Eriokanmi:
You can say that again. My love for Nigeria is indescribable but I'm sad with what I'm seeing today. The majority of those tribalists here on NL have not done half of what I had done for my people in donations through my partners in Lagos alone. I don't have to mention one. Unfortunately, this generation of youths are so glued to sentiments which always inform their weird decisions 99% of the time, which would later haunt them in life. Presently I'm in America for another batch of donations to the less privileged in the society, especially in Lagos where I belong. There's one of our partners who is into sports, grooming young Nigerians across tribal lines on how they'd find their place at the global stage , through scholarships and all.

But I chose not to support this man called Tinubu for a lot of reasons. Those living here, who used to be his supporters are so disappointed right now but I told them last year during my visit that it's not enough to rely on propaganda. They need to come and see things themselves at home. Had either fashola, ambode or even osinbajo contested, I'd have supported him with my might and main. The moment I realised this man wanted to get there both by hook and crook, I decided to back off and then I suddenly became an omo ale to the tribal bigots who share in his fake ideology...Tinubu knows the number of his children, wondering how I can be an omo ale by not supporting him. Democracy is a choice but not in Nigeria.

Yoruba would say, ęję ka tibi ishana kiye soogun(which literally means, we should observe the efficacy of a charm by just imagining how the matches ignite, when you strike it) . You said you're Mr magic who built Lagos yet you lost in same Lagos. The 2023 election ought to have been a means of reciprocating your kind gesture in Lagos if you truly deserved our votes. Instead, you started intimidating people with your thugs cos they didnt vote you. Some myopic minds said he lost in lagos cos of the Muslim Muslim ticket however, in alimosho, the largest local government in Nigeria by population and where yorubas constitute over 95% of the population whom are both Muslims and Christian massively voted a non-lagosian was a proof he's not what he's claiming to be..

When they realised that the muslim-muslim ticket they claimed didn't hold water, they now said its ibo votes that made him lose lagos. It's ibo votes but yorubas won the LP seats in Lagos where ibos live...imagine how myopic they are in thinking. 2023 is just a tip of the iceberg. I pray we all witness 2027 in peace. I reserve my comment on Northern votes for the apc.

Kukutente23:

OBJ was never accepted yet 5 out of 6 states turned from AD to OBJ's PDP. How old were you in 2003? OBJ was massively popular in the SW in 2003. He even did radio interviews in Yoruba towards 2003 elections.
It is funny folks like you will believe Tinubu made Buhari president despite Buhari coming out to deny it
Folks like you will believe Tinubu saved this and that without any evidence but when it is said that Tinubu was saved by someone else, you suddenly turn on LOGIC and begin to rationalise and ask for evidence.
The fact is this is not the first time Atiku said this. He said same thing towards 2023 elections when Tinubu claimed he supported him for 2007 elections and it is time for Atiku to return the favour. So if you can believe Tinubu, why do you find it difficult to believe Atiku but instead start manufacturing lies in your head? Western asslicker

Eriokanmi:
You can say that again. My love for Nigeria is indescribable but I'm sad with what I'm seeing today. The majority of those tribalists here on NL have not done half of what I had done for my people in donations through my partners in Lagos alone. I don't have to mention one.

Unfortunately, this generation of youths are so glued to sentiments which always inform their weird decisions 99% of the time, which would later haunt them in life.

Presently I'm in America for another batch of donations to the less privileged in the society, especially in Lagos where I belong. There's one of our partners who is into sports, grooming young Nigerians across tribal lines on how they'd find their place at the global stage , through scholarships and all.

But I chose not to support this man called Tinubu for a lot of reasons. Those living here, who used to be his supporters are so disappointed right now but I told them last year during my visit that it's not enough to rely on propaganda. They need to come and see things themselves at home. Had either fashola, ambode or even osinbajo contested, I'd have supported him with my might and main. The moment I realised this man wanted to get there both by hook and crook, I decided to back off and then I suddenly became an omo ale to the tribal bigots who share in his fake ideology...Tinubu knows the number of his children, wondering how I can be an omo ale by not supporting him. Democracy is a choice but not in Nigeria.

Yoruba would say, ęję ka tibi ishana kiye soogun(which literally means, we should observe the efficacy of a charm by just imagining how the matches ignite, when you strike it) . You said you're Mr magic who built Lagos yet you lost in same Lagos.

The 2023 election ought to have been a means of reciprocating your kind gesture in Lagos if you truly deserved our votes. Instead, you started intimidating people with your thugs cos they didnt vote you. Some myopic minds said he lost in lagos cos of the Muslim Muslim ticket however, in alimosho, the largest local government in Nigeria by population and where yorubas constitute over 95% of the population whom are both Muslims and Christian massively voted a non-lagosian was a proof he's not what he's claiming to be..

