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Onlytruth:
Posted by: PhysicsMHD
@first bolded:
You forget that Awolowo was involved in a plot to overthrow the government which led to his being jailed years before the 1966 coup.
You also forget that Awolowo has been linked with another failed "revolution" which ultimately led to his death.
The man was always looking for ways to overthrow government. The Jan 1966 coupists knew this fact and wanted to deliver him his dreams on a platter.

@second bolded: SPOT ON!  

Onlytruth:
[size=16pt]1966 coup executed to make Awo PM – Okocha[/size]

By SUNDAY ANI
Sunday, January 23, 2011

A social crusader and author of ‘Blood in the Niger,’ Dr Emma Okocha, in a fresh account of the events that led to the first coup in Nigeria, has dispelled the long-held view that the January 15, 1966 was championed by the Igbo.

In an exclusive interview with Sunday Sun, he said the coup was actually planned, organised and executed to enthrone Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the prime minister.

Besides, it was staged to stop the killings of civilians in Ijebu-Ode, Sagamu, Ibadan, Ikorodu as well as the Igbo in the northern region.
According to him, although Awolowo was in Calabar prisons for treason, he , along with some of his associates such as the late Tai Solarin, Lateef Jakande, Segun Osoba and the late Anthony Enahoro, had foreknowledge of the coup.

He also revealed that contrary to the widely held view that the coup was led by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, it was led by Major Christian Anuforo, who according to him, had a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and was the most intelligent of the seven majors that executed the putsch. He lamented that January 15, 1966 has been consigned to history and warned that until the event was put in proper perspective, Nigeria would not be able to make much progress.

[b]He condemned the excesses of state governors, who according to him, have gone beyond their constitutional brief of governing their states, to determining who becomes what in Nigeria. He recalled that it was such conduct by the governors that prepared grounds for the 1966 coup. [/b]He urged the governors to retrace their steps and save the country from a possible chaos.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/jan/23/national-23-01-2011-004.htm

News Jan 20, 2011 By Victor Ahiuma-Young
LAGOS—WORKERS of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, yesterday, demanded for an unreserved apology from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the recent arrest and harassment of officers of the union.

The union threatened  cut off power supply to all EFCC offices across the country if the appology was not tendered.

It will be recalled that two  officers of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Mr. Babatunde Issac, the Head of Administration and Mr Emeana Christopher, Personal Assistant to the General Secretary,  Mr. Joe Ajaero of the union were Thursday, arrested by the anti-graft agency.

Under the umbrella of NUEE, the workers in a statement by Comrade Reuben Peter Orlu, Head of  Information and Research, on behalf of the General Secretary, titled: “EFCC apologize or face withdrawal of services and strike action”, read in part: We are indeed deeply perturbed and emotionally injured by the inexplicable traumatic experience and shock we were immersed in by the action of the gun trotting officials of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) who barged and abducted workers from our National Secretariat _ 200, Herbert Macaulay Street, Adekunle_Yaba, Lagos on Thursday, January 13, 2011.

The invasion and harassment of our Leaders are only reminiscent of Military action in the jungle and this call for deeper reflection and introspective attention.

We believe under normal circumstances, the EFCC would not have displayed such high level of unprofessionalism and unprocedural norms exhibited to the National Union of Electricity Employees, which is why we consider an in_depth investigation into the anomaly of the EFCC absolutely imperative.”

“In an era of democratic dispensation, every move must be viewed in relation with its mode.  This explains why we are irked at the intimidation, harassment, mental torture of our members and leaders.

In this circumstance therefore, we demand an unreserved apology from the EFCC to assuage us in the inherent mental torture, traumatic and intimidating spook by the Commission; otherwise, we may be forced to withdraw our services from all EFCC formations nationwide.

Should this harassment and intimidation which we believe is aimed at coercing us to abandon our struggle against the unholy plan to privatize PHCN continues, we shall not hesitate to embark on Warning Strike nationwide. At this level of our national life, it is incumbent on us to strengthen our institutions for better and higher productivity.
Vanguard, however, gathered that the arrested unionists had since been released.

Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:00 From Laolu Akande, New York News - National
PLANS for the use of military force to remove Ivory Coast controversial President, Laurent Gbagbo, now depends on Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan who recently asked the Secretary-General of the United Nations for more time in order for him to send his Special Envoy to the troubled West African nation.

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, disclosed this at his maiden press conference of the year in New York on Friday after western media reporters pressed him repeatedly on when force would be used to remove Gbagbo.

His words: “Now, it’s up to them. I am not sure where they are standing in this case.  President Jonathan, when I have been speaking with him many times, told me he would be dispatching his special envoy to discuss the future course of action.”

The centrality of the Nigerian factor in determining the matter of military force against Ivory Coast, according to sources is not only because Nigeria is the current chairman of ECOWAS, but because Nigeria’s is being expected to lead such an action like it did in Liberia and Sierra Leone through ECOMOG about two decades ago.

Earlier in New York, spokesperson of the US National Security Council, Mike Hammer, had also restated Nigeria’s role as US key partner in removing Gbagbo.

Speaking at the New York Foreign Press Center, Hammer said the US right now is “extremely focused on Ivory Coast and the efforts that are being made there to remove and make sure Mr. Gbagbo makes the right decision and moves out of that office. In that sense Nigeria has been a very important partner within ECOWAS and certainly as we’ve seen with former President Obasanjo’s important role in an effort to mediate and try to convince former President Gbagbo to leave office.”

The UN press conference held at the headquarters of the world body in New York and moderated by former Reuters journalist, Martin Nesirky, Secretary-General Ban also addressed issues pertaining to the implications of how a military action may affect UN troops in Ivory Coast.

He insisted that the legitimately elected President of Ivory Coast now is Alassane Quattara, who reportedly held a phone conference with reporters in Washington DC this past week to campaign for the forceful removal of Gbagbo.

“As I have said before, I say again: the facts on the ground are indisputable. Cote D’Ivoire has a legitimately elected president-Alassane Quattara. The previous incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, must step aside”, Ban said.
The US shares the same sense of urgency as Hammer said in New York earlier on Wednesday.

According to Hammer, the US President Barack Obama had earlier sent Mr. Gbagbo a letter “making it very clear that he had a very stark choice to either do the honorable thing and be a leading example for support for democratic institutions and respect the electoral outcome, or face isolation and disgrace. Unfortunately he has chosen the latter path.”
Hammer added that now the United States in concert with its partners, whether it’s ECOWAS or France whose President Obama met recently in Washington DC, is set to ensure Gbagbo is out.
“We have imposed targeted sanctions on Mr. Gbagbo and his family and his closest associates and including a travel ban. So the pressure is on him to now make a decision to leave that office and we’ll continue to ratchet that up,” he told foreign journalists New York earlier during the week.

But reporters at the UN wanted specific information about when force would be applied to remove Gbagbo. Below is the exchange between reporters and Ban on Friday.

Mr. Secretary-General, on Côte d’Ivoire, this morning Mr. Ouattara held a conference call with reporters at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, at which time he called for the removal of Mr. Gbagbo by force.  Do you think the time has come for military intervention, that he should be removed by force, and that patience has run out for negotiations?  And if not, how much longer can this situation go on before you think it would be time to take him out?

You should know that when this controversy happened, the African Union fully supported this certification of election result, and declared that Ouattara is the legitimately elected President of Côte d’Ivoire, and ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States] supported this.  At the second ECOWAS summit meeting, ECOWAS leaders, composed of fifteen West African countries, decided first of all to engage in dialogue to resolve this issue in a peaceful manner.

