Igboid: I have watched from the sidelines as Nigerians from all over SW and parts of SS push for disbandment of SARS. On this account, there has been palpable apathy on SARS protest in SE which has led many people to wonder why it is so.
Well the truth is that Igbo youths whether under MASSOB( 1999 to 2015) or IPOB ( post 2015) have faced state sponsored harassment and even murder at the hands of SARS for the crime of hoisting Biafran flags or gathering for Biafra protests or meetings for a very long time now. Often times , this police brutality have been supported on this forum and on other social media platforms by civilian elements from non Igbo parts of Southern Nigeria.
Nigerians cheered SARS on when the brutality was directed mainly against Biafrans and are now surprised that Biafrans are not interested in protesting against SARS or police brutality with them. It was all fun when they were shooting protesting flag bearing Biafrans, you loved it and supported it. But now that the chicken has come home to roost, you wonder why the Igbos are not with you.
Ending SARS/Police/Military brutality is a noble agenda which I and likewise all Igbos support in our inner minds, because we have been the greatest casualty of this menace more so than any other part of Southern Nigeria. However, we maintain that those who supported and cheered on them or kept quiet when they massacred innocent people because they hate those people or what they stood for, had indirectly empowered and emboldened them( SARS) and must therefore bear the full impact of emasculating them. Spare Ndiigbo from your protests. We will support you from the sidelines. We will not work against you. Try and understand where we are coming from, if you can.
The above post buttresses the fact that Nigeria is a heap of jokes. There is a conspicuous mark of insincerity which is very inherent among the so-called Nigerians. The best thing for this shithole called Nigeria is disintegration. I do not have any good and will not support same for Nigeria.
mamotalk: you don talk for your mind? meanwhile, what's the age of orji uzor kalu when Awo died in 1987? by my calculation he should be under 25 and I don't think he would have had that privilege to talk extensively with Papa Awo though it's true that Awo rejected ibb in all ramifications.
I am not surprised by the evidence of your stream of thought as demonstrated in the above post. I guess in your world of Yoruba land, 25 year is still not a man. I am not a fan Orji uzor Kalu however it is alleged the dude was a university graduate by 1987. Some of the majors and captains who sacked the first Nigerian republic were within the age of 25 or slightly above.
wirinet: Good back to school to learn English Comprehension , then come back and comprehend this quotes from the article;
I learnt from him that there existed two types of the military which he described as professional and mercenary military.
“He told me the military government was of the latter type (and) assured me that he had not seen anything in the IBB regime to assure him of their messianic mission .”
I guess my instances were in order. Awolowo's description of military was very subjective as evidenced in the above post. The military which gave him the key to the national treasury is professional while the one which called him for a mere national duty is mercenary. Awo could be many things to a cross section of people however he was definitely not a ninny.
MyopicMods: PRESIDENT BUHARI SALUTES GENERAL GOWON AT 86, DESCRIBES HIM AS A GALLANT PATRIOT
President Muhammadu Buhari has described former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon as "a gallant patriot whose commitment to national unity is beyond comparison in the annals of our chequered history." In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday to mark the occasion of his 86th birthday anniversary, President Buhari remarked that "the role General Yakubu Gowon played in our political history and infrastructure development is etched in stone and cannot be rewritten." Buhari said "as young military officers, many of us regarded General Gowon as our role model because of his patriotism, commitment to unity and his humility." According to the President, "the Nigerian civil war brought out the most brilliant qualities of General Gowon as a visionary leader who put the interest of Nigeria before his own personal interest." He noted that "the former Head of State led a very impressive national reconciliation effort at the end of the civil war in order to heal the bitter emotional and psychological wounds of the fratricidal conflict." President Buhari added that "General Gowon is one of the fairest leaders I have ever known who has inspired so many future leaders." "Even in the context of Africa, many leaders in the continent draw inspiration from his adroit handling of the outcome of the civil war through his policy of ‘No Victor, No Vanquished,’" he further stated. "As he marks 86 years of age, Nigerians cannot forget General Gowon's immeasurable contributions to the unity and development of Nigeria. May God continue to bless him with more good health and the needed strength in understanding his ongoing spiritual engagements and service to humanity," the President prayed.
