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General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 11:09pm On Sep 09, 2020
PRESS RELEASE BY TARABA STATE TIV YOUTH FORUM ON THE KILLING OF TERWASE AGWAZA (GANA) BY NIGERIAN ARMY, AND THE NEED TO INVESTIGATE THE ARMY AND GENERAL ADEYEMI YEKINI THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF OPERATION WHIRL STROKE ON 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 IN KARU HOTELS NASARAWA STATE.

Gentlemen of the press

The Taraba State Tiv Youth Forum and the entire Tiv Nation condemned the killing of Terwase Akwaza by Nigerian army, call on federal government to investigate the army and general Yekini the commander in charge of operation whirl stroke.

1. We condemned in totality the killing of any human being in the country and destruction of property by any group, we are also aware of the fact that the siad Terwase Agwaza may have commited these atrocities but it has become necessary for us to condemned the brutal killing of Terwase Akwaza and others by the army.

2. The said Terwase Akwaza was granted amnesty by Governor Samuel Ortom in 2015, but there was no proper arrangement to rehabilitate the criminal who has so many dependants which pave way for him to go back to his old way of life.

3. The Tiv nation do not in any way support crime of any kind that was why the likes of Uber and Orjondo were killed by the army in there hidout, because both refused to take advice from the Sankera elders to abandon their criminal way of life.

4. The said Terwase Akwaza has been on the army trail for more than four years without any trace of his existence, so many lives and property worth billions of naira were destroyed in the name of looking for the wanted criminal, the Sankera traditional and political leaders decided to wage into the matter and persuaded Akwaza to denounce his activities and start a normal life or face what happen to Orjondo.

5. With so many calls and persuasion by the people, on 8th September, 2020, Akwaza sarrounder himself to the elders in Katsina Ala where thousand of people came to witness the event and encourage him not to go back on his dicission to repent.

6. The Jukun had long ago wanted Terwase Akwaza to be killed, they believe he was responsible for the strong resistance from the Tiv side who refused to be evicted from Taraba State by Jukun. Gen. Yekini who was part of the amnesty has collected huge amount of money from the Jukun to make sure that Terwase Akwaza and other Tiv freedom fighters were eliminated, a close source revealed to us that the Taraba State Government has paid over thirty billion naira to Gen. Yekini and another special donation of not less than ten billion naira from Gen, T. Y. Danjuma was also given to Yekini.

7. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini ordered for the interception of the convoy that was conveying Akwaza to Makurdi in Gboko local government around Yadev. To conclude the irony, the army as usual made a press conference telling Nigerians that Agwaza was killed in a gunfire battle, but could not tell Nigerian where the battle took place.

8. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini had stay in Makurdi for more than four years now, but the Tiv in Guma and Nasarawa are still in their IDP camps, how effective is he and his boys in the field? How long will it take for Tiv to understand that their real enemy is Gen. Yekini? If it takes the general more than four years to fight herders, how long will it take him to fight Boko Haram? Can general Yekini tell nigerians his achievements in this crisis area and why the Tiv are still in their IDP camps?

9. If the army are celebrating the death of Mr Akwaza, Benue people should not celebrate this barbaric act, the army have put the traditional rulers in a big mess to loss control and trust in subsequent times over none convert. The Tiv must wake-up and shine their eyes to see the evil plan against them by the army. The Tiv chiefs in Taraba State are been harrasseed even put in prison like Tyoor Mbajir, Tyoor Mbatyula and Ter Gassol, all our youths had been declared bandits, criminals, kidnappers by Taraba State government, most of our youth are now in prison, but Gen. Yekini can not tell nigerians how many Jukun chiefs and youth have been arrested or are standing trial in any court of law since the beginning of the Jukun and Tiv crisis in Taraba State.

10. General Adeyemi Yekini has failed to protect the Tiv in Taraba State, all the Jukun settlements are heavily protected by army personel but none of the Tiv settlements in Taraba has an army camp to protect them, the general has also positioned some of his personel in Tiv villages to enable the Jukun to take over the villages, the activities of the army is also responsible for the reason why the crisis is stil on,even when the army sees Jukun with arms and ammunition no action is taken against them.

