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horsepower101:
The world is a 7 billion people market. Ndigbo need to continue moving beyond Nigeria when striking business deals. There are trillions of dollar markets worldwide to tap into and build stronger partnerships.

Leave the Nigerian haters to die of jealousy and sorrow.

Progroms in the north and west Never stopped us.

Civil war with its devastation never stopped us.

Abandoned properties never stopped us.

20 pound policy never stopped us.

Indigenization policy never stopped us.

Obasanjo crony capitalism never stopped us.

And so on.

Buhari is just a child's play when factoring everything we have been through in this contraption.

We shall eventually get to the promised land and nothing can stop it.

mbos:
Group accuses US as brain behind Amnesty International’s plot to unsettle Nigeria
May 23, 2018

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tyA group, the Progressives Yoruba Youth Congress, PYYC, has cried out to the international community over a plot by the United States of America’s backed self-styled human rights watchdog, Amnesty International to use fictitious reports to create tension in the country.

It said the report was targeted at discrediting the Nigerian military on its fight against insurgency.

The youth group therefore called on AI and its agents to come out clean on their plots to heat up polity in the country through its conjured report.

Comrade Akintola Festus, national leader of the group, while addressing newsmen on Wednesday, drew the attention of the United Nations (UN), the European Union and other international bodies to what it described as plots by AI’s local franchise to promote terrorism in Nigeria.

Festus lamented AI’s periodic reports, which accused the Nigerian military and sister security agencies of human rights violation in their efforts to bring a lasting peace to this entity called Nigeria.

The youth leader decried that the international agency is doing everything possible to see a stage-managed implosion in Nigeria, a country gradually and steadily recuperating from bile terrorism.

He, therefore called on the Nigerian government to without delay commence the process of the expulsion of Amnesty International from the country.

His speech reads below.

“We believe we are aware of the difficulties experienced in the past administration in checkmating terrorism, especially Boko Haram, IPOB and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has reached alarming proportion for all Nigerians to be concerned.

The manifest cruelty and appetite for bloodletting in atrocious acts and heinous crimes against Nigerians by these sects is legendary. And we know the sects are ennobled by the sponsorship, funding, and backing of foreign forces bent on foisting evil on our land to destabilize our country.

“We are persuaded to draw the attention of World bodies like the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) and the Federal Government in Nigeria about some twists and ugly developments concerning winning streaks of Nigerian military against Boko Haram terrorists.

“We strongly suspected sustained and covert actions and activities of terrorists agents, particularly, some international organizations’ domiciled in Nigeria who are discreetly working day and night to promote the scourge of terrorism on Nigeria.

“The Republic of Iran has never concealed this devilish plot on Nigerian and the leaders of these sects, particularly, Boko Haram factional leader, Abubakar Shekau have also affirmed this fact. And the dragnet of sponsors, paid agents and sympathizers’ with terrorists in Nigeria is expansive and obscure. These covert agents operate under different official or unofficial banners.

“To this end, we have realized lately and suspect a strong bond between the Iranian Republic, Boko Haram terrorists and the Amnesty International (AI) in festering the menace of terrorism in Nigeria. AI is an international organization whose mandate is to conscientiously monitor human rights violations in the countries they operate.

“We also note that AI has strong affinity with the United States of America (USA). AI is America’s pet child and America has this inglorious history of dubious interventions in the internal affairs of developing countries like Nigeria.

“AI’s periodic reports are usually based on unsubstantiated allegations and falsehood, alluding to rights violations perpetrated by the Nigerian military and sister security agencies. The reports are primed to limitlessly and baselessly indict the military; while emboldening the terrorists in their suspected sponsored assignment to destroy and delete Nigeria from the map of the world.

“We are mincing no words to assert that no external force can govern us; we must govern ourselves and the rude disrespect by AI to testify before lawfully constituted Probe Panels is an undisguised affront on the powers and sovereignty of Nigeria.

“AI is doing everything possible to see a stage-managed implosion in Nigeria, a country gradually and steadily recuperating from bile terrorism.

“Therefore, we plead with our international partners especially the UN to undertake a critical investigation into the sinister operations of Amnesty International in Nigeria and the complicity of the US Government. We have every cause to suspect AI and America’s covert support of the organization in the evil conspiracy against Nigeria to promote terrorism, an idea hatched by foreign forces against the unity and peace of Nigeria.

