite us being a majority ethnic group? Where's that famous think-thank of true Igbo political consciousness that produced true political heavyweights like Azikiwe, Mbonu Ojike, K.O Mbadiwe, Micheal Okpara, Alex Ekwueme etc? Why can't we just ditch our loyalty to PDP and adopt a party like APGA which has its grassroots firmly rooted in the fabrics of the South East, why can't IPOB which has a popular following among lots of youths in the South East use its popularity to actually educate and encourage SE youths to get their PVCs and vote massively for leaders who will first and foremost promote the interest of the people at local and Federal level? Why should IPOB keep trying to threaten people in the East who truly want to vote, thus constantly creating a worrying vacuum of lack of political leadership, participation and voters apathy in the SE?

2023 is around the corner and once again we've put all our eggs in one basket by fooling ourselves to think Peter Obi will get the party ticket to run for president, we all know the North might clinch the ticket again under PDP while we settle for crumbs...why can't the likes of Peter Obi just leave PDP and campaign under a new political party or an already established one like APGA? PDP is the greatest enemy of Igbo political interest as history has proven, and if we don't turn corners fast, we will be left in the dust forever while other regions keep rotating the presidency among themselves.

Lastly, we will NEVER get Biafra by doing useless sit-at-homes, shouting "Biafra or death ",and causing unnecessary in our own region...Nigeria won't care and will only send more battle ready soldiers to our region to cause more chaos and destructions, and don't even crying to UN to come save you when it gets hot cause those ones don't give a toss about Africa's problems, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

Lastly how can we get Biafra in the long term? It's simple! You're a fuCCking majority tribe for goodness sake, learn to play the game the way the North and SW does and stop the emotional blackmail, let's start making alliances with the other 2 big boys and play politics the ruthless way...we've allowed minority tribes among our South South neighbors to play on our intelligence in our daft effort to be "our brothers keepers", and they've produced a president already and might do so again while we are left with nothing but insults and scorn from the same people we've always seen as our brothers. Enough of the emotional politics, nothing is fair in politics (at least when it comes to Nigeria), so why can't we use our numbers and majority status to join the North and play their own brand of politics? Then and only then can we get a shot at power, and with power comes opportunity...maybe then can we have an Igbo president who is sympathetic to the Biafran cause push for constitutional amendments in the legislature to allow for referendum and reconsideration towards secession.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by mrvitalis(m): 8:58pm On May 04, 2022
Kwashiman:
I did a honest assessment of the political situation and future of Ndigbo in Nigeria and cane to the conclusion that we're the cause of our own problems politically in Nigeria. What is that problem? We no Sabi play politics the "Nigerian way", let's forget about these entitled rants about the SE been marginalized blah blah blah, the deeper and more salient plight that we face as a region is that we are too loyal almost to a laughable fault, and that's why the North and to some extent the SW will always be ahead of us politically, we're far too emotional than logical. For context, the SE has been giving PDP its bloc votes for years now and what have we gotten in return for years of unyielding loyalty? absolutely nothing! ordinary VP sef we no see to collect...meanwhile the SW knew better to play the game of opposition in all the years they were not in the corridors of power, they patiently waited and stalked for an opportunity to gain political traction and find their ways back in the swing of power...that opportunity finally presented itself in 2015 when they made alliances with the North by merging their opposition party (which was only strong in the SW) with the emerging popular party which was APC at the time, the reward of which produced a VP for them; thus positioning them among other strategic corridors of power along with the North. Even the South South under Jonathan leveraged on the strong loyalty of Igbos to PDP to massively vote Jonathan (an Ijaw man) into power, what stopped PDP from giving power to an Igbo man despite us being a majority ethnic group? Where's that famous think-thank of true Igbo political consciousness that produced true political heavyweights like Azikiwe, Mbonu Ojike, K.O Mbadiwe, Micheal Okpara, Alex Ekwueme etc? Why can't we just ditch our loyalty to PDP and adopt a party like APGA which has its grassroots firmly rooted in the fabrics of the South East, why can't IPOB which has a popular following among lots of youths in the South East use its popularity to actually educate and encourage SE youths to get their PVCs and vote massively for leaders who will first and foremost promote the interest of the people at local and Federal level? Why should IPOB keep trying to threaten people in the East who truly want to vote, thus constantly creating a worrying vacuum of lack of political leadership, participation and voters apathy in the SE?

