Free speech on display indeed! What an ego and self-serving Yoruba talk?

Free speech on display indeed!  What an ego and self-serving Yoruba talk?

 Olu asked Tokunbo; Tokunbo, do we mean what we say or we’re just saying it for the sake of saying it; or is this a new awaking for us? Tokunbo replied; Olu, just say it, who cares whether we mean it or not, is our exercise of our free speech.

Excerpt:  “This forced marriage of diverse ethno-national groups has produced tension and difficult moments for the country, Nigeria. The next step in charting a course for the future is to safeguard the destiny of the Yoruba people [through autonomous regional governmental system], and reconstruct the Nigerian federation”

I agree with Yoruba’s demand for regional government and regional autonomy; however this is not what they want, historically and even contemporarily. Does anybody still remember the Nigeria/Biafra civil war? Helloooooh?  Do anybody remember the Aburi accord; the type of government that was agreed upon at Aburi? Does anybody still remember Ojukwu?

The system of government agreed at Aburi between the Biafra delegation led by Ojukwu and Nigeria delegation led by Gowon was exactly the autonomous regional government been canvassed today by the Yoruba. Had Gowon and his Yoruba apologist not scuttled the Aburi accord, Nigeria would not have descended into 30 months of bestiality called civil war and 47x5 years of backwardness.  After Gowon’s returned from the Aburi, it was Yorubas in his government that educated him on confederation and cautioned him against implementing the Aburi accord. They warned Gowon that if he implements the Aburi accord he might as well kiss Nigeria goodbye. The Nigeria civil war slogan echoed in Lagos, South,west, and in the North was, ‘Gowon, you must keep Nigeria one, unitary’

The question becomes , has the Youraba just awaken to the ideal of autonomous regional government or confederation that Ojukwu toiled so much to achieve 47 years ago at Aburi only to be scuttled by some Yorubas in the then Nigeria Government? Or, are these Yorubas demanding autonomous regional government today so young or unborn in 1960s that they know not that their people fought and killed Biafrans just to scuttle autonomous regional government system agreed upon at Aburi.

But by looking at the persons Alani Akinrinade, Wale Oshun, Tokunbo Ajasin and Adeyinka Adebayo,

 leading the crusade for autonomous regional system of government, one would notice that these Yoruba men if not part of the Nigeria soldiers that killed Igbos just  to keep Nigeria unitary and regions un-autonomous, they were old enough to understand the politics that led to the aggression by Lagos against the old south east.  Perhaps, to these Yorubas, 47 years ago Ojukwu was wrong for autonomous regional government but today he could be judged to be right. Or was this the case of bad messenger, Ojukwu carrying a good message, regional autonomy?   With every new political development in Nigeria the 60s and present day conspiracy by the South west and the North against Igbos are made manifest.    

 

How could the Yorubas say Regional “autonomy  or nothing” when it is the same quest for autonomy by Igbos and for all ethnic nationalities that  they, yorubas allied with the north, killed and starved 100s of 1000s of Igbos to death. There is something wrong and fishy with Yoruba’s today’s epiphany on the goodness of autonomous regional government in a multi-ethnical society like Nigeria. Or should one say that Ojukwu and Igbos are 47x5 years smarter than the Yorubas. No, I personally do not think that Yorubas as less smart rather I think their political class are evil and live in conflict with the truth.

 

Biafran existence in 1967 through 1970 was a necessary good while the civil war that followed its being was a necessary evil. Both Biafra and the civil war were meant to expose the conspiracy and Igbo hate in Nigeria.  As already said every new political development in Nigeria justifies Ojukwu Biafra and the Biafran cause and this is not to say that I clamor for a new Biafra State today. But without Biafra cause and experience one would not have known what to make of the Yoruba’s call for regional autonomous government. Without Biafra one would not know who lied to who, in Nigeria; before, during and after the civil war.

