CilicMarin: SECURITY OPERATIVES RAID SUSPECTED IPOB/ESN CAMP IN AGBOCHIA FOREST, KILL SEVEN SUSPECTS AND ARREST FIVE Security Operatives comprising Troops of 6 Division, DSS, and NSCDC led by Brig.Gen. MD Danja conducted a raid on a suspected IPOB/ESN camp in Agbochia forest, and killed seven suspects, and arrested five in the process.
The successful raid was conducted around 6.15am on Thursday May 27 in Agbochia Forest along Pipelines Road Ogali/ Kom-Kom boundary between Eleme and Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State.
During the raid, the combined security operatives engaged the criminals in a gun battle and eliminated seven of them while five were arrested.
Items Recovered
The security operatives recovered two AK 47 rifles, Two G3 rifles, One locally made machine gun, One G3 Magazine, Three rounds of 7.62mm special, 10 rounds 7.62mm x 51mm NATO, One cutlass, Five Baofeng handheld radios with chargers, Ten black Barrett's, One NAF Tag and rank of an LCPL, Thirteen belts, One locally made helmet with ESN inscription, 36 mobile phones, One NPF face cap, Five pieces of boots, One camouflage T-Shirt, Three backpacks, and Other valuable documents.
The camp was destroyed by the security personnel, and the suspects arrested have been handed to the Rivers State Police command for discreet investigation.
It is very silly to see every raid of criminal dens are tagged ESN and IPOB camps. The quality of the gadgets recovered from these kidnapping gangs will easily tell someone the suspects are not ESN or IPOB. The bolded in red had rubbished the crap about going through Ogoni to the sea. I have maintained that Eleme has never being and will not be Ogoni.
YouWillNotWin: My brother are you happy with the way they are wasting our young men and displaying their lifeless bodies on a daily basis ?
If you are so determined as a Biafran, why not come off Nairaland and go into the bush like ESN ? Why are you cheering them from afar while you make plans for your own future ?
You seem to assume too much. Are you insinuating by any means that ESN peeps are not open to Nairaland? I really do not think you belong to discourse.
YouWillNotWin: Today more ESN MEN captured and some killed. Nnamdi Kanu talks talks talks and talks and talks but there is no military strategy, no well protected supply lines, no helpers from other groups/states or countries. All his orders to block roads etc and slow down the army have come to nothing - as they say ' who wants to die ' . Do we have intelligence, informants etc - NO !!
Sorry to tell you but ESN is on their own or they should lie very low until Nnamdi Kanu and his partners can come up with a better plan. If not, they should disband and go home and wait to fight another day. They are human beings, they have one life.
Which army or militia or revolutionary goes into battle without adequate preparation. How can you fight a national army with talk and by sacrificing NEEDLESSLY the lives of our able bodied young men and women?
There is a better way, we need thought leaders, we need Nnamdi Kanu but he needs to get in some deputies to start to rethink strategy. He has tried but his approach is not going to work anymore.
ESN , you are my blood brothers, you have a life ahead of you, if you think that there is no plan, no strategy, no method, no equipment - GO HOME. GO HOME.
Don't come here and start spitting rubbish to me while you sip coffee and tea in the comfort of your home.
Above is crap only delusional child can script. The bolded seemed to suggest this ill-educated writer assumed the would-be opponents of ESN in any gun fight are not human beings.
4) Chief of Air Staff: [Air-Vice Marshal Ishiaka Oladayo Amao. Osun State.
Contrary to the misinformation being peddled, the COAS is not higher in position than the CDS. The CDS is the top Military Man in Nigeria, answering only to the President who is C-In-C.
The nation has probably become aware of the work of COAS, because of the war against terrorism, and the role of the Army in that battle.
That however does not make COAS the Military head of the Armed Forces.
It is also important to note that the Military is not just the Army. The Military comprises the Army, Airforce and Navy.
The 4 men pictured are the top Military officers we have, and are in charge of fighting the war against terrorism.
Whether we support or detest the Government, our Military deserves our support.
The bolded is not correct. The chain of command is C-in-C, Minister of Defense and Service Chiefs including CDS.
This is one of the reasons Nigeria is branded a basket of fools. How did a characters such as Ayade get his feet onto the corridor of power? Nigeria is indeed a Zoo.
