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Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by Lordleno(m): 8:53pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Buccaneers Confraternity Advises the Pyrates Confraternity to Move On and forget the Schism of 1972 The Buccaneers Confraternity has advised the Pyrates Confraternity to move on and forget the Schism of 1972 as the Buccaneers Confraternity has moved on. The statement released and signed by the head of the organization Barr. Femi Osibanjo expressed a total displeasure on the rate at which the Pyrates confraternity continually makes reference to the 1972 Schism between the two organizations. The statement touches on the true position of the organization, their achievements over the years, its contribution to Nation Building, among many others… Read full Text below : Dear All, It has become necessary to address you once again. This Brotherhood is a private membership only Association or Friendly Society, which does not seek to compete with any organization, Fraternity, Sorority or Club. For this reason, we will not seek to respond to any or the unnecessary competition seeking by the Pyrates Confraternity aka National Association of SeaDogs (hereinafter referred to as PC). We are confident that every worthy Seadog at the time of the schism regretted the fact that it happened and that it claimed the very finest Dogs sailing at that time. We know that Capn Blood and another prominent Politician from Ondo State did a lot to ‘bring back’ those fine Seadogs but it was too late as they had formed what is now known as Buccaneers Confraternity. This was in 1972 and the reason was simply that in Jolly Rogers I, Odas was no longer Odas, each and every Creed of the PC had been turned upside down with corruption and nepotism assuming exalted positions therein. It was for this same reason that Capn Blood of Tortuga and other eminent and founding members of the PC ‘ABANDONED SHIP’. They were never to associate with that Confraternity until much much later – probably in the early ‘90s. Today, they seem to have succeeded in ‘bringing back’ some of their members who had hitherto abandoned ship. They must have done something right by those members. Good for them. But they can carry on without mentioning Buccaneers Confraternity during every step they take or speech they make. We implore each and every Seadog to concentrate on trying to live by the creed of their Fraternity instead of seeking on each occasion, such as the last speech at the Professor Soyinka 80th Birthday celebration, to invoke the almighty name of the Buccaneers Confraternity. It is understandable that they still hurt from the loss of their best members to us between 1972 and 1975 inclusive but that is a long time ago. We have moved on. They too should. We advise that a Pyrate does not need to mention Buccaneers Confraternity in order to be a Seadog. Those finest ex-Seadogs aforesaid preferred the original brotherly, caring and cosmopolitan melting pot, which the PC had by then lost. They set up the Buccaneers Confraternity on the basis of those principles and philosophies. The ideal was to teach togetherness, love, leadership, obedience to constituted authorities, steadfastness and fairness to one another and to all and sundry. For over 40 years since the formation of this great brotherhood, we make bold to say that we have indeed held on to the very original tenets upon which our Brotherhood was based including grooming of fine leaders and citizens regardless of race, religion or creed; fostering brotherhood across all tongues and tribes and being a brother’s keeper. We have accomplished a great deal of the objectives as set down by our founding members and have overcome the inevitable challenges associated with our growth and expansion around the country and globe. Today, the Buccaneers Confraternity is proud to have produced very fine gentlemen who occupy, and are shinning in, various positions of trust and honor in every sphere of our great nation and indeed around the globe. Membership of this great brotherhood is currently spread across many continents: from Africa to the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia. Our Fraternity has taken tremendous strides in lending a helping hand to the less privileged. We are helping to create an awareness campaign for good citizenship. Our branches in the United Kingdom and the United States periodically support humanitarian causes and give back to communities and organizations in-need. For example, the United States branch of our organization has consistently given financial donations to natural disaster relief programs through the American Red Cross Society during Hurricanes and other natural disasters; they also donate food to shelters in Maryland USA periodically. Our Dallas Texas branch makes financial contributions to the Cooks Children hospital regularly, to help treat children suffering from long-term illnesses such as cancer. The Chicago branch in the USA also makes charity donations regularly. The United Kingdom branch has been a long time supporter of diabetes UK, running in the marathon races every year to help raise funds for them. Diabetes UK has written severally to the Buccaneers Confraternity in the United Kingdom recognizing and applauding their efforts. Our branches worldwide continue to make trips to orphanages where they donate food, clothing and cash. As our main focus is on molding fine gentlemen who would uphold our tenets of good/ responsible leadership and citizenship respectively, we acknowledge that the type of change that impacts on the society positively starts with individual responsibility and good citizenship. In other words, it is our firm belief that we must be the change that we desire to see in our society, our country and around the world. As a result, we strive to promote orderliness and responsibility in every sphere of life where we find ourselves. This forms a major platform for our strict emphasis on discipline in small and big matters – ODAS IS ODAS!!! The lives of thousands of our