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ellechrystal:
Hmm, hehe hehe, fire on d mountain, this explains his secret meeting with Johnathan, hmm. Things r surely not going well in APC blive me, n it's obvious Amaechi has beef with Atiku, after this election, them go scatter well, apc is just a party of different enemies, who decided to come together to hunt a common enemy,
Propaganda is their watch word wen it comes to their campaigns,
I just dey look una

Its not just APC...... Jonathan is the "common enemy" of intelligent and honest Nigerians..

...and Nigerians will show him out, come march 28.

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Jonathan has to be very convinced in his spirit that he has lost this election... for him to be looking for a Disqualification at a week to election

But thats never going to happen.
"A child that says his Mother will not sleep, would also not be allowed to blink for a second"

We will have this election come March 28..... and Buhari's name will be on the Ballot.

That l can bet my balls on.

As for what the Court can or will do...........let us leave that for the Court.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT BUHARI

1. Buhari actually took over power from Shagari because his administration was very corrupt. It was full of financially mismanagement and corruption, muchlike the present day Jonathan administration where "Stealing is no longer a form of corruption" and unless America blows the whistle, whatever is stolen is "not stolen"!

2. When Buhari was in power, many corrupt politicians were arrested and sent to jail for their financial crimes. Infact people with questionable wealth were unable to show it off for fear of being arrested like we have today. Unlike today when 'Yahoo++ and Far-crook/Otedola-gate, Subsidy SCAM, NNPC Scam and many more has become the order of the day.

3. He introduced war against indiscipline. Students were in their classrooms, workers dare not come to work late, people were not allowed to litter the streets with dirts, etc. The nation, just like Ghana during the time of Jerry rawlings, was on its "path to recovery".

4. He introduced the famous environmental sanitation that we have today.
Though "watered down", back then, every one took it serious and gradually, even the kids on the street were begining to grow-up with the mentality that "Cleanliness is Godliness".

5. We have no external debt during Buhari, infact he paid all our debts to zero. OBJ left $65Billion Dollars in our Foreign reserve and paid off every kobo to our debtors, the Paris Club, when he left office. That is the best way to improve and strengthen the Naira against other major currencies.
Today under Jonathan, our foreign debt is close to $40 Billion while he has depleted our Foreign reserve to less than $25 Billion, despite record-high crude price and receipts in the last 4years! Some people just cant handle money! Jonathan CANT!

6. Inflation came down from 23% percent to 5% during the time of Buhari. Under Jonathan, dont mind the "cooked figures" his economist throw in our face, the common man on the street judges "Inflation" by how much he buys Rice today, compared to how much he bought it four years ago!. A Bag of Rice was #2,800 when Jonathan took office. Today, it is closer to #12,000 depending on the brand ....yet they would tell us that inflation has been "erased" from the face of Nigeria!

7. Under Buhari, Our naira was so strong and it could compete internationally with Pounds and Dollars.
Those were the "good old days" when Leaders work in the interest of their country.... and not private fortunes and personal interests as Jonathan is doing!

8. He built 3 refineries in Kaduna, Warri and Portharcourt. The same as we have today, after six years of this Jonathan administration
What we get from Jonathan is why the Subsidy thieves are too big for him to handle...though he reminds us that he knows them!
Just like he never stops telling us he knows the sponsors of Boko Haram but does nothing about them in the last few years.
Could he be pointing to himself? just thinking

9. He created 20 oil depots when he was in PDTF.

10. Under PDTF, he constructed more roads than the Nigerian government in the past 15 years. Some of these same roads are the ones Jonathan is repainting and calling "Newly TRANSFORMED Roads"

11. While under PDTF, he supplied text books to schools and drugs to hospitals.
Under Jonathan, our Hospitals have become "Morgues" where people are brought, ..."just to die" so they can be issued a Death cert!

12. He was the first Head of state to allow women in his administration. He even discovered Dora Akinyuli.
The beautiful thing is that "he chose the women CAREFULLY"..... not just thieving concubines like Deziani-Allison madueke, "Stealler" Oduah or Ngozi "Oko" Iweallah!

13. He has no foreign account or houses abroad.
*Jonathan has refused dot declare his Assets despite the fact that his predecessor, Yar Adua, declared his own asset!
*Jonathan through his cronies, bought the Port Harcourt Disco knwoing that we will always be at the mercy of "Electricity cabals" like himself who only increase tariff but never supply the electricity.
*A Buhari will put an end to this shenanigan.

14. He has just 2 houses, one in Kaduna and one in his home town.
A Jonathan even collected a House and a Church from a contractor (Julius Berger) as Bribe!
Now you know why contractors have the audacity to abolish contracts half-way.

15. He was never convicted of any financial crime and when he was in PDTF, he never collected any salary
because he was already collecting his pension.
As for Jonathan, despite allocating #1 billion for food in his House, his wife who cannot even write her name, collects salary as a "Perm Sec" in Rivers State! Just imagine,....for doing nothing! Corruption is their middle name.

