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Foreign Affairs / Re: There Is A Race Riot Going On In America Right Now!! by ayodiya: 1:25pm On Aug 14, 2014
Guykhena:

My prayer for you is to be a near death experience,in which you're clearly outmatched,and let's see what you will result to....
All this black africans with timid thinking,people get shot all the time(innocents,bystanders),
A criminal committed an offence,he was being brought to justice,he resisted arrest,attacked the cop and got shot in the process and some sickos labeled it a Racist act....
*sighs*
alrigth i think you are mad and probably white or uncle tom asslicker what offence did he commit?
what is the gravity of offence for him to be shot he was unarmed you this mad fuking son of a
your first statement shows you re mad what made you say that i dont know
you dont think it racist ask king, lataya and tupac who got d beating of thier life for what?
i dont have for uncle tom asslickers like yours

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Foreign Affairs / Re: There Is A Race Riot Going On In America Right Now!! by ayodiya: 1:04pm On Aug 14, 2014
Guykhena:

[size=11pt][font=Georgia]You're more stu.pid..foool
Do you know if the teen was attacking the cop to a near death experience?
I know your I.Q is low,but let me break it down for you,Cops live by a code,if a cop is forced to use his gun,then you must know that its gotten too far..
But seriously does the whole situation make sense to you? A cop just brought out a gun and start shooting a teen for no reason ,and of cus the so called 'witnesses' would testify against the cop..
cop live by code and d code even a
suspect is holding a gun and makes no
attempt to shoot you cant shoot back, if
you are chasing a suspect if he doesnt
shoot at you you cant shoot at even if
run away.
the last i checked police have tasers
silly fool go and read eye witness
accounts pls it clear the cop as anger
issues maybe a black brother took is
wife
Politics / Re: Fresh: LAPD Shoots Another Black Man by ayodiya: 12:56pm On Aug 14, 2014
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Foreign Affairs / Re: There Is A Race Riot Going On In America Right Now!! by ayodiya: 12:44pm On Aug 14, 2014
Guykhena:

where did I justify the shooting ...
Do you know its a serious offence to wrestle with a cop ?
The cop hands was forced to do so,bcus he felt threatened...
And pls this isn't what the riot is about,
Its based on Race Discrimination,,,in real sense they're saying bcus he was black the cop should have let him go,even if he broke the law
Foreign Affairs / Re: There Is A Race Riot Going On In America Right Now!! by ayodiya: 12:43pm On Aug 14, 2014
Guykhena:

where did I justify the shooting ...
Do you know its a serious offence to wrestle with a cop ?
The cop hands was forced to do so,bcus he felt threatened...
And pls this isn't what the riot is about,
Its based on Race Discrimination,,,in real sense they're saying bcus he was black the cop should have let him go,even if he broke the law
you are more dumb than i thought
serious offence to wrestle so the next thing is to take you life?
the cop felt theaten by a minor ?
before you post go and eye witness story especially that of the friend because he wasnt working alone.
the fact is the cop came out of his car and shot an unarmed teen four timess
Politics / Fresh: LAPD Shoots Another Black Man by ayodiya: 12:31pm On Aug 14, 2014
The Los Angeles Police Department shot
and killed a black man in South L.A. on
Monday.
Police conducted an "investigative stop"
in the Newton area around 8:20 p.m.,
according to a news release from the
LAPD. "During the stop a struggle
ensued, which resulted in an officer-
involved-shooting. It is unknown if the
suspect has any gang affiliations," the
release continues. "The suspect was
transported to a local hospital and after
lifesaving efforts he succumbed to his
injuries."
A woman claiming to be the deceased
man's mother called KTLA and identified
the man as Ezell Ford. Tritobia Ford said
her son was lying on the ground and
complying with the officers when he
was shot three times.
An unnamed man who claimed to be
Ezell Ford's cousin also spoke with KTLA.
“They laid him out and for whatever
reason, they shot him in the back,
knowing mentally, he has complications.
Every officer in this area, from the
Newton Division, knows that — that
this child has mental problems,” he said.
“The excessive force … there was no
purpose for it. The multiple shootings in
the back while he’s laying down? No.
Then when the mom comes, they don’t
try to console her … they pull the billy
clubs out.”
Officer Jane Kim, a spokeswoman for
the Los Angeles Police Department, said
a vigil had been scheduled for Tuesday
night in response to the incident,
according to USA Today.
No officers were injured during the
incident, according to the LAPD. The
Force Investigation Division is set to
investigate.
The shooting comes just days after the
shooting death of 18-year-old Michael
Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown
was fatally shot by a police officer in the
St. Louis suburb on Saturday, Aug. 9. He
was unarmed. Dorian Johnson, who was
walking with Brown before the shooting
occurred, claimed Brown was retreating
from the officer with his hands up when
he was shot, CNN reported. Ferguson
police, however, say a "physical
confrontation" occurred prior to this.
Looting and unrest has rocked the
neighborhood in the days following
Brown's death. At least four people,
including two police officers, have been
hurt and 47 arrested in the aftermath of
the shooting, according to St. Louis'
KMOV.http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5674679
Foreign Affairs / Re: There Is A Race Riot Going On In America Right Now!! by ayodiya: 9:40am On Aug 14, 2014
abatically: Racism is a very delicate word to use. Yes the cop was very wrong to shoot him since he was unarmed.. but is this the first time this has happened? NO. We have seen cases of cops shooting at unarmed white men, do we call that RACISM? So a cop shoots a black man and suddenly it becomes RACISM.

