Abuheekmat:



Laughing.


There's nothing like wahabism.. The name was given to Muslims by non Muslim... Just like they call us jabatiyah..


Shekau is not a Muslim.. He's brother of zaakyzaky.. They are terrorists and were never Muslims

Taqiya at its finest. You're doing just great.

"In Islam, Taqiya or Taqiyya is a precautionary dissimulation or denial of religious belief and practice in the face of persecution. Another term for this concept, kitmān, has a more specific meaning of dissimulation by silence or omission."

Quote from Wikipedia

OP and Seller, kindly take this your advert down, for it is likely to spoil your reputation big time.

The vehicle in question has major problems Just compare these warning lights to that of the LandCruiser you also have for sale.

Both vehicles are standing still and their engines nicely idling and ticking over at about 1000 rpm.

Your LX570 is a sick puppy whilst your LANDCRUISER is solid as a rock. At first glance, of course. So please take it down.

CHUKWURAH, CHUKWURAH, IT IS A GOAL-Oooo

CHUKWURAH, CHUKWURAH, ATIKU HAS WON-Oooo

Couldn't sweep much in 4 dirty years, could it ?

Anyway, it looks a good preparation for the bonfire, in-coming celebrations.

TooMuchStuff:


Politics and religion are two distinctions and oppositely accepted in Christianity but Islam has both as one.

In their various mosques on Fridays, the imam openly preach local and global politics as main sermon.
Leadership in community is very sensitive in Islam. Islam also forbids allowing infidels to rule the community with Muslims even if they are tiny minority. Once they have a helper at the top that can help them cheat the system to power , they gladly do it.

Cheating and oppressing non Muslims in their ancestral land is as old as time. Muhammad himself ruled madina as a minority in Jewish town. Muslims are not fools. They are never fair players in the game of politics. They may not know how to deliver good governance because of the unequal treatment to non Muslims in the land. Take buhari as an example, grabbing power is not his problem but being fair to Christians majority in Nigeria is his main problem because Islam does not permit him to do so! The main issue with Nigeria is religion

Sir, I presume! You are indeed "TOOMUCH" I have never read a clearer insight into Islam as a political movement here on Nairaland. Thank you.

senatordave1:

Buhari will win bende lga

Hahahaha.......An outsider laughing. Guess why?
Here's an extra letter "L", now stick it to BENDE, Damn, you've gotten a new LGA.

GO WIN IT FOR YOUR B(uhari)S.

cheruv:

From your comment it's obvious you're not Ndoki but either Kirike or Ụbanị kos people from these two areas have the propensity to claim Ndoki on account of its role in the formation of all rivers ijo groups except kalabari.
Ndoki clan, both the Abia and Rivers components are part of the Great Igbo Nation

Thank you for answering him the way you have. Without wanting to sound too knowing on all things ASA-NDOKI-OPOBO, we will always remain IGBOS.
I know for a fact that from 1970 onwards, the Rivers State Government did try and fail numerous times, with programmes to end the speaking of Igbo in Opobo axis.

OF COURSE NOT Mr. V.P....HOW MUCH MORE IS LEFT ?

President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Northern Muslim




Senate President
Northern Muslim




Acting Chief Justice
Northern Muslim




Party Chairman
Southern Muslim ?