16. He stood against IMF and the World Bank when he was asked to devaluate the naira.
This was because naira could be spent abroad and also competing with dollar and that coming from an African nation, he was hated by the west.
Today, #340 => 1Pound ..... #210 => $1. Jonatha has devalued the Naira TWICE in the last Six Months!

17. Concerning religion, his Cook and Driver are Christians.
Even Jonathan would not dare make his cook and personal Driver "Muslims"!
This is how detribalized Buhari has become.

A Vote for Buhari is a vote for integrity, openness, progress and a CHANGE from the Status-Quo.

MARCH4BUHARI AND OSINBAJO!

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As they say, "The Law is made for man..... and not man being made for the law".
Judges know how to INTERPRET the law.... TO OBEY COMMON SENSE. That is why they are Judges, and not some robotic SaTANoid

The judges would want to know the following:
1.) who gets the advantage or who benefits from a Buhari disqualification at this point of the electoral process

2.) How does the "Muhamodu" name or the APC or APC Party, affect the OUTCOME of the election in favor of Buhari.... or puts Jonathan at a disadvantage?

3.) How a disqualification of Buhari, at this point would not run foul of the Electoral acts and guidelines that INEC is bound to follow and is following?

4.) Even more importantly, why Jonathan thinks winning by a "Walk Over" of the other candidate is the best solution to their perceived grouse?

I tell you, any Judge who is not acting under the influence of BRIBE will simply throw out all those cases or at best, tell them that they do not affect the conduct of the electoral process and so, the election can go on while Lawyers do what they know best.

Strangely, l noticed that those spurious court cases meant to give Jonathan a "Walk-Over" win are being initiated by IGBOS!
Why do IGBOS like to play this sort of dirty game of spiolers?
Do they not know that such attitude reflects on who they are..... and determines their "fortunes" in the Nigerian polity?

If Jonathan wins, he will not be able to contest again and that seals the faith of the Igbos... for a long time to come
If Jonathan loses, it even makes it worse for IGBOS as they wont smell that President office for a very long time (Yorubas next). They cant even come back based on "equity" since they are the ones supporting illegality and abuse of equity right now..... and we wont forget that in a hurry.

My hope is that a smart generation of Igbos will be born, who can think "long term" and know that there are things that "money should not buy"...... INTEGRITY

Most people like me will be honest enough to agree that Buhari is not "first choice" but if we had to chose between Buhari and Jonathan, as we are being forced to chose, will chose Buhari, ten times over that imbecilic and mor@nic desperado called Jonathan.

Vote wisely, Vote for Buhari/Osinbajo and let us put the Devil to shame.
Nigeria can be great again.

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Concluding part:

My concluding part will focus on the whole hullabaloo concerning the court process.

a) Judges, when they are honest, are no-fools. They are very well trained, intelligently-perceptive and educated people.
These Judges live in Nigeria and see what is going on at every stage.

2.) Judges know that the presidential election is a TWO-HORSE race between Buhari and Jonathan so, disqualifying either of them is handing the other, an UNDESERVED VICTORY

3.) Judges know that the election is just a week away. Judges know the terrain of Nigeria. Judges know how fragile the polity is.

4.) The whole world, having seen the shenanigans of a Desperate Jonathan, have "warned him" not to plunge the nation into chaos, by his actions and inactions.
The American Govt has warned Jonathan and his foot soldiers.
The European union has also warned Jonathan to watch his steps.
This warning is not just for Jonathan alone but for EVERYONE who wants to plunge the most populous black nation on earth, into chaos!

The reason is that the whole world does not want close to 170Million Refugees on its door step!
Certainly not because one clueless Creek mosquito is power hungry!

They know the cost in terms of human lives and resources and would remind Jonathan that he is just "One inconsequential man" that can be sacrificed for the peace of the whole of Africa and the world!

The Judges get the message as well, trust me on this.
Now that ICC is involved, l bet you Jonathan and ANYONE who wants to do anything that smirks of "undue advantage", is working a thin line.

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3.) Finally, concerning his certificates and birth Cert

The requirement of the Electoral Act is for a MINIMUM of School cert.
Emphasis is on minimum.

Buhari "claims" he has the minimum ..... and even has more than the minimum.

So question is: Does the law require him to stick to the minimum (by attaching that School cert result).... or does the law allow him to 'attach any qualification as long as it meets the minimum, AT THE LEAST?

This is a no-brainer.
The "reason detre" behind that requirement is to ensure that our President can read and write, at least to the school cert level.
If more, like Jonathan, then it should "have been" better though Jonathan has proved that "Paper Qualification" has nothing to do with being Intelligent!

Thus, Buhari only needs to either attach his O-level results........... or any of his results that meets or supersedes an O-level result.
This matter has been thrashed over and over again as even the American Military School which he attended (whose result is higher than an O-level result) has confirmed his graduation from that school. Also, Cambridge has also authenticated his o-level results.

