"I was not a tribalist when I had a long-standing and intimate relationship with Miss Bianca Onoh, an igbo lady, who many years later married Ojukwu and who is now our Ambassador in Spain."
Those that call me a tribalist are simply misguided. Perhaps they do not know the meaning of the word or its true import. Those that know me well can confirm the fact that I am not a tribalist, a racist or a bigot and that I consider such sentiments as being unworthy of a man of class, good breeding and culture. I am however a firm believer in the propagation of truth and I appreciate the value and importance of history. Sadly many of our igbo compatriots do not believe in that. For them history consists of only one thing- how other Nigerians have always marginalized them and treated them badly.
If only they knew their own history, where they are coming from, what they used to be, where they were 100 years ago and what their forefathers did to the rest of Nigeria over the last 80 years they would know why they have always had such a hard time in this country. Sadly because they dont know any of these things they cannot learn from them. And if they cannot learn from them they will continue to make the same mistakes. That is why they can come to another mans land and territory and call it their own and when we say ''no'' they tell us to shut up and call us tribalists.
I was not a tribalist when I wrote a tribute to Colonel Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu after he died or when I condemned the '60's pogroms that took place in the north in which their people were slaughtered like flies.
I was not a tribalist when I wrote against my good friend Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima and child marriage in the north. Yet now I am a tribalist because I spoke the truth about our history and who the yoruba are.
I was not a tribalist when I had a long-standing and intimate relationship with Miss Bianca Onoh, an igbo lady, who many years later married Ojukwu and who is now our Ambassador in Spain.
I was not a tribalist when I had a long-standing and intimate relationship with Miss Chioma Anasoh, another igbo lady, who I almost took as a second wife.
I was not a tribalist when I had a long-standing and intimate relationship with Miss Adaobi Uchegbu, another igbo lady, who was exceptionally close to me and who is now at the National Headquarters of the ruling PDP.
I was not a tribalist when I wrote essays defending the rights of the igbo and every other Nigerian nationality to exercise their right of self-determination and leave Nigeria if that is what they wanted to do.
I was not a tribalist when I consistently wrote that Nigeria must have a Sovereign National Conference where the rights and obligations of all its various nationalities would be clearly defined and agreed upon.
I was not a tribalist when I employed more igbo people as a Presidential spokesman and a Minister of the Federal Republic than even my own yoruba.
I was not a tribalist when I wrote an essay, just two years ago, extolling the virtues of igbo women and telling the world about their sudden and meteoric rise and how far they had gone in the power circles of this country in the last 10 years. I was not a tribalist when I condemned the bombing of predominantly igbo and catholic churches and the killing of the igbo and others by Boko Haram in the north over the last three years.
I was not a tribalist when I risked my life by consistently writing against Boko Haram and urging our President to do a better job at protecting the lives of all Nigerians even though I live in the north.
I was not a tribalist when I wrote against political sharia in the late '90's and I participated in protracted and sometimes acrimoniuos debates with islamic fundamentalists and islamists.
I was not a tribalist when I was in NADECO and when we fought against military rule in Nigeria. I was not a tribalist when I fought for a President from the south-south or the south-east.
I was not a tribalist when I wrote in defence of the igbo when it came to the abandoned property issue.
I was not a tribalist when I wrote about the excesses of the Federal troops during the civil war.
I was not a tribalist when I commended Azikiwe and the virtues of the NCNC in Nigerian history.
I was not a tribalist when I wrote that it was unfair and wrong for the Federal Government of Nigeria to leave the igbo with only 20 pounds each after the civil war.
I was not a tribalist when many years ago I attended and gave my life to Christ in a church called TREM which was established by a great igbo man by the name of Bishop Mike Okonkwo.
I was not a tribalist when my grandfather, Justice Victor Adedapo Kayode, taught Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe at Methodist Boys High School in Lagos and when my father, Chief Remilekun Fani-Kayode, was appointed as the leader of the predominantly igbo NCNC in the Western Regional House of Assembly.
I could go on and on. These people have very short memories and anyone that does not agree with them all the time or that says one word against them at any point in time is labelled a tribalist for life.
They called Chief Obafemi Awolowo a tribalist, an igbo-hater a genocidal maniac and a child-killer simply because the man refused to join sides with them in the civil war yet they forgot that on one of the occassions that Awolowo ran for the Presidency his running mate was from the east and not from the north.
They called Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, Chief S.L Akintola and Sir Ahmadu Bello igbo-haters and tribalists simply because they saw through the igbo agenda at a very early stage in our history and they marked and killed them all for it.
They called General Yakubu Gowon a genocidal maniac, a child-killer, an igbo-hater and a tribalist simply because opposed Biafra, stood up to Ojukwu and insisted on keeping Nigeria together and even though he declared that there was ''no victor and no vanquished'' after the civil war.
They accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of being a tribalist and an igbo-hater even though he appointed an igbo man as the first GOC in the Nigerian Army since 1966 and even though he appointed more igbos into key positions in his government than any President before him.
They accused President Shehu Shagari of being a tribalist and an igbo-hater even though he pardoned Ojukwu and allowed him to return back home after a long period in exile.
They have accused the Nigerian people of being tribalists and igbo-haters simply because we have not had an igbo President since 1966 forgetting that Nigeria was magnamonious in victory and that she not only gladly welcomed them back into the fold after the civil war but that she also gave them the Vice Presidency of the country only ten years later.
They have labelled the northerners as tribalists and igbo-haters simply because the north has refused to tolerate their excesses and accept their complicated ways.
They have labelled the Niger Deltans as tribalists and igbo-haters simply due to the ''abandoned property issue'' and because historically many of them have always resisted the idea of igbo domination.
They have labelled the yoruba as tribalists and igbo-haters simply because we have refused to accept their claims to our land and territory and even though we were more charitable, hospitable, accomodating and generous to them than any other nationality in Nigeria after the civil war.
The yoruba particularly have been too kind and gentle with them. That is the problem. They see our liberal and accomodating nature as stupidity and weakness.
