₦airaland Forum

cristianisraeli:
Fifty years ago, the late Lt. Col Victor Banjo, the 16th Nigerian to be commissioned into the Nigerian Army, was publicly executed reportedly on the orders of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who was then the Military Head of the secessionist Biafra Republic. He was an Ijebu from Ogun State but died fighting on the Biafran side during the Nigerian civil war.
Banjo was before his death, in detention on allegations that he took part in the January 1966 coup, was released by Ojukwu when the war broke out and convinced to lead part of the Liberation Army, which went on the offensive against the Nigerian Army and got as far as Benin, in present day Edo State. Banjo was to declare another republic upon having Benin under his control.
In this interview with Dare Odufowokan, Assistant Editor, his daughter, Mrs. Olayinka Omigbodun, a Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Ibadan, recalls how Banjo’s young family was thrown into disarray upon his arrest and detention. She also lamented what she described as the unjust treatment meted out to her father while explaining why she thinks Ojukwu killed his friend, her father.

How does it feel remembering the events that led to the reported execution of your father (Lt. Col. Victor Banjo)?

First and foremost, I must express gratitude to God for keeping us alive and well all these years. Despite the fact that we lost our father while still so young, God has kept us to see this day. We are four children, two boys, two girls. I am the third. We’ve all been able to go through school and acquire degrees. All of us are alive and healthy.

I thank God for the kind of parents he gave me. Our father died 50 years ago and our mum 20 years ago. She was a widow for 30 years before she also went to be with the Lord. I am proud of them. It was 30 years of struggle and difficulty, but with our late mother determined to fulfil her promise to our dad, we made it.

Why do you think he did that to his friend?

He conveniently blamed Banjo and three other men. Lt. Col Ifeajuna, Alele and one other for sabotaging the Biafran efforts. He needed to tell the people who were losing faith in him something new as a reason for the defeats. His fear about the imminent fall of Enugu was also driving him to do something. So, on trumped up charges, my father and three other men were tried by a Kangaroo court and killed by firing squad in 1967.

The trial did not reveal any evidence linking Banjo with any act of treason against Ojukwu or the Biafran government. In fact, it took a second military tribunal to convict Banjo because the first tribunal stated that the evidence presented to it was insufficient to prove Banjo’s guilt in the case. Unsatisfied and not ready to let my father off the hook, Ojukwu constituted another tribunal speedily.

Apparently, it was a clear case of sacrificing someone as a scapegoat because while my father was looking forward to assisting Ojukwu further with the Biafran war in spite of the huge risk and sacrifice involved for him as a person, Ojukwu was looking for a way of implicating him for sabotage so as to retain the control of the region. Ojukwu betrayed my father by killing him.


And you don’t think his not agreeing in the secession was a reason he got into trouble with Ojukwu?

Well, they were friends and friends disagree. They probably must have disagreed on that before then because my father never hid his patriotism. But again, I was told that hours after the execution, Enugu fell. I am a Professor. Human beings are very fickle. We are wont to always look for excuses. For scapegoats; so, my father was simply the sacrifice.

He knew my father was up for one Nigeria. Even before drafting him into the war on his side, he knew my father was a patriot who wanted one united Nigeria. After the war we left Nigeria for Sierra Leone but my mother brought us back because my father, in his letters, had insisted we must be raised as Nigerians. So, his patriotism was never in doubt. Ojukwu merely executed him to cover up his own failures as a leader of the war.

But Gowon later became the Head of State. Why didn’t he release your dad?

After Gowon was installed as Head of State, my father made several overtures to him for his release. But Gen. Gowon refused to release him even though he knew he was not part of the coup. The only concession he gave was that Banjo could be transferred to a prison in Lagos if he so wished. My father rejected the offer.

Even when my father wrote Ironsi from prison in Ikot Ekpene, on June 1, 1966, he was wondering what on earth he did to warrant being imprisoned. He faulted the way he was being treated and asked for justice, fairness and loyalty from Ironsi as a loyal officer. He saw his detention as a grievous crime against him. He pleaded his innocence and asked to be released. There is really no basis for tagging him as a ‘coupist’. I sincerely think setting the records straight is one of the things Nigeria, and the likes of Gen. Gowon, owe us as his family and children.

