seunmsg:

Fashola is a far better administrator than Tinubu. Tinubu is just a better/smarter politician that knows how to maximise opportunities when they arise.

...and let me guess, it is a smart political move to disgrace the Yorubas? Chai!

ola6: Can we see how this FOO.LISH man that calls himself akiolu is disgracing us just to defend his master's statement Tinubu ole when he said all our obas are useless.

Can Yorubas and most especially Lagosians see what happens when you put a politician as an oba. This useless oba must be removed! The throne rightfully belongs to the Balogun family but Tinubu and his fellow foo.ls forcefully installed the sanile man. I am a full blooded lagosian and this man is not my oba.

For you all to know, Tinubu did the same thing in Elegushi Lekki. He installed the younger brother as against Aremu (next in line) because the younger brother was once his pa forcing Aremu to go in exile.

The evils Tinubu and APC planted in Lagos will surely come back to hunt them. Oba ode!

NB: shocking fellow yorubas like Gbawe and ekoile/aresa will defending this even though they know the tradition. Issokay!

Bobo yi, kilode? Wetin I do you ? Why always mentioning Gbawe negatively? Do you even know my opinion about this matter before giving me one by force? "Issokay".

This is heart stopping

Tinubu, and Akiolu being betraying yorubas since 1996.

seunmsg:

Fashola is a far better administrator than Tinubu. Tinubu is just a better/smarter politician that knows how to maximise opportunities when they arise.

I have my reservations. Most of Fashola's policies were/are actually Tinubu's policies that he is implementing. I can make a list out of them. Even the Justice and economic system, I prefer Tinubu. Not putting Fashola down though because I admire and respect him. but in my opinion Tinubu is a better Administrator and politician

Jesusloveyou: Oba Akiolu is corrupt,he is pdp,he is abacha boy,and abacha is pdp family,so pdp is corrupt.

Hahaha I want to believe this is sarcasm .

Akiolu is a party member of APC.

Abeg who endorse Ambode. Hehehe

Lies don't go on forever

The truth is that Yorubas are opening their eyes to the evil and deceit

This is so painful

Just as his boss Tinubu killed Funsho Williams, Akiolu betrayed Abiola .

Obj betrayed Abiola

Buhari, abacha and Obj destroyed Fela

These people apart from Abacha are PRESENTLY IN APC. THEY CLAIM TO LOVE YORUBAS BUT BETRAY AND SELL US TO THE HIGGEST BIDDER. WE HAVE BECOME POLITICAL TOOLS FOR TGESE PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE CHANGE

YORUBA NATION IS IN DANGER

CURRENTLY, THEY WANT TO UNDERMINE HID AWOLOWO JUST AS THEY DID TO ABIOLA AND KILL HER

YET STILL CLAIM TO HAVE OUR INTEREST .

I AM SCARED FOR YORUBA RACE. TRULY YORUBAS ARE IN A VERY BAD POSITION NOW THANKS TO APC TINUBU

NADECO leaders collected money to betray Abiola — Adefuye

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 BY ALLWELL OKPI

Senator Anthony Adefuye
Senator Anthony Adefuye, who was a close associate of the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, speaks on the several events that shaped the Third Republic and the roles he and others played, in this interview with ALLWELL OKPI

The annulment of the June 12 presidential election and the death of MKO Abiola in detention are unforgettable events in Nigeria’s history. As someone who was close to Abiola, can you recount some of those events, especially as they related to why you were attacked in Abiola’s house during his burial?

There are so many things that have not been said about all that happened when the June 12 election was annulled and when Chief MKO Abiola died. There was so much betrayal. For instance, when Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe came in, they were confused by the responsibility put on them suddenly. They did not know which group to talk to. They invited National Democratic Coalition, which was about the first group that the Abdulsalami administration invited to Aso Rock to discuss how to move the country forward. They had the opportunity to tell the Head of State to release Abiola and restore his mandate but they didn’t do that. Instead, they suggested that Abubakar should conduct another election. If they were interested in Abiola’s cause, the first thing they would have done would have been to negotiate Abiola’s release. You could not be negotiating when your leader was still locked up in prison.

