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This thread is in response to the one here https://www.nairaland.com/1234467/did-chinua-achebe-actually-anything

Achebe has done quite his bit in the Nigerian society

1. Like any good professor would do, he taught responsibly and qualitatively in Nigerian university(s), and contributing in training a new crop of Nigerians after him


2. He wrote novels which helped bring Nigeria to the limelight

3. He wrote novels which entertained Nigerians

4. He was the founding father of the African Writers Series

5. He had on many occasions lent his voice on the complaints about the bad leadership Nigeria has been saddled with in the past and present, even rejecting National Honors (2 x) that most Nigerians would be very very glad to accept.

That being said, I am not sure what else anyone would want him to do. Achebe was not a Nigerian public political figure. He has had no executive, legislative or judicial say in govt, except for his brief stint as Biafran representative and that was Biafra, not Nigeria.

The same question can be asked of Soyinka, JP CLarke and other literary giants who have not held public office in Nigeria: what did they do for Nigeria?

Op: Achebe asked me to tell you he does not need a national burial

emiye: What point are you lots making? That Daily trust fabricated numbers and apportion it to south east states? Are you people incapable of rational thinking?

We need to see existing staffing data in NAMA, not just the new recruitment. Also, we need to see data for all govt parastatals and ministries. Only then can we make a good judgement of the situation.

Pataki: At least Awolowo was respected by all. He died in his old age not crippled to a chair or writing a tribalistic book in his demented senses.

I am beginning to understand that you igbos have zero understanding as to the meaning of a 'bigot'.

Respected by whom? Yorubas only did. He was not known outside Yorubaland. He was a thorough bigot who died of suicide by poisoning.

Pataki: He gets his state burial in the US.

Please we the true Nigerians have forgotten there was a country bigot.

Ashebe never wanted to be remembered by Nigerians. He preferred his Igbo brethren than Nigerians as a whole.

Good riddance once again.

If Achebe was a bigot, what then was Awolowo, ''bigotest'' (chief bigot)?

Recently pulled up my University's ''Digital Measures'' (remade and revised version) to update my records for the 2012 annual review and lo and behold, Igbo language was one of the languages you need to select from if you spoke any other language than English. Then I wondered, who/what gave the Igbo and their language global recognition.


1. Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart depicting Igbo culture and published in more than 50 languages?
2. The civil war which was globally reported at the time?
3. Ojukwu, who led the Igbo in that civil war?
4. Nnamdi Azikiwe, who was one of the first Nigerians to study abroad, and who later became Nigeria's first, albeit ceremonial, president?
5. Two or more of the above?

That is the point. They all joined in making a collective bad decision.

The entire Council of State (present and past HOSs and present state governors) who granted these pardons were so, so wrong in some of the pardons. This is one of them.

http://odili.net/news/source/2013/mar/24/610.html

Shocking case of gay Major pardoned by Jonathan

Written by Tayo Babarinde
Saturday, March 23, 2013


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Major Bello Magaji did not plan a coup and so did not fall into the category of convicted coupists pardoned last week by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Council of State had ratified a proposal by the President to grant presidential pardon to eight Nigerians, including Magaji.

Pardoned alongside him were former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters in the regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, the late General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua; a former Chief of General Staff under General Sani Abacha's regime, General Oladipo Diya and a former Minister of Works, the late Major-General Abdul Kareem Adisa.

Others are a former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Mohammed Lima Biu; a former Managing Director of Bank of the North, Shettima Bulamma, and Major Seun Fadipe.

Yar'Adua, Diya, Fadipe and Adisa were pardoned for their alleged role in the phantom coup of 1995 and 1997, while Bulamma and others got pardoned for economic crimes.

But the offence for which Magaji was court-martialed and convicted was that he was defiling young boys in the barracks, having anal sex with them. And now, he has got pardoned, thereby having his sins wiped off the books.

Magaji, a commissioned officer in the Nigeria Army, was arraigned before the General Court Martial on 6 February, 1997 on a charge of sodomy, contrary to Section 81(1) (a) of the Armed Forces Decree 1993. The particulars of the offence are that he sometime in 1996 had carnal knowledge of four boys. He pleaded not guilty to the charge but was convicted.

The ex-major lost at the Appeal Court and ultimately at the Supreme Court, which on 7 March, 2008 dismissed his case as lacking in merit. The Major's statement of defence and the testimonies of his victims are as interesting as they are shocking. As noted by the Supreme Court, the case brought to the fore, the need for parents to take very keen interest in the movements of their kids.