Garba Shehu Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media &Publicity) October 18, 2020
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A usual idiotic rhetoric which establishes no logical character. The dunce, as in the case of most Nigerians, cannot strike a difference between unity and union.
Feggie3: The leader of arewa consultative forum has Stated that the North will not hold their hand and watch southerners remove Buhari.
Speaking to news men in Minna, SHETTIMA stated that the southerners are trying to cheat the North again as they did after the death of Yar adua.
He stated the readiness of the North to an imminent war if the protesters demands for buhari’s resignation or an End to Nigeria.
In his words……
Since 1999, the south has been cheating us as regards to the office of the president.
When obasanjo was the president, nobody Disturbed him until after his complete eight years in office.
IMMEDIATELY our brother took over, they went against him until he died. Instead of using another northerner to complete his tenure, they forced Jonathan on us.
Now our brother buhari is in power again,they are using everything AGAINST him forgetting that we still have 8 years after his tenure to equal that of Jonathan and obasanjo.
The point is that we the northerners are not going to allow it. We will go to war if the protesters ever demand for buhari to resign.
Does this airhead realize that northern region of Nigeria did not stand any chance against eastern region in 1967? Remove the moronic southerners who joined forces with northern region in 1967, Biafra would have made a mouse meat of northern region in hurry. Niger and Chad supplied manpower to Nigeria including the warfare help from Russia, UK, USA, German, Egypt, Cameroon, Australia and Canada yet it took almost three years to subdue Biafra. In fact, I want this jackass to bring the war now!!! Look dumbass, I do not believe in the crap called #EndSars because it is distraction. I really want #EndNigeria.
I have written that #EndSars protest is a cop-out and diversionary gambit to defocus people from the agitation to disintegrate Nigeria. It is very silly to agitate to end the tiny piece of Nigeria militia groups which tend to assault and brutalize citizens. What happened to brutality perpetrated by the army, navy, air-force, NPF and Customs. The course meal is #EndNigeria not the dessert such as SARS. The army has no business on the streets of Nigeria talk less assaulting molesting peaceful protesters. Certain goons from northern region of Nigeria have assumed that Nigeria militia groups are meant to protect interest in the entity called Nigeria. In fact, the moronic dingbats who constitute the militia groups in the Nigeria especially the jackasses from northern region believed their political elites that Nigeria is theirs to keep. I say #EndNigeria now!!!!
James4bright: That's why I said, let's fight for restructuring. Where every state is responsible for their power supply and infrastructure, we do not have to plead for project approvals anymore in the east.
Have you patronize an innoson's brand before? If not, then you are another problem Nigeria faces.
We would rather patronize foreign brands than locally made brands.
The term restructure in Nigeria is a waste of breathe. You want to talk about complex issue with people who do not know who owns the right of way in a traffic circle. A country is simpler to manage than a toilet paper restructure which will remain purely Nigeria. For the restructure to even make sense, Abuja and Lagos must be replicated in defunct eastern and midwestern regions respectively. Be mindful that these industrial hubs were erected with commonwealth. If such picture cannot be drawn then disintegration remains God;s own answer because nation sates that emerged from the disintegration can utilize their resources to the fullest without incumbrance of any silly characters.
Ojiofor: My friend keep quiet,if you are a slave I am not.Struggle for freedom or self determination should be led by smart and intelligent people not by charlantans that makes it look like a joke.IPOB claim Fulani will never accept to restructure Nigeria and in one hand begging same Fulani to grant them Biafra via referendum,how does that make sense to you?you have accepted to be slave of Fulani by arrogating so much powers to them. Please explain to me how easier and possible it is to get Biafra than to restructure Nigeria which SE,SS,SW and NC leadership and people are all in support.
Bros Nigeria is beyond restructure. I have seen quasi revolution in Nigeria before now only to diminish when loudmouths did not find themselves in leadership. It will soon turn into tribal and mark my word. I had liked to see #EndNigeria instead of #EndSars. It is funny to see #Endsars protesters being assaulted by Nigerian soldiers. SARS team is just about tiny unit in NPF. Nigeria and its militia groups are the problem.
Imagine if you created a blog solely for Biafrans, you would be broke to death.
You can't even get over 1 million Nigerians to view your blog as a Nigerian with over 200 million people.