When they realised that the muslim-muslim ticket they claimed didn't hold water, they now said its ibo votes that made him lose lagos. It's ibo votes but yorubas won the LP seats in Lagos where ibos live...imagine how myopic they are in thinking. 2023 is just a tip of the iceberg. I pray we all witness 2027 in peace. I reserve my comment on Northern votes for the apc.

shinealight:


My friend, let me repeat this for the last time…..OBJ was NEVER popular in the South-West during his entire Presidency ….he was imposed on the entire country in 1999. Anyone with a sense of history will tell you that!
Btw, since you talked about age, I can already surmise that you were not even born when OBJ was imposed on Nigeria in 1999. So, I can only feel some pity for you bcuz that’s the story they related to you during your story-telling gatherings in your villages. Waste of precious time discussing this with people who were in kindergarten at the maternal time!

ijustdey:


https://dailytrust.com/atiku-how-i-saved-tinubus-political-career/?utm_source=beloud.com&utm_medium=beloud.com

Kukutente23:

My friend that your bolded is a cheap lie. OBJ was popular in the SW between towards 2003 at least. You are simply a kid. I was in secondary school in Lagos when he was president and not once or twice did he come to Lagos and receive a rousing welcome from people. I first saw him on Falomo bridge in 2001 when he was passing by and people were hailing him. You can tell me where you were in 2001. So stop regurgitating APC propaganda.
Secondly, OBJ was not more imposed on Nigeria than Tinubu. Both were voted massively by the north. That OBJ was not voted by the SW in his first term does not make him an imposition. You sound like those Obidients you guys like to malign. They will also tell you Tinubu was imposed on Nigeria in 2023 simply because he lost Lagos, Abuja, rigged Rivers and lost throughout the SE. That is someone talking from his narrow prism of experience. OBJ won in 1999. He won ALL the states in the North while his opponent was not even known in the North then. Funny enough you guys claim Obi lost because he lost the North but you somehow believe Falae won in 1999 despite losing woefully in same North. Rest

Jostoman:
he is saying the fact.

Eriokanmi:
You can say that again. My love for Nigeria is indescribable but I'm sad with what I'm seeing today. The majority of those tribalists here on NL have not done half of what I had done for my people in donations through my partners in Lagos alone. I don't have to mention one. Unfortunately, this generation of youths are so glued to sentiments which always inform their weird decisions 99% of the time, which would later haunt them in life. Presently I'm in America for another batch of donations to the less privileged in the society, especially in Lagos where I belong. There's one of our partners who is into sports, grooming young Nigerians across tribal lines on how they'd find their place at the global stage, through scholarships and all.

But I chose not to support this man called Tinubu for a lot of reasons. Those living here, who used to be his supporters are so disappointed right now but I told them last year during my visit that it's not enough to rely on propaganda. They need to come and see things themselves at home. Had either fashola, ambode or even osinbajo contested, I'd have supported him with my might and main. The moment I realised this man wanted to get there both by hook and crook, I decided to back off and then I suddenly became an omo ale to the tribal bigots who share in his fake ideology...Tinubu knows the number of his children, wondering how I can be an omo ale by not supporting him. Democracy is a choice but not in Nigeria.

Yoruba would say, ęję ka tibi ishana kiye soogun(which literally means, we should observe the efficacy of a charm by just imagining how the matches ignite, when you strike it) . You said you're Mr magic who built Lagos yet you lost in same Lagos. The 2023 election ought to have been a means of reciprocating your kind gesture in Lagos if you truly deserved our votes. Instead, you started intimidating people with your thugs cos they didnt vote you. Some myopic minds said he lost in lagos cos of the Muslim Muslim ticket however, in alimosho, the largest local government in Nigeria by population and where yorubas constitute over 95% of the population whom are both Muslims and Christian massively voted a non-lagosian was a proof he's not what he's claiming to be..

When they realised that the muslim-muslim ticket they claimed didn't hold water, they now said its ibo votes that made him lose lagos. It's ibo votes but yorubas won the LP seats in Lagos where ibos live...imagine how myopic they are in thinking. 2023 is just a tip of the iceberg. I pray we all witness 2027 in peace. I reserve my comment on Northern votes for the apc.

membranus:


Oga, remove the logs from your eyes, and for once be true to yourself. Go through all your posts on Nairaland and your diatribes, your insults, your curses, your hateful comments against the Yoruba race and their son Tinubu, who will then believe your assertion that you are not an Igbo man and a core TRIBALIST at that. Yoruba so wipe ile lati ko eso rode, but with you it is the opposite.