Minister of Defense:
Northern Muslim




Minister of Interior:
Northern Muslim




Minister of Justice:
Northern Muslim




Minister of Finance
Northern Muslim




Minister of Information
Northern Muslim




Minister of Power, Works and Housing
Southern Muslim




Minister of Aviation
Northern Muslim




Minister of Communications
Southern Muslim




Minister of Education
Northern Muslim




Minister of Water Resources
Northern Muslim




Minister of Environment
Northern Muslim




Minister of Women Affairs
Northern Muslim




Minister of FCT
Northern Muslim




President of Court Of Appeal
Northern Muslim




Chief Judge of Federal High Court
Northern Muslim




Chief Judge of FCT High Court
Northern Muslim




Chairman of NJC
Northern Muslim




Secretary of NJC
Northern Muslim




Chief Registrar of Supreme Court
Northern Muslim




Chief Registrar of Court Of Appeal
Northern Muslim




D.G. Legal Aid Council
Northern Muslim




Chief of Staff to President
Northern Muslim




Principal Secretary to President
Northern Muslim




Clerk of National Assembly
Northern Muslim




National Security Adviser
Northern Muslim




Chief of Army Staff
Northern Muslim




Chief of Air Staff
Northern Muslim




IG of Police
Northern Muslim




Com. Gen. of Civil Defense Corps
Northern Muslim




Com. Gen. of Nigerian Customs
Northern Muslim




Com. Gen of Nigerian Immigration
Northern Muslim




Com. Gen. of Nigerian Prison
Northern Muslim




D.G. DSS
Northern Muslim




D.G. NIA
Northern Muslim




Chairman EFCC
Northern Muslim




Chairman Board of FRSC
Northern Muslim




Chairman NDLEA
Northern Muslim




Director/CEO-NFIU
Northern Muslim




Chairman of INEC
Northern Muslim




GMD NNPC
Northern Muslim




MD/CEO NPA
Northern Muslim


.........

The maximum age gap is :

(HALF the man's age) + 7 years = Minimum age of the woman.

BabaAduras:


The 2023 Igbo Presidency will be determined by 16th Feb (less than 2 weeks time). You will know who is wise then.

It is devils alternatives for the Igbo. If you vote for Atiku and (God forbid) Atiku wins, there is no vacancy in 2023. If you still vote for Atiku and PMB wins, the South West and APC will not support Igbo Presidency in 2023.

Take this as the gospel truth, without the support of the South West, an Igbo man cannot win the Presidency - you simply don't have the numbers and you will not stop fighting yourselves (divided votes).

As unpalatable as it may sound to you, a good forward thinking political judgement will be for the Igbos to support PMB. But the Igbos are not forward thinking, they only think in the contest of "Immediacy". They are not politically flexible so they will carry on with the pain of PMB defeating GEJ (their anointed candidate) in 2015 by voting against PMB again and in 2023 nothing will change - Presidency will change hand from the North to the South West.

If you don't change your ways and actions, how do you expect a change of results (outcomes)? It is an "Impossicant" as we say in the "Kegite Society"

I am sure I will receive a lot abuses and insults for my submission, but it is the gospel truth, and it is what will happen. You can keep the write and we talk about it in 2023.

As a matter of fact, I wrote a similar write-up before the 2015 election that the Igbos were putting "all their eggs in one basket" and they will suffer badly if GEJ fail to win the election. I was abused and insulted, but we all know what happened after the 2015 election. Yet the Igbos have the audacity to complain of marginalization. How do you expect to reap where you did not sow?

The era of political savvy politicians like Zik (The Ewelle himself) and Chuba Okadigbo (the man of Timber and Calibre) are gone. Show me a rallying figure amongst the Igbo politicians that the South West support. They are just minor political loafers. Obi that would have been acceptable to the Elites of the West in 2023 has now committed political suicide by selling to Atiku. It is just unfortunate.

Anyway, 16th Feb is round the corner. As we say in Yoruba Land, "Gbangba a de'kun, kedere a be wo". Pidgin transalation - "Fowl yansh go open" for all to see.

Y.A.W.N ^{Yoruba Arithmetic of Western Nigeria}

Please, refer to https://www.nairaland.com/4400133/dr-maduka-c-ogwueleka-staphylococus#65863436


Dr Maduka C Ogwueleka (MBBS, MRCPUK) has come out to clear us on why Staphylococcus aureus diagnosis is a scam in Nigeria.

According to the UK based physician, staphylococcus causing low sperm count is a scam in Nigeria’s medical world, there is no such disease.

He explained that Staphylococcus aureus organisms are ubiquitous and can be found all over our bodies including our skin and as such can contaminate swabs and give you a wrong result.

“Don’t take antibiotics for this scam diagnosis. If I take any sample from your body, it will be contaminated with staphylococcus aureus.

