₦airaland Forum

jaxxy:
IBB didn't have absolute power he still needed to conduct a free and fair election to handover power to civil rule. This was obviously also guided by some rules or laws.

Also u saying Abacha arrested Mko lime he arrested Obasanjo is so disingenuous. We all know why he arrested diya and Obasanjo which was because of of an assumed or alleged coup plot but why did he arrest Mko?

Also he arrested Mko a year b4 he arrested Obasanjo and diya or others. So yes Mko was a special case and reason for him.

i dont really understand your quest, evil is evil which one is one evil is better than the other
Was Mko the only civilian Abacha arrested, shehu sani nko ?? was the execution of saro wiwa indisingenuous ?? was that coup tew

i dont know what you think you know but your beliefs are questionable

Abacha had finalized the execution of diya and obasanjo , which one is not special case to abacha,

Abacha is a monster , if IBB is better then he must be an a Angel abi weytin be opposite of monster

uncle go n sit down

MadPolitician:
You Yorubas have been taunting the igbos since 1966 over the death of over 5 million igbos, and we have been shrugging it off.. It is not as if the 1966 January coup was targeting you guys. Few of your obnoxious sons happen to be amongst the collateral damages. That as we have read in IBBs book also includes some igbos. Yet, uptill today, na una carry that matter for head like gala pass even the northerners, to the extent of creating an evil party dedicated to igbo marginalisation..
What have you to say about that?

m goin to ignore almost everything you said, But you talking about marginalisation

which region as blessed the East the most with political appointment from 1999

which region has blessed the East with hospitality the most in Nigeria

which region as crossed Married the East the most in Nigeria

Aside the compensation Awolowo gave to the igbos, which other leader from any region as done what awolowo and jakande did for the igbos

which voices behind Peter obi emergence are bigger than Obasanjo, pa adebanjo, oyedepo, soyinka

what have Igbos given back to yorubas ... all we get is derogatory remarks, weytin be the color of una problem

femi4:
Na tinubu start the coup

How i wish IBB had said that .. make he just point Tinubu
e go shock you igbos go believe, they will say is Tinubu ! coconut heads

UHLmoving:
The Igbo deserves to be hugely compensated for the lies perpetuated against them for decades.

Which one is a lie,

the coup or the civil war

Did Aguiyi ironsi not emerge as military head after the coup,

IBB go need to do another birthday this year, if no be igbo coup then whose coup ??

DrChukki:
Even though we know Tinubu won't pay anything, but at least I appreciate the fact that IBB has come out to make the record straight...

For the enemies of ndị Igbo that will come here here to comment rubbish, don't forget we're not the architect of your miserable life

And who is IBB to set the record straight .... was he the only one that witness the war or naa only him remember

You lots are very, so after 56yrs of history some one all in the name of fund raising ... said a coup that took out prominient leaders of 2 region out of 3 and favored igbos on all sides is not igbo coup.

Why did IBB not challenge the caption " Igbo coup" when it was all fresh, why did IBB wait 56yrs ?? make igbos go collect there share from 17billion donated to there new found mazi

DeLaRue:
I understand that you don't understand. Only very few people who know what's going on behind the scene in the currency market would know.

Yes, the CBN has been buying excess dollars coming in into the country.

If the CBN had not been buying those excess dollars in recent weeks, naira may have risen sharply, may be to up to N1350. But it may not have been sustainable for more than a week or 2, then the dollar may have fallen back to maybe N1600.

Nigerian manufacturers and even foreign investors do not like or want such volatility. They prefer stability.

And the CBN has delivered some stability for the naira since the start of the year. They did not want the excess dollar inflow to cause instability, hence the reason the CBN stepped in and bought the excess dollars, WITH NAIRA.

So as you can see, the CBN not only sells dollars to defend the naira, it can also buy excess dollars to ensure the naira doesn't rise too sharply and inorganically.

The man on the street may want naira to jump to N1200, N1300 etc, but manufacturers, foreign investors, and the CBN do not want that to happen suddenly.

i bind you in the name of jesus .. gerrout of here

Blazetrailer:
Lol...I have read enough to understand that the guy does not even understand what he is writing. He is contradicting himself here and there.......i don begin ignore am make him no dirty my brain...

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i doubt he has basic knowledge of economics sef, excess dollar in Nigeria CBN cum dey buy am ni intervention.

Make God dey protect our brain cells for this nairaland

jaxxy:
So explain why Abacha arrested abiola? Ohh it was IBB that told him to do it as his Boss? Abacha was already taking chain of command towards IBB last days in office.