What exactly would be the narrative within a country of over 4million people? Lol
You would probably be getting just 200 views. Lol
Look bro, Republic of Igbo land will start life from infancy. The country must be able to design, build and maintain hydropower stations to generate self-sufficient electricity, build roads with locally sourced materials, provide potable water with local know-how with minimum help from country with patent rights, thus under license. Nigeria is more populated than UK and France combined yet Nigeria is pure piece of shit. I do not know what your silly population will do for you when the country solely dependent on foreign manufacturing prowess. Israel is a country with a population less than western region of Nigeria yet a giant in industrial class of the world. Are you really serious with the funky population figures of Nigeria?
James4bright: Lol. Are you failing to see the music industry?Go on YouTube and watch how Rudeboy performed in India, and they were very conversant with his songs.
Even the so called movie industry you discriminate, several smaller countries in Africa are quite obsessed with Nollywood.
How many followers on Instagram does Rudeboy have? They are mainly Nigerians from different tribes.
Let's fix this country man, stop hating.
The last time I check though, microphone, the strings for guitar, drummer stick, the keyboards, etc. were sourced from either China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, USA or EU. You simply dance in the an artificial rain which could be shut off in a hurry. Nigeria and you are simply beggars.
James4bright: Lol. You aren't even contradicting any of my notions. You are just spewing trash. Take a certain opinion of mine and contradict.
China doesn't need to use foreign apps because they sell themselves with over a trillion population.
Can Biafra do that? If Biafra makes up 2million people, if you were rational enough, you'd realize only 40k people might use those applications locally made.
Look at Nairaland over 4 million Nigerians probably use Nairaland, with a population of over 200 million Nigerians.
So tell me how little Biafra would be the Giant of Africa? You all would be desperate to sell to foreigners and then get banned.
Same way, China, India, Indonesia banned a lot of foreign websites.
Same way Buhari banned the importation of a lot of goods coming in from Togo, now they are desperate.
Indonesia has over 300 million citizen, just so you know
Less than 20% of igbos would probably buy locally made goods, they would still go for foreign brands.
How many igbos buy innoson? Northerners are even competing with the igbos in buying Igbo made brands.
Did China invent cellular phione? In the industry circle, there is a term known as proprietary. The above crap only can come from a Nigerian with limited knowledge. No pun intended, you seem to punch above your weight class intellectually.
blasted12: Iran and America are enemies who impose mutual economic sanctions on each other but yet are still not physically at war. Get your Biafra and stay away from the rest of us
Please limit your rant on what you know. Friends can equally impose economic sanctions. Canada and USA had impose some economic sanctions on each other. Canada and USA are not only friends but next door neighbors. Please who are the "we" in your previous post?
blasted12: Breaking up most certainly means we [/b]will be enemies and enemies impose economic sanctions on each other. [b]We will not trade with you in addition to imposing strict discriminatory immigration laws on you
Who are the "we" in the above post? Please expatiate on the we and enemies. By the way, you should realize enemies fight war.
James4bright: Our entertainment industry dominates their market.
Which entertainment industry dominates whose market? Please read Economics 101 especially the wealth of a nation. Nigeria cannot produce ordinary film tapes or the lens of camera or even makeup ingredients. You are on the borrowed time because Nigeria and you have practically nothing.
James4bright: How many entrepreneurs in Ghana are richer than those in Nigeria? Isn't their country better?
How many artistes in Ghana gets more streams than Nigerian artistes?
How many comedians in Ghana are bigger than those in Nigeria?
Your population helps you sell better, don't be dumb. It's a whole lot harder to sell to a certain country when you are a foreigner.
Please accept your analogy of China and Igbo is very childish because Igbo is not a sovereign nation. Most Nigerians tend to fail the test of logicality. It took China more then fifty years to steal the technology in order to manufacture Tecno phones yet China had been sovereign nation for more than hundred years. When next you write, please be logical.
James4bright: It's quite clear that this ongoing End SARS protest has led many into fighting for an end to Nigeria. The Western geopolitical zone wants Oduduwa republic while the Easterners want Biafra, it's quite clear now, that the Southerners are also agitating for Niger Delta Republic.