Not every Yoruba man loves Tinubu as a politician, because all politicians are thieves. But a Yoruba adage says " Omo eni ki ise idi bebere ka wa fi ileke si idi omo elomiran". Tinubu has proved himself in Lagos before where he is still a political colossus, and out of all the 3 candidates that contested, he was the best. So if he is facing governance and economical problems on this bigger platform called Nigeria, the problems are not of his own making, he met them there, he is just trying to find solutions, which are becoming more difficult everyday. The governors, and all other political actors at all levels are not also helping him because they have different greedy agendas apart from the ones he hold. And unlike Lagos, he has little control over them. The Boko Haram, the F00lani and IP0B insurgents and the crude oil thieves at the creeks are also compounding the problems. Yes we in Nigeria are all suffering from the huge hyperinflation ravaging the country, especially in food prices, but since we cannot force him out until his terminal date, let us give him a little time more to find additional means of ending these sufferings. And if he fails after 4 years, we will vote him out if we find a more intelligent savior.

Therefore #Eriokanmi, instead of always execrating him and all Yoruba race with him on Nairaland, rather pity him, since you cannot do better than him if you are there.

Konquest:

He once stated here on NL that his father is from Edo State while his mother is Yoruba. He said so himself in some of his posts. I wonder if that is what is responsible for his consistent attacks on this man... A case of self-hate of his own mother's people or something. He's annoying sounding like a broken record with his self-righteousness tbh.

MIKOLOWISKA:


Yes you do otherwise we don't believe you




Newsflash
Politics is a function of sentiment




You lost
He win
You win by hook or crook not half effort




But he win in other places
Need more than Lagos to win
This why you lose




So
Thought you guys said they don't vote for outsiders
Shows tolerance unlike other states and tribes

Eriokanmi:
Point of correction. I'm not attacking anyone. I don't like Tinubu's ideologies, same way as millions of lagosians who didn't vote him. As you can see, I'm not one of those whose sources are not known. Where's Tinubu from, can you tell cos he's not part of us in lagos. He's denying everything.He adopted that name, not his real name. Shame on all those claiming to be omoluabi but still following such a controversial man like him.

My dad is from a yoruba town in edo state, same way the likes of dino melaye, smart adeyeni etc are yorubas from yoruba towns in kogi state. So, I'm yoruba not bini man. I'm not hiding my identity. We bear yorubas names and speak only yoruba called akoko dialect, same as akungba and ikare akoko dialect. I'm lagosian by birth and origin while my mum is lagosian. Dad was born in lagos but chose to align with edo. That's my genealogy my friend. I'm more lagosian than tinubu, sanwoolu and his deputy. We know their roots.

Finally, democracy is a choice. You claim I keep attacking your mentor when you guys are also guilty of same offence by constantly attacking Obi, my candidate. It's normal in democracy so, respect my choice.

BabaO2:

He is seriously worried and disturbed, that is low self esteem.
Nothing different how APC and AC were created, of course, fringe political parties were accommodated, same way some of you were bragging and claiming right to be next presidential candidate to buhari because not only ACN and CPC formed APC, but when the chips were down what happened? pls be realistist rather than being a feeble minded person.
obasanjo's case is the easiest to talk about. Put fake accolades and undeserved embellishments spearhead by obasanjo beneficiaries aside, obasanjo himself knew he wasn't in-charge of presidency from 1999 to 2003, he was a mere coronated president, buildup to his 2nd term, he was prostrating and begging with his balls in his hands to people he could father e.g orji uzor kalu, samething he did in sw, where he had no votes in his first term, same way he was prostrating and begging atiku and northerners, atiku was eventually persuaded upon by Northern power brokers, same model was used in the sw, he pleaded to avoid shame of his claimed yoruba tribe not voting for him, leopard never changes his color, a natural greedy man he is, he outsmarted all the yoruba governors that promised to give him all their votes for his presidency while they will maintain their governorships, the only sw governor that outsmarted him was Tinubu and Lagos, reason why he is always bitter at Tinubu to date. obasanjo himself knows he has no power and brain to confront Tinubu up to date.

Konquest:

@Eriokanmi,

I just saw your mention and didn't realize you had made this post here. I only got to read it after posting the real NL feedback which I just sent to you right NOW. Tinubu ain't my mentor and I'm not his biggest fan... As a Diasporan, I've never met him in my over 5 decades on earth. I sent you a positive feedback so that some self-reflections can take place here for the good of all.

I'm getting to understand some of your insightful perspectives in this post of yours. A few Edo-born folks online were saying that NO Yoruba community exists in the Akoko Edo area of Edo and there was this back-and-forth here in the Culture section of NL. But here you have confirmed that your town is one. A guy here claimed that his own folks in Akoko Edo are related to the Ebiras, so, it's clear that Akoko Edo is NOT monolithic in ethnic origins.

