₦airaland Forum

odumorun 1: The most enduring accusation against Obafemi Awolowo, particularly by many Ibo pundits was his refusal to support the Biafran secession, as he had allegedly promised its Leader Emeka Ojukwu, by taking the west out of the British contraption called Nigeria at the same time as the eastern secession
This accusation has become so embedded in the political history of the country, that one thing which seems to be ignored by both its pro and antagonists is whether the Yoruba leader actually had any power at the time to secede with the west.
In a way this is a compliment to the colossal political impact of a man whose support amongst the masses of his region on account not of his charisma but his centre left polices is unrivalled for its sustained fervour in the nation’s history.
The fact that he was adjudged powerful enough to remove the west from the federation merely by willing it. But in politics will is crystallised in reality through the structures of the state.and in 1966 Awolow was in control of nothing beyond his own compound
All revolutionaries or radical change seekers might have the best and most noble ideas, the greatest vision but without being in control of political power it remains just that a vision. Gani Fawehinmi was probably more principled than Awolowo, more passionate, but his inability to muster his undoubted popularity into a force capable of galvanising the people and himself to a position where he could actually practise what he preached, something Awolowo did at;east in the western region, means Awolowo would always be the greater historical figure even if Gani can be adjudged possibly the more ethical man.
But in 1966 during the araba riots in the north which led to the Civil war Awolowo who had just been relapsed from prison by the Gowon regime had no political control in the western region, so how could he have seceded with the west even if he wanted to.

The only regional governor killed in the July 1966 coup was the western region Governor, Lt Col Adekunle Fajuyi. An Awolowo supporting officer who sacrificed his life defending his boss and Ibo head of state – Aguyi-Ironsi. Having lost two leaders in 6 months to violent coups, the west after the July 1966 coup was leaderless. Awolowo was still popular, but how could a man who did not control a single civil service stenographer or government clerk actually secede.
How practically would that have been done? what civil servant would have prepared the speech, who would have done the million practical things required to effect a new state, from paying the invoice for the new flag, to changing all government letter heads, not to talk of effecting the normal procees of government.

Ojukwu could secede because he had political control in the east, not because he was any braver than Awolowo. The new Governor in the west Col Adebayo was the first in a long line of Yoruba military officers who would go on to make a fortune by pandering to the feudal north. Unlike fajuyi he had no truck with progressive ideas. Infact by the end of the civil war all the most progressive Yoruba officers, most of whom hated the Northern oligarchy and its local satrapies, Banjo, Ademoyega, Oyewole and fajuyi were either dead or marginalised.
Let’s be honest there would have been no shortage of ambitious Ibo military officers who would have accepted his post on the terms of the north. So

So the question is how in practical terms could Awolowo have seceded like Ojukwu did when he had no political control over his region.

I stopped reading and declared the above post as a piece of conjectural crap at the instance of “The only regional governor killed in the July 1966 coup was the western region Governor, Lt Col Adekunle Fajuyi. An Awolowo supporting officer who sacrificed his life defending his boss and Ibo head of state – Aguyi-Ironsi”.

The mere insinuation that Lt Col F Fajuiyi sacrificed his life defending his boss and Ibo head of state is one of most idiotic nonsense and laughable joke I have ever heard. Does the silly and ignorant author of this junk understand the manifestation of coup? In what manner did Fajuiyi and with which command defend his boss? I guess the act of telling deliberate falsehood is inherent.

@johndoe100

There is nothing fundamental about Ijo except it was derived from the name Portuguese had given to the river people around Rio Del Real in 14th century. Why do you not ask your idiotic character the reasons behind the English, Akan and Pilipino names among the so-called Ijo?

It is only basement fool that shies away from correct ancestral history. It has been from Nwagbara to Alagberie. Amaikiri to Amachree, Ubani to Ibani (I guess it is coined from Ibanifugbara) and Ama Onyeabo to Amanyenabo. The so-called Ijo are boat people or rightfully European porters.

In addition, Ijo shameless twisters have manipulated Akan and Fante names to suit their idiotic ends. What about the names of European Ship Captains and Ship mates from Uk, Spain, Portugal, Holland, India, Philippine and Gold Coast? Any place the Ijo people tried to usurp the land, they have been told in no uncertain manner that a fisherman settler does not own a land. The issue of Gelegele quickly comes to mind when a representative of Oba in Benin City said Ijo in Edo State are strangers.

cescky: In his fighting days during the 1980s and 1990s, Ghanaian boxing legend Azumah Nelson's thudding jabs and powerful overhands earned him the moniker "The Professor," named for the lessons he'd teach opponents inside the ring.