They betrayed Abiola. And that was why I was attacked at Abiola’s house during his burial. They knew I was going to talk. I was not attacked outside Abiola’s house, it was inside the house. I was knocking on the door where they were meeting when they sent Lateef Shofolahan with four boys, with a gun. They removed all the money on me and pushed me out, thinking that the mob would just take over. The mistake I made was to have gone inside. I would have just stayed outside but the Igbo people that stayed around the house insisted that I must go inside. They were saying, ‘This is the man we see every day here; he must come inside.’ When I got inside, they now brought in their own people, to come and attack me there. But of course, those Igbo people did not allow them. I escaped through the other fence. The young men that saved me that day, I didn’t even know them. They were young men as young as 19, 20 years. One of them, who was a mechanic to MKO, said he knew me very well that I should come, that nothing would happen.

So, there are too many facts that are not out there and many misconceptions. I thought I should let the man rest in peace, that in due time, I’ll properly put them in a book. Most of those people, who were claiming they were fighting for June 12, were making money abroad with MKO’s name. They made big money. They were not with him at all. They didn’t hide that fact that they were using him to make money. They said they were using him as a symbol of democracy. I will never forget that.

But why would NADECO members betray Abiola, considering that most of them were Yoruba and members of the Obafemi Awolowo’s political family?

You know Abiola was never their friend, because Abiola was one of those who made sure that Obafemi Awolowo never became president. He did that in conjunction with Obasanjo. He was never their friend so they can never be his friends. When we went to Owo, they told me I was just wasting my time that Abiola would never become president.

Was this when Abiola was still campaigning?

Yes, I’m telling you the truth. Abiola went to see Bamidele Olomilua, who was the Governor of Ondo State during the Social Democratic Party era. And Olomilua told him that if he (Abiola) wanted his support, he should not stop to see those Babas, that they were not with him. Then Abiola told me to tell them that he had an urgent call from Babangida and he had to leave suddenly. I told them and if you heard the sorts of nonsense

Was this when Abiola was still campaigning?

Yes, I’m telling you the truth. Abiola went to see Bamidele Olomilua, who was the Governor of Ondo State during the Social Democratic Party era. And Olomilua told him that if he (Abiola) wanted his support, he should not stop to see those Babas, that they were not with him. Then Abiola told me to tell them that he had an urgent call from Babangida and he had to leave suddenly. I told them and if you heard the sorts of nonsense they were saying, you would know they were not with him. If you look at it, most of them, who were in that house that day I was attacked, died violent deaths. Look at Bola Ige, how he died. Baba Abraham Adesanya himself; even though he personally apologised to me before he died. He sang and danced and said that now he was sure he would enter heaven; that I was the last person he offended; that he never dreamt that I would come to see him, but I came. Those of them who did not die have gone out of political calculation; they are no more relevant. Shofolahan himself has just been released from prison. He was in prison for almost 15 years, since Abiola died. And they will not escape; he and the other one, Hamza Al-Mustapha, will not escape. Their release is just for them to see more disgrace. They killed so many people. They will not escape.

So, you believe Al-Mustapha actually killed Kudirat Abiola?

Let me tell you, two days before Kudirat was killed, I was called to Aso Rock by my friend (Gen. Oladipo Diya). He asked me what I went to do in Abiola’s house every night. I said “Me? No, I don’t go there.” He said, “You go there. On so-so day, this was the number of the car you used; on this other day, this was the number of the car you used.” He said, “Look, those people at the gate are not all journalists, some of them are our men. They give us report every day. You will go there for the last time today, go and tell Kudirat not to come out of that house. As long as she does not leave that house, they won’t get her, and that there is somebody with her, who speaks fluent Hausa and fluent Yoruba that she should not let him know her movement at all.” I asked, “Why should I go there, when your men are there?” He said they would clear the gate for me, but that I should make sure I got there exactly 12 midnight and leave there exactly 1am. I went there, had a meeting with Kudirat, gave her the message and she said it was the second time that such a message was being delivered to her, and that since it had come from me, it must be important and that she would stick to it. She said she was just planning to travel to America the night of the next day for the struggle. I told her, “What you have done for this struggle, Nigerians would never forget you,” and that all that Madam Tinubu and others did that Nigerians were still remembering them, was not up to what she had done. I told her, “Just be calm, one day your husband would be released and you would be alive. It’s better for you to be alive to witness it, than to say you want to go to America and they kill you. They know all your movement.” She said, “Thank you.” I told her I would come prepared, since they said you should not go out, I would come with half a million naira, that was a big money then. I said she should keep it in the house. I left, just to wake up the next morning to hear that they had shot her. Everybody just ran to my house, “They have killed Kudi, they have killed Kudi.” I dressed up and went to Eko Hospital, where they took her to. I looked at her body and I could not stop tears from coming out of my eyes. And that was the only honest and legitimate person that was fighting for the release of Abiola. That day even before I left, she was relaying in Hausa to Shofolahan what I had come to tell her. She was suspecting the secretary, not knowing it was Shofolahan. I think Shofolahan must have convinced her to go and get the visa that morning. Shofolahan was the only person in that car, who was not hit.

