FreeStuffsNG:
The Yoruba will never abandon them. Not even the Itsekiri were abandoned

Coldspice:


You come from a place where your parents are remote controlled by a lunatic in Finland.

If they say everyone is going to Heaven tomorrow, Monday, can your parents come out from under bed where they are hiding?

But you can open your dirty, akpu mouth to call someone a slave. No wonder everyone is giving you losers quit notice.

Unbiased1:
Let's be honest with ourselves, if we want Nigeria to progress and remain one then it is time we all faced reality. We are divided based on ethnicity to a large extent and based on religion to a lesser degree. It's time for a total overhaul of this country. Let's go back to regionalism where people of same heritage get to be in the same region.

Note I said same heritage. I see no reason why Yoruba or Igbo land will be split into different geopolitical zones when they should have been together in their own respective zones. The Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi should be in the South West, the Igbos in the South South should be in the South East, the Ijaws should be together in their own geopolitical zone, same with the Akwa-Cross people, the Edo people should be together with the Urhobo, Ukwuani, Isoko etc who they share similar heritage with.

Let's have at least 10 different region's whereby each region is made of people who have agreed to be together in that region either based on cultural, ethnic or religious similarities. It doesn't matter the size or population of each region, there will be nothing like federal allocation as each region will have to fend for itself and send a small fraction of its income to the Federal Government. Every region will use it's own resources for itself alone, only off-shore resources will be shared among all regions or better still, all off-shore resources will be used to fund only the federal government and the Capital.

Ikaeniyan0:
Some people who are not Yorubas will be so bitter and angry about this news even though they are not Yorubas or share border with any part of Yoruba land

Ikaeniyan0:
Some people who are not Yorubas will be so bitter and angry about this news even though they are not Yorubas or share border with any part of Yoruba land

43Ronin:

The problem is that the country will develope faster and since Nigeria is one huge slave market, there will be nothing for IMF/World bank & UK to steal with their stooges. It means govt will be home grown and there will be no Abuja excuse. The northerners politicians will rather die than have it happen because their lives become threatened when the followers are at their door steps

Revealpanda:
You won't lose it.

You're already identified as cowards and backstabbers.

Such identity is had to lose

oduduwayo:


Itsekiri is a Bini fiefdom, stop the attaché by force. Northern yorubas are conquered slaves of the fulani caliphate and will rightly remain so forever, the only thing yorubas can do is make empty noise and beat there ewedu chest

Ikaeniyan0:
Some people who are not Yorubas will be so bitter and angry about this news even though they are not Yorubas or share border with any part of Yoruba land

pacificom:

Cowards Who are we fighting Backstabbers Who did we backstab. Look my friend, We are Yorubas, and every man have to follow their instinct. Bob Marley said " Every man got the right to decide his own destiny, and in the judgement there is no partiality" Yoruba's are not political commodities or slave to be docile to the interest of other tribes. Go for what you want, and if you can't succeed don't blame Yoruba's. It's a free country and their is choice for everyman to make in life.

Ikaeniyan0:
Some people who are not Yorubas will be so bitter and angry about this news even though they are not Yorubas or share border with any part of Yoruba land

Topsido:
Unlike some people whose Delta and Rivers State cousins contonue to disown in the most embarrassing way, our siblings in Kwara and Kogo won't spare any chance to tell the world they are part of us. They are part of the glory and don't want anybody to be in doubt. Fingers truly are not equal.

TUTU147:
History showed yorubas started politics of tribalism and religion, politics of violence.The evil awolowo did because of his quest for power is what is causing crisis in warri today.The hatred he have towards the is reason why he advice nigeria and au to use hunger as a weapon of war.go and research about the election of Southern nigeria.

Ibrahimcoomasie:
Early politicians of the 30s, 40s, Chiefs among them are mostly talented in writing and journalism and some owned media outfits, with which they laud and inflate their egos while simultaneously deflating d profile of those they disagree with in the political firmament.

Herbert Macaulay (A Yoruba man), the Father of Nigerian Nationalism, also a journalist was fond of calling dissenting voices 'imperialism agents' but ZIK took it to an elevated proportion, re-christened it to 'imperial stooges', 'Uncle Toms' and 'aunty Jememas', even those whose patriotism and Nationalism had never been in doubt were so named; minor disagreements and you are blacklisted. ZIK had a Newspaper outlet, 'the Pilot', a tool he creatively used to maximum advantage. The editors would daily eulogize him for d basics, and sometimes for the hitherto unknown and unheard of good things for Nigeria, nay, 'Mother Africa', Some of them acclaimed him as d 'Ghandi of Africa' and others declared that ZIK deeds had 'eleczik-ified' them.

