₦airaland Forum

GARRI (x7):
Thanks.

Besides, how can a man who served as a roving ambassador for the doomed Biafran government say the truth without bias??

PROUD-IGBO:
Hehehehe Babapupa, i must have beat you to it by nanoseconds.....better luck next time bros.

MOURNING WITH ORONTO DOUGLAS - CANDID CAMERA -10 am Sunday Morning, 16 December 2012: OPC Leader, Otunba Gani Adams, and his entourage, leaving Nembe Waterside Jetty, Port Harcourt, Rivers State in a chartered boat for a 2-hour journey to Okoroba, Bayelsa State, to commiserate with activist and Presidential Adviser, Oronto Douglas on the passing away of his father, and the crash of an helicopter conveying guests returning from Pa Douglas funeral a day earlier

dvee2: Compare all these response to the thread on the PILOT himself who was called different names including boko haram,terrorist,northern conspirator. He is also a young promising Nigerian,with wife and parents. How will his family feel for a son that died serving his fatherland to be called all these names unjustifyable and withoutn any proof? Tolerance and fair play my fellow country men.

The Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos suburb home of the Sowoles was enveloped in gloom yesterday.

Parents of Navy Lt. David Adeyemi Sowole, 32, the co-pilot of the ill-fated Navy helicopter that crashed on Saturday sat forlorn at their 28, Akintoye Street home, mourning their son and breadwinner.

He died along with five others, including Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa and ex-National Security Adviser (NSA) Gen. Owoye Azazi.

Lt. Sowoye got married on March 26, last year to Eniola. Their daughter, Teniola, was born barely nine months ago.

His parents – Prince Solomon Kolawole Sowole and his wife, Olufunke – recounted their last conversation with their son and how they heard the tragic news on a newspaper review programme in which the names of the victims of the chopper crash were announced Sunday morning.

Pa Sowole recounted the shock he went through when he heard his son’s name on “Koko inu Iwe Iroyin”, a Yoruba language newspaper review programme.

He said neigbours, who also heard his name on the programme, rushed to his home to commiserate with the family.

He described his son as “a very gentle, honest, humble, trustworthy and highly disciplined person, who does not want people to deceive other people”. “He was a man who believed in sincerity to all and malice to none.”

He said his death is painful to the family.

Mrs Kolawole said her son called her Friday evening and assured her that he would be back in Lagos as soon as he was through with an official assignment he was handling.

She said the late Lt. Sowole was initially due to be back in Lagos on Saturday, the day he flew in the crashed helicopter.

Olufunke said she discussed with her son for about 20 minutes on the telephone and that there was no sign that something would go wrong.

“He called me several times and asked me to go to the hospital. When I would not go, he called his father and insisted that he must make me to go to the hospital.

“He asked after everybody in the house. It never occurred to me that he would not be back,” she lamented.

Sowole said when his son called him on Friday, it was from Warri, Delta State, where he went on a relief duty for three weeks. He said he had instructions to stay back in Warri because he would be involved in a special assignment.

The elder Sowole said: “On Friday, his mother said she was weak generally in the body and he asked me to take her to the hospital. He had earlier called my wife and they discussed. Thereafter, he asked me to arrange to take her to the hospital.

“During the night, my wife could not sleep and was complaining of body pains. At about 6 am on Saturday, his younger brother drove their mother to the hospital,” he said.

Sowole said he discussed with his son about his job. “I asked him about his job and he told me it was okay. He asked after everybody, his brothers, his sisters, his mother and every other member of the family. “

Sowole said Lt. Sowole called his wife, when he was about to board the chopper at Okoroba for Port Harcourt that fateful Saturday and assured her that he would be back soon.

According to him, the family became apprehensive when they heard the news on the radio on Saturday that there was a helicopter crash somewhere in Bayelsa State.

“We called all his mobile phone numbers, but we couldn’t make any contact with him. When I visited his mother in the hospital, I couldn’t tell her anything because of the state of her health.

“While we were listening to the news on the television that night, a boy came from Warri to Lagos and called his younger brother, Owolabi. I found the call rather unusual and concluded that something must have happened.

“The boy who called asked after me. When we asked him what the matter was all about, he could not bring himself to tell me what happened. But he assured me that there was nothing to worry about, that he saw my son a few minutes earlier. Notwithstanding what he said, I was not settled.

brat4222: Lagos has 2 large sea ports with another one under development. Why didnt the FG support Cross River in making its sea port operate especially to support its TINAPA and Export Processing Projects? Is it that dont want economic power to shift from the west to the east? Or so that the easteners dont import ammunitions unchecked. Its all politics.