THIS IS REALLY BAD

Does that mean what Al-Mustapha said about NADECO and Afenifere leaders was true; that they betrayed Abiola and received money when they visited Aso Rock?

Yes, of course. He even has pictures of them, when they were loading their car booths with money. You think it was not true?

But a lot of people, especially Yoruba leaders, refuted it and insulted Al-Mustapha, saying he was just blabbing.

It was not all of them. If I mention the names of the people who did that, you will not believe they are the ones. All these ones talking were not involved and of course they won’t know. I knew because of my friend. I just went to him when he was in prison and he was telling me all these things because he never knew he was going to come out alive. If he knew he was going to come out alive, he wouldn’t have told me some of these things.

Didn’t they attempt to kill you?

When I was to be killed, my friend was the one who arranged for me to go to Abacha to beg him to spare my life. I was so surprised when we got there, Abacha said, “Senator Adefuye, we are not looking for you. The time we were looking for you is gone.” I was going to contest for a seat in the Senate and my name was struck out. If I was their friend, why would they strike out my name? He said we didn’t disqualify you, don’t worry, your name will be restored,” and l left. Three days after that, another attempt was made to kill me. This time, I knew it was not Abacha because there were a lot of atrocities that were committed unknown to Abacha. Maybe information had not reached the hound men that I had been let off the hook. It was so much that I had to go into hiding. I was also taken before the National Security Adviser then. We had a very bitter confrontation that the man ran inside. I thought he was going to take a gun. Instead, he came out with his briefcase and left. I was there with Senator Rashidi Ladoja. The NSA was just talking as if a ghost was speaking. My presence irritated him so much. I then said who are you? Is it because you are the NSA that you are looking at me like that? I’ve been trying to beg you to spare my life. Are you the custodian of life? Will you do more than kill me? Do you think I will die twice? The man became so furious that he ran inside. I think when he ran inside, he changed his mind and decided they should not kill me there. Immediately I left there, it was Ladoja who first told me, “Look you better go into hiding; I don’t think your life is safe.” So, when people talk about June 12 and they talk about themselves, when they were hiding abroad soliciting for funds to combat the military, they don’t know how things went.

What roles did Ernest Shonekan and Gen. Oladipo Diya play in that period, considering that they were two Yoruba people who held top positions during the crisis?

When Shonekan was there, we were still communicating with him, even from London. The British people will arrange for Shonekan and Abiola to speak. It was Shonekan, who arranged that Abiola should come back to Nigeria. I know because I was in London with Abiola and we did discuss and he did tell me that it was a matter of time that he was going to take over his mandate, that the British people were going to broker an agreement between him and Shonekan’s government. It was already arranged that Abiola should return, but before he returned, Shonekan had been overthrown and Abacha had taken over. I know the role myself and the Abiola’s running mate, Babagana Kingibe, and some other people played before he was allowed to land. They were going to prevent him from landing. He came with Air France and landed on the presidential wing and we all welcomed him. On the role Diya played, don’t you know that it was this June 12 issue that put Diya into trouble. It was because he released Abiola on bail. It was those NADECO people that told him to refuse the bail. They told him that if he accepted the bail, people would stone him at the airport. That was why Abiola didn’t take the bail. If Abiola had taken that bail, it would have been a different story. It was that his refusal of the bail that started the problem of Diya. Is it the man who risked his life to grant Abiola bail, who is hero of democracy or is it the people who were talking from abroad, gallivanting about that are heroes of democracy? Let’s forget the past, I just want things to be properly placed on records.

If the June 12 election was not annulled, what kind of country do you think Nigeria would be now?

Abiola would have been the President that Nigeria would never have forgotten in history. He had so many plans for Nigeria that he would have surprised a lot of people. He had an extraordinary acumen. He had many plans, including forcing Britain and America to pay for enslaving us. He wanted them to pay reparation, for which we were beginning to receive positive response. But all these died with him.