In other words, those still clamouring for his O-level results are just chasing shadows or at best, ar elooking fior ways to play "Gbagbo" with Nigerians.

The issue of Birth cert is not even worth debating. People all over substitute "Sworn Declaration" for original Birth cert.
It is acceptable in Nigeria and many places all over the world. Period.

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mrrock:
Your explanation would only be possible on conventional grounds. But, legally no. Will you accept Jonathan's name on the same form as Jon? (Jon is an abbreviation for Jonathan).

I will pick you up on this... in a moment

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zyzybabe1:
THE COWARDLY TRIBE THAT WILL KEEP YELLING AND FOLDING THE END OF THEIR TROUSERS UP TILL THE FIGHT ENDS,YET THEY WON'T FIGHT!!! THE SHAMELESS TRIBE THAT HAS THIS HABIT OF LEAVING THEIR DIRTY JAWS HANGING AFTER SPEWING RUBBISH

If you want to abuse Yorubas, please do OPENLY1

*At least they are not the Tribe that beats their Chest and then get whooped so much so that their leader ran away like a thief in the night to Ivory Coast!

*Dont also forget that a Yoruba man it was, Benjamin Adekunle, who drove the whole of Biafra from Oore into the River Niger and the rest scampered off like Rabbits while "The Scorpion" killed anything that moves, pretend to move, dead or decaying!

*May l also remind you that it was a Yoruba man by name Olusegun Obasanjo, that took the SURRENDER of the entire Biafran rag-tag Army!

If you still think Yoruba are cowards simply because they dont "chest-beat and do Gra-gra" like your folks, then you need to see a Doctor!
Its funny how you guys are so steeped in self Delusion!


You can summarise all Nigerians into three main categories:

#Some people learn from the mistakes of others (Yorubas).

#Some people learn from their own mistakes (Northerners)

#Some people are INCAPABLE OF LEARNING AT ALL...... (Igbos like you)

It seems History will always repeat itself for those who are incapable fo learning because back then in 1963-4, that is how you guys were doing Gra-Gra and we warned you to calm down but you refused to listen to reason! You got it coming , all over again...Walahi!

Let me leave you, for better things for now.


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2.) Occupation: Civil Servant ...... When he is a Politician!

Hmmm.... in desperate situation, the Desperadoes will try to hold-on to ANYTHING, no matter how infantile!

The Question a Judge will likely ask you is this: How does Buhari's occupation, be it a Civil Servant or a Politician, affect the "process or result of the election"?
There is some thing in law called "reason detre"!
For every criminal act, the prosecutor/Judge tries to establish a MOTIVE.
It is the motive that differentiates, for example, between being sentenced for Murder (death by hanging or injection/firing squad) .... and being done for Manslaughter (7years to serve 3.5years behind bars) even though in both cases, an innocent life has been taken by the accused.

So, What will be Buhari's motive for stating he is a Civil Servant , when he is a Politician? Aside from "common mistakes of interpretation" when filling a form (since we can argue that as a former President/head of state, PTF chairman, he is a retired Civil Servant!).
Finally, what does Buhari stand to gain, what advantage does stating "Civil Servant" bestow on him, with regards to the election?
If there is none, then no ulterior motive would have been established and No Prima facie case would have been established.
So "Dead on Arrival" as the first case.

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mrrock:
Name on Buhari's INEC form CF 001: Mohamed Buhari (false information). Real name is Muhammadu Buhari.

Occupation on voter's card: Civil servant (false information). Real occupation is Politician.

Buhari's proof of educational qualification: Affidavit stating the military have his certificates (false information). The military do not keep such documents.

Buhari's birth certificate on INEC form: None submitted.

Name on Buhari's statement of result from Katsina: Mohamed Buhari (false information). Real name Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari's party on INEC form CF 001: All Progressives Congress Party (APCP) (false information). Real party is All Progressives Congress (APC).

Everybody now have a proof that Buhari is a stark illiterate!.

Buhari is such a fake!!!. Buhari is the fakest Nigerian alive!!

There are so many posts l would have loved to respond to, one after the other but time will not allow, so l chose this one that made an attempt to go by "the rules" of the Electoral Act.

1.) Between" Mohamed" Buhari and Mohamadu Buhari is like trying to find the difference between "Chukwu" and "Ikechukwu" ..... one can be used interchangeably for the other without committing any offense. The attached surname (Buhari) is indicative enough to show that it is the same person.
Will a Judge disqualify Ikechukwu, because he abbreviates his name to "Chukwu", even when the Judge is patently aware that it is the same person and such has no bearing on the "election process and result"? I dont think so


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jeffizy:
Hand of Esau , Voice of Jacob.

Its a monumental ACT OF DESPERATION by President Jonathan!

What wont that mor@n do ....... just to be re-elected?