One of the victims, Emmanuel, as first prosecution witness, said in his evidence in-chief at pages 23 and 24 of the court record, and was quoted in very large parts by the Supreme Court:

"When I went inside, I saw Joseph with Oga Magaji. Then Oga asked me my name, and then I told him my Joseph (sic) said yes. So, he asked Joseph if he knew me and Joseph said yes. So, he said I should go inside and sit down. Then, when we went inside, I saw Mohammed and he said it has been long he was inside; he overslept. Then, I asked Joseph the time they came there. Joseph said it has been long, that Mohammed took a bottle of Gulder, that's why he went asleep. By then, Sam came in, brought a bottle of small stout and gave me to drink, but I said I didn't want to drink because I was not used to it, but he said if I don't drink it, I wouldn't work for Oga, he will not accept me. Then, he opened the small stout for me. I took a little out of it and it was bitter, I couldn't take it, so I gave it to Joseph, who took the rest.

"After five minutes my eyes were turning me, Joseph said me and Mohammed should go inside the bedroom to take a bath so that our eyes will stop turning us, we accepted, took our bath and when we wanted to put our clothes on, Joseph brought out one army singlet, shirt and nicker, and a night gown and he said we should put them on we asked him why. He said we could not go home that patrol will hold us, that we had to sleep till the following day so we accepted and put them on. Then he showed us the guest room that we should go inside that that is where we were going to sleep. All of us went inside the guest room, suddenly, Joseph went outside saying he was going to collect something from the sitting room. When he went out, just immediately he went out then Major Magaji came inside the room. When he came inside, because I and Mohammed were sleeping on the bed he sat on the bed and asked us what we were discussing, we said nothing. It was then he removed his singlet and removed Mohammed's own and started romancing Mohammed's body and used my hand and put it on his tommy and said that I should be romancing his tommy, After that, he off his knickers and off Mohammed's knickers and he sexed Mohammed through the anus. Then, Mohammed shouted that this wasn't what Joseph told him that he was coming to do there. Then, Oga stood up and Mohammed went out. Before Mohammed went out, he told Mohammed to bring a white container. When Mohammed brought the container the container was filled with cream, so he used the cream to rob our pains; I and Mohammed and then Mohammed went out then Oga wanted to use me too. He turned me upside down and used his penis and put it into my anus then, I shouted that I can't take it that is not what Joseph told me too then he said I should go out."

Joseph, in his evidence in-chief, said at page 28 of the court record:

"There was a day; it was on a Friday evening. I was standing in my area, then Oscar called me and said that I should go and take bathe that he will take me to somewhere. I thought that it was joking matter because I use to fear that boy before, but I took my bathe. After taking my bathe, he gave me transport fare to go to camp 1, at the offers' mess. He said he was coming to meet me there. He told me that he was taking me there to go and do a contract of ridges not knowing that he was taking me there to go and do another thing. When we entered Maj. Magaji's house, they gave me small stout to drink. I said no that I have not tried it before. They said I should try it that it is only a bottle of small stout. When I drank it, it was bitter so I told them I can't finish it but they urged me to finish it. After I finished drinking, my eyes started turning me. Then the officer told me to go into his bedroom and lie down so that my eyes will steady. I went inside and lay on the bed. In the night the offr came into the room and started romancing my body so I was thinking within me, "ah, this man is a senior officer, how can he be doing a thing like this" but I was afraid to speak out so he told me to lie down on the floor and turn my back, then I refused I told him I can't do that, so he brought a container of cream and said I should be rubbing the cream on his penis. After some time, I told him I had to be going because it was getting late in the night. He said I shouldn't worry that I should go and bath. After my bath he gave me N1500.00k and said I should give Oscar N500.00k for bringing me. Then when I came out I gave Oscar N500.00k and it remained N1000.00k. Out of the N1000.00k Oscar collected N100.00k and it remained N900.00k. From the N900.00k, I bought things paid small small credit I was owing and bought school uniform for myself."

Court records have the Major as telling the court martial that: "... I had some passes with them short of sexual intercourse ... they massaged me. I have to state that on the day in question, the massage they did to me included my private parts and I had romances with them. We were naked."