They have also agreed that if this peaceful dialogue effort is rejected, then they would take all possible measures, including military measures.  Now, it’s up to them.  I am not sure where they are standing in this case.  President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, when I have been speaking with him many times, told me he would be dispatching his special envoy to discuss the future course of action, and I’m also going to engage in consultation with many African leaders while attending the African Union Summit meeting later this month.  So let us see how we can resolve this issue.  It’s quite frustrating that international calls have not been heeded by Mr. Gbagbo.  This time he should listen and accept the will of the Ivorian people, which has been demonstrated through Presidential elections.

cold:
^^ama kai wawa fa,yan iska kowai

alj harem1:
in fact you all are mumu's

bloody mumus

oracle1:
there is a quiet revolution going on in Nigeria. people don't understand what happened at the eagle square yesterday.
the north was finally proven to be nothing more than a boogeyman, and it took a humble fisherman from ijawland to defeat the north finally. never will Nigeria be the same, thanks to president jonathan.
where was ciroma?
where was IBB?
where was all those arewa hawks?
from now on, any Nigeria can contest any position and win.

one step forward for Nigeria, one giant leap forward for Africa!

numiko:
The North never had any real power in the first place. Economic power lies in the south and that is what power means to me. A northern president doesn't make a difference in the north because it is the southerners that he empowers economically. Just look around you critically and you'll see.

jay_getta:
@OP: it didn't take a "quiet, humble, Ijaw man" to destroy the Northern Oligarchy's hold on power, it took a vicious, calculating, and patriotic Yoruba man to do the damage. OBJ set the ball in motion. . . We can argue this to eternity if u feel like it!

• Congratulates Jonathan
Written by Dipo Laleye Minna
Saturday, 15 January 2011

Contrary to expectations, former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, on Thursday failed to attend the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary where President Goodluck Jonathan was picked as the standard-bearer of the party for April presidential election.

The Chanchaga Local Government chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Niger State had 24 hours before the presidential primary picked General Babangida as a delegate and received assurance that the General would be present at the gathering.

However, Saturday Tribune can now reveal that the primary reason for his absence at the convention was lack of confidence in the electoral method adopted by the party for the election.

According to Saturday Tribune findings, General Babangida believed that allocating ballot boxes for each state of the federation was undemocratic.

In a democratic setting, Babangida was said to have told some of his aides that it was morally wrong for votes to be cast the way the PDP wanted it because it had the tendency of revealing where each delegate voted.

The method, according to a source close to Babangida, could make the winner to visit states that did not vote for him with retaliation with consequent denial of dividends of democracy.

General Babangida has congratulated President Jonathan on winning the PDP ticket. He also congratulated Alhaji Abubakar and Mrs Sarah Jubril. According to Babangida, Jonthan victory’s was not only personal, but to all PDP members. The statement reads:

“I, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, GCFR, wish to congratulate President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR for his landslide victory at yesterday’s presidential primaries of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), held at the Eagle Square, Abuja.

“His victory at the primaries is not only personal, but to all members of our great party, to lovers of peace, unity and progress; and to all those who believe in democracy and Nigeria. I therefore urge him to be magnanimous in victory and carry along with him those who lost at yesterday’s event. This is the only way we can bury the intra-party differences and bitterness that preceded the primaries.

“Special congratulations to former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar GCON, on putting up a gallant fight and braving all the odds to make an impressive showing at the primaries. History will always give him a place of pride for his tireless efforts to enthrone democracy in Nigeria.

“My admiration also goes to the woman of substance and courage who never gives up – Mrs Sarah Jibril- who has since 1993 sought at every opportunity to offer her services as president of this country. Even though she has not succeeded, history will one day say this is the woman who saw tomorrow when eventually Nigeria elects a woman president.”

alj harem:
^^^^


i think nairalanders get those quotes from the newspaper not the other way around

porka:
Tunde Bakare wants the Marines sent to Ogun State, where his political opponent is governor, in order to dislodge the 'Houses of Assembly' there. He kept silent about Ekiti State, where his political ally is governor, where minority rules the majority in their House of Assembly.