[b} Intimidation of Political opponents wont work this time around, people have made their decision even before FeBuhari 14th!


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ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] This is genocide against women....These poor souls are the victims of Islam's relentless carelessness and assault of the female folk and these same elements can be found in the APC.Forget what they tell you or how they package that rabid fanatic Buhari, the repression of female rights will be very prevalent in his regime.But God will never allow his wonderful creatures be torn this way that is why Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will end his tenure 2019... … [/color]

TERRORISTS ALERT!!!

You are even worse than Boko Haram..... judging by your rabid and rancid comments!
I dont even want to think about it, if someone like you has access to a Gun!

It is PD-Pigs like you tha bring shame to Christianity and the West in general.

Foolish Igbo Urchin.

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Theophrastus:
Boko Haram........Nigeria,Niger and Cameroon
ISIS........worldwide
Al Qaeda......Worldwide
Taliban.........Afghanistan and Pakistan
Hezbolah.........Lebanon
Hamas.........Palestine

All as a result of radical Islam. And they kept on saying it is a religion of peace......

IDIATS.........#OdunladeVoice

I dont think you should group Hamas together with ISIS or Boko haram.

What Hamas is doing is exactly what MEND and his Tompolo Militant were doing back then: Agitation for their freedom.

otherwise, you should also include MEND on that list.

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ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] messy business if you ask mi, else we don't see how these bloodbath wouldn't be avoided had the clamour against Iheajirika didn't reach fever pitch by the North...simply put,these poor souls were just pawns in the hands of hawkish 'born to rule' and 'your people are killing my people' proponents against the govt of the day. [/color]

In other words, this our President has "No Balls" at all, ...and "No sense" at all, to know that he should not listen to any "Fever pitch" Noise from the North!

When you make a shoeless man President, why wont he be listening to just any "fever pitch Noise"?

I guess if we make enough "fever pitch noise" now, the mor@nic imbe@ile will give us electricity ... or have we not made enough "fever pitch noise" in the last six years he has been President?

Even the generators are making "fever pitch noise"!

Stewpidity beyond compare!
fever pitch noise koor, Malaria pith noise nii!

Clueless Retard lining up behind a slowpoke!

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yehmi01:
Honestly this northerners are set of uncivilized people.

For those of you shouting GBM every where.

I hope for Gods sake you are right about this man.

Dont let (your?) the general hatred of "Northerners" becloud your judgement!

A lot of Igbo men are selling FAKE DRUGS but does that make ALL IGBOS to be Killers!

Buhari is a Northerner but does that mean ALL Northerners are like this?

It is just the innate "qualities" of Buhari, like zero-tolerance for corruption, high integrity, focus, maturity, e.t.c ........that Nigeria needs at this time, "character traits" that even you will agree with me, .....[size=18pt]that President Jonathan lacks.[/size]

Now, this is a Democracy and thank God, we all have our PVC to DECIDE EVERY FOUR YEARS, whether a President meets our aspirations or not!
I tell you, if Buhari does not perform in his first 4years, we will be too happy to vote him out just the way we rae happy to vote out Jonathan, come March 28.

What Nigerians would not tolerate is any "sitting President" trying to Rig or manipulate our vote.... to his advantage!
We like you, we vote for you, we dislike you, we vote you out for another person.

Someone should tell President Jonathan that Nigerians have gone passed the stage where sharing of "expired" Rice, Ororo, or even Dollars, will sway their convictions. It is insulting to our collective intelligence

For now, it is just Sai Buhari for Aso Rock.


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yeahh:
Den Why is apc talking about icc

When Street urchins like these, out of their own volition, cause destruction like this, it is called "willful destruction" and is punishable under the constitution and the electoral law of Nigeria.
I personally wonder where are the Nigerian Police, when you need them? Urchins like these ones should be cooling off in the Cell, until after election!

If you can show evidence that it was Buhari that instructed them to destroy those Posters..... then you might have a point

BUT ......

When the "mere kitchen appendage" of a wife of a sitting President Jonathan, under the direction of her husband, publicly incites and asks political opponents of her husband to be STONED TO DEATH.... that is a matter for the ICC because:

1.) Her actions will cause chaos and blood-shed within the polity

2.) her husband is the C-in-C and did not call her to order

3.) Events in Okrika also confirms that the Shepopotamus and her husband are bent on instigating violence, when he loses the election

4.) Prior events like "arming of his tribal militants", an action keenly observed by the whole world, is further ammunition to Jonathan's real intentions.

Now that your ignorance has been wiped-off, go and sin no more!

This President Jonathan is a ripe candidate for a Prison cell in the Hague ........ as for Mama Piss, she would do better in a Nigerian Prison as we dont want Jonathan to be having Phekus while in jail!


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temitemi1:
God bless Nigeria! GEJ till 2019!!!

Just take a look at our current #20 and #50 Notes and you would wonder whether Ghana wants her Notes to be like that!

