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June 12 is a day commemorating a time/period when all Nigerians rose above ethnicity and religious sentiments to choose their leader. It’s more than the man called MKO. But it’s an irony that PMB is the one to make it happen while at the same time denying Nigerians an opportunity for a free and fair election. I don’t see the awakening which you look forward to happening in this lifetime, cos it will take a long long time for these ethno-religious scales to fall off our eyes.

thankless:
HAPPY JUNE 12...

Are Nigerians not one of, if not the impossible people in the world?

President Buhari has been in power since the last four years, and just last month, on the basis of a rigged election, he had himself sworn-in again for another four year term which many have predicted would be another round of misery, bloodletting, hunger and frustration that characterised his first term in office. And here we are singing his praise for "having the courage" to declare June 12 a public holiday, and shouting "happy democracy day"...

What is a holiday when people can't feed, when innocent people are being killed daily across the nation by terrorists that the president doesn't even have the courage to proscribe?

If I were a member of the Abiola family I would ask:
What is the meaning of a holiday to even late MKO Abuela's memory when his legacies are not being uphold? When those who denied him his mandate, detained him, kill his wife Kudirat, destroyed his business empire, and eventually had him killed have not been brought to justice? Are some of the keys actors of that era not still roaming free today?

If we as Nigerians know our rights, won't we be demanding instead for a report to be published detailing everything that transpired then, that led to the annulment of one of the freest elections in our history, to be made available to the public?

If the government was really serious, would it just declare June 12 a holiday and go to sleep?

How about paying reparation to the Abiola family? How about unfreezing his accounts? How about compensating his family for delibratelty destroying the man's empire and for the untold suffering that Abacha who is the current president's hero, made him go through? Or didn't we all see how Abuela was feried from place to place in a Black Maria then like a common criminal?

In any case, there are those, like former President Obasanjo, who still insists Abiola himself was not a saint, that he deserved what he got. In as much as I cannot join issues with such people, I think we all should look at the June 12 issue as a matter of righting a wrong, and in doing so, the government also must have the courage to move beyond merely declaring June 12 a public holiday...

But there is a a side of the story that I want us as Nigerians to consider, that's is if we are of the mind...

Abiola was a Muslim who did so much to further Islam in Nigeria. There were even reports that he sank a ship load containing copies of the Holy Bible which were destined for our shores...whether this is true or just another bitter rumour I can't say, but I but merely stated this to buttress the point that he was a "good Muslim"...

Despite this fact and as well as him being very good friends with IBB who was the president at that time, as soon as it became clear that Abiola was well ahead in the count, General Babangida had the election declared void...

The Church could easily have tolerated the decision going by the fact that Abiola was a fierce proponent of Islamic interests, yet it didn't. In fact, the spokespeople of all the major churches then agreed to insist on Abiola’s claim to become president, insisting that since the elections had been surprisingly free and fair, General Babangida had no right to annul them...

But Abiola did not find nearly as much support among his Islamic allies in the North. The Sultan of Sokoto told the faithful that it had been the will of Allah to annul the election, even though Abiola was Vice-President of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs then...

In fact, there were even some occasions then when Hausa-Fulani politicians openly stated that the North would commit "political suicide" if it gave the presidency over to a politician from the South...

Muslims in Yorubaland were so shocked by what many of them called an act of "treason" on the part of their co-religionists that some of them even called for the Southern Muslims to quit the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and set up a new umbrella association...

If we were a serious country, what lesson should the Abiola affair have taught us? Why did the Caliphate deny Abiola the presidency? Why did the Yoruba Muslims renege on their threat to pull out of the Islamic body if the mandate was not resorted? Should we take the declaration of a day as holiday more serious than these and more questions that plague us today as a people....

The answer to these and more questions lies in the same reason why our political class has taken us for a ride over years...

Not only are we a people who suffer from chronic dementia, we also don't know our rights, and we love our chains and defend our oppressors...

Look at what is happening in the country today, look at what happened at the Senate yesterday, as we speak, like his first term, the entire echelon of government is again occupied by a section of the nation and a particular religion and yet, we are shouting democrat day?

But I guess this won't be for long...

I hope history, will one day, sooner than later, repeatedly itself in country...

In 1989, Romania was exactly where we are today as a nation. With a satanic government headed by one of the most ruthless dictators in history as its head, the country was in shambles as we are today. In fact, the president then, had a special trained force in place protecting him and the elite.

Then one day in December of that year, the scales fell from the eyes of the people and there was an awakening. Civil unrest broke, then a revolution started in the city of Timișoara and soon spread throughout the country.

In 24 hours, General Secretary Nicolae Ceaușescu was round up, captured, tried and summarily executed, both him and his wife Elena and their allies.

And that was the end of 42 years of Communist rule in Romania. It was also the last removal of a Marxist-Leninist government...

Today, with all our resources, Nigerian leaders can't provide infrastructre or give her people a meaningful life, Nigerians are suffering and those who can, are fleeing to other countries to become second class citizens... Instead of turning the enormous wealth of the nation into infrastructure like other countries, the elite, the cabal, are stashing the monies away in private accounts for themselves and generations that can't even exhaust spending the money...

We have taken 20 years and spent billions to generate 1000 Megawatts of electricity when Egypt, spending less have taken just a few months to generate times ten that number accordingly Dangote...

And to make matters worse, we, instead of demanding our rights and asking accountability from our rulers, we are here singing the praise of a government that allows the killing of Christians and innocent people, and has even refused us the basic right of choosing our own leaders in a free and fair elections.

I believe one day, the scales will fall from our eyes, then there will be that awakening, and this sacrilege that's called leadership will fall and become history... I hope this happens in my lifetime....


