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WHAT WE SAY OF OURSELVES...Chukbyke.Okey,C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16962984058168305029noreply@blogger.comBlogger451125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-28709834691884368882023-06-12T19:14:00.000+02:002023-06-12T19:14:05.167+02:00SIRIKA LIED ABOUT AIR PEACE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-TpuQoeOczfwGafdVTREyR-_xlQ3SKF0pz3tBGe6iAB5CKbfL-Db_hoKY3x8WR5eXAmFoEZ6qHp7FDbx0a1OsoXa9hCE9UcXf9z0UeCtGxlze5JaNR0emKMjFgE82Qq_41U_-02JUi1PgzxBncGYmcFIkBxtjtoe3rBVJW2yYBMSqroEjZpy6Q9y3g/s1280/images-2021-06-16T093554.895.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-TpuQoeOczfwGafdVTREyR-_xlQ3SKF0pz3tBGe6iAB5CKbfL-Db_hoKY3x8WR5eXAmFoEZ6qHp7FDbx0a1OsoXa9hCE9UcXf9z0UeCtGxlze5JaNR0emKMjFgE82Qq_41U_-02JUi1PgzxBncGYmcFIkBxtjtoe3rBVJW2yYBMSqroEjZpy6Q9y3g/w200-h113/images-2021-06-16T093554.895.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> ARISE NEWS INTERVIEW: SIRIKA LIED ABOUT AIR PEACE<p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We watched with dismay the interview granted by former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika to Arise TV on Sunday, June 11, 2023, where he made spurious claims about Air Peace, Nigeria's foremost airline. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Air Peace deems it absolutely necessary to debunk these false assertions.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Firstly, Sirika, in his bid to denigrate Air Peace while praising Ethiopian Airline, stated that we leased 'two’ Boeing 777 aircraft on a monthly lease fee of $250,000, parked the aircraft for several months and incurred losses of $19 million while all the aircraft engines and landing gears became due for replacement when we were ready to fly. He went on to ask, "who does that?". He stated that Ethiopian Airlines would never do that.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This is a blatant lie as we have three and not two Boeing 777 aircraft which were never leased or rented, but were purchased outrightly by the airline. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Air peace never incurred such a loss, we never paid rentals contrary to his lies. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA) can attest to the purchase and ownership of the Aircraft by Air peace. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Secondly, Sirika said the airline stopped flying to Dubai because 'we lack capacity'. This is another stark lie. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Air Peace never stopped the Dubai operations because of lack of capacity. Air Peace commenced operations into the UAE in July, 2019, but in October 2022, the UAE Government announced a total visa ban on Nigerians. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Neither Emirates nor Air Peace is operating the Nigerian/UAE route since the ban. The persisting non-issuance of visas and the accompanying inconveniences necessitated the suspension of our Dubai operations from November 22, 2022 till date. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For the former minister to ascribe the suspension to 'lack of capacity' is not only shocking but also shows how keen he is to disparage an airline which ascendancy, has defied all the commercial odds and hostile environment placed on its path to continue to serve our nation proudly.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">How could an airline that placed a firm order for 13 brand new E2-195 aircraft, a firm order of 15 Boeing 737 Max 8 & Max 10, with over 30 aircraft already in its existing fleet be accused of lacking in capacity? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">How can an Airline that stood up for the entire nation during the Covid-19 outbreak, and embarked on rescue operations worldwide, evacuating Nigerians from far away China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, UK and South Africa during the Covid-19 lockdowns be accused of lacking capacity? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We implore the general public to disregard these lies told by the former minister of Aviation against Air Peace during the Arise TV Interview. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We take serious exception to a situation where Airpeace is being misrepresented in the public sphere, causing wrong perceptions about our brand. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">SIGNED</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Toyin Olajide (Mrs)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Chief Operating Officer </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Air Peace</span></p>CHARLIE.MBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895974414571315765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-54264160972346100382023-06-12T18:00:00.000+02:002023-06-12T18:00:12.986+02:00DEMOCRATIC DESPOTISM BY JUSTICE CHUKWUBUIKE ANINWORIE <p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcwWtAli5I9XtyUTKFXl6k_eoeMsy12PT8fosIUFWiJUE1Tic7rAL43N0KuxAN9YGG8IyOMIocNpgH6vm6SRWH_OSpJjJQFy3sNXJ3b-2CsDLBx5kOz8DPF6yKVhrfP6oa7ArhoaKa6CTKRiZoZ3FQAIJyq-7Z_sMBa00Zwabvgi9lY5OkRYR9N81/s720/IMG-20230612-WA0091.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="720" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcwWtAli5I9XtyUTKFXl6k_eoeMsy12PT8fosIUFWiJUE1Tic7rAL43N0KuxAN9YGG8IyOMIocNpgH6vm6SRWH_OSpJjJQFy3sNXJ3b-2CsDLBx5kOz8DPF6yKVhrfP6oa7ArhoaKa6CTKRiZoZ3FQAIJyq-7Z_sMBa00Zwabvgi9lY5OkRYR9N81/w200-h197/IMG-20230612-WA0091.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p>*DEMOCRATIC DESPOTISM*</p><p>_(My June 12 democratic address)_</p><p>by Justice Chukwubuike Aninworie</p><p><br /></p><p>_*<span style="font-size: medium;">"</span><span style="font-size: large;">Democracy is not by turns or waiting for it; democracy is by intense opposition to despotism wearing the garb of democracy."*_ -Juspoet</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today, 12th June 2023, as in June 12, 1993, Nigeria faces the greatest threat and tyranny to Democracy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Democracy has been hijacked again after a fortuitous walk to it. And, once again in the hands of despots who determine for the people, as for the people, and as by the people. Riding on the back of democracy to crucify all that democracy stands for.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Democracy was given an eternal definition by Abraham Lincoln at the Gettysburg address on the 17th of November, 1863 as "Government of the People, by the people, and for the people. " That simple definition of democracy for the assimilation of all men of whatever mental cognition was what was typically aborted in Nigeria by the erstwhile government of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida in a dastardly executed silent coup which only brought Democracy to the threshold and murdered it; midwifed it, and mortified it, enthroning in its wake a government reincarnation of itself in changed garb, hyping a false hope of democracy. On February 25th, 2023, the Nigerian Government, a lingering lethal force of the changed garb of 1993 took it to a new height. It raised the hope of the ordinary Nigerians with diversionary promises and reforms hawked in dubious throts around the globe; it midwifed true democracy, and again mortified it with experienced ease and dexterity it has perfected over the 3 decades it held sway. It enthroned itself in changed garb.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We are talking about a government of the cabal which has turned Nigeria between the People and the Government. The Government, being select self-styled heroes of democracy struggle and oligarchs. The People are the Constitutional ordinary Citizens to whom belonged Power to chose by whom and how led in a majority. The government of Babangida determined the fate of Nigeria for the People, and flunked the will of the People aside. In the same vein, the wholesomely dependent Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria has again flunked the will of the People aside, crowned the people of the government, by the government and for the government, for the upteenth time. And, that's what we are forced to holiday in celebration.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today, the people rue in holiday, while the government celebrate. It is the celebration of the few over their onslaught on the People. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The biggest damage to Democracy in its celebration on June 12 in Nigeria is the use of everything undemocratic to celebrate democracy. The Civic Academy defined Democracy as that system of government that allows ordinary people a decisive say in who governs a country and how they govern it. In this celibate celebration going on in Nigeria today, the ordinary people, to whom right and power to determine who and how Nigeria is governed have been ordained to the backwaters of bystanders who must listen to uncouth hominies and professionally written delusions on days like today, peremptorily poisoned with threats that send tremours to the very foundation of democracy. Democratic salvos come off podiums to threaten civil protest, rule of law, judicial actions, and majority good.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Democracy is not democracy because our leaders broadcast it thus. Democracy is founded on these principles in the least:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">They are:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">1) Respect for basic human rights,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2) A multi-party political system paired with political tolerance,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">3) A democratic voting system,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">4) Respect for the rule of law,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">5) Democratic governance, and</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">6) Citizen participation</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It is not the abridgment of garb-change of leaders on 29th May that abridges democracy. It is the abridgement of basic citizen's rights, intolerance for multi-party parliament, a sacred democratic voting result legally transmitted and unmutilated by hijacked electoral umpire, respect for Judicial self-correction through rule of law, democratic governance, and citizens participation that not only abridge but also abort Democracy and leave it a tragic comedy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today, the Elections held to enthrone democracy has emasculated it. The majority of the People are held in contempt by the minority of government. National milestones are reminders of despotism that has robbed them of their right to legitimate leadership. Today, the Courts see themselves as scapegoats rather than blind determiners of rights that has remedies. Today, state broadcasts are crafted by flocks of bigoted minders of tribal interests than national justice who mock the vanquished on an alexandrian Bucephalus.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Two lessons come out of June 12, today as in 1993.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">One: Enemies of Democracy can never produce Democracy. Those who take the People captive for the government can never release the people on Democracy day! They are eternally incapable, lacking in moral and intellectual ability to midwife democracy. Nemo dat quod non habet. They cannot give what they don't have. No matter how their broadcasts, self-claims, and their gilded vaults are tailored, they can never culminate in a relief-sigh solution. IBB lavished so much goodwill and national wealth in a bid to enthrone a Government of the People, by the People and for the People, and despite the patriotic stands of Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, hevended up in a reincarnation of his kind. A still-water-that-runs-deep chairman of an Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mamoud Yakubu galvanized unprecedented patronage in the People's participation in a Government of the People, by the People, and for the People. He spent national treasure in trial, but ecause he is a chip of the old block, he lacked the moral capability to deliver. He dashed the historic destiny of a whole Nation without bathing an eyelid.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Secondly, as President Bola Tinubu rightly prophesied, June 12 was our 'second independence' to return to democratic governance. It is championed by those who take turns in reaping from their struggle. The ordinary People, Nigerian Youths, or Majority of Nigerians must rise and take Nigeria from those who turn democracy to despotic sharing and determination of government by government, for the government, in a 'Third Independence' from democratic tyranny where the powerful select leaders and determine how the country is run in defiance to the will of the People. Democracy is traversed when strongmen build bridges that cross the Niger and land on strongman's doors, while the People wallow in the mire of whitewashed sepulchre on which democracy is painted on National colours, but whithin which democracy has been interred. The People achieved so much in the 2023 election to let go. Those who end up their speech urging or begging the government of the Government to live up to expectation, turn a new leaf or support democracy are like angels urging hell to throw up its captives. Democracy is not by turns or waiting for it; democracy is by intense opposition to despotism wearing the garb of democracy.</span></p><p>-<span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Justice Chukwubuike Aninworie (Juspoet) is a lawyer, Author, Poet and advocate for political and social rights and Justice in Nigeria.</span></p><p><br /></p>CHARLIE.MBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895974414571315765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-5394280055758589042020-05-20T11:01:00.000+02:002020-05-20T11:19:57.564+02:00THE NIGERIAN CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)<a href="https://nenweonline.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-nigerian-covid-19.html">https://nenweonline.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-nigerian-covid-19.html</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: center;">There you go sir. I restrained myself from reacting to Dr. Chinedu's write ups on the doubts by Nigerians on COVID -19 for a good number of reasons. First among the reasons is that I am an opinion moulder. My opinions on national issues matter a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">When Ebola was in Nigeria, we were told the name of the index case and how he came in. With COVID, we know nothing about his or her name. What we know is that he is Italian. We all know the nurse who died fighting Ebola. We know her family. We were shown on national TV her burial rites. With COVID, we have never seen any of such.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br />if she tested positive as the government wants us to believe, why is she still alive in her detention? Why are the journalists who interviewed her not testing positive? God is such a wonderful God to Nigerians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">A popular pharmacist in Anambra was arrested and quarantined for testing positive to COVID. In his isolation centre, he addressed a press conference alleging that he was being used for political gains. The Anambra state commissioner for information, a former colleague of mine, refuted saying the man was mentally imbalanced as a result of what he has suffered from COVID and we should disregard him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The man has since gone home. None of the journalists who interviewed the man who was positive and called a press conference has tested positive. And we know they did not wear protective gears to the interview. Wonderful God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">We hear government is spending billions of naira on palliatives for citizens. We have never seen nor met anyone who says, "yes, I am a Beneficiary."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">They announced in Abuja that they are going from house to house in the FCT to distribute palliatives. Since then I have not been locking gate in case the FCT minister and his team decide to visit me unannounced with my own ration. When they come, I will tell you. But I don't believe them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Governor El rufai announced he tested positive and went into self isolation. Two weeks later he announced he tested negative. There is no testing centre in Kaduna. NCDC said they never tested the governor. Who tested him, where, when??? Alahu Akbar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">In other parts of the world, we see COVID patients struggling for breath. In Nigeria, COVID patients stage protests at isolation centres for lack of welfare. So are they so healthy to stage protests? Nigerians are known to be resilient even on their dying beds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">We have never seen any of the wives of the big men who said they tested positive also testing positive. This Nigerian COVID must be discriminatory. It takes only the men and ignore their wives. Lucky women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Last week, Chief Raymond Dokpesi owner of Raypower FM announced they said he tested positive and he went to the hospital in Gwagwalada Abuja. He said they administered chloroquine on him and he tested negative. He then asked in a video that went viral, what are the differences between symptoms of malaria and COVID. We are still waiting for answers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Everyday the number keeps increasing. We never see the dead being buried. In Italy we see ambulances taking away corpses every now and then. But in Nigeria, baaaabu</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">They imposed a curfew in Nigeria. Stay indoors between 8pm and 6am. Go to work between 6am and close at 3pm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">So, our own type of COVID moves around only at night?. <span style="background-color: #ffd966;">Made in Nigeria COVID. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Yes, there is COVID in Nigeria from all indications, but citizens no longer trust their leaders. We don't believe them because of the too many liars surrounding the pandemic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Fifteen Chinese doctors came to Nigeria six weeks ago to help us fight COVID. Last week, Nigeria's minister for health said he did not know their whereabouts. Today, the minister for interior said they did not come at the instance of Nigerian government but to work for a Chinese company, CCECC based in Abuja.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I am happy that Oga Charlie is disheartened at the barefaced lies Nigerian ministers tell. You just watched NTA news and you are so annoyed, abi?. Metu lu eyi eka nwele</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">There is COVID in Nigeria. But it is not the same type you have elsewhere. Our own is made in Nigeria</span>. It could be more contagious than the type you know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Will I be angry that Nigerians are getting increasingly disillusioned with their government and saying they are not sure of this COVID anymore? NO. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Is there COVID in Nigeria, yes. Is our government telling us the truth about it? NOOOOO. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Good night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Chief Cyril O.Oleh (Ph.D)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">(ORIGINAL POST: </span><a href="https://nenweonline.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-nigerian-covid-19.html"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>https://nenweonline.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-nigerian-covid-19.html</b></span></a></div>
FOTO 2 NEWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06994315459052217908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-19459697786917178042020-02-18T07:14:00.000+01:002020-02-18T07:14:52.748+01:00AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI By Femi Fani Kayode<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI<br />
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By Femi Fani Kayode<br />
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Mr. President, many believe that you cannot read and those that believe that you can claim that you cannot go beyond three lines and that outside of that you can only comprehend cartoons.<br />
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I do not share either view. I know you well enough to concede that when you consider a literary submission of sufficient importance you have the prescence of mind, discipline, health, intelligence and ability to read through it very slowly and very carefully weighing up every word. And that is precisely as it should be.<br />
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The first open letter that I wrote to you was in December 2015 and the following serves as the second.<br />
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You will forgive me because this is a long letter and I am fully aware that your attention span or ability to retain too much information in one fell swoop may not be as good as it used to be.<br />
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Nevertheless I urge you to do your best to muster the courage, energy and intellectual stamina to stay the course and to find the time out of your busy schedule to read it from beginning to end.<br />