2023 is around the corner and once again we've put all our eggs in one basket by fooling ourselves to think Peter Obi will get the party ticket to run for president, we all know the North might clinch the ticket again under PDP while we settle for crumbs...why can't the likes of Peter Obi just leave PDP and campaign under a new political party or an already established one like APGA? PDP is the greatest enemy of Igbo political interest as history has proven, and if we don't turn corners fast, we will be left in the dust forever while other regions keep rotating the presidency among themselves.

Lastly, we will NEVER get Biafra by doing useless sit-at-homes, shouting "Biafra or death ",and causing unnecessary in our own region...Nigeria won't care and will only send more battle ready soldiers to our region to cause more chaos and destructions, and don't even crying to UN to come save you when it gets hot cause those ones don't give a toss about Africa's problems, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

Lastly how can we get Biafra in the long term? It's simple! You're a fuCCking majority tribe for goodness sake, learn to play the game the way the North and SW does and stop the emotional blackmail, let's start making alliances with the other 2 big boys and play politics the ruthless way...we've allowed minority tribes among our South South neighbors to play on our intelligence in our daft effort to be "our brothers keepers", and they've produced a president already and might do so again while we are left with nothing but insults and scorn from the same people we've always seen as our brothers. Enough of the emotional politics, nothing is fair in politics (at least when it comes to Nigeria), so why can't we use our numbers and majority status to join the North and play their own brand of politics? Then and only then can we get a shot at power, and with power comes opportunity...maybe then can we have an Igbo president who is sympathetic to the Biafran cause push for constitutional amendments in the legislature to allow for referendum and reconsideration towards secession.


You Sabi politics and you want PDP obi to leave PDP and go and contest under a new party ?

No son of Nri would be this foolish

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Abascoh: 9:01pm On May 04, 2022
You should worry about your own foolishness and naivety.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by immortalcrown(m): 9:04pm On May 04, 2022
You are naive in deed.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by limeta(f): 9:05pm On May 04, 2022
Zoo politics
If you not crazy you can't be a part of you
Northerners are crazy
Southerners are mad
Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by successmatters(m): 9:05pm On May 04, 2022
You are very naive to think anybody is deceived that you are not an Igbo man.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Tinubuadvocate: 9:07pm On May 04, 2022
All what you eboos have to do is to give your votes to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Tinubuadvocate: 9:08pm On May 04, 2022
Stop talking trash that guy is right.
mrvitalis:

You Sabi politics and you want PDP obi to leave PDP and go and contest under a new party ?

No son of Nri would be this foolish

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Sergio104(m): 9:08pm On May 04, 2022
shocked

I see your write up as one that is of good intellectual

But I call it an epistle of the Doom


Outta here!!!

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by carl90(m): 9:09pm On May 04, 2022
For now,APGA do not have the national reach PDP have.
That should explain why Peter Obi just have to stay in PDP and slug it out with other aspirants.
The Igbo presidency is not a do or die affair.
We do out best and move on.
However,it must be emphasized that ,we,Igbos,still have our economic power.
No entity or election is taking that away from us.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by History555: 9:12pm On May 04, 2022
Op u are naive. U think its easy to establish party with national outlook. Even church with branches everywhere is not easy
Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Zanas: 9:15pm On May 04, 2022
Another useless efulefu on the loose. Being president of the zoo is not a do or die affair for us.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Nobody: 9:21pm On May 04, 2022
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Kwashiman:
I did a honest assessment of the political situation and future of Ndigbo in Nigeria and cane to the conclusion that we're the cause of our own problems politically in Nigeria. What is that problem? We no Sabi play politics the "Nigerian way", let's forget about these entitled rants about the SE been marginalized blah blah blah, the deeper and more salient plight that we face as a region is that we are too loyal almost to a laughable fault, and that's why the North and to some extent the SW will always be ahead of us politically, we're far too emotional than logical. For context, the SE has been giving PDP its bloc votes for years now and what have we gotten in return for years of unyielding loyalty? absolutely nothing! ordinary VP sef we no see to collect...meanwhile the SW knew better to play the game of opposition in all the years they were not in the corridors of power, they patiently waited and stalked for an opportunity to gain political traction and find their ways back in the swing of power...that opportunity finally presented itself in 2015 when they made alliances with the North by merging their opposition party (which was only strong in the SW) with the emerging popular party which was APC at the time, the reward of which produced a VP for them; thus positioning them among other strategic corridors of power along with the North. Even the South South under Jonathan leveraged on the strong loyalty of Igbos to PDP to massively vote Jonathan (an Ijaw man) into power, what stopped PDP from giving power to an Igbo man despite us being a majority ethnic group? Where's that famous think-thank of true Igbo political consciousness that produced true political heavyweights like Azikiwe, Mbonu Ojike, K.O Mbadiwe, Micheal Okpara, Alex Ekwueme etc? Why can't we just ditch our loyalty to PDP and adopt a party like APGA which has its grassroots firmly rooted in the fabrics of the South East, why can't IPOB which has a popular following among lots of youths in the South East use its popularity to actually educate and encourage SE youths to get their PVCs and vote massively for leaders who will first and foremost promote the interest of the people at local and Federal level? Why should IPOB keep trying to threaten people in the East who truly want to vote, thus constantly creating a worrying vacuum of lack of political leadership, participation and voters apathy in the SE?

