escapefromusa: The only person that has the right to disown a son is a father or grandfather.
You can stop him from coming to umunna meeting and a few things but his right as an son is not yours to take because it was not yours to give in the first place.
Thrash.
You are correct. However to disown has less effect than ostracize or banish. I had wished the family ostracize or banish the efulefu from Nnewi.
Timmi: Okoroemeka, it doesn’t matter who you think wrote the constitution. The fact of the matter is the constitution was drafted by committee that reflects the composition of the different regions and religion in the country. We might not like the constitution as it is, but it is what it is and the lawyer stated the fact based on this existing constitution. If you want agitation and separation to be allowed, then wait until that is reflected in the new or proposed constitution- that is, if one is been proposed.
Does the silly constitution not support civil or individual liberty? Why have Nigerians being recklessly murdered by Fulani armed forces cum Nigerian armed forces?
If Miyetti Allah mounts on any open space in Abuja and announce to grant independence to northern region of Nigeria or even declare Islamic Republic of Arewa, the Fulani armed forces cum Nigerian armed forces will stand guard to provide them with protection. In fact, Nigeria needs to be destroyed.
Buckeyemedia1: In all honesty I am sorry for you, extremely myopic & clueless, a very naive thing, don’t know if you can be categorized as human?
An animal cannot categorize human beings. Have you for a moment ask your dull self why Nigerians such as Buhari send their kids overseas for tertiary education? Do you know the reasons affluent Nigerians send their pregnant wives to faraway US or UK to give birth? How would a stiff understand the intrigue behind the above scenarios?
Buckeyemedia1: Who forced anyone to give birth to you in Nigeria?Charity they say begins at home.
The bolded is another unfortunate plank to this discussion. Birth in Nigeria is very useless. The most useful thing about the shithole called Nigeria is change. The statement in red is one of the reasons most people with intellect way above that of animals in Nigeria advocate for change. Those who failed to encourage peace make war inevitable.
Buckeyemedia1: Which part or section of the constitution grants secessionist that fundamental right you are purportedly claiming? Stop living in your own world, no wonder you never win, & wail all the time because you have refused to study to find yourself approved.
What a silly question to ask. If such progressive part of mankind has found a way to the constitution of the shithole called Nigeria, it means the writers of such document are not Nigerians and probably have the intellect above of monkey. I am not surprised you used secessionist to define people who hunger for self determination. I had wondered why you did not add the famous word, terrorist, to the mix.
Tell them now, the AGITATORS will now say one useless piece of paper created by the UN is more important than the constitution of Nigeria.
Section 2(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as Amended states that Nigeria is one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state. This clearly means that Nigeria is a sovereign state that cannot be split or divided into parts neither can any part of or group of people in Nigeria seced from Nigeria.
If there is anything which had consigned Nigeria to the tenant of dustbin, the above silly clause reigns supreme. Who introduced such a maniacal clause to the constitution of the shithole called Nigeria?
Thinkfree: Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 1st Vice President, John Aikpokpo-Martins, Saturday said any President of Nigeria is constitutionally bound to crush secessionists like Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho.
Mr Aikpokpo-Martins said under Nigerian law, self-determination agitations are “simply unconstitutional”.
He faulted secessionists’ claim that agitation for self-determination is a fundamental right, noting that Chapter 4 (fundamental human rights guaranteed provisions) of the 1999 Constitution does not include the right to expressions seeking to divide the country.
The NBA official stated this in his personal capacity in a post on his Facebook page titled, STIRRING THE HORNET’S NEST; THE MENS REA.
He began his post by differentiating between the agitations of a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo on the one hand, and that by Boko Haram, the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and Igboho, on the other.
Mr Kanu, the leader of IPOB that is calling for the independence of Biafra from Nigeria, was presented before a federal high court in Abuja last Tuesday, days after his arrest at an undisclosed location abroad.
A team of joint security operatives invaded Mr Igboho’s house in Soka, Ibadan, capital of Oyo State around 1an last Thursday, barely 72 hours to his plan to hold a rally in Lagos to further canvas for the Yoruba nation.