Could that have made the West, especially the US, to want him dead?

No. I don’t think so.

What about the military. Why did they want him dead?

There was a special relationship between Abiola and the military that was personal to them. He was a friend to all of them. In fact, they made him and he believed in them. But they turned round and concluded that they should annul his mandate. Why? I don’t know.

But was the annulment strictly a military affair, weren’t there some civilians who influenced it?

I wouldn’t know. But I know there was this group of people in the military that called themselves the Musketeers. They were the ones who ensured that the election was annulled. And Abiola was the one who knew those who were members of the Musketeers. All I know is that somebody who was one of the Musketeers revealed to us that Abiola should go and appease the Musketeers, if not, they were going to annul the election. This was even before the election. We were in Nicon Hotel, we were checking out, when the man passed this information to us, which I passed to MKO. We asked the man who the Musketeers were and he said MKO would understand the message. And when I told MKO, he understood it, but he never revealed to us who the Musketeers were.

When you said the military made Abiola, what did you mean?

Majority of his businesses were military contracts. Even when he died, the military still owed him a lot of foreign exchange.

Since Afenifere fell apart, Yoruba people seem to have gone in different ways politically. As the Secretary-General of the Yoruba Unity Forum, what do you think is the problem?

I don’t think so. The Yoruba are still united politically. If you hold elections today, they will all still vote the same way. But ideologically, there are a lot of differences. The Yoruba Unity Forum started when we had this problem in Afenifere and every attempt to unite them failed. We then said we could not leave the Yoruba without leadership. We asked Mama HID Awolowo to represent that leadership for now, and then we formed the Yoruba Unity Forum, which encompasses all Yoruba leaders, so that there will be no confusion of who to call when they want to speak to the Yoruba people. When there is an invitation for Yoruba people, we invite all the groups, of course some will not come. We are just an umbrella body and we are also very apolitical. We don’t play politics. No matter what party you belong to, you are welcome.

On a personal level, what have you been doing politically since the end of the Third Republic when you were at the Senate?

I’m still alive and kicking. I know you people say I’m not as active as before. That is not true. I’ve been active in a different way. When I was much younger I was a political activist, but now at 69, I’ve become an adviser. I now take part in organising and I still very much active at that level. I’m a member of the All Progressives Congress.

One would have expected that you would go on to become governor and possibly contest the Presidency.

You can’t be in politics without ambition. But the opportunity must open before you say you want to contest. For example, if a Yoruba man wants to become the President now that people are thinking it should be the turn of the North or the South-East, it would be a difficult thing. Politics also needs a little bit of commonsense. If I want to become president, I have to wait for probably another eight years and in another eight years, I will be 77. What kind of President will I be at that age; when I’m not Mugabe.

What’s you assessment of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration?

I can only speak for the Yoruba people. We have said a lot of times that we have been marginalised. And we have met him and clearly stated how we’ve been marginalised and he promised to look into it. We are still expecting that promise to be activated. Up till now, he has not done so. From number one to 13 in this country, there is no Yoruba man there.

Now that APC has been registered, do you think it will have the kind of success that people have predicted it will have?

If there is no rigging, I’m sure the two parties — APC and the Peoples Democratic Party — are going to slug it out with each other. If any will win, it is going to be a marginal win and that will be good for democracy. I believe a lot can be done to move Nigeria forward, especially in the provision of energy. We hope that the two parties will ensure that people participate in the

Firefire:

Only time shall tell...

The gods will strike at the appointed time.

Amen.

so abiola betrayed awolowo, the man dint survive the trauma, DATS DER TRADE MARK!!!

Trailblazer1: Very interesting stuff y'all.

Mind Blowing!!!!!

Have a history teacher explain this if they can.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."

Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford."

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the "kicker":

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

AND...................:

Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse...

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater...
I saw this had to share just in case anyone did not know. If you find this interesting, show some love!

I love you. I knew of some but definitely not all. Thanks.

