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Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by majamajic(m): 6:36am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Shetemi12: Let me educate u 35% of Nigerians in uae are from Yoruba , 80% of stranded nigerians are not Igbos Mark this It's just like when there's problem in south Africa , it comes out that Ogun state was the highest stranded in south Africa . This is the case in dubai again . Go verify ! If u want see yorubas in quantity in dubai , go sabka bus station or go gold market side in deira ( gold souk) , if u want see Igbos go Deira park hotel side Deira . But it's always easy for u guys to come online and talk rubbish , talk what u know nothing about . Living in a country is different from being stranded in a country . Igbos help themselves to adjust overseas , so they are not that stranded overseas This topic is about being stranded ! 2 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by MrPADDY(m): 6:36am On Sep 16, 2022 |
wirinet:No, failed government |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by PeachtreeReside(f): 6:37am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Realhommie: Im always glad when I read sensible responses that does not encourage bad behaviour. Sebi, most want to japa. Why do we not make effort to behave in well mannered ways? Simple instruction they won't follow and bring it to the Internet and lie boldfaced and without shame too. 7 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by leksdigital: 6:37am On Sep 16, 2022 |
The federal government should do their best to bring them back. However if anyone of them is found wanting, the federal government should personally hand them over to Dubai authorities. They are the ones soiling our names. They should serve their jail terms accordingly and once they are done. The government should also rehabilitate them in Nigeria for a year. We have bad reputations everywhere. We all want the government and our leaders to change while majority of the people want to continue to wallow in corruption. Now as we speak Bharain don't want to see Nigerians, even with a valid visa once you enter they send you back. These countries work so hard to make their systems work and some people want to go there and make a mess of it. It's funny how some Nigerians will leave here because the system is not working, they will go to other countries they want to enjoy the beautiful amenities while still t practicing the acts that messes up our country. 8 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by johnjose68: 6:37am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Shetemi12: Just wait for them...they will start abusing Abike now. People with entitlement mentality. They threw us into this mess by perpetrating the first coup and killing the leaders of other tribes. They caused all these mess. But they will be the first to shout blue murder. Imagine wanting to be president of z.oo!!!! And feeling entitled to it. Awon dot nation...land-locked region..the developers. Awon were jatijati. They claimed they have never been president before...what about nnamdi azikiwe...what about aguiyi ironsi?? 4 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Sonyboom765: 6:39am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Mostly more Biafrans than Nigerian Ceenachi: 2 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Patriotsleague: 6:40am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Who sent them to go steal. Abandon them there, if they come here, they will come disturb us here with their stealing and robbery. People are so stupid, you put yourself in shit and turn around wait for government to release you. Die there. Leave these biafrans that knows nothing but criminality to rot there, or let Ekpa or Kanu who the idiots worship go help them. 2 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by johnjose68: 6:42am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Sonyboom765: *HISTORY NEVER DIES....* *By Reno Omokri* What Queen Elizabeth II’s Death Exposes About Biafra First published in my column, #TheAlternative, in today’s ThisDay. When on Thursday, September 8, 2022, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II passed on into ancestor-hood, I was not particularly moved. I like England. I schooled and worked there and those years were some of the best of my life. The English people are by far some of the most decent peoples on planet Earth. However, I am rather indifferent about their monarch. I did not like or dislike Queen Elizabeth II. The only thing I can think of that I admire in her is her stoicism. Her ability to take pain and pleasure with equanimity. She is the epitome of duty and a stiff upper lip. But I doubt that I bothered much about her and her goings on. I was just aloof. So, while I was not one of those mourning, it was not because I had some grudge against the House of Windsor. No. It is just that the House of Ginuwa (the first Olu of Warri), mattered more to me than Buckingham Palace. The above not withstanding, I was absolutely mortified by the hideous and historically inaccurate things that were said about the Queen and her family by a Nigerian woman living in America, whose name I will not dignify by mentioning. I later got to find out that this woman has other issues, which made me understand her bitterness better, though I still vehemently reject her indecorous words. She was one of the people who famously celebrated the