Why are we even building more ports to import more foreign goods when we should be building our local industries for export. God help us.

The Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos suburb home of the Sowoles was enveloped in gloom yesterday.

Parents of Navy Lt. David Adeyemi Sowole, 32, the co-pilot of the ill-fated Navy helicopter that crashed on Saturday sat forlorn at their 28, Akintoye Street home, mourning their son and breadwinner.

He died along with five others, including Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa and ex-National Security Adviser (NSA) Gen. Owoye Azazi.

Lt. Sowoye got married on March 26, last year to Eniola. Their daughter, Teniola, was born barely nine months ago.

His parents – Prince Solomon Kolawole Sowole and his wife, Olufunke – recounted their last conversation with their son and how they heard the tragic news on a newspaper review programme in which the names of the victims of the chopper crash were announced Sunday morning.

Pa Sowole recounted the shock he went through when he heard his son’s name on “Koko inu Iwe Iroyin”, a Yoruba language newspaper review programme.

He said neigbours, who also heard his name on the programme, rushed to his home to commiserate with the family.

He described his son as “a very gentle, honest, humble, trustworthy and highly disciplined person, who does not want people to deceive other people”. “He was a man who believed in sincerity to all and malice to none.”

He said his death is painful to the family.

Mrs Kolawole said her son called her Friday evening and assured her that he would be back in Lagos as soon as he was through with an official assignment he was handling.

She said the late Lt. Sowole was initially due to be back in Lagos on Saturday, the day he flew in the crashed helicopter.

Olufunke said she discussed with her son for about 20 minutes on the telephone and that there was no sign that something would go wrong.

“He called me several times and asked me to go to the hospital. When I would not go, he called his father and insisted that he must make me to go to the hospital.

“He asked after everybody in the house. It never occurred to me that he would not be back,” she lamented.

Sowole said when his son called him on Friday, it was from Warri, Delta State, where he went on a relief duty for three weeks. He said he had instructions to stay back in Warri because he would be involved in a special assignment.

The elder Sowole said: “On Friday, his mother said she was weak generally in the body and he asked me to take her to the hospital. He had earlier called my wife and they discussed. Thereafter, he asked me to arrange to take her to the hospital.

“During the night, my wife could not sleep and was complaining of body pains. At about 6 am on Saturday, his younger brother drove their mother to the hospital,” he said.

Sowole said he discussed with his son about his job. “I asked him about his job and he told me it was okay. He asked after everybody, his brothers, his sisters, his mother and every other member of the family. “

Sowole said Lt. Sowole called his wife, when he was about to board the chopper at Okoroba for Port Harcourt that fateful Saturday and assured her that he would be back soon.

According to him, the family became apprehensive when they heard the news on the radio on Saturday that there was a helicopter crash somewhere in Bayelsa State.

“We called all his mobile phone numbers, but we couldn’t make any contact with him. When I visited his mother in the hospital, I couldn’t tell her anything because of the state of her health.

“While we were listening to the news on the television that night, a boy came from Warri to Lagos and called his younger brother, Owolabi. I found the call rather unusual and concluded that something must have happened.

“The boy who called asked after me. When we asked him what the matter was all about, he could not bring himself to tell me what happened. But he assured me that there was nothing to worry about, that he saw my son a few minutes earlier. Notwithstanding what he said, I was not settled.

all4naija: Beautification is not all about flower planting. I am surprise at that view by many Nigerians. For example planting flowers on pavement would look ridiculous in many parts of the city rather using tiles on it would make more sense and bring out the beauty.

Sincerely speaking, implementing the BRT(which is more than 3 years old) is the main difficulty in this project while beautification going along would have be easier than thought. I think the Lagos state government missed it in that regard.

It still boils down to poor maintenance culture. We have seen this in the old railway system,etc.

afam4eva: You said Fashola has performed better than other governors in Nigeria and i'm saying that you should tell me why you think so. Why is that so difficult for you to do?

afam4eva: I really don't know. Please educate me.

afam4eva: I rebuked him because he was referring to the performance of Fashola against other governors even though i think he has not visited many states in Nigeria. This has nothing to do with Lagos generally.

afam4eva: When you say ahead, what do you mean. Pls be explicit and stop talking like an illiterate. Which ome be "Ahead"

afam4eva: No, he should go ahead and tell us why he thinks Lagos is lite years ahead of those other states since he's familiar with every state in Nigeria.

