Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has described the Igbos as people who can be
predicted when it comes to voting. According to him, the Igbos vote
based on their stomach and have an incurable money mindedness. Prof.
Soyinka said this while delivering a lecture titled 'Predicting
Nigeria,
Electoral Ironies’ at Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African and African American Research", in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
"Igbos remained
unrepentant and resolute towards their strategic objective of secession
at worst; or a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction at best,” he said
at the lecture which held on April 29.
"The climax of MASSOB’s war
against the Nigerian state was the call for
sit-ins and civil disobedience that shut down markets and public
services, as Igbos stayed at home in a symbolic gesture to assert
Biafran independence. The call was honoured by governors in the two
principal Ibo states, though without fanfare. The Igbos are probably the
only group of Nigerians that you can predict
with great accuracy whom they will vote for in an election, because
they tend to put their votes where their stomachs take them; suffering
as it were, from incurable money-mindedness, as they would stop at
nothing in their quest for personal financial gain. Muhammadu Buhari was
the better of the two evils as the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan
had been an unmitigated disaster and failure. It was a painful decision
to tell people to vote Buhari, but the
country needed a new beginning. I was more against Jonathan, than I was
pro-Buhari.
“Nothing is more unworthy of leadership than to degrade a system by
which one attains fulfillment, and this is what the nation witnessed
time and time again under Jonathan, who was increasingly becoming
intolerant of opposition in an escalating streak of impunity and
authoritarian madness, which was most blatant and unconscionable. The
‘militricians’ – soldiers turned politicians in power – aren’t
looking for excellence; their civilian cohorts are worse. Short cuts and
how to circumvent the system for the profit of a few are the norm of
governance. Those who do honest work are derided as lacking the skill to
fit it. Ironically, things haven’t quite changed a bit after 16 years
of democracy in the country.” he said
Source:
The Cable
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 543 Newer› Newest»I'm inclined to agree and disagree. I'm igbo as well and I think the average Igbo man believes money solves every problem. It's in our nature and its part of who we are. That being said, greed isn't restricted to an ethnic group. There is corruption in every single state in Nigeria and corruption is caused by greed.
In regards to the election, he and I are on the same page. Jonathan was an epic failure! He had 6yrs to make a difference. I was sympathetic towards him because I felt Boko Haram never really gave him a chance, but he was a president for crying out loud! He didn't have adequate resources at his disposal to end the insurgency but his lackadaisical attitude towards the whole issue had us at wits end. I was even more pissed off when he announced his candidacy! But I didn't think Buhari was a better option either. I was of the opinion that we needed someone younger, intelligent, with modern views and ideas on how to tackle issues of unemployment, power supply, education, security and all the problems plaguing us. Most people voted for Buhari because they wanted someone different as is their right. It wasn't about his politics or views or promises. They just wanted Jonathan out. I'm glad he's leaving anyway, I for one am dying to see what Buhari has to offer and I hope he's able to handle all the problems facing Nigeria.
Igbos voted for their stomach and wole soyinka and his tribal men voted for their anus,According to wole Igbos like money more than him and his yoruba people how many charity homes has for the less priviledged people he cares for in this his useless Nigeria,foolish old man after saying all sorts of rubbish against Buhari you have the gut to insult Igbos for voting their choice,then how can he equate 17 states of the north against 4 states from the east.
Linda or what your name? Tell me why you Yoruba'always attacking the Igbos? This nonsense talk emerge from the lazy ass King that call himself Oba of what what and the lazy film producer Kunle Afolaku or what? and now you Wole? I really dont see anythng nobel in you with this stupid stated you made, i have just one advice for you your time is up and soon you will die. Has for the rest of you haters (Yorubas) WHO HAVE PROBLEM WITH MY TRIBE ...this is a message for you ASSHOLE JUST DIE PLEASE i am tired of hearing all this nonsense please die i'm begging you no time for you to change just die.
Why must evry tribe in nigeria afraid of igbo, northwest voted buhari no one talk, northeast vote buhari no one talk, southsouth voted Jonathan no one talk, south east voted Jonathan and evry body talking must other tribe dictate to igbo.
Good question. In America, Democrats always vote for their candidate and so do Republicans. No one has the right to question anyone's political leanings. How many Northerners voted Jonathan? The entire election shows how divided we are as a people, but the fact remains everyone has a right to vote whomever he / she wants !
The day Igbos start acknowledging and admitting truth irrespective of how bitter it is. Things will start to get a lot better for them.
Now i can see that these white hairs are signs of stupidity not knowledge,old fool!!!
I hate it when i keep hearing people( Yorubas and Hausas) attacking the Igbos out of jealousy. If a man like Wole Soyinka (as stupid as he is) can join the rank of people who are against us and say some stupid untrue things about us, then i have to take it personal... Soyinka is such a scumbag scum
ooouch! Prof has blundered. How can he generalize? 12m people voted for Jonathan, are they all igbos? Is Nigeria not a democracy? Don't we have a right to vote for any candidate? I am sure the Prof was caught at a bad time. As Richard Akinjide, once said, Prof Soyinka should leave politics for politicians and concentrate on literature. Still a great Nigerian though. For people who expose their ignorance by saying all Igbo people love is money, what of other tribes? Don't they love money? Again it is only politics that divide us. Meanwhile Linda u too sweet.
Ewu....that's what you are. So Yorubas hate money? Lazy fool!
Just because we did not vote for those who participated in genocide against d igbo, blood of igbo killed wll continue to hunt dis land until we get justice. iseee
Just because we did not vote for those who participated in genocide against d igbo, blood of igbo killed wll continue to hunt dis land until we get justice. iseee
Wole, this has shown how empty you are. An educated illiterate. I wish Achebe was still arround.He would have surely taken you to the cleaners.NOBLE LAUREATE MY FOOT.