It is very painful for us not knowing how he ended really. Not knowing where his remains are. Not even the exact date of his death. We only read in the book of a foreign journalist who had witnessed his execution of the date and circumstances. Beyond that, there is little or nothing to prove how he ended. This is very sad.

http://thenationonlineng.net/victor-banjos-daughter-ojukwu-betrayed-father-killing/

but but afonjas said it was igbo coup nah
heheeheehheheehhe
smh for d hydraulic soup clan

Justiceleague1:
When officials say that kano is still more populated than the No Man Land,coneheads/sophisticated Agberoes careless buh if anybody dare whisper Abia is.... all coneheads/mumunis/agberoes/zomBs will commence mouthFoaming 101



Edo oni baje,o

ijustdey:
http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/court-dissolves-marriage-dna-reveals-childs-paternity/

Afonjas and dia lifestyle kai
smh

ijustdey:
http://thenationonlineng.net/army-searches-kanus-home-arms/

watch d hydraulic soup clan invade d thread d fulani army will obviously plant weapons n blame kanu smh

potipher7:
this is the origin of afonja
i taught ilorin is a yeroba land

d hydraulic soup clan are a confused lot

obyrich:
You lost your voice and dissolved into oblivion in the 26bn USD scam thread. Now you have been resurrected by the Biafra thread. May God bless the OP for reviving our nairaland resident Okpo.

not only him but d afonjas seem to find dia voice once biafra is mentioned

dinma007:
A lady identified as Ilerioluwa has been arrested at Ogudu, Lagos, for allegedly cutting off her neighbor, Suleman Babangida’s tongue.

Incident reportedly happened last Thursday, October 5th around midnight. Ilerioluwa allegedly did it for rituals.
The victim Babangida, while narrating how he was attacked, said:



“It was around 11:30pm when I came back home. Then when I was about to go and urinate at the bathroom, all of a sudden I just saw this lady that I usually call Ilerioluwa, at my back inside the bathroom.
I was like sister Ileri what’s happening, all of a sudden, she just choked my neck and I could not have the strength to scream out extremely. All I could see next was that my tongue had been cut down.”
Ileri was later arrested and the tongue retrieved from her. According to Babangida, she is currently being detained at the Kirikiri prison, after appearing in court on Friday.

Regarding his current condition, Babangida said:

“Right now I can’t even eat or take something. I am in pain. The tongue can’t be reattached any longer. I’m not in any relationship with Ileri.
I respected her a lot and took her like a sister. She has nothing to say about what she did to me. The case has been adjourned till the 16th of this month.”

http://www.lailasblog.com/graphic-lady-allegedly-chops-off-neighbors-tongue-rituals/

NCAN RECON
Afonja strikes again
dz folks and ritual be 5 and 6
smh

Afobear:
nwaamaikpedon carry his self go everywhere

be like dm ban am for hia

Bolustical:
We need not play politics with important access roads like this. The FG needs to declare a state of emergency on these roads and set time lines for it.

If it's possible, let these roads be constructed by the private sector and be tolled, so far they are going to be world class quality.

says the chief of playing politics

MediumStout:
God punish nnamdi kanu and his followers. Elections will hold in Anambra. Proudly South west

so God should punish d same ppl u wan do one nigeria with abi?
walahi ur gambari masters really did a good job on u lot
smh

soberdrunk:
"10k" for 'shortime'?? How??!!

omo me sef stee dy reason am

soberdrunk:
"10k" for 'shortime'?? How??!!

omo me sef stee dy reason am�

NEHLIVE:
Moji Solar-Percy made news in August when she got married to her lesbian partner in the US. Last night, Moji took to her IG page to praise her wife for helping her lose weight. She shared the photo on the right and wrote;

"That feeling of joy when you can fit into a pair of jeans from 2014 . No miracle in loosing weight , no teas , no drugs... High protein low carbs and calorie counting !!! My wife is a winch!! Her formula works !!! 18 pound down in 8 weeks !!!! #liveandletlive #reallgbtlives #africanlgbtq#breakingthesteriotype".


http://m.af1234.com/Af1234/details/usbased-nigerian-lesbian-thanks-her-wife-for-helping-her-lose-weight

NCAN Recon
ALPHA TANGO BRAVO CHARLIE
Name:Moji
Side:Afonja
na dem again
smh

SeunOluwafemi:
Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/245300-senator-asks-buhari-quit-petroleum-minister.html

notice afonjas dodging d thread and keeping mute
oops one below me has started calling igbos again
smh

aminulive:
Socio-cultural group, The Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo has called on Igbos to forget the agitations for Biafra and focus on the calls for restructuring the nation.