“We consequently, call on the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) to immediately commence the process of the expulsion of Amnesty International from Nigeria. Nigerians cannot compromise or allow anybody or organization, not even AI and its local franchise to reverse the gains the country has recorded on the terrorism war. We are not prepared to return to the dark days of reckless bombings, agonies and deaths arising from terrorism.”

ANIOMADEI2018:
IF APC is not the answer to our Problems, there is no reason going back to the instigators of the problem.
I'm not a politician but I would do everything not to have PDP in Government in Nigeria.
The greatest tragedy that can befall a nation is for her citizens to suffer collective amnesia. I believe PDP believes Nigerians have short memories, if not, Ibori would not have been included in their convention committee and Jonathan would not have been allowed to talk (He ended up indicting himself as usual anyway).
For those who may have forgotten, kindly joggle your memories with the following words on marble and you will agree with me that what happened in Eagle square on saturday was nothing but gathering of rogues.
Happy reading:

1. I acted based on Jonathan's instruction - Dasuki

2. I didn't give order - Jonathan

3. I collected 350M from Dasuki for consultation - Iyorchia Ayu

4. I only collected $30,000 from Dasuki not N100m - Bode George

5. I got N4.6b from Dasuki for spiritual purposes - Bafarawa

6. I got N650M from Dasuki for my Abuja burnt office - Thisday Obaigbena.

7. I got N2.1b from Dasuki for publicity - Dokpesi

8. I got another N100m from Yuguda he didn't tell me from where - Bafarawa.

9. I gave N100m each to Odili, Jim Nwobodo Bode George and others - Yuguda

10. The president asked me to change N10B to foreign currency for PDP delegates - Dasuki

11. My boss asked me to get $11M from the CBN - Dasuki's account officer.

12. I got order from above to pay Tompolo N13B for Maritime university land. - Nimasa DG.

13. 950m was shared in my house -- Shekarau

With all this looting and many more revealed, some people are still shouting no sign of change yet, they even say it's political persecution.

But I believe, it is the right thing to do.
If you believe too, send this to other people to garner more support for the fight against corruption and looting in our nation. There must be consequences for such crimes otherwise Nigeria will not develop.

WHERE ARE THE #WAILERS?
"Over 20 billion dollars unremitted to the Federation account, and if nothing is done by 2015 upward, Nigeria will know what economic crisis is"
*~ Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi*

"Whoever wins 2015 will NEVER find it easy to govern. Over 30 trillion is mismanaged, unaccounted for or missing under Jonathan."
*~ Prof Charles Soludo*

"Our reserve is depleted and our savings are squandered. Our nation is in trouble."
*~ Dr Oby Ezekwesili.*

"For seven months, NNPC did not remit any money into federation account. When I called as a sitting governor and major oil producing state, Deziani Alison Madueke refused to pick my calls."
*~ Godswill Akpabio*

"I told them to save ahead of eventualities but Jonathan had no political will to do so and this is the reason why we are in crisis, because we squandered our boom."
*~ Okonjo Iweala*

"Okonjo-Iweala, Sanusi urged us to save but we state Governors refused to save for the unseen future during the tenure of Goodluck Jonathan, despite warning from economic experts."
*~ Peter Obi*

"Jonathan is a blessed ATM machine that doesn't have secret pin number"
*~ Bala Mohammed*

* Tompolo was paid 13Billion.!
* Ex-CDS,Alex Badeh dug a pit toilet to hide $32m.
* Patience Jonathan is claiming $31m, she has sued the Nigerian state.
* Femi Fani-Kayode took 740M.
* Dasuki used trucks to load over $35B from the CBN.
* Olisa Metuh took 400M.
* Aziboala, GEJ's cousin took 6B naira.
* Nenadi Usman took 3.5B naira.
* Fayose took 3B naira.
* Obanikoro took 4Billion naira.
* Olu Falae took 100M naira.
* Tony Anenih - 400M naira.
* Oritsejafor - $35M
* Former Air Chief Amosu - 2Billion naira.
* Lucky Igbinedion-16B naira.
*Bode-George and Dabo -100B naira
* Jolly Nyame-2.4B naira.
* Joshua Dariye-700M naira.
*Nyesom Wike stole #4b.
* Diezzani with $20 billion missing oil money?
15 billon dollars missing from arms fund, 10 billion naria, converted to dollars and given as gift to delegates of PDP Nation convention, Bafarawa collected 3 billion for spiritual purposes , 12. 7 billon naria for deceased NEPA staff grew wings and disappeared, 20 billion dollars missing from NNPC accounts, 23 billon naira as bribe to INEC staffs to rig the general election. The list is endless. They only left what they can't carry or unable to lay their hands on. The list continues.....
Recession didn't just happen, people looted Nigeria into RECESSION happening

Johnrake69:
I think the United Kingdom has over the years appeared to be ignorant about the role they played in creating these social vices in most third world countries they colonised.


