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Bitter-Sweet: My life with Obasanjo:Mohammed settled me to save Govt from embarrassment
Written by Oluremi Obasanjo
Monday, 10 November 2008
Page 7 of 7
Last Friday,
'He grabbed Mohammed by the collar, in the presence of other officers, and challenged him to a due They were both in uniform. Brigadiers in the Nigerian Army!'

Mohammed settled me to save Govt from embarrasssment
I spent the night in Obasanjo’s house that day. On August 7, I phoned Lt. Akintunde Akisehinwa, ADC to Brig. Muhammed, to inform him I was in Obasanjo’s house. He was happy and told me to lie low as God seemed to be answering my prayers. I later inspected the rooms where the children were staying. It was deplorable. There was a sink with a broken pipe in their room from which water seeped on the carpet. I concluded the damp room must have led to Dayo’s death —possibly from pneumonia. I cleaned up the room and cooked for the children. I was not happy that they were eating in their bedrooms so I directed that they should do all the eating in the dining room downstairs. After about five days’ stay, Mrs. Ade Ajayi, our family friend, came and pleaded for reconciliation. I promised her I would do everything humanly possible to ensure a new chapter began in the story of my life with Obasanjo.
While Mrs. Ajayi was around, Obasanjo’s sister, Adunni Oluwola, whose children were also staying at Lugard, arrived. The moment Mrs. Ajayi left, Sister Adunni went into a tirade. She accused me of starving her children and blaming the Obasanjos for my daughter’s death. I told her I only said all children in the house should not eat in the bedroom upstairs but at the dining room downstairs. And that I had left to God the cause of Dayo’s death.

I did not accuse anyone. But she said I should leave, otherwise she would take her children away and not come back there. The cook in the house also corroborated my story but she would not be pacified. She left with her children. Obasanjo later told me to pack my things and go back to where I came from as Dayo’s death was no excuse for me to return, more so as his sister had also taken her children.

Later that night, I knocked on Obasanjo’s door and told him I had nowhere to go. I said my children were in their father’s house and that was where I belonged. As for his sister, she had rightly taken her children to their father’s house. If my submission sounded logical to me, Obasanjo did not think so. He told me to wait for him. When he emerged, he was in shorts and a short sleeve shirt. He slapped me twice and ran after me as I fled down the stairs. Titi Sodeinde ran after him, begging him not to beat me in my pregnant state. I was in my pyjamas.

Obasanjo listened to her on condition that I left the house. I left in my pyjamas and was staying with the soldiers downstairs when an important visitor came in. It was Chief MKO Abiola. I was hopeful that he would be able to talk to my husband. So I lay in the driveway. But Abiola’s mission had no room for my plight that night. He simply hopped out of the car to see Obasanjo. I stayed in the compound that night. Through Titi Sodeinde’s help, I was able to change my dress the next day and leave Obasanjo’s house once again.

I later found out that Mrs. Mowo Sofowora, Obasanjo’s concubine, was expected back from an overseas trip the day I was forced out. She was going to spend the night with her lover and my presence would have been an avoidable nuisance. So Sister Adunni contrived the crisis that enjoyed her brother’s support simply to get me out.

I later visited Gen Muhammed in August 1975 to let him know the developments. When I first arrived at Dodan Barracks, seat of his government, the guards would not let me in. I caused so much fuss that I was later allowed to see the ADC, Lt. Akinsehinwa, who was kind enough to come to the gate to usher me in. I later saw the Head of State, who reminded M. D. Yusuf of my need for an apartment in Surulere. It was Yusuf who later arranged a flat for me at 19, Lawrence Road to save the young government from embarrassment. I was also given a car, driver, an Igbo, fondly called “Baba Ngozi,” a new set of furniture and money.

Both asked me to withdraw the civil suit, seeking to dissolve my marriage with Obasanjo. In my suit for divorce, I had asked for alimony of N10,000 a month, supporting my plea with a list of Obasanjo’s assets in the country to prove that it was within his means. I learnt that Samuel Gomsu Ikoku caught whiff of the suit and reported to Yusuf, pointing out the damage it could do to the new administration. When Yusuf first approached Obasanjo, the latter dismissed the matter with his characteristic bravado.

Later, he calmed down and it was he who sought out Yusuf to persuade me to withdraw the suit. I duly directed my lawyer, Fawehinmi, to do so. The matter was only heard twice. Obasanjo was represented by Chief Kehinde Sofola. I did in appreciation of all Muhammed and Yusuf had done for me.