death of TB Joshua and called him all sorts of unprintable names when he died. So it is no big surprise that she has turned her vitriol in the direction of the late Queen. And so now, let me tackle what the death of Queen Elizabeth II reveals about Biafra. It shows us as a people not aware of our history, and because we are not aware of our own history, we have distorted it, such that propaganda and pseudo history has been orally passed down from one generation to the other, feeding unfounded bitterness that is destroying those who harbour it, and having no effect on those against whom they are embittered. That is why some people believe they were just sitting down minding their business and Hausa people came to fight them (all Northerners are Hausa to some people) because they hate them. There was absolutely no provocation, or igniting events that preceded the Nigerian Civil War. Hausa people just woke up on the wrong side of the bed and for some strange reason decided to pounce on the people of Eastern Nigeria. But of course, that is not what happened. However, because we do not write our history, and even worse, we have refused to teach it in our schools, there are millions of people who believe this version of events. In fact, they swear by it. One fellow named Uche Nnaya even tweeted at me that the Igbos of Southeast Nigeria had a right to rail against the British monarch and the rest of Nigeria, because “you can’t push people to the wall and dictate how they react.” Really? But do those who hold such views not know that some other persons were FIRST pushed to the wall? Uche’s response will also justify how those who were first pushed to the wall reacted. We cannot keep holding grudges as if other people do not have their own grudges that they have let go for the peace and unity of this country called Nigeria. My great uncle, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, was shot and killed in the street by Major Chris Anuforo on January 15, 1966. Ironically, I went to school with Anuforo’s son. Should my people carry that grudge forever? Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was shot on the street like a common criminal by Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna. Ifeajuna tried to deny it, and claimed that Alhaji Balewa died from an asthma attack, until his body was taken to LUTH and examined by the then minister for health, Dr. Moses Majekodunmi. It was established that the body was riddled with bullets in a front page story in Daily Times, written by Segun Osoba, who later became the Governor of Ogun. He is still alive. This was an incorruptible gentleman. He lived a very ascetic life. Materialism was FAR from him. He was an author. His book, Shaihu Umar, was the first novel written in Hausa. He surrounded himself with Southerners (in hindsight, was that a mistake?). His best friend was Matthew Mbu. Should the Tafawa-Balewa family and the people of Bauchi, where he was from, hold a grudge forever? I could go on and on and list the people killed on January 15, 1966, and the identities of their killers, but that would just be reopening old wounds. These are historical facts, which some people deny and pretend as if the Civil War happened in a vacuum. So, please let us stop pretending as if the late Queen Elizabeth II came to Nigeria and ignited a war. The Nigerian Civil War was ignited by a series of unfortunate events that began with the cold blooded murder of 22 people from the Northern, Western, and Mid Western regions by people of mostly Eastern region origin, which led to a counter coup by Northern Nigerian military officers on July 29, 1966, and the unfortunate pogrom of 66-67. Many people now spewing vitriol against the late Queen Elizabeth II for her alleged role in the Nigerian Civil War conveniently forget that between August 9, 1967 and September 20, 1967, Biafran forces invaded and occupied the Midwest region, and named Albert Nwazu Okonkwo, as military Governor of the Midwest. A number of non Igbo speaking Mid-Westerners lost their lives during the Biafran occupation of the Midwest. After the Midwest was liberated by forces led by colonels Murtala Muhammed and Benjamin Adekunle, more Mid-Westerners, this time those linguistically linked to the Igbo (especially in the Asaba axis), were killed. Please research it before you insult me. I need to add that the killings by the liberating forces were worse than the killings of the Biafrans, and should truly have been declared war crimes. Yet, in that same Midwest, we accepted Nigerians of Southeast origin back after the war. We did not seize their properties in the abandoned property saga that occurred in the Port Harcourt area and its environs. We let bygones be bygones. The truth of the matter is that If the January 15, 1966 coup had never happened, it is most unlikely that the Nigerian Civil War would have occurred. The perpetrators of that coup opened a Pandora’s Box that the rest of Nigeria are still suffering from today! There was wild jubilation all over Nigeria after that coup, because Nigerians believed it was a patriotic and nationalistic coup. Then the names of those killed were announced over the radio, and it was discovered that only people from the North, West and Midwest were killed, but NOBODY from the East was killed, whereas the vast majority of those who carried out the coup were from the East. That is the remote cause of the Nigerian Civil War. We will remember it. We will also teach it to our