Former
Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has finally reacted to
the anti-Igbo comments made by Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu. Tinubu said
the Oba is not a member of APC and so can't speak on behalf of the
party. Speaking to
Punch at a rally in Iganmu today, Tinubu said;
“The oba is not a politician. His job is to accommodate
all political parties, whether PDP, APC or SDP. So, what did he (Ubah)
go and do at the palace? To you Igbos, don’t we pay your children’s school fees like others?
Or is it the palace that pays for it? When we conducted an exam and a
spelling competition, an Igbo boy, Ebuka, from Anambra, came first and
he became the governor for one day.
“Those that won the competition three times in a row were Igbo. Ebuka
was sent to Switzerland computer school and then Obafemi Awolowo
University. We did not say he was an Igbo boy and he would not enjoy. He
became an executive in Oando and he is now in Canada.
“Another boy, Felix, won and went to Switzerland and OAU. We paid his scholarship; we did not deny him because he is Igbo.”
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We haff heard. Lindaobserve
All we are are saying...
Hai! Drama in gidi!
Onyebuchi Ememanka writes and I reason along with him ~
What is the principal interest of the Igbos in Lagos? What do we seek to achieve in our sojourn here? My
take is simple. We seek a prosperous Lagos that is economically viable, peaceful....a mini Nigeria of sorts
where all people are able to live and pursue their livelihood without let or hinderance. As a people that thrive
on commerce, Igbos want a Lagos where there are government policies that promote the growth of
commerce and business. A Lagos where government builds roads, bridges, hospitals and is generally alive
to their duties. Education is free in Lagos and our children enjoy this. No Igbo child has been sent away
from any public school in Lagos. Lagos state government pays WAEC and NECO fees for all students in
Lagos....our children enjoy this too.
What do we really want in Lagos? The truth is that we are strangers here. Lagos belongs to some people,
just like Onitsha and Aba. Let's not carry on as if this place is a no man's land. It is not. All of a sudden,
Jimi Agbaje has become an Igboman....we have adopted him as our son.....the same way we adopted
President Jonathan in the last election against our strategic interest as a people...a decision that has left us
in serious political confusion and our senators begging to be admitted into the APC.
What is the difference between Jimi Agbaje and Akinwumi Ambode? Is any of them Igbo? What is our
problem? I believe that we have a fair share here. We live in peace unlike our people in the North. I don't
think there are more Igbos in Lagos than there are in Kano, yet we live peacefully here. Yorubas are highly
politically sophisticated people and they understand that it us better for them to have a government in
Lagos that belongs to the same party as the party at the centre. Igbos cannot love Lagos more than
Yorubas. This is their land. If anything happens here now, we will all leave and return home. These people
own here...this is their home and we must respect their feelings. Every person living in Lagos wants more
federal presence in Lagos. We want a 4th mainland bridge, we want so many other things that the federal
government can do. In the years past, Lagos hasn't enjoyed much federal intervention because of political
party differences. Now they have that chance and we want to spoil it for them by being more catholic than
the pope. Let everybody vote any candidate he wants but I reject any collective Igbo move to vote against
the strategic interests of the people who own the land where we live and make our living. Lagos has been
good to our people. We have succeeded here in business and the professions.
Let's not disrespect the people of Lagos. I will not support any move that will create an impression that
Igbos are against the interest of the owners of Lagos. Nobody has murdered our people here like what we
see in the north. Lagos remains the only state in this country where Igbos hold top government positions.
Even our neighbors and brothers, Rivers State have never given us that privilege despite our huge
population and presence there. As for me, I want Lagos to progress and on Saturday, I will proudly vote for
Akinwumi Ambode.
Well...fair points.
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Ambode to gather fans for social media so wetin baba oba talk no go change anything....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
2*1=2
Thank you Jagaban, but the PDP in attempt to score cheap political points won't let it rest, they'll continue over flogging it till the election is over.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Taaaa Tinubu no just talk dat one ooooo.......no b u nd d oba impose Ambode on lagosians to become d govnr.....Any igbo dat vote APC in lagos is a bastard
This goes on to show that the people's power is supreme.
Ugly man said ebuka became an executive in the company you and your cousin wale tinubu owns..Oando! Smh. you can't just help people cheerfully rather you won't want to milk them. with all the money you stole and still stealing! Oloshi man. Shame on you, Jimi for governor...
You, Tinubu is not gfrom lagos.
Ole ni e mehn
From Original Omo Eko
Some knuckleheads will still have issues with Asiwaju's factual response
Very arrogant statement.
Good talk sir. Asiwaju ke pe baba; e ran won leti o,won le ti gbagbe o.APC lo le se!
Pls let this ish rest.We all know we can't do without one another. People like the oba should be ignored. Desperation is a disease.
Asiwaju, don't mind dis yeye igbos. Wen dey r enjoyin no one will hear deir voice but a little hitch and dey start shouting woof all ova d place. If u pple dey vex, I beg go bak to ur villages make we hear word jare! wot ur obas in ur villages cant take is wot u pple do in lag and yet u r all rantin. pshewww!!!
This is so true! My mum is a Vice Principal in a Lagos state government school and 75% of the pupils in her school are Igbos.
Asiwaju, don't mind dis yeye igbos. Wen dey r enjoyin no one will hear deir voice but a little hitch and dey start shouting woof all ova d place. If u pple dey vex, I beg go bak to ur villages make we hear word jare! wot ur obas in ur villages cant take is wot u pple do in lag and yet u r all rantin. pshewww!!!
Nnaaa meeeehn tinubu ijoro ezigbote njo! Choi! Iru ekpo! Well ibos are very intelligent! Aint dia fault, so plz spare me all that.....na dia brain bring d reward ok? U didn't have a choice! #nonightmareaferseeingtinubu'sface# #ireject#
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Nice response from Jagaban himself. Just hope the igbos will vote en-mass without emotional attach this time so @least Lagos will be able to benefit 4rm the FG wit their emergence in the national politics. Eko oni baje!
Noted. It's a Good thing well meaning Nigerians are distancing themselves from the hateful comment from the oba of Lagos wrong really do not need that now, we've come a long way as a country to entertain such comment s
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Tinubu Added insult to injury, Yes we now know we are defeated people.
Its clear now, listen to this drug dealer called Tinubu.
To you Igbos, don’t we pay your children’s school fees like others? Or is it the palace that pays for it?
What an insult meaning we are refugees that you help pay their school fee, this man made me hate his attitude.
All is fair in war, and starvation is one of the weapons of war. I don't see why we should feed our enemies fat in order for them to fight harder." Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Nigerian Minister of Finance)
Reminder of this whole Evil against igbos
Please answer, mr ubah.what did you go to the palace for?When fayose took front page ads insulting GMB,I remember the PDP issued a statement that,fayose was,speaking for himself and not for the pdp.
So why should the Obas statement be treated differently from Fayoses?Or that of the several high chiefs that made their subjects swear blood oaths in the east to vote pdp?
Enough of this already please.pdp should campaign with useful tools instead of something that most of us are guilty of.
Next!!!!
