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Jokes EtcRe: You Dream Job; Apply Online- Urgent by Dhelake: 7:58am On Jul 25, 2012
Lol
Jokes EtcRe: Too Much Of Thinking!! by Dhelake: 7:53am On Jul 25, 2012
Nt a Joke
Music/RadioRe: Eyo (mtn Project Fame 2010 2nd Runner Up) Debuts With ‘wedding Day’ by Dhelake: 7:49am On Jul 25, 2012
Dis is nt his first song o, he did a single lst yr which he even shot a video for
Music/RadioRe: What Do You Think About Iyanya Kukere Video? by Dhelake: 7:46am On Jul 25, 2012
He neva knew dat d song would hit ... But he shld av done anoda one ... We've seen artist do dat b4 ... Solidstars omotena has two videos ... Oleku has two videos
PoliticsRe: First Ladies Summit: 200 Cars Ordered By FG (BMW X3, X5, Jaguar & Other Exotics) by Dhelake: 7:33am On Jul 25, 2012
Fresh Air .... *smh .... Front page ... Abeg
Jokes EtcRe: Funniest miscellaneous Jokes Of this season by Dhelake: 7:30am On Jul 25, 2012
Cool
PoliticsRe: Jonathan Gives ‘tompolo’ Contract To Supply 20 Marine Patrol Vessels To Navy by Dhelake: 7:11am On Jul 25, 2012
Tell me who dey should giv it to, Foreignerz?
PoliticsRe: Flooding In Jos Kills 35 by Dhelake: 10:46am On Jul 24, 2012
kunlekunle: jesus our saviour meaning of jos.
the land is blessed
if datz watz caused blessed den i had rather stay unblessed
PoliticsRe: The Shocking Truth About The Jos Violence by Dhelake(op): 10:36am On Jul 24, 2012
wumoyuay: If every jos killings make it to d front page, den dis shld also make it[img]http://www.dubaa.info/good.gif[/img]
Yes oo ... Letz wait and c sha
PoliticsRe: Flooding In Jos Kills 35 by Dhelake: 10:12am On Jul 24, 2012
This Jos sef
PoliticsRe: The Shocking Truth About The Jos Violence by Dhelake(op): 10:08am On Jul 24, 2012
SMH
Music/RadioRe: Darey Feat. Flavour N'abania - Sisi Eko Remix [OFFICIAL VIDEO] by Dhelake: 10:03am On Jul 24, 2012
Video sweeter dan d audio .. All Good sha
PoliticsRe: The Shocking Truth About The Jos Violence by Dhelake(op): 8:35am On Jul 23, 2012
The MODS should pls take dis to d frnt page ... If every jos killings make it to d front page, den dis shld also make it
PoliticsThe Shocking Truth About The Jos Violence by Dhelake(op):
Nigeria: Gradual descent into the Hades!
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It is shocking; it is not the news making the rounds; it is one too hard to swallow and too harsh to believe. Some would even go as far as subscribing to a “conspiracy theory” of a deliberate underplay, even blackout, of the event by the predominantly southern (and so arguably, Christianity-biased) media in Nigeria.

But brace for it, my readers: full cannibalism is afoot in the protracted and nasty Plateau War of annihilation between the so-called settlers (Fulani/Hausa and mostly Muslims) and the so-called original indigenes, the Beroms (mostly Christians) — and it is the Birom “Christians” doing the eating of the Fulani!

This scale of madness that is hard to fathom was brought to public glare (the author’s public, at least) a few days ago when my brother Femi Fani-Kayode (yes, the same ex-OBJ’s minister) posted this terse message on his Facebook wall:

“The other day, a crowd of Berom Christian youths butchered over 100 Fulani Muslims as they were praying in Jos after which they roasted and ate them. It was filmed. Today, a rocket was fired into an Islamic school in the same Jos and children were targeted for death as they were writing their exams. This barbarous descent into madness must stop. I weep for Nigeria.”

