Your kingdoms were so great, your forefathers were beaten black and blue by women from Benin republic.
When the colonialists came to Nigeria, igbos gave them an empire level opposition, while Yoruba leaders were giving them red carpets right from the sea. So much for empire.
Just like the Greeks, there was no need for an Igbo empire. No foreign power dared invaded Igbo land in.precolonial era.
Now focus on the topic and don't force me to spell out your history.
Who told you Yoruba didn't fight the British?
Ifa already informed the people that fighting the British would be fighting an already lost battle
The British used machine gun on Ijebu people
The British army have weapons that no force in Nigeria could ever stop them
Anything that has to do with revolution means the whole country coming as one to fight or protest against a government... But we are not one, poverty and tribe plus religion will never make it work... The north will stand against it... Infgact , it's gonna b APC Vs PDP goons
Then their suffering is.not yet enough.
When keyamo passed his Senate screening, he did not celebrate with the APC louts in his state or in Yoruba Land. He celebrated with Dino melaye, a staunch PDP man.
If we are not ready to fight to increase the percentage of Nigeria's resources that flows down to the common man and woman, then I don't know what we are doing.
Emarex: Regional government is not possible now until power shift from the north
No sir. A mere power shift can't do it. They can start by addressing the imbalance in the national assembly and by extension balance in the number of states in each region to balance the voices of Nigerians in the scheme of things.
chiagozien: Even after 50 years yorubas and their masters are ruling nigeria,they are still blaming Igbos for their inability to build the zoo called nigeria.
And one vulture up is accusing Igbo for destroying regional system of govt in nigeria, if you ask him who Ojukwu and Gowon was before the war,he start beating around the bush.
The only thing those vultures from waste know how to do is propagating lies..
As for the Revolution Sowore talking about, No reasonable Igbo man will join yorubas in any form of revolution, because if anything happen along the line,yorubas will tag it Igbo revolution then they will join northerns to start killing innocent easterns.
ElsonMorali: That it hasn't happened before doesn't mean it can't happen. There's always a first time.
The timing is wrong though. It would seem like Sowore lost an election and he's protesting. Trust government to twist the narrative.
But yes, Nigeria needs a revolution badly.
Just take a look around you and ask, what works to the benefit of the common man in Nigeria? Absolutely nothing.
Nigerians pay taxes on virtually everything they buy yet they are their own local government.
Nigerians provide their own electricity with the government generated electricity as random back up.
Nigerians provide their own water by digging wells and boreholes in their yards.
Nigerians repair the roads in their neighborhood by collective efforts.
Nigerians provide their own security by employing guards for their neighborhood.
Nigerians pay through the nose for some shitty education and healthcare.
Even petrol, the only thing that Nigeria produces is not subsidized for the people.
What does the average Nigerian enjoy from being a Nigerian?
Potholes everywhere, no reliable waste disposal method is practiced by any state government.
Nigerians live like animals in Nigeria.
The time for revolution is NOW. NOW not tomorrow.
But Sowore leading the revolution NOW looks like payback for losing the election. I'd still back hom anyways.
You, me and sowore knew he would never ever win that election, So disabuse your mind from that. The only problem I see here is tagging it as an ethnic rebellion or religious rebellion or a rebellion against the government of the Messiah who can do no wrong.
Gandollaar: No sir. A mere power shift can't do it. They can start by addressing the imbalance in the national assembly and by extension balance in the number of states in each region to balance the voices of Nigerians in the scheme of things.
I got your point but state creation is not possible now. It was possible during the military regime.
I really don't like the hate and attacks going on here...we are all faced with the same problem,so is best we leave all the fighting behind and search for a common goal "How to make Nigeria great". If only we can all be united, I doubt this ruling class of people will continue to behave the way they do.
Kiezodumah: Why do I see a Festus Keyamo in Sowore ? Nigerians are never serious with anything that pertains to fighting for freedom,justice,equity,peace, future generations, Democracy and the list is emdless. We onlymlive for the now,for our selfish interest. Make Sowore a state commissioner and he would shut up .He is simply seeking political relevance and sustenance.