Mecka: By Ade Adesomoju The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu , has engaged a new American lobbying firm to help the group win the support of the U.S. government.
The one-year deal is slated to run for 12 months and is costing Mr Kanu and IPOB $750,000, which is over N300million at the current official exchange rate of N410 to one U.S. dollar.
PREMIUM TIMES is in possession of the contract papers which Mr Kanu signed with the BW Global Group (BWGG LLC, in February.
The firm, co-owned by Jeffrey Birrel and Alan White, is registered in Washington D.C, the U.S. capital, which has a high concentration of top government officials, lawmakers, policymakers, and opinion leaders, who IPOB is trying to engage on the rightfulness and necessity of its cause.
The agreement, which took effect from March 1, 2021, came months after an earlier one struck by Mr Kanu with another U.S.-based lobbying entity, Mercury Public Affairs LLC, expired.
Under the old contract, IPOB, through Mr Kanu, paid $85,000 per month beginning September 23, 2019, in addition to a $5,000 one-time compliance fee.
That means Mr Kanu paid $1,025,000 for the 12- month contract, which is approximately N400million, based on the prevailing official exchange rate at the time (N380 to a dollar).
In June last year, the Nigerian government fumed at the deal, which it claimed was aimed at discrediting the country in the U.S. and Europe.
PREMIUM TIMES got the details of both the old and new deals from the contractors’ registration statements and agreements filed at the Foreign Agents Registration Unit of the U.S Department of Justice.
The registration, mandatory under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 and for “public disclosure”, entails filing documents, including completed predesigned forms marked Exhibits A and B, and the agreements stipulating the full details of the contract.
Failure to provide this information “is subject to the penalty and enforcement provisions established in Section 8 of the Act,” FARA says in one of the documents reviewed by this reporter.
The services Nnamdi Kanu wants
The terms of the successive contracts with a strict focus on the U.S appear to be part of Mr Kanu’s quiet but broad efforts to win the support of the U.S. government, Congress, policymakers, and opinion leaders for IPOB.
The filings by BW Global Group (BWGG) after negotiations were concluded in February show that the firm was engaged by Mr Kanu to undertake “political activities” in the U.S. on behalf of IPOB. The activities include engaging the U.S.
government, Congress and the Department of State, (the equivalent of Foreign Affairs Ministries in Nigeria and other countries) and engaging policymakers on behalf of IPOB.
“The registrant (BWGG) expects to advocate on behalf of IPOB within the US Government (including the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of State) and otherwise engage policymakers and opinion leaders,” a part of the registration statement marked Exhibit B, read.
The agreement, signed on February 24, 2021, by Mr Kanu, another representative of IPOB, Rita Eze, and a co-owner of BWGG, Mr White, provides further details of what the job entails.
“BWGG shall provide the IPOB with services relating to the promotion of human rights and democracy and shall otherwise act as an advocate for the indigenous people of Biafra,” the document reads in part.
It added that BWGG “may also undertake other similar services that might be referred to BWGG from the IPOB from time to time by mutual agreement.”
The deal has the same scope as the expired contract executed by Mercury Public Affairs, LLC. Under that agreement, Mercury provided “strategic consulting and management services specific to issues facing the client in the areas of government relations and issues management.”
The payment mode
BWGG is expected to provide the agreed services under the new agreement to IPOB for a period of one year from March 1, 2021, through February 28, 2022.
The firm is to receive its payment for “professional services” of $750,000 in monthly instalments.
But $100,000 is to be paid at the signing of the agreement covering the first two months – March and April 2021 – “leaving a balance of $650,000”.
The balance of $650,000 “will be paid in monthly instalments of $65,000 USD per month commencing on May 1, 2021, and paid successively on the 1st of each month until the total fee of $750,000 USD has been paid to BWGG by the client”.
“Payment to BWG shall be by bank wire or bank draft,” the document added.
The firm, under the agreement “will provide monthly status reports as deliverables regarding the progress and status of the project.”
Nnamdi Kanu and the separatist campaign
Mr Kanu, a British and Nigerian national, has a relatively strong footing in the U.K.
His engaging lobbyists to win the support of the U.S. appear to be part of a broader move to win the buy-in of western powers in the separatist cause of IPOB.