children, so that it does not reoccur. So, to just keep nursing grudges and reopening old wounds will do no one any good. You can bully others into submission, but you cannot do it to Reno Omokri. I know history and I am a meticulous record keeper! It is only those who are ignorant about how the British government works that will blame the late Queen for the actions of the British government. She was a titular and ceremonial head of state, whose actions were limited to appointing the candidate who has won election directly or indirectly as prime minister, and declaring open the parliament. She was a symbol. She was not the initiator of the policies of the British government. And even the British government are not to blame for the Nigerian Civil War. We must learn to take responsibility for our own actions. That war was the result of the ill advised January 15, 1966 coup. The coup itself was led by Majors Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and Ifeajuna. It was executed by the following persons: 1. Kaduna Nzeogwu 2. Emmanuel Ifeajuna 3. Timothy Onwuatuegwu 4. Adewale Ademoyega 5. Chris Anuforo 6. Humphrey Chukwuka 7. Donatus Okafor Of these seven people, only one, Adewale Ademoyega, was non Igbo. The rest were all Igbo, although Major Nzeogwu was what was referred to at that time as Midwest Igbo (later colloquially referred to as Bendel Igbo and now as Delta Igbo). Major Donatus Okafor’s mother was Tiv. However, his father was Igbo. Incidentally, some Igbos unwisely try to deny that Nzeogwu was Igbo, and call him ‘your South-South’ brother. Unknown to them, the more they do this, the more they make non Igbos feel that those specific Igbos who say that have learned very little since the civil war. 22 people were killed during the coup, including 1. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa 2. Ahmadu Bello 3. Ahmed Ben Musa 4. Hafsatu Bello 5. Ahmed Pategi 6. Samuel Ladoke Akintola 7. Festus Okotie-Eboh 8. Brig. Samuel Ademulegun 9. Brig. Zakariya Maimalari 10. Col. Ralph Shodeinde 11. Col. Kur Mohammed 12. Lt. Col. Abogo Largema 13. Lt. Col. James Pam 14. Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe 15. Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke 16. Mrs Latifat Ademulegun 17. Zarumi Sardauna 18. PC Yohana Garkawa 19. Lance Corporal Musa Nimzo 20. PC Akpan Anduka 21. PC Hagai Lai 22. Philip Lewande As is clear from the list above, none of them were from the then Eastern Nigeria. . (I have since learned that Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe was Igbo. He was in charge of weaponry in Lagos, and was killed when he refused to cooperate with Major Chris Anuforo). After the coup, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi took over. Rightly, or wrongly, the rest of the nation felt that a coup carried out by overwhelmingly Eastern officers, and of which the victims were entirely non Easterners, and which supplanted a Northern minority leader (Tafawa-Balewa), with an Igbo leader, (Aguiyi-Ironsi) was a set up. However, Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi’s promise to try the coup plotters placated the rest of the country. Sadly, the plotters were jailed, but were never tried. And the immediate cause of the July 29, 1966 counter coup was when rumours circulated that the coup plotters had been receiving full salaries in jail and were to be promoted. These are facts that we all should address, rather than blaming the late Queen Elizabeth II for a war she did not cause, nor had anyway of stopping. And if we do not learn from our history, there is every possibility that another war might erupt in Nigeria. The Biafrans inflicted a very harsh occupation on present day Rivers, Cross Rivers and Akwa-Ibom, as well as present day Delta and Edo before they were flushed out by federal forces. The Bayelsa area escaped the brunt of Biafran occupation due to the fight back from Isaac Adaka Boro. They invaded Ore and hundreds of soldiers and civilians died. There is still a Yoruba proverb about the amount of people that died in Ore. Ask a Yoruba person to tell you the meaning of ‘o le ku ija Ore. We have all forgiven and moved on. Yet, you want to reopen these old wounds and make them cancerous by blaming Queen Elizabeth II 50 years after the war? And when you point this out, the very same people castigating the late Queen will accuse you of creating ethnic tension? Do you want to be victims and victors at the same time? Leave the woman and her family to grieve in peace. By celebrating the Queen’s death, you are giving Nigeria a very nasty reputation that will affect all of us and not only you. We cannot afford to be seen as a nation with anti British and American sentiments, when we are not able to get a better deal from China and Russia. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Patriotsleague: 6:43am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Sialiah:Go carry drugs go Indonesia and expect the government to help you, you will be killed,.most of them are biafrans not Nigeria, let them die there. 4 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Navalsadiq(m): 6:43am On Sep 16, 2022 |
jerseyboy:we know them 2 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Psalmistproject: 6:45am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Wetin be the laydown procedure that can't also be attached to this news. |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Patriotsleague: 6:45am On Sep 16, 2022 |