It was later that Obasanjo surreptitiously contrived a divorce with a judge of the Lagos High Court to dissolve the marriage. I was never served any summons. I should at least be a party in my own cause. Stories said he rigged the divorce. They said he secretly filed for a divorce. The case was never listed. I did not file any affidavit because no court brought any suit to my notice.

The story by those who should know is that one afternoon, after closing from work; he changed into mufti and drove in a Volkswagen Beetle car to the High Court to meet the judge, who helped him to concoct the divorce. Excitedly, he told Yusuf next day that he was free of me as the marriage had been dissolved in court. Yusuf asked me if I had re-filed my suit for divorce. I replied in the negative. He did not elaborate.

Happenings in government during Obasanjo’s 2nd term in office as president of the Federal Republic about a bill from the National Assembly being doctored and signed surreptitiously into law did not surprise me. If a divorce could be plotted and obtained without the participation of the other side, what else can’t happen with my man?

To the glory of God, I delivered my baby at St. Nicholas Hospital on September 24, 1975. The pain was unusual. I was reluctant to go home. The nurses did not quite understand my plight and teased me that I wanted to stay in the hospital. Eventually, I left. I sent the hospital bill to Obasanjo. He refused to pay. I referred the matter to M. D. Yusuf who settled it. When it came to naming the child, he refused to send a name. I christened my daughter, Enitan (child of destiny). I could understand his bitterness.

Obasanjo, edged on by Fajinmi, did not know I would deliver my baby. Both men had attended the second court session of the suit I filed, thinking I would be in court. I was told they came with some spiritualists who were to pray dangerous prayers against me. My problems were not over. At home, the excruciating pains continued. I drank painkillers, whiskey, anything to kill the pain. Yet, the pains continued.

I was rushed from Lawrence Road by a police officer, Mr. Osodi, his wife and my driver, Baba Ngozi, to St. Nicholas Hospital. It was a case of ruptured appendix. The doctors said I had to undergo surgery within 24 hours. They sent the relevant papers to Obasanjo for his signature as my next of kin but he refused to sign. I later signed the papers myself.

Again, it was M. D. Yusuf who paid the hospital bill.


Obasanjo in Dodan Barracks

When Muhammed was assassinated and my husband was appointed the Head of State, he sustained the tempo of the moral reforms. He changed the former national anthem that was written by an English woman to the nationalistic one, written by Nigerians. He introduced the National Pledge, which we recite now. Obasanjo scaled down ostentation by introducing the “low profile” policy, which preached and demonstrated prudence in national life. He rode in Peugeot cars assembled in Nigeria and compelled government agencies to patronise Peugeot and other assembly plants such as Volkswagen, Steyr and Mercedes trucks.

He introduced “Operation Feed the Nation” to stimulate interest in farming and created farm development zones to boost agricultural development. He banned the importation of rice and dairy produce to encourage self reliance. His transition to civil rule programme was thorough. He successfully conducted the first zero-party elections to choose councillors in 1976. He made sure the playing ground was level for all in the 1979 elections.

Obasanjo drank from the fountain of knowledge of the leading politicians of his age. He admired the erudition of Zik, the vision of Awo and the selflessness of Aminu Kano. As he said in one of his interviews, the best man does not always win elections. Those who blame him for the collapse of the Second Republic on account of the successor are really unfair to him. He only had one vote.

Obasanjo bathed in the sunshine of that excellent job of voluntarily relinquishing power and conducting a successful election. His global profile exploded positively. I contributed my own quota in an unobtrusive manner.



I made a scene at Dodan Barracks

Behind the façade of continental achievements, a lot was happening behind the scene. On that February 13, 1976 when Muhammed was assassinated, I headed to Corona School, Victoria Island to get the children. I moved them and their cousins, Sister Adunni’s children, from Obasanjo’s house to my place. Obasanjo later came from hiding to see the children.

After succeeding Muhammed, Obasanjo moved to Dodan Barracks. Shortly after, the sister also moved her children there. Obasanjo then asked for his children to reunite with him. I did not want my children living in the barracks away from my supervision as I didn’t think Obasanjo would have sufficient time to pay close attention to them. Not persuaded by my argument, one day in 1976 he sent a lorry load of soldiers to come for the children.

His orderly, Emmanuel Osawe, led them. I did not give in easily as I was fearful for the future. So I resisted the troops he sent. In anger, I bit Osawe, kicking and cursing him that since the children were not his, why was he the one coming for my children. In the end, naked power triumphed. Obasanjo had his way; my children were taken away and I was left alone.