I'm Hausa and I find this highly offensive to the Igbos. They didn't vote GMB and they are automatically side lined. I mean for crying out loud this is democracy. If the Igbos are predictable what about the Hausas why didn't any Northern state vote GEJ if they weren't being sentimental. It amazes me when a man starts to castigate a whole tribe just because they didn't vote for who you wanted. Its democracy!!! Some people will even vote Satan if he contests thats the whole point of DEMOCRACY!!! I really didn't expect this from you. Its comments like this that are inciting... Smh.. May Allah forgive you
PS. Over look any typos 😀
Some of you here can insult him all you want, but deep down in your heart, you know the man is RIGHT! Even after the presidential election in which Buhari won, most Igbos were still making noise up and down, casting aspersion on Buhari until they realize that no Igbo will win a senate seat and then all of them starting thinking of the errors of their decision,which CLEARLY influenced the way they voted for Rochas Okorocha because that is the only hope they now have to gain any sympathy. Wole Soyinka is right. The truth is bitter, but it must be told.
Wole Soyinka is an Ishi Okpo aka Ode
Nice one
Don't be angry you hear? Sorry.
My dear he was not meant to win dat Nobel laureate ooo. Chinua Achebe was d winner frm all indications but dey played politics wit it and gave it to him. Havnt u asked ur sef d book he wrote dat merited it? None of his books wwere as popular dan Achebe's "Things fall apart". He wil soon get served for all dey did to us. We wil just sit down and be watching at dis drama called Nigerian politics. Igbos wil hav d last laff. And wen Yorubas wil realise it, it wil be tooo late.
The problem in naija is multiply yes igbo might b money minded because they believe in hard work and personal genuine cash whereas yorubas are bunch of people who tribalism, nepotism and favouritism has swallowed up and the government dere they play out the most even Ova feminine Swollen made that reference and the oba of lagos acted out glaringly
He said d bitter truth
Achebe is the mother of all fools. Despite all his professed knowledge, he was unable to complete his evolution as a human being cos of his deep rooted primordial sentiment off tribalism. All Igbos are evil and should be exterminated. Their agenda has always been 'Lord it over other tribes'. Useless beings. Sha gettout of Lag b4 it's too late.
Chai...dis man son finish my Igbo brethren
Bona Bona, it hurts right? U see hw life is, after campaignin for buhari in every page of d social network yet dey stil talk down on ur tribe. Even Wole Soyinka did not respect some igbos lik u who voted wit passion for buhari. None of dem did. We shall hav d last laff.
You ain't igbo...that's certain
U ar very stupid. Atleast we were not bought wit money to vote for GEJ. We voted for him frm our hearts. Wat of ur pple who continue to be slaves to hausa yet claim dey ar educated? We ar beta dan u guys. Yorubas wil foreva be Hausas puppet. Dats why d likes of u and Wole thinks frm ur anus. Una neva see anything. We ar just watchin u guys on 3D
Anon 11.25...wts true in wt he said. I tried making any sense out of d nonsense he wrote buh I cudnt. Dis money mindedness evri1 is always saying ibos av, nd cos we just laff it off evri1 is nw making it seem like evil...is it dat oda tribes in nigeria are allergic to money abi dey too dnt go extra lengths to live comfortably. Nd dint other tribes also centre their votes on buhari? Y is no1 calling out the northerners wo voted in millions for buhari nd practically made jonathan's campaign there impossible? Or dint he see those to talk about during his election speech. Tribalistic old......man
U were born useless in a pit toilet.
Dunno wen he said dat, nd it's you guys biz if u dint call him out. Him insulting his tribe is quite different from him insulting another tribe. I'm sure you'll be more than pleased if any respected ibo leader should insult Ur tribe buh pardon me if I don't enjoy it. If he wants to desperately insult something, his tribe is there...at least no1 wud blame him for dat. Y carry his foul mouth and talk trash sme1 else's tribe n heritage??
Ps.....In case u dnt understand how Amadioha works.....its you that the god of thunder will strike. Idiot
Saint hate of money....its aii. You said it with your mouth o. So dat wen poverty starts following some miserable human goats....dey wnt start looking at heaven and crying. Ibos dat are so industrious and at least work for their money av become the culprits...you guys dat only specialise in juju and fleece the hell out of the country in the name of politics nko?
Ps.....In case u dnt understand how Amadioha works.....its you that the god of thunder will strike. Idiot
Why are the yoruba's after the igbos???? They are can Never make any coment about the hawusa's. An hawusa man will never trust a yoruba man they refer yoruba's as( BEREBE) which means, people of two face or double face of sword.
This is really very insulting coming from wole Soyinka to a whole race of eople. Did he not know that people where even bribed to vote a particular way in other areas, why pick on the igbos? I voted jonathan and I have no regrets doing that. If the elections hold tmrow again, I will still vote jonathan again. Soyinka is just an old anuofia, otolo and big hypocrite, rubbish
Nna eh....wts vexing me isn't even that he's only calling out ibos , yea we were predictable but Hausas nko? GEJ just abandoned other tribes and settled on them, apart from that bokoharam issue, he mainly worked in the north improving their agriculture, education and all dat, yet they voted in millions for their own brother. I dnt blame them, dats their choice, same way we av our choice too....so on what basis are we voti g with our stomachs? Cudnt he talk about their case too abi dey werent biased with their votings? I just can't deal with the stupidity of some human beings at times.
Kill him na as he has said d truth. Barking like dogs here won't pinch one of his hair. Igbos are bunch scum bag. Very rude creations
Not just a junk...na old fool!!! Typical of Amala yoruba pple...shey there oba don show himsef?? Now dis bearded fool join suit...na thunder go fire dat ur Amala mouth!!!
