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SportsRe: Nigeria Beats Uzbekistan 3-1 In Davis Cup, Qualify For World Group 2 by naptu2(op): 8:19am On Feb 09
Atmosphere.

SportsRe: Nigeria Beats Uzbekistan 3-1 In Davis Cup, Qualify For World Group 2 by naptu2(op): 8:19am On Feb 09
Nigeria Tennis Live @naijatennislive

Nigeria defeated Uzbekistan 3-1 to secure promotion to World Group II for the first time in about three decades!

World Group II Playoffs qualification in 2024
World Group II Playoffs qualification in 2025
WORLD GROUP II QUALIFICATION IN 2026!

See y’all in World Group II 💪🏽💪🏽
https://x.com/i/status/2020570616651305322




Photos 2, 3 and 4) The matches were held at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club on Lagos Island

SportsNigeria Beats Uzbekistan 3-1 In Davis Cup, Qualify For World Group 2 by naptu2(op): 8:14am On Feb 09

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozp2U0jo9JE?si=NpTCi62TCdyhkEWh

The Davis Cup is a global tennis tournament between men's national teams. The teams are divided into groups (kind of like divisions in football).

In the old days there was the World Group, which had the best tennis national teams in the world and then there were regional groups. Nigeria played in the Euro-Africa Zone Group 1 in the 1980s and early 1990s and we were trying to get promoted to the world group.

However, we got relegated to Euro-Africa Zone Group 2 and I remember that we played a promotion match against Britain in 1996 but lost. We have been relegated since then and I lost touch with the competition.

Today the regional groups have been abolished and what we have are World Group 1, World Group 2, World Group 3 and World Group 4.

For the first time since the early 1990s, Nigeria has been promoted to the World Group 2, which is the second division of the Davis Cup. That means that we'll have the chance to get promoted to World Group 1, depending on how we perform later this year.


Nigeria sweep Uzbekistan in Lagos Davis Cup tie

The victory boosted Nigeria’s Davis Cup campaign
February 8, 2026


Nigeria’s doubles pair, Canice Abua and Michael Emmanuel, defeated Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin and Khumoyun Sultanov 7–6, 6–4 at the ITF Davis Cup tie in Lagos.

The closely fought encounter saw the Nigerians edge a tie-break first set before asserting control in the second to win in straight sets.

The victory boosted Nigeria’s Davis Cup campaign and drew loud cheers from home supporters at the Lagos venue.

In singles action, Daniel Adeleye beat Uzbekistan’s Khumoyun Sultanov 6–3, 6–4 in a reverse singles match.

Adeleye delivered a confident display, breaking serve at crucial moments to dominate both sets and secure another point for Nigeria.

The result further lifted team morale and strengthened Nigeria’s position in the tie.

Speaking to NAN, Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) president, Victor Ochei, described the success as a collective national achievement.

“It has been a long and difficult journey, but in the end we proved many doubters wrong,” Mr Ochei said.

He stressed that the triumph went beyond match victories to building a lasting foundation for tennis development in Nigeria.

“This victory belongs to Nigeria and shows that tennis has truly come to stay in this country,” he added.

Mr Ochei said attention had now shifted to the World Group I playoffs, expressing confidence in the team’s readiness.

“Our next test is the playoff to World Group I, and we are prepared to make a strong global statement,” he said.

He noted that Uzbekistan were considered stronger on paper but praised Nigeria’s players for rising to the challenge.

“Our boys proved that local players can compete and deliver at a high level,” Mr Ochei added.

Mr Ochei also commended the organisation of the tie, crediting stakeholders for ensuring a successful event.

“By the quality of the games and organisation, I believe we did not disappoint Nigeria,” he said.

Adeleye expressed confidence in his future, attributing his progress to careful planning, discipline and coaching support.

“My journey did not happen by accident; preparations started long before I stepped onto the court,” he said.

The 19-year-old said challenges such as travel and weather had not distracted his focus on steady improvement.

Formerly competing for Zimbabwe before switching allegiance, Adeleye said he was proud to represent Nigeria

“Playing for Nigeria gives me extra motivation and belief against any opponent,” he said.

He added that exposure from tournaments in Angola, Rwanda and the United States had strengthened his mindset.