I later reported to Army Chief, Lt. Gen TY Danjuma who told me that OBJ was not his friend, but said it was wrong for Osawe to have carried out such an illegal assignment.

“Emmanuel has no right to take soldiers out for such an assignment,” he thundered, pleading with me to go home and maintain my cool.

Having succeeded in taking the children from me, Obasanjo thought he could keep me away from them. He was mistaken. Often, I would go to Dodan Barracks’ gate to make a scene. When I found out that the children were housed in a bungalow at Dodan, which served as a guest quarters to the main house, I became convinced that my initial fears that they would not receive enough supervision were not unfounded. I was not comfortable with their feeding either.

To prevent further embarrassment, he moved the children to Capital School, Kaduna. One day, I contacted the Irish principal of the school, to complain that Gbenga was too young to be a student of the school, but Obasanjo insisted and Gbenga was admitted. He arranged for Mrs. Egungboun (his friend’s wife) to be their guardian in Kaduna, promising that I would have access to them. But what he said was not what he practised. Repeatedly, he tried to shut me out.

One day when I visited the school, Gbenga wanted to return to Lagos with me. I later arranged for a teacher to coach the children in Mathematics, determined that they should conquer the fear of figures I had as a child. Later, Mrs. Egungboun tried to alter the arrangement, but I warned her. Mrs. Ade-John was the matron of the school and she was quite friendly. I urged her to take a special interest in my children. One day, she innocently mentioned that a relative of Obasanjo had visited the children in school. I found out that she was Mrs. Lamide Adegbenro.

I had always suspected her of some dalliance with Obasanjo. I flared up and Mrs. Ade-John was surprised. She had never seen that side of me. I later contacted Pa Hassan Odukale of Leadway Assurance to ask him to warn Lamide to stay away from my children. The old man didn’t quite understand what I was saying. I also contacted Remi Adegbenro and told her to warn Lamide to steer clear of my children. To date, Lamide remains defiantly close to Obasanjo.

During mid-term, I phoned the headmaster to let him know I would be coming for the children. Obasanjo had also made plans for the ADC Police to come for the children. The ADC informed the headmaster he was coming for the children. The headmaster informed him of my previous plan. But the ADC, Agwam, was adamant.

It was only when I arrived at the school that I understood what was happening. I had seen the ADC and Bose Ladipo, Obasanjo’s niece, at the Lagos Airport but did not know we were headed to the same destination. The duo arrived at the school before me and had already taken my children in a car, ready to leave for Lagos. I asked my children to come down. Gladly, they did.

The ADC protested, arguing that he was acting on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief. I replied I was acting on my own orders as their mother. There was a shouting match and the Irish headmaster intervened to say the ADC should defer to me. State head of the National Security Organisation, a huge man, met us there and said I could not go with the children.

I told him the only way he could stop me was to shoot me. As the ADC was trying to contact Lagos frantically to determine his next line of action, I shepherded my children into a car and zoomed off to Hamdala Hotel, Kaduna. We swapped stories on our experiences till late at night.


Tomorrow,
‘Obasanjo kept his distance; so much that he was surprised to see how grown his children had been when he attended the wedding of one of the Sodeinde sisters, Sade, who had lived with us’

‘Bitter-Sweet: My Life with Obasanjo’ is published by Diamond Publications Ltd. Launch date: Tuesday November 11, 2008 at NIIA,Victoria Island, Lagos.

Lord Save nigeria there are more Ribadus in our youngs and they are destroying it help us Lord.

why would you decieve a fool!?

yes it should be scrapped.

not untill we see human beings in Nigeria TRANSFORMED from sin to righteousness

I mean real righteousness not the one you see staged managed.

where a man is moving with high speed to hell and makes a complete U turn.

Here is an example

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/berkowitz/letter_1.html

Is it that my beloved Deeper Life is going the way of the Prosperity bible church ?

@poster

The law is for the Ecclesia Nation of God at the time.

@hubreality


Satan in hell is laughing at the sham called Mr Chris. China?

If you have it in you preach to the Niger delta first.

God save pastor Chris

@ Post and responses

meaning of Tithe

A tithe (from Old English teogoþa "tenth" is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a (usually) voluntary contribution or as a tax or levy, usually to support a Christian religious organization. Today, tithes (or tithing) are normally voluntary and paid in cash, cheques, or stocks, whereas historically tithes could be paid in kind, such as agricultural products. Several European countries operate a formal process linked to the tax system allowing some churches to assess tithes.

