Igbo Leaders Reject Call On Jonathan To Contest 2015 Presidency

Goodlucj Jonathan in Anambra
By SaharaReporters, New York

Igbo leaders have distanced themselves from a recent call on President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 election, warning those using the name of the Igbos for such pronouncements without permission to desist or prepare to be ostracized.

“Whereas Ndigbo overwhelmingly supported the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 elections, we remain of the view that the President should not be distracted by relevance-seeking political jobbers with such calls, even when he is yet to deliver on his major promises to Ndigbo,” they said in a statement.

The statement was signed by Oganiru Ndigbo Foundation/Igboville; Emeka Maduewesi (Leader); Uche Onuh Lucas (President General); Maxi Okwu; Okey Igbokwe; Onyema Uche and Obichi Ikechi.  They said the call was made by “a certain Chief Arthur Eze and his gang of faceless so called Igbo elders.”

They drew attention to Jonathan’s failures so far to honour promises made to the Igbos, including construction of the second Niger Bridge within his first tenure; to convert Enugu Airport to an international hub; and to give roads in the South East urgently needed attention within his current tenure.

“As at today, none of these promises have been fulfilled,” the statement said.  “Second Niger Bridge is still in the "drawing board" and no international flight has yet landed or taken off from Enugu Airport. South East roads remain the worst in the country, including the Enugu-Onitsha Federal highway that Chief Arthur Eze traveled to Onitsha from Ukpo through. Enugu-PH highway is at best a death trap while Aba-Ikot Ekpene highway is virtually non-existent as a road.

They also contended that in the sharing of national resources, Ndigbo are yet to get any favors from the Jonathan regime.

“No single refinery out of the six promised by President Jonathan is located in the South East even though three south east states, Abia, Imo and now Anambra are oil producing states,” they said. “Revenue allocation is heavily skewed against Igbo states with one state receiving more monthly allocation than all 5 SE states. Even desert states that contribute next to nothing to the national revenue pool are getting more than two times the monthly allocation of oil producing Igbo states. Nobody is even discussing the promised 6th state for Ndigbo, to put the South East at par with other regions that have 6 states.”

They also criticized President Jonathan’s “failure” to protect Professor Barth Nnaji, the former Minister of Power who resigned last week, describing him as a “reformist” who naturally attracted opposition from vested interests in the perennially corrupt power sector in Nigeria. Other ministers of Igbo origin, they said, are not faring better within this government.

With that background, the group said it was important to unequivocally state that while Ndigbo are not at war with President Jonathan, there is absolutely no reason, at this time, to endorse him or any other politician for 2015 election, especially as Ndigbo has already expressed interest in producing the best President of Nigeria in 2015.

“We are committed to working with Mr President to achieve his electoral promises, especially as relates to Ndigbo,” the statement stressed. “If by 2015 we review his performance and determine that he has done well enough to deserve second term, we will join authentic Igbo leaders to make our position known.

“For now, we encourage the President to focus on his work including securing the life and properties of all Nigerians. The frequent massacre of Ndigbo in parts of the country by terrorists masquerading as religious zealots is giving us sleepless nights. Real Igbo elders should be seeking a solution to this unfortunate targeting of Ndigbo rather than stomach-induced endorsements and calls for anyone to contest elections.”

For Chief Eze and those who spoke with him, the group said, “Even Joshua in the Bible spoke for himself and his family, not for the entire children of Israel. When Ndigbo want to speak, we know through whom we will speak.”

 

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Re: Ohaneze Where Are You???

Please Mr. Anonymous please start reasoning like a sensible and tactical igbo man. It's reasoning the way you've just exhibited is what makes it easy for our so called igbo leaders to keep lying to us over promises made to us by those who seize every opportunity to oppress us. For 2015 to happen for us we need a strong alliance, the challenge now is finding where we can get this sort of alliance from- should it be the SS or SW? For now the SWest is our best bet so please be careful o how you get into altercations with people of the South West, they may be our best allies in our quest for 2015 or else forget it.

jonathan, give nyamiri money

yes it is better i love money than being thirsty for innocent blood as satanic hausa/fulani (muslims) do....000000

Unfortunate outburst from Jay Don!

