₦airaland Forum

BenIkari:
There are recent reports of a so-called Lower Niger delta secession bid through a Federal referendum or otherwise, that could have worked under Goodluck Jonathan, but ignored because he wasn’t interested in secession. He thought he'd deceive Nigerians to trust and vote him in for a second term, yet clueless in terms of political affairs, leadership and governance. Unfortunately, the reason for this childish intent to part with Nigeria is Mr. Jonathan’s defeat in the March 28, 2015 presidential election.

Given this development therefore, becoming party to such miscalculation or ill-advised move will be against the good and true spirit of Ogoni. As such Ogoni will not be party to this move nor is it part or member of the newly coined Lower Niger delta.

Ogoni remains an epitome of freedom, human equality, justice and environmental protection, thus will stand to grant necessary advice when contacted or where it sees fit to any group, including the said Lower Niger delta. Ogoni’s position which has been echoed and reechoed uncountable times, is that, the oil-rich ethnic nation will stand on its own assuming the secession bid works, or Nigeria happens to disintegrate or turns into a loose federation one day.

What's incontestable is that, the people of Nigeria home and abroad were clear when they declared that they shall no longer be taken for granted by Jonathan and his corrupt administration. They’ve also alerted the incoming regime of Mr. Muhammadu Buhari of similar fate that befell Jonathan, if it fails to deliver its promises; fails to respect, listen and attend to the people's needs; help to lift people out of poverty by creating positive incentives and equal opportunities among other desires of citizens.

Meanwhile, it’s obvious Jonathan and his Ijaw team, senior and otherwise advisers ignored, rejected Ogoni and didn’t consider its people human enough to deserve good despite their struggle and blood they benefited from. United Nations Environmental Program report recommendations that should restore Ogoni land and people through cleanup and sustainable development was abandoned by Jonathan and his government because of historical ethnic repression, his hate toward Ogoni and selfish interest. More important to the Ijaw-led secession bid because Jonathan is defeated is that, Jonathan lost recent election due to dishonesty about not running for a second term if given first term. Therefore, greed and power intoxication, lack of foresight or vision hence incompetence and gross corruption and insecurity is what put him in the predicament he finds himself even though he peacefully accepted defeat to instill calm, and I applaud him for that singular action. His supposedly goodwill may be tested by this Ijaw-led secession bid. As the bell rings I can imagine certain elements in the Ijaw ethnic group including militants’ intent to attack oil facilities within Ijaw land and other communities of Niger delta they may be invited to disrupt oil activities or influenced to act similarly. Such action could erase the goodwill of peaceful acceptance of defeat and handover of power if not reconsidered and reversed.

Of course, the intent to destroy oil business would be a replay or rematch of Boko Haram’s (northern/Hausa-Fulani) action that made governance difficult in a sense for Jonathan from 2011 to the end of his term. So, as we’ve seen and read about threats and signs, Ijaws may be thinking/planning strategies which would cause Mohammadu Buhari and his team to take some doses of what Boko Haram gave Jonathan. Stopping the flow of oil for a reasonable and meaningful discussion hence resolution of resource ownership or control and management (fiscal federalism) is the right of the Ijaws as with any group in Niger delta or anywhere in the country and the world, where what is in one’s land as mineral deposit is forcefully stolen by certain ethnic groups/people in power claiming the Federal government owns the deposit.

To face the fact, however, Ijaws missed the golden opportunity to take their stand, stop the oil and resolve once and for all the issue of resource ownership and control, but failed when militants from the ethnic group who attacked oil facilities by accident and captured national and international attention embraced amnesty from the oppressive Federal government, which Jonathan was vice president. They lost that good cause because of Jonathan and thought he will do anything tangible to address and resolve the issue; or where just greedy and naive about political pressure or struggle to right historical wrong. Indeed Jonathan ignored Ijaw and enlarged Niger delta struggle for human rights and environmental justice, rather enriched certain militant leaders from Ijaw with contracts, other portfolios, and sponsored many abroad to gain education and other trades. The majority of Ijaws, other Niger deltans and Nigerians were abandoned to chew their tongue and many died in pain and hunger.