SOME TRUTHS ON TITHES

Now the tithe is not an old testament Law.
Tithe is one tenth of Your profit wages or earnings.
Tithe is not a bribe to God for him to do something for you.
Tithe is a an appreciative gift from the heart


SOME TRUTHS ON OFFERING

Offering is divided into parts

Sacrificial offering
Simple offering.

The problem the bible has with modern day givers is that they think that without giving we can not recieve. They scam their Church men to believe that without giving we can not get anything.

I say may your money perish with thee if you think this way except thou REPENT of this wicked thought!

what did you do to MERIT the Agape of God JESUS THE SON OF GOD?

Or what did you give to God when he was creating you in the Garden of Eden?

If pastors take away "give and you will get more" so many will not give.

WE ARE NOT COOWNERS OF THE GRACE OF GOD AND WE HAVE NO SPIRITUAL MIGHT TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS GOD'S MERCY AND FAVOUR IS WITH US.


HAVING SAID ALL THESE THERE IS NO UPPER BOUNDARY TO WHAT YOU CAN GIVE HOWEVER THERE IS A LOWER BOUNDARY WHICH IS 10TH OF WHAT YOU GET.

EXAMPLE:
IF YOU EARN 10,000 NAIRA AND YOUR TRANSPORT IS 9000 NAIRA A MONTH YOU HAVE EARNED NOTHING. HOWEVER YOU CAN OFFER UNTO GOD THE ONE THAT SEES YOUR HEART IF YOU WILL. HE MAY OR HE MAY NOT BLESS.

@poster

Just as being a worker is the easiest way to be a member of Hell so it is very good to serve Good in LOCAL Church. however we need to serve God in 3 aspect

1) Service to man Kind

As a citizen of a nation do the right thing
help the aged
Sacrifice for the weaker ones

This has got nothing to do with being a xtian

2) Service to God

This include
personal evangelism
Prayer and fasting
Teaching
Raising disciples of the word of God

3) Service to Local Church

Sweeping
Serving iin the church
Singing
Ushering


All this is done with no expectation of nothing on earth and in HEAVEN.

@post

The same way he is hardenning your hearts by giving you over to the demon of mockery. Make sure you Enjoy it while it last.
The same way he released a false Spirit to Ahab so he released a false Spirit to Pastor Chris of CE and the millions of the army of false Evangelist in the world.

@post

In my over a decade in Ghana I can say that Ghana has got nothing but value for Human beings. The truth is that Ghanaians are not as MONEY SEEKING AS NIGERIANS.

Where this stems from is that there is a core of Ghanaians that are not and never will be MATERIALISTIC (there is a historical reason for this). Ghanaians Just want their very simple life. (though this trend started to change with the entry of John Kufour)

It is not that Ghanaians are NATURALLY like that but they saw alot of big men in the past die and the money they stole was a waste. The core Ghanaian is not sleeping unlike Nigeria we dont have a core.

Our Parties are not based on any idealogy.

My ONLY problem with OBJ was that he never created the[b] core of THE NEW NIGERIAN[/b].  Imagine if he(obj) had raised 1.5 million 15 year olds, train them fed  housed them and taught them that they should love their nation this will be 1 out of every 200 nigerians blessed directly by a nation. The children will never forget their nation. some may forget. The ones that will not forget will infect others with OPTIMISM.

I will tell you why Ghana is what it is today.

Nkrumah had Core Ghanaians in his times and that is why Ghana did not go to war after the overthrow of Dr Nkrumah because a core Ghanaian was very powerful and satisfied. for you to know what i am talking about Nkrumah had inteligence agents at one time SPYING ON THE USA! The CIA agents in ghana tried to use tribalism to destroy Nkrumah's Government but it was not working. He was never a NEPOTIST or TRIBALIST.

When Nkrumah was finally overthrown after series of attempts on his life we saw that the CPP aparatus was disbanded. if you watch very well alot of peasants that were on the boys brigades and the verandahs boys (CORE GHANA) were severly affected and the military at that time were very indisciplined. The government of the Dankwa busia tradition came to power and was overthrown. The remanant Peasants (CORE GHANAIAN) of the CPP that had now grown and matured some in the military were now very unhappy with the Army hierachy.