2023 is around the corner and once again we've put all our eggs in one basket by fooling ourselves to think Peter Obi will get the party ticket to run for president, we all know the North might clinch the ticket again under PDP while we settle for crumbs...why can't the likes of Peter Obi just leave PDP and campaign under a new political party or an already established one like APGA? PDP is the greatest enemy of Igbo political interest as history has proven, and if we don't turn corners fast, we will be left in the dust forever while other regions keep rotating the presidency among themselves.

Lastly, we will NEVER get Biafra by doing useless sit-at-homes, shouting "Biafra or death ",and causing unnecessary in our own region...Nigeria won't care and will only send more battle ready soldiers to our region to cause more chaos and destructions, and don't even crying to UN to come save you when it gets hot cause those ones don't give a toss about Africa's problems, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

Lastly how can we get Biafra in the long term? It's simple! You're a fuCCking majority tribe for goodness sake, learn to play the game the way the North and SW does and stop the emotional blackmail, let's start making alliances with the other 2 big boys and play politics the ruthless way...we've allowed minority tribes among our South South neighbors to play on our intelligence in our daft effort to be "our brothers keepers", and they've produced a president already and might do so again while we are left with nothing but insults and scorn from the same people we've always seen as our brothers. Enough of the emotional politics, nothing is fair in politics (at least when it comes to Nigeria), so why can't we use our numbers and majority status to join the North and play their own brand of politics? Then and only then can we get a shot at power, and with power comes opportunity...maybe then can we have an Igbo president who is sympathetic to the Biafran cause push for constitutional amendments in the legislature to allow for referendum and reconsideration towards secession.


[/s]stop posting trash here

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by mrvitalis(m): 9:33pm On May 04, 2022
Tinubuadvocate:
Stop talking trash that guy is right.
When people who don't want your interest start advising you ... Lmfao

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Tinubuadvocate: 9:35pm On May 04, 2022
I know you don't want Yoruba to progress if i say you should vote Tinubu now you will rather vote Atiku.
mrvitalis:

When people who don't want your interest start advising you ... Lmfao

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by mrvitalis(m): 9:36pm On May 04, 2022
Tinubuadvocate:
I know you don't want Yoruba to progress if i say you should vote Tinubu now you will rather vote Atiku.
I thought politics is about interest ? Atiku is offering us VP plus all the other positions you can offer so why should we support betrayers against our interest

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by IGBOSON1: 9:37pm On May 04, 2022
mrvitalis:

You Sabi politics and you want PDP obi to leave PDP and go and contest under a new party ?

No son of Nri would be this foolish

He’s saying the exact same things the people that vow Igbo wouldn’t be president want to hear! That it’s not them…it’s us who ‘don’t know how to play politics’! Fcking nonsense!
Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Oplomo: 9:47pm On May 04, 2022
mrvitalis:

You Sabi politics and you want PDP obi to leave PDP and go and contest under a new party ?

No son of Nri would be this foolish

The mugu is not Ibo..

It the usual 'Ibo can never do well in our eyes' yoruba propaganda politics.

Let him go and listen to Ebenezer obey's ketekete (the man, his son and horse) song.
Obey was talking about people like him 'awon aiye' people of the world who can never see good in what others do no matter what those people do to please them.

Ndigbo have done EVERYTHING in this country to be accepted, we have begged pleaded for 40 years, we have invested in other parts of the country. Igbo sons and daughters have brought global glory to this country since then in many fields and sectors- sports, academia, literature
etc. Achebe, Adichie, Ajunwa, Kanu, Okocha, Iheanacho, Emeagwali to name a very few. Even Simon Ekpa won medals for Nigeria but now see the futility in pleasing those whose mind are hardenef with hate against the East.