"In some areas outside the East... Ibos were killed by local people with at least the acquiescence of the federal forces... 1000 Ibo civilians perished in Benin in this way" (New York Review, 21 December 1967)
" after the federal take over of Benin... troops killed about 500 Ibo civilians after a house-to-house search" (Washington Morning Post, 27 September, 1967)
"The greatest single massacre occurred in the Ibo town of Asaba where 700 Ibo male were lined up and shot" (London Observer, 21 January, 1968)
"Federal troops... killed, or stood by while mobs killed, more than 5000 Ibos in Wari, Sapele, Agbor..." (New York Times, 10th January, 1968)
"There has been genocide on the occasion of the 1966 massacres... the region between the towns of Benin and Asaba where only widows and orphans remain, federal troops having, for unknown reasons, massacred all the men" (Le Monde, 5th April, 1968)
"In Calabar... federal forces shot at least 1000 and perhaps 2000 Ibos, most of them civilians" (New York Times, 18th January, 1968).
"Bestialities and indignities of all kinds were visited on Biafrans in 1966. In Ikeja Barracks (Western Nigeria) Biafrans were forcibly fed on a mixture of human urine and faeces. In Northern Nigeria numerous Biafran house-wives and nursing mothers were raped before their husbands and children. Young girls were abducted from their homes, working places and schools and forced into sexual intercourse with sick, demented and leprous men. Mr. Erif Spiff (Eyewitness, 1966)
"There has been genocide, for example on the occasion of the 1966 massacres ... Two areas have suffered badly [from the fighting]. Firstly the region between the towns of Benin and Asaba where only widows and orphans remain, Federal troops having for unknown reasons massacred all the men. According to eyewitnesses of that massacre the Nigerian commander ordered the execution of every Ibo male over the age of ten years." Monsignor Georges (sent down on a fact-finding mission by His holiness the Pope), Le Monde (French Evening newspaper) April 5, 1968.
"... 650 refugee camps... contained about 700,000 haggard bundles of human flotsam waiting hopelessly for a meal, outside the camps... was the reminder of an estimated four and a half to five million displaced persons... the Kwasiokor scourge... a million and half children... suffer(ed) from it during January; that put the forecast death toll at another 300,000 children... More than the pogroms of 1966, more than the war casualties, more than the terror bombings, it was the experience of watching helplessly their children waste away and die that gave birth to... a deep and unrelenting loathing... It is a feeling that will one day reap a bitter harvest unless... " (Frederick Forsyth, Umuahia, Biafra January 1969)
"...I saw several hundred of Zombie-like creatures -men, women and children, lying, sitting or squatting in the midst of others who were dead. The living ones were completely reduced to skeletons and could not talk. I was seeing for the first time... kwashiorkor... Frankly, I took fright... I believe that any foreign troops from anywhere in the world occupying Ikot Ekpene or any other town in Biafra would have shown much more sympathy..." (Gen. Alex Madiebo, Ikot Ekpene, July 1968)
"One word now describes the policy of the Nigerian military government towards secessionist Biafra: genocide. It is ugly and extreme but it is the only word which fits Nigeria's decision to stop the International Committee of the red Cross, and other relief agencies, from flying food to Biafra ..." Washington Post (editorial) July 2, 1969
Wa gbayi baba, make them dey run their mouth up n down, them don turn am to dreadlock sef,carry am for head
"The loss of life from starvation continues at more than 10,000 persons per day - over 1,000,000 lives in recent months. Without emergency measures now, the number will climb to 25,000 per day within a month - and some 2,000,000 deaths by the end of the year. The new year will only bring greater disaster to a people caught in the passion of fratricidal war." Senator Kennedy appeals to America's Leaders for greater humanitarian aid to Nigeria - Biafra and efforts to end the civil war. Sunday, November 17, 1968
"...it (mass starvation) is a legitimate aspect of war..." Anthony Enahoro, Nigerian Commissioner for Information at a press conference in (New York, July 1968)
"Starvation is a legitimate weapon of war, and we have every intention of using it against the rebels..." (Alison Ayida, Head of Nigerian Delegation, Niamey Peace Talks, Republic of Niger, July 1968)
the Ibos must be considerably reduced in number" (Lagos Policeman quoted in New York Review, 21 December, 1967)
"I want to see no Red Cross, no Caritas, no World Council of Churches, no Pope, no missionary and no UN delegation. I want to prevent even one Ibo from having even one piece to eat before their capitulation. We shoot at everything that moves and when our troops march into the centre of Ibo territory, we shoot at everything even at things that do not move... " ( Benjamin Adekunle. Commander, 3rd Marine Commando Division, Nigerian Army).
"...The war aim and (final) solution properly speaking of the entire problem...is to discriminate against the Ibos and in their own interest. Such discrimination would include above all the detachment of those oil-rich territories in the Eastern Region... in addition, the Ibos' freedom of movement would be restricted, to prevent their renewed penetration into other parts... leaving any access to the sea to the Ibos... is quite out of the question..." (Federal Nigerian Minister to E. C. Schwarzenback, Swiss Review of Africa, February 1968)
"Let us go and crush them. We will pillage their property, rape their womenfolk, kill off their menfolk and leave them uselessly weeping. We will complete the pogrom of 1966" (The theme song of Radio Kaduna, government-controlled, 1967-1970).
"Unfortunately this [Gowon's] enlightenment at the top level does not penetrate very deep: a Lagos police officer was quoted last month as saying that the Ibos must be considerably reduced in number" Dr Conor cruise O'Bien , 21 December 1967 New York Review
"The same UNICEF representative went on to convey something of what lay behind this intransigence: "Among the large majority hailing from that tribe (Yorubas) who are most vocal in inciting the complete extermination of the Ibos, I often heard remarks that all Nigeria's ills will be cured once the Ibos have been removed ..." Dr Conor Cruise O'Bien (21 December, 1967, New York Review).
"Until now efforts to relieve the Biafran people have been thwarted by the desire of the central government of Nigeria to pursue total and unconditional victory and by the fear of the Ibo people that surrender means wholesale atrocities and genocide. But genocide is what is taking place right now - and starvation is the grim reaper. This is not the time to stand on ceremony, or to go through channels or to observe the diplomatic niceties.. The destruction of an entire people is an immoral objective even in the most moral of wars. It can never be justified; it can never be condoned." Mr. Richard Nixon, September 9, 1968 (During the Presidential Campaign).
Linda please approve all my comments so people can learn from facts
Talking out of point.This man doesn't look human to me anymore
we know all dis but let the oba correct himself n apologise full stop. b4 life jacket finish for market
Well said Asiwaju
U can all see, so Can all this mumu nwa n nne that won't get over the matter rest or better still drown in that supposed lagoon
Still talking rubbish. It is in their gene.. Are we not contributing to the revenue used in executing these projects.? We brought industries to Lagos and employed your sons and daughters. All the bank MD/CEO are mostly from south south or south east yet the yoruba constitute the highest number in terms of workforce. I pay over 100k as land use charge annually. Can go on and on.......