The Juniors officers disagreed with the army high command and they found a voice in a naive young man called Flight luitenant Jerry John Rawlings. Rawlings was never interested in ruling and the political Elites allied to the CIA found it hard to get rid of the military high brass at the time.

Rawlings spoke his mind against the injustice of the Military high command. He had some respect amongst the military young officers because of an incident that occured. I will give the details

Rawlings was court martialed and when he was asked that he should name his accomplice he told the court martial that he was ready to die alone and that all his men were innocent and they should not be bothered.

Then word got arround the military barracks that Rawlings was about to be executed and that he did not mentioned anyone. The rare gut of this soldier is what had not been seen in the military and the young soldiers broke rawlings free out of prison and arrested most of the top military brass and were later executed.

Rawlings conducted an election in 3 months which the PNC won and   he came back to overthrow the government of Hila liman. The country at the time of Hila was a civil government.  Rawlings had to overthrow Liman because there the signs that some soldiers wanted to overthrow and that would mean if Rawlings did not do a coup He will be killed.

The Core of the Patriotic Ghana is to my estimation was about 30% to 40%. They are not Silent or pessimistic. Rawlings gave them a back their power as Dr. NKRUMAH Created them.

In all God has been with Ghana even with very few education they have here. I believe that we need Optimist or we are doomed forever.

@Sir John

So that you don't think you are doing anything wrong

hear what the Lord said

Ezekiel 33
1Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

5He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

7So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

9Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

10Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

12Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

13When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

14Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

15If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

16None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

17Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

19But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

20Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

21And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

22Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

23Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

24Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

25Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

26Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

27Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

28For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

29Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

30Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

32And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

33And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

[size=15pt]SO MANY EVANGELIST ARE GOING TO HELL.[/size]

@post

I dont know the terrain of Anambra but Mr Peter can make Anambra great without much headache.

When you have a diseased wound you need to take medicine inside your body. if you treat the wound on the face you may have a lot of problems.

There is a way you solve the road power security and housing problems with spending much money. The governor of the state may be very careful because he does not know the people that he has to work with.

good governors are very slow to spend money reason why? there is a very corrupt citizenry. go and ask other leaders like OBJ there way they were releasing money and how the contracts were over inflated.

@vickade

The thing is that the ELITE want to keep it this way because most of them dont like equity,

The police Science is a very Good thing. policing should be about service not brute force.

The police should be the Highest paid civil service Job in all the federation of Nigeria why?

1) They have weapon that can stop LIFE
2) They are supposed to Protect LIFE and PROPERTY owned by a LIFE
3) They have the highest RISK of Loosing their LIFE
4) The form a representation of the semblance of what the LIFE the citizenry of any place or country shoulld be.

I live in Ghana the police are very friendly. When I come to nigeria I meet a police man and greet him thinking I am greeting a man first like me but they dont reply. They are supposed to greet you and make you feel welcome.

I am writing on how we can solve this and many more nigerian problems. I have not finished yet but when i do i will post it.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Sir John you have not seen anything yet.

those that claim they know bible have forgotten that SATAN quotes the same bible from Gen to Rev.

bible says he has them given over to a false spirit so that when he God Speaks it will look like a lie.

The Church will soon be the sepulchure of grievious sins against God and man.

But alas the bibles says they that know their God will perform exploits.

GO AND ASK THE ETHIOPIANS WHEN THEY HEARD OF CHRISTIANITY AND HOW COME NO NATIONS EVER COLONIZED THEM ?

JUST TO HELP YOU PHILIP PREACHED TO THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH AND NO ACCOUNT OF THE EUNUCH WAS GIVEN IN THE BIBLE BUT GO TO ETHIOPIA AND LOOK AT THE EMBLEMS OF CHRIST BATTLES.

THE FACT WAS THAT JESUS WAS NOT SPREAD IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA.

@ugborikoko

I am clapping for you here because you have just touched on the main theme of the reason why Jesus came for us and not animals. this is where LOGIC and true spiritual christ likeness is differentiated

now let us look clearly at the BEGINNING
Gen 1
26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after[b] our likeness[/b]: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.


If you look very well you will see the main purpose for God setting man on earth. you see in the passage how the words "Subdue" "have dominion" was used in this chapter to explain what was the purpose of man.

We were supposed to SUBDUE the earth and everything in it including satan and his host.

God subdued satan and his host. So in the image of God were we supposed to live for God unlike the ANIMALS they were suposed to live for us to subdue them.

As God has dominion of Lucifer we are supposed to have dominion over him and his host. The animal was not supposed to be used to deceive us to east the fruit.

