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[size=20pt]Buhari Blasts IBB, Obasanjo, Jonathan For ‘Killing’ Nigeria’s Oil Industry[/size]


Former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 general election, General Muhammadu Buhari, today blamed President Goodluck Jonathan, as well as former rulers Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo, for killing the nation’s oil industry. He also heaped blame for the security challenges now besetting the nation on the insincerity of Nigerian leaders.

Former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 general election, General Muhammadu Buhari, today blamed President Goodluck Jonathan, as well as former rulers Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo, for killing the nation’s oil industry.
He also heaped blame for the security challenges now besetting the nation on the insincerity of Nigerian leaders.

General Buhari was speaking in Kaduna while playing host to leaders and members of the CPC, led by the House of Representatives member from Funtua/Dandume Federal Constituency of Katsina State, Dr. Mansur Abdulkadir. They were on a courtesy visit to the party leader ahead of the forthcoming local government elections in Katsina, Buhari's home state.


He said that the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida was responsible for the high level of corruption and destruction in the petroleum industry, and added that the corrupt practices in the oil sector during the eras of Babangida, Obasanjo and Jonathan was to enslave the masses.

Looking forward, he called on Nigerians to come up with trusted leaders to steer the affairs of the nation if she is to move forward and realize its quest for development.

"The biggest challenge of Nigeria is for adequate security to be in place and ways in which we can protect the riches of this country and provide job opportunities for the youths in the country, so that we can build more industries as it was before,” he said. “Inability of these industries to work has brought mistrust and corruption to Nigeria. Therefore, our leaders have to be sincere and lead with the fear of God and carry all along for Nigeria to be a better place.”

He challenged the nation’s leaders to honour promises made to the people, stressing that Nigeria cannot move forward if things that are supposed to be put in place are not.

In that regard, he stressed that the money which was siphoned in the recent pension scam and the petroleum industry scam must be brought back into the government’s coffers for good leadership.

He warned that all those that want the masses to vote and be voted for should go to the masses and get their mandate, and that the era of using force or bribing the masses to get political office is gone.

"A leader that wants to be a good leader must [look at] the needs of the people, the suffering, and the humiliation, and proffer solution to those problems and together we shall achieve greatness," he said.

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This thread must be revived oh.

Una go answer am oooohhhh.

una must answer.

Kennedyiheme:
d over 1000 children that starved and died because of hunger, I'm nt sure they wld be proud of there fathers, face it biafra is dead, I refuse to duel on the past, y'all keep prostesting into the ground because ntin will comeout of the dead actualization....face it you can't fight nigeria and her allies, they'll sweep the whole generation of biafra, I don't want that, all I want is one nation and peace, oh yes u may say the nigerian government is failing, but rememba the whole tribe is suffering from bad governance not only the igbos.....I dnt like arguing, I like to make money, I wonder if a billionaire like orji uzor kalu thinks abt biafra....NIGERIA made him

Typical african mentality, typical myopic black mentality.

Come forward with ur main moniker, don't hide behind igbo name moniker.

So Buhari, why have u refused to Probe all these people, but want to probe only Jonah?

Buhari why nau, why, why are u double-faced?

I have expected this news here since two days.


OP, kindly change that Nigeria to Biafra.


Even though 5% has been earmarked for East, we are doing the development ourselves, no FG presence.

Vicotex:
them no know say the east dey look for small opportunity to set d zoo ablaze.

Make he try rubbish.
Na me go by myself Rape that slut (Aisha) and her daughter

Hehehe, easy bros.

Rubbish

iamtomiymb:
and any action yet to back that up?

Becus he knows that present day Biafrans no be like old one.
We are even daring him to come invade.

Agwa ya na anyi na-awi ara.
Obi adighi boys mma.

Tell am we dey mad.
Boys are not happy.

He once boasted on BBC Hausa he will keep Igbos again to keep Nigeria one.

He hates us, and we have deep rooted hatred for him, so why the show?

nagastat:
Nigeria made a mistake during the biafran siege.
the biafrans should have been exterminated totally.
when you want to eradicate your environment from vermin, you annihilate the breeders and the bred.
we wouldn't have been having this nonsense nuisance again.

anyways, lesson learnt.
we would uproot the stump and burn it to ashes.

# killabiafrantodaymaketheworldabetterplace.

Wakaman, is that you?

Kennedyiheme:
yeah that's my name....I'm a lover of all ehnic group, I have love and peace in me, I have found solace in it, hatred isn't the way, rememba u hve unborn children that will obviously wonna knw hw there dad lived his life? Don't mention me if u wonna start argueing abt biafra....babye

My children will be proud, if they heard I was actively participating in getting their freedom.
They will be forever grateful to their fathers.

omenka:
Why the heck are we having this convo if I may ask??