That is why they always call the yoruba cowards forgetting that the history of the yoruba proves otherwise. It is now time to tell the truth. They despise the yoruba and they only pretend to believe in one Nigeria as long as they can always have their way and laud it over others. Worst of all, generally speaking, they have no restraining factors because money and the acquisition of wealth is their sole objective and purpose in life.
Someone ought to tell them that this is not a virtue but a vice. It is a cultural deficiency which is borne out of not having any history. If they did they would be less aggressive, more restrained and far more civil to others even where and when they disagree with them. If speaking these bitter home truths and yearning and fighting for a better Nigeria makes me a tribalist then it is a toga that I would be happy to wear.
I will not sit by quietly and allow my people, the yoruba people of south western Nigeria, to be rubbished, insulted and cheated by anyone no matter how aggressive and given to extreemities that anyone may believe he is. I make or offer and no apology for my views. My numerous assertions on the igbo stand.
Meanwhile I have read all sorts of strange submissions in various newspapers and blogs that have held themselves out as rejoinders to my two articles titled "Lagos, The Igbo and the Servants Of Truth" and "The Bitter Truth About The Igbo". Sadly other than the usual abuse and ungodly clap-trap not one of them has been able to address ANY of the issues that I raised in either of the two articles, answer any of the questions that I posed in them or successfully challenge my presentation of historical facts.
The bellicose nature and sheer crassness of these so-called rejoinders goes to prove two things. Firstly that those that I have descibed as being collectively unlettered, uncouth, uncultured, unrestrained and crude in all their ways really are all those things and a lot more and secondly that they cannot put up any reasonable or serious arguement to discredit or refute the message so instead they are attempting to destroy the messanger.
Meanwhile the two essays have been published in various newspapers in our country and outside and it will continue to be published by others long into the forseeable future.
The message is clear and it is already out there. It cannot be called back in. The horse has bolted from the stable and the falcon has left the nest.
No matter how hard those that are attempting to intimidate us into silence may try it will not work and we will not be cowed. The message is already out there and the genie is already out of the bottle. Those that seek to continue to denigrate and belittle the yoruba and lay claim to what is rightfully ours should desist from doing so. They should grant us our peace and give us our due respect and they will get the same in return.
If they do not do so those things will elude them and eventually history will repeat itself again in this country.
Meanwhile when anyone reads a rejoinder that addresses the issues that I raised in my essays and that has some level of scholarship and intellectual content they should please let me know and I may well dignify it with a response. The shameless and emotional thrash and disjointed verbiage that have been described as rejoinders so far are just not up to scratch.
They are bereft of any scholarship and intellectual content. They also invoke pity in me for the faceless plebians that wrote them and those they claim to be speaking for. When the igbo, or anyone else, find a real champion that can cross swords with me and give me a good run for my money someone should please let me know. I am itching for a real debate with a worthy adversary on this issue.
Like the great Achilles I feel that I have no match. Are there no Hector's out there? Sadly it appears that my accusers, traducers, opposers and haters cannot find one. All they have is their hate, their ignorance, their insults and their inbred crudity and vulgarity.
Related to this check: The Bitter Truth About The Igbos
The Bitter Truth About The Yorubas
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You are a BBBBIIIIGGGG FOOOOOOL. You need to shut up and listen to yourself, a psychopath who will do or say anything to be seen. Selfish mobster who knows nothing about the word 'truth'. A cowardly talkative who can do nothing in the real face of danger, a moron who cannot think through his words before opening his mouth to speak. You need to get a grip on yourself, punkhead.am not surprised, considering the size of your lips.
ReplyDeleteEfcc is still looking for u for d moni u chop as Minister of Avaition. Igbo woman is der own. Hope u've been to d airport recently n see wot sh's doin der. Even d Lagos ur shouting is ur land,u cldn't even do anytin to improve d federal airport der as a Avaition minister,am igbo woman is doin it now. Femi big month,wer are u 80yrs ago. Dis is one example dt wil silence ur dirty mouth. U've lost out of political calculation n needed recognition dts why ur wiping up ethnic sentiments. Ur a failure already. Look for a job to do.
ReplyDeleteFFK thank you for delivering another armoury in the arsenals that will be used in dismantling APC.
ReplyDeleteThank you for publicly acknowledging dat u ##### with Bianca Onoh,Chioma Anasoh and Adaobi Uchegbu,with no sense of decorum.
Thank you for admitting u always place uo mistresses in position of influence.
Thank you for publicaly admitting dat u prefer to f##k,but never marry Igbo women.
Thank u for admitting a yoruba man decreed 20 pounds for all igbos after the civil war.This despite the fact that the richest man in west-africa prior to d war was igbo man.
Thank you for admitting dat Igbo properties were seized by various tribes,after d war.
Thank u for admitting dat uo father was used to undermine,arrest and imprison Awolowo in d first republic,under guise of opposition.
Thank you for admitting dat Igbo catholic church was specifically targeted by a terrorist group,from another tribe. But no yoruba church was targeted.
Thank u for admitting u fought presidents from SE & SS,but not the one from SW.
Thank you for constantly re-affirming uo believe in d "Igbo Agenda".
Thank you for showing u are finally going sterile.
Thank you for confirming uo glorious honour of TRIBALIST & BIGOT!
Thank u sir.
Is any nyamiri there, hearing the truth of the matter? You see instead of you to bury your head in shame. Look at your English again. Go to school, don't deface our street, stop street trading Ndigbooooooo.
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ReplyDeleteIn the midst of the very severe problems facing the country, it is disappointing to find Kayode engaging in silly tribal warfare. Corruption, illiteracy, joblessness, disease, ignorance, and similar vices are the reasons for our failure, not the superiority or inferiority of tribes. In the eyes of the world we remain corrupt, undeveloped, ignorant, etc. We should be focusing our energy on how we can improve our image before the rest of the world, how we can improve standards of living for our people, how we can make electricity available to our masses, how we can attack crippling corruption in the sytem, etc. We have a lot of work to do, and singing praise of ones tribe as Kayode is doing is definitely not one of them. My good friend Kayode, go do volunteer work for somebody since you appear to have a lot of time in your hands.
