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kunlekunle: ol boy i dont take fash brandy

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I'll start with your example. LSTC ran aground because of corruption, not because of lack of maintenance. When Rasaki was leaving office, he left his coaster buses to the LSTC. When Tinubu became governor he instituted a probe into LSTC. They discovered that, oon paper, the buses were listed as being beyond repair, whereas they were in good condition and were not being used.

This must be one of the reasons that the present government insists on using the PPP model in its transport programmes. The Lagbuses (BRT) are owned by private companies, while the government maintains the BRT lanes. The LRT coaches will be owned by private companies, while the government maintains the tracks.

I'm pretty sure these boats are owned by private companies (I was told that the governor was furious when someone in the state waterway agency suggested that the state runs ferry services).

A few weeks ago, the governor was telling the visiting British Deputy High Commissioner that there are opportunities for British businessmen to invest in rail and ferry services in the state.

If you've got the money and expertise to run a shipyard, talk to the government, I'm sure they'll be happy to listen to you. Government can't do everything.

Dimka's coup was also executed by middle ranking officers, although Major General I.D Bisalla was involved.

http://www.dawodu.com/dimka.htm

Sorry, I forgot to include these two links

Witness to History (L.t Col M.O Nzefili) by Nowa Omoigui http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui50.htm

Vatsa Conspiracy Bio-Sketches http://www.dawodu.com/nowa2.htm

You might be interested in reading

"Why We Struck: The Story of The First Nigerian Coup" by Major Adewale Ademoyega (one of the coup planners) published by Evans Brothers Nigeria Limited (1981).

"Danjuma: The Making of a General" by Lindsay Barrett, published by Fourth Dimension Publishing Co Ltd (1979).

"Beckoned To Serve" by Shehu Shagari (2001)

And also the links below.

Special Branch report http://www.dawodu.com/nzeogwu.htm


Operation Aure by Nowa Omoigui http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui13.htm

Operation Aure Postscripts (Interview with the Colonel) by Nowa Omoigui http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui36.htm

The Inside Story of Nigeria's First Military Coup by Max Siollun http://www.kwenu.com/publications/siollun/1966_coup1.htm

I have testimonies of soldiers, but unfortunately I can't share that with you, but pls click here for the Vatsa Conspiracy http://www.dawodu.com/vatsa.htm

Three coups have been planned by middle ranking officers, the "Nzeowgu Coup", the "Vatsa Coup" (although General Vatsa was not involved) and the "Orkar Coup".

At the time of the Nzeogwu coup, Ironsi was a Major General, Maimalari was a Brigadier, Ademulegun was a Brigadier, Ogundipe was a Brigadier. Adebayo, Kur Mohammed and Shodeinde were Colonels. Banjo, Fajuyi, Gowon, Ojukwu, Njoku and Largema were Lieutenant Colonels.


Ademoyega, Nzeogwu, Ifeajuna and co were Majors.

(Fajuyi and Banjo were sympathetic to the coup, but did not play an active part).

This thread emanated from discussions on another thread. Kilode asked how come coups planned by middle level officers are rarely successful, while coups by generals usually succeed. This was my response.

"It's much easier for senior officers to mobilise resources for a coup. The coups staged by middle ranking officers usually failed because of little inadequacies or mistakes, eg, failure to cut telephone lines, failure to arrest key personalities, failure to get the keys of the armoured car garage @ Ikeja, etc.

Generals usually position their minions in sensitive positions well in advance of the coup. They are there, waiting for d day to strike.

Middle ranking officers have to make do with make-shift arrangements.

Babangida planned for his coup well in advance. He knew that the NSO was loyal to Buhari, so he positioned Akilu in DMI to counter NSO. He planted his man in the Brigade of Guards, to neutralise the commander who was loyal to Buhari. Middle level officers don't have the ability to do all these".

I was quite close to Dodan Barracks on the day this coup took place (I was woken by explosions). At 7 am I knew that the coup would fail. My aunt who lived close to Flag Staff House called to say that there were soldiers in the bushes in front of her house. The phone rang! Clearly the coup would fail cos Babangida's commanders would be able to call each other.

In 1966, Ironsi had to move his headquarters to Police Headquarters, Moloney, just so that he could communicate with his commanders.

If a coup fails, the public will name the coup after the person who made the coup speech, if it succeeds, they'll name the coup after the person who becomes head of state, but the coup might have been the brain child of another person.

edoyad: Orkar Coup? that's a misnomer. Yes he played a prominent role by taking the Radio house but to be honest,calling it his Coup isn't doing Justice to the real planners and Executors. It was more of Benin-Delta uprising .
But then again, who am I to rename history?

That's what usually happens. There is a saying, "a coup is like an elephant", you only see the side closest to you.

The "Nzeogwu coup" was actually led by Ifeajuna, the "Gowon coup" was actually led by Murtala Muhammed, the "Murtala coup", was actually led by Joe Garba, SM Yar'Adua and others and the "Orkar coup" was actually led by Mukoro.