This diagnosis is a huge scam in Nigeria’s medical industry used in extorting money from our ignorant population.

Everybody (you and I) will always test positive to staphylococcus on tissues. If I take a swab from your urethra/joystick, it will come back testing positive for staphylococcus because staphylococcus is everywhere on our bodies/skins as they are part of our body’s natural flora. The swab will almost always be contaminated by staphylococcus.

If you have skin infection or pneumonia caused by staphylococcus – this is a different ball game and antibiotics are required.

If you have a low sperm count, see an endocrinologist and a urologist to investigate it NOT a laboratory technician or scientist. It is much more complex than you may think” he said

He continued:

“I WILL KEEP REPOSTING THIS UNTIL IT SINKS IN!

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SCAM IN NIGERIA:

Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria found normally in the nose, respiratory (breathing) tract and on the skin.

Because these bacteria are on our skin, when taking a swab (high vaginal swab for example), chances are that you may brush through the skin and get the swab contaminated by staphylococcus aureus. Now, when that swab is sent to the laboratory for culture it will grow staphylococcus aureus. This does not mean that you are infected with staphylococcus aureus requiring treatment of any kind.

We are all carrying staphylococcus aureus around. It does not mean we are infected or unwell needing treatment.

Staphylococcus aureus is not transmitted sexually neither is it a sexually transmitted disease.

Staphylococcus aureus does not caused infertility (male or female), impotence or premature ejaculation.

Staphylococcus aureus does not cause weak erection of the joystick.

Staphylococcus aureus does not cause waist pain.

Staphylococcus aureus does not move like worms all over the body.

Staphylococcus aureus is not contacted via toilet seats.

Nigerian scammers attribute staphylococcus aureus to almost every disease in a standard medical textbook. This is wrong and these scammers should be named and shamed.

However, staphylococcus aureus can cause some nasty infections such as skin infections in the form of abscesses, cellulitis, impetigo, folliculitis and toxic epidermal necrolysis. Staphylococcus aureus can also cause food poisoning, breast infections, endocarditis (heart infection), osteomyelitis (bone infection), pneumonia (lung infection) and blood infection. But in these causes the infected persons won’t be walking around, having sex/fun and smiling. They’ll be terribly unwell and in intensive care unit somethings.”

Dr Maduka C Ogwueleka (MBBS, MRCPUK).

Source: http://dailyleakblog.com/2018/03/15/staphylococcus-aureus-scam-in-nigeria-dr-maduka-c-ogwueleka/

theoldpretender:
While Pogu is from the North East...he also is technically speaking from the Middle Belt too...

It's complicated....but the Middle Belt is usually used to refer to either the minorities in the North regardless of religion, the Christian Northerners, or the Kwara, Kogi, Niger, Plateau, Nassarawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe region...

Modified

The real owners of this nation.
The MIDDLE-BELT please WAKE UP

braveboi4life:
We die here, wake me up on Febuari 16 if Atiku gets more than 5% from SE

You've just written the shortest suicide note in Nigerian political opinion.

CONGRATS..... No need to wake up again. You've SHOT yourself. DEAD.

BlueRayDick:
Just start your next call with ''Mayday ! Mayday!''

And do not be surprised to hear a Nigerian answer back with,

WHERE MAY DEY, WHO SHE BE, WHY YOU DEY ASK ME ?

saint2ace:
Who noticed we're on page 444

SUPER..... I just did. And patiently waiting for the F1 to hit the stalls.

Well done all you Umidigi-Fans

babaolofin:
Do you know that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria;

Chief of Army Staff was from SE
Chief of Naval Staff was from SE
IG of Police was from SE
Chief of Defence staff was fron SE
Internal Affairs Minister SE
External Affairs Minister SE
Education Minister South SE
Many other key ministries to SE
Parliament President SE
Unilag VC from SE
University of Ibadan VC from SE
North resisted same at ABU!

Still there was dissatisfaction by SE, the officers from the region killed this same Balewa!!!!