ReplyDelete4:12.. I don't see why dis man kip destroying wat his 4father's av build wit dia blood(unity).. Jst bcuz he is trying 2 remain on our lips... Dis will b d last time I will say a word abt his write ups dat is implanting dis unity.. I imploy u and all 2 do d same.. Ignore
DeleteDickson eniola..
Good talk 4.12, FFK didn't need to humiliate himself by talking about his private life with others especially people who may have carried on with other relationships. It doesn't show maturity at all,given the fact we humans are all jealous to a great extent when it comes to issues like that. Coming to a public media like this and counting for us how many IBO ladies he has laid does not serve any purpose on this issue being discussed rather it affair ms his tribalistic tendencies as he never went further to solemnise his relationship with any of these ladies. He should as well give us plausible reasons why he did not,otherwise it will be tantamount to TRIBALISM. For a man of his status,he should know that citizenship or the right to reside,do business,acquire wealth etc in a particular region in the modern world is not is not attributed to indegeneship if there's any word like that. Nigerians exercise their rights to live globally today bcos of the existence of these rights. How come within the same Nation,we can't tolerate ourselves? FFK has rubbished his intellectual status by this write up. I still want to hear the history of the Ibos from him & those things our ancestors did to others 80-100yrs ago. Pls educate us..... Chris Abara.
DeleteI am not believing what I am reading, clearly FFK or whatever he is called has lost his marbles,
ReplyDeleteNobody really cares about your opinions and how many Igbo ladies you fornicated with..
Oh my gosh what a Child.
Hmm! F**KIN IGBO WOMEN is now PATRIOTISM. And U have now COMFIRMED a YORUBA MAN as an UNRELIABLE PERSON, thats why U did not EMPLOY them in KEY PLACES as a MINISTER. Nice one PLAYER, NICE ONE!
ReplyDeletesee em big mouth like pig nyash, animal!
ReplyDeleteFani Kayode wants to either diver attention from or gain support against his EFCC case. He wants to claim that he is beign tried or persecuted for "speaking out in support of Yorubas" What a myopic saddist.
ReplyDeletecan someone pls tell me how old Fanikayode is? cos i just read a speech of a rookie debater.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pity nobody has been able to counter the historical facts that Femi raised in his previous article, yet people have being calling him names. I am a student of political science and so familiar with some of the truth/facts he raised. The only solution to this saga is for the Igbos to stop laying claim to what does not belong to them and learn to respect their host, in this case the Yorubas. No ethnic group in Nigeria including the Ibos should take the generousity of the Yorubas to be cowardice. I think the Igbos have bitten more than they can shew by trying to lay claim to Lagos. A word is enough for a wise.
ReplyDeleteAnd so in summary why not allow the igbos to leave and form their own state?
DeleteMumu, d topic has changed. Yesterday's news was about weda ibo's own lagos. Today's news is about whose ibo wife, daughter, sister, neighbour, queen, ambassador, almost 2nd wife, etc that mr fani kayode has had sex with. Concentrate o, mr student!
DeleteDear Fellow,
DeleteIts "Chew" not "Shew" it describes the movement of the mandibles within the buccal cavity which is, in essence the beginning of digestion. Sorry I had to take time to teach you this because its obvious your free education was a completely futile.
Na wa o. See wetin dey come out for papa person mouth and a former minster at that and he calls himself intelligent.
ReplyDeleteAunty biaca, chioma and co. E pele. Pls don't mind uncle for choosing to share this rather discreet information with us.
I honestly tot dis man has sense o. My bad!
ReplyDeleteDrowning Man,,,,,,, YOUR POLITICAL CARER IS Destroyed,,,,,,,,,,,,
ReplyDeleteNO TRIBALIST HAS EVER ACHIEVED ANYTHING IN NIGERIAN POLITICS GO AND ASK AWOLOWO.
Na waooo. pls fani kayode can you try to post the time and when the igbos labelled all the names you mentioned here 'tribalists'? I think being educated to some extent wipes away all these ignorance that this man portays here. I also want to read and know how the igbos tried to claim to own lagos ,as FFK and his cohorts claim.pls i am all ears
ReplyDeleteThe hard drug that this man is taking is really working and making him to vomit rubbish,both the ladies he f****ked.idiot.I like igbos just like my own tribe.ffk take your confusion back to your family and enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI am really ashamed of this man who mouth never closes. How low Nigeria has sunk to have ever used this man as a minister.This man must be childish to be bragging about how many Ibo ladies he had laid.This is sheer foolishness.I am sure he has a diary of how many times he bedded them, what they did, where and when. I am sorry but this man is one of the greatest idiots i have ever read from.
ReplyDeleteFemi Fani Kayode is a complex fool
ReplyDeleteWe need to be careful of how we reply people's write up. FFK has said somethings, gave some detailed accounts of fact (which he called truth). And am yet to see anyone criticise him constructively. Mr Fani can you describe your relationships with these honourable ladies? Were they your friends, mistresses, partners or business associates? And can we all leave sentiments and tribalism and argue constructively?
ReplyDeleteMr Fani, I want to believe that your motives are not based on tribalism. I hate tribalist and yorubas that I know and been used to, are not. They are very accomodating and hospitable.
What suprises me about Mr FFk is that I sense some level of aggression in his write up. If you want to write something off this magnitude sir, you need not trade abusive words. And you to clarify the air based on people's response and your stand in the matter. I believe in one Nigeria, I believe in peaceful co-habitation.
By the way, let us talk of a way forward for this country not ways of destroying the already delapitated state.
God bless the Igbos. God bless the Hausas. God bless the Yorubas. God bless our Leaders. And God bless NIGERIA
God bless you too,my brother!