Describing himself as hardworking and ambitious, Adeleye said he was determined to keep progressing and making Nigeria proud globally. (NAN)
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/nigeria-sports-news/855258-nigeria-sweep-uzbekistan-in-lagos-davis-cup-tie.html

PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 2:21am On Feb 09
This is the origin of the photo with Professor Bolaji Akinyemi. A lot of state occasions were held at the Nigerian Institute for International Affairs (on Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island) in the 1970s, '80s and early 1990s).


Saturday, October 18th 1975.

Footage of Nigerian military Head of State, Brigadier Murtala Muhammad opening the work of a fifty man committee to draft a new constitution - the first step towards returning the country to civilian rule.

Brigadier Muhammed named the panel of former politicians, lawyers, intellectuals, businessmen and journalists who will draw up the constitution after his October 1st speech which promised the country a return to democratic rule in October 1979.

Chief Rotimi Williams, a prominent lawyer who played a part in writing most of Nigeria's earlier constitutions, was made chairman of the committee. However, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, an eminent Nigerian politician and lawyer, failed to turn up at the meeting. He had earlier refused to serve on the committee saying his appointment was made without prior reference to him.

Transcript of part of Brig, Muhammad's opening address:

"In my National Day broadcast I outlined the political programme of the Federal Military government and prescribed measures necessary for achieving the aims of the programme. One of such steps whose responsibility it would be to produce an initial draft of a constitutional arrangement which would provide a sound basis for the continued existence of a united Nigeria. This is not the first time of course that we as a people have participated in the fashioning of a constitution for our country. First there was the experiment of a unitary government which was imposed by the colonial government then a federal system which carried us into independence and finally a modified version of Federalism which lasted rather tenuously until January 1966."

Source: Reuters News Archives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEsFIUk1no?si=KbG5YSdG3uEWEpuQ
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 7:22pm On Feb 08
Unfortunately they can't see this post, but they are going to help me increase the page and view count of my thread.
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 3:08pm On Feb 08
MORE ON THE CORRUPTION PROBES

This is one of my old posts.

CHECK OUT THIS LIE!!!

shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked

This is how people spread terrible lies! The lie has so many retweets and I won't be surprised if it ends up on Nairaland's home page.


The liar said that two chief justices of Nigeria have been removed by fiat, both of them were removed by Muhammadu Buhari, both of them were southerners and they were both replaced by northerners.


Can you believe this crazy lie?


The first chief justice that was removed from office was Professor Taslim Olawale Elias and he certainly was not removed by Buhari.

Professor Elias was one of the giants of the legal profession in Nigeria. He had taught law in universities all over the world. He was the dean of the faculty of law at the University of Lagos and he had been the attorney general and minister of justice in Nigeria from 1960-1972 (intermittently. He left a couple of times and returned to the same position).

General Yakubu Gowon made him the chief justice of Nigeria in 1972, when Sir Adetokunboh Ademola retired. He is the only person that has become chief justice of Nigeria without first being a judge.


However, Murtala Muhammad overthrew Gowon in 1975 and started an anti-corruption campaign and many government officials were sacked. Taslim Elias was one of the people that was removed, but the government did not accuse him of corruption. In fact his case initially seemed strange.

The government said that Taslim Elias retired for health reasons. However, when the American Ambassador visited him to see how he was doing, Taslim Elias said that there was nothing wrong with his health, he did not resign and he did not know why he was removed.


The mystery was resolved in one of Obasanjo's books. Obasanjo accepted that Justice Elias was one of the best legal minds that Nigeria has produced and that he was an honourable man. However, he said that the government had investigated and discovered that Professor Elias was the judge in a case in which his brother was involved. He said that their investigation showed that Justice Elias was deeply emotionally attached to his brother and he should have recused himself from the trial. For that reason, the government couldn't trust him with their anti-corruption campaign and so they retired him.

The government sought the advice of the attorney general of the federation before retiring him (the attorney general at the time was the man that collapsed and died at Ikoyi cemetery and that's the answer to my quiz)

In recognition of the fact that Professor Elias was a legal giant and an honourable man and in order to compensate him, the government nominated him to be a judge at the International Court at the Hague. Even though his nomination was late, the regime campaigned heavily for him and he served as a judge at the World Court from 1976 until his death in 1990.


Professor Elias was not replaced by a northerner! His replacement was Sir Darnley Alexander (a man that I knew personally) and Sir Darnley was not even a Nigerian. He was from the West Indies.