If your submission is not based on political affiliation, then you are totally wrong about man.
revolution bawo... with the disunity and acrimony infested in us...also the way we celebrate life and doesn't like to be stressed.. I don't see that happening sooner.. the Nigeria of today can't do anything like the Arabs did... the political elites in know this reason why they pitch us against one another and they used our disunity to enrich themselves.. so any tribe in power sees it as an opportunity to amass wealth and settle his/her people. lobatan... if sowore had won the elections, would he be out to lead a revolution as he is about to
Your kingdoms were so great, your forefathers were beaten black and blue by women from Benin republic.
When the colonialists came to Nigeria, igbos gave them an empire level opposition, while Yoruba leaders were giving them red carpets right from the sea. So much for empire.
Just like the Greeks, there was no need for an Igbo empire. No foreign power dared invaded Igbo land in.precolonial era.
Now focus on the topic and don't force me to spell out your history.
You guys also like to propagate falsehood about Egba and Dahomey War
I strongly agree with this write up. A revolution is a sorry joke in Nigeria. Even if a revolution has 100% justification, one ethnic nationality will lose out. The result will be them versus us.
The failed revolution of 1966 is a clear indicator. And that's the reason nothing good is coming to Nigeria in the near future; unless the oil in Niger Delta dries up. Or oil becomes obsolete.
MetaPhysical: OP, Look at "revolution" as two words "re-evolution". The prefix "re" is also found in "re-new".....to make new again. We find it in "re-start"....to begin again.
So re-evolution will be to evolve again! In other words, to kill the old order and begin a new order.
Use this breakdown to "re-assess" your contribution to the effect that a nation of several nations is incapable of "beginning a new order" You will discover your submission contains many flaws.
Grandson is my revolutionary any day!
It can never happen in a Nigeria with Hausa/Fulani. The old order favours them and they are not letting go in the next hundred years.
Lol..say no to RUGA RUGA...baba Idris Abdulkareem and Blackface Naija saw this long time ago, sang about it like their mentor Fela. If we have plenty sincere musicians like the duo in this era dropping hit song on the state of the nation than bum bum, Owo (Yahoo Yahoo) the awareness would have been high by now.
aolawale025: Nigeria has no homogeneous factor to enable any revolution. The level of nationalism is very low People see themselves first from an ethnic prism before as Nigerians
U re making sense . a country with possessive ethnicity ideologies
imagine this Libya deportee. your kinsman brought us to where we are today. if Nigerian maintained the regional system of govt we won't be in this mess that we are today
so the political misfortune Nigerian nations are going through today most especially southwest is because of you people foolishness in the past
I thought regional system was abolished by Gowon (a northerner)?
wifeesnatcher: aside from the fact that revolution wont work in Nigeria being a multinational country. i need to add that in this recent attack and counter attacks of different ethnic groups revolution will lead to genocide war except if Hausa/Fulani are the leading factor and fully participate in it, anything from this would be seen as anti Buhari mission that have Sowore a former contestant as the leading voice
pushing for restructuring is the only way to reduce the influence and control the hard hardness of individuals in this country and that 1999 constitution should be scrapped asap while rotation of central government should be in rotation among the 6 geopolitical zones of this country
How else do you push for restructuring with all the dissent voices. You know Nigerian leaders are like pharaoh they no dey hear word until force is applied.
What became of the Arab spring revolution? What’s the situation of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen etc today?
Sowore should go and sit down with his revolution nonsense. Democracy is our best bet to achieve good governance. We may wobble and stumble along the way but we are definitely moving. The kind of revolution Sowore is calling for will set us back as a nation.
We had the parliamentary system of government after independence. It was not perfect but progress was being made until Ifeajuna, Nzeogwu, Ademoyega, Okafor and co ended that democratic journey under the guise of revolution. That revolution led us to decades of military rule, bloody civil war, mutual ethnic hatred and suspicion, corruption, nepotism, cronyism, and gross incompetency in government administration. We cannot afford to go through that route again.
We must stick with what we have and continue to amend the system as many times as necessary. An outright revolution is never the answer.
A revolution cannot take place in Nigeria because it is not a nation, but a country of many nations. Revolution often takes place in a nation where the people are united by common descent, history, culture, or language.