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Ebuka was my neighbor at MENDE Maryland. This the first time tinubu is speaking the truth. Now ebuka is in pH working in oando Tinubus company as a manager. That's is two step ahead of me. Engr Emy
Onyebuchi Ememanka writes and I reason along with him ~
What is the principal interest of the Igbos in Lagos? What do we seek to achieve in our sojourn here? My
take is simple. We seek a prosperous Lagos that is economically viable, peaceful....a mini Nigeria of sorts
where all people are able to live and pursue their livelihood without let or hinderance. As a people that thrive
on commerce, Igbos want a Lagos where there are government policies that promote the growth of
commerce and business. A Lagos where government builds roads, bridges, hospitals and is generally alive
to their duties. Education is free in Lagos and our children enjoy this. No Igbo child has been sent away
from any public school in Lagos. Lagos state government pays WAEC and NECO fees for all students in
Lagos....our children enjoy this too.
What do we really want in Lagos? The truth is that we are strangers here. Lagos belongs to some people,
just like Onitsha and Aba. Let's not carry on as if this place is a no man's land. It is not. All of a sudden,
Jimi Agbaje has become an Igboman....we have adopted him as our son.....the same way we adopted
President Jonathan in the last election against our strategic interest as a people...a decision that has left us
in serious political confusion and our senators begging to be admitted into the APC.
What is the difference between Jimi Agbaje and Akinwumi Ambode? Is any of them Igbo? What is our
problem? I believe that we have a fair share here. We live in peace unlike our people in the North. I don't
think there are more Igbos in Lagos than there are in Kano, yet we live peacefully here. Yorubas are highly
politically sophisticated people and they understand that it us better for them to have a government in
Lagos that belongs to the same party as the party at the centre. Igbos cannot love Lagos more than
Yorubas. This is their land. If anything happens here now, we will all leave and return home. These people
own here...this is their home and we must respect their feelings. Every person living in Lagos wants more
federal presence in Lagos. We want a 4th mainland bridge, we want so many other things that the federal
government can do. In the years past, Lagos hasn't enjoyed much federal intervention because of political
party differences. Now they have that chance and we want to spoil it for them by being more catholic than
the pope. Let everybody vote any candidate he wants but I reject any collective Igbo move to vote against
the strategic interests of the people who own the land where we live and make our living. Lagos has been
good to our people. We have succeeded here in business and the professions.
Let's not disrespect the people of Lagos. I will not support any move that will create an impression that
Igbos are against the interest of the owners of Lagos. Nobody has murdered our people here like what we
see in the north. Lagos remains the only state in this country where Igbos hold top government positions.
Even our neighbors and brothers, Rivers State have never given us that privilege despite our huge
population and presence there. As for me, I want Lagos to progress and on Saturday, I will proudly vote for
Akinwumi Ambode.
Asiwaju just, thank you Jare. Ejo, please beg Baba Fuad to stop talking crap on eve of election. May we never encounter an Akiolu in our lives o, close to our day of Glory, amen. Ambode you better distance your self from this man Olowo Eko.
That's not a reason to threaten a group with ethnic cleansing. But I'm happy that the APC has disassociated themselves from all these.
#TeamBlessed#
The oba my ass. Should be warned not to try such next time.coz dat can divide nigeria
Oh really? You are now d one's payingg d scholl fees of the igbo children. We have suffered! Chai!, there is God o!. So despite our hardwork, u claim responsibility for d training off our children. You are a liar!
Lion of bourdillon I know say u go talk,u sef it own dry it body
Tinubu's point is noted. I'm sure he's embarrassed by the Oba's utterances. However, for yorubas saying that we should let this thing go...pls find out what led to the genocide in Rwanda. Find out utterances and circumstances that led to the massacre of 3m Igbos during the war. You guys hv never been in our shoes so u can't tell us to let this go. We know the implications of what the Oba said and the whole world must take note. Oba Akiolu will be held accountable for whatever happens to Igbos before, during or long after the elections. APC reported Madam Jonathan to ICC for hate speeches, the same thing will and must be done to this Oba for his hate and war speeches. The process has started already. Oba Akiolu is heading to the Hague. We have sent the video via email. A lawyer will file official statements in the coming weeks. Thanks
Story for d gods..d whole scenario shows wot goes on behind d scene..Lagos state will be free from God fatherism...Tinubu is a very greedy and power freak bastard...u even talk pass d Gov...who is going to be Gov? Tinubu(Ambode) or JIMI AGBAJE who has no god father ?
Nice one Asiwaju. That is more like it. That sounds more accomodating. Oya to you my igbo brothers and sisters. However, one of the reason i have decided to vote Agbaje is because i hate this god fatherism stuff. It has got to stop in politics in the country. It is annoying. We do not want a stooge again.
Okay seen and thanks .
Tell them
Not even up to one week, I'm beginning to regret voting for APC. See what Tinubu is saying... OMG
I almost lost all my friends for supporting APC.
Racial words from Akiolu, and this is all Tinubu could say?? Nna mehn..., This people are really ready for Igbos. Chei.
And then they started complaining why would it be only igbo people dat wins d competition $ warn the teachers not to present any igbo child again, rather they took a yoruba kids that would come 3rd or even 10th to d national competition $ since then lagos state has not won the competion...pls stop playing innocent here...long hiss!
Hian
I am igbo and am voting APC, they have been consistent with delivering the dividend of democracy in lagos state. Forget what Oba said he is entitled to his opinion and besides if you all want to be honest we have all made mistakes in our lives, having said that don't we like the way they have developed the state? Nigerian politics is something else, it is also possible another political party is behind his statement so as to discredit APC. Just my thought. Everybody should just vote with their conscience and not out of anger.
Well, I hope this issue will die down after this... Some celeb disappoint me sha. Only Pat Utomi n Don jazzy get sense pass
Political talks
Nicely said Machiavelli. APC Vindicated
Well said Mr Tinubu. Pple should vote for competence not bcos Oba said this or that.Pple should stop over hitting the polity.Oba is not an APC member and so Ambode should not be held accountable for his fowl talk.
Please people should stop seen Tinubu's opinion as something to listen to. He's nothing but a deceptive political hypocrite focused solely on his greedy ambitions. We all know the APC led administration in Lagos state is a tribalistic one,this is clearly seen in the previous deportation on non yorubas including hausas and igbos by fashola to their villages. The Oba is a member of the APC and has spoken on behalf of APC. Lagosians wise up, Ambode and APC will only make life more difficult with too much task and expensive life in Lagos. Vote #JimiAgbaje for governor Lagos state,he's the man with positive vision.
Well said jagaban..ijaya gbogbo PDP
Does Tinubu smoke weed? His eyes cracked me up. He's a very handsome man.
What the fuck is this Buffoon going on about?
This is much better. Tinubu changed discussion from oba at fault to what are ibos looking for in obas palace, is he lagos state gov or apc? Legitimate question. Smart omo yoruba. Now dt afenifere - won woke wole bu oba on top politics. Ki oba kadele lo contest. Disgrace. Lenu yin. Now we're getting mad.