The chief justice of Nigeria at the time that Buhari became head of state was Justice George Sowemimo (of the Awolowo treason trial fame). Justice Sowemimo retired in 1985 and was replaced by Justice Ayo Irikefe, who was not a northerner (I also knew him personally).


Click this link to see the lie.
https://mobile.twitter.com/brian_efa/status/1119302957923819531


This is another in a series of lies. Check out the previous lie below.
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 3:02pm On Feb 08
That's just one of the troll's alternate accounts. I am obviously not going to read its post.
PoliticsRe: IPOB Cancels Sit-At-Home Order Following Directive From Nnamdi Kanu (Video) by naptu2(op): 2:22pm On Feb 08
untoldtruth:
#6 is missing a [Point #C] and I really want to read what point #C is.
Nigerians governments, both at the federal and state levels, have done a lot to end the violence in the East.
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 2:11pm On Feb 08
higgs is still mentioning me. How can you just repeat the same things that you previously wrote, things that have been debunked and expect me to take you seriously?

I am not going to read your post because you have nothing to offer.
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 1:40pm On Feb 08
I can always predict what they will do. grin
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 1:06pm On Feb 08
higgs doesn't even have anything to say. He couldn't answer my questions and he simply repeated what he had previously posted.

These people have nothing to offer, so why waste my time?
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 1:05pm On Feb 08
I only read the first sentence and I realised that you have nothing to offer.

[b]WAS IT MURTALA THAT PROMOTED IBRAHIM TAIWO??

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ARMY COUNCIL IN YOUR LIFE??

There's no need for me to waste my time with you, you don't even know what you are writing about.

Rybnyk:
HOW DO YOU KNOW THATHE DID NOT REPRIMAND HIS SUBORDINATES?
By the mere fact that major Taiwo was promoted to col the following year.

And you are calling COAS, Joseph Akahan,why not call Gowon? Lol. If questions are to be asked about the conduct of soldiers,it will start from,who issued the command, their CO. It won't start from the COAS.

Many SS commanders claimed ignorance about atrocities committed by Himmler's SS but they couldn't escape culpability. That something happened that involved your division and you say it has nothing to do with him is a lie. This is not about demolishing anyone, it's about saying what is true.
PoliticsRe: IPOB Cancels Sit-At-Home Order Following Directive From Nnamdi Kanu (Video) by naptu2(op): 1:02pm On Feb 08
And that reminds me, I haven't given you an update.

1) Ralph Uwazurike created the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in 1999.

In 2009 Uwazurike funded the creation of Radio Biafra.

2) Uwazurike had a dispute with Nnamdi Kanu (who ran Radio Biafra) and stopped funding it. Lack of funding caused the radio station to shut down. The station was restarted in 2012 and Nnamdi Kanu became the director of the station.

Nnamdi Kanu also created the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in 2012.

A civil war broke out between supporters of Ralph Uwazurike and supporters of Nnamdi Kanu.

3) Nnamdi Kanu had given instructions that Simon Ekpa should be made the lead broadcaster on Radio Biafra after he was arrested in 2021.

However, the DOS structure that Kanu created sacked Simon Ekpa because he refused to follow instructions. In response Ekpa said that he had sacked the DOS from the Biafra liberation movement.

Simon Ekpa created his own group which was originally known as the Autopiloters. It later transformed into the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) and Ekpa declared that he was the prime minister of Biafra.

A civil war broke out between supporters of Nnamdi Kanu and supporters of Simon Ekpa.

4) Simon Ekpa was arrested and Ngozi Orabueze, who was the chief of staff and deputy prime minister of BRGIE, declared herself prime minister. Supporters of Simon Ekpa opposed her and Ekpa's lawyer filed a lawsuit against her in the United States. They accused Orabueze of launching a hostile takeover of BRGIE.

A civil war broke out between supporters of Simon Ekpa and supporters of Ngozi Orabueze.

5) Two days ago a group of Biafra supporters announced that they had removed Simon Ekpa and elected Ogechukwu Nkere as their new prime minister. It was the Ogechukwu Nkere group that hired lobyists in the United States to convince the Trump administration that there is a Christian genocide in Nigeria (I posted photos of Nkere meeting with US senators a few days ago).

However, the Ngozi Orabueze faction released a statement that Ogechukwu Nkere had been expelled from BRGIE and that he was not prime minister of Biafra.

There is a civil war between supporters of Ngozi Orabueze and supporters of Ogechukwu Nkere.