The cop should be made to pay for his actions. RIP to the dead.
name d whites that been shot o ?
Alaimokan yi till dey kill you for flimsy excuse and go unpunished it is not racial profiling by then you will b crying in heaven over your death

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Foreign Affairs / Re: There Is A Race Riot Going On In America Right Now!! by ayodiya: 9:31am On Aug 14, 2014
Nihilist:

So your point basically is that it is impossible to be a gang member and be fresh faced at the same time?

Or that being a gang member is mutually exclusive from going to university?

Or gang members can't walk to thier grandmother's house?

Because I don't see how any of the things you wrote up there prove that the boy wasn't a gang member...

Your IQ must be in negative digits

you cant even take IQ test
how is d guy a gangster? do you know where ferguson?

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Foreign Affairs / Re: There Is A Race Riot Going On In America Right Now!! by ayodiya: 9:08am On Aug 14, 2014
Guykhena:

The Cop was a black dude right?
So I don't get the whole riot thing...
I expect such from the 'human rights' peeps..
dude d police officer is white . go online read more before jumping into conclusion. what justification do you have to shoot an unarmed teen pls

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Family / Re: Right Handedness VS Left Handedness. by ayodiya: 7:09am On Aug 12, 2014
thechemist01: [/color][color=#006600]
in fact i use both hands too
i use my right to draw picture or design and throw things the rest of the task goes to left.
and does who say lefties die more early than righties that is for people who work in factories because the equipments are designed for righties apart from that from that lefties live longer they are cautious people
Family / Re: Right Handedness VS Left Handedness. by ayodiya: 7:03am On Aug 12, 2014
lefthanded and love it .
d best thing about being left is you understand complex things easily read wole soyinka like pure water,
you think faster than most people.
lefthanded people dont read speech like lazy righties obam and clinton and many order.
you dont bother youself with unneccesary things.
lefthanded people are the people with the real leftist ideas , we are natural radicals.
i heard a lot of lefthanded people are born in may or are geminis anybody here like that?
i'm one
NYSC / Re: NYSC BATCH B14 (delta) Lets Meet Here by ayodiya: 6:50pm On Aug 11, 2014
yomalex: See una for the show tonite, make I go collect this eba o, no go sleep for mammy o. Or I go give you job
wich kind job u dey give people
Politics / Re: Osun Poll Today, What Is Happening In Your Area? by ayodiya: 4:02am On Aug 10, 2014
waiting for my ex vc to announce the winner which is already known. e go sweet me die.
who is going put smile on chino face now

