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The thing is that other groups in Nigeria were even satisfy when they have a president coming from their region  but lack of education also made them not realizing that their leaders primarily have their personal agendas while his people die from poverty, e.g OBJ not caring about his fellow ogun state brothers blocking lagos state monthly allocation for 3yrs; in the northern part, i believe that those politicians uses advantages of brainwashing his people and due to lack of education as well; they will believe that they are gaining more than other groups in the union there by creating tribalism within the populace and they fight and kill innocent people for no reason.

And they believe is justify, tomorrow the same people will come out and preach one Nigeria to you i think they are insane  

htajz:
its funny no past nigerian leader have every gotten this kind of attention , all those that have been carrying out character assasination on this man and what he stood for  will feel really ashamed right now.

Thats why you see some little little haters sprinkling up here and there

breaking news see the kind of people una dey argue with

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-883822.0.html#msg10309042

The problem is that the evil and genocide against BIAFRANS including some SS people Nigerians never came to their-senses of precautionary and the outcome,the same problem still around and they were still defending the killing of innocents without any justifiably doubts is now hunting them and making them look Evil to outside world I don't think the inhabitants in Niger area really know were they stand everybody is running from one post to the other,no direction,oyel had made it worst even a nice guy will turn to a monster in a second ,

Ikemba funeral got more foreign dignitaries than yaradua and other past leaders in Nigeria,mean while ikemba represent  state of Biafra and that doesn't ring a bell to their ears;especially these bigots in NL I believe oyel is what everybody in that country is looking up to

NL yaribas don run

I AM in akwa right now soon i will post pictures

OH pls not again

Sam obo!!! you said it all

noiseless:
[/b]Wow! this bunch of attention seeking fake country,see as they rushed and are showing off with the great man,comfused dot com dot NIGGA+AREA. mek un do quick lef we man,so we can give him the burrial which deserves[b].

newslive:

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I can't wait to see how our Dad's casket will be covered with Biafra Flag. And all those NONSENSE green white green rag removed.

true talk son

money power and respect,lord of the east

Torch1:
nwanne m, can i have ur email? I want to send u something ok!

igwe22312@yahoo.com Udo diri gi

chino11:
GBAM, that is the fact

for sure

Obi na quiet conqueror

Anambra is teaching them how to lead

y Emeka Osondu and Christopher Isiguzo
In what looks like a grand finale in the week-long activities to mark the rites of passage for the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, President Goodluck Jonathan and former Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings, are among top dignitaries who will storm Enugu State to pay their last respect to the late former Biafran warlord and leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Already, the Coal City as Enugu is fondly known is wearing a new look as it prepares to play host to the personalities who are expected at the Michael Opara Square.

Beside the heavy security marked by the ubiquitous presence of armed security men, at almost every turn in the city, the streets have brightened, what with the fresh paintings on most streets. What's more, there are new specially branded luxury cars designated to ferrying dignatories from one point to another. Surely, even elements of nature know a great man bowed out of the planet.

Meanwhile, youths from all over Igboland numbering over 10,000 held a rousing march past as part of the Igbo rites of passage for the departed Biafran warlord. The youths who poured in from the five states of the South-east geo-political zone stormed the industrial city of Nnewi and staged a symbolic funeral march for the late Igbo leader.

Apart from Rawlings who will be leading foreign dignitaries to the inter-denominational/national funeral service for the departed Igbo leader, some prominent leaders from Cote d’Ivoire, (where Ojukwu was exiled after the Nigerian-Biafra civil war), Gabon, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and United Kingdon, among others are equally being expected.

As part of the grand preparations for the final rites, several dignitaries from South-east yesterday gathered at the Holy Ghost Cathedral, Enugu in a funeral mass for the soul of the departed Igbo leader.

At the event were Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi; and his wife, Margaret; Enugu Deputy Governor, Sunday Onyebuchi; APGA National Chairman, Victor Umeh; Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca; former minister ABC Nwosu; Senator Uche Chukwumerije; and the Anglican Bishop of Enugu, Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma.