11. When T. Y. Danjuma accused the army of colluding with Fulani, the army quickly setup an investigation panel to look into the matter, General Yekini men had destroyed Peva, Tse Juku, Tor Iorshagher, Ikyaior, Ananum, Tor Damisa rapping and killing of innocent souls in Taraba, none of these events has ever been investigated, rather the defence headquarters would claim they were carrying raid on criminal hideout where children of less than ten years were killed and heavy weapons were used on the villagers (see pix)

12. When Bala Hamisu (Wadume) was declared wanted by the police and suddenly arrested, three police officers and a civilian lost their lives in the process, the killer’s of these police officers and Wadume are all alive, Fusky was arrested he is still alive, amnesty was conducted in Niger Delta nobody was killed in the process why is Benue case different? How many of the repented Boko Haram has been killed by the army? Why most they wait for Terwase Agwaza to sarrounder himself before killing him?

13. The Governor of Katsina went to the Bush to negotiate with bandits, no bandit was killed even though they came to the meeting with their guns and ammunition (see Pix) what the army had done to Terwase Agwaza is a crime against international law and our people must rise to say no to this act of lawlessness.

14. Chris Dega was dismissed for killing Mohammed Yusuf, this is what General Yekini want in Tiv nation, the Tiv leaders, traditional rulers, politicians and all hands most be on desk to handle our enemy who are trying to set us up against each other, this is not the time to blame our leaders, the people who plan this amnesty did nothing bad for the Tiv nation, if there is any one that we should fight, is the one sleeping in our house and eating our food, and the man is General Yekini. Those of you that survived yesterday, do not blame your leaders for their action, they meant well for you.

15. We do not support crime, so we do not support lawlessness. Our SANs and professors this is the time.

KATYO AONDONA
NATIONAL LEADER

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by NwaNimo1(m): 11:12pm On Sep 09, 2020
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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by Blitz4real(m): 11:15pm On Sep 09, 2020
NwaNimo1:
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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 11:16pm On Sep 09, 2020
Tiv Warriors must rise and stand up themselves to protect their land, women and children against the tyrant General Adeyemi Yekini, the stooge of Gangster Buhari.

There is an extermination and islamization progrom of traditionalist-christian minority tribes of Nigeria under the Millitary Dictator Buhari's jihadi administration.

The evil spirit of Senegambia has not slaked its blood lust yet from the time of Dan Fodio and its descendants.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by LegendHero(m): 11:17pm On Sep 09, 2020
6. The Jukun had long ago wanted Terwase Akwaza to be killed, they believe he was responsible for the strong resistance from the Tiv side who refused to be evicted from Taraba State by Jukun. Gen. Yekini who was part of the amnesty has collected huge amount of money from the Jukun to make sure that Terwase Akwaza and other Tiv freedom fighters were eliminated, a close source revealed to us that the Taraba State Government has paid over thirty billion naira to Gen. Yekini and another special donation of not less than ten billion naira from Gen, T. Y. Danjuma was also given to Yekini.

How much is Taraba state government worth to the extent of paying Gen Yekini 30billion +?

So Jukun are also part of the enemies of TIV and they are happy that Terwase was killed?

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 11:26pm On Sep 09, 2020
LegendHero:


So Jukun are also part of the enemies of TIV and they are happy that Terwase was killed?


They are rejoicing as we speak.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by ZombieTERROR: 11:27pm On Sep 09, 2020
That guy has been a thorn on the flesh of fulani herdsmen for long...

There was no way Buhari fulani Nigerian army would have not struck... Same Buhari that gets a hard one in releasing captured boko haram terrorists back into the society...

How yoruba muslims still chant sai barber in the glaring face of injustice baffles me...

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by BlackfireX: 11:28pm On Sep 09, 2020
I need visa....

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by LegendHero(m): 11:29pm On Sep 09, 2020
PAGAN9JA:


They are rejoicing as we speak.

The funniest thing is that if they bring another General to the area, the Jukun might come out again to blame the general if their own militant leader is killed too while the TIV rejoices.

Nigeria problem is multi-dimensional. The more you look, the less you see!