DeleteI can of believe FFK's message now, almost all the comments here are uncultured and verbiage,no one is addressing his discuss.I think the igbo youth should demand their history from their elders. The bible says my people show no restraint because of lack of knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI am a Yoruba from Osun state,event-hough l grew up in Ibadan & Lagos(Yoruba Land) and have properties,my dad drilled it into us from young age that we are sojourners in Lagos & Ibadan and that our ancestral home is in Osun State.When you know your history,as l do(when Omo onile in Lagos gives you headache ,you will see no need to 'die' in a foreignland jsut becasue of a piece of land'when there is life there is hope',how much more try to claim ownership and go to the extent of insulting your landlords names like 'yaruba' and feigning foolish statements such as lagos is a no man land.
I have heard such from some ibos (a lot who l have as friend) and l normally think they are mad, but this thing has actually gotten out of order now,they need to inquire fro their respectable elders of the truth of their history.
Was 'Ojukwu a respectable elder and was his vision and intent right n,l submit No, you can not cave out a region and expect to live on Oil from the SS (as the only way you can achieve this is to either oppress or kill these minorities to submission).
The Oil is Abia & Anambra is really little without SS Oil
No one is addressing his discuss really? I will tell u y, cos he is nt making sense just lik ur write-up grammertically & content wise does nt make sense. If u were schooled @ all u tink d only mineral resources in d SE is oil? U own land, ur elders taught u, d bible says, all ur gibberish & u still sound stupid. What happened 2 preaching peace & love? Respect other peoples's opinion & mk urs respectfully. Nobody made u d Judge of this mater. If u tink ur ibo friends are mad, remember dat birds of same feather flock 2geda.dat explains it all.
DeleteFemi Fani Kayode is looking for attention and we are giving it to him. He has lost relevance and he is trying to get it back.
ReplyDeleteDis guy is truly a fool, I can't imagine a right thnkin man havin time to write n publish dis craps. Fani, u r a big fool to say all dis rubbish abt d Igbos. I thnk u need someone to tell u exactly what d yorubas are comin from, n what they are. Shameless idiot. I'm just sorry for those ladies u r mentioning dia names here, cuz I'm sure they would be regrettin ever havin anythng to do wit a fool like u.
ReplyDeleteThe only word that could describe FFK is "immaturity". little wonder he performed woefully as a Minister of aviation while his counter parts like Oby Ezekwesili, Ngozi oknjo Iwuala etc. irked their names with a golden pen and gain international recognition and appointment.
ReplyDeleteMr. FK you should not kiss and tell. Having intimate relationship with someone does not necessarily make you a non-tribalist. It just makes you a dog who goes hounding after any beautiful thing in a skirt. You are fanning the flame of war instead of quenching it. If we are all Nigerians, I think we should feel free to live anywhere we choose. We are foreigners in countries like U.K and U.S.A. Should we be foreigners again in our own country? U.SA and U.K deports Nigerians home all the time. Should we be deported again in our country? That is tribalism. A gentleman does not kiss and tell. Saying that you bedded all those women only shows that you like women and it doesnt matter to you where they come from so long as you satisfy your sexual appetite. If a woman comes out and talk about all the men she had slept with, you will call her a shameless whore. Fani kayode you are no gentleman and I am beginning to question your intelligence in speaking about all those women like that. Shame on you. You should keep your mouth shut about your sexual history before the women comes out and put you to shame about the size of your stupid penis.
ReplyDeletehello femi,i dont understand is this a brawl?are you in a tussle with the ibos?you dated ibo woman failing to ascertain why you didnt marry them or you want to ridicule them again in National paper?please you claim to be educated but its sad to let you know that you are just displaying you need for more to learn.kindly be quiet and let peace reign in this country.you are causing more harm emotionally than good.and remember that we all migrated to this geographical region at one point in history and i will tell you i am younger than you to know we need peace and not loquacious sorts like you.
ReplyDeleteVirtually all those opposing the writer are just attacking him as a person and not the point he raised!! Or is it dt d points he raised are actually correct? Hmn...
ReplyDeleteWhere are d points? All rubbish!
DeleteBros,
ReplyDeleteI love you. You are the son every father which they had and show off about.
you have indeed made an indelible resounding mark in history of the south West and Nigeria.
I very much appreciate the way you have conducted yourself infallibly.
you are indeed a role model and envied by us your friends and greatly respected by your foes even though in secret.
your command of English is impeccable.
you are a fantastic teacher,leader and a general every soldier will gladly lay down life's for at the mention of a command.
No writter on this debate have been able to lace your shoes.
Carry on we have got your back.
I believe in one Nigeria.
U both have very low standards in life! U deserve each other.
Delete@anonymous 14 August 4:47pm.
DeleteSorry my ndigbo brother.
No let am pepper you for body.
Just appreciating my brother from another mother.
I am married to a beautiful igbo woman. And I'll lay down my life gladly to save hers and my kids anyday and time.
I stand on one Nigeria.
Our standards peak very high regardless.
Na wa o! FANI, ur mumu don over ripe and e don start to smell!
ReplyDeleteThat thing wey u de take no like ur body, stop am.
Candidly! He is speaking the truth but he's just too arrogant. I won't take side.
ReplyDeleteFFK, I don't really know what to say to you. You're speaking like a sinking ship looking for someone to sink with it. Well, you just told us who you really are.
ReplyDeleteMay God have mercy on you.
this write up would have been OK, but then why the kiss and tell? You just gave us the full names and where to find them, that's something a child would do.....Grow up...
ReplyDeleteI have said it on a number of times on this platform. Mr. Fani-Kayode made several points about the behaviour of Ibo people in the short history of Nigeria. We are yet (I have not see) to get any point by point counter point. Also the man is asking Ibo people to challenge him on his assertions but all we are getting is abuses and character assassination. When will the Ibos give us a point by point of what Mr Fani-Kayode calls historical facts?
ReplyDeleteThree men rape 14-year-old, call her a witch afterwards
ReplyDeleteat Wednesday, August 14, 2013
A 24-year-old patent medicine dealer, Ijezie Chidiebere, and two other men have been arraigned before the Ebute Meta Magistrate's Court for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl.
Do i really have time for this assnigger Kayode?
ReplyDeleteNO.
