Igbo Marginalisation: Someone keeps mentioning that Igbo were marginalized in Nigeria. I was provoked to respond to him this morning. Here we go:

I want anybody with iota of sincerity to nullify my points one by one:

1. In 1959 to 63 Igbo NCNC preferred to team with Hausa NPC to form government then no marginalisation.

2. In 1979 Igbo preferred Hausa NPN to Yoruba UPN and they preferred it to their NPP owned by Zik to form national government, then no marginalisation.

3. In 1993 the Igbo preferred NRC of Hausa to SDP then no marginalisation.

4. In 1999 Igbo preferred Hausa PDP to AD of Yoruba to form national government,then no marginalisation.

5. All along Igbo and Hausa had always been the main national government then no marginalisation.

6. Yoruba had never been in the national party since independence yet Yoruba didn’t complain of marginalisation but rather maintain their regional party because Yoruba don’t feel inferior neither play victim card.

7. This is the first time Yoruba party will be at the federal and Igbo that had been with federal party are crying marginalisation. It’s a pity that assumed educated persons cannot reason to know these facts.

8. Yoruba formed political party and stay with it. From Action Group AG to UPN to AD to AC to ACN to APC and Yoruba didn’t merge with Hausa party. Hausa formed NPC to become NPN to NRC to PDP. Igbo formed NCNC to merge with NPN to reemerge as NPP and faction to APGA to merge with PDP.

9. Igbo formed NCNC but merged with NPC of Hausa NPC in 1966, formed NPP by Zik but merged with NPN formed APGA but merged with NRC formed APGA but merged with PDP. Last election some Igbo wore APGA vests and campaign for PDP then no marginalisation.

10. Under Jonathan no Yoruba among the first 17 posts in Nigeria from DSS to aviation to finance to CBN to Maritime to defense then there was no marginalisation.

11. You voted for Jonathan we voted for Buhari, you overwhelmingly voted for Atiku we voted for Buhari. Suddenly some bastards are calling Yoruba Fulani slaves as if Atiku is from another planet.

12. You collect allocation from federal government, you have governors, you have senators, you have reps and chairmen all collecting money from federal purse, you have ambassadors etc yet you are marginalized.

13. You are appointed to political posts in southwest but no single person from Yoruba in your cabinet in all the five Igbo states yet you were marginalized.

14. 90% of your assets are on another man’s soil yet you were marginalized.

15. Yoruba choose Tinubu as their political leader you said your culture doesn’t permit leadership yet you abuse Tinubu daily that he enslaved Yoruba because you want Yoruba to jettison their culture of leadership like you as you don’t recognize leaders. Is that the healing balm of your marginalisation?

15. Tinubu never worked with Federal government talk less of stealing what belongs to Igbo states,why are you people receiving remote pain from Yoruba who didn’t complain of Tinubu enslavement?

16. You are threatening to go and nobody stops your from going to Biafra. Lucky you, almost all long distance playing vehicles are owned by Igbo. Why don’t you go home for Christmas and refuse to come back and see how Nigerians will suffer.

17. You prefer to attack APC and Tinubu for all problems from Igbo but never talked that same allocations your governors collect is what other states collect and query how they use it.

18. Almost all Igbo elites and politicians have houses in southwest but never ask why same doesn’t apply to Yoruba and Hausa to invest in your lands.

19. Kanu was threatening to kill all Yoruba and Hausa calling Buhari a rapist and all other sickening names you didn’t caution him but when arrested you cry to hell.

20. You are paying tax to Kanu to buy arms but during COVID-19 crisis you are looking unto same Buhari. How senseless?

21. Kanu himself is using Nigerian passport, spending Nigeria currency but selling Biafra passport for you.

22. He didn’t raise funds to address the underdevelopment you cry of but raising funds to buy arms. To fight? Who didn’t say he should not go to his town?

23. You labor for PDP but wanted APC to feature your candidate for presidency. How can someone work in First Bank and collect salary in GTB?

24. IPOB keeps attacking government at the same time you are demanding presidential ticket.

It’s a pity, my people perish for lack of knowledge.

Oni Gbolabo