In addition to these missed opportunities, Jonathan whom Niger deltans are called to foolishly fight and die for, according to Ms. Ann-kio Briggs, Mr. Fred Agboegba, who is president of the so-called Lower Niger delta and others, called a National Conference in 2014 with hidden agenda. The plan wasn’t about the good of all Nigerians, the struggling poor in particular. It’s to boost his then dwindling popularity hence favorability, and to be electable when Nigerians became fed up with his lies and low or zero performance, but the faces of insecurity, including everyday violence, hyper-kidnapping, militancy and insurgency and gross corruption.

At the inaugural of that failed-on arrival conference Jonathan was clear about the unity of Nigeria, saying, such item (disintegration or restructuring) was a no-go area for discussion...meaning secession wasn’t part of the equation. He believed in Nigeria, so why want to secede because he lost? Going into the conference, he didn't have any agenda for the good of Niger delta nor had any vision as to where he wants the nation to go. Resource control was trashed and defeated like child's play by northerners and their supporters who have little or nothing to offer the nation but cheating by depending mostly on Niger delta nations’ oil and gas to run nonviable states.

True-fiscal federalism (or equal recreation of states based on viability) that could dissolve present usurping state structure and return to regional system, where each region will create as many or few states within derivable budget-not waiting for oil money from the Federal government and can’t pay one month salary on their own as the case today, while contributions are made to the center was dumped in the dustbin. The status quo that protects corrupt and criminal politicians and advantage-taking north and other nonviable states in the country were protected. Indeed, new states were recommended for creation. The anticipated source of money for running these mostly nonviable states was/is oil and gas.

Other than the passive mention by Mr. Ledum Mitee, an Ogoni who was Federal government's candidate so cater to government's interest. No one from Ijaw or Niger delta calling for secession mentioned the overdue Ogoni State or any arrangement that will grant Ogonis political autonomy which is the control of their political and economic, environmental affairs by themselves like other ethnic groups in the country. In short, although Ms. Briggs did a minority report and raised some issues such as human rights protection, equality and environmental justice cum resource ownership that are close to the heart of Ogonis, Ijaws and other Niger deltans, and many of us applauded her.

She and other delegates from Niger delta watched Hausa-Fulanis and others shut down discussion and resolution of resource ownership and management or control and did nothing. The upward review of 13 percent derivation money or chicken feeds granted Niger delta states and mostly stolen by governors, other politicians/rulers from the region was referred to the Federal government due to stalemate. Northerners and others knew Jonathan is clueless and feckless so will do nothing about the just demand for upward review. These Niger delta delegates with little resistance watched when northerners threatened hell on baseless and false premises; and watched these abominable things happen, yet supported the final draft of the conference report, which Jonathan had no honest interest in implementing since the exercise was/is a ruse.

Niger delta delegates sheepishly missed a better opportunity to walk out of the conference and work toward freedom hence secession, if that was/is paramount on their minds. They failed because they were listening to Jonathan whose only agenda was to gain favor and become re-electable. The region's delegates who have states, and in majority at the conference were also comfortable with the states they have and the presidency-thinking having a president from Niger delta that is weak and visionless was/is all that matter. They didn't consider the possibility or probability of losing elections hence losing the vapor-like item known as power. Their usual consolation may have been threatening and intimidatory, actual killing and rigging strategies.

Ogoni and its people were ignored, rejected and abandoned like beasts of burden under Jonathan. To add more salt to injuries, Jonathan pardoned his criminal boss, former Governor Alamieyeseigha, who was convicted in United Kingdom (UK) for stealing BAYELSA State’s money/corruption, and laundering millions of pounce in UK, USA, and forfeited properties worth millions of dollars and pounce having escaped from UK and jailed on arrival to Nigeria. He did nothing to push for the exoneration of Saro-WIwa and others who were innocent, though helped clear the way for him to emerge. He also upheld the false conviction of Ogonis by the Federal government of Nigeria and approved the promotion of Mr. Ibrahim Auta whom Nigeria bribed/used to kill the Ogoni Nine, to the position of Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria.