BTW: I hope everyone noticed the "Stealing is NOT Corruption' at the tail end of that Article?

#50 Million as "exit Gift" ............. in this Nigeria under Jonathan's rule?
Contract inflation from #150 Million, to #200 Million, just like that?

And "God" will still bless Jonathan?

This temitemi1 must be smoking some very cheap grass, l presume.

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jou9d:
Does it feel right or wrong?

Nothing wrong..... just shows that she was in the "Boys Scout" before then!


"Be Prepared"..... as in for her, war can happen any time!

But that kind of girl can be my kind of woman sha.

"Crase person easy to watch for market but who wan make that be im own pikin"?
No be me, it wasn't me!

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I thought it was Salt l was adding to the stew.... but it was granulated Sugar!

That Stew sweet, no be small!

Dont mention the beating l received that day.... l dont want to remember it.

BTW: I was expecting a "date" in my University days and l decided to surprise her by doing some home cooking.
after spending a sizable chunk of my monthly allowance to shop in the market for the right ingredients (Chicken, pepper, tomatoes, e.t.c).. everything was going according to plan and the smell of the stew sef was making my room mates crazy!
They were all like... when you escort the lady to the park, we will finish the remainder of that stew before you come back!

Well, they left the room in anticipation that my guest will soon land... and you know boyz cherish privacy a bit now

God punish Devil o! I dont know how l fell into this trance just as l was resting my back on the bed, waiting for the Soup to "done" properly!
It was the knock of the "angel" that woke me as she stepped into the room and noticed a bad smell immediately!

My Pot of Stew is completely burnt! Its a Sunday evening, not much to buy on campus!
That romance just did not work out at all.

crazy room mates were only concerned about their own loss.... not even pity my pocket or my Soup or the failed romance attempt!


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Prodeegee:
*shines*...he carry ororo take rub body?

I was really eager to see the SHINE....

I guess these SaTANoids are suffering from self delusion of the grandest order!

[size=14pt]Madam Piss Shepopotamus: How can they be collecting Jonathan's stolen funds...... and still be deceiving him like this? Even you Damaturu man follow-come, Fani Kayode you sef follow come abi??

Chei! Dearis God o, Dearis Gooooduuu Oooooo [/size]

***starts to shed crocodile tears****

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We all jump to conclusions because we dont actually examine the "problem"!

1.) Was man (humans) actually created to be monogamous?
If we were created from that "bang" it mustn't be just a single or small bang..... it must be "banging repeatedly" (joke)

It appears to me, that having more than one mate during a life time, is the innate behaviour of "most" males, even amongst lower animals?
Why do we think "man" should be an exception to this general rule?

2.) Despite "Western ideas" about marriage, Western marriages have failed to succeed at monogamy, as many of them have more than one wife/husband, during their life time!
Why is there a quest and desire to "kpekus" more than one man or more than one woman.... in the life span of a humanbeing? (Serial Monogamy)
Now, you might argue that "divorce and re-marry" is not monogamy but think deeper and you will see that it is actually a worse-form of polygamy as some men/women are rendered "used" ...and it does not really favor a woman to serially marry and re-marry over and over again.
It is just a "legal solution" that deals with the problems associated with "inheritance".... but it does not change from the "practice and fact" of polygamy.

3.) Listening to the Women's day celebration message, facts show that there are more girls in schools nowadays, more women around, more female child births..... more and more women everywhere

Now, l may be wrong but l guess it is the dream of most if not all women, to one day, settle down with their own husband?
if all these women decide to take "one man" to each self, ............or put in the corollary, if all the men decide to take just one woman out of all these women, for themselves...WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TONS OF WOMEN LEFT UNMARRIED ...and who desire to marry and have a family of their own? Tough luck for them, abi?

4.) Is it actually a "Christian Sin" to marry more than one wife?
I have read about "implied statements" like "keep the marriage bed holy" and stuffs like that but l have never seen it anywhere, (except the ADVICE for a "titled christian" to be the husband of one wife. That is specifically addressed to the "tilted" Christian.) where it is said that Polygamy is a sin!
From Abraham the father of nations (if it was a sin, Sarah would not even dream of the idea ...and Abraham would not even concede to it, to marry a second wife), to David the "Apple of Gods eye", to Solomon whom God gave a "blank Cheque to ask for ANYTHING" .... just to mention the THREE MOST-LOVED MEN BY GOD, in the Bible, who were Polygamous and it never stopped or impeded their relationship with God!
So, are we more Holy than any of these three? Abegi, watch your side o!

Now, there is an element of selfishness in Polygamy [/b]and not surprisingly, it is the same woman (once she can hook a husband for herself), who thinks what befalls her fellow woman as regards getting married is NOT HER BUSINESS!
Like a "prize" a woman wants to keep her her husband to herself ONLY.... No Sharing!!

