By: Samuel Akande
Igbos are very Industrious and Illustrious group of people no doubt,an igbo man sense of business and hustling spirit is highly commendable,an average Igbo man know how to take advantage of any business situation and can survive in the harshest environment.
However, the same can not be said of an igbo man political sense,an average igbo man refuse to understand the politics and politicking of nigeria! Politic is simply the game of numbers where the the party or fellow with the highest votes emerged as the winner!
The northern part of nigeria in this case has the numerical advantage thereby making them a natural force to reckon with if you wanna rule Nigeria,yet an Igbo man don’t want anything to do with the Northerner and wanna Rule Nigeria! an igbo claim the northerners are parasites and that they killed too many Igbos! Meanwhile the real truth is an igbo man start the killing!
The 1966 coup in nigeria that ousted the then president Dr Nnamdi Azikwe was masterminded by group of young soldiers predominantly from igbo extraction, they include;Maj kaduna Nzeogwu,Maj Emmanuel ifeajuna,Maj timothy Onwuategwu,Capt Emmanuel Nwobosi,Maj Chris Anuforo,Maj Humphrey Chukwuka,Maj Don Okafor,Capt Ogbo Orji,Capt Ben Gbulie! all these men plus a handful of yoruba soldiers according to wikipedia carry out the first coup nigeria,and the casualties are majorly from Northern extraction.
The casualties include;Sir Ahmadu Bello(premier), Sir Abubakar Balewa(Prime minister),Samuel Akintola(premier), Festus okotie eboh(finance minister), ahmed Bin Musa,Hafsatu Bello,Zarumi Srduana,Ahmed Patigi and lots of prominenet people from other tribe,yet an Igbo man will cry of being the victim.
An igbo man dont wanna do politics with a yoruba man because he