Yes IBB didn't want to give Abiola perhaps and that gave Abacha the green light to take advantage of the situation.

U make Abacha seem like a weakling but no soldier is a weakling and no soldier is an absolute genius.

I can only best describe IBB situation like buhari in the 2023 elections. They don't who they want to support and won't do the right thing so leave it open to the more ruthless or desperate..

I call IBB/Buhari Pontius pilate cos they have the power but act like they don't have the power so they don't take the blame and wash their hands clean of the situation.

There is nothing to explain, Abacha arrested lots of prominient names, Mko Abiola is just one of them, obasanjo, diyah, shehu sani were all Abacha prisoners ... so you cant single out Mko arrest as " Personal"

If Nigerians consensusly deem it fit to call IBB "evil genius" were there no military head before IBB and after ...i trust there judgement

Buhari situation is a democratic dispensation there is nothing he could do than follow the rules But IBB is a selfish bastard who does not care what happens when he leaves ... he somehow knew Abacha was scheming, But he was done nd wanted come out unscratched .. so he quickly relinquish power to interim govt "shonekan" ... maradona indeed

Once again Buhari and IBB are not under same circumstance, buhari has power guided by the constitution
IBB had power guided by him, his word is final, Power is influence and what IBB does when he is not dictating is to "influence" the situation thats why we call him evil genius

he will influence your decision in a way you wont even know he is, to understand IBB just think of " Devil" snr

DeLaRue:
So Mr Buhari was spending $10 billion per year to keep the rate at around N650 to $1 (only people going for hajj, and highly connected politicians got dollar for N450).

Now let's assume the current government spent $4 billion in each of the past 2 years.

But so far this year (2025), more dollars have been flowing in than the Nigerian currency market can absorb.

The CBN is stepping in to buy that excess dollars.

Effectively, there has been a complete turnaround. The CBN is not currently defending the naira due to excess dollar inflow.

That means if this situation persists for most of this year, the CBN's annual intervention may fall from the claimed $4 billion to my be $1 billion - $2 billion.

Isn't that fantastic.

Remember, as I mentioned previously, during early Feb, Brazil was spending $7 billion PER DAY to defend its currency.

If Nigeria ends up spending $2 billion PER year to defend the naira this year, please let us appreciate the work of the CBN a little.

There is no perfect country in the world.

i dont understand you, CBn intervention on forex simply means "injecting" more dollar into the market, which one is Cbn os buying up again
if there is excess dollar, naira would be gaining strength .. not reverse

Are you even knowledgeable about these stuff , do you even know the laws of DD & SS abeg

DeLaRue:
So Mr Buhari was spending $10 billion per year to keep the rate at around N650 to $1 (only people going for hajj, and highly connected politicians got dollar for N450).

Now let's assume the current government spent $4 billion in each of the past 2 years.

But so far this year (2025), more dollars have been flowing in than the Nigerian currency market can absorb.

The CBN is stepping in to buy that excess dollars.

Effectively, there has been a complete turnaround. The CBN is not currently defending the naira due to excess dollar inflow.

That means if this situation persists for most of this year, the CBN's annual intervention may fall from the claimed $4 billion to my be $1 billion - $2 billion.

Isn't that fantastic.

Remember, as I mentioned previously, during early Feb, Brazil was spending $7 billion PER DAY to defend its currency.

If Nigeria ends up spending $2 billion PER year to defend the naira this year, please let us appreciate the work of the CBN a little.

There is no perfect country in the world.

i dont understand you, CBn intervention on forex simply means "injecting" more dollar into the market, which one is Cbn os buying up again
if there is excess dollar, naira would be gaining strength .. not reverse

Are you even knowledgeable about these stuff , do you even know the laws of DD & SS abeg

jaxxy:
U seem to be missing my point I did not say IBB was a saint offcourse he was evil but liked to do it unnoticed but Abacha was prepared to do worse. Abacha Killed abiolas wives and many NADECO members to the extent tinubu had to run for his life. IBB didn't harm Abiola but Abacha didn't care who abiola or anybody was.

My point is Abacha was more desperate than IBB in the circumstances surrounding June 12. IBB had less to lose he was already due to leave power to someone or anyone.

Abacha's forces wanted power after IBB. I'm happy some of Abacha's forces are alive to counter IBB if they know any better.

You are trying to say IBB is better than Abacha But i am saying who hires an assasin is not better than the assassin.