[b]But instead of women accepting that the "selfishness" is about them, they shift the blame on the men!
They say the man that wants to marry more than one wife is selfish, huh?


BTW; What works for the white man "culturally", may not work for the African man because the "cultural values" that we embrace may be/ is different!
What a white woman values most in a marriage is not necessarily what a Nigerian woman will value the most, in her own marriage!
same with the comparisons of white men and African men!

So, instead of Africans being forced to embrace the ways of the white men as "better", why dont they for once, embrace our own ways... or do we still think we are inferior in EVERYTHING, even in marriage values?

In summary, l think what ever "pleasure or woes" that is found in a polygamous marriage... is also found in some monogamous marriage.... just that the "enemy chosen' may be different!
Just name it, from STI's, to hate, envy, avarice, jealousy, murder, e.t.c.... if it is not the other wife, it is the husbands sister or the Mother-in-law, e.t.c

Okay now, if my wife reads this post, she would start a "big discussion" tomorrow!

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T8ksy:
Lastpage , nice and succinctly put analysis....................

Just want to add that, had the yorubas fell for Ojukwu's bait, the northern soldiers stationed in yorubaland at

the time would have wasted no time, decimating the local population, only for Ojkwu's rag-tag Biafran Liberaton

Front(so aptly named) to come to the rescue and in effect have the whole of southern Nigerian in his (Ojukwu's)

pocket. This is the genesis of ibos' unfathomable hatred for the yorubas and the tag "cowards" they have

impishly placed on the whole group, ever since.

Exactly!
Even an Igbo man was brave enough to accept this ploy.... had it come to fruition!

They would not accept that the Yorubas made a "survival-saving decision" based on innate wisdom.... but would rather called them cowards for not walking into a suicide plan by Ojukwu!

Question is: Of what benefit is the so-called Bravery on the part of the Igbo decision -makers of those days when their population has to suffer such a disgraceful conquest, with the loss of millions of innocent lives... and their general Ojukwu has to flee his country with his tail between his legs?
"Bravery is NOT FOUND is reckless chest-beating and suicidal actions.... but in carefully planed and well-conceived actiosn that yield the desired result...using minimum effort and resources" .... to paraphrase another Yoruba sage!

Who says Yorubas are not the wisest in Nigeria? Hating them wont change that fact.

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kritikali:
Last page my nigga..I don't know u but we are friends unil tribe oe religon separate and turn us to bigot...love you,no homo..igbo hate every1 else and blame every1 for their misfortune

Funnily, if you know me in real life, it will shock you how many of my very close friends are Igbos!
Not the illiterate types, the uninformed and bigoted nuisances who parade nairaland o!

Within us, there is no TRIBE or RELIGION and all of us understand our past, the roles played by our past leaders and even more importantly, we are HONEST and MATURED ENOUGH to accept our weaknesses, our failings, our history and are determined not to let those things of the past, (even as we acknowledge and accept them), TO SEPARATE OR UNDERMINE WHAT WE STAND FOR!

But as you say l be Nigga, l don become your Nigga be that Shoo!
Tell you something, until we accept our past, we will appear to struggle with our future!
No tribe is a saint but some are still trying to deny their past.... just to appear as the victim!

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asha80:
dishonesty with facts can be extremely dangerous...i know you have one or two things against igbos from the way you write but never twist facts to suit your mindset..

First there was nothin like south south then as what existed then around where eastern,western,midwestern and northern regions.


Delta and Edo were part of the Midwestern region and not part of the then eastern region that made up the defunct Biafra.

I did NOT and l am NOT twisting "FACTS".
You are correct that the "nomenclature" for the region l referred to, back then was not called South-South.
I used that phrase "now" since that is what those reading TODAY.... in 2015, will relate to.
It still does not change the fact that the Crude Oil l was referring to, was found in Oloibiri, which was NOT in the East (Biafran region) but in the "Niger Delta region" which was also NOT in Igbo land.

I never said Delta and Edo where in the Easter Region!
Read me again.
Infact, Ojukwu, in his "expansionist drive" invaded these areas, looted the Central bank of the Mid Western Region and "annexed" these regions to his Biafra!
So, when the chips were down, the current Delta and Benin/Edo people who align with your Igbo project should and would realize that "they were once conquered by the Igbos and would, if care is not taken, be conquered again..... as long as they have that Crude Oil which Ojukwu was "eyeing in 1965"... and the Igbo is are still eyeing today, in 2015.


As for having "something" against the Igbos, that is just cheap talk!
I did not manufacture what happened between 1960 and 1967.....You might not like the role your people played and still playing but it does not change the facts.
What needs to change is the attitude of those involved.
Recounting history, irrespective of who or which tribe played "Judas" does not equate to enmity or having something against some people.

Truth needs to be told and History needs to be recounted so we can learn from our past mistakes, ... for a better future.

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babestella:
Lastpage! Could you please educate us on[b] how and why the civil war broke out[/b]?

