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I have warned them, that there will be a reprisal attack in the North. / "We Warned Buhari Not To Appoint Aisha Alhassan" - El-Rufai / Seized Allocation: "We Warned You, FG Tells Fayose.. (2) (3) (4)
| We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by petsolo15(m): 12:25am On Aug 31, 2016 |
"IN MONTHS TO COME, A TOYOTA CAMRY
WOULD BE OFFERED FOR N50.000 JUST TO
FEED THE FAMILY
In 1984, just months after the military takeover
by General Buhari, the country ground to a halt;
just like today! He came with the same song-
and-dance: THEY ARE CORRUPT!! In a matter of months, mothers were selling their jewellery to send their children to school. Thieves were stealing food at gun point, just like today. Within months, there simply was NO FOOD. The government gathered the little there was and restricted purchases. Whether you were 100 or ONE in your family, every household had a card with which they went to military manned cooperatives to purchase rationed, “essential commodities”. These included Rice, Beans, Yam, Bread, Milk, Sugar, and so on. Everything was rationed. It was war-time in peace-time!! Nigeria became like Somalia. We lived like refugees. And of course, a lot of children were simply pulled out of schools because feeding was priority number ONE! Going to school became a luxury, even for middle class families. And ANDREWS & JANES started checking out. People suddenly remembered they had British and American passports, and simply left the country! Those who are not aware of all these, ask anyone who was born on or before 1984. They should be old enough to remember. It was that harrowing. The most baffling aspect of all this was that, the people he said were corrupt and stealing, were presiding over an economy where the Naira was 1:1 with the US Dollar, and N2 to £1 Sterling! An economy where we were buying Volkswagen Beetle at N400 from Volkswagen of Nigeria. An economy where my entire family, all 7 of us, travelled for summer hols on tickets purchased for N280 and BTA of N400 (official – we managed to sneak more out for shopping naaa) . An economy where everything was robust and vibrant and growing. Then a man comes in and says he took over because people were corrupt and he needed to sanitise things. In a matter of months, the Dollar was N15 and the Sterling was N40. A VW Beetle sold for N8,000 (up from N400) and that N8,000 simply was not available anywhere! Children dropped out of school, businesses closed, parents became destitute, food was NOT available and we queued for rations at cooperatives like refugees in a warring country!!! Fast forward to 2015!! The same man comes with the same song-and-dance. We tried to remind our peers and elders of those days, and we tried to educate the younger ones. However, the wind of change, that wind that always tells us that the grass is greener on the other side, deafened them all! And once again, within months, everything that happened in 1984 and 1985 – EVERYTHING – is all being repeated. I have just come from a home where my friends have owed two terms’ school fees. They have just made the difficult decision to leave Abuja, relocate back to their village and take the two younger children out of sc hool, at least temporarily. The older boy will stay with friends and they will use the savings on rent and the likes to try and get him across the line (WAEC). Feeding is now a major task. Infact, people are complaining of their kitchens and farms being raided for food – DAILY!! Yet again, this is happening just months after Buhari takes over with screams of corruption and stealing. Corruption and stealing, yet that my family friend who was not corrupt, not stealing and not anywhere close to the corridors of power was paying his rent, feeding his family and sending all three children to school. Corruption and stealing yet businesses were opening daily, economy was vibrant, people were healthy, GDP was growing and so on! In 1985, we were rescued by IBB and Dogonyaro. Immediately, people experienced a reversal. Within a very short time, the cooperatives closed, food became abundant again, the Naira stabilised, mothers stopped selling their jewellery, and so on. It makes one wonder! If there were no reference points, Buharists may claim that “if only he had been president”, but the mid-80s proved that the worst period in Nigeria’s history were the 20-odd months he was in power, sandwiched between two periods of plenty and growth. Therefore, they cannot bring the argument that today’s sufferings and impoverishment were the fault of the past regime – because we will counter with “TAKE HIM OUT NOW LIKE IBB DID IN 1985 AND SEE IF BY THIS CHRISTMAS, YOU WILL NOT BE SMILING AGAIN. Someone told me today that he predicts that by this Xmas or next Easter at the latest, a person will come and offer a Toyota Camry in exchange for N50,000, just so that his family can eat and make merry over the holidays!! Nigerians simply don't refer to history! And I have run out of every single drop of sympathy in my body. SO, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, KEEP STEWING IN YOUR BROTH. MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU WILL SHELVE PARTISANSHIP, TRIBALISM, ETHNICISM, RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY, HATRED, INTEREST AND ALL THAT – 51 Likes 8 Shares |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by emeijeh(m): 12:29am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Hhhhmmmmmm 3 Likes
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| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by Charles4075(m): 12:32am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Wow... What a tale?  Op, nice one..6 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by ibroh22(m): 12:33am On Aug 31, 2016 |
