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0m0nnakoda:Everyone can read and see the tone of vehemence aggressive arguments of his profile as opined by someone else. I don't have to be his relative to see how angry you are about him. |
Hon. Akugbe wrote... OBA OVONRAMWEN AND EMIR SANUSI: AN UNWORTHY JUXTAPOSITION Following the recent deposition of Emir Sanusi of Kano by the Kano state government led by Mr Dollar-Agbada Ganduje, many roadside political analysts have been attempting, to no avail, to compare Oba Ovonramwen of Benin kingdom with Emir Sanusi in terms of how they both left their palaces. What a fatal accident. Au secours ! There's therefore a need to speak a bit in writing. Oba Ovonramwen was not deposed. He went into exile on a mutual arrangement with the British Colonial Government and remained Oba of Benin in Calabar for 18 years during which a Regent in the person of Chief Agho Ogbeide-Oyo Obaseki of Benin oversaw the kingdom on his behalf while homage was still being paid to him in Calabar by the Benins living there and in faraway Benin. Ovonramwen established a Palace annexe in Calabar and the British treated him as king there. He had slaves, married more wives, had more children and lived a good, noble life. Until his demise, he was still Oba of Benin though in the diaspora, and he was still being consulted on core traditional matters that overwhelmed the British and their appointed Regent, Obaseki. He never lost the throne but the Benin geographical location for the 18 more years he lived. When he died, his son Oba Eweka II took over the throne, actively, and passed it on to later generations. Just so we are clear, the British continued to recognize Ovonramwen as Oba of Benin until his death; otherwise, they would have simply crowned Obaseki (their insider before and during the war) as Oba in his lifetime or even beyond. The fact that they did not do this suggests that they must have had plans to assist him in returning to his Benin palace had he not fallen ill and joined his ancestors when he did in Calabar. Notably, when Oba Ovonramwen joined his ancestors in 1914, it was the British that facilitated the process that led to the coronation of his son, Oba Eweka II, what signifies that they recognized him as Oba until his passage. The British did not replace him with another Oba because he was irreplaceable as long as he was alive and king. So, I do not see how his history is similar to Sanusi's. He was an independent monarch and Sanusi was not. Conventional warfare was brought to his domain but not to Sanusi's. Sanusi was dethroned by a government that enthroned him ab initio, which made him subordinate to it from day one. Ovonramwen was not enthroned by the British and was therefore not subordinate to them from beginning. He fought to defend his territory, warding off external aggression for six solid months before he agreed to a truce to be exiled, so as to bring the war to an end, and he did so to save his people from extenuation; and that's a noble, prestigious act. No king replaced Ovonramwen once he voluntarily went into exile to save his people and his land but Sanusi has since been replaced with immediate effect. There's honestly no basis for comparison. If people must compare, there are more recent, similar and relevant cases in the north like the deposition of Ado Bayero the Emir of Kano and grandfather of the just deposed Emir (1963) and Dasuki the Sultan of Sokoto who was deposed by Abacha. Why Benin? Benin kingdom is too far, isn't it? How did these mischievous analysts transport their analysis all the way to Benin kingdom? By flight, by train or by vanishing? They should take it through the same route back to the North, please By Prince Osagioduwa Eweka |
0m0nnakoda:Why are you taking it personal? |
thundafire:Go and try it and wait to see if Benin wil contain you or that person... The British only succeeded in war of military superiority that was never contested... The last military guvnor who tried to undermined Oba of Benin was Onyearegbulem and he suffered the consequences of his arrogance.... |
HRMK:I was scared of the rawness of the sport until I stumbled on Adesanya kick-boxing and Kamoru Usman videos on YouTube and I began to follow them since about 5yrs ago. I 've been keen Boxing fan since my younger days but Mma/UFC is brutal... My love for Adesanya caused my fear... |
EBMedia:Over sabi parents...always showing off to overdo stuff...already misleading these children... |
AjegunIe:They may have already started to test it on Africans to see why it's not affecting black people against all the odds... |
Ofemmanu1:No one said a reality, a nightmare situation due to fears is a natural and common. I 've known and watch Adesanya before he got to ufc, I 've watced lots of kick-boxing fights and I'm confident in his abilities but any wrong move can end the fight of an accomplished fighter. So, don't be too self righteous ... |
What a relief for me... I was jolted out of sleep last night when "in my dream" I saw Adesanya brutally knocked-out cold and unconscious... I couldn't sleep afterwards and I was scared to monitor the fight... ![]() |
dawnomike:She's suffering from comfort zone mentality...the fear of venturing into the unknown again after having what appears to be stability for many years. The guy is not her problem as he gaven her enough red flags to push her off but she is her own problem. Another sad story loading... |