It is a very long story, if we are to really do justice to it.
To be honest, reading a few books, from different angles (as each author will be a bit biased, one way or another) and then sifting the truth and summarising, will give you a better perspective of that war.

But trust me, it started from perceived injustice by the Igbos, (since the british handed over the country to the Northerners, who were not wise enough to understand that "Fairness and Justice" are required to prosper a nation)... which made them think, WRONGLY THOUGH, that the solution is to wipe-out the Norther political hegemony from the nation (Igbo-Ironsi First Nigerian Military Coup!), what followed was a short period of Igbo domination of the nation in all spheres, Civil Service, Military, Political, e.t.c
This opened the eye of the Northerner to the use of military for coups!

The Northerners retaliated in a counter-coup and also tried to wipe-out Igbo Political/military leaders.
They did not stop there as there was "deep-sited" animosity for Igbos, resulting from the first coup (Recall that Northerners have far less educated leaders amongst them, compared to the other Ethnics in Nigeria, killing them off in one fell sweep was really a game changer!).
They also murdered Igbo-Civilians in the North, just like happened recently.

Based on the above, Ojukwu felt the best option was to pull out of Nigeria and form Baifra but the devil is in the details, .....bearing in mind that crude Oil has just started selling in commercial Quantities at Oloibiri and Ojukwu felt, Biafra will own all the oil receipts, not minding that is was in the south-South (Though he "forcefully conquered" this region ...current Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Edo, Cross River and Akwa Ibom as the was progressed).
Ojukwu knew the federal govt will never allow him to annex the Crude Oil meant for the whole country, to his own Biafra alone (even that thought alone is a reflection of the greed of the Igbos!) but Ojukwu's calculation was that the Northerners who are his principal enemies, acnnot fight wars on TWO FRONTS.

So, he sought to incite the Yorubas to secede as well.
Now, the Yorubas were also having a rough deal from the Northern dominated military Govt but secession was a whole new game.
You need preparation, strategic arms storage and supply, friends in the international community, arms supply guarantee, food security, e.t.c.

The Yorubas knew they were not "ready" for a war, based on the indices l mentioned above..... and told Ojukwu so.
Ojukwu, out of self belief and probably with an eye on the "Prize" (oil) still went ahead to declare the war.
His calculation was that he could force the Yorubas into a "suicidal secession" (at that point in time) by bombing the South West!...which he did repeatedly, conquering as far as Oore town in Ondo State.... with Yorubas just warning his to desist.

The rest is history.

I will still urge you to read books on the War, from all sides of the divide (Igbos, Hausas, Yorubas) to get an all-round perspective of the war, its origins, the intrigues and how it ended.

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CaptainAmerica1:
You're daft!

98% of the coup conspirators were Ibos who killed Hausa and Yoruba. Does that sound like a non Igbo coup?

A rundown of those killed will reveal that they are 95% Northerners..... even the wife of Ahmadu Bello was not spared despite not being in Government!

That Coup decimated the "Political Heads" of the Northerners...... which was the original murderous intention of Nzeogwu and his Igbo Coupists.
Truth Hurts!

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asha80:
not sure why you quoted me for all what you wrote as I simply replied that guy based on his belief that all was good and well in the Nigerian polity then where as he is dead wrong..don't care about your origin or religion as it gas no bearing to what I said

The bolded is exactly why l quoted you!
...To show the "divergence" between his opinion and yours ........... and to further deepen the discussion.

BTW: "Caveat" is a general observation and is not directed towards you or anyone else, gerrit?


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NobleG1:
He was too jealous of Igbos and hated them so much. That was why the coupists targeted him first.

The coupists wanted to enthrone Awolowo NOT Azikiwe. Zik wasn't even in Nigeria when the coup took place.

This is a lie from the pit of hell!
You IGBOS are very MANIPULATING sha?

Awolowo was a Democrat, Awolowo was also the Premier of the Western region!

Awolowo has nothing to do with your hatred for Northerners and murdering their leaders for your selfish interest and political gain!
Dont twist History. Take responsibility for your Actions and stop trying to push it on others.

Igbos have always been greedy for POWER, from day 1.
Even Ojukwu wanted to head "a country" by all means even when it was obvious that the timing was not right, hence his haste to declare Biafra....... and "forcefully trying to rail-road" South Westerners to support his selfish albeit suicidal mission.

Funnily, IGBOS are still very far, from that same Pinnacle of Power!


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omenka: This is the reason I find it very disgusting when they keep screaming "Buhari is a dictator and a murderer, Buhari jailed xyz and put abc under house arrest". It seems the amnesia runs very deep. They murdered the gentleman for no just reason and a lot other brilliant chaps in that coup which was the first in our history.

Perhaps its time we revisited that incident.

asha80:
I am not sure you know anything about that era and the intrigues that were going on that led to that coup..the main problem with that coup is that no prominent eastern politician was killed but for saying that there was no reason for that coup means you are ignorant of what was brewing that time.