THERE ARE NOT MANY PEOPLE AS EDUCATED (THOROUGH EDUCATION O) AS MY PROF WOLE SOYINKA . I HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO HIM. HE IS MY MENTOR. HE IS AN EPITOME OF CLASS, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY GET BETTER THAN WOLE SOYINKA . HE IS THE BEST. VERY ELOQUENT, WELL SPOKEN, ETC. WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BE YORUBA BY MERELY LOOKING AT HIM?
IS IT NOT UR USELESS ONYEKA ONWENU THAT FIRST YABBED HIM OVER 'SUPPORT' FOR PATIENCE JONATHAN
THE PROBLEM WITH IGBOS IS THAT YOU PEOPLE HAVE NOT REALIZED IT, BUT U ARE ON THE ROAD TO YOUR DESTRUCTION! ALL THE EVIL TRIBALISM (E.G IN A TOTALLY UNRELATED POST ON A BLOG, ONE IGBO BASTARD WILL JUST MAKE A STUPID COMMENT ABOUT YORUBAS, FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN BITTERNESS FROM THE CIVIL WAR) ALSO EATING YOU UP LIKE A CANKERWORM.
YORUBAS WHO HAVE UP TILL NOW IGNORED THESE STUPID STATEMENTS FROM BITTER IGBO SOULS HERE AND THERE, HAVE NOW WOKEN UP TO THE INFERIORITY COMPLEX WORRYING IGBO PEOPLE. INFERIORITY WHICH MAKES THEM ALWAYS ASPIRE TO LIVE IN LAGOS (LONDON TO THEM)
PROF WE ARE BEHIND YOU 100%. YOU HAVE SIMPLY SAID THE TRUTH. THE IGBOS ARE JUST TOO SENSITIVE AND CHILDISH AND ARE NEVER OBJECTIVE IN ANYTHING THEY DO. THEY ARE JUST CRUDE AND UNCOUTH IN THEIR EXISTENCE. GBAM!!!
Well, the truth is always bitter!!!
Learn how to spell first Olodo!
I always get overwhelmed with pity when I see my people shout one Nigeria when there is actually nothing like that. It's quite unfortunate that a supposedly educated man, a noble price laureate for that matter who is supposed to be a Nigerian proved me right by talking down on a Nigerian Tribe outside Nigeria. (in a strange land). It's a shame. If I may ask, who doesn't love money? So it's not our fault that we know how to get it, make it and manage our finances. Those were the
reasons why God created money so you shouldn't jealous us. Let me officially say that I love money and I love those who knows how to make the money legally and not those who pretend to hate it but uses every little opportunity they get to steal and squander it just like your people. As for the election , please people have the right to make their choices and that is what freedom is all about, it is their constitutional right. Thanks
I always get overwhelmed with pity when I see my people shout one Nigeria when there is actually nothing like that. It's quite unfortunate that a supposedly educated man, a noble price laureate for that matter who is supposed to be a Nigerian proved me right by talking down on a Nigerian Tribe outside Nigeria. (in a strange land). It's a shame. If I may ask, who doesn't love money? So it's not our fault that we know how to get it, make it and manage our finances. Those were the
reasons why God created money so you shouldn't jealous us. Let me officially say that I love money and I love those who knows how to make the money legally and not those who pretend to hate it but uses every little opportunity they get to steal and squander it just like your people. As for the election , please people have the right to make their choices and that is what freedom is all about, it is their constitutional right. Thanks
I truly don't care about the feelings or opinions of any other Nigerian concerning the father of all cultism activities in the Nigerian Universities of today.
I'm of the opinion that Prof. Wole Soyinka is a bigot and a shame to the prestigious Noble Award he carries around town.
A master of divisible ethics, Prof has truly made it clear that he stands for ethnic separations amongst Nigerians than ever before.
I have no apologies to tender, rather I'd pray to have him face his word-crimes sooner than later.
You can.talk about my people with disrespect, it's not your fault, father I blame the Igbos for that, but when.you start to bring up a few topics like that of the Biafran war my fathers and there fathers fought with bravery and gallantly, then you deserve a smack on the face.
Shit will always remain shit, no matter how well it's packaged.
I said so.
MONEY JUST KEEPS COMING TO THE IGBO MAN. PLEASE DONT GO TO ANY OTHER TRIBE SINCE THEY DONT LIKE YOU...FOOLISH OLD PROFESSOR!
On a more Rational note, he spoke d obvious truth, same thing ETC stated some few weeks back. Stop d insult and face d truth. Ogugua
Which bitter truth?????
He is just being a tribalism
I thought this man is above this kind of inflammatory tribal comment like this... A monkey at 40.
Pls verify properly cos u r not igbo really u r just a bastard! anu mpama! Show ur Identity ka egbeigwe gbagbuo gi there, ozu!
Very stupid? This is great grand stupidity! Don't mind the lazy ass that takes fried pepper only as break fast lunch and dinner, he sure must be mentally derailed, ezi bida
Anu mpama!
I cried after reading this...whatever we did to these pple to deserve all their tribalistic remarks? Everyone voted their choice,must we all vote for Buhari? Besides what did GEJ did for d Igbos? We voted him cos he's less evil,just like ur Buhari is less evil to u...All these Yoruba pple dat reason tru their anus,be giving me reasons to hate d whole Yoruba tribe.Rubbish!!!
Empirical evidence please? Graduate in foolishness! May leprosy chop off the fingers u made use of in typing this trash here smelly fool
We will all be watching, time will tell
Let's hear Soyinka' comments in six months time. He is a shameless tribalistic fool
He is one of those behind the problems of Nigeria
He supported&benefited fr Ibb'misrule. The World is listening, history will judge him. Buharii is not a messiah.Just pray 4 Nigeria my country.
