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The gloom that pervaded the Lagos State Low Cost Housing Estate, Meiran, Ojokoro, Lagos, residence of Mr. and Mrs. Akintola Tokunbo Akinjogbin, yesterday can be felt with touch. The woman, emotionally broken, laid on the bed while female members of her family and friends sat around to share in her grief. Her eyes bore the image of a woman that is wearied from shedding excessively painful tears.

The second son of the family, young Mr. Ibukun Oluwatosin Akinjogbin, 23, was one of the fifty people whose lives were brought to a cruel end by the rampaging voters in Jos on Friday morning. He was killed along with his nephew, Mr. Leke Akande, 23, and a friend, Mr. Tola Odusola, 20, all youth corps members, in the home of Ibukun’s uncle, Mr. Bisi Akinjogbin, an Abuja-based businessman. The hatchet men, who broke down the high gates and stormed the residence along Katako Junction by 7Up depot in Jos about 9.15am on Friday morning; caught down the three young men in the presence of Mrs. Doyin Akinjogbin, the uncle’s wife while her daughters also watched in horror.

Mrs. Doyin Akinjogbin is already placed under sedation as a result of the shock she suffered from witnessing the killings of the young men in her home.

The three men were among the scores of youths doing their one year mandatory youth service scheme in Pankshin, Jos central, in Plateau State, till they were killed.

Riot had broken out in Jos on Thursday, due to attempted manipulations with the results of the local government polls. The election was said to have been widely won by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), candidate.

Mr. Akintola Akinjogbin, who seemed to be taking the incidence with calmness, said the killing of his son is "barbaric, satanic and uncalled for."

One of the three youth corps members, Ibukun Oluwatosin Akinjogbin, a 2001 to 2003 Quantity Surveyor student from the Obafemi Awolowo (OAU), Ife, was said to have been in contact with his family on phone up till the last minute that life was ebbed out of him.

According to the father while narrating the gory ordeal, Ibukun was about coming to Lagos when the incident caught up with him without prior warning. He said prior to that day, the late young Akinjogbin had finalised plans to visit Lagos after a while.

He said: "My son had reported for the NYSC on August 26, 2008. We were in constant touch with him because mine is a very closely knit family. He would have actually returned to Lagos on Thursday but could not because it was rather late. So, I called him around 6. 20a.m on Friday morning and he said he was on his way to the park. Then later, he called that he was going back to his uncle’s home because the riot going on in Jos was quite heated. I said it was a good decision. So, he ran back into the house and we remained in touch.

"From that time, there were several calls and it was as if he was giving us situational reports. Then, his elder brother, Kayode Akinjogbin, an Investment Analyst with Lead Capital in Lagos, took over from me and kept monitoring his brother."

Speaking, Kayode said Ibukun started asking for prayers. "Please start praying for us’’; he had begged. "They are moving towards our side of the town. In fact, they seem to be getting close to our gate. Please pray Bro. Kayode. They are outside our house now. I don’t know why they came to us but they are here," Ibukun was reported to have said.

"Now, our gates are down," were the last direct words the young man could say to me, said Kayode. "Then I started hearing him beg them. Later there seemed to be some struggles but my younger brother was still pleading. Then, I heard cries and I was afraid while at the same time shouting his name. I heard the voices of women screaming and praying to God for help. For some time, everything seemed to get silent but by this time, I was almost running crazy when my colleagues in the office grabbed my phone from me to calm me down.

"A few minutes later, after I had regained my composure, I picked my phone to call my younger brother. But it was a Hausa man that replied me. And he said in Hausa tone and seemed to be mocking at the same time: ‘Ya broad, I'm dey die, I'm det die…hHa ha, now, I'm don die’. And at that point, the phone went dead. And that was when I blacked out too," Kayode said.

Akinjogbin senior said his son had come to the Uncle’s house because of the visit to Lagos. "The uncle is like their father over there. They all go to his house whenever there is need. Ibukun served as a Works Officer with the Pankshin Local Government council because he was a Quantity Surveyor. But what can I do now than to throw my hands up to God and accept my fate?

"My concern however is why the Nigerian government should subject our children to death on annual basis? Every year, Youth Corpers die in their numbers. The government should please scrap this programme. Parents would have laboured to educate their children and in the process of doing the youth service, those children will die. This is very unfair," Akinjogbin said.

"Ibukun was a core gentleman. He was very quiet and easy-going. Everyone that ever dealt with him knew that. And how can a people kill such a young man? Nigeria is one country and we should all learn to accommodate one another regardless of religious differences. As a matter of fact, how does a political riot change to religious fight? This is why government must tame these people up North. They can’t just be killing innocent people and go scot-free all the time. If they have been dealt with in time past, they wouldn’t have done it again. For me, the NYSC stuff is a bad taste that has left a traumatic mark in my family. I just pray God to grant my wife the grace to bear the incident with calm equanimity.