Defending the government’s actions “strictly based on the law”, Aikpokpo-Martins said: “Let it be known that there is a major difference in the agitation of the Niger Delta militants as led by Tompolo etc to the agitations of Boko Haram, IPOB and Sunday Igboho.
“Tompolo never agitated for a different country; this is very very significant and must reflect on how he is treated.
“Whereas Boko Haram, IPOB and Sunday Igboho are agitating to carve different countries out of Nigeria, Tompolo never did that; he is a Nigerian and advocates for justice and equity albeit as a Nigerian and in Nigeria.
“Constitutionally, no President (whether he is a Buhari, Nnamdi, Babatunde, Ahmed, Osahon, Wike, Aper etc) worth his job will treat those agitating for self-determination with kid’s gloves; he is constitutionally and legally mandated and obliged to crush such people.
“You may mouth fundamental human rights to self-determination etc, but the fact is, the Nigerian constitution described Nigeria as one indivisible country; see section 2(1) of the 1999 constitution.”
He explained that Buhari took an oath to defend the constitution, “so how can a President who swore to defend the constitution which contained a clause providing for the indivisibility of the country turn around to condone agitations for self-determination whether by peaceful and or violent agitations, when such agitations are directed at the core of the validity/legitimacy of the constitution he swore to defend?” According to him, such agitations are “simply unconstitutional and the President is constitutionally bound to crush same.”
He contended further that Chapter 4 (fundamental human rights guaranteed provisions) of the constitution that many rely on to defend protests, agitations and rallies to demand for a division of Nigeria into different countries “did not guarantee such expressions when such expressions or assemblages are directed at the validity and/or legitimacy of the constitution itself ie seeking a divisible Nigeria!
Foolish John Aikpokpo-Martins remains one reason Nigeria is a shithole. I had wished in you concentrated your moronic effort on the areas the silly constitution dealt with civil liberty. Nigerian paramilitary units enjoy the excesses of extra-judicial killing of Nigerian citizens yet a jackass such as you with nonsensical NBA baggage had the effrontery to talk about crushing individuals. Self-Determination is alienable right which the foolish Nigeria appended. I an not surprised Nigeria has fools such as you roaming freely hence the classification of the country as basket of fools. If Kanu and Igboho do not have express right to self determination, a monkey such as you do not have any right to walk the streets of the cesspit called Nigeria.
What type of country is Nigeria? They have fire engine and water to fight protesters of self determination however do not have same to fight fire in Nigeria.
Kaiser20: If this is true, then the Hausa/ Fulani born to rule sickness is about to be cured. Any day Yorubas join the rest of the southern Nigerian struggle Hausa/ Fulanis are in trouble. The only hope the north have is to collaborate with SW, buhari's case is an example.
The bolded is the weakest link in the solidarity of the southern Nigeria.
Lifestone: But they are all people on interest in their countries. I could hear Kenya loud and clear, don't come into our country if you are a fugitive. At his level I expect Kanu to profile the countries he will visit, Kenya's position has been very clear
Most Yoruba people smell like rotten rat when I lived in Lagos. I knew they wore charms socked in blood which gave such bad odor. The room which harbored those Sunday Igboho's charms will smell like hell on earth.
jrjfjfj: The earlier my fellow Yorubas realize that igbos doesnt love you the better for them .All they are after is to mock you after your downfall.Any Yoruba doing anything with igbo or fulani is going to regret it at the end .Igbo and fulani have been friends since BALEWA/AZIKWE Government in 1959.So forget that trash of igbos telling you they hate fulanis,Igbos and fulanis are allies ,YORUBAS DONT BE FOOLED.
Since 1967 you and Yoruba have been friends with Fulani, even most Oba in Yoruba land had insinuated Yoruba and Fulani were brothers, what caliber of Nigeria do we have?
melaniaup: Down the history during colonial rule each black nation showed interest to each nation who were still colonize by the Power that be.