Folk, did anyone remember one of the civil war lies by the Gowon’s government against Ojukwu? Do anyone remember the lies Lagos told South East Minority, that Ojukwu dragged the South East minority to war againstNigeria so that Ojukwu and Ndi-Igbo would take control of Niger Delta oil. Unfortunately,   south East minority bought the Lagos lies and mortgaged their God given wealth to Lagos, to the Yorubas and to the North. Had the South east minority used common sense or even done a common arithmetic they would have known that One, their oil divided by few, the old south east people would have given more return per head than when the same one, oil, is divided by many, by the whole of Nigeria; but envy and hate always crowd out common sense. Today even though the Yoruba and the Hausa exploited the Niger Delta oil wealth, Igbos in-spite this conspiracy, by any measure are not faring too badly in Nigeria and I can authoritatively say that Igbo is not the most worst-off economically in Nigeria. With the current six geo-political zonal structure, Igbo is excised from oil rich south south but guess which zone or tribe that said over their dead body should resources be controlled locally; the north and not the South East you guessed right. The North said that it’s ready for second civil war if Niger Delta was allowed to control its natural resources. Along with their Yoruba apologist and naïve south- south people the north waged war against Igbos lying to the world that Ojukwu fomented the war for oil when the truth was that it was Lagos, the North and the South West and some brain dead South south people that went on jamboree of Igbo killing in 1967 through 1970 and lied about their motive, intent and action.

I am glad that events today, today’s reality has vindicated   an innocent man, Ojukwu and the innocent people Ndi-Igbo.   If Yorubas truly want autonomous regional governmental system, why have the majority of their people and political class joined the conservative Islamic theocratic feudal hausa/Fulani in the APC merger. The current status quo in Nigeria benefits the Hausa/Fulani, so how would APC dominated by these conservative feudalists guarantee regional autonomy to the Yorubas? In the ongoing National conference these feudalists have opposed anything federalism in practices. Folk let no one be fooled by Yoruba’s political correctness of segregation, unreliability,  none-trust-worthiness and wishy-warshy.   


One of My replies to Logical truth to his assaultive replies

My friend if what you have stated so far is truly your belief and understanding of the events before, during and after the Nigeria aggression on South East then I have great sympathy for your deficient in facts, history and willfully ignorance.
I am glad you did not call Igbo stupid but greedy and of course greed and stupidity are universe apart. I rather be called greedy than thief and stupid because 90% of humanity is greedy but few are thieves and or stupid. And many in your area are stupidly thievery and here is how. Your people cowardly gave up your land and your natural resources to the Hausa/Fulani - Yoruba oligarchy only to covert Igbo property as abandoned property. Your laziness and the laziness of people like you would forever becloud people of your kind to envy and hate the successful and hard work and hence the poverty in your swamp despite swimming in ocean of black gold. Go to UAE and see how people blessed with ocean of black liquid gold but not perverted, not cowardly disposed, not covetous, not envious of the successful live their lives. Go to UAE and see people who are ready to defend what is theirs, and enjoy their God given natural wealth live the lives. In your people's case, you cowardly abdicated your responsibility, instead of protecting what was rightfully yours you abandoned your land wealth for your dreadful masters the Hausa/Fulani - Yoruba Oligarchy and channeled your childish anger to the Igbo whose fault was trying to protect you from these masters. Yet, in your fear, ignorance, cowardly disposition, pettiness and littleness you focused your perverted minds and thoughts in the little things, the Igbo properties instead on your huge oil wealth. You conspired and handed the messiah, the Igbo that wanted to protect you, along with your god given wealth to the enemy so that you would covet Igbo property. You put your minds in the little stuff, the Igbo property and gave up the big stuff you liquid black gold. Since then God almighty have not forgiven you because you have neither repented nor shown remorse, nor acquired knowledge nor wisdom hence the desolation, poverty, degradation, pestilence, in your enclave.
The abandoned property abomination has not stopped the Igbo from acquiring more property all over Nigeria and there is nothing you can do about it except to stay in your ashes of ignorance, of cold feet, of hate, envy, jealousness, poverty, covetousness and thievery. May the God Almighty forgive your people and show them mercy and unclog their blindness and set them free from the demon of hate, envy, jealousy, ignorance, cowardice, pettiness, covetousness and laziness.