Tunde Bakare cannot trust Goodluck Jonathan because he didn't promise him his sovereign conference but prefers Muhamadu Buhari who has consistently said 'Nigeria's main problem is security', that the police only need to work more and Nigeria would be fine. He didn't tell us what Buhari said, OR PROMISED HIM, about the Sovereign National Conference (his Utopia).
Good point - I am yet to see Buhari's promises.

Tunde Bakare cannot find anybody in Nigeria who can be a good president apart from Muhamadu Buhari but failed to tell us how Buhari would be able to throw every 'law breaker' into jail as a civilian president when he didn't survive ordinary two years as a military head of state and a brutal dictator, despite suspension of the constitution, trampling on people's fundamental human rights (to life, speech, association, freedom to engage in enterprise and make profit, promulgation of Decree 4 ETC).
ROFL - now you are getting into the realm of comedy. Buhari/Idiagbon certainly overeached, but were certaily better than than that murderous pretender. . .well U know the rest.

Tunde Bakare said 'They are all by-products of planless, clueless leadership that has characterized the government of the PDP, especially in the last four years', but persistently called Olusegun Obasanjo's administration names, even predicted his death several times.
Did he, really?

Tunde Bakare said Nuhu Ribadu's EFCC performed better than Farida Waziri's EFCC but failed to acknowledge the political cover given to Ribadu by Obasanjo.
What political cover is Waziri lacking?

Tunde Bakare wants "progressives" who he said are not serious like the PDP. Just to replace the un-serious with the more un-serious "progressives"
This is a warning to the "progressives" to put their house in order or watch Nigeria go nowhere fast for another 4 years

Tunde Bakare said "Not these men who do not know their left from their right. Whose credentials, including educational credentials, must be examined because the way they are functioning, it does not look like they went to school", but cannot articulate his views simply in just one interview. And had in fact denied several prophecies of his which were recorded on tape.

WilyWily:
@Akwasi
(You only Want to Know What caused why Ghanaians were sent away and how the times were).

Akwasi one thing you have to know is, Majority of people living in this British made cage called Nigeria like to defend bad things.

The real truth what caused the Sending of Ghanaians away is that, Ghanaians living in Nigeria were prospering, many of them were Lecturers in the Universities, Doctors, Engineers and Capenters etc, in short Ghanaians were Excellent in Every thing they laid their Hands on. Then came the Enemies of progress, every of their unemployment problems became the caused by innocent Ghanaian, Greed and Jealousy overwhelm their Brain, GHANA MUST GO becomes Yoruba National Anthem.
Anyone telling you it was a Federal Government policy, that's 100% lies. President Shagari home state of Sokoto, why was it that no single Ghanaian was deported, at Port-Harcourt, Warri, Enugu, Calabar all these towns has Thousands of Ghanaian living in but nothing happend to them.
The only place the molestation, beating and deportation were carried out was in Lagos, Ibadan, Abeokuta. all are Yoruba town controlled by (U.P.N) a Yoruba party.

Akwasi if you watch the documentary, it really a Sad moment. If you see Ghana women and kids packed in lorries, Women and Children Crying, tears will rush out of your eyes.
But see how people allowed Greed, Hatred and Jealousy overwhelm them, As Ghanaians were been loaded into lorries Women and Children crying, Yoruba Women and their kids were happy Cheering and Singing GHANA MUST GO BACK oshe oshe bababa.

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_13-people-feared-killed-in-nigeria-s-ethnic-violence_1493249
At least 13 people were feared killed in religious and ethnic violence in Nigeria's remote central Plateau state, forcing the military to step up deployment in the troubled region.

The Nigerian military has effected a heavy deployment to some remote parts of central Plateau State where 13 persons were feared killed by rampaging Muslims of ethnic Fulani origin, reports said.

The village where the alleged attack had taken place is called Wareng and is inhabited mostly by Christians of ethnic Berom.

It is located several kilometers away from Jos where religious uprisings and bomb blasts have claimed hundreds of lives in recent times.

Last Christmas eve, a bomb blast within the city claimed more than 80 lives while more than 100 were injured.