I'm a full blooded Igbo man, and I want my igbo brothers to realize we have to fight for restructuring rather than Biafra. It's quite obvious how it takes a long time before some important projects within the Eastern region are been approved by the executive body, if we restructure Nigeria, our Governors would be responsible for the full growth and development of our states without much interference from the executive body.
Do you realize that innoson's vehicles are being patronized by both the Northerners and westerners? Do you also realize that Slot is owned by an Igbo brother? If we fought for Biafra's independence, do you actually think these prominent brands would exist peacefully in Nigeria, I don't think so.
You as an Igbo man can start up a brand, if you are creative enough you'd probably sell to over 20million Nigerians and not get discriminated as a foreigner. Look closely at these Chinese brands that sells to Nigerians, do you know how many Nigerians use Tecno phones. What if you as a Nigerian were to invest into Technology, and you could get over 40 million Nigerians to patronize your brand, how beneficial would that be? Don't say you could do that too as a Biafran, there would be a whole lot of discrimination.
The Chinese keeps lending our politicans massive funds, do you know why? Nigeria is actually their biggest market. If Nigeria decides to shut down goods being imported from China, there would be a reduction in their country's financial capacity. They borrow Nigerians enough funds so they could hold us down.
If we restructure Nigeria, we would be able to approve valuable projects within the Eastern regions with ease and still sell to a good number of Nigerians, without facing any further dictatorship from the northern President. We do not have to beg them to approve valuable projects in the Eastern regions.
I've heard of notions like, "we can never be one". Do you think African Americans connect well with the Whites in America perfectly? In a country with cultural and racial differences, there would obviously be different opinions, that's exactly why we need to restructure the country.
And lastly Biafra would become a nation with just 5 states, because it's already obvious that the Southerners are agitating for Niger Delta Republic, if you doubt me, go on Facebook and check for yourself. What exactly could we use 5 states for? Be wise.
China has over a trillion population, USA has over 300 million population, while Nigeria has over 200 million population. The Chinese population helps them sell their brands better. So many apps like Facebook, Twitter and many more are been banned in China, they sell themselves because of their population.
Mark tried to create a Chinese version of Facebook so he could sell to China but the Chinese government refused. If only Mark sells to China he'd be extremely rich.
Population gives you power. Nairaland is the biggest forum in Africa because of our population, Linda ikeji's blog makes massive funds because of our population. Our entertainment industry is still the biggest in Africa because we sell ourselves without the aid of other Africans. We need our population.
Let's Restructure Nigeria.
For sake of posterity sir, what does restructure of Nigeria denote? In fact, I stop the read at the use of color "White" to designate human beings, my appetite to read the article diminished.
StaffofOrayan: Just shut up! In 20 years we would start calling our own children thieves, lazy and fraudsters Like these clowns call us We are saying the cycle of foolishness stops now!
The bolded can only be real if the foolishness called Nigeria is disintegrated. I hate fence sitters. The crap called #EndSars is simply a copout.
oluwadabira111: you can tell me a chief security officer of a state will not know about what is happening in his state!
No governor in Nigeria is the chief security officer of the state since the states do not have State Police. The state governors are chief executive of the entity called state and cannot double as the gateman. The chief security officer of each state in Nigeria arguably remains the commissioner of police. If there are other national militia installation in the state, the position becomes a committee.
etokhana: Orji Uzor Kalu, senate chief whip, says Obafemi Awolowo, the late former premier of the western region, told him he refused to work with the Ibrahim Babangida military regime because he never trusted his government.
Kalu, who was governor of Abia state from 1999 to 2007, also said he turned down an offer to lead a campaign seeking to keep Ibrahim Babangida as military head of state.
In his newly released autobiography, ‘My Life’, the former governor of Abia state recalled how top officials of the Babangida regime had contacted him to lead the sit-tight campaign but he declined as he was “guided by national interest”.
‘WHY AWOLOWO REFUSED TO WORK WITH IBB’S REGIME’ Kalu said Awolowo had rejected the invitation of the political bureau set up by Babangida after they asked him to join in their search for recommendations regarding Nigeria’s political future.
The author said he saw the sage’s refusal as a red flag and decided to visit him to find out why.
“He told me he did not trust the military and that nothing in his crystal ball suggested that the military was sincere about bringing the country back to civil governance,” Kalu wrote of his meeting with Awolowo.