Therefore, because Nigerians have spoken clearly by voting Jonathan out of office, and many Niger deltans including Ijaws supported this move by also joining the opposition party, All Progressive Congress (APC) to vote him out for these reasons mentioned herein, there is no reason Ogonis should support such politically naive and ethnically motivated bid for secession. I’m not against secession, where those seeking it do so on qualified grounds such as oppression, slave status and calculated attempts to commit genocide against them, but not because of the defeat of a person (Jonathan) who couldn’t perform his basic responsibilities of security, creating leverage and opportunities for jobs and the good of the common people and all, such as clean water and frequent electricity, quality schools and hospitals and road, etc.


Ben Ikari, is an international human rights and environmental justice advocate; a writer and expert on Ken Saro-Wiwa, and can be reached at bamckary@hotmail.com.

Can somebody summarize this fvcking thing?

Ole, barawo, onye oshi, thief, amu robber, otu robber, born by an ikpu robber!!!!

dechandel:
Nawa o
Abeg shey i fit talk say i remember the car if na for telly i dey see am then??
Cause i am not even sure if my papa follow for the car generation!!

O ye people of a wasted generation(indomie generation)

prof1990:
ibos ehn chai.......

Thunder fire your useless brain!!!!! Idiat!!?! Wetin join Igbos here?

emmyrichie:
Lazy asses....

Are they lazier than the average hausa or yoruba man?

Only in dubai, I swear!!!!!

Una dey kolo...... una don forget inside molue, cassava farm, ohia nku, or even inside one typical naija market.

Does this car require any repair?? Pls I need a gospel honesty.

Opara, ego ole ka ichoro ire ugbo ala gi a

eagleeye2:
I guess you live around Osisioma I saw this same casket at a street just before Osisioma junction.
smh, for PDP

This is not around osisioma..... this is at abayi, close to Romalex Hospital.... ngwa people just dropped it at almost every junction in aba. An average core ngwa man, is too fetish and too devilish to rule abia state!!!!!God forbid the cursed people that did this crap!!!

Is she a yoruba girl??

oladele97:
This guy matter tire me o....his he now an APC supporter heard in the first instance that his trekking cos he bet Buhari will not win. How com his he now a fans of GMB

Nnaa eehh... your grammar tire me o...

Thunder roast your prick there!!!!!!!! Onye oshi!!!!

noblezone:
With Everything In Me, I totally condemn the slaughtering of the innocent going on in South Africa.

However I wish to state clearly that Nigeria should first remove the peg in her eye before seeking to remove the log the eyes of South Africa!

More Nigerians have been killed by Nigerians in hate than all the people killed in SA so far!

If we cant guarantee the safety of Nigerians in Nigerian, is not strange that we cant guarantee the safety of Nigerians in south Africa?

Those calling for revenge are hypocrites!
Did they call for revenge when a particular section of Nigerians are targeted by another section?

The Fulani madness comes to the mind!
Shame on Nigeria.

Thunder fry you and those bloody south Africans, and feel your carcasses to satan!!!!!! Mumu!!!!

JESUS!!!! Am sure, satan made this same exclamation when he saw this action of his southafrican demons!!!!!!

Xavier9ja:
if you are given an opportunity to rid the world of one thing, what would it be, MINE IS RACISM. add yours. only one thing please
TA.ORJI








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jessiecah:
Looking extremely filthy and disgusting

Still doesn't mean you will reject it, if it's offered to you, as I dey look you so...

I weep for my country..... if only God blessed us with leaders that suckled human breastt milk and not pig milk, no Nigerian, would av considered south Africa, a country to go and look for greener pastures....
Well.......GMB I believe,..... God will deliver us. Nobody should blame the bastarrd southafrican xenophobe.

Who are you trying to deceive?? You presented the exterior of a rav4 and the interior of a corolla!!!!

thejurist:
Exposed! More reasons why the winner of Abia Governorship Election wasn't declared by INEC REC, Salina Oko
Facts have started emerging on the relationship between Alex Otti and Sheila Wilson with phone number: 08188580941 The self acclaimed International observer that spoke before the returning officer announced the cancellation of some results that were reversed later.
We can reliably inform the General Public that the young lady with British ascent, Sheila is Alex Ottis' concubine unknown to many and a close friend to one Mary Ikoku from Arochukwu, Otti's relation who claims to be an activist.
However, the state collation officer, Prof Ben Ozumba is the VC of UNN that recently conferred a honorary doctorate degree on Otti. Another shocker is that Selina Oko Abia INEC REC, is related to Otti's mum.