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I have written it because our nation is entering into dangerous and precarious waters and I sense that something will give very soon. I am therefore constrained to use this medium to bring my observations to your attention.<br />
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Be rest assured that I speak out of nothing but love and concern for the welfare of the Nigerian people and it is not my intention to insult you or undermine and disrespect your office but rather to shine the light of truth on all your activities with a view to assisting and encouraging you to change your ways.<br />
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You will agree with me that, no matter how bitter it may be, that truth must be told. This is a sacred obligation on our part as leaders and a matter of duty and honor.<br />
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I owe you, the Nigerian people and posterity that much and I have little doubt that no matter how badly you may feel after reading it, history will vindicate me and prove me right and one day you will acknowledge and recognise the profundity, wisdom and foresight in my constant and consistent criticisms, admonitions and counsel.<br />
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Outside of that it is my earnest prayer that the God of Heaven, whose I am and whom I serve, will judge between you and I. <br />
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Your Excellency, kindly note and consider the following.<br />
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You released hundreds of Boko Haram fighters from prison claiming that they are reformed and a few days later 30 of your citizens are blown up by the same Boko Haram in Borno state.<br />
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Worse still on that same day 16 members of the same family and four others were herded into a room and burnt alive by Fulani militants in Kaduna state. <br />
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After these terrible events instead of rushing back home to stand with your people, you stayed in Addis Ababa, lamenting and crying about the security situation in Libya and you sent your Vice to a funeral in Nairobi. Such insensitivity, even by your own standards, is rarely seen.<br />
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It took you three long days to finally see fit to leave your foreign friends, leave Addis Ababa and fly directly to Maiduguri to express your condolences to the Governor and people of Borno.<br />
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Even then you could not muster the courage to go to the town of Auno where the bombing took place but only to Maiduguri, the capital of the state.<br />
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Understandably you were received with boos, jeers and shouts of "ba ma so" (meaning "we dont want") by the crowds that lined the streets and this was an eloquent testimony to the fact that the entire nation, including the north that you claim to represent and be a champion of, is fed up with you and can no longer bear your incompetence and inability to run the affairs of our nation.<br />
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Worst still hours after your condolence visit Boko Haram attacked Maiduguri itself hitting one of its suburbs called Jidari Polo.<br />
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Their leader, a cowardly creature that can best be described as a psychopathic, delusional, sociopathic, mentally-deranged, murderous, bloodthirsty, bloodlusting and unconciable monster by the name of Abubakar Shekau, even had the nerve to send you a public warning in a recorded message that was released to the public after you left in which he arrogantly and boastfully declared that you must never come back to Borno again or you would be attacked and that you "should fear and serve God and not cows". He added the following,<br />
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"Buhari thinks he is a general but God says he is nothing. He hasn't achieved anything in the sight of God. Buhari is deceiving the people and playing to the gallery".<br />
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Mr. President he has sent his message to you and to Nigeria and we have heard him loud and clear.<br />
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Yet most disturbing was not his sheer effontry but the fact that the only thing that you had to offer the leaders and people of Borno state when you got there was a lame and self-debasing question which was "I wonder how Boko Haram still survives?"<br />
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You went further by blaming them for "not taking care of local security" forgetting that that is meant to be your job and not theirs.<br />
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In your so-called condolence visit you refused to take responsibility for your own inaction and failure and instead you sought to pass the buck to the very victims of terror that you claim to have come to mourn!<br />
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You refused to inspire and encourage them and instead you accused them of, at best, rresponsible behaviour and, at worst, collusion with the enemy.<br />
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This is not just a case of rubbing salt in their wounds but it is more like blowing them up and killing them all over again. Worse still as you spoke your Minister of Defence, who sat just a few feet away from you, fell fast asleep!<br />
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Mr. President I really do wonder whether you have any feeling or any compassion at all? Has the milk of human kindness stopped flowing through your veins?<br />
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Do you know that young students, women, infants and babies were amongst those that were blown up in the Auno atrocity?<br />
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Yes you issued a statement immediately but you didn't show up till three days later and your Vice, who was in the country the day it happened, never showed up at all and instead jetted out to President Arap Moi's burial in Nairobi! <br />
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Kindly tell me what the Nigerian people have done to deserve this level of contempt? Or is there more to it than meets the eye?<br />
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Forgive me Mr. President but I am constrained to ask, why do you love terrorism, bloodshed and violence so much? Why do you find it so easy to forgive terrorists that are slaughtering your own people? Are you feeding your spiritual foundation and getting your power from the spilling of innocent blood?<br />
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Meanwhile your own Chief of Army Staff has told us today that<br />
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"we have defeated insurgency but we are facing the challenge of terrorism. There is no-where you will not find Boko Haram, even in Lagos here, there are Boko Haram. In Kaduna there are Boko Haram. There are more across the North East. Many have been arrested here in Lagos. We have been tracking them. We arrest them and take them into custody".<br />
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I commend the Chief of Army Staff for his admission of failure but what he didn't add was that after taking them "into custody" you ordered him to release them and even draft some of them into the Nigerian Army on the spurious grounds that they have repented and that they have been reformed.<br />
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Again the truth is that neither you or him ever "defeated insugency" or anything else. Instead you encouraged and supported it! Both of you have failed the Nigerian people just as I predicted that you would and if you had any decency or honor you would BOTH resign.<br />
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Aside that it takes a very mean, callous, wicked and cruel President and Commander-in-Chief to release 1,400 terrorists who have murdered, butchered, slaughtered, tortured and maimed his soldiers and terrorised his people over the last 5 years.<br />
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Mr. President I am constrained to tell you that some believe that you are a sadist! They believe that your heart is as hard as stone and your soul is as black as night.<br />
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Relevant and instructive are the words of Mr. Charles Ogbu, a brilliant writer and essayist who has consistently proved that he is not only insightful but also deeply profound. Three days after the Auno bombing he wrote the following:<br />
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"Those who are asking for the sack of the Service Chiefs as a solution to the upsurge in Boko Haram terrorism are missing the point.<br />
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Nigeria is not currently being overrun by terrorists because we have a set of incompetent service Chiefs or soldiers who cannot fight the terrorists. Not at all.<br />
The only reason the Boko Haram terrorists are having a field day is because we have a President and a Commander in Chief who shares the same ideology as the terrorists and as a result prefers pandering to them as opposed to fighting them".<br />
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He went further by writing,<br />
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"In fact a betting man would bet that the only difference between the Boko Haram terrorists killing, maiming and beheading Nigerians in the Northeast and our President and Commander-In-Chief is in their name and location. One is named "Boko Haram" and operates from the bush while the other one is named "Muhammadu Buhari" and operates from Aso Rock. If we were to remove the cloak of fear of detention by state oppressive forces, we would all admit they are both pursuing the same goal and doing a very good job of it. You that is reading this, you know this is exactly what is happening even if you may not want to publicly say it for whatever reason".<br />
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He concluded by asking,<br />
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"Who 'rehabilitates' and releases captured terrorists back into the wild at a time the terrorists are still visiting death and destruction on his country? Even America with her sophisticated military doesn't release arrested terrorists in the heat of the war because the chances of these terrorists going back into the wild to continue killing are very high".<br />
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Mr. President, forgive me for saying so but the verdict is out and Mr. Ogbu has made a valid point. This calls for much soul-searching on your part.<br />
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I urge you to bear in mind that trading in the blood of your own people and indulging in all manner of barbarity, suppression of dissent, persecution of your perceived enemies and evil comes with a heavy price.<br />
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Every Pharaoh, Sennacherub, Herod, Jezebel and Nebuchadnezzar has a bad end.<br />
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Every tyrant, no matter how powerful and highly-placed, will eventually account to God and the people for his brutality and wickedness. Yours will be no different.<br />
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Anyone that doubts that should consider the plight of the Sudan's former President, General Al Bashir. As the great black American Nation of Islam leader and one of my favourite heroes, Malcom X, once said "the chickens have finally come home to roost". This has always been the case and it will always be the case. It is only a matter of time.<br />
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Over the last 5 years hundreds of thousands have died under your watch and virtually all have been killed by those from your core northern region. You turned a blind eye to it and even encouraged it.<br />
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Today belongs to you but let me assure you that tomorrow belongs to those of us that you have killed, persecuted, oppressed and treated with disdain and contempt.<br />
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On the 11th of February, at the burial ceremony of the 18 year old Christian martyr Nnandi Michael (the Seminarean that was abducted and later murdered by Fulani herdsmen) the respected Catholic cleric Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, a man of immense moral authority and intellectual vigour, courageously admonished you before the entire world, spoke the bitter truth and reflected the thoughts of millions from all over the country. Amongst many other things he said the following:<br />
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"This President has displayed the greatest degree of insensitivity in managing our country’s rich diversity.<br />
He has subordinated the larger interests of the country to the hegemonic interests of his co-religionists and clansmen and women. The impression created now is that, to hold a key and strategic position in Nigeria today, it is more important to be a northern Muslim than a Nigerian.”<br />
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He did not stop there but went on to say,<br />
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"We are being told that this situation has nothing to do with Religion. Really? It is what happens when politicians use religion to extend the frontiers of their ambition and power. Are we to believe that simply because Boko Haram kills Muslims too, they wear no religious garb? Are we to deny the evidence before us, of kidnappers separating Muslims from infidels or compelling Christians to convert or die? If your son steals from me, do you solve the problem by saying he also steals from you?"<br />
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He then said,<br />
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"The Fulani, his (President Muhammadu Buhari) innocent kinsmen, have become the subject of opprobrium, ridicule, defamation, calumny and obloquy. His north has become one large grave yard, a valley of dry bones, the nastiest and the most brutish part of our dear country".<br />
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He added,<br />
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"Today, our years of hypocrisy, duplicity, fabricated integrity, false piety, empty morality, fraud and Pharisaism have caught up with us. Nigeria is on the crossroads and its future hangs precariously in a balance. This is a wakeup call for us. As St. Paul reminds us; The night is far spent, and the day is at hand. Therefore, let us cast away the works of darkness and put on the armour of light. It is time to confront and dispel the clouds of evil that hover over us."<br />
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He concludes by saying,<br />
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"On our part, I believe that this is a defining moment for Christians and Christianity in Nigeria. We Christians must be honest enough to accept that we have taken so much for granted and made so much sacrifice in the name of nation building. We accepted President Buhari when he came with General Idiagbon, two Muslims and two northerners. We accepted Abiola and Kingibe, thinking that we had crossed the path of religion, but we were grossly mistaken. When Jonathan became President, and Senator David Mark remained Senate President while Patricia Ette was chosen by the South West became a Speaker. The Muslim members revolted and forced her resignation with lies and forgery. The same House would shamelessly say that they had no records of her indictment. Today, we are living with a Senate whose entire leadership is in the hands of Muslims. Christians have continued to support them. For how long shall we continue on this road with different ambitions? Christians must rise up and defend their faith with all the moral weapons they have".<br />
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I assure you that these were not the words of Bishop Kukah alone but rather the Holy Spirit speaking through him. He spoke the mind and the oracles of the Living God and you would do well to humble yourself, take heed and appreciate the Lord's admonition and counsel.<br />
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Let us hope that you disregard the advice of the hardliners around you, learn from these words and change your dastardly ways though I doubt that you will.<br />
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Whatever the case and whatever you choose to do or not to do, know this: the die is cast, Caesar has crossed the Rubicorn, the horse has bolted from the stable, the cat is out of the bag, our eyes have been opened, we have lost all sense of fear and Nigeria can NEVER be the same again.<br />
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Mr. President, here ends my counsel to you but permit me to conclude this contribution with a closer look at the north that you love so much and that you seek to empower and enthrone forever.<br />
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According to the World Bank "87% of poor people in Nigeria are in the North".<br />
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One wonders what 58 years of northern oppression, tyranny, aggression, manipulation and hegemony over Nigeria has actually done for the northern masses.<br />
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Since indendence mass poverty, terrorism, religious bigotry, ethnic hegemony, Islamic fundamentalism, arrogance, born to rule syndrome, the worship of cows, ignorance, disease, hate, racism, feudalism, pedophilia, child marriage, VVF, gender inequality, male chauvinism, the persecution of Christians, the suppression of women, corruption, deceit, greed, ingratitude, a sense of entitlement, tyranny, insensitivity, bloodshed, genocide, ethnic cleansing, mass murder and gratuitous violence have all been deeply embedded in and associated with the core north.<br />
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Worse still, according to UNICEF, if Nigeria were to ever break up the core north would be the poorest spot on planet Earth. <br />
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I guess this is why northerners keep screaming "one Nigeria" and threatening the lives and liberty of those that do not share their view. Without Nigeria they would be groping in the dark, wobbling on their feet and literally starve to death.<br />
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All this yet they insist that they were "born to rule" and that southerners and Middle Belters were "born to serve" them and be their slaves!<br />
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Professor Yusuf Dankofa of the Faculty of Law at Ahmadu Bello University who happens to be a northerner himself put it in very clear terms and spoke the bitter truth when he wrote the following:<br />
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"I think the north is only interested in power and nothing more.The sweetness of power and the allure it brings is what appeals to them and not work. If not, how can a region be so decimated by its own internal contradictions and trudge on as if the region is not regressing. In the face of calamity, what you see is eerie silence, since power is with their elites who are thoroughly dependent on public treasury to survive.The poor too draws happiness from the fact that power is in the hands of their elites even if they will die of poverty and insurgency. We are happy that power is with us even though we don't know what to do with it.This mindset will definitely lead others to seek to move out of the union. You can't slow down your own progress and those of others and expect them to clap for you".<br />
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Dankofa is absolutely right! What a people! What a country!<br />
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Yet I do not blame the core northeners: I blame southern and Middle Belt politicians and leaders who have refused to unite and who have failed to resist them and stand up to them over the last 58 years.<br />
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The history of our nation records that there were a few great men of remarkable courage, extraordinary fortitude and immense valour that not only did their best but were also gallant, fearless, selfless and outstanding in their quest to deliver our people.<br />
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Some of them were martyred and others were jailed whilst all suffered an unprecedented and unbearable level of humiliation and persecution. Yet despite it all they continued the struggle.<br />
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They identified and understood the problem and fought hard in their respective ways to fix it and deliver our people from northern hegemony, domination and bondage but sadly they all failed.<br />
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The new generation of southern and Middle Belt leaders must NOT fail because this is the final lap. For our generation failure is NOT an option.<br />
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We have no choice but to use all lawful and non-violent means to break the yoke of subjugation, servitude, slavery and bondage and to succeed in our quest for total liberation. If we fail to do so future generations of our people shall NEVER be free again.<br />