Not revelling too much, Kenya Grandeur freedom fighter in those days in time who happens to be the Father of the Current President of Kenya. He Goes by the name Jomo Kenyatta, he has a street named after him in Enugu during the days he ran to Nnamdi Azikiwe for help during the his days as a freedom fighter in the now Kenya.
He was welcome and treated well and even got a street name Kenyatta after his name.
Then Nnamdi Azikiwe help him in all he can and gave him the support he needed.
Present day now, the Kenyatta's not only betray the East, they also betray the Nnamdi's.
Moral story.. is it good to be good
It is still mindboggling to know that Jomo Kenyatta's Kenya did not recognize Biafra during Nigeria\Biafra war.
The fools who lead Nigeria will buy fire engine for police and army to be used against the citizens who protest yet could not provide same to fight real fire outbreaks all over the country. What is actually wrong with Africans?
kinematlcs: But at least I have come see the glorified village that's Owerri.
You are what I thought you were in character. By your silly admission, you saw a glorified village not urban city. What the people of Imo State have in Owerri is a beautiful and growing urban city. I hope you are not allowed to get close to a handgun.
Easternblood: Exactly , all these plazas Igbos are building up and down, I mean stack 3 or 4 plazas vertically it becomes a high rise building. We all know, high rise buildings characterize modern cities
Not true to the bolded. It is only in the mindset of a goon.
kinematlcs: Lol it doesn't matter how much you cry, but the truth is very bitter, Owerri is a glorified village littered with bad roads, filth, prostitutes, armed robbers, kidnappers, terrorists, etc. More than 90% of Imo indigenes are living in PH, this because Imo state is a failed state. Fact
I really do not think you will ever see an urban setup in your miserable life.
sanctity454: That's why am happy with OCDA new directive of tree planting.
It is good to have such idea of planting trees however it should fruit bearing trees and must incorporate strict measure of maintenance. Given the mannerism of most Nigerians toward maintenance, it will be hard sale for me to consider.
seankafor: how I wish this can be replicated in all roundabouts in the states or even the country at large
This is nothing wrong about roundabouts if only they are situated in the cities and road users know and obey the traffic rules. Most Nigerians do not know who has the right of way at the junction or roundabout. Nigeria is always the case of fresh palm-wine in old calabash. Nigeria sucks!!!!
If not for the stupidity of certain southerners in 1967, it could be tough soldiers from soldiers from Republic of Southern Nigeria such as Ikonso and Igboho versus the moronic bandits from Islamic Republic of Arewa. I hate everythibg about the shithole called Nigeria.
I really want the northern elites of Nigeria to cling to power beyond 2023 so it will quicken the disintegration of the shithole called Nigeria. The only means by which Nigerians could see untapped progress is disintegration.
vasel15: As we all follow the Fulanis menace we see how they have been going around destroying people farms and taking over their farmland and they have been doing it from Taraba to Niger to Benue state and they are [b]currently doing it in Yoruba land, I mean Yoruba land, I mean the audacity the Fulanis have is mindblowing, I mean how dare they.
[/b]I don't understand what is going on in this country and they are still saying they would come back and kill more people and as you can see from the video people have deserted the village.
Our leaders have failed us both Igbo and Yoruba leaders and they need to be proactive like Ortom and this is not even funny anymore, I am Igbo but I am so so angry right now because only a foolish person would laugh at this and I say to Igbo and Yoruba one Nigeria supporters, I hope you see your lives now
I guess the "Evil that men do lives after them". A person wonders what the disintegrated Nigeria would have looked today with seemingly three countries or more. It is very disheartening that Yoruba peeps who laid their lives on the line for Buhari and northerners to survive famine are now the butt of joke by Fulani and the north. What an irony of fate. I really want 1967 all over again so that certain peeps can regain self esteem.