It's really funny how UK keeps mocking us when Nigeria was their pet project. The same crocks that looted our natural resources. Our art works which they stole still sit on their museum generating millions of pounds every year yet, the Queen is head of the Church of England which has the Anglican Church under it and they have never had any remorse not to talk of honourably towing the path of restitution.

I still wonder why Nigerians send their kids to UK to study. They will only end up brainwashing you to feel less of yourself.

I stand to be corrected if Nigeria has committed 1% of crime against humanity committed by the United Kingdom but, albeit you will never see it on their useless syllabus.

Mrchippychappy:
I am from the east but these IPOB people should just go and rest abeg, Nigeria has not been favourable to most if not everyone and believe me most Nigerians want this diabolic entity called Nigeria to break up BUT it wouldn't happen anytime soon. Restructuring, in other words:

-80% resource control for all regions.
-15 to 20% to the FG (we have to arrive at some kind of compromise with the FG, currently Nigeria is cut across 5 regions, North, Middle belt, West, East, South South, 20% from all regions to the FG would amount to 100% which should be more than enough for the FG to go about their affairs )
-Regionalism : State / regional police to combat terrorist Fulani herdsmen, Financial autonomy for all regions, Regional educational schemes and scholarships, regional electricity distribution companies, regional sea ports and so on.

This is the way forward for the time being, after 10 years we can revisit the topic of the sovereignty of Nigeria, if anything the restructuring can actually speed up the process of a referendum, but first things first, restructuring, resource control and regionalism.

front2line:
Every act that does not favour you Igbo is injustice. A competent court found the Danjuma you are shouting his name innocent but a bigoted tribalistic you will prefer he is convicted based on his aboki name for you to consider that as justice. Will some of you Igbos ever have sense ?

Throwback:
Does OP know that the accused had his day in court and was found innocent and discharged by a competent curt of jurisdiction?

The very same court that found the principal suspects guilty.

So must anyone implicated by the principal accused be always found guilty for justice to have been served?

Or why this irrational and emotional lamentations when justice has already been served to those who carried out the extra-judicial killings of law abiding citizens in Abuja?


If OP is not satisfied, he should go to court to challenge why a suspect who has been found innocent, has continued to progress in his career.

Can the OP come out from the anonymity afforded by social media, and call a man adjudged by the same court that convicted the principal suspects, a murderer without any evidence beyond what had been tendered already in court? Can one be called a murderer without conviction because an accusation has been made by the very suspects who carried out the crime and were convicted?

Why do we lack basic objectivity in this country? What manner of poor education on logic and reason did we all receive?

OP take your propaganda to the nursery school if you don't have anything tangible to reopen the case in court and not social media.

zombieserum:
rubbish post coming from an unintelligent Igbo wanna be

Throwback:
You are a raving propagandist who has nothing useful to contribute on any national debate, except propaganda and beer parlour tales.

You are a hypocrite who should be criminally charged for malicious slander.

Don't you ever get tired of this miserable way of life that has no principles except to harbour and cultivate hate?

Throwback:
Does OP know that the accused had his day in court and was found innocent and discharged by a competent curt of jurisdiction?

The very same court that found the principal suspects guilty.

So must anyone implicated by the principal accused be always found guilty for justice to have been served?

Or why this irrational and emotional lamentations when justice has already been served to those who carried out the extra-judicial killings of law abiding citizens in Abuja?


If OP is not satisfied, he should go to court to challenge why a suspect who has been found innocent, has continued to progress in his career.

Why do we lack basic objectivity in this country? What manner of poor education on logic and reason did we all receive?