Out of all the most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from the north, all of them were killed. 10 from the west, 2 were killed.

Then Ironsi imposed a unitary system of government on the country so that everything can belong to a region who snatched it!

We must know our history so that when we want to make corrections, we will not end up concealing the truth. This has nothing to do with tribalism but everything to do with the truth.....at times when lies litter the streets.

These are documented facts!

Thou shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

*“Prof. Ben Nwabueze was the man who drafted the constitution that took away powers from regions and handed it to the central govt because his brother Aguiyi Ironsi was the head of state. Today, he is shouting restructuring that he helped to destroy. We won’t forget.”*. Let those who have ears hear.

Office AND Name of Occupant

Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa

Transportation Raymond Njoku

Education Aja Wachukwu

Commerce K. O. Mbadiwe

Communications Samuel Akintola

Finance Festus Okotie-Eboh

Internal Affairs J. M. Johnson Replaced Adegoke Adelabu

Information Kola Balogun

Health Ayo Rosiji

Mines Muhammadu Ribadu

Works Zanna Bukar Dipcharima Replaced Inuwa Wada

Labour & Welfare J. M. Johnson Also responsible for Sports

Mines & Power Maitama Sule

Economic Dev & Nat’l Resources Shehu Shagari

Communications Olu Akinfosile

Internal Affairs Usman Sarki

Information T. O. S. Benson

Health Waziri Ibrahim

Pensions, Establishment Yisa Yara’Dua

Defense Inua Wada

Foreign Affairs Mathew T. Mbu

Attorney Gen/Justice Taslim Olawale Elias



Courtesy of www.revolvy.com/page/Cabinet-of-Abubakar-Tafawa-Balewa

patrick89:


I'm interested in the bolded. What did he say? Any link to that?

So sorry for joining in, but I too got keen on this allegation. So I googled out this from Daily Trust Newspaper 27th, October, 2018:

(Questions from David Ngogua)
(Answers from Coach Ibrahim Musa)

Q: Some people are of the view that Pillars would have won, if the players had received the necessary technical input from the bench. What is your take on this?

A: Well, I am not trying to exonerate myself but we did the best we could under the circumstances we found ourselves in. However, since a coach is said to be as good as his last match, many people may not like to see the positive contributions I made to the team. We really had a tricky situation on our hands. Substitutions are not done haphazardly. You cannot change a defender for a striker or a striker for a defender. Two of our defenders fell down and said they won’t be able to continue. We had to replace them with defenders. A midfielder also got injured and had to be replaced by a player in that position. You can imagine our situation having to make three substitutions in like three minutes. Even at that we kept telling the boys to remain focused. They couldn’t hold their nerves firmly and that was why Rangers got back into the match. As the head of the technical crew, it is natural for me to be handed the blame for the defeat.

Q: Another controversial issue is the allegation in some quarters that some of the players particularly those of Igbo extraction who were substituted as a result of injuries betrayed the team. Do you suspect anything fishy?

A: Honestly, I do not want to speak on this because there is no sufficient evidence that something like that happened. These are professional players so there is no reason for them to indulge in such unprofessional act. However, after the match, I addressed the entire team and I told the players that if anybody has betrayed Kano Pillars, God knows. I reminded them that the club has been good to everyone. The players know what they would have got, if they had won the trophy. I am sure by now they would have been talking of brand new cars, houses and cash rewards. It is a collective loss so we are not blaming anyone for anything that happened. We failed as a team.

Source::: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ibrahim-musa-kano-pillars-aiteo-cup-loss-is-almost-unbearable.html

mustamin:
Mine is defense and defence

Defense is generally used, but in anything british, Defence is preferred.

redsun:
It is like the politics of early medieval europe playing out in the 21st century giant of africa.The church versus the state,both against the commoners.

It is a joke.You muderfuckers are not evolving at all.

Bejesus, when do we as a nation get to Runnymede, talk less of ever standing for something?

Reading your insight leaves me breathless. You really hit us all hard. Heavens help.!!!

BabaRamota1980:


It is AMINA, you creep!