Abacha was desperate But that still does not negate IBB is the Boss and he could have rectify the situation if he so desires.

IBB making a broadcast could have saved june 12, even before "93 IBB postponed the election twice was that Abacha tew

its just like a Man kill his wife and he says it is the devil c'mon we are not toddlers

If you think Abacha is desperate, IBB was virually involved in more coup than any officier ... when man wan lie e go say him witness dey heaven

DeLaRue:
Nothing new.

Every country steps in to support their currency.

In late January 2025 (last month), Brazil was spending about $7 billion dollars PER DAY! to support its currency against the dollar.

Around the same period, India spent over $20 billion dollars within 3 days to support the Indian Rupee.

Japan spent over $60 billion to defend the Yen against the dollar last year, yet the Yen has lost so much value against the dollar in the past 2 years.

If Nigeria spends $8 billion in 2 years, that's still reasonable, compared to when we were spending about that amount every year under Mr Buhari.

Truth is, the dollar is just too powerful against most currencies. Many governments have to defend their currencies, otherwise...

You are not okay, you need checkup asap

Buhari spent 10billion to keep forex at $1/480, and you think spending 8billion in 2yrs to keep $1 @ 1500+ is better

Where do you people crawl out from, is these all about the 30k monthly allowance from Apc. do you have the slighiest implication of a $1/1500 even cotonou people no longer regard nigeria, your currency is next to useless

MadamExcellency:
The Government has started doing what should have been done after the refineries started RN25F1. There is no reason the dollar shouldn't fall to N500. Our refineries are working. Let's stabilize foreign exchange and see multinationals come back to invest in Nigeria.

Refineries you say, where are the evidences, they told you Ph and warri refinery is back yet report shows Nnpc is the largest importer of pms into the country

The same Nnpc that claimed Ph and warri refinery are working retorted they are taking PMS from dangote in desperation to save face from alleged inferior fuel importation.

Economics is not rocket science, garbage in equals garbage out, impact is nonexistence cos these govt are not sincere one bit, they are just fooling around and looting money

Instead of wasting funds subsidizing forex, why can the govt take measures that will reduce cost of production .. high tax, high power tariff, high interest rate and ridiculous import levies are counter productive measures govt can rectify asap
Dangote + Ph and warri refineries can meet our daily demand exceedingly, why cant govt place a import ban on Pms @least for a short term lets see if there is any ripple effect or not .. instead of doing the same thing and expecting different results

jaxxy:
IBB entered through a bloodless coup, IBB never arrested Obasanjo or Abiola because he was not ruthless, he was dangerous but likes to use his brains than brunts or weapons. Abacha was a stupid ruthless monster who even tinubu had to run for his life when Abacha was coming for NADECO. IBB doesn't have time for all that.

There is no coup that has no daint of blood if we dig deep

The IBB you are needlessly trying to exenorate, launched the 1st and only "letter bomb in Nigeria" that killed Dele giwa and For a man to order the killing of his childhood best friend jiya vatsa .... please define ruthless

do you know IBB acknowledge the nickname that fascinates him the most is the "evil genius" .. like

Excusing IBB is like excusing the devil, you cant be evil and not be a monster its like being a pastor and not a saint, dey play

jaxxy:
IBB did not lie.

I believe now that Abacha was either fully or partly behind the annulment of June 12. For various reasons I will list now.

1, When IBB handed over power to an interim government. Abiola was still fighting for his mandate, He never accepted the annulment.. Ibb did nothing to abiola cos they were actually friends.

2. It was Abacha who after forcing Sonekan who was interim president to step aside in a peaceful coup that now ordered arrest of Abiola, IBB was no longer in power nor interested in power. Abacha could have fixed the problem since he was in power since he knew everything about it but choose to show he was either the mastermind or partly involved and went further to finish the job cos he was power hungry.

3. Abacha wanted power and would definitely not let abiola have it. IBB was indifferent but went along with the strongest influence (just like buhari did in 2023 elections) and let Abacha have his way or go with his idea... Both IBB and Buhari are like Pontius pilate.

They don't commit the crime but they allow the crime to be committed and do nothing to stop it.


4. IBB despite being president at the time cannot act alone on a decision of such magnitude. He consulted with people. Who were they? Abacha was one of them surely.