President of the group, Chief John Nnia Nwodo on Thursday pointed out that the agitation for Biafra was not an Igbo agenda. He made these statements during the Inauguration of state and local government executives of the Abia state chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo.He said;

“We should forget Biafra and insist on restructuring,” adding, however, that no Igbo is happy with the situation of things in Nigeria, “we must seek for peaceful ways of resolving the issues.”

He spoke further that the restoration of Biafra was a tall order due to the numerous constitutional roadblocks, finalizing by saying that the agitations will not be in the overall interest of Igbos and their political relationships with other regions of the country.

He also advised youths, that in as much as they were protesting being marginalized, they should tone down the words and hate speech.

http://politicsngr.com/2017/10/06/igbos-forget-biafra-focus-restructuring-ohanaeze/

Afonjas all over d thread but silent on dia gambari masters NNPC thread
smh

aminulive:
Socio-cultural group, The Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo has called on Igbos to forget the agitations for Biafra and focus on the calls for restructuring the nation.

President of the group, Chief John Nnia Nwodo on Thursday pointed out that the agitation for Biafra was not an Igbo agenda. He made these statements during the Inauguration of state and local government executives of the Abia state chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo.He said;

“We should forget Biafra and insist on restructuring,” adding, however, that no Igbo is happy with the situation of things in Nigeria, “we must seek for peaceful ways of resolving the issues.”

He spoke further that the restoration of Biafra was a tall order due to the numerous constitutional roadblocks, finalizing by saying that the agitations will not be in the overall interest of Igbos and their political relationships with other regions of the country.

He also advised youths, that in as much as they were protesting being marginalized, they should tone down the words and hate speech.

http://politicsngr.com/2017/10/06/igbos-forget-biafra-focus-restructuring-ohanaeze/

mwahhahhahhahhaa ds jokers again

johnnyvid:
Former president Goodluck Jonathan met former Prime Minister of Greece in Athens on Thursday.

"I am pleased to have met His Excellency, George Andreas Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece on my arrival in Athens this afternoon" he said through his official Facebook account.
"I am in the country ahead of tomorrow's opening of Rhodes Forum 2017. Where I will be participating in the opening panel on “Multipolarity and Dialogue in Regional and Global Developments: Imagining Possible Futures” he added.

source;http://www.pressnewsng.com.ng/2017/10/goodluck-jonathan-meets-former-prime.html

sarrki and BMC crew right now

sukkot:
So when you take a look at the goings on in the planet earth it seems like every event organically develops and happens naturally. However this is not the case. We live in a simulated universe that is controlled by numbers and the program that runs everything and controls everything is already pre-programmed by the ultimate SUPER COMPUTER GOD. meaning when your parents had sex to conceive you was a programmed and executed program and the day you popped out was already programmed. The zodiac house you popped out on and the degrees and minutes and seconds into the house when you popped out was programmed. everything that will happen to you is already programmed including the schools and jobs you will participate in.

The type of skills you will acquire is already programmed. the person you will marry, your accidents and close shaves, how many children you will have, the day you will die and the type of death, the country you will be born in and the one you will live in and the one you will die in, and in all these programmed events in your life is a message to be decoded by illuminated beings if you were popular or famous enough. Like celebrities lives are programmed with a message in it for the illuminated seers on the planet so as to glean what season the planet is in. Celebrities are like the blackboards on which messages are written and for this reason are they raised up so that the seers in all countries can read the messages. Like you will be surprised by the program that has many celebrities dying at the age of 27 ( jimmy hendrix, janis joplin, jim rorrison, kurt cobain, mia zapata, amy whinehouse etc. whizkid is currently 27 hmmm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

So this is one of the simulated programs to take celebs out at the age of 27 by the use of drugs. There are many of such simulated programs running in this simulated universe.

another of the simulated programs is the september 11 program of destruction. of course we remember the sept 11 twin tower bombings in 2001 and the sept 11 hurricane irma devastation in 2017, on sept 11 2015 a large crane collapses in mecca killing more than 100 people, 29 people are killed in japan after a bus runs off a mountain highway in nepal in 2012, etc etc.