if you read this to the end,,,i doff my cap for you,,,you can read for Africa,,,,buhari gan slf 5 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by shakaZuIlu: 12:55am On Aug 31, 2016 |
may thunder and brimstone strike those that brought this calamity on us including their nairaland zombies. 20 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by sekundosekundo: 1:02am On Aug 31, 2016 |
I can't imagine myself standing under the Sun or rain to cast my vote for an ancestor who have not invested in any meaningful thing since he was born. 26 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by ificatchmodeh: 1:16am On Aug 31, 2016 |
..op buhari don't have an idea what governance is..to him,take out corruption and everything will fall in place.no economic idea,nothing on education,healthcare,even the security gan..his not there..he just don't have clue....and deaf to ideas.. All the elders know..even the younger ones..jonathan told em..but the wouldn't understand. They felt he was joking...jona too didn't help matters..he would v respect the gentleman's agreement and handedover to another norther and saved us from this..al this his conceding call to me..na wash.the west wants thier own person..the north v been out of power..buhari was an option...Obj was on a revenge mission..to him anybody aside jona,am fine!..ameachi felt that once jonah is out he will be another ayim..and deal with patients..but today no choice..them dey hug.  . Fashola and co..they knew the truth..but somehow try to convince themselves that things will work this time,rochas saw it as an opportunity to kick start his acceptance in wider nigeria..even el rufai..that one d on regret mode..been the form vp and governor..bubu don position am. The pdp decampees felt Gej offer was not enough..they thought they would cut a better deal..kwankwaso and saraki...the call Gej now..matter pass them  The north almajiris believe that buhari is the messiah that will vanish begging and make shekau and his troops kiss the ring..for where?who sigh..  The west and their america government felt jonah was not ready to play along..they gave our western brothers corruption song..and help repackage buhari..or whatelse would they have used..corruption..till date no one have been found guilty o.. Me..i was just scared..trying to save up as much as I could lay hand.even akpabio and david mark were saving..they know.i told those who cares to listen..hunger is coming..they said is a lie..na because say na your brother'i said hunger knows no bound..them the yab me..okay! Now we here..reality is here..tll another 2years.. Look they government itself aside. Buhari and his sycophants knows that this government ain't going nowhere.. Sanusi need to cry out of fustration..is telling on him even as an emir..yea..there crowd to take care of..  Tinubu knows what's up..but his a businessman..and his trying to recover..anything..he can't be totally out of loss..  Oby..haa oby..na her own pain pass..she don d wail..hadiza don leave her..  .. Now they are giving us that same 1984 stories..and you know,some people are still believing..they will point out some minor things and start shouting is an achievement.. Today the north is leading the revolutuon..yea..idp protest..beggers protested in niger state..and more to come. More to that buhari is about going to war..  ..with em militants..au do we survive...and some persons are cheering him..My brother..na wao..this persons can't they understand what's happening..that dollar is 400+ is not a mere feat..it take cluelessness That oil production and exportation is going down.. Buhari self no try..imagine still spending billions to explore oil..where people are dying of hunger.. My. Fellow nigerian..if you ve not Woking up to reality,and you still believe this government..you're sleeping on bike.. Apc chairman oyegun don't even believ buhari again..even adeshina..call him in confidence and ask him.. Lai mohammed don off..that one..he is TIRED! we are in for it..say no to miltary coup..lets be patient..there is nothing we can do..absolutly nothing..like fayose rightly said..nigerians should endure.. Honestly the worst of this government is yet to come...because by December.. who no dey 1984 go dey 2016.. I greet. 37 Likes 11 Shares |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by PaulIdu: 1:25am On Aug 31, 2016 |
The greatest problem Nigeria ever faces is always Buhari ,he come under the guise of fighting corruption but destroys everything ..expect to start seeing fake drugs everywhere again ..the bad news that it usually takes a year to recover for a single month of Buharis leadership meaning if Buhari steps down today it will take Nigeria 16 years to recover again 19 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by dannyben5: 2:27am On Aug 31, 2016 |
shakaZuIlu: 7 Likes
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| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by chigoizie7(m): 3:00am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Nigeria my country. |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by disloman(m): 5:01am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Op!Don't tell mi you wrote all this to satisfy your ego of I TOLD YOU SO.Look Op!Nigeria is heading towards his greatness once again.We have to living according to our worth.Living a fake life is a disaster to happen.GDP keeps growing 9% every year but no development.We living good cos few people were spending lavishly and endanger our future generation.What a Country.God bless Nigeria. 8 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by disloman(m): 5:02am On Aug 31, 2016 |