There were also Bishop Obi Onubugo of the Throne of Grace, Methodist Archbishop of Enugu, Rev. U Ugochukwu, ABC Orjiakor, traditional rulers and several others.

At the sermon during the service which held without the remains of Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Administrator of the Holy Ghost Cathedral, Rev Fr. John Nwafor declared that peace and sustained development would continue to elude the country unless its present and future leaders returned to a federalism that guarantees a weak centre as propounded by the late Odumegwu-Ojukwu some 45 years ago.

He stated that Nigeria had come to a point where the people needed to sit down and negotiate the basis of her togetherness, stressing that the distortions of the past were what Odumegwu -Ojukwu attempted to correct leading to the Biafran war.

Odumegwu-Ojukwu dreamt of equality and a Nigeria where the Igbo can own property in the North and the Hausa own property in Uyo or Igbo land and where such property would not be destroyed by the indigenes.
He stated that in his life, Odumegwu-Ojukwu remained the hero, stressing that in a public lecture on him at the Nike Lake Hotel, Enugu, former Information Minister, Prof Dora Akunyili, had described Odumegwu-Ojukwu as an “extra-ordinary leader who impacted very vigorously on the people of Nigeria and hated injustice”.
The cleric told the gathering that Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s main concern as he lived was service to his people, a situation that notwithstanding the fact that he was born with a silver spoon, he shunned the life of comfort, got enlisted in the Nigerian Army as a graduate of one of the prestigious universities in the world.

“As he served in various capacities in this country, his records were impeccable,” he said and challenged anybody with any record or where Odumegwu-Ojukwu was accused of corruption to come forward and show it.

He said such gesture was a serious challenge to the leaders of the country at present to live and work for a corrupt-free nation.

“Even as he lies in the casket, he never regretted going to that war and this will always be remembered in history for the good of the country,” he said.

He stated that Odumegwu-Ojukwu never fought a war of secession, adding that just like the biblical Moses, he led his people out of safety in the face of unparallel injustice, crushing suppression and abuse of human rights.

“People who are abreast with history will know that he never supported Kaduna Nzogwu-led military coup. Ikemba believed fanatically in the unity of Nigeria and fought for it. His going to war was absolutely in self defence and to stop perpetration of injustice and oppression. That is why those of us who thought that he was going to tear Nigeria apart if he was allowed to come back from his exile in Ivory Coast ate their words after his return,” he added.

Turning to the leadership of the country, Nwafor urged them to imbibe the quality of service and sacrifice to give the future the desired hope and prayed God to use the spirit of Odumegwu-Ojukwu to rebrand Nigeria.
And in continuation of the rites of passage, the youths led by Chief Debe Sylvester Ojukwu, first son of the late Ikemba, said the march past was the traditional ‘Icho madu’ ceremony for titled men in Igbo land which also applies to Nnewi.

The youths were made up of groups from Nnewi Youth Forum in conjunction with Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Association of Igbo Youth Initiative Movement (AIYIM), Anambra State Chapter and Okada Union, Nnewi.

The youths besieged the Nkwo Nnewi triangle from all parts of the South-east taking residents by surprise by their numbers to search for the late Odumegwu-Ojukwu in all major streets and quarters of Nnewi before proceeding to Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s compound and St Michael’s Catholic Church.

Speaking to THISDAY, Chief Ezeonwuka said: “I led over 10,000 youths across the South-east together with Sylvester, the first son of Ojukwu, to search for our fallen hero in all the four corners and sides of Nnewi as tradition demands but we did not see him. We even went to where Ojukwu was born, chanting familiar heroic songs in his honour, We are terminating the search at Saint Michael Catholic Church.

“Tonight (last night) we are going to set bonfires inside Ojukwu’s compound and sing the mourning songs with trumpet and drums.”


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Gov. Olusegum Mimiko of Ondo State said that time was ripe for Nigerians to celebrate worthy individuals that have made their marks in the nation in diverse areas rather than celebrating inanities. He said this during the celebration of his 3rd year in office at the Civic centre in Akure, Ondo State.