The aftermath of the bombing was a riot between Muslim and Christian youths which also claimed scores of lives causing mass migration from the city.

Though a religious sect accused of regular killings in northern Nigeria, Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing, observers say politicians may be responsible for the attack.

Mid last year, three Muslim Fulani herdsmen were hacked down by unknown persons and this led to a reprisal attack when an angry mob suspected to be Muslims killed another three.

The herdsmen were believed to have been killed by ethnic Beroms who are mostly Christians while they were searching for lost cattle.

Jos, the capital of Plateau State has witnessed series of sectarian clashes in the recent past causing the government to place a dusk to dawn curfew in the area at a point.

From 2008 to the present time, thousands of people have lost their lives in the region and a fracas in March last year alone claimed more than 500 lives.

The country’s President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to halt the killings which are mostly motivated by fight for control of fertile lands but the violence has spilled into the election year where he would stand as a candidate.

General elections are due for April and analysts fear local politicians could exploit the division to cause more tension in the area.

ladej:
sensible post
how does publich shooting stem the flow? did firing squad reduce armed robbery in nigeria? once again we fight the overshoot of the problem without tackling the root cause. what we need is collective information gathering, intelligence on ground, and the creation of a condusive atmosphere, as well as long punitive damages for the culprits. imagine no bomb sniffing dogs. what a shame

olu77:
GEJ reminds me of Ngige & Uba's scenario. Before Ngige clinched the governorship post in Anambra, he would cheerfully wipe Uba's backside of every poo after every download despite the godfather's dirty smelling backside but immediately he got what he wanted, he started kicking the same backside so hard. If u are being fooled by a gentle president always sitting silently before his laptop charting with some rude facebook brats wait till after the election.

As far as I am concern, the real problem of this country are those lawless lawmakers wasting our precious time making useless, dumb, silly and senseless laws that would only fill their pockets with more ill-gotten wealth, believe me they would frustrate Buhari to the extent he might end up handling over to AL-queda.

GEJ is not a dictator, he is a democrat but if we desire another tyrant we would all still be here to witness the consequence.

stine b:
BAKARE STATEMENT IS NOT OUT OF PLACE THOUGH.BECAUSE IT IS WHAT ANY UNSTRATEGISED PERSON WOULD CONSIDER AS AN OPTION.BUT GEJ NOT RESPONDING TO THIS CRISES WITH FIRE AS MOST SHORTSIGHTED NAIRALANDERS WOULD EXPECT, INDICATES THAT HE IS A VERY INTELLIGENT PERSON.HOW LONG DO WE WAIT TO REALISE THAT THE CRISES WE ARE EXPERIENCING TODAY IN NIGERIA ARE A MERE SET UP BY SOME TERRORIST LOOSING ELITES, WHO WANTS TO DISCREDIT THE GOVERNMENT OF GEJ.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,THEY WISH THE MILLITARY TAKES OVER POWER FROM GEJ INSTEAD OF THEM LOOSING TO A SOUTHERNER AGAIN.DONT U ALL KNOW THAT THE BOMB BLAST AT MOGADISHU BARACKS ABUJA IS A DARING CALL ON THE MILLITARY TO SEIZE POWER?I THANK GOD FOR THE WISDOM HE HAS EMBEDED IN GEJ TO CROSS OVER THE TEMPTATIONS AND MANY MORE THAT MAY COME AHEAD,GOD FORBID.THIS TREND IS NOW A NATIONAL ISSUE AND NOT EITHER LOVE FOR ACN OR HATE FOR PDP.
I ASSURE YOU THAT ALL ANTI NIGERIA GROUP WILL BE DEFEATED.GOD PROTECT NIGERIA FROM POLTICAL TERRORIST AMEN.

debosky:
@ koruji

I think they're talking about becoming iPod nano sellers

greateros:
I made the same observation to my friend yesterday.

Anoda dimension you fail to mention is that the igbos would av had the greatest number of graduates if not for the fact that an entire generation of UNN graduands and those before them were all massacred in a calculated genocide during the civil war.