Say it...AMI NA....A MI NA...AMINA!!

Oh damn.... Thanks for the correction, you snitch!!! ; D

AMI..NA AMINA. Queen Anima. I got it.

AceRoot:
Total Respect to Eze Ahebi Ugbabe in Enugu and also Queen Amina in Zaria.

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Total Respect to Eze Ahebi Ugbabe in Enugu and also Queen Anima of Zaria. TÓUCHE

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HE'LL LIE MORE AGAIN,
HE'S LAI MORE AHMED.
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SmartyPants:


Did he really say this?

Yes, and to the end he said:

“They are coming to ensure that my people are enslaved forever. Those who do not believe me will soon see it happen before their very own eyes”

“Nnamdi Kanu 6th Feb. 2014 on Radio Biafra

"They are coming to elevate Hausa-Fulani supremacy, to reposition the security agencies by sacking all competent hands and replacing them with their kinsmen, to drive their ethnic domination of the Biafrans and other tribes in Nigeria.

The Fulani herdsmen will be armed and encouraged to slaughter us with impunity and their masters will protect them”

Quote from 2014, by NNAMDI KANU

Nnamdi Kanu gave this insight for which he was condemned, cornered and decapitated by the ONE-NIGERIANS:

"They are coming to elevate Hausa-Fulani supremacy, to reposition the security agencies by sacking all competent hands and replacing them with their kinsmen, to drive their ethnic domination of the Biafrans and other tribes in Nigeria.

The Fulani herdsmen will be armed and encouraged to slaughter us with impunity and their masters will protect them"

Make of it what you may;
here was Chief Obafemi Awolowo speaking in 1967:

"The aim of a leader should be the welfare of the people whom he leads. I have used ‘welfare’ to denote the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of the people. With this aim fixed unflinchingly and unchangeably before my eyes I consider it my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general, to place four imperatives before you this morning. Two of them are categorical and two are conditional. Only a peaceful solution must be found to arrest the present worsening stalemate and restore normalcy. The Eastern Region must be encouraged to remain part of the Federation. If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then the Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation. The people of Western Nigeria and Lagos should participate in the ad hoc committee or any similar body only on the basis of absolute equality with the other regions of the Federation.

I would like to comment briefly on these four imperatives. There has, of late, been a good deal of sabre rattling in some parts of the country. Those who advocate the use force for the settlement of our present problems should stop a little and reflect. I can see no vital and abiding principle involved in any war between the North and the East. If the East attacked the North, it would be for purpose of revenge pure and simple. Any claim to the contrary would be untenable. If it is claimed that such a war is being waged for the purpose of recovering the real and personal properties left behind in the North by Easterners two insuperable points are obvious. Firstly, the personal effects left behind by Easterners have been wholly looted or destroyed, and can no longer be physically recovered. Secondly, since the real properties are immovable in case of recovery of them can only be by means of forcible military occupation of those parts of the North in which these properties are situated. On the other hand, if the North attacked the East, it could only be for the purpose of further strengthening and entrenching its position of dominance in the country.

If it is claimed that an attack on the East is going to be launched by the Federal Government and not by the North as such and that it is designed to ensure the unity and integrity of the Federation, two other insuperable points also become obvious. First, if a war against the East becomes a necessity it must be agreed to unanimously by the remaining units of the Federation. In this connection, the West, Mid- West and Lagos have declared their implacable opposition to the use of force in solving the present problem. In the face of such declarations by three out of remaining four territories of Nigeria, a war against the East could only be a war favoured by the North alone.
Second, if the true purpose of such a war is to preserve the unity and integrity of the Federation, then these ends can be achieved by the very simple devices of implementing the recommendation of the committee which met on August 9 1966, as reaffirmed by a decision of the military leaders at Aburi on January 5 1967 as well as by accepting such of the demands of the East, West, Mid-West and Lagos as are manifestly reasonable, and essential for assuring harmonious relationships and peaceful co-existence between them and their brothers and sisters in the North.