Having read ALL the comments before making my own post, a few things stick out glaringly!

1.) As usual, "most" Igbos are showing that if given the opportunity, they will "genocidically erase" all Northerners from Nigeria, their hate for the Northerner is probably worse than the hate they have for Yorubas..... but then, who does the Igbos dont hate?

2.) Most Igbos are very pretentious and like to act like the Ostrich which buries its head. Every single post made by an Igbo... was focused on blaming Ahmadu Bello, the man their kin murdered.
They blame him for building an expensive house when in fact, that house was just an "ordinary storey building".... common among the middle class of those days. My own Grand Dad, a local Doctor/Physician, owned one in our village since the 1940's! You dont have to loot to build that sort of house, in the 50's and 60's. What they do back then is have a "viable business" which brings in money.

3.) Not in one single Post did you see an IGBO person "admit that the "Igbo Coup", which installed an Igbo head of state, by the name Aguiyi Ironsi, was an ETHNIC CLEANSING which murdered EVERY PROMINENT HAUSA in Government and REPLACED THEM WITH IGBO PEOPLE..... and it marked the beginning of the "tribal war" which we are still plunged into, till today!

4.) Not one single post by an Igbo son would admit that that "terrible act of ethnic cleansing" by IGBO SOLDIERS in the Nigerian military, led to a "reprisal Coup" of Northern Soldiers, which in return killed the Igbo head of State, Aguiyi Ironsi...... and eventually led to the Biafran Civil War which decimated the Igbo population.

The problem with most Igbo nowadays is that their young ones dont READ their HISTORY (they would rather hop on a luxurious to Lagos, to come and Hawk!) but only listen to the "word of mouth" from their old folks, who are too ashamed to TELL THEM THE TRUTH, about the initial mistakes they made ....and how it led to their lot in the Nigerian Nation.
Instead, what they tell them is what perpetrates "Ethnic Hatred" further.

Bottom line: Igbos initiated these spectre of mindless killing and bloody Coups in Nigeria. End of story!

I make bold to say that "the next Presidential election on March 28 is a do or die" affair for President Jonathan... and even more so, the entire IGBOS!
The same "winner-takes-all" ......and "losers-get-buried" attitude and actions they took back then in the early to mid 60's, is EXACTLY what they are doing now whereby "IF" the result does not go their way, then they have no "fall-back and no where else to run to" .... EXCEPT RESULT TO ANOTHER BRAINLESS WAR OF SEPARATION WITH PREDICTABLE RESULT!

Ndigbo as a people and nation, must undergo a paradigm shift in their moral value of "Money is God" and everything is about "short-term gains".

Lets us discuss issues, real issues and not this pettiness that lacks substance.

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Caveat: Lastpage is a Christian and a S/Westerner...... if that has any bearing on the discuss?

ejay84:
Wen we go to church on sunday nd dey tell us to pay tithe nd dat dey r sending d money to d lord,@least now wev got a clearer understanding who d lord actually is.

Hey! Do not ASK what my anointed does with the money!

Once he uses the money to buy his private jet, he would say: And the Lord will bless you brother, plentifully, shakeeen-down, preeeessed-down and over-flowing.... and that is the end of it!

he still gat to kepp the money. Sharp guy!

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shinejackie:
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Well, he can arrange for good lawyers to fight the case for him, there might be loophole to explore legally to free him.....

He tried but if you look at the excesses of our Pastors here in Nigeria and how they get away with blue murder?
You know this white people dey crase no be small!
before they would even invite you for questioning in such "public interest cases", they would have done their homework well-well.
Wire-tapping calls, monitoring bank transactions, e.t.c

The man was just a whisker away from jail when he took off!
God forbid badt tins!

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naijainfogalery: One common thing among them is they are all blacks. When white pastors invest in the gospel black pastors enrich themselves .

White men brought gospel here they funded it without the aim of making money, they invested in people , they educated us now that we are now educated , we Sell back what we got for free , we make our own pay heavy money for the schools we attended free.

Have u ever wondered?? White pastors even the pope that should be the richest gives their life earning to the poor but our own black take the Money from the poor and enrich themselves ..

But let us be honest with oursleves...at least for once.

WHY DO WE KEEP BLAMING THESE PASTORS FOR USING THEIR "SMARTNESS" TO FOOL THE GULLIBLE?

if you think deeper about it, it is like 419 Scam!
No one can scam you, at least more than once, if you dont allow them!
And you allow them simply because of your own fault - YOUR GREED and SELFISHNESS!

For example, Politicians are about scamming us, come March 28.
If you look at what "Nigerians" are SUPPORTING AND APPLAUDING, you will wonder whether they dont deserve to suffer and die of poverty?

"You are a slave,... to that which you worship"... be it your scam-Pastor, your scam-Politician, your scam-tribalism, e.t.c

Nuff said.

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