Dear Orisakwe,
Thank you for your feedback. But are you sure the Yoruba are bitter two face people? There are arguably more wealthy Igbo people in Yorubaland than in Igboland. How would this be possible if the Yoruba are bitter and two faced? There are thousands of Igbos elected in Lagos alone, or employed by the Lagos State Government. In the entire Southeast, you don't have up to one hundred Yoruba persons employed in the civil services each of the five states.
Additionally, if you look at the voting pattern of the #NigerianElections2023, you will agree that every geopolitical zone voted for all three major Presidential candidates except the Southeast. The Southwest was the most liberal zone in terms of voting pattern, with Peter Obi getting 45% of votes in Lagos, almost 15% in Oyo, etc.
In contrast, both Atiku and Tinubu could not get any meaningful votes in any Southeastern state. They voted tribally.
Orisakwe, let us go back in history. Just before the outbreak of the civil war, Alex Ekwueme left Lagos for the Eastern Region, like most prudent Igbos.
After the war, he returned to Lagos and, surprisingly, met his house in a renovated condition. While he was wondering what happened, his neighbour, Mr. Subomi Balogun, approached him and gave him his back rent in cash.
Your own leader, Nnamdi Azikiwe, abandoned your region during the war and fled to Lagos to join General Gowon, yet a Yoruba saboteur, in the person of Wole Soyinka, was jailed by Gowon from 1967 to 1969, for advocating for Biafra.
Everybody around Aguiyi Ironsi abandoned him. Everybody, except Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, who refused to abandon his guest, and VOLUNTARILY followed him to death. After Ironsi’s death, General Adebayo looked after Ironsi’s children, who lived with him in his house.
After Chukwuma Nzeogwu was killed, it was his friend, Olusegun Obasanjo that looked after his mother, and ensured all his siblings were educated.
This same Olusegun Obasanjo ended the civil war and ensured that troops under his command did not take out revenge against civilians, as was done by troops under the command of the late Murtala Mohammed.
Additionally, when he became President, Olusegun Obasanjo remembered the children of Emmanuel Ifeajuna and did something powerful for them that i am not allowed to say publicly.
Yet, with these glaring facts, you accuse the Yoruba of being two faced and bitter.
Anyway, thanks again, and may God bless you.
#TableShaker