The first editorial on the Igbo marginalization I read was written in 1973. My dad was still a young appentice boy when that piece was written. The world 'marginalization' has since become a synonym for Ndigbo. We have cried, till tears have dried. Yet these 'world people' can never see anything good in Igbo..

The question now is 'What do these people want from 65 million Igbo? These homilies on what Igbo should do and not do should stop, let the self-appointed lecturers on Igbo affairs talk to the bully (nigerian state) to enthrone justice and equity.

Our cries are music to their ears? While they play God? Mbanu, it cannot continue.
A typical african man would never bow to reason until you involve higher power/firepower/connect.

Everybody knows what to do for peaceful co-existence but let us continue to pretend we don't know. Do to Okeke, what you have done to Okorie, biri kam biri (live and lets live) but the feudo-monarchicals of nigeria say no.

The nonsense cannot continue, something must give. Change is constant.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Oplomo: 9:48pm On May 04, 2022
Tinubuadvocate:
All what you eboos have to do is to give your votes to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

That's exactly what we will do, we will give him 700 billion votes from our 5%er votes.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by datola: 9:53pm On May 04, 2022
I usually wonder how power will go to South East when people there don't want to hear anything North who are the majority voters.

In fact South East people are not really ready to cooperate with any region in getting power.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Odin13: 9:56pm On May 04, 2022
Op you’re wise .. only that Obi should stay put in Pdp to get that national spread

The rest is in Order but igbos won’t understand or see it your own way..

Keep telling them igbos are not ready.. they want to sit and enjoy what others worked for ... forgetting we’re all humans with different reasoning

Everybody is working for it .. but igbos are shouting micro zone it .. on what basis.. in Nigeria with over 400 tribe .. what makes dem special humans ..

Igbos need to take their rightful place in nigeria..
They’re meant to be Nigeria Kings controlling and runing things .. not the North.

But today they’re beggars and noise makers in the country.. limiting themselves .. and most funny matter is that they believe they’re doing others

Ike kwuru..

Any year they wake Na dia problem

This generation believe they’re wiser than those names you mention

Their children go wake screaming Biafra or death

No be curse .. but Na reality

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Bravetunde: 9:57pm On May 04, 2022
Tinubuadvocate:
All what you eboos have to do is to give your votes to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
but remember ss can not vote sad waste.sad waste are slavves to fulanis and ss.
And I really love the akwa ibom treatment. grin grin grin grin

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by drmuchin: 10:00pm On May 04, 2022
PDP does not mean well for ndigbo
Unfortunately APGA has been ruined by arrogance, hubris, crab mentality
Biafra still a tall dream

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Tinubuadvocate: 10:03pm On May 04, 2022
You forgot what ijaw minority called you slave.
Bravetunde:
but remember ss can not vote sad waste.sad waste are slavves to fulanis and ss.
And I really love the akwa ibom treatment. grin grin grin grin

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Tinubuadvocate: 10:04pm On May 04, 2022
You can't give what you don't have boy continue fooling yourself the joke is on you.
Oplomo:


That's exactly what we will do, we will give him 700 billion votes from our 5%er votes.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Bravetunde: 10:07pm On May 04, 2022
Tinubuadvocate:
You forgot what ijaw minority called you slave.
Sw are ss slavves,Dem no dey argue am
Feaer fearr afonja coword.
Akwaibom treat ment is the best for ritualisst , backstabbetrs, betrayass and theivesss.
Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Thoh(m): 10:17pm On May 04, 2022
Tinubuadvocate:
You forgot what ijaw minority called you slave.

Ijaw is not minority.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Tinubuadvocate: 10:31pm On May 04, 2022
Okay ijaw majority you have overthrow igbo.
Thoh:


Ijaw is not minority.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by obailala(m): 11:09pm On May 04, 2022
Oplomo:


The mugu is not Ibo..

It the usual 'Ibo can never do well in our eyes' yoruba propaganda politics.

Let him go and listen to Ebenezer obey's ketekete (the man, his son and horse) song.
Obey was talking about people like him 'awon aiye' people of the world who can never see good in what others do no matter what those people do to please them

Ndigbo have done EVERYTHING in this country to be accepted, we have begged pleaded for 40 years, we have invested in other parts of the country. Infact the first editorial on the Igbo marginalization I read was written in 1973. My dad was still a young appentice boy when that piece was written. The world 'marginalization' has since become a synonym for Ndigbo. We have cried, till tears have dried. Yet these 'world people' can never see anything good in Igbo..