members have been touched by the kindness and amazing generosity of our fellow members. From scholarships to employments, to help with medical procedures etc. etc., it has been and continues to be brother deliver brother. This is one of our core values, which is taken very seriously and expressed thus, BRODA DELIVER BRODA. This is the bedrock of Buccaneering. What better way to foster and build a progressive and caring society and nation than to bring men whose origins cut across barriers together as a Family and get them to practice those our own philosophies? The barriers that hold humans and particularly Nigerians down and many a time, lead to upheaval, bloodshed and wanton destruction of lives and properties, lead some in this country to question the viability of us as one Nation. This is what we are about and with over 40 years of a symbolic voyage on the high Seas, we are proud that our Brotherhood has indeed proven that men of every race, tribe, political leaning and religious beliefs can indeed come together and pursue the same objectives and accomplish them while respecting the backgrounds and beliefs of its individual members. Over the years we have witnessed attempts by some at bastardizing the name and image of this Noble Brotherhood. It has become a common pastime for some journalists like Okodili Ndidi of the Nation Newspaper and Chidi Nkwokpara of the Vanguard Newspaper to write articles demeaning the reputation and integrity of the Buccaneers Confraternity by linking us with the violence in some Universities. These lazy quack journalists will not investigate a story and get their facts straight. They just pick up their pens and write about the Buccaneers Confraternity being involved in some violence or the other to justify their pittance of wages. Enough is Enough! We will no longer sit back and allow this to continue without responding very strongly and taking very serious legal and appropriate steps against any person or persons or news organization that continues in this ridiculous level of defamation. Let it be known that the Buccaneers Confraternity is made up of men of proven integrity. We do not encourage violence in any form nor do we, as a Society, engage in violence or illegal conduct. We promote fairness and equity among the people of the world and seek to teach the larger societies that love and loving are sweet. Let it be known clearly that Buccaneers Confraternity is not a secret society by any definition of those words and, indeed, by the meaning of the provisions of Section 318 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as altered). If anybody has any evidence to the contrary, we ask him to kindly furnish us and the Authorities with it/them. We are aware that many Institutions and intellectually inept writers wrongly refer to us also as a ‘secret cult’. As regards ‘secret’, we feel that they confuse it with ‘private’. As regards ‘cult’, whatever it means, it is not outlawed by the Constitution of this country, which, like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, grants unqualified freedom of Association. We will defend our rights to associate with each other with everything we have. If, in the course of our associating, anybody commits an offence, which is unlikely, then and only then can the authorities step in – and only in respect of the offenders. In the areas of the country and in the realm of misconceived legislations where some authorities have lazily, wrongly and unconstitutionally labeled us as a proscribed group or included us in their ridiculous schedules of ‘secret cults’, we are instituting cases at the appropriate courts to reverse those senseless acts and to clarify the status of our Brotherhood as a private membership only friendly organization. Members of the public should beware of impostors who sell fake membership to people. We have a centralized admission procedure which will be found in our website once each year. If any person tells you that he can either admit you into this Brotherhood or facilitate your admission, please check with us first by visiting our website at www.alorasealords.com where you will obtain the numbers to contact. We also advise any person or group of persons in any tertiary institution who parade themselves as our admission officers to desist from doing so forthwith as we will henceforth partner with Law Enforcement Agencies to crack down on impostors. For avoidance of doubt, we will soon publish full details of Universities and other tertiary institutions where we have no members. Accordingly and in the meantime, members of the public should be vigilant and inform us and the Law Enforcement Agencies if any person presents himself as our member in any institution or seeks to recruit you. Membership of our organization is open to only adult males who are undergraduates and graduates of tertiary institutions and who agree to align themselves with our tenets and set objectives of impacting positively on our society while enhancing our development as a Nation and also to those who agree to exhibit the highest level of citizenship and brotherliness at all times to fellow members. We join well meaning and patriotic Nigerians in condemning the recent spate of unprovoked attacks and senseless destruction of lives and properties in some northern parts of our country. We condemn the senseless killing of innocent men, women and children, especially the brazen abduction of more than 270 harmless schoolgirls in Borno state and call for their immediate release. Buccaneers are determined to defend the unity of this nation as we have forged brotherhood across all tribes and regions in the country. As the Grand Eye, I have instructed all members to work with only groups that are prepared to protect the unity of this nation. We have watched with our mouths agape as Civil Servants and politicians show unimaginable irresponsibility in their handling of public funds and issues, how they brazenly enrich themselves – those in Government and opposition at state, Federal and Local Government levels respectively; how they sell