dplordx:
The east versus Buhari show down is going to really be after 2019 election when the results eventually trickles in and Bubu realizes the SE gave him another 5%. This time around, he won't be running for no second term and the Easterners can get their Ugwu exporter governor to complete the Niger Bridge from their Ugwu proceeds. And then they can let this man can actually focus on the SW and bring more and better meaningful projects down here coz we know if Osibanjo and Tinubu were Ibos, the entire SE would worship Buhari. Buharis crime isn't because he's a Moslem or bigot, it's because he pitched his political tent with the SW and won by defeating GEJ the god of the SE. The same man who spent five years yet who didn't commission one single project in the entire SE, yet these same set of people are fast to attribute every single project done by Buhari to their demised god, Jona. For every Yoruba out there, if you get fooled by the SE and vote for their candidate, this same people will ensure that this new leader gives nothing but misery to the SW, the same way they poisoned the mind and soul of the GEJ against us. If they say Buhari hasnt commissioned one single project, remember GEJ didn't even start a single project in the entire SW and Bubu has commenced with the Lagos Ibadan, Lagos Abeokuta, Sagamu road, the Oyo Abeokuta roads among other economical project and don't forget the rail roads. I personally saw the one linking Lagos to Abeokuta coming from Agege to Sango then to Ibarapa. There are still plenty more to come from our able super minister and Vice President. Vote for the development of Yoruba land and ignore all this political noise and propaganda and politics of bitterness from these angry folks. God bless the SW

Almaiga:
Opp, the lazy, Jobless, Keyboard Igbo worrious will soon flood this thread. They will come for your head for saying the truth, they will call you names like Afonja.
I advice you take cover.

ahidjo:
I do think that that time has come for brilliant, thorough, highly intelligent Igbo folks to show their face on this forum. I say this because, we the smart Igbo guys have become truly frustrated by the many half baked, half-educated, beer-parlor, ill-trained, illogical, simplistic, hateful, dishonest Igbo folks who have continued to disgrace the truly smart Igbo people of Nigeria by their hatefu, illogcal and not-so-smart contributions on this forum. These Igbo simpletons have continued to see everything from ethnic angle, Buhari angle, APC or PDP angle. These shameless folks will stop at nothing to justify anything bad as long as such deed is perpetrated by PDP or Jonathan but on the other hand, castigate or disparage anything good as long as it is coming from Buhari or people that pander towards or work with him. When things don't go well, we should be able to condemn them irrespective of ethnicity, party or individuals involved and also praise good works of anybody irrespective of ethnicity or party affiliation. We must be thorough in our thinking and factual in our presentations and submissions. Beer-parlour ideas and submissions have completely taken over. Unbelievable level of hatred is the norm. It is sad that people in Otuoke have moved on but my people have refused to let go. Are they hypnotized? They now support every evil man as long as he is against Buhari and hate any good man that supports Buhari. When will this foolishness stop. We have a duty to stop this madness now otherwise these groups of characters will continue to disgrace and shame the smart, quiet but majority Igbo people like they did and continue to do with IPOB. Silence is not golden now. Remember that stupidity thrives when the smart ones say or do nothing. Over to you...

LadyExcellency:
Stop this divisive identity politics. It is a crime against humanity.

This politics led to Trump presidency and will also defile his low approval rating for his second term in office.

Black or Hispanic caucus in US legislature will White nationalist/caucus will be racist.

The greatest injustice perpetuated by the press in US is campaign against religious conservatives which have mostly Caucasian or better still whites.

Strikethem:
I did not insult the leader of other tribe, I want them to list his achievements for everyone to see. Only a demented rat will be comparing a useless leader with zero achievement to a great leader with many achievements.

malware:
You don't understand a sh*t, do you?....

The same people that accused the FG of arranging the abduction, are the ones calling on the FG to re-negotiate for the release of lea. They also accused the FG of paying ransom for the deal, as well as releasing some BH fighters, all in what they call scam.

T9ksy:
And what is wrong with "these yoruba guys" defending their own..........when they perceived them to being wrongfully castigated ? Don't you guys defend your folks even when they have been caught with their greedy hands in our collective cookie jar? So it's okay for you to defends yours but others are not allowed to do same. Tell us, what does that make you?


As for the bolded part of your post above, can you tell us when has the country ever been ONE ?................even as your impish leaders were grinning from ear to ear (like a satiated cat owner who has just given his cat, her favourite brand of cat food) chanting "One Nigeria".

I would have thought that you folks will be over the moon at the events extantly transpiring in the country as it can only culminate in her eventual break-up, which was what you guys wanted ever since July 1966 when it finally dawned on you covetous and greedy souls that the domination your leaders promised us, is not about to occur anytime soon or even in the forseeable future.

0monnak0da:
You cannot see more than what is in you.
nemo dat quod non habet
What you don't have you cannot give

Westbestside:
But this your sister below dies not agree with you.