In the lead judgment of the Supreme Court, Justice Niki Tobi said: "By his conduct, the appellant re-ordered God's creation. Has he got the power to do that? No. No human being, whether in the military or not, has the power to re-order God's creation. After all, we are not talking of fighting a war. By his conduct, the appellant has brought shame to himself. Although a bit of the dent is on the Army, I am not prepared to hold that Force guilty of the conduct of the appellant. The Army did not ask him to commit this heinous and atrocious offence. He is a terrible criminal. And he is alone, clearly alone.

"This case clearly brings to the open, the problem of poverty in our society; not just poverty, but abject poverty. It is in evidence that the victims were hired by money. Parents should try as much as they can to provide for the needs of their children. And when I say this, I am not unaware or oblivious of the fact that some children are not satisfied even if their parents supply all their needs because of their insatiable growing and glowing gluttony for more and more, like Oliver Twist of literary fame."

The Supreme Court in 2008 affirmed the Major's conviction and sentence by the Court Martial but his prayers were answered last week by the Council of State. He was pardoned.

eko ile aka babapupa aka tinubu

front page pls.

See how Yoruba dey fight each other for Jonathan
Okupe fight Tinubu
Fani fight Abati
Abati fight OBJ
All for Jonathan. Na wao!!

ochukoccna: Ebele's 2015 ambition will ruin this country
I hope the first 2 questions pressmen ask the new Niger Delta minister is,
1-SIR WHY DID YOU SNEAK INTO NIGERIA FROM THE UK DRESSED AS A VERY UGLY WOMAN?
2-CAN YOU GO AND TEST YOUR PRESIDENTIAL PARDON IN THE UK?
That's all

Awom omo THIEF Tinubu

Ila indigenes urge Jonathan to pardon Tafa Balogun
March 17, 2013 by Tunde Odesola, Osogbo 13 Comments
former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun

former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun
| credits: abc News

The people of Ila-Orangun town in Osun State have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to extend state pardon to a former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun, saying his conviction was political.

Osun State Chairman of the defunct Justice Party, Mr. Adesoji Adeleke, stated this in a telephone interview with our correspondent, on Friday.

Adeleke, who hails from Obalogbo’s compound, Oke-Jigbo, in Okomo Ruling House, Ila-Orangun, said it was wrong of the Federal Government to leave out Balogun in the state pardon.

He said, “We are contacting all Ila parapo on Sunday with a view to knowing what next step to take on the issue. His travail is not unconnected with the politics of succession at that time.

“Is the pardon of a former Governor of Bayesla State, Dieprieye Alamieyesiegha, the sole reason why President Jonathan extended the pardon to some other select individuals? Osun too deserves to enjoy the pardon. We trust that the President will extend the pardon to Balogun.”

A resident of Ila, Group Captain Raimi Ogunbunmi, also called on Jonathan to pardon Balogun, saying the era of the former IG witnessed unprecedented development in the police force.

Explaining that Balogun was a ‘victim of circumstance,’ Ogunbunmi, said it was wrong to jail Balogun at the time.

http://www.punchng.com/news/ila-indigenes-urge-jonathan-to-pardon-tafa-balogun/

ochukoccna: Yes,misplaced priorities such as giving a convicted felon like Alams and his militant rags tag gun runners amnesty rather than a Ken Saro Wiwa & 8 others who fought the military with only their words and captured global imagination such that till today,Shell has yet to resume oil pumping from there

You people did the same here

Ila indigenes urge Jonathan to pardon Tafa Balogun
March 17, 2013 by Tunde Odesola, Osogbo 13 Comments
former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun

former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun
| credits: abc News

The people of Ila-Orangun town in Osun State have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to extend state pardon to a former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun, saying his conviction was political.

Osun State Chairman of the defunct Justice Party, Mr. Adesoji Adeleke, stated this in a telephone interview with our correspondent, on Friday.

Adeleke, who hails from Obalogbo’s compound, Oke-Jigbo, in Okomo Ruling House, Ila-Orangun, said it was wrong of the Federal Government to leave out Balogun in the state pardon.

He said, “We are contacting all Ila parapo on Sunday with a view to knowing what next step to take on the issue. His travail is not unconnected with the politics of succession at that time.

“Is the pardon of a former Governor of Bayesla State, Dieprieye Alamieyesiegha, the sole reason why President Jonathan extended the pardon to some other select individuals? Osun too deserves to enjoy the pardon. We trust that the President will extend the pardon to Balogun.”