Fahdiga: A well written article that depict the state of Nigeria at the moment. The man raised salient points that only foolish people won't understand. Let me rephrase what he said to mentally deranged fellows who are suffering and smiling. He said now that Kanu has been arrested will it solve all Nigeria's security problems? Will Kanu's arrest reduce fuel and food prices in the market? Will it stop Buhari from appointing only northerners in key positions despite the south being the goose that lays the golden egg in terms of oil? Will it stop the Yorubas from running away to Benin Republic IDP when terrorist Fulanis strikes? All this and many other questions are begging for answers but some children of perdition are busy chasing shadows
He wrote the effort wasted on the arrest of MNK was a misplaced priority. In fact, the professor even suggested IPOB cause of death, if any, cannot be equal to the number of people killed in day by the Fulani herdsmen and bandits. He even insinuated the government led by the fool called Buhari is in locked step with Fulani herdsmen and bandits hence the video he sent to Attorney-General.
bilms: *WE AIN’T AS DIFFERENT AS SOME THINK- Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim*
In the contest for power and resources in history, people always try to outdo each other by creating divisions around race, ethnicity, or faith. People do this to enlist group support for otherwise private agenda or whip support for personal disappointment or loss, as it presently is.
Sometimes when faith and ethnicity are the same, demagogue explores doctrinaire differences as it was in Europe in the 17th century, where European kings fought a 30 years’ war dividing themselves into Catholics or protestants between 1618 and 1648.
Europe never emerged significantly as a powerhouse until it overcame that era of darkness, only then was it able to march into renaissance (Enlightenment), Industrial Revolution and Democracy.
Ethnically and religiously homogeneous Somalia, whose war lords divided it along clans, has yet to escape from the ruins and darkness of her own division. Rwanda to the contrary is matching forward, having buried the Ghost of hatred, making development a focus.
When I was a young student both at A’ levels and the University, it was our aspiration to seek the unity of all of Africa into one country in the manner America as espoused by Kwame Nkrumah (the first Prime Minister of Ghana), and Sekou Toure (the first President of Guinea), and other great Nationalists. Some of our mentors in Nigeria, such as Alao-Aka Bashorun, worked as Pan Africanist in drafting the constitutions of many newly independent African countries, in a clime when Nigeria’s Justice Akinola Aguda served as Chief Justice of Botswana.
We saw all Africans as same, and we perceived any attack on any group of Africans as an attack on the rest of us. It was in that spirit that on January 6, 1988, Rotimi Ewebiyi, Olaitan Oyerinde, Chris Ayaze, Sylvester Odion, and my humble self-all students of the University of Lagos-were arrested and detained after the massive protest we staged alongside Nigerian workers and students, following Prime Minister Thatcher of Britain’s visit. We were protesting in Nigeria against her pro-apartheid policy in South Africa.
Where we are coming from is of course very far from where we are now, where people are demonstrating to break Nigeria. In the days of yore, it was unimaginable for us that there will come a time that advocacy will become fervent that we break Nigeria into separate countries. Nigeria, which we considered then as one of the small 52 States of Africa-just the size of California.
Everything from farming practices, pastoralist Vs farmers, differences in dressing, climate and land are being thrown in the discus to magnify our differences. The methods are even regrettably pedestrian, in what seem to be an argument that it is needless to save the unity of the country.
Tragically, those who have held high offices in Nigeria at one point are stoking the current embers of disunity. The truth, very stubborn truth, is that we are the same people, more than the magnifying glasses of separatists want us to see.
Nigeria may have diverse languages, but the cultures of most Nigerian ethnic groups are the same, pointing to the same roots in distant history and here is why. The Cosmogony, religious rights, history and cultures of most Nigerians (Pre-colonial and Pre-Arabic influence) are largely the same, despite diversity in language.
The African American scholar, Chancellor Williams has already done justice to this question in his seminar work “The destruction of African civilization: Great issue of a Race.”. Williams explained that two major factors account for why Africa, though account for less than 3% of global trade, is home to the highest numbers of languages and dialects in the world, but same culture.
