Warri fall break leg . Ibori and his cohorts wreck that city

Very honest write up. OP read my mind.

shortgun:

Really?
You couldn't relate the write up also to Lagos on account of what happened in the last election and threats to non natives and their businesses?

The bigotry in you won't let you?

That's what I want to post. If you want to relate it to lagos nobody is stopping you.

DONT TALK ABOUT MY STATE...EDIOTS THAT ARENT'S FROM DELTA STATE..E NO CONCERN YOU OO. WE WANT TO DISCUSS ABOUT OUR OWN PRIVATE ISSUES IN OUR STATE ..NON DELTANS,KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOUR SELF


Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.
(that's why we your igbo cousins have the capital so we can protect our state during trying times..)

We have a plan, we don't spill our personals online like other states. We have our own army and not amotekun..You dont want TO PROVOKE our military militants TO CHECKMATE THE NIGERIAN ARMY.

All oil companies that drill in Delta state will relocate their head offices to Ibusa,Warri,Ughelli and Agbor. OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK FOR OIL IN LAGOS. JUST WATCH, WE ARE COMING FOR THEM SOON.

Our governor is acting a fool, when we kick all corrupt ediots in the state assembly collecting kickbacks from the oil company,we will pass a bill banning them from drilling here without their head offices here. If Zamfara can keep gold,we sure can keep oil..

It's closer than you think.

If the western nations wanna be stupid, I'm sure china and other countries will jump at the offer.

ndi ala

Nice master piece on Warri. For you to know Lido night club and Zina, means you're from the 70's/early 80's.

Jestin:
Warri fall break leg . Ibori and his cohorts wreck that city

Trash.. How!

Omihanifa:
The glory has departed

Ichabod

OVB123:
Bro, let be truthful to ourselves, it will be very difficult for Warri to regain her lost glory because most of the reasons for the down-falled or collapsed of Warri stated by the OP is still very rampant to this day.

You're very correct, "deve" collection is still rife in warri and the restiveness of the youths is not helping matters at all. This has also caused insecurity in the town. In the last 3 weeks, over 30 people have been kidnapped for ransom. It's a shame the so called community leaders, are not doing anything to remedy the situation.

April4th:


You're very correct, "deve" collection is still rife in warri and the restiveness of the youths is not helping matters at all. This has also caused insecurity in the town. In the last 3 weeks, over 30 people have been kidnapped for ransom. It's a shame the so called community leaders, are not doing anything to remedy the situation.

It is shameful warri is living in past glory.

It's the way you guys exonerate your government sha. Warri was already a doom the moment your government diverted all her attention and resources to Asaba.

Your government (including the federal government) and past governors are the major culprit here. No individual can ever be bigger than the government. Your government allowed greed to take the centre stage. Those companies must have drawn the attention of your government at some point and got little or zero intervention.

Every human has the propensity to be greedy. Let's stop blaming irrational abstract terms like greed. Who is not greedy in the world? Abuja probably has the most greedy people in Nigeria but the city is still "somehow" sane and safe for businesses. What is greed? Who is greed? Smh.

Cities don't thrive because the inhabitants are not greedy. Cities thrive because they have a functional government. Warri failed because you guys had an Ibori and other radical armed robbers as administrators/governors.

I was in Warri 2 years ago. A completely shitty city. When one of my Warri-raised female friends was insulting Sanwo-Olu and APC during the governorship elections, I wanted to swear for her. Why not tell your state governors to develop your muddy state so you can go back and do your hair business. But they would not hear, they want to die in Lagos.

jamesversion:
In Nigerias Dog eat Dog society, Warri's loss is another city's gain.

asaba is the one gaining for now.

Wow!!! Sad news, but I love reading things like this, and it teaches us that no one can be king forever if they follow a destructive pathway. Lagos State should be careful.

Why are these things not taught in our school's curriculums? This will give students knowledgeable facts and avoid future horror tales

Ok

How Almighty Bubu took us back to Stone Age should be studied instead 😟

Reason why I keep warning Rivers State Ethnic Nationalities
an adage said " if your neighbors bears caught fire, rub water on your own"

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James Ibori vs Bola Ahmed Tinubu

When Econet came to Nigeria, they met with the political class to help them facilitate their operation lisence and Set-up

They met James Ibori who insisted on collecting millions of dollars as bribe

They met Bola Ahmed Tinubu who invested Lagos revenue in their company helping them setup and making profits in billions for Lagos State

When ExxonMobil wanted to build an headquarters, Bola Ahmed Tinubu quickly made available land in Lekki and as the company treasurer he ensured the building was constructed in Lagos

Sometimes it takes strong leadership like that of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Jagaban of Borgu GCFR to control wayward youths and engage them like they did with MC Oluomo and his goons in Lagos

.

Stop peddling lies, that building that ExxonMobil mobil is occupying is actually rented. The real owner is a Lebanese and that building has been there even before bola tinubu became who he is today.

Blame it on the corrupt youth and community leaders. A company comes to your locality,brings all expertise and tech to set up shop and do business.
The next thing,youths gather and strangle the business all in the name of settlement, warri indigenes deserve the kind of economy they have right now. I have never seen such a level of crass entitlement before.
These same people will travel out to advanced countries and behave properly...