IPOB, known for its agitation for an independent Republic of Biafra, has had a series of violent confrontations with Nigeria’s security agencies. Weeks of deadly encounters between the group’s members and soldiers culminated in a military invasion of Mr Kanu’s home in Afara-Ukwu, near Umuahia, the Abia State capital, in September 2017.
Mr Kanu, who wants the Igbo-speaking states in Nigeria’s South-east carved out of Nigeria, fled the country in the wake of the military invasion.
Following that encounter with IPOB militants, the Nigerian government obtained a court order on September 20, 2017, to designate the organisation a terrorist group and to proscribe it.
But the British government has yet to recognise IPOB as a terrorist group. There is even suspicion by some officials of the Nigerian government that Britain facilitated Mr Kanu’s return to the U.K after he escaped the military invasion of his home.
PREMIUM TIMES has yet to independently verify that claim.
With the charges of treasonable felony still pending against him at the Federal High Court in Abuja, the Nigerian government has repeatedly fumed about the protection he and other IPOB members appear to be getting from the British government.
Since fleeing Nigeria, Mr Kanu continues to engage IPOB members through his social media channels, with the government often attributing escalating violence in the Southeast region to IPOB.
Many local and international human rights organisations have also condemned years of military attacks on the group that started as a peaceful organisation pursuing the rights of its members to self-determination.
It is funny that most idiotic writers in Nigeria are silly and quick to append the word, proscribed, next to IPOB yet have not done so with Boko Haram. Is Boko Haram not a proscribed group?
OriakuAmara: Oga Oyigbo belongs to Asa /Ndoki clans Of the Igbo race. Am a proud Asa lady, if you want a challenge, whenever I enter ph, I take you around oyigbo and get you schooled. Focus on your Ijaw land. Oyigbo is 100% Igbo land just as the tiny ijaw land in ondo south west still belong to ijaws , state is just a political creation. Be guided
Please stop referring Obigbo as Oyigbo. I was born and raise within the vicinity. I sold my mothers table salt at Eke Obigbo before and immediately after the Nigeria/Biafra war. It was not Oyigbo in 1970 to 1976 when Obigbo was part of Asa County Council and later Ukwa LGA, East Central State until 1976 draconian boundary adjustment when Obigbo was ceded to Rivers State hence Bori LGA. I was a member of the youths who removed the first signboard mounted by the idiotic chairman of Bori LGA which depicted Obigbo as Oyigbo. There is no statutory law in Rivers State which changed Obigbo to Oyigbo. In addition, If Obigbo is even Ogoni talk less Ijaw, Umuebele (Umuobulu) and Iriebe are Ijaw.
TheFreeOne: The only man who would have changed the course of Nigeria into greatness had he become president.
Unfortunately the country fell into the hand of tyrants, anarchists, clowns, jihadists and terrorists. A people that ought to be great in all areas of life become dissilutiomed citizens of their own country subject to the whims and caprices corrupt men of questionable characters and agents of destructiontion.
Chief Obafemi Awolowo, you are a great man.
On Oodua nation I stand.
Arrant nonsense!!!! The little chance given to Awo, he turned into tribal jingoism.
Officialhorlah: At the security summit organised by the House of Representatives in Abuja, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan stated stated that Nigeria’s corporate existence is under threat. In his remarks at the summit, Senate President Ahmed Lawan said that the incidences of kidnappings, banditry, and insurgency were threatening Nigeria’s corporate existence is under threat.
“Let me start by commending the leadership of the House for organizing this very special summit on national security. I want to say here that Nigeria is at crossroads today. The very essence of the existence of this country is under serious threat. What started as the insurgency in 2009 or so in the northwestern part of Yobe has now snowballed into a full-scale insurgency in the entire northeast. What was not known to us in the northwest is now today the home of banditry and kidnapping.
“The north-central as we all know is not safe. It suffers the clashes between the herders and our farmers. And the recent introduction in the southeast is another serious threat to the existence of this country. Where government institutions are targeted, our police and security agencies personnel are being killed on a daily basis. Our institutions, buildings are burnt. I believe that these are threats not only to those areas but to the entire nation. And our armed forces are doing their best.
“I must commend our armed forces and other security agencies for doing so much with the little we are able to give them. The National Assembly has always been on the side of giving the kind of support, either legislative or the kind of financial support that our armed forces and indeed all other security agencies require, even though we have our limits.