At the heart of all of this is a competition for power and for control of donations made by Biafra supporters around the world.
PoliticsRe: IPOB Cancels Sit-At-Home Order Following Directive From Nnamdi Kanu (Video) by naptu2(op): 12:58pm On Feb 08
Governor Soludo's closure of Onitsha Main Market

1) Every sensible person knows that Nnamdi Kanu began the practice of declaring sit at home protests. He usually threatened to declare sit-at-home protests on elections days (though he often made U-turns when politicians approached him). There were also sit-at-home protests to mark specific dates that were significant during the Civil War.

2) Every sensible person also knows that Kanu and his faction of Ipob abandoned the sit-at-home protests after he was detained. They were seeking a political solution to his detention and staging sit-at-home protests would make things difficult for him.

3) Every sensible person knows that Simon Ekpa and his autopiloters hijacked the protest. Armed autopiloters usually staged violent raids on Sundays in order to frighten people and prevent them from coming out on Mondays. I created a lot of threads about these raids and Ekpa often boasted about it.

4) Everybody knows that Ekpa held unending fund raising campaigns in order to raise money to finance the attacks.

5) Everybody also knows that the violence drastically reduced after Ekpa was arrested.

6) The violence reduced for 3 main reasons (A) Ekpa was in jail and so could no longer finance the terrorists. (B) The new leadership of the Autopiloters decided to focus on hiring lobyists to help them get American politicians on their side. It would look bad if they were meeting with American politicians and also financing terrorists.

7) The people on those threads cannot say anything meaningful and their little attempt to make sense is turned into nonsense by the next thing that I will write.

8 ) Nigerians governments, both at the federal and state levels, have done a lot to end the violence in the East. Governor Soludo did not just wake up and close Onitsha Main Market as his first step in solving the problem. Quite a lot of things have been done to solve the issue.

9) The Nigerian Federal Government put a lot of pressure on Finland to solve the problem of Simon Ekpa and he was eventually tried and jailed. Troops were also deployed to deal with the terrorists in the forests.

10) Governor Soludo met with Nnamdi Kanu in the DSS cell in Abuja in order to get him to end the protest. Kanu told the governor that he had nothing to do with the protest. Days afterwards, when his lawyers visited him, Nnamdi Kanu gave them instructions that they should make a press statement that he had disowned the sit-at-home protest and that he was against vilolence.

11) Governor Soludo also met with traders, unions, the clergy, politicians, etc in order to end the violence and sit-at-home protest. They even held a Holy Mass to signify the end of the sit-at-home protest.

12) Governor Soludo has donated a lot of equipment to the police, military and other security agencies in order to help them tackle the problem. The last round of donations was just a few days ago.

13) In fact, the Anambra State Government went as far as creating its own security outfit called Udo Ga-achi

14) These measures have worked. Previously I made threads about Autopilot attacks almost every week. Nowadays we rarely hear about attacks. People now use Mondays to hold weddings and other parties. As the governor said, he passed other markets on his way to Onitsha and they were open.

15) The fact is that there are Ipob and Autopilot sympathisers that do not want the sit-at-home protest to end. I have told you about all the measures that government has taken to end the violence and protest, these people have launched massive propaganda against all of them.

16) They said that Autopilot attacks were being done by Fulani herdsmen and all sorts of people, they said that Simon Ekpa was sponsored by Bola Tinubu, they said that Nigerian Army was massacring innocent people, they said that Simon Ekpa had not been arrested, they claimed that Udo Ga-achi was killing innocent people, there is nothing that they did not say.

17) Now the story is that Soludo has not done anything to provide security, that he is wicked, that he didn't consult anyone, etc. The simple truth is that they do not want the sit-at-home to end.

It gives them something to complain about.

As I said, many of them are Ipob and Autopilot supporters and they'll never want it to end.

