Rejoinder
to Tunde Adenobi's "Igbo: Dating Yoruba but Marrying
Hausa/Fulani" By Ndubueze
Godson III ‘If
the Igbo really, wanted to support a Yoruba, they would have supported
Olu falea who was at that time, rightly or wrongly, the choice of the
Yoruba” - Tunde Adenobi Are
you crazy? You can’t mean this, do you? Sorry I have to start our
discussion in a not so gentle way but wait, who’s to say how a
discourse should commence? It is the height of arrogance, a reckless one
at that for assuming there are no ably qualified people in the East to
steer your sunken nation back on course.
As atypical and topical Yoruba evidenced by your attempt to yet
mislead the feeble minded again I wonder how long before you guys
realize your deceitful rhetoric has been over used? Men with superb
knowledge of what transpired in that hopeless banana republic would not
be shocked to read such from you. My surprise only comes when I read
facts filled honest narration of events in your My
beef with the Yoruba from personal experience is always their knack for
ingratitudeness, betrayal and not owning up to a defined stance and this
tradition was glaring in your piece where history again was twisted to
your favor. How ridiculous! By the way have you read your history lately
compliments of the most revered Omo N’Oba Erediauwa of Bini? Did
Oduduwa land from heaven chained (ludicrous) or was he a runaway thief
who escaped death in Bini to form what’s known as Yoruba? At least you
have at your disposal Gamji the site operated by your Hausa lords to
drop your falsehood while most serious posts from non-Yoruba/Hausa/Bini
who refused to be PC (political correct) are not published. Due to this
writer’s refusal to be cowed, bought or outwitted/performed by you or
your kinds my posts to that site never saw the light of day. Hopefully
this would get you up your toes and eventually jumpstart your thinking
with your real head. NADECO’s
initial vision was to garner and gather sympathy for the benefit of you
guessed right, Yoruba based on the June 12th fallout. The
Yoruba in their foolish thought wanted June 12th to be solely
a Yoruba affairs and you wonder what were they thinking, didn’t the
rest of the country participate in voting for Abiola, a Yoruba Muslim?
It was not until the Igbo rushed to your rescue by joining NADECO did it
begin to enjoy the national recognition and legitimacy it desired. The
Igbo membership in this organ cannot be diminished, reduced or relegated
to the background since men like Nduwuisi Kanu, Chima Ubani, Emeka
Agbakoba, Joe Igbokwe, MCK Ajuluchukwu, Philip Umeadi, Chris Anyawu,
George Mba these few to buttress played active and pivotal roles in your
NADECO and with the exception of Mazi Ajuluchukwu the rest are still
living. The Yoruba inability to extend a little credit, forget the
equally important “Thank You” which your article reinforced is one
of the major reasons why the Igbo find it difficult to forget all the
evil roles you people have played to destroy us. My
friend, I am assuming we are, at your age and with your experience you
should have understood the Igbo unrestricted participation in the fight
for human rights, which is not complicated in the least bit, as a
vigilant reader would infer. How did I know you asked? Well, I relocated
to that qua-qua palm wine republic about then suffice it to say it was
the Yoruba apathetic behavior that gave Abacha the needed impetus to
hold on as can be seen from the upcoming names. Did you conveniently
forgot the overwhelming numbers of men from your tribe and countless
Bini indigenes that served the Abacha led junta? Here are few to get a
handle, Lateef Jakande, Ebenezer Babatope, Sam Aluko, Ikimi,
and the numerous Generals (Diya, Adisa, Olarewajun etc),
Brigadiers, Colonels, Majors of Yoruba extraction that didn’t see the
need to topple a repressive regime despite their high number yet you
want the readers to take you serious, right? Why didn’t Ernest
Shonekan hand over the reign of power to his kith and kin, Abiola? Why
did the master thief, Obasanjo utter that bunkum about “Abiola not the
Messiah?” Why??? Whereas had an Igbo done all these we would continue
to hear all sorts, I mean the usual noise and more lies. Forget
today’s PDP, which is populated by cross-carpet champions who you and
I in agreement call political prostitutes, jobbers in the highest order
without shame. Men who would sell their hearts and souls to the first
bidder, a bunch of fair weather political minions whose obnoxious stench
reek from north to south. And focus on the 1999 major political parties
where you would find that ANPP was dominated by the Igbo first then
Hausa and it was through their effort that Olu Falae secured the
presidential spot of AD (Yoruba party) then in the hopes that come 2003
the benevolence would be reciprocated but we know what happened in 2003.