Now lets us look at how God showed us in Practical terms how we DOMINATED by allowing man name the animals.

Gen 2

19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.


NOW FINALLY WE COME TO THE DIFFERENCE OF MAN AS AGAINST ANIMAL.
Gen 2
7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

what this means is that man was a dead soul. why did God breath into man

SO THAT MAN WILL LIVE FOR GOD AND GOD ALONE.

The zoe of God dwells in all man but we can loose it.

Where Animals go is not supposed to be our business because they are not in anyway needed in spiritual warfare and obedience. The Animals are subject to the spirit of man and that of the Spirit of God.

DONT YOU REMEMBER WHAT EVE SAID
GEN 3
"13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat."

AND SEE WHAT SHE NOTICED OF THE SERPENT
GEN 3

1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.

WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SUBDUE NOW SUBDUED US BY DECEPTION AND LATER DOMINATED OUR MINDS THAT WE STARTED RUNNING FROM GOD. SATAN HAD ENTERED THE SNAKE AND WE KNEW AND WE SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

IF YOU HAVE A DISEASE DOG OR ANIMAL IN YOUR HOUSE ATTACKING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT ? HAVE A COMMUNICATION WITH IT LIKE EVE DID?


SELAH

everybody wants him to come forward so that they can kill him?

If this man dies God will require his blood from our hand.

Ah what can I say God be with you soldier. I salute you.

@eziachi

Your post has alot of loopholes.  most of the people that were tried if you look very well were from OBJ own party the PDP. I have been looking for the exact group of people that ribadu was told to hunt. can you help me?

Say what you like ribadu was OFFERED 15 million dollars to be corrupt he turned it down! go to the USA you are talking about, some of the FBI operatives are very corrupt. Go and look at the governors that were dealt with by Ribadu and check their Party.

If he was used to fight corrupt people what is wrong with that ? wether it was selective or not? and what is the basis that it was selective. If 2 people stole money and one was caught and jailed. The other that was caught but not jailed can be recaught another day and jailed.

Romans 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

We are servants/children of the most high God so if I am in error you have no right to correct to me, how then shall be holden up? How will God make him stand ?

by coming down from heaven to minister to the wayward servant?

We are our brothers keepers and we must say the truth in love out of season and in season.

@Kobojunkie

This kin disconnected reasoning just keeps me wondering if the reason why the country is where it is today is not because people that reason like you remain in the majority.

I thanked God for my disconnected head. If you read through the post you will see how "connected" all who say they are Nigerian talk about their country. Some of have lost their life for Nigeria and left their families in poverty for Nigeria and we come here and show how good we are with making fun of Nigeria.
What can I say keep up the Good work?

It seems as if some of us have PHD in PESSIMISM AND BADMOUTHING NIGERIA ONLY.

I will ask you when the failure of America to launch man to space failed with the explosion and the death of people did you know what Americans were saying?

The citizen makes the RULERS.

We must disconnect from the believe that we can never amount to nothing.  

ANOTHER ONE FROM THE SCRIPTURE

AHAB WOULD NEVER BELIEVE THAT THINGS WOULD BE BETTER THE NEXT DAY BUT HE DIED.

SOME OF US WILL DIE NOT BECAUSE WANTS US TO DIE BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE SAID IT WILL ALWAYS BE LIKE THIS TILL WE PASS ON.

FAILURE IS  THE PLATFORM FOR SUCCESS

BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE FAILED YOU CAN NOW WORK TO SUCCEED.
SOME NIGERIANS IN THEIR HEARTS JUST WANT US TO CONTINUE TO BE IN PROBLEMS IF NOT LET US SEE THEM BRINGING IDEAS ON NAIRALAND THAT WILL HELP US SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH WE SPEND MONEY.

IT IS VERY EASY TO CRITICIZE. OUR ELITES(RULERS) WANT THE PROBLEMS KEPT THERE TILL THEY MILK US DRY.
OUR ELITES LOVE THE WAY YOU GLORIFY THE PROBLEM IT MAKES THEIR WORK EASY.
THE FOLLOWER THAT COMPLAINS WILL HAVE A BAD LEADER.

IMAGINE MILLIONS OF US GIVE SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS WE SEE DAY TO DAY WITH OUR MINDS SHUT UP TO THE FACT THAT "IF WE SAY THEY WILL NOT DO IT" THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT HAVE ANY EXCUSE TO CONTINUE IN CORRUPTION.