“The essence of this summit I am sure is to look for ways and means of improving the performance of our armed forces and other security agencies. This summit is essential because we are tested as a country. We are tested as a people. Criminals everywhere have found probably comfort in doing what they do. This is the time for the legislature and executive arm of government to come even closer in finding solutions. I want to take this opportunity to appeal and ask the executive arm of government to implement whatever would be the outcome of this summit.
There were previous summits by NASS. I recall we had a similar summit in the 8th Assembly and I believe that the legislative perspective is essential in finding solutions to the myriad of security issues affecting our country today.
I want to also appeal to all Nigerians for their continued support for the administration and for our armed forces and our security agencies. All hands must be on deck.
“A criminal has only one name and that is criminal. No criminal should have comfort in his ethnic enclave.
“Whoever, where that person is, once he is a criminal, he is simply a criminal and must be dealt with in the appropriate manner regardless of where he or she is coming from. It is also important that we provide resources more resources for our security agencies to enable them better tackle the criminal activities across the country.
“And our armed forces can do that. But the fact remains that we have not enabled them enough. Today in this country, there is no better investment than investing in the security of our people.
“We must ensure that we protect the lives and the property of our people. This is the essence of government. So while the NASS should work hard as it always does to provide more resources, I also want to say we must review procurement processes by the security agencies.
“While we are not going to open up how they do these things to the public, but as parliamentarians, those who approve the funding, we must understand how these procurement processes are undertaken.
“If the processes require that we change the way, we do that, because of inefficiencies, we should go ahead and do so. Because it is not enough to just put in more resources but how the resources are deployed with the economy, with prudence and efficiency.
“I want to once again appeal to us in the National Assembly. The security agencies we know are doing their best, but I think it is high time that we work with the executive arm of government to look at the architecture of our security system for better performance.
“And when I mention architecture, I also want to mention that all levels of government are responsible for securing the lives and property of Nigerians. The federal, state, and local governments. And of course, it is a well-known fact that the local governments do not function.
“The local government system does not function and that takes away a lot from our efforts at providing security for lives and property of people. And when I mention the local government system not functioning, our traditional rulers, who had played major roles in protecting us today have no function more or less. It is only when there are problems, we look for them.
“In the northern part of the country and I daresay all parts of Nigeria, our traditional rulers had played key roles in ensuring security in their domains. Why can’t we look at the possibility of providing an official function for them, even if it is in advisory capacity in the constitution.”
I read and watch this episode with full hearty and gratitude. Mr. Alfred Diete Spiff is one of the moronic dingbats who sold the destiny of southern Nigerians to the northern Nigerian political elites. It is funny that Ijaw youths have to engage in crude oil bunkering to see another day while the sons and daughters of northern Nigerian political elites travel around the world in private jets. The after effects of crude oil operation in southern Nigeria will not even blow wind on the rich kids from northern region. There should be more destruction of living places of people such as Alfred Diete Spiff in next 10 years when the clever Europeans watch their hands off the crude oil.
TONYE001: There is no place called Ikwocha (I may have spelt this wrongly) or Obigbo in Rivers State.
It is rightly called OYIGBO.
As IPOB goes about pursuing their course, they must understand that the people of Rivers State cannot be forced into being Biafrans.
I cannot claim to be speaking for other people but I am very sure that I do not desire to be a Biafran.
I have absolutely nothing against any group of people asking to break away from a parent country.
Shut up your wild putrid mouth. Even the moronic chairman of Bori LGA who setup the OYIGBO signboard in 1977 knew the crap has no meaning in Ogoni language. Today, Ogoni has nothing to do with Obigbo LGA.
Uniportadmision: These Obigbo guys get mind o I thought Obigbo was subdued
Any fool must think twice before engaging Igbo person in anything. The Igbo people are indomitable. Even when a person hates them, there a quality of them that endears other folks to them. I guess it is their never say die principle.
Many groups in Nigeria badly needs to use the restroom. You can't endure diarrhoea for long, something must give.
Hahahahahahah
You could not be more correct. The rate of climb in the department of incompatibility in Nigeria is very alarming. I hope it does not lead to open hatred.