It is my very strong opinion that their membership gave the legitimacy
needed due to the Yoruba earlier attempt to tribalize it thereby
reducing NADECO’s strength at the time. What
Internet web sites have you been visiting obviously you have not been to
one of the authentic ones since your involvement has always I gather
been with Gamji, which does not maintain fair and balanced views. Let me
thus inform you that the same way you feel Emeka Ojukwu and Arthur
“the crook” Nzeribe are bedfellows is how I see Obafemi Awolowo and
Iyiola Omisore as birds of same feather and equals who has/had no shred
of shame. If you disagree with this assessment then the only reasonable
inference and/ or conclusion would be Emeka Ojukwu hardly share any
similar ideals or behavior with the crook your people and their Hausa
masters helped to enrich by patronizing his illicit arms trading. The
propaganda you posted only revealed the weaknesses of your tribal
character and the reinforced belief that the Yoruba would not treat one
of theirs who fought as Ojukwu did to liberate his people as a criminal,
but is ready to crucify one that did just that. This rare trait is
rather known as HEROISM and what part you missed remains yours to
figure. With
your so-called military claim though I view it more as militia/guerilla
you should have known that when General Emeka Ojukwu put at the use of
Victor Banjo some Biafran boys it was with the full knowledge that they
were needed to extrapolate you guys from the jaws of death not to
‘lord’ over you after all the Hausa were doing a good job at that.
If you were part of this filth (militia) you should have been aware of
Emeka Ojukwu’s letter to your waffling kin, Victor Banjo who after
accepting boys from the Igbo area to help free the fearful Yoruba from
the stranglehold of the Fulani/Hausa claws turned around to play a very
dirty and dangerous game. Of course code of military conduct was used to
judge him and this sealed his fate due to his stupid double-agent
performance nothing to do with anyone else. Wasn’t it the same
Emeka Ojukwu you guys hate with passion who released your Awo from
prison and what gratitude if any has been shown for this gesture?
Didn’t the same Awo support the Aburi, Fella!
In my lexicon Awo fits the war criminal definition more than Ojukwu.
Ojukwu’s crime is to have followed military etiquette to a fault by
his lack of support for the Nzeogwu led coup. His crime stems also by
not supporting a junior officer Gowon to take the helms of military
affairs over a Yoruba superior officer Brigadier Ogundipe. Ojukwu should
not have ordered the arrest of the coup planners who were sent to detain
him in Hopefully
the people I respect would see this mail and perhaps add a thing or two
to it to avail you since the intent is not to pick fight with anyone but
to educate and share our authoritative unbiased accounts of history. It
was equally unnecessary and undignified to have used Mazi Peter
Opara’s name in your piece since his ‘valentine’ to you was
private what were you trying to achieve? Your attempted public putdown
only fortified my belief and hopefully my comrades that a Yoruba is not
to be trusted under no circumstance if this is not the case the use of
Peter’s name should have been skipped. A simple quote or passive
reference to him would have served a better purpose and your failure to
do this as a result made you puny and unstable which in essence cost you
the credibility you set out to establish. Since I wanted you to read
mine with as much open mind you can muster as possible now is the time
to let you know what I really think of you and your type. Your writing
revealed someone who is not too intelligent one who might be a chronic
liar that can’t be trusted or respected, sadly. These analyses cannot
be too far fetched and should be appreciated, as you wouldn’t want me
to lie, would you? Our differences and hurt feelings notwithstanding
there is no equivocation how the Igbo led government would treat the
Yoruba nation… Care, Compassion, Respect, Equal(?), Understanding etc.
Assignment
(History of the Yoruba 100 level): Read
your history and records and stop your inherent tribal myopia, hate and
ignorance. Sincerely,
Ndubueze Godson III (Common Sense Advocate) |