Bari Adedeji Salau Ogbeni N.
a year ago
Senator Adefuye has spoken the truth but there are more.I am aware of the Owo group meeting he is talking about.The Owo group meeting was waiting for Abiola to come and accept Awolowo agenda but he stopped at Akure when Governor Olumilue assured him that Papa Ajasin had no delegate so Abiola sent Chief Abioro to go and lie to the Afenifere people that he had a call to see President Babangida and the people never forgave him.And I remember the story of Chief Dayo Abatan taking Abiola to Chief Bola Ige to let him know that Abiola was going to contest election and Bola Ige rebuked Abatan for bringing a traitor to come and be President. I have written a lot of these conspiriaorial talk of NADECO people in my book ' Awoists after Awolowo transition' and Nigerians,nay the Yoruba are not listening because we served with Chief Babatope in Abacha's government but the truth shall come out and has started to come with the revelation of Adefuye who saw both sides of the coin because he was indeed a NADECO chieftain before he started to think about the futility of the fight for Abiola's mandate and thereby started to work to work to save Abiola's and Kudirat's life from enemies within and without including Senator Ahmed Tinubu who became a NADECO chieftain abroad after failing to negotiate to be Deputy Lagos State Administrator with Col. Olagunsoye Oyinlola as Military Administrator. God dey.
Bari Adedeji Salau.
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akpos1 EUO
a year ago
E don tey wey Yoruba people dey practice betrayal & back door amala politics. No one is surprised at this revelation. It is what we already know. A leopard cannot change its spots.
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Faith
a year ago
Those Nadeco old men (IJEBU fraction where terrible) They never forgave Abiola for betraying Awolowo. Abiola knew too much about their dirty secrets. And they really did have dirty secrets. They ran a cult. Starting from that Ooni. If people that really know the truth can come out...........
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David P
a year ago
This Senator Adefuye is a stupid liar, he knew late Chief Bola Ige and Pa Adesanya could no longer defend themselves since they are both dead. It is Idiot like Adefuye that betrayed Abiola not the real people in NADECO who put their lives at stake.
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mumudondo David P
a year ago
sharappppp there is no smoke without fire
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David P
a year ago
@mumdondo, You're such a fool you will believe everything you read on the pages of newspapers by June 12 traitors like Senator Adefuye. He is just making noise and rewriting history so Diya is an hero of June 12 while the likes of Pa Ajasin, Pa Adesanya and Chief Bola Ige are betrayals? What a fool and ungrateful nation would believe such a nonsense! That's why Al Mustapha was talking rubbish and sell out like Dr. Fasehun believed him because he was bribed.
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Veteran
a year ago
But was the annulment strictly a military affair, weren’t there some civilians who influenced it?

I wouldn’t know. But I know there was
this group of people in the military that called themselves the
Musketeers. They were the ones who ensured that the election was
annulled. And Abiola was the one who knew those who were members of the
Musketeers. All I know is that somebody who was one of the Musketeers
revealed to us that Abiola should go and appease the Musketeers, if not,
they were going to annul the election. This was even before the
election. We were in Nicon Hotel, we were checking out, when the man
passed this information to us, which I passed to MKO. We asked the man
who the Musketeers were and he said MKO would understand the message.
And when I told MKO, he understood it, but he never revealed to us who
the Musketeers were.

This clearly meant Abiola had his hand soaked in dirty/bloody business(politics). Still not a good reason for his tribesmen to sell him out though.
We should forget this ugly past and work on unity to move this nation forward. Like he said, those who had one way or the other contributed to the annulment and murder of Abiola are to

Edumomoh
a year ago
We all aware that Abacha paid NADECO members; is not new, the only new thing is the truth being spoken by Yoruba man. Yoruba’s sold the Abiola mandate and kill him; any way, ronu!!!

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agatha Guest
a year ago
every time I read about June 12 from a reliable source like from Adefuye,the more I regret of risking my life burning tires on the streets and rioting at that moments, wile some people were using the same course to enrich them selves,
I know more are still coming

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Sholasholdings Sholasholdings
a year ago
SENATOR ADEFUYE IS A MAN OF HONOR
BUT THIS TIME HE TOO SHOULD BE REMINDED THAT ABIOLA BETRAYED THE CAUSE OF THE YORUBA PEOPLE
HOW DI D MKO OBTAIN THE SECRET FILES OF THE YORUBA GROUP AND

WHAT DID M K O DO WITH THOSE SECRET FILES OF THE GENER5AL ADEYINKA ADEBAYO'S GROUP ?
HOW MUCH DID HE SPEND TO HAVE HIM SELF AND OTHERS UN BANNED /AND WHY?