A former three-time world champion, Nelson is often described as the best boxer to come out of the African continent.

His daring feats inside the four corners of the ring made him a national hero in the West African country, while in 2004 "The Professor" became the first African to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Today, Nelson's nickname, the Professor has taken on new meaning as the former champion now spends his time teaching the secrets of boxing to a new generation of athletes.

"The Professor" has established the Azumah Nelson Foundation, a not-for-profit organization working to help Ghana's deprived youth realize their potential through education and sport."We opened the foundation to help the needy children," says Nelson. "We look at you, see your talent and put you there -- the school is there the most important [thing]."

Born in 1958, Nelson made his professional debut in 1979. He quickly became a household name in Ghana and went on to win the British Commonwealth's Featherweight title.

But despite his early success, Nelson was still unknown outside his country -- that changed, however, in June 1982 when he was given the chance to fight world Featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez at New York's Madison Square Garden.


Although Nelson lost the fight in the 15th round, his impressive performance against a formidable opponent such as Sanchez established him as a top talent in the international boxing scene.
http://allwestafricannews..com/2012/09/cnn-is-azumah-nelson-africas-greatest.html

The above post is a typical example of riot by ignorance. The greatest boxer out of Africa remains Richard Ihetu (Di.ck Tiger). He was only African to be crowned undisputed champions in two weight classes (Middle and Light-Heavy weights). Five times world’s Middle weight Champion. Five times world’s Light Heavy weight champion. Tiger was appointed CBE by the Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Tiger was the first African to be inducted into International Hall of Fame in 1991. Nelson Azumah was only 10 when Di.ck Tiger was named the Ring Magazine’s boxer of the year in 1968.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]This self hatred of yours needs serious examination. The only thing that you think will make you happy is the disintegration of Nigeria, wherein you get your Igbo nation (a.k.a biafra).

You seem to have forgottten that, even if that happens, the land mass which forms biafra will remain in its current location. That means you will still be faced with many of the same problems in addition to new ones, such as wars between your various Igbo groups fighting for superiority and power. You will still be ruled in biafra by the same useless leaders you currently have, unless you have a plan of getting rid of them,their relatives, and cronies, who have enough money and power to maintain rulership over you. What is your plan of seizing control of power in this biafra? Don't dodge, be specific.[/quote]Chucks, what has come over you lately? The plank of my argument on Bakassi falls in line with legal presentation of JUDGE Al Khasaweh who argued that the treaty of protection between Obong of Calabar and Queen Victoria of UK which preceded the births of Nigeria and Cameroon should have been the legal benchmark guiding the decision of the so-called World Court.

The decision of World Court on the issue of Bakassi was in its entirety the validation of colonial rules whether good or bad. Both British and Germany have no natural and fundamental link to the area in discuss except colonialism. It is rather unfortunate that essence of Biafra tends to cloud the amour of intelligent endowed to certain human beings. There were people of Efik in Bakassi before the arrival of Europeans.

Since you blindingly injected the Great Biafra into this discussion, I must assure you that if Biafra was still at play, the nation state would not have honored the legal charade staged by World Court in Hague because Biafra’s independence would have nothing to do with either Britain or Germany.

By the way, you were spot on at the postulation about what will make me happy, thus, disintegration of Nigeria and realization of Great Republic of Igbo land or Great Biafra (entire Igbo land and what used to be eastern region of Nigeria)

Those moronic Nigeria leaders who gave away Bakassi due to certain pressures were also at the center of draconian boundary adjustment in Nigeria and were pulled on the nose by certain self interest. I am not surprised Nigeria has no bright future.

ijaw citizen: I'm starting a new thread titled "WHO SAYS THE IJAWS BETRAYED THE IGBOS DURING THE CIVIL WAR" Enough is enough for these igbos shouting everywhere that ijaws betrayed them.