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We need the prayers of the saints and the fastings and supplications of the intercessors, the Prophets, the men and women of God and the Body of Christ!<br />
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We need the Holy Spirit of the Living God: the El Shaddai, the Elohim and the Adonai.<br />
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We need the Man of War, the Comforter, the Lord of Hosts and the Ancient of Days!<br />
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We need a great deliverer: a Moses, a Joshua, a Caleb, a David, a Cyrus, a Samson, a Gideon, a Jeptha, an Esther and a Jehu all rolled into one.<br />
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We need men and women of courage to pick up the gauntlet, take up the challenge and lead us in this great and cataclysmic battle and this monumental struggle.<br />
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We need to close ranks, build bridges amongst ourselves and forget past hurts, past disputes and past disagreements and agree to be totally and completely united.<br />
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Finally we need to look within ourselves and firmly resolve that it would be better to live a short life and die as free men than live a long one and live as slaves.<br />
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We fight not for ourselves but for future generations of our family, our lineage, our loved ones and our compatriots.<br />
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God forbid that they should have to live through the hell that we had to suffer called Nigeria: a land where the accursed rule over the blessed and where slaves ride on horseback whilst Princes and Kings walk around in bare feet.<br />
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Share and like this page for more.CHARLIE.MBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895974414571315765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-82395634266500193042020-01-04T14:32:00.000+01:002020-01-04T14:32:04.024+01:00LESSONS FROM THE STORY OF ISRAEL ..By Clem Ebere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lessons from Israel story,<br />
Lessons from Singapore story ,<br />
Lessons from China story,<br />
Lessons from Ethiopia Story,<br />
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Lessons from Rwanda story, Etc.<br />
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The truth is that God is for everyone and every nation. If anyone or Nation believes in God, and does his will or not, blessings and curses are all promises, as was written in the Bible . The book of Deuteronomy, clarified, that depending on what is the desire and attendant determination and action of anyone or nation, blessings or curses will be a reward.<br />
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A good read of the small book "The start-up Nation" will give you an in dept graphic analysis of the mind of the Israelis, actions and their <span style="background-color: yellow;">firm determination</span> to succeed in spite of all odds. Their achievements are unprecedented.<br />
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I always believe that Isreal rules the world, and not America. A check on the key leaders of Government establishments, economic sectors and Policy makers in America in every successive Government in America, are Jewish extractions. Out of 20 richest families or Organizations in America, more than half are Jewish.<br />
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The same story of success goes of any one or any nation or tribe that makes success and determined exploitation of infinite possibilities a reality.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The Igbo's also have the same spirit to succeed in spite of all difficulties. However, they lack the appropriate ingredients to succeed as a people, and can only thrive as individuals</span>.<br />
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A trial on collective success by the Igbos, as a people during the Nigeria civil war has left no one in doubt about our ingenuity and resilience.<br />
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The lesson from the speech of Israeli Prime minster, Benjamin as forwarded by Maria, is instructive. The same instructive lesson wraps around Singapore that started with nothing after they were sent packing from Malaysia, also Ethiopia repeatedly ravaged by famine and drought laced with internal strife and sessions, but now on the trajectory to success, Rwanda with ethnic cleansing and pogrom, has quickly put their past behind and under the able leadership of President Paul Kagame and his decided followers, Rwanda is now recorded as one of fastest developing nation in Africa. South Korea and other Asian Tigers are good lessons also, where determined action were blessed by God. Even the Arab nations who some of us think are Godless, have not only transformed from deserts to places of our cherished place of vacation(like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, etc) to owners of notable edifices and business conglomerate world over through purchases with their Sovereign Wealth Fund. God is still in the business of blessing to Nations that determinedly take appropriate action.<br />
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Any person, nation or people can take up any situation or challenge as a stepping stone to produce unparalleled history of resilience doggedness and exemplary success.<br />
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God in his infinite intelligence has give us, all we need. It is then our responsibilities to use it to create our story. Deuteronomy 8:28 - God's gift of the power to create wealth in order to demonstrate his covenant<br />
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We will create our wonderful story, and all the glory will go to God, who exemplified or modelled it in Isreal! 😀<br />
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Cheers every one and happy new year!!<br />
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Manzi Clement Ebere.<br />
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(reaction in a whatsapp group copied and unedited,to a speech purported to have been made by the Israeli Prime minister on the progress of his nation)CHARLIE.MBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895974414571315765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-80398654811028237572019-10-09T16:32:00.003+02:002019-10-09T16:32:49.023+02:00BBC Sex for marks generalizations by Prince Justice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">BBC Sex for marks generalizations by Prince Justice</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here we go again with another round of self hating speeches inspired by BBCs sex for marks video demartketing West African tertiary institutions. If you just arrived on planet Social Media, you will think BBC just Mungo Parked the source of carnal sin for the first time ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You probably didn't hear of the Dr Richard Akindele caught on audio, sacked and jailed, nor numerous other occasions where the institutions or even student cultists have dealt with the offender.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">BBC shows just two cases to disparaged the hundreds of institutions across the subregion. This is the same BBC that fought tooth and nail to hide the sordid child and sexual abuse through its management ranks for decades. Details of sexual depravity towards underage and vulnerable by its brightest stars and directors were eventually revealed. Yet, nobody painted the BBC as a sexual abusive institution, not to talk of tarnishing the whole British media industry as corrupt and not fit for our West African audiences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are we to forget the Me too sexual abuse movement ravaging Hollywood, which by the way started from the catholic church?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think we all know that power and money enables sexual harassment, EVERYWHERE! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, rather being a globally extended Me Too to West Africa, this unfair generalization and sensationalism is for the demartketing of West African tertiary institutions for the sole benefit of their competitors, the British tertiary instructions that rely heavily on Nigeria and Ghana students to fill their budget shortfalls. Foreign students pay about thrice what their domestic fellow students pay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">About a decade ago, with the coming of the Conservative government, educational subsidies were cut and the institutions were encouraged to milk foreign students as an alternative source of income. A little leeway was given with a government subsidy government for the employed, which Nigerians were wise to take up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many non-Ivy league institutions welcomed Nigerian students as a blessing even without common O'levels and turned a blind eye to the gross malpractices, as Nigerians students out of the £15,000 (N7m) grants paid agents to sign them in classes and paid online Indians to do their coursework while still having enough left to build houses in Nigeria. The British institutions turned a blindeye to the fact that many of their graduates couldn't speak common English as long as their books balanced. From about last session, the unemployed and disabled program was stopped and the British tertiary institutions ran into losses. I know of one in Ealing that went into liquidation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, the BBC expose has to be viewed with caution. It is to mainly inspire a loss in confidence in West African tertiary institutions, prompting doting fathers to dig deep into their pockets, and that of the commonwealth, to send their girls to an overpriced educational system which does nothing but to promote further cultural and political disillusionment. An educational system that starts its program by teaching six year Olds that homosexuality and other sexual depravity is right, and ends with the conclusion that the Black Race is pathologically inferior.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, some Men can be shameless pricks when in position of power anywhere under the Sun, but this BBC report that generalizes and castigates an entire subregion with just two cases is an unfair misrepresentation. This is how they castigated our traditional cultural values as satanic, as well as our political and economic systems. Therefore we should view the report with a wider perspective. Sexual harassment is a Man thing of every Race and not a West African affliction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have viewed the introduction of BBC Yoruba, pidgin and Igbo with suspicion and raised alarm of mind conditioning by our colonists, the British. The funding for BBC Yoruba and Igbo came from the same imperialists, MacArthur Foundation that sponsored the corruption propaganda that brought Buhari to power. We must be wary of moralist propaganda pushed by the likes of BBC whose primary objective is our mental and cultural slavery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The British army didn't recolonize us but British media that pushed corruption propaganda in 1966,1983 and 2015. The greatest war for the liberation of the Black Race is the war of the mind and soul of the Black Race. For a thousand years, Arabs and latter Europeans have colonized us with moralist propaganda that denigrate West African institutions and make us discard ours for their own institutions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Instead of reacting with self hate and redirecting millions needed here in Nigeria into the British system, think and realize that when we decry moralist propaganda, it is not a denial of immorality but it's use as a tool of sociopolitical disorientation.</span>Okey.Chukbyke C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01707879076116787313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-6701189818707974652019-10-09T16:10:00.001+02:002019-10-09T16:10:48.222+02:00BBC "SEX FOR GRADES...' THE VALUE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">SEX FOR GRADES? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having watched the BBC Africa Eye documentary with the above title I think that the story told does not match the message sought to be conveyed to the public by the title. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beyond the jokes and giggles I have decided to critically analyze what the BBC has put out and I conclude that the decision to publish the video is a very serious error on the part of the people who decided to air the video . </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is because this whole work involved people’s precious reputation and there can be no room for error or to stretch the argument. The allegation and what is put forward to established or substantiate it must be on all fours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What was alleged? That some lecturers in some African universities sleep with their female students in return for high grades. It amounts to accusing the lecturers of the criminal offense of blackmail or extortion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is expected from the accusers’ video? BBC and it’s collaborators were supposed to present to us evidence. Hard evidence. That a lecturer had sex with a student and indeed gave a grade A to that student because of the sex. Or that a student who was poor in class obtained a grade A or B because of a sexual encounter she had with a particular lecturer. Or that a female student, but for sex had with her lecturer could not have obtained the grade A or B she was awarded in a particular subject. It also means the lady must have read a course taught by the lecturer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is this what happened in the video? NO. No sex. No evidence of a grade upgrade as a result of sex. No evidence that a lady wrote an exam and the result slip showed a higher grade than deserved, if we look at what was written on the examination answer sheet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the end the BBC only established that some lecturer was lewd in his conversation with somebody who was not even a student or even if she was, she did not have sex and definitely did not write any official exam organized by the University. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sex was discussed but not had. No grades were awarded because of sex. So why sex for grades? Was that even a proposal ? More questions than answers.</span>Okey.Chukbyke C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01707879076116787313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-62410019826165977652019-10-03T12:29:00.000+02:002019-10-03T12:29:08.911+02:00HAPPY INDEPENDENCE By: Femi Fani-Kayode<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">By: Femi Fani-Kayode</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Nigeria is not one and has never been one. It is a ‘state of nations’ and not a ‘nation-state’. The traitors in the south are heroes in the north whilst the heroes in the south are traitors in the north. The value system of the north is totally opposite to that of the south. The lenses through which we see justice and equity can never be the same. The Nigerian state is the tragedy of 20th century in Africa”- Aare Kurunmi Kakanfo, “Nigeria Is Burning”, Facebook, 30th September 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could not have put it better myself. Today our nation celebrates 59 years of independence from our external colonial masters and 59 years of servitude, subjugation, tyranny and oppression by our internal colonial masters. Permit me to share the following.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In August 1958 my beloved father of blessed memory, the Balogun of Ife, Chief Victor Remilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode Q.C., S.A.N, C.O.N successfully moved the motion for Nigeria’s independence. Parliament passed the motion and the British colonial authorities acquiesed to it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Two years later, on October 1st 1960 (which is 59 years today) amidst great joy, hope, promise and fanfare, the first of our two chains of servitude and bondage was broken and Nigeria became an independent nation.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I commend Papa and his generation for this great achievement. His motion freed us from the chains and shackles of the external colonial masters and I am very proud of that.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">However there is still much work to do. 59 years later we still have the second chain and shackle of bondage and servitude to remove and that is the chain and shackle of our internal colonial masters who have proved to be even more relentless, ruthless and murderous than the first.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Since the end of our civil war in 1970, which resulted in the ethnic cleansing, mass murder and genocide of no less than 3 million innocent Biafran civilians, and despite all acts of provocation and injustice from those that see us as nothing but conquered vassals, the good people of the south and the Middle Belt have been reasonable and restrained and have refused to react violently.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Instead they have patiently and politely protested against and peacefully struggled with that chain and shackle of Fulani bondage.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Since independence we have attempted to get a better deal for our people from within a united and “indivisible” Nigeria but we have failed woefully.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Rather than getting better, things are actually getting significantly worse and the noose of slavery and handcuffs of servitude are getting tighter.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The last four years under President Muhammadu Buhari, who is undoubtedly more of a President of the North than a President of Nigeria, provides an eloquent testimony to that.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">His Government is shamelessly, unapologeticallly and unabashedly a Government by the Fulani, for the Fulani and of the Fulani sprinkled with a small handful and pitiful coterie of southern and Middle Belt useful idiots and accursed slaves who have no sense of decency or self-respect, who, like Esau, have traded their future and destiny for a mess of pottage and who have sold their souls to the devil and their peoole down the river.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">For the Yoruba people particularly I am convinced that the only way to break that second and last shackle and chain of servitude and bondage is for the South West to exercise her inalienable right of self-determination and leave Nigeria.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The battle for restructuring which many of us have supported and fought for over the last 25 years is long lost and its advocates are no longer being heard.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">We have failed to succeed in that noble cause because those that believe that they own own Nigeria and that they were born to rule her in perpetuity have treated that quest with contempt and ignored it with disdain.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">They have met our reasonable demands for devolution of power and the establishment of an equitable and true Federation where all men, regardless of ethnic nationality or faith, are regarded as being equal before God, with an uncharitable and unreasonable display and unequivocal and unprecedented degree of arrogance and impunity.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">As a consequence of their unbridled intransigence, insatiable lust for power and control and inexplicable desire to dominate and enslave each and every one of us, it is increasingly clear to me and millions of others that Nigeria can never change as long as she continous to exist as one.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Yet we as a people those of us that are interested in freedom can no longer continue to subject ourselves to the indignity of living in the insufferable bondage that they have forced and foisted on us.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Given the foregoing, the only option left for us if we are to maintain our self-respect and dignity and win our freedom is division and separation.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am therefore glad to publicly identify myself with the proud Yoruba nationalists of the Balogun Collective and other Yoruba self-determination groups who have risen to the occassion, who have said enough is enough and who believe that it is time for the rise and establishment of the mighty nation of Oduduwa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Yoruba people, always so ready to accept and accomodate others and always so liberal and generous, deserve no less.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Though ours is a peaceful and passive struggle and not one that is interested in the usage of arms or indulging in any form of violence, anarchy or lawlessness, it would be a grave error on the part of anyone to underestimate our determination or test our resolve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My father and his generation broke the first chain of servitude which was the bondage of the British.