This man, what are u afraid of?

I said earlier that I have always meant to ask you what your name means.

So in essence, Omenka means the same thing in ur native language and Igbo.

That's all.

Since you don't have convo unless na political arguments, it is well, me I don't like politics.

This man too like show.

Anything wey dem go use do show, Okorocha go be first person there.

Why this man dey like this sef?

This man too like show.

Anything wey dem go use do show, Okorocha go be first person there.

Why this man dey like this sef?

omenka:
Well I don't know if Omenka is native to igbos. 99% of the people I've seen bearing the name aren't Igbos.

The name reflects a valiant, a King, a very strong man.

What does it mean in igbo??

Means the same thing, someone who does something extra ordinary, someone known for doing what is no mean feat.
Like who pulls off some unbelievable deed.


Igala or Idoma?

Kennedyiheme:
Why is there so much hatred, where is humanity, where is love, most of the people that pertook in the civil war are dead, why are you people still remembering this thing, forget it and move on, embrace every tribe, love is essential and can do so many things to ones live....remove hatred from ur heart, its not worth it brothers

Leave Igbo moniker and enter your real one broh.

omenka:
Best answer to oafs like that. I just don't respond to them. Everyday they spam my mentions with those idiotic rants of theirs so much that I feel it is useless checking it when I get a notification.

To them, if you aren't a foolish bigot, them you aren't a brother.

And I still don't know what gives these kids the impression I'm Igbo. Is Omenka an Igbo name

Yes, it is an Igbo name, two people I know well, from my place answer the name.

We call one "Dee Omenka"

The other one "Dee Ome".


What does Omenka mean in your native language, I have always meant to ask you.

"shildren hof ate" will avoid this thread.


and they are already doing so.

donholy28:
Op are u done Oya go and commit suicide

Thank you!


Lalasticlala, FP.

M4gunners:
That@Aunty mi,must have been dreaming of ND oyel.Sis i be confirmed ND , but i belong to Biafra.If you like take the Oyel, but let us be.

Lol those people and oil.

Oyel, oyel, even if there is a way to kill everybody in SS/SE for them to have this oyel unrestricted, they'd have done so.

It was the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo who in 1947 famously declared that “Nigeria is not a nation but a mere geographical expression.” Likewise Yakubu Gowon, the then head of state had also in August 1966 declared that “there was no basis for Nigerian unity.” Of particular note is the attitude of the independence leaders; the duo of Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa who took over the reins of power at independence both of whom in words and deeds never failed to demonstrate their disbelief in Nigeria. While Ahmadu Bello in his book and autobiography “My Life” published in 1961; famously derided the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria as “the mistake of 1914,” Tafawa Balewa who became the prime minister at independence was no different. In 1948 while addressing the legislative council, he declared that “Since 1914 the British Government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the Nigerian people themselves are historically different in their backgrounds, in their religious beliefs and customs and do not show themselves any sign or willingness to unite. Nigerian unity is only a British intention for the country.”

Fast forward to 2005 and the Central intelligence agency (CIA) in the same vein broadly concluded that “while currently Nigeria's leaders are locked in a bad marriage that all dislike but dare not leave, there are possibilities that could disrupt the precarious equilibrium in Abuja and lead to outright collapse.” The conveners of PRONACO, notably the late Beko Ransome Kuti, and Chief Anthony Enahoro amongst others had similarly premised their campaign for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) on preventing the inevitable scenarios of eventual violent collapse. As is evident, the expressions of even those who have been opportuned to steer the ship of state demonstrates the extent to which Nigeria was and remains the mere geographical expression Chief Obafemi Awolowo once called it. It is thus no accident that every profile or introduction of Nigeria from the CIA World Factbook, the Tony Blair Foundation, Encyclopaedia, BBC country profile, the International Crisis Group (ICG), books, journals and government publications all begin their introductory profile or description of Nigeria with a labelling that aptly depicts Nigeria as a nation with deep ethnic and religious divisions.

In reality, Nigeria has historically been so divided that not even the independence struggle could unite them as was the case in other countries. Many do not realise that much of the casualties of the independence struggle was suffered not at the hands of the British colonialists as would be expected but at the hands of Northern leaders who in expression of their opposition to the call for independence by Anthony Enahoro in the federal parliament unleashed the infamous 1953 Kano riots that killed hundreds of people. These deep ethnic divisions also explains why Nigeria is the only country where nationalist pro-independence leaders could not win an outright victory in the post independence elections thereby making it possible for the Northern people’s congress that had opposed independence and severally expressed their disbelief in the idea of Nigeria to ironically form the first post-independence government. Subsequently every Nigerian leader has operated within a tribal prism without paying any attention to nation building. This crude resort to tribal alliances and the attendant domination, marginalisation and exclusion of other ethnic groups alongside other injustices is at the heart of Nigeria’s fault lines and existential crisis.