Please shut up your putrid gap. Ijo are not fundamental ethnic group in Nigeria and do not have the social order to betray housefly

ijaw citizen: WHAT IS EVEN WRONG WITH THIS PERSON, IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE OR WHAT. WHERE DID YOU HEAR THE NAME "MAZI OPU OBU" IN THE HISTORY OF IBANI PEOPLE? PLS CALL YOURSELF TO ORDER NOW BECAUSE THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF OBSESSION AND MADNESS BY ALL RAMIFICATIONS. I HEREBY CALL ON ALL NON IJAWS FOLLOWING THIS THREAD TO DISREGARD ALL PRO-IGBO PROPAGANDA AND LIES UPON THE IJAWS BEING SPREAD HERE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU YOU DO SO. I ALSO WANT TO CALL ON ALL WELL MEANING IGBOS TO CALL THIS GUY TO ORDER BY APPEAL TO HIM IN IGBO LANGUAGE THAT WHAT HE IS DOING HERE IS WRONG

I hope your inherent madness has not influenced you to insinuate the distorted history of the area in discuss that was handed to you by flock of liars is authentic. If you remember how Brass people surfaced, you could be half way home to the moment of truth about the so-called Ijo.

Obiagu1: Bakassi does not belong to Nigeria, it belongs to the Efiks but not Nigeria. Note the difference.
Nigeria, Cameroun etc are all products of Europeans and whoever thinks that colonial documents are irrelevant today is just deceiving himself.

Granted Nigeria and Cameroon are products of European colonialism, the facts remains there was organized social order before the start of Partition of Africa in 1884. Example of social order was the alleged Protection Treaty signed by Obong of Calabar and Queen Victoria of UK. It is a display of colonial arrogance by World Court to base its legal findings solely on the colonial interest.

Also, it is crass display of political naiveté on Nigerians to accept such shenanigans from the so-called World Court. If we must succumb to undue pressure of colonialism after the so-called independence, does it matter trying to gain self rule?

killayut: This monkey is a bigger fool.. Opobo people left Bonny ( Okoloma ) when their leader Jaja had dispute with the Manila Pepple house over leadership . Jaja himself was the leader of the Opubo Ana pepple house. By the way Pepple means Perekule. The OPUBO ANA PEPPLE house led by JAJA moved to a new settlement and call it OPUBO AMA.. The Europeans spelt it OPOBO AMA or OPOBO town.

You are worse than a monkey which is irredeemably foolish. Also, you come across as a pathetic fool when a supposedly monkey teaches you the fundamental lesson of your ancestral history. For umpteenth time, Pepple is English, Manila is Tagolog and Perekule is a derivative of Akan or Fante language of people from Gold Coast. The so-called Ijo are the boat people or European Porters who came with the explorers to the coasts on the Bight of Biafra.

It is a display of crass idiocy by sons and daughters of irresponsible liars and distortion artists to dabble into issues beyond their acquired intellect. It was very common among the Boat People to assume the names or take nicknames after names of European ship Captains and mates.

First, it is Ikwerri not Ikwerre as the denial artists would want to us believe. Until the so-called Ikwerre sons and daughters give us the full name of Ikwerri, I think their silly postulations should be ignored.

I ranked Ijo as do Brass which historical facts have permitted. I do know there have been concerted efforts to twist Ijo into Izon.

It is not paradoxical that every African leader should commit or support a political blunder initiated by the previous leader. The British has no right to cede a land or territory that belonged to Obong of Calabar to Germany. The treaty of protection Queen Victoria entered with Obong of Calabar preceded whatever colonial game British and Germany played in 1913. Why did World Court overlook the treaty of 1884 and based its ruling on colonial construct of 1913 if the World Court did not think Africans are inferior? Today, the map and boundaries of Middle East, especially Palestine, kept changing from time to time. One wonders what happened to the essence of legal authority of the so-called World Court in such region. I think the socio-politico-economic naiveté of Africans can be seem from the space and easily manipulated period. I guess must African leaders are more interested in protecting their loot than integrity.

killayut: And what about Egbema in Edo and Bayelsa states ? Are they Igbos too ? Know the history of a people before you argue. Do you even know what Egbema MEAN ?There is OKOLOMA in Ndoki land and OKOLOMA is not an Igbo name but Ibani - Ijaw. Even Okrika people has a settlement near Oyigbo and we all know it and there is no dispute about it too. So learn about the true origin of the Egbema people before you argue.

