Geoffrey Rutter writes: I read with interest and some sadness your obituary for Chief Anthony Enahoro (Jan 4). Please allow me to expand on the UK political scene that existed in 1962 when the Chief was imprisoned at Brixton Prison pending his return to Nigeria on an extradition warrant. At the time I was a young solicitor acting with my late father on the Chief’s behalf. His request for political asylum was turned down notwithstanding the Chief’s fear of execution if he returned to Nigeria.
The political and press furore that ensued following his refusal of political asylum was substantial. At the time Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister and Henry Brooke was the Home Secretary. Your obituary refers to vigorous debates in Parliament — I can recall these clearly. As a last hope for the Chief to remain in the UK, a petition was lodged at the eleventh hour in the House of Lords and a vote of no confidence in the Government was debated in the House of Commons on the eve of his return to Nigeria. The motion of no confidence was backed by George Brown, MP, who was very close to the leader of the Opposition at the time (Harold Wilson) and a very colourful character. The motion was only relatively narrowly defeated and the petition to the House of Lords for leave to appeal was rejected. As a consequence the Chief was returned to Nigeria.
Happily, his fear of potential execution proved to be without foundation since, as we know, he lived to a good age and was released from prison four years after his extradition.
Tony Smith writes: I first met Chief Anthony Enahoro as a seven-year-old, new to Nigeria. I introduced myself with: “How do you do Sir, my name is Tony.” To which he replied in his deep, booming voice: “My name is Tony too. I shall call you Tony and you shall call me Tony too.” After that, whenever we met we greeted each other as “Tony”, much to the chagrin of his entourage and the shock of those not in the know.


SOURCE: The Times, London

Mike Enahoro, another great Enahoro died this week.

Yet we choose to magnify bigots, simply because they are from the north

okosodo:
Yet we choose to magnify bigots, simply because they are from the north

Who is the bigot, here??

edo state would remain cursed and its people would comtinue being deported from Italy until Bini Kingdom is Italicized... cursed people.

lygn19:
edo state would remain cursed and its people would comtinue being deported from Italy until Bini Kingdom is Italicized... cursed people.

Don't worry, the Edo people will soon come and give you a befitting answer. Just remember that anyone uttering curses against another for no just cause, will end up bearing the curses upon himself. And it is quite likely that this will be your own portion....

"Hypocrisy is when you support your own criminals(amaechi, atiku, tinubu etc), and when I support my own criminals(mimiko, saraki etc) you begin to condemn me. Is amaechi different from mimiko? We are not ready for change at all in this country". Quote me anywhere

lygn19:
edo state would remain cursed and its people would comtinue being deported from Italy until Bini Kingdom is Italicized... cursed people.

better to to be italised than suffer hunger and starvation from the bullets of the Nigerian army.

laudate:


Don't worry, the Edo people will soon give you a befitting answer. Just remember that anyone uttering curses against another for no just cause, will end up bearing the curses upon himself. And it is quite likely that this will be your own portion....

go and tell that to ur brothers who are opening threads every single second about igbo land. I am even merciful very soon I might join them, d child who says d mother wont sleep wont sleep too.

Anthony enahoro was the first Nigerian to raise the motion for independence from the British at a lagos conference in the 1950's but our subservient northern comrades pushed against it which earned them stoning and booing in lagos, sometime later greater violence was matted out to southern delegates who went to kano for the second leg of the conference as retaliation for what was done to northern delegates in lagos. Violence which we now know today as the "kano riots"...with all this early warning signs, we went ahead to create a nation and wonder today why we are such a disjointed bigoted mess.

thiagoneves:
better to to be italised than suffer hunger and starvation from the bullets of the Nigerian army.

is dat not ur best lines... mumu its getting boring we ve heard dem over 1million times think of sth new. Italian negro dwarf forming mullato.

lygn19:

go and tell that to ur brothers who are opening threads every single second about igbo land. I am even merciful very soon I might join them, d child who says d mother wont sleep wont sleep too.

Oga, am not even Edo. Can you see how lazy your mind has become? Aren't there over 150 other tribes in Nigeria? So everyone who does not share your point of view is Edo? Chai!

If you have a problem with an individual, why not take it up with him directly? Why must you insult his entire state or his whole tribe? Even within the same ethnic group, not everyone holds the same views on a particular issue. There are those who would like you, and those who would not, no matter what you say.

lygn19:

is dat not ur best lines... mumu its getting boring we ve heard dem over 1million times think of sth new. Italian negro dwarf forming mullato.

my tribe where empire builders. Your tribe never conquered a palm tree. So shut up when real tribes are talking. Useless flàtheaded monkey. Racially I'm higher than you.

laudate:


Oga, am not even Edo. Can you see how lazy your mind has become? Aren't there over 150 other tribes in Nigeria? So everyone who does not share your point of view is Edo? Chai!

If you have a problem with an individual, why not take it up with him directly? Why must you insult his entire state or his whole tribe? Even within the same ethnic group, not everyone holds the same views on a particular issue. There are those who would like you, and those who would not, no matter what you say.

am not a tribalist I used to be more of the we against them person dat always made me engage in the yorubas vs igbo tribal wars, but as time went on I discovered it wasnt as it seemed dat the hate wasnt der between the two of us, but when I encountered this edo people I knew d true definition if hate, I am only reciprocating there kind gesture, look at names like; excusemyfrench, Spanishkid,thiagoneves,edcure,enahi,atbu1985, sandraokosun,aim5 and the rest I keep a diary of all of this cursed people on my head, go tru there profiles and u wud gimme a thumbs up to what am doing.

thiagoneves:
my tribe where empire builders. Your tribe never conquered a palm tree. So shut up when real tribes are talking. Useless flàtheaded monkey. Racially I'm higher than you.

ur tribe was empire builders no wonder they built there empire in Italy, so let the empire stay there Nigeria jas had its fill of cursed people. Edo fools.

lygn19:

am not a tribalist I used to be more of the we against them person dat always made me engage in the yorubas vs igbo tribal wars, but as time went on I discovered it wasnt as it seemed dat the hate wasnt der between the two of us, but when I encountered this edo people I knew d true definition if hate, I am only reciprocating there kind gesture, look at names like; excusemyfrench, Spanishkid,thiagoneves,edcure,enahi,atbu1985, sandraokosun,aim5 and the rest I keep a diary of all of this cursed people on my head, go tru there profiles and u wud gimme a thumbs up to what am doing.