That's why most Multinational companies will always prefer southwest states to any other region in Nigeria.

A petrochemical refinery should be located closest to where the raw materials are, but no. Dangote chose Lagos. Same thing for LADOL during Goodluck regime. The reasons are not far fetched.

The same scenario had played in Kano. Religious uprising had made it lost its glory. It was the commercial hub in the north. One singular good thing about Ganduje was that he never allowed those crises to thrive.

Omihanifa:


Stop peddling lies, that building that ExxonMobil mobil is occupying is actually rented. The real owner is a Lebanese and that building has been there even before bola tinubu became who he is today.

Just look in the mirror what hate had turned you into

Arguing with you is a waste of time... Try and use Google to help yourself

Ireportlive:



Just look in the mirror what hate had turned you into

Arguing with you is a waste of time... Try and use Google to help yourself

do you love me 💕

There was no war in warri... it was greed and non inclusion of outsiders that were helping the city thrive .... same thing can happen to lagos with the way things are going.. u keep on burning the market of the igbos and telling them to leave lagos... same way warrians told foreign investors to leave their land if they don't do what the indigenes wanted...of cos , they had enough and left... that's black man for u, no sense at all... only experts at destroying chances... if Igbos leave lagos , most big companies will move away from lagos cos they are somehow tied to these igbo business

Ireportlive:





James Ibori vs Bola Ahmed Tinubu

When Econet came to Nigeria, they met with the political class to help them facilitate their operation lisence and Set-up

They met James Ibori who insisted on collecting millions of dollars as bribe

They met Bola Ahmed Tinubu who invested Lagos revenue in their company helping them setup and making profits in billions for Lagos State

When ExxonMobil wanted to build an headquarters, Bola Ahmed Tinubu quickly made available land in Lekki and as the company treasurer he ensured the building was constructed in Lagos

Sometimes it takes strong leadership like that of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Jagaban of Borgu GCFR to control wayward youths and engage them like they did with MC Oluomo and his goons in Lagos

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Why do u guys tell lies to deceive gullible people?? That building was built in the 80s , but lied that it was allocated to them by Tinubu .... my uncle worked as a top executive there in the late 80s / early 90s and I can remember going there back then as a kid

northbird:
Blame it on the corrupt youth and community leaders. A company comes to your locality,brings all expertise and tech to set up shop and do business.
The next thing,youths gather and strangle the business all in the name of settlement, warri indigenes deserve the kind of economy they have right now. I have never seen such a level of crass entitlement before.
These same people will travel out to advanced countries and behave properly...

That's why most Multinational companies will always prefer southwest states to any other region in Nigeria.

Lagos is towing that part gradually

tomitrace:
War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

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The sad reality
Delta steel company is now moribund

Kingcalls:


Lagos is towing that part gradually

Please, educate me on how lagos is towing that part?

Kingcalls:


Why do u guys tell lies to deceive gullible people?? That building was built in the 80s , but lied that it was allocated to them by Tinubu .... my uncle worked as a top executive there in the late 80s / early 90s and I can remember going there back then as a kid

Let thunder fire the liar between us

Ase!!!

No time for stupid argument over glaring fact

Ireportlive:


Let thunder fire the liar between us

Ase!!!

No time for stupid argument over glaring fact

Ahah ...are u serious?? Nothing eey person no go see ...so u want to lie that it was built during Tinubus government?? ... oh my

Omo see white lie ooo... there must be some sort of lying disease that infects those that support APC

Kingcalls:


Ahah ...are u serious?? Nothing eey person no go see ...so u want to lie that it was built during Tinubus government?? ... oh my

Omo see white lie ooo... there must be some sort of lying disease that infects those that support APC

Na problem wey I get with you guys be this..

Tinubu was the Treasurer and CFA of ExxonMobil as at the time of building the Lekki permanent office of ExxonMobil towers.

Mobil rented a building before at Victoria Island before Tinubu as a treasurer got a financing plan for Thier new building in the late 80s

OVB123:
Please, educate me on how lagos is towing that part?

Burning markets that tge igbos trade , over taxing those that do business , forcing them to not vote their preferred candidate, telling them to leave lagos and gk back to their states ... if every single igbo man decides to dump lagos and go back their their home towns , lagos will collapse, the price of properties will crash massively , Imagine all banks that belongs to the igbos shuts down and relocate , zenith, uba , fidelity, access and some others , companies like seplat ,coscharis , real estates , laundry services, most electronic shops and spare parts for cars and generators , some I.T firms , just imagine how it will affect lagos IGR ... most choice properties are acquired by the Igbos ... do u know how it will affect the real estate business in lagos, Hospitality business, Hospitals owned by the igbos shuts down ... lagos will gradually turn to ibadan .... SE is the only region that other tribes don't invest in but still trives.... imagine if SE had a port like lagos .... other African countries cine to Alaba and trade fair to buy goods for business, lagos is the one benefiting from this ...but still black man mentality, them talk say mk igno man leave Lagos... Americans never told the Italians to leave America in the 20s 30s 40s when they ran the mafia system cos America were making so much money from their trade, it helped America escape the great depression