Detective Krojo |
THE SOUTH IS THE ENEMY OF THE SOUTH

This piece may contain some highly sensitive information that will tend to pinch your inner consciousness. Reader's discretion is advised. Note that actual spellings of characteristic names might have been altered. Read without bias and criticise constructively.

For the purpose of precision, this piece will be divided into sections and each section will be addressing an issue.

This edition will be more concise in delivery. Enjoy.


Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro.

Major Adaka Boro, of blessed memory, was the original founder of the weaponized militia, Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF) which had been hijacked by the likes of Mujaheed Asari-Dokubo. He was one of the pioneers for the agitation for a better living in the Niger Delta regions in the 1960s. He was a celebrated hero who fought with true intention. He had the privilege to be schooled in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, but he chose to leave and fight a just cause for the voiceless children and women of the Niger Delta who had been neglected by the Federal Government as a result of the sophisticated greed of the Southern leaders.
In furtherance of his push for sovereignty and justice, Major Boro declared the Niger Delta Republic, a sovereign nation, in February 23, 1966 and waged the war machinery of the Yakubu Gowon-led Federal Government for Twelve Days. He was captured, tortured and imprisoned for treason.
At the wake of the Nigerian Civil War in May, 1967, he was granted an amnesty and enlisted to the Nigerian Army as a Major. Without selling his conscience for money, he served, fought and died (presumably murdered) a patriot in 1968 at Okrika, Rivers State.

Major Boro was an exemplary leader of the South. Though, I was not born before his death, he was one Ijaw man I would always honour. He started this agitation for the South with utter selflessness and his struggle was later furthered by Ken Saro-Wiwa of the Ogoni dynasty of Rivers. In place of arms, Ken made good use of his pen. In 1995, he was accused of an alleged murder and was tried in the Military Tribunal of the Sani Abacha Regime; found guilty and hanged.

The heritage of Major Boro and Saro-Wiwa, who laid down their lives for the betterment of the South, has been corrupted by some set of greedy thugs, who, in the guise of fighting for the people, have enriched themselves and their clans with our common wealth.


NDDC, OPADEC and the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA).

The agitation of Major Boro, Saro-Wiwa and their likes, prompted the Federal Government of Olusegun Obasanjo to establish the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in June 2000. Furthermore, OPADEC (Oil Producing Areas Development Commission) and the MNDA were created to cater for the developmental needs of most parts of the South. How these funds (in billions) are being used, annually, for its purpose is a question that should be directed to the leaders of the South, not North.
Just few weeks ago, over 60 women and children died of cholera, a disease caused by the lack of portable (drinking) water in Bayelsa, home state of President Goodluck Jonathan. It is unimaginable to think that in 2015, cholera could still wipe out this large number of people, equal the size of a small village.
Even the billions of Naira and it's infrastructure for the Amnesty Programme in the South have been either mismanaged or hijacked by some self-acclaimed ethnic warlords.
These are the same people who would want to blame the North for the South's "misfortune". They do all these to divert attention from their criminal tendencies while creating an unworthy dichotomy between the North and South.

Look at Dr. Frederick Fasehun, a once respected leader of the OPC, now trading blame games and demonising the North, after being awarded with a multi-million Naira Pipeline Surveillance contract by the President, duties that are constitutionally for the Nigerian Navy.
Let me break the news here. While the South were busy perfecting the blame game, the North were busy creating a very potent institution of political POWER.


The Northern Power Brokers.

I once told a friend, that whether we give the North presidency or not, they will always be powerful and significant, not just only in Nigeria's political space but in all of our Nation's entities. They are largely involved in the machinations that serve as the backbone for any strong nation. The Government. The Economy. The Military.

You cannot discuss the strength of a country without these elements. One Northerner, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is directly and/or indirectly responsible for about a million jobs in this country. The office of the NSA, second highest security office after the Presidency, is being occupied by a Northerner. The most powerful monarchs in Nigeria are Northerners. The Emirs, Sultans, Shehus. Their voices are powerful in Nigeria's polity.
These are structures built over the years while our Southern leaders feigned to be leading but in the real sense of it, feeding their personal coffers.



My brothers and sisters of the South, if you are voting for President Jonathan, do it on your conviction that he has worked to earn a re-election. Let no one push you into festering unnecessary prejudice towards the North. The North is not our enemy.

Most of the significant developments in the South have been pioneered by Northern leaders. From refineries to seaports, federal roads to steel industries, universities to airports. These kind of projects are the backbone of economic progress. Our Southern leaders will use the equivalent sum for those projects to renovate classrooms and construct inefficient gutters for 8 years while the Warri refinery was constructed under 2 years.

The real selfless warriors in Niger Delta have already been killed or murdered. Boro, Saro- Wiwa, Eric Igban, John Togo (controversial though). No militia is fighting your war anymore. The war is over. Any insurgent who act otherwise, is nothing but a common criminal, doing so for selfish reasons.
Until we come to our senses, stop seeing the North as enemy and develop the South into a political powerhouse, we may never know how it feels to be "powerful".
The North and South are One Nigeria!


- DETECTIVE KROJO.

Hmmm

So sad. These militants are fighting for themselves

Rubbish

Any southerner who thinks the northerner is the cause of our problems is a fool.