Meanwhile the government constructed that market so that economic activities will take place. It generates revenue from the economic activities that take place there. It is a market, anyone that does not want to use it to trade and raise revenue for the government should be removed and replaced with someone that's ready to trade.
PoliticsRe: IPOB Cancels Sit-At-Home Order Following Directive From Nnamdi Kanu (Video) by naptu2(op): 12:50pm On Feb 08
Previous threads:

Governor Soludo Impressed With Level Of Compliance At Onitsha Main Market
https://www.nairaland.com/8611316/governor-soludo-impressed-level-compliance

Onitsha Main Market Is State Property, Shops Must Open On Mondays - Evarish Ubah
https://www.nairaland.com/8608281/onitsha-main-market-state-property

Kanu Family Battles IPOB Over Sit-At-Home
https://www.nairaland.com/8610539/kanu-family-battles-ipob-over

We Can't Force People To Come Out, But We'll Provide Security - Anambra CP
https://www.nairaland.com/8610571/cant-force-people-come-out


Soludo Magic: How Sit-at-home Ended In Anambra
https://www.nairaland.com/8613185/soludo-magic-how-sit-at-home-ended
PoliticsIPOB Cancels Sit-At-Home Order Following Directive From Nnamdi Kanu (Video) by naptu2(op): 12:49pm On Feb 08

PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 12:45pm On Feb 08
CORRUPTION (2) The Eko Court Affair

Chief Joseph Omotoso Adeyemi-Bero was one of the original 4 civil servants that joined Governor Mobolaji Johnson to begin the Lagos State Government. He was seconded from the Federal Civil Service.

Chief Adeyemi Bero served as permanent secretary in many ministries in the Lagos State Government.

The Gowon regime was overthrown on July 29, 1975 and the new administration led by General Murtala Muhammed, began investigating everybody. Nobody was spared.

Only 2 of the 12 governors were found not guilty of corruption. Many civil servants and senior government officials were sacked. Everybody was investigated.

The government found that Chief Adeyemi Bero owned Eko Court. "Where did a civil servant get the money to build such high rise buildings"? Therefore, the government seized Eko Court from him and gave it to the Lagos State Government. Chief Adeyemi Bero sued the government (after the return to civilian rule in 1979).

President Ibrahim Babangida was returning seized properties and restoring people's ranks. He restored Gowon's rank and returned properties that were seized from the Ojukwu Family. He also returned Eko Court to Adeyemi Bero.

However, the Lagos State Government said that a mistake was made and Eko Court should not have been included in Babangida's decree. The legal battle started all over again.

Chief Adeyemi Bero had died, but his family continued the battle.

The Supreme Court eventually ruled that Eko Court should not have been returned to the Adeyemi Bero Family and that it belongs to the Lagos State Government.




Further reading:

Governor Mobolaji Johnson mentioned Adeyemi Bero in the interview that I posted on this thread.

It was either Governor Tinubu or Governor Fashola (I can't remember which) that named the auditorium at the Lagos State Secretariat after Adeyemi Bero.

PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 12:43pm On Feb 08
CORRUPTION

I posted this on August 2nd, 2025.

Background

I have told you that it is not easy to govern Nigeria. You'll be demonised no matter what you do.

Murtala Muhammed is one of the most loved leaders that Nigeria has ever had. He was loved because he associated with the masses and did what they wanted him to do.

Simplicity

Murtala Muhammed did not use any sirens and did not have any motorcades. He waited patiently in traffic like any other Nigerian. He went to Sandgrouse Market in disguise to find out the cost of food and how the economy was affecting the masses. His government did not jail critics, instead, just like any other Nigerian, he sued the journalist that wrote fake news against him.

Foreign policy

Murtala's regime spoke up clearly in support of the liberation movements. Nigerians loved this because for the first time ever the country was speaking with its own voice on the world stage. It wasn't just following what the world powers (east or west) said. The government went as far as giving fighter jets to Angola and giving money to the liberation movements.

Welfare

The government promoted the idea that it was a big father that would take care of Nigerians (its children) and so it took over state TV stations, universities, private newspapers, etc. in the interest of Nigerians.


Corruption

People believed that there was corruption and misuse of funds during the Gowon era. State governors rode in long stretch limousines, politicians were sponsoring people to write petitions against government officials, etc. There was also a feeling in the Army that soldiers who actually fought in the Civil War were not being compensated and that soldiers that did not actually fight were enjoying all the benefits (it was in order to counter this narrative that Gowon later made Murtala and Obasanjo ministers).

Everybody knew that Gowon was not corrupt, but they felt that he was afraid to take action against corrupt officials.

Nigerians loved Murtala because he showed that he was not afraid to take action. Everybody was investigated.

So many people were sacked, even people that could not have been sacked. I'll give you an example that I have already written about (this is a summary).

Everybody respected the chief justice and everybody knew that he was an authority on the law. Normally the head of state cannot sack him, but Murtala's government sacked him. The chief justice was not corrupt, so why and how did they sack him?