Jay Don, I can see that your problem is in the understanding of written words. Unfortunately I could not have written it in your native language, since I don't understand it. In any case I am sure the Igbo understand what I have written and must have taken it to heart for them to make progress in the Nigerian political terrain. Outbursts from people like you who cannot read and understand cannot deter me from making my points, especially with regard to what I have written here.

NO DERI, NO!

"... -u remove the tire, batteries and engine of a car-and u are urging GEJ to drive it with or without an engine-cause he is a DRUNKEN FISHER MAN-9JA is like car run over by a train-..."

ALL WE ARE ASKING IS FOR GEJ TO BUY ONLY THE TIRES. WE DONT EVEN WANT HIM TO FIX THE TIRES ON THE CAR, JUST BUY THE TIRES AND NIGERIANS WILL FIX IT.

IF YOU REMEMBER HE PROMISED US DURING HIS CAMPAIGN THAT HE WILL DISCARD THE CAR AND BUY EVERYBODY A BRAND NEW MERCEDES BENZ. IN EVERY REGION AND EVERY STATE HE HAS PROMISED NEW BRIDGE, NEW UNIVERSITY, NEW AIRPORT, NEW RAILWAY, NEW ROADS, NEW HOSPITALS AND NEW SCHOOLS. DRUNKEN OR SOBER TELL US DERI, WHAT HAS HE ACHIEVED?

this is not one love, north

this is not one love, north and west are hating igbo people too much after much genocide they have caused igbos, still!!!! don't skip the realities and jump to nonsense!!!!! good and fine, igbo love money ok!!! then you love your torrorism and unethical behaviours, betrayals,full of tribalism.

OMO-ODUDUWA ,DO NOT FORGET,DO NOT FORGET.

Recently a titled Yoruba chief was photographed bowing like a slave before the Hausa-Fulani,well some attributed it to Yoruba tradition,well I disagree,if you become a traditional representative of your tribe,you shake hands with the representatives of other tribes,if he bowed before the Alafin of Oyo or the Oni of Ife,you will not get any complaints from any quarters.
Brigadier Ogundipe fled when it was clearly his turn to lead the Army,Col Odumegwu-Ojukwu refused to recognise a junior heading the Army just because he had the other northern officers backing him,the rest is history.MKO Abiola was elected,the same Hausa-fulani refused to accept him,it has never being the Igbo standing in your way.Yoruba leaders recently met at Ibadan,their press release,they want a new political system and regional governments,it is the north again saying "NO" not Ndigbo.

MY BROTHER

IM LOVE YOU MY BROTHER, YOU THE REAL IGBOIST

FOOL

You are a fool, and an idiot. where are you from Hausa the highest beggers in nigeria, Yoruba the biggest fools ever seen, south south ijomambere, the most idiot in the world. fulanis the most useless of all kind. IGBOS the smartest and the most brilliant in the world.

You are a fool, we run this country and without igobs no Nigeria. divide the country and see what happens. idiotic fool.

FOOL

WHICH VICTORY, SHUT UP FOOL. YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING. DID THOSE OTHER USELESS TRIBE WIN THE WAR/ HELL NOOO. IDIOT.

Ohaneze where are you

Nigeria is useless and Jonathan is a failure, this is the time for Ndi Igbo, the Original owners of Nigeria to rise up against these fools in this country, even if it will call for war let it.

We have been marginalized in this country, and we have to put a stop to this nonsense.

Jonathan is a madam and a hipocrist and can never solve our problem. I here by urge De IGBO's to support and nominate, Ngige, Rochas or Sullivan for 2015 and stand for them. Because we are the political powers of this nation,we run the politics and we own it. let come together and protect all our interest in this country.