Nigeria has many nations, including the Yoruba, Hausa and Fulani, Ibo, Ijaw, Nupe, Tiv, Kanuri, Efik/Ibibio and others. Nigeria, is thus, a multicultural country. The best that can happen is ethnically motivated violence which will finally lead to the dissolution of the country.
Revolution is closely affiliated with a nation and has never happened to a country.
Consider, for instance the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was a country of four nations, including England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Not once did they ever experience a revolution, but several ethnically motivated rebellion that cumulated in the civil war between Ireland and England in 1922 which led to the Republic of Ireland breaking away from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
After Ireland left the United Kingdom, it was yet another ethnically motivated rebellion in Scotland that led to the introduction of the devolved administrations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with each having total control of its military, police, court, mineral and natural resources as well as revenue from taxation. They still have separate football teams and different currency designs. They had no revolution because the United Kingdom isn't a nation, but a country of many nations.
Once more, it was because the United Kingdom is a country of many nations that led the Northern Ireland to take up arms, another rebellion, against the England, until the intervention of the United States that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement, which enables Northern Ireland to govern itself as a self governing region, independent of the Federal Government of the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom has, consequently, never experienced a revolution because it is not a nation, but a country of many nations. The nations therein were always antagonizing one another until they all adopted regionalism.
However, the opposite is the case with the United States of America. A revolution was possible in the United States because seven people, including the English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Belgian, left their respective nations in Europe and mass migrated to the United States in order to escape religious and political persecutions in their respective countries.
When these seven immigrants got to the United States, they exterminated the native Americans and adopted among other things Christianity as their preferred religion, English as their language and democracy based on Federalism as their guiding principle of governance. They therefore became a nation of immigrants united by common descent (came from Europe), common history (escaped from religious and political persecutions), the common language (adopted the English language), inhabiting a particular territory - the United States of America. In this example, a revolution was possible in the United States and still remains one after the American revolution of 1776.
Also, the revolution in France became possible because France is not a country, but a nation of French-speaking people united by common descent, history, culture and language. Being a nation, the French revolution of 1789 happened, yet the nation did not split up.
American Revolution (1775-1783); French Revolution (1789-1999); Haitian Revolution by the Yoruba descent (1791-1804); Serbian Revolution (1804-1835); all happened because the people were united by common descent, history, culture and language.
Revolution cannot, therefore, happen in Nigeria because the people do not share common descent, history, culture and language. The Yoruba, the Ibo, the Hausa, the Kanuri, the Ijaw, the Fulani and others have no common descent, history, culture and language. Nigeria is a country of many nations. The worst thing that will happen is another civil war, which will finally break up the country or restructure it back to the regional system.
Whilst no revolution will happen in Nigeria, a revolution is, nevertheless, possible in Yorubaland, Iboland and in the Hausa and Fulani land. These are nations within Nigeria.
The Kiriji war in Yorubaland, which took place in 1878 and lasted for about 16 years, was a revolution in Yorubaland against Ibadan. The revolution was possible because Yorubaland is a nation with a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture and language. After the revolution, Yorubaland still remains one indivisible nation.
It is, therefore, unreasonable for the Yoruba Liberals to be screaming for a revolution in Nigeria. They are acting with the Ibo and Sowore, an Ijaw citizen, to distract the Young Yoruba who desires a return to the regional government or the break up of Nigeria.
God bless your Wisdom Adeyinka Grandson. Many Nigeria and the Yoruba Liberal are so gullible. As,Sowore is shouting Revolution, did we hear the Arewa youth or Miyetih Allah saying they want to join the revolutionary movement? NO because they dont give a Bleep because the control the power. The worst that will happen is another ethnic clash between different ethnicities within Nigeria which will lead to Another civil war and then a break up or return to regional system in Nigeria.
imagine this Libya deportee. your kinsman brought us to where we are today. if Nigerian maintained the regional system of govt we won't be in this mess that we are today
so the political misfortune Nigerian nations are going through today most especially southwest is because of you people foolishness in the past
dont mind that idiot. Igbo suspended regional government because of envy and jealousy of western region steady progress and Development
A revolution cannot take place in Nigeria because it is not a nation, but a country of many nations. Revolution often takes place in a nation where the people are united by common descent, history, culture, or language.