Some knowledgeable persons have likened an attack on the East to Lincoln’s war against the southern states in America. Two vital factors distinguish Lincoln’s campaign from the one now being contemplated in Nigeria. The first is that the American civil war was aimed at the abolition of slavery – that is the liberation of millions of Negroes who were then still being used as chattels and worse than domestic animals. The second factor is that Lincoln and others in the northern states were English-speaking people waging a war of good conscience and humanity against their fellow nationals who were also English speaking. A war against the East in which Northern soldiers are predominant, will only unite the Easterners or the Ibos against their attackers, strengthen them in their belief that they are not wanted by the majority of their fellow-Nigerians, and finally push them out of the Federation.

We have been told that an act of secession on the part of the East would be a signal, in the first instance, for the creation of the COR state by decree, which would be backed, if need be, by the use of force. With great respect, I have some dissenting observations to make on this declaration. There are 11 national or linguistic groups in the COR areas with a total population of 5.3 millions. These national groups are as distinct from one another as the Ibos are distinct from them or from the Yorubas or Hausas. Of the 11, the Efik/Ibibio/Annang national group are 3.2 million strong as against the Ijaws who are only about 700,000 strong. Ostensibly, the remaining nine national group number 1.4 millions. But when you have subtracted the Ibo inhabitants from among them, what is left ranges from the Ngennis who number only 8,000 to the Ogonis who are 220,000 strong. A decree creating a COR state without a plebiscite to ascertain the wishes of the peoples in the area, would only amount to subordinating the minority national groups in the state to the dominance of the Efik/Ibibio/Annang national group. It would be perfectly in order to create a Calabar state or a Rivers state by decree, and without a plebiscite. Each is a homogeneous national unit. But before you lump distinct and diverse national units together in one state, the consent of each of them is indispensable. Otherwise, the seed of social disquilibrium in the new state would have been sown.

On the other hand, if the COR State is created by decree after the Eastern Region shall have made its severance from Nigeria effective, we should then be waging an unjust war against a foreign state. It would be an unjust war, because the purpose of it would be to remove 10 minorities in the East from the dominance of the Ibos only to subordinate them to the dominance of the Efik/Ibibio/Annang national group. I think I have said enough to demonstrate that any war against the East, or vice versa, on any count whatsoever, would be an unholy crusade, for which it would be most unjustifiable to shed a drop of Nigerian blood. Therefore, only a peaceful solution must be found, and quickly too to arrest the present rapidly deteriorating stalemate and restore normalcy.

With regard to the second categorical imperative, it is my considered view that whilst some of the demands of the East are excessive within the context of a Nigerian union, most of such demands are not only well-founded, but are designed for smooth and steady association amongst the various national units of Nigeria.

The dependence of the Federal Government on financial contributions from the regions? These and other such like demands I do not support. Demands such as these, if accepted, will lead surely to the complete disintegration of the Federation which is not in the interest of our people. But I wholeheartedly support the following demands among others, which we consider reasonable and most of which are already embodied in our memoranda to the Ad Hoc Committee….

That revenue should be allocated strictly on the basis of derivation; that is to say after the Federal Government has deducted its own share for its own services the rest should be allocated to the regions to which they are attributable.

That the existing public debt of the Federation should become the responsibility of the regions on the basis of the location of the projects in respect of each debt whether internal or external.

That each region should have and control its own militia and police force.

That, with immediate effect, all military personnel should be posted to their regions of origin….

If we are to live in harmony one with another as Nigerians it is imperative that these demands and others which are not related, should be met without further delay by those who have hitherto resisted them. To those who may argue that the acceptance of these demands will amount to transforming Nigeria into a federation with a weak central government, my comment is that any link however tenuous, which keeps the East in the Nigerian union, is better in my view than no link at all.