The Igbos are truly a great race!

wily:wily:
Let face the truth, the brain of Yorubas and their partners in Looting Dirty Stinking Hausa/Fulani are full of Coconut water. Yeye people

ikeyman00:
@@@@@@@@@

u could say that again!!

let them know!

Blackteeth:
I don't belong to any of the three big tribes, so I can support or whip the arse of whichever of the big tribes I wish at any time. For now, let me go with the Igbos.
I think it's amazing that Inspite of the large number of Igbo children, women and young men who were massacred before and during the 3 year civil war, the Igbos are still standing shoulder high today. The yoruba and hausa lands weren't touched by the outbreak of hostilities; they were going about their daily business of schooling, eating, drinking, sex etc. So one should expect that these two big tribes should be more advanced than the Igbos by now, but this is not case. Rather they are still struggling with the Igbos for space and survival. Inspite of the loses the Igbos sustained, they are still making noise and shaking Nigeria, including overseas. Who knows whether they would have pocketed Nigeria by now if actually the weren't injured 40 years ago. Igbo kwenu!

nakedall:
ECN - NEPA - PHCN - all failed, fellow countrymen lets move on to NANOTECHNOLOGY

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has affirmed that
the tenure of Delta State governor-elect, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, ends on
May 28, this year.

By the INEC position, Uduaghan, who emerged winner of Thursday’s re-run
governorship election, has less than five months to spend in office and
would have, by that, completed a term of four years.

A statement by INEC said the agency had put the rerun election behind it
and was preparing for a governorship election in Delta, holding in April.

Kayode Idowu of INEC explained thus: "Under the law, there is going to be
election in Delta State because it is contained in the electoral act that the
time a governor spent in office before the date his election was annulled
shall be taken into account.

"That provision is in the electoral act and the electoral act is a subsisting
law."

But Uduaghan rejected INEC’s position saying only the court could
determine his tenure.

ndu_chucks:
@koruji, your contributions are appreciated, but expect to be vigorously challenged    I was a Cowboy fan, back in the days. The Eagles don't have a very good team, they are lucky that the cowboys are currently rebuilding their team and the fact that the dog lover is their quarterback.

babaearly:
@Koruji

well said, but with current system of things, dont you think the nation is moving towards dictatorship? look outside the box.

jason123:
The reason is already stated above, " the cultural bond is stronger than the religious bond"
Secondly, there is no sharia court in the SW. The reason is that, muslims in the SW are moderate muslims. They also tolerate the christains and vis-versa. Infact, religion is not a big deal in the SW.

ndu_chucks:
@Koruji, please take a chill pill and relax. Religion does not seem to be a devisive issue in the South West as many posters have posited. By the way, are you going to create an upheaval from the comfort of your living room watching the Philadelphia Eagles coast to the super bowl? I doubt if you are in the trenches in Nigeria. Enjoy your weekend.
Thanks.

babaearly:
@Missy

I hope things get better, but the democracy we have now, how different is it from the military era? where is the FORCE in this government? why is it Lazy?

ndu_chucks:
@koruji, how is the thread devisive? Did you read the original post at all or you are an onijogbon by nature? Controversial issues do not have to be wept under the carpet and not discussed because certain people may be emotionally unstable.

I ask again, just as in the first post: No religious or ethnic bashing please - lets make this a nice academic exercise.

babaearly:
I would never pray for Dictatorship, but will an effective Military Government stop these bombings, religious clashes and terrorism?

TplenT:
, the O.P is not correct.fayemi is a christain(staunch catholic),akala is baptist while mimiko attends RCCG.Out of the SW Governors,only fashola and aregbesola are muslims;meanwhile fashola's wife is a staunch catholic(she's Antonia).which means that fashola himself may only be a nominal muslim,

babaearly:
Nigeria is in chaos, about to bust in flames. something should be done as fast as possible to stop the Military taking over! Now!