Just pray 4Nigeria my country w
Ewu! Ur son in - law was once giving u part of the national cake from GEJ, then your stomach was full, eeekwa? Ur son in law now left the finger that fed him nd hunger set into ur generation nd u hv decided to vote for ur stomach in reality after swearing ur veins out that GMB will never rule again kai! I pity u! Because GMB will buy ur casket for this shameful act of urs, the prayers of the igbos will hunt u until you can take no more! Curses rained on shall not spare u n even ur generation! U better apologise to God n pray for mercy cos this is a sin against the holy spirit.
Ugly.smelly igbo people. Anyway 80 percent of you are uneducated so am not surprised. Dirty smelling evil tribe.the most hated tribe in nigeria. Bad eggs.
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/04/nigeria-at-the-crossroads/
The above is his real speech, everything else is just lies to defame the author and set tribes against each other.
Prof u really misyarned. I think u should have kept quiet than opening mouth and insulting yourself..
It's quite unfortunate! I think it's high time we act against tribalism in this country, as an Igbo man I have not less than 30 yoruba employees more numerous than my own brethren in my establishment, if I choose to get rid of them all for the sake of tribalism what will become of them? Wole pls stop risking the lives of yoruba folks stop it, cos u might not be able to quench the fire u are about to light up .
Useless man. You forget that Jonathan is our brother. Educated fool. gbo matter will give all of you high no
U are actually a no life! What the he'll is our business if the stupid old cargo called his mother and all yorubas betrayers b or judases if there is anything like that? U want to bite the finger that feeds u? Or u hv forgotten who struggles in this country to put food on your table? What is true about some old man with deterioration in both body and mind? Or don't u wonder y old people pee on their beds cos their senses are gone! So pls nurse ur grand father cos he's lost it ! And may egbeigwe locate u wherever u are and kindly gbagbuo you gi anya! Ezi bida in fact ezi ajegunle
The man has sold u nd ur fathers take or leave it! Ode
If an Igbo man suffer stomach infrastructure then a Yoruba man can sell his brother over a porridge of yam just like Esau in the bible (sabo)... They've been double crossing Igbos even before/after the biafran war... 2faced edged sword... Prof please don't open up old wound o that we igbos are trying to forget unless u want to open a deep hole that will shallow u as well. Let the sleeping dog lie. But I take it that this your careless talk is one of those talk that comes with old age..
If an Igbo man suffer stomach infrastructure then a Yoruba man can sell his brother over a porridge of yam just like Esau in the bible (sabo)... They've been double crossing Igbos even before/after the biafran war... 2faced edged sword... Prof please don't open up old wound o that we igbos are trying to forget unless u want to open a deep hole that will shallow u as well. Let the sleeping dog lie. But I take it that this your careless talk is one of those talk that comes with old age..
If an Igbo man suffer stomach infrastructure then a Yoruba man can sell his brother over a porridge of yam just like Esau in the bible (sabo)... They've been double crossing Igbos even before/after the biafran war... 2faced edged sword... Prof please don't open up old wound o that we igbos are trying to forget unless u want to open a deep hole that will shallow u as well. Let the sleeping dog lie. But I take it that this your careless talk is one of those talk that comes with old age..
Impunity, ignorance, inability to constructively criticise, unreasonable mumbo jumbo. Very igbo. Confirms the noble laurate's sentiments. Monkey mindedness.
*** mynameisSkelewu
Can you listen to yourself. You're an error, contradicting yourself. Get help, best wishes.
**** mynameisSkelewu
That is what is known as ability to make choices
Even God Almighty gave that to mankind.
Na belle disenfranchise una tribe. Lol
*** mynameisSkelewu
Dunce, there is no reason for him to be jailed. In our part of the country, there are honest men without skeletons own their closets
*** mynameisSkelewu
Just stfu. You have proven time and time again that your lunacy surprises even street lunatics. So we know as usually you're spewing faecal matter as usual.
**"* mynameisSkelewu
PLS prof, I taught u were after the unity of this great country Nigeria. I know better now that u are a tribalist. PLS don't cause more harm than u have already done to the Nigerian educational system,creating Useless fraternity that has now evolved to cultism
Chineke kpo gi oku there. Anu mpama di ka go nwuru anwu. It is you that God will punish over and over again u stupid little twat. Idiot mmuo. We have seen who has manners. You abi? Ewu. Why didn't you show us your manners so we can learn from you by shutting that your diarrhea stinking trap you call a mouth. If you people are crabs in a barrel and you believe it then carry on crab in a barrel like you. As for we, we do not agree with it so if u wan die on top am, begin dey go hell now now. Sharply!!!! It's because you Yoruba people Una full with yeye eye service pretending to be goodie goodie meanwhile for back na Una dey kill person. We say it as we feel and as e dey pain us no mincing words. Thank God dis Una old coconut head nobel ass licker said we can be predicted. You people can't be and that is what I'm saying, a bunch of sneaky slippery dangerous people. Come and talk again ka amadioha blast dat your ugly mark infested amoebish face. Anu pakapaka
u re the biggest tribalistic fool
Na u like truth. We don see. Idiot. When Una turn go reach we go know how far. Anu mpama
I no sabi why people dey call us greedy, thieves, drug traffickers and kidnappers. Nkechi go gree broke man?
Na bad luck dey make us always dey the scene of the events. Everywhere wey we waka, something dey happen and dem accuse us. Just because you see the thing for my hand no mean say na me thief am. E fit be say na the robbers drop am for my arms as dem dey run go and as i see say na better thing, i hold am to return to the owner, i no be the thief. As for the drugs wey dey my bags, na somebody put am there. No be me kidnap dat man, na dat other Igbo guy wey him mama come from Ilesha. the guy no be full Igbo guy.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo never start any re-orientation program to stop dis stigmatization, na only struggle to put money for dem bank accounts be dem priority and una dey blame hustler like me.