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by Eddy0: 11:29pm On Sep 09, 2020
"...which pave way for him to go back to his old way of life."
He went back to his old way of life of terrorising your people and you're angry the criminal got eliminated.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 11:29pm On Sep 09, 2020
ZombieTERROR:
That guy has been a thorn on the flesh of fulani herdsmen for long...

There was no way Buhari fulani Nigerian army would have not struck... Same Buhari that gets a hard one in releasing captured boko haram terrorists back into the society...

How yoruba muslims still chant sai barber in the glaring face of injustice baffles me...


Although I respect the Yoruba community a lot for their tradition, culture and progressive attitude, they are responsible for the current stalemate situation in Nigeria with one foot here and the other foot in their Fulbe Masters lap. They have not yet recovered from the Afonja syndrome.

This General Adeyemi Yekini is himself a Yoruba Afonja.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 11:31pm On Sep 09, 2020
LegendHero:


The funniest thing is that if they bring another General to the area, the Jukun might come out again to blame the general if their own militant leader is killed too while the TIV rejoices.

Nigeria problem is multi-dimensional. The more you look, the less you see!

Divide and Rule Brother. These foolish Jukun and Tiv don't know that when 2 rams fight, a wolf is waiting around the corner ready to strike the weakest link.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by LegendHero(m): 11:36pm On Sep 09, 2020
PAGAN9JA:



Although I respect the Yoruba community a lot for their tradition and culture, they are responsible for the current stalemate situation in Nigeria with one foot here and the other foot in their Fulbe Masters lap. They have not yet recovered from the Afonja syndrome.

This General Adeyemi Yekini is himself a Yoruba Afonja.

As usual, blame the Yoruba for everything while the TIVs and Jukun tribe slaughter themselves.

Nigeria problem is that there are far too much foolish people that can't think for themselves but turn back to blame other people for their own failure.

Since the issue of the Herdsmen killing started in the middle belt, why haven't they spoken with one voice to tackle the menace all this while? No they won't, they will fight amongst themselves without a common ground and turn around to blame the far away Yorubas of the West.

Radarada. Gen Yekini will continue to kill any criminal either Jukun, Tiv, or Fulani that the hands of the law get hold of coz he is a soldier of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. If you hateful souls like, wail till death, it does not stop anything!

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by MalcoImX: 11:37pm On Sep 09, 2020
4. The said Terwase Akwaza has been on the army trail for more than four years without any trace of his existence.

You are joking if you think the Army will just let a dude slide through after being on his trail for, as you say, " ... more than four years."

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 11:40pm On Sep 09, 2020
LegendHero:


As usual, blame the Yoruba for everything while the TIVs and Jukun tribe slaughter themselves.

Nigeria problem is that there are far too much foolish people that can't think for themselves but turn back to blame other people for their own failure.

Since the issue of the Herdsmen killing started in the middle belt, why haven't they spoken with one voice to tackle the menace all this while? No they won't, they will fight amongst themselves without a common ground and turn around to blame the far away Yorubas of the West.

Radarada. Gen Yekini will continue to kill any criminal either Jukun, Tiv, or Fulani that the hands of the law get hold of coz he is a soldier of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. If you hateful souls like, wail till death, it does not stop anything!


Why are the Yoruba keeping quiet and speaking on both sides ? Why don't Yoruba have a fixed political ideology or stand up for the Democratic Set-up . They are making matters worse or else today there would have been a united front of non-muslim Tribes by now. But the Yoruba are busy hounding after IPOB. What has IPOB done to them? They are just playing double games. It is disgusting now considering the current situation of this country. They are stiffling any movements of resistance against this oppressive Fulani-dominated state.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 11:45pm On Sep 09, 2020
MalcoImX:


You are joking if you think the Army will just let a dude slide through after being on his trail for, as you say, " ... more than four years.

The Nigerian Army is highly incompetent. Remember the Ombatse Saga in Nasarawa where 100 Army-men were slaughtered by one elderly Chief Priest Baban Alakyo when they went to stifle them at their ancestral shrine against their reprisals against marauding Fulbe herdsmen?