These factors are first, the migration that occurred in prehistoric times because of the dry up (desertification) of the areas of the Sahara, which was home to a previously thriving culture and life.
The second was forced migration, owing to various wars of conquest, according to Professor Williams. When people flee, they go in small bands in different directions, carrying the memory of their cultures and cosmogony, but often lose their original languages as they travel far. In Nigeria, it is possible to decipher a definite relationship in the pre-colonial and pre-Arabically influenced cultures of western and Northern Nigeria. These are presumed to be cultures whose ruling classes migrated from Meriotic Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt.
The same practices in the Hausa Bori cult of worship, exists in the Sango(Yoruba) cult of worship. Similarly, the same practices are found in the Amadioha worship circle amongst the Igbos, who, though, are associated with the Bantustan stock. The details of these assumptions should have by now been a subject of a detail study in archaeology, history, linguistics, using modern technology of historical reconstruction.
Cheikh Anta Diop, who I consider the most outstanding African scholar (historian, physicist, Archaeologist and Chemist) has done some pioneer work on this subject and planned a perspective for historical reconstruction of Africa cultures which establishes that Africans are essentially the same people, not different people and can live together and must ever break from been sliced into tiny groups for easy conquest. This was his preoccupation with his books. "Cultural unity of Africa”, “Africa pre-colonial", "The African origin of civilization, myth or reality", "Civilization or Barbarism".
And last, “The Economic and Cultural basis for a Federated African State". I recommend these important works for advocates of separatism, who constantly repeat the false doctrine that “we are different people we cannot live together, let everyone go their ways”.
Africans everywhere are of the same ancestry, all human beings are of the same ancestry, and so says the Bible in Act of Apostle, 17:26; “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for dwelling on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;”
Let us resolve our economic and political challenges in Nigeria in the political turf. Let us keep ethnic division and religious bigotry out of it. Ethno-religious confrontation are conflicts no one can ever win, as all are always losers in that field.
Nigeria is a beautiful country, the most formidable promise of the African people. It started well at independence and her people had learnt to live together peacefully well until the setback of the civil war triggered by the 1966 military coup.
The fantastic testament of our peaceful co-existence and integration includes such occasions as when the mainly Christian voters of Gboko elected a Kanuri Muslim man, Abubakar Imam, to represent them in the Northern State Assembly. It includes when Chief Obafemi Awolowo campaigned for Ernest Ikoli, an Ijaw man in the Lagos elections, against a fellow Ijebu man, Akinsanya. In the early 1960’s right to the Seventies (‘70’s), Easterners like Kalu Anya served in Borno Judiciary, as well as justice Olagunju a Yoruba man from Offa, who trained many Jurists in the Sokoto Division.
Today’s setbacks are not conclusive evidence of our inability to live together, but challenges we must overcome, as even the most advanced countries of the world such as United States of America, United Kingdom, Spain, and France still grapple with issues of identity.
Nigerians up till today are still more tolerant of each other than the separatist’s propaganda want us to believe. Even as we write, the only seat allocated to Kebbi State at the Supreme Court is occupied by a Jurist originally from Delta State, who practiced in the old Sokoto State and married from Argungu, Justice Amina Adamu Augie. Kebbi people do not regard her as a foreigner but a loyal daughter of Kebbi. It is time to talk a little more about the prime point in our journey to National integration rather than our low points.
Nigerians can live together peacefully and in prosperity once we regain our minds to do some of the right things, including decentralizing more powers to the States and Local Government; electing focused leaders with clear vision for economic and social development with character and antecedents that show they can deliver on promises; and embarking immediately on a policy of national reconciliation and inclusiveness.
These are what Nigeria needs, not division!
Happy New Month, Friends. #BetterTogtherWithHashim
Above is arrant nonsense!!!! The illogicality it espoused remains one of the reasons Nigeria is disjointed.
Politics › Re: Joe Igbokwe’s Family Disowns Him. Says He’s A Prodigal Son by Idiko1: 1:05pm On Jul 04, 2021