johnjose68:Nzeogwu is pure Igbo, the coup was a purely Igbo agenda, that was why Ojukwu did not punish them when they were transferred to his region but used Nzeogwu to fight the Biafra war, where the useless idiot was killed. 2 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by etrouble: 6:45am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Wisetrue99: Enemy of your criminal brothers |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by etrouble: 6:45am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Sialiah: Criminals are not Nigerians but Biafrans |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by majamajic(m): 6:48am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Sonyboom765: Igbos are not stranded overseas , abike did same mistake during south africa crisis . Airpeace took planes to South , only to find out that half of the stranded NIGERIANS came from Ogun state . 1 Like |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by etrouble: 6:48am On Sep 16, 2022 |
FalseProphet1: Because she refused to cover up for your brothers in prisons all over the world for drugs trafficking and your sisters selling their bodies in hotels all over the world. Please take your weed and see another thing 4 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Psalmistproject: 6:48am On Sep 16, 2022 |
johnjose68:Biafra agitation is a call for equity and freedom. Even you can agree that the Nigerian State doesn't give this. |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by hssd8nland: 6:51am On Sep 16, 2022 |
TimmyTen:Are they the only one's going through challenges in the country, I was opportuned to study abroad I swear to God if you see and hear what some Nigerians are doing you would hide your head in shame .... 1 Like |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by wirinet(m): 6:52am On Sep 16, 2022 |
hazan041: Allow to suffer, how? Didn't they travel to Dubai with return ticket? What were they doing in Dubai in the first place? How were they surviving? You travel to another man's country, you commit crime, they jail and deport you, you come dey say you are stranded and na government make you dey stranded. How? If indeed you are stranded, is that solely not your fault? You need to beg the government and Nigerians in general for help, and not demand as if na government send you on assignment. 6 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Sonyboom765: 6:53am On Sep 16, 2022 |
I hear u then If the are from Ogun they should leave them there let them suffer majamajic: 1 Like |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by wirinet(m): 6:56am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Psalmistproject:But most of the exconvicts in Dubai and other countries are Biafrans. It is because the Nigerian state doesn't give equity and freedom that makes some biafrans go abroad and start committing crimes? If you get biafra, will that stop them from committing crimes? 3 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by arsenal33: 6:57am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Wisetrue99:must an ambassador not tell the truth? 1 Like |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by wirinet(m): 6:58am On Sep 16, 2022 |
MrPADDY:Which came first, the egg or the chicken? Who spoil Nigerian first, the government or the citizens? Are the citizens better than the government? 2 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by melody91: 6:59am On Sep 16, 2022 |
TimmyTen:so after den con reach better place wey b heaven on Earth , why den no fit stay legit? why do crime again ? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Realhommie(m): 7:00am On Sep 16, 2022 |
PeachtreeReside:Don't mind them. Agenda must agend na. Many Nigerians in the diaspora take bad behavior to a whole nother level. I mean, I'm not a fan of the Fg but one thing i won't do is critique it unjustly. Not a hypocrite. 2 Likes |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by melody91: 7:02am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Wisetrue99:u go school at all? Den tell u been ambassador means to dey lie ,dey cover up truth and fact? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by Shimran(m): 7:02am On Sep 16, 2022 |
CaptainAyub:... Dash them human rights |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by melody91: 7:04am On Sep 16, 2022 |
wirinet:I tire o.... |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by maste: 7:05am On Sep 16, 2022 |
They are first and foremost Nigerians. You are paid and even given a budget to assist and defend Nigerians in diaspora not to judge them nor defend yourself against them. Without them you are just another chick hustling for survival. NEVER FORGET THAT. |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by BeardGangJnr1(m): 7:08am On Sep 16, 2022 |
Antoeni:Dammm, that Ass is fire � 1 Like |
Re: Abike Dabiri: Many Nigerians ‘Stranded’ In UAE Are Ex-Convicts by nedekid: 7:12am On Sep 16, 2022 |
PeachtreeReside:In Nigerian terms"laid down rules" is very very vague. In short is means heavy bureaucracy. Can you go to passport office and follow laid down rules? 2 years you wount have smelt your passport! I gov should quickly abandon all these their procedure and bundle those undesirables out of uae before they cause more damage to the already yeye image of Nigerians. Their passport should be canceled on arrival in Naija and their names blacklisted from further travel. 1 Like |
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