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by Mgbadike80: 11:46pm On Sep 09, 2020
Too many needless killings in this country, if you divide this country today, more lives would be saved and progress quickened. This failure called Nigeria is the capital of bad news in the world.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by LegendHero(m): 11:51pm On Sep 09, 2020
PAGAN9JA:



Why are the Yoruba keeping quiet and speaking on both sides ? Why don't Yoruba have a political ideology or stand up for the Democratic Set-up . They are making matters worse or else today there would have been a united front of non-muslim Tribes by now. But the Yoruba are busy after IPOB. What has IPOB done to them? They are just playing double games. It is disgusting now considering the current situation of this country. They are stiffling any movements of resistance against this oppressive Fulani-dominated state.

Why the bleep should the Yoruba care in the first place? When did anyone appoint the Yorubas as the police of Nigeria or the spokesperson of the country? How exactly have you core middle-belt ever benefited the Yoruba before such that we need to repay your loan with loyalty?

Why should there be a united front of non-muslim in the first place? Are the muslims in the south a plague that need to be eradicated? I have told you guys countless times to keep your religious bigotry and animosty to your South n North domain and leave the West out of that.

Why should the Yoruba care about IPOB? Are we the one holding them down? How have their own politicians and leaders helped their cause? Bleep IPOB and what they represent. That is none of our business and I don't think we need to care about those.

When the mate of the Middle Belt are declaring Amotekun, they kept shut and said nothing. Even if they claim to have militants working for them, they should have at least created a legalized force backed by the government so as not to see a case of killings by the army like this but their governors are ineffective and can't think.

Imagine if Terwase Akwaza was leading a state government back security force with well establish law backing their existence, will the army have any justifications to kill him like that? Even Ortom will be able to defend him well. But No, they won't do that but rather run to the media at every death and cry to curry sympathy while everything go back to status quo. Then find the Yorubas to blame for it as usual.

Keep blaming the Yorubas while your house burn, every man get him own cross to carry. We Yorubas even have more problem to deal with in-house.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 11:54pm On Sep 09, 2020
LegendHero:


Why the bleep should the Yoruba care in the first place? When did anyone appoint the Yorubas as the police of Nigeria or the spokesperson of the country? How exactly have you core middle-belt ever benefited the Yoruba before such that we need to repay your loan with loyalty?

Why should there be a united front of non-muslim in the first place? Are the muslims in the south a plague that need to be eradicated? I have told you guys countless times to keep your religious bigotry and animosty to your South n North domain and leave the West out of that.

Why should the Yoruba care about IPOB? Are we the one holding them down? How have their own politicians and leaders helped their cause? Bleep IPOB and what they represent. That is none of our business and I don't think we need to care about those.

When the mate of the Middle Belt are declaring Amotekun, they kept shut and said nothing. Even if they claim to have militants working for them, they should have at least created a legalized force backed by the government so as not to see a case of killings by the army like this but their governors are ineffective and can't think.

Keep blaming the Yorubas while your house burn, every man get him own cross to carry. We Yorubas even have more problem to deal with in-house.



If you people don't see yourself as part of the Nation or as Nigerians and care only about the issues of your region and tribe then why the hell do you people poke your nose and interfere in other people's local issues and work as paid henchmen of your Fulani overlords?

Your Ooni is busy touring South East and playing politics there. You people are good at stabbing all sides.

If you can't help the situation then atleast keep your a$$ shut. Don't make things worse.


Divide the God-damned Country already!

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by MalcoImX: 11:56pm On Sep 09, 2020
PAGAN9JA:


The Nigerian Army is highly incompetent. Remember the Ombatse Saga in Nasarawa where 100 Army-men were slaughtered by a Chief Priest Baban Alakyo when they went to stifle them at their shrine against their reprisals against marauding Fulbe herdsmen?
Local people and chiefs should steer clear of criminals so that issues will be clear to all. Read through the writeup again, Gana's people were calling him criminal themselves who had reneged on earlier pardon. Politicians are the problem everywhere. This Gana you're trying to protect here may possibly be their boy or hitman.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by LegendHero(m): 12:01am On Sep 10, 2020
PAGAN9JA:


If you people don't see yourself as part of the Nation and care only about the issues of your region and tribe then why the hell do you people poke your nose and interfere in other people's local issues and work as paid henchmen of your Fulani overlords?