It was courageous and truly fair-minded for Femi to have posted that on the Internet, for, if there was a fiercely loyal (and vociferously so) Christian, there goes one in Femi and he has been known to be damning, even perhaps partially so, of the Muslim Hausa/Fulani in this ongoing war and in general. So, it deserves commendation to find him spearheading the drawing of public attention to the “other side” of the vicious campaign, for most of what we’ve largely known and believed is that only the Muslim Hausa/Fulani settlers have been doing the aggression!

Most of what is known and believed down south is of armies of “Fulani herdsmen” spilling down from mountain tops like mountain gorillas, armed with sophisticated guns (rather than bows and arrows) and sacking whole villages of Berom indigenes, killing children, women and all indiscriminately and mercilessly.

Hence Fani-Kayode’s posting was a shocking experience for me and for many of his FB “friends” drawing all manner of responses: from disbelief and shock to repulsion and anger.

I settled down to read the whole exchanges on the thread and went further to check the links
(http://newsrescue.com/birom-christians-eat-roasted-flesh-of-muslims-they-killed-in-jos-nigeria/#axzz20szqpZS5)
provided in validation of the charge. It is gory and chilling and not for the faint-hearted. Lo and behold, as far back as August last year, the BBC had posted vivid images on one of its news websites showing large crowd of (Berom) youths wildly jubilating at the killing of a large number of “the enemy settlers” and roasting and feasting on their bodies to boot.

More disconcerting was the visible presence of a “law-enforcement” patrol vehicle in observance of it all!

The Jos Plateau sectarian war is truly bloody and muddied. The truth of how, when, and why it started is long lost in the hate-filled war of mutual annihilation; poverty driven economic consideration (of settler/indigene) muddied and combusted by religious identities (Islam/Christianity) of the warring parties.

What is going on in the once friendly and tourist-haven Jos Plateau is as gruesome, if not more so, as the horrors in the Nigeria/Biafra Civil War! I cannot remember if our senses then were accosted with images of bodies of those felled by the bullets on either side being feasted upon, even common as the ‘myth’ was then that in some parts of the country, human flesh was a palatable delicacy!

What I remember was that those of us away from the theatre of war, ensconced in far away Lagos and Kano, carried on with our lives, partying and nightclubbing, consigning the war to almost fable grade – well, in Lagos, until the ‘Biafran’ bomb fell on the Casino Cinema in our good old quiet Yaba environs. Then, and only then, did we wake up in Lagos to the reality, that , indeed, a war was going on and we all could go down with it.

Right now, as I write, whole communities have been asked to move out of their homes and localities by the Special Task Force that the Federal Government set up to intervene and restore order. Little is known of the arrangements for their relocation. But move they must, as the STF intends to mow down any moving object for fear of infiltration of the dreaded Boko Haram that has been associated with the last horrendous massacre of hundreds of Berom folks by so-called Fulani herdsmen.

A release during the week purportedly signed by Captain Salisu Mustapha, Media Information Officer of the STF, states:

“This is to inform the people residing in Barikin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas that a military operation is ongoing in the area. The inhabitants of Mahanga, Kakuruk, Kuzen, Maseh and Shong 2 are to evacuate immediately with their property within the next 48 hours.”

Of course, anything that can help clear the Plateau mess is welcome, but the forceful dislodgement of whole communities without adequate contingencies in search of “infiltrators” that have equally been alerted seem absurd and devoid of human feelings for the affected communities, to say the least.

But back to Femi Fani-Kayode’s FB wall and the exchanges, FFK added this touching invocation:

“To those that doubt the authenticity of this video tape, I really do feel sorry for you. Those are, indeed, Berom Christian youths and they are, indeed, eating the flesh of Fulani Muslims that they had earlier slain on the prayer ground during the Eid festival. I happen to have met the families of three of the victims and it is painful that the Nigerian media kept this atrocity so quiet. There was a media blackout on the event.