Everybody was investigated and while investigating the chief justice the government discovered that he had sat as a judge over a case that involved his brother. There was no claim that he was biased or that justice was not done, but the government was not happy that he adjudicated that case. He should have recused himself. The government wanted to fight corruption and it felt that it needed a chief justice that was beyond reproach, so it removed the chief justice. How? How did they remove the chief justice.

The government announced that the chief justice was retiring for health reasons. The American ambassador to Nigeria went to visit the chief justice to find out how he was doing. The chief justice said that there was nothing wrong with his health and he didn't know why he was retired. He just heard on the radio that he had been retired.

So many people were investigated and sacked and all kinds of properties were seized. The problem was that this was perceived as an attack on the Nigerian dream. Murtala was demonised because some people felt that he was attacking the Nigerian dream. What is the Nigerian dream?

Nigerian dream

The Nigerian dream was that you would get a government scholarship to attend school. You would graduate from school and there would be a government job waiting for you. That government job would give you an official flat or house (depending on your level), an official car and driver or a ride on an official shuttle bus (depending on your level) and you would work for the government until you retire. Government would pay you a pension when you retired and it would be enough to sustain you till you died.

You see, we inherited the British notion of a permanent civil service. Permanence meant that your boss, even the minister, could not sack you. You were hired by the Civil Service Commission and your promotion, retirement and entitlements were handled by the commission. If you did anything wrong your boss could only report you to the commission which would investigate you. Your boss could not sack you, only the commission could sack you (and it was very difficult. They need evidence). The best your boss could do is have you transferred to another ministry or department. This was put in place so that politicians could not punish civil servants for political reasons.

But Murtala came along and sacked so many civil servants. That's why some people say that Murtala destroyed the Civil Service. They say that Civil Servants were not corrupt because they knew that government would take care of them. However, Murtala came and sacked so many civil servants that people began to think that they should steal whatever they could because they could be sacked the next day (steal now because no salary or pension tomorrow).

However there were also many people that liked the purges. They believed that corruption was destroying Nigeria and they loved the fact that Murtala was doing something about it. In fact, one of the reason that the Buhari regime immediately became popular in 1984 was because they said that they were a continuation of the Murtala Regime.

SAP and the Nigerian dream

One of the goals of SAP was to destroy that Nigerian dream. Think about it, the government was employing so many people, paying them salaries, yet these people were not bringing one kobo into the Nigeria economy. They were not earning money for Nigeria. It would be better if they were in the private sector and earning money for the country.

Governors

All the 12 governors were investigated and only 2 were cleared of corruption allegations. Only Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson of Lagos and Brigadier Oluwole Rotimi of the Western State were cleared of corruption.

The government seized property from other governors and stripped some of them of their ranks. (General Babangida returned some of the properties and restored their ranks in the 1980s).

But wait a minute, I told you about the Adeyemi Bero case, how come Governor Mobolaji Johnson was not indicted?

The government thoroughly investigated Brigadier Johnson and discovered that he was not corrupt and that he did not know what some indicted officials were doing.
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 12:21pm On Feb 08
johnie:
Watching this video, particularly the scene of the then Lagos State military governor, Adekunle Lawal in front of the Shitta Bey mosque on Martins Steet where chants of "Gowon Ole!, Dimka Ole!" can be heard in the background I remember some of the very nasty songs sung about the coup plotters. Some of the songs made references to the coupists' family members.

That impressed greatly upon me such that anytime a failed coup is uncovered, my greatest sympathy go to the families of the coupists.

I was glad that General Christopher Musa, made reference to the military supporting the family members of the alleged coupists in a recent interview he granted on Channels TV.
That's why I said that people that long for military rule do not know what they are wishing for. Coups are horrible things. Many innocent people are tortured and executed because they are roped into coups. Talking to someone, transfering money to someone, doing everyday things can get you in trouble if the person is accused of planning a coup.

Many innocent people are also killed during active coups.

It's also a terrible thing for soldiers because they don't know who is a friend or a foe.
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 12:17pm On Feb 08
johnie:
Thanks for sharing Naptu2.

That traffic warden should have been traced and interviewed by the press by now.

I remember the confusion in my primary school that day.

We had to close and leave for home early.

The memory of the execution of the coup plotters is one that lingered eerily in my very young mind for years.