Divide the God-damned Country already!

When Awolowo fought for the creation of middle belt then during those days, what is the result? Do you know how many times the big Yoruba church establishment have given aid to the victim of the attrocities of the herdsmen in the middle belt. What about the Yoruba activists that have lend their voice of reason to the situation? What more should they have done? Pick up sword and behead the herdsmen for them?

How has the other southern tribe helped the people of the middle belt? I want you to please give me a convincing answer.

What are the other southern tribe doing for solve the problem of the middle belt permanently that you think the Yoruba lack. Can you tell me? Abi you think their online wailing will stop the herdsmen killings?

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 12:09am On Sep 10, 2020
MalcoImX:
Local people and chiefs should steer clear of criminals so that issues will be clear to all. Read through the writeup again, Gana's people were calling him criminal themselves who had reneged on earlier pardon. Politicians are the problem everywhere. This Gana you're trying to protect here may possibly be their boy or hitman.

True. His people have accepted and condemned his actions as well but did you read the rest of the write-up? Clearly there is a bigger picture whereby the higher level politicians are playing up and pouring kerosene on the inter-tribal animosity for bigger gains and to further their more sinister agendas.

No one is defending Gani. It is just that Gani, a small-time warlord has been used as a pawn in a bigger genocidal and land-grabbing game. It is time we step out of petty local conflicts and see the wider National Issue. This is the point the Tiv Chiefship has been trying to raise.

This extrajudicial killing of a surrendered minority tribesman was completely unwarranted and illegal, when we have Boko Haram devils being treated with red carpet and silver spoons.

The pattern is clear!

The Establishment wants to disarm the minority tribes to carry out their ulterior agendas.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by MalcoImX: 12:18am On Sep 10, 2020
PAGAN9JA:


True. His people have accepted and condemned his actions as well but did you read the rest of the write-up? Clearly there is a bigger picture whereby the higher level politicians are playing up and pouring kerosene on the inter-tribal animosity for bigger gains and to further their more sinister agendas.

No one is defending Gani. It is just that Gani, a small-time warlord has been used as a pawn in a bigger genocidal and land-grabbing game. It is time we step out of petty local conflicts and see the wider National Issue. This is the point the Tiv Chiefship has been trying to raise.

This extrajudicial killing of a surrendered minority tribesman was completely unwarranted and illegal, when we have Boko Haram devils being treated with red carpet and silver spoons.

The pattern is clear!

The Establishment wants to disarm the minority tribes to carry out their ulterior agendas.
Most of what you're implying could be conspiracy theories and therefore are guesses and not the true picture.

Tell me: Why would a governor provide amnesty to such a high-level military target without informing/involving the security agencies? What are they trying to achieve, or is the governor flexing muscles?

And please, all of us would do better if we leave the military out of our local politics.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 12:20am On Sep 10, 2020
LegendHero:


When Awolowo fought for the creation of middle belt then during those days, what is the result? Do you know how many times the big Yoruba church establishment have given aid to the victim of the attrocities of the herdsmen in the middle belt. What about the Yoruba activists that have lend their voice of reason to the situation? What more should they have done? Pick up sword and behead the herdsmen for them?

How has the other southern tribe helped the people of the middle belt? I want you to please give me a convincing answer.

What are the other southern tribe doing for solve the problem of the middle belt permanently that you think the Yoruba lack. Can you tell me? Abi you think their online wailing will stop the herdsmen killings?


This is exactly what I'm saying. On one hand the Yoruba are feeding grains to the sheep and on the other hand they are slaughtering them and selling them in the market.

Not all Yoruba have the Afonja mentality. There are excellent people too such as Wole Soyinka, who happens to be a Traditionalist like me, who wholeheartedly supported the Biafra movement and even went to jail for the cause. However, this lackadasical selfish approach and lack of a unified political ideology is the reason why the Yoruba have brought this Nation to a stalemate.


The other Southern Tribe has been fighting for emancipation and were brave enough to speak up and act against this oppressive regime. They took the Nigerian Army Head-on during the Biafra War. They tried their level best to create indigenous industries to fuel war efforts without the help of anyone. They are fighting their own battles and whenever such situations arise, they always show support for these indigenous resistance movements atleast on a ideological level.