and there are many more programs in this matrix including the programs that control the weather, and the ones that control peoples everyday activities and the ones that control animals, and the ones that control astrological events etc. And in this simulated existence is where heaven and hell exists. you are either programmed to destruction or you are programmed to prosperity and power. This is heaven and hell, this is the spiritual realm underneath this 3D reality and everything is controlled by a pre-programmed super computer called GOD

and in this simulated program we have the parallel doppelganger existence, meaning the same program which controlled one persons life say 100 years ago will be the same program controlling another persons life 100 years later and as such their life occurrences will be exactly the same as in the case of JFK and abraham lincoln http://boredomtherapy.com/jfk-lincoln-connection/

IN CONCLUSION ? THIS IS A PRE-PROGRAMMED SIMULATED REALITY / EXISTENCE. BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE TWO LINKS PROVIDED SO AS TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN

me i juswan d weed u dy smoke
dasall

IJOBA2:
THE SITUATION WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THIS COUNTRY IS VERY CRITICAL ALL THANKS TO OUR YORUBA MUSLIM BRETHREN

d afonjas have set us back 50 years

taylor88:
plzzzz remove masturbation from ur list




a man without a living and imaginary girlfriend is dead



do u know how many times I've fvcked cherokeeD'ass with vaseline?



kukuma kill me op

barman one crate for my bro hia

NEHLIVE:
Wonder they say shall never end, this young artiste who goes by the name Weflo, just about last month got the Internet buzzing after he scattered the red carpet of City People Awards by stepping into the premises in a Limousine and body guards. The incident got many people questioning, where did this young guy get money to afford a limousine, even when the A-list artistes at that event came in standard cars?

This dude shine so much at that event that even many of the media's crew ignored some of the top stars to interview him, as he was the center of attraction with the glamour he brought to the event.

However, in a mysterious twist, according these photos currently circulating, Weflo was spotted somewhere in Lagos hours ago hustling hard at a building site with other bricklayers.

This is beyond our imagination. What can we call this kind of happening?

http://www.newseveryhour.com/2017/10/nigerian-artiste-who-rode-limousine-to.html

No vex buzz which internet na?
na ds nigga say ugwuanyi na best naija governor
nawa u OP

victorvezx:
Those people u mentioned never supported Biafra, they only advised the government to take caution and try to solve the main reason why the young youths are agitating. That's is advice not support

like i said a trip to d east will clear ur mind

yannis:
Thank you for saying this, Though am in Lagos, i know this is BS and its just for those who hate the idea of Biafra

naso bro
propaganda against biafra seems to be on d rise

Naijjablog:
http://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/ipob-we-can-t-talk-about-biafra-with-our-music-because-it-is-illegal-eastern-musicians-id7415488.html

lol ds article is so one sided
didnt d author see actors like francis odega,bob manuel udokwu,jim iyke,chinwetalu agu backing biafra
talking to upcoming artistes abt biafra and if dy support it is like pouring water in a basket
oh and a trip to d east will clear ur mind

Islie:
http://thenationonlineng.net/glad-police-bullets-didnt-kill-says-robbery-suspect/


https://thenationonlineng.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/The-Suspects-arrested-by-Police-e1507145205354.jpg

skull mining n armed robbery factories abound in Afonjaland so no surprise hia
smh

hucienda:
That detailed, thorough, damning letter is indefensible.

His administration has since derailed.

Funny enough, those monikers that keep supporting the bizarre in this maladministration thus far are suddenly confused on how to deal with this latest scandal.

Those monikers are all confused on what spin to give this and are also keeping mum - like their patron.

u mean d following;
sarrki
omenka
passingshot
vedaxcool
madridguy
ngeneukwenu

omartins:
https://newtelegraphonline.com/2017/10/man-impregnates-mother-teenage-daughter/

NCAA RECON MISSION
BRAVO TANGO ALPHA CHARLIE
NAME:Saka Akonda
Side:Afonja
looks like its dem again
dy seem to thrive on ds kind of tin
over n out

Samsimple:
hahaha non profit is this a joke or what

actually it isnt taxing churches does not make sense no matter which angle u look at it

dainformant:
Imo state governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha has kick-started the construction of brand new prison yard and Police Headquarters in Avu, Owerri west Local Government Area, geared towards making Imo a modern state, according to reports by his media aides.

The governor recently announced state government's plans to relocate the two Federal Government Establishments from their present locations in line with the ongoing Urban Renewal Programs.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/10/rochas-okorocha-begins-construction-of-prison-and-police-yards.html

prison kwa?
okorohawsa nawa o
smh

BounceNigeria:
The can of worms have been opened and the stench is ugly.

Earlier in the day, news broke that a letter, which the Minister of State for Petroleum, and Chairman Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) board wrote to President Buhari over the state of affairs in the NNPC, had leaked into public domain.