Tinubu Should just go and have several seats, instead of apologizing on the Oba's behalf he's here to tell us what he did for igbos, for crying out loud the people you mentioned that benefited merited it, so it would have been a crime on your part not to Favor them accordingly, because that's what should be obtainable everywhere including in a foreign country, merit is merit and nobody can deny anyone their due recompense, but now the question is, what has the Igbo nation living in Lagos done to deserve a death threat from the royal father? Tinubu should pls stop begging the question, he claims the Oba is not a member of the APC, yet he (the Oba) claims he picked Ambode, and also categorically mentioned that people should vote for the party, so I wonder what point Tinubu is trying to make, the truth is that the royal father has desecrated the throne by meddling with things as dirty as partisan politics, and at such has ruined Ambode's chances, and as my people would say ''Onye kpara nku ahuhu si ngwere putara ya oriri''. Meaning- ''he who gathered firewood full of insects has himself invited the lizards to his house'', so whatever the insult his throne receives for this singular statement he made, he should know that he asked for it, period!!!
GEJ MY HERO!
THESE ARE MY MEN!!!! AMBODE!!! A PLUS. A PLUS. A PLUS. HATS OFF TO THE JAGABAN OF AFRICA BOLA AHMED TINUBU!!!!! SAI BUHARI!!! SAI BABA!!! SAI GENERAL!!! THE ONE AND ONLY WINNING TEAM!!! APC 2015!!! A PLUS!!! Oya Dear Igbos, do you see we've got nothing but LOVE for ya... Don't mind the old Lagos Baba that has been drinking too many Native Concoctions! !! He does NOT represent the APC!!! pdp's time is done!!! A man who cannot make a success of a tiny jaykay pharmacy, who doesn't have ANY Antecedents in success or leadership, whose only specialty is in blowing grammar on facebook, can NEVER run one of the greatest commercial hubs in Africa!!! I SUPPORT AND VOTE AKINWUNMI AMBODE, OUR NEXT GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE
Igbo kwenu's Oya start commenting abi una fingers no fit type?reply Tinubu now*Oshi ra ata ma ra iyo......Ambo2015
Juu Suppy fun Suppy joor!
Thiefnubu we want CHANGE in Lagos state because we hate godfatherism.
Oba is finally on his own...
Tarrŕrrrrrrrr tinubu...keep quite. For this talk...u think say na u get lagos. E Don over Una.
Tell them o jagaban..... don't know why they should hold a whole tribe responsible for one man's utterance.sigh
Tank u Mr Tinubu, it doesn't change our mind on who we want to vote for.. Jimi Agbaje all the way
This comment isn't too nice sounds like he just trying to cover up doesn't sound like in the spirit of oneness "don't we pay ur children school fees " hmmm anyway d Waka waka igbo fellows u just heard him "what were u looking 4 at d obas palace". (WESTINO says so)
This comment isn't too nice sounds like he just trying to cover up doesn't sound like in the spirit of oneness "don't we pay ur children school fees " hmmm anyway d Waka waka igbo fellows u just heard him "what were u looking 4 at d obas palace". (WESTINO says so)
This comment isn't too nice sounds like he just trying to cover up doesn't sound like in the spirit of oneness "don't we pay ur children school fees " hmmm anyway d Waka waka igbo fellows u just heard him "what were u looking 4 at d obas palace". (WESTINO says so)
This comment isn't too nice sounds like he just trying to cover up doesn't sound like in the spirit of oneness "don't we pay ur children school fees " hmmm anyway d Waka waka igbo fellows u just heard him "what were u looking 4 at d obas palace". (WESTINO says so)
Hahaa...Oya nah.
Bulls eye. Machiavelli.
Now there is a royal curse of death on him. You burned the house you built
If we are to lay claim to Lagos, let me put it this way, TINUBU will go back to Iragbiji in Osun state, I still haven't found the Fashola ancestry of Lagos and Ambode, go back to Ondo. But NO I won't campaign on such calumny. Not some Ife v. Modakeke war again.
Jimi Agbaje is not 'selling' Lagos to igbos. As a matter of fact, APC in last 16 years has sold 69% of Lagos lands to Igbo businessmen.
Registration of voters is as per residence NOT state of origin. The igbos drive Lagos economically, they've not asked to be Governor. However, there is nothing wrong if Jimi solicits the support of the igbos, registered electorates, to win an election. Why are not mentioning Sabo and the Lepers association in Oyingbo where he even promised the disabled people, a Special Adviser on Disability needs. Why not talk about that one too???
I cannot disrespect HRM Oba Akiolu and though his sentiments are registered, they are desperate. It is common knowledge that most of the lands in Lagos are linked to some ancestry of yours and so you have deep pocket ties with government. Never mind Sir, as promised, the role of Traditional Rulers will hv better significance under Jimi.
Let me promise you this fellow Lagosians, with Jimi, there will be even distribution of attention, amenities and infrastructure between the rich and the Poor. What is the essence of suspended bridge and flowers where the people can hardly eat or find shelter. Instead of setting up to help the poor, you use them to get votes, ignore them, bring people from outside Lagos to be commissioners and train them to go back as Governors. When the poor that voted request for succour, you give them 3k to GET OUT of the state.
Lagosians, the idea of aligning with the centre is so weak an argument that I know even Ambode considers a facade just to have something to say in an attempt to stop the WIND OF CHANGE.
We wanna judge PDP, let them rule Lagos for 4years. They have a lot to prove, they will be forced to work very hArd to retain that seat.
Has Tinubu become APC spokesperson? Just asking...
Oga go and have a sit, we don't need your speech on the issue on ground. #Wickedman
Baba oooo...jagaban. Preach it!!! I gbadun this man! Makaveli
its the condescending manner in which they say 'you igbos' that i find particularly irritating. can they all just BE QUIET.
the oba's statements were wrong...period. don't go any further like fani kayode to start telling us how you dated igbo women in the past and that makes you an igbo tribe lover.
its obvious the oba spoke non tinubu's behalf from the tone he adaopts here.
peopel will vot who they want on saturday..based on pesonal prefernce not on what all these 'owners of lagos' order them to do.
Well said Senator Ahmed Tinubu, but the truth is that Oba should withdraw or apologise for daring to throw igbos into Lagoon. Again, I wanna use this medium to tell Tinubu that igbos are not happy with Lagos state Govt ranging from harassment from Lstma,VIO, to Revenue collectors in d whole lagos state. Lastma in particular is a disaster to igbos, very partial and wicked. I beat traffic light @ Adetokunbo Ademola junction by law school 2yrs ago, 3 cars trailed me n Lastma pursued us with Okada and freed the other 2 cars n extorted 25,000 from me I swear. Becos they sighted d cash in my pocket. I cried out n one of them almost returned d money but d 2nd man said "na omo igbo" he get money. The rest were freed! It's height of tribalism n wickedness.
Fashola,no doubt has tried in security as long as am concerned but he too hated igbo. U tinubu did not hate igbos during ur regime n I like d way u fought federal Govt (Obj)when he seized lagos allocation. We igbos were with u! Am appealing to u to caution who ever that will be d nxt governor of lagos state plz. We need peace in lagos n not hatred from ur men. God bless u.