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">It is my sacred duty and divine obligation and that of members of mine to break the second chain which is the bondage and subjugation of the Fulani. We shall not fail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Independence Day Nigeria!: Femi Fani-Kayode</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">“Nigeria is not one and has never been one. It is a ‘state of nations’ and not a ‘nation-state’. The traitors in the south are heroes in the north whilst the heroes in the south are traitors in the north. The value system of the north is totally opposite to that of the south. The lenses through which we see justice and equity can never be the same. The Nigerian state is the tragedy of 20th century in Africa”- Aare Kurunmi Kakanfo, “Nigeria Is Burning”, Facebook, 30th September 2019.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I could not have put it better myself. Today our nation celebrates 59 years of independence from our external colonial masters and 59 years of servitude, subjugation, tyranny and oppression by our internal colonial masters. Permit me to share the following.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">In August 1958 my beloved father of blessed memory, the Balogun of Ife, Chief Victor Remilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode Q.C., S.A.N, C.O.N successfully moved the motion for Nigeria’s independence. Parliament passed the motion and the British colonial authorities acquiesed to it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Two years later, on October 1st 1960 (which is 59 years today) amidst great joy, hope, promise and fanfare, the first of our two chains of servitude and bondage was broken and Nigeria became an independent nation.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I commend Papa and his generation for this great achievement. His motion freed us from the chains and shackles of the external colonial masters and I am very proud of that.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">However there is still much work to do. 59 years later we still have the second chain and shackle of bondage and servitude to remove and that is the chain and shackle of our internal colonial masters who have proved to be even more relentless, ruthless and murderous than the first.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Since the end of our civil war in 1970, which resulted in the ethnic cleansing, mass murder and genocide of no less than 3 million innocent Biafran civilians, and despite all acts of provocation and injustice from those that see us as nothing but conquered vassals, the good people of the south and the Middle Belt have been reasonable and restrained and have refused to react violently.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Instead they have patiently and politely protested against and peacefully struggled with that chain and shackle of Fulani bondage.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Since independence we have attempted to get a better deal for our people from within a united and “indivisible” Nigeria but we have failed woefully.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Rather than getting better, things are actually getting significantly worse and the noose of slavery and handcuffs of servitude are getting tighter.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The last four years under President Muhammadu Buhari, who is undoubtedly more of a President of the North than a President of Nigeria, provides an eloquent testimony to that.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">His Government is shamelessly, unapologeticallly and unabashedly a Government by the Fulani, for the Fulani and of the Fulani sprinkled with a small handful and pitiful coterie of southern and Middle Belt useful idiots and accursed slaves who have no sense of decency or self-respect, who, like Esau, have traded their future and destiny for a mess of pottage and who have sold their souls to the devil and their peoole down the river.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">For the Yoruba people particularly I am convinced that the only way to break that second and last shackle and chain of servitude and bondage is for the South West to exercise her inalienable right of self-determination and leave Nigeria.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The battle for restructuring which many of us have supported and fought for over the last 25 years is long lost and its advocates are no longer being heard.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">We have failed to succeed in that noble cause because those that believe that they own own Nigeria and that they were born to rule her in perpetuity have treated that quest with contempt and ignored it with disdain.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">They have met our reasonable demands for devolution of power and the establishment of an equitable and true Federation where all men, regardless of ethnic nationality or faith, are regarded as being equal before God, with an uncharitable and unreasonable display and unequivocal and unprecedented degree of arrogance and impunity.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">As a consequence of their unbridled intransigence, insatiable lust for power and control and inexplicable desire to dominate and enslave each and every one of us, it is increasingly clear to me and millions of others that Nigeria can never change as long as she continous to exist as one.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Yet we as a people those of us that are interested in freedom can no longer continue to subject ourselves to the indignity of living in the insufferable bondage that they have forced and foisted on us.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Given the foregoing, the only option left for us if we are to maintain our self-respect and dignity and win our freedom is division and separation.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am therefore glad to publicly identify myself with the proud Yoruba nationalists of the Balogun Collective and other Yoruba self-determination groups who have risen to the occassion, who have said enough is enough and who believe that it is time for the rise and establishment of the mighty nation of Oduduwa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Yoruba people, always so ready to accept and accomodate others and always so liberal and generous, deserve no less.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Though ours is a peaceful and passive struggle and not one that is interested in the usage of arms or indulging in any form of violence, anarchy or lawlessness, it would be a grave error on the part of anyone to underestimate our determination or test our resolve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My father and his generation broke the first chain of servitude which was the bondage of the British.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is my sacred duty and divine obligation and that of members of mine to break the second chain which is the bondage and subjugation of the Fulani. We shall not fail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Independence Day Nigeria!</span>CHARLIE.MBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895974414571315765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-60635587441594200952019-09-30T14:32:00.000+02:002019-09-30T14:32:05.927+02:00*Enjoy Your Buhari*; Reno Omokri mocks SOWORE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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*Enjoy Your Buhari*; Reno Omokri mocks SOWORE!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you say *Enjoy Your Buhari*; Reno Omokri mocks SOWOREiar, *I will agree.* He tells deliberate lies *to destroy the reputation of those he‘s against,* using his _Sahara Reporters_ website. He did it to me personally *and my boss, Jonathan.* Ironically neither Jonathan, nor I ever contemplated his arrest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sympathise with Sowore, *but that's not my point here.* I can't help but feel that his travails are self inflicted. I know his nature. He will come out of jail, read this, *and use Sahara Reporters to try to savage my reputation.* If you have followed the Buhari wave, you know the role Sowore and his Sahara Reporters played *to create the Frankenstein monster named Buhari.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is happening between Sowore and Buhari is just a romance gone sour. Sowore is *not some innocent activist* that General Buhari is persecuting. He was an ally of Buhari. *He sold Buhari to Nigeria.* _We must not rewrite history or we will repeat it._</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*Using saharareporters,* Sowore dishonestly *"DEMARKETED"* President Jonathan as *a “DRUNKARD,”* _a “SLOW POKE,_” *“CLUELESS...”* and MARKETED Buhari as *“INCORRUPTIBLE.”* He marketed Buhari as a man who would not only *“CRUSH”* Jonathan, but the *"messiah"* who would “SOLVE” all of Nigeria's problems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2014, when Jonathan said “I am the most INSULTED president in the world but when I leave office, you will all remember me for the total freedom you enjoyed”, *he was referring to Sowore and saharareporters.* </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">_Nigerians mistook his TOLERANCE AND *ZEAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS* for WEAKNESS._</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, General Buhari is trying Sowore, *his former partner in propaganda,* for insulting him. If insulting a President is a crime, *both Buhari and Sowore are guilty due to what they did to ex-President Jonathan.* But it is NOT a crime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*Sowore should be freed!*</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yet, Sowore is not the victim here. The victim, who refused to be a victim, *is former President Jonathan,* who Sowore accused of thievery, *yet ALL his children schooled in Nigeria while he was President.* 5 years after leaving office, no one has found GEJ wanting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is possible that *people around Jonathan made money,* just as people around General Buhari are making money and people around Obasanjo and YarAdua made money. _It is the sad reality of a corruption plagued country that we must all aspire to fix._ *But Jonathan was NOT the THIEF, DRUNKARD or WEAKLING* Sowore painted him to be. He is God fearing. *To fear God is weakness to men like Sowore.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then President Jonathan is MEEK. MEEKNESS is not WEAKNESS. MEEKNESS means you have POWER, *but you RESTRAIN yourself from ABUSING it* because *you want to BUILD, not DESTROY.* Moses was MEEK. Nigerians don't deserve a MEEK leader. *We deserve a General Buhari!*</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 4 occasions, Sowore visited Nigeria while Jonathan was President. We knew his whereabouts. He met then CBN Governor, Lamido Sanusi, and was in contact with Buhari and El-rufai. *But Jonathan NEVER ARRESTED him* because _he believed in PRESS FREEDOM._</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sowore marketed Jonathan as corrupt and weak. *GEJ would never make a man indicted by the army for theft, as reported by PremiumTimesng, a minister.* GEJ deported South Africans in retaliation when SA deported Nigerians. It is Buhari who is WEAK & CORRUPT.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The problem with the average Nigerian, is that *we CRY over CONSEQUENCES,* and _LAUGH over ACTIONS,_ not realising that _CONSEQUENCE follows ACTIONS_ *as DAY follows NIGHT.* Sowore and Saharareporters are the ACTION. *Buhari is the CONSEQUENCE.* </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look at those shedding tears for Sowore and I remember when Jonathan’s son was crying after his classmates laughed at him *because they read on saharareporters that his father is a drunkard.* Even children believe the lies they read on saharareporters!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am not stretching facts if I say that *without Sowore, General Buhari wont be President.* It‘s an indisputable FACT. He and Saharareporters poisoned the mind of Nigerians against then President Jonathan. As Christ said “offences will come: *but woe unto him, through whom they come!”* - Luke 17:1</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a different matter if Sowore and saharareporters used the TRUTH to turn Nigerians against then President Jonathan, *but they used LIES.* Deliberate and malignant LIES. *You cannot DESTROY another man and expect Providence to BUILD you up!* </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">_Ko le work!_</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What Gen Buhari has done to Sowore is a common Northern tactic. I lived in the North. I know. Abacha used it on Abiola. He used Abiola to destroy Shonekan. *After Abiola destroyed Shonekan’s government,* he was of no use to Abacha anymore, so Abacha threw him in jail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">General Buhari and Elrufai know what they used Sowore to achieve in destroying Jonathan. They are not fools. These guys are more politically sophisticated *than even Sowore/Tinubu know.* It is brinksmanship. *They won't sit and watch them do the same to Buhari.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All of you were FOOLED when General Buhari rubbed mentholatum on his handkerchief and used it to induce crocodile tears. You are now seeing the genuine Buhari now? *Who is crying now?* _Buhari or you? When we told you did you listen?_ Enjoy Buhari!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gen Buhari used Sowore & saharareporters against Jonathan and he will NEVER let them be used against him. *Sowore should have known that the first person a feudal king kills is the kingmaker* that got him the throne. So he can't remove him from the same throne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What an irony! Sowore cannot use the same saharareporters to remove himself from jail.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Don’t dig your enemy’s hole too deep so that when you fall into it, you can also escape.</span>CHARLIE.MBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895974414571315765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-11129188949711636432019-09-29T06:45:00.000+02:002019-09-29T06:45:53.034+02:00Buhari as a Metaphor of Nigeria's Failure in Almost Everything By Dr. Ike Odigbo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Buhari as a Metaphor of Nigeria's Failure in Almost Everything</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By Dr. Ike Odigbo</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watching Muhammadu Buhari's shoddy performance on the world stage at the 74th United Nations General Assembly holding in New York, one cannot but bow one's head in shame. As Igbos say, you endure more shame when the dancing step of your relative is out of sync with the rest on a public group dance outing. Placed side by side the historic speeches of other heads of government its not surprising we are where we are, at the bottom of the laddar of statistics of development in Africa and in the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those who keep wandering why Africa is backward should wonder no more. The answer lies in a crop of shameless old men like Buhari who seek to retain power by all means but do nothing meaningful with it and even care less its implication for everyone else. The current president is the single most debilitating factor against any form of progress in the land. Again and again he has displayed this level of worrisome underperformance. We know the next time will not be different. For me, it should have been more surprising if the outcome was anything different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Throghout the 2019 presidential campaign, when closely observed, Buhari flipped and flopped. The lousy shape of Nigeria's poitical campaigns was to his advantage. Noisy and full of rented crowds, it is impossible to encounter or asses the candidates directly. Loud speakers blared out music in the same way as hired performers dished out entertainment. And then shouting bouts in the name of speeches and handing over of candidature flags. Viewed in terms of what a political campaign should be, those open air campains all amounted to meaningless rubbish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Buhari's handlers and APC party executives do all they could to ensure Buhari never appears close range before a camera and a journalist. First was the open presidential debate organised by the respected Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) in conjunction with the pro-government Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria which Muhammadu Buhari as incumbent dodged. Then luck ran out of him as he is forced by public demand to appear before an alternative platform The Candidates hosted by Daria Media in association with McArthur Foundation. Unlike the NEDG format which intended to grill all presidential candidates side by side each other, The Candidates was more conducive, featuring different parties and their candidates in a four-session format. Candidates were sitting and unlike the previous format did not have to confront, contradict or challenge each other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nevertheless Buhari disappointed big time. The very first question was simple and predictable: why do you want to be president of Nigeria? Buhari's answer is instructive and has characterized his goverment. He said that his party wants him to be their candidate and he is contesting because they put him forward. Personally he has no ideas or objectives or reasons to want to be president. We all watched it and we remember clearly how he could not make sense of simple questions and continually relied on his vice Prof. Osinbajo for explanations and answers. Everybody came out of that experience really worried. The same worry, even fright, was all written on the face of his most ardent supporters and ministers who came to cheer him up. It was a public show of shame and humiliation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was not disappointed. That outing only confirmed something that was becoming clear to everybody since Buhari became president in 2015. He tacitly avoided even repudiated the media at home. He only addressed the media on international outings, where I guess it is unavoidable. On many such ocassions he went foul of questions and answered rubbish. Many other times he misplaced obvious facts and misaddressed well-known personalities and world leaders. Generally he painted the picture of a buffon knowing neither his left nor his right. Unfortunately, the more mistskes he makes on the world stage, the more he attracted the kind of attention he would rather not wish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With such level of unpreparedness or unfittingness one wonders why he desperately wanted to be president. At the first level of citizen, he has the right to vie for any office. Of course as a soldier he had tasted that position and bequeathed to Nigerians the best ever attempt to tackle high level indiscipline. Unfortunately his reign was cut short by yet another coup which ended his term. However, it would be difficult to understand or justify why he would still desire to come back when all about him is out of sync for a modern day president. And this is what gets one thinking of what might be his main reason for holding on to the office after a lacklustre first term. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are two possible reasons. First, he wants to satisfy his pristine desire to be at the helm of affairs, which was cut short by the coup that removed him from power. He believes in himself as having what it takes to be on top. He compares himself to General Obasanjo who moved from military to civilian president. In achieving this goal, it gives him a high sense of fulfilment and sense of satisfaction. I have told friends that Buhari impressed me with his tenacity and sense of purpose. He contested four times and didnt give up, a journey that took him across four parties over sixteen years. Today he is president and has realized his ambition of being president. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But its not just for himself that he desperately wanted to be president. The second reason why Buhari wants to be president is that he want to give his own people, the Fulani and Muslims, some advantage over the other bona fide owners of Nigeria. His calculation might be that as the last standing military officer of his level in this generation he is the last titan who has what it takes to restore and institutionalize Northern and Islamic domination over Nigeria. Therefore, Buhari's mission in the presidency is not to all Nigerians but to his own chosen people, to his secterian interest. That should be obvious to any casual or keen observer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Northern monopoly over security chiefs, the institutionalized protection of killer herdsmen, selective fight against corruption, the concentration of the three arms of government in the North etc are all there for everyone to see. Nigeria and its institutions are firmly under the vicious grip of Buhari and his men. Nothing remains to bring their aim to full realization. It would amount to acute lack of perception or honesty for any Nigeria to fail to see Buhari's bigotry. In any case many Northerners openly celebrate his nepotism and are beginning to plot to retain power in the North, against established political principle of geopolitical rotation. When the rest of Nigerians raise objections and alarm over marginalization or fulanization or islamization it is not for nothing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The main reason why I took all the time to account for Buhari's motif to remain Nigeria's president is to show that he only cares about those aims I have pointed out and is willing to endure the greatest form of public and international humiliation as long as he achieves his agenda of Northern domination. Clearly he is a laughing stock at the international stage but he seems not to mind because of the advantages it enables him to snatch. He has four more years to go, and assuming he lives through it, he will only make an already bad situation worse. Nigeria will bleed while the North and his bootlickers, including some Southerners, will appear to enjoy. But in the end, Nigeria will triumph, for neither will power remain in perpetuity in the North, his plan or hope of fulanization and islamization are bound to fail because they are both ill conceived and exercise in futility. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Buhari may not wish or suspect it but he needs to be told that in whatever he does history is being made. He cannot control that. He might well be a messaiah to the North but to the resr of us Nigerians he would be one of the very worst rulers this country has produced. There are countless rulers who started as saviours only to end as the tormentor or oppressor of their own people. And the oppressor of himself also. So far, he is the only Nigerian ruler who has plunged this country into recession twice. Maybe a third is on the way. I do not know of any democratic ruler whose records are so bad. In the final analysis it boils down to what the igbo people say about the mad man naked in the marketplace, that the damage and humiliation he brings on his relatives is not comparable to the ruin he brings on himself. You can reach me on: i.m.odigbo@gmail.com</span>CHARLIE.MBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895974414571315765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-26785215218091497452019-08-11T16:28:00.000+02:002019-08-11T16:30:10.152+02:00OODUA GROUPS WRITE SULTAN OF SOKOTO<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Open letter to the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Said and the Fulani leaders</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Sultan of Sokoto and Fulani Leader<br />His Eminence Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">THE STATE OF THE NATION<br />We write this letter to you considering your importance as the head of the Fulani people in Nigeria. You are also the head of Fulani Muslims in Nigeria. It is our hope that you will be able to share the thoughts expressed here with the 7 million Fulani people in Nigeria through your traditional means of communication.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr77JzXDRmEVjlQzQqSUT_id9s82-lKrm1PJllOXiTbVpevmpFK60dXMtOiRBs44r2HVF5yB_hU5AZGIuOVuiGlTGRPHneDN_TkzfLEHYZpBI39cknEuRXhROXdIEXjm2Im6uY16PyG7Jw/s1600/x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr77JzXDRmEVjlQzQqSUT_id9s82-lKrm1PJllOXiTbVpevmpFK60dXMtOiRBs44r2HVF5yB_hU5AZGIuOVuiGlTGRPHneDN_TkzfLEHYZpBI39cknEuRXhROXdIEXjm2Im6uY16PyG7Jw/s1600/x.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We write to honour you with this letter, given the floundering opportunities for a dialogue on the future of Nigeria, which has eluded the various ethnic groups in Nigeria and which may not enhance itself too soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Given the drumbeats of armed violence and extremism perpetrated largely by your people, and the fleeting prospects of a national dialogue, we hope this letter will not be the last opportunity to constructively engage you and the Fulani nation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We, on behalf of Apapo Oodua Koya, (AOKOYA), a coalition of several Itsekiri, Edo and Yoruba groups write with our deepest feelings about the Nigerian state and what appears to be the pitfalls that lay ahead, most of which are oiled and orchestrated by your own people, the Fulani, albeit consciously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">THE PAST</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There was no history of Fulani in today’s territory until 1804. This was 800 years after the Yoruba Kingdoms had been established, about 600 years after the Hausa, Ijaw, Tiv, Igala, Junkun Kingdoms had flourished. The Igbo Nation had existed for centuries before your people wandered into this hemisphere.<br />We recall that your forebears came to power through brutal and bloody conquest of indigenous peoples in many parts of Northern Nigeria under the guise of Islam even though Islam had taken firm roots in Yorubaland, Kano and Bornu Empires as early as the 11th century.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVyLKLBuS7BE-J0D0H2WFfeN_k3XgIDGzRx3fKlm4ODWscciyMdNXV2Syb-yIcOjGVh__-FKbHThPyjvK53_QDH8yf8AUxYjCjDC6pSULsbbr5CMCyhSfGzqEio3k1M_xTPy0_GVsC_kd/s1600/images+%252812%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVyLKLBuS7BE-J0D0H2WFfeN_k3XgIDGzRx3fKlm4ODWscciyMdNXV2Syb-yIcOjGVh__-FKbHThPyjvK53_QDH8yf8AUxYjCjDC6pSULsbbr5CMCyhSfGzqEio3k1M_xTPy0_GVsC_kd/s1600/images+%252812%2529.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since your sojourn in Nigeria, you have been very lucky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A whole country of over 300 ethnic groups, was handed over to you a foreigner, first through the conquest of some of its part, you, who never owned an inch of land centuries earlier in this hemisphere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You have reaped the fruits which trees you did not plant and you knew not when they were planted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Moreso, you were from a family of wanderers and your emergence as Emir and the traditional ruler was unusual, having no royal blood in your veins ab initio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No doubt, You succeeded in taking over the land, the main means of production of these innocent peoples whose main offence was that they were too caring, too gentle, too subservient and accommodating of foreigners in their ancestral homeland, Today, you sit on a throne soaked with the blood of millions of innocent souls anguished with deafening ears to the agony of the spirit of millions of victims of the horrendous killings by your men, who came from Fouta Jallon in Senegal, only some 210 years ago.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmJIqDCtjJKdyWExbfq-7KzO5FPrljxA2FyL3ALe4m8PYRNcC7UR-4kdtlo4KbUwzNz5pqJ1NMJ8usJuTCmq8LZmuKZO3Js8jderrHPARxvZPfxszHAP58c__wn7aOzdvk3AHPxqygao5/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmJIqDCtjJKdyWExbfq-7KzO5FPrljxA2FyL3ALe4m8PYRNcC7UR-4kdtlo4KbUwzNz5pqJ1NMJ8usJuTCmq8LZmuKZO3Js8jderrHPARxvZPfxszHAP58c__wn7aOzdvk3AHPxqygao5/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The British left in 1960 and you emerged as the main benefactor even though your people were not known to have fought for independence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You were wise enough to plant your people in the security institutions, a reflection of your preference for force and brigandage instead of a knowledge-driven society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through direct military intervention or subterfuge, sly plots, you have been ruling Nigeria or determining who rule Nigeria since 1960. This is rare luck that only courageous people can manage for some time, but needs wise, intelligent, decent and conscientious people to manage for a millennium.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Under the false, artificial creation called Nigeria, your people produce no oil, yet you appropriate and decide how the resources should be expended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You have no access to the Ocean, yet you decide which goods should be imported and which vessel should ply routes that indigenous owners of this God-given oceans had been using for centuries.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlSi1nqiEEWdbpK2aZlWecXRvp1MjKhlJmPubePvtlyPjAL5j8pJprjSWpyNk-aFYK5zf1tGX3ZSOCshmMsd6en33_kqHC2W6IpNhGzhE3q05UpxDILYrwtnrlaQ0Pde3fyDAwOTkcqIi/s1600/stati-uniti-il-segretario-di-stato-john-kerry-si-siede-con-sultan-muhammadu-saad-abubakar-e-governatore-di-sokoto-aminu-waziri-tambuwai-presso-il-palazzo-del-sultano-di-sokoto-in-nigeria-il-23-agosto-2016-prima-ch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1300" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlSi1nqiEEWdbpK2aZlWecXRvp1MjKhlJmPubePvtlyPjAL5j8pJprjSWpyNk-aFYK5zf1tGX3ZSOCshmMsd6en33_kqHC2W6IpNhGzhE3q05UpxDILYrwtnrlaQ0Pde3fyDAwOTkcqIi/s320/stati-uniti-il-segretario-di-stato-john-kerry-si-siede-con-sultan-muhammadu-saad-abubakar-e-governatore-di-sokoto-aminu-waziri-tambuwai-presso-il-palazzo-del-sultano-di-sokoto-in-nigeria-il-23-agosto-2016-prima-ch.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All the military weapons were bought not by your money, but you decide who should use them and who should be killed by the same weapons. You have no rich scholarly tradition, yet your people sit on the Nigerian Universities Commission, (NUC) and decide the faith of other Nigerians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You located all the military institutions in your land, more out of fear than out of love for justice and fair play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">90 percent of Nigerian resources are sourced from the South and Middle Belt, yet you decide how the funds should be spent. Did you think this irresponsible way of life will continue for ever? Did your people think we are foolish and even if we are, did you think coming generations will accept this brazen exploitation? We have called for dialogue on these issues, but you call it treason.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The truth is that you have grossly mismanaged this opportunity. Your ruinous and destructive tradition has robbed on all Nigerians. Your intuition for aggression has become a national culture. Your disdain for debate and logical criticisms has been imbibed by Nigerians who continue to gravitate towards the custodians of political power, whose way of life must be imbibed for recognition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You have ruined and destroyed this whole nation at your beckon due to your exclusive, narrow, primordial and savage instincts driven only by your self interest and your brutal and non-negotiable desire to conquer and subdue every nationality in Nigeria. This is a tall task which you are hell bent in executing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">THE INVASION OF YORUBALAND BY FULANI HERDSMEN</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We like to caution you on your latest antics to renew your grand 1804 design to conquer the entire country, not through ideas but through the most savage tradition of killings and maiming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This to us is at the bottom of the current Fulani kidnapping in Yorubaland. We wish to inform you that we are aware of your grand plan to renew a project done half way and put on mute mode since the defeat of your forces in 1840 by the Yoruba Army.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are worried that you and your Fulani people have been suspiciously silent on the kidnapping of Yoruba people, the killing of our young professionals including the killing of the daughter of a prominent Yoruba leader.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvNLLpnlst4qyPIWMsLVJIbqT9IOuY1EzUo4Ov37YpZ278XCwxG_zNgYUj82fZZ9tU9jeAbOfol2JdmpDgm6sDZogP9aGcES2K3oCrIZ52gWDarTEwPZI-u_66NnEzZlhF1b_UGhh_C2-/s1600/images+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvNLLpnlst4qyPIWMsLVJIbqT9IOuY1EzUo4Ov37YpZ278XCwxG_zNgYUj82fZZ9tU9jeAbOfol2JdmpDgm6sDZogP9aGcES2K3oCrIZ52gWDarTEwPZI-u_66NnEzZlhF1b_UGhh_C2-/s1600/images+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were not surprised that you and the other Fulani leaders did not consider it necessary to send condolence messages or even visit the family of the slain woman. This can only mean your tacit approval or at least, a philosophy of cold compromise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please be aware that in the past two years, records show that 689 Yoruba people have been kidnapped by your people, Fulani, about 400 reported cases of rape, including rape of toddlers. Out of this number of the kidnapped, 356 were women, and out of that number, 250 were married women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In all, 112 people were killed by your Fulani people either for resisting kidnap or for failing to pay ransom. This may mean nothing to you, but to us, it means a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We urge you to imagine a group of armed Yoruba cocoa farmers storming forests in Kano, Katsina and Sokoto, kidnapping Fulani people, raping their young girls and even killing the daughter of an Emir or a prominent Fulani leader? Can you also imagine the same heavily armed Yoruba cocoa farmers occupying your forests, stopping your people from farming and preventing your people from plying the highways in their ancestral homes?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To make the matter worse, imagine the armed Yoruba cocoa farmers carry out these terrible crimes under the banner of a Yoruba man as the Nigerian President. How will you feel?<br />As it is, your people, the Fulani are digging their hands down our throats. They are entering our bedrooms and sleeping with our mothers and wives. These actions are not only against Islam, they are against humanity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These latest actions plus our experiences in the past have combined to renew the energy of millions of Yoruba people who want a country of their own. Either you like it or not, this will happen. God, before whom you and your big crown are like but a filthy rag, will make it happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We urge you to prepare your self to dialogue or if you chose the path of violence, there will be proportional response. Having Yoruba or Igbo Republics is something you do not wish to hear, but which is imminent and inevitable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please be aware that the Yoruba do not begrudge your values and the ways of your living, all we are saying is that we want to live our lives, design our political and cultural architecture, live and die on our own terms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The forthcoming Yoruba Republic will be glad to accommodate righteous Fulani people who respect our civilisations and the laws of our fatherland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We wish to use this opportunity to advice you and your people to be aware that you have no power to conquer Yoruba Nation. Your forebears tried and failed. Your military and political surrogates tried, marked with killings, maiming and destruction of our economy, yet they failed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We ask you to instruct your people, the armed Fulani herdsmen to withdraw from Yoruba territories and on their own, mop up the cache of arms and ammunition stored in Yoruba territories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sir, the Yoruba people stand for peace and not war. We would prefer these issues to be resolved amicably without firing any gun shot. But, we wish to say that if your heart remains rebellious and your soul defiant, the Yoruba people are not afraid to confront you once again the way we did some 175 years ago, this time in the most ferocious manner you can ever imagine. It is necessary to let you know this even though we are aware that you will not change the conquest desires of your heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We wish you a happy Salah and Allah’s wisdom to know and do what is right.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Yours Sincerely,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Col Abimbola Sowumi (rtd)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mallam Salau Ahmed Akorede<br />For Apapo Oodua Koya, (AOKOYA)<br />The Yoruba self-determination group</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Failed Nation, Doomed Youths</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aregbesola</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Served 8 years as commissioner for works in Lagos (you know what that means?)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Later seconded to state of Osun to serve another 8 years as Governor (his performance is in public knowledge) now a Minister of the federal republic. That makes uninterrupted 20 years of public largess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rotimi Amaechi</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Formerly a Speaker in Rivers state House of Assembly, then Governor for 8 years in Rivers state, 4 years as Federal Minister under the "CHANGE" government and returned as Minister under the "Next Level" government that makes an uninterrupted </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">24 years on public fund!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Babatunde Fashola</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Serves as a legal practitioner at the chambers of Kafaru Tinubu then Chief of staff in Lagos, that means a lot.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Then 8 years as Governor in Lagos and another 4 years as Minister under the "CHANGE" government overseeing three major ministries (his performance on his first appointment is in public knowledge) now returned as Minister under the "Next Level" government.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gbemisola Saraki</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Former Senator from Kwara state, now a Minister under the "Next Level" government her only credential being bringing her blood brother on his kneels politically. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Timipre Slyva</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Formerly a Governor of Bayelsa for 8 years formerly indicted and was on trial with EFCC for several years now a Minister under the "Next Level" government</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Olorunmbe Mamora</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Former Lagos Commissioner for Health, a "Yes Sir" man to the power that be, later a Senator now a federal Minister under the "Next Level" government</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Godswill Apabio</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Served 8 years as Governor of Akwa-Ibom, later a Senator of the Federal Republic. Visitor to EFCC for several years, case quashed upon cross-carpeting to the ruling APC now a Federal Minister under the "Next Level" government</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Architect Adegbite</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Former Commissioner for works under Governor Ibikunle Amosun, "Yes Sir" man to Governor Amosun now a Federal Minister his credential for his new position being his loyalty to Governor Amosun</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday Dare</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Columnist with Tinubu's the Nations Newspaper, several years as media Aid to Tinubu, put on board of NCC for his loyalty to the Bourdillon now a Ministerial nominee from Oyo state</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chris Ngige</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Formerly a Governor in Anambra, he was in the national assembly then federal Minister under the "CHANGE" government now returned as a Minister for another term under the "Next Level" government.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ogbonaya Onu</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Formerly a Governor, he was a Minister for Science and Technology under the "CHANGE" government now returned as a Minister under the "Next Level" government</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lai Muhammad</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Formerly a commissioner in Lagos, another "Yes Sir" man to the power that be, a Minister under the "CHANGE" government now returned as a Minister under the "Next Level" government.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adeniyi Adebayo</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Formerly a Governor in Ekiti state, now a Minister under the "Next Level" government.