The question now is 'What do these people want from 65 million Igbo? These homilies on what Igbo should do and not do should stop, let the self-appointed lecturers on Igbo affairs talk to the bully (nigerian state) to enthrone justice and equity.

Our cries are music to their ears? While they play God? Mbanu, it cannot continue.
A typical african man would never bow to reason until you involve higher power/firepower/connect.

Everybody knows what to do for peaceful co-existence but let us continue to pretend we don't know. Do to Okeke, what you have done to Okorie, biri kam biri (live and lets live) but the feudo-monarchicals of nigeria say no.

The nonsense cannot continue, something must give.



One thing the Op is right about is that Igbos collectively do not know how to play politics, especially the Nigerian brand of politics. That explains why the Igbo man is by default, politically disadvantaged in Nigeria. No one else can be blamed for that. Crying marginalization is not a political strategy; even if it were, it isnt an effective one especially in the Nigerian jungle terrain where everyone (and every tribe) mindless looks out only for his own. Obviously the 'marginalization cry strategy' hasn't effectively produced any results for Igbos.

Politics is about scratching backs, blackmailing, mindless scheming etc - You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Nobody wins in politics without strategic alliances and partnerships, and that is one thing Igbos have collectively failed to do for some years now.

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by tiger28: 12:33am On May 05, 2022
Kwashiman:
I did a honest assessment of the political situation and future of Ndigbo in Nigeria and cane to the conclusion that we're the cause of our own problems politically in Nigeria. What is that problem? We no Sabi play politics the "Nigerian way", let's forget about these entitled rants about the SE been marginalized blah blah blah, the deeper and more salient plight that we face as a region is that we are too loyal almost to a laughable fault, and that's why the North and to some extent the SW will always be ahead of us politically, we're far too emotional than logical. For context, the SE has been giving PDP its bloc votes for years now and what have we gotten in return for years of unyielding loyalty? absolutely nothing! ordinary VP sef we no see to collect...meanwhile the SW knew better to play the game of opposition in all the years they were not in the corridors of power, they patiently waited and stalked for an opportunity to gain political traction and find their ways back in the swing of power...that opportunity finally presented itself in 2015 when they made alliances with the North by merging their opposition party (which was only strong in the SW) with the emerging popular party which was APC at the time, the reward of which produced a VP for them; thus positioning them among other strategic corridors of power along with the North. Even the South South under Jonathan leveraged on the strong loyalty of Igbos to PDP to massively vote Jonathan (an Ijaw man) into power, what stopped PDP from giving power to an Igbo man despite us being a majority ethnic group? Where's that famous think-thank of true Igbo political consciousness that produced true political heavyweights like Azikiwe, Mbonu Ojike, K.O Mbadiwe, Micheal Okpara, Alex Ekwueme etc? Why can't we just ditch our loyalty to PDP and adopt a party like APGA which has its grassroots firmly rooted in the fabrics of the South East, why can't IPOB which has a popular following among lots of youths in the South East use its popularity to actually educate and encourage SE youths to get their PVCs and vote massively for leaders who will first and foremost promote the interest of the people at local and Federal level? Why should IPOB keep trying to threaten people in the East who truly want to vote, thus constantly creating a worrying vacuum of lack of political leadership, participation and voters apathy in the SE?

2023 is around the corner and once again we've put all our eggs in one basket by fooling ourselves to think Peter Obi will get the party ticket to run for president, we all know the North might clinch the ticket again under PDP while we settle for crumbs...why can't the likes of Peter Obi just leave PDP and campaign under a new political party or an already established one like APGA? PDP is the greatest enemy of Igbo political interest as history has proven, and if we don't turn corners fast, we will be left in the dust forever while other regions keep rotating the presidency among themselves.

Lastly, we will NEVER get Biafra by doing useless sit-at-homes, shouting "Biafra or death ",and causing unnecessary in our own region...Nigeria won't care and will only send more battle ready soldiers to our region to cause more chaos and destructions, and don't even crying to UN to come save you when it gets hot cause those ones don't give a toss about Africa's problems, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

Lastly how can we get Biafra in the long term? It's simple! You're a fuCCking majority tribe for goodness sake, learn to play the game the way the North and SW does and stop the emotional blackmail, let's start making alliances with the other 2 big boys and play politics the ruthless way...we've allowed minority tribes among our South South neighbors to play on our intelligence in our daft effort to be "our brothers keepers", and they've produced a president already and might do so again while we are left with nothing but insults and scorn from the same people we've always seen as our brothers. Enough of the emotional politics, nothing is fair in politics (at least when it comes to Nigeria), so why can't we use our numbers and majority status to join the North and play their own brand of politics? Then and only then can we get a shot at power, and with power comes opportunity...maybe then can we have an Igbo president who is sympathetic to the Biafran cause push for constitutional amendments in the legislature to allow for referendum and reconsideration towards secession.