OUR NEWSPAPERS I USED TO RESPECT ALSO ARE DEEP IN SENSATIONALISM.


I WILL BELIEVE IN NIGERIA. I WILL NOT USE MY MOUTH TO SAY THINGS I don't WANT ABOUT NIGERIA EVEN THOUGH THINGS ARE NOT GOOD NOW. THERE ARE HOLY MEN IN NIGERIA AND GOD NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THE EVIL MEN THAT HAVE INFLUENCE FIRST. HE HAS SHOWN THIS IN SCRIPTURE HE HAD TO DEAL WITH JEZEBEL BEFORE HE BROUGHT A NEW KING. GOD KILLED OF THOSE PROPHET OF BAAL SO THAT THE MAN OF GOD COULD DO HIS JOB.

SATAN HAS BEWITCHED THE CITIZENS OF NIGERIA AND EVEN IF GOD WAS RULING DIRECTLY WE WOULD CURSE TO HIS FACE. GOD WILL RAISE JOSHUA AND CALEB FOR NIGERIA. IS NIGERIA READY TO FOLLOW THEM?

No this is not the way to Go but if well you are to go this way God Be with you.

Now i can understand why God made the Children of isreal that came out of Egypt die and they did not see the Promise land.
I wondered why he only made their Children enter the promise land.
The elders like some of us on Nairaland would have resisted Joshua and Caleb.

I just hope that we all repent and have faith that God can do anything. It looks as if we keep saying that OVER OUR DEAD BODY WILL GOD REVIVE NIGERIA. We must remember the elders of Isreal never saw NEW ISREAL. I KNOW GOD IS MAKING NEW NIGERIA DONT BE LEFT OUT. JUST BE QUIET IF YOU CAN NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS.

God runs Nigeria Not our minds.

A good one.

Let us look at the cause of all this

The Nigerian is Trained to hate and break the Law. If not for the fear and little home training most of US have no choice to do the same.

I am not saying I want this to continue NO WAY. We must change by instituiting Community court police stations and prisons.

This Nigerians that want to misuse Nigerian have been trained by the way Nigeria has abandoned the Local precints.

If you are from a Village in Bayelsa state you probably will not have a government that is directly responsible to you and you directly responsible to it.

Some of our rulers pretend to be leading us and we also pretend to be following our leaders.
YOU THINK I AM WRONG?
I will ask if there  was fire in LAGOS STATE maybe somewhere in Apapa or Oshodi. Who is responsible for put out the fire?
Or I you have a robbery at a bank in IKEJA who is responsible for security. What local intel do you have to find the criminals?

The State Government will tell you that is not there work. THE CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER IN A STATE SHOULD BE THE GOVERNOR JUST AS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF (OR CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER OF THE WHOLE OF NIGERIA IS THE PRESIDENT)

The problem is however that we must look for a way so that the FEDERALUNITARY GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TRUST THAT IF IT GIVES THE RIGHT TO HAVE A STATE PLOICE COMMAND THEY WILL NOT BECOME A PRIVATE ARMY OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ON HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS AND I WILL POST IT WHEN I HAVE COMPLETED IT>

@Naval Command

The Naval Command should court martial Olufemi Arogundade. These men was under the Command of Arogundade no body else. And why in the name of security should he have 6 heavily armed body guards in this day and time.

This is a waste in the security services. So when he retires like most of them will how does he make up for those security men. There is no need to extrapoliate this to mean the whole Nigeria LOVES THIS.

WE DONT NEED TO GLORIFY THIS EVIL. WE MUST DO THE RIGHT THING SIMPLY ASK FOR COURT MARTIAL. THE LADY SHOULD SUE THE NIGERIAN NAVY WITH THIS VIDEO CLIP.

THE REASONS WHY

1) The woman was not armed
2) They used brute forces
3) If they wanted to arrest her then what was the arrest mode?
4) Their commander was not in the center when no threat was established
5) From the clip it seemed like they were Abusing the high military honor.

If this is not punished

1) our kids will learn to maltreat people you must be in the forces
2) This is multiplying fear in the heart of the civil populace
3) That stripping a woman is right
4) This is means that the military sees the civillian as a subject (this is a colonial thinking)

God Bless Nigeria

NB
The Subject NAVAL OFFICERS SHOULD NOT be so those men were not officers they were NAVAL RATINGS

So why are these private big boys not rushing in to take positions?
Why arent the banks rushing in to make more $$$$?