Mumu!!!! I wonder when your brain will ever become functional!!!!

Danieroo:
Alex Otti is one big criminal that thinks that very thing can be bought over with money...he bribes the INEC REC.. to cancel result, he bribes the police who has confessed that Oti bribe him... This man Oti will loot all the state money ooo plz stop him

Have you smoked that same lizard dung again

AlexReports:
Ex Miss Ambassador For Peace south West, Queen Tope Adeniji celebrates birthday today, as she speaks more about her future project and what she intends doing for the poor. The pretty queen also releases some stunning photos to mark her day.

The former beauty queen who hosted the popular Niger Delta Youth Peace Summit 2014, is opening her own foundation to carry out her charitable work on a bigger platform, which she names after her mother, the woman who teaches her all she has become today and also who inspires her in opening this foundation.

The name of the charity foundation is Olive Foundation for the destitute. As a way of touch lives and help the poor she intend building the foundation into a national and global reach.  The foundation is to give hope to the hopeless, assist children who their parents can not take care of their school fees, take people out of the street, give life support to the sick. The new foundation will also give medications to those hospitalized and empower those who has no one to give them support to learn a skills.
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Speaking to Abuja popular social media reporter -AlexReports, on her birthday, Queen Tope said" This has always been my dream right from childhood and I won't rest till I build this dream...I will need support from the public and other people who has the mind of helping the public...am happy to take up this bold initiative on my birthday"

Though, as at writing this report, the highly intelligent beauty paragon will be celebrating her birthday with a party tonight a Avatar lounge.

That's what I call peaceful booobs.....

Olufemichael:
GOOD DAY FRIENDS, IT IS ALWAYS PAINFUL WHEN I READ SOME COMMENTS HERE ON NAIRALAND, AND THOSE COMMENTS HAVE ACTUALLY SHOWN THE WAY EACH TRIBES SEE EACH OTHER, BUT COME TO THINK OF IT, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO FORGET OUR DIFFERENCES AND MOVE ON, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TOLERATE EACH OTHER, DO YOU THINK THAT GOD WAS WRONG FOR CREATING US TOGETHER? ALOT OF YOU CLAIM TO BE TRUE CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIM BUT YOU HAVE SO MUCH HATE FOR YOUR FELLOW BRETHREN, HMMMMM, GOD IS REALLY DISAPPOINTED, WE HONOUR GOD WITH OUR MOUTH BUT OUR HEART IS FULL OF HATRED OF ONE TRIBE OR THE OTHER, THOSE TRIBES DIDN'T CREATE THEMSELVES, YOUR HATES IS TELLING GOD THAT HE DID NOT DO THE RIGHT THING, ONE THING THAT THE YOUTHS ON OUR NATION DO NOT KNOW IS THAT EVEN IF YOUR TRIBE SECEDES, THEM NO GO CARRY LAND GO ANYWHERE OH, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU ONLY CHANGE THE PLAN ON PAPER BUT SPIRITUALLY, GOD STILL DEY WIN. SHAKES SPEAR ONCE WROTE,"COME ON GENTLEMEN (YORUBA, IGBO AND HAUSA), LET US DRINK DOWN ALL UNKINDNESS. PLEASE GIVE PEACE A CHANCE, WE CAN CHANGE OUR MENTALITY, WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. PLEASE DONT QUOTE ME IF YOU ARE A DEVIL'S P.A, IF YOU NOT GET ANYTHING GOOD TO TALK, STAY OFF. PEACE. GOD BLESS YOU. AMEN. OLUFEMICHAEL

Make friends with treacherous yoruba?? Chukwu abiama ekwekwala!!!!!!!!! Animals are better than yorubas!!!!!