This perhaps the most SENSIBLE ibo man on NL!!!

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by Heavensent01(m): 2:15am On May 05, 2022
someone like me have stop abusing southeast of not understanding politicking, when you do the same thing concurrently it means you're not deliberately doing them, it's a way of life



however if Igbo should divide into APC and PDP, the Insurgency and killing in Southeast won't still put them on the map because the pre civil war of 1966 is still happening in Nigeria, the distrust is much

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Re: As An Igbo Man, I'm Deeply Worried About Our Political Naivety by TinubuGoQuench(f): 3:52am On May 05, 2022
Kwashiman:
I did a honest assessment of the political situation and future of Ndigbo in Nigeria and cane to the conclusion that we're the cause of our own problems politically in Nigeria. What is that problem? We no Sabi play politics the "Nigerian way", let's forget about these entitled rants about the SE been marginalized blah blah blah, the deeper and more salient plight that we face as a region is that we are too loyal almost to a laughable fault, and that's why the North and to some extent the SW will always be ahead of us politically, we're far too emotional than logical. For context, the SE has been giving PDP its bloc votes for years now and what have we gotten in return for years of unyielding loyalty? absolutely nothing! ordinary VP sef we no see to collect...meanwhile the SW knew better to play the game of opposition in all the years they were not in the corridors of power, they patiently waited and stalked for an opportunity to gain political traction and find their ways back in the swing of power...that opportunity finally presented itself in 2015 when they made alliances with the North by merging their opposition party (which was only strong in the SW) with the emerging popular party which was APC at the time, the reward of which produced a VP for them; thus positioning them among other strategic corridors of power along with the North. Even the South South under Jonathan leveraged on the strong loyalty of Igbos to PDP to massively vote Jonathan (an Ijaw man) into power, what stopped PDP from giving power to an Igbo man despite us being a majority ethnic group? Where's that famous think-thank of true Igbo political consciousness that produced true political heavyweights like Azikiwe, Mbonu Ojike, K.O Mbadiwe, Micheal Okpara, Alex Ekwueme etc? Why can't we just ditch our loyalty to PDP and adopt a party like APGA which has its grassroots firmly rooted in the fabrics of the South East, why can't IPOB which has a popular following among lots of youths in the South East use its popularity to actually educate and encourage SE youths to get their PVCs and vote massively for leaders who will first and foremost promote the interest of the people at local and Federal level? Why should IPOB keep trying to threaten people in the East who truly want to vote, thus constantly creating a worrying vacuum of lack of political leadership, participation and voters apathy in the SE?

2023 is around the corner and once again we've put all our eggs in one basket by fooling ourselves to think Peter Obi will get the party ticket to run for president, we all know the North might clinch the ticket again under PDP while we settle for crumbs...why can't the likes of Peter Obi just leave PDP and campaign under a new political party or an already established one like APGA? PDP is the greatest enemy of Igbo political interest as history has proven, and if we don't turn corners fast, we will be left in the dust forever while other regions keep rotating the presidency among themselves.

Lastly, we will NEVER get Biafra by doing useless sit-at-homes, shouting "Biafra or death ",and causing unnecessary in our own region...Nigeria won't care and will only send more battle ready soldiers to our region to cause more chaos and destructions, and don't even crying to UN to come save you when it gets hot cause those ones don't give a toss about Africa's problems, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

Lastly how can we get Biafra in the long term? It's simple! You're a fuCCking majority tribe for goodness sake, learn to play the game the way the North and SW does and stop the emotional blackmail, let's start making alliances with the other 2 big boys and play politics the ruthless way...we've allowed minority tribes among our South South neighbors to play on our intelligence in our daft effort to be "our brothers keepers", and they've produced a president already and might do so again while we are left with nothing but insults and scorn from the same people we've always seen as our brothers. Enough of the emotional politics, nothing is fair in politics (at least when it comes to Nigeria), so why can't we use our numbers and majority status to join the North and play their own brand of politics? Then and only then can we get a shot at power, and with power comes opportunity...maybe then can we have an Igbo president who is sympathetic to the Biafran cause push for constitutional amendments in the legislature to allow for referendum and reconsideration towards secession.



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