Very Simple The government has not shown the way. For me or you to put our money the system must be published and advertised. The system where things are done in the dark as if you gambling will not allow for true business men to come out.


For the money bags to put their money into transport you must have incentives and the conducive environment. That is why I suggested we 'sell' of all the roads because this is where we are loosing huge amounts of money and we are still lagging. The reason is that a bad road in the control of government is a License for the middle men, government agent and finally the contractor to make a lot of money that are unnecessary overheads.

There must transparency.

The money bags know that having sole authority by a government without knowing the government personally is a good deal. Let me put it down in mathematical terms for you.

if 4 licenses are issued to say 4 money bags with one reserved for the NURTW what it means is that 1 firm is responsible for movement of one fifth of people and goods in the whole of Lagos state for 5 to 10 years.

lets say 5 million move in and arround of Lagos state per day. The average tranportion for this 5million is say 200naira and lets say only 1.2 million want to use public transport. You have a minimum of 240 million naira a day which is 2million dollars a day in a year that will be 730 million USD and in 5 years that will $3.65 billion in ten years 10 $7.3 billion. remember this is the minimum and besides you have not talked about TAXIS and MOVEMENT OF GOODS.

TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS IS NOT A TABLE TOP BUSINESS FOR INDIVIDUALS. IN GHANA I KNEW THAT THE MASS TRANSPORT WAS GOING TO FAIL BECAUSE IT WAS DRIVEN BY PURE POLITICAL WILL AND NOT A BUSINESS MINDSET. YOU NEED A POLITICAL WILL BUSINESS MINDSET AND TRANSPARENCY. GIVE YOUR POLITICAL RIVAL THE CHANCE TO PARTATKE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE A SENSE THAT WE ARE TOGETHER AND THEY WILL KNOW WHAT KIND OF OPPOSITION THEY HAVE.

When giving out the licenses you are saying no one can move anybody or goods in Lagos state without this five licensed bodies. Go and ask any good bank manager he will tell you to get the Licenses quick.

Do you know the uproar and accusation that followed the initiative to give out more cement importation license?
Especially from cement manufacturers in the country who are already enjoying the high price of cement even though they have been been overstating their manufacturing capacity!

And you should see the reaction of some telecoms coy over some rumour about the FG giving nigcomsat* license to operate as end user service providers

Yes there will be Uproar but the government has the RIGHT TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS FROM OVERMILKING BY THE MONEY BAGS. Imagine if it was government that was importing the Cement themselves the situation would have been worse by now.

The truth is that the Cement manufacturers cannot meet up with DEMAND and they are ready to tell lies so that it will look as there is Scarcity (this is why you need ECONOINTELLIGENCE men that will report so that tax will be charged on what they claim they produce) WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM YOU MUST HAVE MEN THAT YOU SHOULD SEND SECRETLY TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE OUR POLITICAL TECHNOCRATS ARE MADE TO ADVISE ON THE MATTER.

The telecoms companies have made their money Long time ago. You see that $285 million for GSM licenses they have made that money over and over. A South African told me the Licenses are like MONEY PRINTING MACHINES.

INFACT THERE MUST BE ROOM TO ADD MORE PEOPLE SO THAT THE COMPANIES WILL HURRY TO GET THE MARKET BEFORE ANYONE ELSE GETS IN. IF AND WHEN WE DO THESE THINGS YOU WILL SEE SO MANY INNOVATIONS YOU WILL WONDER WHERE ALL THIS WAS BEFORE.

LET ME JUST HELP YOU

SUPPOSING COMPANY "A" WANTS TO RAISE QUICK MONEY FOR ANYTHING HE CAN SAY I AM SELLING A GOLD CARD FOR OFFICE WORKERS IT COST YOU SAY $2000 TO MOVE ARROUND IN THE WHOLE YEAR GIVE ME $1000 NOW AND YOU DONT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT TRANSPORT FEES ONCE YOU HAVE THAT GOLD CARD.

NOW THIS MEANS 2 THINGS FOR THE BUSINESS AND THE PASSENGER.

FOR THE BUSINESS

IF YOU CAN GET 100 THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THIS GOLD CARD SCHEME YOU ARE MAKING $1,00,000,000 ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS

FOR THE PASSENGER
THE PASSENGER HAS SAVED 50% COST ON TRANPORTION FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

@Builder

You just need to be optimistic atleast we Got the 1) Phone 2) bank Right It remains the Transport and Lagos can show the way before other cities become heavily populated.