The most annoying and controversial portion of his speech were those relating to claims of intimacy with outstanding Ibo women. How dare you……Mr. FFK?
This is a public display of shame, anger, emptiness, regrets, failure and insecurity. This braggart has lost all sense of communication decency. What a profanity?
Well done FFK.
ReplyDeleteThis man has guts.
ReplyDeleteThe Yoruba people need more people like Fani Power!
ReplyDeleteThe Yoruba people have many problems. Part of this is their belief that they are too cultured, liberal and sophisticated to behave the way the Ibos do, and also engage in brawls when things get this dirty. I am glad own of their own has rolled up his sleeves and prepared to get in the muddy arena. Nice one.
ReplyDeleteEveryone is leaving the salient truths behind and commenting on non-issues. Why are the igbos always suspicious of other tribes? Why do they want to always have their ways in a multi-ethnic country like Nigeria? Why is it so difficult to treat others with respect? And ultimately, why are we leaving the message and attacking the messenger? It will do us, our various peoples and our dear country a lot of good if we can accept one another, treat one another with mutual respect and entrench lasting values of justice, peace and unity in ourselves, our children and children's children rather than pour out rabble-rousing venom. People should think more than they speak, otherwise we end up fighting senseless battles.
ReplyDelete"Dat Igbo Boy", nwanne daalu! U just asked dis fool d right questions; exposing his ignorance n dope-infested brain- if he has any! Honestly, I saw d bloke called Femi-Falani Kayode as a fool but now I see him more like a full-blown Loquacious Moron! Just 2 sight one miserable justification of not being tribalistic- "I gave my life 2 Christ in TREM owned by an Ibo-Mike Okonkwo"! Is dt not so funny?!! So Ur religious believe is now based on the founder of d Church n all? I am a full Member of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) and I Love my Father in d Faith- Bishop David Oyedepo with ALL my heart, do I now say I am detribalised because I'm a member of his flock? Knowing what God is doin through him which I am a beneficiary of his liberation mandate! Dis man is indeed senseless! Maybe I should go 2 Chosen Ministry because the founder is Lazarus Mouka! That statement alone shows how Tribalised d Kayode is! No wonder we have many Yorubas in "Aladura" and other white-demonic churches worshiping d founders! Kayode needs a total sanitation on his celebral cavity! He just displayed his ignorance n stupidity more! Chai, nkita arachala nwokem a anya!
ReplyDeleteDear God, what did u create Ndigbo? They are rude, greedy, ingrates, heartless, rebellious and more. They are the Alphas of coups, unrest and tribal war in Nigeria. They don't even trust themselves let alone other tribes.
ReplyDeleteNigeria will be better without the tribe!
As much as I we could say that FFK is fanning the embers of chaos and tribal unrest between the Yorubas and Igbos, it is worthy of note that he has driven home points that we should encourage our Igbo brothers to learn from. Where in the world will anyone lay claim to anothers property and even dominate him while using what doesn't belong to him and will not get a fight back? As many as are reiterating the account of sexual relationships revealed and abusing FFK's body parts are just not different from him. The many replies to this writeup further drives home the point the writer was trying to make about the uncouth and crude nature of "some" Igbos. They must learn to respect themselves and say no to aggression. Majority of the Igbo leaders themselves have not recovered for the trauma of the successful biafra movement that led to a civil war, and even our literay icon who died some months back kept repeating history by writing the book "There was a country" about biafra just to trigger another biafran movement. Chinua Achebe lived and died just to see that the Igbos had a nation of their own, only that his life's mission was impossible, so he died a sad man. He already groomed a young lady called Chimamanda Adichie to continue writing in his stead after he must have gone so that some day, these provocative writings in the guise of literary pieces will trigger another biafran movement. You need to read the book - Half of a yellow sun- to see how the writer told a story of a war she did not witness because she had not been born at the time. She had been properly mentored, and that mentor is the iconic legend- Late Chinua Achebe.
ReplyDeleteThe handwriting is clear on the wall- Nigeria is one but Igbos had better stop their domineering nature and the idea that they are the boldest and wisest tribe in Nigeria hence laying claim to another's property. How many Yorubas or Hausas have thrived in their land as much as they have in ours? Because the average Igbo man is very competitive and will give you not opportunity to do so in his land! Even though this issue is a very sensitive one, truth sometimes need to be told especially when a particular tribe feels they can get away with it and nothing will happen. Silence is not always the best as issues of this magnitude should be addressed once and all. All parties should learn from mistakes and let this issue that is capable of disintegrating Nigeria a second time die a natural death! A word is enough!
And so would you now support the igbos to leave Nigeria this time?
DeleteIt is rather shameful that instead of promoting unity amongst the different ethnic groups, statements made is causing more division. rather sad!!!
ReplyDeleteWhy can't we face reality and call a spade a spade. Let those critics counter his bitter truth instead of raising abuses. Igbo land belong to Igbos, Yorubas and other ethnic groups have theirs too. This long throat and covetiousness is killing this country. Let all of us develop our own areas too.
ReplyDeleteI have commented on this hard truth written by Fain Kayode and it was not published. All the published ones were written by Igbos. Why can't we face reality and call a spade a spade. Go and make Jerusalem or Mecca out there in the East. Your abuses will not matter.
ReplyDeleteStill no single igbo man can intellectually,without garrulous emotions take up Fani Kayode at the level he delivered his first 2 master pieces! The igbos have played the yoruba tribe for a fool because we are accomodating! Shame though that Fani Kayode mentioned the names of some of the many igbo ladies he has bedded! Not surprising though! They are mercenary by nature,just like their men,they would do ANYTHING for money! Eko o ni baje o! Ibos, Eko akete ki se ile baba yin!