A resident of Ila, Group Captain Raimi Ogunbunmi, also called on Jonathan to pardon Balogun, saying the era of the former IG witnessed unprecedented development in the police force.

Explaining that Balogun was a ‘victim of circumstance,’ Ogunbunmi, said it was wrong to jail Balogun at the time.

http://www.punchng.com/news/ila-indigenes-urge-jonathan-to-pardon-tafa-balogun/

Abati is a two-faced hypocritical fellow, typical of folks from his neck of the wood.

My prophet husband womanises, drinks, gambles', woman tells Lagos court

by Agency Reporter



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A prophetess, Mrs. Titilayo Oluokun, 51, has pleaded with the Agege Customary Court to end her union with Prophet Adewale Oluokun.

Titilayo, who lives at 18, Aina-Aladi Street, Agbado, says she has been living with Oluokun for 22 years without a proper marriage ceremony and that she has two children for him.

She said, "He doesn't care for me and my children, he womanises, he drinks, he gambles and he also beats me up.

"He marries wives everywhere and he has issues with all of them. He married four wives, I am the second. The first one has three children for him; the fourth one is now carrying his child."

She said after they moved to another area, her husband impregnated another woman.

Out of frustration she took the matter to the Alakuko Customary Court, where they asked both of them to resolve the matter amicably because people of God should not be heard telling such stories.

She said being his usual habit, Adewale did impregnate yet another woman, and this time, she reported the matter to the elders in the church but instead, they told the couple that no church member must hear of such 'mess.'

Prophet Oluokun was not present in court to defend himself.

Mr. Emmanuel Sokunle, the court president, said, "It is a two-way thing. You can blame your husband for everything. Do you perform your own duty as a wife and a responsible mother?"

She responded by saying, "I might have my own faults but I respect my husband the way a good woman should."

When she was asked what she wanted the court to do for her she said, "I don't want his money, God will take care of my children for me; all I want from him is to be responsible for the education and health fees. I want my children with me and not with him and I don't want him anywhere close to me."

The case was adjourned till April 3, 2013.

Men! The thing we our SW brothers dey do for this country. Hooliganism in high places.

Obasanjo Once Physically Beat Up Doyin Okupe For Being Dishonest - Junaid Mohamed
Posted: March 16, 2013 - 17:23
Olusegun Obasanjo
By SaharaReporters, New York



Russia-trained medical doctor and radical Northern Nigeria politician, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, this morning on a radio show in Abuja said that for his acts of insincerity and dishonesty in Aso Rock, former President Olusegun Obasanjo once beat up Dr. Doyin Okupe, who is now President Goodluck Jonathan’s defender-in-chief.



He also hit at Jonathan’s political adviser, Ahmed Gulak, whom he dismissed as a desperate and illogical politician sailing on the capsized boat of a failed presidency.



“I was there when President Olusegun Obasanjo physically beat and assaulted him because of his attitude and lack of honesty,” he said of Okupe. “I was also there when Chief of Staff to Obasanjo, Maj.Gen. Mohammed called him and scolded him because of his behaviour. And the same character is today entering what he doesn’t know, is a PR practitioner? Is he a journalist?”



Mohammed further described Okupe as “shameless,” adding that he has ignorantly been defending President Jonathan without being privy to the reality of Jonathan’s atrocities, as a result of which Okupe will continue to face morality and credibility challenges.



“I know how he kept troubling Obasanjo and he was given the job, later on he showed his [true] colours and was kicked-out…He is busy doing harm again to his remaining person. Even Gulak with his proud moustache is doing same, shamelessly because of Jonathan.”



When the moderator asked Junaid, what did Okupe did to defend himself when Obasanjo was beating him up, Mohammed responded, “What would he do? Do you know who were there? There were deluges of security operatives, no matter [his being] younger than Obasanjo, he could not help himself but just received the beatings.”



He challenged Okupe to deny his account. “I was there and saw it, let him come out and deny it, let’s see.”

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/obasanjo-once-physically-beat-doyin-okupe-being-dishonest-junaid-mohamed

Yoruba for lyfe

Oba = king
Fa = f//u/c///k
Aiye =life or world

Obafaiye Shem
Shem is a biblical name (one of the biblcl sages) and many Nigerians bear English first or family names
A good example is Olabode George and Kenny Martins, both Yoruba

I am 100% sure he is Yoruba.