Before the Western delegates went to Lagos to attend the meetings of the ad hoc committee, they were given a clear mandate that[b] if any region should opt out of the Federation of Nigeria, then the Federation should be considered to be at an end, and that the Western Region and Lagos should also opt out of it.[/b] It would then be up to Western Nigeria and Lagos as an independent sovereign state to enter into association with any of the Nigerian units of its own choosing, and on terms mutually acceptable to them. I see no reason for departing from this mandate. If any region in Nigeria considers itself strong enough to compel us to enter into association with it on its own terms, I would only wish such a region luck. But such luck, I must warn, will, in the long run be no better than that which has attended the doings of all colonial powers down the ages. This much I must say in addition, on this point. We have neither military might nor the overwhelming advantage of numbers here in Western Nigeria and Lagos. But we have justice of a noble and imperishable cause on our side, namely: the right of a people to unfettered self-determination. If this is so, then God is on our side, and if God is with us then we have nothing whatsoever in this world to fear.

The fourth imperative, and the second conditional one has been fully dealt with in my recent letter to the Military Governor of Western Nigeria, Col. Robert Adebayo, and in the representation which your deputation made last year to the head of the Federal Military Government, Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon. As a matter of fact, as far back as November last year a smaller meeting of leaders of thought in this Region decided that unless certain things were done, we would no longer participate in the meeting of the ad hoc committee. But since then, not even one of our legitimate requests has been granted. I will, therefore, take no more of your time in making further comments on a point with which you are well familiar. As soon as our humble and earnest requests are met, I shall be ready to take my place on the ad hoc committee. But certainly, not before.

In closing, I have this piece of advice to give. In order to resolve amiably and in the best interests of all Nigerians certain attributes are required on the part of Nigerian leaders, military as well as non-military leaders alike, namely: vision, realism and unselfishness. But above all , what will keep Nigerian leaders in the North and East unwaveringly in the path of wisdom, realism and moderation is courage and steadfastness on the part of Yoruba people in the course of what they sincerely believe to be right, equitable and just. In the past five years we in the West and Lagos have shown that we possess these qualities in a large measure. If we demonstrate them again as we did in the past, calmly and heroically, we will save Nigeria from further bloodshed and imminent wreck and, at the same time, preserve our freedom and self-respect into the bargain.

May God rule and guide our deliberations here, and endow all the Nigerian leaders with the vision, realism, and unselfishness as well as courage and steadfastness in the course of truth, which the present circumstances demand"

——————–

Speech by Chief Obafemi Awolowo made to the Western leaders of thought, in Ibadan, 1 May 1967

(quoted in “Crisis and Conflict in Nigeria (Volume 1), January 1966-July 1971” by A. H. M. Kirk-Greene.

obi4eze:
What I just know is that Abiola was party to coup d'etat that occurred before the 1993 election. The cry of Nigerians for democracy was sort of silenced by the Military and Abiola, who rode on the tiger, ended up in the belly of the tiger.

**June 12th: Payment For Abiola Sins.**

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor
( (Not sure of the Newspaper, but published about 5 years ago) )

Former member of the House of Representatives, former Senate Chief Whip and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rowland Stephen Owie says the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election was a divine recompense for Abiola’s alleged past political misdeeds.



What is your perspective on the June 12, 1993 election?

When people talk about June 12, June 12; June 12 has no meaning. June 12 is the repayment of evil for MKO Abiola. Whatever you sow, you reap. I said about four years ago that if Abiola had been president he would have been dead.

You think so?

Yes, let me tell you. Before anyone can say that the annulment was evil they should answer four questions. Number one, who was that politician that brought what was called the Maroko land deal to limelight? Who was that politician who used the Maroko land deal as an albatross on the neck of Chief Obafemi Awolowo? Who is that Nigerian or group of Nigerians who went to Obasanjo and connived with him and removed the Electoral College act from the decree of 1978?

Who is that politician or group of politicians that aided the military to take over the government of President Shehu Shagari in 1983 after the NPN convention? Who is that politician? Who is that politician that aided the military in disqualifying all the major candidates of SDP and NRC?

I say if they can answer it and the answer is negative for MKO Abiola, then the annulment of June 12 is evil. But if the answer is yes and it’s MKO Abiola, the annulment of June 12 was the best thing that happened because you can’t plant mango and reap yam.