You can also read more about the coup here http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui8.htm

[quote author=999_666]Part 3: http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/features/for-the-records/capt-tolofari-part-3-aiming-for-the-heart-of-govt.html

or

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5H5eU8VP2GAJ:www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/features/for-the-records/capt-tolofari-part-3-aiming-for-the-heart-of-govt.html+Capt.+Tolofari&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

@naptu hope you dont mind me posting the link.[/quote]Cool

Part 3

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/features/for-the-records/capt-tolofari-part-3-aiming-for-the-heart-of-govt.html

Part 2


http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Tq_ZdW8NFlYJ:http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/features/for-the-records/capt-tolofari-part-2-preparation-and-plan-for-h-hour.html+captain%20tolofari%20preparation%20and%20plan%20for%20h%20hour%20part%202&hl=en&ct=clnk

Wherever you see "This post has been hidden", that's probably efforts by Beaf and I to post parts 2 and 3.

I've had it on my system since 2006, but I get banned every time I try to copy and paste it here.

However, Google cached should work.

Er! That's "Captain Tolofari preparation and plan for h hour part 2" or part 3.

Let's try this

1) Click on this link http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fAAdsyVjYZMJ:http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1422+captain%20tolofari&hl=en&ct=clnk


2) If that doesn't work, google "Captain Tolofari preparation and plan for h hour" beside or beneath the result you'll see the word "cached" click on it.

Beaf: I have been banned in a record number for a single day while trying to post part two. I've given up.
Parts 2 and 3 are quite interesting, with several details of how the coup was carried out (for our internet "revolutionaries" and the real ones out there).

I suspected as much.

JudeSEO: Messi? lol. I'm tempted to believe that one. That guy is not an ordinary footballer.
I don't care about illuminati or all that rubbish. Whether it exists or not is not my concern.
I know God exists...
I know Jesus is my Lord and Saviour
and I know I am in God's camp, so those rubbish don't bother me really, it's all part of the foretold signs of the end time.
But i also know that people tend to believe that you can only be successful or wealthy through selling your soul to the devil, and to me that's just pathetic.
Linking the Oyedepos, the Adeboyes, Popes, Imams etc to these evil group is just plain stupid in my opinion.
Aren't their works plain and open enough for you to see?
I'm not here to start an argument, but lets be careful the way we slander men of God.
Just my 2 cents.

Here's a christian who knows the 9th commandment.

I don't know why people will proclaim that they are christians and yet live their life in fear, being pursued by their own shadows.

Purist: If being an "adult" and a "graduate" is what you are, then I'd gladly remain a "teenager" and a "jambite". Thank you.

Now instead of wasting valuable minutes of your life "researching" who belongs to what "fraternity", I think you'll be more useful in a laboratory where they'll examine your brain for symptoms and causes of stupidity.

Purist: Anyone who still wonders why Nigeria is in such a deep mess should visit this thread and wonder no more.

In Nigeria, we have grown up men and women - ADULTS - who believe that you cannot be successful and popular without belonging to some "occult group". ADULTS who cannot reason critically. ADULTS who believe in fairy tales. In the eyes and mind of a typical Nigerian, every successful person is either Illuminati or Freemason or belongs to "Church of Satan". Every extraordinary act or occurrence is attributed to the supernatural - the "underworld" especially. I trust that the smart pastors are already making these their key sermon points, while milking the congregation in the process. If tomorrow, I become rich and famous worldwide, every single gesture I make will be analyzed. From the movement of my eyes, to the positioning of my feet. People will spend hours and days looking for "signs" and "symbols". And when they coincidentally find one that "looks familiar", GBAM! I am labelled an "Illuminati" as well.

Things like this only make people paranoid, and nothing else. And when you're paranoid, you become vulnerable. Vulnerable to your pastors, vulnerable to the media, and vulnerable even to your own sanity. Please, people, wake up!

+1000

lincy: @moderator plz can we zip dis thread up for security purpose tanx.

I told you but you didn't believe me. The Illiminati are monitoring you right now. It's best that you log off the net and never log back on, so that they won't know where you are.

I think I'll type up my "facts" about the cult of nairaland. I'll post them online so that people can do a google search and get "facts" about this powerful cult.


By the way, did you know that Mercedes Benz are part of the Illuminati? Why do you think they produced a "V Booth"? Think about it. The letter V.

Unfortunately it has degenerated. Bigotry rears its ugly head. I wanted to post part 2 before that happens. Oh well.

Finally I've found it. It was in my old desktop computer.

This thread is in the same category as Musiwa's posts. Some of the funniest posts I've read on nairaland.

Babangida planned for his coup well in advance. He knew that the NSO was loyal to Buhari, so he positioned Akilu in DMI to counter NSO. He planted his man in the Brigade of Guards, to neutralise the commander who was loyal to Buhari. Middle level officers don't have the ability to do all these.

It's much easier for senior officers to mobilise resources for a coup. The coups staged by middle ranking officers usually failed because of little inadequacies or mistakes, eg, failure to cut telephone lines, failure to arrest key personalities, failure to get the keys of the armoured car garage @ Ikeja, etc.

Generals usually position their minions in sensitive positions well in advance of the coup. They are there, waiting for d day to strike.

Middle ranking officers have to make do with make-shift arrangements.

He did a series, I think it was on nigeriavillagesquare, where he explained everything in detail. It was a 3 or 4 part series.

Well, let's break for Chelsea vs Arsenal. (Hope the EPL has not been taken over by Illuminati).