Before then, happy June 12...

Very correct, it doesn’t matter that it’s stored ed in your video folder. As to the matter of trust....hmmmm, sometimes you just have to turn a blind eye or gird your heart and mind cos shiit happens

Badilstical:
@blujoi said it all some file format can accept file but the interpretation of those file depends on the hardware media that sends the file most probably is the audio recorder not the camcorder. Check the detail of the file you'd fine a lead.I can't trust a woman 100% no matter the love that's their nature it's even in biology the last time I check. Best of luck bro

You need to be more worried what the future holds for all Nigerians economically, with our rising debt profile, shrinking foreign exchange earnings from crude oil, no steady electricity, rising unemployment and our import dependent economy. We need solutions to these, SE people will be fine politically

Emotionss:
The people of S/E need to wake-up. Other regions are leaving them behind politically and if the continue with this politics of hate and sentiment, I hate to imagine what the future holds for them politically.

Reason why I said let’s watch and see who he’ll blame this time!

SanusiGworo:
He always have somebody to blame.

All these speech writers sef!! They will just be making PMB make promises that he can’t achieve

That is what PMB is trying to tell us. Before now it was Saraki/Dogara forces that hindered him, now that he has his ‘people’ let’s see. He said he didn’t succeed in 1983 cos IBB truncated his government

SanusiGworo:
So Buhari needs Northerners to be in position so he can perform, what about 1983?

It’s a good development, at least there will be no one to blame for his non-performance in this second tenure. Now is his chance to pass all the laws and execute all the projects that will bring back Nigeria to prosperity. Waiting and watching

It’s possible to also have a 3gpp file in audio. Since you transferred the original file in audio format I don’t think you can convert it to a video file. But the reason I asked you to check the properties of the file on her phone is to ascertain the date the file was made, that way you will know if she was lying about when it was made

skywalker240:
Thank you so much, Okay, I've checked, and its a 3gpp file. Isn't 3gpp supposed to be a low res video file, it's on my video player folder in the gallery but its audio in other media player, don't know if I can upload it here for you, I don't know if the mods would allow that.

I don’t think there’s any converters that can convert an audio file to a video file. What you can do is to check the properties of the file on her phone that should tell you when it was made, that is if she hasn’t deleted the file

Relegate her to second division and promote another to division one......lobatan!

E pain am!!! Goan lick ass joor, u go dey alright las las

Nyamiri:
Your father, your grandfather and your great grandfather.

Thief, thiefer, thiefiest

Amen,brother! The tragedy of a nation

Nukilia:
May your days be long! Our leaders have wrecked this nation

The question is how long can we continue like this? It’s heartbreaking thinking about the huge potentials we could have achieved as a nation if things were done right

SoNature:
I think God specially blessed Nigeria, but our peoples have decided to ruin the country.

Despite massive looting that has been going on for decades, the country hasn't collapsed yet.

Even former British PM David Cameron said that if the amount of money stolen from Nigeria is done to the UK, the Kingdom would collapse.

If Abacha could take out this much when oil prices were quite low, I wonder what subsequent governments took out

Ohh what a terrifying intelligence report

Nigerian politicians will make good comedians

Hmmm....terrible things are happening in the party of saints!! Make we siddon dey look

The person who steals and the person who keeps stolen items are both thieves.....abi?

The real MVP

You are right on the mark, they make these applications available to us when they are on to a new one, Lol!!

sankky:
When espionage devices/applications get obsolete in their world of trade craft, they are pushed into the commercial world and given fancy names. The Deep State hands the patent to a nerd. Billionaire nerds that are never seen enjoying their money.
What am I even talking about .

Bulls eye!!! Nothing more, nothing less!!

Tramp!! Go and do something meaningful with your life.

ak22:
Scammer run

It will cost you some money to get your case fast tracked with EFCC. I have contacts there that can help you. Send me a pm and I’ll give you the low down

Yeah

Such an irony, migrating from a prayerful environment to a prayerless environment. A country made up of docile and short sighted individuals, what else would they resort to?

I did not in any way insinuate that it was only APC governors were owing salaries. I am not responsible for your lack of comprehension, Mr Michael. Your sickening level of partisanship has blinded your proper use of your reasoning faculties. Patriotism and love for your country means supporting Buhari even when his incompetence is staring you in the face. Get a life punk!!


[quote author= post=78221207]So it is only APC governors owing salaries.
Hatred for your country has blinded you patapata.
Even PDP Seyi Makinde in Oyo state that has not done his inauguration or spent one day in office as a governor told his citizens he can't pay them 30,000!!
Criticize reasonably, not blindly boy![/quote]

Good the NLC guys are growing balls. I wish they can block every government house where the state governor is owing salaries! Nonsense and APC

Tinubu and Oshiomhole are saints, sanctified by the APC brotherhood under the leadership of Apostle Buhari while Saraki’s sainthood has been revoked

Nobody has ever accused you of giving preferential treatment to Daura. What we are accusing you of is incompetence, inability to come up with solutions to the our unique problems, nepotism

He’s now a born again politician, sanctified by the blood of APC

There was a country.......Sai Baba!!
So what this means is that 1, MACBAN knows the people who are doing these kidnapping. 2, Our security agents are negotiating with known terrorists and kidnappers and even planning on paying them to stop kidnapping?

It’s a sad situation. It’s a federal road,FG’s responsibility. It’s should be FG’s priority seeing that they generate huge revenues from that axis. But that being said, the individuals who do business there why can’t they protest and refuse to do business there until that place is fixed!

Beautyaddy:
I am not doubting you.

I am just expressing my complete sadness to the Lagos State government and the people living and commuting on that God forsaken and very disgraceful shit-dump.