5. If IBB was evil, which he was, Abacha was evil pro max.

I was about giving your perception a thought but the highlighted depict you dont even know what you saying

Military president denotes " Dictatorship" i.e the GCFR have the sole right to dictate

IBB have the power and right to act alone... he gives instruction nd it is folllowed/executed

Abacha as a chief of staff as no power to act without IBB even if he did, IBB as sitting GCFR can nullify it and do what he wants

if IBB had come out to announce Mko Abiola as president nothing a million Abacha can do about it.

Abacha is wicked But IBB is evil full option .... do you know what full option is

tiswell:
Govt. should focus on the culprits and allow legitimate traders to sell their goods.

Mentality like these is why we are behind Govt is not omnipresent, govt can not do it alone, it takes collective effort

these criminals are always using good open market to launder there operations, therefore it is pertinent for genuine traders to join forces n stand up against the bad eggs to avoid sharing unwarranted punishment

every marketer as a trader association n task force, they dont have to do much, just dont house these criminals leave them open

tiswell:
Na now dey break ?



Abeg reopen the market make people for see money feed their families

Here we go, bring in sentiments and manipulation, if those market people have exposed or resisted their market being used as a drug hideout will they be dragged into this Mess

They can lie all they want But the traders in that market know something like that was going on

MadPolitician:
Very good questions
Agbadorians have made Akintola their supreme hero all of a sudden just to drive home a faulty narrative of the January coup plotters being ethnic champions. Ask them why Awolowo was not killed since he was the real leader of the south west, and they start speaking as if the have hot ewa in their mouths.

Now in a desperate attempt to undermine history, it is why was Awolowo not killed

Even though Awolowo was a prime minister he wasnt really a threat by virtue of his ideology .. Awolowo wanted west to stand alone, and the east never wanted a coalition of west and North,

Ladoke Akintola on the other hand was a threat pushing for a coalition with the North.. thats what east dont want, so he became the appropriate target in west.

Even till now Igbos cant stand, southwest and North coalition they prefer they replace west

Xannadu:
Write your own narrative, or come out with evidence to prove him wrong.

Are you a toddler or something, the original narrative is out there, beside most of were around 1993 we know what went down

We dont need IBB to come nd tell us MKo won an election even the int'l community declarely most free and fair

we know who killed dele giwa with the 1st letter time bomb

we know IBB institutionalize corruption

We know who orchestrated the 1st coup and the 1st military head of state it produced

it would have being more sensitizing if babagida had explain to us naa fish dey inside sardine

PressMyButton:
It is the 10th wonder of the world that ipob are licking the butts of the evil genius, I never believed a day like this will ever come but it is interesting that we are alive to witness this. IBB has even made his remaining days on earth more distasteful, he thought that if he could buy over some section of the country by making them feel good about the atrocities they committed against other regions, he would have dribbled his way through among Nigerians but he would even be regretting more now as his last days draws nearer.

On Election Annulment; he says he wasn't aware when Abacha announced the annulment

On why he did not fire Abacha; he says if he did, it might cause chaos or civil war

On the death of Dele Giwa; he says it was the media trying to blackmail his Government

On the murder of Vatsa; he said it was the military panel that recommended his death penalty and there was nothing he could have done

On the coup; he says "Those who argued that the original intention of the coup plotters was anything but ethnic refer to the fact that the initial purpose of the plotters was to release Chief Obafemi Awolowo from prison".

Like the Maradona that he is, he says "those who argued", he didn't say it was a fact, he didn't say it was his own opinion but he says "those". But ipob are jumping around quoting IBB ignorantly. This is why people called him the Maradona, very deceptive individual.

Lets just say maradona just wanted to see if he still gat skills ... left

naa that 17billion he take score 1 victims 0

LoneSoldier:
Poor man go and sit down, stop quoting me.. am not poor like you.....

weyrey ... you rich nobody dey fight for you .... lone soldier 🤣🤣🤣

[quote author=igbosarejews post=134251096][/quote]Need i remind you the 2nd commander to ojukwu in the civil war was also a yoruba man does it imply biafra is not a igbo quest

You can bring in all list of names to change the narrative But one truth all of you have failed to change is the region the coup favored....
Ironsi became the 1st military head after a Yoruba coup .. 😀 e make sense abi

igbosarejews:
Nzeogwu originally from Okpanam in Delta state, Present day South South then in Mid western Nigerian it's headquarters in Benin, not even from the East. Same people you tell that they're not Igbo's, what's the concern of the Igbo's in the coup.