Akiolu is a gauranteed APC man. You can google him. he is on record saying blatantly that PDP can never rule Lagos. See how Tinubu is even talking down. you igbos. so it is now yorubas paying for igbo school fees. chai. Igbos have suffered. See what APC has in store for you. Bonario too dense to see it.
Na 2day. So u v to tell us all d Igbo people d seat has helped. Just tell d Igbos to support APC and leave mata. No need for roll call.
...and your point is?
Asiwaju, why una dey face Igbo people? Na dem send Oba get verbal diarrhea? Abeg comout front joo. Asiwaju ko, apehinda ni
Igbos, over to you. Oya comment o. I am yet to see what your governors have done for non igbos. When things are over flogged, it gives way to unnecessary war. Peace already
True talk sir...... We see the oba is for agbaje and wants to reduce ambodes supporters but we remain firm.
It's too late ooo, dyin minute patch up, Jk is d winner, Igbos do not slack oooo coming Saturday
They live and pay their tax in Lagos as well.
Thank you Sir for cleaaring the air. You are a real Politician! #isabella_nice
Ndi Igbo did not learn anything from Biafran war. Now, it is the Yorubas that pays your children school fees. Next, it will be that your fathers are Yorubas. The igbos today are mere puns in nigeria political terrain. The reason being that Ibo man has sold his soul to the devil FOR MONEY. Shame.
Ndi Igbo did not learn anything from Biafran war. Now, it is the Yorubas that pays your children school fees. Next, it will be that your fathers are Yorubas. The igbos today are mere puns in nigeria political terrain. The reason being that Ibo man has sold his soul to the devil FOR MONEY. Shame.
wow.. thats true,,
Well Said Great Politician..........
The truth is jez So bitter sometimes. We are 1 despite the shits that comes from each tribes #1naija
Well said my able leader. God will give us the strength and the will to accommodate each other in other to strengthen our democracy. Long life Ndigbo, Long life Yoruba and Long Life Nigeria as a whole.
Ok ooooooooo. You people should start making clearification.
Busy Fingers.
Nyc1 Jagaban......I feel you
so mr tinubu, what does dat imply? r u here to pacify or ignite tension? pls someone help me clarify
Tinubu is a wise man...no wonder he has been relevant even as an opposition...
Rubbish talk. if you like give him one billions . what of those fashola buggled out of lagos and dumped on the Niger bridge and he claimed he was getting lagos free from destitute. But the worst of all agbero that cos mayhem , robbery , chasing buses with a big stick all cos of N20 you did nothing to them. You guys are so tribal
Rubbish the white in spain gave SAMUEL ETO lots of money to play ball in their country but most still threw banana at him and called him monkey. The money dosnt matter when u embark on such terrible crime as racism or tribalism
shot up. you did that to one man. but an OBA threatens to kill everyone that votes otherwise
APC is just a bad party just time will tell.
AMBODE will loose .AMEN
Lagosians lets vote for change
if you truly detest what the OBA said please vote for change. cos its crime against humanity
The Oba of Lagos in an attempt to intimidate the igbos resident in Lagos has threatened to kill igbos if they vote for Jimi Agbaje for Governor. No body can test the resolve of our people. Igbo bu igbo let us now show our electoral worth and relevance by voting for Agbaje. Great warriors of Biafra, please teach this Oba a lesson with your vote. Any igbo who votes for Ambode is a slave. Send this to at least 5 others. Igbo kwenu ! !
relieve him of his crown if u are not on his side. in America the owner of the basket ball club made a racist comment and he was banned for life from anything basket ball.
Can you imagine!Up APC
Fact.
After all our development in lagos so called Oba has the right to speak such words to igbo because we buy lands with 400m in lagos can any of you go to south east to buy any thing. Oba thanks for telling us all you people have in mind we will correct ourself me and my group will never vote for APC only if the obi will come out publicly and swallow back all the stupid language.
Tinubu with his rotten teeth, you are just jealous of TAN and Ifeanyi
Thank goodness you dissociated your party from him
Medicine after death. #Mamie.
Akuko. And so what? Why not tell u r oba to use his mouth and apologise. Thanks for the gesture but bike allow me vote show I want to .
Did you notice he did not condemn such vile and hateful speech uttered by akiolu? Rather he said did we not send an igbo boy to switzerland..lol
Reminds me of when a white guy get caught in a racist moment, he then says oh he has 3 black friends so he is not racist..lol
Igbos are over reacting and once Agbaje loses, all the perks they get from Lagos should be reduced drastically our schools, markets should be locked from them
Well said. I guess the Oba has learnt his lesson. Let's bury the hatchet already bikonu. God bless Nigeria. Linda take note!
Ok o
Tinubu, so we should clap for u becuz a student won a spelling competition and was sponsored by the govt, so we should have a standing ovation becuz u didn't deny him his right U made no sense!!!!!
True Talk. You can call Jagaban any name, but what He is not, is Tribalistic, instead a Great Visionary who has a knack for picking the right people to get the job done, irrespective of Tribe, Religion etc. so let's join hands to make vote for Ambode for the mega plans of our Mega city to come to life.
You can always rely on BAT to give an intelligent and well thought out view. Linda learn from the game changer. Don't hate, celebrate...
Jagaban you are too much ...papa fuel injector I respect your brain overall boos.
The people running their mouth should please react to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's
Comment.
Wait, what d Hell is TINUBU saying? It would have been better he kept quiet, cos it feels like he sees nothing wrong with what the Oba said.Tinubu is tribalistic!!!
Well said jagaban
Imagine! Dey v 4gtn all dat n now dey r over reacting. Even though wat oba said ws wrong, still dey shd v taken it easy. Ki je ti baba tomo koma lala, all of us own lagos no mean say make we den dey over step der boundaries o
Imagine! Dey v 4gtn all dat n now dey r over reacting. Even though wat oba said ws wrong, still dey shd v taken it easy. Ki je ti baba tomo koma lala, all of us own lagos no mean say make we den dey over step der boundaries o
Jagaban tell them. Even if ass licker and tribalism Linda didn't included all. U said appointing igbo as commissioner started from u. Everytin na frame up from PDP and OBA. Na same oba fashola blast wen GEJ turn his palace and Lagos to is second home b4 d election. Ambode for gov no one else
And all this things can not happen in an ibo mans state o,lets b frank lagos does nt belong to us,but we enjoy its fruits,but an ibo man wld nt sit still and watch you progress in his own state
Nice one, and well spoken. Thumbs up to him for dis.
Even dis thiefnubu of a jagaban is coming out in defense for d obvious,,mtcheww,.JK we know and wud vote
My year of Linda's 100k
WATS DE HISTORY AND STORY ALL ABT NOW?? HISTORIAN TINUBU A.K.A. OBASANJO OF LAGOS STATE VE SPOKEN..TOMJERRYSWIT
Shoroniyen?