But the South-West group has always been intentionally confused. They don't speak up for local resistance movements but they are quick to chaperone to the orders of the Fulani-dominated high-command.



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BIAFRA IDEA CANNOT BE DESTROYED: Prof. Wole Soyinka

“I remember I wrote an article during the (civil) war and I said at that time that Biafra cannot be defeated, People misunderstood what I was saying”.

I said once an idea has taken hold, you cannot destroy that idea… “You may destroy the people that carry the idea on the battlefield, but, ultimately, it is not the end of the story.”

I was even arrested and detained for almost two years by Nigeria’s then-military regime over my alleged interaction with the Biafra leadership under General Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.

What the Nigeria’s government needed now is to talk to pro-Biafra agitators, most of them ethnic Igbos who complain of being marginalized since the end of the conflict.

“Ask what are those things we can do to make you content, to make you feel part of this entity (Nigeria)…
What can we do to make them feel that they belong and are not alienated?”. “Listen to some other Biafrans and ask them why they want to stay.

“But, don’t go around saying ‘the sovereignty of this country is indivisible, this won’t happen under my watch, and it is not negotiable’. That type of language would only make matters worse.”

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by LegendHero(m): 12:24am On Sep 10, 2020
PAGAN9JA:



This is exactly what I'm saying. On one hand the Yoruba are feeding grains to the sheep and on the other hand they are slaughtering them and selling them in the market.

Not all Yoruba have the Afonja mentality. There are excellent people too such as Wole Soyinka, who happens to be a Traditionalist like me, who wholeheartedly supported the Biafra movement and even went to jail for the cause. However, this lackadasical selfish approach and lack of a unified political ideology is the reason why the Yoruba have brought this Nation to a stalemate.


The other Southern Tribe has been fighting for emancipation and were brave enough to speak up and act against this oppressive regime. They took the Nigerian Army Head-on during the Biafra War. They tried their level best to create indigenous industries to fuel war efforts without the help of anyone. They are fighting their own battles and whenever such situations arise, they always show support for these indigenous resistance movements atleast on a ideological level.

But the South-West group has always been intentionally confused. They don't speak up for local resistance movements but they are quick to chaperone to the orders of the Fulani-dominated high-command.



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BIAFRA IDEA CANNOT BE DESTROYED: Prof. Wole Soyinka

“I remember I wrote an article during the (civil) war and I said at that time that Biafra cannot be defeated, People misunderstood what I was saying”.

I said once an idea has taken hold, you cannot destroy that idea… “You may destroy the people that carry the idea on the battlefield, but, ultimately, it is not the end of the story.”

I was even arrested and detained for almost two years by Nigeria’s then-military regime over my alleged interaction with the Biafra leadership under General Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.

What the Nigeria’s government needed now is to talk to pro-Biafra agitators, most of them ethnic Igbos who complain of being marginalized since the end of the conflict.

“Ask what are those things we can do to make you content, to make you feel part of this entity (Nigeria)…
What can we do to make them feel that they belong and are not alienated?”. “Listen to some other Biafrans and ask them why they want to stay.

“But, don’t go around saying ‘the sovereignty of this country is indivisible, this won’t happen under my watch, and it is not negotiable’. That type of language would only make matters worse.”

You should pick one argument at a time and stick to the topic.

Are you talking about Biafra or talking about the issue of benue and the middle belt as a whole?

I am not interested in Biafra talks, I don't care about Biafra or what they represent at this point so stop trying to bring the argument towards Biafra please. If Wole Soyinka like he can chose to die for Biafra like Col. Banjo, it is none of my business.

So please stay on topic.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by Dedetwo(m): 12:24am On Sep 10, 2020
I do not give a ratass about who is killed in Nigeria anymore. My wish for Nigeria is to degenerate toward the level where everybody to his\her tent.
Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 12:27am On Sep 10, 2020
MalcoImX:
Most of what you're implying could be conspiracy theories and therefore are guesses and not the true picture.