I guess idiocy knows no boundary. It is very funny to watch the sons and daughters of shameless denial artists make fool of themselves in public. Opu Obu is Igbo and sometime the compound of Mazi Opu Obu is referred as Ama Opu Obu which was later twisted to Opubo Ama by delusional name changers. I know that days are yet to come when Obigbo that has been changed to Oyigbo will become Ijo. What can be more idiotic than to insinuate that Jojo is Ijo. The word Jojo originates from Akwuette\Ndoki in Ukwa East LGA. I have also head about Ogan Ama, Amadi Ama and Okolo ama which were Ama Ogan, Ama Amadi and Ama Okolo. Remember the word Okolo is the same thing as Okoro in certain Igbo dialect.

In Opu Obu, the word Opu is uzo or okpo or okporo or door as in house or in some cases road as in community while Obu is Obi or Ulo or house.

killayut: Even Imo state natives are not exclusive Igbo people. Ike Nwachukwu is half Fulani and Half IGBO. So Bonny Having elements of Igbos would not change the AMAYANABO becoming an EZE. Bonny remains an Ijaw town period. AND JUMBO is an Ijaw name in Bonny. An Nkechi whose mom is from Enugu with a last name like AJUMOGOBIA could be called an ENUGU girl as well depending on her preference or where she grew up from. I think that is how Uche is.

Jumbo is Ijo. Even Peterside, Pepple, Greene, Princewill, Graham, Douglas and Stewart are Ijo in Bonny. What about Bonny? I guess self denial only leads to madness.

Torch1: And where do u belong? South-South? How come states like Edo, Delta(Anioma part), C.Rivers are in South South when States like Anambra, Abia, Imo etc are in South East.. Who the Bleep created these regions? Dont we have people that study geography in Nigeria?
you people should stop that rubbish.. Igbo is igbo, no core Igbo.

You are insinuating that reasonable sense of approach exists in Nigeria. In Nigeria, there is no pattern of reasonable approach to polity. Every political decision in Nigeria must militate against Ndigbo and Biafra in order to appear favorable to policymakers even when such approach goes against every cardinal rules in the book including those of geography as you have mentioned.

The Nigerians tend to be smarter in their world of delusion when any policy in Nigeria is design to give Ndigbo equal playing ground. Nigerians remained dastardly dumb when the so-called south-east was two or one state less than other geo-political zones.

I suggest that means must be devised to create equal number of states in the so-called geo-political zones in the cesspit called Nigeria period.

marabout: By the time they pay governor, deputy, commissioners, LGA chairmen, the entire bureaucratic echelon, no money will be left.

We rather want strong regions and LGAs and weak federal government. We can bypass the whole state government apparatus.

I had wished this thought process was visited before Gowon went into the political madness called state creation. When the northern region was divided into states for places not big enough to be a village, this wonderful idea of yours was not consulted. Again, Southeast is due for two additional states to equal the number of states in northwest zone because democracy is simply based on numbers.

Tomato, Onion and Yam farmers in the northern region of Nigeria should equally go to federal government to demand land from all the 36 states so as to grow tomato, onion and yam. I guess the kolanut farmers should demand the wasteful acreage of land from northern region of Nigeria for growing kolanut.

The Fulnai herdsmen should raise their cows in their State of Origin and transport their product through road or rail to various markets in southern Nigeria. State governments should stop the idiotic idea of allowing cows to roam through their territories.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]First of all, let me inform you that "State of Origin" may be replaced by "State of Residence" on all official data collecting forms after the constitution review committee completes its duty. Secondly, what does this have to do with finding solutions to the problems described in this thread. What mischief are you up to now, with your question?[/quote]Until the State of Origin is no longer fashionable in Nigeria’s socio-politico-economic life, Fulani herdsmen should look toward their State of Origin for land to graze. Ordinary entrance, not even on scholarship, into a school of higher learning in Nigeria rigidly requires satisfactory scrutiny of State of Origin. Yet when the kids graduate from university, they are required to serve the states which had rejected them under the idiotic auspices of National Youth Service. Nigeria is a jerk.

naptu2: And that's the reason why it'll be almost impossible to get Bakassi back.

Doing it legally would be impossible because the Security Council (the only body we can appeal to) will back the court judgement.

Using self determination at this stage will lead to the question of colonialism. Should Casamance be allowed to secede from Senegal? Should Cabinda be allowed to secede from Angola? Should the Basque be allowed to secede from Spain? And so on and so forth. Most countries have this same problem (indeed the map of Africa would need to be redrawn) and would therefore back Cameroun.