Chai! Chai! Prof has gone mad ooo! Any psychiatric doctor around? Pls help ooo.
very very irresponsible comments coming out from "assumed" educated commentators, a man has given you his own perception of an issue,tackle back with a responsible reply,not all this insults and swear,the youths are the next generation of this nation,and they ought to prove that they are capable of taking this nation to the next level.YES ethnicity played an ugly role in this election,and personally I am of the opinion that the 2015 elections was the most divisive elections ever post-independence, what the prof failed to say is that the tripod of yoruba,igbo and hausa/fulani are all guilty of the same thing......they all voted for greed and power.
And though I hate you, you describe so well the personas I have come to Loathe -iiwuanyanwu, Roach aka rochas, ohakim, breathless aka ararume, mbadinuju, all members of ohaneze. Greedy old bastards
The man talks so carelessly. Is Jonathan an Igbo man. Igbos choose the lesser of the two devils. Fuck Soyinka.
Anyone who said the old fool is saying the truth is as stupid as he is.
This is errant nonsense from a supposed respected elder. How can you generalized a group of persons that differs in their ways of life? Do all Yorubas behave the same? Some Yorubas voted for GEJ just as some Igbo's voted for GMB at Southeast and other parts of the country. Instead of this old man to advocate for peace and address issues constructively, he will always get at Igbos. At worst as you said, the country will disintegrate one day so each and every geopolitical zones will go their separate ways. I am disappointed in you Prof.
Kikikiki he said the truth.
After voting against my man Buhari they run back to him begging for government appointments.
Useless old man. Why won't u talk any how. Onye oshi.
Don't "generalize"
OKORO UPGRADED**
Money is everything to the Igbo man and it isn't to you?! Oh shut up!
And what sense did the senile old hag make?
Shut you unwashed prostitute.
You have just said the same thing Prof said. That Igbos vote for their stomachs.
As foolish as you are, you started with an Igbo word and then ushered in a fight. And this is how you want unity.
Stupid fool
According to Wole Soyinka
“Igbos remained unrepentant and resolute towards their strategic objective of secession at worst; or a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction at best,”
And I agree! I mean in 2007 it was widely reported that they voted almost 90-95% in favor of Yar'Adua over Buhari because he (Yar'Adua) was of secret "Igbo" extraction...sigh
Nigeria...a country that forgets history and ignores numbers when it is convenient...
I did not know the Yorubas hatred for the Igbos had garnered such weight and effrontery? So much so a supposed Professor goes on an international stage to put it on display? If everyone was suppose to vote a certain candidate, then why bother with elections? I understand this old goat hates GEJ he shouldn't put the ignis in the centre of it.
Fuck off loser.. At least the old man has fulfilled his destiny, what as About?
These kind of statements breed nothing but animosity and tribal segregation.
His insanity escalates by the hour, extremely unfortunate! The annoying thing about the just concluded polls: when they should have talked, they sat in silence and observed, now there's a winner defection at its peak now he's talking tribalistic trash! Get a life soyinka or whatever the hell it is ure called, my so called respect for you reached its peak resulting from your bias and unconscious impunity acts.
~D great anonymous!
Thanks sweetheart, best comment so far. Now I can convincingly get back to work resting assured on your comments.
~D great anonymous!
Wole Soyinka, without any apology, you are very STUPID. I have not seen a big FOOL like u b4. Posterity will never spare u for attacking a tribe just because they voted according to their conscience. May God PUNISH U.
Lindz obediently posted Ur comment seeing how upset u feel just as how disappointed I am.
~D great anonymous!
Nah so, after you mofo's would be calling out South Africans for xenophobia. When your tribalism is worst. They should withdraw his Nobel peace award for "tribal" profiling. Imagine how low this senile man has sunk and how best to send him off than to take advantage of his silliness. Igbos are money minded, you a Yoruba man is a what?
Exactly...
~D great anonymous!
Shey you are not money minded bah? Why you come dey hustle for Linda Monday giveaways?
And an illiterate like the Nobel laureate portrayed. Tribalistic fools.
~D great anonymous!
He sure does.
~D great anonymous!
Well spoken for once in a long while...
~D great anonymous!
Shame on you Wole for letting tribal sentiments get the better of you!
So Hausa/Fulani that voted overwhelmingly for Buhari was not predictable? You gotta be kidding me! For the Igbos, it was more of a rejection of APC/Buhari. That is our CHOICE, so respect it or STFU with this incessant whining about Igbo this, igbo that. Apart from that sell out Okorocha (Senate Presidency my arse), WE ARE NOT COMPLAINING.
Get on with the task of project nigeria and STOP CRYING! And FYI, Efik, Urhobo, ijaw, Ibibio etc ARE NOT IGBO!!!!
That's simply bcs u are otherwise u tribalistic dudes wont go around campaigning for change if it weren't for Ur stomach! God, how lousy yorubas have been in recent days though...
~D great anonymous!
This is a very stupid statement to make...dnt the igbo have the right to vote whoever they want???isnt this a democratic system of govet????didnt the igbos vote for yar adua an aboki?didnt the igbos vote for obj a yoruba man..so y say rubbish cus we didn't vote buhari???please God since fools like soyinka are claming that is it only the igbos that like money,Give them and their children more money and make Mr soyinka and his family and supporters die in poverty since dey dnt like money..the Fool should have sold his books for free since he dnt like money...The fool should travel around the world for free since he does not like moneY...to me after this statement Mr soyinka is senseless and brainless....he should be killed in sambisa forest...
And strike Ur generation and entire tribe dear one while you watch it happen, Amen. Cheers folk!
~D great anonymous!
I don't know why these people hate Igbos so thoroughly. So how and why did Yorubas, Hausas, South South minorities vote? Because they didn't vote for Buhari they should be called names? This is worrying coming from someone like Soyinka. I did not hear him condemn the Oba of Lagos when the Oba threatened to drown Igbos in the Lagos. If these people get the slightest chance they'll exterminate all Igbos off the earth. God forbid!