Kayode also described late Ibukun as a promising, enterprising and diligent and gentle young man that everybody said something good about in his life time. "Rather than brawl, Ibukun will usually hold his peace over any issue. Sadly now, he has been caught off in his prime with his hopes and aspirations all gone with him."

In another instance, a young youth corps member, Mr. Gesham Jagboro, 26, a graduate of Geology from the Federal University of Technology, Akura (FUTA), was reported dead in an automobile accident in Lokoja, while returning from Jos where they had gone to attend a Christian conference, last weekend. According to family members, young Jagboro was among the few corps members chosen by his team of corps members to represent them at the programme.

Innocent youth corps members
Pathetic!!! Too bad!!! Painful!!!

There is big deal. It's too glaring that Ribadu is being witchhunted.
Was Ribadu also the only person that graduated @ NIPSSS last week? Why was his certificate not given to him there and others given?

spikedcylinder:
ife-eco

erin yi o yemi oooo

They serve different purposes entirely. FB is for social networking,NL is for discussions on various topics and issues.
Naturally, people prefer fun and funky places,FB has this more than NL.
Personally, if I'm asked to choose one of FB and NL, I'll go for NL because it makes my day more than FB.
With due respect, I know alot of people who will not join NL just because they are less intellectually inclined and can't argue or debate.They prefer fun-filled FB.
Conversely, some other people, especially the elderly and well-read, prefer FB to NL for that same reason-that is, NL is just full of young guys and gals that are too 'small' for them to engage in intellectual argument. This is why we have the likes of Pat Utomi,Bella Adenuga and some Senators on FB. I was surprised when i saw one Punch columnist, Joe Adeyeye,  quote NL in one of his weekly articles.

By the way,I personally gain more from and so prefer NL to FB, but I know many Nigerians,by our nature(flashy,colourful etc), will prefer FB to NL.

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=201266.msg3155649#msg3155649 date=1227916913]What are peeps arguing here? Its common knowledge that the Emirates Stadium is the best in Europe

@dayokanu
Is that a stadium? a donut or a spare tyre lol [/quote]ROTFLMAO

Mr Crackles was Brash!
By the way, so many people have changed their usernames like this. This is quite revealing

@kumbalo. . .
that ur signature is very funny ooo

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=200789.msg3150813#msg3150813 date=1227843342]Bayajida the prince of Baghdad. The legend has it that there was a prince who emigrated from the land of Mesopotamia, back when Baghdad was the capital of that empire. He traveled South and West to reach the land of Kanem Bornu, an ally of the Ottoman empire in the time of Idris Aloma. Bayajida was married to a preincess of Bornu, Magira. He again traveled West to Hausaland and arrived in Daura, a city ruled by Queens. In Daura, there
was a well in which lived a ferrocious snake and this monster terrorized the people of the town. It was told that Bayajida killed the snake, upon which the Queen rewarded with half of her dominion. He settled in Daura and his sons untimately spread out to become rulers of the seven Hausa States.

But of course this is a legend. The Hausa bakwai or the seven legitimate Hausa States are ruled by Fulani dynasties descending from Usman Dan Fodio's Islamic conquest of the North. The seven are Biram, Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina, Rano, Zaria. Each is ruled by an Emir.

There is also Banza Bakwai or the seven illegitimate Hausa States. They are Gwari, Ilorin, Kebbi, Kororafa (Jukun), Nupe, Yauri, Zamfara.[/quote]yes, remember I had also read this story(history) in the past

I'm just imagining how I will look like if I had TM. Thank God I don't have one.
But do you know some people,especially male, still look nice even with TM. I'm not talking about lion claw one, I mean 1-1.

Na wa for this Nigeria1 oooo. What has satellite pictures gotten to do with this? Or is that your signature?

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=200603.msg3151481#msg3151481 date=1227861032]Although I still no understand how person go use ehn two leg, waka enter for where yawa dey gas,[/quote]lol


MC-Okunrin ogun, Balogun, Eleto. Keep the peace keeping spirit alive. We love you.

gangstaBOY:
lame Who gives a damn. . . Poster, thats your own opinion cause you happened to meet all these so called Top 10 peeps by fate and they treat you nice. You have not judge peeps in the whole entire section if you know what I mean. . .

What's this one saying? Haven't I mentioned that as the limitation of the post. Didn't I say it's just my own opinion?
Being treated nicely as my basis? Far from that. I always disagree with DZ, yet she made my list. Ditto for davidylan. I rarely even find myslef in the same thread/topic with Sistawoman. So what are you saying!

Ribadu, President? Forget it. This is Nigeria.