Paradigm777:
I guess ur problem is bigger than the joke

Ovamboland:
Yes trash because it's too challenging to read and understand

Ijaya123:
Who should create the level playing field?

omoelerin1:
Trash

Rickyuzzy:
If integrity was a man, they would have called him Idiagbon.
The world, especially Nigeria, is what it is today because of our inability to live a life of integrity. The pillars of our guiding principles are no longer standing on the foundation of value.

Instead of dignity and morality to be the watchful directors of our course, we decided to let vanity and impunity to rule over us.

Regardless of any other opinion, it was this senseless decision of ours that Gen. Idiagbon tried to dethrone from our mind.

But in vain he tried.

Born on the 14 September 1943, in Ilorin, Kwara state, Babatunde Abdulbaki Idiagbon received his secondary education at the Nigerian Military School, Zaria between 1958 and 1962.

He would join the Nigerian Army by enrolling in the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) in 1962: NMTC was renamed the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in February 1964.

In April 1965, Idiagbon was commissioned second lieutenant upon his arrival from Pakistan Military Academy where he had obtained a BSc in economics.

From 1966 to 1967, he served as an intelligence officer, 4th Battalion and General Staff Officer, 3rd Intelligence, 1st Sector.

It was during this time that he got promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and also to the rank of captain two years later.

At the age of twenty-five, Idiagbon had already become the commanding officer, 125 Battalion.

Owing to his intelligence, qualification, and personal ability, his promotion kept coming until he rose to become Brigadier General in 1983.


Nigeria before 1983 had already taken side with lawlessness. In addition, the nation's resources were handled with recklessness.

The depth of corruption among public officials had succeeded in dragging the country into a state of economic shambles and the government in charge at the time seemed to be very okay with the situation.

The Shehu Shagari's government succeeded in creating a group of dark kleptocratic thieves whose heartless goal would not be reached until the nation is plunged into a well of hopelessness.

As a matter of fact, record has it that in the space of four years, between 1979 and 1983, Shehu Shagari administration had mismanaged Nigeria into debt.

In fact, Nigeria was at the time counted among the most indebted countries in Africa.

Owing a colossal sum of about fifty billion dollars, inflation found a fertile soil to sprout. The result could only lead one end, hardship.

And of course, where there’s hardship, insecurity is always present.

At the time, a radical Islamic insurgent called "Maitatsine" operating from present-day Gombe state was inflicting all sorts of atrocities.

The Shehu Shagari government could not contain this vicious and dangerous Islamic fundamentalist. The nation was in a state of disarray.

It was during this time of national disorganization that the military ousted the Shehu Shagari administration in a coup d'etat.

Thus, Gen. Buhari became the Head of States and made Idiagbon chief of staff at Supreme Headquarters (de facto vice president).

Spearheading the control of all visible instruments of national, political, governmental and administrative powers, Idiagbon made use of power the way power should be used.

With ruthless zeal and determination, he introduced and implemented policies like War Against Indiscipline, which comprises of five phases:

Phase One - Queuing (launched on 20 March 1984)

Phase Two - Work Ethics (launched on 1 May 1984)

Phase Three - Nationalism and Patriotism, launched on 21 August 1984

Phase Four - Anti-Corruption and Economic Sabotage, launched on 14 May 1985

Phase Five - Environmental Sanitation, launched on 29 July 1985


To enumerate, the first phase was forcefully introduced to encourage customers and citizens to always line up to board buses.

And to always do the same whenever they find themselves vying for services with high demand. Anyone who deemed himself too important to comply was met with the military’s wrath.

The purpose for which this phase was implemented was to bring social order back to society.

In like manner, the second phase was launched to encourage hard work: Civil servants must be punctual, arriving work at the strike of the clock.

Frog jumps and sometimes kobokos from soldiers were the lots of those who usually arrive late.

Interestingly, the war was also extended to the classroom; making cheating during examination a very serious crime.

The third phase was launched to foster nationalism and patriotism. And this was supported by the implementation of import substitution industrialization policy; based on the use of local materials.

Thus, importation was tightened. The sole aim of the policy was to ensure the growth of local industries.

And it was further supported by the implementation of the Go Back to Land Programme which was part of the government’s farming policy that encouraged massive agricultural food production.

In a bid to implement the fourth phase, which was to counter corruption and economic sabotage, Idiagbon announced the introduction of a new currency for Nigeria.

He said the new currency would keep the same name, but the colors of bills would be different.

It was reported that some former politicians including ministers, governors and local government chairmen were holding large amount or sum of stolen monies in their houses.

The move was to render those monies useless.

Notice was given to the public, a time frame to withdraw their old naira notes from the bank and re-change it to the new ones.