Now are we going to pretend, some parts of Delta are Igbos or you wana explain why ex governor of delta claimed to be igbo

The truth dont need assist, how was it possible the 1st coup only took out prominient leaders of North and west at a time we had 3 region
Aftermaths of the coup, Aguisi ironsi a igbo man became the 1st military head of state ... and you say its not igbo coup
Why would a national coup spare the eastern leaders but take out North n south promient leaders .. make it make sense.

which region 1966 coup favour ?? which region were the aggrieved ... thats the logical angle to ravel the truth

zero8zero:
An Igbo woman with sense. IBB's book is full of lies. We thought he was about to say the truth and die peacefully but a Maradona will always be a Maradona.

People esp. Nigeria dont buy truth, truth naa bad business

Maradona after 32yrs came back and he dribbled again

gsmphoneseller:
See how Yorubads are crying everywhere now that their lies have been exposed.

Yo9can never divide Igbos and Northern states again.....

Expose them all.

IBB is just one man, he felt relevant and just wanted to test if he is the still the maradona or evil genius people thought he was.

Nobody needs to do a thing, igbos and hausas are two captains that can never be on a boat, they're tried many coalition that amounted to failure, history is there for anyone to read
Buhari loved east so much but his success began and ended with the west..just the truth.

The civil war was Gen. ojukwu vs Gen Gowon, west were caught in the middle .. except IBB can re write the truth. History unshaken

franchasng:
Even if he decides to criticize Igbos tomorrow for any reason, I must commend David Hundeyin's sincerity of purpose in what he does.


Keep it up, future will be kind to you. We are taking note, and we will definitely not forget you and your honest views

Sincerity is relative, i would love to see David tell his reality to the tafa balewa, raph sodeinde and others officers from north/ south that lost there lives to Nzeogwu


IBB is indeed an evil genius, he just played everyone to his own benefit again ( incoming 17billion )

How do you explain a coup led by an igbo dominated by igbos , that spare prominient leader of eastern region but alienated other leaders is not what it is called no bad blood we moved pass that but no one can call albino white for us

Gagare1:
Amen, desperately looking forward to an answer to your prayer.

Make ishilove cashu you go explain taya. I don't know much about ladies not liking CD, I only have experience with one.

But I am inclined to agree with legends - men of timber and all the hardwoods.

sometimes when you put mind for something too much e go dey use you shakara , try relax your mind about it, worryless, naa when you no expect e go like come

ishilove is my iya mi l'eko .. she sha wont feed a bad child to the lions for breakfast

trust me they don't .. naa one elective course i take learn am for school

once again, God will do it for you, ni ola awon 4kg

Gagare1:
My wife was using the pill, then we decided to stop using it and try another method, hence the condom. We currently don't even use anything because we are trying to get a second child.

thats tew much info i was just surprise most of the gurlz i know no even like CD, even ishilove no dey wan hear am.

if you've being doing snake in the monkey shadow style, change ur style God go do am

Hemanwel:
Why the apology? Was he the one who annulled the elections? The main man who ought to apologize didn't do so, instead was rewarded with N18b in the name of book launch.

Buhari is not in the best position to apologize to Abiola family and Nigerians for the annulment of June 12, 1993 elections. IBB is. Yet his apology ain't forthcoming.

Admittance is different from apology.

Buhari is a Man of integrity with conscience, he saw through what IBB and so called leaders did as a show of shame

Did IBB really Apologize abi he was just justifying and passing blames

I like the fact that Buhari didnt just apologize on behalf of IBB alone he added FG as well, these leaders are just shameless

Mynd44:
The weird part is that the biggest beneficiary of the struggle didn't even care about it yet they are from the same state

i guess you are implying Obasanjo, even though OBJ might have benefited indirectly But the biggest Beneficiary of Mko struggle is Bola ahmed Tinubu, he rode on both awolowo and Mko legacy to gain south west trust, love and support

Tinubu holding on to june 12 gave him wide recognition and from one election season to the other you must have seen these circulating

LoneSoldier:
I dont give a fück about your validation....

does it fvcking look like i care about your life .... abi you lack comprehension

Denalarian:
They all defended how they excuted fellow military officers by saying "it was for the process of the country". Where is this progress because we can neither see nor feel it! The only progress we experience daily in this country is progressing backwards.

Bro ! i taya, its ridiculous how IBB kept justifying his heinous crimes with "for national peace"

IBB didnt see his own junta coup as truncating National interest, But every percieved enemy to his Govt is against nat,

IBB selfish interest is now redirected as "National interest" and that justifies all the killings and assasination

these people just talk as if they are talking to children, i am glad Nigerians are showing there disdain for the show of shame they called a birthday