ZIK was obviously very gifted, intelligent and clever which manifested in his works; however, he was regarded by many of his peers as the 1st consummate propagandist that Nigeria ever produced. In inflating his own ego or deflating that of his rivals, publications on the Pilot observed neither modesty nor reck. In this connection, he was in direct line of succession to Herbet Macaulay, but like all sons who are worthy of their parentage, in this respect, ZIK outdid Herbert Macaulay, for he took propaganda several notches higher with a slant of deep seated tribalism.

[b]For example, when the ban on Palm Kernel was imposed, the Pilot supported it and reported thus: "the measure by the Government is fair. Instead of reducing the whole country to poverty, only the Western provinces will be affected and they can switch over to other avenues, to make body and soul live." He held similar stance as to the agitation against the 'Cocoa Pool'.

ZIK brazenly supported a policy which clearly threatened the livelihood of the Yorubas. Were the East on the receiving end here, ZIK would have dipped pen in gall, and crafted a creatively worded opinion on the Pilot, denouncing the Cocoa Pool as an 'imperialist device or stratagem whose aim, object and purpose was to oppress, repress, depress and distress Nigerian Cocoa producers and dealers economically' and he would have replicated same for d ban on palm kernels in d West. He would have labeled it 'a gross betrayal of trust, an indelible stain, blemish and stigma on British imperialism; a vain attempt, a complete misfire and a palpable boner in the realm of divide et impera.'[/b] Pardon my poor attempt at replicating ZIK's creative writing genius, he many a time used such strong words.

ZIK took this tribalist venom to higher Plateau when he graced the front page of the Pilot, and entitled it 'Football Iliad, 1940 Edition' what many described as a shocker, a big step forward in an insidious campaign colored in Bigotry. A football match between 2 schools, Christ the King's college, Onitsha was hosted by St. Gregory's college in Lagos, in a match tagged 'Win the War'.

The CKC team from Onitsha defeated St Gregory's team by 5 goals to 4. Spectators had a good watch, even the host considered the match very entertaining, a bonding moment for teams made up of teenagers of different cultures, that afterall is the spirit of sport.

But how did ZIK report it? ZIK saw in the sporting exploits and triumph of the team from Onitsha the inherent superiority of the Ibos over the Yorubas and he went to very great pains to establish this in d careful choice of words and emphasis..

"And then to think of the great combination of d Spartan heroes who crossed her loudly Niger, journeyed through the good earth of Benin, hurried across the domains of the Oshemawe of Ondo, of the Atanla of Owo, of the Owa of Ilesha, of the Ooni of Ife, of the Alake of Abeokuta in their invasion of these islands!

Who, but heroes of mighty brawn and exceptionally developed brain would have dared to make this invasion and to succeed in carrying to their River Niger home, the Golden fleece of Inter-Collegiate Soccer Championship of d Eastern and Western Provinces?"


https://twitter.com/LegendaryJoe/status/1638066082652012545?t=kX5tAe6CJgjxafLLfDYiPQ&s=19

Ibrahimcoomasie:
CONT'D

...Such was the mocking tone with which ZIK described an innocent football match with a slant of superiority complex.

But the same CKC team met the Olubadan XI, an undiluted Yoruba team in another 'Win the War' match on 24 August 1940 and were roundly defeated 3-2.

It may just be a matter of coincidence that ZIK wasn't in the mood to write at the time or perhaps he suffered what we call 'Writer's Block', because for more than 2 weeks, this headline event never got reported on the Pilot. And when the paper finally wrote on it, it was only a small item on the back page, like a mistress smuggled out of the window at the arrival of the madam of the house..and was laced with excuses,

"the CKC team was already tired; some of the players were in fact limping before the match",

and other calculated efforts to avoid giving the yoruba boys their well deserved accolade, and extreme energy was exerted in ensuring the brilliance and talent of those little yoruba boys was never acknowledged.

This was but tip of the Iceberg, ZIK would go full scale Bigotry afterwards.

Shall I Begin?

The Ibos were given inordinate publicity on the pages of the paper, which I regard as appropriate and in order, to promote one's root..but at a time when other Nationalists made concerted efforts in describing citizens of Nigeria as Nigerians or Africans and celebrated their laurels and feats as credits to Nigeria and Africa as a whole, ZIK would jettison the whole for the particular and elevate Ibo over and above every other tribe and largely over Nigeria as an entity, and in a manner that smirked Ego inspired Hate.

Typical Front Page news title in the Pilot this time were;

1. 'Ibo Young man Sail to U.K.' Sept 23, 1938. Referring to Mr. Jaja Wachukwu, who later became Speaker of Houe of Rep.

2. '14th West African Student, 10th Nigerian, 8th Ibo in U.S.A.' Jan 28, 1939. The 8th Ibo was Mr. Nwafor Orizu, later became Senator.