Idiagbon had already announced that the exchange limit was 5000 naira; exchanging in excess of the limit had to explain where the money came from with government clearance.

He had affirmed that the deliberate sabotage of the Nigerian currency through large-scale illegal trafficking was the major cause of the nation's economic problems.

So ruthless was the implementation that when Fela was caught at the airport with more foreign cash than was stipulated by law, not even the truth that he was known for could set him free from paying the prize.

Even a huge consignment of Abiola’s imported newsprint, which was on the government contraband list was seized.

Without conformance to bias nor sentiment, the no-nonsense general blasted corrupt politicians on a radio programme known as Military in Action; promising to smoke them out of their holes to face justice.


It might interest you to know that it was during this administration that late Alhaji Barkin Zuwo, a former senator and Governor of Kano state, was slammed for corruption with an imprisonment sentence of two hundred and fifty years.

Like the Great Thomas Sankara, Idiagbon believed that Nigeria was strong enough to develop from within; that should Nigeria be focused, she could become a creditor nation.


In fact, it was with this conviction that he blasted the International Monetary Fund when he said: "International Monetary Fund (IMF) cures no sick state, in most cases, they worsen the ailment."

Idiagbon's ruthlessness wasn't born out of foolishness; he was intelligent and prudent enough to know what he was doing.

In April 1985, he was heavily criticized for executing a drug trafficker. In replying his critics, he said, "a uniquely Nigeria solution is necessary to curtail the get-rich-quick mania that encourages serious crime."

Also, when he was blasted by some senseless critics, for jailing corrupt Second Republic politicians, Idiagbon blasted back: "All these criminal racketeering and swindling went on while the salaries of local government employees and teachers were left unpaid for months."

The no-nonsense general never smiled.

But how could he have smiled with a country like Nigeria? A country whose thought alone calls depression to the thinker's mind.

Nigeria has always been an organization of disarrangement. A nation where sentiment and bias ride upon the horses on its Coat of Arms. A state where religion and tribalism make mockery of patriotism.

It does not require clear thinking for one to see how shameful and revolting things have become in our country.

A country where the people's representatives pocket in a year, what an average citizen won’t earn in three earth lives if we are to go by the minimum wage.

However, one major highlight of Buhari/Idiagbon’s regime was the Umaru Dikko saga.

Umaru Dikko was a special adviser to Shehu Shagari and also the minister of transportation. He exiled himself from Nigeria and took refuge in the UK when he sensed that danger was coming for him

Accused of looting a whopping sum of $1billion, he was declared Nigeria’s most wanted.

With an intent to bring him back home alive, Umaru Dikko was kidnapped, injected into a state of unconsciousness and packaged inside a specially made crate.

Luckily for him, the move was somehow double-crossed by a British customs officer known as Charles David Morrow.

Though the Nigerian government denied involvement, Idiagbon was, however, angry that the British government foiled the plan.

He was clear in his assertion that Nigeria was not going to ask for restoring relations with Britain, and that if anyone was to ask for forgiveness, it should be Britain.

As expected, the Nigerian Airways plane that was sent to bring Dikko, with its crew, was detained by the British government.

The no-nonsense general would retaliate by detaining a British Airways passenger plane at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

It was not long before it became clear that his style of leadership had earned him a long chain of elite enemies.

In August 1985, while on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, news reached Idiagbon that Buhari had been overthrown and detained in a coup led by Ibrahim Babangida.

He was cautioned to stay away from the country or he will be dealt with.

Upon hearing this, the late King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud called Idiagbon and made an offer. The Saudi king told Idiagbon that he would get him a magnificent mansion to stay for his retirement for life and forget about the idea of returning to Nigeria.

Idiagbon politely declined the offer. He was too rugged and brave to hide behind closed doors.

A few days later, he was unwelcomed by soldiers armed with all sort of weapons. And for forty horrible months, he was placed under house arrest in Benin and Bauchi state.

His reign as vice president lasted for only twenty months.

With no millions of dollars to his name, Idiagbon took to farming and detached himself from public activities.

Nigeria had chosen not to be better, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Still remembered for his simple and humble lifestyle, Major-general Idiagbon passed away on May 24, 1999; leaving Nigeria to the darkness she preferred over the light.


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Ijaya123:
They are afraid of competition.

Everything is about sentiments and tribal connotation. Very parochial bunch of people

BankeSmalls:
so surprised, I had lost all hopes that you will evwr make sense in this your lifetime