Just like those from the public execution of armed robbers.

The armed robbery of Boulus Enterprises, arrest, trial and execution of the criminals was one that particularly stuck in my mind. Till today, I recall the names of some of the executed robbery and the pictures from the execution, all I read from Daily Times.

Since then. every time a failed coup was uncovered, these gory scenes played in my mind.

Thank God that public executions had been stopped by the time we had the Orkar and subsequent coups.

To the best of my memory, the failed coup reported last year is the first under a civilian regime.
Man! I don't know how to describe this, but those executions both fascinated and spooked me.

They used to be held at Bar Beach, then they were moved to Kirikiri. It was initially still public after it was moved to Kirikiri, but over time they made it private (in the 1980s).

I was fascinated by the way the troops formed up opposite the convicts.

I always wondered what would happen if the marksmen missed. Then I was shocked when I found out.

It also spooked me because the executions were usually shown on the news, which meant that I watched them late at night.
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 12:14pm On Feb 08
Rybnyk:
Unfortunately he will always be involved as he was the CO of the 2nd infantry division that carried out the massacre. If he didn't approve, Taiwo Ibrahim wouldn't go scot free. If there was a court martial and the 2nd infantry division was going to be reprimanded, murtala,the CO wouldn't be allowed to go scot free,he would have been punished. Calling it a lie is wild. It's a record in Nigerian history ...
higgs:
Soldiers under him murdered innocent children, women and elderly people in Asaba. It is against the rules of war and no honourable military officer engages in such reprehensible conduct.If he was a professional minded and humane commanding officer,he would have denounced and punished the culprits. Let's choose our heroes wisely
By now you guys should know that this is just a waste of time. Your arguments will always fall flat because it is built on nothing.

This argument comes from an earlier story that Murtala was present at Asaba and that he did all kinds of things. The argument was debunked and proven to be false because he was not even in Asaba in the first place.

It's simply because of the false story that people keep mentioning Murtala's name. Now let's look at facts.

One of you said that Murtala approved it because he did not reprimand his subordinates.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THATHE DID NOT REPRIMAND HIS SUBORDINATES??

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT HE APPROVED IT??

The answer is that you don't know.

You say that Murtala was their commander.

OK, why is it only Murtala's name that is mentioned??

Joseph Akahan was the chief of army staff, but you don't mention him. Joseph Wey was the second in command, but he is not mentioned. Even people that were actually in Asaba are not mentioned, yet you continuously mention Murtala.

It's a waste of time, you cannot force him to be involved in something that he was not involved in, no matter how many times you repeat the propaganda. It's just not going to work.

Furthermore, these words that you guys come up with will also not work.

There was nowhere that I wrote about hero, achievement or celebration.

Posting words just so you can demolish them is another waste of time. I never used those words.
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 11:23am On Feb 08
kernniejay:
But I think South Africa got independence in 1990, meaning that they were under direct rule of the British government. So how come General Murtala was supporting Angola and Mozambique (which were together under Portuguese Colonial government) against South Africa which was, as at then, still under the British?
South Africa did not get its independence in 1990.

South Africa gained self government in 1910 and it became independent in 1934.

However, the minority white population ruled the country and discriminated against the blacks until 1994. One-man-one-vote democracy came in 1994.

Angola and Mozambique gained independence in 1975. However, both countries were in civil wars even before independence.

In both countries there were groups that were supported by most African countries (especially Nigeria), the Soviet Union and Cuba and they were opposed to groups that were supported by the racist government of South Africa, the United States and the United Kingdom.

South Africa invaded Angola and Nigeria provided money weapons to the Angolan Government.
PoliticsRe: Governor Sanwo-Olu Lays Wreath At Murtala's Cenotaph (Photos) by naptu2(op): 11:01am On Feb 08
Rybnyk:
What agenda?lol. If he didn't reprimand his second in command giving a command that led to such an atrocity,it means he was in support. That's the point. Name calling and "agenda conspiracy accusations" will not change this. It's lack of knowledge of history that makes people celebrate such a person (murtala)
The agenda is the idea of forcing something on someone, even though he wasn't respinsible for it, simply because you don't like him.

There were manu soldiers in the chain of command, but people with an agenda blame Murtala even though he was not there and was not involved.

Your statement that he approved is simply a wild guess by someone that was not there.

You cannot force him to be involved no matter the number of times you repeat the lie.

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