I guess there was a mark of difference between Bakassi and the areas you have listed. Bakassi people did not seek independence from anybody. The people of Bakassi Peninsula regarded themselves as citizens of Nigeria.

In addition, Obong of Calabar whose domain included Bakassi entered into a treaty with Queen Victoria of UK for protection. Calabar and its territory never constituted into any acreage that became Cameroon. The treaty should have been the benchmark of any legal decision entered in the case involving Bakassi.

However due to an undue pressure to maintain colonial influence in Africa, the bunch of colonialists at the so-called World Court decided to uphold the mark of colonialism in Africa.

Where does the “State of Origin” factor in this useless thread? Or have Fulani suddenly drawn blank on the fact that everything in Nigeria starts with State of Origin?

naptu2: Clark is right. What he is saying is that legally Bakassi belongs to Cameroun, but morally it belongs to Nigeria and I agree with him. This is why he believes that we should not have gone to court over the Bakassi issue, but we should have defended our position via propaganda, diplomacy and force.

1) Legally: Great Britain (acting for Northern and Southern Nigeria) gave Bakassi to Germany (Cameroun) via a 1913 treaty.

2) Morally: Most of the Bakassi residents are Nigerians and they jave a right to self determination. This was what Margaret Thatcher did during the Falklands crisis. She refused UN mediation, refused to allow the matter go to the World Court, but insisted that the residents of the Falklands are British and they have a right to determine what country they want to pledge allegiance to. We should have done the same for Bakassi. There should have been a referendum/plebiscite.

To accept this misguided postulation amounts to validation of colonialism in Africa. The so-called treaty of protection between the Obong of Calabar and Queen Victoria of UK which covered areas that included Bakassi never sought the presence of any personality from what became Cameroon. What the so-called colonial World Court reiterated about Bakassi case was that Africans do not matter in the issues about Africa’s welfare.

The stream of thought by bunch of colonialists at the so-called World Court is unacceptable. It is very shameful to see Africans succumb to yet another influence of colonialism in Africa.

If the cesspit called Nigeria is disintegrated, Fulani will not bother any government of emerged nation state with this utter and ridiculous postulation. Nigeria is wrongly configured and it brings the worst of streaming thoughts from the inhabitants.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Your question clearly indicates that you are ignorant of our history and are looking for a naive and simplistic solution for a very complex problem.

Farmer-nomad conflict is second only to Boko Haram among dangers threatening Nigeria. Violence has erupted between nomads and farmers in Nasarawa, Taraba, Benue, Plateau and Adamawa states recently not to talk of similar conflicts in the SW, SE, and SS. I'd suggest you first read up and try to understand the root cause of these conflicts before suggesting dumb solutions.

Maybe your brother Akanbi_Edu can assist you with the education.




You know better than the post above. Stop pretending that the kind of social reengineering required for what you are suggesting has ever been done successfully anywhere in the world[/quote]What is more naïve and simplistic solution to a complex problem than running to the federal government of a cesspit such as Nigeria demanding for grazing land across the jungle?

I guess traders unions and manufacturing associations across Nigeria should also demand lands all over Nigeria from federal government to setup stalls and industries.

It is rather asinine to insinuate that Ikwerri is geographically peripheral to Igbo nation than being disingenuous. If this ridiculous postulation of Ikwerri, geography, periphery and Igbo nation carries any iota of truth than it is correct to say Ngwa, Akirika, Wawa and Ekpeye are peripheral to Igbo nation. I have recognized that acts of repeated falsehood can not become truth in the face of undisputable facts.

[quote author=c.r.r.o]Dede1, from reading what u just said above. guy u get serious issues. but theres hope u can seek help whilst theres time.
there is a serious problem u have with ikwerre as a ppl, [/quote]Contrary to your delusional views, I am well in control of my mental coordinates. The issue rests on conniving ninnies such as you and Elechi Amadi who thought that the acts of panhandling included denial of one’s ancestry.