[quote author=dannyben5 post=48941202][/quote]When the fruit of this pain we are going through starts to manifest,may you never enjoy in it. 1 Like |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by Nobody: 6:21am On Aug 31, 2016 |
OP is just recovering from Ekiti weed https://blogreportersng./2016/08/30/how-i-was-lured-into-prostitution-in-europe-by-stella-dimoko 1 Like |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by Nobody: 6:51am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Buhari has been possessed by a demon that causes poverty, hardship and economic recession. 17 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by cjeriia: 6:57am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Charles4075:Abeg edit dis sh***t or next time write in pidgin 2 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by Nobody: 7:02am On Aug 31, 2016 |
In Bubu we stand 2 Likes
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| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by Trut(m): 7:05am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Nice writeup 2 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by dannyben5: 7:24am On Aug 31, 2016 |
disloman:maybe b4 den hunger don mak u thin like toothpick.... 3 Likes
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| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by thesicilian: 7:44am On Aug 31, 2016 |
ibroh22:This is one of the problems we are having today in this country - the youths simply being too lazy to read any written material longer than text messages. How can you know where you are going when you don't know where you're coming from? 17 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by ibroh22(m): 7:50am On Aug 31, 2016 |
thesicilian:Am not a fan of reading lengthy things,i can't even read a novel,,,, that's the reason why i dropped Agricultural science in secondary school,,I would have dropped biology if not that,its compulsory,,,,so it's not only this post ,thank u |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by chemicalDisease: 7:52am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Am now officially afraid. Buhari Self! 1 Like |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by Ahmeduana(m): 8:15am On Aug 31, 2016 |
disloman:WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THAT BEEN ABLE TO PUT 3 SQUARE MALE ON YOUR TABLE IS A FAKE LIFE? BEEN ABLE TO PAY YOUR CHILDREN SCHOOL FEES IS FAKE LIFE? BUYING A LITRE OF PETROL @ 87 NAIRA IS FAKE LIFE? Now what you term as real originally life is not been able to feed your family, and your children were returned home because you are not able to pay their school fees! NOW LET ME TELL YOU THE DEFINITION OF SADIST, sadist is that person that get annoy when you are doing well in life, sadist is that person that envy you because you are riding a car, sadist is that person that is furious when you buy a bag of rice for #8,000, sadist is that person that hates you because you are able to take your family to picnic, but happy when your family could not get a cup of GARI to drink! HOPE YOU ARE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO KNOW WHERE I PLACE YOU, BUHARI AND APC? 23 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by progress69: 8:21am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Person go smoke igbo finish, con dey type rubbish for here |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by thesicilian: 9:05am On Aug 31, 2016 |
ibroh22:Hahahaha. So what did you end up studying? 1 Like |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by OjukwuWarBird: 9:10am On Aug 31, 2016 |
petsolo15 you finished the Afonjas. 2 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by OjukwuWarBird: 9:21am On Aug 31, 2016 |
ificatchmodeh: Laugh wan burst my belle 3 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by OjukwuWarBird: 9:24am On Aug 31, 2016 |
Millerz: Buhari got presidency in 1984 and 2015 through terrorism. That's why he has issues 5 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by Nobody: 9:27am On Aug 31, 2016 |
And the op just spoke the truth... As I type a bag of cement is 2500naira..How poor man go ever take build house? And some fools would still be clapping for buhari.. Dem curse us? 6 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by izombie(m): 9:29am On Aug 31, 2016 |
progress69:What is rubbish in what the op typed? Are things not more expensive than they were? Are people not being sacked daily, more than before? Are people not selling their babies so that they'll be able to feed? Are companies not folding or running away from nigeria? Are parents not finding it more difficult to pay their children's school fees? The list goes on. I'm sorry my friend but you are the one that typed rubbish. 4 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by Nobody: 9:34am On Aug 31, 2016 |
ificatchmodeh: Bros, anytime you get chance enter Edo state, I go give you four bottles of anything wey you dey drink... Who no dey 1984 go dey 2016..!! 9 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by FOLYKAZE(m): 9:43am On Aug 31, 2016 |
When some guys are wailing, lamenting and dishing out hatred because their beloved fedora hat son lost election, some are cashing in hundred of thousands to millions monthly. OP, you should make proper use if your time. Coming online to wail when your colleagues are in the classroom or work field will not yield you a penny. The days of pay per post and free money is over. Hard work pays alot 2 Likes |
| Re: We Warned Them! Now They Must Bear The Consequences by chernest2002: 10:32am On Aug 31, 2016 |
I also warned Nigerians that buhari means failure in all dictionaries. 9 Likes |
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