In 1979 I was in the UPN as a member of the House of Representatives and there was a provision in the transition decree of 1978/79 which made provision for Electoral College if the presidential election became inconclusive, and it really was inconclusive, because Shagari did not get two-third of the 19 states. So, we were preparing for Electoral College. NPP, GNPP, PRP and UPN we had majority in the National Assembly which constituted the Electoral College.

The late Mallam Aminu Kano of PRP, Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim of GNPP, Nnamdi Azikiwe of NPP and Awolowo of UPN had met and we had all met. But three days to the Electoral College Obasanjo removed the clause on Electoral College; he removed the goal post within the run of play.

The Electoral College was removed after the election when we were getting ready for it and that was why Awolowo had no other option and he had to go to court and the judgment gave rise to the issue of 12 2/3! A human being cannot be half, he is either full or… and that is why Justice Sowemimo said that that judgment cannot be quoted in future.

Abiola and Obasanjo were involved as Egbas to remove that clause. Concord brought the headline “Maroko land: Awolowo where is your sincerity”. We were in Minna when it was published. Look it deflated the old man, it scattered him, in fact, he was no longer himself and he started battling how to explain.


Now NPN went for their national convention in Kano and Umaru Dikko, he is alive, he said the presidential candidate of the NPN is not for sale. MKO Abiola wanted the presidential ticket he didn’t get it and he then came and aligned with the military people who now came in.

And IBB came and set up two political parties, Shehu Yar‘adua, Adamu Ciroma and other major contenders in SDP and NRC, overnight the military disqualified all of them, aided and abetted by MKO Abiola. Because if Yar‘adua were (involved) there was no way MKO would have won. He was not even in contention until the disqualification of these major contenders. That is why I said that June 12 was a repayment for evil that was done against other people.

But how do you see the June 12 election in terms of electoral conduct and fairness?

The June 12 election because it was an open ballot and had only two parties which cut across tribal lines was one of the fairest elections ever held in this country. June 12 showed what a good government can do in an election. If IBB and Aikhomu wanted to tamper with the election, they could have tampered with the election, but they didn’t. It was a free and fair election but what I am telling you is that the annulment that came later was the hand of Esau and the voice of Jacob.

What do you mean?

What happened was a repayment for evil.

But was that justified on the nation?

Yes! What I am saying is that it was God’s own work, it was God’s own work.


For Abiola’s alleged sin of…
All the sins!

But did that justify the derailment of the collective hope of Nigerians?
What is the collective hope of Nigerians?

Was the Buhari coup against Shagari justified? Was that the collective will of Nigerians?

That is debatable because many Nigerians welcomed the coup just as majority of Nigerians were against the annulment of June 12.

It is because you are a pressman. Do you know how many people in my village that were not interested and were happy with the annulment, even though some of us were not happy.

You, were you happy with the annulment?
The annulment served Abiola right, quote me! You cannot be destroying other people and expect to have victory. There is a parable that all those who destroy other people will end up having destruction at the hour of their victory. MKO should not have expected anything less. Tell me, was it justified for Shehu Musa Yar‘adua and Falae in the SDP to be disqualified? What did they do? Was it justified for Adamu Ciroma and co in the NRC to be disqualified? What did they do? They were all disqualified in both parties so that MKO Abiola who was a friend of the military could emerge as the strongest candidate.

It was no secret that he paraded himself as a friend of the military. That man could not have expected to become president of Nigeria when he had ruined many people. The truth is that God does not come down to do some of these things Himself. He uses human beings as instruments and that is why when a man is looking for elective or appointive position, maybe as LGA chairman, governor, minister or president, he is looking for an aspect of the divinity of God. It is out of that divinity that the man in charge of affairs takes, compassion, service to the people, ability to manage everybody, forgiveness.

Unfortunately, the moment you get that position and you do not utilise it, not generally, just some part of it…if you watch when Christ cured the ten lepers only one came back to say thank you, but he said where are the other nine? And if you read Hipppolytus he said that as soon as Christ asked where are the nine that the leprosy returned to the nine, and they died of leprosy.