Public properties to each other or corruptly sell public roads to entities of their interest who then introduce toll gates – and how Nepotism and corruption have assumed hitherto unimaginable positions in our Body Politic. We marvel at the unguarded derision to which stupid ‘politrickcians’ subject our very able and gallant men in the Armed Forces – all because we have a terrible system in which people who have no business around administration of state affairs find themselves in government. We are shocked at the irresponsible behaviour of the same thieving ‘Emperors’: they steal their state treasuries dry, pour coal tar on the roads and claim to have built expensive roads; they buy jets with state funds only for the benefit of they and their families and cronies for the duration of their tenure when the people of their states require water, schools and bursaries; they are either stealing in government or waiting to get the thieves out of government houses so that they can show them how to really loot. What amazes us most is eminent and transparent desperation of these Crooks for control of State Apparatus that they are always ready to desecrate our highest office – the Presidency (as is never done in any society with sane politicians) – simply because they cannot have their way; the silliest tantrums otherwise now known as ‘open Letter’ is their stock-in- trade. And together with the failing paid PRESS that we now have, they are prepared to beat drums of war and imaginary catastrophe or make open clarion calls for pogrom in some parts of the country upon their loss in the ‘power Game’ or at the earliest indication of even a genuine electoral loss. We warn all of you. When and if the war starts, you cannot even wait to see it. All your loots will burn………… BE WARNED!!!!!! STOP! THINK! ……. If you run out of the country, we, Nigerian citizens here and abroad and your prospective host countries will come after you… As the elections draw nearer, I must warn all Buccaneers in various political parties to desist from fighting one another and, to not be involved in un-brotherly or unlawful activities. I will not fail to YELLOW spot any buccaneer who falls below par or who is proven to be involved in any form of violence anywhere and at any time. I have spoken. Barrister Femi Osibanjo Grand Eye 08079705196; 08098255933 14 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by purplesummer(f): 9:01pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
Alora! 13 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by Seanixking: 9:08pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
Will be bak wen vhiz hit front page...seadogz sailin dier shipz en countin dier loss..since 200AD 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by BlackPeni5: 9:08pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
Bloody cultists...una no dey grow pass something? 42 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by Nobody: 9:18pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
These dudes don't want to change. 7 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by remsonik(f): 9:25pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
How one man go call himself grand eye. Mtcheeewwww 21 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by redsquare(m): 9:26pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
Just look at what old men are using their precious time to write when their mates are thinking of how to better their lives. 1972 Schism ko, 2014 Ebola ni. Bloody i.diots. 56 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by suwailad(f): 9:29pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
Seanixking: Will be bak wen vhiz hit front page...seadogz sailin dier shipz en countin dier loss..since 200AD you go wait till 2095 for nairaland front page to advertise cultism.olodo! 14 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by eluquenson(m): 10:36pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
What value do these people add to their lifes nor the nation 12 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by cjrane: 10:36pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
Lordleno: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 This is exactly the reason why many Nigerian boys are useless today. Youthful energy is wasted on spilling blood instead of a productive venture. Anyhow some people feel do inferior and worthless that they resort to secret cults,terrorism just to feel any sort of self worth. 10 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by Nobody: 10:52pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
cjrane:Mr man, With all ur common sense, self righteousness nd self worth. U just had to go and quote everything just 2 comment dt shit u just wrote? 44 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by barnaby04(m): 10:59pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
It will be better to take you to Sambisa forest to help locate our girls or take you to Liberia to help fight Ebola cos it seems u aint got work to do. We all did some funny and student stuffs while in school and retired from it when we grad, but it seems in your own case, you have refused to grown up and forget about your campus escapades! 19 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by AustineE1: 11:08pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