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Festus Keyamo</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Formerly a Human Rights Activist Lawyer, he was a Lawyer to EFCC tormenting looters of our national treasury but was baited to come and eat and expectedly kept quiet once he was invited to the "dining table", Keyamo exhibits good table manner because he stopped talking once he started eating. Keyamo will now sit on the same table with the looters he once tormented to make decisions for the country </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">........And the list continues, in all 8 retired but not tired Governors, several former legislatures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, Mr Bayo Ogunlesi is a Nigerian managing the Heathrow Airport and some other Airports in the UK, he also manages the railway in some European countries but never invited home to come and serve as Transport Minister just because he's not loyal to the Bourdillon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently, the news of a Nigerian medical Doctor, a graduate of OAU Ile-Ife that performed an unprecedented feat in the medical profession went viral internationally, he never made the Ministerial list because he would neither say "Yes sir" to the northern cabals nor the Bourdillon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kase Lawal is an Ibadan man from Elekuro, he's a world class oil magnate based in Texas, USA. He rubs shoulders with the powers that be in America, he's acclaimed to be the richest black man in Texas his goodwill and social capital would have assisted our oil and gas sector. Alas, he won't say "Yes Sir" to the constituted Authority hence he's not on the Ministerial list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Year in year out, young Nigerians record academic feats internationally but never has any of these young graduates bubbling with fresh ideas been invited to come and serve their fatherland rather people are recycled and compensated for loyalty to their Ogas at the top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A critical scrutiny of the list of ministerial nominees shows that none of the forty-three prospective Ministers is below 50 years of age The only jobs reserved for Nigerian youths are social media ranting, COZA protest, Npower, SureP, O'Yes, Yesso, BetNaija and yahooyahoo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With this trend, the labour of our Hero past is already in vain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adetunbi Saheed Ige, PhD</span>IGBO WATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741912593696238455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-41573033749645906022019-07-24T01:08:00.001+02:002019-07-24T01:08:41.341+02:00THE INVASION OF IJEBU REMO by the Abokis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">👺*THE INVASION OF IJEBU REMO by the Abokis*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*They started trickling into the various neighborhoods of Remo, Ogun State innocuously since 2017. People were happy because they provided cheap labour as farm hands, wood hewers, junk collectors and shoemakers. Little did they know they were an advance party of an occupationist-movement.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*For instance, they also began to scavenge for scraps in your backyard, refuse dumps, inside the forests and even shrines. Yes, they know every inch of pathways, detours and short cuts around.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Everyday produce and cattle trucks from the North discharge their Goods at Ode/Ipara, Ogere and Sagamu Interchange on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Curiously hundreds of northerners disembark at these dropoff points, and within minutes, they disappear and embeds themselves.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*If anyone goes to Sagamu, Ogere, ILISAN, these abokis have taken over some areas, while the people there are fast asleep.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*While these new settlers are awake playing music, communing and entrenching themselves, the Local People remain sleeping.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*All over IJEBU Remo, the abokis are festering and becoming emboldened by our lack of awareness and alertness.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Nobody wants to tackle them because the security apparatus around Ogun state are now Fulani run. Even if they are apprehended for crimes committed, they are released within hours.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*In all this, I decided to go closer by forming a bond with a particular Musa, I got to know first hand the reason for the influx: I found out it is not economic reasons alone.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Everyone of these people are here for a more specific serious purpose: These people were sent and ordered to relocate as invaders.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*They all have mobile phones and radio, and they hold solidarity meetings everyday, they are taught defensive and offensive manoeuvres.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Amongst them are a tiny percentage of genuine economic migrants, but they too are inside the network ordered to relocate and dominate.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*The epicenters of the clandestine plots are the cattle markets from Ode Remo to Ibadan, and aboki settlement around.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*From Lagos to Ogijo, Sagamu, Ilisan Iperu, Ikenne, Isara-Ago Iwoye road, there are command centres putting them in check, and giving them new information from the North, still Remo people are asleep.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Analysing the movements and incidents, a certain prominent man in Iguomon, Edo State called for the services of these cutlass wielding farm hands or farm-workers, when they arrived fully-armed, he became uncomfortable.* So, he asked them to disarm, but they refused, so he decided to disarm them. There and then he was matcheted in front of his own house in his village.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*There was pandemonium, and the man's eldest son mobilised the youths for action. Within minutes, the whole almajiris vacated Iguomon on spotting the angry youths.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Sadly though, ten days later, the foreigners were all back again in the settlement, bolder and more determined.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*What happened? Oh simple, the body of the eldest son who led the uprising was found in the river a week after the uprising, and his four cars were burnt, his father's house ransacked.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*There's palpable fear in Iguomon, along Benin Agbor express way, before the bypass.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*ILISAN Remo had a close call a couple of weeks ago: Four abokis were killed by an irate mob over an alleged okada snatching and robbery. It took the timely intervention of security forces and community leaders to prevent an imminent mayhem. The community is now overwhelmed by the burgeoning aboki population.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*This is how it is in other communities in Remo land.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*If anyone thinks he or she will see a situation where Northerners will be scurrying back to the North because of one thing or the other again, then that person is a joke. As a matter of fact, the Benue /Plateau situation will play out soon all over the South, and the original local people will soon be the refugees after been displaced from their land by the Abokis.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*So, keep slumbering, keep thinking all is well, keep advocating peace and unity, keep fighting amongst yourselves.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*While you're at it, they are strategizing on how to dominate the Southerners perpetually, that is, if they have not already dominated.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is an eye opener......</span>IGBO WATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741912593696238455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-22142746779614172162019-07-23T01:51:00.001+02:002019-07-23T01:57:34.016+02:00Miyetti Allah & Fulani Herdsmen Has Taken Over Vigilante Operations In Yorubaland.<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Miyetti Allah & Fulani Herdsmen Has Taken Over Vigilante Operations In Yorubaland. - Chidi Cali.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is Kayode Ajulo, a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court Of Nigeria states his encounter with Fulani Vigilante group on his way returning from Akure yesterday 4pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This confirmed the police announcement in June that they will collaborate with Fulani Herdsmen to bring back peace in the country.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nigerians were also shocked when the Miyetti Allah announced too that they will be setting up Vigilante group across the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As it stands, these vigilante groups has been operating secretly all over the country and the Miyetti Allah’s announcement was a mere formality.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Me ndi yoruba never see anything since nnamdi kanu is their headache osetigo</i></span><br />
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<br />IGBO WATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741912593696238455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-36013440539668513162019-07-13T13:47:00.000+02:002019-07-13T13:47:57.084+02:00ORIGIN OF THE NEW BANDITS FROM NORTH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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NUHU RIBADU, FORMER EFCC BOSS.<br />
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wrote :-<br />
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Bandits”” were created by Gen Mohammadu Buhari Rtd to oust Jonathan<br />
Bandits are not Boko Haram nor Herdsmen<br />
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It <span style="background-color: #f1c232;">all started in April 2014 when Mohammadu Buhari assembled his ardent supporters, promoters and strategists to determine how to remove President Jonathan Goodluck. Prominent amongst them were El-Rufai, Gen Danbazo (Rtd)…….</span>.<br />
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A decision was reached to consult Miyatti Allah cattle breeders association for assistance to boot Jonathan Goodluck out of office. Consequently, the National Chairman of Miyatti Allah was engaged to bring in foreign mercenaries. <span style="background-color: yellow;">Within a month, 2,000 Fulani fighters were brought in from Mali, Senegal, Niger Republic, Chad, Libya to name but a few. Further 4,000 fighters were stationed in Niger and Chad on standby.</span><br />
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On arrival, they were assembled in Kaduna under the sponsorship of El Rufai and were addressed by various Northern Leaders including the Sultan of Sokoto, Gen Buhari (Rtd) etc.<br />
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Specifically, Gen Buhari in his address told the fighters that “the British handed Nigeria over to us the Fulanis at independence. The land (Nigeria) belongs to us. We must reclaim what belongs to us.”He added that at the event that Jonathan Goodluck worn the election, the Fulani machinery must fight until they regain control of the country. He assured them that the Nigerian Army was behind them.<br />
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The mercenaries received initial training from the Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy and were sent to 6 camps in Ekiti State, Benue State, Katsina State, Kaduna State, Zamfara State and Borno State.<br />
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In the camps, brand new pick-up trucks, generators etc were provided them. Nigerian Airforce helicopters were used to provide them essential supplies like food, water, drinks and even arms and ammunitions.<br />
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Evidently, Jonathan Goodluck lost the election in 2015 through a well orchestrated election organised by INEC under a Fulani Chairman, Professor Jega. Gen Buhari (Rtd) was sworn in as the president. This saw the emergence of a Fulani president through a dodgy election hence the planned violent war was averted.<br />
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Contrary to expectation, the mercenaries in the various camps were abandoned, no more food and essential supplies. The relationship between Miyatti Allah, El Rufai (now a State Governor) and Dambazo broke down. El Rufai arrogantly declared that they were not needed anymore and they should go back. Consequently, the killings in Kaduna commenced as a warning to El Rufai but it did not bother him. He declared that he had paid the people carrying out the killings and they did not want to stop. The Nigerian police did not bother to call Gov El Rufai to give further clarification on this.<br />
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The Mercenary at the various camps decided to go about to find food for themselves by robbing people, going into farm lands and kidnapping. Miyatti Allah made several efforts to contact El Rufai and Dambazzo to appeal to them to provide money to return these fighters to where they came from. All efforts proved abortive. The mercenaries at this point vacated their organised camps and took to crime.<br />
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The criminal gangs which emanated from these mercenaries were at this point described as “Bandits” in order to differentiate them from other notorious terrorist groups like Fulani Herdsmen, Boko Haram etc.<br />
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Following the untold destruction and killings which the Bandits carried out especially in Katsina and Zamfara, the Northern leaders in conjunction with officials of Nigerian Government requested Miyatti Allah to intervene and remove the Bandits from Nigeria. Miyatti Allah returned demanding 150 Billion Naira to settle the Bandits and evacuate them. The Government turned the offer down and restricted itself to the payment of 100 Billion Naira.<br />
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Shamefully Godwin Emefiele raised 100 Billion Naira for the settlement as a condition for his re-appointment as the Central bank Governor.<br />
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Miyatti Allah collected the money and purportedly distributed it but nothing changed.<br />
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In a bid to control the damage, President Buhari directed that RUGA initiative be setup to create colonies for these fighters in every state in Nigeria.<br />
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My questions are:<br />
1. <b>Should Nigerian communities accommodate these criminal elements?</b><br />
<b>2. Why has El Rufai not been called to clean up the mess he created?</b><br />
<b>3. Does this explain the President Buhari’s silence?</b><br />
<b>4.Is this conspiracy of the North gone wrong?</b><br />
<b>Nigerians think for yourselves</b><br />
<b>COPIED</b><br />
<br />IGBO WATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741912593696238455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-49502281628911990162019-07-09T00:16:00.000+02:002019-07-09T00:16:40.261+02:00EL RUFAI SOUTHERNERS & YAHOO BOYS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Reno To El-Rufai: Before You Label Southerners Yahoo Yahoo, Remember Abacha Is World’s Biggest Thief<br />
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I was shocked when I saw the headlines. To be sure I was not a victim of sensationalised news coverage, I went and read his comments in detail.<br />
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While speaking at the Northern Youth summit organized by Northern Hibiscus Initiative in Kaduna this Saturday, July 6, 2019, Mr. El-Rufai said, inter alia, as follows:<br />
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“We still have a lot to be proud of.<br />
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We should be proud of our culture and tradition, as well as unity. You hardly can find someone from northern Nigeria convicted of 419 or being a Yahoo boy. That is something we should be proud of.<br />
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We are generally considered to be more honest and less corrupt than other Nigerians. That is something we should be proud of.”<br />
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In response to the above comments, I say to Nasir El-Rufai that before you label Southerners as Yahoo Yahoo people and fraudsters, do note that the biggest thief in world history is Sani Abacha. Yet, a stadium is proudly named after him in Kano.<br />
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This is a man who stole in excess of $5 billion. 21 years after his death, Abacha is still sending credit alert to Nigeria, though General Buhari said ‘Abacha never stole’.<br />
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Furthermore, the biggest thief in Nigeria’s civil service history is Abdulrasheed Maina, whom General Buhari secretly recalled, reinstated and double promoted.<br />
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Finally, let me conclude by saying before you label Southerners as corrupt and fraudulent people, note that both you and General Buhari campaigned for the re-election of a man shown on video stuffing bribes in his babanriga. You, Nasir El-Rufai, not Southerners, deserve the label of dishonesty that you tried to pin on us.<br />
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Thieves do not have a particular tribe or religion. 8 years ago, I said “The difference between Nigerians is not North and South. The difference between Nigerians is between the good and the bad”. It is left to Nigerians to decide in which category you, Nasir El-Rufai, a man who paid herdsmen after they killed his people, fall.<br />
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I know that you are still smarting from the RUGA rejection , but that please, do not take out your anger on the long suffering people of Nigeria.<br />
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Reno Omokri<br />
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Thinker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts V Fiction: True Story of GEJ Years. Avid traveler. Table Shaker. Buhari Tormentor. Sharer of the Gospel, not the gossip.ITALO NAIJA GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493694816062639571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-34283932916225363762019-07-08T04:00:00.001+02:002019-07-08T04:00:29.506+02:00 Make the North habitable for Herders and their flocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To: <br style="display: inline; margin: 0px;" /> The Office Of The Vice President,<br style="display: inline; margin: 0px;" /> Pastor Yemi Osibajo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> National Livestock Transformation Plans, is a lofty idea, given the content of the project, but the programme would have been better driven, focusing on the humans components from which the crisis emanated. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> National Farmers and Herders Transformation Plans NFHTP, would have been the appropriate nomenclature for the project. </span></div>
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However, this available statistics, I believe will assist your office on the need to concentrate on States having the needed resources (land) in abundance for the successful implementation of National LIVESTOCK TRANSFORMATION Plans.</div>
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NIGERIA'S 36 STATES & FCT, RANKED IN ORDER OF LAND SURFACE AREA.</div>
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RANK STATE KM²</div>
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1 Niger State 76,363<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 2 Borno State 70,898<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 3 Taraba State 54,473<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 4 Kaduna State 46,053<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 5 Bauchi State 45,837<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 6 Yobe State 45,502<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 7 Zamfara State 39,762<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 8 Adamawa State 36,917<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 9 Kwara State 36,825<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 10 Kebbi State 36,800<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 11 Benue State 34,059<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 12 Plateau State 30,913<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 13 Kogi State 29,833<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 14 Oyo State 28,454<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 15 Nasarawa State 27,117<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 16 Sokoto State 25,973<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 17 Katsina State 24,192<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 18 Jigawa State 23,154<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 19 Cross River State 20,156<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 20 Kano State 20,131<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 21 Gombe State 18,768<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 22 Edo State 17,802<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 23 Delta State 17,698<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 24 Ogun State 16,762<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 25 Ondo State 15,500<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 26 Rivers State 11,077<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 27 Bayelsa State 10,773<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 28 Osun State 9,251<br style="margin: 0px;" /> * Federal Capital Territory 7,315<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 29 Enugu State. 7,161<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 30 Akwa Ibom State 7,081<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 31 Ekiti State 6,353<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 32 Abia State 6,320<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 33 Ebonyi State 5,670<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 34 Imo State 5,530<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 35 Anambra State 4,844<br style="margin: 0px;" /> 36 Lagos State 3,345</div>
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Do note sir, that Anambra, Enugu, Abia, Imo and Ebonyi States, put together equal, 29525KM²,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> while Kogi alone is 29833KM², meaning the entire South East is a little less than Kogi State in land mass.</span></div>