Ohaneze Ndi Igbo Kwenu

SIXTH STATE FOR SOUTHEAST NOW! FIRST THING FIRST.

Southerners, it pays you to support the creation of a merited sixth state in the southeast now. Once one Northern region alloctated 19 states to itself through military dictators sympathetic to northern affairs. Thus the ensuing high but undue number of legislators from the large number of states in the north is all that the north uses to derail any meaningful amendment in the 1999 constitution. Southerners be wise. Support the creation of a merited sixth state in the southeast. The excuses that there are too many states and that most of the states are non viable are lame excuses, any southerner that gives those excuses to negate creation of a sixth state in the southeast is a novice on Nigerias political field and process. The whole south is under represented in the NASS. Thats why norths no to state police, no to fiscal federalism, no to anything new in Nigeria.

The is only one race: the human race

If you believe that your achievements - educational, scientific,sports e.t.c- is on account of your race, then you are a social darwnist. A polite word for a racist. Social darwnism was defeated with the fall of Hitler's German empire, at the end of the second world war.

There is nothing that separates Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa e.t.c. genetically. The difference is culture.

All Cultures in Nigeria- Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa e.t.c-are awesome !

The racist among us should please go and douse themselves with kerosine and light themselves on fire. They are pulling Nigeria back.

Ohaneze cannot tell me who to

Ohaneze cannot tell me who to vote for. The so called Igbo leaders are only waiting for their contract papers to be signed and you will never hear from them agian.Any reasonable Igbo man will vote for the person that will meet our aspirations be it Jonathan or Nuhu Ribadu or Fashola. Our Igbo brothers have been at the top in Abuja and what did they bring? Mansions for themselves and their immediate families.A word is enough for the wise.

RE:IBOS THE GREATEST TRIBE IN NIGERIA

"some tribes like yoruba,hausa,southsouth etc will always remain inferior to IBOS.ibos r interprising anyday anytime.nobody can question it. even GOD is aware.REMOVE IBOS nigeria economy is doom 4ever."

AN UCHE WROTE THIS. IF IT WERE A SANI OR A KAYODE IT WOULD CARRY SUCH WEIGHT THAT I WILL SECOND IT.

GERMAN PRESIDENT HELMUT KOHL WAS ASKED IF GERMANY WAS A GREAT COUNTRY AND HE REPLIED THAT HE DOES NOT THINK GERMANY CAN BE CLASSED A GREAT COUNTRY IN EUROPE LET ALONE THE WHOLE WORLD. SO HE PREFER TO SAY THAT GERMANY IS A GROWING ECONOMY. ANY ONE THAT WILL BEAT HIS DRUM AND PRAISE HIMSELF HAS ALREADY SET HIMSELF UP FOR FAILURE, DEJECTION, REJECTION AND INFERIORITY AMONGST HIS PEERS. ITS GOD'S PROMISE TO HUMBLE THE PROUD. PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL. LET OTHER TRIBES SAY IBOS ARE THE GREATEST. INFACT UCHE WAS RIGHT "even GOD is aware" THAT WAS WHY HE GAVE VICTORY TO THE HUMBLE OTHER NIGERIANS IN THE CIVIL WAR!

RE: Nagodi you are an ignorant person

SOMEBODY DECIDED THAT THE SIMPLE POST I DID ON THIS ISSUE COULD NOT BE DEBUNKED AS I QUOTED CHRIST THEIR SAVIOUR AND SO HE POSTED ON MY NAME. THOSE WHO READ MY POST WILL UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GRAMMER, LOGIC AND WRITING STYLE. I NEED NOT SEE WAHALA, OR TUNDEMASH OR EVEN DERI TO KNOW THAT WHAT WAS WRITTEN WAS FROM THEM.

Igbos Should Replicate Otokotos To Win

Igbos should replicate Otokoto/Okijas (cannibalism) in their own part of Nigeria to enable them win the presidency of Nigeria come 2015. They should turn much more of their children into pepper soup and eat them in open air parties to gain the spiritual blessing to win.