“Had it been the other way round and it was the Muslims that had killed and eaten the Christians, we would all have been lamenting and hurling insults against them on this wall and it would have been the headline of every major newspaper in our country and in the world. These double standards must stop. Please, I appeal to you that we must be more sensitive, balanced and fair…”

And nothing affirms the truth of the cannibalism insanity more than the posting of one Adam A. B. Galla, who must be someone on ground in the ‘war front.’ He says:

“My brother FFK, thanks for showing fairness on your postings in the ongoing saga on the Plateau. I visited the very school a few hours ago, guarded by 10 soldiers. Miraculously, none of the students was affected. The only victim happened to be a little kid playing with his bike by the school. Keep us in prayers and may this carnage come to a stop…”

And in another by him:

“The flesh eaters were real. I have the most difficult constituency in Nigeria. I work with these guys and it’s challenging. They have been indoctrinated with certain beliefs and it’s my job to prove otherwise. I am a suspect every day, but my sincerity to them is what keeps the relationship. As long as you respect them, respect their rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness, you are okay with them…”

What is going on in the Jos Plateau zone is too saddening for words. The scale and intensity of hatred is unthinkable and the resort to cannibalism makes me wonder if there can ever be a peaceful resolution of the crisis. You cannot descend to the level of eating your fellow “neighbours” one day and return to being “friends” or even neighbours the next.

And so, with that realism, whither Nigeria?
Source
www,punchng.com/columnists/fagbenle-on-sunday/nigeria-gradual-descent-into-the-hades
PoliticsRe: What Are The Projects Commissioned By Gej? by Dhelake: 6:25pm On Jul 22, 2012
Elueme: @ OP, where are u from? It's your type that steers unnecessay tantrums on nairaland thread.. Can you say wat world class project d said Fashola commissioned in his fisrt 400 days in office? Don't you think it's too prcocious for this assessement? You read in the news everyday about ongoing works and reforms y not give little time before coming up wit this? Mayb in your village u plant cassava and harvest on d same day
as at 400days. BRT had started operations in lagos ...
PhonesRe: Best And Worst Telecoms Customer Care Centres by Dhelake: 9:28pm On Jul 20, 2012
benzion72: Etisalat is the worst they are untrained they don't even know the basic terms in the GSM network. I lost my 1700 to etisalat daily BB subscription. They could not stop auto renewal for 17 days and they deducted 100 per day for 17 days each time I call themafter wasting a lot of my time they will say it has being removed but the second day 100 will be removed. To me Airtel is still the best
Gbam! Dat is why i dnt subscribe wit ma etisalat line again ... Nxt time, lie to dem dat u want to activate anoda diff plan, dey would elp u stop d auto renewal stuff within 3mins ..
PhonesRe: Best And Worst Telecoms Customer Care Centres by Dhelake: 9:20pm On Jul 20, 2012
Ninilowo: God bless u for this. I once overscratsched a recharge card and for 4 good weeks they cant get me the digits. They kept telling me trash untill I went to one of their offices. What a useless network!
Somethin lyk dat also happened to me, i went to their office, dey told me to come bck, wen i luk at d cost of goin their again, i jst av to 4get it
PhonesRe: Best And Worst Telecoms Customer Care Centres by Dhelake: 5:24pm On Jul 20, 2012
4 me, Etisalat Customer care is d worst, after waitin 4 ova 30mins, d moment d call is directed to d customer care agent, d call ends straight away, 4 me, Airtel is better though i hardly call dem, buh their agents av low IQ, they find it hard to undastand tinz, wat dey knw hw to do is to direct u to their office
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo To Lose 2,500 Hectares Of Land . by Dhelake: 1:18pm On Jul 20, 2012
That waz hw he was allocated most of those lands he built his farms on
PoliticsRe: PDP Is Nigeria’s Problem-Opposition Parties by Dhelake: 12:24pm On Jul 20, 2012
jmaine: Weak attempt. . . . Did the PDP hold primaries to pick their presidential candidates ? No . . .

You talk of true democracy . . .Is true democracy the act of hand picking and imposing one self on the rest ala ACN and CPC ? . . .

Agreed, the PDP is mimicking democracy, how are we to classify the opposition with no evidence or pointers to internal democratic practice ? . . .


You see why we said the opposition do not even fair better than the PDP if democratic practice is to be discussed . . . .