I do know of the people of Usen and Egbeta (near Benin) who clearly identify with their Ile Ife ancestries and Yoruba roots though they are bilingual and speak their dialect of Yoruba and Bini languages. Olumide Akpata is said to have his paternal roots linked to the Ogbebor family of Usen, though his paternal side migrated to Benin. Usen was founded by Oranmiyan's older brother who came from Ife (Ufe) with Oranmiyan, who then moved from Usen on his way to Igodomigo (the Benin area) to found the Oranmiyan dynasty as the first Oba.


Cheers.

Kukutente23:

My friend that your bolded is a cheap lie. OBJ was popular in the SW between towards 2003 at least. You are simply a kid. I was in secondary school in Lagos when he was president and not once or twice did he come to Lagos and receive a rousing welcome from people. I first saw him on Falomo bridge in 2001 when he was passing by and people were hailing him. You can tell me where you were in 2001. So stop regurgitating APC propaganda.
Secondly, OBJ was not more imposed on Nigeria than Tinubu. Both were voted massively by the north. That OBJ was not voted by the SW in his first term does not make him an imposition. You sound like those Obidients you guys like to malign. They will also tell you Tinubu was imposed on Nigeria in 2023 simply because he lost Lagos, Abuja, rigged Rivers and lost throughout the SE. That is someone talking from his narrow prism of experience. OBJ won in 1999. He won ALL the states in the North while his opponent was not even known in the North then. Funny enough you guys claim Obi lost because he lost the North but you somehow believe Falae won in 1999 despite losing woefully in same North. Rest

Kindledlight:


Oga Obj was a compensation because of Abiola death.

You people should stop saying what you don’t know, it’s very annoying even after the he corrections.

shinealight:


Meandering?
Someone you claim was inconsequential in the politics of the South West in 2007, yet he carried the entire South West to abandon the party they had nortured for years and MERGE it with another group to form a most viable RULING party for eight years AND COUNTING…..
You shouldn’t need a story-teller like Atiku to convince you about who had the political wherewithal to move the political machinery of the South-West even back in 2006/7 because it was the turn of the North to produce a President.
Atiku can tell his stories to the Marines for all I care! Discerning individuals are in no doubt as to who helped whom!

IfnobeGod20:

I have told you to stop meandering. Atiku is talking about 2007 but you're here talking about 2014. Some of you don't even know what they are arguing about. As at 2007, it was AC but the one you're mentioning and those he moved to form APC are from ACN. Know the difference.
The question now, some are saying Tinubu saved or helped Atiku but Atiku is saying he helped Tinubu and he went ahead to reeled out how they formed AC and those that formed it. You people should try and understand topic, this is how some of you fail exam. Mingling 2007 with 2014, you're lost.

BabaO2:

He is seriously worried and disturbed, that is low self esteem.
Nothing different how APC and AC were created, of course, fringe political parties were accommodated, same way some of you were bragging and claiming right to be next presidential candidate to buhari because not only ACN and CPC formed APC, but when the chips were down what happened? pls be realistist rather than being a feeble minded person.
obasanjo's case is the easiest to talk about. Put fake accolades and undeserved embellishments spearhead by obasanjo beneficiaries aside, obasanjo himself knew he wasn't in-charge of presidency from 1999 to 2003, he was a mere coronated president, buildup to his 2nd term, he was prostrating and begging with his balls in his hands to people he could father e.g orji uzor kalu, samething he did in sw, where he had no votes in his first term, same way he was prostrating and begging atiku and northerners, atiku was eventually persuaded upon by Northern power brokers, same model was used in the sw, he pleaded to avoid shame of his claimed yoruba tribe not voting for him, leopard never changes his color, a natural greedy man he is, he outsmarted all the yoruba governors that promised to give him all their votes for his presidency while they will maintain their governorships, the only sw governor that outsmarted him was Tinubu and Lagos, reason why he is always bitter at Tinubu to date. obasanjo himself knows he has no power and brain to confront Tinubu up to date.

shinealight:


Sorry I don’t discuss serious issues with kindergarten dullards!

Eriokanmi:
A large percentage of Akoko Edo LGA towns speak yoruba. Some have their dialects in addition while some others speak only yoruba. They're not part of the Oranmiyan brouhaha. They migrated from aloko and other parts of ondo state to settle in that place many centuries ago. Some towns that are supposed to be part of ondo were merged with edo due to state creation and boundary formation.

For instance, my town fell on the edo side cos of the river Osę, which was the boundary landmark between ondo and edo states. Otherwise, it would have been inside ondo state and once you cross that river, you're in edo state and vice versa. We have such in all states.

Ikpoba what people speak yoruba like locals. They moderated from ondo state as well. They're not inside Akoko edo. They're very close to Benin. The Ebiras founded a town called igarra which is the HQ of Akoko Edo LGA. It's also called Etuno.

Eriokanmi:
Who are the "we" in your We dont believe you ?