The Governor, who revealed that he has the giant photo of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State in his parlour, said that it was mark of his admiration for the Governor for his style of leadership, decency and commitment to Nigeria. He said that he admired him for his resilience in the pursuit of ennobling acts and gave example with his court cases that set the standards in Nigeria and improved her jurisprudence.

He referred to Obi as the first Governor to remove a sitting Governor, come back from impeachment and to go for tenure interpretation. In his words, “if not for this man (pointing at Obi), I would have served only two years.”

Mimiko said that because of the respect and love for the Governor, that he was the only Governor he invited to the event.

In his speech earlier, Obi who was the chairman of the occasion, said that he had tremendous respect for Mimiko. He described him as one Nigeria that is not afraid of his voice, who would always stand by things that will be of benefit to his people and to the country.

Obi said that going by his pedigree and what he has been able to do in Ondo State that he merited to be re-elected.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Anambra State Government is to embark on construction of a new road at the Harbour Industrial Layout, Onitsha. The new road will link other on-going and completed road projects in the area.

Disclosing this while inspecting the road, Governor Peter Obi said the road will equally provide access to the site of another South-African Multi-national company that is establishing its facility in the area.

He explained that the State Government was leaving no stone unturned in providing the necessary infrastructural development that will facilitate the smooth take off of the new multi-national companies that are presently establishing in the State including the Multi-Million dollar Sabmiller Brewery that will soon come on stream.

The Governor disclosed that when three of the major companies become functional, they will provide over one thousand jobs.

Governor Obi said government was equally upgrading facilities to support existing industries in the area and recalled that before the inception of his government, there was no access road to the industries.

According to the Governor, the roads were being constructed to standard with all the necessary components that will enable them stand the rest of time.

He disclosed that government will introduce an integrated and comprehensive waste management system and measures to ensure regular maintenance of the drains to protect the roads.

I am very proud to hear on BBC as Ojukwu is glowingly addressed as "the late Biafran leader". It is instructive that inspite of several years of pretences to the contrary, the world recognises the existence of the Republic of Biafra. Note the language: "late Biafran leader". Not "late leader of defunct Biafra". These are two different phrases with different connotations. The first phrase, which BBC uses implies a Republic still in existence,while the second phrase, which BBC does not use, refers to a Republic that existed and collapsed after a period of time. Indeed, the world knows that Biafra lives!

I am very proud to hear on BBC as Ojukwu is glowingly addressed as "the late Biafran leader". It is instructive that inspite of several years of pretences to the contrary, the world recognises the existence of the Republic of Biafra. Note the language: "late Biafran leader". Not "late leader of defunct Biafra". These are two different phrases with different connotations. The first phrase, which BBC uses implies a Republic still in existence,while the second phrase, which BBC does not use, refers to a Republic that existed and collapsed after a period of time. Indeed, the world knows that Biafra lives!

ikemba ojukwu the LORD of the EAST

I am very proud to hear on BBC as Ojukwu is glowingly addressed as "the late Biafran leader". It is instructive that inspite of several years of pretences to the contrary, the world recognises the existence of the Republic of Biafra. Note the language: "late Biafran leader". Not "late leader of defunct Biafra". These are two different phrases with different connotations. The first phrase, which BBC uses implies a Republic still in existence,while the second phrase, which BBC does not use, refers to a Republic that existed and collapsed after a period of time. Indeed, the world knows that Biafra lives!

I am very proud to hear on BBC as Ojukwu is glowingly addressed as "the late Biafran leader". It is instructive that inspite of several years of pretences to the contrary, the world recognises the existence of the Republic of Biafra. Note the language: "late Biafran leader". Not "late leader of defunct Biafra". These are two different phrases with different connotations. The first phrase, which BBC uses implies a Republic still in existence,while the second phrase, which BBC does not use, refers to a Republic that existed and collapsed after a period of time. Indeed, the world knows that Biafra lives!

The fear of ikemba make these natural born cowards to poo in their pants  even their-leaders have shamed them and still these little bats keep making noise all of NL