ReplyDeleteMr Fani Kayode,
ReplyDeleteI think you have crossed your boundary and you are beginning to loss focus,is it necessary to mention the names of Igbo women you have had intimate relationship with, it is very childish and immature and personally i am disappointed that someone of your caliber and standing with a good family history should be saying this and to cap it all a Yoruba man, Sir e ni eko
"Dat Igbo Boy", nwanne daalu! U just asked dis fool d right questions; exposing his ignorance n dope-infested brain- if he has any! Honestly, I saw d bloke called Femi-Falani Kayode as a fool but now I see him more like a full-blown Loquacious Moron! Just 2 sight one miserable justification of not being tribalistic- "I gave my life 2 Christ in TREM owned by an Ibo-Mike Okonkwo"! Is dt not so funny?!! So Ur religious believe is now based on the founder of d Church n all? I am a full Member of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) and I Love my Father in d Faith- Bishop David Oyedepo with ALL my heart, do I now say I am detribalised because I'm a member of his flock? Knowing what God is doin through him which I am a beneficiary of his liberation mandate! Dis man is indeed senseless! Maybe I should go 2 Chosen Ministry because the founder is Lazarus Mouka! That statement alone shows how Tribalised d Kayode is! No wonder we have many Yorubas in "Aladura" and other white-demonic churches worshiping d founders! Kayode needs a total sanitation on his celebral cavity! He just displayed his ignorance n stupidity more! Chai, nkita arachala nwokem a anya!
ReplyDeletei reiterate that the yorubas also migrated and i also say that as Nigerians an Ibo person has the right to live an stay anywhere.yorubas have their laxities as well.i wouldnt want to go there.its actually a waste of time.adesuwa and savage if you had a soured relationship with some ibos dont be sad.if you go to america today would you expect a young person to greet you 'Aunty good morning'.respect the culture.if you talk about greed, watch nkan bee' and you see that greed cuts accross every tribe.Fani kayode is being tried for what?greed. he is accused of stealing money so whats the difference.please stop this and see the person rather than the tribe.
ReplyDeleteFFK pls continue we nned pple like u, d tru is bitter, we should not allow ibo to rule dis nation unless we are going to experience anoda civil war , hausa, yoruba lets prepare for anoda civil war any moment from now bcos there is bastard among us which igbo
ReplyDeleteI believe Fani Kayode spoke nothing but the truth anybody that has anything in contrary to whatever he said should write rejoinder.Stop abusing or insulting him. I want any Igbo who can discredit the following few facts of his statements:
ReplyDeleteThey called Chief Obafemi Awolowo a tribalist, an igbo-hater a genocidal maniac and a child-killer simply because the man refused to join sides with them in the civil war yet they forgot that on one of the occassions that Awolowo ran for the Presidency his running mate was from the east and not from the north.
They called Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, Chief S.L Akintola and Sir Ahmadu Bello igbo-haters and tribalists simply because they saw through the igbo agenda at a very early stage in our history and they marked and killed them all for it.
They called General Yakubu Gowon a genocidal maniac, a child-killer, an igbo-hater and a tribalist simply because opposed Biafra, stood up to Ojukwu and insisted on keeping Nigeria together and even though he declared that there was ''no victor and no vanquished'' after the civil war.
They accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of being a tribalist and an igbo-hater even though he appointed an igbo man as the first GOC in the Nigerian Army since 1966 and even though he appointed more igbos into key positions in his government than any President before him.
They accused President Shehu Shagari of being a tribalist and an igbo-hater even though he pardoned Ojukwu and allowed him to return back home after a long period in exile.
Please let every Igbo person not join issues with this man because he talks,thinks,reasns and behaves as an adolescent not as a man who have had opportunity of becoming a one time minister of FRN. I would not be surprised if Mr. Fani-Kayode goes to tell the world the colors of Mrs Ojukwu,Anasoh ,and Uchegbu's undies.
ReplyDeleteI regret ever joining issues with him in his earlier comments. This man with all his training in Cambridge does not understand the difference between a WORD and a SENTENCE,to PARAGRAPH,or even an ESSAY. He said he has a WORD for those that called him a Tribalist. Honestly, I was waiting for one word only to be served a catalogue of emotional vituperations of an outcast. Am passionately disappointed at you with the amount of resources wasted on your education at Kings College and the Cambridge. No Igbo person can cross swords with your high level of idiocy but would cross sword with you with being illustrious and accepted by our own people.
I think this fool is high on something. How can a man be speaking like this.What concern his dating numerous Igbo women with the issue at state.Afterall, even devil can pretend to be in love with a woman in order to destroy her. It is now clear that there is no need joining issues with this big fool.Orisha don catch am for the money he thief when he was the Aviation Minister. It remains for him to strip himself and walk naked in streets of Lagos. Were ni oo!
ReplyDeleteIgbos no b fight oo.ur problem now is dt FFK claimed having intimacy with some Igbo ladies.he never said he took them to BED.but if dts his claim,fault ur ladies who will not leave their virginity for their husbands to witness. learn from dis man history ur elders have been sitting on all these years without telling U̶̲̥̅̊ so U̶̲̥̅̊ will know ur position,Ojukwu was pardoned by Shagari,yorubas accomodated dem after dev waged war against d country,d first tribal grp in d military to plot Coup in d history of our country.all these and many more are enough for U̶̲̥̅̊ all to ponder over and stop insulting this man.Read ur history well, then put up a constructive critisism if there's any part U̶̲̥̅̊ faulted.But I know U̶̲̥̅̊ cnt fault d write-up coz FFK story is nothing but d TRUTH.A BITTER TRUTH.I wld hav begged FFK to withraw some of d true bomb shells but its not his fault.History CAN NEVER BE RE-WRITTEN.blaim ur elders for it.they ve started again; BIAfran flags...God save Nigeria(n)s
ReplyDeleteFemi Fanikayode is really insufferable, utterly childish and deeply enmeshed in hatred fuelled by over bloated egotism. Does he really expect any serious minded intellectual of igbo extraction to waste precious time joining issues with him over his totally unprovoked but completely distorted diatribe against the igbos, which he disgustingly disguised as 'historical facts' NO! He can only get the type of responses he deserves from a rabble rousing crowd of his ilk.