Tell me: Why would a governor provide amnesty to such a high-level military target without informing/involving the security agencies? What are they trying to achieve, or is the governor flexing muscles?

And please, all of us would do better if we leave the military out of our local politics.


This is exactly the point! Why would they do that if they had no ulterior motives to do so? Do you get the drift?

The Nigerian Millitary is exactly what it is. A legal tool of the islamic-Fulani establishment. The Fulani Herders and the Boko Haram jihadists are their illegal mercenaries. Of recent, it has come to light that a Northern Governor is even involved in pulling the strings of Boko Haram.

Let us not forget the Islamic-Arabic Motto of the Nigerian Army : نصر من الله (Nasru Min Allah) - The Motto of the Sokoto Caliphate and the personal Motto of the demonic Fulani Jihadi Usumane Dan Fodio.


The Nigerian Army is what it is : A Fulani Army

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 12:32am On Sep 10, 2020
LegendHero:


You should pick one argument at a time and stick to the topic.

Are you talking about Biafra or talking about the issue of benue and the middle belt as a whole?

I am not interested in Biafra talks, I don't care about Biafra or what they represent at this point so stop trying to bring the argument towards Biafra please. If Wole Soyinka like he can chose to die for Biafra like Col. Banjo, it is none of my business.

So please stay on topic.


Whether you personally care or not, no one give a damn. The issue is all the events in this Nation are interconnected in a cosmic chaos and are pointing towards a common pattern. You are still living 100 years back in the days of Oyo Empire which could decide for itself and had its own sovereignity. Today there is only 1 sovereign nation and that is Nigeria and whoever sits in Aso Rock pulls the strings of everything within its territory. Wake up and come back to the reality of 2020.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 12:35am On Sep 10, 2020
Half the country is already eaten up by Sharia'a law running in parallel with a Democratic Constitution. One man is in jail for being atheist and another one is about to be hung at the gibbet for the same. There is no freedom of speech, thought and action here. Foreign religions have eaten up the nation to the core. If non-muslim indigenous tribes still cannot wake up and smell the coffee, then it won't be long before the other half is consumed as well.

And we call ourselves a Democratic Nation?....pffft what a joke!

Our Democracy was long dead and buried..Now its every man unto himself unless we unite and fight back and protest.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by MalcoImX: 12:36am On Sep 10, 2020
PAGAN9JA:



This is exactly the point! Why would they do that if they had no ulterior motives to do so? Do you get the drift?

The Nigerian Millitary is exactly what it is. A legal tool of the islamic-Fulani establishment. The Fulani Herders and the Boko Haram jihadists are their illegal mercenaries. Of recent, it has come to light that a Northern Governor is even involved in pulling the strings of Boko Haram.

Let us not forget the Islamic-Arabic Motto of the Nigerian Army : نصر من الله (Nasru Min Allah) - The Motto of the Sokoto Caliphate and the personal Motto of the demonic Fulani Jihadi Usumane Dan Fodio.


The Nigerian Army is what it is : A Fulani Army
It's the governor's fault then. You should blame him.

And is it the Sokoto caliphate that made Gana what he is? The Army is everywhere. They go against whoever is deemed a risk - whether in the Caliphate, iPobian territory or the President's state of Katsina.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by PAGAN9JA(m): 12:49am On Sep 10, 2020
MalcoImX:
It's the governor's fault then. You should blame him.

And is it the Sokoto caliphate that made Gana what he is? The Army is everywhere. They go against whoever is deemed a risk - whether in the Caliphate, iPobian territory or the President's state of Katsina.

They are all to blame. It is a multi-layered progrom under which only the common man is suffering. Governor was himself in APC and then shifted to PDP. Gods know how much sin is on his head.

The Army is everywhere but they are having successes against everyone except for Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram. Army people stationed in Borno are deserting and fleeing from their positions being equipped with inferior weapons against islamists. And here they are flaunting all their strength.

It is a joke that the same Army that beat the IPOB revolutionaries could not hurt a hair of a rag-tag bunch of ill trained millitants and cowherds.

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Re: General Yekini: The Man Behind Benue Crisis & Murder Of Terwase Agwaza Gana by leofab(f): 12:54am On Sep 10, 2020
This country

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