3. 'Ibo Medical Student Passes Exam in 1st Class Honours.' June 26, 1940. That was Dr. S.O. Eguwatu.

And some weird editorials like:

'The Ibo Are Coming' Dec 31, 1938, Wondered what ZIK meant, but the title is indicative enough of some theory of domination.

These are but very few examples of deliberate actions of ZIK in portraying the perceived supremacy of the Ibos over others, for the Pilot never beamed the light on the achievements of Nigerians of other ethnic stock...

For example, when the Ph.D. degree of London University, indeed any university for that matter, was conferred on the first Nigerian ever, such historic success was only given a small space in the paper and the title read: 'Nigerian Economist passes Ph.D. London', because that scholar was Dr. Fadipe, a Yoruba.

https://twitter.com/LegendaryJoe/status/1639515371844542466?t=rKkNJdj8CJrPBPRFw_FMOQ&s=19

TUTU147:
History showed yorubas started politics of tribalism and religion, politics of violence.The evil awolowo did because of his quest for power is what is causing crisis in warri today.The hatred he have towards the is reason why he advice nigeria and au to use hunger as a weapon of war.go and research about the election of Southern nigeria.

TUTU147:
History showed yorubas started politics of tribalism and religion, politics of violence.The evil awolowo did because of his quest for power is what is causing crisis in warri today.The hatred he have towards the is reason why he advice nigeria and au to use hunger as a weapon of war.go and research about the election of Southern nigeria.

Slytiger:

There was a reason court martial did not happen.

This event was later tagged an "ibo coup" by other ethnic groups in the country based on some chains of coincidences :

i. The Killing patterns – only one of the 22 casualties is of Ibo origin, while notable Ibo politicians like the Premier of Eastern region and military personnel like Ironsi were unharmed.

ii. The handing over of the government to Ironsi by Orizu (the acting president and the senate president who could have called for the formation of another civilian government) made it look like it was planned out all along.

iii. The unification decree of May 1966 promulgated by Ironsi, leading to the abolition of regional system of government. Historically speaking, the West and North have always believed in the regional system of government as the best form of government for a multiethnic like Nigeria, however this was taken away by Ironsi, leading to a massive outrage and pogrom in the North.

iv. The coup plotters, though kept in jail but were not sentenced.

Catualities.
Civilians
- Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- Premier Ahmadu Bello
- Premier Samuel Ladoke Akintola
- Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh
- Ahmed Ben Musa (Bello's Senior Assistant " secretary for Security)
- Hafsatu Bello
- Mrs Latifat Ademulegun (pregnant)
- Zarumi Sardauna
- Ahmed Pategi (Bello's driver)

Military and police
- Brig. Samuel Ademulegun
- Brig. Zakariya Maimalari
- Col. Ralph Shodeinde
- Col. Kur Mohammed
- Lt. Col. Abogo Largema
- Lt. Col. James Pam
- Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe
- Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke (Refused Nzeogwu's order in the attack on the Sardauna's lodge and according to the police report was murdered by Nzeogwu)
- Police Constable (PC) Yohana Garkawa
- Lance Corporal Musa Nimzo
- PC Akpan Anduka
- PC Hagai Lai
- Philip Lewande

What’s Aguiyi-Ironsi’s place in history?
The composition of the administration’s advisory team was also another source of discontent. Chief among them was Francis Nwokedi, an Igbo man and former permanent secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, who had become close to him during his days in the Congo. Others were Pius Okigbo (economic adviser) and Lt. Col Patrick Anwunah who was later Chairman of the National Orientation Committee. The most common complaint against the appointments was that, although highly qualified and distinguished, they were either all Igbos or Igbo speaking.

On February 12, Ironsi took his most sensitive decision when he put Nwokedi in-charge of the establishment he set to work out the details of his unified Nigeria. He had also replaced the Attorney-General, Dr. Teslim Elias, with Gabriel Onyiuke, also of Igbo extraction. Similarly, Dr. Pius Okigbo became the Economic Adviser. Then, contrary to Katsina’s advice, he attempted to appoint Prof. J. C. Edozien from the University of Ibadan as the Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, instead of Prof. Ishaya Audu. When he effected promotions in the Army, of the 21 officers promoted from Majors to Lieutenant-Colonels, 18 were Igbo-speaking.

Revealpanda:
You won't lose it.

You're already identified as cowards and backstabbers.

Such identity is had to lose

ObosiUkwalla:


Seun mynd44 oam4j Dominique justwise nlfpmod fergie001
Rule 2. We need to sanitize this forum

oduduwayo:

DCmonster:
I hope all the "we are not Igbos in South-South are reading". When things get hot you will have only your brother's whom you've long denied to deliver you.
Tinubu is planning something with this hoorni.
But Peter obi will form an alliance that will crush Tinubu.

Slytiger:

Obi is a weakling. Go warm Eba choom