PDP is a disgrace, and a terrible misfortune to Nigeria!!! thief t.a,orji is a disgrace to humanity!!!!

yhemite:
Guys if you have a single chance to SLAP TWO out of Nigerian politicians today, who would that be? GIVE REASON FOR UR ACTION

Personally me na Doyin OKUPE OO, I would be like, so na u be doyin oku igbe abi political bastard. Puaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......so na ur face be this, puaaaaaa! why have you suddenly gone underground? after u done use your mouth finish GEJ career Abi
Agbaya osi.....Get out of here, see his indomine brain like Fani Kayode own.

Jonathan and buhari... just to know how it feels, slapping number one citizens... [size=8pt][/size]

Furcking too long!!!!

Bigchief46:
Lol. You only hear what you want to hear. This is not about whether T.A. Orji/PDP is good for Abia or not. This is about false results being posted by pranksters without even an attempt to do a good job of it. Any where PDP wins, it's rigged results but once its APC or in this case APGA, then it is free & fair results. Come back after announcement of the official results & eat crow

Thunder roast ur nyash there!!!!! Am in aba now. Can you explain a situation, where u came to vote and you were categorically told that if u ar not voting PDP, you shouldn't bother coming near, and they stood by you, making sure u thumb printed PDP, or they do it themselves!!! Isn't that rigging?? Where electoral materials are chilling at the houses of abaribe, kamanu, and ochendo,....without coming to the designated polling units, thereby denying people the right to vote, what do you call that? the thunder wey go fire you and ochendo, still dey recieve training from amadioha!!!!

You can't be more correct.

9jvirgin:
Anywhere you hear ..bos there are always problems. Miserable people.

Thank God majority of them if not all are Christians, it would have been worse.

Miserable people.

Your mother should be ashamed of the rubbish(you) she brought into this world. Aturu nwuru anwu!

DaPhilosopher:
All is not well between President
Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Ayo
Fayose. Insiders alleged that the
governor is deeply troubled with the
recent development in Ekiti State with
impeachment move being put together by
19 APC lawmakers.

Governor Fayose is said to have
rubbished the finger that fed him. He has
offended Jonathan greatly and the man
has decided to leave him to his fate at the
mercy of the APC moving train.

Presidency sources say Fayose’s trouble
with President Jonathan started because
President Jonathan entrusted his N21b
campaign fund into Fayose’s hand but he
embezzled the money.
Why President Jonathan Turns Down
Request To See Fayose On His Visit To
Aso Rock.

PDP sources said the President is angry
with Fayose over mismanagement of
campaign cash and the image problem the
governor caused him by his relentless
attacks on General Muhammadu Buhari,
which soared support for the retired
General while diminishing Jonathan’s
profile before the election.
According to News Rescue, security
sources said Fayose compounded
problem for himself while condemning
President Jonathan for not using soldiers
to rig the election.

“Security officers were holding a meeting
with the governor and he was told to
ensure adequate security to douse
tension. Carelessly, Governor Fayose said
he was not sure whether “that stupid
President will agree like he refused to do
during the presidential election”.

“Unfortunately, Fayose did not know that
he was being recorded. The tape was sent
to the President who after listening to it
decided to leave Fayose to his fate.

Governor Fayose was said to have sensed
the danger coming for being rude to his
political god-father, the man who brought
him back into Ekiti State House from
exile.

Consequently, he reportedly moved
almost all his property from the Ekiti
State House. 4 Hilux vans were seen
moving his personal belongings from the
Governor’s lodge to his Spotless Hotel.
Each Hilux van made 4 trips between the
State House and the Spotless Hotel on
Thursday.

Another source said Fayose’s behaviour
betrayed his intention in recent times.
“He likes loud life, but his behaviour
recently suggests he is greatly troubled.
He sneaked out of Ekiti last week and
quietly entered. Today, he presented a
recorded broadcast to the people as a live
broadcast.

“Something is wrong with oga. The way
he is moving his property out of the
Government House confirms he is up to a
game that is known only to himself,” the
source said.
An Abuja source said Fayose has been
running from pillar to post to seek
Jonathan’s forgiveness, claiming that APC
leaders are using black power to force
him to disrespect Jonathan. What a man!


http://www..ng/2015/04/11/photo-fayose-weeps-calls-jonathan-that-stupid-president/

Jonathan weeps and calls Fayose, "that silly governor"