Ukpaka: Southern and Northern Kaduna Agree for Split of Kaduna State https://247ureports.com/2021/05/southern-and-northern-kaduna-agree-for-split-of-kaduna-state/ - In a development that caught many unawares, the predominantly Christians, Non-Hausa/Fulani Southern part of Kaduna state and its rival Northern Muslim Hausa/Fulani dominated part of Northern Kaduna, yesterday agreed for the split of Kaduna State into two new states.
Speaking during the presentation and defence of their memos at the Senate ad-hoc Committee and the House of Reps Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution at the Hassan Katsina House, Kawo, Kaduna, both sides, infamous for incessant inter ethnic and religious clashes for decades, said creating new states from the present Kaduna State will go a long way at solving the bloody violence that seemed to defy solution.
If this is remotely true, the northern region of Nigeria has again shown the rest of Nigeria, especially the southwest, that Nigeria can divide amicably without anybody firing a shot in anger. If the incompatibility figures prominently among people as in the case of the shithole called Nigeria, the best thing to do is disintegration or parting of way. The fear of unknown which has gripped the Yoruba peeps over the split of Nigeria since 1967 should be laid to rest. Nigeria is a piece of crap and no hope escape in sight. The only meaningful escape valve is disintegration.
iamuyiekpen: Nigeria has outlived its importance in the grand scheme of things. The rampant corruption & insecurity in the country is enough for the South to demand its freedom. The amalgamation of Nigeria should never have occurred cos from all indications it’s obvious we can never be one and will never be one. I have no problem with the Yorubas, Igbos or Hausas but I feel we’re better off on our own.
We must not live together as one nation. We can still be good trade partners even without living together. The [b]people of Niger Delta [/b]are willing to fight with the Igbos & the Yorubas for the actualisation of Biafra & Oduduwa but I want to make it clear that when we eventually break away from Nigeria, we don’t want to be part of Biafra or Oduduwa rather we want our own nation. Our nation would comprise of the 6 states of the South South (Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo & Rivers). We want our own “Republic of Niger Delta”. I have great respect for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu & Sunday Igboho for the their doggedness & determination but we are better off without Biafra or Oduduwa.
God bless Biafra God bless Oduduwa God bless Rondel
There is nothing such as people of Niger Delta. There many ethnic nationalities whose ancestral homes lie in Niger Delta. Every Igbo person in Niger Delta will definitely be part of Biafra or Republic of Igbo land. There are few ethnic nationalists in Niger Delta who are not Igbo and not welcome in Biafra or Republic of Igbo land. Please be proud of your ancestors.
Rossiminku: YOUR MOTHER'S STINKING PUSSY IS A ZOO.
OIL THIEF. COME CARRY OIL AND GAS RESOURCES THIEF NA, MAKE WE SEE.
CRIMINALS.
It takes a person whose mother pussy stinks to recognize another mother's stinking pussy. The Oil and Gas do not determine peoples' destiny. You will die an unskilled dreamer.
Man102: JUST IN!!! Policeman Shoots Colleague In Ebonyi State | #IgbereTV
The Ebonyi State police command has confirmed the accidental shooting of an officer by his colleague in front of the old Ebonyi Government House, Abakaliki, Igbere TV reports.
The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Aliyu Garba, made this known while speaking with journalist in Abakaliki.
The commissioner said that the affected officer was responding to treatment in a hospital.
Mr Garba said that the injured officer did not die as a result of the incident, noting that the situation was under control.
Sources revealed under the condition of anonymity that both officers manned the entrance of the old government house in Abakaliki.
“The officer, who accidentally shot his colleague, was said to be servicing his gun but accidentally released bullets from its chambers which hit the victim.
“The officer was immediately demobilised by other officers and taken to the command while the wounded officer was immediately attended to.
“The victim was eventually evacuated to a hospital in a government house clinic’s ambulance,” he said.
In a statement, the Special Assistant to the governor on Media and Publicity, Francis Nwaze, urged the citizens not to panic over the incident and to disregard fake news.
pavoda: Its truly amazing . To fly such high-profile Personality minimum rank and experience should be Colonel or Group Captain in the Airforce. Its unheard of for a flight Lieutenant to fly such high level dignitaries along with his mate or 1yr difference in experience. A Flight liutenat does not have even up to 5yrs experience flying the designated aircraft. May God accept their souls.