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Politics / Re: Osun Poll Today, What Is Happening In Your Area? by ayodiya: 3:58am On Aug 10, 2014
mumubynature: If the security personnels were not there,something else could have happened.I commend the president on this coz the election is free n fair
see their mouth like ha fi mumubynature na shioo . awon o lo run
Politics / Re: Osun Poll Today, What Is Happening In Your Area? by ayodiya: 11:09pm On Aug 09, 2014
yemaldo:
u r using d statistics from media but u don't believe d results from media undecided
u r using d statistics from media but u don't believe d results from media
you dey mind mad people
Politics / Re: Osun Poll Today, What Is Happening In Your Area? by ayodiya: 11:02pm On Aug 09, 2014
Lewis1988: Let's try and check the result of Osogbo tht is being pasted here. So 15000+ people only voted against the 110,000 registered voters on Osogbo. It means about 95000 didn't do accreditation. We need the Security agents to be on alert as soon as the result is being announced. APC and Propaganda.
Politics / Re: Osun Poll Today, What Is Happening In Your Area? by ayodiya: 11:01pm On Aug 09, 2014
Lewis1988: Let's try and check the result of Osogbo tht is being pasted here. So 15000+ people only voted against the 110,000 registered voters on Osogbo. It means about 95000 didn't do accreditation. We need the Security agents to be on alert as soon as the result is being announced. APC and Propaganda.
baba carry your rubbish elsewhere . you were sleeping when over 60000 armed men were brought to state of osun alone and you expect people to come like b4 put that in your foolish m
Politics / Re: Osun Poll Today, What Is Happening In Your Area? by ayodiya: 10:17am On Aug 09, 2014
gbollybakare: Some voters in Ede North have their names on the published list but their names are absent on the INEC list
pls like how many
Politics / Re: Were Is The 10,000 Mega Watts Of Electricity Promise By The Federal Government by ayodiya: 3:51am On Aug 03, 2014
OtunbaJega:

Does anyone understand what this mugu is saying?
. He speaks like is name. Brain dead

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Family / Re: Introverts Lounge (Extroverts Pls Keep Off !!) by ayodiya: 8:04pm On Jul 27, 2014
Olarewajub: #IntrovertFact.
91% of introverts have hard time uploading their pics ön social media.
not just uploading , taking pic na die throughout my university days took pics 6 times

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Family / Re: Introverts Lounge (Extroverts Pls Keep Off !!) by ayodiya: 7:27pm On Jul 26, 2014
Get tired of talking easily, I wonder my people spend so much chating and talking . Meet people kind of easy but after first meeting am short of words.
Everyday is stressful, I've to deal with people who think am quiet because am stupid , they dont know i dont give a f about they are talking about and most of the gals think dey don jam mumu.

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Politics / Re: History 103-Yorubas In 1993 Election;sheer Cowardice Or Selective Bravery by ayodiya: 10:17am On Jul 25, 2014
BuddahMonk: No Awolowo did not commit suicide he killed himself because i will rather commit suicide than kill myself- Mama Peace grin grin grin grin grin grin

Awolowo was not only 78years when he died he was a Methuselah and he became tired of living haven clocked 978 years so no need to take his own life anymore.



. What is this one saying?
Politics / Re: History 103-Yorubas In 1993 Election;sheer Cowardice Or Selective Bravery by ayodiya: 5:31am On Jul 25, 2014
BuddahMonk: Was it sheer cowardice that made Ogundipe bolted in the 11th hour and Awolowo committing suicide when heard rumour that he might be arrested for planning coup.


Lets say Ojukwu was a coward, he stood there for Ogundipe but Ojudipe chicken out, he asked for hierarchy to be maintained but Gowon and fuedal North have their ulterior motive.

Ojukwu was a coward to declare the State of Biafra, fought a 30month battle againts Nigeria and her international allies, he left when the presure was so much and to save Easterners from complete annihilation.

Why did Awolowo chicken out in last minute when he was expected to declare Odua Rep, why didnt Awolowo stay and fight his indictment?

Igbos have really bombarded Gowon to submission and he had apologize to Easterners, or arent you aware he did?
. Awolowo didn't declare odua rep because he was able to think critically when you declare secession you must be prepared for whatever comes after, no country will take secession lightly,take ukraine and russia for example, that is why d blood of the people killed in the biafran war is on ojukwu. He never thought they will run out of food or what? I don't recall gowon apologizing and if he didn't what is done is done. I don't know who told you awolowo committed suicide. The source of such news is from you easterners. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/11/obituaries/chief-obafemi-awolowo-dies-a-nigeria-nationalist-leader.html the link above should help you, I don't know how a 78yrs old we commit suicide for what?

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Politics / Re: History 103-Yorubas In 1993 Election;sheer Cowardice Or Selective Bravery by ayodiya: 4:21am On Jul 25, 2014
Think critically before posting. Was it sheer cowdice or selective bravery that made ojukwu dress as women and ran wherever or that made ibos think it gowon that was the head of government not awolowo this should you. [TUTORIAL C01] What is critical thinking?
Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and
rationally. It includes the ability to engage in reflective
and independent thinking. Someone with critical thinking
skills is able to do the following :
understand the logical connections between ideas
identify, construct and evaluate arguments detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning
solve problems systematically identify the relevance and importance of ideas reflect on the justification of one's own beliefs and values
Critical thinking is not a matter of accumulating information. A person with a good memory and who knows
a lot of facts is not necessarily good at critical thinking. A
critical thinker is able to deduce consequences from what
he knows, and he knows how to make use of information to solve problems, and to seek relevant sources of information to inform himself.