Mai Suya:
@ife-eco-06, I must say I was very flattered and a little taken aback by you earlier comments esp coming from an 'elder' like yourself. True there are some pretty bizzare sterotypes about the average Northerner; I've come across people who are genuinely surprised I can speak English! It is that preposterous. However, I'm not too sure I can carry on the with the good work of Mcusman - that's not what I'm here for anyway. He is in a class of his own and his legacies will always be here.

I'm just here to have a good time basically. . .

Ba masala. Enjoy NL. By the way, which state are you from? I like your username.

RICHIE BOI:
i hope they butcher you in pieces and bring you in body bag. tribalistic scum of the earth.

Haba

In SSS3, I had an altercation with an older classmate of mine(now late). The next day, I came to school with elubo(yam flour), wrapped in paper and some other things. I blew it into his eyes, pretending it was charm. The whole class was afraid of me and begging  and I was doing shakara. They didnt know it was just harmless,ordinary elubo i wrapped in paper and not juju.

The answer in NO. Sure, you don't need a First Class to become made.

DRANOEL:
funny how the yoruba[/b]s now freely give kwara to the [b]north, on another day they will claim kwara but not today

Being Yoruba and being North is not a disjoint set.
Kwara is North politically, and Yoruba ethnic-wise. There are however Nupe and Fulani in Kwara, but they are minority.

RedHotChic:
Bye bye. Is that your picture below? I thought you said you are half oyibo?. You look like senior almajiri that missed his way from Chad. You need to shave your side burns abeg because they look scruffy like that of a fulani peasant.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/112461_DSC_2954_jpg61083d8f169f85f8556bc4d398b1f7ca

Funmi, ahhh rotflmao

Anyway, I'll sorely miss MC. We need another sharp Hausa person on NL for balance representation. Mai Suya, can you wear MC's shoe?

yemmyse:
First class, ICAN awards who ask u? If i talk now, people who start calling my mobile to keep shut.

Making unsubstantiated claims, abeg Mr smart guy try and be a bit humble, by the way we all know you re smart, stop flaunting it.

Everyday at work I see at least 20 young man and women below 21 with 1st class degress and with numerous ACCA awards.

ose ore. Boastfulness appears to be my ailment, and I know it.

We'll miss you. I have already listed you as one of the TOP 10 Nairalanders of 2008.
But wait please introduce a new Hausa guy, sound like u, that will keep Hausa interest aglow while you are away. This new guy, mai-suya, may fit in.

Here is the list of Top 10 Nairalanders of 2008, by my own reckoning. The list is based on factors such as popularity, controversy, ubiquitousness, quality and quantity of posts etc. The limitation is that  I don't frequent some sections like Entertainment, Computers etc. Also note that TOP 10 is not necessarily the BEST 10. It's a mixture of positive and negative characters.
Not in any order
DEEPZONE: The red hot, 'pepper-spraying', news-digging Ijesha lady is deeply involved in NL. Very active, especially on Politics and culture section, DZ is one NLander that shaped 2008. When she was temporarily banned, politics and culture sections became practically boring. A thread was launched to know her whereabout.
SISTAWOMAN: This foreign woman took talking to another dimension in 2008, revealing everything about her bedroom. From the number of times they she has sex with her husband per week to the style. A drama was stirred recently when one person went ahead to register a username SISTA-MAN(?) claiming to be her husband. She is another person that shook NL in 2008.
COOLDUDE[/b]One of the dirtiest talkers in NL. He is widely accepted among nairalanders, no wonder a 'aluta' thread was launched to canvass for his unbanning when Seun banned him. Another lander that shaped 2008
[b]OLABOWALE: If not for this Alhaji, the Islam for Muslim thread would have gone into 'extinction'. Good analytical skills and mature arguments stand him out in 2008.
NIGERIA1:Satellite-wielding Nigeria1 is one Nairalander that took NL by storm in 2008. A special thread was opened to call for his banning. He didn't listen to anybody and continued posting his images. I think he was later banned but resurrected with another username. He's a not a bad political analyst though, just overdoing the satellite thing.
TGIRL4REAL: Another very active lander. Her thread, interviewing NL celebrities, is a good initiative and widely accepted and patronized
DAYOKANU[/b]The Bundesliga-liking, EPL-hating Dayo is one guy you cannot brush aside in Nairaland sports section. He is very factual and doesn't care about who's opposing him in an argument. He stands his ground on issues and doesn't succumb to intimidations. Above all, he is literally ever-present in NL, and one of the earliest contributors to new topics of interest to him. He also shook NL in 2008
[b]DAVIDYLAN David has not been active in recent time as he used to be earlier this year, or have we not been crossing paths? Most times, I share parallel views with him, but I admit his brilliance and versatility. He makes my list of TOP 10 landers in 2008
MC USMAN One-man battalion. The Grand Defender of Hausa folk in Nairaland. The number of active Hausa Nlanders can be counters on my finger tips. Hausa youths are not known to be disposed to forums like this, but  MC stands out, matching his the Southerners intellect for intellect. He makes my list.
AKOLAWOLE[/b]This guy seems to have ascended to the status of Elder statesman in NL sports section. He's widely respected and his views are treated with respect, even by people disagreeing with him.