doris4u:The bolded is the real reason. |
Why some married men are motivated to look out, some easily resort to available ladies because it's a known fact that lots of married women tend to feel secured and settled after marriage that they just become boring, carefree and lackadaisical towards their husbands. The men who suffer most are the good godly/god fearing men whose devotion to God keeps or helps them to overlook the attitude of their wives. Many come to a point where they feel their husbands demand sex as if its food. Wives who don't trust their husbands tend to do more to keep their husbands looking forward to coming home knowing that other ladies are prying around for unhappy husbands to take. I don't like or support it but I have experienced it first hand. |
9jaDoomCountry: See uppercut like Joshua did to klitschko ![]() |
Afamed:Tinubu had no influence in Edo politics, whether he encouraged Oshiomhole or not didn't give the political structures he landed with as Labour party didn't have it either. People surrendered their structures to push him and he was funded to a large extent by Obaseki and he openly admitted it. If Obaseki wasn't instrumental to his political power and influence in Edo, how come he had to push and campaign for same Obaseki who had no political history and ask the odds or did he just think he could use him as a stooge to his own ends? You empty belled hungry party rats always see everyone else as political opponents... |
ogene144:Which benefactor? If Obaseki had not called him up and raised funds for him to contest Edo guber in 2007, and the likes of Idahosa did not give him the political structures they built to carry him in 2007, he would ended up an ex labour leader. So, shut up when you have no idea of what transpired. |
Afamed:R These are the comments of enemies of the progress of our people and state. People who hail "strong men" above strong institutions, people who think about what they can individually gain rather than promoting a leadership that can provide quality administration and society advancements. The advanced societies that we all admire and desire to relocate to were not created nor operate on "political strong men" ideologies that have bedevilled our country and stagnated us. Oshiomhole was given and supported political structures that he didn't build in Edo, but by other people who welcomed him home. He was funded by the same Obaseki and his corporate allies and given behind-the-scene intellectual and economic advice. Today, he has become a demigod and is trying to put the interest of his "chop-chop" foot soldiers ahead of the state. He has no idea what will become of him when Edo people descend on him within and outside political spheres. By the time he realises it it will be too late for him and his cronies. Nonsense. |
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Oracle23:It shows you're probably one of those skin bleachers.. |
Oracle23:That's the core truth...that post is not stupid except you're a bleacher too |
DIKEnaWAR:Talking like say fowl dey drop shit... No sense, no thinking, no knowledge ... ![]() |
tyup:Valid arguments... |
LordReed:If this had happened in Edo state eh, by now Igbo bitter hearted youths on this forum for dey shout "Benin witch" upandan like broken records... |
SangoOlukosoOba:KEEP KWAET!!!!! |
Naza25:Wilder has never had the ace, he schemed his way to that one belt and was afraid to fight for the rest because elite boxers would expose him. He took the first fight with Fury because he felt Fury was just recovering from mental health issues and was ring rusty. He had no idea that Fury is well schooled and polished cerebral boxer. Once Fury survived his old trick of a right hand punch, Fury was talking him to the depth of cerebral boxing which Wilder lacks. |
Titogbanski:Your ignorance stints. AJ lost his titles before visiting Nigeria the last but return to reclaim his titles after visiting Nigeria. If I were your dad, I would slap your head from the back to reset it. |
TheEffective:You've said my mind,kudos. |
spirul77:Thank you Sir. A friend of mine just completed his PhD in same yesterday in the U.K. It's real. Despite all the agbero style of Oshiomhole, he has miles ahead of Wike all aspects of education, life, Nigerian political, labour and industrial history. Only sentiment and ignorance make many posters here think Wike is more than Oshiomhole. |
Amakavula:The best protection a man can have against terrible pretentious girls in relationships is his sister or mom. That's why many ladies feel insecured in a relationship with a man that's close to his female siblings or mom. Sadly, those ladies are in the majority nowadays. They hate their would-be mother- or sister-in-law before even meeting one. They keep claiming "interference" from in-laws even when such didn't happen. |
NwaAmaikpe:Impersonation! Pretending to be a Bini man to thread down a Bini man. No Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa will tolerate anybody desecrating their cultures why do it to the Binis? |
illitrate:Where you don score goals wey win anything for you sef? Haters don't live long, be advised. |
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