SENATOR ADEFUYE SHOULD TELL NIGERIA MORE
HE WAS AWARE THAT ABIOLA WAS NOT THE CHOICE OF THE YORUBA LEADERS AT THE TIME
HE KNEW THAT GENERAL ADEYINKA ADEBAYO WARNED THE YORUBAS NEVER TO PRESENT ANY ONE CLOSE TO THE MILITARY FOR THAT POSITION
SENATOR ADEFUYE KNEW HOW ABIOLA SPENT MONEY RECKLESSLY TO BETRAY THE CAUSE OF THE YORUBA PEOPLE
WE WERE BUSINESS MEN AND NOT POLITICIANS

BUT

WE KNEW HOW BUHARI'S REGINE AND BABANGIDA'S REGIME COLLUDED WITH THE IMF TO DESTROY OUR BUSINESSES
AND WE WANTED MILITARY OUT OF POWER SO WE COOPERATED WITH SERIOUS POLITICIANS (CHIEF ALEX EKWUEME, ALHADJI JAKANDE /LATE ALADE SHONUBI, SENATOR ADEFUYE ETC )FROM ALL,OVER NIGERIA TO GET THEM OUT
M K O ABIOLA STULTIFIED OUR EFFORTS

I MET THE RESPECTED SENATOR AT HIS HOUSE IN SHOMOLU AND HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE MAN GENERAL ADEBAYO'S GROUP PRESENTED TO SAVE NIGERIANS FROM THE MILITARY RULE
HE WAS ONE MAN WHO OUGHT TO HAVE WARNED MKO AB INITIO
THAT HE COULD NOT BE WITH THE MILITARY JUNTA AND BE WITH THE PEOPLE OF NIGERIA
THE MILITARY MADE HIM RICH THROUGH MONOPOLISTIC CONTROL OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY FROM MURTALA TO IBB; SUCH A PERSON OUGHT NOT TO HAVE JOINED THAT RACE AT ALL

DAPO SHOGBOLA
LAGOS, NIGERIA

DAPO SHOGBOLA,

LAGOS, NIGERIA

Yet I often hear some fools say igbos like money

barcanista: I have my reservations. Most of Fashola's policies were/are actually Tinubu's policies that he is implementing. I can make a list out of them. Even the Justice and economic system, I prefer Tinubu. Not putting Fashola down though because I admire and respect him. but in my opinion Tinubu is a better Administrator and politician

A lot of people are actually ignorant about the administrative brilliance and vision of Tinubu that Fashola eventually went on to gain credit for. Like you, I also admire Fashola but I rate Tinubu highly too because he was an all-rounder who overcame extreme federal government resistance to still be, for those aware of the full picture, the brain and brawn behind the success of contemporary Lagos.

Could Fashola have survived the persecution of the ultra-vengeful OBJ if he were in the shoes of Tinubu back then? I seriously doubt it. Only the analytically discerning and pragmatic Nigerians know what Tinubu truly is. Could Fashola, stride for stride and thug for thug, have matched the dedication to evil many in the PDP are irredeemably devoted to? Could Fashola have been the opposition Elliot Ness to the ruling Party's AL Capone like Tinubu was? That is why someone like the very intelligent Pat Utomi, many worshipped like a god who is "presidential material", willingly chose to join the ACN then (now APC).

Personally, I feel sorry the most for the confused Yorubas (like Ola6 - Aljharem is Chadian anyway and not even Nigerian let alone Yoruba) who are to be found always vilifying Tinubu. Tinubu, for the reality of Nigeria, is far better, more pro-people, braver and more solution-driven than those other Nigerians host and celebrate in their region(Odili, Orji Kalu, Orubebe, Ohakim, Andy and Chris Ubah, Ifeanyi Ubah, Ibori, Anenih, IBB, Danjuma, Ciroma, Yakassai,David Mark et al) only to then be hypocritically attacking Tinubu everyday as if he is the only politician in Nigeria. The Yorubas should be careful. Others have not lynched their murderer and serial killers, decimating their own societies directly, but they want to execute your own pick-pocket whose action does not affect them?

bestman09:
Delivering his speech at the palace, Oba Akiolu disclosed that he had spoken with President Goodluck Jonathan to forgive and forget the errors that Mallam Sanusi might have committed as CBN governor, adding that all humans are prone to errors.

So SLS has admitted his recklessness?

truth just dey smell out small small.

I don't mean to undermine the race.

But the greatest problems with the race is denial, hypocrisy, betrayal and cowardice. All these due to deep rooted tribalism and neopotism.