That they will do the above is certain though, as long as money could be made therefrom.

Afterall Money is the god that Igbos worship

We Igbos Know Our Leaders.

My blood boiled when I came across the headline which claimed Ndigbo want Jonathan to go for a second term. But reading further, it dawned on me that another yeoman is at work.

I am pleased to hear/read that Igbos with red Igbo blood have put the retard calling himself Authur Eze in his rightful place - a pariah.

How on earth could any reasonable person be talking of a second term when the puppet in Aso Rock is yet to deliver on the promises made to Ndigbo made prior to his first is beyond comprehension.

It's time Ndigbo tell the likes of Eze and his fellow travellers that the era efulefus (riff-raffs) like him sold Ndigbo to the highest bidder is gone and gone for good.

Jonathan, Give Nyamiris Money To Win Their Support

To the Nyamiris/Igbos money is GOD.

They would kill their mother for money without thinking twice. Some of their enterprising boys recently invited their sister to Lagos, via facebook, gang raped her and then strangulated her to death

Thousands of these Nyamiris are on death row in Indonesia for drug smuggling instigated by their inordinate worship of money.

Jonathan, just ignore these vermins called Igbos/Nyamiris. Come 2015 give some of their noise making dealers, sorry leaders, some money and they will sell their people to you.

As far as the vermins are concerned, life is all about money ego money ego, no matter how it is acquired

PDP rogues are using ethnicity to divide you fools !!!

United States has got more diversity than any nation; black, white, chinese, indian, english, japanese and yet they are united in pursuing excellence in every feld that would benefit human kind. Just last month, they have landed a robot on planet Mars searching for clues of life on planet Mars while you idiots, even though you are all black, keep discussing ethnicity. Shame on you all ! What audacity do any of you ethnic bigots have to condemn any white of racism while you condone and promote similar even among yourselves. Only the fools among u would think the PDP rogues care aout ethnicity; it is about the oil money hence Jonathan would defend Dangote any day any time while you morons kill yourslef over ethnicity. Over Jonathan's ead body would Otedola be prosecuted. They only care abt themselves !

Ignorance is a Disease.

Quote: "Dont mind these Ibo (Igbo)people. They want money. Remember IBB said the only way to get ibos to support u in politics is through money..."--Anonymous.

Your lie has caught you out!

Who was IBB's original second-in-command, where does he come from and what did he do when IBB tried to play around with him?

If you are so ignorant or daft to research, his name is EBITU UKIWE and an Igbo by tribe. FYI, Ebitu Ukiwe, it is who quit IBB's corrupt government rather than be bought with his stolen petro-dollars.

So the old diversionary cliche that ony Igbos "love money" does not hold water.

The level some of you could descend to expose your ignorance is beyond words.

@Wahala & co:

Thanks a million for standing up to these bastards who think SR has provided them an arena to throw punches at the great Igbo race.

Tim: Don't Dare Ibos

I doubt any Ibo will respond to the smelly fish monger and coward calling himself Tim. Hell will freeze the day Ibos start responding to Ijaws. Instead, they should be referred to Issekiris or Binis their size to deal with them. Alternatively, they can be referred to Aba North LGA which is bigger than the entire Ijaw population to deal with them. Can you imagine Ijaws chasing Ibos away! How hilarious. Someone should tell this fool that only a handful of heavy boys from Onitsha and Aba will kick their butts all the way to the atlantic ocean if push comes to shove. I mean ALL of them including Tompolo, Clark, Ateke Tom etc will be kicked out of the creeks within a week. Tell the idiot Tim to go and ask Dokubo and Okah who gave Ijaws the guns with which they have been making noise in the creeks.Useless ogogoro-crazed nza called team is challenging his own goda fter a dose of ogogoro.

Dem be Obj Boys

dem be Obj boys,who sabi dem before if not OBJ,mumu Biafrasickstan,u better face ur region and develop there,Brain box of Africa for where,selfish people.