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Politics / Re: We Didn’t Say APC Has Islamic Agenda –PDP by ayodiya: 1:28pm On Jul 22, 2014
Pdp and their talk b4 think wala.
Politics / Re: Suicide Bomber Allegedly Apprehended On OAU Campus, Ile-Ife. by ayodiya: 9:02pm On Jul 13, 2014
VICTORCIZA: shut the fuuk up and stop sharing moonlight stories here
bros i fit get brain for you if need o because it seems d one you have is damaged
Politics / Re: Suicide Bomber Allegedly Apprehended On OAU Campus, Ile-Ife. by ayodiya: 9:00pm On Jul 13, 2014
aryzgreat: The janjaweedians can do anything for politics, just as they r bombing nija and blaming GEJ, they want to bomb OAU and blame PDP or omisore so as to win by sympathy vote knowing full well that oau is awolowo legacy.

Jweeds, killing nigerians since tym of usman danfodio!
pls get a brain. sorry
Education / OAU Bomber Caught by ayodiya: 5:59pm On Jul 13, 2014
The man alleged to be behind the Wednesday’s night fire
outbreak which some described as an explosion was today
caught in Awo hall while wandering about with explosives,
as a
Babatope described. He was said to have been caught by a
conscious Awoite this morning while trying to break into
one of
the rooms. Rasaki was caught with petrol and a stove with
some
newspapers in a sack. Mr Rasaki, in a video interrogation
(which
we can get our hands on now) confirmed to be behind the
Awo block 7 outbreak. Full name, “Adebayo Razak Daniel”,
a non-student and a former
Police officer as some claimed. Rasak is said to be popular
wanderer in the streets of Ile-ife. A Micheal Turner
described him
as a “Mad man” and confirms his popularity in the streets
of Ife. Mr Razak was battered and now in the custody of
the security
operatives. http://www.oauforum.com/picture-of-the-man-who-bombed-awo-hall/