ReplyDeleteIn a feat of his boundless childish egotism, he brands himself Achilles and stupidly throws a challenge to the entire tribe asking if there wasn't a Hector out there. I tell you Femi that there are a thousand and one Paris out there who can with a single arrow make Achilles bite the dust! But it doesn't really worth their while. What really baffles them is whether there is no Agamemnon or Odysseus in the Yoruba camp to call this uncouth fellow to order before he finally destroys the cordial relationship that has existed between the two great tribes over time.
It's impossible 2 speak on behave of everybody, Mr. Writer u only know urself, u don't know others, even ur own son i don't think u have full knowledge of him talk more of Yorubas as a whole so speak for urself. Mr writer I believe a literate person is known by wat he says but is unfortunate u make a fool of ur self here by given an answer 2 unask question. I will like 2 talk a little about Lagos, Lagos was developed by Nigerian not Yorubas for ur information so is improper for the u (de Yorubas) 2 start claiming it or chasing indigenous Nigerian away from it since we all believe in one Nigeria. Therefore lets put an end 2 these debate bcaus its not helping matter rather creating enemity among us, everybody knows him/herself so there's no need we judging ourselves bcaus God is de only judge. Remembering bad history doesn't help; if we must remember history let it be de profitable ones my brothers. May God help us 2 see others as we see ourselves
ReplyDeleteIt's impossible 2 speak on behave of everybody, Mr. Writer u only know urself, u don't know others, even ur own son i don't think u have full knowledge of him talk more of Yorubas as a whole so speak for urself. Mr writer I believe a literate person is known by wat he says but is unfortunate u make a fool of ur self here by given an answer 2 unask question. I will like 2 talk a little about Lagos, Lagos was developed by Nigerian not Yorubas for ur information so is improper for the u (de Yorubas) 2 start claiming it or chasing indigenous Nigerian away from it since we all believe in one Nigeria. Therefore lets put an end 2 these debate bcaus its not helping matter rather creating enemity among us, everybody knows him/herself so there's no need we judging ourselves bcaus God is de only judge. Remembering bad history doesn't help; if we must remember history let it be de profitable ones my brothers. May God help us 2 see others as we see ourselves
ReplyDeleteBoye Ayodele said...
ReplyDeleteFemi Fani Kayode is looking for attention and we are giving it to him. He has lost relevance and he is trying to get it back.
TRUE TALK MAN. THANKS.
I am just laughing at all these funny write ups. In my opinion, it is the beginning of the end. Only the truth can make us free.
ReplyDeleteWow never knew FFK lacked content.I thought I had a role model in him but he just crashed out!Am so glad an Ibo woman in the person of Stella Oduah has come to teach him the dynamism of Airport management.Real men don't kiss & tell,never,but he just did!What level of imbecility!He is not just an enemy of the Ibos for life but also of the female gender for derogating 3 of theirs!He has just shot himself!The wound can never heal,& unfortunately he will live with it tell the end of his sojourn!
ReplyDeleteIYALA MAN!
ReplyDeleteNOW YOU KNOW WHY THE HAUSA MAN WILL NOT TAKE SHIT FROM THE IGBOS.
ITS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN THESE THINGS DECADES AGO.
HOWEVER, WHEN THEY REACTED, IT WAS THE SO CALLED YORUBA SCHOLARS THAT CASTIGATED THEM.
NOW YOU KNOW BETTER!!!!.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THE IGBOS ARE BOLD BECAUSE THEY RELY ON THE STOCKPILE OF ARMS IN THEIR ARMOURY.
REMEMBER THAT THE OYINBO MAN THAT MADE THE PENCIL DID ALSO INVENTED ERASER.
FFK has just delivered another master yet to be conquered. Any match? Counter if you can? Ooh, the first is yet to be countered. Ooh their scholar is no more. Sorry o a set of wrong company.
ReplyDelete9ja my country, remember peace is morethan anything in life. So watch your words.
ReplyDeleteThe truth is very bitter. FFK has made some points no igbo luminary can counter instead they have been insulting his person. He is a mad man they say! Well, mad men always speak d truth! Lol. Though in his repertoire of truths he shouldn't have mentioned the women...that's incredulous. Igbos should understand some things that are fundamental in living together, that respect is reciprocal. Respect your host, the pple of Lagos. If u are in the shoes of the indigenes of Lagos u won't celebrate when someone tells u your land is also theirs. The fact that they accomodate u doesn't mean they can no longer claim ownership. 2ndly if America choose to invest in Lagos it will never make it their own. 3rdly, treat others the way u want to be treated. Enuf of the aggression and abuse on the Yoruba tribe. Believe me, what d Yorubas gave u, u cannot give them one tenth in centuries to come. Why? Bcos its not in your blood to give, help or be accomodating. Somebody asked a vital question, how many Nigerians from other tribes are thriving in the East? I dare say none. 4thly, you must learn to 4give and 4get. Only then can u move forward. The igbos are yet to 4give Nigeria. 5th point...you must learn patience and the win-win attitude. If u were patient, there wouldn't have been need for Biafra. 6th point...everyone has a right to their opinion. Seek 1st to understand pple than to be understood. Awo and Gowon fought against Biafra bcos they believe in Nigeria. That shouldn't make them your enemies and tribalist? So are u saying if u were in their capacity u would have allowed Biafra to thrive? Let us move forward and live in peace. And lastly, let's give our hearts to Christ, when we do so the walls amongst us will be broken. God bless Nigeria!!
ReplyDeleteIt is not beans in a moin-moin sachet to be born genetically more advanced and cultured as a son of great intelligence quotient and high reasoning capabilities from d Yoruba tribe. FFK I say go on we are wt you. True son of the son of d soil. One Nigeria
ReplyDeleteI'm a Yoruba man and a core believer in Awolowo ideology, I totally disagreed with FFK on this baseless , bigotry write up that is capable of causing ethnic and tribal sentiment in our fragile nation.
ReplyDeleteFFK you are only RANTING and no wisdom or common sense in all these your senseless articles.
You should keep quiet if you have nothing sensible to write. Remember over 50 million Nigerians are reading you.