Wait o! What makes you think I would give you a thumbs up for what you are doing? Why should I give you a thumbs up for cursing someone else's tribe? Na wa, oh!

laudate:


Wait o! What makes you think I would give you a thumbs up for what you are doing? Why should I give you a thumbs up for cursing someone else's tribe? Na wa, oh!

if u are not from edo state I wud advise u stop quoting me. I dont hv any business with u.

lygn19:

am not a tribalist I used to be more of the we against them person dat always made me engage in the yorubas vs igbo tribal wars, but as time went on I discovered it wasnt as it seemed dat the hate wasnt der between the two of us, but when I encountered this edo people I knew d true definition if hate, I am only reciprocating there kind gesture, look at names like; excusemyfrench, Spanishkid,thiagoneves edcure,enahi,atbu1985, sandraokosun,aim5 and the rest I keep a diary of all of this cursed people on my head, go tru there profiles and u wud gimme a thumbs up to what am doing.

It's a Yoruba person that operates with those handles, I'm surprised you have no idea that those handles belong to one person

lygn19:

am not a tribalist I used to be more of the we against them person dat always made me engage in the yorubas vs igbo tribal wars, but as time went on I discovered it wasnt as it seemed dat the hate wasnt der between the two of us, but when I encountered this edo people I knew d true definition if hate, I am only reciprocating there kind gesture, look at names like; excusemyfrench, Spanishkid,thiagoneves,edcure,enahi,atbu1985, sandraokosun,aim5 and the rest I keep a diary of all of this cursed people on my head, go tru there profiles and u wud gimme a thumbs up to what am doing.

I don't hate Igbos so get it straight. I just can't stand the greediness and superiority complex most of you possess.

aim5:


I don't hate Igbos so get it straight. I just can't stand the greediness and superiority complex most of you possess.

I dont hate Edo people its just that I cant stand the greediness, selfishness and hatred for nothing most of u potray .

winniz:


It's a Yoruba person that operates with those handles, I'm surprised you have no idea that those handles belong to one person

its an Edo I know them when they comment.

lygn19:

I dont hate Edo people its just that I cant stand the greediness, selfishness and hatred for nothing most of u potray .

Hatred for nothing? If you say so.

lygn19:

its an Edo I know them when they comment.

Nah! a Yoruba person operates with those three handles.

aim5:


Hatred for nothing? If you say so.

why do ur people keep opening up hate threads about igbos, my people try our best to keep ur people off the menu but ur people try there best to invite us into it? what do u call that?

lygn19:
edo state would remain cursed and its people would comtinue being deported from Italy until Bini Kingdom is Italicized... cursed people.

Baby factory product, you don't need to heap more curses on yourself for you to be noticed. The ones you currently bear is sufficient for your miserable existence.

Symphony007:
Anthony enahoro was the first Nigerian to raise the motion for independence from the British at a lagos conference in the 1950's but our subservient northern comrades pushed against it which earned them stoning and booing in lagos, sometime later greater violence was matted out to southern delegates who went to kano for the second leg of the conference as retaliation for what was done to northern delegates in lagos. Violence which we now know today as the "kano riots"...with all this early warning signs, we went ahead to create a nation and wonder today why we are such a disjointed bigoted mess.

thot 4 food,..

lygn19:

am not a tribalist I used to be more of the we against them person dat always made me engage in the yorubas vs igbo tribal wars, but as time went on I discovered it wasnt as it seemed dat the hate wasnt der between the two of us, but when I encountered this edo people I knew d true definition if hate, I am only reciprocating there kind gesture, look at names like; excusemyfrench, Spanishkid,thiagoneves,edcure,enahi,atbu1985, sandraokosun,aim5 and the rest I keep a diary of all of this cursed people on my head, go tru there profiles and u wud gimme a thumbs up to what am doing.

What a dumb, low-life turd you are! Who has time to quibble with you half-wit biafridiots?

Work on not being stupïd

aim5:
I don't hate Igbos so get it straight. I just can't stand the greediness and superiority complex most of you possess.

Don't mind the idïots. They label anyone with contrary opinion as a hater.

Just how many Biafra villages are missing their idïots this Sunday? I've lost count.

EdCure:

Don't mind the idïots. They label anyone with contrary opinion as a hater.

Just how many Biafra villages are missing their idïots this Sunday? I've lost count.

I mean it's so annoying... Igbos have said some foul sh.it about Edos and others for years, so some of us have returned the favor...

aim5:


I mean it's so annoying... Igbos have said some foul sh.it about Edos and others for years, so some of us have returned the favor...

so let us keep returning the favour now...

EdCure:

What a dumb, low-life turd you are! Who has time to quibble with you half-wit biafridiots?

Work on not being stupïd

see dz mumu edo thief u are not important stop quoting me.

EdCure:

Don't mind the idïots. They label anyone with contrary opinion as a hater.

Just how many Biafra villages are missing their idïots this Sunday? I've lost count.

so dz is contrary opinion?