Wole Soyinka's provides Empirical Evidence to the fact that no amount of education can eradicate inbred ethnic bigotry.
Not really, they despite facts as everyone voted based on their future gains especially Ur tribalistic, anti-Semitic, biased, illiberal, intolerant, narrow-minded, opinionated, partial, prejudiced, sectarian, small-minded, xenophobic tribe: YORUBA!!!
~D great anonymous!
If Igbos vote according to their stomachs, Yorubas vote according to their penis.
wole soyinka Im dissapointed in you
I dey laugh...in OBJ voice
Nkita riforo GI NSi....anuofia,you inherited your stupidity from wole obviouslu ...anu mpama..
The Igbo problem: A very interesting topic. So it is no longer a Nigerian problem. It has now become an Igbo problem. Jonathan is Ijaw. But his mistakes are now ascribed to the Igbos. All South-south voted for him. The South East voted for the candidate who will best represent their interests of the two. Isn't that what democracy is about?
Well, lets watch and see how Nigeria will suddenly become a paradise within the next four years.
Were is your empirical evidence...with all due respect nkita riforu GI nsi...
This man is becoming as tribalistic as any other yoruba person. What was the reason the yorubas voted OBJ for the second term? Was it because he did well in his first term? When the Oba of Lagos was condemned by the world because of his treat on the Igbos, we didn't hear from the likes of Soyinka. I beg this man should take several seat back.
Your opinions are outdated and do not hold water in the runs of this day. In the USA,majority of their states are predictable in their votings. i live in Texas and it has always being a Republican state. If are predictable, what happened in the the election that jonathan was voted in by all and sundry? which means you also voted for your stomach then?. In like manner that you voted for GMB for your stomach this time. No roll models anymore though you have never being one before after introducing young men to Pirates fraternity in the univrsities, a cult that ruins so many lives. Infact, let me not waste my time here talking about your irrelevance.
The fear of Buhari will make an eminent professor say anything. See how this one is desperately trying to get on the good books of Buhari after talking thrash about him for years. Nigerian leaders indeed have no shame or principles.
What a shame tribalist prof
Hmmm...is this how it all ends, is the how finally "the man died"?
D anger is so much...... punish *****
I voted GEJ and wasn't paid...
So your talk is lost on you.
They say all this cos GEJ no swell votes like OBJ.
In Nigeria, personal interest supercedes national interest because national interest has never been fulfilled. There has been no sense of nationality from day one. Who do we trust?
How sure are we Buhari will do a thing of what he said?
We are an egalitarian people and can't be bought. Soyinka erred in judgement. After all these years, the igbo mind is still too complex for you to fathom. We igbos are even as simple as you stated, and not for the wrong reasons. We like freedom, free trade, predictable government policies. We know the government can't do a thing for us(yorubas n Hausas thrive more on govt infrastructure and expects more from the government), we igbos are wiser. We know most govts just lie and cheat the people. So many governments have cheated us, since independence. So, we just needed a man who, even if he doesn't work for us, will give us an enabling environment.
-GEJ led the quest for the dredging of the Niger, which will bring free trade to Onitsha and Agbor.
-GEJ improved Agriculture. So we can fend for ourselves.
-GEJ brought international airport to us(first time ever, after we have begged and begged for years)
-GEJ opened trade bureaus to help our young entrepreneurs. Now to borrow money is easier. Even they are the ones where you deposit a fixed capital and they keep giving you circulating capital monthly. You-Partner. I deposited 1million(to try them), and every month I'm paid 100 thousand. 95k after tax.
*GEJ didn't elevate any igbo brother. Not that we care for anyone though. We don't have Kings and bow to no one, including GEJ and not even to Buhari will we be subservient.
*the best thing GEJ did for us was to allow free trade and for the forces of economics to determine the market. Non-govt interference. The govt sits a mere umpire and not bans here and there, duties here and there, monopolies here and there(the way Buhari is planning to do). In GEJ's time, the perceived complacency helped trade to thrive. We moved from a mixed economy(whatever this means) to a capitalist country. Price was determined by demand and supply.
So, yes, you are right by 'stomach politics' as you stated but ironically, GEJ didn't campaign too much in the East nor share too many bags of rice to convince people. Non of my family tasted any 'fruits of election'. We voted against Buhari for his perceived tyranny which is well documented and though we have not been vindicated yet but time will tell, surely. Just don't come back here and give any speech against 'the better candidate', Mr Nobel laureate. Cos you seem to steer like the wind. One day you're saying 'damn Buhari', one day you're saying 'Sai Buhari'. Pick a cause and stick with it. We igbos are unwavering, as you have done well to notice, that is why we are predictable and trustworthy.
I notice you somehow omitted to comment on how the Hausas voted. Even from 1999, they voted Obj because of Atiku,left Falae hanging. voted Y'aradua massively. Voted Buhari in '11 despite his unknown party. Voted him now. Pray tell us, did he deliver an intellectual lecture to cattle rearers in the mosques or oh, was it cos of the name he bears, the tribe he belongs to or the his religion. Talk to me again about voting for people of your extraction. Or yoruba's would have readily voted Buhari if he wasn't in APC with Tinubu and Osibanjo?
The joke is infinitely lost on you. Why? Because you decided to make a national issue a sectional thing, like a simpleton you are not.
I have met you, Wole. I think you are brilliant but Sir, leave politics alone, after all these years, you still don't know the half of it. Using historical stories that don't correlate of sit-at-home drama in the past just to sell a dead point, we noticed sir. (laughs) you're still very smart, old fox. Hahhaha
IGBO KWENU!!!
