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Deportation of Igbo’s from Lagos Notes (Part 1)

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I came across this video from subscribing to a popular fiery Yoruba nationalist spreading his message of tribal nationalism similar to Nnamdi Kanu for Igbo people on social media.  Reviewing the video of former Governor Fashola giving his own version of what the narrative should be about after his gross tribal and unpatriotic act of deporting destitute Igbo’s to Onitsha reveals a level of annoying condescension and avoidance of historical facts from the tribal narrative.  To be clear, with no ambiguity, while Lagos is indigenously Yoruba, it no longer belongs exclusively to Yoruba people, Lagos belongs to Nigerians. Lagos was not built only by Yoruba people but through the collective sweat of all Nigerians most especially by the hated Igbo people.  Lagos was designated as the capital of Nigeria by colonial Britain after the amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates as far back as 1914 because of its strategic location as a seaport and it remained Niger...

What is Ndigbo’s Problem With Buhari

Like all baseless myths passed around as facts many Igbo have brainwashed themselves into believing that Buhari hates Igbo’s, but the facts do not support this assertion.  In 2003, Buhari ran for the Presidency picking former presidential advisor and senate president Senator Chuba Okadigbo as his running mate against Obasanjo and Atiku and lost that election.  Despite that miscalculation, he picked another Igbo man, Chief Ume-Ezeoke as his running mate and lost to Yar Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in 2007.  Despite having these noble Igbo men, Igbo’s cast their votes overwhelmingly for Obasanjo who derived extreme joy from humiliating Igbo men. Obasanjo used that support in impeaching 4 Igbo senate presidents and used presidential influence to truncate the careers of Nzeribe and a few others while appointing easily manipulatable Igbo women into his cabinet. Prior and during those elections Buhari travelled the length and breadth of Igbo land visiting dignitaries like the Ike...