@tundemess and his regional

@tundemess and his regional lies-only a fool will buy into the rubbish he posted-what went wrong with David West when IBB sent him to jail? Did he not perform under buhari? What magic do u want GEJ to do for u-are the Yankees asking obama to provide them with light, water, roads, airports, footbal fields and health centers? These are some of the essential things that the founding fathers took care of a long b4 now! What we have in 9ja, is the theft of over $400b with nothing to show for it-u remove the tire, batteries and engine of a car-and u are urging GEJ to drive it with or without an engine-cause he is a DRUNKEN FISHER MAN-9JA is like car run over by a train-that is why the SS should prepare to go-theirs will be worst when members of the old region take control of the traffic light with buhari-it will be the end of their race!

Edo Girls Trafficking Syndicat Bursted in Europe

The biggest criminal gang leader Mr Esohe Ida-Ogabono and his wife Joy Igahoro who specialised in supplying Edo girls to European brothels are now in custody.

The criminal idiots would not confront violent criminals destroying Edo womanhood. Instead they would come here and rant about Ibos even though they will never be able to match Ibo achievements in a billion years.

Black race... God's experiment?

Read through comments of hate from all corners you wonder why the black man has not achieved much. Africa is a patch of the world that the black race suppose to act as custodians, go into each and every african country listen to their politics read through their blogs all you see and read has hatred ethnic hatred writ large......from which tribe has the best girls? whose are the most cheap girls? who is more educated? which tribe has the best TV Which tribe has the most educated? .... hardly anything meaningful or of ideas
Everything about them is hate tribal hate. It permeates their politics its also in their churches and religion.
No wonder the rest of the world is developing. Asia is advancing fast.
Nigeria supposed to be giant of africa yet here its poltics is rooted in their hatred of the ibos.
You wonder why its not progressing.

Dont crucify nagodi pls

You guys shouldn't crucify Nagodi Ooooo, what he is trying to say is that not all Muslims are terrorists but all terrorists known are Muslims...Lololol...

Danboyi typical african sited manifestations of tribal hate

Danboyi the ibos are just one tribe and you have cited examsples of other tribes uniting against ibos and nothing new nothing special.
But the worst thing is that neither your fate nor those who have united in those activities have ever improved more than the fate of the ibos.
And the sad fact is that you dont even know this .
The only difference with ibos and other tribes is that you could have federal govt doing things in your area but the ibos would have their communities doing the same.
Weeping boy I suppose you are not intelligent enough to know what it means otherwise you would direct it unto the ibos.
You are a black man and african and what do they do best boast hatred.....that is why you are a black man incapable of noble things

Uche, you're a complete

Uche, you're a complete idiot! Didn't they tell you that a civil war lasted 30 months in Nigeria when Ndigbo were all locked out in Biafra. Yet, the Nigerian economy ran smoothly and grew! Ndigbo is a great race that does not need dregs like you to acclaim them!

Uche let others be irresponsible and hateful Not you the ibo pls

Uche dont make this sort of wide statements that others in various tribes hate the ibos doesnt allow us to make such statements of seeing others as inferior. Did God tell you that He created some inferior ethnic groups?
Let others express their hatred but you shouldnt make similar hateful statements you and I hate tribal and primitive wickedness therefore we shouldnt indulge in such. Every ibo should be careful
You shouldnt not because of some bad ignorant full of hate in other tribes, you begin to castigate an entire group of people its immoral its ignorant and its primitive therefore I urge other ibos not to indulge in such wide irresponsible statements.
Observe this people study them their hate is deep rooted think of how to chart the course of our people in the midst of this hate but not indulge in wide outburst for where this hatred is coming is deep.

Dont mind these Ibo people.

Mr Anonymous, Go and hang yourself you envious fool. Are the Igbos suddenly to start being ashamed or made to apologize for their industry? No, Sir. If your tribe had half of what Igbos have accomplished with their industrious mind, no one would hear the end of it.