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AS non-indigenes continue to leave Borno State following the spate of attacks unleashed on the state by the Boko Haram fundamentalist sect, many indigenes of Ekiti, Edo and Akwa Ibom states who fled the embattled state have arrived home.

43 arrived Ekiti on Friday. Over 150 were also received in Edo and 65 in Akwa Ibom.

The Ekiti evacuees, who are students of tertiary institutions in Borno State, arrived the Government House, Ado-Ekiti at about 3.30 a.m. in three buses.

The students, who narrated their ordeal to reporters, hailed Governor Kayode Fayemi for coming to their rescue by sending buses to convey them from Maiduguri.

Officials of the Government House were on hand to attend to the needs of the evacuees.

Some of the 43 Ekiti State students evacuated from Maiduguri, departing the Government House, Ado Ekiti, to their respective homes, Friday.

They were given stipends to transport themselves to their respective homes.

The president of Federation of Ekiti State Students Union (FESSU), University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) chapter, Osetuyi Gabriel Sola, who is a 600 level student of veterinary medicine, praised Fayemi for prompt response to their distress call, saying it was God that saved them from being killed in the Boko Haram crisis.

In Edo, Governor Adams Oshiomhole received the over 150 evacuees, appealing to the relevant authorities to quell the Boko Haram crisis in the north in the interest of the unity of the nation.

The governor, who received the evacuees at Government House, Benin City, after he dispatched four buses to bring the indigenes home, described the Boko Haram crisis as sad and unbelievable, but urged the indigenes, majority of them students of UNIMAID, not to be discouraged or doubt the unity of the nation.

The returnees include two displaced children whose parents are indigenes of the state.

In Akwa Ibom, Governor Godswill Akpabio received the 65 returnees mostly students of UNIMAID, who paid him a surprise visit at Governor’s Lodge, Uyo. The governor said he was disturbed by insecurity of lives in Borno State.

Akpabio promised to enter into a dialogue with some tertiary institutions on the academic pursuit of the UNIMAID students wishing to relocate, saying it was not safe for some of them to go back to Maiduguri.

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houvest:
I answered that for you above or  inspiring a generation of African leaders and nationalist movements across Africa thereby birthing modern free Africa on his Resume  not enough to be called Zik of Africa. If he affected all those leaders would you rather give that title to Nkrumah or Nyerere or Mandela? Folks here want to see the fish or list of fishes he gave Africa and not the fishing he taught Africa.

Thanks for the response.

[quote author=dem_people link=topic=488326.msg8730836#msg8730836 date=1310851421]I consider Nigeria's first nationalist and father of Nigerian nationalism to be Herbert Macualay however, among the trio of Zik, Sarduana and AWO, Zik comes first. Zik wasn't popular to Ndigbo.

The sour truth is that Ndiigbo quite detest the man for issues I've mentioned severally on this forum however, in the spirit of fairness without recourse to ethnocentric views, its unfair by fellow forumites, to be very knowledgeable about Nigerian history yet, not consider ZIK as the better of the trio.

AWO was a very regional leader both in almost all his antecedents and at mind. Sarduana was even worse cos of his ardent believe in the North. Ndiigbo never had anyone like these two men, in the person of Azikiwe.

Azikiwe was very pro-Nigerian even to the detriment of his own people.[/quote]I was asking WHY HE IS CALLED THE ZIK OF AFRICA. I understand he was a nationalist, I very much understand that. What was his achievement for Africa or Nigeria. As in, what exactly did he do to warrant such a title in Africa. If he did not develop his people because he was a nationalist, what did he then do for Africa or Nigeria?
PS: It does not mean I hate him or anything but I am simply curious because it seems we are just calling him Zik of Africa because some people want us do so . . .

Mod, why was my topic moved to the tribalism section I really do not see tribalism in what I posted. The truth shall set US free . . .

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-714801.0.html

Can you KINDLY move it back to the political section so people can know the truth? The MW invasion is a piece of history that should not be drowned by propagandist!!!

What the EFF is Zik of Africa Some people want to force this "Zik of Africa" on everyone's throat!!!  

If you must name someone "Zik of Africa", then provide EVIDENCE of his Achievements in or for Africa or forever SHUT UP!!!

Gradually, the country is dividing . . .

By EMMA Amaize , Austin Ogwuda and Uduma Kalu, Lagos
Following the degenerating security situation in Borno state as a result of the activities of Boko Haram, Lagos, Ekiti , Edo and Delta state governments yesterday commenced the evacuation of their indigenes from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID).

No fewer than 14 of the 200 Lagos students from Lagos state arrived the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA), Lagos aboard Arik Air. The 14 were the first batch of evacuees expected out of the state within the next two days.

A total 43 indigenes of Ekiti who were evacuated from Borno arrived Ado-Ekiti, the state capital in the early hours of yesterday. The evacuees who are students of tertiary institutions in the troubled state arrived the Government House, Ado-Ekiti at about 3.30 am in
three buses.

Arrival of the first batch of Lagosians schooling in University of Maiduguri, Borno State and Yola, Adamawa State at General Aviation Terminal (GAT) Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos yesterday.



Also Delta State Government, yesterday evacuated 585 students from Delta State in Borno State as a proactive measure to save them from falling victim of the activities of the Boko Haram militia. The evacuated students were also studying at University of Maiduguri, Borno State.

Edo State Government also evacuated 100 of its students af the Maiduguri University in Borno State and also helped to evacuate fifty students of Ondo State origin stranded in the state. Students were evacuated on Wednesday night, following the security challenge in the northern state.

Addressing the students at Government House Asaba on Thursday, the State Commissioner, Bureau for Special Duties, Dr. Tony Nwaka reiterated the state government’s commitment to the welfare of Deltans irrespective of where they reside.

He condemned in strong terms the activities of Boko Haram but thanked God for the safety of the students in the turbulent northern part of Nigeria and the hitch free journey to the State.He stated that Delta State was one of the first states in the country to evacuate its citizens from Maiduguri while commending Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan “for his magnanimity who in line with his care for the people also gave some money to the students to enable them travel back to their various destinations”.

On his part, General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr. Oluwafemi Osanyintolu who led the delegation of the state to Maiduguri, Borno State Capital said that the exercise would be completed in two days.
Osanyintolu assured that the state government was on top of the situation and would not hesitate to evacuate its indigenes in any troubled areas in the country, but said the contingent experienced some challenges in the process of evacuating the students. The exercise will be through by today.

Parts of the challenges according to him were the poor weather condition, which prevented airlines from taking off as planned and the poor situation in the troubled state.

He assured that the State Government would take care of the welfares of the stranded students in Maiduguri, adding that those evacuated would be handed over to their families in Lagos.

Officials of the Government House were on hand to attend to the need of the evacuees.
In Ekiti, the students were also given stipends to transport themselves to their respective homes. The president of Federation of Ekiti State Students Union (FESSU),

University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) Chapter, Osetuyi Gabriel Sola who is a 600 Level student of Veterinary Medicine praised Fayemi for prompt response to their distress call saying it was God that saved from being killed in the Boko Haram crisis.

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