When Elechi Amadi was a Captain in Nigerian armed forces, he was commissioned as Igbo. When the soldiers from the region of northern Nigeria embarked on mutiny in 1966, Captain Elechi Amadi ran to eastern region of Nigeria as Igbo not Ikwerri. Elechi Amadi resigned his commission into Nigerian armed forces because of the mutinies of 1966 targeted at Igbo as Igbo not Ikwerri. When Elechi Amadi was appointed as the Acting Principal of Asa High School, Asa, now Ukwa West LGA, to replace Mr. Onwuma who had been appointed provincial administrator of Aba in Biafra, Elechi Amadi was Igbo not Ikwerri. However, when Port Harcourt fell into the hands of Nigerian vandals in 1968, Elechi Amadi sneaked into Port Harcourt, embraced his one time enemies who had wanted him dead and suddenly remembered he was Ikwerri not Igbo.

Look jerk, I was born and raised in that part of the country and nobody can tell me any slide show story about areas covering Asa, Ndoki, Ogoni, Eche and Ikwerri.

IfeLuvely: @ mowire, they just keep quiet(and then gossip about it behind him), cos apparently if they don't he will refuse to pay their school fees or will not give the wife any money. the way i was brought up in my own family, my father is a respecter of all n doesnt just talk anyhow to people, so that annoys me that the wife n the other kids cannot defend themselves cos they are solely dependent on him financialy, but since me n my hubby are not depending on him wetin be his problem?

An example of what happened: he sed i hadnt call him, i sed sorry I was at work and being so busy with work (at least we have bills to pay nau) he got angry and started teling me how much do i earn that i am feeling like somebody...

If your father is a bloody wimp, I guess you do not expect everybody’s father to be a wimp or a woman's rapper too. The man has every right to talk in any manner he chooses. I sense tendency of a bad wife from your post since you have indicated lack of respect for a man old enough to be your father not the wimpy one.

What actual did Gowon and Nigeria gain for precipitating a war of attrition against Biafra? Bakassi has been lost to Cameroon with unforgettable misery on the people of Efik from the peninsula and yet Nigeria is teetering at the brink of total collapse. In addition, Nigeria is experiencing the worst sectional hatred among Nigerians since independence.

I hope the case of Bakassi should be a lesson to the loudmouthed dingbats who beat their chests about the nonsensical south-south. I believe some people from certain section of Nigeria termed certain peeps in southern Nigeria as expendables.

I had wished the same swift action should be used against public office holders in Nigeria. All the ex-presidents, ex-governors and ex-everything in Nigeria should be forced to face the same consequences meted to Olisagbo Ifedike dude.

If U-20 Nigerians girl’s soccer team participating in FIFA 2012 tournament in Japan is dumb, then Nigeria is dumber. Seriously speaking, the girls have marvelous set of skills but lacked required intellect to manage the round object. If these girls are loaned to countries such as Germany, Sweden, USA or Japan, they will be turned into world bitters in a month.

The problem rests with Nigeria which is filled to the brink with deadwoods, imbecilic praise singers, mediocrities and senseless embezzlers. I can bet these girls have never watched video of their previous matches during training session to allow for both self and coach’s criticisms. They do not look like a team that had a strategic and technical session before a match. These kids do not need a coach, they a technical teacher and serious financial and moral support from Nigeria.

Abagworo: @dede1, I searched for the archive because I had knowledge of it. Its "Mgbu tolu" and not "Mba itoli". Today you can still find Mgbuoba, Alimgbu, Mgbuesilaru and more in Ikwerreland. My picture was aimed at putting to rest some lies but not proving that Ikwerres are Igbos today because they are not. My reason is because they have developed independent ethnic consciousness mostly after the war.

Truly speaking, I do not care what an Ikwerre peep thinks of him/her. My respect still resides with those who termed themselves Igbo. I really do not give a hoot what happens in the so-called Ikwerre land because I have noticed the change from Umu to Rumu. It is only a basement fool will give a benefit of doubt to whatever coinage Ikwerre peeps comes up. Believe me, Ikwerre can be Yoruba for all a change. One of my aunts has a husband from Umademe and since the end of Britain\Biafra war, I have not seen her or her kids and never cared either.

ow11: According to the rules, If a team fails to honour two games, they are expelled from the league and all points gained/lost are thrown out. Keeping the points is against the rules all the clubs signed for and in theory unfair.

The most rationale way of settling such contingence is to award the point to the other team if the said opponent failed to honor a scheduled match. If what you wrote is model of the rules Nigerians apply in everyday life, I am very sorry the country is toast. I guess you will agree that such awkward rule can make a last placed team headed for relegation to decide which of the frontrunners will win the league champion by opting not to honor scheduled matches with either of frontrunners.