Politics / Re: Chief Obafemi Awolowo Speaks by ayodiya: 8:14pm On Jul 12, 2014
Politics / Re: Chief Obafemi Awolowo Speaks by ayodiya: 6:54pm On Jul 12, 2014
Noneroone: He really "tried". He is now resting in piss
so is ojukwu and achebe
Politics / Chief Obafemi Awolowo Speaks by ayodiya: 6:27pm On Jul 12, 2014
CIVIL WAR
Moderator: Yes Mr…….Mr. Oparadike.
Question: Chief Awolowo, your stand on
the civil war, however unpopular it may
have been to the Biafran people…Your
stand on the civil war, however
unpopular it may have been to the
Biafrans or Ibo people, helped to shorten
the war. Today, you’re being cast as the
sole enemy of the Ibo people because of
that stand, by among others, some of
the people who as members of the
federal military government at that
time, were party to that decision and are
today, in some cases, inheritors of power
in one Nigeria which that decision of
yours helped to save. How do you feel
being cast in this role, and what steps
are you taking to endear yourself once
again to that large chunk of Nigerians
who feels embittered.
Awolowo: As far as I know, the Ibo
masses are friendly to me, towards me.
In fact, whenever I visit Iboland, either
Anambra or Imo, and there’s no
campaigning for elections on, the Ibo
people receive me warmly and
affectionately. But there are some
elements in Iboland who believe that
they can maintain their popularity only
by denigrating me, and so they keep on
telling lies against me. Ojukwu is one of
them. I don’t want to mention the
names of the others because they are
still redeemable, but ….Ojukwu is
irredeemable so I mention his name, and
my attitude to these lies is one of
indifference, I must confess to you.
I’ve learnt to rely completely on the
providence and vindication of Almighty
God in some of these things. I’ve tried to
explain myself in the past, but these
liars persist. Ojukwu had only recently
told the same lie against me. What’s the
point in correcting lies when people are
determined to persist in telling lies
against you, what’s the point. I know
that someday the Ibos, the masses of the
Ibo people will realize who their friends
are, and who their real enemies are.
And the day that happens woe betide
those enemies. The Ibos will deal with
them very roughly, very roughly.
That has happened in my life. I have a
nickname now, if you see my letterhead
you’ll find something on top, you’ll find a
fish done on the letterhead. Some people
put Lion on theirs, some people put
Tiger, but mine is Fish. And Fish
represents my zodiac sign, those of you
who read the stars and so on in the
newspapers; you’ll find out that there’s
a zodiac sign known as pieces, in Latin
pieces mean Fish.
So I put pieces on top, that’s my zodiac
sign being born on the 6th of March,….er
well, the year doesn’t matter, it’s the
day that matter. And then on top of it I
write Eebudola. All of you know the
meaning of that. You know I don’t want
to tell a long story but………………
Awolowo school, omo Awolowo, the……
started in Urobo land, in mid-west in
those days. They were ridiculing my
schools, I was building schools –brick
and cement, to dpc level, block to dpc
level and mud thereafter. And so the big
shots in the place, ”ah what kind of
school is this? is this Awolowo school?
Useless school” and when they saw the
children, ”ah this Awolowo children,
they can’t read and write, Awolowo
children” that’s how it started, with
ridicule, and it became blessing, and now
they say “Awolowo children, they are
good people” no more ridicule about it,
that’s how it started, so the Eebu
becomes honor, the abuse became
honor.
And so when I look back to all my life,
treasonable felony, jail, all the abuses
that were heaped on me, to Coker
Inquiry, all sorts, and I see what has
happened to the people who led, who led
all these denigration campaign, where
are they today? Those that are alive are
what I call Homo Mortuus- dead living,
oku eniyan, that’s what they are, those
that their lives have gone.
So when I look back, I come to the
conclusion that all these abuses which
have been heaped on me all my life for
doing nothing, for doing good, they have
become honor, and so Eebudola is one of
my nicknames. So I’ve cultivated an
attitude of indifference, I’ve done no evil
to the Ibos.
During the war I saw to it that the
revenue which was due to the Iboland-
South Eastern states they call it, at that
time, east central state, I kept it, I saved
the money for them. And when they
….was librated I handed over the money
to them- millions. If I’d decided to do so, I
could have kept the money away from
them and then when they took over I
saw to it that subvention was given to
them at the rate of 990,000 pounds
every month. I didn’t go to the executive
council to ask for support, or for
approval because I knew if I went to the
executive council at that time the
subvention would not be approved
because there were more enemies in
the executive council for the Ibos than
friends. And since I wasn’t going to take
a percentage from what I was going to
give them, and I knew I was doing what
was right, I wanted the state to survive, I
kept on giving the subvention - 990,000
almost a million, every month, and I did
that for other states of course- South
eastern state, North central state, Kwara
and so on.
But I did that for the Ibos, and when the
war was over, I saw to it that the ACB
got three and a half million pounds to
start with. This was distributed
immediately and I gave another sum of
money. The attitude of the experts,
officials at the time of the ACB was that
ACB should be closed down, and I held
the view you couldn’t close the ACB
down because that is the bank that gives
finance to the Ibo traders, and if you
close it down they’ll find it difficult to
revive or to survive. So it was given. I did
the same thing for the Cooperative Bank
of Eastern Nigeria, to rehabilitate all
these places, and I saw to it as
commissioner for finance that no
obstacle was placed in the way of the
ministry of economic planning in
planning for rehabilitation of the war
affected areas.
TWENTY POUNDS POLICY
That’s what I did, and the case of the
