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[quote author=IGBO-SON]^^^Funny how this unwritten 'rule' always and only seems to favour the core north/moslems!

I don't know how one can be talking of some unwritten 'rule' in a country that purports to be one 'just' and 'fair' nation.....a rule that allows someone to murder the Head of State in cold blood, yet such a person struts about with confidence? Some country indeed![/quote]I forgot to ask you, is Danjuma "core north" and "muslim"?

Boss13: very nice thread and educative.

Thanks very much.

Coup 1 Ifeajuna/Nzeogwu. Failed. Arrested (although the head of government, two premiers and several commanders were killed).

Coup 2 Murtala/Danjuma/Adamu. Successful. Government positions (head of state, one regional governor and many civilians killed).

Coup 3 Yar'Adua/Abdulai/Garba. Successful. Government positions.

Coup 4 Dimka/Rabo/Dabang. Failed. Executed (head of state and other killed).

Coup 5 Babangida/Abacha/Bako. Successful. Government positions (Bako was killed during the coup).

Coup plot 6 Majors (I've forgotten their names). Vatsa roped in. Failed. Executed.

Coup 7 Mukoro/Orkar/Nyiam. Failed. Orkar and others executed (Mukoro and Nyiam escaped).

Coup 8. Abacha/Diya/(gosh I've forgotten his name). Successful. Government positions.

(Some say coup 9) successful. Government positions/influence. (Abacha dead).

Coup plot 10. Al Mustapha/naval officer (can't remember his name). Failed. Imprisoned.

[quote author=IGBO-SON]Dimka was executed for assassinating a Head of State, but Theophilus Danjuma did the same thing and is not only still alive, but is a celebrated elder statesman and stinking rich to boot!......am i missing something? [/quote]Yes. The military rule about coups. . . .MAKE SURE YOU SUCCEED!

Success = government position. Failure = death (or if you are lucky, imprisonment).

(Most people knew this rule back in the days of military rule. Even Babangida quoted this rule when he was head of state. It is an unwritten rule).

GenBuhari: where is the confession.

How do we know that that clip was him confessing?

Note the "

lil jboy: **Vice President -North.
**Senate President -
North.
**Speaker House of
Reps -
North.
**PDP National
Chairman -
North. **Head of Service
- North.
**INEC Chairman -
North.
**Inspector General of
Police -
North.
**CBN Governor - North.
**Chief Justice of
federation -
North.
**President Court of
Appeal -
North. **EFCC Chairman
- North.
**President Federal high
court -
North.
**National Security
Adviser
- North.
**Chief of Defense
Staff -
North.
**Controller, Customs
Service -
North. **Controller
Prison
Services -
North.
**Richest man in Africa
-
North.
**85% of Petroleum
Marketers in
Nigeria - Northerners.
**80% of Oil Block
Owners
in
Nigeria - Northerners.
**99% of beggars in
Nigeria -
Northerners
**Boko Haram - North.
**Anti-Biafra -
Northerners.
Yet, the Poorest states
in Nigeria
and Educationally
backward
areas
in Nigeria are in the
North.
NOW ASK YOURSELF,
WHO or WHAT
IS THE PROBLEM OF THE
NORTHERNERS?.

Are your problems exactly the same as your neighbour's problems?

drnoel: now this is part of our history, for our children learn in schools. 1000 likes.
Pls post more videos, clips or stuff u can find not just on this topic but on our history....

Thanks. You can see more pictures, clips, etc on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/1062509/nigeria-good-bad-beautiful-ugly

I plan to update the thread soon.

Two of the coupists, Sergeant Clement Yildar and Corporal Dauda Usman, escaped and were declared wanted. Till this day they have not been found and are still on the wanted list.

50calibre: Dude what are you saying? Who is your message directed at? What has NATO got to do with all these? So you think NATO don't have important things to do but to come into a country that is self-destructing by greed and corruption? Are you aware that NATO funding is being reduced and they are downsizing?

There is no ethnic cleansing of the Yorubas, Yorubas are sitting comfortable at the helm of affairs as far as the running of Nigeria is concerned. Nigeria doesn't have the stomach for another civil war, people love life so much.

Nigeria is ripe for an arab-spring style revolution but do you see anyone on the streets? Countries with much lesser issues than Nigeria have all risen up and toppled their governments yet Nigeria stares into the abyss with a future best described as bleak.

HAH! Do you mean to tell me that you don't know the great Musiwa?

naptu2: Adesegun Musiwa is the Nairaland politics section poster of the year 2009. He is an electricity engineer who graduated from the University of Ilorin. He speaks Batu and a host of other languages.

Adesegun Musiwa is also known as Becomerich 1-100, Eguofor, Complove, Nigeria1, Nigeriaone, Bashali, Tayo4life, Uche 2005, Becomericher, Mapomeji, Are Canada, etc

He works as the chief mapologist at Google. His philosophy is that all Nigeria's problems will be solved if the Western Niger is excised from Nigeria and added to Benin Republic.

He is very influential (more influential than Goodluck Jonathan), knows all the pastors in Nigeria and will win any free and fair presidential election conducted in Nigeria, by virtue of his philosophy as contained in the sacred satellite pictures.

He has been the subject of classic threads on Nairaland such as the threads below.

https://www.nairaland.com/608926/one-party-should-please-summit

https://www.nairaland.com/335745/aloy-emeka-mr-tribalist-cousin

https://www.nairaland.com/321016/mapomeji-finally-out

https://www.nairaland.com/469018/happy-birthday-becomerich

https://www.nairaland.com/898844/h

https://www.nairaland.com/909682/

https://www.nairaland.com/220912/seun-owner-nairaland-accused-corruption

https://www.nairaland.com/469018/happy-birthday-becomerich

https://www.nairaland.com/514772/becomerich-bows-out-nl

https://www.nairaland.com/477125/jakumu-english-nonsense-not-know

https://www.nairaland.com/367629/becomerich-wins-jakumo-closes-beaf/5

https://www.nairaland.com/679870/aare-musiwa-hot-form-look

https://www.nairaland.com/917751/musiwa

Aare Musiwa, please post the map to show them that there is nothing like south-south. It should be Eastern and Western Regions.

Also show them the map that shows population distribution, so that they can see the most populous cities in Nigeria.

About ten or eleven years ago I had an argument in class about this same topic.

My friend said that "Nigeria will never get better". She cited the fact that the same people who ruined the country under military rule were being elected and the fact that children of corrupt politicians were being appointed into government positions as her reasons for believing that Nigeria will never get better. She also cited lack of infrastructural development (power, water, etc).

The lecturer was trying to convince her that she was wrong, but I didn't think he was doing a good job, so I joined the debate. I told her that I might have agreed with her if we were still under military rule, but so long as we have a democracy (or something like a democracy), then I believe that Nigeria will eventually get better. It's inevitable. Corrupt politicians might want to hold on to power, but they can't hold on for ever (I cited examples of India and Mexico which had parties that had ruled for 50 and 100 years respectively, but had recently voted those parties out of office). In military rule there's a limit to the kind of pressure we can exert and the amount of influence we have on the government, but in civilian rule, the rulers want something from us and they'll have to give something in order to get something. Yes, it seems like politicians are more corrupt than the military, but remember, under military rule we had no idea what the President's salary was. In a democracy we know what his salary is and can complain about it. It may take some time and we might see highs and lows, but Nigeria will definitely get better (as long as there's no military coup).

Road and rail construction projects, new and reconstructed air and seaports, privatisation of the electricity system, new and stronger Nigerian brands, 100% better telecommunications system, etc prove that I was right.

Lieutenant Colonel Suka Buka Dimka just before his execution.