Oh, how can I omit [b]MrCrackles and Spikedcylinder!

SEE 2009 LIST IN NEXT PAGE

Just came across the small argument that erupted about me earlier this thread. Read the bashing,the bush boy tag, the attack on my actions, my workplace, my state etc. I'm really flattered by the way some well-wishers rose to my defence, even in my absence. To my bashers and my defenders, I say thak you all. I never even knew I was this recognised and observed. Well, NL is full of fun, just as it is full of bashing and name-calling. That's what makes here tick.

Well, I'll like to pick some of the comments and attempt a response:
[

b]Ifeco06 is from Kwara and he is a genius although the likes of him are rare in kwara.[/b

] Yes, I'm a proud Kwaran, a proud Yoruba and a northerner(Kwara is classified as North,politically). Genuis?  Thanks, but I'm not one.I know myself. I'm just a hard-working struggler.
which kind genius because the guy be accounting clerk for oando come make am genius, abeg make we hear word

[/quote]. Well answered by Redhotchic.

Just couldnt stomach it again, putting his picture on NL with his work ID is the dumpest thing have seen in like one century. As in DUMPESTESTESTEST thing.

This statement is not out of place. Noted. Thanks. See change before COB today.


he did?
typical aboki like behaviour
Tufia

. I be aboki now.

Quote
imagine, oando with files. Shows the kind of of peeps u meet online. Little wonder they insult people anyhow. And the guy was busy abusing Ekiti people some days ago. It's simply disgraceful

Please show me where I abused Ekiti people.

Show me. One thing Ifeco 06 will not do is abuse people or make any tribal comment here. I just love him for that.

Funmi, thanks for trusting me. I've lalso asked her to show me where I abused Ekiti people

yemmyse:
I ve been totally crass this evening, too much booze I guess. My sincere apologies to Funmi and Ife-eco.

No wahala. Ija ti tan.[quote author=yemmyse link=topic=200154.msg3137357#msg3137357 date=1227641072]Ife-eco must have alot of good friends on NL.

I was also surprised!!!

Nigeria has been carrying the epithet THE GIANT OF AFRICA unchallenged. Nigeria easily claims this, and other African countries seem to agree with it.

In terms of Military might, Nigeria has it in Africa. Nigeria is highly respected in Africa, militarily. Thanks to the peace-keeping efforts. Nigeria dominates ECOMOG and other continental military institutions in Africa. Forget about the fact Nigeria is just a one-eyed king among the blind, Nigeria has it in Africa, militarily.

Politically, Mandela single-handed shoots SA high on this scale. But even at then, Nigeria is also highly reverred politically in Africa. By this criteria, it's a straight fight between Nigeria and SA. Honourable mention to Egypt and Ghana.

Economically,SA has it. Egypt also trying. Nigeria has large market because of population but because of corruption and others, the country trails behind SA. This is why SA companies are dominating Nigerian economy.

Technically, SA also has it.

Summarily, I think Sa has greater right to GIANT OF AFRICA claim, but Nigeria is known for mouth-making. Moreover, the country's military power, political dominance, population, pride and SA's alienation from Africa in a way make other African countries tacitly approve Nigeria.

@tbk,
wia u dey 4 VI? I dey Stallion/Zenon house, Ajose Adeogun? sorry 4 d digression

tharma:
Plagiarism. U are wasting ur time, a lot have bn written about it. Newspaper articles, books, everyday it is the samething. Perharps that is why Nigeria is not devoloping. People just like to copy, and copy and copy the same thing. Nothing is new. Put ur act together and thing of something. Why don't u have ur own ideas.

Who is plagiarizing what? Obama issue was equally overdiscussed but newspapers keep publishing articles on it. Different people, different perspectives. Same set of points, different areas of emphasis. This is the beauty of analytical writing. For example,I lent my voice to the Obama talk after the election thru an article titled THE OBAMA PHENOMENON THROUGH UNCOMMON LENS(Daily Trust, 15 November, 2008), from an entirely different angle.

Too bad. But please stop generalizing. Kwara is not that bad, educationally. We may not be in the same class with Ogun,Ondo or Ekiti, but I'm sure we are close to Oyo state in terms of educational advancement.[quote author=*osisi link=topic=199994.msg3137087#msg3137087 date=1227637736]Isn't this why people have been advocating that they go and become their own country.
These people are pulling us down[/quote]Mr man, sharrap. Kwara has never been part of the agitation to secede. Kwara is almost as South as Osun.