Yes Alatishe... All Yorubas have chronic hygiene problems... They are as filthy as dirt. And that is; of course; the "bitter truth" ... Sorry huh
Thanks for the insight Nkechi J... I guess YOU are speaking for YOURSELF, yes?
Lol...the truth is sooo bitter.
Well said bro/sis. Well said.
Ahhh...that's what happened to your father
Shut up AlATISHE..and sorry for yourself
And I'm sure you are speaking for yourself?
He still Would have made his point without including the Igbos,the Igbos didn't play much role in d election,he didn't mention yorubas in Lag or northerners who killed themselves becos of d election,Bia Prof.I have so much respect 4u o,better Respect ur old age $ stop tribalism,u re near ur grave,u shouldn't cause us to hate one another while u re gone
Again. Our teacher has gone mad!!!!!.I like that phrase from the earlier commenter. To the point, we didn't hear this trash when the so called most educated state; Ekiti voted in a governor that opening campaign on the bases of stomach infrastructure and threaten that any body that does not vote him and his Party will not benefit from the commonwealth of the state. Now the Ibo supposedly voted their own interest and our Prof is crying what. Verbal ethnic cleansing.
This is a tribal attack my dear friend...we should learn to stop taking things so personal. What's true is true...it doesn't mean anyone is better or worse off, we should just sit down and make changes wherever needed. We all know this statement is very true..just like saying ibo people like human meat..this is also true. My brothers Let us stop being so pained by the truth and change ways. Especially the money loving ibos. God bless
Again. Our teacher has gone mad!!!!!.I like that phrase from the earlier commenter. To the point, we didn't hear this trash when the so called most educated state; Ekiti voted in a governor that opening campaign on the bases of stomach infrastructure and threaten that any body that does not vote him and his Party will not benefit from the commonwealth of the state. Now the Ibo supposedly voted their own interest and our Prof is crying what. Verbal ethnic cleansing.
Shut up..U are a Disgrace to Igbo..dats if U are really Igbo
The senile old fool has spewed forth foolishness as usual. Pls ignore him
See how stupid you sound. Same aguiyi Ironsi who turned Fed govt offices to "igbos kingdom"? Is your father a mad man? Buhari didn't flood civil service with hausas in his 20 months like Ironsi did with igbo's in just 6 months. Igbos are so irritating with their self righteousness.
Soyinka,i pray you die a painful and shameful death.
So it is a crime for igbos to vote for a candidate of their choice?
OK.Yorubas hate money.I guess the former Inspector General of police,Tafa Balogun that stole 18 billion naira public money is an igbo man.
I also guess the woman that planned with her entire family and inlaws to kidnap the Orukoya kids is an igbo woman.And her wanted husband,brothers inlaw,mother inlaw and all her family are also igbos.
Is it a crime for the igbos to be ambitious and hard working?
If the igbo's were to vote again they will GEJ. Nigeria can't do without the igbo's, we are better off as business men than ex convicts (yoruba)
And you my friend..are an ibo retard. :)). The truth..is bitaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
Just the exact truth, nothing more!
Amadioha will wipe your generation
Ur generations are bastards..Infact U r a product of a licking condom..u shouldn't have been born
Hahahahahahaha! Your response to an observation of an intellectual capacity is "thunder fire your generation"? Hahaha #retardedibofool.
U again this idiot!!
How can any ibo cockroach..sons and daughters of maids and servants..common thieving human meat loving scums of the earth claim to be better than anyone not to talk less of the 1st tribe to have an elite class in Nigeria? You guys are nothing but leeches..common displaces beasts of no nation with the IQ and mannerisms of stray chickens...accept it and you might be able to solve your issues.
Hahahahaha! Pained Ibo fool
Bitch shut the fuck up! You idiots are in no position to say anyone is overstepping their bounds when that is all you tribalistic ibo fools are good for. Fuck outta here!
Truth is always very bitter
Why are u people so pained? Did he lie???? Did he?
JUST THE TRUTH... SINCE THEY CELEBRATED DORA'S DEATH, THEN I KNEW WHATTEY ARE MADE OF BEFORE SOYINKA'S COMMENT. THOUGH WE HAVE THE EDUCATED ONES WHO ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN NATURE LIKE MY WIFE. THEIR LOVE FOR MONEY IS ON THE EXTREME, BUT SOYINKA WENT TOO FAR. COMMENT LIKE THIS IS NOT NEEDED NOW.
The igbo man and money mentality topic is stale and only those who have lost touch with reality still use it as their focal point when describing the igbos.
I have always respected d prof but he is just an old idiot. U r among d people that have nothing good to say about ur country outside Nigeria. Am not igbo but I don't respect people who bash other tribes. Xenophobic idiot. Besides do u have empirical proof?
U r entitled to ur opinion
Thank you sir!!! truth is bitter for these people called Igbos and they are impervious to reasons. They are tribes that are living as if they are under spell. Everywhere they are, they are loathed by their hosts. They are sheeps without Shepards they are troops without commanders. They regard anything that can bring money to them as business. Niger Deltans used kidnapping to draw the attention of the world to the environmental degradation that befalls them but Igbos had turned it to business in Nigeria. They need reorientation before they can start thinking like normal human beings and I pity the whole race as I forsee a situation whereby the entire tribes in Nigeria rise against them as they are turning everything dishonorable to business due to their alienable quest for money.
Did u say the truth. The afenifere and Yoruba obas that collected money from GEJ are not stomach driven right. Prof should have left it cos he has stated up emotions that our generation don't need to fester goi,g into the future. It really says a lot about our nationhood...so so sad. Wears still light years behind in our journey to true nationhood. So sad
Who gives a flying fuck what they like or don't like? Is he lying? Abeg make all man park well.
Very true
You should have attacked the same way during biafra. :)
Get home to aba
If you are talking about your father...AMEN!