The leaders Nigeria need now is the one that will motivate the people, destroy corruption, educate and put skills in the hands of our youth to be able to meet up with global challenges, reinforce our unity, can reach out to the mountains of maiduguri, the mangrove of the delta and can translate the commercial genius of the ibos to develop Nigeria.
A generation of leaders that are simple yet pragmatic and very creative that can translate our oil revenues into economic wonder of the world.
I'm a Yoruba man and a core believer in Awolowo ideology, I totally disagreed with FFK on this baseless , bigotry write up that is capable of causing ethnic and tribal sentiment in our fragile nation.
ReplyDeleteFFK you are only RANTING and no wisdom or common sense in all these your senseless articles.
You should keep quiet if you have nothing sensible to write. Remember over 50 million Nigerians are reading you.
The leaders Nigeria need now is the one that will motivate the people, destroy corruption, educate and put skills in the hands of our youth to be able to meet up with global challenges, reinforce our unity, can reach out to the mountains of maiduguri, the mangrove of the delta and can translate the commercial genius of the ibos to develop Nigeria.
A generation of leaders that are simple yet pragmatic and very creative that can translate our oil revenues into economic wonder of the world.
To be brutally sincere there is no way in God's green earth that this debate will be deliberated and one side will not feel marginallized or embittered even by sincere candid opinions.
ReplyDeleteThe insults that have flown is innumerable. Even though one side is better at outdoing the others it is the end point that matters.
We the yorubas are by no means cowards and will defeat our enemies tactically before the enemies will leave there home territories and if some survive the home base ,almost all will perish on the journey to d venue and eventually at the venue we will unleash hell in every sense of the word and take child slaves. Th
is I say sincerely . But I know certainly this sincerely is not our intent for our Igbo brothers. We only demand respect and change in how we are perceived and always called cowards ,Lagos a no man's land. No being can stomach being trampled on for so long and not have an outlet.
The IGBOs have taken offence On the Deportation Issue and I know dis is unfair on there part in d country of there birth to be hampered from moving freely is candidly unfair.After all we are all Nigerians.
But this debate given that it has it bad sides with all d many insults going here and there .
This has it's good sides in that we now better understand our selves and what hurts this man that I have always said and what this other man finds as an abomination.
This should happen so we learn to love our selves better and carefully.Remember even identical twins have issues.
Lets be careful with our utterances and feelings towards each other.
Look at the map of Africa and how fragmented it is and compare to the other continents and sizes of there countries.
You perceive the big flaw that Africans are disunited and the white man's nations are more united.
Do we want to fragment the map down further no.
We have fought let us now learn to be better friends. This is how it should end.
Thanks for reading.
One Nigeria I stand.
@Oloyebuaomotayo
Kayode what color is Bianca's panties, tell us about how Trem real born again refused ur advances. Ur too childish and besides what's ur achievement as minister. Are you not ashamed u had nothing to offer. Or is ur pocket getting dry. Approach Fashola for Commisioner for aviation post. He may consider you. Yes Lagos belongs to Yorubas but its one Nigeria not one YouTube. Grow up monkey I wonder which course you read in Unilag or Havard. Was it women politics.
ReplyDeleteSomebody help me... From all responses I.ve read so far. It seems most Igbo contributors to the debate want us to believe that all so called tribalists in Nigeria are Yorubas, Hausas or from any other tribe except Igbo. And all Igbos are patriots who are only seeking to develop all other regions of nigeria out of a sense of patriotism. I want my Igbo brothers to pls tell me if that is correct.
ReplyDeleteEducation is meant to transform human into a rational animal; anything less than this can be regarded as IGNORANCE!
ReplyDeleteAll I can deduce from the writer's (FFK) article is mere acrimony, precipitating from a selfish quest for recognition, a cowardice antics to spark up an intra-tribal conflicts in which HE would readily make himself a fugitive when it ignites, and above all, a sycophant who disguises himself under the coat a SERVANT OF TRUTH for his tribe to attract political attention for fighting for his people.
An educated gentleman/lady is not gauged or measured by the quality of queen's English one can pen down, but in the quality of life one can touch with his knowledge and behaviours in the society. From what I understood in one of FFK's article, he is an educated sex maniac that lacked any sense of human dignity and sanctity of sex. Therefore deserves an unreserved apologies to those women he has tarnished their images in the course of his writings. If he is truly fighting a JUST CAUSE as he claimed, while destroying the images of those women that have no link to the point he was trying to portray.
Finally, the writer is TRULY not fighting for his tribe, but is targeting to mischievously achieve his political path back in the Nigerian history and NOT of the YORUBA's having been ousted from the list of the political appointees in the Federal executives.
I also advocate he takes up Psychology and Philosophy as another degree to help cultured him better in the way and manner he should talk publicly, so as not to say what is prohibited in the GENERAL in the PUBLIC !
Could FFK tell this forum in clear cut words,what role his father played in the imprisonment of the Late Pa Obafemi Awolowo? The Yorubas seem not to have completely forgotten & he thinks his cheap,senseless,ill-fated article could atone for the evil of his late father. The Yoruba with all the intelligence & education they claim could not discern the motives of this write up from someone who has shown great unpatriotic attitudes to his Nation. He should certainly be behind bars if he did what he did to this Nation in the UK or America. EFCC is certainly a dummy used on a category of pple in this country otherwise they should have been able to proove to the world that FFK is nothing but a cheap criminal.
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeleteTo FFK I salute your courage. If only you had used just 1/4 of the time you spent scribbling those piece of thrash to think on how to effectively manage the aviation sector,
an Ibo woman would not be taking all the glory at this moment. But instead, You were so busy "eating an Ibo PUSSY" and enriching yourself.
Realizing how irrelevant u've become in the political arena, you chose 2 betray even those u swore to protect and love 4 ever @ d point of "CLIMAX" just for a cheap political comeback. or, wait a minute, Is this another game plan 2 cause disharmony amongs us come 2015?, Guess you are a traitor.
My heart bleeds for our country Nigeria where looters brag and speak publickly and even celebrated. FFK should by now be rotting in jail in a well civilized society