This is a poor attempt to launder a very bad image which arises as a result of several years of shedding innocent blood in various higher institutions of the federation...meanwhile Buccaneers Association of Nig is nt registered in Nigeria,what was registered perhaps to disguise the real motive was Brothers Accross Nigeria (BAN),am nt here to hold brief for any group but i also think that Barr.Femi who stands as the president of BAN made a mockery of himself and the association in trying to chastise our politicians when he said,and i quote 'the silliest tantrums otherwise known as 'open letter' is their stock-in-trade'. Why i also think that any discerning mind would also assume that his 'open letter' to Pyrate Confraternity is also the silliest tantrum,cldnt he have found a way of reaching out to them if they had hurt BAN so much,since he claimed there was a form of tie between Wole Soyinka and the lost members who became buccaneers and that there was an attempt to lure them back. Though i doubt if pyrates will honour them with a reply,from information available online seems to me that Pyrates have long created a niche for themselves and a world far apart from these psuedo-fraternities.Every other time i come across Nigerian dailies is either 'a Buccaneer hacked down at Uni-Ben gate',or 'an axe man shot at gun point','vikings on rampage','Aiye in a show of strength,shoots at anyone on sight','3 buccaneers downed in a party vice versa! But pyrates are always in the news for good reasons e.g charities,seminars,converges,peaceful march etc. Sorry,i do nt mean to spite on any group but am just a Nigerian citizen and an observer of happenings in my dear nation. 20 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by iamodenigbo1(m): 11:11pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
sheeding tears for my beloved country,Pls empower them,ånd send them to sambisa,they will be more usefull 7 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by awoononi(m): 11:36pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
cjrane:And you just had to quote the whole thing. 6 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by mrking3(m): 11:51pm On Jul 30, 2014 |
IT'S ONLY A JOBLESS PERSON THAT HAS THE TIME TO READ THIS NONSENSE! nothing changes the fact that CULTISM is evil! No matter how good you guys try to portray it to be! ....... 7 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by tonytony208(m): 12:17am On Jul 31, 2014 |
AustineE1: This is a poor attempt to launder a very bad image which arises as a result of several years of shedding innocent blood in various higher institutions of the federation...meanwhile Buccaneers Association of Nig is nt registered in Nigeria,what was registered perhaps to disguise the real motive was Brothers Accross Nigeria (BAN),am nt here to hold brief for any group but i also think that Barr.Femi who stands as the president of BAN made a mockery of himself and the association in trying to chastise our politicians when he said,and i quote 'the silliest tantrums otherwise known as 'open letter' is their stock-in-trade'. are you a pirate cultist? What you wrote is synonymous to "kettle calling pot black". Try all forms of pirate-image-laundering you can do, a secret bloodletting cult will always be a secret bloodletting cult. 8 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by CertifiedFreak(m): 12:41am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Tha whole epistle doesn't change the fact that cultism is just that. "Anybody wey quote op again go receive 1972 slap wey go cause schism between two teeth" 18 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by miccheck58: 1:22am On Jul 31, 2014 |
See me just dey read this rubbish like one interesting story. Well, all I see here is repetitions upon repetitions..... 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by CzarChris(m): 1:36am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Alora Sealord! BDB very true I must say. 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by Nobody: 1:38am On Jul 31, 2014 |
I "was" a unizik fine boy and a proud one at that. However, na Jesus dey reign now guys . 11 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by U235weapongrade: 3:44am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Una dey land dey form sailors and SeaDogs... 16 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by phapi(m): 4:59am On Jul 31, 2014 |
BlackPeni5: Bloody cultists...una no dey grow pass something? From this ur outburst it shows you a r an fucking Aye LOBer My fellow bruda go don fu.c.k ya girlfrnd !!! Idiot black men hating ALORA since 1972 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by phapi(m): 5:09am On Jul 31, 2014 |
AustineE1: This is a poor attempt to launder a very bad image which arises as a result of several years of shedding innocent blood in various higher institutions of the federation...meanwhile Buccaneers Association of Nig is nt registered in Nigeria,what was registered perhaps to disguise the real motive was Brothers Accross Nigeria (BAN),am nt here to hold brief for any group but i also think that Barr.Femi who stands as the president of BAN made a mockery of himself and the association in trying to chastise our politicians when he said,and i quote 'the silliest tantrums otherwise known as 'open letter' is their stock-in-trade'. It as simple as this "THE PAIN OF 1972 Still REMAINS" We don't fight,all we do is showcase our handsome and finest attitude on campus Pyrate na confra abi playgroup? Shit 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by Samgreguc(m): 5:13am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Their branch in UK, US, Canada e.t.c are helping their communities but, what has their branch here done to the community? --bloodshed I think. 7 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by BRAV0O(m): 5:37am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Poo! 2 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by fr3do(m): 5:42am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Mumus 3 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by millhouse: 6:00am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Claiming to b brodas..when d chips are down .u 'll know who your real brothers are 3 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by funshyboi(m): 6:36am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Oops, thank God I didn't read through, all na cultism,brotherhood Kor sister living ni 5 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Buccaneers Across Nigeria(ban) To Pyrates(seasdogs) by ajoskele(m): 7:13am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Na wen dis atm go start to dey dispense now..ℓ̊ wan go cds jawe |
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