You should equally bring Colonel or Group Captain or Naval Captain to be his driver. Most Nigerians are ridiculously silly.
pavoda: COAS: Why Would A Flight Lieutenant Fly A Lieutenant General? They're Baby Pilots - Captain Umar
Some Nigerians are still reacting to the death of Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Attahiru Ibrahim and 10 other military officers who died in a Kaduna plane crash. African Independent Television, AIT today interviewed a former military intelligence officer, Captain Umar Babangida and it was all about what could have led to the Kaduna military plane crash that killed General Attahiru Ibrahim and 10 other military officers.
Captain Umar said that the pilot who flew General Attahiru Ibrahim was just a flight Lieutenant asking why a Flight Lieutenant will fly a Lieutenant General. According to him, Flight Lieutenant are just baby pilots. Captain Umar said that his classmate who flew a plane to Kaduna State same time the plane of COAS crashed landed safely. He went further to state that his classmate told them that the weather that day was bad to the extent that the atmosphere was red with dust.
He stated that his pilot classmate works for an international airline adding that he told them that he needed all the experience he had gathered since he started flying to land safely.
According to him, his classmate told them he knew he couldn't take off again till further notice due to the bad weather. Captain Umar said his colleague and classmate who is also a former Nigerian Airforce officer has been flying for 20 years.
He said that anyone in the Nigerian Airforce with 20 years of service should be a General. He added that it's obvious that all flying Lieutenants went to flying school but one has to build on what he has learned. He said that the older one gets in the job of flying, the more experience he will acquire to handle challenging situations that occur when flying.
He said that he doesn't believe that Nigeria lacks experience pilots to fly someone like a Lieutenant General. It could be recalled that General Attahiru Ibrahim and other 10 military officers died on Friday in a Kaduna plane crash. They were buried on Saturday at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja.
How did Umar Babangida become an army captain for crying out loud? Umar Babangida, a Flight Lieutenant in the Air force is equivalent to a Captain in the army and Lieutenant in the Navy. The best pilot age group or rank in any armed forces is between 26 and 30 years or Flying Officer/ 1stLt/ Sub Lt. and Major/ Lt Col or squadron Leader, Wing Cdr,Lt Cdr or Cdr. In Us Air force, it is very hard to see a Col as an active jet fighter pilot. Most airmen and sailors in the same rank as Lt Cols and Cols are assigned to administrative posts such as CO of units or Fleet Commanders. In a Carrier fleet, the pilots are Majors , Captains and Lieutenants. Anyway, this moronic Umar Babangida is quota system product.
The taste of the pudding is in the eating. Let me play the devil's advocate here, Igbo and its land are barren and contribute nothing to the union called Nigeria. I suggest Nigeria spins off Igbo land from the union to teach them a bitter lesson.
abifarinajii1: Governance is not about emotions and critical issues about the future of our country should subjected to sound and convincing logic..Majority of the reactions posted here in reactions to Olawepo-Hashim position on Nigeria and the balkanisation agitators are largely driven by emotions, and unfounded logic. I agree with him that most of the agitators are either mischievous or too empty on the history of Nigeria. Our problem today is not about the size of the country or its diversity (in fact, that is our strength), but the mismanagement of the country resources which is done by the vultures from all tribes. In fact, we should be grateful for the voice of reason like Olawepo-Hashim, that has become the lone voice in this present wilderness of confusion" Olawepo Hashim was a year ahead of me in the Mass Comm dept of University of Lagos, and we are together in the Students Movement. He is not frivolous. I can testify.
Please for posterity sake, tell me what the full on the history of Nigeria had added to the shithole for more 60 years of existence? Those who want Nigeria as presently configured are bunch of insincere con artists.
NwaforIgbo: Sometimes when I see people commenting here praising this nonsense we call cities in SE I just shake my head. We never ready to develop.
Lagos is becoming a better city by the day.
No SE state even have CBD
Lagos was built up by a commonwealth. This is one reason the goons who shout restructure of Nigeria are bunch of insincere dingbats. The defunct Eastern and Midwestern regions need Lagos or Abuja before the silly talk of restructure can begin to breath. The simple remedy to the decadence called Nigeria is unconditional disintegration.