afam4eva: Ok, i've read the article and now understand that the keyword is "dedicated roads". Btw, i'm not attacking lagos or Fashola, i was just addressing an ignorant post that belittled other state governments even though the poster had never visited other states to compare what's going on there with what Fashola has done in Lagos. This really has nothing to do with BRT or dedicated roads. I was just using that to make a point.

afam4eva: I'm sure this your statement was produced out of ignorance. Now, i ask you. How many states in Nigeria have you visited in Nigeria? Do you know that Enugu state had a similar transport system as at the time Lagos launched theirs but you won't know because you don't travel round the country, so your statements will be laced with ignorance.

all4naija: No! You're missing the point. Doing a good work is not going to look like counting-numbers analogy. Every country know what neatness means,and better works stand for. Indeed, there is no excuse to do a great job as the BRT and left the areas looking shabby and making the whole work looks poorly done.

Look,really a neat job can make a difference in all of these projects going on in Lagos state. It is a simple secret to all the hard-works he has been doing.

ikeyman00: and ^^^^

samkoro: Why I said Igbos understand yoruba subtle ways is part of what ur doing now;trying to curry favour from housa;mentioning your master all in a bid to fight Igbo.Is there any group ethnic gruop called housa-Yoruba? All Iv known is housa-fulani.Listen if want us to compete for housa favour,we know how to do that better?ok Cos if you betray today,we'll patiently wait for our turn to revenge,and that's it.

Besides kwara and arguably Kogi,Igbos are the largest non indigenes in all states in Nigeria.This is the truth for Gods sake!!!Ask any northerner

The Young yoruba Igbo speaker is the only one Iv encountered in my lifetime and could be the only one in the entire yoruba population,So don't use him as a general case and claim his glory.He personaly told me he despises a lot of things his folks do out of ignorance and bigotry.In humour yoruba friend had told me that his his people are tribalistic.For Gods sake,this has become an axiom;it does need proof again.
About the NYSC guy that went to Enugu for the first time.Yes,that could be true,because the land lord may have a relative in Lagos who must have told him his horrible experiences in Lagos as regards searching for accommodation,omo oniles,area buys in market,OPC(some Igbos joined OPC because of several reported cases of stranded Igbo businessmen killed and labelled theives,,it took time for Igbos to discover what was happening ) .Those in the east ar current with what happens here.Igbos were able to overcome accommodation problems in lagos when they started building residential houses and accommodating stranded Igbos.Before it takes only a good christian yoruba landlord to give accommodation to Igbo because poblem starts when Yoruba landlord arbitrarily jacks up rents to very high levels he won't do if the tenant is yoruba.

You see how ethnicity go round and round.Everybody is guilty in one way or the other but yoruba is the most guilty.They started ,laid the foundation and built the structure of tribalism;and still practice it to date.They call the practice SOPHISTICATION.Instead of taking the lead to kill tribalism look at what sophistication has done to Nigeria .The one politician that has been making efforts to fight ethnicity thru peace Conference is ROCHAS.That conference was held in 2001.That reminds me that Yoruba philantropists do not extend their one naira to the east.

On language,who will teach us in the east? Since ur running away from the east for fear of reminding Igbos there of Awos and Adenkunles Biafra genocide but Ironicaly its not like that.Strangers are valued and protected so much in Igbo culture.People that serve there wish to settle there if they get a livelyhood there.In my place,people like hanging out with strangers out of love,curiosity,new experience and desire to learn.They may even give you a tittle if you do the right thing.

On refusal to sell land.Its pure falacy.It defile all known rules about Igbo behaviour.If u want to buy land in developing towns ,just carry a sign post with bold inscription YORUBA and a micophone announcing u are YORUBA looking for land to buy.If you have the MONEY you will buy every land for sale and non will remain.Just try it.

East is the only place an motor park tout will treat u with courtesy.That attitude to strangers is what-by default,restrains us from reprisal attacks.Its also the reason why we reach out to people,initiate friendship cos we expect others to do likewise.

On language also,Yorubas get nervous,insecure and uncomfortable when one speaks Igbo with a fellow Igbo in there midst.This attitude puzzles and pisses me off.I don't know the reason why.If you are in their midst they will speak and exclude u in the discussion as if u don't exist.We don't complain about that,but why I'm mentioning this is because Igbos will switch to english for u to be part of the discussio,have a sense of belonging and contribute to it.

Desola: I really do not understand your deduction of GEJ's sinister moves to recapture the SW. If it wouldn't be too much of an effort, can you please expatiate on how his infamous decision to change the name of a prestigious university now conotes the deliverance of the SW to the PDP?

I don't get it.