In 2011, when Mustapha revealed that the Yoruba Leaders collected money bags and betrayed their own, all Yoruba's denied it even when they knew it was true. They thrive in denial failing to remember that "there is never any truth that can be hidden from the Sun"

The Yoruba MOD's in Nairaland go the length of banning anyone who states the obvious or anyone who presents valid facts.

When they were making these denials and cooking up fallacious statements to cover up, I told them that all that is needed was time and every secret would be blown open. See my tread below

If I had my way, I would ASSASSINATE many Yoruba Elders who are Saboteurs.

We have so many Saboteurs who call themselves Elders. The Fucktards call themselves Elders or Leaders but I call them SABOTEURS.

For the reason best known to him, Abiola collabo with Obasanjo to ensure Awolowo(they are all from the same state oooo) didn't become President of Nigeria.

Obasanjo gave order to attack Kalakuta Republic, Fela's mother died in the process. They are both from the same state and attended the same secondary school oooooooo. They've known themselves for long yet Obasanjo imprisoned Fela for the reason best known to him.

Due to evil Abiola did to Awolowo, some Saboteurs also ensured Abiola did not become President of Nigeria.

God help me to acquire more than enough wealth,

I shall CREATE a KILLER SQUAD with the aim of killing any Yoruba Saboteur including our Pastors who commit great crimes on a daily basis. I am going to be Killing Them One After The Other.

The Only Thing Those Bastards Deserve Is Bullets On Their Forehead.

At Topic, This Oba Oleolu or whatever he calls himself deserves to be shot in the forehead alongside Ooni of Ife and other Criminals who call themselves Monarchs.

He was the one sharing the bribe to the Criminals then yet he had the gut to open his useless mouth to issue threat that after the election he is going to release their names.

Is he not also guilty?

God Punish All Of Them.

I'm going to kill them all.

Fucking Fucktards.

The Saboteurs have no shame at all, it is all about money. They are embarrassing us.

To Hell With All Of Them.

No Baggar Is My Leader.

A Saboteur Can't Be My Leader.

Bloody Saboteurs.

Blooooooood moneyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

TonySpike: What kind of useless source is this? This information is unverified until a mainstream media reports it...

Read it here, from the Nation Newspaper. http://thenationonlineng.net/new/ill-expose-corrupt-monarchs-after-2015-election-akiolu-insists/
Does this lay your doubts to rest?

DidierKing: I don't mean to undermine the race.

But the greatest problems with the race is denial, hypocrisy, betrayal and cowardice. All these due to deep rooted tribalism and neopotism.

In 2011, when Mustapha revealed that the Yoruba Leaders collected money bags and betrayed their own, all Yoruba's denied it even if they knew it was true. They thrive in denial failing to forget that "there is never any truth that can be hidden from the Sun"

The Yoruba MOD's in Nairaland go the length of banning anyone who states the obvious or anyone who presents valid facts.

When they were making these denials and cooking up fallacious statements to cover up, I told them that all that is needed was time and every secret would be blown open. See my tread below

Get the eff out of here. Why won't people like you, with major problems of your own, not be here talking prejudiced nonsense about the Yorubas when the likes of Ola6 and fake Yorubas like Aljharem give you 'ammunition' by killing their kings in public while you deify your paedophiles and ignore their wrongdoing? The problem with the Yorubas is that we are too honest and forthright in the cesspit of hypocrisy and duplicity called Nigeria. This makes us susceptible to the character assassination antics of those,like you, who have no problem operating with prejudiced double-standards.

"Tribalism and nepotism" indeed when nowhere else in Nigeria beats Yorubaland for tolerance and the provision of an environment where anyone can be whatever they want. People like you are brainwashed to never see anything good about Yoruba people anyway so it is no surprise you can claim they are most guilty of what reality shows others Nigerians are, by far, more troubled with.

Ayus34: it is now opened to the world at large that Tinubu was right when he accused them of corruption. ..tinubu might not be a saint but till today he remained a trusted leader from Yoruba and I'm proud of him to a point. ..he can easily decamp to the ruling party and this will give him all the privilege to loot the more without any challenge and by then his major enemies we chant his name and shower more enconium,just like sheriff but he believed in his cause till today as an opposition, and people decamped meet him not otherwise.

Are you aware this same corrupt Oba was installed by Tinubu when he was Lagos governor?
Okay. I'll allow you to finish

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I will make the quote I made 2011 clearer for those who care to see.