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gone are those days when we have potentials good leaders ready to take Nigeria to the next level.... RIP Are Moshood Abiola


thank u Babangida, we will never forget u for this

lie

he's not the only betrayal, Dogara should point the rest of his mates and they should be suspended

Very very possible, watch out for Nigerian's got talent, or american's got talent, u will see more

That means u aprehended fake suspects, innocent people

The man u voted against now turns your helper, next time be wise

Birds of same feathers

Am i the only one who doubt this story?

so u know thank God say him leave 288m for u? go ask wike how much ameachi leave

I don't know y FFK decided to ignore his daughters wedding but all I know is that a marriage that God has blessed will not see tribulations irrespective of any parental curse, Fani SirK should have thought if his daughters happiness first instead of washing his dirty clothes publicly

noblezone:
Which lesson?
Bros, we want Biafra.

oya go and get the biafra if them born una well

and it appears the iboes are yet to learn their lessons ojukwu failed to learn

this is what happens to your face after fighting a LION OR TIGER

return and do what? they elected u to protect them but u failed, u are living a kings life while ur ppl die like chickens and u want them back??

Smack your child in a way he/she will obey u

when Western education is prohibited, (bokoharam) how will they go to school? even the so called educated northerners are no different

lolz. so where will security comes from? how will bokoharam, kidnappers and rubber not have their way?

I SMH

God punish una.....
imagine the numbers of lives lost in the past 30 days, yet u are closing on, claiming to be winning the war against terror

mrkings84:
U everytime story gods!!
Are u one of the gods
U everytime story gods!!
Are u one of the gods

lolz u hash o

yeah we heard that from Jonathan, yet the masses keep dying

let's see if the armed force will disobey the president's order because of u

orelse what? give ur usual and chest less ultimatum as usual

does that change his name from Judas? he betrayed Jonathan, now Buhari

that small gal lack presidential home training

buhari should spank his daughter before spanking any Nigerian

useless ppl.... they embezzled the money and blamed vandalization, just like bank manager that embezzled and blamed the armed rubbers who rubbed his bank

lolz obama will certainly say yes

he was sacked actually

few days can be after 4 year

story for the gods

ewohh,!!! these ppl weh de approve state loans know de check their dept ballance? abi na bkos of wetin them sef wan chop

[quot the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self-succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation.

When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses.

For so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals.

Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists.

Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other “nationalities” that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances.

To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities. This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood.

I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation-building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys.

iii.The Igbo Factor and the Reasonable Limits of Retribution.

The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation. They led the first successful military coup which eliminated the Military and Political leaders of other regions while letting off Igbo leaders. Nwafor Orizu, then Senate President, in consultation with President Azikiwe, subverted the constitution and handed over power to Aguiyi-Ironsi. Subsequent developments, including attempts at humiliating other peoples, led to the counter-coup and later the civil war. The Igbos themselves must acknowledge that they have a large part of the blame for shattering the unity of this country.
Having said that, this nation must realise that Igbos have more than paid for their foolishness. They have been defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated, kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity.

The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set for the primaries, every gentleman´s agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate. Things went as far as getting the Federal Government to hurriedly gazette a pardon. Now, with this government, the marginalistion of the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb.
After the First World War, the victors treated Germany with the same contempt Nigeria is treating Igbos. Two decades later, there was a Second World War, far costlier than the first. Germany was again defeated, but this time, they won a more honourable peace. Our present political leaders have no sense of History. There is a new Igbo man, who was not born in 1966 and neither knows nor cares about Nzeogwu and Ojukwu. There are Igbo men on the street who were never Biafrans. They were born Nigerians, are Nigerians, but suffer because of actions of earlier generations. They will soon decide that it is better to fight their own war, and may be find an honourable peace, than to remain in this contemptible state in perpetuity.

The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos. For one Sardauna, one Tafawa Balewa, one Akintola and one Okotie-Eboh, hundreds of thousands have died and suffered.

If this issue is not addressed immediately, no conference will solve Nigeria´s problems. By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

Being Excerpts from A Paper Presented At The “National Conference On The 1999 Constitution” Jointly Organised By The Network For Justice And The Vision Trust Foundation, At The Arewa House, Kaduna From 11th –12th September, 1999.[/quote]