Nigeria has many nations, including the Yoruba, Hausa and Fulani, Ibo, Ijaw, Nupe, Tiv, Kanuri, Efik/Ibibio and others. Nigeria, is thus, a multicultural country. The best that can happen is ethnically motivated violence which will finally lead to the dissolution of the country.
Revolution is closely affiliated with a nation and has never happened to a country.
Consider, for instance the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was a country of four nations, including England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Not once did they ever experience a revolution, but several ethnically motivated rebellion that cumulated in the civil war between Ireland and England in 1922 which led to the Republic of Ireland breaking away from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
After Ireland left the United Kingdom, it was yet another ethnically motivated rebellion in Scotland that led to the introduction of the devolved administrations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with each having total control of its military, police, court, mineral and natural resources as well as revenue from taxation. They still have separate football teams and different currency designs. They had no revolution because the United Kingdom isn't a nation, but a country of many nations.
Once more, it was because the United Kingdom is a country of many nations that led the Northern Ireland to take up arms, another rebellion, against the England, until the intervention of the United States that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement, which enables Northern Ireland to govern itself as a self governing region, independent of the Federal Government of the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom has, consequently, never experienced a revolution because it is not a nation, but a country of many nations. The nations therein were always antagonizing one another until they all adopted regionalism.
However, the opposite is the case with the United States of America. A revolution was possible in the United States because seven people, including the English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Belgian, left their respective nations in Europe and mass migrated to the United States in order to escape religious and political persecutions in their respective countries.
When these seven immigrants got to the United States, they exterminated the native Americans and adopted among other things Christianity as their preferred religion, English as their language and democracy based on Federalism as their guiding principle of governance. They therefore became a nation of immigrants united by common descent (came from Europe), common history (escaped from religious and political persecutions), the common language (adopted the English language), inhabiting a particular territory - the United States of America. In this example, a revolution was possible in the United States and still remains one after the American revolution of 1776.
Also, the revolution in France became possible because France is not a country, but a nation of French-speaking people united by common descent, history, culture and language. Being a nation, the French revolution of 1789 happened, yet the nation did not split up.
American Revolution (1775-1783); French Revolution (1789-1999); Haitian Revolution by the Yoruba descent (1791-1804); Serbian Revolution (1804-1835); all happened because the people were united by common descent, history, culture and language.
Revolution cannot, therefore, happen in Nigeria because the people do not share common descent, history, culture and language. The Yoruba, the Ibo, the Hausa, the Kanuri, the Ijaw, the Fulani and others have no common descent, history, culture and language. Nigeria is a country of many nations. The worst thing that will happen is another civil war, which will finally break up the country or restructure it back to the regional system.
Whilst no revolution will happen in Nigeria, a revolution is, nevertheless, possible in Yorubaland, Iboland and in the Hausa and Fulani land. These are nations within Nigeria.
The Kiriji war in Yorubaland, which took place in 1878 and lasted for about 16 years, was a revolution in Yorubaland against Ibadan. The revolution was possible because Yorubaland is a nation with a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture and language. After the revolution, Yorubaland still remains one indivisible nation.
It is, therefore, unreasonable for the Yoruba Liberals to be screaming for a revolution in Nigeria. They are acting with the Ibo and Sowore, an Ijaw citizen, to distract the Young Yoruba who desires a return to the regional government or the break up of Nigeria.
Nigerians always coming up with reasons why things will not work instead of reasons why they will. Truth is even just calls for revolution enhances the system and creates some level of fear in the current government that makes them work harder. Think positive for once ppl.
imagine this Libya deportee. your kinsman brought us to where we are today. if Nigerian maintained the regional system of govt we won't be in this mess that we are today
so the political misfortune Nigerian nations are going through today most especially southwest is because of you people foolishness in the past
please did aguiyi ironsi implement the unitary system he proposed? who did the implementation by creation of states and abolishing the regions
didnt ojukwu correct the abnormally in Aburi accord?
so why did the SW and the north join hands to scatter the Aburi accord
in my submissions ojukwu did restructuring in Aburi accord which ur people connived with the north to scatter and u are turning around to blame the igbos that envisaged all what is happening today
