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Re: If Igbos Are Butchered Again, Nigeria Will Break; Fani- Kayode Warns by LastProphet: 12:41pm On Aug 22, 2015 |
ACM10: answer the question on ironsi otherwise your father and mother are bastards |
Re: If Igbos Are Butchered Again, Nigeria Will Break; Fani- Kayode Warns by Nobody: 1:30pm On Aug 23, 2015 |
[quote author=TRUTHTOPOWER post=37129338] The justice you seek, sir, is your fundamental right. I wish I could get a some enlightenment from you if you feel disposed. I will understand, if you declined to attend to one or two questions I feel compelled to ask you: 1. If you believe that Dr Junaid speaks for non-Biafrans, how did you come to that belief? 2. If you considered the possibility that some some Nigerians hold Igbos in high esteem no more and no less than they hold their tribes men, will it be fair to project them as enemies of the Biafran dream? 3. How can the Biafran Dream be actualized in an atmosphere of hostility? 4. if there are hostilities where are the potential frontiers and who are the potential casualties? 5. if there is a declared capital of Biafra will that be a necessary military target for Federal troops? Will Abuja be necessary military target for Biafran troops? 6. If you look at the radii of both targets geographically, what do you think the collateral impact of assault would be in terms of geographical spread? 7.Do you not think that before the people of kwara or sokoto would feel the impact of hostilities, south eastern states, given their proximity, would have felt it at least 3 times harder? 8. In the event of hostilities, what happens to billion dollar investments of would be Biafrans in a country where they would be regarded as hostile aliens? 9.Is Biafran Dream possible without hostilities? 10. what is the best approach? 11 Is the aspiration of the ordinary Nigerian ( fulfillment of fundamental rights FHR) different from that of a would be Biafra? 12. if FHR is available for everyone will there still be a need for separation? 13. if politics are conducted along ethnic lines will the outcome not reflect the process? 14. if politics are conducted on strictly FHR basis will the outcome not essentially reflect FHR. Observation:- Ordinary citizens fan the embers of war even though they have neither bunkers, escape roots nor the wherewithal to acquire vital supplies to sustain them in the even of protracted hostilities. why? if an ethnic group feels so alienated from others it must consider its options for separation very carefully. if its indigenes are broadly dispersed, its lands are virtually locked in, its population is less than 1/3, its food supplies are out sourced and and some of its leaders may switch allegiance when push comes to shove, then the only GODLY option is dialogue and firm commitment towards social justice. They will not keep quiet when others are suffering because what goes around comes around. "follow peace with all men" - this is the canon of Christ. U spoke well. 1 Like |
Re: If Igbos Are Butchered Again, Nigeria Will Break; Fani- Kayode Warns by carix10(m): 7:23am On Oct 19, 2015 |
Yorubas Are The Problem With Nigeria says Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Our Reporter 19 October, 2015 The Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude. The Yoruba elite and area-boy politics; Igbo marginalisation and the responsible limits of retribution; and The Yoruba Factor and “Area-boy” Politics. My views on the Yoruba political leadership have been thoroughly articulated in some of my writings, prime among which was ” Afenifere: Syllabus of Errors” published by This Day (The Sunday Newspaper) on Sept 27, 1998. There was also an earlier publication in the weekly Trust entitled ” The Igbo, the Yoruba and History” (Aug. 21, 1998). In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude. The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country. In 1966, it was the violence in the West which provided an avenue for the putsch of 15th January. After Chief Awolowo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the South-West which led to the Buhari intervention. When Buhari jailed UPN governors like Ige and Onabanjo, the South-Western press castigated that good government and provided the right mood for IBB to take over power. As soon as IBB cleared UPN governors of charges against them in a politically motivated retrial, he became the darling of the South-West. When IBB annulled the primaries in which Adamu Ciroma and Shehu Yar Adua emerged as presidential candidates in the NRC and SDP, he was hailed by the South-West. When the same man annulled the June 12, 1993 elections in which Abiola was the front-runner, the South-West now became defenders of democracy. When it seemed Sani Abacha was sympathetic to Abiola, the South-West supported his take-over. He was in fact invited by a prominent NADECO member to take over in a published letter shortly before the event. Even though Abiola had won the elections in the North, the North was blamed for its annulment. When Abdulsalam Abubakar started his transition, the Yoruba political leadership through NADECO presented a memorandum on a Government of National Unity that showed complete disrespect for the intelligence and liberties of other Nigerians. Subsequently, they formed a tribal party which failed to meet minimum requirements for registration, but was registered all the same to avoid the violence that was bound to follow non- registration, given the area-boy mentality of South-West politicians. Having rejected an Obasanjo candidacy and challenged the election as a fraud in court, we now find a leading member of the AD in the government, a daughter of an Afenifere leader as Minister of State, and Awolowo´s daughter as Ambassador, all appointed by a man who won the election through fraud. Meanwhile, nothing has been negotiated for the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self- succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation. When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses. For so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals. Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists. Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other “nationalities” that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances. To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities. This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood. I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation- building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys. iii.The Igbo Factor and the Reasonable Limits of Retribution. The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation. They led the first successful military coup which eliminated the Military and Political leaders of other regions while letting off Igbo leaders. Nwafor Orizu, then Senate President, in consultation with President Azikiwe, subverted the constitution and handed over power to Aguiyi-Ironsi. Subsequent developments, including attempts at humiliating other peoples, led to the counter-coup and later the civil war. The Igbos themselves must acknowledge that they have a large part of the blame for shattering the unity of this country. Having said that, this nation must realise that Igbos have more than paid for their foolishness. They have been defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated, kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity. The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set for the primaries, every gentleman´s agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate. Things went as far as getting the Federal Government to hurriedly gazette a pardon. Now, with this government, the marginalistion of the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb. After the First World War, the victors treated Germany with the same contempt Nigeria is treating Igbos. Two decades later, there was a Second World War, far costlier than the first. Germany was again defeated, but this time, they won a more honourable peace. Our present political leaders have no sense of History. There is a new Igbo man, who was not born in 1966 and neither knows nor cares about Nzeogwu and Ojukwu. There are Igbo men on the street who were never Biafrans. They were born Nigerians, are Nigerians, but suffer because of actions of earlier generations. They will soon decide that it is better to fight their own war, and may be find an honourable peace, than to remain in this contemptible state in perpetuity. The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos. For one Sardauna, one Tafawa Balewa, one Akintola and one Okotie-Eboh, hundreds of thousands have died and suffered. If this issue is not addressed immediately, no conference will solve Nigeria´s problems. By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Being Excerpts from A Paper Presented At The “National Conference On The 1999 Constitution” Jointly Organised By The Network For Justice And The Vision Trust Foundation, At The Arewa House, Kaduna From 11th –12th September, 1999. |
Re: If Igbos Are Butchered Again, Nigeria Will Break; Fani- Kayode Warns by oyatz(m): 11:52am On Jan 04, 2017 |
Hmn, in which way are you different from Junaid mohammed ? Instead of preaching Peace you are threatening war. All the sophisticated war weapons are present in the 'East' and they alone have monopoly of such advanced weapons? Do you think weapons alone win wars? kettykings: |
Re: If Igbos Are Butchered Again, Nigeria Will Break; Fani- Kayode Warns by oyatz(m): 11:55am On Jan 04, 2017 |
Stop spreading falsehood. There was no National Conference in 1999. carix10: |
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