Very well said
Pls prof.I think ders a misunderstanding somwer.ur aim shld be on hw to promote unity so that this country will move forward and nt putting up a scene that will cause war.word re powerful mind u. take note about Xenophobia in SA,it started wit a word.
But when it has to do with majority it become all of them.
Ur right sir n I knw Igbos won't agree dey dnt wanna hear the truth!
Please Linda try not to be offended. It's not a tribal thing at all...you ibos do vote based on your pockets..just change your ways and all will be well.
This man feels he has the liberty and monopoly of being stupid, well he can go on we support his take. Meanwhile if he had really done his home work he wld know that the igbos voting GEJ, strictly because of sentiments. Religious and ethnic sentiments. And point of correction they Yoruba's gulped the most money during the campaigns more than any region then the hausa's. GEJ all ready knew the igbos won't vote otherwise so he dint border. And Mr you should know better as an elder state man to stop attacking the igbos at any opportunity it's their right to vote for who so ever they want. The obas were given thousands of dollars which they accepted the had the option of refusal. Yet he dint come out to condemn their actions by saying they are money minded. Pls the Yoruba's should leave the igbos alone. Talking as if they are saints. Very trabalistic, cunning and very deceptive people. He should leave the igbos alone before he starts a hate cold war amongst us. Tanx.
Cornelius (agbado). I agree that the statements are kind of generalistic. I know a lot of ibo people who campaigned and voted for GMB..becos they legitimately desired change for the better. The funny thing is..na only this website I dey see all this hate..me I love my ibo friends.
Well said Nkechi. Well said.
We do that pretty well for ourselves already
stupid old fool!!!
Yaaaaawwwwwnnn..........stupid ibos :))
Man, he should call Yoruba what ever they are his people we don't care. But when he starts to say things that are not true and then mis inform the populace about issues that indict another ethnic group then their must or their will be counter reactions. Doesn't he know that such utterances can be negative in reactions he is mature enough, he should know better.
i dont like Prof. Soyinka because he talks too much. He should emulate elders like former VP Ekwueme.
See this fool talking about everytime we start to forget. You idiots come to lagos and do shit no one can try in your barren lands. I struggled as a yoruba man to even get accommodation in Anambra during NYSC becos the retarded landlords wouldn't rent to a "yoroba" man. Lost a babe I wanted to marry becos her dad wouldn't let her marry a "yoroba" man. Ibos have no justification to call anyone tribalistic. Just shut up and accept your faults.
I'm igbo nd i agree wit him a hundred percent...
It is definitely not God of the Bible that will bless him. Igbos always vote out of loyalty to a person and to their conscience and not out of the stomach as he so arrogantly and disrespectfully states. And what is his headache anyway? His blood soaked Buhari and his Yoruba counterpart have won and did igbos complain to Soyinka? The darkness from the demon of tribalism that Yorubas and their Hausa co travelers want to cover Nigeria with will continue to be defeated by the light of the non tribalistic groups in Nigetia chiefly the igbos. Igbos will never vote Buhari if he returns 100 times because his hands are soaked in the blood of many igbos. Thankfully igbos are not like Yorubas who on the alter of the demon of tribalism sell their souls and even rewrite history in worship to that demon. It is far better to live with a conscience that to live with a soul-less demon of tribalism infested conscience that has plagued the Yorubas and continues to afflict them. Little wonder the middle name is traitors. Yorubas do Anything that worships that demon of tribalism. And God of heaven is watching and orchestrating His purpose for Nigeria. Thumping the chest after a battle is the mark of the ignorant like Soyinka who fail to realize that winning a battle is not winning the war. The future they say is pregnant. Let's await what it will birth.
Spoken like a true spare part dealing human meat loving daughter of a runsgirl
Soyinka is gradually loosing it. What a stupid statement from an overrated human being.
Lol....another village idiot. If we poo on our plates...why are you in our poo infested lands? Go back to your barren lands where u people don't poo in ya plates na..abi na by force? Lol #stupidity
Lol...you people too stop voting based on your stomachs na :))
@Alatishe u are obviously as stupid as wole soyinka.
Did he lieeeeeeeeee?????
You are an efulefu. That's exactly who u are.
Nothing dey happen..we have always been and will always be at the helm of affairs and the corridors of power. Choke on that! Nna olori buruku
For someone in your position that's an irresponsible thing to say.
What makes him stupid?
In as much as dis is an insult Prof. I must say you are right to an extent. Linda take note!
In as much as dis is an insult Prof. I must say you are right to an extent. Linda take note!
Don't mind the overrated bastard. Nobel laureate indeed. What is Nobel about this foolish man and his stupid talk?
Paiiiiiinnnned! LoL
Yes they did. Your father is a moron
If the Igbo's voted their tummy what then did the North Vote? Religion bah...abeg this hypocrisy is too much... as tribes in Nigeria we are all guilty of something
Segun you are as stupid as wole. I think the yorubas have a serious inferiority complex. God has already blessed the igbos no matter how much you try to pull us down we keep progressing. Who God has blessed no man can curse. So stop wasting your time trying to pull us down.
Linda please in your life.....dont you EVER mention "ibo" and "civilized" in the same sentence. Are you completely mad?
Prof, I hope and pray your utterances does not spark off 'xenophobia' in Nigeria. Sometimes, maturity, peace and national security comes from keeping your tongue in your cheek.
Hahahahahhahahahahaha!!!! Well fucking said! Dem no dey ever fit take criticism. That's why they lost biafra. :))
Thunder fire your whole generation Wole. Tribalistic old goat like u. Ewu hausa (hausa goat)
This over-rated old and senile prof has come again... wen d bashing comes now he will come out to apologise or say he was misquoted. Why does he have to generalise? Do you know how many Igbos voted for APC? Just goes to show how tribalistic and hateful the yorubas are to the Igbos
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