Sir, i put it to you that the PDP as a party will score a higher mark in [b]mimicking democracy [/b]than the opposition
nw u're sayin it d way it is ..
PoliticsRe: PDP Is Nigeria’s Problem-Opposition Parties by Dhelake: 12:22pm On Jul 20, 2012
jmaine: Really !!! shocked . . .what happened to Atiku and Sarah Jubril at the Eagles square . .mind explaining to us . .

Thanks . . .
Sarah Jubril was only after getting a political post(which she had got) while atiku was lukin 4 politican relevance
PoliticsRe: PDP Is Nigeria’s Problem-Opposition Parties by Dhelake: 11:27am On Jul 20, 2012
Billyonaire: Meanwhile, PDP remains the only truely Democratic Part in Nigeria. The facts are there to see. ACN is run by Tinubu and Tinubu alone, he anoints candidates for office, The board of trustees in ACN has no voice, the only loud voice is Tinubu. CPC is also regional party set up by Buhari for the sole aim of contesting for Presidency, its that same reason that he solely annoints himself and contest for Presidency every 4 years and may continue to do so until he is disgraced to retire like his colleague IBB. APGA is also regional, they clearly call themselves Igbo party, an attempt by a Northerner to convene a meeting of trustees met a parallel meeting in Ojukwu's compound with Gov Obi and Ojukwu's wife running things. What party again oh....hen en...ANPP, this was a major opposition in the early days of democracy, it was sort of national until greed tear them apart seeing most of the members swimming into PDP and some in limbo. So, PDP remains the only national democratic party with nominations openly done at Eagles Square. PDP leads, others follow. If PDP fails, Nigeria will actually shake. I cant trust Nigeria in the hands of Tinubu's regional party or Buhari's regional Party. They both are entrenched in regional jingoism.
Datz a fact! Buh didnt jonathan benefit 4rm hand pickin? Pdp stopped some pple 4rm contestin 4 him to win nah
PoliticsRe: PDP Is Nigeria’s Problem-Opposition Parties by Dhelake: 11:23am On Jul 20, 2012
Billyonaire: @fagamite

You call GEJ fisherman, for your mind, fishing is too humble for you ? Do you know how many billionaires are into fishery. Stop this village mentality. If only I can become President by being Fisherman today, I would have love to become Fisherman instantly.
There is nothin wrong in wat d guy typed joor! If u won fish, rivers plenty 4 lagos joor! Abeg park well!
Jokes EtcRe: Philosophy Class by Dhelake: 9:51am On Jul 20, 2012
Cool
RomanceRe: Is She Lying Or Hyping Her Ago? by Dhelake: 6:31am On Jul 20, 2012
Datz a lie
PoliticsRe: Road Named After Patience Jonathan In Abuja by Dhelake: 6:23pm On Jul 19, 2012
miteolu: WETIN DO DIS WOMAN? HER OWN IS GETING TOO MUCH.

NAIJA REMOTE PAD DEY IN HER.
seconded!
CelebritiesRe: Nigerian Celebrities You Think Are Beautiful/handsome by Dhelake: 8:43am On Jul 19, 2012
Eldee

PoliticsRe: GEJ - Boko Haram Disorganised My Plans For Govt by Dhelake: 10:15pm On Jul 17, 2012
Billyonaire: [size=15pt]Team GEJ, Winning Team till 2019. Aso Rock is not vacant till 2019. fRESH Air!!![/size]
i knw ur views will change if u feel d real impact of wat will appun
PoliticsRe: GEJ - Boko Haram Disorganised My Plans For Govt by Dhelake: 10:13pm On Jul 17, 2012
sandy409: . Dont comment in an area where u r illiterate. GEJ is right, put ur self in his position ,CAN U FULFILL UR PLANS
Then he should resign!
PoliticsRe: Bomb Explosion At An Islamic School In Jos by Dhelake: 12:00pm On Jul 17, 2012
Billyonaire: Islamic school ke, Islam get schools ? What do they teach there ?
This showz Hw unexposed u are .... Fool!

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