In the letter, Kachikwu detailed instances of corruption and insubordination channeled by NNPC's Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr Maikanti Baru.

Here are 5 damaging things Kachikwu's letter revealed.

1. Kachikwu hasn't seen President Buhari since he got back from London: According to Kachikwu, despite repeated attempts to see President Buhari, the two Petroleum ministers have not had a one-on-one meeting since Buhari got back from his extended sick leave in the United Kingdom. Said Kachikwu:

"I would have wanted to come personally after receiving you at the airport to felicitate with you and discuss matters herein contained, however I have been unable to secure an appointment to see you despite very many attempts."

2. Appointments have been made in NNPC without proper consultation: Under normal circumstances, every major appointment made in the NNPC should be subject to approval by the board. But this hasn't been the case. Kachikwu in his letter said that he finds out about appointments and re-postings in the NNPC the same time as every other Nigerian - on the pages of newspapers and on social media, despite being the boss at NNPC.

He further said this has been the case since Dr Baru resumed as NNPC GMD. Wrote Kachikwu:

"Indeed in anticipation of vacancies that would arise from retiring senior executives of NNPC, I wrote the GMD a letter requesting that we both have prior review of the proposed amendments. This was to enable me present same to the Board or give an anticipatory approval and then review with the Board later (Appendix 1). I wrote to the GMD given previous happenstances of this nature. In addition, thereafter, I called the GMD to a private meeting where I discussed these issues. Needless to say that, not only did he not give my letter the courtesy of a reply, he proceeded to announce the appointments without consultation or Board concurrence."

3. Over $25 billion worth of contracts have been awarded without following due process: According to Kachikwu, in the over one year Dr Baru has served as NNPC GMD, no contract has been run through the board. This is in spite of the fact that the legal and procedural requirement of contract awarding is that contracts worth over $20 million would need to be reviewed and approved by the Board of NNPC.

Kachikwu went on to list a number of contracts totaling $25 billion which were awarded by the NNPC Tenders Board which GMD, Dr Baru heads that flouted the $20 million mark.

The contracts include:

- The Crude Term contracts - value at over $10 billion

- The DSDP contracts - value at over $5bn

- The AKK pipeline contract - value approximately $3bn

- Various finacing allocation funding contracts with the NOCs - value over $3bn

- Various NPDC production service contracts - value at over $3bn -$4bn



4. GMD attends meetings at will: Collaborative meetings are important in every organisation to chart a course, and the NNPC is no different. It is to this end that Kachikwu, in his letter, said he instituted Monthly Parastatal meetings with Heads of Agencies, and another with the Senior Management in all Parastatals.

However, Kachikwu said the GMD objected to his senior staff attending the Joint Senior Management meetings on the ground that "this was over reaching his territory".

Kachikwu went on to say that Baru barely attends the monthly Heads of Agencies meetings, and in other cases, sends "subordinates without the courtesy of a call to explain his absence". He also added that since 2017, he has only had about 4 or 5 one-on-one meetings with Baru.

5. Fear culture in NNPC: According to Kachikwu, "the effect of the attitude of the GMD and the sidelining of the Board is that there is a fear culture in NNPC".

He went on to say that the open administration which he introduced with President Buhari's support has been eroded and that "NNPC staff are afraid of contacting me to avoid being punished, sidelined in appointments and targeted."


Source: http://news.bounce.ng/Content/nnpc-5-damaging-things-kachikwu-revealed-in-his-letter-to-buhari-20171004

Afonjas wee kip quiet on dis bt anything igbo or biafra in particular and dy go start to cry smh

LionDeLeo:
Who is stopping them?

Or you think the nuisance constituted by ipob pigs is same as agitation for seccesion?

No govt listens to thugs in the name of agitation when their duly elected/selected leaders are singing different songs. Let their leaders make such submissions to give the agitation a legal backing rather than the terrorist activities being carried out by ipob fools.

ok sir
dy dn hear u
dy are leaving asap

LionDeLeo:
Tell us wetin Nigeria dey get from potopoto.
Is that asking for too much?

oya nothing let em go in peace

LionDeLeo:
Potor pigs must grunt even though they have nothing to contribute to mitigate the economic recession.

Abeg, wetin those people dey contribute for dis country sef?

come is it dat u peeps see igbo ppl in ur dreams or dat ur gambari masters mandated u lot to keep screamin abt us?
smh