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Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti States put together equal to 76320KM², Lagos is 3345KM². <br style="margin: 0px;" /> Niger State is 76363KM², meaning <br style="margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> Niger State alone is more than the entire Southwest States, excluding Lagos</span>.</div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><b> Sir, without been mischievous, the north have more than enough land to take care of NLTP.</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> The concentration of Muhammadu Buhari led Government, should be how to make the North more habitable for his people, this I believe all Nigerians will ready support in every way possible.</span></div>
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Sir, may I appeal to you, to use your office to initiate NLTP as a project <b>to make the North habitable for Herders and their flocks </b>through her programmes.</div>
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Do have the highest regard of our organisation and the support of all well meaning Nigerian in this direction. </div>
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Yours, in search of a better and greater Nigerian. </div>
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Dr. Bolaji O. Akinyemi. <br style="margin: 0px;" /> President, <br style="margin: 0px;" /> Project Victory Call Initiatives,<br style="margin: 0px;" /> aka PVC-NAIJA</div>
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IGBO WATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741912593696238455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-42966963279000673462019-07-06T16:31:00.000+02:002019-07-06T16:31:26.905+02:00RUGA SETTLEMENTS IN THE SOUTH? A PROVOCATIVE SCAM. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ruga Settlements in the South? 😳😳<br />
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The North controls almost 90% of Nigeria's landmass. Within the region exists the most reliable and consistent river systems (no drought recorded in over a hundred years!) that are suitable for all manner of irrigation cultivation and river channelling through vast fadama marshes.<br />
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In fact, you can drive for 150km within lush arable land in every state in Northern Nigeria without seeing appreciable human habitation or farmland.<br />
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Therefore, any conception or even thinking about thinking of establishing Ruga cattle stations in any part of the South (the most densely populated part of the entire African continent), will be the biggest act of betrayal since JUDAS!<br />
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For God's sake, how could anybody think of creating refugee colonies and manufacturing destitution on an industrial scale when with a good investment in irrigation systems and all year hybrid grass cultivation, Fulani herdsmen could be conveniently settled in their homeland?<br />
This way, bovine culture and the dairy industry could be kick-started on a massive industrial scale - at which point Southern merchants will pay through their noses to purchase the products, and for export too.<br />
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This is the surest way to lift the people out of poverty forever and stem the current crime wave.<br />
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Instead, here we are, allowing those without foresight to dictate the trajectory of discourse teetering on proposing to get land from someone who doesn't even have enough to live on.<br />
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In fact, with sustainable ranching practices, the entire population of Nigerian Fulani nomads cannot exhaust the unused arable land in the North West alone!<br />
Who is doing this to the North for Allah's sake!!??<br />
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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157415794743686&id=698268685<br />
<br />IGBO WATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741912593696238455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-3931695614618558932019-07-05T06:11:00.000+02:002019-07-05T06:11:33.252+02:00HISTORY OF : *CATTLE COLONY AND FULANI EXPANSIONISM.* <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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HISTORY OF : *CATTLE COLONY AND FULANI EXPANSIONISM.*<br />
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A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON FOR THOSE WHO REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE "TRUTH".! --- FACTS, as told by; *Rtd. Gen. Zamani Lekwot* and *Col. Yohanna Madaki* .<br />
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▪(Read so that History does not repeat itself in our time.!)<br />
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*Cattle colony is not a new thing in Nigeria* . It has existed long before independence and it is called *Zango* (a word in Hausa that means *_colony_* ).<br />
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Zango has existed in many areas of Yoruba land. Till today, there is *Sango Otta* , the home country of our former president (Obasanjo). Know this, *Sango* is a corruption of the word *Zango* .<br />
There is *Zangon Kataf in Zonkwa* , Kaduna State.<br />
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*<span style="background-color: yellow;">When the Fulani's came there, they did not tell the natives that they were coming to settle. They just asked for a small land by the market as shed to sell cattle. This was granted them.* </span><br />
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The Fulani's soon gained entrance into Kafanchan town and before long, they turbanned one of themselves and addressed him, *Emir of Jemaa* . *Jemaa in Hausa* *means, ALL* .<br />
When the natives raised eye brow, they said the emire was going to be their own king, not the Kafanchan people.<br />
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During the military government, the Southern Kaduna people got a local government with the name, *Jemaa Local Government.* Later, Zonkwa got a separate local government and the local government was named *Zangon Kataf Local Government* .<br />
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The emir of Jemaa got a first class stool and the entire Southern Kaduna became tribute paying enclave of the Zazzau emirate. *The cunning jihad became a success. The Southern Kaduna people were banned from buying or selling commodities in Zangon Kataf local government save for what the Fulani's permitted.*<br />
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In the process, burukutu and pork meat were outlawed. The protest to regain the market from the Fulani became the greatest Zangon Kataf crises that consumed many southern Kaduna lives leading to the arrest and unlawful imprisonment of the most prominent Kataf son, *General Zamani Lekwot and many other Christian leaders.*<br />
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The people of Ilorin cannot tell their story as Kwara State without their Fulani Emir (in a Yoruba speaking state). So is the Emir of Muri in Jalingo who was deposed leading to the _forceful and untimely retirement_ as well as _removal from office_ of governor of *Col. Yohanna Madaki.*<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">The Fulanis have a history of claiming wherever they had Zango (Colony) as their own territory and from there begin expansion by bringing more Fulanis from Niger, Chad and Senegal. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">The sole aim is to drive away all other tribes from Nigeria or waste their lives and take over the land.</span><br />
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When NTA broadcasted for several weeks that one *Alhaji Maikudi founded Makurdi,* they are most <br />
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probably talking of a Zango (colony) located by River Benue.<br />
Anywhere they stayed, the first Fulani to enter the town is the founder of that Zango (colony), and wherever they had Zango (colony), they will host a Fodio flag for occupation. ( *those little flags you see hanging around their settlements that look like the Nigerian flags we use to tie along the road when celebrating October 1st* )<br />
*NOTE* : Those states thinking of opening up colonies or new Zangos for Fulani do not know what they are doing because in no time, they will get an Emir and Fulani will claim the whole state as their own.<br />
*For so long as Nigeria permit voting Fulani to be their president, federal monetary allocations will be made to buy more arms for Fulani to come from Agades and other desert places in Africa to come and live in their new colonies and begin fresh ethnic cleansing.*<br />
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▪SEND TO THOSE IN the MIDDLE BELT AND EASTERN PARTS.....they need to know what they are dealing with.! #wiseup#<br />
Charles Ogbu*<br />
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President Buhari just suspended the atrocious Ruga Settlement Plan.<br />
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But,<br />
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Don't be deceived!<br />
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Buhari is an expert in Subterfuge known in Islam as Taqyya which means deception in simple English.<br />
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The idea is simple: act like you are a listening leader by announcing the suspension of the project (meanwhile contractors have been fully mobilized to site and funding stream assured). Then, while we sleep and snore believing the project is suspended, we will wake up to see the iniquitous plan already nearing completion.<br />
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If you value your life, remain vigilant. Monitor your environment. Watch your governors and local govt chairmen closely. If you see any strange activities anywhere around you in form of one-kain yeye construction, raise your voice.<br />
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To trust President Buhari or any of his handlers is the worst mistake anyone can make at this perilous time.<br />
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For a President who hasn't built a single school, hospital, road network, vet clinic, market or manufacturing entity all through his 4 years in office to suddenly chose to build all of these in designated places all over the country with public fund IN ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRIVATE BUSINESS OF THE SAME TERRORIST HERDSMEN HE TOLD US WERE FOREIGNERS FROM LIBYA, proves that even a snake is deserving of more trust than such a President.<br />
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For emphasis, let me repeat, DO NOT BELIEVE THAT RUGA IS OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT. Suspension is an English word which means, to adjourn, postpone or pause something. Temporary, not permanently. <br />
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If you've planned a protest match to warn your governor or local govt chairman against accepting the devilish plan, it is in your best interest to go ahead with your planned protest and continue rejecting the evil programme until IT IS FINALLY TAKEN OFF THE TABLE.<br />
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Knowing the determination of these guys with their ethno-religious agenda which I believe is the number one reason this man spent 12 solid years contesting for this seat, it is reasonable to suspect they only announced the suspension to buy themselves enough time to work on our governors who they will first entice with irresistible offers which we all know some of them will accept and for those who refuse to yield, they threaten with EFCC and their after-tenure Senate dream.<br />
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Remain vigilant and ignore the suspension announcement. It is a scam! <br />
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Ekwuchakwaam!ITALO NAIJA GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493694816062639571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-47583552965549952072019-07-05T05:49:00.000+02:002019-07-05T05:49:20.966+02:00MIDDLE BELT YOUTH COUNCIL & THE THREAT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nigerians should not take Suleiman Abdul Aziz and his co-travellers serious. They do not own any part of the north. They do not represent any northern youth. Southern Nigerians should ignore their types. Empty threats have been their stock in trade. They have been using it to raise incomes for themselves. They issued Quit Notice to Igbos in 2017 just to seek relevance among Nigerians.<br />
They do not own a millimeter of land anywhere that they can boast of.<br />
Middle Belt region is for all Nigerians and let them cross over to our land to chase the southerners out let's see. They do not have monopoly of threat.<br />
Any Governor from the Middle Belt that says there's land for Ruga in his state, let that Governor go to his village and seize the land first and prove whether it will work before coming to the media.<br />
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Nigerian Police should arrest him and his cohorts immediately.<br />
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Emma Zopmal,<br />
President,<br />
Middle Belt Youth Council.ITALO NAIJA GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493694816062639571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-32209053412158432242019-07-04T23:58:00.001+02:002019-07-05T00:56:51.373+02:00Random talks on RugaVery true. Ruga was a monkey business <br />
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from the beginning. So far Buhari people have succeeded far beyond their expectations. First, they deceitfully took over government, then they took over the armed forces and the intelligence agencies, and now they have forced the country to debate the interest of the Fulani as the most important national issue. In politics, they call it "waging the dog", when people are diverted and distracted from more important national issues. Now we talk about Ruga, not the economy, not the domination of the government by Hausa - Fulani, not even the self determination issue, not Boko Haram, and certainly not about the insecurity in the country. What a success story by a small but well organized minority.<br />
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RUGA was defeated (or punctuated) for<br />
one reason alone. That reason if you ask me, is due to the the fact that both the Yorubas and the Igbos jointly opposed it.<br />
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This should remind us that a strong United South is the key to defeating the Fulani and their conquest ideology. We must resist the divide and rule tactics of the Fulanis and continue to perfect the natural fault lines of the four zones that are gradually coming together on many major issues that affect us all, especially our survival.<br />
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It will be a lot easier to create the Christian Republic of Southern Nigeria, which will include the Christian Middle belt and Southern Kaduna, than it will ever be to create the BIAFRA or ODUDUWA Republics. The sooner we realize this and start thinking of an India - Pakistan kind of solution, the closer we will get to achieving the emancipation many believe we do not have.<br />
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I suggest southern leaders start thinking along these lines. It's time to bury the divisive politics of Azikiwe and Awolowo, and come up with a completely new paradigm that will ensure the unity, peace and progress of our future generations, lest we repeat the pre independence mistakes.<br />
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~ Chief JCI<br />
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*MY EXPERIENCE AS I ENROUTE TO ABUJA FROM ADAMAWA*<br />
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The RUGA program has truly commenced!!!<br />
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In the early hours of Sunday, June 30, 2019 i enroute from Adamawa State to Abuja.<br />
While approaching Billiri, i saw a multitude of cattles and Fulanis (men, women and their children) standing on the road, they looked stranded, It was as if they were sent out of their homes. I asked myself, Why is this large number of cattle and Fulani on the road?”.<br />
Still moving, while approaching Futuk, a local settlement in Gombe State, I saw another multitude of cattles close to a river bank, these ones were more in number compared to the previous, and they included cows, camels, sheeps and goats, all being controlled and monitored by their Fulani owners. I thought they had settled there for a while for the cattles to have water to drink, probably after a long journey.<br />
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As we kept on moving, I was greatly surprised to see them in their numbers along the road as they increased geometrically. This could be the Settlers President Buhari is carving lands for, i thought.<br />
Reaching Alkaleri, a town in Bauchi State, our vehicle stopped for passengers to have some rest and perhaps grab something to eat before we continue the journey.<br />
Where we were at Alkaleri, i saw a young and vibrant Fulani herder; i approached him and engaged him in a conversation. This I did to find out why there were so many 'stranded-looking' Fulanis on the way with their cattles; i presumed he would know!<br />
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As i walked up to him, i said, Inakwana which means ‘Good morning’ in Hausa language and he responded Walla Hausa. At this point i suspected he does not understand Hausa language, perhaps not a Nigerian. I think i should speak the little Fulfulde I understand, maybe thats what he understands I said to myself. So i said Noi which means How are you? and he replied “Jam” meaning Fine. And I continued by asking him if he could speak Fulfulde in Fulani which is referred to as 'awodi fulfulde na' and he said Oui which I know to mean Yes in French. Why didnt he reply me in Fulfulde but in French?, I became more curious, i decided to communicate in French with him which I discovered he could only speak well, luckily for me, I understand French too, so the conversation continued in French.<br />
I asked him Tu parles Française and with a big smile he answered, Oui. Hearing me speak French, he was so amazed, the joy was written all over his paled face. In French, i inquired to know where he came from and he told me he was from Mali. MALI!<br />
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This immediately confirmed my suspicion, he was not a Nigerian!<br />
It was there and then I knew that Nigerians are on the verge of losing their lands to foreigners.<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">If you are a Buharist and you love what he is doing, my brother, continue to support him! I bet you, this will not only affect you but your entire generation. </span><br />
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I wish for this not to happen in my generation because it's a pity that this generation is full of cowards.<br />
I say this without apology!<br />
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RUGA program means 'allowing foreigners to graze and live with us in our own land'.<br />
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*I stand to say no to RUGA*<br />