money they said was not given back to
them, you know during the war all the
pounds were looted, they printed
Biafran currency notes, which they
circulated, at the close of the war some
people wanted their Biafran notes to be
exchanged for them. Of course I couldn’t
do that, if I did that the whole country
would be bankrupt. We didn’t know
about Biafran notes and we didn’t know
on what basis they have printed them,
so we refused the Biafran note, but I laid
down the principle that all those who
had savings in the banks on the eve of
the declaration of the Biafran war or
Biafra, will get their money back if they
could satisfy us that they had the
savings there, or the money there.
Unfortunately, all the banks’s books had
been burnt, and many of the people who
had savings there didn’t have their
saving books or their last statement of
account, so a panel had to be set up.
I didn’t take part in setting up the panel,
it was done by the Central bank and the
pertinent officials of the ministry of
finance, to look into the matter, and
they went carefully into the matter,
they took some months to do so, and
then make some recommendation
which I approved. Go to the archives, all
I did was approve, I didn’t write anything
more than that, I don’t even remember
the name of any of them who took part.
So I did everything in this world to assist
our Ibo brothers and sisters during and
after the war.
And anyone who goes back to look at
my broadcast in August 1967, which
dealt with post-war reconstruction
would see what I said there.
STARVATION POLICY
Then, but above all, the ending of the
war itself that I’m accused of, accused of
starving the Ibos, I did nothing of the
sort. You know, shortly after the
liberation of these places, Calabar,
Enugu and Port Harcort, I decided to pay
a visit. There are certain things which I
knew which you don’t know, which I
don’t want to say here now, when I
write my reminisces in the future I will
do so. Some of the soldiers were not
truthful with us, they didn’t tell us
correct stories and so on.
I wanted to be there and see things for
myself, bear in mind that Gowon himself
did not go there at that time, it was after
the war was over that he dorn himself
up in various military dresses- Air force
dress, Army dress and so on, and went
to the war torn areas. But I went and
some people tried to frighten me out of
my goal by saying that Adekunle was
my enemy and he was going to see to it
that I never return from the place, so I
went.
But when I went what did I see? I saw
the kwashiorkor victims. If you see a
kwashiorkor victim you’ll never like war
to be waged. Terrible sight, in Enugu, in
Port Harcourt, not many in Calabar, but
mainly in Enugu and Port Harcourt.
Then I enquired what happened to the
food we are sending to the civilians. We
were sending food through the Red
cross, and CARITAS to them, but what
happen was that the vehicles carrying
the food were always ambushed by the
soldiers. That’s what I discovered, and
the food would then be taken to the
soldiers to feed them, and so they were
able to continue to fight. And I said that
was a very dangerous policy, we didn’t
intend the food for soldiers. But who will
go behind the line to stop the soldiers
from ambushing the vehicles that were
carrying the food? And as long as
soldiers were fed, the war will continue,
and who’ll continue to suffer? and those
who didn’t go to the place to see things
as I did, you remember that all the big
guns, all the soldiers in the Biafran army
looked all well fed after the war, its only
the mass of the people that suffered
kwashiorkor.
You wont hear of a single lawyer, a
single doctor, a single architect, who
suffered from kwashiorkor? None of
their children either, so they waylaid the
foods, they ambush the vehicles and
took the foods to their friends and to
their collaborators and to their children
and the masses were suffering. So I
decided to stop sending the food there.
In the process the civilians would suffer,
but the soldiers will suffer most.
CHANGE OF CURRENCY
And it is on record that Ojukwu
admitted that two things defeated him in
this war, that’s as at the day he left
Biafra. He said one, the change of
currency, he said that was the first thing
that defeated him, and we did that to
prevent Ojukwu taking the money
which his soldiers has stolen from our
Central bank for sale abroad to buy
arms. We discovered he looted our
Central bank in Benin, he looted the one
in Port Harcourt, looted the one in
Calabar and he was taking the currency
notes abroad to sell to earn foreign
exchange to buy arms.
So I decided to change the currency, and
for your benefit, it can now be told the
whole world, only Gowon knew the day
before, the day before the change took
place. I decided, only three of us knew
before then- Isong now governor of
Cross River, Attah and myself. It was a
closely guarded secret, if any
commissioner at the time say that he
knew about it, he’s only boosting his
own ego. Because once you tell
someone, he’ll tell another person. So
we refused to tell them and we changed
the currency notes. So Ojukwu said the
change in currency defeated him, and
starvation of his soldiers also defeated
him.
These were the two things that defeated
Ojukwu. And, he reminds me, when you
saw Ojukwu’s picture after the war, did
he look like someone who’s not well
fed? But he has been taking the food
which we send to civilians, and so we
stopped the food.
ABANDONED PROPERTY
And then finally, I saw to it that the
houses owned by the Ibos in Lagos and
on this side, were kept for them. I had
an estate agent friend who told me that
one of them collected half a million
pounds rent which has been kept for
him. All his rent were collected, but
since we didn’t seize their houses, he
came back and collected half a million
pounds.
So that is the position. I’m a friend of the
Ibos and the mass of the Ibos are my
friends, but there are certain elements
who want to continue to deceive the Ibos
by telling lies against me, and one day,
they’ll discover and then that day will be
terrible for those who have been lies.
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