Tinubu!!!! Free lagos! Free lagos from your shackles of enchantments of ur charm resulting to poverty of ur people, do not patronize us,(igbos) don't cover your evils wif this little few of charity, let truth be told. You have acquired all lagos have and still want more, may God rebuke you.
Philip brown
If he says “The oba is not a politician. His job is to accommodate all political parties, whether PDP, APC or SDP". Then y is he interfering wit his unguided statement?
Thank u baba for reminding them,those igbos that r holding OBA words are hypocrite
Gbam!
There are no hausas, there are no ibos, nor are they any yorubas... I see only one race, i see Nigerians
GbAM!
http://www.wivestownhallconnection.com/2015/04/this-is-not-arena-this-is-nigeria.html?m=1..
As a respected figure/elder, he should tame his utterances.
Don't say sorry when the head is off! It's useless!
Don't say sorry when the head is off! Its useless!!!
I love what you said Tinubu, especially the scholarship aspect
Abeg ee na them know themselves, all na politics
Abeg ee na them know themselves, all na politics
this is soooooooooooooo sad!
to all these people its all about politics. very sad.
a public figure made a very hateful, offensive and arrogant statement capable of causing deep, deep problem for all, should the right things to do not be a plain and clear condemnation and a simple apology?
as simple as a.b.c
all the time l never cease to wonder why we deliberately complicate issues for our self.?
tinubu, IG, buhari, fashola, pat utomi ambode and so many others responses to this Oba Akiolu's mis-jive so far are at best B.A.D!
Jagaban onye onu we knw u tryna protect oba for the damage he's done
YOUR EXPLANATION IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!!
This Tinubu is a wise man and a politician first.
We don hear!
Epistle
Epistle
Onyebuchi Ememanka writes :
What is the principal interest of the Igbos in Lagos? What do we seek to achieve in our sojourn here? My
take is simple. We seek a prosperous Lagos that is economically viable, peaceful....a mini Nigeria of sorts
where all people are able to live and pursue their livelihood without let or hinderance. As a people that thrive
on commerce, Igbos want a Lagos where there are government policies that promote the growth of
commerce and business. A Lagos where government builds roads, bridges, hospitals and is generally alive
to their duties. Education is free in Lagos and our children enjoy this. No Igbo child has been sent away
from any public school in Lagos. Lagos state government pays WAEC and NECO fees for all students in
Lagos....our children enjoy this too.
What do we really want in Lagos? The truth is that we are strangers here. Lagos belongs to some people,
just like Onitsha and Aba. Let's not carry on as if this place is a no man's land. It is not. All of a sudden,
Jimi Agbaje has become an Igboman....we have adopted him as our son.....the same way we adopted
President Jonathan in the last election against our strategic interest as a people...a decision that has left us
in serious political confusion and our senators begging to be admitted into the APC.
What is the difference between Jimi Agbaje and Akinwumi Ambode? Is any of them Igbo? What is our
problem? I believe that we have a fair share here. We live in peace unlike our people in the North. I don't
think there are more Igbos in Lagos than there are in Kano, yet we live peacefully here. Yorubas are highly
politically sophisticated people and they understand that it us better for them to have a government in
Lagos that belongs to the same party as the party at the centre. Igbos cannot love Lagos more than
Yorubas. This is their land. If anything happens here now, we will all leave and return home. These people
own here...this is their home and we must respect their feelings. Every person living in Lagos wants more
federal presence in Lagos. We want a 4th mainland bridge, we want so many other things that the federal
government can do. In the years past, Lagos hasn't enjoyed much federal intervention because of political
party differences. Now they have that chance and we want to spoil it for them by being more catholic than
the pope. Let everybody vote any candidate he wants but I reject any collective Igbo move to vote against
the strategic interests of the people who own the land where we live and make our living. Lagos has been
good to our people. We have succeeded here in business and the professions.
Let's not disrespect the people of Lagos. I will not support any move that will create an impression that
Igbos are against the interest of the owners of Lagos. Nobody has murdered our people here like what we
see in the north. Lagos remains the only state in this country where Igbos hold top government positions.
Even our neighbors and brothers, Rivers State have never given us that privilege despite our huge
population and presence there. As for me, I want Lagos to progress and on Saturday, I will proudly vote for
Akinwumi Ambode.
Onyebuchi Ememanka writes :
What is the principal interest of the Igbos in Lagos? What do we seek to achieve in our sojourn here? My
take is simple. We seek a prosperous Lagos that is economically viable, peaceful....a mini Nigeria of sorts
where all people are able to live and pursue their livelihood without let or hinderance. As a people that thrive
on commerce, Igbos want a Lagos where there are government policies that promote the growth of
commerce and business. A Lagos where government builds roads, bridges, hospitals and is generally alive
to their duties. Education is free in Lagos and our children enjoy this. No Igbo child has been sent away
from any public school in Lagos. Lagos state government pays WAEC and NECO fees for all students in
Lagos....our children enjoy this too.
What do we really want in Lagos? The truth is that we are strangers here. Lagos belongs to some people,
just like Onitsha and Aba. Let's not carry on as if this place is a no man's land. It is not. All of a sudden,
Jimi Agbaje has become an Igboman....we have adopted him as our son.....the same way we adopted
President Jonathan in the last election against our strategic interest as a people...a decision that has left us
in serious political confusion and our senators begging to be admitted into the APC.
What is the difference between Jimi Agbaje and Akinwumi Ambode? Is any of them Igbo? What is our
problem? I believe that we have a fair share here. We live in peace unlike our people in the North. I don't
think there are more Igbos in Lagos than there are in Kano, yet we live peacefully here. Yorubas are highly
politically sophisticated people and they understand that it us better for them to have a government in
Lagos that belongs to the same party as the party at the centre. Igbos cannot love Lagos more than
Yorubas. This is their land. If anything happens here now, we will all leave and return home. These people
own here...this is their home and we must respect their feelings. Every person living in Lagos wants more
federal presence in Lagos. We want a 4th mainland bridge, we want so many other things that the federal
government can do. In the years past, Lagos hasn't enjoyed much federal intervention because of political
party differences. Now they have that chance and we want to spoil it for them by being more catholic than
the pope. Let everybody vote any candidate he wants but I reject any collective Igbo move to vote against
the strategic interests of the people who own the land where we live and make our living. Lagos has been
good to our people. We have succeeded here in business and the professions.
Let's not disrespect the people of Lagos. I will not support any move that will create an impression that
Igbos are against the interest of the owners of Lagos. Nobody has murdered our people here like what we
see in the north. Lagos remains the only state in this country where Igbos hold top government positions.
Even our neighbors and brothers, Rivers State have never given us that privilege despite our huge
population and presence there. As for me, I want Lagos to progress and on Saturday, I will proudly vote for
Akinwumi Ambode.
Onyebuchi Ememanka writes :
What is the principal interest of the Igbos in Lagos? What do we seek to achieve in our sojourn here? My
take is simple. We seek a prosperous Lagos that is economically viable, peaceful....a mini Nigeria of sorts
where all people are able to live and pursue their livelihood without let or hinderance. As a people that thrive
on commerce, Igbos want a Lagos where there are government policies that promote the growth of
commerce and business. A Lagos where government builds roads, bridges, hospitals and is generally alive
to their duties. Education is free in Lagos and our children enjoy this. No Igbo child has been sent away
from any public school in Lagos. Lagos state government pays WAEC and NECO fees for all students in
Lagos....our children enjoy this too.