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CopiedIGBO WATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741912593696238455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-86513298897717575212019-06-23T11:15:00.000+02:002019-06-23T11:15:49.013+02:00"The Tripple Heritage" ; the tragedy that is the undoing of our Country Nigeria..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ali Mazrui called it the read on:-"The Tripple Heritage" ; the tragedy that is the undoing of our Country Nigeria..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">EVERY NIGERIAN THAT LOVES NIGERIA OUGHT TO READ THIS WITH PATIENCE</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonized is Nigeria.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonized in Asia is India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh).</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RPkaOhCxCf-kaPVyff0j4j5R5X71rJtx-67glxCWPdgRRSo6vvQnw1OBin8Lj6D5MaIKde4FK3shoXkL2gB3Cp7gDONjKyAV2J3adeeqK5zimhRvvm70CKioc3JWf7dWeLsCqxrvCcM/s1600/Beachcomber_Pete_World_Map.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonized, they brought along their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, food, language, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Try as hard as the British did, India rejected the British religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today, 80.5% of Indians are Hindus; 13.4% Muslims; 2.3% Christians; 1.9% Sikhs; 0.8% Buddhists, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hindi is the official language of the government of India, but English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a “subsidiary official language.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">It is rare to find an Indian with an English name or dressed </span><span style="background-color: yellow;">On the other hand, Nigeria embraced, to a large extent, the British religion, British culture – names, dressing, foods, and language – but rejected the British technology.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The difference between the Nigerian and the Indian experiences is that while India is proud of its heritage, Nigeria takes little pride in its heritage, a situation that has affected the nationalism of Nigerians and our development as a nation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs had brought Islam into Nigeria through the North.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Islam also wiped away much of the culture of Northern Nigeria.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today, the North has only Sharia Courts but no Customary Courts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">So from the North to the South of Nigeria, </span><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">the Western World and the Eastern World have shaped our lives to be like theirs and we have lost much or all of our identity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Long after the British and Arabs left Nigeria, Nigeria has waxed strong in religion to the extent that Nigerians now set up religious branches of their homegrown churches in Europe, the Americas, Asia and other African countries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just like the Whites brought the gospel to us, Nigerians now take the gospel back to the Whites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In Islam, we are also very vibrant to the extent that if there is a blasphemous comment against Islam in Denmark or the US, even if there is no violent reaction in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic headquarters of the world, there will be loss of lives and destruction of property in Nigeria.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If the United Arab Emirates, a country with 75% Muslims, is erecting the tallest building in the world and encouraging the world to come and invest in its country by providing a friendly environment, Boko Haram ensures that the economy of the North (and by extension that of Nigeria) is crippled with bombs and bullets unless every Nigerian converts to Boko Haram’s brand of Islam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the East we have IPOB.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">While in the South - South region, Mend, Avengers and so on destroying the Heart of our Nations Economy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are indeed a very religious people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Meanwhile, while we are building the biggest churches and mosques, the Indians, South Africans, Chinese, Europeans and Americans have taken over our key markets: telecoms, satellite TV, multinationals, banking, oil and gas, automobile, aviation, shopping malls, hospitality, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ironically, despite our exploits in religion, we are a people with little godliness, a people without scruples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is rare to do business with a Nigerian pastor, deacon, knight, elder, brother, sister, imam, mullah, mallam, alhaji or alhaja without the person laying landmines of bribes and deception on your path.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We call it PR, facilitation fee, processing fee, transport money, financial engineering, deal, or whatever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But if it does not change hands, nothing gets done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And when it is amassed, we say it is “God’s blessings.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some people assume that sleaze is a problem of public functionaries, but the private sector seems to be worse than the public sector these days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One would have assumed that the more churches and mosques that spring up in every nook and cranny of Nigeria, the higher the<br />morals in our society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But it is not so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The situation is that the more religious we get, more ungodly we become.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our land never knew the type of bloodshed experienced from religious extremists, political desperadoes, ritual killers, armed robbers, kidnappers, internet scammers, university cultists, and lynch mobs.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RPkaOhCxCf-kaPVyff0j4j5R5X71rJtx-67glxCWPdgRRSo6vvQnw1OBin8Lj6D5MaIKde4FK3shoXkL2gB3Cp7gDONjKyAV2J3adeeqK5zimhRvvm70CKioc3JWf7dWeLsCqxrvCcM/s1600/Beachcomber_Pete_World_Map.gif" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="619" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RPkaOhCxCf-kaPVyff0j4j5R5X71rJtx-67glxCWPdgRRSo6vvQnw1OBin8Lj6D5MaIKde4FK3shoXkL2gB3Cp7gDONjKyAV2J3adeeqK5zimhRvvm70CKioc3JWf7dWeLsCqxrvCcM/s320/Beachcomber_Pete_World_Map.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Life has become so cheap and brutish that everyday seems to be a bonanza.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We import the petroleum that we have in abundance, rice and beans that our land can produce in abundance, and even toothpicks that primary school children can produce with little or no effort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yet we drive the best of cars and live in the best of edifices, visit the best places in the world for holidays and use the most expensive electronic and telecoms gadgets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is now a sign of poverty for a Nigerian to ride a saloon car. Four-wheel drive is it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even government officials, who were known to use only Peugeot cars as official cars as a sign of modesty, have upgraded to Toyota Prado, without any iota of shame, in a country where about 70 per cent live below poverty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Private jets have become a common toy for many citizens who have no known business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A nation that imports toothpicks and pins, flaunts wealth and wallows in ostentation at a time its children are trooping to Ghana, South Africa and the UK for university education and its sick people are running to India for treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">India produces automobile and exports it to the world. India’s medical care is second to none, with even Americans and Europeans travelling to the country for medical treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">India has joined the nuclear powers. India has launched a successful mission to the moon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yet bicycles and tricycles are common sights in India. But in Nigeria, only the wretched of the earth ride bicycles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have intentionally chosen to compare Nigeria with India rather than China, South Korea, Brazil, Malaysia, or Singapore, because of the similarities between India and Nigeria. But these countries were not as promising as Nigeria at the time of our independence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some would say that our undoing is our size: the 2012 United Nations estimate puts Nigeria’s population at 166 million, while India has a population of about a billion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some would blame it on the multiplicity of ethnic groups: we have 250 ethnic groups; India has more than 2000 ethnic groups.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some would hang it on the diversity in religion: we have two major religions – Christianity and Islam; but India has many.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some would say it is because we are young as an independent nation: we have 57 years of independence; India has 66years, while apartheid ended in South Africa only in 1994.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We need more godliness than religion; more work and less hope; and more action and less words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let everyone tidy up his or her corner first and demand fervently that our leaders tidy their areas of governance. Our nation is degenerating at a fast pace and we need to save it now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We as a people must positively change our attitude towards our dear country!</span><br />
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Chukbyke.Okey,C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16962984058168305029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501940719286657996.post-12836883712531496012018-11-18T04:03:00.000+01:002018-12-04T16:00:54.450+01:00DR JONATHAN AT 61<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">On Tuesday, November 20, 2018, the Face of Democracy in Africa, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will be 61 years old. On that same day, he will be presenting his brilliant book, My Transition Hours, to the public.</strong></div>
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Finally, through that book, the world will get to see the man behind close doors and will, I hope, found out that no Nigerian leader has shown the level of self sacrifice, self control and restraint that former President Jonathan showed during and after his five year tenure as President.</div>
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However, because of a long succession of brutal military dictators beginning from 1966 and continuing even into the advent of the Fourth Republic, many Nigerians have been conditioned to see brutality as strength and restraint as weakness.</div>
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But after three years of a brutal and brutally ineffective President, many citizens are only coming to know now what I knew in 2010-that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is a leader of men who sees the people as the big picture rather than himself.</div>
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He tried to show Nigerians the true meaning of leadership. Unfortunately, the psyche of our people has for long been conditioned to respecting leaders who rule, who boss and who throw their weight around. It was a culture shock to have a leader who rather than throw his considerable weight around, three his intellect around, which is why no leader in Nigeria’s history has built as many schools as Dr. Jonathan did.</div>
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And the thing is that he did not have to. Primary education is the constitutional preserve of the states. Yet President Jonathan built 165 almajiri schools because he could not sit by and watch as 11 million Nigerian children, mostly in the North, were out of the school system.</div>
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Not stopping there, he built fourteen new universities comprising of twelve new federal universities and two specialised universities. Before Jonathan, 12 Nigerian states had no federal universities. After Jonathan, no Nigerian state was without at least one university.</div>
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I had the privilege of asking him why he did what he did and he told me in California, while playing with my children, as follows ‘Reno, no investment yields as much profit as education’. Indeed, Jonathan is a philosopher king!</div>
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From him, I learnt that the best way to be a leader is not to boss people around, but to help solve their problems. Think of it this way. There are many ships in the sea and the sea is dark. If you want all the ships to come to you, then be a lighthouse and they will come to you of their own accord.</div>
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I remember when I joined him on a trip to London and at the airport, the Nigerian High Commission to the U.K. had provided a Mercedes sedan to pick him up from the airport. I was to join him at his hotel, so I escorted him to the car with another of his associates. He got in and then looked at me and asked what I was waiting for. I told him I would get a taxi and he goes, ‘don’t be silly’, then does the most amazing thing. He shifted to the middle of the back seat and beckoned on my friend and I to join him on what is known as the owners’ corner in Nigeria. I know of no other leader with the humility to do that.</div>
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A quintessential leader is Dr. Jonathan. A man who treated everyone with respect even though he was the President of the largest Black nation on earth who led her to become Africa’s economy. One thing you can be sure of is that if President Jonathan is looking down at you, he is doing so only because he is admiring your shoes.</div>
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I learnt true humility from him, but it was in the area of communication that President Jonathan schooled me the best. From him I discovered that learning the art of communication will make you a leader. Dr. Jonathan never speak just to express yourself. He considers that a waste of time. Rather, he always speaks to persuade others. When others are talking, he listens to them as if they are the most important persons on earth. Honestly, it is an almost ecstatic event to have a one on one communication with Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.</div>
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As he turns 61 today, I want to remind Nigerians of a statement he made four years ago.</div>
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On the 7th of March 2014, then President Jonathan said “I am loyal to Nigeria’s economy. I don’t have accounts or property abroad. All my children school in Nigeria”.</div>
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Till date, nobody has been able to contradict that statement because it is true. But even more impressive is the fact that not one of those who have made it their career to blame Jonathan for everything that is wrong with their lives, can say the same thing.</div>
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Dr. Jonathan was able to achieve this because he was a patriot who really believes in Nigeria. Look at his initiatives to turn around the lives of Nigerian youths. You have the Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria (YouWin), the Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS), the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovations and Development scholarships (PRESSID) to First Class graduates of Nigerian universities to mention a few.</div>
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With these schemes, it is no wonder that Nigeria under Jonathan became the third fastest growing economy in the world according to CNNMoney and the International Monetary Fund.</div>
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Nowadays, those who rode to power on the back of the freedoms that Dr. Jonathan ensured in Nigeria now threaten to lock up their critics citing ‘hate speech’. Have these individuals ever sat down to consider that under Jonathan’s leadership, not one single person was sent to prison because of anything he or she wrote or said about the President or the government he headed. Nigeria had no political prisoners under Jonathan’s administration and the nation certainly did not have any prisoners of conscience because Jonathan himself ensured that he acted according to his conscience in all he did.</div>
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On social media, I read many Nigerian youths saying things like, how did we go from ‘my ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian’ to being called lazy Nigerian youths? That is one question I cannot answer. But one thing I know, the Nigerian youth under President Jonathan were some of the most talented and productive.</div>
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That is why Nigeria was rated by Gallup as the happiest nation in the world under Jonathan. Think about that for a minute and then join me in wishing Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan a very well deserved happy birthday as well as a long and fulfilled life to continue serving humanity through the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation.</div>
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(From The Cable)</div>
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BREAKING NEWS<br />
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The Senate has passed the Electoral Act No. 6 (2010 Amendment) Bill 2017 into law.<br />
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1. There shall now be full biometric accreditation of voters with Smart Card Readers and/or other technological devices, as INEC may introduce for elections from time to time.<br />
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2. Presiding Officers must now instantly transmit accreditation data and results from Polling Units to various collation centers. Presiding officer who contravene this shall be imprisoned for at least 5 years (no option of fine).<br />
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3. All Presiding Officer must now first record accreditation data and polling results on INEC’s prescribed forms before transmitting them. The data/result recorded must be the same with what they transmitted.<br />
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4. INEC now has unfettered powers to conduct elections by electronic voting.<br />
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5. Besides manual registers, INEC is now mandated to keep Electronic registers of voters.<br />
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6. INEC is now mandated to publish voters’ registers on its official website(s) for public scrutiny at least 30 days before a general election and any INEC staff who is responsible for this but fails to act as prescribed shall be liable on conviction to 6 months’ imprisonment.<br />
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7. INEC is now mandated to keep a National Electronic Register of Election Results as a distinct database or repository of polling unit by polling unit results for all elections conducted by INEC.<br />
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8. Collation of election result is now mainly electronic, as transmitted unit results will help to determine final results on real time basis.<br />
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9. INEC is now mandated to record details of electoral materials – quantities, serial numbers used to conduct elections (for proper tracking).<br />
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10. A political party whose candidate dies after commencement of an election and before the declaration of the result of that election now has a 14-day window to conduct a fresh primary in order for INEC to conduct a fresh election within 21 days of the death of the party’s candidate;<br />
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11. Political parties’ Polling Agents are now entitled to inspect originals of electoral materials before commencement of election and any Presiding Officer who violates this provision of the law shall be imprisoned for at least1 year.<br />
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12. No political party can impose qualification/<br />
disqualification criteria, measures or conditions on any Nigerian for the purpose of nomination for elective offices, except as provided in the 1999 Constitution.<br />
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13. The election of a winner of an election can no longer be challenged on grounds of qualification, if the he (winner) satisfied the applicable requirements of sections 65, 106, 131 or 177 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and he is not, as may be applicable, in breach of sections 66, 107, 137 or 182 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. [For example, a person’s election cannot be challenged on the ground that he did not pay tax, as this is not a qualifying condition under the Constitution.]<br />
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14. All members of political parties are now eligible to determine the ad-hoc delegates to elect candidates of parties in indirect primaries. The capacity of party executives to unduly influence or rig party primaries has been reasonably curtailed, if not totally removed.<br />
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15. Parties can no longer impose arbitrary nomination fees on political aspirants. The Bill passed prescribes limits for each elective office as follows:<br />
(a) One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150,000) for a Ward Councillorship aspirant in the FCT;<br />
(b) Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N250,000) for an Area Council Chairmanship aspirant in the FCT;<br />
(c) Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) for a House of Assembly aspirant;<br />
(d) One Million Naira (N1,000,000) for a House of Representatives aspirant;<br />
(e) Two Million Naira (N2,000,000) for a Senatorial aspirant;<br />
(f) Five Million naira (N5,000,000) for a Governorship aspirant; and<br />
(g) Ten Million Naira (N10,000,000) for a Presidential aspirant.<br />
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16. Relying on the powers of the National Assembly in Paragraph 11 of Part II (Concurrent Legislative List) of the Second Schedule (Legislative Powers) to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Senate also passed measures reforming procedures regulating Local Government Elections. State Independent Electoral Commissions can no longer conduct elections that do not meet minimum standards of credibility.<br />
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17. Any INEC official who disobeys a tribunal order for inspection of electoral materials shall be imprisoned for 2 year.<br />
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