One Nigeria for all intents and purposes has been a scam. Neither the leaders nor the people believe in it beyond the lazy desire to share oil money. While a civil war was fought on the fraudulent premise of keeping Nigeria united, the war has been futile as the real reason behind the war was a desire to control the crude oil resources and not because there was any genuine desire to keep Nigeria united. This informs the sustained oppression and exclusion that trailed the aftermath of the so called war of unity in place of nation building which should have been the case had there been a genuine intention to keep Nigeria united without any ulterior motives. From a beginning that was marked by ethnic divisions Nigeria has continued on the trajectory of dangerous and increasingly violent divisions. In the absence of true federalism, justice/equality and abundance of leaders who abhor the necessity of nation building, Nigeria’s growing contradictions has birthed reactionary forces amongst which are MASSOB, MEND, OPC, Boko Haram and now Radio Biafra. These are all legitimate responses to a state that has failed to respond to its contradictions through nation building and other progressive policies of national integration. The vacuum created by the absence of nation building has naturally been filled by reactionary forces; some violent that has taken centre stage tearing at the fragile fabric of the nation.




A recent reminder of Nigeria’s deepening cleavages came from no other than the Oba of Lagos who threatened a section of the country with drowning in the sea if they didn’t vote for his preferred candidate, while Muhammadu Buhari as President has started off with appointments that clearly demonstrate sectionalism. Buhari himself later alluded to giving preferential treatment to those who voted for him during a question and answer session in the course of his visit to the United States. Not minding that we are in a democracy, this is a president who campaigned on the idea of changing Nigeria for the better yet has retreated to undemocratic practices and blatant sectionalism. It is no surprise then, that Radio Biafra has gained more popularity riding as it is on Buhari’s divisive policies that is further weakening the already fragile state. Radio Biafra is therefore a creation of Nigeria’s contradictions, exclusion, oppression, tribalism, born to rule system, injustice, inequality, apartheid and internal colonialism. In that regards, Radio Biafra is a legitimate reaction to Nigeria’s falsehood as a nation and successive bad leaders that has only made things worse.

Unlike some others, I don’t subscribe to the idea that Radio Biafra and its adherents are incapable of violence or war. History does not support such assumptions. Nothing in life has ever been written in stone and the lesson from Boko Haram and the near daily suicide bombings it now undertakes in a country where we once assumed that fearful Nigerians would never want to die for anything is a reminder that the truism ‘never say never’ is very true. Just like Boko Haram, Radio Biafra and its adherents could become radicalised enough to wage war and be successful at it. All through human history, the fear of death has never prevented or stopped warfare. Neither has it even stopped armed robbery here in Nigeria. War is a spirit and those who are sufficiently inspired or motivated would be willing to give their life for what they believe in. Millions across the world fought against colonial masters with vastly superior weaponry in the struggle for independence. Hundreds of people die daily in the Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Europe but that has not deterred those desperate enough to seek a better life from embarking on the perilous journey.

At independence, no one could have imagined that Nigerian would descend into tribal war in a few years, but when the conditions made war necessary, the war was fought with an unbelievable tenacity of purpose and resilience by the Biafrans who resisted Nigeria’s onslaught for almost three years with practically bare hands. Lesson is; no group should be pushed to the wall on assumption that they will not or cannot wage war. It would be a costly mistake as there is no precedent of any nation that survived a second civil war and Nigeria will not be an exception. Besides self determination from colonialism of all forms is a fundamental right enshrined in the United Nations charter. In this day and age the world is trending towards the use of democratic referendums to decide the quest for self determination and not war as the Scottish referendum recently demonstrated. In that regards it is entirely lawful to allow any region or regions that seek self determination to have a United Nations supervised referendum. In other words, if Radio Biafra succeeds in mobilising a critical mass of its target audience for self determination through for example a signed petition of up to half a million people, the Nigerian government would be bound by international law to let them have a referendum and in case of refusal, Radio Biafra would be within its right to wage war having exhausted all peaceful and legal means.

Truth is; Radio Biafra will not go away as far as the many injustices that birthed it remains. It will continue to grow and haunt Nigeria up to the possibility of open warfare except and until there is extensive dialogue between all Nigerian nationalities and an inclusive nation building constitution and leadership is constituted to aggressively initiative an all encompassing project of nation building. That is in the least, the only chance of permanently burying Radio Biafra and others like it. The alternative will be Nigeria’s inevitable disintegration sooner or later as even the Bible and the Koran in their divine wisdom did declare that a house divided against itself cannot stand. Those who have ears let them hear!

Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu


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