What do we really want in Lagos? The truth is that we are strangers here. Lagos belongs to some people,
just like Onitsha and Aba. Let's not carry on as if this place is a no man's land. It is not. All of a sudden,
Jimi Agbaje has become an Igboman....we have adopted him as our son.....the same way we adopted
President Jonathan in the last election against our strategic interest as a people...a decision that has left us
in serious political confusion and our senators begging to be admitted into the APC.
What is the difference between Jimi Agbaje and Akinwumi Ambode? Is any of them Igbo? What is our
problem? I believe that we have a fair share here. We live in peace unlike our people in the North. I don't
think there are more Igbos in Lagos than there are in Kano, yet we live peacefully here. Yorubas are highly
politically sophisticated people and they understand that it us better for them to have a government in
Lagos that belongs to the same party as the party at the centre. Igbos cannot love Lagos more than
Yorubas. This is their land. If anything happens here now, we will all leave and return home. These people
own here...this is their home and we must respect their feelings. Every person living in Lagos wants more
federal presence in Lagos. We want a 4th mainland bridge, we want so many other things that the federal
government can do. In the years past, Lagos hasn't enjoyed much federal intervention because of political
party differences. Now they have that chance and we want to spoil it for them by being more catholic than
the pope. Let everybody vote any candidate he wants but I reject any collective Igbo move to vote against
the strategic interests of the people who own the land where we live and make our living. Lagos has been
good to our people. We have succeeded here in business and the professions.
Let's not disrespect the people of Lagos. I will not support any move that will create an impression that
Igbos are against the interest of the owners of Lagos. Nobody has murdered our people here like what we
see in the north. Lagos remains the only state in this country where Igbos hold top government positions.
Even our neighbors and brothers, Rivers State have never given us that privilege despite our huge
population and presence there. As for me, I want Lagos to progress and on Saturday, I will proudly vote for
Akinwumi Ambode.
Sooooooo!!! How does that explain Oba's behavior? I bet u still had it in mind and wascnot happy that am igbo won that competition.
Tinubu is right. Ebuka Anisiobi is my close friend. We attended OAU together, ate from the same plate and did student's female hostel visiting together *hope u understand* He was made a one day governor and he is an igbo from anambra.Yorubas are the least tribalistic among all the tribes in Nigeria. Let's live in peace and unity.
Hmmm
Tinubu shut up your dame mouth you are also the same with Fashola Igbo will not for APC
May be the oba is not happy about this kind of Tinubu's testimony and other things,he then decided to pour out his emotions. Who cares anywhere.
I read they went there on Oba's invitation. Tinubu should know that.
Very well said. Thank you.
Na wa o! Nigeria and the big game of politics
Let all these people shouting Igbos will not vote for APC please stop. Let them speak for themselves. They speak as if they have power to decide who every Igbo person must vote for. Come on, please speak for yourself and not for me. I have every right to decide whom I vote for likewise my family. I don't believe in bandwagon effect style of doing things. I have my conscience to direct my actions and in-actions. Please stop this trash of Igbos will not vote this and that person, simply say "I WILL NOT" and not "IGBOS WILL NOT". Who the hell are you to decide for the entire Igbos. In as much as I strongly condemn Oba's comments, but that has not changed my view about Ambode being a better candidate for the Lagos top job period. So enough of this IGBOS WILL and WILL NOT. How many people commenting here even have a PVC not to talk of voting. Akuko Ejiagha, Akuko Okoko
#Something to ponder on....
Dear Lagosian,
Yorubas are very decent and reasonable people. No tribe will entertain on their land what is going on in Lagos.
We all condemn in totality the statement of OBA AKIOLU!!!
But lets ask ourselves one important question, WHY IS OBA AKIOLU SO ANGRY WITH IGBOS?
My answers are:
1. "I WILL ELEVATE EZE NDIGBO TO THE STATUS OF OBA OF LAGOS" -
JIMI AGBAJE.
2. IGBO WILL DETERMINE WHO RULES LAGOS- IFEANYI UBAH
3. LAGOS IS NO MAN'S LAND.- IFEANYI UBAH DURING TAN CAMPAIGN.
4. IGBO DEVELOPED AND CONTROLS LAGOS- JIMI AGBAJE DURING GEJ CAMPAIGN IN AKWA IBOM
5. WE MUST PRODUCE THE NEXT DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF LAGOS- EZE NDIGBO
MY QUESTIONS TO IGBOS,
1. CAN OBI OF ONITHSA ACCEPT ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED?
2. CAN EMIR OF KANO ACCEPT ....?
3. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SINGLE TRIBE IN YOUR CABINET IN THE EAST?
4. CAN ANY TRIBE CLAIM ONITHSA OR ABA TO BE NO MAN'S LAND?
5. CAN OBI OF ONITHSA ACCEPT THE ELEVATION OF SARKIN HAUSA IN ONITHSA TO OBI STATUS?
My conclusion:
We have been living together as brothers for years in peace.
You must respect our tradition and institutions. Ifeanyi Ubah should stop jumping around Lagos beating drums of war!
GOD BLESS YORUBAS , IGBOS, HAUSA'S & THE MANY OTHER TRIBES
GOD BLESS NIGERIA!!!!🙏
TruthBeTold -
Battle For Lagos
Onyebuchi Ememanka writes ~
What is the principal interest of the Igbos in Lagos? What do we seek to achieve in our sojourn here?
My take is simple. We seek a prosperous Lagos that is economically viable, peaceful....a mini Nigeria of sorts where all people are able to live and pursue their livelihood without let or hinderance.
As a people that thrive on commerce, Igbos want a Lagos where there are government policies that promote the growth of commerce and business.
A Lagos where government builds roads, bridges, hospitals and is generally alive to their duties.
Education is free in Lagos and our children enjoy this.
No Igbo child has been sent away from any public school in Lagos. Lagos state government pays WAEC and NECO fees for all students in Lagos....our children enjoy this too.
What do we really want in Lagos? The truth is that we are strangers here. Lagos belongs to some people, just like Onitsha and Aba. Let's not carry on as if this place is a no man's land. It is not!
All of a sudden, Jimi Agbaje has become an Igboman....we have adopted him as our son.....the same way we adopted
President Jonathan in the last election against our strategic interest as a people...a decision that has left us in serious political confusion and our senators begging to be admitted into the APC.
What is the difference between Jimi Agbaje and Akinwumi Ambode? Is any of them Igbo? What is our problem? I believe that we have a fair share here. We live in peace unlike our people in the North. I don't think there are more Igbos in Lagos than there are in Kano, yet we live peacefully here.
Yorubas are highly politically sophisticated people and they understand that it is better for them to have a government in Lagos that belongs to the same party as the party at the centre. Igbos cannot love Lagos more than Yorubas. This is their land. If anything happens here now, we will all leave and return home.