“I learnt from him that there existed two types of the military which he described as professional and mercenary military.
“He told me the military government was of the latter type (and) assured me that he had not seen anything in the IBB regime to assure him of their messianic mission.”
‘I REJECTED OFFER TO LEAD CAMPAIGN TO EXTEND IBB’S REGIME’
Babangida became military president in August 1985 following a coup that ousted the then head of state, Muhammadu Buhari.
He promised to hand over power to civilians in 1990 under his first transition to democracy programme before later changing the dates — first to 1992 and then 1993.
He then annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential election, further confirming fears that he wanted to sit tight in office.
In the autobiography, a copy of which was made available to TheCable, Kalu, who was a member of the house of representatives at the time, said he “personally resisted every pressure” to prolong that regime even against the decision of the National Republican Convention (NRC), his party at the time.
He wrote: “I was extremely disgusted when the 16 state governors who were elected on the platform of our party paid a solidarity visit to IBB in Aso Rock and pledged their unflinching loyalty to the military leader.
“Perhaps, it was a strategy for keeping their governorship seats; perhaps, which is more likely, they were responding to some irresistible inducement.
“Indeed, legislators on both sides received ‘encouragement’ from both Abiola and the military government for support.
“Abiola’s battle to win the support of the National Assembly meant a lot of money for the legislators. The government also sent its lobbyists to work at the National Assembly with a huge financial arsenal.
“They practically invaded the legislative buildings ‘persuading’ lawmakers to support the annulment and endorse the president for another two to four years more to give him a chance to clear the mess created by the annulment.
“I was contacted by these lobbyists, who were actually functionaries of government, who wanted me to be the arrowhead of the campaign for prolongation of the transition period, and by implication extension of Babangida’s stay in office. I turned them down.
“I told them that if oga (Babangida) wanted me to help him stay further in power, he should tell me himself. I must say that despite my closeness to the president, he never mentioned to me that he wanted to stay further.
Arrant nonsense!!! If the bolded is remotely true, it typically attested to the chameleonic character of Awolowo. Awolowo had trusted the military which gave him the key to Nigerian treasury and distrusted the military which only needed his person on a steering committee.
The call for restructure is a twin to the call to end SARS in Nigeria. The silly calls are political gimmicks designed by Nigerian elites to divert attention from the main problem which is Nigeria. Nigerian elites have found a way to keep their lineages in control of Nigeria by sending their wards to universities in UK and USA while frustrating the path to academic success in Nigeria. A Nigerian can only be a beneficiary of the resources in the country only through the magnanimity of the elites or being lucky hustler.
The current #ENDSARS saga in Nigeria has definitely defined Nigerians as jokers. Why end a tiny bit of the monster? The protest shall be futile if SARS ceases to exist while other militia groups such as NPF, Army, Air-force, Navy, Customs and DSS which have been known to be brutal as SARS remain in existence. Even worst case is the mother of them all, Nigeria. Nigeria which produced the SARS is the problem. The only problem to be solved is Nigeria. The moment Nigeria is solved as problem, the issues which surround the byproducts too. A disintegrated Nigeria will usher new nation sates which will start from a clean slate.
Brandonx: I would have called you stupid too because you lack common sense, why would any sensible Nigerian kick against this protest, are you okay with the current state of things?
You are very much entitled to your opinion. However I am not surprised to your current manifestation because most of these maggots shouting “endsars” voted for Muhamadu Buhari and had silly names for people who opposed their political views.
Tiwa Savage should be mindful that not everybody is as idiotic as Africans in general and Nigerians in particular. Africans tend to wear idiotic sentiment over “Black” which remains a delusional identity born as a result of slavery in conjunction with resentment of Africans. Those who coined the word “Black” as a factor of identity do not have any love lust towards Africans.
It is laughable that most Nigerians frenzied over dessert while allowed the main course meal to rot. Nigeria is the main problem and had to be disintegrated. The most idiotic aspect of this saga is the idea that a woman, Aisha Yusufu, who is a hater and had publicly confessed her hatred to certain ethnic group in Nigeria remains the symbol of the of “endsars” movement.
Politics › Re: A Throwback To A Time When SARS Murdered Igbo Youths En masse by Dede1(m): 7:57am On Oct 19, 2020