These people own here...this is their home and we must respect their feelings. Every person living in Lagos wants more federal presence in Lagos. We want a 4th mainland bridge, we want so many other things that the federal government can do.
In the years past, Lagos hasn't enjoyed much federal intervention because of political party differences. Now they have that chance and we want to spoil it for them by being more catholic than the pope.
Let everybody vote any candidate he wants but I reject any collective Igbo move to vote against the strategic interests of the people who own the land where we live and make our living. Lagos has been good to our people. We have succeeded here in business and the professions.
Let's not disrespect the people
Oyebuchi is one senseable igbo I ve evever come across.igbos shld go to he'll what's u pple problem wt yorubas.u guys shld go to ur states if u re nt comfortable wt them Pe
riod
Some pple ugly sha.....
Oga can't help it! Igbos are very smart and always high flyers (Yorubas though)! e.g; Chuka Umunna- UK labor party MP.
Oga can't help it! Igbos are very smart and always high flyers (Yorubas though)! e.g; Chuka Umunna- UK labor party MP.
Oga can't help it! Igbos are very smart and always high flyers (Yorubas though)! e.g; Chuka Umunna- UK labor party MP.
You must be a serious retard to speak like that..ABAT is a million times better than ur father and all ur god-fathers! OMO ALE!
Your father there... Shey na Igbos say make una lazy?
Onyebuchi Ememanka writes :
What is the principal interest of the Igbos in Lagos? What do we seek to achieve in our sojourn here? My
take is simple. We seek a prosperous Lagos that is economically viable, peaceful....a mini Nigeria of sorts
where all people are able to live and pursue their livelihood without let or hinderance. As a people that thrive
on commerce, Igbos want a Lagos where there are government policies that promote the growth of
commerce and business. A Lagos where government builds roads, bridges, hospitals and is generally alive
to their duties. Education is free in Lagos and our children enjoy this. No Igbo child has been sent away
from any public school in Lagos. Lagos state government pays WAEC and NECO fees for all students in
Lagos....our children enjoy this too.
What do we really want in Lagos? The truth is that we are strangers here. Lagos belongs to some people,
just like Onitsha and Aba. Let's not carry on as if this place is a no man's land. It is not. All of a sudden,
Jimi Agbaje has become an Igboman....we have adopted him as our son.....the same way we adopted
President Jonathan in the last election against our strategic interest as a people...a decision that has left us
in serious political confusion and our senators begging to be admitted into the APC.
What is the difference between Jimi Agbaje and Akinwumi Ambode? Is any of them Igbo? What is our
problem? I believe that we have a fair share here. We live in peace unlike our people in the North. I don't
think there are more Igbos in Lagos than there are in Kano, yet we live peacefully here. Yorubas are highly
politically sophisticated people and they understand that it us better for them to have a government in
Lagos that belongs to the same party as the party at the centre. Igbos cannot love Lagos more than
Yorubas. This is their land. If anything happens here now, we will all leave and return home. These people
own here...this is their home and we must respect their feelings. Every person living in Lagos wants more
federal presence in Lagos. We want a 4th mainland bridge, we want so many other things that the federal
government can do. In the years past, Lagos hasn't enjoyed much federal intervention because of political
party differences. Now they have that chance and we want to spoil it for them by being more catholic than
the pope. Let everybody vote any candidate he wants but I reject any collective Igbo move to vote against
the strategic interests of the people who own the land where we live and make our living. Lagos has been
good to our people. We have succeeded here in business and the professions.
Let's not disrespect the people of Lagos. I will not support any move that will create an impression that
Igbos are against the interest of the owners of Lagos. Nobody has murdered our people here like what we
see in the north. Lagos remains the only state in this country where Igbos hold top government positions.
Even our neighbors and brothers, Rivers State have never given us that privilege despite our huge
population and presence there. As for me, I want Lagos to progress and on Saturday, I will proudly vote for
Akinwumi Ambode.
@ power if you buy land for 400milliom in Lagos where did you get the money from is it not from the same Yorubaland and that is because it is a prosperous land,how many people who go to do business in the east can boast of such achievement no matter how much they try and this is because there is really nothing there,the only viable business i can talk about in the east is estate business and farming that is why they can kill their blood brother who dare to compete with them over land matters.Are there not Igbo's living in Kano and contributing meaningfully to the development of the place why cant they claim it's no man's land or ever try to raise their voice politically not to talk of trying to dictate the politically space there,they know it will be an overnight massacre for them so they act like cowards and mind their business.Even Abuja which they ought to claim to be no man's land they have not deemed it fit to undertake such clamor so that they too can contest as senator representing Abuja federal constituency.Ibo's always think they know while knowing nothing,knowledge of business does not translate to wisdom that is why they have continue to make themselves irrelevant within this entity called Nigeria,whether during Military or Civilian regime the just concluded election being a good case study,this outcome alone shows that they really have no one who can see ahead,settle down and think a right what a shame to handle such important national issue that dictates their collective well-being with mere emotion and instead of trying to correct this self inflicted restriction resulting from lack of vision,go back to the drawing board and see why they are always not getting it right politically and finding a lasting solution to it but instead of doing this they are busy trying to claim another man's land.I'll end my piece by praying for them that God will help them to see what their problem as a race are,and with humility seek the help of other race or region who could assist them in achieving their aspiration which political emancipation and relevance.
The Oba is not a card carrying member of APC. Y did he not hand picked his son who lost under APC. He stated categorically dat he is a relative of JK n didn't state his rship with Ambode ( it is possible dat he is not related to him). Therefore, where is JK's comment condemning his Uncle's speech
Even JK has refused to condemn his Uncle's speech
Haba! He talks trouble, he doesn't talk trouble
Where is JK's comment. @ least d Oba stated dat dey r blood related
Smh
R u paying?
Please include the ones from Fayose, Fani Kayode and Okupe n if possible GEJ
Dat one is a big fat lie. Agbaje has his own God father n dat is Bode George. So stop patronizing us
Please include Orubebe
Gosh! One can't win with you lot! Damned if you do, damned if you don't! He clearly added "like others" but highlighted you guys to show no discrimination. Again zero culpability on your part! Why is some of your ire not directed towards your Chiefs who went to see the Oba in the first place? Why no insults towards them clearly heard clapping and cheering the Oba on during his ridiculous speech??! Don't let you judgement get clouded by pure revenge. Be rational. What is in the best interest of your people and Lagos (and really Nigeria) as a whole. If you feel it's Agbaje. Fine. If Ambode, fine. Don't get sidetracked by a politically irrelevant entity. #OneNigeria
One is free to vote as they want but my questionto you is: What do you think Bode George (a convicted felon) is to Jimi Agbaje? How do you think he won his primaries? Let's keep it real. JK pre-PDP, perhaps. Now? No. Thank you.
Thank you brother for your unbiased, rational attitude. #OneNigeria
Huh? Where have you been?
Your a big fool..
God bless you.
Then you will also suffer because your people are so lazy to run a shop not to talk of a market.
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